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FRIDAY. JANUARY 18 1895.
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INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Landrum Lodge No. 48. F.
•nd A. M.: Tammany flub.
Special Notices —The Battle Royal To
night, at the Gaiety; Ship Notice. J. F.
Minis & Cos.; As to Crew of British Steam
ehlp Tafna; Selected Oysters, at Beck
man's Cafe; Notice to Superior Court Ju
rors.
Military Orders—Order No. 1, Savannah
Volunteer Guards.
We Take It—B. H. Levy A Bro.
It Isn’t Kverybody Who Wears Fancy
Shirts—Appel & Schaul.
How to Make a Dollar—Falk Clothing
Company.
Amusements—Marie Jansen, In *'Del
monieo’a at 6,” at Theater Jan. 21.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted: Employment Wanted; For Kent;
For Sale, Dost. Personal, Miscellaneous.
A fleet of yachts sailed to the south,
and then sailed north again. And that's
all the latest Cuban filibustering expedi
tion amounted to.
The Duke of Orleans must be a very
■anguine young tnan If ho can see any
thing favorable to the royalist party In
the flurry In France. It looks more like
a step toward socialism than a step to
ward monarchy.
To-morrow will be the anniversary of
the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Dee. ino
flay Is a legal holiday In Virginia. Cele
brations will be held in various cities of
the south under the auspices of the Con
federate Survivors' associations.
It is possible that the trolley strikes In
Brooklyn may assume some of the as
pects of the Pullman strikes out west
last year. Some of the Brooklyn trol
ley cars carry the United States malls.
It was the mail trains that the troops
went to Chicago to defend.
The resolutions complimentary to Mayor
McDonough, adopted by council on
Wednesday night, are heartily Indorsed
by the people of the city. Mr. McDonough
has made an excellent mayor, and when
he goes out of office he will leave a rec
ord to which he can point with pride
end pleasure.
France's new president, Francois Felix
Faure, is not the man that either the
radicals or the socialists wanted. And it
Is better for Franco that neither of those
parties was gratified. The new president
has a difficult task to perform, and he
ought to have the support of all who are
Interested in the welfare of the nation.
Butte, Mon., which has been torn by
Bit explosion, as detailed in our dis
patches, is not, as some persons may sup
pose. a rough mining camp. It was such
only a few years ago. Now it is a city
of 12,000 inhabitants, and is full of pretty
buildings. It has a theater, a dozen
clubs and a library containing 67,000 vol
umes.
Judge Seaman, of the federal district
court at Milwaukee, has. within the past
few days, held two sessions of his court
under rather novel conditions. The first
session was held in a parlor car when
the train was flying along at the rate
of a mile a minute—an Instance of swift
Justice —and the other was held in the
waiting room of a small railway sta
tion.
The small vote received by the candi
dates for the Senate in Delaware, noted
In our dispatches, is not remarkable. Del
aware Is a little state, and it takes few
members of the legislature—just sixteen
—to make a senator. Nevertheless when
the Delaware senator gets to Washing
ton his vote will count as much as if it
had taken ten times as many members to
elect him.
The telautograph, the instrument that
transmits writing and drawing over an
electric wire, stood a successful test In
Bondon and Paris one day re
cently. Drawings executed in Bondon
were instantaneously reproduced by the
instrument in Paris, and handwriting was
duplicated, with all of the thick and thin
strokes of the letters, and other charac
teristics of the writer's style. This would
seem to indicate that the apparatus has
passed the stage of being an interesting
scientific toy, and that it will come into
commercial use. It probably will not sup
plant the telegraph. Cypher codes and
typewriting machines have long ago made
it-possible to transmit messages by tel
egraph more rapidly than the most ex
pert penman could write the words. But
the telautograph may be, and probably
will be. used in the larger cities for the
transmission of drawings.
Silver and the Railroad,.
The silverltes are now trying to make
the < ountry believe that the financial
troubles from which the railroads have
suffered within the last two or three years
are due to the demonetization of silver.
These wise no n argue that if the coinage
of silv* r acre made free the railroads!
would immediately become prosperous.
Their argument Is that freight rates are
charged in proportion to the money value
of the articles transported—that when
prices are high freight rales are high.
W hile it is true that the prices of nearly
all kinds of products have fallen within
the last two years the rates of freight have j
not bi*en reduced, except in spe.-iaj In
stances. The rales are fixed by commis
sions. and, as a rule, they have been de
manded and received throughout the hard
times, and arc still being obtained.
The free and unlimited coinage of Fllver
would not cause prices to rise unless sil
ver became the standard. If the cur
rency were baaed upon silver there Is no
doubt that prices would bo higher, but
the farmer or the manufacturer would
not lie any better ofT than he Is now, be
cause the silver he would receive for his
products would not purchase any more
than can be purchased by the money he
now receives.
But If silver should become the standard
how would the railroads be affected?
Would not the conditions that would then
exist he harder for them than present
conditions? Wo arc confident they would,
and for this reason: The prices of all
kinds of railroad supplies would at once
advance greatly. They would he double
what they are now unless the bullion
value of silver should rise. Not only
would the prices of railroad supplies ad
vance but labor w ould demand an Increase
of wages, because of the increase in the
cost of living. But would railroad rates
advance? We think not. The rates are
fixed by railroad commissions and the
commissions could not be Induced to in
crease the rates. What would be the re
sult? The expenses of operating the rail
roads would he almost double what they
are now and their earnings would be about
the same. Assuming that there would be
a little increase in business it would be
nothing like the Increase In the cost of
operating the roads. With such a state
of affairs even the most solvent roads
would become bankrupt.
The mistake the silverltes make is the
assertion that the free and unlimited
coinage of silver would cause prices to
rise without forcing the country to a
silver standard. They offer no argument
to sustain that assertion. There is no
argument to sustain It. There Is vastly
more money now in circulation than there
Is any demand for. The banks are stuffed .
with it and It Is being offered at remark- j
ably low rates of Interest. Money Is not
scarce and dear. It is plentiful and cheap.
As long as the country was on a gold
basis the free and unlimited coinage of
silver would not noticeably inlluence j
prices.
Railroad managers are not demanding
the free silver coinage. They know that
if silver should become the standard their
financial troubles would be far greater
than they have yet been.
Speaker Crisp’s Health.
The announcement In our dispatches
this morning that the physicians of
Speaker Crisp have advised him to leave
Washington for a month would seem to
indicate that his health Is seriously im
paired. The Inference from the dispatches
Is that his heart is affected. The trouble
may Ue only temporary. It is certainly to
be hoped so. The duties of the speaker of
the House are very exacting and burden
some. and the strain upon Judge Crisp
may have been greater than he could bear
with safety.
Just at this time he eannot very well
be spared from Washington. His duties
as speaker can be performed satisfactorily
by others, but his advice as leader of the
majority is greatly needed In respect to
several important matters that are now
pending. There Is still hope that a hanking
and currency hill will he passed by this
congress. Two hills relating to currency
matters were introduced into the Senate
yesterday, one by Senator Pugh of Ala
bama and the other by Senator Sherman
of Ohio. The banking and currency com
mittee is still tinkering the Carlisle bill
with the hope of getting it into accepta
ble shape. It can be readily seen, there
fore. that much may depend upon the
speaker's presence in Washington.
There is no suspicion that he will not
be able to occupy his seat In the next con
gress, and there would be very general
regret if there were grounds for it. He
will be the leader of the minority in the
next House, and his position will be an
exacting one. That he will fill It with
credit to himself and satisfaction to his
friends there is no doubt, provided his
health does not fail.
Ex-General Master Workman Sovereign
says the story to the effect that
he and Debs and other labor
leaders during the Pullman strike
were invited to commit high trea
son is true. He states that a plan of
rebellion against the government, drawn
up by two Chicago lawyers, was sub
mitted to the labor leaders for consider
ation. The scheme contemplated the for
mation of a provisional government in the
west, with a plan of campaign toward the
east. Mr. Sovereign denies that the plan
was entertained by any of the leaders, or
was seriously talked of. It would be In
teresting to know the names of the Chi
cago lawyers who plotted treason against
the government whose constitution they,
as officers of the court, are under oath
to sustain and defend.
Mayor Strong, the new municipal ex
ecutive of New York, has astonished Dr.
Parkhurst and th? liquor dealers by ad
vising the latter to “get together and try
how It would work'' to close their saloons
on Sundays ‘‘until 2 o'clock in the after
noon. and then remain open until 11
o'clock at night.” He did not give them
permission to do this, but advised that
they think over the matter for two weeks,
and then visit him and see if a satisfac
tory liquor law could not be arranged on
some such basis.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1805.
Why Wi It Published f
Senator Hill ought to have himself In
terviewed and tell the country why he
had the confidential letter written to Mr.
Howell nearly two years ago published. Is
he again a candidate for the presidency
and does he think the letter shows he was
wiser than some of his democratic con
t# mjKjraries?
It Is true that some things have hap- '
pened In accordance with the senator's
predictions, but It is not an unusual thing
for a public man to make correct guesses.
The publication of Ihe letter has more
significance than appears on the surface.
It looks like the Inauguration of a boom
for the senator for the presidential nomi
nation of his party. This particular time
may he thought to he favorable for direct
ing ihe attention of the Democratic party
to him.
There Is a way. however. In which the
senator can do more toward boosting him
self into prominence as a presidential can
didate than by publishing old letters that
were written In confidence. Eet him guide
the country out of its present financial
dittii ulties. and his follow citizens will he
willing to regard him as a statesman
worthy of any place in their gift. He j
has already shown himself to he a shrewd <
and successful politician. Now let him dri
something to prove to them that he is a ,
big enough man to he President.
As yet he has done nothing to command
the confidence of his party. Since he has :
been in Washington he has distinguished
himself only as an objector. He has been
in opposition to his party. He has not been
a leader and he is the author of no Impor
tant legislation. For two years there has
been a call for statesmen, but he has not |
responded. He has not even made a sug- j
gestton relative to an Important issue that
has fastened Itself In the public mind.
He seems to have recognized ihe fact
that he has done nothing to warrant his
party in locking to him as its standard
hearer in IS9t>, and has therefore fished
from Its pigeon hole this old letter to
show the country that as long ago as
tic- summer of 1832 he saw that the times
would become harder before they would
be better.
Det the senator originate a hanking
and currency hill that his party will ac
cept, and with which the country will
be satisfied, and he will have taken a long
step In the direction of the presidency.
The Extent of the Damage.
Tt Is well understood now In Florida to
what extent the orange trees were dam
aged by the freeze. The old trees were not
badly hurt. Last year's growth is dead,
and will have to be cut off. The trees,
however, will bear fruit this year, and
the probabilities are that the crop will be
a much better one than there was reason
to hope for immediately after the freeze.
The yield, of course, will not be any
thing like as large as it was last year.
Still, if the yield is smaller the prices will
be better, and those whose groves bear
will not feel Ihe loss very seriously.
The young trees are killed and w ill have
to he budded again. It will take them two
or three years to reach the growth they
had when the cold wave caught them.
The lemon groves and pineapple or
chards are dead. It will take several years
to replace them. Anil It Is a question
whether there will not be some hesitation
In giving much attention to lemons and
pineapples. They are much more tender
than oranges, and the risk in cultivating
them Is therefore much greater.
There Is no doubt that the loss which
the state suffered Is fully as large as tt
was at first estimated to be. It was not
large enough, however, to dishearten the
people of Florida. Their faith in Ihe state
Is as great as it ever was, and they have
gone to work bravely to recover their lost
ground. They will not only recover it,
but will make Florida one of the richest
nnd most prosperous states in ihe union.
It will not be so very long before all
traces of the freeze will be obliterated.
As much as a year ago a voting ma
chine—not a political organization, but
a mechanical apparatus—made its apear
anoe in New Y’ork state, and was tested,
with satisfactory results, at minor elec
tions. Another voting machine, and one
claimed by its builder to be perfect and
incorruptible, has been brought out. On
general principles the machine Is some
thing like the cash register apparatus,
to be seen in almost every store. The
elector easts his ballot by pressing a
key. The keys are so arranged that there
can possibly be no repeating. At the
back of the machine is an automatic
adder, like the register of a street ear.
that counts the votes as they are polled,
so that when the polls are closed the re
sult is already computed and standing
out in plain figures. There is not a spring
in the machine: every operation is me
chanically positive, says the builder,
hence there can be no slipping of dies or
levers. Machine voting, that is, voting
with machinery, seems to be gaining in
favor in New York. It may be that after
awhile the busy man can have his tele
phone electrically connected with the vot
ing machine, and, from his office, deposit
his ballot accurately, without the trouble
of standing in line at the polls for several
hours.
Very few* understand how much it
costs to defend the America's cup. It is
estimated that it will cost at least 1200,(W0
to build a vessel for the race that is to
take place next fall, and make the race.
A syndicate of wealthy New* Yorkers has
been formed who will contribute the
money. The Vigilant, that won the last
race, was sold to George Gould for
fioo.ooo less tlyin she cost. Yachts are
costly things, and yacht racing is an
expensive undertaking.
Thomas Henry Carter, one of the new
senators from Montana, will be a strik
ing figure in the new congress. In per
sonal appearnce he is the incarnation
of the typical "I'ncle Sam” made famous
by the caricaturists and cartoonists. He
is six feet tall, thin as a telegraph pole,
has heavy "lantern'' jaws and wears no
hair on his face except a "paint brush”
on the chin. This man that looks ltkeb'nele
Sam ought to make a good team with
Shelby M. Cullom, the man who looks like
Lincoln.
The Japan*** have not yet re
moved from a belief in omen* and the wor
ship of fetiches by their newly acquired
western civilisation. Recently th*> mikado
received from Mr. Ito a picturesque nar
rative of how. during the memorable fight
between the Japanese and ’hinee fleets
in the Yellow sea, a hawk had come
down out of the heavens and hovered *bv**r
and settl ’d upon the mast of his majes
ty’s ship Takachiho. Mariners were sent
aloft, and captured the bird, whu h the .
commander and his men knew to he a
sign sent them to foretell \ 5 tory. There
was no fresh meat on the sh p. so a de- i
tachmcnt of the ship’s m r n were ser to •
work at hunting rats for the heaven- ;
sent hawk. The bird was confined, and
when the ship touched at a port most j
elegant rage that could be procured for I
it was obtained, and the sacred hawk was j
sent to the imperial capital to receive ,
the homage of the mikado and court, j
The incident is held to be * pe* ially sg- j
nlficant because some thousand years
or so ago a king of Korea sent the emperor
of Japan a hawk as a present.
The New York physician who has been
making toads live without brains has h**n
matched and beaten by a German phy
siologist, according to a cahb The Ger
man has been experimenting at splicing
and grafting embryonic toad and frogs, j
Larvae of different specie;-, cut in two, [
were joined at the bellies with such sue- j
cess that a green frog having a black
toad with a red spotted belly on its tin- i
tier side was produced. Tadpoles were j
sliced and parts of other embryonic am- 1
phiblans engrafted on the bodies in dif
ferent ways, and in several instances the
monstrosities lived for days. In one In
stance, two hinder parts, neither of whi* h
had a heart, united in twenty-four hours
and lived for a week. A tadpole was
given four legs, each from a different spe
cie*, and it grew into a frog with its
mismatched legs.
The Philadelphia mint is in the midst of
a mystery Involving the disappearance of
768 silver dollars. A few days .1:70 the
task of counting the bulk, suppos’d to
contain 50,000,000 silver dollars stored in
the vaults, was completed, when it was
found the sum was $769 short. Brooms
were brought in and a general sweeping
up was ordered, In the hope that the miss
ing dollars might be found. Holes \v*re
even drilled into the hollow iron posts
supporting the floors above, with th'* idea
that some of the dollars might have
crawled into the posts. But the search
disclosed only sl. The question is. was
there an adherent of the doctrine of free
silver in the vaults, and did he put the
doctrine into effect to the value of $76-57
PERSONAL.
The Rev. Joseph Tyler, the veteran
missionary to the Zulus of South Africa,
now spending the winter at Raleigh. N.
C., has received the honorary degree of
P. I>. from Shaw University of that city.
Mrs. Osmer, widow of the paymaster
of the Erebus, who died recently in Eng
land at the ago of 85, was the lust sur
vivor of the women widowed by the loss
of Sir John Franklin’s arctic expedition.
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone will be the
guests of Lord and Lady Rendel at
t’annes They will prooee I to Biarritz
about the middle of February for a stay
of six weeks, returning to ilawarden
during the first week in April.
Rrof. S. XV. Burnham, the astronomer,
was led to study the heivens by attend
ing a book auetion at New Orleans,
where be purchased, out of euriositc
a copy of that once famous work, Elihu
Burritt’s "Geography of the Heavens."
Now he is an international authority on
double stars.
All her life the Queen of Denmark has
been troubled with dearness, but this
affliction has not prevented her from
being a woman of quick intelligence,
keen sympathy and extreme energy. Not
only is she an accomplished musician,
but a clever artist, and sincerely de
voted to painting.
Willim Moseley Hall, xvho died recently,
t ailed himself the "Father of Chicago/*
because he originated a river and har
bor convention nearly a half century ago,
whic h gave the Lake City its first great
boom. When a young man he was
wrecked at sea and then taken down
with yellow fever.
Tom Corwin, the eloquent Ohio whig,
was as perfect an example of a popular
stump speaker as this country has pro
duced. Ho was large in stature, pic
turesque in diction, and of a merciless
humor. His head was shaped like a hay
cock, nnd he had a tremendous right
arm. which in speaking he swung like
a sledge hammer.
Robert Louis Stevenson loved children
and wrote them familiar letters. In one
addressed to a Scotch child the novelist
writes: "When you grow' up and write
stories like me you will he able to un
derstand that there is scarcely anything
more painful for an author to hold than
a pen. He has had to do it so often that
his heart sickens and his fingers ache
at sight or touch of it.”
BRIGHT BITS.
The grand old gardener - may have been
A quiet, peaceful swain;
And yet it’s plainly to be seen
That he and Eve raised Cain.
—New' York Herald.
Better Unsaid.—Young Lady (after sit
ting for her portrait)—Don’t you think
1 am flattered in the picture?
Gent (gushingly)—Fraulien. who would
not flatter you?—Humoristische Blatter.
Young Isaaestein—Oppenheimer vill
take dose goods at our brice.
Isaaestein—Didn’t he try to get dem
cheaper?
Young Isaaestein—No; he chumped at
der offer.
Isaaestein—Mur-rter! dot feller is going
to fail again.—Puck.
Digler—"l courted my wife three years
before 1 got her, and it was nearly all
wasted time.”
Bigler—“Why, isn’t she a most excel
lent woman?”
"She is. indeed; hut I’ve discovered since
that I could have cot her in months
if I had the gumption to ask for her.
New York Press.
Judge Duffy—" You arc sentenced to the
island for thirty days for being drunk and
disorderly. Have you anything to say?"
Prisoner—" Well yes. I’d like to* ask
your honor a question.’*
"What is it?"
"I have a wife and nine children.
Coinin't we all go to the island together
and serve out the time in a few days?"—
Texas Siftings.
A Washington lady has a musical de
canter which she feels some pride in ex
hibiting to her friends. When it is tilted
to pour out its contents, the disturbance
of the center of gravity sets a music
box playing and the cars as well as the
inner being are refreshed. She is a witty
woman, and when a caller exclaimed,
"What a pretty tune! It's opera bouffe.
isn't it?" she replied, "No, my dear, it
may have been at one time, but it’s opera
buffet, now."—Kate Field’s Washington.
At the Intelligence Office—Mrs. de Pev
ster (engaging a servant)—"What nation
ality are you. Norah?"
Norah—" Sure. Oi'm an American, mum.”
Mrs. de P.—" What kind of an Ameri
can ?”
Norah—" Faith and Oi guess you’d call
me an Oirish-American.’
Mrs. do P.—"Then you will not suit me,
as I want a pure American.”
Norah—"Oi didn't know there were any,
mum."
Mrs. de P. (haughtily)—"l am one."
Norah—" Oh. it’s beggin’ your pardon
Oi am. but Oi never should have thought
it: yez don’t look a bit like an Indian,
mum."—Puck.
Buying a Suit for the Boy.
He aas simply an average boy—that is. f
one of the kind that never stand stil or sit {
still nor lie still for two consecutive min
ute*. says the Detroit Free Press. It was i
Saturday and hi* mother had taken h'm j
into tho store to get him anew suit of j
clothes.
"I want good ones." she said, positively; j
"something that—Jimmie, come here!—l j
want something that-Jimmie, where are]
you? Come out from behind that counter! .
Ye 1 know you ain’t allowed there—l want
something with a double seat and double j
—JimTnie. stop that hawking over all
those clothes! Those are men's s’xes. Now, i
don’t you run off again, sir!—Yes. I want j
double kneed pants and something in !
Scotch or where is that boy? Jimnve! !
Jimmie* If I don’t—Jimmie *”
He is found madly chasing the store cat
up and down the aisles, and h: mother
sa vs:
"Just a? sure as you go in*o a store
where there is a cat you go to chasing it
like mad I never saw your beat' Now,
you stay right here by me. sir. Come, do
you like this suit?”
"How many porkers has it got?"
"Oh. plenty of 'em '
"I? there a pocket in ihe back ’o the
pant ?"
‘ Yes It's a real nice suit. I wonder if
it's all wool. There’.-, a thread that looks
Ik* .Emmie* Come out of that room!
Don't you see that it says "private" on
the door.’’’
1 wanted to see what mpde it ‘private.’
"The man in there will ‘private’ you if
you don't look out! Stop pulling out
those drawers! You come here now’ and !
try on this oat. Stand still! How can T
tell how it tits with your squirming j
’round like that? Does it feel comfort- j
abb ? Stand off a little piece and let me ;
see how it looks."
Jimmie "standing off" at a distance of !
about fifty feet, having b*en attracted j
the far by something in a showcase.
"Como here!" commanded h s mother. >
‘T.rt those hats alone! Step whistling that !
abomniable *S.weet Marie!' You know very
u* 11 thai you're not allowed to whistle j
in the house! I want to try this coat
on you There! I like that. That’s what
I call neat, and it looks seviceable. It's
a little light in color for every day. but I
guess I’ll take it. Where is that boy? 1
You may do up the suit while I hunt for
him. Jimmie! Jimmie! Come right ,
straight here!"
Re Worried the Magician.
A good story is told of Herrmann the
magician, says the Chicago Record. At
the last matinee performance of his recent
engagement in Chicago he called for some
boy or young man to come on the stage
and .assist in the rerforman* e of some
tri< k . The youth who responded to this
invitation was a student from a military
academy. He wore a gray uniform, with
the usual short, close-fitting jacket and
wide-striped trousers.
Herrmann pulled cards out of the young
man's sleeve, handed him articles which
suddenly vanished info the air and in
other ways mystified the youth to the de
light of the spectator*.
As the young man started to leave the
stage th magician said: "By the way,
give me hack those four dollar. ."
"Why, I haven’t any four dollars." said
the boy.
"Oil. yes. you have. What do you call
t his in here . ”
The magician tapped with his hand on
the outside of the trousers pocket and
there was a jingle of silver. "You have
four dollars in there." said Herrmann.
"I don't see how that can be. These are
military trousers and haven't any pockets
in them."
"Ah, but you have the money in your
inside coat pocket." said the magician, and
reaching inside the coat he pulled out the
| four silver dollars.
Only a few people heard the conversa
tion and observed the magician’s tem
porary’ embarrassment.
Even a great man such as Herrmann
would find pretty difficult to remove four
dollars from a pocket when there was no
pocket.
Kis Serious Mistake.
A H.iriom man who works in a down- <
town office decided a f*-w days ago to try
bicycling, say* the Philadelphia Press
New York letter. He thought the exer
cise would help his digestion.
A f* w evenings ago he came home in a
eal with a bandage ovr his eye. an
arm in ;i sling, a piece of court plaster
on his cheek and a pronounced limp in his
walk.
As soon as he got into the house his
wife began excitedly to question him.
"How did it happen, dear; run over
by a cab?” she asked.
"No." replied her husband.
"Fall out of th* office window?’*
"No.’’
"Stumble down the stairs?”
"No.”
"Knocked down by a (able car?’*
"No."
"Anything fall on you?”
"No."
"Did you fall on anything?”
"No."
"What did happen, dear? Why don’t
you tell me?”
"I've been practicing on a bicycle."
"Oh. you poor darling. Why didn’t you
use a safety?”
Connoisseur Meets Millionaire.
So much has been written concerning
William T. Walters of Baltimore as an art
connoisseur that few persons recall the
fact that he was also an unusually ex
pert railroad financier, says Kate Field’s
Washington. His success in that field
was undoubtedly due to his faculty of im
pressing the people with whom he came
into contact with a sense not only of his
good judgment but of his sincerity as
well. His first meeting with Jay Gould
was noteworthy. Mr. Walters had some
projects which ho wanted to lay before
the "wzard,” and he was so full of them
that he talked steadily for an hour and
a half. .Mr. Gould never so much as open
ing his lips for a question. Everything he
would have asked was anticipated and
answered in advance. As the speaker
drew near the end of his discourse Mr.
Gould, without the least sign of wearri
ness took advantage of a moment's lull
in the flow of words to say quietly; "1 see.
1 se j . .Mr. Walters. If all you have told
me Is true you may have my check for
*5,000.000.’’ And the money was certainly
forthcoming—or as much as Mr. Walters
needed of it.
Baby.
Eugene Field.
Oh. better than a rose I love
The bud before its blowing,
And sad am 1. tho’ glad am 1.
To see how baby’s growing!
And oh, what time I. wondering, wait
To see my flower’s unfolding.
Almost I wish Time ne’er could touch
The baby bud I’m holding.
Yet oh. so fast, so fast, she grows
Nor distant can the day be.
Alas! when Time, remorseless thief,
Will rob me of my baby.
I hold her in my arms and grieve
To think she will outgrow them;
I dread the years of blossom time,
Yet pray heaven to bestow them.
With light and leading—so we trust—
Her life will grow completer;
But will she be as sweet again?
We know she can't be sweeter.
Alas, that she must change! As child
And woman, too, she may be
Anti beautiful—God send it so!
But oh, she'll not be Baby!
They Might Whistle and Wait in Vain.
Here is what seems to be anew- story—
and not one of Barrymore’s either, says
the New York Press. It comes out of the
booming, bulging west. An lowa man, it
seems, went into a cut rate ticket office
in Chicago of the sort known as hand me
down, and bargained for a ticket to Des
Moines. The broker wouldn't meet the
customer’s price, and after much hag
gling and bad temper the man in a fit of
rage started out to walk the distance
over the railway ties. After tramping
along between the rails for a mile or two.
he heard an express thundering behind
him, but he paid no attention. The en
gineer whistled madly, but the man onlv
turned around, stood still and shook hfs
list. When the train came to a standstill
an inch or two behind the pedestrian the
fireman leaped off. caught him by the
throat and began to bang him madly over
the head.
"Doggone ye.” cried the other, "don’t
hit me. You kin whistje and whistle and
whistle, but I won’t come back for that
ticket less ye drag me.”
She—Do you remember that you said
you would do anything I asked when I
promised to marry you?
He—Yes. but I didn’t know* then how
much spaYe time a woman had to think
up things to ask for.—Cincinnati Tribune.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
In KBS th* work on Westminster Bridge {
in London was prosecuted at night by the j
aid of electric light.
Edinburgh, although only sixth in pop- j
illation, stand* second in her contribu
tion to the treasury of the Unite! King
dom, and although second in contribu
tion to the income tax. much revenue
comes from the excise. Scotch whisky,
honesty and thrift are good things for
the British government apparently.
M. Binet. a young French naturalist,
has presented to the Sorbonne a thesis
on the "sub-intestinal nervous system
of inserts. In applying for hi* doctor's
degree he ha* discovered that insects
have brains spread over the whole of
their bodies, and argues that they act
by intelligence rather than instinct.
A blow has been struck at the cigar
stub industry in France. A mAnufuenir
er of tobacco made from cast away
butts was charged in the courts with
defrauding the revenue by noT paying
duty. He claimed that the tobacco had
already paid duty' once, but the court
decided against him, and he had to pay
the fine.
Another "wonder doctor" has been dis
coverd in Germany. He is a shepherd
named Ast, living in the small village
of Radbruch. In th© last few weeks
over l.rtoq persons have vi.-Red him from
all parts of Germany. Th© people stand
in crowds about the man's hint. waiting
for his advice. His success is said to be
remarkable.
The widest canal in the world i* said
to be the t’henab irrigation canal in The
northwest provinces of India. It is 110
feet broad, and will be 200 feet broad
when finished. The main canal will he
4*V> miles long; the principal branches I
will have an aggregate length of 2.000 !
miles, and the village branches of 4.000 1
miles; 250.000 acres are already irrigated. I
Portugal proposes to obtain a modern !
navy in a novel manner F 4 rst-class ship
builders are to be asked how many’
vessels of specified type* they will sup
ply a year, for twenty years or less, in
consideration of $550. 0V1 a year and certain
monopolies. The award will go to the
firm that offers the most in the least
time and for the shortest period of mo
nopoly.
Martin Fisher, an employe of the Pos
tal Telegraph-Uable Core.:-any, in Phila
delphia. is a remarkable man. The Rec
ord. of that city, says that while he lost
his right arm below’ the elbow, and has
but the thumb and two fingers of his left
hand, he is one of the most expert tel
egraphers and typewriters in the employ
of the company. He is about thirty-five
years old, and has been in the telegraph
business for about twenty years. He han
dles newspaper specials, which require
great accuracy and speed, and the letters
on many* of the keys of his typewriter
have been rubbed off by the rapid manip
ulation of his thumb and two fingers.
In the spring of the year, v.hen the
new foliage on the holly is developing the
old leaves fall. It has been assumed that
the development of the axial hud pushes
the old leaf away. An observer on the
American holly has recently published
a paper showing that this is not the case.
Not mor A than half the leave* fall at
that season. But a fungus so minute that
the species cannot be determined by pow
erful microscopes, has its home in the
leaf during the previous summer, result
ing in the production of cork cells at the
base of the leaf just as cork cells are pro
duced at the regular season for the gen
eral fall of the leaf, and thus effects this
spring defoliation. The writer suggests
that as these spring cork cells are the
undoubted result of fungus action, fungus
may’, in a more general manner he respon
sible for the annual fall of the leaf in all
cases.
The rainbow tea recently given in the
north was a pleasing entertainment. The
hostess herself was in white. She was as
sisted by several girls in violet, indigo,
blue, green, yellow, orange and red. in
order. The little table over which each
presided was colored by’ taper shapes, rib
bons. etc., besides the china use*!, of the
color represented. By the use of the per
fectly harmless coloring matter sold by
reputable flavoring manufactories the
icing on the cake was of the required tint.
At the first table a young woman in vio
let had candied violet before her. as well
as a guest book, bound in lavender silk,
in which the visitors were asked to write
their names. At the next were small
cakes, with "indigo" frosting and rasp
berry ice. At the following the small
cakes with icing, colored by blue sugar,
had with them gelatine Jelly tinted in the
same manner. For green, the mayon
naise dressing of salad was colored with
spinnaeh, and there were lettuce sand
wiches. Yellow and sponge cake; orange,
Russian and sunshine cak** and red, claret
cup with small cakes, iced with red.
Ariel could put a girdle round about
the world in forty minutes, but he was
slow’ compared with the most ordinary'
dream. Many’ stories are told showing
the different count of time. Lord Broug
ham relates that he dreamed a dream
of long continued action during a short
doze while a droning counsel was plead
ing before him. Lord Holland fell asleep
while listening to someone reading,
dreamed a long dream, and awoke in
time to hear the conclusion of *a sen
tence. the # first words of which were
in his ears*when he became unconscious.
Dr. Abercrombie relates that a gentleman
dreamed that he had enlisted for a sol
dier. joined his regiment, deserted, had
been apprehended, carried hack, con
demned to be shot, and at last led out
for execution, After all the usual prep
arations he awoke with the report, and
found that a noise in an adjoining room
had both produced the dream and awak
ened him. Another dreamed that he had
crossed the Atlantic and spent a fort
night in America. In embarking, on his
return, he fell into the sea, and, having
woke with the fright, he found that he
had not been asleep ten minutes.
"You have often heard the expression.
‘We had a great "blow out" last night,’
used in connection with a dance or some
sort of amusement," said a gentleman to
the Pittsburg Dispatch. "Do you know’
the origin of the word ‘blowout?’ No?
Well, I'll tell you of it. Away back in the
'so’s the cotton mills at Lowell. Mass.,
were furnished with operatives from the
families of the farmers living about the
town. The sons and daughter* of the
sturdy farmers held positions in the mills,
and coming from such good old stock
there was a sort of social spirit developed
among the employes which is not to be
found in factories in th*e day*. From
the factories of Lowell some prominent
people have come. Helen Hunt Jackson
was employed there at one time.
The hours were long, and in winter
time lamps had to be provided to give
light to the workers. It was before the
days of kerosene or. as they used to pro
nounce it when it did come out. ‘kerosen,’
with the accent on the *o.’ Whale oil
lamps were burned. They were lighted
on Nov. I regularly every year, and
their use was dispensed with on May 1.
It was the operation on this latter date
that originated the word ’blow-out.’ When
the bell sounded on this day to quit w’ork
all lamps were blown out simultaneously’,
not to be lighted again until November.
This was called the ’blowou-t.’ and after
this a dance or supper would be given,
which at first was tailed the ‘blowout
dance.’ or ‘blowout supper.’ until finally’
any festivities attending the extinguish
ing of the lambs for the year was called
’the blowout.’ So the word ‘blowout’
was originated.”
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