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• Meeting—Savannah Yacht Club.
Special Notices—Three Plugs that Win
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gtrels at the Theater, April 2.
Get This Rocker—Lindsay & Morgan.
Sandow School Shoes—At Coltat's.
Auction Sales—Contents of Drug Store,
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Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
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For Sale; Lost; Person!; Miscellaneous.
If It is true that Gov. McKinley's man
agers are trying to shut the negrg out
of the Republican party they had as well
give up the job as hopeless. The southern
Republican party can't shake the negro
on the same principle that the tall can't
shake the dog.
The squares, the parks, the fountains,
the sidewalk tree-boxes, the grass plots,
etc., should all be In first-class shape by
the time the May week guests arrive in
town. The city ought to be in her best
bib and tucker for the festival. The time
to begin the beautifying of the town is
now.
The war in Cuba is likely to prove of
eome benefit to the truck growers of Geor
gia and Florida. The first potatoes of the
season that reach New York are from
Havana. The revolutionary movement Is
interfering with the shipment of vegeta
bles from Havana, so that new crop Cuba
potatoes are scare and high.
Gov. McKinley regards as absurd the
suggestion that the Republican party
would declare for free silver, so says his
friend. He has no idea the party would
do such a thing; It Is almost impossible
that the party could do so. Therefore
the governor’s friend Is free to say the
governor would decline the nomination
on a free silver platform. McKinley hasn't
said a word. Politic McKinley!
It will doubtless be of interest to Savan
nah people generally, and some few of
them especially, to hear that Mr. Keeley
of motor fame is still In the land of the
living, and that his motor is almost
ready to “mote.” A man who has “been
identified with his work for seventeen
years” says he has now completed his
vibrating circuit of force and will soon
show the wonderful 250 horse-power en
gine, now being set up In his shop, at
work. This announcement is probably the
forerunner of another assessment on the
stock. Holders thereof will take due no
tice and be prepared accordingly.
The proposition to erect a drinking foun
tain for animals at the head of Whitaker
Btreet, on Bay, Is in the line of humanity
and progress. There should, indeed, be
several such fountains on the Bay, and
others In various parts of the city. And
while the new mains are going down is
the proper time to erect them. "The mer
ciful man Is merciful to his beast.” In
summer drinking fountains along the
streets would be a godsend to the tired
horses and mules that haul heavy ve
hicles over the hot cobblestones. And
drinking cups should be provided for the
wayfaring man. Pure cold water is one
of nature’s most benificent gifts to man
kind. Savannah has plenty of it; why
should she not dispense more of it gratis
on the streets?
Maj. Hanson of Macon is a protection
ist. And he believes in protection that
protects, not the kind that is an iridescent
dream. Therefore, when he gives his
countenance and support to a scheme
in w-hlch protection is promised, he wants
protection, and if he doesn't get it he is
going to kick. The major's law suit, the
beginning of which was reported in our
dispatches yesttrday, is In the line of his
faith. At the same time, it may be
apropos to observe that there are certain
kinds of protection which do not protect,
just as there are certain kinds of prohi
bition which do not prohibit. Examples
in proof of this proposition might be
drawn from the McKinley law in opera
tion. But we take it the major has been
convinced of the truth of the proposition,
and will admit its correctness without the
offering of data. The outcome of the ma
jor's suit, by the way, will afford an ob
ject lesson as to the extent to which pro
tection may be expected and legally ex
acted in certain cases, .
Peace Prospect* In South Caro'ln*.
The prospects of peace in the Democratic
parly of South Carolina are better than
they have been at any time during the last
four years or more. The harmonious ac
tion of and the conclusions reached by the
convention of the forty held at Columbia
on Wednesday and reported In our dis
patches yesterday give promise of the
early coming together of the factions that
have been fighting each other so long and
so hard and lo the detriment of the state.
The function of the convention of the
forty appears to have been merely to ad
vise. It was not clothed with power to
bind the factions to carry out its conclu
sions. It was a voluntary peacemaker.
Its spirit was laudable, and Its purposes
will probably be successfully accomplish
ed. because leading men of the factions
gave the movement their support and at
tended the meeting. And furthermore,
the convention left behind it a working
committee from which good results may
be expected. There can be no reasonable
doubt that the recommendations of the
convention will be accepted by the fac
tions. The great breach in the Demo
cratic party of the state came about
through the ‘'suggestions” of an unoffi
cial convention, hence it is peculiarly ap
propriate that the healing of the breach
should come about through the efforts of
another unofficial convention.
The conclusions and recommendations
of the convention, however, do not clear
up all of the differences between the fac
tions. They apply only to the forthcoming
constitutional convention, and provide a
way for the framing of a constitution that
will be acceptable to the democracy as a
whole. The conference agreement be
tween Senator Tillman and certain con
servative leaders, that the factions shall
be equally represented In the constitu
tional convention. Is ratified. It Is made
clear that one purpose of the convention
shall be to frame a constitution which
will Insure white supremacy In the state
government through fair and constitu
tional methods. A committee to assist the
state democratic executive committee In
carrying out the plans of the forty !s pro
vided for. And these points, In short, con
stitute the conclusions of the Columbia
convention.
It is to be Inferred from the language
of the manifesto of the forty that It Is not
contemplated that the new constitution
shall he referred back to the people for
ratification. "With a convention so
chosen,” sa>-s the manifesto, “the people
will be satisfied with the constitution it
will adopt.” That Is presuming a good
deal. In advance of even the selection of
the delegates; still the matter Is one that
can be attended to by the constitutional
convention Itself when It Is assembled.
The main point of significance In the ac
tion of the convention of the forty Is that
the way has beqn opened for the rap
prochement of the factions. Having vir
tually gotten together on one important
point of difference, it will not be so hard
to get together on other points. A few
minor concessions here and there by each
party Is probably about all that would
be necessary to a complete under
standing and reunion. It is to be hoped
that the work of reconciliation so auspic
iously begun will go on, until the democ
racy of South Carolina shall once again
present an unbroken front to the political
enemy, as It did in the years between 1873
and 1890.
Talking for Effect.
A Key West special to the Herald says
that the newspapers of Cuba are ridicul
ing the demand of our government for an
apology for the firing upon the Allianca
by a Spanish warship. The way they put
it is that a rupture between the United
States and Spain would result disastrous
ly to the former, owing to the superior
forces of Spain. They will change their
tone before long. They may be sincere In
what they say, not knowing anything of
the relative strength of the two countries.
Shut up on their island, and knowing little
of what Is going on In the rest of the world
they may believe that Spain is really a
great power. When Spain apologizes,
which she will undoubtedly do, unless It
appears by further Investigation that her
cruiser was right tn firing on the Allianca,
their bombastic editorials will be replaced
by articles having a closer relation to
truth and common sense.
It really begins to look as If the Span
iards in Cuba would soon have enough to
do to take care of the insurgents, and
would have no time, or even inclination, to
point out that Spain would find It an easy
job to whip this country. The cause of the
insurgents is prospering apparently, and if
it is sustained with skill and vigor, Spain
will have to send many more troops to
Cuba before she can hope to restore her
authority In all parts of the island. There
is no question as to what Spain's chances
would be In a contest with this country,
but there is an interesting question as to
whether Spain can retain her hold on
Cuba.
It seems that some persons at the South
Carolina town of Bath hold the opinion
that the false ideas of the rights of labor
that the New Orleans levee rioters recently
tried to carry out can be enforced in
other sections of the country. Working
men who were taken from Augusta to
Bath were denied the right to work there
and were run out of town. The Bath ob
jectors presumably wished to do the work
themselves, and took the position that tf
they were not employed nobody else should
be. That was the position of the New
Orleans rioters who killed several men
and against whom the military had to be
called out. It Is the right of the work
ingman to control his own labor as he may
think best, but it is not his right to pre
vent by force other workingmen from earn,
ing a living.
The Prince of Wales' yacht. Britannia,
continues to beat of her class
that she comes into competition with. It
is a mooted question whether the Brit
annia's successes are due to Wales' abil
ities as a blow-hard, or to an intense and
beautiful patriotic deference shown the
future king by hts yachting loyal sub
jects. Jt may be, however, that the Alisa
owner la trying to sail Into society by the
George Gould toute.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1893.
Not All Talk.
The movement of cotton manufacturers
from New England to the south has
not only begun, but Is assuming such pro
portions as to justify the opinion that
before many years the greater part of
the cotton manufacturing of this country
will be carried on In the south. There
has been a good deal of talk about this
movement, and there promises to be a
great deal more. It Is certain that It
will not end, as some of the New England
people hope it will, in talk.
A number of Bridgeport, Conn., manu
facturers are now in Greensboro, N. C.,
selecting a site for a cotton factory, and
a committee of Providence, R. 1., manu
facturers is in that state for the same
purpose. The big factory that is being
built at Gadsden, Ala., for the Dwight
Manufacturing Company of Massachu
setts Is progressing rapidly, and It is un
derstood that it will be ready for occupa
tion in the early part of June. Announce
ment is made of a big cotton mill that Is
to be erected in Robinson, N. C„ and the
mill at Henderson, Ky., is being greatly
enlarged. The mills at Louisville, Ky.,
are being enlarged and new and improved
machinery is being put into them, and it
is rumored that five new mills are to be
erected at Greenville, 8. C., and a very
large one at Walhalla in the same state.
These are only a few of the cotton
mills that are being builf or are projected.
There is enough of them in the list, how
ever, to show that there Is no doubt that
the movement of the cotton manufactur
ing industry from New England to the
south is not all talk.
The New England cotton manufacturers
are men who are accustomed to look
ahead. This they are doing now. The
conclusion they have reached Is that
the south is the natural location for cot
ton manufacturing, and that those who
are the first to recognize that fact and
act upon it will be the ones who will
reap the greatest rejvard.
In the meantime It Is to be hoped that
the committee which is charged with
the duty of assisting in getting factories
for this city is not idle. It can do a
great deal toward helping Bavannah in
this respect and if Its efforts are suc
cessful It Is certain Its work will be
appreciated.
Georg In'* Credit.
The New York Journal of Commerce is
unnecessarily disturbed about the credit
of this state. In commenting on the letter
which Gov. Atkinson recently wrote to
Controller General Wright, inquiring as
to the Investments In Georgia state bonds
and in loans In Georgia by fire and life
Insurance companies doing business In
Georgia, It says: "This effort to coerce
life and fire companies Into buying Geor
gia bonds will do much to hurt the
credit of the state, and it Is Inexplica
ble that such cheap politics should gov
ern and Influence the mind of a public
officer In discharging so Important a
duty as Is indicated by Gov. Atkinson.”
What Is It that Gov. Atkinson sug
gested tn his letter? Why, nothing more
than that Georgia and her citizens should
favor those life and fire insurance com
panies In their business affairs which ap
pear to be the most kindly disposed to
Georgia and her people. While the policy
Indicated by Gov. Atkinson is a little un
usual It cannot be regarded as Irregular
In any respect. We do not see What
the Journal of Commerce has to complain
of. The governor does not propose that
action of any kind shall be taken against
any Insurance company. He simply throws
out the Intimation that the fire and life
insurance companies that lend Georgia
and her people a helping hand should he
given the preference by them. An inti
mation of that sort can hardly be said
to amount to a policy of coercion.
It IVaa a Case of Politic*.
One of the reports afloat in Washington
in connection with the refusal of congress
to appropriate *425,000 to settle in full
the Bering sea claims is that the repub
lican congressmen voted against the ap
propriation, thus securing its defeat, be
cause they want to use the Bering sea
affair for campaign purposes In the next
presidential contest. If the appropria
tion had been made the affair would have
been closed, and taken out of politics.
In a Washington dispatch to the Chi
cago Ttmes-Herald. Representative Ding
ley is quoted as saying that Secretary
Gresham was wholly right in contend
ing that the ultimate cost to the govern
ment is sure to be much larger than the
sum proposed by the state department,
and which the British government was
willing to accept.
The British minister at Washington Is
now engaged In filing Bering sea claims
which a commission will have to pass
upon. Among the claims are those of
British seamen who were arrested in
Bering sea by United States revenue
agents. It is alleged that these claims
alone amount to more than *509,000, and
they were not Included In the amount
which Secretary Gresham and the Brit
ish government agreed should be a full
settlement of all the claims.
It is probable that some of the claims
Included In the amount agreed to by
Secretary Gresham will not be allowed
by a commission. In fact, It is said they
are owned by Americans, who, of course,
are not entitled to damages, but the
chances are that the cost of a commis
sion, together with the claims that are
certain to be allowed, will amount to far
more than the sum agreed upon as sat
isfactory by Secretary Gresham and the
British government. If it be true that
republicans voted against the Gresham
settlement with the view of keeping the
claims unsettled for political purposes
the fact ought to be known. A party that
would make political capital at the ex
pense of the people Is not entitled to
their confidence.
No southern newspaper would have per
mitted Itself to be victimized with a fake
special from Florida about 13,000 Florida
negroes going to Cuba to fight for the
revolutionists. Of all things earthly, the
Florida negro loves absolute peace, the
most perfect Indolence and Immunity from
probable danger. Soldiering I* hard work,
and people frequently get shot while at it.
The customs authorities at Philadelphia
have a sweet problem on their hands.
The ship Remus, from Hamburg for Phil
adelphia. carried In her hold nearly 1.000.-
000 pounds of sugar and 100 cases of ar
senic. She had a rough passage. The sea
dashed off her hatches, smashed some of
the cases of arsenic and mixed the cargo
considerably. It is believed some arsenic
and sea water went into the sugar. At
Philadelphia, the consignees refused to re
ceive the sugar and threw it into the un
derwriters’ hands, and they have turned
It over to the customs authorities on ac
count of the duties.
According to yesterday’s dispatches the
Spanish authorities In Cuba have advices
to the effect that a party of filibusters are
on their way from Costa Rica to Cuba in
an American vessel. That announcement
may foreshadow another firing on the
American flag. The Spaniards, of course,
have a right to stop any illegal traffic to
the island, whether it is In an American
ship or any other. But they had better
be mighty sure they are right before they
shoot.
El Hung Chang’s wound may prove a
good thing for his country. The punc
tured viceroy has the sympathy of Japan
and the civilized world.
PERSON AL.
—Health Officer Demarest of Cincin
nati bears an extraordinary resemblance
to the late Chester A. Arthur. He
Iron-gray hair and Is inclined to embon
point.
- The Shah of Persia contemplates pay
ing another visit to Europe. He will start
in May and go by way or St. Petersburg.
wrhcre?ie will take the opportunity of call
ing on th* Emperor Nicholas 11, afterward
proceeding to Berlin and Paris.
—Edward A. Moseley, the secretary of
the Interstate commerce commission, is
one of the best liked men in Washing
ton. and was an intimate friend of the
late John Boyle O’Reilly, with whom he.
once explored the Dismal swamp.
—Miss Dora Wells is owner and purser
of the Puget Sound steamer Delta, which
runs from Whatcom to the San Juan Is
lands and Victoria. B. C. She makes con
tracts for freight, oolects fares and some
times takes a hand in navigating the ves
sel.
—Rev. Sabina-Baring Oouid, the au
thor of the popular hymn. “Onward,
Christian Soldiers,” is at once a country
parson, a country squire, a lord of the
manor, a sermon writer, a student of
comparative theology, a popular novel
ist and a poet.
—Calvin Fair bank, a noted abolitionist
leader, lives in retired life In Angelica,
N. Y. He spent seventeen years in the
Ohio pnitentiary before the war for a
violation of the fugitive slave act. He
was pardoned before the expiration of
his sentence by President Lincoln.
—Henry M. Stanley 1s living very quiet
ly and very contentedly, for an explorer.
In a humdrum way In l<ondon. He talks
more enthusiastically about the condition
of the poor In Ixtndon than about Africa.
His recent life of ease in town has im
proved the physical appearance of the
explorer and restored the flesh and ner
vous force he lost In penetrating the fast
nesses of the Dark Continent.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Lane Walker—l never wear no feath
ers in my hat.
Podner—l know you don’t, Laney. Why
Is It?
Lane Walker—l’m afraid I'll strike
some place where tar Is plenty.—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
—Bank >tou'4,better investi
gate tne third asslst&nt paying-teller.
Cashier—Have you any reason to suspect
him?
“It may be only Imagination, but when
I spoke to him this morning he seemed
short in his replies.”—Detroit Tribune.
—She (after the unmasking)—l see that
strawberries are on the bill of fare, George.
He (nervously)—Yes, but they are very
sour at this season of the year.
She—Of course; hut I think I will take a
few. One cannot expect strawberries to
be at their best In March, you know.—
Harlem Life.
—"I am astonished that a minister of
the gospel should smoke cigarettes.”
"They saved my life when I was a
missionary. Every tune the king of the
Cannibal Islands began to think of eating
me, I would light a cigarette and make
him so sick that he lost hts appetite.”—
Indianapolis Journal.
—“We don't see much of Gretehen since
her marriage.” Fact. I laid eyes on her
yesterday for the first time since she
became a bride, and that’s nearly a year
ago. Isn't It?” “Yes,. They do say Tom
fcs terribly Jealous." “Well, he has bought
her twenty-two Wrappers, and only one
street dress!”—Life.
—“I ought to have known better than to
come here," said the departing drummer
to the landlord. "I was told beforehand
that it was a one-horse hotel.”
“Well, there's no use of kicking now,”
was the placid response.
"No, I just wanted to stop long enough
to express my sympathy for the horse.”—
Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Wliat About the 214 Other*.
From Griffin (Ga.) News am-d Sun (Dem.)
The next legislature will contain some
good men. It Is said Bill Howard, Steve
Clay and Bob Whitfield will be members
of the lower house, while Bob Berner and
Jim Guerry will go to the senate.
A Western Opinion.
From the Chicago Times-Herald (Dem.)
President Cleveland will strike a popu
lar chord if he select for hls three com
missioners to the proposed conference
men who will make earnest and Intelli
gent picas for international bimetallism,
even against the opposition of Great Brit
ain.
Then Nnine Hint, Quick.
From the Boston Globe (Dem.)
There will probably be at least five
prominent candidates before the next
national republican convention, Reed,
McKinley. Allison, Harrison and Morton.
And yet It Is quite probable that the next
republican presidential candidate has not
been mentioned yet.
A Possible Ticket.
From the Greenville (S. C.) News (Dem.)
If the republicans are honest Teamoh
should have at least the second place on
the ticket. The fact that he‘is a negro is
certainly In his favor. He la a member
of the legislature, was selected as a
proper person to visit the south as a rep
resentative of his state, has created some
thing of a newspaper war, lunched with
the governor of Virginia, is advertised
from the lakes to the gulf, parts his hair
In the middle, and apparently has some
self-confidence. Teamoh, the man of des
tiny, should assert his rights and demand
of his party his dues. What a rhvmtng,
jingling team would Ingals and Teamoh
make!
The State Department** Policy.
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.)
Perhaps the sobeb-minded and sensible
portion of the American people are just
as well pleased to be spared the froth and
bluster, the sheet-iron thunder, the stage
lightning and other pyrotechnic possibil
ities which the mere Idea of a war with
Spain, Great Britain, France and Hawaii,
ail at the same tithe, are calculated to sug
gest to the minds of correspondents at the
capital, hungry for an item and thirst
ing for something sensational. In the
meantime It Is consolatory to know that
the maintenance of the nation's dignity
and honor, as well as the preservation of
our peaceful relations with other powers,
are being looked after by President Cleve
land. and there |* no reason to doubt
that in there particulars he has the loyal
and efficient support of the Secretary of
State. |
Murder Out by Telephone.
“I heard a strange story' today,” said
the doctor in his office late at night, to the
Detroit Free Press.
“You remember,” he said, “when Frank
Brcter was found in the hall of my office
with a bullet through his brain and a pis
tol by his aide?”
The reporter nodded in affirmation. '
“You know,” he continued, “that every
body thought It was suicide, for Frank
was then under treatment by me for a
nervous Affection that made hire wild at
IJJ 16 ** * thought he had taken his own
life, as every one else did, and he was
buried under that Impression. The coro
ner s verdict was to the same effect also.
WeH, to-day his sister died, and before
she crossed the dark river she asked to
see me alcne, and now I know that w*e
were ail mistaken about poor Frank.
“There was another orother, if you re
member, named George, and he was the
black sheep of the family. A bad boy from
the beginning, he grew worse when his
widowgd mother died, and for five years
before Frank's death he and h!s sister,
worke< *- as you know, in the central
office of the telephone company, supported
him * They boarded him in the same house
with Themselves, and, as far as appear
ances went, tie had quite as much of the
world’s goods as either of them He
drank and gambled and was in trouble all
u l !/P e * and °* ten threatened them !f
they end not give him more money. This
they did, but the more he received from
them the more he asked, and finally he
made such a demand upon Frank that he
refused to do anything for him except to
board and clothe him The sister joined
w th E rank in this resolve, and George
threatened to kill them both. No one
knew of this except the brother and sis
ter. for the girl was sensitive and shrank
rr ®J telling her troubles to her friends.
ine day Ms death Frank came to
my office to see me. and there was no one
about. I had been called away sudd&nly,
and had taken my assistant and my door
boy With me. as I expected to return
shortly I did come back, and when I did I
Frank lying in the hail with the
pi3tol by his side, it was his own pistol,
an T. you n<>w the. rest—up to to-day.
told me that George
had killed Frank As far as she could
determine George had followed him there,
aad J 1 ** <*£*£*%£ wit h him in the hall.
To satisfy himself that George was telling
the truth he had gone .to ray telephone
hl * sifter at the central of
fice. Evidently the two brothers were nar
the instrument, for as Frank called she
au vo,c JL of ordering him
She could hear the struggle, as it
continued in the hall, and then suddenly
came the crack of a pistol, and Frank
screamed: Oh George! George! brother,
you have killed me!” That was all she
could remember, except the slamming of a
door as George hurried out cf the hall, for
she fainted. When she was restored to
consciousness the sister asserted Itself
first, and s?he felt that before she told
her dreadful story she must first know
what had happened. She was not a strong
girl, and the fainting spell excited little or
no alarm, so that no one thought of con
necting the fainting with the tragedy. In
fact. I had neved heard of it until she told
me herself. When she learned that Frank
had committed suicide and she alone could
bear witness to the contrary, she closed
her lips for the sake of her brother, and
she has never spoken of it until to-dav,
and only now because George Is dead,
and she told me that she owed it to Frank’s
to let someone know' he had not taken his
own life.
‘That’s what kitted her,” I said, horri
fied at the story.
“I’m sure of It,” replied the doctor. “She
na ?w* c, i ned s,nce Frank’s death, and
nothing l could do for her appeared to
have any effect.
“And yet,” he concluded, “if George had
been living she would have taken her
secret to the grave with her.”
Hud \ot Colored Her Eyes.
“Dear me.” said Mr. Snapshot, with a
start of surprise, which did not at all de
celve is wife, “is it possible that it is so
late? •• I must hurry or I shall be late for
the club meeting.”
“But you went to the club last evening,”
pouted his wife, according to the Los
Angeles T-mes.
”J ate my dinner yesterday, but that
did not prevent me from being hung-rv
to-day, remarked Mr. Snapshot, as he
put on his overshoe*; “the fact is that we
installed the officers last evening, and now
a a—wo are to vote on the admission of
some new members. I shall be home ear
" That’s what you always say, hut ”
"But, Elinor, It was only 11 last night
when I oams in.”
“So you said—but remember. I shall put
my watch under my pillow to-night and
see the time for myself. I only hope you
will not come home and find me murdered
by burglars some night.”
“But burglars have never "
"That’s not saying they never will. And
finding me awake, as I always am In
your absence, they would be sure to kill
me.
“But there are burglar alarms at all
the doors and windows. Besides, if I
remember rightly, 1 waked the neigh
bors for four blocks around before you
heard me the night I had forgotten my
“Keep up the subject, if you nlease, Mr.
Snapshot; as I say, I can never sleep until
you have come in. However, if I am at
tacked I can call across to Mr. Homer for
help; I shall have the window in the side
hall put up on purpose. It will be morti
fying to let an old admirer know how you
neglect me, but it Is better to be mortified
than to be murdered.”
’ Left alone. Mrs. Snapshot duly retired
to her couch to meditate upon the short
comings or her spouse, which she never
would have guessed during their court
ship.
She was aroused from what seemed to
be a continuation of her reviere by the
presence of her husband In the room
"So you are at home at last,” she re
marked. "Well, I’m glad of it, for here
I've been lying awake and trembling at
every sound. What time is It, anvhew’
Why. where's my watch? I put It'under
my pillow?”
“In Indiana, probably, by this time, my
dear—it was always fast."
"You have evidently been drinking, Mr
Snapshot, and I shall take no—why. my
watch is gone!”
“And so is the silver and all the rest of
ojtr valuables. The burglars "
"Good heavens! burglars! And here I
have been left alone and unprotected ”
"And unable to sleep ”
“But how could they have gotten In?”
“Through the window which you had
left open in order to call Mr. Homer In
case you were attacked," meekly replied
her husband—“at leas* that was the theory
of the policeman I met at the door.”
Traveling on the Editor’* Pass.
At a recent gathering of notable men,
says Fashions, the after-dinner chat
turned upon personal experiences, and a
distinguished jurist related this; After
graduation he migrated to a western town.
Months of Idleness, with no prospect of
Improvement, Induced him to seek a new
home. Without money to pay his fare he
boarded a train for Nashville, intending
to seek employment as reporter on one
of the dally newspapers. When the con
ductor called for his ticket he said:
"I am on the staff of the of
Nashville; I suppose you will pass me’"
The conductor looked at him sharply.
"The editor of that paper 5s In the
smoker; come with me; If he identifies
you, all right.”
He followed the conductor Into the smo
ker; the situation was explained; Mr. Ed
itor said:
"Oh yes. I recognize him as one of the
staff; It is all right.”
Before leaving the train the lawyer
again sought the editor.
“Why did you say you recognized me?
I'm not on your paper."
“I am not the editor either. I'm traveling
on his pass, and was scared to death lest
you should give me away.”
The High Trump.
From London Tidbits.
We were married—she and I,
In the spring.
Said she, as we settled down
In our cottage In the town,
"Love, we now begin life's reign,
And of this, our small domain.
You are king.”
And a happier man than I
Ne'er was seen.
And the future seemed to be
Ever full <M hllss for me
As I told my fairy wife.
"Of my fortune and tny life
"You are queen.”
Then her mother In our home
Took her place.
And this life became to nte
Full of woes and misery.
Though I dared not raise a fuss.
From the day she ctune to us
She was ace.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—"Cheaper vension for American ci
ties” is the subject of an Interesting re
port to the state department by Mr.
Charles de Kay, United States consul gen
eral at Berlin, who shows that breeding
would make deer meat cheaper than beef
and as useful.
—A writer in the New York Evening
Post says that Prof. Morse conceived the
idea of a submarine telegraph eabls as
early as September, 1837, and that in 18*2
he laid a cable between Castle Garden and
Governor's Island. He succeeded In trans
mitting signals and sending messages, but
his cable was pulled up by the anchor of a
ship, and was never relaid.
There is the succulent peanut, says the
New York Tribune. May be you think it
doesn't play a large part on the indus
trial stage, but If you do. you are mis
taken. The yearly production of peanuts
in this country' Is about 88.000,000 pounds,
Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and North
Carolina harvesting the most In the or
der named. But, after all, the American
crop of peanuts is small compared with
that of Africa, which In 1892 shipped 490,-
000,000 pounds of peanuts to Europe.
—A revolution In type-setting machinery
is announced, says London Invention. The
machine, which is an English invention,
will, it Is claimed. Increase the speed of
composition six-fold. In dealing with or
dinary type, it is said to have none of the
disadvantages inherent in the machines
now on the market for the same purpose,
as It affords the usual facilities for cor
rection and alteration of matter. Another
machine, which is expected to revolution
ize type-setting, is described by M. Maze
reau. According to the Inventor, the Rev.
Pore Calendoni. a Sicilian domlntcan. It
can compose 50,000 letters per hour, a task
equal to the labor of 38 compositors. The
difference In speed, as compared with the
existing machines, lies in the fact that
Instead of each letter being made to fall
separately Into the composing stick, en
tire words can be composed In an Instant
by the simultaneous application of the Ag
gers of both hands. M. Mazereau states
that he has himself manipulated the in
strument on a small scale with complete
success.
The case of a man living with the top
of his head cut off and the brajn cavity
almost empty Is creating considerable In
terest among the surgeons of Grand Rap
ids and vicinity, says a Grand Rapids,
Mtch., dispatch. These are the facts. A
week ago Charles Olsen attempted to
board a moving train, but missed his
footing and fell under the wheels. His
head was crushed so that over half of the
brain fell out, and when the injured man
was picked up It was supposed that he was
dead. Arrangements were made for the
funeral, but just before the coffin was
closed the undertaker noticed a move
ment of the supposed dead man's eyelids
and had the body placed 1n bed. Surgeons
declared that Olsen was not dead, but
simply in a state of coma. By the use
of electricity they managed to arouse him
slightly, but It was supposed that he
could last only a moment or two, and
there was nothing In the brain cavity cxt
cept a few shreds of gray matter. In a
shert time, however, the patient began
to improve. He could not speak, but
seemed to comprehend all that went on
around him. His recovery was rapid and
to-day he can sit up In bed and say a few
words. Olsen does not remember anything
in regard to himself prior to the accident,
nothing of his past life, and at first did
not even know his own name. Th • sur
geons will have Olsen examined by east
ern specialists in order to find out how it
Is that he Is living, when according to all
surgical rules he should be dead. A silver
plate was put on Olsen's head and he is
now doing nicely. He complains frequently
that he can fed nothing and that noth
ing he eats has any taste. He has lost
nearly fifty pounds in weight since he
was hurt.
—ln all cities men have countless ways
of making their living, and some of them
are very strange, says the New York Ad
vertiser. On the corner of Broadway and
Ann street, a few days ago. a man was
scratahing between the cobblestones with
his cane. Few people paid any attention
to him, hut one man stopped and watched
him, and soon saw him scratch out a
horseshoe nail and put It In hts right hand
coat pocket. He repeated the operation
several times, and put several of the nails
in the other pocket. "What do you want
w ith those nails?" asked the man who had
watched him. "I make my living out of
those nails," replied the other, "and I
ain't ashamed of it, either.” The strange
fellow said his name was Thomas, but
whether he referred to his first or last
name he did not say, and that he was
gathering horseshoe nails for a livelihood.
“You see,” he t>egan, “an old straight
horseshoe nail, that Is, that is one that
has once been In a horse’s foot, Is worth
twice or three times as much as anew one.
This Is easily explained if you stop to
think that anew nail Is always liable to
spilt when being hammered and Injure
the horse’s foot. An old nail has been
tried, and the blacksmith knows that he
can depend on it. Most of the nails I find
are bent, but the good ones I can always
sell to blacksmiths who know their busi
ness. Those that are not very had I sell
to gunsmiths and other men who repair
small machinery. The steel In a horseshoe
nail Is of the best quality. Those nails
that are broken and bent I sell for old
metal. There ain’t a fortune In it. but as
long as the- horseshoe nails hold out and
blacksmiths are willing to buy them I
won't have to stop a man on the streets
and ask him for a dime to buy something
to eat.
—A Chinese family, writes the Rev. Ar
thur Smith In his book on “Chinese Char
acteristics,” Is like a hill of potatoes; one
cannot get at any of them
without a process by which all
are brought to view. In China
private houses are surrounded by a wall,
and have no windows looking on the
street. Nevertheless, there is no domestic
privacy in China. No one thinks of ob
jecting to the entrance of perfect
strangers through the ever open
door. To close the door would provoke
the Inquiry, “What Is going on within,
that they are afraid to have everyone aee
and hear?" And from that moment the
social doom of that family would be
sealed. The Occidental question to an In
truder would be: “What business have
you here?” The Oriental reply would be,
Vi hat business have you to keep me out?”
adage covering this matter
Is, If you would not have it known that
you do it, do It not.” Economy is one of
the greatest virtues in China, though the
Chinese do not reckon It so much a virtue
a* an ordinance of nature. Dog* and
cats live on the vilest refuse; and vet
when they die they are eaten with gusto
Even poisoned animals are eaten with
entire disregard of the consequences. The
same economy is shown in the gathering
of fuel. Not a weed is left in the fields.
Boys beat off the autumnal leaves with
clubs, as If they were chestnuts, and
even straws are scarcely allowed leisure
to show which way the wind blows. When
a Chinaman presents a complimentary in
scription to a friend, he pasts it on a silk
backing, instead of glueing it, so that his
friend may remove the inscription and
use the silk. In many parts of China the
children wear no clothes for many months
in the year; wheels are never greased
and the majority of the country people
never wash. One difficulty, however in
describing Chinese characteristics Is the
fact that there are many races and fami
lies of people, and all of which are loosely
known as Chinese, and each of which has
its own distinctive characteristics.
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misfortune. In fact, since the first two weeks
you treated me I have been continuous!-.' at
work. Hoping you much success in the future
and that those who are in distress from disease
mav become your patients and he cured is ths
wish of your most grateful patient.
[Signed] - - • ■ J. G. DELL.
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