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15DEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
! Meeting—Hibernian Society.
Special Notices—High in Quality, Low In
Prices. John Tea Evans & Cos.; Special
ties at Hinckley’s Ladles' and Gentle
men's Restaurant; Manufacturer's Sale of
Fine Clothing, Appel & Schaul; Special
Notice of Excursions to Suwanee Springs
Ela.; Words Won’t Make High Grade
Goods, Job. McGrath & Oo.; People In
Glass Houses Should Buy Doors, Sashs,
Etc., from Us, Adams' Drug, Paint and
Oil Company; Use Coal OH Johnny’s Soap
tor Improving the Complexion, William
Diers; The Extensively Known and Ex
tensively Used Mount Vernon Rye Whis
ky, iHenry Solomon & Son, Agents; Flelsh
mann’s Gin, Henry Solomon & Son; Im
perial Baking Powder, Sam. Sheftall; The
Neostyle Duplicating Apparatus, B. F.
Ulmer & Cos.; For Sale Cheap, John T.
Rowland; An Ideal Home for Sale, C. H.
Dorset I, Look Gentlemen, Henry I. See
nVann; Icecream Freezers, Lovell & Lattl
ipore; The American Line, Henry I. See
mun; Do You Want a Home, John L.
Archer & Cos.; Hammocks, J. Gardner.
For Sale or Lease, An Elegant Home;
Take Your Lunch and Your Beer at Beck
mann's Cafe; A Word to the Wise House
keeper, Est. S. W. Branch; Fresh Arrivals
of Spanish Red Pepper, Mutual Co-opera
tive Association; Living Whist at Theater,
May S-9; Men's Millinery, Falk Clothing
Company.
Poof Men’s Week—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Auction Prices—James Douglas.
Fair and Square Prices—At Eckstein's.
Ready-Made Sheets, Etc—At Gutman's.
“A Friend in Need”—B. H. Levy & Bro.
"The Very Pith"—Leopold Adler.
Medical—One Week More, Dr. E. D.
Porter; Munyon’s Remedies.
Hotel—Hotel Balmoral, New York.
See Page s—Appel & Schaul.
Railroad Schedules—Central Railroad of
Georgia, Tybee Extension; The Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad Com
pany.
Manufactures Sale of Fine Clothing—
Appel & Schaul.
Trimmed Millinery—At Krouskoffs.
The Important Question of This Week—
Meyer & Walsh.
Children's and Men's Suits—Falk Cloth
ing Company.
No Pinching Prices—Byck Bros.
Great Excitement—Trial of A. S. Nich
ols, Shoe Man.
Good Things Do Last—Daniel Hogan.
May Ist—M. Dryfus.
Selling at Cost, Did He Say?—Crohan &
Dooner.
Lovely Flower Vascn—West's China
Palace.
Amusements—A Fishing Excursion to
Broad River, May 2; Excursion to War
saw Sound, This Afternoon; An Evening
In Pompeii, at Theater, May L
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted, Employment Wanted, For Rent,
For Sale, Lost, Personal, Miscellaneous.
About the only South Carolina, drink
that is not wrapped up in injunctions and
Med with official red tape is that wonderful
dyspepsia core from the Charleston ar
tesian wells, which they use princlpally
to put out fires.
It is worth noting that persons who are
not members of the bar sometimes appear
before the federal supreme court. A few
days ego Lieut. Walker of the navy, who
acted as judge advocate of a court mar
tial, was permitted to make an argument
before the supreme court in a case relat
ing to the court martial, which had been
appealed.
The Manufacturer's Record points to the
success of Georgia in capturing the great
colony of ex-federal as an exam
ple of the value of ‘'hustling.” Alabama
wanted the colony, but Alabama was too
Blow, and Georgia’s enterprise won. Geor
gla's reputation for “getting there” will
of Itself prove a strong card In attract
ing desirable Immigrants.
Charleston has recently had put down
on her Battery drive a little patch of
asphalt. The people of the town hardly
know what to make of It. They regard
it as a kind of plaything, and go down
In the afternoons and make merry upon
it. The News and Courier says lhat doz
ens and dozens of children of all sexes,
ages and complexions, glide about on It
on roller skates, "and after sundown the
larger folks come out on roller* and the
splendid roadway is converted Into a verit
able rink." Over here asphalt Is uard for
business purposes. It is so common. But,
then, there is asphalt here by the mile,
while in Charleston there fa only a patch
of it. The Charlestonian* ought to come
over here Msv week and ee. uonie really
big vessels, and asphalt paving enough
u> snake hundreds of skating link*
Speaker Fleming's Silver Letter.
The letter of W H. Fleming, speaker of
the Georgia House of Representatives, In
; favor of free silver coinage at the ratio
; of IS to 1 is heralded abroad by the silver
! organs as if he had suddenly become a
j convert from the gold standard to the
silver standard. We assume from what
he says in his letter that he has favored
the free coinage of silver all along, and
has simply seized the present opportunity
to tell his political friends that the Presi
dent's sound money letter has not caused
him to’change his views on the silver!
question.
Mr. Fleming declares that he wants to be
entirely honest and candid in arguing the '
silver question, and we have no doubt
that he is, but if he will read over his ]
letter carefully he will And. we think, j
ihat he does not examine the sliver ques- :
tlon impartially, as a Judge would exam- J
Ine a case to be put before a Jury, but ‘
as a lawyer who is intent on making the
side he is on appear the better.
We find only two points in Mr. Fleming's
voluminous letter that deserve attention,
though we do not, of course, say there are
no others. One relates to the demonetiza
tion of sliver in 1873 and the other to the
price of farm products. Mr. Fleming
seems to think that the act of 1873 was a
great crime and that It was got through
congress by the influence of gold mono
metallists, who wanted to control the
currency so as to appreciate the purchas
ing power of gold. He assumes that con
traction was effected, and that, conse
quently, the prices of all farm products
declined. But is Mr. Fleming fight in tak
ing such a position? If he Is. why does
he not show that he is? Why does he
content himself with assertions?
Asa matter of fact, there were no silver
dollars in circulation in 1873, and had not
been for years. The reason was that the
silver in a silver dollar was worth more
than a dollar. When therefore the act of
1873 was passed there was no contraction
of what he calls primary money. In fact,
there was no contraction whatever. In
1873, there were no silver dollars in circu
lation. At present there are over six hun
dred millions of them and silver certifi
cates and they circulate on a parity with
gold dollars. Doesn't this look as if sil
ver had been given a pretty fair showing?
In view of this statement what becomes
of Mr. Fleming's contraction argument?
But If the mint should be opened to the
free coinage of silver there would be ex
traordinary contraction, because the six
hundred millions of dollars In gold now In
the country would disappear from circu
lation. And why would it disappear? For
the same reason that silver dollars disap
peared prior to 1873, viz.; A gold dollar
would be worth more than a dollar in sil
ver, which would be the standard of value.
The cheaper money always drives out of
circulation the better money.
Now, as to Mr. Fleming's sedond point,
viz., that the demonetization of silver
caused a great decline in farm products.
What farm products have declined?
Mr. Fleming mentions only two, wheat
and cotton. Are there no other farm prod
ucts? Why does he confine himself to
these two? If he is anxiqus that only the
facts shall go before the public, why
doesn't he draw attention to the prices of
other farm products? What has he to say
about corn, whlah is a greater farm
product thnn either wheat or cotton?
What about oats, and lard and pork?
Are not all of these great farm products?
And the prices of all of them are higher
now than they were In 1873. Does Mr.
Fleming mean to say that the demonetiza
tion of silver has forced down the prices
of wheat nnd cotton and forced up the
prices of corn, oats, lard and pork? If he
does not mean to say that, what does he
mean to say? Believing he is desirous of
being candid, will he please explain why It
Is that if the demonetization of silver has
caused a decline in the prices of wheat
and cotton, as he claims, there has been
a rise in the prices of corn, oats, pork
and lard, and other farm products that
could be named? After all, Isn't It a fact
that the true cause of the decline in the
prices of wheat and cotton is overproduc
tion and not the demonetization of silver?
We think Mr. Fleming should write an
other letter.
The Central’* Schedule,
The taking off of the morning train
from Savannah to Augusta by the Cen
tral railroad Is of no especial Import
ance to the Morning News, as a news
paper, but It is Important to it as repre
senting abroad the interests of Savannah,
because. If for no other reason. It cre
ates the impression outside of their re
spective territories that neither Savannah
nor Augusta is of much business promin
ence. A traveler arriving in Savannp.h
after 9 p. m., and desiring to go to Au
gusta, cannot leave, for that city over the
Central railroad before 4 p. m. the fol
lowing day.
We venture to say that there Is no
other railroad in this country, worthy of
being called a railroad, that has a sche
dule so Inimical to the interests of two
of the principal cities on its lines.
It is contended by some that, the new
Savannah and Augusta schedule is to the
advantage of Savannah, as It tends to
force people to trade In this city who
would otherwise go to Augusta for that
purpose. If this contention were true,
which It Is not, it would be very bad
policy on the part of the railroad from
a business standpoint, but the truth Is,
the “grand prize” schedule affects only
the towns between Mlllen and Augusta,
the trade of which towns, owing to their
proximity to Augusta, cannot be drawn
away from lhat city.
When ft come* to be looked into, ihere
I* not a great deal of difference between
the moral aspect of the scheme of the At
lanta man to marry a girl for a <a*h pay
ment of I6UO, and that of the scheme of the
foreign <‘Ouni or marqui* who over
to thl* <Ou4U y < marry un for H/Ao.ow
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1895.
The Woman's Bible.
The report that the "advanced” women
would edit and publish a Bible of their
own was no Joke, although the newspaper
peragraphers made it the base of a great
! many Jokes. The Information comes from
London by cable that work upon the wo
man's Bible has already begun, and that
the book of Genesis Is now ready.
Speaking of the matter recently Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton said the new Bi
ble would contain commentaries on ail
passages of scripture that refer in any
way to woman. It would not Interfere
with creed* and doctrines, but deal solely
with the position of womankind In con
nection with the holy writings. “As wo
man is mentioned in only one-eleventh
part of the Bible," said Mrs. Stanton, “a
small volume of about 400 pages wtll be
sufficiently large for the commentaries.”
The sisterhood of advanced women have
long groaned under the implications of
servitude contained in certain passages, of
scripture. They have for some time sus
pected that the men translators took a
mean advantage of their sex and gave
the offending passages shades of meaning
they ought not to have, and would not
have if the original were correctly ren
dered into English. They have, there
fore, determined to do a little translating
themselves, and to add commentaries to
show that the verses implying woman’s in
feriority really mean the opposite of the
ordinary acceptation.
To Judge from the cable account of what
the women translators and commentators
have done with the book of Genesis, they
will be able to prove, to their own satis
faction at least, that what they suspected
of the men is true. In the new Genesis
Eve is rather praised than otherwise for
hating eaten the apple. It is pointed out
that Satan did not tempt her with an
array of silks and satins, which some
people think most seductive to her des
cendants, but with .an offer of knowledge,
man being of such a groveling nature that
a similar lofty ambition never entered
his mind. Besides, if the fruit was not to
be eaten. Eve should have been informed
of the fact at first hands, and not through
an agent.
Every reader will agree that the begin
ning is promising, from the "new" wo
man point of view. If the work should
be continued as it has been begun, the
women may be able to offer proofs that
man has been a fraud and a tyrant ever
since he was put out of the garden. At
this point, however, it would be interest
ing to know how the woman's Bible re
conciles the assertion that the first man
possessed a low and groveling nature
with the scriptural fact that be was made
in the image of his creator. It is not to
be supposed that Adam before the fall
possessed the stature of a god and the
mental qualities of a boor. The difficulty
about the compilation of the woman's
Bible seems to be that the compilers have
gone about It with the Idea that women
can be "vindicated” only by pulling men
down.
The Savannah Lyceum.
When the Lyceum was established in
the early part of the winter there was
some apprehension on the part of Its foun
ders that It would not be a success.
They were told that Savannah did not
take kindly to lectures. They are grati
fied to know that those who gave them
this Information were not correctly in
formed.
The Lyceum gave five entertainments
and they were all well patronized. The
last entertainment was attended by a
larger audience than the first, showing
that the Lyceum has grown steadily in
popular favor. Both managers and pa
trons are greatly pleased.
There are plenty of people in Savan
nah who appreciate a good lecture or a
first-class reading and they will give a
liberal support to the class of entertain
ments that the Lyceum has thus- far pro
vided. The Lyceum managers are con
vinced of that, and are already making
their plans for next season. They are am
bitious of doing a litle more than they did
this season, and the prospect Is that they
will have a very inviting programme to
ofTer when they are ready to make their
announcement of the next course of lec
tures.
There is no doubt that all of the sub
scribers of the past season will renew their
subscriptions, and that many new ones
will be added to the list. The interest in
the Lyceum is certain to increase and
the Lyceum audiences next year will tax
the capacity of the hall.
View* of Liberia.
A great many colored people of the south
are now trying to save sufficient money to
pay the expenses of getting to Liberia. Li
berian emigration agents have made them
believe Liberia is a sort of Paradise for
colored people. Before making up their
minds to go there they should find out
something about the country from the best
available sources of Information. State
ments made by persons who recently vis
ited Liberia make the impression that It
Is a good country to keep away from. One
of these persons is G. G. Brownlee, who
has an Illustrated article on Liberia In the
current number of Harper's Weekly.
Mr. Brownlee says the country Is going
backward. The people are without ener
gy and without hope of improving their
material condition. There are here and
there plantations, the buildings of which,
erected quite a long time ago, are rapidly
going to ruin. There are no signs of new
plantation buildings. Even the building of
the college of Liberia Is in an advanced
state of decay. Us loss would not bo felt
as It Is practically without students. The
people have no desire apparently to better
their material condition. The standard of
morals Is low and disorder Is prevalent.
The rllmat* ia the cause of this unhappy
condition of affairs. It Is deadly. While
people cannot stand it and black people
from this < ountrv quickly succumb to Ita
influence. Mr. Brownie* mentions a party
of sixty colored people who went to Li
beria from the south err state* a year or
two ago, and is six months ten of them
were dead. He says that slckneps, improvi
dence and utter Ignoren--- of their condi
tions often reduce tomigranut to extreme
want and dlspair.
Colored people who are anxious to get to
Liberia should think twice before giving
up their comfortabh- homes and going
where starvation and death await them.
PERSONAL.
—Max O'Rell has not read Trilby, though
he is a great friend of the man who wrote
It.
The Due de Mornv, probably the
foremost amateur pheoerapher of the
day in France, is reported to have paid
something like JiO.OOO for his camera
equipment.
—Sarah Grand, the novelist, married at
the age of I*. For some time she lived
with her husband in China, and afterward
trveled all through Japan with no escort
but*her maid.
—lt Is hinted by Le Figaro that 6ar
dou's "Rabagas.” which was suppressed
being an attack upon Gambetta. is to
be given at the Paris Ambigru, with Co
queiln in the title part.
—The doyen of Prer.ch physicians Is
Dr. de Bossy, who was t>orn in 1793 He is
stUl hale and hearty and in active prac
tice. The secret of longevity, he says,
consists In moderation in all things.
—There recently died m Ixmdon at
the age of 74 an interesting personage
named .Soott. He was for many years
body servant to Charles Dickens, and
twice came to this country with the nov
elist. Scott was also "dresser" to Charles
Matthews and Feehter. With the latter
he traveled In this country. Scott was a
storehouse of anecdotes connected with
famous men, but never went so far as
to write his memoirs.
—President Cleveland Is coming to con
sider writing official documents by hand
a burden. It is said he Is slowly but suc
cessfully cultivating the art of dictating
to a stenographer, thus relieving himself
from much physical labor and saving
himself much time. Nearly all his offi
rial documents are now prepared with
the assistance of K stenographer instead
of bring written by his own hand, as
was the case until recently.
—Here Is a composition on Sir Walter
Raleigh, written by a pupil in an English
board school; "Sir Waiter Raleigh was
a very great man. He wont over and
discovered America: and when he had dis
covered America, he discovered Virginia.
He discovered the potato. And when he
had discovered the potato, he discovered
tobacco. And when he had discovered
tobacco, he turned to his companions and
said: 'My friends, be of good cheer, for we
have this day in England Ut such a flame
as I trust by God’s grace shall never be
extinguished.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—Two Nebraska clergymen declare that
the opening of the world's fair on Sun
day caused the hard times.—New York
Tribune.
—Touching the question of the antiquity
of man, how comes it that even the scien
tists fear to discuss the antiquity of
woman?—Philadelphia Inquirer.
—A Tioga undertaker heads his adver
tisement. “A step in the right direction,”
and concludes ft with "Children half
price."—Philadelphia Record.
—"Yes," said the literary man, with a
sigh, "style is a fine thine for a writer
to have, but when his wife’s got It too.
it takes all the profit away.*"Teias Sift
ings.
—Chambermaid (to cook, who Is en
gaged to a negro): So this is one of his
love letters. Why, It is full of blots.
Cook—Blots? Nonsense! Those are his
tears.—Fliegende Blatter.
—An Asinine Insinuation.—" How do you
happen to be called Jack?”
Oh, Is it Just a nickname.”
"I didn’t know r but that it Nvas an ab
breviation.”— Indianapolis Journal.* ”
—Religious Chess.—Effie: Please, Uncle
Arthur, do come and play chess with me
Uncle Arthur: Oh, Effie, don't you j-ol
member? It’s Sunday.
"Well, we can let the bishop win!”—
Pall Mall Budget.
—At Church—Tired Child: Mamma, how
much did you put in the collection?
Mother: A quarter, my dear.
Tired Child: Well, this preacher gives
an awful lot for the money.—Pittsbure
Bulletin.
—"Ol doan’ know," said Mr. Dolan, who
had been investigating the weather,
phwat the matter do be. Ayther Aprii
cum too soon or ilse the thermometer
do be kapin’ bad toime."—Washington
Star.
—He: Don’t you think there Is consid
erable danger In letting a woman who
cares for you know that you love her?
She: I think there is considerably more
danger in letting her know that you don't
—Harlem Life.
—A Sure Symptom—Elder Berry: I
have an Idea Dr. Thirdly is becoming more
liberal in his views.
Mrs. Berry: What makes you think so?
Elder Berry: People are flocking to
hear him.—Brooklyn Life.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Silverltes Will Be Ilcaten.
From Alpharetta (Go.) Free Press (Dem).
If the question befalrly put the advo
cates of sound money will repulse the sil
ver monometallists in Georgia. A hired
army can’t fight. They are not sincere.
For Sllverlte Consideration.
Prom Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser (Dem)
More than 70 per cent, of our agricultural
products are exported. Any legislation
that interferes with their free movement
Is disastrous to the farmer.
A Sick Theory.
From the Ohaittanooga Times (Dem.),
Wages are going up—voluntarily over
the east. No less than thirty large con
cerns have given liberal advances. Yet
silver don’t go up any more. Something
either ails sliver, or the sllverlte theory Is
sick.
• A Policy Accounted For.
Prom Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun (Dem).
United States Senator Stewart, one of
the bosses of the free silver movement. Is
said to be one of the largest stiver mine
owners In the world. He has abandoned
the Republican party and prostituted this
public service In the Senate to his silver
mines in the west. The product of these
he is willing to unload on the people at a
big bonus, and at the expense of a wrecked
national financial system.
Speaker Fleming'* Letter.
Prom the Atlanta Journal (Dem.).
Mr. Fleming argues at length on the fa
vorite line of the silver monometallists
that the lower prices of our products are
due In great measure to the appreciation
of gold. He does not concede the full ef
fect of Inventions and improved methods
In every line of production from agricul
ture up, and does not tell us why ft was
that the value of gold measured in most
of the agricultural products of our country
remained about the same from 1860 to 1891,
during which period we had tree coinage
of silver, no coinage and both the Bland
and Sherman sliver laws.
Market Report* Answer Them.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dent.).
There is no argument that the Record
could make In Its editorial columns in be
half of dollars as good as gold or In advo
cacy of a low tariff on Imports and free
raw materials as effective or convincing
as the facts which It prints from day to
day in Its news columns. Notwithstanding
the out In tariff duties, notwithstanding
our whole volume of currency is kept upon
a gold hssls prices are advancing. Wheat,
cotton, petroleum. Iron, beef and labor are
selling In the markets from day to day
for a larger portion of gold. There la no
reply lo the shouting of the silver-mongers
and the meaning of professional pro
tectionist* so cruahlngty adequate as the
simple, dsy by day iaT# of the market re
ports and the turning of wh*l* and the
smoke ana din ot industry and swelling
trade.
Outline of a Kovel.
When the young man had secured an
audience with the great publisher, says
the Chicago Post, he took a little note
book from his pocket and said briskly:
“I know you are a very busy man.
whose time is valuable, so I have simply
brought you an outline of my novel."
“It cannot be too brief.” said the pub
lisher. coldly.
“I suppose not,” returned the young
man, without losing any of his self-pos
session. “I will get down to business at
once, and I think you will agree with me
that the way 1 have chaptered it Is par
ticularly good. I open.” he went on. re
ferring to his notebook, "with a beauti
ful girl with whom a man is desperately
in love. That is ‘Chap. I—Maid One!'
Bee? Clever Idea. Isn't it?”
"Go ahead,” said the publisher, shortly.
"Certainly. That’s merely the begin
ning. you know. 1 explained the young
man. "Then I introduce another young
man as a rival and have the girl fall in
love with him. That's "Chap. ll.—Maid
Won!’ Unique, isn’t it?”
"Go on."
“With pleasure. I next Introduce a
third young man and have the girl sud
denly elope with him. That, of course. Is
’Chap. lll.—Made One!’ Isn’t that a great
scheme?”
"Proceed.” said the publisher, looking
to see if any one was within call in case
the young man showed signs of violence.
“Well, then I ha'-e the beautiful girl
get a divorce. In order to marry still an
other young man. and 1 naturally call
that ’Chap. IV.—Made Two 1 ' Then I
bring In another fellow who falls in love
with the beautiful girl's best friend, and
I call it 'Chap. V.—Maid Two!’
"Walt!” cried the publisher, rising and
moving toward the door. "One more
chapter will do. and let me supply It for
you. Consider yourself the next young
man to come into the story-"
"AH right.”
"And we ll call It ‘Chap. Vl.—Made
Nothing!' ”
Then the voting man realized that
"Finis” had been nut to the Interview,
and he went sadlv out into the cold, cold
world, after which the publisher ven
tured back to his desk.
The Veterans.
(Lines suggested by seeing the old con
federate soldiers file Into the cemetery on
Memorial day.)
By Miss E. F. Andrews.
I see them slowly marching, year by year
A lessening band, to that lone camping
ground
Where their companions in the days that
tried
Men's souls have grounded arms forever.
Ease
Has seldom been their portion; bronzed
by sun
And bit by winter's cold, they bear the
scars
And blows of envious time as valiantly
As once they bore the buftetings of war.
For them a nation's coffers have not bled
To salve their wounds with gold; but
when, worn out
With fatal victories, they left the field
Where valor long had striv'n in vain with
might,
Bike that great son of Rome, whose con
quering arm
Did not disdain to guide the plow, they
sheathed
Their swords, and asking aid of none but
God.
By honest toil redeemed and glorified
The land their fruitless valor could not
save.
See where they come, an ever lessening
band!
Torn by life's storms and chilled by numb
ing frosts
Of thankless years, they falter not nor
fall x
In the great strife with human wrong and
woe
Till one by one. the great commander.
Death.
Gives word to break their ranks, and join
the vast
Encampment ’neath the white and serried
stones
Where Fame shall write their simple epi
taph—
Not conquered, but worn out with con
quering.
In tle Wrong Department.
A lady In a bugled cape and a love of a
bonnet went Into a Stale -street silver
smith's Saturday and drifted into a strange
department, says the Chicago News.
Pointing Into a showcase, she said: “How
much Is that silver pie knife with the
ivory handle?”
"That Is not a pie knife,” answered the
clerk. "That is a trowel used to lay the
corner stone of a building. It puts on
the last trowelful of mortar and Is given
to the one who uses it.”
“Well, it would be a pie knife if my hus
band got It,” replied the customer.
After awhile she continued: “How much
is that beautiful silver basin?”
"That,” said the clerk, mildly, “is not a
basin; It is a bason—an alms bason." Then
he explained that a basin was used for
water, whereas a bason was used to re
ceive money offerings in an Episcopal
church. Then as the woman drifted to
ward the realm of souvenir spoons the
clerk looked at the hall-clock man.
She came back again and. pointing to a
brass lecturn. wanted to know how much
that music-stand might be and whether
It whs not strange to have such things In
a Jewelry store.
“This is not really a jewelry store," con
tinued the clerk, affably. “You see, this
Is a goldsmith’s, but there Is little dis
tinction of the terms in the west. We
have a jewelry’ department down that
way. This Is the ecclesiastic department.”
“Well, I declare!” said the lady, whose
shopping instinct was now really aroused.
"How much would that cost, now?"
The pained clerk had to set a price on a
pocket pyx, get out the cruet, chalice,
paten and ciborium, get out an oilstock.
make an estimate on the lunette and mon
strance and exhibit an fIS font.
When it was all over the woman cast
one lingering look at the pie-knife and
asked which way Monroe street was.
Humor In Church.
The Youths' Companion tells of a church
choir that repeated many times, "Oh, turn
my pi—, Oh, turn my pi—, Oh, turn my
pi—, Oh. turn my pious soul to thee.”
Dean Hole tells In his "New Memories"
how one of these anthems annoyed the
first bishop of the Episcopal church of
Connecticut, Dr. Samuel Seabury. The
Bishop was visiting the parish of Middle
town. and an anthem, composed by a lo
cal musician, was sung. The words were
those of the 133d Psalm, and eight times
the singers repeated the phrase, "That
ran down upon the beard.” At a dinner
after the service, the bishop was asked, at
the suggestion of the composer, what he
thought of the music. “Oh.” he replied,
"I dare say it was very’ good, but I sym
pathized so -with Aaron that I coud not
attend properly. I thought that the run
ning down of the ointment eight times
could hardly have left a hair upon his
head.”
A young lady organist In a Montreal
church was very anxious to make a good
impression by her playing on a visiting
clergyman one Sunday, say’s the New
York Tribune. The organ was pumped by
an obstreperous old sexton, who would
often stop when he thought the organ vol
untary had lasted long enough. This day
the organist was anxious that all should
go well, and as the service was about to
begin she wrote a note intended solely for
the sexton’s eye. He took it, and, in spite
of her antagonized beckonings, carried It
straight to the preacher. What was that
gentleman’s astonishment when he read:
“Oblige me this morning by blowing a way
till I give you the signal to stop. Miss
Alien."
W>ll Supplied.
He is a German and the keei>er of a sa
loon, says the Indianapolis Sentinel. He
has been in Amerioa but a few months,
and, consequently, his knowledge of the
English language is not great. It is no
wonder, then that he should make a few
mistakes as to the Interpretation of certain
sounds expressive of meaning in the lan
guage he has adopted. He was sitting be
hind his bar waiting for trade. Saturday
afternoon, when a young man entered.
"Are you the proprietor?" was the in
quiry.
"Va, Ich bln boss bier."
"Well, I'm the agent of Ldpp's Publish
ing Company, and I want to sell you
Shakespeare.” •
"Veil, Joh hahe Lteber's bier, und Mans'
bier, und Schmidt's hter, und Home bier,
und Oudwelser. I link me dot's genus'
Didn't never hear of dot's Jake's hler "
“Oh. you don't understand me lam not
speaking of beer. What I have to sell is
a book
“Veil, you come around In four Oder
fuenf days and I haf bock, too "
The young man left in dingus', and *.
erted his energy on a more enlightened
dago who lived next door.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
—Except in winter, when water should
be given sparingly, palms should never be
allowed to get dry, or the tips of the leaves
will become yellow and brown, and the
apearance of the plant will be greatly
marred. When making new growth they
need a moist atmosphere, which is diffi
cult to give them in a. window.
—ln 1715 an actress appeared on the
stage of a Paris theater In the character
of a rustic Greek maiden in the time of
Pericles. She wore a pannier five yards In
circumference under a skirt of silver
gauze, trimmed with pufTs of gold and
pink crape, and bouquets of natural roses
here and there fastened to the material.
—Each family of standing in Honolulu
keeps a telephone, for which the charge Is
s+' a year. The Invitations to all social
functions are sent by telephone. This is
not only a saving to the hostess in the mat
ter of cards and postage, but it also ob
viates the necessity of the physical labor
that attaches to such work. Some houses
have a dozen telephones scattered about
the different rooms, so that the family
may communicate with friends without
having to leave their chairs.
—ln one of the wards of the insane asy
lum at Dayton, 0.. Is an entire family.
There are five persons, and beyond the
one hallucination they are bright and in
telligent. Their name is Youart. The
eldest daughter taught school for years,
though Insane all the time. They believe
that a great fortune awaits them in Lan
canshire. England. It was left to them by
their father, and consists of vast estates.
When talking on this subject they- eyes di
late, the face becomes flushed and the
hands are clasped nervously. The young
est son, a boy of 15, is as crazj' as any of
the others. Experts believe the family will
become violently insane with homicidal
tendencies. It Is a strongly marked case
of paranoia.
—The popular Impression Is that all
pearls used for ornaments and jewelry
come from the high seas; this Is not
so, however. Some of the handsomest
pearls ever found and set Into ornaments
are from the bed of the River Elster, In
Saxony. The fishery for pearls in that
valley is by no means of recent date;
In fact, the first authentic document re
ferring to inland pearl fisheries is the
edict of the electoral Prince John George
I, dated 1621, granting the rights of the
fishery of pearls to the family Schmerler,
at Oelsnitz. Some of these pearls are
as large as a bullet and as clear as
milk, having a bluish tint. Several are
exhibited in the Green Vault of the Dres
den museum, although, a3 above men
tioned. they are popularly believed to
have originally come trom the orient.
The total annual find is diminishing rap
idly; while over fifty valuable pearls
were found In 1593, the year 1894 netted
only thirteen pearls, only four of which
were valuable, while four were absolute
ly worthless.
—A sham marquis has been sentenced
to five years' imprisonment for swindling,
says a Paris letter. He had opened what
he pleased to style a bank, but only with
a view to pocketing the money, which he
made the clerks whom he had engaged
hand over to him by way of a guarantee.
By these moans he had obtained 6,000
francs, and. in order to gain time for Ills
escape, he said that the house of business
would be closed on the following day.
The clerks received a letter announcing
the death of his wife, the marquise, de
scribed in the missive with a deep edged
black border, as "Mme. Berthemin de
Kerangal, nee Edith de Lizzy Wellesley,”
and Inviting them to the funeral. They
went the next day to the church, which
they found hung with sable draperies,
while a tall catafalque, flanked with lam
padarfes, rose in the center of the aisle.
But they waited In vain, for neither the
corpse nor the marquis nor his son, the
"Compte de Kerangal.” made an appear
ance. At last the adventurer was ar
rested, and one more condemnation has
been added to the score of sentences pre
viously passed on him.
—The original constitution of the Uni
ted States, says Harper’s Y'oung People,
was written upon a long roll, that was
afterward cut up and put under glass In
five oak frames two Inches deep, and
fourteen by nineteen Inches In size. In
four of these frames are parchment
sheets, easily filling the space, on which
are written the constitution of the United
States. In the fifth frame are the signa
tures, and the resolution submitting the
document to the states for ratification.
This is he original of our national consti
tution—the only constitution our republic
ever had. Most states of the union have
had from two to half a dozen constitutions
and the Empire State has recently changed
its constitution again. The tines of this
original constitution of the United States
run across the sheet, and the penmanship
is very coarse. The preamble, which so
many of you can repeat, is separated from
the text by a narrow space, and there is
no attempt at fancy lettering in the open
ing words, as there is in the articles of
confederation. Many of the signatures
are the same as are found at the bottom
of the declaration of independence. The
amendments, even the very first one, do
not form part of Uiis original, but are
written upon separate rolls of parchment,
and preserved in tin tubes that stand in
the corner of a closet. The number of
these tubes is greatly increased by those
that contain the official ratification by the
states. The earlier of these ratifications
includes approval of the constitution and
of the earlier amendments. Later amend
ments, such as the celebrated fourteenth
and fifteenth, ndopted at later dates, re
quired separate ratifications, and separ
ate tubes.
—Lake Superior has been reputed to
p® the biggest body of fresh water on
the globe, but it is not certain yet that
Victoria Nyanza. the largest African
lake, may not be ahead of it in size.
Reclus, Indeed, gave Victoria 83,900 square
kilometers, to 81,000 for Superior; but on
the other hand, several of best sources
of information agree in placing tne area
of Lake Superior at 31,200 square miles,
and of Victoria Nyanza at about 30,000
square miles. The fact is that these great
lakes are nearly equal in size, and we
cannot tell exactly how they compare,
because our information about Victoria
Nyanza is still very imperfect. About
two years ago Dr. Baumann discovered
on the southeast coast of the lake a deep
bay that no one had heard of before,
and which is jest beginning to appear
on the maps. He was five days walking
around the shores of this indentsH.n
which is now known as Baumann Gulf
A while before this discovery Father
Schynze surveyed the southwest prolon
gation o.f the lake, which Mr. Stanley
did not discover during his voyage of
eight days around its shores. These two
discoveries have added many square
miles which are not included in the es
timates here given of the lake’s area
and the shores of the lake are still so
inadequately explored and surveyed that
hundreds of square miles are likely to
be added to or subtracted from our pres
ent computations of the area. Meanwhile
Lake Chad, on the edge of Sahara, may
continue to stand off at one side and
smile at the pretensions of both these
rivals for first place. In the rainy sea
son this lake loses all semblance of its
former self and spreads over a vast
area, until it covers more ground than
the vaunted Lake Superior itself It is
spread out very thin, to be sure; but
it Is all Lake Chad, and if its outlines
when at their largest, were correctly
mapped, the lake would look very im
posing. But Chad, on these occasions
like beauty, is only skin deep.
Awarded
Highest Honors—World’s Fair,
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Pur* Food.
Butter ine is a much abused product
Asa matter of fact it is pure, sweet,
wholesome, and infinitely preferable to
ordinary country butter. A special
correspondent of this paper recently
visited the factory owned and operated
by the Armour Packing Cos., of Kansas
City, manufacturers of the widely ad
vertised Silver Churn Butterine. A
five story building' is perfectly fitted
for the scientific preparation of this
food product. Everything is spotlessly
clean: all appliances are the latest and
most unproved, and every precaution is
taken to secure the production oft an
absolutely pure and wholesome food.
All processes are under the direction of
a foreign chemist who has made the
skillful combination of pure sweet fats
the study of his life.
Prof. Charles Chandler, of New York
City, says: “The product is palatable
and wholesome and I regard it as a
most valuable article of food.”
Prof. J. 8. W. Arnold, Medical De
partment, University of New York,
says: “A blessing for the poor, and in
every way a perfectly pure, wholesome
and palatable article of food.”
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Good Things
Do Last
here. We’re not selfish and when there is a
real bargain In sight our friends must share
it. Last week's Standard Goods Sale was so
literally responded to and the offerings made
were so greatly appreciated by our customers
thst we now renew for the ensuing week the
same wonderful Inducements, with many ad
ditional attractions.
TABLE LINENS.
Exclusive, rich and beau
tiful designs, bleached and
unbleached, 54-inch Cream,
32c; 60-inch White, 49c; 68-
inch Irish, 70c; 64-inch
Scotch, 65c; 72-inch Satin
Damask, 87c; 72-inch Extra
Fine, $1.10; 72-inch still
finer at $1.25 and $1.50.
WOMEN’S UNDERWEAR.
Time to be thinking about lighter
weight gornientn. Here they are.
fluraainn In every line.
Hand-made \iht Gowno 89c, ft,
91.4 ft, fl. Oft, 92.2 ft, and up to 9#.
Cheminen and I)ra*ver 49c, 60e,
00, 89c, 91, 91.25, 91.50, 92, 92.25,
and ap to 94*
SHIRT WAISTS.
Just the prettiest lu the city.
They lit perfectly, are rightly made
an,l very cheap. Shirt Waists In
French Percales, Cheviot., Silk and
Sateen. The price, ran, 45c, were
fiOe; r.iie, were 75cs 79c, were $1(
$1.15, were $1.35.
White waist., colored hemstitch
ed collar, and end's, nt 65c, 85c,
sl, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.
Fine Dimity Lawn Waists at sl,
$1.25, and np to $2.
Extraordinary values this week
in Silks and all kinds of W ash Fab
rics.
DANIEL HOGAN
The Corner Broughton and Barnard,
[)R- T. FELIX GOURAUD’S ORIENTAL CREAM
U OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER.
Purifies as Well as Beautifies the Skin. No
Other Cosmetic Will Do It.
Removes Tan,
. les, Moth Patch-
WKyng es. Rash and
JR XTvn Skin diseases,
SSf /} y‘ J !j and every blem-
A, on beauty,
'm _ y Ci and defies detec-
JL tion. It has stood
VI tlie test ° r * 3
5L i I Lf ( years, and is so
eg \ harmless we
> ( | sure it is proper
/AH Ily made. Accept
I -f J no counterfeit of
l y i ft similar name.
c-\ it# V Dr. L. A. Sayre
said to a lady of the haut-ton (a patient): “As
you ladies will use them, I recommend ‘Gou
raud’s Cream’ as the least, harmful of all the
Skin preparations.” For sale by all druggists
and fancy goods dealers in the United States,
Canadas and Europe.
FRED. T. HOPKINS. Proprietor.
37 Great Jones Street, N. Y.
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HARDWARE.
Bar, Band and Hoop Iron,
Wagon Material,
Turpentine Toole,
Agricultural Implements.
= DESPISE
An article because it'a cheap; go to you'
grocer and order a 10c. box of
Cunningham's Desiccated Egg Food
It la equal lo cooking rapacity to 13 ***
large cart.*, equal to W egge, c . endowed
by Prof. Henry A Mott, Pb. 0., Ur 0.
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