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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
SIXTEEN PACES
IfiDLI TO JEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—South Side Improvement
league; German Social Club.
Special N6tices—Business Kept Right
T’p by Keeping Prices Down, John Tea
Evans & Cos.; Our Store Rule, Jas. Mc-
Grath A Cos .: Drop Us a Postal, Henry Sol
omon & Son; Cigarettes, Henry Solomon
A Son; Mothers, Please Note, Appel &
Sehaul; Fire Insurance Under the Vena
ble Law, W. P. Green & Cos.; Our Ad
vanced Views, Fawcett Bros.; For Sale,
C. P. Rossignol; Hardware and Stove Deal
ers. R. D. A Wm. Lattlmore; Salu Tivoli,
Georgia Brewing Association.
Summer Resorts—West End Hotel and
Cottages, Long Branch.
Stock of Pattern Hats and Bonnets—At
Krouskoff's.
Amusements— I Trintty Sunday School Pic
ic at Wilmington Tuesday May 28; Steam
er Gov. Salford to Old Ocean This After
noon.
Heat Banishers—West's China Palace.
Steinway Pianos—Ludden & Bates, Sole
Agents.
Did Adam Wear a Shirt?—B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Great Removal Sale—At Eckstein's.
Now Is the Time—At Gutman's.
Linens for tke Home—D. Hogan.
Shirt Time—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Priestley's Suitings, Etc.—Leopold Ad
ler.
Medical—Only Five Days More, Dr. Por
ter; Munyon's Remedies.
We Are Going to Lead—‘Meyer & Walsh.
Mothers, Attention—Appel & Sehaul.
One of the Specialties for Ladies—At
Byck's.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Are not the authorities a little slow about
putting up that drinking fountain at the
head of Whitaker street, on Bay? The
city council. It is believed, made an appro
priation for the purpose more than a
month ago, but as yet no preparations for
the erection of the fountain are in sight.
The warm season is directly at hand, when
the fountain will be needed. Its chief pur
pose is to relieve horses and stock from
thirst upon hot summer days, hence it
should be in position by the advent of
Slimmer.
According to advices received at Wash
ington, the naval demonstration to be held
hi Kiel in June in honor of the opening of
the Baltic canal will be the most stupen
dous naval show ever witnessed. Forty
five war ships from foreign countries will
he In attendance, and every class of fight
ing craft, from the mammoth battle ship
to the little torpedo boat, will be in line.
In point of tonnage and heavy armament,
the United States will stand third in the
list of visitors, England and Italy coming
first and second. But on the point of
speed, our navy will stand at the head,
the Minneapolis being the fastest ship that
will be present, by several knots an hour.
The record of the Minneapolis is 23.73
knots, while the record of the next fastest
vessel that will be at the show, the Italian
Aretusa, Is 20.7 knots. One of the Italian
vessels mounts & gun of 17!* inches bore,
which Is the biggest gun afloat.
The news dispatches from day to day
tell of the advance of prices in cotton,
wheat, com and other commodities, and
In the wages of w’orkingmen in various
parts of the country. It seems that prices
and wages are, to a degree, advancing to
gether. And the best feature of the mat
ter is that the advance is measured in
gold. The 10 per cent, or the 12 per cent,
that has been added to wages by Mr.
Disston and others means so many cents
on the dollar in gold. The advance Is not
deceptive, and meaning really a relative
decline, as would be the case if a nominal
increase were to come through the adop
tion of a debased currency. Cotton in
New York on Friday was quoted at 7 5-16,
in gold or money as good as gold. Under
the cheap money scheme of the free sil
verites, it would have to bring something
like 15 cents a pound to be relatively as
valuable as It is now. Has anybody a
satisfactory reason to give for thinking
that with the free coinage of silver the
price of cotton would go to 13 cents a
pound? Somebody has guessed that it
would go to 10 or 12 cents, but that is the
wildest kind of speculation on cotton.
What the I'rAple Want.
The great majority of those who are in
favor of the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 do not care anything about
silver. The proof that they don’t want
j that kind of money is shown by the fact
I that there arc hundreds of millions of dol
lars of it in the vaults of the treasury, and
the treasury officials are unable to get it
Ir.fo Circulation. The people don't want
silver and they won't have It as long as
they can other kinds of money. Only
recently tlje state school commissioner
asked the teachers If they would not ac
cept silver. He told them he could have
them paid IA lhat kind of money without
any discount on their warrants. Nearly
all of them refused It.
Wha* the people who are demanding
free silver coinage want Is more money,
tiot silver money. And they want the ad
ditional money to be just as good as our
present money Is—that is, just as good as
gold.
Representatives Maddox and Livingston j
of this state, who are recognized as sil- I
verites, were Interviewed in Washington 1
last week, and both of them said that
what the people of Georgia want Is an in
crease of the volume of money in circula
tion,and that they favor free silver coin
age becausd they think It would increase
the volume of money. When Messrs. ■
Maddox and Livingston speak of the pco- j
pie of Georgia In connection with the sil- 1
ver question they mean of course those
who are crying out for the tree coinage ;
of silver.
Tftw.w is.'.g good deal of truth In the ,
atktejnent that wljat the great majority *
of ttioae who are favoring free silver coin- j
age want Ip,more money, and not free sil
ter,>y.olnage. They have an idea that If !
the volume of money was greater they
wpnM-'he able to get more money and get
It at loss cost. And‘they are demanding
fry* kilverHjfcinage■ because they have
keen' led to Believe that It would Increase
the volume of money In circulation.
They are beginning to understand that
they have been misled In this matter.
They grasping tlm fact that
the makjpg of she coinage of silver free
would be followed by a reduction of the
volume of the money in circulation because
it wbu'.d cause all the gold to disappear,
and the momp that would romafh would
be debased money, having only about half
the purchasing power the present curren
cy has. When they grasp this fact fully
they will not.be as rampant sllverltes as
they now arc, and the silver craze will
cease to be epidemic. If they will take
tire traubh* to read the Covington and
Mempfliig “Speeches of Secretary Carlisle
they will see, beyond a doubt, that If what
they Want is more sound money they don’t
want the coinage of silver made free.
There are of course sllverltes who want
the coinage of silver made free for what
they Would make out of It. They are sil
ver mine owners and dealers in exchange.
The great cost of silver production is the
labor In mining and milling the silver ore.
By payiqg labqr the-same wages now
paid, but in depredated silver money,
they could make silver mining very profi
table. The genuine sllverltes therefore
are the silver mine owners and exchange
dealers, and associated with them are pol
iticians who hope to use the silver craze
to get prominence and office. And these
are the ones who are misleading the peo
ple.
Mr. Itrynn'a Memphis Speech.
According to the press report, Mr. Bry
an of Nebraska, who delivered a speech
at Memphis Friday night in favor of the
free coinage of silver, occupied the most
of his time in trying to show that what
Mr. Carole said on the silver question
in a speech delivered in the Senate seven
teen years ago is Inconsistent with what
he said in his Memphis speech Thursday.
No doubt Mr. Bryan felt that he couldn’t
answer Mr. Carlisle's Memphis speech, and
therefore he would try to discredit him by
making it appear that he is inconsistent.
But what does it matter what Mr. Car
lisle said on the silver question seventeen
years ago? The situation then was vast
ly different from what it Is now. Whilo
Mr. Carlisle declares that his critics have
garbled his speech of seventeen years
ago, and given it a meaning that It will
not bear, he admits that he entertained
the opinion at that time that it was pos
sible to so raise the comVnercial price of
silver that silver money could be kept on
a parity with gold money. At that time
the difference in value between a gold
and silver dollar was only 7 cents. Now,
owing to the extraordinary output of
silver the difference is about 50 cents, and
neither Mr., Carlisle nor anybody else who
knows anything about the silver question,
believes that gold and silver, with free
silver coinage, would circulate on a par
ity at the rjttio of 16 to 1. Even Chile, that
is preparing to place herself on a gold
basis, knows It would not, and she is
arranging for the free coinage of silver at
the ratio of 33% to 1. AVhen a little South
American republic Is getting on a gold
basis, having found that a silver basis
is Inimical to all her Interests, and pro
poses to coin silver at the ratio of 33% to
1, what folly it would be for a great nation
like this to abandon the gold standard
and provide for a debased currency!
What Mr. Bryan and the other silverlte
leaders should do is to say frankly that
Mr. Carlisle’s arguments are unanswera
ble. To simply try to discredit him is to
confess their weakness and admit that
they are trying to drag the country into
an experiment that, even in their opinion,
might result disastrously to the country.
Even if Mr. Carlisle did say seventeen
years ago what the silverites accuse him
of saying it doesn’t follow that what he
says now is not the truth. The ablest cf
our. public men change their views of
public questions as they get new light
upon them. Only the narrow-minded, ig
norant and bigoted glory in never chang
ing their opinions on any question. The
silverites would win far more respect by
giving solid reasons for their belief in their
cause than they are likely to do by en
deavoring to lessen Mr. Carlisle’s influ
ence by asserting that at some period Jir
teon or twenty years ago he expressed
opinions ok the silver question similar to
those they now pretend to hold.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 1895.
Wky I krlx Mae l mrin.,l.
According to the teachings of the P rlp
tures, Christ suffered death upon the cross
In order that all who repented of their
sins and bHievgd in him might have ever
lasting life. His des tit "completed the plan
of salvation Upon which th“ Christian
religion is based. In so far as the religi
ous aspect of the case is concerned, ft
raaked little or no difference what form
the legal proceedings took, or for what
technical ofTer.se Christ was sentenc'd
to death. It I*, nevertheless, interesting
to get a view of the proceedings from a
legal standpoint, such as is given in a
book recently published In Germany, en
titled "Jesus of Nazareth," written by
Rabbi Hamburger, who holds under the
Prussian government a church offi '
somew hat similar to that of a bishop. The
rabbi's opinions, are learned through a
review of his book in the Literary Di
gest.
The gospel of St. Matthew says the
proceedings against Christ were on the
ground of blasphemy, and gives soma ac
count of the trial, which was held in
public. The gospel of St. John says that
Caiaphas demanded the death of Christ,
not because he deserved death, but be-
cause a prophesy had to be fulfilled. Rab
bi Hamburger quotes from the gospels to
show that Christ had an open trial, and
then quotes from the Talmudic code'to
show that, that being true, Christ could
not have been tried and condemned to
death for alleged blasphemy. Such trials
were always held In secret, and never
openly. A charge of blasphemy could only
be preferred before a full conclave of the
Sanhedrim, which numbered seventy-two
members, and farmed the highest court
in all secular and religious disputes. The
case could only be heard in the temple,
and In the day time; conviction and sen
tence could not be had until the follow
ing day, and the verdict could
not be published until three days
more had passed, to allow time for the
defense. Hut If the sin of blasphemy had
been committed, no sontertoe could be
pronounced unless it had been deposed
by witnesses under oath that the accused
had persisted in his blasphemy after hav
ing been warped three times. In the case
of such convictions, the sentence had to
be executed by the witnesses. Nobody
could be sentenced upon hls own asser
tions, as the, Jewish law made provision
for suicidal Iptefitlohs. Moreover, Christ
recognized the Jewish faith as hls own
by acknowledging God, and claiming him
as his God.
I
The accounts In the gospels of the trial
therefore’Clash Jewish laws • in
feueh- essehtlal particulars that Rabbi
Hamburger says there must have been
misapprehension as to the.nature of the
charge, andthe-itause of the inflicting of
the death Ylye sentence of death
was not. passed upon Christ for religious
teachings, but for political purposes, he
says, and the driving of the money chang
ers out of the temple was the cause of
the proceedings. Both before and after
the death of Christ the country was filled
with political agitators, who sought to
lead the people Into open rebellion against
the Roman authority, and thousands of
such agitators were put to death on the
cross. In the Acts It Is told that two
"messiahs,” Judas and Theudus, were cru
cified shortly before Christ was, and It
was the opinion of Caiaphas that Christ
was a political agitator merely, like the
others. That the masses in Jerusalem re
ceived him Joyfully was sufficient to
arouse the Romans, who were wont to
crucify Jews by hundreds and thousands
if they removed the votive tablets and
statues of the emperors.
The American Woman.
The American womap continues to in
terest foreigners, particularly marriage
able grandees whose Coffers need replen
ishing, and writers with m6re or less
merit, who pay a short visit to these
shores and then go back home and write
a book or a magazine article. It frequent
ly occurs that the writers devote more of
their space and talents to criticising the
American woman and speculating on what
she ought to be, than In presenting to their
readers a word picture of her as she is. A
departure frclm this line, and therefore
something of a novelty in its way, is an
article on the American woman from the
pen of M. Th. Bentzon, In a recent Issue
of the Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris. In
his article XI. Bentzon makes his own
opinions a secondary consideration and ap
lies himself chiefly to showing American
women as they are, and giving some ac
count of what they have, accomplished.
His few comments, however, arc well con
sidered. The two great movements, pro
hibition and woman suffrage, he shows,
owe their importance almost entirely to
the energy of American women. Of the
suffrage movement, however, he does not
entertain a very exalted opinion. The ob
jects of it are said to bo the elevation of
women, their “emancipation," to use a
term now frequently employed. “But,”
says M. Bentzon, "how could the position
of American woman be rendered stronger
than it already Is? Asa girl she is pre
dominant; she is a queen with all the lib
erties which are not always granted to
queens. Marrying as she pleases, without
control, without any influence being
brought to hoar against her. she becomes
the spoiled darling of a man who works
without relaxation to realize her fancies;
at least in the majority of cases. Should
it be otherwise, she has recourse to a di
vorce, which can be had without greater
difficulties than a little trip into another
state. Or if she wishes to emancipate her
self from love and marriage altogether she
finds every calling open to her.”
The only women who, in the opinion of
M. Bentzon. are treated badly in the
United States, are those who belong to the
theatrical profession, and those beyond
the pales of polite society. These are the
people, he thinks, that would naturally be
found in the ranks of the suffragists. But,
strangely enough, the suffragists are usu
ally the most straight-laced of women.
Concluding his article, XI. Bentzon pays
a tribute to the women of the southern
states. The northern woman he finds to
be a more interesting study than her south
ern sister, because she is so different from
the women of France. “It is only in the
north that female agitation forms a so-
cial problem. The southern women ridi
cule It, not without a little malice, and
preserve an attitude more in keeping with
that of the French. If not as girl*, at least
as wive* and mother*. They liva for th -lr
husbands, their children a 4 th<#r homds;
but under trying dreuro- an e*. as (fir
ing the war of secession, t,;*-y are all sud
denly transformed Into heroines.”
The Ir.ternatior.ai Railway Congress,
the most dignified and perhaps the most
important railway -asso lation in the
world, will convene this year in I-ondon,
on June 26, the session extending to July
9. One of the delegates from 'his country
lo the congress is Mr. H*-nry S. Haines,
vice president of the Plant system, and
president of the American Railway Asso
ciation. Mr. Haines is one of the ablest
writers on railway matters in this coun
try, hence it Is probable that the paper
which he will read at the convention will
attract a great deal of attention.
A millionaire named Baked who died
In Brooklyn a short while ago, was prob
ably one of the most vindictive men of
whom there Is any record. Ho said he
hoped that after death he would be trans
formed into a mosquito. In order that he
might come back and annoy his wife. In
asmuch as the mosquito season is at
hand, the edid blooded fiendishness of this
w ish can be appreciated.
person ti„
—Justice Brewer of the t'nfted States
supreme court has accepted tne Invitation
of the graduating class of the Maryland
University law department to deliver the
annual address at the commencement ex
ercises in Baltimore, Juhe 2.
—Postmaster General Wilson, who sel
dom smoked before he was Si. has become
an inveterate smoker. Secretary Morton,
on the other hand, has given up the habit.
Secretary Gresham's illness is said to be
due In part to excessive smoking.
—W. S. Gilbert, who once said in a iruff
that he would not write any more com
edies, has reconsidered his decision. Anew
play from hls pen may be produced by .Mr.
W illard at the Garrick—-i London theater
In which Mr. Gilbert has a proprietary in
terest.
—The statue of Abraham Lincoln recent
ly presented to Manchester, N. 11.. by the
sculptor John Rogers has been set up In
the city library. Lincoln is represented as
studying a war-map showing the country
between Richmond and Washington. In
the right hand is a pair of calipers, and
the big map falls carelessly from the left
hand to the floor.
—Walter M. Groves, secretary of the Illi
nois Federation of Labor, has received
a letter from Vice President Stevenson ac
cepting the InvUation to speak at the
labor xlemonstrailon in Chicago July 4.
Mr. Groves sent a copy of the letter to
Gov. McKinley, who has been asked to he
one of the speakers, urging him again
Jo attend the meeting.
—Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain), Just
back from Europe, ocupled a box at
the Herald Square theater In New York
the other night, witnessing for the first
time Frank Mayo’s dramatized “Pudd'n
Head Wilson.” dihlch -he Is the author.
Someone espied ffie distinguished writer
at the conclusion rtf the •bird act and In
stantly there began loud tamorings for a
speech, which he was-eompeßcd to satisfy.
—The Karl of PemWok* s prolonged ill
ness and death were due to the after
effects of scarlet fever, from which he
suffered when a youth, and never com
pletely shook off. At th. age of 13 the
deceased peer had already outgrown his
strength and Svas 6 feet in bight. The
Herbert family Inherit their tall stature
from the Woronzoffs, the mother of
Herbert of Lea having been a pftneess
of that noble Russian hoqse.
BRIGHT BITS.
—"Does your baby ever cry?”
’ "Cry?" No,” said the apglomaniac; “he
only Wales.”—tndianlipolis Journal.
—He—l can tell a w oman's age, no mat
ter how old she Is.
She—You must be a brute.—Puck.
—Customer (getting hls hair cut)—Didn’t
you nip a piece off the ear then?
Barber (reassuringly)—Yes, sir, a small
piece; but not enough to affect the heaain'
sir.
—"They say that Miser Mcndle is sick.
What is the trouble?”
"Remorse. He gave a tramp a counter
feit dollar, and the fellow passed it at his
store.”—Harper's Bazar.
Paterfamilias—What on earth makes
that young man stay so long? Doesn't he
know how to say goodnight?
Edyth—Of course he does! That's what
makes him stay so long.—Puck.
—Mrs. Porker—Our friend Mrs. Lakeside
is a very devoted follower of the fash
ion.
Mrs. Feathers—Yes; I notice sheds al
ways a season behind it!—Harper’s Bazar.
—Nogltz—Did you see In yesterday's pa
per that four hundred people died In Bos
ton last year without physicians?
Mazrlg—Yes; but that’s nothing; just
think how manw died with them!—Rox
bury Gazette.
—An Unromantlc Helpmate—My dear
how do you spell 'peal'? asked the poet. I
am writing a line about the pealing of the
brazen hells.
“I can't tell,” said hls wife, “until you
tell me whether you are writing about
chimes or bronze statues.”—lndianapolis
Journal.
CIRRK.NT COMMENT.
Country People Well Informed.
From the Oglethorpe (Ga.) Echo (Dem.).
Some of those who are claiming that
the rural masses are solid for absolute
ly free and unlimited coinage of silver
would be sadly surprised were they to
get out among and talk to the country
people. A majority of them have very
conservative and very correct opinions of
the coinage question.
Whnt Does Harlan Want!
From the Brockton (Mass.) Times (Dem.).
It seems that for a year or more there
has been an impression among some poli
ticians In the south that Justice Harlan,
of the supreme court, is a candidate for
the presidency. His opinion on the income
tax reads as if he was after a nomination
from the south or west.
To Increase the Merchant's Trade.
From the Tattnall (Ga.) Journal (Dem.).
We would suggest to the free silverites
that they, in order to he consistent, ask
the government to cut our yard sticks in
two. Of course, It would take the same
quantity of cloth to make a lady's dress
as before, but then'there would be double
the number of yards. Then, as more yards
of clotti would be sold than before, times
would be better. See?
Why They Want Free Sliver.
From Bainbridge (Ga.) Democrat (Dem.).
A free silver man who was in town last
week spouting on the free silver craze,
when asked why he wanted free silver,
said: “I want money plenty—and don't
care if it would make flour 318 a barrel if
the gov'ment gives me the money to pay
for it." He reminded us of the fellow in
Alabama who said he “favored free sil
ver for the reason that the gov'ment would
issue 350 per capita—and as he had a wife
and ten children, his share would be s6oo.''
Won't Touch Bottom Again,
From the New Orleans Picayune (Dem.).
Whether present prices prove perma
nent or not, it Is generally felt that there
will he no return to the low price* from
which the present advance started. The
improvement in staples, coupled with the
recent activity in stocks and londs. has
created a decidedly more cheerful feeling
among business men. The coming crop
season is looked forward to with confi
dence, and already the business movement
is feeling tHe stimulating Influences of the
higher prices.
Mir JoM Halt'd Drrrll,
“Von look tirfd lhl evening." remarked
Mr. Bittersweet. as hi* wife sank into an
easy chair. according to the Chicago
Times-Herald. “What have you been do
ing to-day 7"
“Oh. Alexius, you never could gU“*s.
You rent* mher Minnie was married last
week “
"H'm. the jeweler Isn't llkeiv to let me
forget it until that freae.it la paid for.”
“I told you at the time that sh>- auld her
white brocade gewn cost |5 a yard, didn't
"I hope you don't want one like it.”
“Of course, 1 don't. She never l'.ad any
taate, poor thing. Well, somehow. I could
not believe that It pally cost that much
and you know how 1 hate'tn be obliged to
doubt my friends, so 1 just determined
to And w hether she told the truth or not.”
"I don't see hew ”
“Of course not, dear. A man has no
■dea of real diplomacy. I Just went over
to see Minnie and legged a bit of the
brocade; raid 1 wanted it to cover the
frame to her photograph as a souvenir.
Then 1 went right downtown, for I knew
w hat I had to do would take me some time.
You will never guess what I did.”
"It'll he- easier to let you tell me. then.”
”1 went to six different shops before I
succeeded in matching it '•
"But what on earlh ”
To llnd the exact piece, darling. At last.
Just as 1 was in despair. 1 found it; at
least they said they bad a piece of it, but
it was in the window.”
"So you asked the price?'*
"No. i had to mutch It myself to he per
fectly sure; it was too important for me
to trust any cne else. When the people in
the shop found how disappointed 1 was
‘ffF off. reel to get It out of the window if
1 and wait, and I did wait, though 1 was
nearly exhausted, and knew I should miss
Miss Qface s luncheon entirely."
'"But you surely didn't
"Oh, yes, I did. Wasn'l it clever of me?
I examined the piece carefully wh“n it
cam", and, oh. Alexius, it was the very
same, and the price was only *1.35 a vard’i
To think that Minnie would deceive me
so’ Wasn't It awful?"
"But what did you say to the peoDle
at the shop after al! their trouhlp , ' ,
•;§>'? Why, I—wasn't it funny? I just
said ves. it was the piece, but I must ash
the dressmaker how much I needed, and
where was the telephone? They showed
me where it was. and when their backs
i were turned I Just slipped out the door
and came home.
"Oh, it s Just awful. I've had a fit of the
"lues ever since, to thitfk that Minnie
; whom I have trustee! so implicitly, would
deceive me so. But what is the matter,
j you look fo cjuc^r?”
And Mr. Bittersweet, gasping, replied
; that he didn’t feel very well and must
step outside for a breath of fresh air.
Robbie's Idea of .N'npoleon Gained
From Picture Rooks.
From Harper’s Bazar.
Napoleum was a dreadful man what lived
in France one time.
And he could shoot a cannon and at eight
miles hit a dime.
He wasn't 'fraid of no one. and he carried
lots of knives.
And when he went to battle he just slewed
a heap of lives.
One day he took the king right up and cut
his head off short,
And told the people round him he was go
ing to run the eourt;
And anyone that didn't like to have him
round at all.
He stood up 'fore a cannon and he hit him
with a ball.
He went and fought Austrlches, though I
don’t know what for;
I don't think he did either, 'cept he wished
to have a war;
And then he went to Venice, and he said
to her, "I shall
Chuck all your horty Doggies out into
Vour old canal."
And after that he walked across the snow
clad icy Alps,
And killed a lot of foreigners and took
away their scalps;
And then he said, “I guess I’ve had about
enough of war;
I’ll go back home to Paris and become an
emperor."
But he was much too fond of blug to stay
at home In peace.
And so he went to Roosher, where he let
his army freeze.
And through the snow he came back home,
and stayed there for a while.
And got sent to the Island, in a thing they
called Exile.
But no—he wouldn’t stay there—though
’twas very nice and snug.
He had a lot of fun there, but he didn't
get no blug.
And so he rowed across to France once
more to have a fight.
And "Wellington he licked him just com
pletely out o’ sight.
And I am glad he did get licked, because
if he had won,
There wouldn’t be no rest for me—there'd
been no rest for none;
For sure as fate when he got through with
all his foreign fuss,
He'd been a-comin' here an’ shootin’ can
non balls at us
Readiness of Wit.
One of the best qualities for a boy or a
girl to cultivate Is readiness of wit, savs
Harper's Round Table. To the lad who is
thinking of going into some business pur
suit quickness to see and meet the require
ments of an opportunity is of Invaluable
Importance. We And In the Gazette Anee
dotlque a case very much to the point, and
most amusing withal. It seems that In the
year 1707, when Philip V.. was on his wav
to Madrid to take posession of his king
dom of Spain, the Inhabitant? of Monte oe
Marsan came out to meet him at his ap
proach. The two processions having met
about a league from the town, the mayor
advanced towards the litter In which the
king sat, and addressed him as follows
"Sire, long speeches are obnoxious and
wearisome; I should prefer to sing you
something." Leave was given, and he sang
forthwith a short ode to the king, which so
greatly pleased his majesty that he called
out, "Da capo!" (encore). The mayor gave
his song a second time. The king thanked
the singer, and presented him with ten
louls and or. This amount seemed hardly suf
ficient to the chief magistrate of Monte de
Marsan, and he therefore promptly held
out his empty hand to the king, and in ad
mirable imitation of the king's voice, him
self called out, "Da capo!" The king laugh
ed heartily, and complied, and the mayor
departed twice as well off as he would have
been had he been less quick-witted.
Wanted a Quintette Each.
Five young men, considerably the worse
for wear, owing to too copious libations,
entered an Eleventh street saloon a few
minutes before midnight on Saturday
night and lined up against the bar. says
the Philadelphia Record. “What'll you
have, gentlemen?" asked the bartender.
“We close at 12, and you have onlv a cou
ple of minutes.” Consuming thirst was
plainly written upon the features of the
five. "Can't we get anything after mid
night?’ asked one. “Not a drop. Hurry up
witli your orders, please,” was uncompro
mising reply. "Well, then, gimme live
beers." The bartender drew the five glass
es. placing one in front of each customer.
"No! No!" exclaimed the one who had
given the order; “I want five for mvself "
“i'll take the same,” said each of the
others. The astonisned bartender looked
at the clock. The large hand was within
three minutes to midnight. Then he start
ed to hustle, and before the clock had
struck he had drawn twenty-five glasses
of beer, each thirsty individual had swal
lowed five, and the doors were plosed just
as the clock proclaimed the arrival of Sun
day morning.
The Milleni!inm.
From the Somerville Journal.
When man knows how t.o ir; teh a ribbon
When woman learns to drive a nail '
When man can thread a needle deftiv
When mice don’t make a woman pale’
When woman gets off right from street
cars.
Instead of facing toward the rear.
When man stops smoking bad tobacco
And drinking too much lager beer.
When woman doesn’t block the sidewalk
\\ Ith spreading skirts and puffed-oui
sleeve,
When man stops flirting with new charm
era.
And to his lawful darling cleaves
>' hen man can understand the bahv’
And woman, petting It. talks sense’
\\ hen man proposes anew bonnet
And woman shies at the expense—
Phenomena like these, and others,
May Strike surprised observers dumb
th<,y w,li know, by these same Lulien
That the millennium has come.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—A Baltimore clergyman has Just
brought two mummies from Egypt, which
are be given to the Woman's College,
of that city, says the New York Tribune.
They are about 2.0(1) years old. and are
thought to be the bodies of princess* s. It
Is strange, by the way. how inconsistent
l*eopla are In their way of looking at
fh,;.gs. If someone were to bribe the cu
rator of a modern cemetery to let him
have two dead bodies, and were then to
place these bodies in a public museum,
there would be a howl of indignation all
over the country, and the ptipetrator of
the deed would be called a ghoul, ljut
these princesses lived a long '-tie ago,
in a distant land, and were only heathens,
anyway, no one objects to their being
taken from their resting-place. Besides,
how could we study archaeology If we
didn't rifle the graves of the venerable
dead?
—ln Los Angeles, In a Jewelry store, a
three horse-power motor is used in the
cutting of precious stones. The machine
worked by the motor is described as a
new invention, and is said to be the only
one of the kind in the country. In the
old method of cutting the stone was
centered on the end of a stick or piece of
brass and held by the end on the grind
ing lap. In the electrically-driven ma
chine the stone is held by a quadrant,
which is adjusted by a set screw to its
required position on the lap. A? many
as stones can. it is stated, he cut at
one time, and the method of adjustment
is so accurate that In no case would there
he the slightest possibility of over-grind
ing. even if an attendant were to leave
the machine to look after other duties.
This enables the cutting to be done with
certainty and minuteness. The quadrants
are all indexed to cut any style of stone.
—The vervain humming-bird is the small
est bird in existence, says the Philadelphia
Times. It is very little larger than our
familiar bumble-bee. Its plumage is very
brilliant in coloring. Two specimens are
on exhibition In the national museum at
Washington, and the tiny halls of bright
colored feathers average about 2 1-3 Inches
iri length. The nest is a frail and almost
perfect piece of bird architecture. It is
composed of mosses, vegetable flber and
wild cotton, with a delicate lining of spi
der's webs. In gathering the latter mate
rial it is no uncommon occurrence for the
little birds to become ensnared In the webs
of the larger spiders, by which they are
killed. The size of the vervain’s nest is
three-fourths of an Inch In diameter across
the cavity, and slightly more than an Inch
in total diameter. The eggs, always two
.n number, are pure white. Thev never
measure more than one-third of an inch
in length by one-fifth of an Inch iri width.
These diminutive birds arc found only in
the island of Jamaica.
—Everybody has heard of strawberry rash
and shad rash, but quinine rash is some
thing new, says the Philadelphia Record.
A prominent manufacturer told of Its rav
ages at the t'nlon la-ague yesterday after
noon. Said he: "It broke out on me like lit
tle water-blisters, and becoming alarftted i
consulted my doctor. He knew I bad Deen
In the habit of taking large doses of quin
ine. and told me It came from that. Well,
I stopped the quinine, and the rash disap
peared. Last week I decided to change ray
barber, and went to anew shop. The next
(lay the rash broke out again, as bad as
ever. I kmw 1 hndn't taken any quinine
for a month, and I couldn't account for It.
I went hack to the Itarber shop, and after
shaving me the barber began using some
stuff on my head. I got a whlft of it. and
then it all became clear to me. 'What Is
that you are putting on my head?' I asked.
'Oh. that's just a preparation of quinine
to invigorate the scalp,' he replied. That
settled it. and the mystery was cleared
away. The quinine from the hair invlgor
ator had gotten into my system, and
brought out the rash. Funny, wasn't it?”
—ln the Massachusetts School for the
Blind is a little girl named Edith Thomas,
says the New York Times. She Is deaf and
dumb, as well as sightless, but thanks to
admirable training received at that mag
nificent Institution she is as intelligent
as any child of her age, can read and write
and enjoys a multitude of pleasures and
takes part In multitude of activities that,
a few years ago, were far beyond the reach
of such unfortunates. In a report Just re
ceived by her teacher appears a pathetic
anecdote. Edith was reading—with her
finger tips, of course—a paragraph in
which were several difficult words. She
stopped to inquire what the first of them
meant, but passed the others without ques
tion. A moment later, when asked to ex
plain one of the long words, she confessed
her complete Ignorance as to its signifi
cance, but added quickly. "I do not care if
I am not very wise,” This statement was
not, the teacher says, an expression of
weariness or mental indolence. Apparently
it was prompted by a mingling of philo
sophic resignation to inevitable limitations
and of considerate hesitancy to give trou
ble when the necessity for it was not quite
obvious.
—The dandelion belongs to the largest
oldest and most widely diffused order of
plant, says Good Words. While other or
ders of plants have died out and become
mere fossil remains In the rooks, this order
has survived the geological changes of
many different periods, on acount of its
power of adapting itself to those changes.
And these changes iri their turn have only
made It hotter suited for all the varied soils
and climates of the earth of the present
day. We find members of this order In
every part of the globe, in places as far
apart from each other as they can be. It
Is the prevailing and dominant order of
vegetable life, and the most highly finished
and the n\ost successful family of plants.
And the dandelion is one of the most per
fect forms belonging to it. It is the head
and crown of the vegetable kingdom, as
man is the head and crown of the animal
creation; and it Is curious how this high
est type of plant always is found only
where man,the highest type of animal life,
is found, and where he dwells or cultivates
the soil. It is never found apart from him;
it follows him wherever he goes—to Amer
ica. Australia and New Zealand; and there
in the new home it becomes a silent but
eloquent reminder of the dear old land he
may never see again.
—A new invention for the production of a
fabric for window blinds is reported from
Yorkshire, England, says the Upholsterer.
The material and apparatus employed and
the process adopted in the manufacture
give a fabric that Is transparent from the
roam, but opaque from without. The fabric
contains linen, aluminium, isinglass, bo
rax. tallow, etc. The apparatus contains a
cylinder filled with a patent glassifvlng
compound in which bobbins of linen yarn
are placed. The yarn is saturated and coat
ed with this compound as it is w-ound off
the bobbins, and drawn through an opening
at the top of the cylinder; it Is then passed
over a roller situated above this opening
and down to a series of heating and dry
ing plates; then around another roller to
the rewinding arrangement of the appa
ratua * ,?7 lerP th , e yarns are wound upon
the bobbins again, and are then ready for
a knitting machine. The inventor claims
that this blind is so flexible that It can be
easily rolled up and down; that it l s so
transparent that a room Is not darkened
when it is drawn; that while those inside
a room can see through the blind almost as
perfectly as though it were glass, those
outside cannot see Inside the room, un
less the latter Is lighted most brilliantly
and darkness prevails outside, and that it
is artistic and therefore pleasing to the
eye. The blinds shown are hand-painted
but it is expected that in the future it wili
be possible to print them by machinery
an^^ bus reduce the expense of production
so that the cost'of fitting w indows will not
b much greater than that incurred by or
dinary blinds. 3
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“There are hundreds and thousand*
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\ taste it to r
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I INENS
L TOR THE HOME.
To-morrow we display an entirs
ly new assortment of Housekeep
ing Linens, Table Damasks ( Doil
ies. Towels and Toweling. While
the stock is new-the prices are
newer In that they get so far below
the standard as to be quite surprls-
Ing, With the linens, as with ail
our goods, there Is that confidence
of being just right—the knowledge
that QUALITY Is never missing.
HOUSEKEEPING LINENS.
To think that Table Damask, Nap
kins, Towels and Toweling, Bleach
ed Table Damask, all linen, are now
50c the yard, instead of 05c
Cream Loom Damask, pure linen,
6ftc kind at 45c the yard.
Bleached Double Face Damask
59c the yard; originally 75c.
Bleached Satin Damask, 72-inch,
• 1.25 kind, at *l.
Fine Double Face Bleached Dam
ask, full two yards wide, Si-85)
worth 91.05.
TOWELS.
100 dozen Hnck Towels, pure lin
en, 91.50 kind at 51.15 dozen; 98
kind at 91 50 dozen; 92.25 kind at
• 1 75 dozen.
50 dozen Damask Towels, knotted
fringes, fancy borders, 25c each,
regiQarly worth 35c.
These are great large rallies and
there’s no excuse for not having an
abundant supply of towels daring
the warm days,
NAPKINS.
50 dozen Dinner Napkins 97 *5
dozen; worth 91 50.
50 dozen Dinner Napkins 91.50
dozen; worth 91.75.
50 dozcu Dinner Napkins, extra
large, on a fine firm cloth. 92.75;
never offered heretofore at less than
93.50 dozen.
Make the Table Service dainty. It
don’t cost much to do It when such
goods are obtainable.
WHITE DOTTED SWISS.
Nothing more stylish In white
goods than Dotted Swiss. On Mon
day special lots at 35c. worth 500
the yard; at 25c, regularly worth
35; at 2©c the yard, regularly worth
30c. Also Dotted Swksses at 10c,
18‘ jC, 15c and 18c, and up to 75c the
yard. Earlier In the season t,hef
goods sold at nearly twice the price.
See what you save—what qosllHe*
you get.
100 pieces fresh Canton Matting at prices
from 20c to 50c yard.
DANIEL HOGAN,
The Corner Broughton and Barnard Sts.
NEW FICE3 VLh aDr%f? changing 9a.
nk.yv I* Vi LO the *e# Xm> and Reraov
toK Blemishes, in 150 p. Ssok for a stamp,
John H. W oodbury, tM W. 42dSt., N.Y. MU#
•creator oX Woodbury* Facial Soap.