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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PACES
IKDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Owners and Representatives
cf Real Estate in Chatham County.
Special Notices—Dental Notice, Dr. B.
W. Cubbedge; Select Food Exhibit Free,
at Jackson, Metxger & Co.’s; Fine Stuff,
Robert Remler; Food for All Kinds of
Weather, Rothschild & Roos; Return of
Dr. Groth, Homeopathic Physician, Re
sumes Practice; Georgia Steam Laundry;
Huyleris Candy, Solomons & Cos.; Notice,
Address Capital; Drugs, Medicines and
Fancy Articles, The Gaston Street Phar
macy; Cigars. August Blum; Shoes for
Everybody, Okarma; A New Week, at
Beckmann's Cafe; The Largest Woman
in the 'World, at IG2 Bryan Street; Bal
loon Race at Tivoli Park To-day; Notice
to City Court Petit Jurors; Conlda’s Con
lectlonary; Halllgan, Successor to Hinck
ley’s Restaurant; Notice, John Rourk &
Son; Its Wheels, R. D. & Wm. Latti
more; Isn’t This Common Sense? John
T. Evans & Cos.; Notice, Andrew McCor
mick; Notice, M. J. O’Leary; Zoo Soap,
Rowlinski, Pharmacist; Cobana, W. G.
Cooper.
Business Notices—Le Panto, Henry Sol
omon & Son; Original Budweiser, Heriry
Solomon & Son; Le Panto Cigars, Thomas
Halllgan, Jr.
Amusements—Grand Masquerade Ball
of the Savannah Turn Vereln Feb. 6; Tab
leaux, Music and Dancing by St. Cecilia
Society Feb. 8 at Masonic Temple; Grand
Leap Lear Ball toy the Forsyth Social
Club Feb. 13; The Mozart Club Orchestra
Socials Changed to Friday Evenings; Last
Week of Edison's Latest Wonders, the
Xinetophone, Klnetoscope and Phono
graph at Wheeler’s Drug Store.
Do Not Delay, The Choice Bargains—
At Gutman's.
Every Proper. Requisite for Afternoon
Teas—At West’s China Palacw.
Furniture Facts—Emil A. Schwarz’s
Bon.
Opportunity Has Winged Feet—Byck
Bros.
Bring 65 Cents and Get JI.OO In Mer
chandise— M. Dryfus.
We Are In It, Our New Store—Walsh &
Meyer.
6ome New Things in Table Damask,
Napkins and Doylies—Daniel Hogan,
Auction Sales—Furniture, Stoves, Hats,
Etc., by C. H. Dorsett; Household Furni
ture, by C. H. Dorsett.
Do You Reflect on Your Outfit—Appel
Sc Schaul.
Another Wedding, Mathushek, Mason &
Hamlin—Ludden & Bates.
Can Y'ou Make Use of Any?—Sternberg
Jewelry Company.
Medical—Ayer’s Sarsaparilla; Hoff’s
Genuine Malt Extract; World’s Dispen
sary Preparations; Cutlcura Remedies; P.
P. P.; Abbo, the Mystic Healer; Hood's
Barsaparllla; Dr. Seymour Putnam, Spec
ialist.
New and Pretty Goods—At Eckstein's.
In Case of War—Leopold Adler.
Choice Roses at Five Cents— Good &
Reese Company, Springfield. Ohio.
Publication—Printer's Ink.
We Like Jam—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Our Shirts Are Going to Be in Demand
—Falk Clothing Company.
Fine Clothing—At Kohler's Fire Sale.
Men's, Boys’ and Children s Suits and
Overcoats, Etc.—At Collal's.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
California dispatches state that the out
look for the orange crop of that state Is
very gloomy. The extent of the damage
done by the frost during the closing week
of last year is beginning to be apparent,
and It is much heavier than was at first
■upposed. One report, from Pomona, es
timates the loss at three-fourths of the
crop on the low lands. Another report,
from Riverside, says the shipments from
that place will be probably 1,000 cars less
than was expected.
Ex-Senator Butler of South Carolina,
when asked what he thought of Tillman's
speech in the Senate, replied: "I have
heard Tillman make that same speech
thirty-seven times. I think I could have
repeated one-half of the speech, word
for word, before he began it.” Those who
have watched the career of Capt. Till
man have noted a marked similarity in
all the speeches he has ever made. He
began his public life with savage attacks
upon the late Capt. F. W. Dawson, then
editor of the Charleston News and Cou
rier. The Ideas and the Invectives lie era
| ployed in those attacks he has constantly
" "ed ever since.
The Silver Bill Means Nothing.
The action of the Benate yesterday in
passing a free silver coinage bill as a
substitute for the House bond bill means
nothing. The majority in the Senate for
the free coinage of silver since the sliver
agitation began has been greater than it
is now. The passage of a free silver coin
age bill In the Senate, therefore, does not
mean that our mints are going to be open
to the free coinage of silver.
It has been understood for weeks that
the Senate would not pass the House bond
bill, or any other bond bill, but that It
would pass a free silver coinage bill. The
action of the Senate will not. therefore,
cause Any disturbance in business. The
House will not pass the Senate bill. The
fact that the Senate has placed Itself on
record as being in favor of free silver
coinage may prevent some foreign bank
ers and lnsuranee companies from bid
ding for the bonds which the government
is offering, and the government may have
to accept a lower price for the bonds than
it would have got if the Senate had voted
against free silver coinage. The amount
which the government will lose will be
charged to the account of the silverltes.
Even the silverltes would find it diffi
cult to give a satisfactory reason for pas
sing the free sliver coinage bill. They
know it cannot become a law, and they
are aware that by passing It they have
hurt tho credit of the government. Ap
parently, however, they don’t care how
much they injure the government's credit.
Since the silverltes have got possession of
the Senate the average of its Intelligence
lias declined so greatly that the talk of
its decadence has hcome common. The
number of cranks It contains is greater
than ever before, and its exhibitions of bad
manners have become quite frequent.
Twenty, or even ten, years ago, such
a speech as that delivered by Senator
Tillman last week would not have been
tolerated. Before ho had uttered a
hundred words he would have been check
ed, and compelled either to keep his re
marks within reasonable bounds or take
his seat. But the Senate permitted itself to
be abused and blackguarded, and it even
smiled when its most cherished tradi
tions and rules were sneered at and treated
with contempt. With such a spirit domi
nating the Senate, it Is not to be won
dered at that a bill that deals a blow at
the credit and integrity of the nation was
passed.
It is not difficult to see what the fate
of the free silver coinage bill will be.
It will go to a conference committee,
where an effort will be made to frame a
measure acceptable to bqth houses. The
effort will fall, the bill will be abandoned
and that will be the attempt at finan
cial legislation at this session of congress.
Congress at this session will do nothing
but pass appropriation bills. It is sim
ply drifting, and will continue to drift
until adjournment. The members are de
voting the most of their time to President
making. That is a matter of more conse
quence in their estimation than the
finances of the country, and yet without
sound financial conditions there can be no
permanent prosperity.
The politicians will never settle the
financial question. They are too timid.
The financial question must be settled by
the people, and they must settle It at the
presidential election this year by adopt
ing sound money platforms and nominat
ing sound money Candidates.
Onr Harbor Interests.
There is no doubt that Representative
Lester Is looking out for the interests of
Savannah harbor, but he may need some
assistance. In our local columns yester
day It was pointed out that it is of vital
importance to Savannah that an appropri
ation shall be made for maintaining the
depth of Water that has been obtained in
the harbor. A shoal is likely to form In
some part of the harbor at any time,
and money must be available for dredg
ing it.
Unfortunately, In the book of estimates,
prepared by the chief of engineers, no es
timate is made for work that may be
needed In Savannah harbor. The failure
to submit an estimate increases the diffi
culty of getting an appropriation.
The trade bodies ought to communi
cate with Col. Lester with the view of
finding out If it is necessary to send a
committee to Washington to appear before
the river and harbor committee in Savan
nah’s interest. Savannah cannot afford to
take any chances tn this matter. She is
dependent largely ui>on her commerce. If
the depth of water in her harbor should be
lessened by the formation of a shoal, she
would be damaged greatly, even though
tho shoal should remain only a few
months.
It should be noticed that there Is talk
of making no appropriation this year for
rivers and harbors, on account of the un
satisfactory condition of the treasury. If
appropriations should be made they would
in all probability be small. Those who
look out for appropriations for their re
spective sections, are tho ones whose riv
ers and harbors will likely be taken care
of. That is why the Morning News is
urging the trade bodies of the city to find
out as soon as possible whether Represen
tative Lester needs assistance in getting
such an appropriation for Savannah har
bor as it is absolutely necessary It should
have.
Not a great deal of sympathy will be
wasted upon John L. Sullivan In his ill
ness, even though his condition be seri
ous. His fall frem the train was the re
sult of his drunkenness; he Just walked off
the rear platform, while the train was run
ning at thirty miles an hour, because it
pleased his drunken fancy to do so. When
it was discovered that he was off, the
train was stopped and run back to where
he lay in a ditch by the roadside. As the
people on the train raised him from the
ditch he cursed and tried to fight them.
At the hospital he raved at the doctors
and nurses and tore the bandages off his
wounds. He refused to allow at least
three surgeons to touch him, because they
did not happen to suit him la their looks.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY' 2, 1596.
Railgrn'a Discovery.
Prof. Rontgen's discovery tn photos- j
raphy. by which the interior of soiid sub
stances are exposed to rays of light and ;
clearly photographed, seems likely to de
velop into one of the greatest wonders of
this wonderful age. WMh the new pho
tography. it is announced, it is possible
to locate bullets or other foreign sub
stances that may become lodged In the
flesh The light goes through the body
of the object photographed and shows
everything contained in it. in outline or
by shaded detail. Photographs of the In
terior of living heads have been made,
showing the brain more or less clearly
as it appears under the actuation of the
vital spark called life. Prof. Rontgen has
taken pictures of living men’s skeletons
as they stand in the flesh; the bones
showing through the flesh as though
through an envelope of thin mist. The
light for the camera has been made to
penetrate purses and photograph the
money contained therein.
The possibilities of this wonderful dis
covery are almost limitless. It can be
seen that anew field, one heretofore re
ga -ded as inapproachable, has been opened
up to medical men. The Increased won
ders of surgery, when aided by an ap
paratus that will permit the surgeon to
explore the whole system of his patient
as ho would a book, cannot he predicted.
But there cannot be room for doubting
that the doctors will have a most potent
aid In the Rontgen discovery in their bat
tle against disease and death.
The most interesting announcement
with regard to the discovery, perhaps, is
that it can be employed In the Btudy of
the human brain. That announcement
holds out the promise of the ultimate
mastery of those most horrible diseases
which have their origin in the brain—ln
sanity, paralysis, etc. It is known that
the pressure of blood clots, or other sub
stances, upon the brain affect certain
nerves, limbs and portons of the body.
A pressure upon a particular ridge of the
brain produces paralysis of the right arm,
etc. If a photograph of the brain may
be made by which the seat and character
of the substance impinging upon the brain
can be seen, cures of brain-seated dis
eases will become more frequent.
There is, however, another side to the
application of the Rontgen discovery,
and tt is not quite agreeable. If the
scientists have got to the point of taking
pictures of the brain nt work, how long
will It bo before they succeed in produc
ing an apparatus that w’ill catch the
thoughts that the hrain contain? If they
have got to the point of photographing
through tho walls of pocketbooks, how
long will It be before the clever crook
will be photographing through the walls
of bank vaults? And what is to prevent
tho possible Income'tax assessor from tak
ing a camera along with him and demon
strating to the bloated bondholder that
he Is fabricating when he affirms that his
Income is Just below the point of taxa
tion? How many members of congress
would be willing for transparencies of their
craniums, showing the amount of brains
contained, to be made and circulated
among their constituents? It would prob
ably be amusing to see a photograph of
the interior of a typical free silverite’s
head; to see the wheels go round, and
note the number of cogs dropped per
hour.
Nothing in the Pot for Pat.
Ex-Senator Pat Walsh, whom Capt.
Evan Howell ’’fixed” on a late memorable
occasion when the former was a candi
date for the Senate and the latter was
a member of the legislature. Is pulling
with the captain in behalf of the one con
vention movement. Personally, both are
genial gentlemen; In fact, they are more
than that. They are clever, big-hearted
men, but In politics there is no telling
where they will turn up. Pat is a de
voted follower of the astute editor of
tho Constitution. It was supposed by
some, after his friend, the captain, “fixed”
him In that senatorial fight by voting for
Bacon when he expected the captain's
support, that he would be a little wary
of the captain, but it appears he can’t
get away from the magnetic influence of
his friend, and ho Is "sitting steady In
the boat,” as it were, and, like a little
man, is helping the captain all he Can
by advocating one convention, protec
tion, free silver or anything else to
which the Constitution commits Itself.
If these two gentlemen would stand up
for straight democracy, there would soon
be an end of populism in Georgia, ir,
however, they continue tho course they
are now purrtiing they are likely to see
the day when a populist will sit In the
governor’s chair and populists will repre
sent Georgia in both houses of congress.
They will see their mistake when it is
too late to correct it.
Wherever the Constitution and the Chron
icle circulate to any great extent populism
lias a strong hold, but where they do not
the honest democracy, as represented by
President Cleveland and Secretary Car
lisle and other patriots, are greatly In
the majority.
There may be something for the Consti
tution in the kind of politics that demands
one convention, but there Is nothing in
it for the Chronicle. When tho game
is played and the end comes, Pat will find
that things have been "fixed,” and that
there is nothing in the pot for him.
A case of Inordinate self-love is
reported from Phenixville, Pa. An
thony P. Shriner, who died a
few days ago, left an estate worth $35,-
000, and a maiden daughter. In his will
he directed that $25,000 of his estate
should be devoted to the erecting of a mon
ument to his money, and that the hearse
containing his body should be driven
through every street in the town on the
way to the cemetery. What is left of the
estate after the $25,000 monument Is erect
ed Is to go to his daughter.
The office of poet laureate of Englaid
carries with It a salary of £72, or about
$350 a year. It seems that almost any o
dinary poet ought to be w’orth $1 a day.
But then Alfred Austin is not an ordinary
poet.
Health Officer Brunner’s report, pub
lished in the Morning News yesterday, is :
an unanswerable argument in favor of
the draining of the flat lands in the south- ;
ern portion of the city, as has been ad
vised by the Morning News for months .
and months. The ooming spring should
find no ponds of water standing and stag
nating around the outskirts of the city,
to breed malaria.
PERSOIAL
—John Alden. the ninth of that name, is
living in John Aldens house at Duxbury.
Mass., \*hlch was built in 1650, and in
which the original John Alden lived dur
ing the latter part of his life.
—Prof. Mark W. Harrington, late chief
of the United States weather bureau, and
now president of the University of Wash
ington. proposes -41 establish in the uni
versity a department of terrestrial phys
ics and geography, and he would be glad
If authors and publishers would send to
tho university publications relating to
these subjects.
—E. F. Tibbitts, Gen. Harrison’s private
secretary, has a double. He is a theatri
cal man, and while staying at the same
hotel in New York with the president was
so often mistaken for Mr. Tibbitts as to
find the matter rather annoying, as all
disclaimers, that he did not know any
thing about Gen. Harrison's movements
were received with incredulity.
—Mr. Gladstone, it is noted, is not much
bothered at Biarriti this year. Fame is
fleeing. He is out of office and so writes
a visitor, ’’he is hardly noticed; not a
soul appears to he in any way anxious
to see him, and the only thing that has
aroused a little interest in his person is
the news from South Africa and the recol
lection that he was the chief retrocee
sionist of the Transvaal and the modifier
of the suzerainty clauses afterward."
—Few of the rulers of Europe play cards
except as a pastime. The King of Italy
detests cards and will not take them in
his hand, tt is said, owing to the fact that
his father wasted hours over them. The
Emperor of Austria plays a few innocent
games. Since the death of Alphonso XII,
card playing has been forbidden at the
court of Spain. Emperor William also
frowns upon cards, and never plays ex
cepting when on a yachting trip.
—George W. Feeney, one of the oldest
engineers in the service of the Philadel
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad,
who has Just died, was the engineer of
the locomotive that drew Abraham Lin
coln to Washington for his inauguration,
in March, 1861. When President Garfield
was shot in the railroad station at Wash
ington, Feeney was assigned to run from
Philadelphia the train that bore Mrs. Gar
field from Elberton, N. J.. to Washington.
He received orders to open the valve wide,
and, having a clear traek before him, he
carried the train through to the capital,
a distance of 138 miles, in 135 minutes,
breaking all previous records for fast rail
road time in this country. It is said that
during the awful strain of that run he
never turned his head nor exchanged one
word with his fireman.
BRIGHT BITS.
—"Did Jabshots hit anything on his
hunting trip?” “Hit anything? Why, he
even missed the train.’’—Cincinnati En
quirer.
—Useless Effect—“l have a story for you
that will make your hair stand on end.”
“Well, what good would that do? I don’t
know one note on the piano from another.
—Good Grounds—Watts: There won't
be any European war. Those rulers are
all related to one another.
Potts—That’s the very reason I think
there will be war.—lndianapolis Journal.
—"Who gave you away when you were
married?” "The press.” Saying which
she fetched sevaTM- large-ecrape-books.—
Detroit Tribune. *' •
—“A man dat am alius lookin’ foh er
argyment," said Uncle Eben, “am in fre
quent cases de man dat outer be lookin’
foh work.—Washington Star.
—"I wonder,” said the younger one, “if
I shall lose my looks, too, when I get to
your age?” "Y'ou would be lucky if you
did,” replied the elder one.—Tit-Bits.
—Teacher—Bobby, can you tell me what
tho word respect means?
Bobby—Yes, ma’am; It’s the feeling a
fellow only eight years old has for one who
is eleven.”—Harper’s Bazar.
—The editor of a New York comic paper
has Just had a. picture taker, of himself
and his staff. That’s the way an editor
should always be—with his wits about
him.—Yonkers Statesman.
—Mother—l hear that the lieutenant had
the impudence to kiss you at the station.
W*hat did you do?”
I kissed him too, so as to
make people think w r e were relatives.—
Fliegende Blatter.
—The Moth and the Candle.—She—Yes,
they are engaged. I know she refused
him twice, but the third time he proposed
she accepted him.
Her Husband—Serves him right.—Brook
lyn Life.
—Rich Fiancee—Oh, this bouquet is too
costly! You must take it back to the lieu
tenant !
Valet—Oh, that’s all right, miss. Since
my master is engaged to you, he has been
able to get things on credit.—Fliegende
Blatter. t
CURRENT COMMENT.
Morgan's Caban Resolution.
From the Nashville American (Dem.).
The diplomatists, who claim to be ex
perts, say that Senator Morgan's reso
lution and report ordered made by the
Senate committee on foreign affairs
amount to nothing more than a request
to Spain to grant permission to the United
States to issue a proclamation of neu
trality. If these experts are correct the
Senate committee has succeeded in making
the United States ridiculous, for we al
ready possess the power to do what we
will ask Spain to permit us to do.
The Savannah Postofllce.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
The House committee on public build
ings will make a favorable report on Con
gressman Lester's bill providing for an
increase in the appropriation for the com
pletion of the public building in Savannah.
The committee are in favor of making the
appropriation large enough to finish the
building in white marble, "in accordance
with the wishes of the citizens of Sa
vannah,” and we hope that there will he
no opposition to the measure. The dele
gation from South Carolina, we feel sure,
will take pleasure i;i voting for the appro
priation.
The Degenerate Senate.
From the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.).
The desperation of the free silverltes
has never been more distinctly exhibited
than it was on Wednesday by that reck
less populist and debased-currency dema
gogue, Senator Tillman. Similarly, it may
with propriety be said that nothing could
more painfully show the pitiable deca
dence of the Senate than its reception
without a word of indignant protest of
Tillman's course and vulgar harangue.
Neither the President nor the Secretary of
the Treasury was on trial on that occa
sion, but the Senate itself. All that this
blatant, vituperative free silver dema
gogue said of the former two was wholly
complimentary to their fidelity to honest,
safe money, to the national credit and
honor; all which the free silverltes have
long been seeking to destroy. What Till
man said of the Senate, his arraignment
of its integrity, his openly expressed con
tempt for its dignity, was one of the gross
est insults ever inflicted upon it by one of
its own members, and the Senate, in equal
contempt of its own character and dignity,
permitted him to hold it up to the con
tumely of the country without protest or
dissent of any kind. Under the circum
stances it was not Tillman, but the Sen
ate, that so signally disgraced the Senate,
Horae Sense. Vot Art Criticism.
A Virginia Representative tells this I
story about John Chamberlain, says the
Washington Post: “it was a rainy after- |
noon several years since, and the incle- '
ment elements produced such a raw and
chilling state of the weather that few
people ventured out-doors. Chamber
lain's, usually the haunt of bright and
congenial spirits, was almost deserted.
Its proprietor and Lieut. Lucian Young,
the well known naval oiticer, were seated
in one of the bay windows and had the
whole apartment to themselves. Their
conversation turned upon art as exhibited
at the capital in the shape of equestrian
statues.
“Finally, Chamberlain said: ‘Of all the
works of the sculptor in that line, 1 think
the one. of the horse which Gen. Thomas
bestrides at the circle named in his honor
is the best executed. It seems to me a
perfect equine ligure, and is far superior
to any similar bronze counterfeit of war
rior and charger. It doesn't take an artist
to tell iis superiority, any more than it
does to tell that some of the others are
rank.'
" 'I quite agree with you,’ said Lieut.
Young. 'l've aways maintained that it
was the finest of all the statues here.’
“About ten days after this conversation
occurred Lieut. Young, Mr. Chamberlain
and the late Senator Beck of Kentucky
were seated in the same room and almost
In the same spot, when, curiously enough,
the. talk once more turned on Washington
statuary, and the lieutenant made some
very decided statements as to the relative
merits of the various cast pictures. The
senator, being in a jocular mood, chal
lenged pretty nearly everything the officer
said, and emphatically denied that the
statue of Thomas was the best work, con
sidered artistically. Young reiterated
that it was, and offered to bet a bottle of
wine to support his contention. This offer
the senator readily accepted.
'Done,' said Luciau. 'and I’m willing
to leave it to Chamberlain, here, to say
whether or not the Thomas statue doesn't
excel everything of its kind in Washing
ton.’
" 'We'll leave it to Chamberlain, then,’
assented Senator Beck. ‘What say you,
John?'
" 'lt's a perfect monstrosity,’ replied
that gentleman In his calmest tones; 'of
all the poor things here It is absolutely
the worst. It ought to be dumped into
the river.'
"The Kentucky statesman laughed long
and heartily, and as the wine was con
sumed his merriment Increased. Finally,
with a parting shot at Lieut. Young, to
study art a little befqre being so brash in
criticism, he left the house. He had no
sooner gone than tha pent-up indignation
of Lucian Young burst out.
“ ‘You are a nice fellow, John Cham
berlain; a devil of a nice fellow! But little
over a week ago, sitting right where you
are, you claimed that the Thomas statue
was the finest in town. Didn’t you tell me
that?'
“ 'Certainly,' said John, 'and It is, too."
“ Then what mado you talk like that
a few minutes ago?'
" 'What do you take me for, Lucian.
Do you think I'd decide a bet In favor of
a lieutenant In the navy against a sen
ator of the United States?’ "
Recollections of n Plano.
From Longman's Magazine.
Chiffonier, your memory's failing—
You are older than I am.
In the days long past bewailing
You held your gingerbread and Jam,
Almonds, oranges and spices,
All as good as they could be;
Tiny plates with quaint devices
For the children s Sunday tea.
ChilTonier, of all your treasures
You retain no mohlly crumb,
And I’ve lost my sweet old measures,
And my keys are cheifly dumb;
Yet, when many memories mingle.
Sometimes, in the dead of night.
With a faint, unearthly jingle,
I awaken in affright.
Voices lost to mortal hearing
Murmur softly in the gloom,
There are children’s faces peering
From the shadows of the room.
And I feel my faded curtain
Softly lined. Who are these?
No chord sounds, yet I am certain
There are fingers on ijiy keys—
They for whom a tall wax candle
In each polished sconce was set—
Singing Purcell, Bach and Handel,
Many a stately, staid duet.
They were tenor and soprano;
Pleasantly their voices rang—
No one but the old piano
Can remember what they sangl
Winter seems an earlier comer.
Yet some days of warmth we win;
Through the window in the summer,
Looks the white cape Jessamine.
Has the old plant ever spoken
Of the sprays that once were laid
Oh, my shining cover oaken—
And she found them when she played?
On the lawn I still look over—
Where a footstep seldom falls—
There were joyous cries of “Roverl"
There were clashing croquet balls.
Dull and deaf the chiffonier is.
And he sleeps the whole day long,
Bui the old piano wearies
For the laughter and the song.
I am battered, I am dusty.
And my silk Is dark with mold;
No one rubs my sconces rusty,
Tarnished, now that shone l'ike gold!
The last breath of life in dwindling
From my numb and voiceless keys
They may break me up for kindling
Just as quickly as they please.
The Boy Kept His Promise.
Much is said in these days about the
want, of obedience to parental authority
displayed by the rising generation, but an
incident In which the contrary spirit was
manifested is narrated by a prominent
western lawyer, says the Youth's Compan
ion.
His 12-year-old son, a boy of great spirit,
but with no over abundance of strength
went to pass a vacation with a cousin who
lived on the banks of a broad river. His
father in his parting instructions, placed
only one restriction upon the boy's
amusement during his visit.
“I don’t want you to go out in your
cousin’s canoe,” he said, firmly. 'They
are used to the water, but you are not
and you haven’t learned to sit still anyV
where, as yet. You'll be there only a
week, and with all the other amusements
the hoys have and the horses and dogs
you can afford to let the canoe alone for
this time, and keep your mother from
worrying all the while you’re away.
The boy readily gave the desired prom
ise. On his return he was enthusiastic
over the pleasures he had enjoyed.
"And I didn't mind not canoeing a bit
pa.” he said, addressing his careful parV
ent with a beaming smile. “The boys
taught me how to swim, and the only
time they used the canoe was ths last
day, to go over to the other shore. But
I remembered my promise, and I wasn't
going to break it the last day, so I swam
across.”
Wouldn't Want nn Engine.
The Syracuse Standard tells of an amus
ing correspondence that recently took
place between a Wisconsin farmer and
a local boiler firm. The fanner wrote
as follows:
“Dere Sirs I hav a 1,000 akers of trees
that I want cut. Im pore but Im willing to
pay too hundred dolers fer an engln thait
will do my work,” and he went on to
explain Just what sort of an engine he
wanted.
The boiler firm saw that the engine nec
essary to accomplish the devastation of
his virginal forest would cost $? <K> and
they informed him to this effect ’
A week passed, and then the following
pithy epistle came from the Wisconsin
woods:
"Dere Sirs what in h—l wud I want of an
engin or biler if I hed $3,000?”
Old School Southern Gentlemen.
Judge Jones was a. southern gentleman
of the old school, and had been a gallant
in his day, says Harper’s Drawer. Old
age did not find him forgetful of his
gallantry, but with increasing years mem
ory played strange tricks with his recog
nition of names and faces. On this point
the judge was sensitive. One day he met
at a reception a young woman, who at
once came un to him with outstretched
hand and smiling face. To save his soul
the old man could not recall her.
“Why, Judge Jones.” exclaimed the lady
“you have forgotten me, and I met you
only two years ago!”
"On the contrary, madam,” bowed the
courtly Judge, vainly racking his memory
the while—“on the contrary. I have been
striving for two years to forget you.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—An English lad was decently savagely
attacked near Newbury by a Norwegian
bird known as the black-throated duel,
which measured over a yard and a hair
across the wings. A man rushed to the
boy’s assistance and killed the bird, which
is supposed to have been blown inland
during the gales.
—One of the most curious enemies of
British fresh water fishes is a small float
ing water reed—the bladder-wort. Along
Its branches are a number of small green
vi ag:es or bladders, which, being fur
nished with tiny jaws, seize upon the
little fish, which are assimilated into its
substance. This is a subtle poacher, the
true character of which has only lately
been detected.
—The largest walnut tree ever hewn in
Pike county. Pa., was cut down a few
days ago near Milford, Pa, by William
Angle of Washington, N. J., for gun
stocks for the United States government.
The first sixteen feet will make about
2,"00 feet of lumber and will furnish
enough gun stocks to supply a regiment.
It was Pike county which furnished the
tallest pine tree along the Delaware river
for the mainmast of the frigate Consti
tution many years ago.
—The wife of a farmer living near Ser
geant Bluff, la., was caught In a wolf trap
out on the prairie recently and held cap
tive some eighty hours. A neighbor had
set several wolf traps made of steel jaws,
with a heavy spring closing them when
sprung, about his farm. He placed them
far away from the road, where there was
no apparent danger of anything but a
wolf getting caught. But the woman look
a short cut home one evening, saw the
trap, stopped to find out Just what it was.
and was firmly caught by one hand. She
was unable to open the jaws with the
other hand, and remained fast in the trap
all night and until the next evening, when
a searching party found her. She was
unconscious and near death from pain and
exposure.
—One of the most extensive laundries
in the world Is situated in a southern
suburb of London, says Answers, and was
recently visited by one of our own repre
sentatives. The principal building, he
writes is upwards of 400 feet long and four
stories high. Over 200 hands are employ
ed and the machinery cost about £IB,OOO.
There are ten solid Ironing machines 9
feet long, and each capable of finishing
1,500 serviettes per hour. The vast ex
tent of this business may be realized on
learnffig that 15,070 articles a week are
received from one great West End club,
and 35.(00 in the same period from each
of several mammoth hotels. A hotel like
the Metropole or the Grand, by the way,
uses upwards of 4,000 towels every day.
Nearly 3.000,000 pieces of linen of all kinds
pass through this laundry In the course
of a week, and seven miles of drying lines
can be run out at once.
—Representative White of Illinois wears
on the little finger of his left hand a seal
ring whose historic interest far surpasses
the Intrinsic value of the Jewel, although
It is probably the finest Intaglio In Wash
ington, says the Washington Post. It is
a plain, unostentatious hyacinth, bearing
the classic head of Antontus Plus, ruler
of Rome from 138 to 161, and was cut and
worn by the great Roman philosopher and
emperor 1,700 years ago. Mr. White se
cured It during his sojourn in Italy, pay
ing R.fWO francs for it. or about S6OO In
American money. It had a Roman setting
of great antiquity. Mr. White took the
ring to Tiffany’s, In Paris, and ordered
the stone to be set in a plain gold band.
The great jewelry firm specified that it
would do so only at the owner's risk, on
account of the incalculable value of the
stone. The head is engraved In a pure
hyacinth, which, when held to the light,
Is perfectly translucent and gives out a
remarkable play of colors. The engraving
Is perfect, and leading lapidaries have as
sured Mr. White that It required two
years to complete the head in Its per
fected details.
—The oldest herbarium In the world Is
doubtless that of the Museum of Egyp
tology at Cairo. It consists of a large
number of crowns, garlands, wreaths and
bouquets of flowers collected, one and all,
from the ancient Egyptian tombs, most
of them being preserved In excellent con
dition. Some flowers were better protect
ed than others, and In spite of their ex
treme delicacy, have retained the original
colors In an astonishing manner. Blos
soms from the watermelon plant, for In
stance, show after being immersed In
water, that they still possess the green
coloring matter. This should certainly
seem surprising, since most of the sarco
phagi dated back twenty-five centuries B.
C. It is, however, very difficult to state
the precise age or the flowers correctly,
since, In many cases, the tombs had been
opened by the ancient Egyptians them
selves, and it is almost impossible to
know whether the flowers found in them
belong to the period of Ahmes I or Rarn
esis 11. At any rate, they cannot be less
than 3,000 years old, while the oldest col
lection of flowers and herbs in Europe is
hardly 400 years old. Among the plants
of the Cairo collection are found blue and
water white lotus flowers, red poppy
blossoms, the oriental larkspur, the holly
hock, several species of chrysanthemums,
the pomegranate, leaves from the willow
and celery, and several other species of
flowers of which we also hear In the
Graeco-Roman period.
—The fire walk is undertaken by mem
bers of a certain clan of Fijians, Na Ivil
ankata, who have a traditional fairy tale
as to how they acquired the power, trick
or secret. When Mr. Thomson visited
the scene tha pit was “a white-hot mass,
shooting out little tongues of white
flame.’’ The wood was extracted by poles
and the glowing stones were laid level,
“tongues of flame still plaving among
them.” Then fifteen men, in garlands,
with anklets of dried fern, walked bare
foot over the surface of the stones, tramp
ing down the green leaves as they were
thrown in by the lookers-on. The volume
of steam rose thick and dark. Now. a
few minutes before the men entered the
furnace, a hot stone was hooked out, on
which Mr. Thomson's handkerchief,
was laid; the men went in, and it was
removed when the last man left the oven
"Every fold that touched the stone was
charred,” as, indeed, may be observed on
the handkerchief, which “lies before us
as we write.’’ The feet of the performers
being examined were cool, and their ank
lets of dry fern leaf were not burned. Mr
Thomson wrote his published account on
the day after the event. He has heard
of a similar ceremony in the Cook group
of islands, and it is attested, both In the
journal of the Polynesian Society and by
private correspondence, among the Klings
of Southern India and elsewhere. “Else
where,” curious to say, includes modern
Bulgaria. Mr. Thomson's photograph
has not been published; the fine shapes of
men, like figures of polished basalt, are
partly obscured by the steam arising from
the leaves thrown Into the furnace A
representative of popular science has, we
believe, suggested a dilution of sulphuric
acid as a probable cause of the immunity
of the fire walkers. He does not seem to
have tried the experiment on his own
person, nor Is It certain that the Klings
and other backward races, or the priests
of Apollo, know, or knew, sulphuric acid
We must look further afield for an ex
planation.
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Bleached Table Damask, heavy made,
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One lot Cream Loom Damask, all pure
linen, 42c yard; value, 55c.
Bleached Double Damask, 590 yard!
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Bleached Satin Finished Damask, 72-
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Fine Double Face Bleached Damask,
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100 dozen Dinner Napkins, $1.85; value,
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75 dozen Medium Size Napkins, fast
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100 dozen Huck Towels, pure linen, $1.15
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100 dozen Hemmed Huck Towels, 4do
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100 dozen Fancy Damask Towels, knot
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75 dozen Hemstitched Huck Towels,
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Special lot Glass Linen, Bc, 10c and
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The ’96 Waists, new in every sense
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