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INDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Georgia Historical Society.
Special Notices—Hardware, Palmer
Hardware Company; Rids for Hay, John
E. Maguire, Eire Chief; Grain Dealers
Take Notice, C. W. Howard & Cos.; St.
Paul's Sunday School Picnic. Warsaw,
July 8; First Annual Picnic of the River
side Club to Wilmington Island. Tuesday,
July 7.
Legal Notices —Citations from the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County; Application for Year's Support of
IMarion E. Talbert and Children from Es
tate of A. B. Talbert, Deceased.
Tobacco—(Blackwell's Genuine Durham
Tobacco.
This Is Monday—B. H. Levy & Rro.
Railroad Material for Sale—Sabel Bros.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Another Week of Big Bargains—Appel
A Schaul.
Medical—Cutlcura Remedies; Hood's
Sarsaparilla; Simmons Liver Regulator.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
There does not seem to be any disposi
tion to play Adlal for even "the place.”
Since the St. Louis convention, the re
publican party of Colorado seems to con.
•Ist of Senator Wolcott.
Will Altgeld be the Mark Hanna i)t the
Chicago convention, or was Hanna the
John P. Altgeld of the St. Louis con
vention?
uei-hlgher,” appears to be the motto
~ Of the*i.lJ£Bo~'hlgh way robbers. They
are now holding up people on the ele
vated railroads.
Three thousand Christian Endeavorers
called on MaJ. McKinley one day last
week. More than that number of politi
cal endeavorers have called on him every
day since he was nominated.
The Floyd county populists have launch
ed a Peek governorship boom. Are the
populists going to put out a state ticket
this year? They have not done much
towards that end so far. Col. Peek Is
about as good a sacrifice as could be of
fered up, however.
Whether the nomination of a republican
ticket In this state would menace the suc
cess of the democratic ticket depends
upon whether the republicans succeed In
arranging a fusion with the populists. The
two parties combined might force the
democracy to hustle.
A Chicago contemporary notes that the
split In the democratic party, as repre
sented In that city, Ik pretty clearly mark
ed by the hats of the delegates. The
soft hat is the marker of a silver dele
gate, and the high silk hat of a gold dele
gate. Tillman and Altgeld, who wear
silk hats usually, are now crowned with
the approved wool hat.
Lord Dunraven's yacht, the Valkyrie
111, which has been In New' York waters
ever since her races with the Defender,
4s to be sent back to England shortly. A
crew' will be sent from London to sail
her back. There have been dozens of ru
mors of the sale of the boat to parties in
this country, but it seems there was no
foundation for any of them.
Cable dispatches are to the effect that
the Yale boat crew Is getting into pretty
good shape for the races at Henley, which
begin to-morrow. The Americans have
been somewhat handicapped by sickness
and accidents, but their trainer Is confi
dent that they will give a good account
of themselves on the water. The English
oars, which the Yale boys took up some
days ago, have been discarded, and they
will go into the races with American
oars.
Gov. Atkinson is going to be a busy man
for the remainder of the month. When
he has passed upon the Nobles murder
appeal, the matter of the fines upon con
vict lease companies, and other public
business that has accumulated upon his
desk, he will go to Alabama to make some
speeches In behalf of the democratic state
ticket. The Alabama people have got a
pretty stiff fight upon their hands, owing
to dissatisfaction in the democratic party,
it will take powerful appeals to party
■fealty to secure the old time majority at
r the next election.
Farts About Mortgagee.
The volume of the census reports con
taining the fa'te about real estate mort
gages. as gathered in IBS>, has just come
I to hard. It :s ur.fortuna’e that its publl-
I cation was delayed so long —s.x years af-
I ter the facts It contains were collected.
| There have been many changes in these
i six y. art, but it is doubtful if the aggre
f gate mortgage debt Is any greater now.
| In proportion to the wealth and population
of the country, than it was in 1890.
Those who make a careful study of
this volume will be surprised to find the
west la not so heavily mortgaged as they
have been led to believe, and that the
| bulk of the mortgages is held by resi
dents of the states in which the mort
gages are placed.
In b9n. the aggregate mortgage debt of
the whole country, exclusive of the debt
of corporations which are practically pub
lic, was $6,019,679,78.1. The value of the
taxed real estate and untaxed mines was
estimated at $36,119,478,084. The amount
of the mortgage debt, therefore, was not
quite 16.75 per cent, of the estimated value
of the real estate.
The mortgage debt of the southern
stat-s was smaller In proportion M>' Its
taxed real estate than that of any other
section, and that of the west was not
nearly so large as It was supposed to be.
The western state having a very large
mortgage debt was Kansas. The average
mortgage debt for each pierson In the
country was $96. New York having the
highest, $268, and South Carolina the low
est. sl2.
Inquiry In 102 selected counties in all
parts of the country showed that 89.92
per cent, of the mortgages In force and
91.87 per cent of the amount of them
were used to make payments on the pur
chase of property, or to make original Im
provements. But little of the money ob
tained fTom Jhe mortgages therefore was
used In living expenses.
A fact well worth noting Is that more
than half of the mortgage debt Is on lots
In towns. Only one-third of the mort
gages and less than half of the amount
of them were on farms.
It Is interesting to know that more than
half the pnortgage debt Is on real estate
in the states of New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Massachusetts and Illinois—these
five states carrying 52.97 per cent, of the
total debt. Tne rate of interest paid on
mortgages fell from 7.14 per cent, in 1880
to 6.75 In 1890. The foregoing are only a
few of the facts In the latest census vol
ume. but they are sufficient to show that
this country is not eo heavily mortgaged
as many who look on the dark sldif of
things would have us believe. ./
Ten Avars of Progress.
It has been but a little more than ten
years since the United. States began the
building of anew navy. At that time
the navy was little more than a
farce, consisting of antiquated wooden
vessels mounting smooth bore guns. Its
chief end was to keep certain repair shops
busy and provide an excuse for appropria
tions of public money which found Its way
into the pockets of political favorites. Dur
ing Mr. Cleveland’s first administration
the policy of building anew navy worthy
of the country was firmly established;
and now, after the lapse of only a few
years, the United States are really one of
the naval powers of the world. The navy
consists of no less than thirteen powerful
armored battle ships and coast defense
vessels, some thirty swift steel cruisers
and a number of Inferior craft.
Broadly speaking, the navies of the
United States and of Spain are about the
same size, and the navies of Russia and
Germany are a little larger. But there are
doubts if the navy of either country men
tioned would be more than a match for
our navy. Our ships are all strictly up to
date. In the matter of construction, speed
and armament, while many of those of
the foreign navies are old and slow and
are armed with guns much less powerful.
If Spain, Russia or Germany were to send
a fleet to our shores with hostile pur
pose, the American navy would bo able
not only to prevent It from doing a great
deal of damage, but to blow It out of the
water.
Great Britain and France are still a long
way In tho lead In naval strength. But at
the rate the United States are progress
ing. the probabilities are that these two
will, at no very distant day, be the only
powers with navies superior to our own.
There are now building and authorized by
this government six battle ships. These
added to the five of their class already
afloat, will make a fleet of fighting ma
chines fit to cope with any fleet of like size
in the world. With these vessels, and the
coast defense monitors, to defend the
home ports, and with a large fleet of cruis
ers to prey upon the commerce of an ene
my, the United States will be in a posi
tion to back up any demand they may feel
called upon to. make on any other govern
ment. A decade ago they could hardly de
mand and enforce the respect of their
small neighbors, the Latin-American re
publics.
It would not be surprising to hear of
a hetvvy immigration movement in the
direction of Putnam county. Indiana. In
the western section of that county there
is a well, newly dug, that gives out a
most peculiar and delightful beverage. It
looks like water and tastes like water. It
is clear as crystal, and quite cold. But
it takes only a few mouthfuls of It to
produce a most brilliant Jag. The intox
ication produced is said to be followed
by no evil effects; not even a slight head
ache. And while the drinkers are under
the influence of the drink they never want
to fight, but feel happy and mirthful.
These peculiar waters have been analyzed,
but no trace of alcohol has been found.
The owner of the well has fenced It in,
and "calculates” that he has a fortune as
long as the well holds out.
It will be about as hard to mix free sil
ver and tariff reform as oil and water.
For free coinage is a form of protection
to the silver mine owners.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 0. ISSO.
A Tariff for Rnraar.
The republican* have attempted to ex
plain the difficult!** of the treasury and
the cause of exportations of gold
|to Europe by sJylr.g that the
revenues raised under the Wilson
tariff law were insufficient to
the needs of the government, and that
the remedy needed was the re-enactment
of the M Kinley tariff law, or something
like It. They have Insisted that duties
should be increased, and lately Went so
far as to introduce into congress what
is known as the Dingley tariff bill, call
ing it an urgent revenue measure and
pretending that if it were to become a law
it would afford the treasury relief through
the raising of additional revenue#. The
republican candljat-, for the presidency.
Maj. McKinley, stands for an Increase in
tariff duties, and asserts that higher du
ties would give the treasury all the funds
heeded and end all our financial troubles.
Let us see what reason there Is in the
assertion that a tariff for protection,
which the McKtnley law was. Is a bettei
revenue raiser than a tariff for revenue,
which the Wilson law Is. The fiscal year
of the government ended on June 30. At
the close of business on that day Cashier
Northrop of the New York custom house
prepared some tables of customs receipts
for the New York World. These tables
show that for the fiscal year 1895-96 the
receipts for customs duties at the port
of New York were $109,323,628.33, as
against receipts for the fiscal year 1893-94
of $87,849,487.69. The fiscal year Just end
ed was the first In which all the pro
visions of the Wison law were In
full operation, and the fiscal year 1893-94
was the last in which all of the provisions
of the McKinley law were In full opera
tion. A comparison of the workings ot
ihe two laws for these years, therefore,
Is a gauge by which their relative mer
its may be judged. It Is fair to take
the receipts at the port of New York as
the basis for comparisons, because 80
per cent, or more of the total Importa
tions of the country come through that
port.
The figures quoted above show that
during the first year of the full Wilson
revenue tariff the receipts were *21,474,-
140.64 greater than were the receipts dur
ing the last year of the full McKinley
protective tariff. This was at the single
port of New York, and there la no rea
son to suppose otherwise than that when
the statistics of all the ports are made
public officially, which will occur about
tfe'e middle of this month, it will be shown
that the results of the operations of the
two laws at other ports were similar
to those at New York.
It follows, therefore, that If Insuffi
ciency of revenues from the farlff are the
cause ot the troubles of the treasury and
the stagnation of business, the country
has reason to bo profoundly grateful that
the McKinley law was repealed as soon
as It was, and to guard against a re-en
actment of that iniquitous measure.
Money for the Paris Exhibition.
Paris has not had a great deal of trouble
in raising the greater part of the money
for her great world's fair that is to be
opened In 1900. She has raised 65,000,000
francs by means of lottery bonds. Each
bond Is for 20 francs and entitles the hold
er to 20 admission tickets. The bonds do
not pay Interest, nor will the principle of
them ever be paid. All of them have been
sold, however. What makes them so at
tractive Is the fact that they are lottery
bonds. The highest prize Is 500,000 francs
and the lowest 100. The number of the
prizes Is quite large.
The purchasr of a bond practically gets
the worth of his money in tickets, which
cost him only one franc each. He is, of
course, out of his money four years, but
he has a chance of winning a prise.
The selling of 65,000,000 tickets makes it
quite certain that there will be very few
tickets sold by the exhibition manage
ment. Those already sold will more than
supply the demand for admission.
The exhibition managers have now 100,-
01X1.000 francs. This includes the receipts
from the local subsidies and the sale of
the lottery tickets. It will be sufficient
probably to meet all the demands of the
exhibition. The work of erecting the ne
cessary buildings has already begun, and
It now looks as If the exposition would be
far the greatest ever seen In Europe.
A more or less striking controversy is
on between Edwin Gould's match com
pany and the Diamond match trust. The
Diamonds are trying to make light of
the affair, but the Goulds are going for
their rivals red-headed. The Diamonds
lead off every once in a while with some
Hash scheme, but the Goulds come to the
scratch every time, and give it to the
other fellows hot. The latest move on the
part of the Gould syndicate has been to
buy up Diamond matches in order to sup
ply dealers with the brand in case they
should be cut off by the trust for hand
ling Gould stock.
A rather novel divorce case has been
heard in Oklahoma. It was brought by
Rev. R. D. Worth, a Baptist preacher
of New York, whose wife seems to have
been altogether too fond of him. It ap
pears from the plaintiff s specifications
that Mrs. Worth objected to her spouse
going away from home to preach, and to
keep him at her side "spoiled his Sunday
coat and filled his Sunday shoes with
water." The preacher, however, objected
to having his religious fervor dampened
in any such manner, and asked for a
divorce, which the wise Oklahoma court
granted.
The good, old-fashioned way of calling
men by their full given names is at a
discount In Chicago Just now. They are
calling each other “Joe'' Blackburn,
“Ben" Tillman, "Hod" Boies, “Bill” Mor
rison, "Pat" Walsh, “Dick” Bland,
"Hank” Teller, “Jack” Altgeld, "Billy”
Bryan, “Joey" Bailey, and the like. This
familiarity is not going to last all the
time; it is probably breeding bludeons
even now.
Weyler*s new troths In Cuba Is to be
made of two-story brick forts surmount
'd by electric search lights, the farts be
ing close enough together to *e from
one to the other. That Is the story that
-
Urds are building tne forts and bringing
in and setting up the electric light plants,
the Insurgents will probably lounge
around and watch the proceedings with
open-mouthed Interest. If there Is any
thing that the average human being
pould rather do than attend to his own
business. It Is to watch workmen laying
bricks or setting up machinery.
The Georgia Big Four succeeded in cut
ting a good deal of ice at Macon. But
Chicago is a long way from Macon.
PEHAOYAL.
—Sarah Bernhardt went tip in the big
wheel near London the other day and
was delighted. "Suppose the wheel should
stick now, as It did about a fortnight
ago?” “Oh! I wish it would!" exclaimed
Madame Bernhardt. "Fancy! No play
to-nlght. and a long spell up here In the
air. You know I am always longing for
new sensations. I would have given any
thing—anything!—to havE had that ex
perience of all night on the wh*el.”
—Moses Adams, Sr., who has Just died
at his home, at Rock House Creek, Ky.,
at tho age of 10i was one of the early
settlers of Kentucky. For sixty years he
was a leading political character In Eas
tern Kentucky, and was known all over
the country as "Rock House Mose." He
was well connected, being the first of the
great Adams family of Eastern Kentucky
and Southwestern Virginia. At the time
of his death he was doubtless the oldest
mam in the mountains though his father
in-law. old Uncle William Craft, has al
ready passed his century mark, and Is
hale and active as a boy.
—A I/ondon paper says that some time
ago the Princess Maud went shopping
strictly Incog. While she was walking
along the street, she was accosted by a
little street arab, who was the happy
possessor of a pair of large, pathetic,
brown eyes and a tangled crp', of curly
brown hair. He was hue!!- engaged In
the absorbing task of enrning his living
(and, perhaps, someone else ? as well) by
retailing “fresh spring flowers, penny and
tuppence a bunch " The princess stop
ped by him, and while choosing some flow
ers she was a little startled by the lad
saying In gn excited and familiar whis-
P er: “ a " cißh*. miss, I knows yer;
but I Ji keep It dark and won't split on
P r.” The princes? smilingly shook her
head in denial. "Yes, I do know? yer"
(more emphatically); "yes Princess
Mawd; I twigged yer dl'rectly."
BRIGHT niTS. -
—ln Growing Oklahoma—Alkali Ike.—
"Wot did yer ever hang sech a good fel
ler ez Grizzly Pete for?
Earless Eddy—Why, de blame fool went
an’ killed a total stranger in town 'fore he
had ttmo ter get his name on de census'”
—Puck.
—She—"Well, good-bye. Chevalier. But
I 'hoped you would have stayed longer with
us. *
The Chevalier (who prides himself on his
English sayings)—A sank you. mats, he
* * enr me I must gv> cook some fish!"
(The Chevalier Intended to say that he
“had other fish to fry.’’—Judy. /
—"Papa, Is Mrs. Illgelow very poor?"
"No, Cedric, Mrs. Bigelow is well off; don't
yowknow what a nice house she has?”
But she sleeps In the hen-coop, paiia."
"Why, Cedric!" "She said she did." "What
do you mean?” “Don't you remember
w'hen she was hero to dinner night before
last she excused herself and said she must
go home early because she went to bed
with the chickens?”—Harper’s Round Ta
ble.
—"Now, can any little boy tell me what
the word debut means?" asked the teacher
pleasantly.
There was a dead silence.
"Come, come." she continued in an en
couraging tone, “let me see if I cannot
help you a little. You all remember when
1 became your teacher?”
“Yes, ma'am." in a chorus.
W ell, the first day I presented myself
before you, what was It I made?”
"Please, ma'am, I know," from Tommy
T raddle*. J
•‘That’s It, Tommy,” said the teacher,
with a pleased smile. “Tell the rest of the
boys what It was made."
, bluff,” said Tommy.—Milw'uakee
IV isconsln. ,
CI'RREXT COMMENT. -
AVeyler and Campos.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.).
The great difference between Campos
and Weyler was liidlcated when Campos
told the Spanish Senate Wednesday that
tears flowed from his eyes at seeing sol
diers land In Cuba, "remembering the
mothers left In Spain." AVeyler doesn't
weep at such spectacles.
A South Carolina Opinion.
From the Columbia State (Dem.).
We believe that If a staunch bimetallist
bo nominated at Chicago on a fitting plat
form, Henry M. Teller will go to the pop
ulist-silver convention at St. Louis a fort
night later and use all his Influence to
Induce that body to endorse the nomina
tion. Me also think that he will be the
next Secretary of the Treasury - .
Silver Coin I'ntlcr Free Colnnge.
From Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.).
If the free and unlimited coinage of sil
ver should become a law In this country,”
Inquires Mr. C. E. Johnson, "will it re
duce the present silver in circulation to
the value of bullion?" Undoubtedly ves
Under free coinage the government'would
not, and - could not, guarantee to maln
tain the parity between silver and gold
as it does now, and silver would stand on
Its own bottom and sink to Its bullion
\aue free cotnage of silver would not
only' drive out all our gold money but It
would cut down the value of our existing
silver money to almost one-half its pres
ent value. v
“I* It a Democratic Conventiont”
From the New York World (Dem.).
Every day—almost every utterance at
Chicago emphasizes the utterly undemo
cratic character of the free silver major
ity there and of their policy.
Democratic conventions have hitherto
been deliberative bodies, in which speech
was free, persuasion was welcomed and
decisions were the result of earnest con
ference. This one Is to be a demonstra
tion of brute force If the majority can
make it so. Even physical violence Is
openly threatened as a possible resort if
the three hundred odd delegates who rep
resent democratic doctrine insist upon be
ing heard.
Senator Jones of Arkansas, who more
nearly represents leadership in this mob
than any other member of it, yesterday
said: J
"We do not propose to have anv but
silver speeches in this convention ' It is
our convention and we propose to run n
from first to last.
Me will not have any discussion of
platform in the convention. The silver
men do not intend to fight out their dif
ferences on the floor or to allow the other
fellows to do any fighting, either ”
This is sheer anarchism and not democ
at T , all “If is our convention.”
M hose. It purports to be the convention
of the democracy of the whole union but
ef en ?h r i onfS . Clai . n,! U as a convention
of the silver faction only, and declares
heir purpose to rule it so rigbrbiraly- as
I? ( ° a H other delegates even the
right to discuss the platform l
Baurlr Betrayed.
"Next time you'll probably listen to my
advice, Easymark,** said Mr Pereentum
as he whirled about In his office chair and
glowered ai his visitors, according to the
Detroit Free Press. "Old Snatehera’s go
ing to foreclose, is he? Didn't I warn
you? Didn't I try to tali you he wouldn't j
leave you enough to keep you over night? j
But you knew It all. You thought you
were smart enough to run the United
States treasury. You. a mere suckling in
the world of business, presumed to Ignore
mv friendly views. Do 1 exaggerate, Easy- j
mark?”
"Not *n the least, sir. I recall It all
now, but I thought Snatchem was one of
my best friends."
"O. yes, the sympathetic, tender-heart
ed, disinterested od Snatchem. The be
nevolent, soulful, bald-headed patriarch.
The confiding, brotherly, helpful, self
renouncing Shylock. How that man did
love you. Easvmark."
“He made me think he did.’”
"O. of course. What a wonderful head
you showed for business. Tou wanted $lO.-
CK) on $30,000 worth of property. He let you
have f7,flbo at eight per cent., st'pulated.
In a burst of generosity, that you waive
foreclosure proceeding and pay in gold.
He’s a grand old man. Now he's putting
the screws to you and chuckling with
ghoulish glee to see you wriggle. Charm
ing old mummy now, isn't he?"
“For a time I was greatly disappointed
In Snatchem.”
“He hasn't been a bit disappointed In
you, my dear fellow He was as sure of
catching you as that he set the trap. But
we’ll tool this old man-eating shark. I
won't see h m swallow as good a fellow
as you are. I'll advance the money on ex
actly the same terms he did, except that
I must have twelve per cent. Nod that I
care for the profit, but -you need a les
son and It may make you thousands in
the future and keep you out of the hands
of these old skinflints.”
"I appreciate wour generosity, Mr. Per
centum. But since I called this morning
Snatchem has given me an extension of
two years and advanced me $3,000 more.
I w'ill pull through.”
"Easymark, we are total strangers from
this time forGi. You have betrayed me.
You don't kmfw enough to got cost price
on postage stamps.”
—.
Stories of Gorman, Toombs anti
Stevens.
Senator Gorman's skill as a political
tactician Is illustrated by the way In
which he got William Pinkney Whyte
oUh-flf the Senate and himself in, says the
Washington Post. Whyte had been gover
nor, was In the Sena?* and appeared to
have a life cinch on the place, He hail
no thought or intention of withdrawing
from public life, but one day in private
conversation he Incautiously hinted, just
barely hinted, that perahps he might not
be a candidate again for the Senate. He
said some of those derogatory things about
public life of which men who think they
are entirely safe, or who have been re
tired against their will are fond of utter
ing without attaching any meaning to
them. Gorman heard of It. It was all he
wanted to form the basis of his campaign.
He took care that the report was duly
circulated, and secured Its publication in
the state newspapers. The result was that
Senator Whyte found himself committed
to retiring from the Senate, when he hail
not the least Intention or wish of so doing.
Mr. Gorman succeeded him, and has been
In the Senate ever since, Mr. Whyte vain
ly endeavoring to oust him.
Ferhaps Senator Gorman knew of the
way in which Robert Toombs of Georgia,
managed to remove Alexander H. Stevens
from the path when he was elected to the
Senate. The two were campaigning togeth
er in the early ’so's. Both wanted lo be
United States senator. Stephens was the
more popular, and Toombs was anxious
not to have him for an opponent. One dav
while they were resting their horses and
taking lunch Toombs brought the sen
atonshlp up in an indirect way. Finally h
plumped the direct question at Stephens
If he were a candidate. Stephens unsus
pectingly replied:
"No, Bob, I am not, hut—”
"Well, as you are not a candidate,
Aleck, I am, and want your support."
Toombs was chosen senator In conse
quence of this bit of sharp practice,
which may have served as a model for
Gorman In his contest with Whyte.
Converted to Gold.
An eastern man and a western man met
in the cafe of a Broad street hotel yes
terday, says the Philadelphia Recod'd.
"What'll you take?” nsked the western
man. “A gold fizz." said the eastern man.
"Tou will, hey?" said the western man.
"Well, I'll Just take a silver fizz.” "See
here,"said the eastern man, 'what are
you people fighting for a 16 to 1 ratio so
hard for, anyhow?” "Well, it's thtr way,"
said the eastern man, "when it’s 16 to 1
we get sl6 of sliver for one In gold. See?”
"What makes you think that?” said the
eastern man. "Why, 16 to 1 mean 16 to 1,
don't it? And it meajns if silver is made
to 16 to 1 that we can get 16 to 1.”
"Why, see here." said the eastern man,
with a smile, "you are making a great
mistake If that Is the case. Why, silver
Is now SO to 1, and If you're going to
make It only 16 to 1. at that rate, you'll
only get $lO for sl, where you can now get
s3o for sl." "Well, I’ll be g-ol darned,"
said the western man. "I never thought
of that. Here, waiter, give me a gold
fizz."
host His Footing, Xot Ills Head.
Patrick was lying in bed In a hospital,
say* Harper's Round Table. He had been
brought In a few days before after a se
vere fall from the top story of a build
ing on which he had been working. with
all his suffering he never lost his cheer
ful spirits, and livened up many of the
other patients with his bright remarks
and short stories. The doctor happened
along, and asked him how he felt,
"Fairly well, doctor; this right leg of
molne Is a very ungrateful spalpeen con
sitherin' that it wuz only broke In wan
place whin It moight have been smashed
in a dozen.”
"How did you fall, Patrick?" I asked
"Did you lose your head?"
“Faith, no; sure It was me footin’ oi
lost.”
“What time did It happen?”
"Well, ol wuzn't so sure before I fell
but I wuz thinkln' cornin' down that it
wuz near dinner hour, an' oi wuz con
vinced of that same as oi passed the sec
ond story, fer oi saw the people In there
atin' dinner”
Love in Town.
FYom the Nebraska State Journal.
They had no partings in the wood,
No meetings In the lonely lane;
Beside the sea they never stood.
Nor watched the sunset after rain
Their pathway was the busy street"
Their trystlng place the office stair;
And yet I know Joy more complete
Did never visit mortal pair.
And why should rustic love alone
Be decked with all poetic art*
These dull, gray city walks have known
The beating of a nation’s heart.
The weary' workers come and go,
The secret of each soul is dumb'
Yet still at times .wadlant glow ’
Across their waytvorn lives may come.
And these, my happy lovers, knew
Hard toil, small wage, and humble
fare;
The skies they saw were never blue, *
But love made gladness everywhere^
His step upon the office floor
Was sweet to her as robin's song;
Her face that passed the open dpor
* or him made sunshine all day long
Tlie Bicycle Icicle.
The professor is very punctilious about
the use of language, says the Detroit Free
Press His youngest daughter has learned
to ride a wheel, and the fact is very ap
parent in her conversation. Now and then
he moved uneasily in his chair, but Ihe
made no comment. After time he said:
Lucia, would you mind cloring that
d °° r? I getting as cold as an ike.”
She rose to obey, and then turned with a
puzzled look and inquired:
“As cold as a what?” *
"As cold as an ike.”
"1 don't understand you.”
is strange. It seems to accord
with >our theory of verbal expression If
a bicycle can consistently be called a -bike •
1 can see no possible objection to my al
luding to an Icicle as an ike.’’ 9
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Mr. Spalding of England contrived to
have chickens hatched n l kept Secluded
In a bag for a day or two. when, on be
ing taken out, they almost immedateiy
• set off straight for The box in answer to
the call of the hen. though they had
never seen her and had never before heard
her voice." "This they did.” he observed,
"struggling through the grass and over
rough ground and when not yet able to
stand steadily on their legs.” The same
writer remarks that a turkey but ten
days oid, which had never seen a hawk,
was so alarmed by the note of one secret
ed in a cupboard "that It fled in a direc
tion opposite to the cubboard with every
sign cf terror."
—The collection of religious relics to be
seen in the church of the Corsican til
lage of Sisco is undoubtedly unique. The
inhabitants of this plMtty little place are
exceedingly devout and very simple, which
probably accounts for The possession of
such a remarkable collection. A writer
in I/Independence Beige gives the fol
lowing list or the principal items. The
horn used by Moses to call together the
children of Israel while in the desert; a
tuft of that red hair which was the pride
of Esau and the despair of Jacob; a piece
of the nail of the little toe of the left
foot—the statement is very precise—of
Enoch, the patriarch; the bib worn by the
Infant Jesus; the'curb and crupper qi the
ass that took the Holy Family Into Egypt;
and several relics of various saints.
—lt is no doubt interesting to express
the force of a stroke of lightning in
horse-power, says a writer in aiGerman
review. During a recent storm whicn
passed over Klausthal, Germany, a bolt
struck a wooden column In a dwelling, and
in the top of this column were two wire
nails one-sixth of an inch in diameter.
To melt iron In thi9 short time would be
impossible in the largest furnace now
in existence, ami It could only he accom
plished with the aid of electricity, but a
current of 200 amperes and a potential of
30,000 volts would be necessary. This elec
tric force for one second represents 5,000
horse-power, but as the lightning accom
plished the melting In considerably less
time—say, one-tentb of a secofid—it fol
lows that the bolt was 50,000 horse power.
—On the summit of a high hill In Potter
county, Pennsylvania, says the Boston
Transcript, are four springs so hear-to
gether that a person may carry water
in the hollow of hla hand from any one
of them and drop some of it Into the other
three. In one of these springs the Al
legheny river has Its source. Another is
the fountain head of the Genesee river.
11l a third the Sinnemahonlng branch
of the SusqueMOfiiiu. rises and flows west
and south to the main stream. The fourth
spring sends forth ths Pink creek branch
of the Susquehanna river, which flows
east and south to the main stream. Thus
waters starting on a northern Pennsyl
vania hill, within a stone's throw of one
another, separate at last so widely that
those from one spring have their outlet
in the Gulf of Mexico, those from another
mingle with the tide in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, while those from the other two
reunite again In the Chesapeake bay.
—lt is the general opinion of people op
posed to the enlargement of women's
sphere that her place Is at home. They
even go a step farther, and not only lo
cate her at home, but In the kitchen. The
Rev. Phoebe Hannaford, who antagon
izes this view of the matter, has been
proving by the scripture that it is just
as much a man's place to stay at home
and do the housework as women's. That
the patriarchs did such, things as help
tidy up she proves from II Kings, xxl
chapter, 13th verse, which says: “And I
will wipe Jerusalem as a man wlpeth a
dish, wiping It and turning It upside
down" This Is conclusive evidence that
men wiped the dishes and did it pretty
badly, too. No good housewife, accord
ing to the New Orleans Picayuno, would
turn a dish upside down aTter It was
wiped, and. If she caught her husband do
ing it, he would probably meet with the
fate prophesied for Jerusalem and be
turned down In short order.
—Kaiser Wilhelm I has been forced into
the legend of Barbarossa by the recent
erection of the monument on the Kyff
hauser Berg, says the New York Sun. It
stand In a semicircular terrace, a hun
dred yards in diameter, on the top of the
hill, and its extreme hight Is 250 feet.
Sixty thousand tons of stone were used
in the construction, tire cost of the whole
being $375,000. The colossal equestrian
statue of the Emperor William I stands
in a niche In a massive stone tower
which abuts on the ruined wall of Bar
barossa’s ancient castle. At the foot of
the statue Is a muscular male figure,
symbolizing the defensive might of the
German empire, while on the left a female
figure, representing history, offers the
emperor a laurel wreath, below, under
an arched vault, sits Barbarossa on his
throne, Just awakening from a long sleep
and evidently still under the influence of
his dream. Giants, dwarfs, and retainers
lie round, wrapped in deep slumber.
—Spltzenbergen will have a brilliant
season this year, says the New York
Sun. The Andree expedition W’ill be fol
lowed by a German steamer from Ham
burg, which will reach the Islands in time
to see the balloon start. A Norwegian
steamship company will run steamers
regularly while the season permits, and
will put up a temporary hotel on the Els
Fiord. Mr. J. Russell Jeaftreson of the
geographical society will explore the In
terior of the western island, and if the
ice will permit will try to visit the islands
between Spltzenbergen and Franz Josef
land. Another English expedition, with
which Mr. Trevor Battye, who explored
Kolgner, started recently for Spitzenber
gen. The relieving vessel for the Jack
son-Harmsworth expedition, the steam
yacht Windward, has Just started for
Franz Josef land, with provisions and
sledges. It will embark live sheep and
reindeer in Norway and convey them
north. The North Atlantic will be more
lively beyond the Arctic circle this year
than ever before.
—During the last year, says Pearson's
Weekly, 400,000 new quill pens were sup
plied for the government service, and
60,000 were re-cut. This is exclusive of
the contracts for the Indian government
which sometimes orders a million at a
time, and has been supplied with 2.291,-
000 in the course of a single year. Quills
are also needad in immense numbers for
tooth-picks, whip-making, fishing tackle
camels-halr brushes, ete., and the admi
ralty employ quill barrets as tubes for
powder fuses in artillery. Millions of the
feathers are also required for the ever
popular shuttlecock. To meet these de
mands quills are obtained from geese, tur
keys, crows'and swans. Goose quills are
mostly imported from Russia in consign
ments of from seventy to eighty bales
aggregating a total of 6,000,000 quills’
Swan quills are the largest and very dur
able, but the best of all for pens are ob
tained from a particular breed of ceese
found in the Hudson Biy territory. Quills
from the swan are the dearest, fetching
as much as S2O per 100, while the best
goose quills cost less tKan $5
—One might think, say* the New York
Sun, that watering pot* were made simply
of tin, iron, and zinc; and so they are
most of them, but thdTe are also water
ing pots made of china and of the blue
ware of Delft There are produced in
France watering pots of fine china n
sizes half pints to quarts, which ’are
made all in one piece, including handles
spout and sprinkler, and in whlte ind
other colors, and decorated, which
*4 to S2O each. A number of 7uch spring
lers were imported a while aim hi,,
the demand for them was not suffl-renl
to warrant continued Importation
Delft watering pots are made in "i ZPB o?
pints and quarts and sell at about sc sA
and $7.50. In the Delft pots Th.'i®
half of the spout and the sprinkle? 0 !,
tached are of metal, silver-plated “V
few Delft watering pots are sold*’
the call for them Is extremely
There is now imported a china w ,71
pot of about a quart in sizl mlT 11 ]”
white china, and decorated In cnloTl?* 7
with gilt which sells as low as S
these a larger number have be£, . fv
Such watering pots nVay be uled in a oil’ -
servatory, but they are as a S on "
hold cut flowers. ** e as o,len u d to
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IT'S A WAY WE HAVE
Of Selling
Good Things
Cheap.
We Intend keeping it np all
Hammer, anil each week to offer
some attractive line of genuine
up-to-date stock at
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This week tt’s
TABLE LINENS.
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bleached and ufibleached, 54-inch Cream
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Extra Fine, |1.10; 72-inch Still Finer, at
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AND LADIES' UNDERWEAR.
Chemise and Drawers 49c, 60c, 69c. 89c.
sl. $1.25, $1.50, $2 and up to $4.
SHIRT WAISTS.
An elegant line of French Percales,
Cheviots, Silk and Sateen at prices for
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At 45c—A &}c Waist.
At 59c—A 75c Waist.
At 79c—A $1 Waist.
At sl.ls—A $1.35 Waist.
SILKS AND WASH FABRICS. "
In these departments we can astonish
you, so great is the value for 60 little
money
Drop In when out shopping. Our store
is always cool, and we will be glad to see
you. We have many of the necessary
articles needed on your trip to the moun
tains or seashore.
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The corner Broughton and Barnard.
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