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An anti-trust bill, based in part upon
the Georgia bill, has been Introduced into
the Indiana legislature. The Indiana bill,
however, is said to be broader than its
prototype, in that it touches upon the
transportation of merchandise as well as
its sale.
The twenty-ninth annual convention of
the National American Woman’s Suffrage
Association will assemble in the city of
Des Moines, lowa, on Jan. 26, and will be
In session four days. The victory of the
women In Idaho. In having carried that
state for equal suffrage, will be celebrated.
The Calvin anti-trust bill doesn’t seem
to have hurt the trusts, but It hit the
wholesale merchants of the state a pretty
hard blow. And It doesn't seem to have
benefited anybody except, perhaps, a small
cigarette manufacturer in Atlanta. It not
infrequently happens that 111-considered
legislation does harm rather than good.
The Tlmberman of Chicago, a trade pub
lication devoted to the lumber interest,
prints nine columns of facts bearing upon
the tariff and lumber, and going to show
that the lumber industry should have pro
tection. The memorial to congress, print
ed by the Timberman, says that there are
more than 3,000,000 people dependent upon
the lumber business for a living, and that
the capital Invested in the trade is up
wards of $750,000,000.
'Pile democratic vacancy on the ways
and means committee caused by the death
of ex-Spcakcr Crisp has not yet been filled,
and the speaker has given no Intimation
of when he will fill it. It would he a
graceful act on the part of Speaker Reed
tf he were to appoint Charles R. Crisp,
son of the ex-speaker, to the place. It
would be a barren honor to about uny
lwdy else, while young Congressman Crisp
would appreciate it highly.
An Interesting monkey story comes from
Florida through a New York dispatch In
a Chicago paper. It Is to the effect that
a successful monkey farm has been estab
lished In the Florida everglades by Mr. W.
W. Jacobus of New Jersey, who has suc
ceeded in raising a breed of monkeys
whose meat, when properly dressed, is
found to be most beneficial for epicures
and dyspeptics. The statement Is made
that a large output of the monkey meat Is
about to be marketed.
Senator Hansbrough may bless his stars
that he lives in a state of blizzards. The
day the legislature was to meeet at Bis
marck there was a blizzard over the whole
•tate of North Dakota, which blocked ail
of the trains. Luckily for Hansbrough,
his backers had not far to travel, und
a sufficient number of them got
through to organize the two houses, while
ttie opposition were snow bound for so
long a time that when they reached Bis
marck they found the cards stacked
against them, and had to accept the situa
tion.
The New Y'ork World directs attenlton
to the fact that the Georgia anti-trust
law is lr. direct line with the recommenda
tion, or rather suggestion, of President
Cleveland, In his message of Dec. 8, 1X93.
He wrote: “Even though It may be found
that the federal authority is not broad
enough to fully reach the case (the trusts),
there can be no doubt of the power of
the several mates to act effectively In
the premises, and there should be no rea
son to doubt their willingness to Judicious
ly exercise such power." According to
this, the Georgia legislature was in line
with the President on at least one mai
ler of great moment, if not upon another
All llnnkft Not Gold Mines.
In many parts of the country there Is a
pretty strong feeling of Hostility to na
tional banks, due, in a great measure, to
the bcli f that they have wry many
special privileges and are great money
making Institutions. Facts have cropped
out <iur,r.g the last few weeks, however,
which show that this belief is not correct.
These banks have fume special privileges,
but all of them do not make money, and
only a few of them make more than a fair
Interest on the money invested in them.
The few that have accumulated large sur
pluses and pay big dividends have been es
pecially favored in tile matter of deposits.
They have made money on their deposits
rather than on their capital.
While it is iri'c that the national bank
failures of the last two or three weeks
have been caused by bad banking or the
dishonesty of bank officials a few national
banks have closed their doors voluntarily
because they wire not making any money
and considered it advisaolo to liquidate
while they could do so without causing a
loss to their depositors and stockholders.
The fact that they are going out of bus
iness because they find banking unprofit
able should have the effect of modifying
the hostility of the public against national
banks in those sections of the country in
which they are not popular.
A few days ago we called attention to
the statement that the stock of twenty-two
national banks of Boston is below par, and
that the condition of some of the other na
tional banks is not as healthy as the stock
holders would like to have it. Here is ad
ditional evidence that national banks, not
withstanding their special privileges, are
not gathering within their vaults all the
wealth of the country. We are not pre
pared to say what percentage of the na
tional banks is making more than a fair
profit, but it is doubtful if it is large. When
one bank after another goes out of busi
ness and the. shares of many others are
below par it is pretty safe to conclude
that the business of national hanking is
not making rich those who invest their
money in national banks.
Lynching* in IHtHi.
It is gratifying to learn that there has
been a decrease of about 40 per cent, in
the number of lynchings in four years. The
Chicago Tribune, which for twelve years
has kept a record of the lynchings in the
country, assures us that such Is the case,
and sobmiis figures to substantiate the as
sertion. In 1892 the high-water mark of
lynching was reached, with a total num
ber of 235. Since that time there has
been a steady and gradual decline, until
last year's record is 131.
Of the victims of lynch law last year,
all were males with a single exception;
eighty of them; were negroes and fifty-one
were whites. One hundred and twenty
two of the Illegal executions occurred in
the southerfi states, and nine in the north,
broadly dividing the sections. The dis
tribution was as follows;
Alabama 15 Mississippi 6
Arkansas 4 Missouri 5
Colorado llNew York 1
Florida 10|North Carolina ... 1
Georgia 9 South Carolina ... 4
Illinois 1 [Tennessee 14
Indiana 1 Texas 7
Kentucky West Virginia .... 1
Ixiulsiana 25'lndian Territory... 4
Maryland 2 Oklahoma 6
Minnesota 2|
Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Ten
nesee are lamentably prominent in this
table, the four states furnishing nearly
half of the lynchings in the whole coun
try. As compared with the record of
1594, Georgia has made considerable prog
ress toward the proper observance of the
law. In that year she was at the head of
the list, with twenty lynchings. Last
year there were nine to be charged up
against her. Florida, on the other band,
went the wrong way. In 1894 she was
charged with seven lynchings, and In 1C96
with. ten. Tennessee maintains about her
normal position. She lynched fifteen per
sons in 1894 and only one less In 1596. Lou
isiana added ten to her record of 1894 dur
ing the year Just past. It Is to be ob
served with gratification that the state
of Virginia does not figure In the record
of last year at all, while West Virginia
is charged with only one lynching. North
Carolina, also has but one black mark
against her. It is to be hoped that next
time the list is made up other southern
states may be put upon the roll of honor
with Virginia.
Considering the question of lynching as
applied to the whole country, tt appears
that the thunderlngs of the press and the
pulpit against the crime are having their
effect, in the creating of a healthier public
sentiment with regard to the punishment
of crime by legal methods. We fear that
the courts and the Juries are not entitled
to a great deal of credit for the improve
ment. There are, of course, courts and
Juries that have done their utmost in the
right direction. But generally speaking th?
efforts of the courts have not been at
tended with brilliant success. The gov
ernors of Georgia, South Carolina and
others of the southern states deserve to
be commended for their positions wltl'l re
gard to the crime, and it Is probably due
In a considerable measure to their ef
forts that the states named have reduced
their records of lynchings.
There are good grounds for the hope
that the court of Judge Lynch may after
a while be adjourned permanently. The
courts of 'law could hasten that consum
mation by a rigid, rigorous administra
tion of the statutes, without fear or favor;
In which they would be sustained hy tho
press, the pulpit and the majority of pub
lic sentiment.
Eulogies upon tho late Charles F. Crisp
will be pronounced In the House on next
Saturday. Several republicans, including
Mr. Dingley and other members of the
ways and means committee, will speak.
On the democratic side there will be one
speaker from each of the southern states
and probably several from northern
states.. The occasion will be made worthy
tho memory of the distinguished dead.
Coxcy’s new party seems to be booming
along first rate. It now has two members,
the gentleman whose name It bears, and
J. B. Osborne of Georgia. The party will
hold a pink tea, or admiration meeting,
or something of the sort, In St. lands one
day this week. Messrs. Coxcy and Os
borne will make speeches.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1897.
Rising Tide of Immigration.
In 1X94, there wafc a ru a h of alien labor
ers from this country to Europe, and the
immigration from Europe for that year
fell to about half what It was the year be
fore. The figures of immigration for 1895,
showed a still further reduction in the
number of incomers. That year, how
ever, witnessed the low water mark, and
the tide is now rising rapidly, and may
reasonably be expected to reach high wa
ter mark within a short while unless con
gress does something to check It. The
report of the bureau of immigration
shows that the total of immigration for
the year 1896, will be 33 1-3 per cent larger
than the total for 1895.
The majority of immigrants so far this
year come from Austria-Hungary, Italy,
Poland ami Russia. Thirty years ago
these counties furnished only about one
per cent, of the immigrants. Of the im
migrants from the countries named, 40 per
cent, cannot read or write their own lan
guage or any other, and only about one in
twenty-nine Is a skilled laborer. One-third
of their number have no occupation what
ever, and about two-fifths gave their oc
cupation as farm laborers, farmers, lab
orers or servants. According to the cen
sus of 1890, nearly one-half of the white
convicts in the United States, one-third
of the white insane, and qne-half of the
white paupers are of foreign birth or par
entage. The connection between the class
of Immigrants under consideration, and
the inmates of the prisons, asylums and
poor houses, is too obvious to need to be
commented upon.
We have a law designed to restrict the
influx of undesirable immigration, to be
sure. But It does not do a great deal of
restricting. The records show that of 343,-
267 immigrants arriving this year, only
3,037 were debarred under the restriction
law and deported at the expense of the
steamship companies bringing them over.
That number is less than one per cent, of
the total immigration. The character of
the Immigrants from Southern Europe has
not become better. They are the same
illiterate, dirty, wage-destroying, stiletto
toting “dagoes” that they used to be. The
fact Is, the law is too lax.
Supt. Stump has recently returned from
a visit to Italy, where he went for the pur
pose of securing the co-operation of the
Italian government with ours to the
end of restricting immigration of the unde
sirable class from Italy. The Italian offi
cials promised that something should be
done In the line suggested by Commission
er Stump. If Uncle Sam believes that
Humbert will take care to keep all of his
undesirable and unprofitable subjects at
home, when he might as well let them go,
and thus get rid of them, then he need not
bother himself about restricting immi
gration. But Uncle Sam is too hard-head
ed to believe any such thing.
Fire Losses in IMMi.
The fire insurance underwriters ought
to be feeling pretty good, these bright days
of the new year. For it transpires that
during the year recently ended they had
tlie happy combination of high rates and
reduced losses in their flavor. The records
kept by the New York Journal of Con)-
meree and Commercial Bulletin shows that
the fire losses of the year 1896 amounted
to $115,655,500, against $129,839,700 for the
year 1895. Basing their calculations for 1896
upon the record of the previous year, the
underwriters stiffened their charges; and
at the end of the year had the satisfaction
of seeing the total losses reduced over
fourteen million dollars in their favor. In
consequence, the Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin observes that
their gains “have been very handsome."
“In fact," that paper declares, "veteran
underwriters feel that the effect of pros
perity will soon be to develop rate wars In
various sections."
This latter observation will sound
strange in the ears of those property own
ers in this section of the country who have
seldom heard anything lately except
grumblings and threats of still higher
rates. Property owners are probably in
an excellent frame of mind to bear with
pleasure of rate cutting between fire in
surance companies. But It may be many
days before any such cutting is begun.
There were, during 1896, a total of 2,175
fires In which the estimated loss In each
case amounted to not less than SIO,OtX). The
largest loss of the year occurred in April,
at Cripple Creek, Col., when the whole
town was wiped out, with a loss of up
wards of $2.0tX),000. Other large fires were
In Philadelphia. Ontonagon, Mich,, and
Chicago, with losses approximating re
spectively $1,490,000, $1,750,000 and $1,200,000.
Thero were eight other fires with losses
aggregating each $500,000 or more. The
heaviest losses of tho year occurred in the
month of March, when the aggregate was
only a little short of $15,000,000. There were
five months. January, March. April, May
and December, during which the losses
amounted to more than $10,000,000 each.
Sam Jones rather startled the people of
Boston the other day by telling
them that they were “within half
a mile of h ." There is no
cause for alarm. however. That is
a favorite figure of speech with Mr. Jones.
He takes the figure around with him, and
locates the bad place within half a mile
of the town in which he happens to be
preaching. If it were really within so
short a distance of Boston, the natives
would probably lie after forming a syndi
cate to bore down and tap the fire supply
for power to run tho local street car*.
The death of Prize Fighter DufTy In New
York, from the effect of punishment re
ceived in the ring in that city during a
fight under permission of Mr. Roosevelt’s
police, must bring it to Mr. Roosevelt's
mind that a “scientific glove contest" can
lie quite as brutal and dangerous as a
"prize fight." Generally speaking, when
there Is a purse up to be contested for, the
only difference between the permissible
mill and the proscribed mill is In the
name.
Ex-Candidate Silverthorn of Wisconsin
wishes to commence the campaign of 1900
tmmediately.and Inflict four years more of
depression upon the country, in Order
that silver may huve a fighting chance
four years hence. Wisconsin should pluck
that Sliver-thorn from her side and cast
it far away.
A bill is to be Introduced into the Illinois
legislature, designed for the purpose cf
reorganizing the municipal government of
the city of Chicago. The bill provides that
the term of office of the mayor shall be
for five years, at a salary of $20,000 a year.
The aldermen are to lie chosen for a term
of three years, one-third of them being
elected each year. They are to be paid
a salary of SB,OOO each per year. The sal
aries arc very large, and may be the oc
casion of considerable debate. The idea
scerps to be to make the pay big enough
to induce good men to accept the offices.
The long term for the mayor, and the sys
tem of making the council practically a
continuous body, have the Indorsement of
some of the best men in the city.
The bubonic plague, which Is so terribly
violent in Bombay, is regarded as the
most destructive of all known epidemics.
The percentage of fatalities is rarely un
der 60 per cent., and often 90 per cent, of
those attacked die. The symptoms gener
ally resemble those of other severe fe
vers. Great weakness and mental disturb
ances occur, and are followed by coma
and death. During the early stages of the
disease dark lumps, or buboes, appear on
the skin, caused by subcutaneous hemor
rhages, and there are gianduiar swellings
in various parts of the body. In the later
stages of the disease carbuncles are devel
oped. No specific treatment for the plague
is known.
The populist party is a political dead
duck in the state of Illinois. Under the
ballot law of that state no party can se
cure representation on tho official ticket
unless It shall have cast at least 2 per
cent, of the total vote in the preceding
election. In the recent election the pop
ulist party of Illinois failed to cast 2 per
cent, of the total vote, hence it cannot get
on the official ballot the next time. Jf
the-e were a similar law in Georgia, by
the way, the populist party would be a
dead duck in this state also. It cast less
than 500 votes In November.
A Pennsylvania man the other day stole
some dynamite caps. One of them explod
ed and tore off his thumb. The thief's
first act was to hunt up the man he had
stolen the caps from and try to whip him
for keeping such dangerous explosives.
PERSON VL.
—One of the valuable relics entrusted to
tho care of the grand master of Massa
chusetts Masons is the “Washington
urn"—a small golden urn containing a
lock of Gen. Washington's hair. Mrs.
Washington presented the lock to the
grand lodge in 1800, and Grand Master
Paul Revere made the urn.
*
—The Emperor William ip still perform
ing marvels. The other day he went
down into the kitchen and taught the cook
how to make coffee. Toffee has never
been a strong point with the Berliners,
and it seems that the imperial coffee is no
better than the rest. His majesty grew
weary of complaining to officers of the
household, and one morning actually went
below stairs to investigate matters for
himself. After the shook of th.- imperial
presence had subsided William II demon
strated there was at least one thing he
knew all about, and that was coffee.
BRIGHT BITS.
—He—l wonder what the meaning of that
picture is? The youth and the maiden are
in a tender attitude.
Sl)e—Oh, don't you see? He has just
asked her to marry him. and she is ac
cepting him. How sweet! What does the
artist call the picture?
He (looking about) —Oh! I see. Its writ
ten on a card at the bottom, 'Sold!'—
Household Words.
—“Dot new bolieemans mit him I gets
myselluf even,” said Mr. Ogglespoggle.
“He comes py my saloon Sonday und he
says to me, 'Ogglespoggle, I see a man
come out mit dot side door, aim! it?'
'Yell,' I says, ‘vot you here toy? To see
t’ings? No. you pay addenshuna to your
pizness—nod to some side issues,' I said,
like dot. Putty schmart sargasm. ain't
dot? I guess dose humorists vas not de
only path-houses on der pebbles, maybe!"
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
<1 RIIENT COMMENT.
To Silence tine .lingoes.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Like all jingoes, the new prime minister
of Japan, Count Okuma, has been obliged
to moderate his tone under the weight of
official responsibility. The foreign policy
announced by the count, far from being
aggressive as had been expected, breuthes
the very spirit of peace. He promises to
maintain “an attitude of grateful friend
ship toward western powers; an attitude
of sympathy ami helpfulness toward China
and an attitude of watchful readiness to
ward Korea. Load your jingo with re
sponsibility, and presently he will begin
to quit roaring and sing small, indeed!
A Feasible Metliod.
From the New York Evening Post (Inti.).
Representative Goodwyn of Alabama in
troduced a bill in the House yesterday Im
posing a tax of $2 a barrel, instead of sl,
on larger beer, ale, porter and other simi
lar fermented liquors. Mr. Goodwyn is
a populist member who has no Influence,
and the republican committee, to which
his bill was referred, will never report
it back. Nevertheless, this Alabama pop
ulist has suggested a perfectly feasible
method of increasing the revenue to such
an extent that there would be no more
trouble about a deficiency, and no reason
in the world can be given why this method
should not be adopted except the fact that
it would remove all excuse for revising the
tariff “in the interest of Increased reve
nue." The humbug of this protectionist
pretense is thoroughly exposed by the re
fusal of the republicans in congress to
raise an additional $30,000,000 a year by the
passage of a five-line act doubling the
beer tax.
Reprisals In Cuba.
From the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.).
Gen. Gomez is not helping the cause of
Cuba In any way by his reported policy
of reprisal, shooting the Spaniards taken
In battle as Cuban prisoners are killed
by the Spaniards. He cannot hope to
weaken the forces of the enemy very mi'
terially in this way, since they have ten
men to his one, and will scarcely feel
whatever depletion he may make in their
ranks. He wastes valuable powder and
ball in the executions, and, what is most
important of all, alienates the sympathy
of civilized nations, which his party needs
greatly at the present time. Two wrongs
do not make a right. It Is one of the
most serious charges In the Indictment
against Spain that her troops in Cuba
shoot down helpless prisoners, and Go
mez is hurting bis cause more than he
helps It by following such a horrible ex
ample
Wanted the Gate Shut.
Th. butcher's boy who had called to de
liver a parcel had thoughtlessly left the
garden gate open, says the Chicago Times-
Herald. and the 7-year-old ruler of the
house called after him: "Here! Come back
and shut that gate!”
The butcher’s boy stopped, but showed
no inclination to obey the command. "I
don't have to,” he shouted defiantly.
"Yea, you do,” Insisted the 7-year-old.
"You come right back and shut it now or
somebody's going to get the worst licking
he ever nad.”
The butcher’s boy came running back,
full of fight.
“He is, eh?” he said, “well, who's going
to lick 'im, eh?”
"Mother is,” calmly remarked the
youngster. "If you leave that gate open
I’ll be certain to go out into the street;
mother’ll see me and I’ll get licked. Shut
it tight, please, so I can’t get out.”
And the butcher’s boy did.
Too Much to Relieve.
Here is a story of Gen. Sheridan which
has a suggestion of antiquity, but is said
by the San Francisco Argonaut to be new,
so far as appearance in print is concern
ed. Gen. Sheridan was explaining the
wonders of the railroad to a number of
Indians, through an interpreter. "What
do they say?” he asked the interpreter.
"They say they don’t believe it," was the
answer. Sheridan then described the
steamboat, and the interpreter repeated
this. "What do they say to that?” the
genera] again asked, seeing the Indians'
faces all impassive. “They say they don’t
believe that, either.” Then the general
gave an account of the telephone, and
told how a man at the end of a long wire
had talked to a man at the other end of
It. The interpreter remained silent.
"Well,” said the general, "why don’t you
interpret that story to them?” “Because
I don't believe that story myself,” an
swered the conscientious man.
Canine Damon and Pythias.
A stuffed dog In a glass case—a com
mon, ordinary street cur—adorns the pri
vate apartments of the proprietor of one
of Philadelphia's largest hotels, says the
Philadelphia Record. There is a rather
curious story connected with the defunct
animal, which the hotel man tells as fol
lows: One day the dog came nosing about
the lobby, and, although ejected several
times, always returned, evidently in
search of the kitchen. Finally, in order to
get rid of the cur, it was given a large
piece of raw meat. Instead of eating the
meat there the canine took the offering
in its mouth and went out into the street.
Out of sheer curiosity the hotel man fol
lowed the animal and saw it take the beef
to another dog, which was crouching be
hind a step. The latter stood tip on re
ceiving the meat, and as it did so held one
foot off the ground. It was discovered
that that second dog was lame. While the
crippled dog was eating its meat the other
stood guard, to see that there was no in
terference. So it came to pass that the
proprietor took both dogs into the hole!
and christened them Damon and Pythias.
Damon is the one in the cage, and Pythias
still runs about, although old age is creep
ing on apace.
It Was Roberts’ Work.
A good story Is going the rounds con
cerning President George B. Roberts,
of the Pennsylvania railroad, in
connection with his last Inspection
tour over the lines of the company,
says the Philadelphia Record. The inspec
tion party was riding over one of the
branch lines of one of the numerous divis
ions of the big system, accompanied by
the superintendent of the division. The
branch happened to be an exceptionally
crooked one. and as the superintendent
was chatting with President Roberts the
car made a sudden lurch going around
one of the sharp curves, which led the
superintendent to remark to his chief
that “the engineer who built this branch
knew and n little about engineering.”
With a merry twinkle in his eye the pres
dent replied: "Yes, that is so; but I was
very young when I located* the road, and
I know better now.” The superintend
ent was completely discomfited by this
reply, not having been aware that the
then president of the Pennsylvania rail
road had when quite a young man located
and done the engineering work thereon.
President Roberts, on the other hand,
took this somewhat severe clticism on
his early work as a good joke.
Some Fnn In Prospect-
Senator Tillman, running his hands
through his black hair, and with his
hands in his hip pockets, stalks up and
down the Senate chamber, squinting his
weather eye over towards the seat occu
pied by Senator Hill, says the Washington
Post. His pitchfolk has been unsheathed
and its blades are rampant. He grasps
the handle with a farmer’s clutch, and
mutters awful things as he lays in wait
for the enemy to approach.
The Senate waits for the mud to fly. In
times long since the uncouth and rough
shod Tillman had a tilt with the foxy and
evasive Hill, wherein the latter would
have been doughtily dealt with had he not
cried "mercy.” He delivered sage advice
unto Tillman, counselling the latter to re
main In the democratic party, no matter
what the Chicago convention might say
or do.
"And wilt thou?” snapped the noisy Till
man.
"I wilt,” said Hill, holding his hand
on high and crossing his heart.
Up went the standard of silver with
Bryan’s Roman countenance inscribed
upon it. Tillman, joyous and victorious
In convention, went forth to battle, but
Achilles Hill sulked In his tent at Wool
fert’s Roost. Across his brow Is the
mark of desertion. Tillman, some of
these days, will launch ridicule and taunt
at Hill, and then the Senate will have
a scene which it will be worth coming miles
to see.
The Voyage.
Wul T. Hale, in Chicago Times-Herald.
Out from tile mainland sailing, when will
the going be?
Will the sun shine over the waters, gilding
the smiling sea?
Will the time be sad or pleasant, will the
scenes be wan or gay.
On a course whe.re the ship prows ever
are pointed the other way?
Shall we pass by the islands scented with
flowers of a tropic clime,
Our bark with the great waves moving as
sweetly as rhyme with rhyme?
Shall we hear soon over the waters wash
ing the jasper walls
The sound of harpstrings trembling—ming
ling with loved one’s calls?
Whenever shall be the sailing to the re
gion lying far,
God’s cloud of fire will guide us—safe to
the farther bar.
Out from tlie mainland’s harbor, when
will tho ship set sail?
Will the night like a black veil cover our
sight from the sweeping gale?
Shall we crouch in our berths in silence.
while away on the moaning sea
Lost barks go floundering helmless in a
gloom that shall always be—
Passing by starlands often, where those
of the other spheres
Shall shout in an unknown jargon their
questions within our ears?
How long till the brave lighthouses throw
out from heaven thoir gleams,
And tho turrets and towers, glittering,
dawn fair in celestial beams?
Whenever shall be the sailing to the re
gion lying far,
God’s cloud of fire will guide us—safe to
the farther bar. J
ITEMS OF ISTEHEST.
—A marble tombstone at Strathfleld Saye
England, marks the spot where Copen- ;
hagen, the chestnut horse ridden by tho
Duke of Wellington, at Waterloo, is
buried. The horse lived to be twenty-eight
years old.
—There is soon to be anew country to
visit, and anew way of going round the
world, says Harper’s Weekly. It seems
only the other day that Jules Verne’s man
went around in eighty days, and thought
it a considerable feat. The record for
circumnavigation is rftnv sixty-six days or
thereabouts. Baron Hilkoff, the combina
tion of American mechanic and Russian
prince, who was in this country recently,
said that when the railroad across Si
beria is finished, which, ho thinks, wilt
be in four or five years, the time of
getting around will be cut in two, and
from thirty to thirty-three days will suf
fice it. He allows ten days to cross Si
beria from St. Petersburg, ten days from
Vladivostok to San Francisco, and thir
teen days from there to St. Petersburg
again. Early in the next century, then,
the tired American may turn his face
eastward when he starts- on his month's
vacation, and keep It turned that way un
til he gets home, just about in time to re
sume his work.
—The increased part played by reading
in the life of civilized man has resulted
in the wide prevalence of myopia, astig- !
matism and kindred disorders of the vis
ual organs, says an exchange. In this
connection two English investigators,
bearing in mind the fact that myopia is j
mainly caused by physical fatigue of the j
eyes, have investigated the physical con
ditions causing fatigue and the best j
means of avoiding it. The size of type is j
the most important condition in reading. ;
No type less than 1.5 millimeters in hight !
should be used, the fatigue increasing
rapidly even before the size becomes as
small as this, which corresponds to long
primer. The Intensity of illumination of
the printed page is of less importance
within the range of ordinary daylight.
White rather than yellow light should be
used for artificial illumination and white
paper is to be preferred. The form of the
letters is also of less importance than the
thlckrfess of the letters and additional
leading and spacing should be provided
between lines.
—The demand for American hardwoods
in Europe is growing, and oak leads the
foreign shipments, although tulip, pop
lar, ash, gum and black walnut, when
ever a good quality can be secured, are in
some demand, says the Garden and For
est. European consumers like the quality
of American oak, and, since it is known
to be plentiful here, it will probably be in
increasing demand. Cottonwood has been
shipped to Germany in considerable quan
tities, where cheap wood is required for
furniture and other uses. Much of this
lumber is forwarded from New Orleans,
and since a great part of the oak, ash,
poplar, cottonwood and other timbers de
manded by the foreign market is in the
southern states, it is not improbable that
lumber for foreign markets will be largely
shipped in future from the Gulf ports. In
speaking of this matter the Northwestern
Lumberman says that the European mar
ket requires lumber cut of exact thick
ness, and of accurate length, trimmed so
as to have the butts square and true.
Space for piling in the yards of the old
world is an object, so that random, un
even* lengths are objectionable, and, since
the foreign buyer Insists he shall have
just what he bargains for, quality should
be strictly attended to.
—A plant which shows decided electro
magnetic properties, the phytolacca elec
trica, was recently found in Nicaragua.
If one of the branches of this plant is
touched with the naked hand a shock is
felt similar to that produced by the dis
charge of the RuhmkorfE coil. The in
fluence upon a magnetic needle becomes
plainly evident at a distance of
seven or eight steps from the plant, the
needle deviating from its proper direc
tion. This influence increases as one
gets nearer to the plant, and if the mag
netic needle is brought into the midst
of a phytolacca bush it will assume a
steady circular movement. The ground
upon which the plant thrives does not
show even a trace of iron or any other
metallic substances which would likely
to influence a magnetic needle, therefore,
there is no room for doubt that the
curious plant really possesses that pecu
liar property. The intensity of the
phenomenon seems to depend entirely
upon the time of day; during the night
it ceases altogether, while the maximum
of the electrical influence occurs about 2
o’clock of the afternoon. If the weather
is stormy the magnetic-electrical proper
ties of the phytolacca are considerably
increased.
—Here, says an exchange, is a crumb of
comfort for ladies who consult their mir
rors often. An investigator has come for
ward with an intersting study as to the
uncharitable criticisms made by ladies
of their own beauty. Every girl who is
dissatifled with herself should remember,
hereafter, that she is better looking than
most kinds of looking glasses bid her be
lieve. A mirror, cannot flatter a face—
that is, in its natural state—when not
"made up.” Even the best plate glass
has a pale green tinge, which reflects a
color a trifle less clear than the original.
Hair, also, has ever a more glossy sheen
than the glass shows; if it is wavy, the
glass never shows the best of the waves,
and If it is straight the glass accentuates
the straightness. Again, no one ever
looks at a face so closely or so critically
as the owner of it looks at it in the glass.
Blemishes that are a grief to a non-con
ceited girl, may pass unnoticed by her
friends. The figure that looks heavy when
seen only as far as the waist in a mirror,
may be absolutely in graceful proportion
when seen with the best of the body.
Altogether, it is plain that many women
take themselves too seriously, and would
remain sweeter and fairer much longer
if they but ceased to worry over short
comings that practically only exist *in
their looking glass.
—M. Errera, professor at the University
of Brussels, has succeeded and by a very
simple process, in making artificial rain,
says the New York Herald. All that he
uses is a bottle of Bohemian glass, which
Is covered with an ordinary porcelain sau
cer and Is half filled with alcohol of 92 de
grees strength. He heats this bottle in a
bath of water until the alcohol, the sides
of the bottle and the saucer are of an al
most equal temperature. Then he takes
it out of the bath, places it carefully on a
table and observes it closely. He is re
warded by an Interesting sight. The va
por of the alcohol soon nils the bottle, but
the saucer cools rapidly and the vapor, be
ing warmer, becomes condensed as soon
as It comes In contact with it. The up
per air In the bottle also quickly becomes
of a lower temperature and real clouds
soon appear. These speedily become dis
solved into a multitude of tiny rain drops,
which fall thickly, just as an ordinary rain
shower. The bath of water performs the
function of the sun, the alcohol represents
the ocean; the clear space beneath the sau
cer may be compared to the pure sky,
which dominates the somber mass of
clouds and the upper air In the bottle,
chilled by contact with the saucer, plays
the role of the cold atmospheric currents
which bring about the condensation of va
por into clouds. We see, then, that the
phenomenon Is faithfully reproduced in all
Its details. A still more striking result
can be obtained by using a cold saucer in
place of the warm one. In that case the
difference of temperature will be Increas
ed and we can witness a regular old-fash
ioned storm or hurricane. This is, Indeed,
1 a tempest In a bottle.
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PETITIONS FOR INCORPORATION.
STATE OF GEORGIA.—To the Honor
able Allend D. Candler, Secretary of State
of the State of Georgia; The petition of
W. H. McKleroy, a resident of Anniston
Calhoun county, Alabama; W. R. Wellbore’
a resident of Anniston, Calhoun county
Alabama; J. J. Willett, a resident ot An
niston, Calhoun county, Alabama; O. i;
Smith, a resident of Anniston’, Calhoun
county, Alabama: Mrs. E. W. Smith, a
resident of Anniston, Calhoun county, Al
abama; Thomas E. Kilby, a resident of
Anniston, Calhoun county, Alabama; Mrs.
M. C. Kilby, a resident of Anniston, Call
houn county, Alabama; Pope Barrow, a
resident of Savannah, Chatham county,
Georgia; E. M. Kilby, a resident of At 1
lanta, Fulton county, Georgia, and Whit
field Clark, a resident of Hubert, Bulloch
county, Georgia, respectfully showeth:
That the above named persons, resi ling
as above stated, desire to form a corpora
tion, the same to be a railroad company,
the name of wrtich shall be, Savannah
and Statesboro Railroad Company; the
length of said road, as near as can ba
estimated, is to be fifty-three miles (33);
the general direction of said road is from
southeast to northwest; the counties
through which said road will probably run
are Chatham county, Effingham county,
Bryan county and Bulloch county, in the
state of Georgia; the names of the prin
cipal places from which, and to
which it is to be constructed are Savan
nah, in Chatham county, and Statesboro,
in Bulloch county; the amount of pro
posed capital stock of said company is one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); the
charter is to continue for the period of
thirty years, the capital stock is to con
sist of common stock; the place where its
principal office is to be located is Savan
nah. Ga,; they do intend in good faith to
go forward without delay to secure sub
scriptions to the capital stock, construct,
equip, maintain and operate said railroad;
they request to be incorporated under the
laws of this state, of Georgia, and show
that they have given four weeks’ notice
of their intention to apply for said char
ter by the publication of this petition, in
the Savannah Morning News, the news
paper in which the sheriff’s advertisements
are published in Chatham county, Geor
gia; in the Effingham County News, the
newspaper in which the sheriff’s adver
tisements are published ifi Efiiingham
county, Georgia; in the Bryan County
News, the newspaper in which the
sheriff’s advertisements are pub
lished in Bryan county, Georgia,
and in the Bulloch Times, the
newspaper in which the sheriff's advertise
ments are published in Bulloch county,
Georgia, once a week for four weeks, be
fore tiling this petition. And as in duty
bound your petitioners will ever pray. etc.
W. H. McKleroy, residence Anniston,
Calhoun county, Alabama.
M. B. Wellborn, residence, Anniston, Cal
houn county, Alabama.
J. J. Willett, re“idence, Anniston, Cal
houn county, Alabama.
O. E. Smith, residence, Anniston, Cal
houn county, Alabama.
Mrs. E. W. Smith, residence, Anniston,
Calhoun county, Alabama.
Thomas E. Kilby, residence, Anniston,
Calhoun county, Alabama.
Mrs. M. C. Kilby, residence, Anniston,
Calhoun county, Alabama.
Pope Barrow, residence, Savannah,
Chatham county, Georgia.
E. M. Kilby, residence, Atlanta, Fulton
county, Georgia. ,
Whitfield Clark, residence, Hubert, Bul
loch county, Georgia.
STATE OF ALABAMA, COUNTY OP
CALHOUN.—Before me personally came
W. H. McKleroy, O. E. Smith and Thomas
E Kilby, who, being duly sworn, deposeth
and say that they are three of the per
sons forming the company, to be known
as Savannah and Statesboro Railroad
Company, set out in the foregoing peti
tion, and that the names above subscribed
to said petition, to-wit: W. H. McKleroy,
M. B. Wellborn, J. J. Willett, O. E. Smith,
Mrs E. W. Smith, Thomas E. Kilby, Mrs.
M. C. Kilby, Pope Barrow! E. M. Kilby
and Whitfield Clark, are the genuine sig
natures of the persons named therein,
and that the facts stated in the petition
are true to the best of petitioners’ know
ledge, information and belief.
W. H. M’KLEROY,
O. E. SMITH,
THOMAS E. KILBY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me.
A. H. SHEPPARD.
Clerk of the City Court of Anniston. Ala*
bama, which is a Court of Record. W lt
ness my hand and the seal of said court,
this the 9th day of December, 1896.
A. H. SHEPPARD,
Clerk of the City Court of Anniston, Ala
bama.
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