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\mi TO m ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Savannah Lodge No. 4, Imp. O.
R. IM.
Special Notices—Fink Carnations To
day. Wolf & Cos., Florists; We Are Going
to Clear Out All 1896 Models, R. D. & Wm.
Lattimore.
Spring Is Far Enough Off to Wear an
Overcoat, Etc.—B. H. Levy & Hro.
Auction Sale—Furniture, Etc., by A. K.
Wilson, Auctioneer.
Trade Winners. 1897 Bicycles—B. H. Levy
<& Bro.
Steamship Schedules Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
A Fine Location for a Store. Etc.—C. 11.
Dorett.
Pearline—Jas. Pyle, New York.
Tobacco—Blackwell's Genuine Durham
Tobacco.
Washing Powder—Gold Dust Washing
Powder.
Railroad Schedule—Plant System.
Medical—Hood's Pills; Scott’s Emulsion;
CJutlcura Remedies; Duffy's Malt Whis
key; Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
It would not be surprising If Senator
Carter's experiences In prosecuting the
Judiciary investigation should give him
such a taste for the law as to Induce him
lo leave the plow for Blackstone and
Coke. He seems to fall Into the way of
harrying witnesses as naturally as if he
were trained for a lawyer.
It would not be wise to expect too
much of the Mach las if she were to get
Into a brush at Bangkok. She is not a
great fighting machine, but Just a third
class gunboat of 580 tons. However, there
Is little likelihood that she will be called
uj>on to do more than "t’row a scare into"
the Siamese, as It would probably be ex
pressed in New York.
The pillars behind the speaker's desk in
the hall of the New Jersey House of Rep
resentatives were, up to a few days ago,
regarded with pride by the natives, who
pointed them out to visitors as strikingly
beautiful pieces of marble. The other day,
however, it was discovered that they were
not marble at all, but pine timber covered
■with a plaster.
A New York man named Mclntosh has
gone crazy from reading the newspaper
rtorles of the Seeley dinner. He has a
daughter who is a chorus girl and “does
specialties” for theatrical managers. Mc-
Intosh brooded upon the possibility that
his daughter was required to take part
In such performances as is alleged to
have occurred at the Seeley dinner until It
unseated his mind.
The mayor of Chicago vetoed the thea
ter-hat bill which made managers of
places of amusement liable for the high
hats In their houses and subject to a
tine of >25 for each hat, but the city
' council has passed another bill which
makes the wearers liable to a fine of $3
each time a high hat Is worn In a place
of public amusement Chicago is deter
mined that the nuisance shall go.
The allegation is that Judge Reese at
one time expressed the opinion that Tom
Watson ought to lie in that plaeo which
Ham Jones says Is situated half a mile
from lloston. But, since Mr. Watson has
come to the Judge's defense with a first
class recommendation, It is in order for
the judge to revise his opinion with re
gard to the populist leader; that Is, as
suming that he ever held the opinion al
leged.
A Louisiana man died the other day at
the age of 89 years without ever having
seen a railroad train, notwithstanding
trains ran dally near his home for years.
Ten or twelve years ago the- parish In
which he lived voted bonds in aid of a
railroad scheme. The old man was op
posed to the scheme, and the result of the
vote so exasperuted him that he swore he
■would never look upon a railroad train.
He kept his word. Hilt, whom did he spite?
South Carolina can be depended upon
to produce anew freak about as often
as any stale In the union, not excepting
Kansas. Her latest thing in that lino is
a religious sect known as the "Comeout
ers." which sect is said to be nourishing
In Pickens county—which is up in the
moonshine district. The “Comeouters''
believe in miracles, that every sin de
mands anew Immersion and washing of
feet, and (hat it is the duty of all be
lievers to sell all of their possessions and
prearh without receiving alms or pay
ment for services. They are falth-cur-
Ists and fataliats.
Where Do i 'oiiNianiers touie Inf
If the tariff hearings are an indication
of the character of the proposed tariff trill
a duty will lie placed upon about every ar
ticle that is Imported or that is likely to
be imported. Although the tariff question
was not a live one in the recent cam
paign—that is. there was very little said
about it—the republicans are making it of
much more importance than the money
question, which was the rca! issue.
Mr. Dingley and his committee are being
overwhelmed with requests that this, that
and the other thing shall be taken from
the free list and placed on the dutiable list.
,lf there are any benefits in protection all
who are Interested in articles that can lie
protected want protection. The beggars
were before the committee In crow is.
Their argument is that if you
are going to protect one In
terest. you must protect all. It
is unfair, they say, to give one industry a
chance for higher prices and deny it to an
other. The wool producer demands a
duty of 50 per cent., which means higher
prices for clothing. The cattle men wants
Mexican cattle, imported to lie fattened in
this country, taxed to the extern of $lO a
head, and that means higher prices for
meat. The sugar and salt producers want
protection for their products, which
means higher prices for these necessaries
of life; and so it goes through the whole
list of products.
Hut where does tlie consumer come in?
The great majority of the consumers work
for wages, and nothing is said about rais
ing wages. Have Mr. Dingley and his
committee a plan for raising wages? If
not. how do they expect the wage earners
are going to provide for the increase cost
of living? They can’t make the producers
rich by piling duties on products unless
they find some way for increasing the
wages of the consumers, and thus furnish
them with the means of paying the higher
prices of products.
The fact that the republican party
couldn’t arouse any interest in the tariff
question in tlie recent campaign ought to
satisfy the republican leaders that the peo
ple don't want the tariff disturbed—that
they are not anxious for another trial of
the iniquitous McKinley tariff. They re
fuse, however, to learn by experience, and
therefore they need not be surprised if at
the next congressional election their party
loses its majority In the lower house of
congress.
A lvunnnn Convert.
Among the interesting documents that
the new governor of Kansas has received
is one wltich may be called the story of
the conversion and confession of faith of
John lvenriek of Waubaunsee. During
the recent rampaign Kenrick was a gold
bug; a pertinacious gold bug, who could
bring lots of arguments to hear to uphold
the gold bug side of a money argument.
There was some prospect at that time
that the republicans would ci).rry Kansas,
and Kenrick was right In line for promo
tion to an office in the event of republi
can success. It Is alleged that he had
picked out his office, and was only wait
ing for tlie republicans to go in, when he
expected to got his commission, right off.
When the ballots ltad been counted and
Kenrick knew for a certainty that gold
bugs would have poor feeding in Kansas
offices for at least two years, ho became
thoughtful and studious. He took to read
ing the Bible for consolation. Regularly
at 9 p. ni. he would lie down upon ills bed
and read the Bible for an hour. He confi
dently expected to see a light. He was
not disappointed. One night his wife
handed him the book, and he opened it at
random. He was in an Inspired frame of
mind that night, but did not know it until
afterwards. Opening the book at random,
and feeling sure that something was about
to happen, his eye fell upon the third
verse of the fifth chapter of Nehemiah,
which reads as follows: “We have mort
gaged our lands, vineyards and houses,
that we might buy corn, because of the
dearth."
The passage was a revelation to Ken
rick; it was convincing. Here was a di
rect reference to the condition of affairs in
Kansas, and also an incontrovertible
statement of the cause of the condition.
The mortgages wore given because of the
dearth. The dearth, of course, meant the
gold standard; that was as clear as mud
to Kenrick, who is possessed of a thought
machine of the Kansas brand. Having
once reached that conclusion, Kenrick s
mind was made up, and his duty* was
plain. He would renounce the monstrous
gold standard dearth, forthwith. And he
did so. He wrote to Gov. Leedy all about
it; how he' Hail w ?!tstled” with the prob
lem; how he had been converted, by the
Scriptures themselves, and how he hoped
Gov. Leedy would give him an opportu
nity to show how honest and true hts con
viction and conversion were by appointing
him to some good office. All he needed
was an office, and he would give the gold
bugs hall Columbia, and make them wish
they had never been created.
There is no moral to the story, except
that Kenrick Is one of a type which is
not confined to Kansas.
Texas Is a big state; so big a state that
a man may commit bigamy fifteen sepa
rate times within the borders of the com
monwealth in the space of a few years.
Tom Lowe of Denison began getting mar
ried when he was eighteen years old and
kept up the practice steadily for right
years, at the rate of two marriages a
year. When he had committed bigamy
for the fifteenth time, and was on the
honeymoon with ills sixteenth wife, his
villainy was accidentally discovered. All
of ttie. sixteen wives are alive, none of
them sire divorced, and Lowe Is proud to
claim the parentage of nineteen ehlldren.
lie is 30 years old. End was alone time
a federal marshal tn the Indian territory.
Senator l,exow of New York, who made
a reputation for lilir.self and gave the lan
guage anew verb through his Investiga
tion of the New York city i>ollre. has In
trodueed into the general assembly a bill
providing for a joint legislative Investiga
tion of trusts and combinations. What Is
the good of an investigation, as prelimin
ary to the framing and passage of an anti
trust hill? Georgia has demonstrated that
such a bill can be drawn by rule-o'-thumb
and passed without serious obstacle.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1897.
The Condition of Iliisineas.
There are ample reasons for thinking
that business eonditions are not as bail
as they are generally said to be. The
Impression has become so firmly fixed on
the public mind that times are hard that
it will be a long time, even with steadily
Increasing prosperity, to get rid of it.
A few days ago one of the New York
newspapers interviewed the managers of
the principal retail stores in that and
other cities, and learned that business Is
much better than It was a few W’eeks ago.
and that the improvement promises to lie
very great within the next two months.
The manager of the largest retail store
in Philadelphia stated that last year's
business was the greatest in the store’s
history. The New York merchants said
that the people appear to be well sup
plied with money, and that the dally re
ceipts of gold over the counter are sur
prisingly large.
From the fact that gold is making its
appearance in dally financial transac
tions is pretty good evidence that confi
dence is returning rapidly. When confi
din' ■ is firrmly t stablished it is reasonable
to expect that the movement in the di
rection of new enterprises will become
quite general.
It will be a long time, probably, before
there Is the degree of prosperity which
existed eight or ten years ago, but there
is no good reason why business conditions
should not steadily grow better. Here in
the south the people have not much to
complain of. and, as far as we are in
formed, they are not complaining. The
farmers, especially, appear to be content
ed, The report is that they have paid
their debts promptly and have money
wdth which to supply all their reasonable
wants. Asa matter of fact, they have
not felt the hard times severely, and are
not likely ever to feel hard times unless
their crops fail, because they are now, as
a general thing, producing their own sup
plies, and their cotton nearly always com
mands a good price.
The Receivership Evil.
Mr. Baoot of Charleston has introduced
into the South Carolina legislature a bill
designed to minimize the e#l of 111-advis
ed receiverships, and at the'same time pro
tect the rights of creditors. In general
terms it is a bill to restrict the courts tn
the exercise of their discretion in appoint
ing receivers, to require due notice to be
given to the party whose property is
sought to he placed in the hands of a re
ceiver, and to fix the cost of unnecessary
receiverships upon the persons asking for
them.
The bill provides that at least four days'
notice shall be given of the application,
unless,the court shall decide that so much
delay would jeopardise the applicant's in
terests. If the party owning the property
cannot be found, then notice shall be serv
ed by publication. Temporary injunctions
may be Issued by the court to prevent the
disposition of property sought to be plac
ed In the hands of a receiver, but such
temporary injunction is not to interfere
with the use of the property In ordinary
business by the person owning it, unless
the person applying for the Injunction and
receivership shall file an approved bond
with security In a sufficient sum to pay all
damages arising from said temporary re
ceivership, should a permanent receiver
he not appointed after the hearing. No
receiver shall be appointed before final
judgment if the party claiming the prop
erty shall offer a bond with sufficient se
curity to fully account for and deliver
over Whatever is required by the final ad
judication. When a temporary injunction
and receivership has been ordered, if the
person owning or claiming to own the
property shall give bond with security,
the property is to be redelivered to him,
until the final adjudication. When a re
ceiver shall have been appointed against
the opposition of any party to the cause,
and at the final adjudication it shall have
been held that the receiver was improper
ly appointed, then the costs, charges and
expenses of the receivership shalf not be
taxed against the property as a whole, but
only upon the interests therein of the par
ty procuring the receivership. The bill
also provides that parties suffering actual
damage through improper appointments
of receivers may secure judgments
against the persons procuring the receiv
erships.
This hill is a step in the right direction.
The practice of putting property in the
hands of receivers, without first giving in
terested parties who are opposed to such
a course a chance to be heard, has become
such a burdensome evil that it is not
strange that there should tie a protest
against it; and the fees allowed in receiv
ership cases in many instances aro out of
all proportion to the services rendered. If
we are not mistaken this South Carolina
bill marks the beginning of a reform that
is urgently demanded.
It Is reported that the wheat crop of
Australasia will be 5,000,000 bushels short
this season. This will occasion a corre
sponding deficiency In the supply of the
countries which have drawn upon the
Australasian wheat crop, to the advant
age of American, wheat growers. The
shutting of Indian cotton out of Italy will
create a stronger demand for American
cotton, at least temporarily, and probab
ly for some time. The conditions in the
stricken sections of the world are to he
deplored by the whole of civilization; at
the same time, America has to congratu
late herself that she is tn a position to
supply the products needed to supply the
deficiencies.
A Chicago newspaper says Gov. Altgold
during his term pardoned 27 convicts and
commuted the sentences of 121 others. Of
those pardoned fifty were burglars and
forty murderers. Commutations of
sentence were granted to nineteen hurg
lars and sixty-nine murderers. This Is,
indeed, an extraordinary record; still, lie
fore executive clemency is condemned,
tlie circumstances ought to be Inquired
Into.
A Virginia court has before It a case
which Involves the question whether a
gamecock is an animal or not. Certainly
not. If it is a Virginia gamecock, It is a
daisy, and consequently belongs to the
vegetable kingdom.
©ne of the most heartrending stories told
in the telegraphic dispatches in many days
was that published yesterday telling of
the burning alive of so many little or
phans at Dallas, Tx. The sufferings of
children never fall to arouse a responsive
chord in the human heart. In this in
stance the thought of the terrible fate of
the little orphaned innocents will bring
tears to the eyes of parents everywhere.
PERSONAL.
—The wife of a California millionaire
has taken five little girls to rear as her
own children, believing it to be her boun
den duty to open her home to those in need
of a mother's care.
—Rev. S. Barlng-Gould writes at a high
desk. In a standing position, with a quill
pen. To this Spartan habit Mr. Baring-
Ooi.ld attributes the fact that his long
years of literary labor have not produced
in his strong, w’iry form the slightest
stoop.
—“I should be glad,” wrote Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe to some Chicago reformers
the other day, “to Join in any effort, made
with wisdom and charity, to better this
state of things, but the burden of years
begins to weigh upon me, and my powers,
such as they remain, are heavily mort
gaged.”
J-The queen has conferred the Royal Or
der of Victoria and Albert upon the Em
press of Russia, who has received the first
class, and upon the Duchess of York, wno
is admitted to the second class, while the
third class has been given By her majesty
to the Marchioness of Lansdowne and to
the Countess of Lytton.
—The Comtesse de Paris recently sent
1J)00 pesetas to the fund initiated by the
Madrid newspaper, the Impartial, for the
benefit of Spanish soldiers wounded in the
campaigns in Cuba and the Philippines.
The gift was accompanied by a letter eu
logizing the Spanish army, signed by the
chief of the comtesse's household.
—Burlingame, the Tuxedo of San Fran
cisco, will soon be ornamented with a
handsome country housd built by Mrs.
Frank J. Carolan, one of the daughters
of George M. Pullman of Chicago. The
house is modeled after an old Norman
manor, and bears a striking resemblance
to the California mission architecture.
—lt Is said that Mr. George L. New
comb. who for the past six months has
been an active experimenter with the X
rays, has been forced to abandon his work,
owing to the deleterious effect he expe
rienced from the X-rays falling on his
right hand. He has all the symptoms of
sunburn and lost the skin, hair and finger
nails from his hand.
BRIGHT HITS.
—"Folks nebber is saterfied.” said Cncle
Eben. "Er white young lady is alius tryin’
ter git frizzes in her hair an’ de culled
young lady is alius tryin' ter git ’em out.”
—Washington Star.
—“What is your brother Reginald doing
since he left college?”
“Why, just at present he Is very busy
tracing back our family tree."
“Goodness, me! Then he's got that Dar
winian theory into his head, has he?”—
Truth.
—The Decisive Test.—Giles—l'm in love
w’ith both gtrls, and can't for the life of
me make up my nrfind which is the pret
tier.
Merritt—Take them Into a crowded cable
car some day, and see which gets a seat
first.—Life.
—O’Hara—“She was a good wife to me,
poor woman. Many's the word of good
advice she gave me.” McGoogan—“Thrue
for yez, an' many's the time Oi’ve heard
her advisin' yez when Oi lived in the
house beyant, a mile up the road.”—Lon
don Figaro.
—“I don’t see." she exclaimed with
proper indignation, "why they allow plays
to be presented that ladies are not expect
ed to see.” "I don't either,” replied her
husband, “unless it's to give the men
some place to go where there are no large
theater hats.”—Washington Star.
—"I think that tt is just too horrid for
anything,” said Maud. “Here I've been
looking over the side of the vessel for
half an hour and can't see it.”
"Can’t see what, my dear,” asked Ruby.
"Why, the equator. The captain said
we were crossing it.”—Tit-Bits.
—Deacon Johnson—l'm afraid dat ef yo’
married mah daughter I would hab to as
sist yo'.
Abe Hardcase—Lawd. no; I kin take
care ob mahsaif all right. Yo’ wouldn’t
hab to do nuffln but take care of her an'
de children. Don't yo' worry yosaif about
me.—Harper's Bazar.
CIRRENT COMMENT.
Agitate For Good Hoads.
From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun (Dem.).
The question of good roads should be
agitated all the time. Experience demon
strates that no investment pays larger
returns than money used in constructing
good roads. -It goes far toward inducing
Immigration.
Hard Tank Ahead.
From the Chattanoga News (Dem.).
The treasury portfolio has never gone
so decidedly begging as it seems destined
to do on Maj. McKinley’s hands. Repub
lican statesman seem to properly appre
ciate the financial task the Incoming ad
ministration has before it.
Real Menace to the Treaty.
From the Galveston News (Dem.).
Russia's objection to the arbitration be
tween Great Britain and the I’nited States
is not so apt to interfere with the ratifica
tion of that measure by the Senate as the
wild Jingoes who are getting humpbacked
toting chips on their shoulders.
Give Credit \t here line.
From the Chicago Tlmes-Herald (Ind.).
We have hut lltlo patience with that
class of statisticians who are always try
ing to show that a considerable part of
the American electorate is ignorant and
vicious, and that It is confined largely to
one party, or to one section of the country.
At one time it was the ignorant foreign
vote, at another the Ignorant negro vote,
and now the Ignorant silver vote. All
such reasoning is foolish. Let us he fair.
Eqtml Protection lo tlie Ports.
From the New Orleans States (Dem.).*
Tlie same protection should he given
other southern ports on the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts, anil the batteries lie equal in
power and every other respect to those
which have been erected at New York,
Boston and Philadelphia. It Is to he hop
ed that the Tampa convention, If it ac
complishes nothing more, will cause the
question of coast defense to be more ac
tively agitated in the future than It has
been in the past.
She Hail Him on the Hip.
"And my photograph that I sent you,”
she whispered; "have you always kept it
with you?”
"Always, darling,” he said, “next to ray
heart, which beats for you alone. I have
kept It there since the day I received It.”
“Let me sec It.”
He pondered a moment, says the Detroit
Free Press, and then said anxiously:
' You tielieve me, don't you, dearest?”
“Of course, I believe you. It is close
against your heart, where you can feel it
when it beats?”
"Yes.”
"Show it to me Just for a moment.”
"Some other time, darling."
“Harold, you are deceiving me. You
have thrown my picture away and are
carrying some other girl’s."
"No, no. I swear by ”
"Then show it to me.”
"I cannot now. Won't you trust me,
darling?”
“Mr. Simpson, it Is all over between us.
Never speak to me again.”
"But V
"Good night, sir.”
When Harold reached the sidewalk he
reached under his coat-tail, drew out a
lot of old letters and a tintype, and mut
tered:
“One thing is certain. I'll have to either
quit carrying things in my hip pocket or
post myself better on anatomy."
Effect of Heredity.
"One moment, please. Let me look at
that package ”
The man who was on his way out of
the department store with a bundle under
his arm turned round in surprise, says the
Chicago Tribune.
"What do you want to know about it?”
he asked.
“I want to see if it's yours,” said the
man who had stopped him. “I see it is,
though. The corner of the check is stick
ing out of it ail right. I beg your pardon
for troubling you, but we’ve lost so many
things lately that we have to be very
watchful, and my orders are ”
“You're a store detective, are you?” In
terrupted the other, with some fierceness.
“Yes, that's my business.”
"A detective, sir, ought to be something
of a judge of human nature.. Do I look
like a thief?”
“You musn't think hard of me, sir, if I
say your face is not one that inspires con
fidence.”
“I see how it is!” rejoined the man with
the bundle under his arm, mournfully.
"My grandfather, on my mother's side,
was himself a detective, and I suppose
his characteristics are bound to crop out
more or less in his descendants. If there
have been any scoundrels in the family,
some external trace of the fact will show
itself sooner or later. We can’t help our
heredity. Well, good afternoon.”
Why He Couldn’t Sec Him.
“I’d like to see Mr. Wexworth,” said the
man at the front door, according to the
Chicago Tribune.
"I’m sorry,” replied the woman of the
house, “but you can’t see him.”
“He isn’t sick, is he?”
“No, sir; but ”
"Then I think he’ll see me. Tell him, If
you please, that Willis Higgamore Is
here.”
"I should like to oblige you, but ”
“Pardon me for being persistent, mad
am-you are Mrs. Wexworth, are you
not?”
"I am.”
“Pardon, me for Insisting, Mrs. Wex
worth, your husband and I are old and in
timate friends. I dare say he is busy. In
the old days when we were thrown togeth
er often he was always busy. A profes
sional man has to be saving of his time.
But I repeat that I am quite sure that he
will see me. I shall not detain him long,
but while passing through the town where
he lives I could never forgive myself if I
didn’t call and say ‘how do you do?’ if
nothing else."
"You w ill excuse me if I say ”
“Your pardon again, madam, but will
you oblige me by telling him I would like
to see him??”
"I can’t. He has been dead four years.
I tried several times to tell you, but you
wouldn't—certainly. No offense. Good
day, sir.”
The Malinger'd Sharp Tarn.
A traveling theatrical company which
played a recent Chicago engagement was
In financial straits which presaged disas
ter, says the Chicago Times-Herald. An
offer of time at a New York house was
received, and it was believed that the day
could be saved if the company could reach
the metropolis.
This is how it was done: There were
fourteen members of the company and
tw'ertty-one trunks. The charge for ex
cess baggage alone w r ould swamp the or
ganization. The manager explained what
he proposed to do and succeeded in bor
rowing money to purchase fourteen tickets
to New York. He presented these tickets
to the baggage agent of the line, and on
thpm checked through fourteen trunks
free. Then he went to the city ticket
agent of the road, said that he had just
changed his route and was going west first
and surrendered the tickets, receiving the
cash refunded for them. The money was
promptly handed back to the hotel man,
and as the result of this manipulation
fourteen trunks, containing all the cos
tumes absolutely essential fora New York
performance had been forwarded to their
destination without costing the company
a cent. The remaining seven tru*ks were
pledged to another line for second-class
fares and the company thus reached the
metropolis, technically speaking, “on its
trunks.” Dishonest? Perhaps; but all's
fair in love and war, and the theatrical
manager looks upon the railroad man as
his implacable enemy.
Gettln' Religion.
From (he Louisville Courier-Journal.
1 ain't much on religion, nor prayer meet
ing beside.
I’ve never Jined the church as yet, nor
ain’t been sanctified;
But a tender sort of feeling draws mo
nearer to the skies,
Sipce I got a peep of heaven through a pair
of trusting eyes.
Time was when nothing moved my
thoughts above this sinful world;
No preacher's words could stir me up, in
wrath an’ fury hurled;
But lately I’ve been drifting nigher to the
better land.
And the force that leads me upward is a
little dimpled hand.
Seems like the bad thoughts sneak away,
with that wee chap hard by;
And cuss-words that were handy once
won't come when he is nigh;
Fact is, it sort o’ shames me to see those
clear, blue eyes
Look at me (when I'm gettin’ riled) in pity
an' surprise.
I don’t know much of heaven or angels an’
such things;
But, somehow, when I picture 'em, it ain't
with harps and wings;
But with yeller curls, all tangled, and ten
der eyes that shine.
An' lips that's soft and loving, like that
little chap of mine.
•
Then, when he folds his dimpled hands,
in his little bed at night,
An' whispers “Now I lay me,” why tha's
something alls my sight.
An' my throat gits sort of husky when he
blesses me, an’ then
I'm dead sure I've got religion by the time
he says “Amen!”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The four principal mines of the Kim
berly district employ about 8,000 persons.
From two to three million carats are turn
ed out each year, and up to 1592 ten ton*
of diamonds, valued at $3G0,000,000, had
come from these mines. In 1695 there
were found 2,435,541 carats of diamonds,
realizing $15,000,000, at an expenditure of
$7,500,000. The largest known diamond,
weighing 670 carats, was found at the
Jagersfontein mine, and is now being cut
at Amsterdam. These mines are capable
of yielding a much greater output, but
they aro limited in order to maintain
prices.
—At a recent meeting of the Royal So
ciety of Edinborough, Lord Kelvin read
a communication on “The Electrification
of Air by Roentgen Rays,” the outcome,
he said, of some experiments which had
occupied his attention for some months.
The primary object of these investiga
tions, of theoretical value only, was to
ascertain the action of Roentgen rays upon
electrified air; that Is, to see whether the
rays had any electrifying effect on air.
In every case the experiments showed
that air which had not been previously
electrified was negatively electrified, and
air that was positively electrified having
been submitted to the action of x-rays
w r as found to be either not electrified at all
or slightly negatively electrified. Thus it
will be seen that rays have a decided elec
trifying action, positively electrified air
losing its positive charge and sometimes
acquiring instead a negative charge.
—The Johnstown Telephone Company
has all-night service at its central office,
and, according to the Johnstown Tribune,
has established in connection therewith a
unique method of helping out those of its
subscribers who do not care to trust
themselves to get up at a certain desired
hour without some outside assistance. It
is a call system, something on the style
of that in vogue at the hotels. The sub
scriber who wishes to wake at a certain
hour calls up central and tells the oper
ator, who “makes a note on.’L” When
the set hour arrives, the operator rings
up the subscriber who made the request.
If he turns over and fondly imagines it’s
only an alarm clock he is badly fooled,
as the telephone bell will keep jingling
until an answer is turned in to central,-
giving assurance that the sleeper is
awake. In the same manner if a physi
cian Is called for and cannot be reached,
if requested he will be notified of the call
as soon as he can be reached, and told
whence it came.
—Considering the great claims of prog
ress made in all fields by the Japanese,
it Is interesting to note the curious way
in which the Japanese crown prince and
heir apparent takes his writing lessons.
The young prince is surrounded by a num
ber of pretty little girls, who ire always
about to wait on him, every one of them
being entrusted with a certain duty. Thus
one girl prepares the India ink for the
prince, another fixes up the bamboo pens,
which are used to draw the heavy and
picturesque Japanese characters; as soon
as the writing teacher enters the room
several of the little "Musmes” rush to
ward him and tie a fine silk shawl around
his face, so as to cover both mouth and
nose. This precaution is taken so that
his breath may not defile the royal prince.
Of course, he must not address the prince
by word or mouth; he is compelled to
draw the letters for the prince, who is
to imitate thorn, and the teacher can only
express his satisfaction or dissatisfaction
by nodding or shaking his head.
—At a recent rehearsal of the Apollo
Male Quartet of Coldwater, Mich., says
the St. Paul Globe, a large spider came
slowly down his silken thread to about
the hight of the singer's shoulders, where
he hung -suspended for a few minutes,
then began to move up and down in front
of the music rack. The second tenor, who
was leading the air, soon noticed that
the movements of the spider correspond
ed with the variations of his voice, up
and down the scale, and in perfect time.
They then began a series of experiments
and found that the spider would ascend or
descend about a foot for every octave,
and, though the melody was carried ever
so lightly, and the bassos thundered in
their heaviest tones, the insect could not
be deceived, but always followed the lead
ing part accurately and with the precision
of a director’s baton. All kinds of songs,
from “Down in the Cornfield” to “The
Bridge," were sung to test the ability of
the wonderful little being, and each time
he came out of the conflict not a beat be
hind. At last the four voices struck an
awful discord, and instantly the spider
scurried up his improvised metronome and
disappeared In the chimney.
—There is always an abundant supply
of stories of the expertness of Hindoo
jugglers and acrobats, says the Boston
Transcript. One who moves about
perched upon a single long stick is the
latest novelty. This performer is mount
ed on a bamboo pole about fifteen feet
high, the top of which is tied to a girdle
worn round his waist. A small cushion
is fastened a few feet down the pole,
which acts as a leg rest. The acrobat
hops around a large space in the liveliest
way, uttering cheerful shouts and accom
panied my the tapping of a curious drum,
lie also executes a sort of danoe and
goes through a little pantomime. It is a
marvelous feat of equilibrium. To walk
on a pair of stilts as high as this would
be a performance worthy of exhibition on
our variety stage. But to hop around
on one is quite another thing. The same
man can do many other wonderful things.
He appears absolutely perfect in the art
of balancing. He can balance a very light
stick on his nose and a heavy one on
his chin, and then throw the heavy one
Into the air with his head and catch it
on the end of the light. When balancing
these two stlclfs, end on end, he will make
one revolve In one direction and the other
in the other. He puts one hand on a flat,
circular stone, throws his feet up into
the air and balances a stick on each of
them. At the same time he revolves rap
idly on the pivot formed by his arm ahd
the stone.
—The faculty most nearly approaching a
sixth sense is the muscular sense, or the
sense of weight, says an exchange. If we
regard the senses as merely specialized
parts of the nervous system, adapted for
the reception and transmission to the
brain of impressions of a special kind,
then this is the sixth sense without ques
tion. Indeed, man’s senses are regarded by
physiologists as six in number, and this
one is among them. In support, of the
claim of the sense of weight to the sixth
place physiologists tell us that the mus
cles have a peculiar sensibility, which Is
shown In that their nerves can communi
cate to the mind an accurate knowledge
of their states and positions when in ac
tion. By this sensibility we are not only
conscious of a morbid sensation of fatigue
and cramp In muscles, but acquire,
through muscular action, a knowledge of
the distance of bodies and their relation
to each other, and are enabled to estimate
and compare their weight and resistance
by the effort to which we are conscious in
measuring, moving or raising them. Ex
cept with such knowledge of the position
and slate of each muscle, we could not
tell how or when to move it for any requir
ed action; nor without such a sensation
of effort could we maintain tlie muscles |n
contraction for any prolonged exertion.
More obscure, but not less positive, is the
sense of equilibrium, located In the somi
lunal canals of the Internal car. It Is this
which is affected by “dizziness" or "giddi
ness.” Among animals and fish the "hom
ing instinct.” or sense of direction, cer
tainly comes under the question. It ex
ists 1n some human bclnps, but It appears
to be diminishing wHIi ttie progress of civ
ilization. -w
BABY'S
SKIN
In all the world there is no other treatment
so pure, so sweet, so safe, so speedy, for era
serving, purifying, and beautifying the skin
scalp, and hair, ami eradicating every hnl
inor, as warm baths with Ccticiira
and gentle anointings with Cl'Tici ka tpiav!
inent i, the great skin cure.
(uticura
11 „*°'4 thronehont the world. Pom.
Pkco a Crib Corc., bole Prop.., Boeton. 1,1
ay " All About the Skin, Scalp, and Hair,’’flee.
every humor
Capes
Cut
ToSlimFigures
So close, too, that actual New
York cost is not visible. Think of
it—plenty of winter ahead and
Capes at such prices as we name
below.
Will offer on MONDAY and dur
ing the week—
Plush Capes, fur trimming, $3.00; worth
$4.00.
Plush Capes, jet and braid trimming,
$4.50; worth $6.00.
Plush Capes, handsomely braided, also
silk lined, at $8.00; worth SIO.OO.
Plush Capes, with jet trimming, beau
tifully lined, $18.00; worth $22.00.
Cloth Capes, braid and fur trimming,
from $1 to $5.
Cloth Capes, Empire style, trimmed in
buttons, $7.50; worth $9.00.
Jackets from $2.50 to $16.00.
A line of Children’s and Misses’ Jack
ets from SI.OO to $12.50.
An elegant line of Laces and Embroid
eries just received.
Cloaking Velvet, 32-inch wide, full, re
duced from $4.00 to $2.50.
All fall and winter Dress Goods to be
closed at HALF PRICE, with a view of
making room for spring goods.
50 pieces French Percales Just received,
12’jc.
DANIEL HOGAN,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
An
Open Door
in this wintry weather is dan
gerous, A slamming door is a
nuisance. TheEcupsECHECK
and Spring closes doors and
keeps them closed —without
noise, too. Simple, durable,
easily applied and adjusted.
Sample at our store.
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS,
155 Broughton Street.
KEHOE’S IRON WORKS,
Foundry, Machine, Boiler
and Blacksmith Works.
IKON and BRASS CASTINGS, EN
GINES and BOILERS, KNOWLES'
PUMPS, INJECTORS, LUBRICATORS.
STEAM GAUGES, supplies of all kinds.
Repairs to SHAY Locomotives and MA
CHINERY a specialty.
WM, KEHOE & CO.,
BROUGHTON, FROM REYNOLDS TO
RANDOLPH STREETS.
PLUMBING, STEAM AND GAS FITTIMc
By Competent Workmen at Reasonable
Figures.
l. a. McCarthy.
All work done under my supervision. A
lull supply of Globes, Chandeliers, Steam
and Gas Fittings of all the latest styles,
at 46 DRAYTON STREET
TERNE PLATES
FOR SALE BY
C. M. Gilbert & Cos.,
IMPORTERS.
(MCI9II Hair rtuuir. H*tp m*—. %.
9UMi 1 1 ********+'****
W. F. REID and SAMUEL SOLOMONS.
Druggist, Savannah.