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According to telegraphic advices, Peru
has gone democratic. It Is a little difficult
to understand just what democracy con
sists of in Peru.
President McKinley is fully aware now
that Persia has anew ruler. The shah’s
official representative has arrived with a
letter from his majesty on a sliver plate,
add told him so. There is no longer any
reason to doubt It.
Canada is to have a prohibition election
and the chances are decidedly in favor of
its going dry. It is said that good whisky
can be bought in Canada at live cents a
drink. It will be interesting now to watch
what the border people just on this side
are going to do about it.
Senator Raines does not like the way
his new laws are working In New York
city, and he has determined to make an
example of somebody. It looks as If Hon.
Charles Silver Dollar Smith must be the
example, and the senator says his Young
Men’s Cosmopolitan Club must shut up
on Sundays. This will no doubt be taken
as another dtrect blow at silver.
The Uruguayan revolution has been
ohecked, according to advices, after a
bloody battle and the killing of many of
the revolutionists, but the defeated boys
have still another chance. They can walk
over Into the Argentine Republic and push
up the fight with Chile. There Is always
an opening somewhere In South America.
The project of Prince Luigi Amadeo of
Italy to ascend Mount St. Elias, in Alaska,
appears to have awakened American am
bition to beat him to the goal, so a Phil
adelphia expedition has'been fitted out
with that end In view. The age Is too
far advanced to permit a foreigner to come
over and be the first to make discoveries
on American soil.
Admiral Beardslee told the Japanese
minister at Honolulu a few days ago,
"We want your people to keep your hands
off this country." Doubtless the Japanese
minister has had an intimation of this
fact before, but now he has it straight
from the shoulder. The admiral's con
versation appears to have been pleasant
enough, but the minister did not alto
gether like the tone of It. Maybe It will
create anew subject for the jingoes when
the Cuban question is played out.
There are a good many curious people
who would like to know Just iwhat the sul
tan of Turkey doea want as indemnity
from Greece. The dispatches have put It
all the way from $10,000,000 to $70,000/00
with Thessaly thrown In, and the powers
are supposed to be backing the sultan so
that they can get their Interest. The
chances are, however, It will be like the
fine of a pauper prisoner In the United
State* court. He serves thirty days In
lieu of the payment of u fine, and Is re
leased.
Can it be that cx-Benntor Call Is think
ing of contesting the Florida senatorshlp,
• a sensational rumor has it, on the ground
of a mere formality? After the alleged
claim that It would be unconstitutional
for the legislature to elect any one but
himself, the ex-senator withdrew In fa
vor of Btoekton, Now he says Mr. Mal
lory has not been regularly elected be
cause the legislature did not appoint *
committee to notify him of It. Mr. Call
had better let well enough alone. The
verdict of the people of Florida has been
pronounced to the world, and If Mr. Call
la looking for anything else at their hands,
the time hag come for him to keep quiet
Cora spell.
The Hear Is tlie Master,
The surprising vitality shown by the
Sick Man of the East during the last
few weeks, and the pluck exhibited by
him (luring the past few days, aroused
false expectations. The Sick Man has suf
fered a relapse. He was getting along
too nicely to suit the plans of some of
his neighbors; and so the great white
bear raised his muzzle and bared his
teeth so that the Sick Man could
catch the gleam of them, and the sight
scared hint into a state of collapse.
The sultan has granted an armistice,
preparatory to the conclusion of terms of
permanent peace. The consideration
which caused him to order Edhem Pasha
to cease firing was the report that the
Bulgarian army was about to be mobil
ized upon the Turkish frontier. There
seems to be no reason to doubt that this
movement on the part of the Bulgarians
was directed by the czar. Bulgaria is
actually, if not nominally, under the
thumb of the Russian ruler, and It is
through Bulgaria that he will probably
strike the Turkish empire in Europe,
when the opportune moment arrives. The
czar has heretofore been playing a wait
ing hand, with a show of pro-Turkish
leaning, probably to disarm suspicion. It
transpires, however, that it was the czar
who called a halt of the Turkish troops
in Thessaly, and induced Germany to
modify her position with regard to the
peace terms.
The turn affairs have taken is clearly
not to the liking of some of the powers.
The correspondent of a London paper
sends word from Athens that ho has
“conclusive proofs” of treachery on the
part of "one of the powers;” that the
power in question has made "underhand
attempts to undo the work of the Euro
pean concert.” The circumstances would
seem to indicate that Russia Is the power
suspected, since Russia has Just loomed
up as the real director of events, and has
more In view to be gained than either
of the others. It is clear that the czar
means to control Turkey; and it is possi
ble that he believes himself strong enough
to control also any other power which
may feel disposed to get In the way. The
crisis of the danger to European peace Is
now in Its acute stage, while the terms
of the peace are being discussed and
arranged by the powers.
Wanamaker Sees Light.
After long years of affiliation with that
party. And accepting office at its hands,
the Hon. John Wanamaker of Philadel
phia, ex-Postmaster General, Is just be
ginning to find out what sort of an or
ganization the republican party is. His
political vision has probably been some
what dimmed by the halo which he wears
at Sunday school, or it may be that the
good man has not been let into the secret
workings of the gang, except only so far
as may have been necessary to secure his
campaign contributions. At any rate,
Mr. Wanamaker is beginning to get the
light now; and he is disgusted. So Jeep
is his disgust, indeed, that he talks of
the formation of anew party, if things do
not improve.
The foes the American people have to
fear, says Mr. Wanamaker, are not the
Turks or the Spaniards or other foreign
ers, but the traitors in politics who us©
the people's offices and the people's law
making power to keep themselves in of
fice and to enrich themselves and their
friends. While the country is in the
throes of hgrd times, and the people are
waiting for the prosperity promised them
last fall, the politicians are arranging the
laws so as to pay political debts, and
gambling in the necessaries of life while
the tariff bill is pending. "The political
religion of the nation is falling lower and
lower under insults to intelligence, vio
lations of law and reckless daring of un
scrupulous bosses,” says he, and con
tinues: “I-aws continually despised
and disregarded, legislation cqnceived for
blackmailing purposes, speculation by pub
lic officials in trust and other stocks
while tariffs and other financial bills are
(lending, must surely ahd irrevocably
alienate the people from the party and
awaken a disposition and desperation to
substitute almost any wild and untried
leadership with the hope of possible re
lief."
The Hon. Mr. Wanamaker means a
good deal of his remarks to apply to the
Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay, senator from
Pennsylvania, whom he does not love with
a brotherly affection. Still, it is plain
that he Is coming to see that the repub
lican party Is in the hands of such men
as Quay, and that they are running It
for what there Is in it for themselves
and their friends. Other people have
known this for a long time. It Is to be
wondered at that so shrewd a business
man as Mr. Wanamaker has been In th*
dark so long. Since he has found what
bad company he Is In, we hope to see him
get out. He probably could not consist
ently become a democrat. But he would
make a great mugwump.
The discussion of the matter of relieving
starving Americans in Cuba has brought
up the Interesting question as to how
many of them there are in the Island. La
Lucha, the Spanish organ In Havana,
questions the statement that there are
60i) of them there as claimed, but now that
congress has voted $50.0n0 for thetr relief.
It says there Is little doubt that 6,000 will
soon be, found In the Cuban consular dis
tricts. Ia Lucha has evidently been
studying the United States pension lists,
and, with that for a comparison, the paper
Is hardly far wrong. History has shown
that the ratio of ten to one is afsout the
way the pensioners Increase every time
any new qualifications ore made.
Now Senator Stewart of Nevada comes
forward with a notice of an amendment
to the tariff bill providing for a treasury
reserve at all times of $30,<i00.000. It has
not been long since Senator Stewart wits
crying “Wall street" and “monopolies”
and “truata," every time u reserve fund
was mentioned. Senator Stewart creates
the Impression that he is about to blos
som out as a "gold-bug” once more.
The extra speed of the new gunboat
Nashville has won for her builders a
bonus of s6o,itot), and she has received com
pliments everywhere for her excellency.
Now let's eee If the sailor boys can keep
her off the rocks. There ought to 1* a
bonus for good records in that direction.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, 31 AY 20, 1897.
Wantedi A Dry Dock.
Humbug, thy name is dry dock! This
government has spent money and time
enough on dry docks to have built a navy.
Yet it is without a dock to accommodate
its big vessels, and it will probably have
to go on spending money and time for
years to come; or until a democratic ad
ministration shall come into power and
stay In long enough to provide for the
want. The battle ship Indiana is in need
of docking. But there is not a place In
this country in which she can be taken
out of the water, and, according to the
New York Herald's Washington corre
spondence, she may have to be sent to a
foreign country to be docked.
Yet the jingoes in congress are talking
about war!
Notwithstanding the millions spent upon
the dry docks at the Brooklyn navy yard,
they are at present worthless, and it will
take SIOO,OOO to patch them up. The new
one leaks like a sieve. It had to be
flooded the other day to prevent a general
collapse. And the one at Port Royal, or
rather on Paris Island, is no more availa
ble for the big ships. The dock itself is
large enough for the Indiana. Indeed, she
has been in it office. However, she had
considerable trouble getting there and
getting away. The officials of the navy
the other day discussed sending the In
diana to the Paris Island dock, but gave
up the idea "on account of lack of water
in the channel." Still, If she could get
to the dock the officials would be afraid to
put her into it, on account of “its weak
ness.” The quotations arc from the Her
ald's report, which continues: "Rather
than risk a ship worth as much as the
Indiana the authorities would prefer send
ing her to a foreign port to be docked.”
This dock, which is situated behind a
mud bank, and is too weak to hold a big
war vessel, represents several barrels of
good government money. It was dedicated
to the services of the government some
years ago with a great flourish of trum
pets, and a coast defense vessel was run
into it to test it. That vessel fifad an easy
time of it, and the Indjana'was next tried.
After considerable delay on account of
tides, mud banks and other minor details,
the big vessel went in. And when she
came, out, there was some more delay, oc
casioned by similar minor details. All
this was followed by considerable talk of
dredging. It is said by authorities that
the way to the dock is shallower now than
It was then. Since the Indiana incident, or
rather event, the dock has had very little
If any occupation, except possibly to swell
the number of Items in the appropriation
bills. Nevertheless, it seems that the
Parts Island dry dock Is the best thing
in Its way possessed by the government
at this time. And the battle ships of the
United States must go to some foreign
post and beg the favor of a foreign gov
ernment that they be permitted to take
a hath.
Yet the jingoes in congress are talking
about war with a maritime nation!
Responsibility Shifted.
It Is not Grover Cleveland wffio, with hts
alleged "perversity,” is blocking the “pa
triotic” congressmen In their efforts to
bring about a return of prosperity. He Is
not in Washington now. But the con
gressmen are. And still times are out of
Joint.
President McKinley Is ready to do any
thing the "prosperity party” and the sore
heads want done. But still he and they
do not accomplish anything. Probably
that Is a negative virtue, to some extent.
They might do very badly if they were
to do at all. For instance, if the con
gressmen were to Indulge in some of the
foolish propositions that they did when
Mr. Cleveland was President, the present
President might permit them to have their
own way. And there would then be the
mischief to pay. When Cleveland was in
the chair, the congressional tomboys knew
they had a big and strong man between
their cavortings and real harm to the
country, hence they felt at liberty to cut
up Jack at their own sweet will. They
could take all sorts of risks then, because
they knew there was somebody In the
white house who would keep them and
the country from getting hurt as a result
of their folly. But they have no such as
surance now. They will have to quit their
nonsense, otherwise they would be apt to
wake up some fine morning and discover
that their vagaries had become laws.
Lula Hurst, now Mrs. Atkinson, the one
time Georgia magnetic wonder, has written
a book explaining the mystery of her
magnetic power. The work has created
some considerable discussion, but there is
Just one great big difficulty about Mrs. At
kinson's alleged explanation,-and that la
It does not explain anything. It shows up
the whole process Just about as clear as
mud, and gives the reader an excellent
idea of how not to do the feats that she
has accomplished. We have heard ventril
oquist* explain their feats, and we have
seen the lamented Hermann explain his
tricks, and then gone home and wondered
which was the most mysterious the trick
or the explanation. Mrs. Atkinson has
thrown lots of light on the subject; in fact
so much that it is blinding.
A duty on rice would clearly be a mat
ter of revenue. While rice is a staple ar
ticle of consumption, the imports of it are
quit® large, and Its cost under any cir
cumstance* Is so low aa to
put It within reach of all classes.
Some of the senator* arc realizing this
and are feeling the severe comments being
made upon their effort* to protect the
eastern manufacturer* to thedetrlment of
the southern Industrie*. The rice men ap
pear to have shown that they still have
gome strength left. _
At last after many day* of talking about
It, an armistice has been secured between
the Greeks and the Turks. The action of
the powers has shown, however, that this
means little for Greece except that the
slaughter of her soldier* win be stopped.
Now these kind, Christian nations must
get together and decide how much Greece
must try and pay to Turkey, They will
probably add up the amount due on the
Turkish bond coupons before coming to
a definite conclusion.
If the Cuban question were out of th#
way, the congressmen would miss It sadly.
It affords such n magnificent opportunity
lor making both sophomoric and dema
gogic speeches.
PERSONAL.
—Prof. Francis G. Peabody gives what
the Boston Christian Register calls con
densed two-minute sermons at morning
prayers at Harvard University.
—Chang Yen Hoon, head of the Chinese
embassy to represent the celestial king
dom at the forthcoming queen’s diamond
jubilee, was a few years ago minister of
China to Washington, in which city he is
stopping en route to England.
—Sir Joseph Lister says the grip germ
is the smallest one yet discovered; but lie
gets in his work about as well as the
largest, and in addition to that he Is en
dowed with an amazing amount of vi
tality and Is always ready for business.
—Queen Victoria's ponderous black vel
vet bonnet, with its many snowy plumes,
does duty on all state occasions when her
majesty rides in a carriage. The shape
has not been changed for twenty-five
years, and one lasts through several sea
sons.
—Of Sir Henry Irving's astonishing
stage disguise as Napoleon in Mme. Sans
Gene, the London Times remarks: “When
at length he was discovered In the penul
timate act in the bottle-green uniform
and nankeen trousers of the victor of
Jena and Wagram, the house rubbed Its
eyes with astonishiment. For there, be
fore It, in the undoubted person of Sir
Henry Irving, stood the short, fat, tra
ditional figure of Napoleon. How the
transformation is accomplished we do not
profess to say. A coat cut high over the
chest, together with high shoulders and
heavy epaulettes, has a wonderful short
ening effect on the actor’s figure; padded
legs and hips seem to do the rest. But
when all allowance is made for these sar
torial devices, and for the alert, bustling
manner, and rapid staccato utterances
which Sir Henry Irving (unlike himself)
assumes, the result is still a marvel. As
an achievement in the art of make-up it
surpasses the Falstaff of Mr. Tree,which
has hitherto been a record performance.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—“Then you agree with the Rev. Mr.
Straltlace on the question of eternal pun
ishment?”
"Not exactly. We both believe In it,
but I’m not In favor of it.”—Truth.
—A Careful Boy.—“ Freddy,” said the
teacher to Freddy Fangle, “you have
spelled the word 'rabbit' with two t’s.
You must leave one of them out.”
"Yes, ma'am,” replied Freddy; "which
one?”—Harper’s Bazar.
—One Recommendation.—Fair Young
Creature (after some recitations) —Do you
think I would do for a. Juliet?
Manager (anxious not to hurt feelings)
—Um—er—well, you'd look very pretty in
the tomb.—New York Weekly,
—“Where's that son of yours, Mrs. Mul
rany, that went to London?”
"Well, sir, they tell me as 'e’s carrying
all before him.”
“Indeed! What is his profession?”
“ 'E's a waiter, sir.”—Tit-Bits.
—"Tom has had to move to anew board
ing house.”
“What for?”
“Coudn’t stand It to hear the other
boarders telling what they would do if
they were the Greek government.”—Chi
cago Record.
—Winkins*—Such idioms as "Between the
devil and the deep sea,” though very ex
pressive, are not exactly up-to-date.
Simpson—They’re not? Well, how would
you improve on the one you quoted, for
Instance?
Wilkins—Well, I think a more modern
plan would be to say, "Between the trol
ley car and the scorcher.”—Puck.
—Left Behind.—During the first month
of Delia's service in her new place there
was nothing but praise for her good qual
ities. But one evening the mistress, en
tering the kitchen suddenly, discovered
the traditional “cousin” hidden in one
of the closets. "How is this, Della—a
man here?”
“Troth, ma'am, I don’t know what to
make uv it. Shure he must have been
forgotten by the cook that was here be
fore.”—Brooklyn Life.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Doubtful Citizen* in Cnhn.
From the New Orleans Picayune (Dem.).
The facts show that in nearly every case
where outrages against American citizens
Jp,ave been claimed the citizenship of the
sufferers has been of the most doubtful
character, and yet in every instance Spain
has yielded to our remonstrances and lib
erated the persons on whose behalf this
country has Interested itself. There con
sequently exists no valid pretext for In
terference on our part.
Whnt tlie Checking of Imports Mean
From the Detroit Free Press (Dem.).
The checking of Imports which the Ding
ley bill contemplates cannot Increase con
sumption or the ability of the consumer
to buy the home product, because the
checking of imports means inevitably the
checking of exports as well; of exports,
that is, of the principal products of this
country. The foreigner, when he finds his
exports to this country checked, will buy
here only what he must, because the es
sence of trade is exchange.
The Uncertainty the Trouble.
From the New York Sun (Dem.).
What the altuation will be under anew
tariff, with the anti-capital crusade in full
operation, wo cannot say. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof. While anew
tariff is making, business must remain In
u condition of semi-psrulysis at the best.
The sooner the crushing burden of un
certainty Is taken away, the sooner busi
ness will he In a condition to lift its head.
To what dangers It may then he subject
ed from the club of the socialist crank
and the anti-monopoly agitator, remains
to be seen.
Preserve the Forrat.
From the Springfield Republican (Ind.).
The national House has refused to con
cur In the Senate amendment to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill suspending
President Cleveland'* order of Feb. 22, set
ting apart 22,001,000 acre* of public land
in the far northwest as a forestry reser
vation. and Is said to be determined to
stand by that uetlon. It is to be hoped
so. One of the chief objectors to the or
der In the Berate was Pettigrew of South
Dakota, who hotly protests against re
moving any public lands from exploitation
by this generation of people. Included In
the new reservation are the Rlaek Hills,
In Dakota, and now comes a report from
the federal forestry commissions, which
represents that the hills "are being rap
idly stripped by timber thieves; that the
mining and railroad companies are steal
ing the timber by wholesale without the
■lightest authority, and In direct viola
tion of law. and that If It Is allowed to go
on much longer th* Black Hills will he
aa bare as a bone.” This put* the object
ing senators Into the attitude of defending
the timber thieves and others who would
■trip these lands for present profit, re
gardless of the larger and more remote
consequence*. Thai la where they prop
erly belong.
Stratton's Private Car.
Probably no town of its size has as
many very rich men as Colorado Springs,
Col. “They have millionaires to burn,”
said a gentlemtn who recently visited
there, according to the Chicago Times-
Herald.
"Colorado Springs is the home of W. S.
Stratton, the man who a few years ago
was at work with a jack-plane, earning
a scanty living, but who now is the pos
sessor of anywhere from $15,000,000 to $20,-
000,000,” said my friend. “Stratton does
not have the appearance of a man borne
down with a wealthy pocket book. Much
of the time he goes about in clothes a
tramp might object to. When he had, in
a couple of years, cleared up the paltry
sum of $4,000,000—0r $2,000,000 a year—him
self and family thought they would like
a vacation. They concluded to make a
trip to California. The next day Stratton
went to Denver on business. His banker
had notified him that he had made a mis
take of a quarter of a million in his bank
account. He had that miuch more in the
bank than he thought he had. Under in
vestigation he discovered that he had
sent the bank a check for that amount,
Just taken from the sale of a mine, which
he had not noted. That matter cleared up,
Mr. Stratton thought he would see about
getting tickets for the California trip.
As usual, he had on a.rather shabby suit.
“Have you got a bargain in tickets to
California?” asked Stratton.
The clerk looked him over carefully and
concluded that a hobo had dropped in to
get out of the sun.
“Not to-day; we may have one to-mor
row."
“Well, you sell tickets to California,
don't you?”
"Certainly; but we havO no job lot on
hand at present.”
"How much is a ticket to San Francis
co?”
The clerk told him.
‘‘Let me see, I shall have to take along
several people, servants, you know. Guess
you had better give me nine tickets.”
While the clerk was staring at him Stra
ton was struck with anew Idea.
"By the way, how much will a special
car cost? I like to go as comfortably as
possible when I travel. Yes, 1 guess I’ll
have a special car; how much will it
cost?”
The man toid him. It was a large sum.
“That's all right. Look here, I’m going
to stay a month or six weeks, and I guess
I'll sleep in the special. How much more
will that cost?” He was told. “All right,
I’ll take that car for six weeks. Got a
blank check?”
The clerk gave him one. It was filled
out and handed to the clerk, who said: “I
know all about Mr. Stratton, but I don’t
know that you are Mr. Stratton.”
At that moment Banker Moffett passed
by. Stratton called out: "Come in here,
Moffett.” He came in. “Am I Stratton?”
“You are.” “I thought so, but this clerk
had his doubts. Thank you.”
Jnstlce Field and tlie Reporter.
The correspondent of a great eastern
daily newspaper narrated in a group of
friends to-day how a slip of the tongue
destroyed his chances of obtaining some
matter he was seeking earnestly, and in
volved him in an unpleasant experience
with one of the supreme court justices,
says the New York Tribune. He received
a letter instructing him to see the chief
justice and the associate justices of the
supreme court and ask each of them to
contribute to the columns of his paper a
short essay on a subject pertaining to the
history of the supreme court. He glanced
over the note of instructions hurriedly,
and when he met Justice Field a short
time later he was not certain of its con
tents. To refresh his memory he drew
the letter from his pocket and began to
read from it to the associate justice the
instructions which had been sent to him.
In the body of the letter was this sen
tence:
“Of course, the old duffers not do ex
pect to be paid for this work.” the cor
respondent read hurriedly, and he ran
right into this sentence before he knew
where he was. He stopped in the middle
of it and was about to omit the remainder,
when Justice Field says:
“Hold on—-what is that? Let me see
that for a moment.”
“Oh, that’s of no consequence, Judge,”
said the correspondent.
“Just let me look at it for a minute,”
said Justice Field. He glanced over the
correspondent’s shoulder and read the
sentence. There was a twinkle in his eye
that showed that he appreciated the hu
mor of the situation, but the correspon
dent said to himself. “This ends my
search for essays.” It did not end the
search, but it might as well have ended it,
for none of the essays were ever written.
Justice Field appreciates a joke, but he
does not like to encourage it at his own
expense.
Tlie Sultan Dallies.
“And this American general—this Miles
—when do you say he will arrive?”
“In something like a week, Commander
of the Faithful," was the reply, according
to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"That is a rather long period of inac
tion, but never mind—l will show him that
even a war can be held in abeyance until
the sultan’s guest is honored according to
his desire. You are holding Edhem l’asha
back, according to my orders?”
“I am, your majesty. He Is impatient for
new triumphs, but he will make no move
until your majesty speaks.”
“He'd better not. If he grows restive
just murmur Osman Pasha in his ear. But
now for something more serious. How
goes the harem house cleaning?”
"But slowly, your majesty. There Is a
strike among the Imperial whitewash
ers ”
“Bowstring the walking delegate. Go
on.”
“The royal carpet beaters have finished
the rugs, but the tapestry hangers are
still delayed by the dilatory promises of
the step ladder contingent."
"Put the step ladder shiekh to the
sword. Go on.”
“I regret to say, sire, that the fav
orite stepped on a piece of soap yester
day and sprained her funny bone.”
“Beard of the prophet! What was soap
doing In the harem?”
“It was left on the step of the royal
stairway by the new Bulgarian second
girl."
“Sew her up in a pillow case and drop
her In the Bosphorus! If this house clean
ing last much longer. I'll do something
desperate. You hear me. We must have
everything in apple-pie order by the tlms
that man Miles gets here!”
"Yes, your highness."
A Race With a Cable Car.
A well-dressed middle-aged countryman,
with a valise, amused many people at
Park Row and Broadway a few days ago,
saye the New York Times. He had
stepped between the rails of the cable car
track Just south of the postoffice. and was
looking intently at the top of the nearest
"sky scraper,” when he was startled by
the clanging of an approaching car and
a shout of "Look out!" Instead of step
ping to one side, he started along the track
at a gait which was first a trot. Then he
looked hastily over his shoulder, saw the
ear still coming, and, clinging to his va
lise. Jammed his hat firmly down on his
head and changed to a lope., He faith
fully followed the curve of the loop, the
car following with Increasing speed, the
bell clanging frantically. From all ap
pearances he would have continued the
race all up Park Row. hut where the track
runs close In to the sidewalk on the Park
Row side somebody literally “shooed" him
off. Fortunate.y. he was too bewildered
to understand the remarks the red-faced
gripman shouted at him whilo sweeping
kjr.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Boston street car subway system
Is nearing completion, and it is announced
that it will go into operation on June 17.
—The region between the first and see*
ond cataracts of the Nile is the hottest
on the globe. It never rains there and the
natives do not believe foreigners who tell
them that water can descend from the
sky.
—Statistics do not bear out the asserton
that machinery is detrimental to labor,
says the New York Tribune. In no indus
try. perhaps, has machinery been so large
ly introduced as in the making of shoes.
Yet, according to the figures of the cen
sus, 885,000 people were employed in this
industry in New England in 1890, against
313,000 in 1860, while the average wages per
capita have risen from $246 a year to $469.
—Rum, that once familiar tipple, has of
late fallen into such disfavor that it is by
no means an evidence of teetotalism to be
able to say that one has neither consumed
nor even seen any of it for years, says the
New York Times. The very name surviv
ed merely as a generic term of reproach,
applicable to all intoxicants. Reports from
England, however, say that there rum has
suddenly attained a mysterious popularity.
Nobody knows who drinks it, but it has be
gun to figure again in the excise returns
to a considerable degree.
—French army pensioners living in the
Hotel des Incalides, who have all receiv
ed medals for bravery on the field, occa
sionally drink more than is good for them,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. To prevent
such veterans making exhibitions of them
selves in public a reward of 15 cents is
paid to any one who returns an inebriated
invalid to the barracks. Recently intoxi
cation among the pensioners having in
creased greatly, it was discovered that a
trade in rescuing had arisen, a knockout
drink costing five cents and warranted to
act at once having been devised, which
left a clean profit of 10 cents per drink.
—ln a recent discussion on improve
ments In the X ray apparatus, one of the
speakers mentioned that he possessed a
fluorescent screen measuring 6 feet by 1%
feet. It is intended to show' the full length
figure all at one view, says the Lancet,
and on an occasion when the apparatus
was being inspected by a number of per
sons It was the means of creating an em
barrassment almost beyond the power of
words to describe. A lady having incau
tiously passed in the line of rays was dis
played on the large screen, and as dress
materials are very transparent to the
rays her costume, of course, did not count
for much In the picture.
—A mosquito cannot live In air free
from malarial poison, says the Chicago
Chronicle. Untainted air has the same
effect on him as a healthy community on
a doctor. It deprives him of patients, and
he must go to less-favored localities to
practice his profession. The lymph, which
flows through an automatic valve when it
inserts its proboscis, contains a modified
germ of malarial fever, and, according
to the well-settled law of inoculation, the
introduction of the weak germ renders
harmless a subsequent attack by the
strong germ. The mosquito never swal
lows human blood. It cannot. The fact
that its body becomes discolored and
swells while probing is caused by the dis
coloration of the lymph in contact with
the blood and the muscular effort of in
serting the probe. A mosquito will never
insert its lancet in a person not suscep
tible to an attack of malaria. In this re
spect, its sense is more accurate than the
most skilled and experienced pathologist.
—The French Academy of Medicine is
devoting much attention to a strange per
son, one of the most extraordinary ever
born into this world, says the Paris corre
spondent of the Chicago Chronicle. He is
known as the man mummy, and one glance
at his ghastly face and body shows that
he deserves the title. This phenomenal
being is named Castagna, and, according
to the civil register of Paris, he is now 28
years old. He is about four feet high and
he weighs only forty-three pounds. Even
with his clothes on he is a most singular
looking object—a veritable lusus naturae.
His forehead is large, and over it is
stretched a thick covering of parehment
iike skin. His eyes, the muscles of which
are atrophied, are quite round and are
wide open, like the eyes of night birds.
His nose, too, reminds one of such birds,
for not only is it entirely without flesh,
but It is also curved in the form of a beak,
drooping in this fashion over a mouth In
which the teeth can be always seen, set to
gether as though in a grimace. Altogether
the head and face are so uncanny and so
horrible that it is Impossible to set down
anything like a vivid description of them
on paper.
—There never was the shadow of ex
cuse for believing that Osman Pasha,
the hero of Plevna, Is a graduate of West
Point, who deserted from the confederate
army and hid his disgrace beneath the
folds of the sultan's banner, says the New
York Times. The story was nothing but
a guess,founded on ignorance, of facts easy
to obtain from both American and Turk
ish records. There may have been a
Charles L. Crawford, born In Virginia
and an Inglorious bearer of arms for a
while on the secession side, but he never
attended the West Point Military Acad
emy, and modi certainly he is not the
general whom Russia found it so hard to
conquer. An officer stationed at New Or
leans has deemed it worth while to inves
tigate the first of these points, and lias
kindly Informed us of the results of his
researches. Only five Crawfords ever
reached West Point, and but one—Medo
rem Crawford—was ever graduated from
it. He was an Oregon man, admitted In
1863, and is still In the United States ser
vice. The others were Robert C. Craw
ford of Virginia, who Entered in 1829; Rob
ert C. of Tennessee, 1850; George Wesley
of Alabama, 1874, and Francis G. of Vir
ginia, 1831. Herimann's ‘‘Historical Reg
ister of officers of the United States Army
—1789 to 1889,” records no Charles L. Craw,
ford.
—History records two instances, accord
ing to Mr. Whiteiy Stokes in the London
Athenaeum, in which bees have been used
in warfare as weapons against besieging
forces. The first is related by Applan of
the siege of Themtscyra. in Pontus, by Lu
cullus in his war against Mithrldates. Tur
rets were brought up, mounds were built
and huge mines were made by the Ro
mans. The people of Themlseyra dug open
these mines from above and through the
holes cast down upon the workmen bears
and other wild animals and hives or
swarms of bees. The second Instance is
recorded In an Irish manuscript in the Bl
bllotheque Royale, at Brussels, and tells
hotv the Danes and Norwegians attacked
Chester, which was defended by the Bax
ons and some Gallic auxiliaries. The Danes
were worsted by a stratagem, but the Nor
wegians, sheltered by hurdles, tried to
pierce the walls of the town—when “what
the Saxons and the Gaeldhil, who were
among them, did was to throw down large
rocks, by which they broke down the hur
dles over their heads. What the others
did to check this was to place large posts
under the hurdles." What the Saxons did
next was to put all the beer and water of
the town Into the caldrons of the town, to
lioll them ami spill them down upon those
who were under the hurdles, so that their
skins were peeled off. The remedy which
the Loehlans applied to this was to place
hides outside on the hurdles. What the
Saxons did next was to throw down ail
the beehives In the town upon the besieg
ers, which prevented them from moving
their hands or legs, from the number of
bees which stung them. They afterward
desisted and left the oily.
ECZEMA
Most Torturing, Disfiguring
Humiliating
Of itching, burning, bleeding, scaly ski,
and scalp humors is instantly relieve.!
by a warm bath with Cuticcea Sou
a single application of Coticcra ( o i nt !
ment), the great skin cure, and a full <i
of Cuticcra Resolvent, greatest of blood
purifiers and humor aures.
(yticura
Remedies speedily, permanently, and
economically cure, when all else fails
PIMPLY FACES *
Southern Railway
THE GREAT SOUTHERN SYSTEM*
The route of the famous “VestLju’ei
Limited,” and the United States Fall Mail
Trains. 4
Schedules effective April 13, 1897.
By 90th meridian time.
Trains leave TNoTsCNo S
Via F. C. & P. | Daily | Daily
Lv Savannah 12 26pm n ,
Ar Columbia 418pm|3 55am
Lv Columbia -|- 5 23pm| 5 lfi an
Ar Charlotte S2opm| 9 30am
Ar Greensboro 10 4Spmjl2 <Cpm
Ar Danville |l2 OOn’t. 130 pm
Ar Lynchburg 1 58am' 3 3:>pm
Ar Charlottesville 3 35am| 5 45p m
Ar Washington 6 42amj9 40pm
Ar Balt,more 8 OOamjll
Ar Philadelphia 10 15am; 3 Guam
Ar New York 12 43pmj 6 23am
Lv Danville |l2 30am| i 50pm
Ar Richmond | 6 00am | 6 40pm
Lv Savannah* 1120 pm
Lv Columbia -|- 8 30ain
Ar Spartanburg u 25am
Ar Hendersonville 145 Pm
Ar Asheville 2 40pm
Ar Cincinnati 715 am
Lv Savannah |ll 20pm
Lv Columbia u (JOant
Ar Anderson 335 pm
Ar Pendleton 4 40pm
Ar Seneca 5 SOpni
Ar Walnalla | 6 45pm
At Greenville | 4 20pnj
Note—‘Central Tine.
-|-Eastern Time.
PULLMAN SERVICE.
No. 38, Pullman drawing room cars, be
tween Savannah and New York.
No. 36, Pullman vestlbuled sleepers from
Savannah to New York, Savannah to Cin.
cinnati via Asheville, Columbia to Rich
mond.
For detailed Information, reservations,
etc., apply to any agent of the Souther#
Railway or connections.
TV H. GREEN, General Superintendent
J. M. CULP, Traffic Manager.
W. A. TURK. G. P. A., Washington. D. C.
8. H. HARDWICK. A.G.P.A .Atlanta. Ga.
R. W HUNT T. P A., Augusts C,a.
FLY, RAT, ROACH
TRAPS,
Step Ladders,
Carden Tools,
Fluting Machines.
FOR SALE BY
EDWARD LOVELL'S SONS
SI MMER RESORTS AMI HOTELS.
HOTEL ALEXANDER, 1897
ALEXANDER, N C.
On the beautiful French Broad, 10 miles
from Asheville, on Southern Railroa4.
Great pains to make guests comfortable.
We will have plenty of chickens, fresh
meats as wanted, splendid butter, fresh
eggs, milk (sweet and sour), vegetables of
our own raising. Good water and home
comforts. Rates very low, say per day
80c, per week $4.50, per month $lB. Chil
dren under 12 years half rates; servants
half rates. R. B. &J. N. VANCE, Prop.
WARM SULPHUR - SPRINGS
BkTH COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
ARE NOW OPEN FOR GUESTS.
For Circulars and Information, write to
EUBANK A GLOVER. Proprietor*^
CAPON Si’R INGS AND BATHS—ON
the Great North mountain. Alkalis*
Lithia Springs, 1,000 to 1,600 guests annual
ly; elite of north and south. Largest ana
sociaiy most pleasant company at any
mountain resort In this country. For rate*,
circulars, etc., address Wm. H. Sale.
Capon Sp*‘ngs, W. Va.
NEW YdkK CITY, 247 CENTRAL
park, west, near 85th street. Hand.ora*
rooms, with board; overlooking park,
r • ir cable and elevated roads.
THE DAGGERS, OPEN JUNE IBY
For circulars, address John S. Adam.on,
Proprietor The Daggers, Botetourt Coun
ty. Virginia. _
AZALEA, GA.. BOARDERS WANTED.
For terms, etc., write to Mrs. T. F. Jone*.
SEED PEAS.
TOUGH ON FLIES.
MICA GRIT FOR CHICKEN*-
HOOF PACKING, HAY, CHAIN,
COW FEED, ETC.
T. J. DAVIS.
Grain Denier and geetlnman.
UN BAY STHKET, WEST.
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—DEALER IN—
Paint*, Oil* and Ola**, So*h. Doof*
Blind* and Builder*’ Supplies. Plain “
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and It*
mettle Cementa, Lime. Plaster and H* •
Bole agent for Aabeetlne Cold *'
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