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THIS ISSUE
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IM)LX TO m ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Armour Lodge, No. 1884, G. U.
O. of O. F.
Special Notices—Fire and Tornado In
surance Placed in the Continental Insur
ance Company of New York, A. C. Har
mon, Agent; Grand Sacred Concert at Ho
tel Tybee; Desirable Dwelling For Sale or
For Rent, Chatham Real Estate and Im
provement Company; You May Think, T.
A. Bryson, Columbian Agent; In Stoek
and Arriving Dally, Bananas, Lemons,
Etc., Geo. A. Hudson; A Card of Thanks
<o John Rourke & Son; Insure Your Dwel
ling and Household Furniture With Sa
vannah Insurance Agency, Jno. T. Row
land, Manager; June Blotters, Robinson
Printing House; $4 Shoes for $2.87 at
Qkarma's; Soda Water at Conlda’s;
Shirts to Order, Meyere & Franck; Mock
ing Bird Cages, Etc., at Gardner's; Who Is
the Champion? R. D. & Wm. Lattimore;
Special Notice as to Those Who Desire to
Celebrate H. B. M. Queen Victoria; South
ern Grocery Company; The Turkish and
Russian Baths For Sale, P. H. Klernan.
Of Interest to Mothers—Metropolitan
Clothing Company.
The Zimmerman Bicycles Now Only SBS
—The Zimmerman Cyclo Company.
Economical Economy—Ludden & Bates.
A Sweet Sunday by The Sea—At the
South End Hotel.
Our Ladles' Skirts—Falk Clothing Com
pany.
Picnic —Basket Picnic to Warsaw Island
by the Independent and Parish Societies
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, June 22;
Annual Picnic Mistletoe Camp No. 4,
Woodman of the World, at Warsaw Is
land, June 24.
Buggies, Etc.—Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Company.
Bargains Extraordinary For Tills Week
—W. E. Wimpy.
A Midsummer Bargain—At West’s China
Palace.
Particular People Are The Ones We Like
to Sell Shoes To—At Byck's.
Great Reductions This Week—Walsh A
Meyer.
“Goods Well Bought Are Half 8old."
Leopold Adler.
The Famous Plew Bicycle Saddle—Man
ufacturers and Merchants' Warehouse,
Chicago.
This Week’s Feature—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Better Be Cool Than Hot—B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Fast and Furious Sale—At Eckstein's.
Seasonable Goods at Cut Prices—At Gut
man’s.
Economical Buyers—Daniel Hogan.
With 100 Degrees of Heat—Mutual Gas
Light Company.
Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Medical—Wine of Cardul; Munyon's
Cough Cure; Lydia Plnkham's Vegetable
Compound; World's Dispensary Prepara
tions; Cutlcura Remedies; 8. B. 8.; Wom
an's Friend; Johann floff'a Genuine Malt
Extract; Hobbs Sparagus Liver ITUs.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
It Is now suggested that the Hawaiian
annexation question has been pushed for
ward as an antidote for Cuban jingoism
In the House and Senate. It Is a serious
question, however, as to whether fhe an
tidote ia not decidedly worse than the
disease.
The wages of the miners employed at
the Munown mine In Pennsylvania, which
la operated by the Mark Hanna Interests
have been reduced. This Is, no doubt, one
of ihe evidences of the tidal wave of pros
perity, that the protective tariff adminis
tration has seen rolling over the country.
Oen. Nelson A. Miles, who has arrived
In London to join the American offlclul
coterie, saya he has had a good lime In
Europe. His advent to the British capi
tal with his aide, completes Unde Sam's
gr<at official representation. With Am
bassador Hay Hnd secretary, Hpeclul Atn
assador Whltelaw Reid and three secre
taries, Ambassador Foster and secretary,
Gen. Miles and aide, Admlrsl Ml.ler and.
of course, Cousin Osborne, It it not likely
that there will lie any difficulty In getting
President McKinley's letter of congratula
tion to the queen In safety, Should there
1- any danger at all, the cruiser Brook
lyn will be on hand to afford full protec
tion to that valuable document.
The qiieen'ii Jubilee.
During the current week the civilized
| world will present its compliments and
! admiring respects to the Queen of Eng
, land, who has now reigned longer than
any of her predecessors. Her great eapi
j tal will be threnged with representatives
from every nation and clime, together
with millions of her own subjects, gath
ered to do her honor. The climax of the
celebration will be reached on day after
to-morrow, when the great parade will be
held. It will be the most imposing pageant
of modern times; not In gaudy show, al
though it will be brilliant, but as Indicat
ing the far-reaching Influences and the
mighty power of the monarch of Great
Britain.
The story of the queen’s reign Is full of
great achievements, not through the
means of war, and Are and blood, but In
the peaceful advancement of liberty, Jus
tice and knowledge. There have been wars
fought by England since she ascended the
throne, but they have been of small mo
ment compared with the victories of peace
that have been achieved during her sov
ereignty. Her reign will remain forever
notable for the rapid strides made in the
mechanical arts, the sciences, In letters,
and generally In the betterment of the
condition of the human family. During
Victoria's reign the civilized world has
been brought almost within elbow-touch;
Washington and London are only a few
minutes apart when It Is desired te ex
change messages. During her reign the
ocean has been virtually bridged; New
York and Liverpool are less than a week
apart. The great achievements of the pe
riod, however, are by far “too numerous
to mention." They are so well known that
It Is unnecessary to mention them. They
are not, of course, all to be credited to the
English people, or even to the English
speaking peoples; but the majority of
them are the products of the brains and
energies of her majesty‘s subjects and
their cousins on this side of the ocean, and
British history will record them as having
been accomplished during the Victorian
period.
Our country extends its compliments and
congratulations to the queen. She has had
a most successful reign, and her name will
go down to posterity as that of a just and
liberal sovereign.
It Is, however. In her private charac
ter—as a woman, wife and mother—that
the queen will receive the most sincere
homage. The "fierce light that beats upon
a throne” has always shown Victoria a
woman to be taken as a model by her sub
jects. Although a queen and an empress,
there was no more dutiful wife and tenaer
mother in the kingdom. Notwithstanding
her husband was her subject, she looked
up to and leaned upon him, as her hus
band. In her home life she loved to be
regarded as a womanly woman rather
than the ruler of a nation.
Colored Factory Operatives.
X cotton mill In Charleston is trying the
experiment of operating Its machinery
with colored help. It is understood that
the owners of the mill could not obtain a
sufficient number of reliable white opera
tives at prices they could afford to pay,
and for that reason they were compelled to
shut the mill down for a while. Later
it was reopened with colored operatives,
who are now employed. Mill owners of
other sections of the country are watching
with interest the experiment of employing
colored operatives. Should this class of
labor be found efficient, a revolution might
bo worked ir. the textile Industrial world
of the south. It Is said the prosperity—
almost the life—of the Charleston mill de
pends upon the success of the colored
labor.
While this may be true, the future of
cotton mills In the south does not depend
upon the sucoess of the mill In Charles
ton. There are thousands upon thousands
more spindles In Columbia and Augusta
than In Charleston, and we have not heard
of any scarcity of reliable white labor In
those cities. Nor is there reported to be
a shortage of white labor at Grantteville,
an old and prosperous mill town In South
Carolina near Augusta. The difficulty
with regard to white labor tn Charleston
would seem to be local. It does not apply
to other southern mill communities. If
we are correctly informed, the Charleston
mill is supplied with old-fashioned ma
chinery, and the owners have not made
arrangements to secure to operatives
cheap rents and other advantages, such
as are provided at other factories. It
costs the white operatives as much as or
mere than can be made In the mill to live
In the city. The black operatives, on the
other hand, are able to live upon what
would not suffice for the needs of white
people.
It is a matter of serious doubt whether It
would be a good thing for the south If It
were demonstrated that blacjc operatives
can be taught to handle cotton mil’ ma
chinery as well as whites. non
mills are almost Invariably pie ited
in tho towns. The towns have
now as n. h blsrk population as
they want. What is needed Is more while
population. It may be true that the white
population that is assembled by a factory
Is not of the very highest class; but it
Is vastly superior to the black popu
lation that would be assembled by the
same agency. Wo arc not averse to the
blacks making all of the progress they
can; at the same time, we do not wish
them to fill places which could better he
tilled by white people. We do not
desire to see the white labor of the south
brought down to the level of the black,
even in cotton factories. With the numer
ous advantages which southern factories
enjoy, it seems that they ought to he able
to pay living wages to white operatives.
Added to the executive and judicial an
nouncements of an era of prosperity, we
have now what Senator Vest calls on ec.
cleslastlcal announcement of It, from Rev.
Hugh Johnston of Washington, acting
chaplain of the Senate, who, in the
rourse of his prayer a few days ago,
thanked God for the "glorious era of pros
perity which Is sweeping over the coun
try." Of course a prayer should ho a sol
emu thing, but under the circumstances
democratic and republican senators were
visibly ain used at the preacher's extra
ordinary "previousness." Senator Veet
very appropriately denominated It a (am
ple of the faith that can remove moun
tains. Hut as yet the motion of the pros,
perity mountain toward Mahomet is some
what visionary.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1897.
A B|,|ritnal State In Zion.
The plans of the Zionist Hebrews to set
! up a spiritual state in the Holy Land,
j "which will abolish war and establish uni
j versal brotherhood." have assumed the
| Importance of ona of the leading religious
movements of the day, if indeed, they may
J not be considered the most Important and
far reaching. As with all such plans,
there are two sides to the question, and
two factions involved, taking opposite
views; which fact may throw almost in
surmountable obstacles In the way of their
successful accomplishment.
Rabbi H. Pereira Mendes of New York,
In a recent interview presents the ideas
of the majority of the Zionist Hebrews.
‘T am a Zionist." he says, "because I am
a Hebrew. Zionism has, in the main,
three objects. Firs,, to foster Hebrew lit
erature; second, to rescue our unfortu
nate brethren from countries where they
are denied equal rights, and third, to fos
ter Hebraic nationality.” Of the first he
asserts that Hebrew is not a dead lan
guage. Of the second, it is the object of
the Zionists to encourage the emigration
to Palestine from Russia, Roumania, Tur
key, Morocco and other countries, of the
Hebrews who are kept in poverty by ad
verse legislation or oppressed by the na
tive peoples. The colonies already formed
In Palestine have been very successful,
and the Hebrews, who take naturally to
agriculture, are already shipping many of
their products even to America. As to
Hebrew nationality, the Scriptures, he
says, speak of the establishment of a He
brew state, through the instrumentality
and co-operation of the Gentile nations.
The erection of a spiritual state does
not mean at all the removal of the Hebrew
people to Palestine; they will remalrf citi
zens of the lands of their adoption. Nor
will they owe political duty of any kind
to the Hebrew state in'Palestine. It will
demand none, for the reason that It will
be spiritual, and in no sense political or
with political aspirations. This It seems
is Just where the conflict arises. It has
been almost clearly demonstrated that Dr.
Herzl, Max Nordau and other leading
, supporters of Zionism, who do not always
enjoy the society to which their talents
entitle them, have In mind the establish
ment of a political state which shall draw
Its citizens from the Jews of the world.
Some of the difficulties of this plan are
obvious, such as the objection on the one
hand to leaving comfortable and satisfac
tory surroundings, and on the other, the
fact that the majority of the citizens of
the new state would be orthodox Jews
from European countries who would nat
urally desire to return to the ancient
power of the priests, the rabbinical laws
and the code of Moses, to which such non
conformists as Herzl and Nordau would,
no doubt, most seriously object. Happi
ness in Zion under such circumstances
would be confined to the majority. Dr.
Mendes best expresses the’plans of the
spiritualistic Zionists when he says: “Let
it be noted that these nationalist aspira
tions are not for the benefit of the He
brews alone. We believe In the establish
ment of a Hebrew state only as a means
to bring humanity nearer to happiness.
First, by making Jerusalem a centef for
the sjiiritualization of human life; sec
ond, by the establishment there of a court
of arbitration which will render conscrip
tion, armaments, army and navy taxa
tion. and war alike unnecessary, and
thirdly, the promotion of the Idea of hu
man brotherhood by Its standing boldly
for the fatherhood (for have we not all
one Father?) of the last of our prophets."
The subject will precipitate an interna
tionally interesting discussion at the Zion
ist conference in Munich next August.
The Supply of Preachers.
There has been some discussion In the
newspapers and other periodicals of late
as to the "state of the ministerial mar
ket;” whether it is overcrowded or not.
Some time ago a Chicago pulpit became
vacant, and there were said to have been
something like 1,000 applications for the
place. It was held that this incident
showed the extent *o which the profession
was crowded; that there were a r reat
many more preachers than there were
pulpits to be filled. With a view to ascer
taining the correctness of this Idea, and
getting authentic opinions upon the mat
ter, a Chicago newspaper addressed in
quiries to the presiding officers of a num
ber of divinity schools. In their answers
there is a practical unanimity of belief
that there is an over-supply of "second
and third-rate preachers,” hut that the
supply of "first-rate” preachers Is still less
than the demand.
Asa matter of fact, it would seem that
we have late had here an Illustration of
'e difficulty of filling pulpits with “first
rate" preachers. I will be recalled that
when vacancies occurred in several Ba
vannnh pulpits, it took time, and consid
erable Inquiry, to find the proper ministers
to fill them. There wis no scarcity of
available material, but it was not pre
cisely the material that was wanted. There
were candidates enough, and to spare; but
the number which cam' 1 up to require
ments In all particulars was not excessive.
The men for the places, however, were
found after careful inquiry. “There is dif
ficulty." writes Dr. Everett of Harvard to
the Chicago paper, “to fill the more Im
portant pulpits." There Is room at the
top. as the old adage has it; but It re
quires eminent qualifications to be able
to climb to th top.
Dr. little of the Methodist College, at
Evanston, lnd.. says the difficulty is thgt
“there are hundreds of incompetent cler
gymen who arfc unable to obtain pulp.ts."
He thinks there Is too much of a tendency
"to encourage every pious youth to enter
the ministry," and in his Judgment “half
of the students In our colleges and semi
naries should be sent away." That Is,
many of those who are taking lessons for
the pulpit should be following the plow
or working in the office. Dr. Hastings of
the Union Theological Seminary of New
York, says the overplus of ministers Is to
be found In the cities and larger towns,
and Hint there Is a plenty of room for
them In the state* and territories of the
west.
Murdering PUe county sheriffs will
hardly be a popular occupation for some
time to come. Tom Deik's execution waa
a severe lesson, but it was one that waa
needed. A proper regard for the law is a
lesson that cannot tie joo forcibly incul
cated. *
"<a
PERSONAL.
—J. R. Brown of Williamsport, Pa.,
mistook a sheet of fly paper for a porous
plaster in the dark, and put in on his
chest. The acid on the paper ate through
the flesh to the ribs in several places, and
the man's life is in danger.
—G. T. Parvin of Burton, Kan., has been
taken to the insane asylum. Mr. Parvin
declares that he has been dead for tw r o
weeks, and says ,t is a shame that the au
thorities should allow a festering corpse
to lie around unburied.
—Mrs. Lewis, who discovered manu
scripts of the gospels in a Syriac convent
on Mount Sinai, has been exploring the
convent again, in company with her sis
ter. Mrs. Gibson, and has examined two
Palestinian Syriac service books of the
twelfth century, written in tho dialect
supposed to have been spoken by Christ.
Their text will soon be published.
—T. J. Lipton. the big tea planter and
merchant of London, has Just come for
ward with a magnificent donation of $126,-
000 to the fund for the Prince of Wales'
dinner to London's poor on the day of the
queen’s jubilee. Mr. Lipton's tremendous
gift practically guarantees the success of
the prince's plan, and has swelled the
total of slso,ooo,originally estimated as suf
ficient to carry out the enterprise in all
its details. The story of the proposed din
ner is quite simple. An idea, in a general
way, had been conceived that some mag
nificent display, away out of the ordinary,
be made in the queen's honor at the com
ing Jubilee, Suggestions, however, were
not forthcoming, when the Prince of Wales
mentioned the propriety of raising a large
sum of money by public subscription and
treating the poorest of London's poor to
a square meal on Jubilee day. The sug
gestion Was so very novel and genuinely
kind that the public took it up, and $26,000
was in the hands of the lord mayor in a
fortnight. It was estimated that $150,000
would be ample to feed the poor of the city
at the present excessively cheap prices of
everything. The fund was growing rapid
ly when Mr. Lipton stepped forward, and,
with one stroke of his pen, completed it.
Mr. Lipton desired that his name be not
made public, bui. as the gift was attribut
ed to others, the lord mayor thought It
best to set all doubts at rest by publicly
announcing the real benefactor. There is
no doubt that other large sums will be
donated, and ti e scope of the plan will
necessarily Increase with the size of the
fund. London has a population of 6,000,000,
a large percentage of which is poor.
BRIGHT BITS.
—“What does Mary want this hundred
for?" *
“For a graduation frock."
"What Is the subject of her essay?”
" ‘Economy in Dress.’ "—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
—lntimate Friend: Do you think you
can go to heaven feeling as you do to
ward Mrs. Biggsley?
Mr. Chuckley: Certainly. I don’t ex
pect ever to have to meet her there.—Chi
cago Tribune.
—Class Prejudice—" Well, there is one
thing to be proud of; we have no class
prejudices in this country."
“I guess you were never around when
three or foul* sophomores got hold of a
freshman.”—lndianapolis Journal.
—"How fashions do change!” exclaimed
Mrs. Snaggß.
“That Is very true," asserted Mr.
Snaggs. "Woman used to wear dresses,
then they began to wear gowns, and now
they wear frocks.”—Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
t*
—“So he Is to marry Miss Croesus?"
"Yes.”
“She’s not very beautiful. I wonder how
he ever happened to look In her direc
tion.” *
"Why, you see, he's an enthusiast in his
line.” ..
"And what’s his line?”
"He's a stamp collector.”—Chicago Post.
—Employment Office Woman: Did that
girl I sent to you this morning call,
**ni ; • i
ma am?
Mrs. Dawson: Yes. But I couldn’t en
gage her.
E. O. W.: Why? She struck me as being
Just the very girl you’d want—seemed to
be a first-class cook.
Mrs. Dawson: Tes, I know*. She was all
right; but our house Is so small that we
haven't room for anyone with a piano In
addition to her bicycle.—Boston Traveler.
—A Merited Rebuke—“And you are the
man who w*as saying that a woman knows
nothing of economy!" exclaimed the busi
ness man's wife as she surveyed the
scene of the burglary.
“Why, this loss is one that I couldn’t
have foreseen. I locked everything up
with scrupulous care."
“Of course you did. Nobody but a man
would have thought of compelling burg
lars to ruin a $250 safe In order to get sll
In money and a bundle of promissory
notes."—Washington Star.
Ct HHKVr fOWMKVT,
■Senator Tillman Correct.
From the New York Journal (Dem.).
Senator Tillman is quite correct when
he declares in effect that the people are
not bubbling over with that courtesy
which Inspires United States senators to
overlook and condone the weaknesses of
each other.
Hawaii's Principal Product.
From the New York World (Dem.).
The Hawaiian Islands are noted for theb
climate, their extinct volcanoes and the
laxit' of native morals. But they are
most famous for their lepers. On Molokai
alone there are more lepers than there are
males of American birth or ancestry in
the whole group.
Time to Hralgn.
From the Springfield Republican (lnd.).
One of the news agencies yesterday
spread a rumor that the Secretary of
State wi liortly to resign. We should
suppose h, would resign. Ordinary self
respect and regard for hi 1 - ■ tvn solemnly
proclaimed convictions cor..; 1 this p.
He cannot r> mnin longer whore he Is
without drawing upon himself the suspi
cion of having fallen upon that time of
life wherein the feeb>ness of years be
come* the sport oi t lie influences which
surround the lnd vld 1.
Tlir Hew Minister to Spain.
From the New York Evening Post (lnd.).
The selection >f Stewart L. Woodford
for the Spanish mission is most unfortu
nate. He has no fitness whatever for
the place, being totally ignorant of the
language of the country, and having
had no experience which will qualify
him for the duties of the position. In the
present delicate condition of our relations
with Spain, we need at Mudrld a nun of
the very best qualifications. Oen. Wood
ford Is a windy politician, who has won
the favor of Platt by his meek acquies
cence In all the lattir's political schemes
and doings. In fact, he owes his appo nt
ment to Platt, who has been pressing him
upon the President for one place or an
other steadily since election last year
Diplomacy.
Julian la only 14 months old and a fine
child, though I say It myself. I had him
on my knee in the parlor of our flat when
a knock came at the door. I opened it,
whereupon a decidedly elderly gentleman
pushed his way in. says the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
"What a fine boy!" exclaimed the stran
ger, looking in admiration at Julian. “I
can tell it's a boy. He's so sturdy."
I had been inclined to resist his uncere
monious pushing of himself in, but he
took such a p.easure in Julian, and Julian
was so delighted by the attention, that X
hadn't the heart to say anything.
"Six teeth, eh?” continued the paternal
and kindly old gentleman. "Two years
old, I judge, sir?"
“No, sir,” I replied. "It is true he looks
fully 3 years old, but he is only 11
months."
“Impossible!” was the reply, in a tone
of wonder.
Julian meanwhile was crowing and
laughing at the stranger and held out his
arms. It suddenly dawned on me that
I had not asked my visitor his business,
but by this time he had Julian in his lap.
"The child actually weighed all of twen
ty-five pounds!" he declared. "By the
way, I came to see you about the gas bill.
Actually twenty-live pounds! Only 14
months old! Ha! ha! little boy.”
I had been angry for a week about the
gas bill. The company had taken away
my meter on account of non-payment of
a most outrageous charge, and for some
time I had been using candles. My Inten
tion was to sue the company.
"Hear him laugh!" cried the venerable
old gentleman, who was now dandling
Julian on his knee. "Fourteen months old
and weighs twenty-five pounds! Well,
well!”
Julian was in ecstaeies.
“Well, now,” said I, “I don't think I
ought to pay "
But he was so wrapped up in Julian
that he really did not hear me. He
brought forth an old wallet and drew my
gas bill from it.
"Here, little boy,” he cried, “is some
thing for you to play with. I really be
lieve he'll have another tooth through in
a week. There isn’t another baby in
Brooklyn to equal him.”
Julian was waving that gas bill in his
little fist, and the two made the sweetest
picture together—the old gentleman and
the child. I had a $lO bill that I was
hoarding to buy anew coat and vest with,
and I brought it out with a sigh. The
old gentleman accepted it casually.
“Well, well,” he said, ”1 must be go
ing. Twenty-five pounds! Fourteen
months old!”
As he walked downstairs he looked back
two or three times to wave his hand and
cry “By-bye” at Julian. He was certainly
a superior and well educated old gentle
man and I have no doubt he was reduced
to the .necessity of taking up his present
occupation by reverses of fortune, but I
wish I had thought of asking him to have
my gas meter brought back.
Summer Symphonies.
The spring inspired poet has a perfect
right to sing
Of the blossoms and the flowers and the
beauties of the spring;
But I want no spring-time fancies, give
me summer-time for mine.
For there’s nothing beats the watermelon
smiling on the vine.
...
The stamp fiend and the kodak fiend are
fiends we should avoid.
And the fiend who smokes the cigarette is
pure and unalloyed;
But the prince of fiends and the one
whose neck we think should surely
stretch,
Is the fiend who tells us ali about the
fish he didn’t catch.
* * .
There’s lots of truth In fiction and there’s
poerty In prose.
And we often misjudge people by the
fashion of their clothes,
But we never get so far beyond the ken
of moral truth.
As to think the dazzling summer girl’s a
perfect bloom of youth.
• • *
She was a dream, the girl I met upon the
glistening strand;
She told me that I’d won herself, her for
tune and her hand.
I—well, I was enraptured, quite estatic in
my Joy,
And she— well, she was but a girl, and I
was but a boy.
Five years have past. Again we stand upon
the self-same shore.
We laugh and talk with pleasure of the
the happy days of yore.
Again she tells me that to her I’m every
thing on earth,
We’ra t > rried—and, alas! she’s pulled my
leg mr all I'm worth.
L Porcher Hext.
How lee Came to a Louisiana Planter
“Talk about hailstorms,” said Col. Mar
tin of Lafourche, “the worst hailstorm I
ever saw occurred in my parish several
weeks ago, and without exaggeration, the
hails*ones were the largest on record, at
least in the annals of Lafourche parish,
says the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
“A peculiar feature of the storm was the
fact that upon the Arcadia plantation of
Mr. l’rice the stones were as large as hen’s
eggs, completely stripping the cane and
other growing stuff, breaking the slates
upon the sheds and sugarhouse, and caus
ing severe injuries to a number of the
negroes who were in the field. The dropping
of the hall sounded like the bombardment
of a battery of artillery, and when the
storm ceased it was found that nearly
eighteen Inches of hail had fa.len in a par
ticular spot upon the plantation. This was
ascertained by a measurement of the de
posit in several cane carts which were in
the storm. In order to preserve as many
of the enormous stones as pussib'e Col.
Will Price had the hands shovel several
ton* into his cold storage room, and they
are still there, although more or less froz
en into an almost indistinguishable mass
of ice. These statements will he vouched
for by any person upon the plantation.”
The Other Man llldn’t Survive.
The grenadiers of the famous “Old
Guard” will never be forgotten in France
as long as the memory of brave men shall
live In the national heart, says the Youth's
Companion. But some of them, at least,
were as bright us thev were brave, as the
following trustworthy anecdote bears wit
ness:
One fine morning, after peace had been
conclude’ between France and Hussla
ihe two emperors, Napoleon and Alexan
der. were taking a short walk, arm In
arm, around the palace park at Erfurt.
As they approached the sentinel, who
stood at the foot of the grand atalrcaae,
the man, who waa a grenadier of the
guard, presented arms. The Emperor of
France turned, and pointing with pride
to a great car that divided the grena
dier's face, said:
“What do you think, nty brother, of sol
diers who can survive sueh wounds as
that?”
“And you.” answered Alexander, “what
do you think of soldiers who can Inflict
them ?”
Without stirring an Inch from his poal
tlon, or chunglng the expression of his
face In the least, the stern old grenadier
himself replied gravely:
“The man who did It Is dead.”
—“Back up your Judgment, If you think
that’s the horee that will win out," leer
ingly remarked the dirty, greasy specta
tor at the races, “Monfy talks, and I'm
mighty nigh made of money to-day.”
• you do a*m to be ratner a filthy look
er," assented the other man, looking him
over.—Chi.ago Tribuna,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—During the American revolution an
EngiUh magazine published an estimate
of the future population of the North
American colonies. Placing the popula
tion then at 2,000,000 and assuming that it
would double itself every twenty-five years,
the writer estimated that in the year 1890
the number wpuld have increased to 64,-
000,COO. This may be taken as a most re
markable prophecy, inasmuch as the cen
sus of 1890 fixes the total population at 62.-
622,250.
—James Blair, a farmer living at College
Corner, 0., Is owner of a dun mare aged
23 years, which a few days ago foaled a
fine, well-developed colt having five legs.
The extra appendage is an outgrowth
from the pastern joint on the right front
leg. The foot proper is turned half
around, and possesses but little strength.
When the colt moves around it goes with
a kind of a hop-step-and-Jump gait. Mr.
Blair will endeavor to raise the little
questrian curiosity.
—George Herold, the ortgnial boy tramp,
left St. Louis nine years and eight months
ago on a wager of $5,000 that he could walk
65,000 miles in ten years and earn $5,000
on his travels. He has two months left
to complete his journqy and has earned
$4,693. He has credentials from nearly all
the cities he has visited and carries vouch
ers for ail the money he has earned. Dur
ing his travels he has visited forty-four
states and one territory. On the comple
tion of his journey he will engage in busi
ness in St. Louis with the money he has
saved.
—“Few people have any Idea of the
number of desertions from warships when
they enter port,” remarked a well known
naval officer, who is stationed In this city,
says the Philadelphia Record. “Some
times as high as twenty or thirty men
take French leave, and despite the offer
of S2O reward for the arrest of each man,
they are seldom apprehended. There does
not exist dissatisfaction on board any of
the ships, and the fault lies in the fact
that men of foreign birth, without recom
mendation, have been allowed to enter the
navy. When these men receive a month's
pay, they are granted shore leave, and
are not seen again. This is only the lower
class, as some of the best officers and
bluejackets In Uncle Sam's navy are for
eigners.”
—State Irrigation Commissioner Cock
rane has just returned from Edmunds
county, Dakota, where he has
been directing measures to de
stroy grasshoppers, which have
alarmed settlers there and in Brown coun
ty. says a dispatch to the New York Post.
Prof. Saunders of the state agricultural
college is on the ground superintending the
work. Fourteen hopper dosers are in use.
Crude petroleum is shipped in by the rail
ways free and used in the work. One can
gather about a bushel of hoppers in twen
ty minutes. They move across the road
like a big gray blanket, and have already
done much damage. The commissioners
will offer a bounty of 50 cents a bushel
for the hoppers. Prof. Saunders declares
that if the hoppers'are permitted to reach
the period of wings they will deposit mil
lions of eggs for next year’s crop. The
county has set men at work burning off
stubble and grass on unused fields.
—The following results of analyses of
whiskies of varying ages are interesting
In illustrating to some extent the influ
ences of "keeping” upon the composition
of spirits, says the Lancet. Whisky six
years old gave the following results; Al
cohol by weight, 42.05 per cent.; by vol
ume, 49.55 per cent.; equal to proof spirit,
86.84 per cent.; acidity reckoned as acetic
acid, 0.036 per cent.; extractives, 0.65 per
cent.; mineral matters, nil. Whisky, ten
years old: Alcohol by weight, 42.05 per
cent.: by volume, 49.56 per cent.; equal to
proof spirit, 86.84 per cent; acidity. 0.036 per
cent.; extractives, 0.685 per cent.; mineral
matter, nil. Whisky, fifteen years old. Al
cohol by weight, 39.80 per cent.; by rol
ume, 47.13 per cent.; equal to proof spirit,
82.59 per cent.; acidity, 0.036 per cent.; ex
tractlves, 0.815 per cent.; mineral mat
ter, nil. It will be seen from these
results that with Increasing age, as might
be anticipated, the amount of extractives
increases. This is, of course, derived from
storage in sherry casks which contain
more or less resinous matter. There Is
practically no difference in the alcoholic
strength between the 6-year and 10-year
old samples, but In the 15-year-old sam
ple the spiritous strength Is decidedly
lower, owing, doubtless, to the evapora
tion of spirit during storage In wood. To
the taste all were satisfactorily mellow,
the oldest sample being particularly mild
and soft.
—The London Times describes an inter
esting piece of rapid structural engineer
ing work which was accomplished recently
on the Great Eastern railway system. The
railway bridge over the Kiver Ouse, on
the London and Norwich Main Line, near
Ely, was completely removed, and anew
wrought-iron bridge of one span, of some
100 tons dead weight and 130 feet long.erect
ed in its place. The night was extrtmely
dark and the work was rendered some
what difficult by the prevailing high wind
and heavy gusts of rain. About 1:30 a. m.
operations were begun by removing the
rails and upper cross timbers. Half an
hour later the first of the iron girders,
which number twenty in all and weigh
about si\ ons each, was lifted out by
powerful c.;eam cranes and shunted on to
trucks. The work was completed by 7:30
a. in. Preparations were then made for
placing the new bridge, which had been
previously erected on staging alongside
the old bridge, into position. This w-as
effected by slowly hauling the entire
structure by means of powerful winches
fixed on both river banks. The bridge it
self rested on trolleys running on rails
laid along the abutments. The next bus
iness was to relieve the trolleys of their
3fW tor.3 of dead weight and to lower the
bridge by powerful hydraulic Jacks on to
its permanent supports. This done, rails
were laid, the permanent way was made
good, and the main line connections com
pletely restored, with a delay to only one
train of the ordinary Sunday service,
—lt It remarkable that the toad, loving
water as it docs, shou.d wander away from
watery regions to dry ground, where It can
never see a drop of water except at rain
lime, and leave Its water rights to the
undisputed possession of its raual neigh
bor the frog, says Meehan's Monthly. How
the toad loves water must be known to
every garden lover. \ i.enever there Is
a shower, the creature leaves Its cool re
treat under the piazza or shed, and stands
a* far as his fore.egs will let him, erect In
the rain, apparently enjoying to the ut
most the shower bath, our remarkable
observant correspondent, Mrs. Wilhelm I o
Sollger of Hartford Conn., placed shai
low pans of water In her garden during a
rain storm last summer. and soon a who),
bevy of toads were disporting themieive
In the water as If they were human be
Inga In the surf at A luntic City. Whenevei
“a" ! w * ler a * time,
they deposit long slimy strings of egg*.
and the young toad has to go ' rough th.
c °mmon with his broth..,
hv u., K „ *e h<> " tf l* V “ rc whO "V excluded
bj distance from the water, they seem tc
have tho power of being vlvtuaroun or
bringing forth their young alive. In'th.
water, fertilization is effected In the same
* a 3 n * r . •" ln "•“*. but the method In Z
hT? 'V* reer . n<>t know n. About all
that Is known Is that confined toads ar.
found with little toads, no larger
rn° seall efßn* a 0 U 1 thrm ,fUr a '‘me. an'.
In walled garden*, and places far removal
from water, Ittt.e toads, no Wr thsn
l*s, wandering around on their own re
tadpoles *are w?thi* COUM r b.veV.,
“POma, are within common experience.
Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red. rou -h
oily, mothy skin, itching, scaly scalp, dre
thin, and falling hair, and baby blemisht i
prevented by Cuticuia Soap, the mosi
effective skin purifying and beautifying
soap in the world, as well as purest and
sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery.
Qticura
Soap i> told thronthmit the world. Pott** n™
Ann Chkm. l our., Snle Prop*,, Botton, U. 8. A
" Uow to Preterit Face lluraora," mailed free.
EVERY HUMOR
ECONOMICAL
BUYERS
Are Interested In these Juno
This week the attractions ~
great, the price* remarkably
small.
Cheapness alone is not the kind
of bargain we offer—Desirabili
ty, seasonableness and worth
combined with cheapness make
our offerings this week the
ho o wtheyTook bl9 POBBible ‘
LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS.
Always popular, always correct Thro
are as comfortable as they are 'nr. 7
In this climate nothing can ever tak< t'7
place of a dainty shirt waist. 119
Notice the quality of our shirt wni
c.snpare the skillful cut and superior
finish with those offered elsewhere for
more money. r
cJf^SS 0 ? 1 ? assortment of Ladies’ Lawn
Shirt aists at 49c. 1
An attractive display of Ladles’ Lawn
Shirt Waist, detachable collars, at V
An elegant Waiat at $1; reduced from
Dainty Dimity Waists, as rich as you
would havij them, at sl, $1.25 and $1 30
LADIES' WRAPPERS.
Lawn Wrappers at 49c to $1.50.
Boys’ Percale Waists at 15c, 25c and 49c
LADIES' UNDERWEAR.
Just sort of sales for these hot
days. Big value in every garment. The
cut, make afid finish is exceptionally
good.
Ladies’ Gowns, trimmed with embroid
ery, 49c to $1.50.
Ladles’ Gowns, brimmed in lace, at $230.
$3 50 d!e3 ' Gowns ’ Empire style, $3 and
Plain Underskirts, with ruffles, at 50a
and 75c.
Underskirts, embroidered ruffle, at 69c
75c and sl.
Underskirts, Spanish ruffle, at $1.26 t a
$3.50.
Ladies’ Chemise, trimmed with em
broidery. at 26c.
We also have a full line of Children's
Underwear.
SILKS. *
THe newest creations In Wash Silks,
plaids and stripes, reduced from 69c to 49c.
A FASHIONABLE BARGAIN.
40 pieces g enuine Figured French Or
gandies reduced from 35c, 40c and 45c to
25 e.
Plain and Figured Summer Worsted
Mourning Goods from 25c to $1.50.
HERE ARE INTERESTING ITEMS.
60 pieces 36-inch Summer Figured Per
cales reduced from 10c and to 6V 4 c.
25 pieces Plain White Striped Organdies,
worth 25c and 30c, at 15c.
Dan!sl Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
FLY, RAT, ROACH
TRAPS.
Step Ladders,
Carden Tools,
Fluting Machines.
FOR SALE BY
EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS
COW PEAS.
CLAY and WHITE PEAS.
HAY, GRAIN, FEED and FLOUR.
MAGIC FOOD—The best condition fooi
known.
VEGETABLES. FRUITS and PRODUCE.
21a AND 215 WEST BAY.
W. D. SBIYIKIIMS.
- Fniltih I>lMnonl Braii*
Pennyroyal pills
" and Only 1
A/Trt'V ••ft.aiV I'
A.fl LJU for Chinketirr'i Pn*jUik lHarrtmul bra ■. if£yS
Krd and O ld mwiAlllo boiw, 1 *<i vV/
X —T>||Wb tie ribbon Take no nth*r.
rufesMlufion* and
/ ** n. n uiflsu. r ,1 4*.10 stamp*
Jr “"“Wlals and for LMllMt" •" '• tl ‘ *
D r4orM*IL lOdHHlTßrtlinor. .1.
A _/K .IMaletterCfc—ln I OtwMyfflwN - KJ
Id b; lU I/ii I’r ufgl.U |*ll 11. 41* •■ *
•old by L. N. liruotwlf, Whole**]* Drvtflst. Nit urle*A
JAMES P. SUTLER.
Ho®, Hp s QrriaM Pitt
Graining, Kalsominintf,
Paper Hinging and Flctun Moulding.
Those H, ffo- *> W. Congress.
FLIiIiIBIMG, STEAM AND 6AS FlfTl-**
niy competent Workmen si
Flturii.
L. A. iWbuoARTHY.
All work (loot uuuto my supet . *lo&
A full supply of Globas, ChsnJsUsrn
fleam and Gas Fittings of all the lat*"
atrlsa. at 41 DHAYTON BTBKI f__
OLD NEWSPAPERS. 300 tor S cent*. *•
Business Office Morning News,