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MiDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Clinton Lodge No. 54, F. and
A. M.
Special Notices—Hummer Soap; Propo
sals Wanted for Oats; Hay and Rran,
John E. Maguire, Kiro Chief ; Ship Notice,
Ftrachan & Cos.; House Furnishing Goods,
Etc., It. D. A- Wm. Lattimore.
Startling Bargains One Week Only—B.
11. Levy A Rro.
Cottolene—N. K. Fairbanks Company.
Fail Stock—Lindsay A- Morgan.
Pearline—Jas. Pyle, New York.
Gold Bust Washing Powder—N. K. Fair
banks Company.
Medical—Cuticura Remedies; Bradfleld’s
Female Regulator; Hood's Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisement#—Help
W inted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
"Tons of gold are coming from Alaska”
sounds like a lather far-fetched assertion,
and yet it is reported positively that a
steamer is now on the way with bet ween
three and four tons of the yellow metal.
It takes some of the shine off of it, how
ever, when it is known that Ibis amount
would buy a piece of real estate in New
York city at Rector street and Broadway,
where Trinity church stands, only 101 feet
square. It is not likely, however, that
the owners of that gold will invest it in
th" aforesaid New York real estate.
It is reported in the dispatches that
Spain would have granted autonomy to
Cuba long ago had it not been for the
“moral and material help" which the
Cubans received from the United States,
which enabled them to prolong the strug
gle and caused them to insist upon abso
lute independence. It does not seem like
ly that the Cubans will achieve more
Ilian semi-Independence at the present
lime, and it would appear from this that
they have a few congressional jingoes
to thank for not having already done so.
In view of the petitions presented by
prominent American men and women in
behalf of tiie Cuban girl Evangellna t'os
sio Cisneros, it is not believed the Span
ish government will go any further In
the prosecution of tin . use except to ex
act of her a promi.s< to leave the island
as a condition of her t* * use. To this she
will undoubtedly readily consent since she
will have little trouble in finding a home
in America. It would lie just like some
enterprising manager to offer her a posi
tion as heroine in some thrilling Cuban
drama.
Buried beneath unnecessary verbosity
In the rhape of thirteen reason#, the con
clusion 1- r, ached liy a w riter in the New
York Tines that Bccretary of State John
Piurman is a luck number. The writer
ts somewhat behind the Times, and sev
eral Other Journals for that matter. In
making the discovery, and there Is no
apparent reason why ho should call Sec
retary Sherman ill sorts of long names
in order to announce his conclusion. The
secretary’has himself promulgated sev
eral d<x menu which enforced that con
viction #omeiinn* ago.
To Alaska's other new, but to ti largo
extent crude, insiltutions there has
been added, or will In* shortly, an
express company which will transport
motley anil other valuables, as well as
tn-r< iiandk*i between coast points in
Alaska and the imrl* of Washington and
Oregon. Wiiiui tiie telegraph wit" is
st ung, if the Secretary o' Hu Tr. u-ury
buds the gold reserve running down, all
h< will have lo do Is lo Mire in Hi* Kloi .
.like: "B* u I ni" s.VU>iuni gold by ex
press," and down th* will come. There's
nouns lik*- a prompt exleiu ion of mod
ern Institution*
Hold is said to ha * e Is enmi a drag tip
In IMW 111 my. Alaska w t"is p |
ft)rowii in-ufil iiy inliur* i, k- j,k<
ur '<l but mi mi* wit) • i ii j?
b.nrt* Jiml*. L*M> )| unfit. H it*
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I.> iK'li i nyr in tin* North.
Tt would .'iji>oHr that the people living
north of the Potoma. and Ohio rivers who
have* I ren holding up their hands “in holy
horror” at the lynching** in the south are
coming to the conclusion that hanging or
shooting a rapist is not such a
v\. lo 1 th * and, after all. Such eases have
b- *n h# ard from lately in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Ohio and New York, and
they are eases of the same nature as those
found in the south.
A* out 500 farmers, most of them doubt
lc s repubii ans, living In and around
Kingston, N. Y . armed with guns, pistols
and rop* s. went out on a hurtt the other
da-,- f<*r a negro named Joseph Depew. who
committed the “usual crime,” his victims
being two white girls, daughters of far
mers, ami a third intended victim was a
whit** woman, the wife of a farmer, wno
worsted him In the struggle. One of the
little girl. . who is only <> years old, is ly
ing at the point of death. With apparent
determination to lynch the brute on sight.
11 i* partly scourtd the surrounding coun
try four hours, coming upon him linally
when he was in the hands of the sheriff,
and on his way to jail. Tin* pursuers,
who made a show at taking Depew from
the sheriff, desisted at tiie sight of the of
ficer’f* pistol. With lynching in their
he arts, they feared to face the danger of
getting hurt.
The telegraphic account of the outrage
published in the northern papers, sixaks
of ih<* negro as “a curse of civilization. '*
The real truth about the negro as a race
is that he is not civilised, but it is no
fault of his own that he is not. While
the white race was fighting its way to
civilization, the negro was still a wild man
in Africa, Thirty-two years ago he was
a slave without responsibility one day,
and thi" next he was made free through
no effort or merit of his own, and soon
thereafter invested with the responsibili
ties of American citizenship. He was freed
not because the people of the northern
states loved him, but because they wanted
through him to punish the white people
of th*- south. The white races have ar
rived it various grades of civilization
through a scries of struggles and sacri
fices. The negro did not achieve his ad
vancement, nor acquire the great right
of franchise, through his own efforts, and
therefore has not developed those virtues
which come to a people through genera
tions of pdf-sacrifice ami self-control. The
hanging of negroes of that stamp which
lyncher* usually dispose of, is doubtless
a process by which the race is being civi
lized by disposing of those of its members
who are 'curses to civilization,” and pro
viding for the “survival of the fittest.”
The well disposed classes of the negro
race thus have an opportunity to see and
avoid the dangers which beset the path
of their race, and to use their efforts to
advance their people in those virtues
which conduce to their happiness.
The lynching of negroes for “the usual
crime” is no longer sectional, hut national,
and seems to demonstrate that the union
is restored.
It is plainly noticeable that the northern
papers which cry out so against lynching*
in the south are very mild over lynching*
In their part of tiie country, and in some
instances have indorsed the acts of the
lynchers.
Mnke Sugar at Home.
Tn a letter from Narragansett Pier,
which we publish in another column this
morning, Gol. \Y. W. Gordon calls atten
tion to the fact that the farmers and 'plant
ers of South Georgia and Florida raise
sugarcane and mak- syrup; that they
have made sugar, and can do it again, in
Florida the growing of sugarcane is car
ried on quite extensively, and there is
some sugar made in that state. The pro
duction of sugar, however, is small, the
far greater portion of the cane crop be
ing made into syrup and molasses. With
the low prices of sugar which have pre
vailed for some years, the cane growers
found it more profitable to make their
cane juice into syrup and molasses, and
buy whatever sugur they needed.
Jj.itcly, however, the price of sugar has
gone steadily upward. Congress has turn
ed over tin* sugar market to the trust,
and tiie trust is proceeding to squeeze the
lKoplo for every cent they can stand.
Kvery household fo* Is the squeeze, for
sugar is on article of necessity. Is it not
possible for the people to save themselves
from tin* trust? Tiie farmers of South
Georgia and Florida, at least, have it in
their power to defy the trust. They inn
product* their own sugar. For a time they
may in* unable to produce as fine a grade
of the article as that turned out by the
(ru t. but they can make good, wholesome
sugar.
During the late war the south* rn people
made all of the sugar us, *1 by Ihe soldiers
ami their families. It was, of course, of
comparatively low grade, hut much of It
was of a light color, about the quality
known as Muscovado in the davs l>*>forp
the trust controlled the country. Having
grown its own sugar once, and under most
adverse cirvtinisl,liters, Hit south can do
It again. Asa matter of f.t* i, liter** tire
vt ry few of th, net * tries of modem life
whl it Hn Ann It cannot produce, the prin
ciple exception* being P tt ami coffe, . and
one of Hui is l*lng grown In a small
way in South Carolina. There ts scarcely
tt product In grain, fruit, ve,* tab;,*, flesh,
ll.h ami fowl, that is not within th> scope
of possibilities of the south. If out people
ire willing io use the “sugar of their
falla ls." they can . iim|> slop pay ing trltt
but, lo the protected sugar batons of the
north.
Tie Vatican his furnished a s* n sat lon,
it* fund# having been > mfit ttssled, aivurding
to r< non* to e u<l In -pick speulations,
in which re*pert u is not unlike certain
Am* It* 111 financial lu-tltution* While
th** |M>pr is not wlthtr.it m* ins, it |* un>
■lerst.HMl Hus d,* oveti of He r.i ollty
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THE MORNING NEWS; MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1897.
The Farmer** Inning*.
A gentleman who has just returned
from a business trip which extended from
Virginia to Alabama including Tennes
see and Georgia, reports a bright anti
prosperous condition of affairs. In the
sections of those states where wheat is
grown the crop, he says, Is almost double
the usual amount, and is selling right
along at the advanced market price. To
bacco, which forms an important part
of the crops of Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina, is steadily advancing
in price. In each of the states he visited
cotton is looking splendidly, there is an
active demand for the staple and it is
bringing good prices. The corn and oth
er crops in addition to this, are far above
the average, and he says the farmers are
jubilant, attributing their prosperity to
Providence, the McKinley boom or some
other factor which they seem to think
fils the case. In consequence of the bright
prospect the farmers and business men are
buying freely though still cautiously.
This gentleman’s statement of the crop
conditions tallies with the general reports
which are corning from almost every sec
tion. He predicts for Savannah, not
without reason, the largest business that
has been its share for years, and is confi
dent that the cotton receipts of the port
will pass the million mark. This means
more shipping from Savannah, and more
shipping means more business for every
body.
'lll** Klondike nml Prosper!ty.
There are reasons for believing the dis
coveries of gold in the Klondike region
will result in great good to the country,
and help l*>om along the prosperity which
everybody hopes is at hand. The amount
of gold which will be taken out of the
Alaskan river bottoms will swell our na
tional wealth and the volume of our
money by just so much, but these con
siderations form only a part or the public
benefits which will be conferred.
It seems to be a foregone conclusion
that there will be such an exodus to the
new country as probably has never been
witnessed before, notwithstanding the rig
ors of the • limate to which the fortune
seekers are going. There are now thous
ands of men and women with their faces
set towards the rich diggings, with the
certainty that the movement will be great
ly augmented next spring. The exodus
will diminish tiie over-supply of labor
seeking employment. It will take a great
amount of money to move the multitudes
from point of departure to destination, and
a great deal more to pay for outfits to be
used in the mining districts. The trans
portation companies will reap large bene
fits. and will give employment to an In
creased number of men. A great deal of
money will thus lie put into circulation
which otherwise would probably not have
been turned loose. And when the miners
begin to return from the diggings, if they
have been successful, the gold will flow
from liberal hands. Miners are prover
bially free spenders. It can be seen, there
fore, how and why the Klondike excite
ment is apt to he felt in the business of
the whole country.
•*\t lint Next f”
A wandering magician was entertaining
his audience in the loft of the Wayback
grocery store, pulling dead rabbits out of
people's pockets, cooking omelettes in
hats, extracting coins from various noses,
ears and hair. After each trick an in
tensely interested and altogether credu
lous young man from still further in the
woods would exclaim in admiring wonder.
"What next!” and the exclamation would
Ih* repeated by an intelligent if uninter
ested poll parrot, perched upon a rafier—
’’What next!” Down stairs the grocery
was In charge of a cigarette-smoking
young clerk. A customer came In to pur
chase some gunpowder, and the young
clerk though it would be useless to deprive
himself of a whiff or two
while weighing U out. The
cigarette and gunpowder came into
conjunction just about the timeAthe ma
gician upstairs was burning Hie hand
kerchief. Before the smoke from the ex
plosion had cleared away, the young man
front Buckhalter was heard to exclaim, as
usual, “What ntxi!" ami the parrot to
repeat Ills words. They thought it was all
ill the hill.
All of which goes lo show that there arc
some imople %vho do not know when an
explosion has occurred, and who arc quite
ready to accept almost anything as ls*lng
down In the bill and therefore quite a mat
ter of course. It should bo elated, pa
renthetically, that Ihe magician In Ihe
story knew that something had happened.
There have lately 1 sen s* veral explosions
under the Buckhalter swamp drainage
slight-of-hand show. The prestidigiiateur#
who have Is en extracting dead rabbit ex
cuses from unheard of places, cooking up
vindication omelettes tn borrow
ed chapeaux and making the
people’s money disappear Into
a far-away Jungle, are probably well
enough aware of the character of the ex
plosions. Hut there tire some oihers. it
appear*, who sio slill Inclined to repeat
the enthusiastic and appreciative excla
mation of the young man an*l the parrot
—"What next!"
Hiram M ixlm. the American Inventor,
lint, for (hi moment turned his attention
from lio4h dealing Instruments and is en
dravoring to turn on more light, lit* ha*
succeeded In making u new Incandescent
lamp, with < mineral Him. which glvw a
btlghter light and liurna twice as long
with me loiisumplion of much less ener
gy than the ordinary lamp Now that
the electricity bill depends on the meter.
Maxim’s lump will no doubt spring Into
immediate popularity.
Tom Wataon'a prediction that the fall
campaigns will see a;| th# silver and. mot ruts
in th** ranks of tin populist party, Is us
unique u* Ih** character that guve Iqrili
to It Item** rat* nt ,v disagree amo. g
th* mm lvcs, hut non* will accept popup. m
us a eailisllluit* fur Ills patty fulth Mr.
Watson could hardly have base*! hi* nr#,
h'-lkm on Hie action of the Maryland
demot rat#, and lit** party tn Mary .and ha*
eel a la**• wifi.'ll ulltu state organisation#
are # ai# to folio#
It* v, John K Dutton #f geattle ha#, up
Im m m#l I f|*
- t* t •'* ni# )#< iting ia iikiitj (# ifir.g
Luoityi/Üb.| fcfjvtft.
W1K604 vi,.
—l*ord Kelvin has male a thorough
< xamination of the Niagara Falls power
plant, and sp. tk- in most glowing D-rms
of the enterprise.
—Madame Eame# I? going to Bayreuth
on the invitation of Madame Wagner io
Sing to her in.pilv.ue, not to lake part In
the festival as has been stated.
—The Prussian army h is a blm-k band
master named S-i‘-a**h ai Cher, who is
conducting concerts in Dresden. His
father was an Aran in the desert.
—Gov. Pingr* e of Michigan will deliver
an address to the Dutch Inhabitants of
Holland, Mich., on the celebration of the
semi-centennial of the settlement of the
town Aug. 23.
—Mme. Leo Delibes, widow of the dis
tinguished Fri ii h composer, has found
ed an asylum nil school at Cliehy-la-
Garenne, near Paris, Intended for the chil
dren of poor f., tn ii. • s.
—Garibaldi's tomb, in the Is.and of Ca
prera, was visit. I by tlie* Prince of Na
ples recently, v. >. deposited a wreath on
it and left the , land before the inhabi
tants knew of his coming.
—Little King Alfonso has received a
new plaything from Queen Victoria, but
as he is still a small boy, it is on.y a cheap
one. It is th.* honorary grand cross of
her new Royal Victorian Order.
—Marquis de Quincy, tt French sports
man, vho has lost one leg and walks
about on crutches, has gone to West A’-
frie i to shoot big game in Hie Footuh Jain
country an I on the Upper Niger.
—Lady At ran, the wife of ihe Irish land
owner, has started a hand-knitting indus
try, which has not only given employment
to such of the tenants as needed it, but is
beginning to lit profitable financially.
—Miss Agnes Slack, secretary of tiie
World’s W. <*. T. U., who is now in this
country, said in a recent speech in Bos
ton that the women of England and
America will yet bring about the passage
of an arbitration treaty.
—Miss Lombroso, the daughter of th*.
Italian professor, has writetn a volume,
the title of which is "On the Happiness of
Women." She has ma le Hie study of a
hundred women, married and unmarried,
and comes to th.- conclusion that women
gen* rally are happier than tnen.
BRIGHT BITS.
—"My face is m.v fortune,” she said,
with enthusiasm.
“No doubt of it,” said the manager, as
lie signed a contract with tiie bearded
lady.—Harper's Bazar.
—"Of course I will lie homelier some
day, dear,” she whispered.
“Impossible.” he replied, gallantly, and
he marvels that she sent Ills presents
back.—Detroit Free Press.
—"Are you on- of tiie striking miners?”
asked the woman at the door.
“Yes, mum. I'm what dey call a pion
eer. I struck thirty years ago, and I've
never give in yet.”—Detroit-Free Press.
—As the cop on the beat placed his arm
around tho waist of the servant girl lie
looked into her face a n.isa id: "Now Brid
get, y* z kin nivyer % ihe police ain't
around whin is wanted.”—Philadelphia
North American.
—"I wish,” said the unhappy, perspiring
man, “that I could find that little boy.”
“What little boy?"
"The one who threw snowballs at me
last winter. I'd like to forgive him."—
Washington Star.
—Ups and Downs—"l fear,” said the tu
tor, “that you are not up on mathe
matics.”
"No,” candidly* confessed the scion of a
plutocratic bout *. “I am down on ’em."—
Indianapolis Journal.
—He wanted to go to Klondike.
Ilut he couldn’t get there on his hike;
Ho he vowed he’d not roam;
He'd stay right ai home
And scorch on the old yellow pike.
—St. lands Post-Dispatch.
—"Come up to my house to-morrow
night," said Henpecque. “I'm going to
celebrate my golden wedding."
“Golden wedding! Why, man, you've
only been married three years.”
“I know; hut it seems like fifty; so
everything Is all right.”—'Tid-Hits,
—Teacher—A rich man dies and leaves a
million dollars, one-fifth to his son, one
sixth to his daughter, one-seventh to his
wife, one-eighth to ids brother, arid the
rest to foreign missions; what does each
otic get?
Little Willy Briefs—A lawyer!—Puck.
Cl BHHVr I'OmiEM,
One Thing IHllg!ey Didn’t Do.
From the New York World (Dcm.).
It is not true, as some too enthusiastic
republican organs appear to think, that
Ihe failure of Russia to grow enough
wheat to si>are her usual yearly contri
bution of aliout 43.009,000 bushels to Eng
land was provided for In one of the claus
es of the Dingley tariff bill.
Beyond file Dreams of Despots.
From the Milwaukee Journal find.).
Overtaxation has lieen the bane of gov
ernments since the earliest history of the
world. It has overturned empires and
created republics. Yet an examination of
the expendlttires of the nation# shows a
wonderful Increase in modern times, it
shows that when the taxing power is In
trusted to the representatives of Ihe peo
ple themselves, they go lieyomt the ut
most dream of ancient despots.
3lt> Fight For Them Too.
From the Phils lelphla Ledger (1n.1.L
Secretary Wilson is still working on his
plan to produce a breed of horses for the
European armies When we give Europe
the horses and the grain to feed them,
provisions of all kinds for Ihe soldiers,
armor for liuttl*' ships and. possibly, in
the near future, the ships themxe|ve HS
well os guns and high explosives for the
armies, about the otdy thing left will !•
to tight their battles for th* nt. and doubt
less tliJr.- ate enterprising Americans who
would take that contract also for u suf.
Potent consideration.
’stssssh n Free Pori.
From the Augusta I'hroidrle (Dcm.)
We set* tt stated that the port of Hnvuti*
pah t* hereafter to Is it free port-Hist
vessels i otiling into her harbor will not
have to pay duties for the maintenance
of the Savannah quarantine station, fi.it
that B.i t ditth will maintain te r own
quarantine, and at the same line- extend
a Cordial wsleigpe to ships from every
qqatter Though our potation at tin head
water# f rtavlgstto tot Hu B ivanillin
rtt.r furnish. * hut dmtted ni ttltltiu*
lien she *<- thttih t is a. tea, of th* e|ty
of aeij.lt Is wis* in* re should In*
as l*w hhxdrak* • * tv Had# as v.
Waiting For tl,** Murder.
Two flashy colored boys, of the “coon”
persuasion, stood in the hot sun in front
of tiie railway eating house and looked at
each other with their eyes rolled sidewise,
says the Haberdasher. “Look hyah, you
piece o’ dahk meat, I got some bone
namiled trouble in my pocket waitin' faw
you if you evah come connin’ round that
baby tryin’ to undamine me!”
“Slow up, boy! You's on a slippery road,
an' if you don’t drive eaihfu! you going
to fall right in dat ditch, fus thing you
knows.”
"Don’t get me stahted, coon! Don't
'rouse me! I wouldn't like to do it, but I
could jus' lay hold of yo' dahk body and
cut it up into rubbafi balls. I ain’t used
dat razu'n faw whole week now an’ it's
get tin' uneasy. 1 can feel it movin’ in my
pocket an' sayln’ Mistah, let me get out
an' do something.’ ”
“Look heah, you bettah sing dat razah
to sleep, ’kase you evah reuch faw ft you
jes' see whole atmospheah full o’ niggah
wool, striped shirt an’ blue cloze. Yes sell,
got a piece o' shiny had-waih in my pock
et, an’ it sings sweet an’ low .and ev'ry
time it speaks to you it bans you a pound
o' lead. Look out faw me, boy!”
"Hush, coon, I really Jove trouble.”
“Don't staht nothin' ’less you want to
lose mony faw yo’ folks. Costs money to
plant a coon, yes seh. You don't get dem
sivah-handled boxes faw nothin', no seh.
Got any o’ dem papah cigars, Henry?"
Henry reached for his package of ciga
rettes and the traveler, who had been
waiting to see murder done, gave an ex
clamation of disgust and walked into the
railway station.
Too Much Work.
In London an owner of trolley cabs is
named Thomas Allwork, says an ex
change. His lazy employes found this
name, which they saw in so many places
about the bain and on the cabs, peculiar
ly offensive, and they erased the name
from many of the vehicles. In conse
quence the unfortunate owner was sum
moned before the city magistrate for
sending out trolleys into the streets with
out having his name distinctly painted on
them. Asked for his excuse he replied
that he provided a properly addressed
plaque for each vehicle, but the men
scratched the name off. “You see, sir,”
he continued, “mine is a peculiar name,
and the men in the yard can't stand it.
They won't have it. They are always
scratching it off.” “Why should they do
that?” asked Alderman Treloar. “Well,
you see, sir.” was the reply, “it’s not
only work, but Allwork. They don't like
work, let alone Allwork, and they won't
have It.” The court laughed heartily at
tiiis naive explanation and let the unfort*
unute employer of labor qff with a fine of
1 shilling.
One Large anil One Respectable.
Frank Sanborn recalls the following
amusing anecdote in his Boston letter to
the Springfield Republican:
Hannibal Hamlin in his own Maine
town, half a century ago. was a gold dem
ocrat. and his party was at almost as low
an ebb as the Maine democracy now is.
tie ealled a caucus to choose delegates to
the Maine conventions, state, county and
congressional. Two persons came, Hanni
bal himself and John Smith. They elected
a full list of delegates. But when it came
to their credentials a difficulty arose.
Hamlin was chairman of the caucus, and
Smith secretary; but how was the gath
ering to he described? Hamlin said; “Mr.
Smith, write: ’At a .arge and respectable
caucus of the democrats of H„ so-and-so
were chosen delegates to the state con
vention,’ and then put the names.”
“But, 'Squire Hamlin, can we call this
caucus large and respectable, only you and
me?”
“Why not, Mr. Smith? Y’ou are large
and I am respectable; what's the diffi
culty?” And the credentials were so
made Out.
The Superstition* Crack Walkers.
The peculiar manner in which a well
dressed gentleman walked down Chestnut
street a few evenings ago attracted atten
tion. says the Philadelphia Press. Seme
of his steps w re of ordinary length, while
others were very short, and others still
very .ong. A stalwart policeman explain
ed the peculiarity. “That man.” said he,
"is a crack-stepper—that is, he is super
stitious, and is trying to avoid stepping
on a crack between the flagstones forming
the sidewalk. There are dozens of per
sons who believe that to step on a crack
is a sign that they will meet with bad luck.
They soon got into the habit ot' regulating
their steps so as to avoid the cracks, and
they are unconscious of the peculiarity of
their movements. I know one man who
walks on the asphalt near the curb to
avoid the necessity of skipping along like
a boy trying to play hopsco.ch. The day
he w as told of the superstition he lost $lO,-
COO in a speculation. Next day he walked
on the asphalt and got it all back."
Tt niiNcentlrnt Dental Quack.
Before the days of chloroform there
was a <iu.ick in San Francisco who ad
vertised tooth drawing without pain, says
the Chicago Tribune. The patient was
placed in a chair and a wrench given,
when he roared violently.
“I thought you said there was no pain.”
“So there is not by my process. That
is Cartwright’s way. That's the way he
does it. Its very different from mine."
Another tug and a still more violent howl.
“That's the way Dumerge pulls teeth,”
said the unabashed practitioner. “You
don't like It. no doubt. Who would?" An
other twist was given and the patient, as
a rule, howled worse than ever. “That,"
the dentist says, "is Parkinson's mode."
By this time the tooth was nearly out. “I
will now display my own method," where
upon he triumphantly withdrew the tooth
and held it up for inspection. “You ob
serve that by my truly scientific process
there Is really no pain whatever."
llilNl of tils Idle l.ost.
Ex-Senator Hibson of Maryland is from
Ihe "eastern sho'," the garden spot of
larth. meordtng to the belief of some,
but unhappily the belief is not shared
by all who live or have lived there, an
the following story, which Senator Hibson
smilingly listened to the other evening, is
good evidence, says the I’lttshurg Dis
patch.
An old man was sworn In court as a
wit ties*. “How old are you?” asked the
conns. I.
“Fifteen, sir.” responded the witness.
"Fifteen?" queried the counsel. Incred
ulously. “1 protest, your honor; this wit
nos- must he simple; he looks an."
“How old are you. sir?" asked the Judge,
sternly.
"1 in tkV yer honor." answered the man.
humbly, "hut I never counts the 50 years
I lived ov r on the eastern sho'l”
t oslils't Fool Him.
An old fsrmer was In a merchant's of
tie. and ask'd If he could supply some
fr. sh butter says an exchange. The mer
chant told him lltat he would Inquire if
hi- wife need) I my. Hi he stepped to
the telephone, called her up and talked
a few si.onds through the Irlephonr
Then, turning to the countryman, who wa*
standing with his hands In his |s bets,
lut r). stretched and his face very red
ic told him th.n his Wifi. Slid she would
tun i<ed guy buttir. lus indignant • <>,in
■ nm.il) blurted out “Isoofc hen- nnsier,
f you did 111 waul any butter why didn't
M'j say so’ I iitf* sa*di a foot aa to
thti.b that you u got your wife shut up
e mat bile lies’ And la s.m, listing
Ilia noi - baht apt" lileis.
I'l'fiH’ Ob- IVI( sl .
-The Uassamaquoddyl In dtans are
leaving for the sumim r V lg where
they make large money s* ', . |
kets. chairs, etc. their Das
—The great bridge to lie % t Mon
treal. 7.W0 feet long, will t, \, gtr uctcd
by American contractors nn.IV ■ n
iron. It will have twenty-thtW" 1 ‘ .
242 feet each, and one of 336. Ve will
be two railroad tracks, two tr .
and two footpaths. The bridged''
completed within a year. V u
—A saddleless bicycle has been *., e(1
fiy a Chicopee Fails man, which ii.
pelled by the operator in a standX
stead of a sitting posture, says the
delphia Record. It is claimed as a F
advantage that all, instead of only a \
of a rider's weight can by this devic®
utilized in propelling thq wheel.
frame of the wheel is 27 inches long a
about 12 Inches high. The front wheel!
11 and the rear wheel 16 inches in dlatl
cter. The pedals take in the heel as w<%
as the ball of the foot, and are equipped
with short cranks. Ordinary handlebar*
are used. A chatnless gear wll be adopt-!
ed, although the model has a chain. Thcl
machine will weigh about twelve pounds,
and the most interesting thing about ii,
perhaps, is the fact that the inventor,
who is an experienced bicycle mechanic,
is confident that it can he built of high
grade materials and placed in the pur
chaser's hand for $35.
—lt used to be believed that the tsetse
fly disease, that plague of African travel,
was due to a poison natural to the tsetse
fly, as the acrid secretions of ants or
hornets are natural to those insects, says
the Saturday Review. A group of English
bacteriologists has been investigating the
disease, and it is now known that the
tsetse fly is the mere bearer of the dis
ease. The fly itself is the prey of a mi
nute animal organism, and when it sucks
the blood of an ox some of these parasites
enter the wound and multiply incredibly
in the blood vessels. Specimens of the
blood of affected animals have shown un
der high magnification, and the tiny, eel
like parasites, not larger than blood cor
puscles, are seen in countless numbers.
Under another microscope a drop of fresh
blood was shown with the parasites actu
ally alive anti wriggling in disgusting ac
tivity. For comparison there were shown,
alive and dead, similar parasites found
infesting the blood of sewer rats in this
country. Unfortunately, these parasites
appear not to affect the health of the
rats.
—An American, specialist, Dr. U. A.
Wood, declares that the weafing of veils
produces weak eyesight, headaches, anil
sometimes vertigo and nausea, and that
the mischief is duo not only to the eye
strain consequent upon the effort to see
through or around an obstruction, but that
the irregular figuring on the veil itself
constitutes a torment and source of mis
chief to the wearer, says the Boston Trans
cript. Having made a number of exper.-
ments wi,th different patterns of veils, Dr.
Wood sums ut> the results at which he
has arrived as follows: “Every kind of
veil obstructs the sight more or less, and
the most objectionable kind is the dotted
veil, the influence for evil-being more
marked in some patterns than in others.
In plain veils vision is interfered with in
direct proportion to the number of meshes
to the square inch. The conclusion of the
whole matter is that the least objectiona
ble veil is that without dots, sprays, or
other figures, but with large, regular
meshes made with single, compact
threads.”
—On board the Neptune liner Delano,
Capt. James, which arrived yesterday
from Rotterdam, is a clear case of petti
coat government. When the Delano left
Rotterdam :i pair of pigeons were occupy
ing a loft on the vessel, says the Baltimore
Sun. On the voyage across the Atlantic
two eggs appeared in the nest, over which
there was a real pigeon chuckle that drew
the attention of the crew, and investiga
tion proved that a family was expected.
Great care was taken by the sailors in
wild weather to see that the mother and
her eggs were not rolled out or washed by
the seas. Then the sailors discovered that
there was more petticoat government visi
ble in the treatment of the male by the
female than was recognized in the ethics
of the married men who were on board. As
an instance. It was seen that after the
mother had taken a "dog watch.” keeping
the eggs warm she would catch her better
half by the collar and drag him into * lie
nest and make him take her place on the
eggs. No sailor would stand such treat
ment as that without complaining to the
British consul or the board of trade. The
male pigeon performed his duties without
a murmur and the eggs in the nest promise
to yield a sea crop of pigeons. Yesterday
morning the female dragged the male into
the nest again and made him take his place
on the eggs. Then she stood outside the
nest and spruced her plumage, which she
had disregarded at sea. Then, looking sev
eral times into the home and seeing that
everything was all right, she raised her
wings and flew away. At sea time she had
not returned, and Capt. James in bother
ing his head as to what he will do with
the orphans if the father follows the moth
er.
—When the Central Bondon railway a
few weeks ago gave its order for oar. lo
comotive and electrical equipment to
American manufacturers there was a con
siderable undercurrent of ill-feeling no
ticeable in the comments of the English
daily press, which look the stand that
these orders ought to have gone to Eng
lish firms, says the Electrical Engineer.
It Is a satisfaction to note, however, that
no such grumbling was manifested on the
part of the English technical electrical
press. The reason* which dictated the
giving of the order to America are well
put in a recent Interview with the secre
tary of the Central London railway, pub
lished In the Railway News of London.
That gentleman states that his company
was Influenced by the advice of the best
electrical experts, who stated that th>
‘more ext. nslve use of electric traction in
the T'nlte.l States had brought the man
ufa ture of plant and material to a high
er pilch of perfection and to a much
lower cost than had been reached in
England. Our tools and manufacturing
machinery were much In advance of
theirs, us was to he expected when the
small amount of electrical traction con
struction In England Is considered: and
as It was the .leslrn to equip the line in
the very latest and best manner, no re
course was left but to go to America for
tha material. Tills tells the storv in a
nutshell. American electric railway ap
paratus goes to England for the same
reason that smaller American machine
tools find a profit.thle market there it
represents, as to the latter, a product ne.
collar to American skill and experience,
and as long as we keep in the van with
th.se manufactures we w,|| probably
find a market for our goods. It must be
apparent, however, that as time pue-.s
the English manufacturers will gain that
experience which is now our particularly
valuable stock In trade and that |>. ,
not always hope to ms-ure such sweeping
orders ss that for the Central London
rsdw ty •spnpment. Bid by keeping i„
advance we may still hope to Mavi< off
that day for stone time to come, ir Eng
land dies not go sit, natively into He. irt.
radio a.bug her market for such elect rl
< al aplwratua Will be ours rthould „>,•
develop a large el ettl. railway industry,
ah. ts ill . efialidy manuf iigyre hers, if tin-
Supplies necessary The tasseut sit is
tlon reflects (Ml her S OWIlt Ss In Mali |.|
the change from ft.tis.st and ateum, and
nut on the sonny of tier sl irteatl lie
gtfivers slid insuv.ru. tut>is.
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\UGUST
AND
SEPTEMBER
V!eet This Week,
MWo Continue the Same Pin
i ftrnniine of Week.
Sift DA RD GOODS,
QUITE UP TO THE MARK
1,1 lery Way, at Price* So \Uiuu
-I*l v Cheap an to Make Tin m
j)arflgai<iA. You Won't lie
to Duplicate Those Friec*.
AllL t o 1 Are Atlvauelun, and the
Tin* to Huy In
-*—tuiL.. i aa'iiijllE£S N O W,
A BIG HINGIN HOSE.
Ladie: Richelieu Ribbed Black l*i?a
Ho?ie, w te heel and toe. at SOc the pair;
forint r r ce 37’dc.
Ladies' Richelieu Ribbed Black Ii l*
Hose, V heel and loe. at Dc; former
price u'\and KOe a pair.
Ladiel p >i; „ k TJ.Ge Hose reduced front
line and y* the pair io 2oc.
DadiesVssorted Colored Tfisle Ho c re
duced frdh ari d 40c the pair Cos
Ladies* Black Cotton Hose fornvr-
Iy sold at \c'ihe pa r, now 17<\
Ladies* Fyt Cotton Hose, black boot,
colored top, n-merly 25e the pair, ; -w
SMALLER'HiNGS IN HOSE.
For Misses A 1 Boys we keep the tin* at
j line of Hosieran the city at 23c the p er.
WHAT'S TH' MATTER
WITH THIS?
If you notice te are not making trala
lively by offering of antique, not want-d
articles. Our bakatns ar. the thi: al
ways wanted in (very household. Every
day use makes thqi necessary, and at t a
prices this week *ur pocketbook w 1; la
assisted and the dollar have an extra
value.
HANDKERCHIEF.
For children at aiy price from 2c to '3
each. Special inc|cements in I* * li*
Handkerchiefs at pives ranging from
each to fiOc.
Gentlemen’s Handkerchiefs in like man*
ner at similar reductpns.
GIVE THE BABYA CHANCE.
A full line Baby Cate Just rcce.ved, con
sequently fresh and ceun; prices rar.snS
from 15c each to $2.50 tnd $3.
LAST CALL OF THE SEASON.
The season’s late am the Valane. ■' out
stock of Shirt Waists mist go. About '*
cents on the dollar cf cost is w at <
have priced th.’m for his wo k. 1 1
need Shirt Waists here s the place to get
them.
SUNDRIES WAY DOWN.
Tar Soap 18c, C'uti.un 17- .'asian-d
Boquet 23c, Copco sc, Sheffield's Tool!
Powder ISe, Murray A- Linmnn 1 ''.or t
Water 58c,Best Florida Water M
son's V\ est India Bay Rum -2e, M
son's Double Distilled Pint Bottles ■'
Daniel Hop
The corner Broughton and Bar . ■!
SCHOOLS AM) COLLEbI *.
ASHEVILLE COLLEGE
FOR CIRLS AND YOUNC WO WEN.
College and Preparatory of high <-r kr J y*
tivt* Seminary Courses. Prcparat> ry .* * •
Wellesley and Smith on certificate I • V.
tng and grounds. Best sanitary appoint-!.- : '
perb climate. Great health renort 01 ,, ' T ”‘ • •
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HEUFOHD t 0., V Iltt.lM '■
A thoroughly equipped : ho ,i. < :T v‘ *
In Its appointments, of high vi 1 _
Boys and Young Mon. For catalogue ®
Information apply to a
W. R. ABBOT, Principal, Bello *J*
Notre Manic of Maryland.
College for Young Women and 1 • P jr *|
tory School for Hirls. Regular at *
lve Courses. Extensive ground
iinsurpttss. and. Suburb of Hal' itt;'.-"-'.
cious buildings, completely >qi- ~
Charles street avenue, Baltin
Shenandoah Valley Academy, ♦
Best equipped senool In VlrginD V
Individual attention. For > t' •’ . ,
dress J. B. LOVETT. M. A, tt m-
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HARDWARE.
Tinware.
Naval Stores
Supplies.
Iron--Steel.
Wapon Material.
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