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IMO TO m ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Ancient Landmark Lodge No.
231, F. & A. M.
Special Notices—Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Ship Notice,
Straohar & Cos.; The Old Reliable Stove
Headquarters, R. I). & Wm. Lattlmore;
The Mehrtens-Steeg Concert Postponed.
Amusements—Lewis Morrison In
•’Faust,” at the Theater To-night.
Business Notices —Old Fashioned Rye
Whisky—H. Solomon & Son.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Boys’ and Children's Overcoats—B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Aucton Sale—Carpets. Furniture, Etc.,
fcy C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
The Last Day of Special No. 6—Metro
politan Clothing Company.
1 Want Your Trade—Lindsay & Morgan.
We Never Sleep—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Pearline—James Pyle, New York.
Medical—Dr. Charcot’s Kola Nervine
Tablets; Hood’s Pills; Cuticura Remedies;
Scott’s Emulsion; Terraline; Duffy’s Pure
Malt Whisky; Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets.
' Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Broughton street sidewalk, between
Whitaker and Barnard, cries brokenly to
the city council for relief.
It is intimated in a Washington dispatch
to a Chicago newspaper that the Presi
dent. in his message, will note the fact
that it may be found necessary to provide
Additional sources of revenue, and that
lie will advise that a tax of $1 per hariel
be imposed on beer. Such a tax was fa
vored by the democrats months and
months ago.
‘lt is about time for some sensational
story, embodying references to a dark plot
on the part of England, Germany or Ja
pan, to come from Honolulu. Cong Tess
■will convene next week, and the annexa
tionists will not live up to their reputa
tions if they fail to "throw a scare into”
the congressmen at an opportune moment
for. the furtherance of their plans.
,”No American citizen is now confined in
prison in the island of Cuba,” says a Ha
vana cable. Spain is preparing for the
sitting of congress. During the last ses
sion of that body there was one prolonged
howl about the indignities and cruelties
suffered by American citzens in Cuban
prisons at the hands of the Spaniards. The
Spaniards have been busy spiking jingo
l)jow-guns for the last few weeks.
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The Chinese residents of Chicago have
formed a society for the purpose of ap
pealing to congress to grant them citi
zenship. But they will not get it. It is
not only possible, but probable, that a
lot of semi-savages In the Hawaiian Isl
ands will come in for citizenship before
long, but the Chicago Chinese will not
be made citizens. They could not bring
In any sugar plantations with them.
The effort to cheapen the Georgia roll
road commission is meeting with opposi
tion on the part of the state press. It is
pointed out that the commissioners now
receive really less compensation than men
competent to discharge the duties of the
commissionerships are paid for their ser
vices in the commercial world. While it
Is true that there are a number’ of men
Who would be glad to get the places, even
If they paid only SSOO a year, cheap men are
not wanted in such responsible positions.
While the matter is under discussion it
may be pertinent to ask, has the commis
sion been worth to the state what it has
cost? If it is worth keeping up, it should
he in the hands of the most competent
tnen?
The telegraphic dispatches brought on
the same day the news that a scheme was
efoot to build a gold statue of President
McKinley, and that Mr. Amos F. Eno of
New Y'ork had made arrangements to pay
*500,000 of old debts from which he had
years ago been legally released. The Col
umbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun suggests that
the gold statue should not be- of President
McKinley, but of Mr. Eno. The Idea is a
good one. If President McKinley repre
sents any one thing more than another, it
is a system of unjust and unequal taxation,
which amounts to a legalized robbery of
|he many for the benefit of the few. On
the other hand Mr. Eno’s name now stands
for that golden principle, honesty, upon
which all business and the country’s pros
perity must rest.
A Shiplinilder’s View of It.
Mr. Charles H. Cramp, the Philadelphia
ship builder, must be suffering from an at
tack of jaundice, he sees things which
aff- ct his business so differently from what
the average observer sees them. For in
stance, in a letter to the New York Jour
nal of Commerce a day or two ago he
said:
‘Why is it that the free-ship doctrin
aire's first principle is a fierce hatred of
the American shipbuilder, and why is it
that he can never discuss any question af
fecting the merchant marine wiihout sav
age denunciation of every one who wants
to build ships in this country, coupled with
fulsome adulation of every one who hullds
ships ,n England?”
Asa matter of fact there Is nobody In
this country who hates the American ship
builder, and no American covers with ful
some adulation those who have ships built
in England, or who build ships in Eng
land. The truth is this: Americans who
think there ought to be free trade in ships
believe that if they were permitted to
buy ships in the cheapest market the vast
ocean commerce of this country would
soon lie carried by ships owned by Amer
icans and flying the American flag. In
that case millions of doliars, which now
go to foreign ship owners, would be kept
in this country, and would help to enrich
our own people.
And if there were free trade in ships
our ship own* rs would not have to go
abroad to buy ships. The ships would be
built here. The materials are cheaper here
than elsewhere in the world, and there are
no better workmen than American work
men. They get a little better w'ages than
foreign workmen, but they do more in a
day than workmen In a foreign ship yard
—hence, the cost of work in Mr. Cramp's
shipyard is about what the same amounl
of work costs in a British shipyard.
Mr. Cramp can build ships for Japan
as cheaply as thev can be built in Eng
land or elsewhere in Europe, hut he de
clines to build ships for Americans as
cheaply as Americans can buy them
abroad. As long as the ship building In
terest is a protected interest Americans
will not be able to buy home built ships
as cheaply as they can get ships built
abroad. Mr. Cramp wants too big a prof
it. He is like the manufacturers of plows
and other agricultural interests. An
American plow can be bought for less mon
ey in South America than it can be bought
for by farmers within a mile of the place
in which it is made.
It requires no more skill to build a ship
than it does to build a locomotive. Loco
motives are not protected, and yet this
country manufactures them for nearly the
whole civilized world. Let shipbuilding be
made free and we should not only own
the ships which carry our commerce, but
we should build ships for the people
of other countries. Free trade in ship
building means the building up of an im
mense industry In this country, and the
keeping at home of many millions of dol
lars annually now paid to foreign ship own
ers. Protection in shipbuilding means that
Mr. Cramp and a few other shipbuilders
shall continue to enjoy large profits while
the interests of the country are neglected.
Fruit anl Vegetable Parking.
In a pamphlet just issued on "Marketing
Farm Produce,” the agricultural depart
ment at Washington urges upon all grow
ers of fruits and vegetables the necessity
of taking especial care with regard to the
manner in which their products are pack
ed for market. Success in growing fine
vegetables and fruits lacks a great deal of
constituting all that is necessary to suc
cessful fruit and truck farming. The most
luscious products will not bring the best
possible prices unless they are presented
to the prospective purchasers in the most
attractive form. The people who pay the
best prices for the finest products of the
farms are those who must be tempted to
buy. The packages which attract and
tempt them must necessarily be neat,
clean and of convenient size. Above all
there must be cleanliness. Inferior arti
cles put up in nice packages frequently
command better prices than really good
articles carelessly packed. The peach and
grape growers of Georgia have pretty well
learned this lesson, and they now send to
market better packages than ever before.
'Still, it is possible that there is room
for Improvement. There should be un
ceasing care to see that Georgia fruits go
to market in the best packages that can
be procured. If this is done, Georgia
fruits will always remain the standard of
excellence, by which to measure the mer
its ot the products of other sections of
the country.
The arguments which apply to care in
packing fruits, apply with equal force to
packing vegetables. It should be always
borne in mind that the articles are to be
eaten, and that people who are able to
pay for whatever they may desire will
not eat damaged products. Decay is the
great enemy to be guarded against. ‘‘Heat
and moisture," says the department’s
pamphlet, ‘‘are the greatest promoters of
decay. Whenever possible, permit your
fruits and vegetables to cool from the heat
of the day before packing. Make sure they
are perfectly dry, and pack tightly, tak
ing care to bruise nothing. Bruising lib
erates moisture, which in turn produces
decay. Either too tight or too loose pack
ing results in bruising. In packing fruit
particularly, let the degree of ripeness In
each package be uniform. When hard,
unripe fruit is put in a package with ten
der, ripe fruit, the latter will be bruised,
and all will decay.” In storing the pack
ages for transportation, care should be
taken to see that room is left between the
packages for the free circulation of air.
Many fruit and truck raisers watch the
“fashions” of the markets which they ca
ter to as closely as the manufacturers of
fabrics watch the "fashions" in dress.
There arc said to be “fashions” in pack
ages of strawl>erries, peaches, grains,
plums and the like, just as there are in
bonnets and gownj. Many of the best
purchasers are whimsical. It pays to hu.
mor their whims. Every producer can
not follow the “fashions,” of course, but
every one can see that his packages are
clean, neat and of uniform size and shape.
Reduced to its lowest terms, the plan of
autonomy which Spain offers to Cuba
means. You may do precisely as you please,
I( iust so It pleuses mu,
THE MOKNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1897.
The Modern "Pence Makers."
Modem progress in the building of great
guns, and great ships to carry them, is
having effect In keeping peace between
what we call the civilized countries. The
old-fashioned modes of fighting, in which
the percentage of fatalities is comparative
ly light, are confined chiefly now to India
and Africa and some few of the samlier
countries which have not attained to the
dignity of "powers.” In so far as the
great governments of the world are con
cerned, It is pretty well known that an
armed conflict with the modem engines of
war which they have would mean almost
the annihilation of probably both of the
actively contending forces. It ia certain
that a war between any of the great pow
ers would be attended with the most
frightful carnage the world has ever seen.
The first exhiblton of the fighting quali
ties of the monstrous floating forts of the
period was seen in the short, but terrible,
war between Japan and China, nations
which we are pleased to regard as semi
barbaric. That contest, bo disastrous to
the prestige of teeming China, satisfied
the more progressive nations that steel
protected warships and heavy rifled can
non were implements which might change
the future of a nation in one battle, by de
stroying the less formidable fleet sent out
to represent and defend its country. The
nation which now goes to war with anoth
er must be possessed of a fleet of steel
ships and an armament of heavy guns at
least as great as that of its competitor, or
it will quickly be crushed. And not only
this, but it must have its ports, harbors
and coasts protected with fortifications
mounting guns of sufficient power to beat
off an attack by the steel monsters of the
enemy. Without such defenses, before the
news of the breaking out of hostilities
could more than be circulated, vast sec
tions of territory, and numbers of great
and rich cities, could be laid under tribute
or in ashes by the ships of the enemy.
In Europe the possibility of any such oc
currence has been largely discounted. Great
fortifications guard every city and port.
In this country conditions are different.
We have depended upon our good nature
and our inherent but undeveloped strength
to keep us out of trouble. In consequence,
while some of our newspapers and some of
our ’’statesmen" are crying out for war,
our coasts are open to attack from any
power with which we might engage in hos
tilities. Should war come, it would not be
of th- sort that we fought in revolution
ary times, or in 1812. It would be a war
of devastation, and the ruination would
come quickly. artillery, small arms
and foot soldiers would not prevail against
cur enemy.
While there is considerable talk of war
in one quarter and another, it is pretty
well assured that the authorities know
what a calamity a declaration of war
would be, and hence they are not going to
permit any such thing, until there shall
be developed much greater cause than has
yet been the case. The big guns and the
big ships will keep the peace for yet a
while. When each of the great powers
feels itself sufficiently protected at home,
and to be possessed of a sufficient navy to
whip almost anything it might meet, then
we may have more wars; but that time is
not yet.
Better Than Cotton.
There is very little, if any, profit in cot
ton at the price at which it is now sell
ing. The cause of the low price is the
large crop—or the belief that the crop Is
a very large one. As long as the south
produces more cotton than the world
wants at a good price, so long will the
price of cotton remain below the profit
line.
Many reasons are offered for the low
price of cotton, but there is only one good
reason, and that is overproduction. The
sooner the farmers of the south admit
that this is the true reason, and give
more attention to grain, stock and fruits,
the better it will he for them. The cul
tivation of wheat in the middle and north,
ern part of tihs state is much more profit
able than the cultivation of cotton. Wheat
is worth now about $1 per bushel, and in
many counties the wheat crop this y;ar
was an excellent one. Stock and fruit
would pay much better than cotton, take
ono year with another. Georgia does not
produce enough meat and bread to feed
her people. She produced only about
2,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, and
a very large part of the meat, both salt
and fresh, which she consumes comes
from the west. She ought to feed her own
people, and would do so if her farmers
properly diversified their crops.
The impression that cotton is the only
crop for which there is a market is a
mistaken one. There are other things
which pay better than cotton at 5 or 6
cents a pound. When the cotton farm
ers meet in Atlanta in December let them
consult with each other relative to grow
ing other crops than cotton. They must
see the folly of giving the whole of their
time and energies to cotton. Notwithstand
ing the fact that they have good crops
of cotton this year, many of them will
not be able to pay the debts they have
contracted since the season for planting
the present crop began. Paying high
prices for bread and meat and selling
their cotton at the prevailing low price
will sqpn make them poor, but if they
chould produce their own supplies they
could grow cotton at 5 cents a pound and
make a better profit out of It.
The President’s message.it is understood,
will be based largely upon reciprocity and
the currency. Reciprocity, it will be re
membered, was once opposed by Maj. Mc-
Kinley. It was necessary for Secretary
Blaine to smash a silk hat on the com
mittee room table, when McKinley was
chairman of ways and means, before that
gentleman would consent to put reciproc
ity into the famous and iniquitous Mc-
Kinley tariff bill.
The matter of annexation to the United
States Is not to be submitted to the na
tives of Hawaii, for the reason, according
to the annexationists, that the natives
are not competent to express an opinion
upon the matter; they lack the capacity
for saying what is best for themselves.
Nevertheless, the annexationists think
they are good enough to be taken into
the citizenship of this country.
It would be well for the northern papers
to note that the owners and operators of
the John's Island, S. C.. phosphate mines,
where It Is alleged white laborers from
ITTiadelphla were badly tr, ited, are Bos
ton. Mass., men. It is possible that these
owners who employ Italian padrones to
boss American workingmen, and who
p.aced armed guards over their miners,
are prominent republicans, who how r i over
the condition of the negroes, and contri
bute money to foreign missions and re
publican campaign funds. Feeding white
American workingmen on sardines and
crackers and paying them sixty cents a
day would be considered by these Bos
tonians a ’’southern outrage” if they
themselves were not the authors of it; hut
since it is their affair they probably hold
that they are doing a gr. it service to the
working classes and to the south by “pro
viding employment.” The outrages on the
negro miners of Nai ;?-u. the attempt to
employ Chinese to take the places of na
tive miners in Pennsylvania, and the act
ual replacement of Americans with Huns
and Slavs in various sections, are oil
works of the republi an- and the “holier
than thou” element of the north.
South Carolina stands in the front rank
as a farming slate. Several years ago
that state won a corn-producing contest
with an output of 103 bushels to the acre;
and now we hear of a very notable
achievement in cotton farming in South
Carolina. Mr. E. D. Thompson of Point,
York county, has this year harvested four
bales of cotton from on< acre. Mr. Thomp
son employed what Is called the "intensive
system” of farming, concentrating fertil
ization and cultivation upon a compara
tively small area, w;th Results which he
has found not only gratifying in yield,
but quite profitable.
PERSOYAI*
—One republican member of the Massa
chusetts House of Representatives, he of
the fourth Berkshire district, gyas elect
ed by one majority at the late election.
—They are saying down in Maine that
Col. William A. Roberts of Biddeford,
York county, would like to have the dem
ocratic nomination for congress in the
First district next year against Speaker
and homas B. Reed, not in a lively hope of
success, but in view of possible contin
gencies in democratic national successes
In the future.
—Danton is to have a street nqmed after
him in Paris, in a spot replete with bloody
memories. The thoroughfare begins close
to the place where the leonine triumvir
first set up as a barrister, and in a
neighboring house his colleague, Marat,
perished by Charlotte t 'orday's dagger. A
little farther on is the home of Dr. Guillo
tin, and not a hundred yards beyond this
is the spot where the worthy doctor's in
vention was tested on Danton's stout neck.
—On the occasion when Mr. Gladstone
was beginnig to give up the lead in the
house of commons to Sir William Har
court. it was noticed by the members that
he left Ihe house at ihe dinner hour, arid
Sir William Hareourt led for the rest of
the sitting. Mr. Darling, recently appoint
ed justice, one evening drove Sir William
to fury, on failinsr to elicit a definite an
swer to an inquiry, by casually observing
in the course of his speech; "I have no
ticed that lately th<- party opposite, adopt,
mg an ancient precedent, have set up a
greater light to rule the day, aiw a lesser
light to rule the night."
BRIGHT HITS.
—Tom—“Why do you always call your
mother ’the mater?”
Dick—“ Any woman who could succeed in
marrying off my four sisters deserves the
title.”—Tit Bits.
—Mistress—“Bridget, are there any let
ters for me this morning?”
Bridget—" Only two postal cards, but
there's nothing of importance in them."—
Fliegende Blatter.
—How It May Be—" People are not alike,
and what suits one may not please an
other.” "I guess that's right. What Is one
man’s bicycle is another man's jugger
naut.”—Puck.
—Good Friend—“l have reason to suspect
that your husband is flirting with other
women. You ought to follow him wherever
he goes.” “Great heavens! My husband is
a postman.”—Fliegende Blatter.
—Sue Brette—”l never saw such a cold
audience In my life.”
Foote Light—" Didn’t they warm up a
bit?” “Well, when they spoke of bringing
out the author. I believe some of the au
dience got hot.”—Yonkers Statesman.
—"She has a great deal of curiosity,” re
marked Willie Wishington. “Yes,” replied
Miss Cayenne; “it Is something extraordi
nary. She even opens some of the fancy
covered magazines to see what is inside'”
-■-Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Thanksgiving Aftermath.
From the Augusta Chronicle (Dem,).
Members of the Georgia house are prac
tical statesmen. They know how to get
holiday and pay for Thanksgiving turkey
at the same time.
The “Middle of the Rond*’ Idea.
From the Birmingham News (Dem.).
"Absolute paper money” with a per cap
ita circulation not to exceed S3O was de
manded by Milton Park's committee at its
recent St. Douts meeting. Milton Park s
crowd are numbered among those who
think that somebody owes them a living
and that the government should pay the
bill.
May Hill Is ldke Mark.
From the Macon Telegraph (Dem.).
A rumor that he was dead once reached
the friends of Mark Twain in New York.
Of eourse they instituted inquiries, and
the humorist heard about it. He was in
Europe at the time and he cabled: “Re.
ports of my death are greatly exagger
ated.” The New York World thinks that
David B. Hill could as truly explode the
reports of his political demise.
The Forthcoming Message.
From the Houston (Tex.) Post (Dem.).
We are told that Mr. McKinley's mes
sage will deal chiefly with the currency
and Cuban questions. It will be an un
necessary waste of paper and ink and
valuable newsjwtper space. The Cuban
policy outlined will not mean anything or
please the country, if it, as is intimated,
harps on autonomy and advises inaction
by this government, while the currency
policy under all the circumstances will
but show up ns an “Iridescent dream.”
The Grand Old Humhiig.
From the Chicago Chronicle (Dem ).
The republican party is a grand old
humbug. It creates a situation which
needs reformntion and regains power on
the promise that It will reform, and when
it has seized Ihe spoils and Increased the
taxes it leans back confessing practically
that it has no intelligent plan of reform
and that if it had it has not the courage
to carry it into execution. The party will
not retire the greenback. It will not au
thorize the increase of national bank cir
culation, it will maintain the situation ex.
actly as it exists, a situation which a year
ago it said was unendurable. But it was
mighty swift in the passage of a protec
tion measure more drastic than any ever
before ventured by tills aggregation of
•oqilxmeo.
Not Making Any Fan Over It.
The telegraphic correspondent of the
Daily Thunderbolt at Skedunk was nurs
ing a sore thumb on his left hand, says
the Chicago Tribune.
“How did you hurt it?” asked the sym
pathizing friend.
"Mashed it accidentally with a ham
mer.”
‘Hurt.-- a good deal, doesn’t it?”
“Did at first. It’s easier now.”
“Won't tie able to use It for a good while,
will you?”
"So.”
“Too bad.”
’ Not so awfully bad. See this? It’s an
accident insurance policy. One hundred
and fifty dollars. Got the money this
morning. More than I could earn with the
olht-r thumb in three monihs. Think I’m
kicking? Not on your life!”
He look the sympathizing friend out
wiih him and returned presently with only
JHS.SO of the money left.
Fast Colors on His Face.
A special dispatch from Neenah, Wis., to
the Cincinnati Inquirer says: The police
of this city are trying to learn the identity
of the persons who played a cruel Joke
on Charles Richmond of Green Bay last
night. Richmond came to this city, and,
being tired, wandered into a paper mill,
where he fell asleep.
During the night some workmen discov
ered the sleeper and proceeded to paint the
visitor’s face with red and blue aniline,
the frescoers being careful to make the
designs as attractive as possible. When he
awoke this morning he found his face
daubed like an Indian in war paint. He
tried to wash it with water, but failed to
erase the glowing colors.
He called on a physician, but no chemi
cal is known which will erase the aniline,
and Richmond has been informed that he
will have to parade with the paint all his
life.
A Queen’* Indiscretion.
In connection with the stories of Bis
marck’s enemies among royal ladies the
following anecdote, which has never been
publicly related, says the Westminster
Gazette, may now be printed: Queen So
phia of the Netherlands, the first wife of
King William 111 of Holland, was too
great a friend of the Emperor Napoleon
111. the Empress Eugenie, and of France
generally, to take kindly to the great
chancellor. Before the big war of 1870,
and probably some time after the Luxem
bourg squabble, there was an interna
tional exhibition in Amsterdam, which the
queen visited. She was conducted over the
whole place by the committee, and as they
came to a certain section one of the mem
bers said: “Now your majesty will see
the greatest enemy of Germany.” "Ah!
Bismarck!" she cried, with some glee.
The members stood aghast, and never re
peated this rash exclamation. The “great
est enemy” he had to exhibit was Hot. of
course, Bismarck at all, but only a very
much enlarged reproduction of either the
phylloxera or the Colorado beetle, which
at that time did a great deal of harm to
German agriculture.
Passed nn Examination.
A charming anecdote Is told of Prof.
D’Arcy Thompson, the expert sent by
England to investigate the seal question,
says the Boston Transcript. While con
ducting examinations at an English uni
versity, he learned that one of the stu
dents to lie examined, a young woman
who was a candidate for a degree, was so
timid and nervous that it was likely she
would not do herself justice, and he was
asked to make allowances for this. Prof.
Thompson asked to be presented to her
before the hour for the examinations, and
after meeting he suggested that, as they
had a few moments at their disposal, he
would be pleased to have her show him
about the museum. She gladly assented
to this, and they spent a delightful half
hour; when the dreaded time approached
the nervousness of the young woman be
came apparent. Finally she summoned
courage to ask when the ordeal would
take place. The conclusion of the story is
obvious—Prof. Thompson told her the
dreaded hour was over. While they saun
tered about the museum he had put her
through a rigid examination, she had an
swered his questions brilliantly, and she
received her degree.
Hi* Final Call.
There Is a certain young man in this
city, says the Minneapolis Tribune, be
longing to the Four Hundred who does
not call on a certain young lady of his set
any more, and the great hired-girl ques
tion is at the bottom of the trouble. The
young man and three companions, in their
efforts to add to their fund of worldly
knowledge, attended one of the dances
where the domestic help are wont to con
gregate nights, and they had a very de
lightful time. The young man in question
paid marked attention to a petite voung
lady, but pleaded a previous engagement
when the time to escort the young ladies
home arrived. The other evening, in
glancing over his list of engagements, he
discovered that it was about time to re
turn a party call due a young lady, and
started out to fulfill his engagement. He
arrived at the house and rang the bell.
The door was opened by- the maid, who
looked at the young man for a minute,
and then said:
“Good gracious, you must not come to
the front door to see me; the help must re
ceive their company at the back door.”
It was the petite young lady of the ser
vants’ ball, and the young man fell off the
steps in his hurry to leave, and this is the
reason why a certain young man calls no
more on a certain young lady.
His Sixth Birthday.
From the Youth’s Companion.
He has given up his cradle and his little
worsted ball,
He has hidden all his dolls behind the
door;
He must have a rocking horse
And a hardwood top, of course,
For he isn’t mamma's baby any more!
He has cut off all his curls, they are only
fit for girls,
And has left them In a heap upon the
floor;
For he’s six years old to-day,
And he’s glad to hear them say
That he isn’t mamma's baby any more!
He has pockets in his trousers, like his
elder brother Jim,
Though he thinks he should have had
them long before,
Has new shoes la<-ed to the top—
'Tis a puzzle where they stop;
And he isn't mamma's baby any more!
He has heard his parents sigh, and has
greatly wondered why
They are sorry when he has such bliss
in store;
For he's now their darling hoy,
And will be their pride and joy.
Though he cannot be their baby any more!
Triek That Worked the Wrong Way.
The young man who Is willing to be the
butt of his own story lives in Detroit and
subscribes more heartily than he ever did
before to the sentiment that honesty is
the best policy, says the Detroit Free
Press.
■‘l’ve paid these night hawk haekmen a
fortune,” he begins by way of letting his
conscience down easily. "They’ve given
me the worst of it at everv angle, and I
had no compunction in trying to give one
of the craft some of his own medicine. It
was in Buffalo. I had about reached the
end of my financial string and concluded
to come home because there was nothing
else to do. I had a $lO gold piece and some
small change. There was nothing to waste
so 1 determined to try n trick that has
more than once been worked on these noc
turnal haekmen. Boldly hailing one of
them, I asked what he would charge to
.have me at the midnight train. When he
innocently proposed a double fare I offer
ed him the gold piece. He couldn’t change
it. and time was precious. No matter, we
could fix it at the depot.
"Away we went with a clatter, for it
was a good thing. When he brought up
with a band wagon flourish in front of the
station there were just five minutes to
spare. Running my hand into my pocket
I hastily sputtered: By George. I've drop
ped l hat coin in the hack. Wait just a
minute till 1 get a lantern and we'll find
It.’ Turning a second later I saw thnt hack
going up the street like an express train,
and set my valise down that I might
double up to relieve my laughter. The
dodge had worked. He would go home
to search an empty hack. Then I hurried
to the ticket office and called for a ticket
still laughing as I imagined what my vic
tim would have to say. But when I ran
my thumb and first finger into my vest
pocket my face went long and rigid. I had
lst the ten in the hack and I WHlked
about till morning before I could telegraph
tome for help.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—L’Eleveur (The Breeder), of Paris,
has a story of a heron in England, which,
having lost its mate, sought consolation
in constituting itself a kind of shepherd
for the village. It brought the cattle to
the stables, and took upon itself the su
fiervision of the poultry, adjusting all the
quarrels and driving away unruly mem
bers of the brood. It also assumed the
charge of the horses when they were har
nessed, anil at the first sign of resttve
ness restored them to quiet by giv
ing them a pick in the nostrils. One day
when two calves had escaped, the heron,
having tried unsuccessfully to drive them
back, remained near them and watched
them till the men came in search of them.
—Rome’s curiosity is being aroused by
the sight of a sea monster, lately brought
from Porto d’Anzio, where it was discov
ered by a German student who was walk
ing near “Nero’s grottoes.” When he saw
the monster in one of the grottoes he
called immediately for help, and some
boatmen ran to him. They soon recog
nized the monster to be a marine ox. a
very rare animal, and as monstrous as it
is rare. Its head is like an ox and its
teeth are enormous. On its muzzle are
two tufts of hair like huge mustaches.
Instead of fins, it has hands and feet like
monkeys have, with a web between the
fingers nnd toes. The men had to shoot
him twice before he was killed.
—One of the most remarkable freaks of
nature occurs in New Mexico. It is a river
that is not a river, says an exchange. No
one has ever seen it. The bed of it lies In
a valley between the Rio Grande and Pe
cos rivers. It is well defined and many
travelers have followed its windings to
learn, if possible, what becomes of the
great volume of water which should be
there. It is not a dead or dried-up stream,
It is simply lost. Numerous big tributa
ries flow into It from the neighboring
mountains. Immediately, however, they
reach the bed of the main stream they
disappear from sight. Thus, for some rea
son or another a river which should be 300
miles in length has no existence which
could be proved.
—lt has been observed that the best lu
bricating effect is produced when plum
bago is applied in the form of flakes rather
than powder. The minute scales seem to
catch themselves better to rubbing sur
faces than do shapeless particles. Flake
graphite is said to be produced only at two
places in the world. • One is Ceylon and
the other is Ticonderoga. N. Y. These
deposits contain a minute quantity of
quartz, but the art of removing that ob
jectionable impurity has been carried to
a high state of perfection. A recent re
port of this subject by experts decla’Y-s
that “graphite in water is nearly three
times os effective as the best sperm oil,
even when used very sparingly, while
graphite in grease is nearly six times as
effective in equal quantities.”
—A piano has been invented In Germany
which overcomes the percussive effect
caused by the blow of the hammer on the
strings. The strings are stretched across
the sounding board as in the ordinary pi
ano. but the entire hammer mechanism is
nbsent. The pressure of any of the keys
puts in action a magnet, which automatic
ally attracts and releases the wire, thus
producing vibrations without the metallic
stroke that accompanies the sound in the
common type. The result upon the tones
is described as remarkable. The high
notes resemble those of an Aeolian harp,
the middle and lower notes suggest the
music of the 'cello or the organ. The
instrument responds readily to every va
riation in power, and in expression
prompted by the performer, and a note
can be sounded for several minutes with
out any perceptible variation in quality.
—lt is worthy of remark in connection
with the recent Klondike discoveries that
none of the correspondents tell us any
thing about the spiders of the country.
Three hundred years ago this neglect
would have been considered inexeusab’e.
The goldseekers of that period thought
spiders well nigh indispensable to a gold
country. There was a proverb: “Spiders he
true signs of great stores of gold.” The
idea arose in the following way: When one
of the voyagers of the fifteenth century
brought home a lump of gold, with the
Information that plenty more could be
found where the nugget came from, num
erous expeditions were fitted out to go in
quest of it. One of these, under command
of Martin Frobisher, found an island
which yielded some gold, and the enor
mous number of spiders on the island sat
isfied the ignorant mariners that gold and
spidqrs were coincident phenomena.
—ln enthusiasm for cats the Shah of
Person surpasses all other royal devotees.
He has fifty of them, and they have at
tendants of their own, with special rooms
for meals. When the shah goes away,
they go, too, carried by men on horseback
The late Czar of Russia was verv fond of
the feline tribe. W'hen visiting the King
of Denmark on one occasion he alarmed
the menials by rushing out verv earlv in
the morning to the gardens. From the
window of his sleeping room he had seen
a lag dog attack his favorite hla-k cat,
and, without staying to complete his toi
let. he fled to her rescue. The famous
royal cat of Siam is n large white, short
haired variety, with black face and a pe
culiar formation of ear. Its preciomsness
may be judged from the fact that it once
took three gentlemen of influence three
months to procure one for an English con
sul at Bangkok.
—C. P. Warner has recovered the gold
watch which he lost twenty-seven years
ago, says the Syracuse Herald. He re
members all the circumstances regarding
Its loss, and said that it was in the town
of Taylor. Cortland countv, in October
3870. He said that he looked at his watch
at 10 minutes to 11 o'clock, while he and
his hired man were husking corn. Then
he said that he guessed that they would
husk another shock. The cows had wan
dered into the meadow and he went to
drive them off, and then he missed his
wateh. They searched the field and could
find no trace of the watch. Mr. Warner
valued it highly. It was made in London
by F. H. Cooper, eight years previous and
was worth $5. A few days ago “Willie"
Parks was digging potatoes, when he dug
the watch up out of a hill. His folks re
membered that It belonged to Mr. Warner
and he at once obtained it. The behrings
were rusty; the glass face and the hands
were missing, as was the ring. The re
maining parts were gold and were tar
nished.
—A big gumbo-burning plant, says the
Chicago Record, is now in operation at
Brubaker, 111. Gumbo is a sort of clav
found in this and other sections of the
county, the burning of which produces
in the estimation of railroad people the
best ballasting material now possible. The
material will not hold moisture weeds
will not grow In It. and it is almost free
from dust. It makes a solid, substantial
track bed. and. compared with other ma
terials. it is cheap.* , ne Chicago. Burling
ton and Quincy Company has hen burn
ing and using gumbo for some time Its
kilns are principally on the bottom iands
ltetween Burlington and St. Louis on the
Keokuk division. The Burlington has
several hundred miles of its tracks bal
lasted with gumbo. Gumbo as n prevent
ive of the weed nuisance is quite valua
ble in this feature alope. Thousands of
dollars annually are spent by the big
companies to keep down the' grass and
weeds. Many of the roads are obliged to
use steam scorchers, which are required
to run over hundreds or miles of track to
kill the growing vegetation.
—An invention which may still further
serve to reduce the price of bicycles is her
alded from London. It has been found
possible, says the London Mail to stamp
out the whole frame of a machine To be
strictly accurate, the frame is stamped out
In two halves, and these halves are after
word clamped together, hut onlv one oner
ation is required to turn out a frame in
perfect rigidity. Every cycle maker will
appreciate, continues the Mall, the differ
cnee of cost ladwen ihls simple operation
and the elaborate processes which have
to be gone through before a complete
frame is turned out by the ordinary
method. The patentees do not*claim thn*
the stamped frame Is equal to the steci
tube frame. Even should the stamped
frame be put on the market, it is scarcely
likely that It will be used in the construc
tion of first-grade machines. But some
people want cheap cycles, and the reduc
tion in cost wrought about by the use ef
such a frame may lead to Its partial ndop
tlon by the trade. A machine constructed
with such a frame is now being ridden
about Birmingham. An old local chnm
plon assures the writer that he has ridden
It and finds it the i>erfectlon of rigidity
but ns for its looks he will not say much
in its favor. i Ln
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Four Magnificent Bargains from the
Dress Goode Department.
Every item very desirable, fashions h e
fabrics from the best makers. The great
est offerings we have ever made.
Our superb line of fine Dress Fahr: s
marked at astonishingly low prices. Here
Is your opportunity to secure the best for
little money.
BARGAIN ONE.
Mixed Cheviots, in beautiful designs,
39c yard; former price 60c.
BARGAIN TWO.
An elegant variety of fancy weaves and
colorings in pure Silk and Wool, 60c yard;
were 85c.
BARGAIN THREE.
Fine French Covert Cloth, in dre=s
lengths, no two alike, former price $1.75
yard, notv $1.25,
BARGAIN FOUR.
50-inch Covert Cloth at 85c; reduced
from $1.25.
No old stock In these offers. No auc
tion trash, but the finest quality of goods
purchasable In the Northen markets.
LADIES' TAILOR MADE WINTER
CAPES AND JACKETS
At Lower Prices.
In this department we continue to dis
play handsome novelties, both in foreign
and domestic materials.
We recognize, too, that the season Is
advancing, and so prices HAVE BEEN
REDUCED on every garment. We can
save you money and give you such a good
garment besides.
CARPETS, CARPETS.
MATTINGS, MATTINGS.
RUGS, RUGS.
TTiese goods are the cheapest in this
town. A visit to this department is alt
that is needed to establish the fact.
Prices talk and our prices will convince
you.
Daniel Hogan
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
LEAKING ROOFS.
HAVE THEM REPAIRED,
E. C. PACETTI,
136 Whitaker Street,
will do the work better and cheap
er than any one else. He manu
factures Galvanized Iron and Cop
per Cornices, Builders’ Fronts,
Tin, Iron and Slate Roofing. Agent
for Cortright Metal Shingles—the
best on earth.
Warm Prices
On cool weather goods. We In
vite you to inspect our stock of
CRATES
and Grate Fixtures. Also newly
arrived
WALL PAPER.
Let us estimate on your painting
and papering
HARDEEVILLE BRICK CO.
ConjjreHH and Drayton.
SUV. OR AND GASOLINE HIM
P. O. Box 19. Telephone 461.
Office Price and Gordon streets.
5-gal. patent cans best grade 0i1..65c
Second grade 50c
5-gallon patent cans gasoline.... 60c
We have re-employed Mr. W. W. Gor
don, who will take pleasure in serving his
patrons in his usually satisfactory man
ner.
Mr. A. F. Cohen is not in our service.
SPECIAL PRICES
carpets,Tugs,"mattings,
Portieres and Lace Curtains.
PARLOR FURNITURE
AT ANY PRICE.
Still helling
SUITES AND SIDEBOARDS
AT REDUCED PRICKS.
J. W. TEEPLE,
315 and 317 Broughton street, west.