Newspaper Page Text
4
ilclns
Morning News SavHiiDah. *'
SIVD VY, JAM AfcY £!. IMIS.
Registered at the poatoffi e in Savanah.
The MORNING NEWS is published
every day in the year, ar.d is served to
eubscribers in the city, or sent by mail,
at SI.OO a month, $3.00 for six months, and
SIO.OO for one year.
The MORNING NEWS, by mail, fix
times a week (without Sunday issue),
three months, s2.ou; s,x months, $4.00; one
year, SS.oO.
The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week,
Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year,
SI.OO.
Subscriptions payable in advance. Re
mit by postal order, check or registered
letter. Currency sent by mail at risk of
renders.
Transient advertisements, other >han
special column, local or reading notices,
amusement and cheap or want column, 10
cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type
—equal to one inch square in depth—is
the standard of measurement. Contract
rates and discounts made known on ap
plication at business office.
Orders for delivery of the MORNING
NEWS to either residence or place of busi
ness may be made by postal card or
through telephone No. 2XO. Any irregu
larity In delivery should be Immediately
reported to the office of publication.
Letters and telegrams should l>e ad
dressed "MORNING NEWS,” Savannah,
Ga.
EASTERN CtFFICE, 22 Park Row, New
York City, C. S. Faulkner, Manager.
THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PACES
IMIbX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Solomons I-odge No. 1, F. &
LA. M.; Myrtle Lodge No. 1663, G. U. O.
of O. F.; Stockholders Savannah Jr > dng
Company; Confederate Veterans Associa
tion.
Military Orders—German Volunti’
Special Notices—There Is One Live Bi
cycle Store In This City, T. A. Bryson, Co
lumbia Agent; Special Bicycle Notice, R.
X). & Wm. Lattimore; M. P. Scanlon,
Teacher of Elocution and Acting; Savan
nah Steam Laundry; Homes, J. S. Col
lins, 307 Bay Street, West; Le Panto Ci
gars; Ring Up 700, E. & W. Laundry;
Studios of Music and Elocution, Mrs.
Charles D. Mize.
Watch Us Now!—R. H. Polk, Manager
Telephone Exchange.
The Greatest Y’et—W. E. Wimpy.
Something to Think About—Metropoli
tan Clothing Company.
Gold Fish, Globes, Etc.—Gardner’s Ba
zar.
Abbo Untarnished—Abbo Medical and
Surgical Institute.
The Economy of Gas—The Mutual Gas
Light Company.
We Are the Originators of Popular Price
Shoes-Chas. Marks.
Financial—Chas. W. Thomas, 40 Ex
change Place, New York; Stuart & Pad
dock, Bankers and Brokers, 66 Broadway,
New York; A. J. Hodgkins & Cos., New
York.
Hides, Furs and Skins—A. Ehrlich &
Bro.
A Sale of Hosiery—Daniel Hogan.
Every Man "Who Wears Shoes—Byck
Bros.
Opening of Tempting Spring Fabrics—At
Gutman’s.
The Silk Sale at 63 Cents Continues For
This Entire Week—At Eckstein’s.
We Are Selling Splendid Suita, Well
(Worth $lO for Only $6.46—8. H. Levy &
Bro.
Bear in Mind—Ludden & Bates.
Suits For $6.45—8. H. I,evy & Bro.
Red Fern Suits—Walsh & Meyer.
Forcing Out Surplus Stocks and Odds
land Ends—Leopold Adler.
(Publications —Town Topics,
i Beef—Liebig’s Extract of Beef.
Medical—Terraline; Cutlcura Remedies;
,Wlne of Cardui; Baco-Curo; Cutlcura
Remedies; Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt; "77”
for Grip; Erie Medical Company; Lydia
Pinkham Pills; World’s Dispensary Pre
parations; Munyon’s Rheumatism Cure;
Mother’s Friend.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
[Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Speaking of American manufactures,
Maj. Hanson said to the Washington Post
the other day: "Our productive capacity
Is now far in excess of our consuming
ability. We can make as many goods in
aight hours as we can consume in twenty
four." Evidently, then, what we need
Is a largely extended market, and to se
cure that market it is needful that we
quit fighting our foreign neighbors with
our tariff.
Speaker Jenkins should have revised his
remarks of Thursday before giving them
out for publication. ”1 have lived in the
■white light that beats about a throne for a
good many years now,” he is quoted as
having said. The figure of speech is a
good one under certain circumstances, but
It may be doubted that it is the very best
expression Mr. Jenkins could have em
ployed. Some persons may bo so unkind
tsa to suggest that any man who has "for
a good many years” occupied a position so
elevated as a "throne” ought to be satis
fied to let somebody else have the Gov
ernorship.
It may be wondered If any murderer
was ever hanged hut what shortly after
the execution there arose idle stories about
tfie gallows having been cheated and the
murderer having escaped to parts un
known. A story of the kind with regard
to H. H. Holmes, the Philadelphia pois
oner, was a day or two ago sent out from
x Chicago, on the authority of a man named
I Robert Lattlmer, who allege* that a dum
" my was hanged in Philadelphia and bur
led, while Holmes Is growing coffee In
South America. It Is perfectly safe to
eay that if Holmes is at ptesent growing
coffee, it is of a roasted variety.
The President’* Southern Policy.
There was some hope at the time of his
election that President McKinley would
adopt a policy in respect to the south
which would not Include the appointment
of negroes to important public offices. To
those who talked with him he appeared to
regard with favor the movement which
had been Inaugurated to build up a white
Republican party In the South. He knew,
of course, that the movement could not lie
successful If negroes were given the prin
cipal offices. Therefore it was believed that
the offices would be given to white men
acceptable to the communities in which
the offices were.
It seems, however, that the President
doesn’t have the distribution of the feder
al patronage in the South. Senator Hanna
has it. and he thinks far more of increas
ing President McKinley’s chances for a
re-nomination than he does for the welfare
of the South.
The effect of the appointment of negroes
to the federal offices in the South is shown
in Louisiana. In that state several negroes
have been appointed to Important places.
One of them Is Henry Demas, who is
about the most corrupt negro politician in
the state. What has been the result? The
Republican party of the state has practic
ally gone to pieces. At an election held a
few days ago, on the question of calling a
constitutional convention, only 2,800 Re
publican votes were cast. At the state elec
tion last fall the Republicans polled nearly
93,000 votes. So popular had the Republican
party become that it was freely predicted
that if the ballot were taken from the il
literate negroes the state would be found
in the Republican column. The appoint
ment of negroes to the federal offices has
changed the entire political situation In
the state.
In this state there was a growing white
Republican party, but the President, un
der Senator Hanna's direction, is deter
mined, apparently, to destroy it.He has re
fused to listen to the white Republican
leaders and persists In appointing negroes
to the best offices. He has made a negro
collector of Internal revenue and the In
dications are that he will appoint a negro
to the office of collector of customs in this
city. It is said he will not appoint a negro
postmaster at Augusta, but there is no cer
tainty as to what he will do In the mat
ter.
The South has nothing to hope for from
President McKinley. His chief purpose Is
to get a re-nomlnatlon from his party. To
accomplish that purpose he is willing to
throw obstacles In the way of the South’s
progress. He cannot, but knowj that the
South Is injured by having her 1 principal
federal offices filled by negroes. But what
difference does It make to him how much
the South is injured by his negro appoint
ees so long as he can get delegations to the
national convention from the Southern
states favorable to his re-nomination? The
welfare of a dozen or more great states
must be sacrificed in order that the plans
for the gratifying of his ambition may be
carried out.
Kola’s Trial.
The disturbances which are taking place
in different parts of France show, beyond
a doubt that the Dreyfus case Is not yet
settled. It may not be settled for a good
while. M. Zola's trial is fixed for Feb.
7. No one can foretell, with any degree
of certainty, what the effect or the re
sult of that trial will be. One effect of It
may be to force the present ministry to re
sign, and the result of it may be the com
plete exoneration of Capt. Dreyfus.
The French government made a great
mistake when it tried Capt. Dreyfus in
secret, and it made another mistake in
trying Count Esterhazy, who was charged
with having committed the crime for
which Capt. Dreyfus is suffering, in secret.
The secret trials opened the door for all
sorts of speculations and surmises.
It Is probable that M. Zola would never
have made the charges against the chief
officers of the army, for which he Is to
be tried, If the military trials had been
conducted openly. The charges which M.
Zola made against Gen. Bellot and other
army officers are of the gravest charac
ter. Among other tilings, he said: "I ac
cuse Gen. Billot of holding certain proofs
of Dreyfus’ Innocence, and having kept
them secret, and having committed this
crime against his country, mankind and
Justice for political purposes and to save
his staff."
M. Zola has had two hundred and fifty
witnesses subpoenaed. What is his pur
pose in having that number called to tes
tify In his behalf? How can so many
know whether or not he has made a false
accusation against Gen. Billot and other
army officers? Does it not seem as if it
were his purpose to make trouble for the
government. May it not be his plan
to create such dissatisfaction that the sta
bility of the government will be endan
gered?
The riots indicate that the people of
France are worked up to a high pitch of
excitement over the Dreyfus case. It Is
within the bounds of probability that 'he
political troubles which the case has caus
ed have only just begun.
Trouble* of Rich Men.
Many of the millionaires of New York
are wanderers. Ostensibly their homes
are in that city, but they deny that they
are residents there. They are wanderers
because they are trying to avoid the tax
assessors. Some of them claim a resi
dence in New Jersey towns, others say
they vote In towns along the Hudson, but
the most of them claim Newport as their
place of residence. At Newport the tax
rate is very low, and the millionaires and
the tax assessors are on very good terms.
But these New York millionaires live
In New York in winter—at least the most
of them do—and the New York assessors
insist that they shall pay taxes in New
York. This difference of opinion respect
ing residence which has cropped out be
tween the assessors and millionaires is to
be made a. question before the courts.
The assessors ate determined that the
millionaires who really live in that city
shall pay*4axes there. The tax rate is
high and if the millionaires have to pay
on all of their possessions they wilt not
feel like going to Europe every summer
and spending a few weeks every winter in
the expensive Florida hotels of Mr. Flag
ler and Mr. Plant.
The great majority of the millionaires
have toiled and worried to accumulate
their wealth and they don't like to give
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1898.
up any of it to the state and city. How
to keep it gives them as much, if not more
trouble than the accumulating of It did.
To avoid the tax assessors they have to
keep away from their homes the greater
part of the year and to find safe invest
ments keeps them constantly worried.
The wealth, therefore, for which they
have toiled so earnestly, and for which
they may have violated their consciences
many times and for which they are en
vied by those who have little of this
world’s goods, doesn’t, after all, bring
them the happiness they thought it would
when they began their wealth-getting ca
reer.
President Dole’s Reception.
Does President McKinley regard Mr.
Dole, the President of Hawaii, as a sort
of trump card in fhe game that is being
played for the annexation of Hawaii to
this country? It certainly looks so. Presi
dent Dole is expected to arrive in Wash
ington to-day. Elaborate preparations
have been made for his reception. All the
troops in Washington have been ordered
to meet him at the depot ami escort him
to the quarters provided for him at the
expense o t the government. It is said
President McKinley will exchange visits
with him, and will give an elaborate din
ner in his honor. Everything is to be
done that will have a tendency to increase
his importance and open the way for him
to make a good impression upon the Sen
ate.
President McKinley intends that noth
ing he can do to bring about a ratifica
tion of the treaty shall be left undone. In
this matter of the annexation of Hawaii
he has gone beyond his party. The na
tional Republican platform of 1896 favored
“control” of Hawaii by the United States,
but made no mention of annexation. The
Harrison administration endeavored to
bring about annexation, but the Republi
can party did not express its approval of
his Hawaiian po9cy. President McKinley
has adopted the Hawaiian policy of the
Harrison administration, and is, therefore,
leading his party in the matter of Ha
waiian annexation.
What can President Dole do to influence
the Senate to ratify the annexation treaty?
With the senators who oppose ratification
he does not stand very well. They regard
hiih as the chief figure in the conspiracy
which overthrew the rightful Hawaiian
government, and forcibly took the Ha
waiian Islands from the natives. His in
fluence as a lobbyist, therefore, is not like
ly to be great. Indeed, it Is probable that
he would have served those who are sup
porting the annexation scheme much bet
ter if he had remained in Honolulu. It
would have been more dignified, certainly
for him to have done so. By visiting
Washington to lobby in behalf of annexa
tion, he gives color to the charge that he
has been and still is only an agent In the
hands of others to rob the Hawaiians of
their country and annex it to the United
States. There may be some curiosity to
see him, but there will be no disposition
to honor him except by those whose pur
pose he serves.
Tlic Omnipresent Injunction.
It would have been reasonable to sup
pose that the legal process known as the
injunction, notwithstanding its great leap
into popularity in late years, would not
invade the purely social and domestic'
field. 'But such a supposition would have
been erroneous. The injunction is now
not /mly resorted to for the purpose of
stopping a railway train or a strike, but
for the purpose of regulating marriages.
A case In point Is reported from South Da
kota. The parents of a young lady de
sired her to marry a certain young man.
She did not love that young mun, but was
devoted to another, who was not In favor
with the parents. The young lady and
her true love determined to frustrate the
plans of the elder people by an elopement.
A fickle friend of the couple gave the se
cret away to the father of the girl, and
he applied to the court for and received
an Injunction restraining the favored suit
or from flying with the object of his af
fections. A constable was stationed at
the house for the purpose of arresting the
pair if they attempted to treat with con
tempt the order of the court. The true
lover was disconcerted by the peculiar
tactics, but was good grit. He set oft to
see the court and try to have the injunc
tion set aside or modified. But he was un
successful, and upon his return was cha
grined to learn that during his absence
the girl had been married to the man she
did not love.
This new departure in injunctions opens
up a wide field. Hereafter it will be good
policy for suitors who have reasons to
suspect interference on the part of parents
to forestall parental action by securing
an Injunction restraining them from ob
jecting to their daughter doing as she
pleases about getting married. Rivals
may secure injunctions against each oth
er for the purpose of preventing that abom
inable situation, three In company, of even
ings. Competing social leaders may se
cure injunctions against their competitors
to prevent the holding of counter attrac
tions on the dates set for pink teas and
card parties. Husbands may get out in
junctions against wives who rifle pockets
of small change during slumber hours,
and wives against husbands who spend
too much time at the club. The wild young
scapegrace of the household may inter
pose an injunction between himself and
the slipper about to descend In punish
ment of him. In short, the social and do
mestic fields are rich in possibilities for
the Injunction. If it should govern mar
riages, why should It not govern these
other details and events of life?
If It has been determined to put a "free
silver drama" upon the stage, the mana
gers of the scheme will probably find
themselves under the necessity of making
terms with the theatrical trust or raising
a large fund io pay the expenses of the
company in order that the admission may
be free. By the way, Senator Jones of
Nevada would probably be a good man to
sign to play "old gentleman" parts.
The United States are not only beating
Great Britain In the manufacture of lo
comotive engines for South American and
the far eastern trade, but are actually go
ing into the heart of England and secur
ing orders In competition with tile Eng
lish engine builders. A New York firm
has Just secured a contract for supplying
thirty-two locomotives for the Central Un
derground Railway of London.
Is there a three-cornered fight develop
ing in the Democratic party as repre
sented at Washington? Certain recent de
velopments and publications would seem
to indicate such a condition of affairs. It
is In the nature of an open secret that
Chairman Jones is not especially fond of
Mr. Bryan, and that Congressman Bailey
if not at all partial to the Nebraskan.
Now, it seems, Jones Is fighting Bailey,
end Bailey Is fighting Jones, while both
are fighting Bryan, and Bryan must fight
both of them. Evidently there is going
to be some lively sparring before the open
ing of the next Presidential campaign.
It seems quite likely that the result of
the investigation of the Hanna bribery
charges by the Ohio Legislature will be
the sending to jail of some of the wit
nesses, after the fashion of the sugar
scandal Investigation in Washington some
time ago.
PERSONAL.
—Mr. Dulan, the winner of the 100,000
francs In the last city of Paris bond lot
tery, is an omnibus driver, and says his
sudden access of fortune will not Inter
fere with the continuance of his humble
employment.
—Mine, MacMahon. wife of the late mar
shal and president, declined a government
pension when offered her. She is well pro
vided for, however, and has just taken
up her residence in her handsome man
sion in the Rue de Bellechasse, Paris,
where she spends the latter part of the
winters.
—There is still living In Haverhill, Mass.,
one Francis Butters, who, along with oth
er citizens of that town, signed the peti
tion presented to Congress by John
Quincy Adams in 1912, asking that the
union be dissolved. The reasons assigned
were that the union afforded no “pros
pects of reciprocal benefit,’’ that "the
resources of one section of the union are
annually drained to sustain the views and
courses of another section;” that “this
union will certainly overwhelm the nation
with utter destruction.”
—John Gifford of Princeton, N. J., a
farmer and editor who is well acquainted
with' real estate value there, says that
Mr. Cleveland’s selection of Princeton an
a place of* residence has increased tfie
value of real estate 50 per cent. “That is
to say,” said Mr. Cifford, “Mr. Cleveland’s
coming, at the same time with several
New York millionaires, has turned the at
tention of a ceriain class of people to
Princeton as a place of residence, with this
effect upon values. I know a man who
has just sold for $30,000 a farm for which
he paid $7,000.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—His Specialty—“ Rivers, how Is ’Ma
deira' spelled?”
“I don’t know, Brooks. All I know Is how
It tastes.”—Chicago Tribune.
—A Practical Mind—“ Those opposition
fellows at Columbus received a decided
check.”
“What was the amount?”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
—Patient (who has just had his eye op
erated upon)—“Doctor, it seems to me ten
guineas is a high price to charge for that
job. It didn’t take you ten seconds.”
Eminent Oculist—“My dear friend, In
learning to perform that operation In ten
seconds, I have Spoiled more than two
bushejs of such as yours.”—Tit Bits.
e-Tethrlical Poiht—“l will ask you now
to tell the jury how these facts came into
your possession.”
''.Yes, sir. I learned them from General
that.”
"On what ground, sir?”
“On the ground, y'our Honor, that It Is
illogical to draw particulars from gen
erals.”—Chicago Tribune.
“Tell me, Claudia,” he whispered, “that
you love me.”
“I love you, Constantine," she murmur
ed.
“Are you sure of it?” he asked.
“Yes,” she replied, “I am positive.”
“How do you know you love me?” he
continued.
“Because,” she answered, “if I did not
love you I would be disgusted with the per
fume you use.”—Cleveland Leader.
—A little girl from town was staying
with some country cousins who live on a
farm. At breakfast the following morning
she saw on the table a dish of honey, and
regarded this as an opportunity to show
her country cousins that she knew some
thing of country life after all. Looking at
the dish of honey, she said carelessly: “Ah,
I see you keep a bee.”—Trained Mother
hood.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Time for . Protest.
From the Philadelphia Ledger ,(Ind.).
Congress is doing what it can to disturb
and distress business, but even Congress
can be halted by the people’s protest. The
present is a good time for them to make a
protest against congressional folly and
mischief.
“Ding-ley Wage*,"
From the Boston Post (Dem,).
In Congressman Dingley’s own town Is
the great Androscoggin mill corporation,
whose operatives are now striking against
a cut-down of wages. The situation is no
worse in Lewiston than in a good many
other places; it is not so bad as in some
others. But how is Mr. Dingley to explain
to his constituents the failure of his tariff
to bring them prosperity and increase their
earnings? Is he willing to accept a 10 i>er
cent, cut-down as the measure of "Dingley
wages?”
Brand liny Note In the Concert.
From the New York Herald (lnd.).
The first questions is—What are we go
ing in for? If it is for Cuba for us, ail
right; hut if It is for a republic for Gomez
and his crowd, we don’t see It. Either Cuba
for the United States or leave things as
they are.
Cuba libre means another Black Repub
lic. We don't want one so near. Hayti is
already too close. If there la to be Inter
vention on our part, Cuba must and shall
be a sovereign state within our federation
and under our flag. Gomez' idea of another
republic cannot be encouraged.
Morgan anil Hawaii.
From Springfield (Mass.) Republican (lnd)
Senator Morgan Is Hawaii in
the Senate, which reminds one that it was
Senator Morgan who last summer told the
Hawaiian natives that some of them might
yet occupy high positions in the govern
ment of the United States. Under the spell
of that speech one almost caught a
glimpse of an American President named
Kamohamoha, or some name like it. But
the senator is not talking that way to the
Senate. Asa matter of fact he would as
soon seo an Alabama ‘'nigger” in the
white house as a Hawaiian native, or the
descendent of one.
Gen. Joe Wheeler'* Mail.
Tile active old Confederate cavalry lead
er and energetic member of the House of
Representatives, Gen. Joe Wheeler, was
recently struck In a strange manner with
his own iniquity, according to the latest
story about him from Alabama. It D
well-known in Washington that Gen.
Wheeler has the largest list of names of
constituents of any member of Congress.
There are fully 10,000 solid free silver
Democrats In the Eighth district, to whom
he sends copies of his speeches, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal, and govern
ment publirtuions of different kinds. It
is devotion to Ills constituents in this and
many other ways that keeps him continu
ally on the jump from the time he ar
rives in Washington until he departs
again.
Tho last time he was down In Alabama,
so the story goes, Gen. Wheeler was rid
ing through the country one day in a
shabby little buckboard, drawn by a yel
low pony, when he came near a man, who
was on foot and grunting and perspiring
under a heavy mail sack.
“Neighbor.” said the General, “won't
you step In and rld'e with me?”
The invitation was accepted promptly
enough, and the mail sack stowed away
under the buckboard seat. The two rode
along for awhile, when Gen. Wheeler said:
“Friend, why don't you have a horse and
wagon? A man of your years ought noi
to be tugging under heavy mail sacks on
his shoulders.”
“Wal, I wouldn’t,” drawled the rural
mail carrier, ‘ef it warn't for Gen. Wheel,
er up in Washington. I have hed three
bosses and three wagons, but those heavy
mail packages he sends down here killed
every d—n hoss. The other day I bought
a mule, but he kicked the bucket after
toting a few loads, and now I just tote
tnem myself.”
Without disclosing his own Identity,
Gen. Wheeler is reported to have been
much affected, so much so that he drove
ten miles out of his way to put the aged
mail carrier at his destination. Then he
purchased his constituent a horse that
cost S3O.
Susan.
O, Susan am a beauty,
You ought to see her dance,
She’ll up an’ down an' all eroun.
An’ thro, the middle prance.
Her feet war made for frolic.
An' when she flings ’em out
The fo'ks all say, “ain’t Susan gay”—
Well, mebbe I sho'd shout!
Thar hain't one bit of yaller.
She’s black ez black kin be.
Her skin am like ther midnight
You see way out at sea;
All black, an’ kind o’ shiny,
As’ if ’twar full of life—
O, May and Jane, yo’ may complain,
But she mus’ be my wife!
Her lips am like ther bumpers
They has on railway cars,
An’ when on mine they ’linger,
You bet I see some stars,
O, ’possum, it hain’t no whar,
An’ watermilyuns flee,
An’ sugar-cane, but co’nstock plain,
When Susan kisses me!
Her teeth c’u’d not be whiter,
An’ when she sinks ’em in
Er chunk of watermilyun—
To steal slch can’t be sin—
You oughter see ’em sparkle
When latter she does fling
Her mouth so wide, ef she but tried,
A duet she c’u’d sing!
My heart am wo'n to frazzle,
Bekase she likes ter, flirt,
An’ sometimes hit seems rally
She likes to do me dirt;
But when I’m sorter angry,
She des stands dis way—so—
An’ bless my soul—roll Jordan roll—
Away sich feelin’s go!
Hamilton Jay.
John Allen Tells a Story.
The inimitable and irresistible John Al
len of Tupelo, Miss., made a speech on
Tuesday in defense of civil service re
form, in which he offered his services as
a great and good friend to mediate the
troubles in the Republican party, says
the Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune. It was full of wit, humor,
repartee and narrative and convulsed the
House. Mr. Allen told this story to il
lustrate why the galleries applauded: “A
friend of mine was telling me the other
day,” said he, “about a dog he had that
howled and moaned at nights. The dog
kept howling and moaning until this gen
tleman grew weary of it. He did not want
to kill the dog and did not want to give
him away. He was talking to an old
darky, and said to hin>: ‘I don’t know
what to do with that dog; he keeps moan
ing and howling all night, and I cannot
stop him. Wliat makes him do it?’ The
old darky laughed, ahd said: ‘Why, massa,
you raised in, de country among dogs, an’
don’ know what make dat dog howl dat
way? Why, when you hear a dog howl
on moan dat way he smells something
and can’t locate it.’ ” When the yells
and cheers that greeted this story died
down, Mr. Allen turned to the Republi
cans and added: ‘Now, my friends,
when you hear these howls of applause
front the galleries it simply shows that the
crowd up there smells pie and can’t lo
cate it.”
Speaker Reed’s Futile Attempt.
This story is told in relation to the re
cent visit of the Hon. J. D. Edgar, speak
er of the Canadian House of Commons,
to Speaker Reed, vouches the Washington
Times. After Mr. Reed had escorted his
distinguished guest through all the in
teresting portions of the House end of
the capitod, on the gallery and House
floors, they descended to the basement, ex
plored the different departments, and even
went down under the terrace. Leaving the
terrace, they clambered up the stairs, in
stead of going back to the elevator.
“We will now enter the rotunda,” said
the speaker, "and go from there to the
Senate, for I want you to meet Vice Pres
ident Hobart." To this the guest ac
quiesced. Gaining the rotunda. Mr. Ed
gar expressed a desire to look at the pic
tures, and in so doing they made a half
circle of the place, and, preoccupied with*
thoughts of entertaining his guest, the
speaker did not notice that when ’ they
entered the corridor it was the one lead
ing to the House. This fact did not dawn
on him until he stood directly in front of
the main door, which a messenger opened
to admit him. Gazing about in amaze
ment. the speaker exclaimed:
“Bless me, if this isn’t the House,” and
turning with a comical twinkle in his eye
to Air. Edgar, he added: “It’s no use-
I've been trying to get to the Senate for
uwenty years, and I fall down each time.”
Got. Moses of South Carolina.
Those were troublous times in 1574 when
Franklin J. Moses, Jr., was Governor of
South Carolina, says a writer in the New
York Press. Gen. Howard Carroll was in
■Columbia, representing the New York
Times, and his attacks on the Governor
and his legislature were so hot that copies
of the Times sold for a dollar apiece at
the capital. He called Moses everything
bad that lie could think of, and his vocabu
lary is a large one. One day they met, and
' Mqsos said: "Mr. Carroll, I see that you
are still saying hard things about me. You
are very severe.” The correspondent re
plied, with some witticism, about Journal
istic duty in turning on the calcium light
ete., whereupon Moses, elevating his thin!
iilgh-pitched voice, remarked: “You are
wasting time and space. Mr. Carroll The
negroes of South Carolina do not read the
New York Times.”.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Oid sewer commission of London
was abolished with the beginning of 1898,
after an "independent existence of 230
years. This body really had control of
a large part of the municipal work. Organ
ized In 1667, after the great fire to desig
nate where sewers, drains, etc., should be
placed in the section to be rebuilt, the
commission’s powers were from time to
time extended until it had charge of fix
ing the tax rates,caring for the streets and
these great powers now revert directly to
the municipal corporation of London.
—Manchester has a strange subject ol
interest at present. The spike-studded
ball which surmounts the town hal! is said
to be the third or fourth highest architec
tural point in England; and a keen-sight
ed person recently noticed that a large
bird was hanging from it, pierced through
the body by one of the northern spikes.
The bird, which some say is a heron, oth
ers an eagle, must have been flying south
ward over the city at a tremendous rate
of speed, and, not seeing the ball, owing
perhaps to misty weather, have come Into
terrific collision with it.
—According to a recent London estimate
only about 25,000 American tourists visited
the English capital in the course of the past
season and this is regarded as a very poor
catch. The average tourist from “the
states,” we are told, scatters about SI,OOO
while making a three-months’ trip in Eu
rope. This multiplied by 25,000, makes $25,-
000,000, and of that amount, it is believed,
London receives at least two-fifths. Paris
gets more American money than London
does, not because more Americans go
there, but because the French capital wins
the trade of all the women,and this is both
larger and more profitable than that of the
men, to whose needs and tastes the Lon
don shops more especially cater.
—The Australian mollusk Is of two kinds
—the mud oyster and the rock oyster, says
Chambers' Journal. The former grows to
a larger size, but the rock oysters is more
generally esteemed for flavor. Their name
Indicates their place of growth. The rock
oysters love the beds and adjoining rocks
of tidal streams. They grow in clusters,
in a variety of shapes and sizes, and each
cluster is attached to something solid.
Here they are alternately bathed in salt
water and in fresh or brackish. They are
also left for hours high and dry until the
incoming tide refreshes them. Nor do
these oysters always select rocks on
which to dwell. These accommodating
mollusks may frequently be found ad
hering to the roots and lower branches of
the mangrove and other trees which de
light In a sort of submarine residence. It
is doubtless to this peculiarity that the
sailor referred when he wrote to his moth
er at home, telling the old lady, and rot
untruly, that in Australia oysters grow
on trees.
—Dr. Schwartz of Berlin has come to the
conclusion, says the London Telegraph,
that marriage is the most important factor
in human life conducive to longevity, as of
200 persons who attained the age of forty
125 were married and seventy-five single.
At sixty the proportions were forty-eight
to twenty-two; at seventy, twenty-seven to
eleven, and at ninety, nine to three. Among
fifty centenarians not one bachelor or
spinster could be found, nor for the matter
of that, one married couple—all these ven
erable individuals being widows or widow
ers. It may be urged, says Business, that
these statistics only prove the numerical
superiority of married folk, but * Dr.
Schwartz declares the rate of mortality
for husbands and wives between the ages
of thirty and forty-five to be 18 per cent.,
whereas unwedded persons perish at the
rate'of 28 per cent. “Marry early and mar
ry often” appears to be the worthy doc
tor’s advice to all who desire a long life.
—A curious phenomenon was presented m
the northern heavens shortly before 4
o’clock yesterday afternoon, says the
Morning Oregonian. Looking out of a win
dow in the law offices of Snow & McCa
mant there appeared, looming skyward
above the Kamm building, an exact repro
duction of the Worcester block. The pic
ture was complete in every detail, giving a
wonderful presentation of the building,
suspended in mid-air. Above it were rang
ed a series of floating clouds, to the left
Mount St. Helens could be plainly seen,
while to the distant right Mount Hood, in
all the glory of its new winter raiment,
stood out boldly against the horizon. There
seemed to be some peculiar atmospherio
conditions prevailing, and the mirage, as
it seemed to ,be, held Its place for twenty
minutes, to the astonishment and delight
of those who were privileged to gaze upon
it. Had there been but one to see It, his
story could well be taken with more than
usual allowance, but the discoverer of the
mirage, losing confidence in himself, called
the attention of others to the phenomenon,
and, much to his relief, found that he was
not laboring under any form of optical il
lusion.
—The bagpipe, whose stirring music firsd
the blood of the Gordon Highlanders as
they scaled the hights of Dargal, enjoys,
though it is not generally known, the
unique distinction of having been declared
by a court of law to be “an instrument
of war.” In an early volume of the Scots
Magazine wo find it reported that on the
15th of November, 1746, a James Reid of
Angus was tried for taking part in ihe
rebellion. It was proved for his defense
that he had never carried arms of any
kind, but, on the other hand, it was shown
that he had for some time officiated as a
piper in a Highland regiment. It Is not
unlikely that he had been pressed into the
service, for we are told “he behaved very
devoutly, prayed fervently and sang part
of a psalm. Notwithstanding these most
untraditional piper traits, however, the
the court found poor Reid guilty of high
treason, and sentenced him to suffer the
punishment which that crime involved. It
was held that a "Highland regiment never
marched without a piper, and, therefore,
his bagpipe, in the eye of the law, was
an instrument of war.” There is little
wonder, in the face of such a decision,
that Penfiant, when he came North later
in the century, found the “bagpipes be
coming scarce.”
—Readers of the Pall Mall Gazette do not
require telling that silk is heavily
"weighted” with chemical dyes, but few
have any idea to what extent this pernic
ious system is carried out, says the paper
named. Dr. T. L. Phipson throws a little
much-needed light upon the subject. At
the request of a lady visitor, whose hus
band was in the silk trade, Dr. Phipson
recently undertook to make an analysis of
a silk blouse, the results of which have
now been made known. The silk analyzed
is described as having been of a medium
quality, being neither the most expensive
nor the cheapest. The material, says the
analyst, would not burn with flame, but
smoldered away like tinder, leaving a
large amount of ash, the principal ingre
dient of which w|s oxide of tin. “Indeed,”
adds Dr. Phipson, “I have examined spec
imens of poor tin ore from Cornwall that
did not contain more tin than this material
for a lady’s blouse; and I at once realized
the fact that the silk dresses worn by the
ladles we see daily parading in Regent
street and Bond street, taken together,
would represent a Cornish mine of very
fair quality.” We are not surprised to
learn after this that of real silk the analy
sis only showed 28.14, while of organic
matter, etc., no t silk, there was 46.13, of tin
14.30, and of water 11.43. Small wonder that
ladies complain of silk of the present day
not wearing like the silk that was bought
thirty or more years ago. But the fault
does not lie so much With the manufac
turer as with the consumer, who insists
upon cheapness even at the sacrifice of
quality.
A SALE ■
OF HOSIERY
There is nothing more stap'e
HOSlEßY—nothing in the housch ,i ~ ”
necessary. We can’t claim in this sa
To Give Away Hosiery,
But we can state most positively thd(
THIS SALE OF HOSIERY
means to every purchaser
A SAVING OF MONEY.
We have been very careful In the M |. '
tion of every item. There 1* a STinti!
ARD OF QUALITY through the eniiZ
stock. ,r *
YOU CAN DEPEND ON WHAT vrn
GET AT THIS SALE.
We name the leaders for this week’s
sale;
Ladies’ Black Lisle Thread Hose
larly 35c; this week 23 cents, '
Ladies’ Black Cotton Hose. ,i o , lK a
soles, regularly 26c; this week 19
Ladie*’ Black Cotton Hose, M~,
regularly 30c; this week 23 cents
Ladies’ Black Lisle Hose, Richelieu riK .
bed, regularly 60c; this week 43 cents
Ladies’ Fancy Striped and Plaid
regularly 600 and 60c; this week A C em.
and 43 cents. ent *
HERE IS A CLINCHER.
Children’s School Hose, all sizes ant
guaranteed the most satisfactory in
city, this week only 16 cents. M
OUR SPECIALS.
Hose for children and misses, n vr-rv f „
perior line and unobtainable ebewherl
for less than 35 cents. Price this week it
cents. J
IRON-CLAD BOYS’ HOSE.
Our line of Boys’ Hose, double knee
double heel and toe. cannot be hough! for
less than 25c elsewhere; this week 17 cents
We have, and always keep, a fine stock
of Gents’ Half Hose, in black, tan and
fancy stripes, and they can be bought at
one-half the usual.
Gentlemen’s Furnishing stock full.
A lovely assortment of EMBROIDE
RIES. Every one knows what HOGANS
embroideries and laces are—they ara
marvels of beauty and fineness. Every,
thing to match In sets.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sis.
2,500 PAIRS
Ladies’
Fine
Sample
Shoes,
Sizes 1, 1 */*, 2, 2*4, and
makes of A. F. Burt, Wright
& Peters, A. F. Smith and
others, cost from $3.00 to
$5.00,
On Sale
at
SI.OO.
IH if Ml
110 Broughton St., W.
Coal, Coke,Wood
A large supply of all
grades and sizes. Consult
us before making your pur
chases.
Just received a cargo of
Foundry and Domestic Coke,
nice and clean. Just the
thing for grates.
An enormous supply Do
mestic Lump Coal.
Office and Yard Foot Lincoln Street
’PHONE 68-
C. 11. DIXON & CO.
P| Chleheatrr’a Fnallsh Plamond H™"*; fk
Pennyroyal pills
.111 afiray* reltable.LAtMEaasb Dtiffin A)
for CkicAMr, ’ SnflU* Diamond
and Hold raolalUo *
>v ribbon. Take no other. \f
SktlJml rutrulTon and Ossluliom
I I ~ flf o ugglsts. or send 4e. In .lumps for p*;’ ■'
L Jf union lal. and “Kelli ffbr Ladle* •
U return MalLlo.OOa.Tattoon’*^'
A Lf I’hlchr.l. rChrmloalOe.. bin'll.on
by all Looal Druggist*. I*III D “ A .L
Bold bj L. N. limnsvrig. Wholesala Praggist, New
J. D. WEED & CO.
Agents Hoyt’s Leather Belting.
RAINBOW SHEET PACKING,
and ECLIPSE SECTIONAL RAINS''™
GASKETS.
BEST RUBBER BELTING.
peerless piston packing.