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Morning News Bailtllnf, Savannah. <■
MONDAY, FKIIIU ARY 14, IS!*H.
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Col. Candler has before row had some
experience with letters which were not
written for publication, but which reach
ed the public nevertheless. On the former
occasion, however, it tvas "the other fel
low” who wrote the letter. The older poli
ticians of the state will remember the in
cident, in connection with his campaign
for Congress, and what line campaign ma
terial he made of a letter written by his
republican opponent.
There is talk of a coffee trust In Brazil.
The rumor will probably be worked for all
It is worth in favor of the annexation of
Hawaii by the sugar barons. They will tell
us that Hawaii is a great country for cof
fee, and that the way to get out of the
clutches of the great and grasping Brazil-.
lan aoffee octopus Is to annex the islands.
The fact is, though, that we could get the
Hawaiian coffee, if we wanted it without
annexation as well as with it.
Benor de Lome is quoted as expressing
the opinion that the incident of his letter
and resignation will have the effect of up
setting the existing Spanish cabinet, when
the political party to which he belongs
would come into power. In that event he
would, he thinks, be given the portfolio
of foreign affairs. Should that condition
cOme about, the ex-minister probably
thinks he would have an opportunity to
come back after us like a whirlwind.
Somebody ought to warn Germany that
the American gold notes and greenbacks
which many of the tourists from the I'nlt
ed Slates carry to that country with them
every season are not above suspicion of
harboring microbes. A scientist is on re
cord as having found no less than forty
specific disease germs on one, solitary bill
of American paper money. Will Germany
put up her auarantine bars and prohibit
her bankers from changing our bacillus
infested gold notes for the sanitary curren
cy of the German realm?
The first step towards securing an ap
propriation for the improvement of the
river between this city and Augusta hav
ing been taken, there should be no let
up In the good work ifnttl the appropria
tion shall have been passed. The move
ment should have, and will have, the
hearty co-operation of the people and
commercial bodies of this city. The im
provement of the river would mean prompt
and reliable water transportation to Au
gusta in competition with the railroads,
with the result that freight rates would
be kept at a reasonable figure. The trade
of both Savannah and Augusta would be
gri-atly benefitted, and much land of re
markable richness would be opened up to
settlement.
The proposed half-and-half currency,
suggested by a Chicago financier-a cur
rency redeemable half In gold and half
in silver—brings to mind the scheme of
that other Western financier to prevent
the two metals from parting company in
the markets. His Idea was, virtually, to
tie them together. He wished to make
a coin with a center of gold In a circle
of silver. Ia such shape, he said, the
parity between the two metals must neo
essarly be maintained; there would bo no
possible way for one metal to drive the
other out of circulation, since they would
be fastened together. It was a bright
k scheme, but it did not serve to solve the
I problem.
"There ire Others."
The authorities of the town of Tybee and
the officers of the Avondale Rifle Range,
taking time by the forelock, have peti
tioned the board of County Commission
ers for the services of the chain-gang to
put their respective holdings Into • good
sanitary condition. It has not been long
since Tybee and the Avondale Range re
ceived the attention of the county. There
Is, however, no fault to be found with the
efforts of the persons interested In these
places to have them again put in good or
der at the public expense, if they can in
duce the County Commissioners to,do It,
Asa matter of fact, it is very probable
that what is required, say a month or two
of work by a large gang of convicts, will
be accorded to the petitioners.
At the meeting of the Board of Commis
sioners when the Tybee and Avondale pe
titions were received, the board passed an
order to build the proposed new road to
Buckhalter swamp!
To judge from the proceedings of that
meeting, it would appear that the county
authorities have ample men and means
for public work; nevertheless, in spite of
the demands of the people of Savannah
for the drainage of the lands of the coun
ty adjacent to the city, the commission
ers. with a persistency worthy of a better
cause, have neglected and are neglecting
that very important work. They can find
time and men and money to devote to im
provements which could wait Indefinitely
without embarrassing any Interest, but
they refuse to recognize, in the face of
overwhelming evidence, that the proper
drainage of lands near the city Is urgent
ly demanded by circumstances, and is a
matter of vital interest to the city.
The lands around the city are now fair
ly dry. Tills Is because of the fact that
no rain has fallen for a considerable
length of time. The present, therefore, Is
the proper time to go Into those sections
and perfect tlje drainage. It could be ac
complished easier, quicker, and better now
than to wait until the lowlands are all un
der water. If the lands now dry were
kept dry—not permitted to become flood
ed with water which would become stag
nant after a short while—the danger of
fevers would be reduced to a minimum. If
the work should be neglected, those in
authority would be open to the charge of
extreme carelessness. It will not remain
dry weather all the time, and when the
warm days come it will not take water
long to stagnate and produce fever germs.
It is, however, apparently of no use to
point out to the County Commissioners
the necessity for this near-by drainage,
and the demand of the health authorities
and the people that it shall be attended
to. Various bodies have taken action
looking to influence the commissioners to
a performance of their duty in the prem
ises, and column after column of facts
has been published with regard to the mat
ter; but the board refuses to lie moved.
Possibly anew line of tactics on the part
of those who are anxious for the preser
vation of the health of the city might have
some effect. The city authorities might
do well to follow the example of the Ty
bee and Avondale petitioners. Possibly
an humble petition to the Honorable
Board of County Commissioners, signed by
the Mayor and aldermen and the executive
committeemen of the Liberal and the Cit
izens' political clubs, might have the ef
fect of inducing the board to do some
thing for those taxpayers who furnish the
bulk of the money which the board is ap
parently disposed to continue spending
upon unnecessary roads and improvements
in far away sections of the county.
Money in Sugar.
So far as we are informed the farmers
of the South, except in one locality in Vir
ginia, are taking no interest in the grow
ing of sugar beets. Is this because there
is a lack of capital in the South to estab
lish beet sugar factories? If it is, it
would not be a difficult matter to Interest
capital in such factories in localities shown
to be adapted to (he growing of sugar
beets.
We have called attention to this matter
many times because the South would be
much more prosperous if she paid more at
tention to crops other than the cotton
crop. She now keeps the market over
burdened with cotton, and, consequently,
the price she receives for it is not suffi
cient to pay her a reasonable profit.
Some time ago we published the results
of an investigation of the sugar producing
qualities of beets grown in different states.
It anpeured that the beets grown in the
South were su;>erior to those of other sec
tions. It is beyond question, therefore,
that at present prices of beets an acre of
beets is much more profitable than an acre
of cotton.
In the East and West the farmers are
going into beet culture on an extensive
scale. In New York, particularly, the in
crease in the beet crop is very noticeable.
Beet sugar factories are being erected, and
hundreds of farmers, who have heretofore
given their attention exclusively to grain,
hay and stock, are now planting a few
acres of beets. There Is every indication
that the beet Industry will grow until the
home production of sugar will equal the
demand of the home market.
Comparatively few people have given at
tention to the rapid growth of the sugar
beet Industry In this country. Experi
ments in making sugar from beets began
in this country in 1888. In 1890 the amount
of beet sugar produced was 730.000 pounds.
Six years later—ln 1896—5,000,1)00 pounds
were produced from 35,000 tons of beets,
for which farmers received $175,000. Last
year the amount of sugar produced was
something over 6,500,000 pounds.
It is freely predicted that within ton
years this country will be producing all
the sugar required for home consumplion.
Beet sugar factories are being erected i j
the East and West, California having quite
a number. The whole number of such
factories Is now about fifty, and all r.t
them are said to be In a nourishing con
dition.
The average profit to the farmer from
an acre of sugar is about s2l—that Is,
when the price of beets in what it was last
year. The cost of seed Is $2, the cost of
cultivation sls, and the cost of harvesting
and delivering to the factory slo—making
the gross receipts from an acre S4B. This
is a fair average, and the profit Is much
greater than the profit from cotton. It is
time the Southern farmers were paying
THE.MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1898.
some attention to £ugar beet culture. At
the present price of cotton there is not a
profit of $5 an acre In that product.
A Campaign of Harmony.
It is evident now that the campaign for
the Democratic nomination for Governor
is not going to be one of harmony. The
woods appear to l>e full of candidates, and
they are coming out into the open with a
whoop and a hurrah that is astonishing
to those who thought they had things all
fixed for nominating their candidate with
out opposition. The Morning News said
some days ago that the calm over, the
Gubernatorial situation was suspicious—
that It might be a calm that portended a
storm. The storm is on. Col. Candler’s
letter. Jumping on Gov. Atkinson’s
friends, was like a clap of thunder an
nouncing the coming of the storm.
In his communication to the public,
containing his declaration of principles.
Col. Candler left the Impression that he
was everybody’s friend and that every
body was his friend, and that, therefore,
there was no good reason why any other
man should be a candidate. We are all
agreed, was the purport of the communi
cation, and therefore there Is no need for
a campaign for the nomination. Only a
love feast Is necessary.
But it seems there was not an entire
agreement.. ' There were some muttering-,
which Col. Candler appears to have heard,
and straightway he fired a blunderbuss
and knocked the campaign of harmony
Into smithereens. Now it is a scramble
for the fragments among those who, from
patriotic motives, want to serve the peo
ple. Who will get the most of them and
capture the nomination? The answer to
that question Is somewhere In the future.
In the meantime there Is going to be lots
of talk by the politicians to convince the
good people of Georgia what they should
do to save the ship of state from going to
the demnilion how wows. The ship of
state is all right, however, and, whoever
may be chosen pilot, will reach port in
safety.
Mill Building in (he South.
The Textile World’s annual report of tex
tile mill construction for the year 1897
shows that activity in mill cotton building
was almost wholly confined to the south
ern section of the country. Counting both
new mills and enlargements, there were
added to the new spindles of New England
only a few more than 68,(sX) spindles, while
there were added to the producing capacity
of (he South no less than 407,000 spindles.
There were fifteen new cotton mills pro
jected and built or partly built during the
year, and all of them were in the South.
There was virtually no increase in the cot
ton textile manufacturing business In any
other section of the country. For the cur
rent year there are numerous mills pro
jected for the Southern territory, but so
Jar as ip known there is not one, or any
extension, projected for any territory out
side of the South. The Southern section Is
also paying more attention to the produc
tion of a finer grade of goods than hereto
fore. It is announced that a $300,000 print
mill is to be erected in South Carolina. New
England has claimed a virtual monopoly of
the ability (o make print cloths and the lin
er qualities of white cloths. It is possible
that this new print mill will prove the
opening wedge which will rive the Eastern
idea of exclusive ability.
While the South showed a gain in cotton
mill building last year, the country at
large showed and decline in cotton mill con
struction. There was, however, an increase
of construction of textile mill plants.count
ing cotton, woolen and silk mills. The
number of all textile mills built last year
was 230, as compared with 207 for the
year previous, 198 for 1595 and 114 for 1894.
Thus, while the Northern and Eastern sec
tions fell off in the construction of eotjon
mills, they made a gain in woolen and silk
mills; and there are a number of such en
terprises projected to be carried to com
pletion during the current year. No mills
of these kinds were erected in the South,
nor is ary such mill projected for the
South, so far as has been reported. It
seems that the idea is to develop the
South’s cotton manufacturing business be
fore attention Is turned to wool. The fact
is that the South could produce wool as
profitably as and manufacture it more
cheaply than any other section of the
country. There is scarcely an argument in
favor of the South as o cotton manufac
turing section which does not apply to
wool manufacturing, except that we do not
now produce the wool abundantly.
But there is no reason why
we should not be wool growers as
well as cotton growers. The table lands,
savannas and hills of Alabama, Georgia,
and Florida afford as fine ranges for sheep
as could be found in the country.
The past year’s activity in cotton mill
building should be very gratifying to the
South. There should, and probably will,
be more building this year than there was
last. Attention should he given to the finer
fabrics as well as heavy goods, and far
mers should make arrangements to add a
few sheep to their possessions, in Antici
pation of the time when the South will be
a wool as well as a cotton manufacturing
section.
A cable dispatch says that Great Brit
ain has "bought up all of the available
coal at Singapore and at the Chinese and
Japanese ports, with the result that the
foreign squadrons In the north of China
are almost immobilized.” A homely old
proverb says there are other ways of
killing a dog than choking it to death
with butter; and there are other ways of
getting ihe 1 >et!er of the Chinese situation
besides making a big loan. Having all of
the available supply of coal in her own
hands. Great Britain is In mastery of the
situation, since a warship without fuel is
useless for either offensive or defensive
purposes
Ex-Minister do Lome is not the only rep
resentatlve of Spain to this country who
has had to "walk Spanish." Ninety-one
years ago Senor Yurgo, then minister of
Spain at Washington, attempted to bribe
a Philadelphia newspaper to advocate the
Spanish side of a boundary dispute then
pending between the two countries. His
scheme was discovered, and he was given
his passports. Senor Muruaga, who was
the immediate predecessor of De Lome,
was virtually recailetl by his government
on account of complaints made by Secre
tarly Olney. This last Incident, therefore,
makes three of a kind.
Agriculture Wilson is re
ported to have been “greatly Impressed
and astonished" with the fruitfulness of
the Florida soli. That Is about the way the
wonderful resources of the Peninsular
State usually strike Investigators. The
natural riches of Fk rlda are a source of
astonishment to vis liars. The time is not
far distant when Florida will be one of the
greatest wealth producing states in the
union.
A Cincinnati newspaper tells of a mes
senger boy of that city who, being called
by a mother to rescue her child from a
burning buildhig, the service,
and then dbnT&Mded and received the fee
of twenty-five cents for his time, pocketed
the coin and went on about his business.
One day that boy will probably be the
president of the company for which he
is now working.
PERSON Ah.
—William Earle Cooke of Portsmouth, R.
1., who has just celebrated his 101st birth
day, is said to be the oldest Methodist
and oldest Freemason In New England.
—Prof. Bryce says that he Is alarmed
about British trad.. He hears all sorts of
rumors übout how the Americans are
branching out. He thinks that American
protection is the only thing that stands in
the way of the Americans capturing much
more of England’s commerce.
—Miss Alice Hoffman, grandniece of Ma
tilda Hoffman, Washington Irving's
sweetheart, has a face so much like the
one shown In her grandaunt's portra't as
to occasion remark. Miss Hoffman is a
San Francisco girl. Her great-grand
father, Judge Ogden Hoffman, lived in
New York.
—Mrs. William Gillivray of 30 Regent
street, Toronto, who Is over 60 years of
age, has given birth to a baby girl. Her
husband, to whom she was married seven
years ago, is 78. Mrs. Gillivray has been
married twice, and this is her twenty
second child. She married first when 15.
The baby is all right and doing well.
—Henry James, the novelist, w'ill prob
ably never return lo America to live, as
ho has just purchased a country home at
Rye, Sussex, England, close to the sea.
Hitherto he has occupied handsome quar
ters in Kensington, London, but he Is pas
sionately fond of country life. Mr. James
is now past 50, but he looks youthful and
well.
—Several gentlemen interested in the
work of the law school of the University
of Pennsylvania have presented to the
university a full-length portrait, painted
by Robert Vonnoh, of Thomas McKean,
one of the signers of the declaration of
independence, the first Chief Justice of
Pennsylvania and Governor of the state
for three terms.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Domestic Signs.—"l cap always tell
when a man is the head of his family.”
"How do you tell?" •
"When the man Is boss the first boy la
put in trousers before ho is a year and
a half old.”—Puck.
—A Resemblance.—" Now, in England,”
said the naturalized citizen, "I was al
ways taken to the polls in a carriage.”
"Well,” replied the native, “the parly
hack is not unknown even in America."—
Pittsburg Clironit le-Tch-graph.
—.Confession.—^“l can say for myself that
I never have been mean enough to get
another woman’s cook away from hoe.”
“Neither have I; but I must confess that
once or twice I have tried to work our
cook off on some of my neighbors.”—Bos
ton Traveler.
—Biting Sarcasm - Sapsmith (indignant
ly)—^Grimshaw called me a fool, again,
lawst night 1
Askins—What’ did you do about it?
Sapsmith—Baw Jawve! I took him
down, don't you know, by awaking him
tvhy he didn't say something original!—
Puck.
—Family Man—You will pardon me for
mentioning it, but it appears to me you
put rather too much salt in your butter.
Dealer—Oh, you are entirely excusable;
you don't understand the butter business.
Salt is cheap, and it weighs.—Boston
Transcript.
—“Now, George,” pleaded young Mrs
Nupkins, "buying valentines is the worst
kind of extravagance. I know you love
me, so, for heaven r sake, don't squander
$5 on one of those lace or satin things."
"Then you don t want mo to buy one,
eh?” Nupkins asked, joyfully.
“No," cried his wife; “it would be so
extravagant. Get me a. diamond ring, if
you must get sometnlng."—Harper's Ba
zar.
, CURRENT COMMENT.
A Great Port.
From the Columbus Enquirer-Sun (Dem.).
For the third time the cotton receipts at
Savannah have reached the million mark,
and this year promises to be a record
breaker. All Georgia is proud of Savan
nah, a port that receives one-tenth of the
cotton raised in the entire South. Greater
things yet are in store for her.
A -Reserved Right.
From the Knoxville Tribune (Dem.).
Dupuy de Lome should understand that
the American people "reserve to themselves
the exclusive right to call their President
names. They do not hesitate to wallop
their own jackass, but when an outsider
interferes he will find himself up to the
neck in trouble.
By Way of Illustration.
From the New York World (Dem.).
Here is a story that fits current events:
A little negro was mail carrier on a small
route in Georgia. He managed to give of
fense to a big bully, who threatened to
horsewhip him. “I'm only a little nigger,”
he called out, “but If you hits me you hits
de United States,” That is she way with
diplomatists who say nasty things about
American Presidents. ,
Instructor* of Democrats. '
From the Richmond Times (Dem.).
In order to be a Democrat you must
stand on the Chicago platform. So says
ex-Senator Dulwie of Idaho, who has been
Interesting himself in,a movement to rally
the silver forces.
Who Is Mr. Dubois? A Republican.
In order to he a Democrat you must
stand on the Chicago platform, with a
me au re more of Populism thrown In. So
says Senator Marfon Butler, who says also
that the Populists' parly represents the
true principles of T'nomas Jefferson.
Who is Mr. Bullet? ' A f*>jtulist.
Isn’t It a bit exasperating that Demo
crats are to be taught their duty by a
Republican on the one hand and a Populist
on the other? We confess that we ure not
disposed to learn Democracy from such
teachers.
A Fickle Weathercock.
An old saying. “Fickle as a weather
cock.” once received a striking refutation
in the experience of Dr. W. E. Chan
ning, says the Youth's Companion. The
famous Boston preacher, being of a fee
ble constitution, was led to go to extremes
in protecting himself against the cold,
penetrating air of the winter in Boston; at
such times nothing would Induce him to
go out of the house, even in a carriage, if
the wind was from the East.
A friend, not having heard from Dr.
Channing for three weeks, notwithstand
ing that the weather had been unusually
mild and agreeable, feared that he might
bo ill and called at his house to Inquire.
He found Channing In his library, the
sun streaming through the closed win
dows anl a blazing fire In the grate; the
room was almost suffocating. The doc
tor himself seemed In his usual health and
spirits. 'Naturally, the visitor asked why
he was not enjoying the soft air and sun
shine. Channlr.g shook his head and said:
"Impossible, my friend. I dare not, and
you know I never do venture out of doors
in an east wind.” i
“But the wind has been in the. south for
the last three weeks!” urged his friend.
"You are greatly mistaken,” rejoined the
doctor. "Book at the weather vane!” and
he pointed triumphantly to the weather
cock of a neighboring church.
"But that vane has not moved for the
last three weeks. It wants oiling,” was
the response.
The good doctor had been kept a pris
oner for three weeks by a rusty weather
cock! ,
Then the Girls Fled.
It is amusing to people familiar with the
capitol to watch .strangers examine it,
says the Washington Times, and nowhere
are these strangers so amusing as when
they are in statuary hall, where there are
a dozen or more "echo” stones, and each
of which creates a different sort of echo,
owing to the peculiarities of the acouistics
created by the formation of the ceiling.
Men and women, old and young, frequent
ly afford the most amusing spectacles
when the solemn guide exhibits the won
ders of these “echo” stones. There are
also two pillars, one on either side of the
room, which are called the telephone col
umns, and a person speaking in a very
low tone near one may be distinctly heard
by any one standing near the opposite
pillar. Yesterday a member's secretary
was standing against the pillar on the
south side of the hall when he heard a
voice say;
"Oh, dear, what shall I do? My skirt
is falling off and I haven't got a pin.”
The young fellow glanced around, saw
no one near him, but observed two young
women near the telephone pillar opposite.
Instantly grasping the situation, he gruf
fly said in a low voice:
“Sew it on or use a hntpin.”
He heard a slight scream, saw two
young women look about the hall in a
startled fashion, and, observing that no
one was neay, the one in distress ex
claimed;
“Did you ever?”
“No, I never,” replied the secretary as
gruffly as before: "I use buttons.
This was too much for the young women
and they precipitately fled.
Just From Dawson.
From the Deadwood Pioneer.
A Dawson City mining man lay dying on
the ice,
He didn't have a woman nurse—he didn’t
have the price.
But a comrade kneeled beside him, as the
sun sank in repose,
To listen to his dying words and watch
him while he froze.
The dying man propped up his head above
four rods of snow,
And said, ”1 never saw it thaw at ninety
eight below.”
Send this little pin-head nugget that I
swiped from Jason Dills.
To my home, you know, at Deadwood, at
Deadwood in the Hills.
“Tell my friends and tell my en’mies, if
you ever roa;h the East,
That this Ilawson City region is no place
for man or beast;
That the land's too elevated and the wind
too awful cold.
And the Hills of South Dakota yield as
good a grade of gold;
Tell my sweatheart not to worry with a
sorrow too intense.
For I would not thus have panned out
had I had a lick of sense.
Oh! the air Is growing thicker, and those
breezes give me chills.
Gee, 1 wish I was in Deadwood, in Dead
wood in the Hills.
“Tell the fellows in the home land to re
main and have a cinch.
That the price of patent pork chops here
is eighty cents an inch.
That 1 speak as one who's been here
scratching 'round to find the gold,
And at ten per cent, of discount I could
not buy up a cold.
Now. so-long,” he faintly whispered, “I
have told you what to do.”
And he closed his weary eyelids and froze
solid p. and. q.
His friend procured an organ box and c.
o. d.'d the bills.
And sent the miner home that night to
Deadwood in the Hills.
The Legend of King O'Leary.
In the good old days when Christianity
first dawned upon the British ’ Isles there
was an Irish King named O’Leary, says a
writer in the New York Sun. He doubted
the soundness and sanity of his pagan re
ligion, and became even more skeptical in
regard to the truth of the new Christian
faith. But, like all doubters, he was super
stitious.
In his kingdom, in the South of Ireland,
there was a mountain that was remarkable
for its extraordinary echoes. At the foot of
this peak his ancestors for ages used to
consult the oracles before going to battle.
He resolved to question them in regard to
the origin of man and to future existence.
So, late one stormy night he set out from
his frowning old castle in the forest, and
wandered In the wilds until he reached the
foot of the marvelous mountain. Evident
ly the stormy southwest wind had put all
the in a bad humor, for they were
ready to give short answers even to royal
ty. Standing upon a rocky platform, the
King spoke in stentorian tones, putting h's
questions in old Gaelic, which, when trans
lated into Old Bowery, were about these:
"What, ho, there! O mountain o' the
Thousand Tongues! 'Tis your King who
calls! In the trouble of my mind, in thee
alone now have I faith. Awake your crags
and let them answer me! Must I forget the
old teachings of my forefathers and follow
the faith of the stranger?”
As if in mockery of the monarch, or in a
rage at living disturbed at such an unsea
sonable hour, the crags protested in a wild
and long rolling chorus of confusion until
at last, clear and distinct, came back the
answer: “Stranger!”
Anger is catching. The King became fu
rious. "Insolent and rascally rebel rocks!”
he exclaimed. "Ye naked slaves, how dare
ye toss my word to the winds? Answer my
questions, I command, ye. Say plainly the
things your King should know!”
The crags all answered "No!"
"Once more r command ye,” continued
his majesty. "Tell me, and tell me quick,
whence are we mortals and whither must
we go?*'
The crags shouted "Go!’'
The anger in the monarch’s eyes turned
to sadness. "Then am Ia 'stranger' in my
own kingdom.” he murmured, "and the
oracles hid me 'Go!' ”
'ln the darkness of agnosticism he return
ed to hts castle, where, shortly afterward
he died. He was buried pagan fashion.clad
in mall, and standing erect In his grave,
with his face to his enemies, the Christians
of Leinster.
ITEJIS OF INTEREST.
—Antwerp recently has become the prin
cipal ivory market of the world. This
change of center is due to the fact that,
while all the tusks from Central Tropical
Africa were formerly carried to Zanzibar
and thence to Bombay and Liverpool, a
large part of the trade has now been di
verted down the Kongo to the Belgian
steamers, and they land the product at
Antwerp.
—The famous lion carved from the rock
at Lucerne by Thorwaldsen in honor of
the defense of the Swiss Guards at the
Tullerles in 1792 is slowly crumbling away.
Some years ago a committee of experts
made a careful examination of the mon
ument, which had begun to show signs
of decay owing to the action of the water,
which constantly filters through the rook
behind. A few superficial repairs were
made, but now Thorwaldsen s work is
threatened with complete destruction, the
stone being gradually worn away. •
—The literary cult at Topeka are wor
rying over anew trouble, says the Kan
sas City Journal. The state library recent
ly received an ancient book entitled “The
Twelve Caesars.” It contains pictures
of the Caesars and their wives, and In
every Instance the woman is pictured with
an enormously long neck, while, with the
single exception of Julius, the Caesars are
fat men. It is understood very well that
a great statesman ought to be fat, but
nowadays there are no women with such
long necks as those pictured, and it is the
fear of the Topeka literary cult that our
modern day females are deteriorating, or
telescoping, or something of that sort.
—The list of candidates for sainthood rt
Rome is a long one, and there are 320
names standing before that of Joan of
Arc, whose advocates push her claims un
remittingly. She stands a chance of be
ing let in through a side door within five
years or so, instead of waiting thirty or
more, as she would be forced to do if she
took her regular turn in the line of can
didates. The making of saints is the
slowest work the church in, and
many centuries often elapse between death
and canonization. If the maid is ever to
wear the aureole of beatification, it ought
not to be withheld from her much longer.
One of these days some mousing investi
gator will arise, armed with proof that
that glowing and far-beaming light of an
cient France never really existed, being
only a flickering phantasm, an ignis la.t
uus leading the Imagination into profitless
regions of fog and delusion.
—There is in Russia a district which is
wholly administered and during most of
the time exclusively inhabited by women,
says the New York Tribune. It is the
province of Smolensk, and comprises a
district of about fifteen square miles, from
which all the able-bodied males emigrate
in the spring and proceed to neighboring
towns and districts in search of work, re
maining away about nine months of the
year. In their absence the women culti
vate the fields and manage local affairs
generally, under the presidency of a wo
man Mayor. Before nightfall the women
assemble In a sort of club house and play
cards till 1 and 2in the morning. Virtue
there is compatible with unlimited cakes
and ale, and though the hours are late
and so much time is given to amusement,
the commune is prosperous, disorder is un
known, and it is one of the best conducted
portions of the empire. The Czarina takes
an interest in it and is proud of it, ns she
has every reason to be.
—A French journal says that visiting
cards are not a recent invention, nor even
of European origin. They existed in China
twelve centuries ago, but their use did not
spread to France until the last century.
The Chinese cards, however, had little re
semblance to those in use in Europe to
day, They contained often wonderful de
signs expressing all sorts of good wishes
for those for whom they were intended.
The size of the card indicated the respect
the owner had for its recipient. In the
seventeenth century the English ambassa
dor at Peking received from the Chinese
government a card eighteen feet long,
which was carried by six men. Cards were
illustrated with designs, the work fre
quently of artists of reputation, when first
introduced in France. Mythological sub
jects were most in vogue. These were in
fashion until the.first empire, and it was
not until 1815, when the use of cards be
came universal, that the name on them
was engraved in the simple form of to
day.
—To the painstaking researches of M.
Miquel, the eminent French scientist, is
due an almost exact knowledge of the rel
ative quality of micro-organisms peculiar
to different localities In Paris, and the in
formation thus presented affords an inter
esting study, says the Philndelpha Rec
ord. In the Park de Monsourls, in the
south of that city, he found some 480 of
such organisms in one cubic meter of air;
that is, in a little more than one square
yard; while in the Rue de Rivoli there
were nearly 3,500 in one cubic meter; in
a room in the Rue Monge he found 36,-
000 in the same space, while in fifteen
grains of dust scraped up in a room there
the showing of micro-organisms reached
the figure of 2,100,000. Specifically consid
ered, therefore, the solid impurities in the
air of a large city constitute an enormous
factor, atmospherically, in addition to the
noxous gases commonly present, viz., car
bonic dioxide, sulphuretted hydrogen and
earbonous oxide. The solid particles con
sist largely of organic matter, such as
minute particles of various forms of in
sect life, especially house flies and their
larvae, together with the all-abpndant ex
creta from animals; these matters, drying
upon the streets in the sun. are readily
ground into impalpable powder by the
horses hoofs. This, with the other pre
vailing kinds of dust from various sources,
is wafted about by the wind and carried!
of course, into the living apartments, to
be inhaled by the people.
—Engineers and railway men are await
ing with considerable anxiety the results
of the test to which the fel£ mats for rails
are now being put. So much has been
said in favor of this latest Invention from
Germany that it seems time alone can
demonstrate whether or not the mats can
do what is claimed for them, says the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. The new mat was first
exhibited at Leipsic. Germany, last sum
mer, and at once attracted attention. It
was at first said that the mats were made
for protecting steel rails from catching
cold, but this, is not the case. The more
to-be-appreciated service rendered by this
novel mat is to protect the public from the
noise and clatter of the traffic on street
railways. Should the invention stand the
test of time it is probable that the local
street railway officials will make some ex
periments with it. The mat is made of
strong wool, which is thoroughly impreg
nated with oils, then superficially coated
with glue, which has been rendered insol
uble by the addition of sodium bichwmate
and formaldehyde, and then very highly
compressed to form plates from a third of
an inch to several inches in thickness and
of various sizes. They are especially rec
ommended for crossings and bridges, but
would be a great boon everywhere along
the track, and it may be that the mats
save the rails, as manufacturers claim
The, surface of the mat is said to be so
hard that a rail may be placed upon such
a piece of matting without cutting into it
In addition the claitjt is made that by
placing the mats under the bed plates
bearings between the joists and other such
places in the engine rooms, the noise there
in will be reduced to a minimum. The
stuff is known by the rather absurd name
of iron felt, and the only question now
is as to how long the mat will retain its
elasticity. Another recommendation for
tho preparation is that It prevents rotting.
In all the world there is no other treatment
80 pure, so sweet, so safe, so speedy, for lira
serving,purifying,and beautifying the skin
scalp, and hair, and eradicating every hul
mor, as warm baths with Otiitha Sovp"
and gentle anointings with Cuticika loinu
tnent), the great skin cure.
(yticura
I nold throughout the world. Pottm
Drfg a!*i> Ch**. Sole Props., Boston.
CTJ* "All About the Skin, Scalp aud Hair," free.
EVERY HUMOR Cured by Ctrncii**?
Baby
Garments
JUST SUITABLE FOR
Your Baby,
As nice as the BABY ITSELF.
Our spring stork of INFANTS' and
CHILDREN'S WHITE DRESSES Is
NOW HEADY.
Our select trade ■ will certainly appre
ciate these daintily trimmed and well
made garments.
Note, too, the smallness of the prices:
INFANTS’ SLIPS, made of English
Nainsook, bishop style, at 25c, 40c and 500.
INFANTS' DRESSES, made of fine
Nainsook and fine embroidery trimming,
from 75c to $3.00.
CHILDREN’S DRESSES, faultlessly
made and of good material. The style is
in them too—nothing better in any way—
and the prices make them so attractive.
The whole line is cheap, and ranges from
25C TO $2.98.
INFANTS’ SACQUES.
INFANTS' SACQUES, white lined, with
pale blue and pink china silks, hand em
broidery, exquisite in every detail.
INFANTS’ GOODS are a special
ty with us and we make closer figures
than are usual elsewhere. The stock is
always up to the standard and complete
in every detail.
EMBROIDERIES AND LACES.
In this department the Hogan store is
always at the front. We get the best
from every quarter of the globe and keep
it in stock. This season we have bought
advantageously, and can sell at prices very
close.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
E. C, PACETTI & SON.
Roofing and Repairing.
Roof Painting.
Skylights.
Cornices,
Agent for Cortright’s
Metal Shingles.
Telephone 2203. 136 Whitaker street.
SCOTT & DAVIS,
NATIVE AND WESTERN MEATS,
FISH, GAME, POULTRY,
VEGETABLES," ETC.
FANCY AND STAPLE GROCERIES,
ELEGANT REFRIGERATOR.
All orders carefully and promptly filled
and sent, to any part of the city.
219 HENRY, EAST. ,
'Phone 2296.
Happy New Year
will be ol! the happier if you don’t let
email things trouble you. Just telephone
or drop us a postal when you want oil or
gasoline and you will be surprised how
quick we will serve you.
Uf. Oil MD GASOLINE DELIVERY.
P. O. Box 19. Telephone 46L
Also OAK and PINE WOOD.
Fine 75c; three cut 80c.
Mixed 90q; three cut 90c.
Oak $1.00; three cut SI.OO.
J. P. CORDRAY.
Broughton and Price
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CD,
Congress and Drayton Streets
Brick, Ljme, Cement, Wall Paper, Paints,
Glass, Mantels, Fireplace Fixtures.
BUILDING SUPPLIES GENERALLY.
Every stroke of the paint brush, every
broken glass replaced, every worn out grato
fixed means
Money Well Invested
You select the material, we furnish It and do
the work.