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Alderman Krouskoff’s paving ordinance,
by the way, is not the only one upon the
books which is virtually dead. The chances
are that If a search were Instituted a
whole graveyard full of dead city laws
would be discovered. In a great many In
stances, we merely pass an ordinance and
let It go at that.
A South Carolina contemporary tne other
day. alluding to the entrance of Col. R. B.
Watson in the race for the governorship,
referred to him as “the old man elephant
of Saluda." It was one of the intelligent
compositor’s errors, of course, but If Col.
Watson had leen “a good man weighing
about 200 pounds.” he might have taken
offense.
The events of the past few weeks have
demonstrated that patience is a virtue
which is possessed by the American peo
ple. The red hot “patriotism" which in
sists upon “going off half-cocked" is most
ly of a sort gotten up for sale, either by
newspaper publishers or politicians; but
the patriotism of the people, that which
would count in the event of trouble, waits
for the truth.
If Hayti is not forced into the hands of
a receiver shortly, it will not be the fault
of her creditors. Only a little while ago
the little black republic was made to
come up with the money for a debt to Ger
many, and then it was "touched” by Italy
for a long due account, and now France
lias discovered that there is something due
her by Simon Sam and his people, and will
take steps to force payment.
'They still practice the black art up in
some parts of enlightened Pennsyl
vania. The other day a man
wag arrested at Rosemont, in
that state, for “putting spells” on some
persons and “taking crosses” off others.
The ignorant blacks in some parts of the
South practice something of the sort
which Is called “voodooism,” but in this
Pennsylvania case it seems a white man
was the sorcerer*
It is announced that the "unofficial” con
gressional party of senators and represen
tatives who sailed for Cuba the other day
went as the guests of one of the “yellow
journals” of New York. It was a good
stroke, of course, for the newspaper, to
stcure these congressional cate paws to pull
its sensational news chestnuts out of the
fire and give it some free advertising; but
what Is to be thought of the “representa
tfvettof the people" who go off on a Junk
eting trip to a foreign country at this time
as the gueste of a sensational newspaper?
A North Dakota post of the Grand Army
of t}ie Republic has embodied in a unan
imously adopted resolution a scheme
which it no doubt thinks would Inaugurate
the beginning of the millennium. It is
to the effect that the national government
shall invite all of the survivors of the late
war, Federal and Confederate, to be its
guests in Washington for one week, be
ginning July 1,1900, and that on the Fourth
of July of that year the President and his
cabinet shall review the survivors on pa
rade, the old soldiers being in Federal and
Confederate uniforms as nearly like those
of war times as may be possible. It is
desired, of course, that Congress shall pass
an appropriation to pay all of the expens
es. There are a number of reasons why
the scheme should not be adopted, but one
is enough. The government ought not to
appropriate the people's montv to uny
such purpose.
The Vdinininlratlon'H f’nlinn Pulley.
No one seqms to know what the Cuban
policy of the administration is. It is evl
<lt nt that it is the administration's purpose
not war with Spain. Unofficially
the Secretary of the Navy has expressed
the opinion that the destruction of the
Maine was not due to Spanish treachery.
That, doubtless. Is the opinion of the
o her members of the cabinet. The admin
istration. however, has no more Informa
tion as to the cause of the Maine disaster
than the public has.
But, assuming that the report of the
lioard of inquiry will not be a cause for
war, It would be interesting to know what
course the administration is going to pur
sue in respect to the Cuban war. Is It
going to Intervene to put a stop to the
war in the near future, or is It going to
continue to maintain the attitude of a
watcher of events in Cuba?
It seems to lie agreed that autonomy Is
a failure. The Cubans have rejected it
and Spain seems to be powerless to enforce
it. Jn the meantime the condition of af
fairs Is steadily becoming worse. The
plantations are being destroyed, trade is
being ruined and the people are dying from
starvation. The commerce of the United
Slates with Cuba is but a small part of
whal it was before thje insurrection be
gan.
The loss of Cuban trade and the wretch
ed condition of the Cuban people are
causes of great dissatisfaction in this
country. Will this dissatisfaction manifest
itself sufficiently to influence the adminis
tration to intervene to stop the war? Is it
not probable that Congress will become
restive under the peace policy programme
and take steps to force Spain to make a
more vigorous effort to bring the war to
a close? These are questions which are
being asked, but t'6 which, as yet, there is
no satisfactory answer.
It may not be difficult to answer them
after the board of Inquiry has made lip
report upon the Maine disaster. If that
board should report that the Maine was
destroyed by design, the pressure in be
half of lending a helping hand to the Cu
bans would be so great that K would be
difficult for Congress to resist Jt, even If
there were a moral certainty that Spain
had no part in the Maine tragedy. A
change in the Cuban policy of
tratiot). therefore, need not be expected
until after the board of inquiry has made
its report, and it is not certain that there
will be a change even then.
An liiiisual Pension Case.
Will Congress grant a pension of SSO a
month to Hon. John A. Bingham of Ohio?
He is asking for a pension of that amount.
He is over 80 years of age and is compar
atively poor, having an Income of only
about SSOO a year.
But why should Mr. Bingham be put on
the pension roll? He has been an office
holder pretty nearly his whole life. He
has never been in the army or the navy.
He was elected to Congress forty-three
years ago, and remained a member of the
House for eight years, and then, having
been beaten for a re-election, he was
made a solicitor of the Court of Claims.
He was again elected to Congress In 1865
and served for eight years. From 1873 to
1885 he was minister to Japan. He was
an office holder at a big salary for nearly
thirty years, and now asks the govern
ment to pension him at SSO a month.
Mr. Bingham, as far as the world knows,
was a faithful and competent pub
lio official, but unless the govern
ment intends to' pension worn-out
politicians, what excuse is there
for pensioning him? To give him a pen
sion would make a precedent of which
other politicians, now poor, would take
advantage.
The people are now bitterly complaining
of the immense pension burden which the
politicians have saddled upon them. A
large part of that burden represents
money voted to control the soldier vole.
Do the politicians now intend to begin
pensioning those of their number who are
poor and too old to earn a living? If Mr.
Bingham should have a pension then there
are tens of thousands of people who ought
to be taken care of at the expense of the
public treasury.
Tile Annoying I>nnntle*.
The tug Dauntless is a source of annoy
ance to this country and to Spain, but she
gives a vast amount of satisfaction to the
Cuban insurgents, if the reports of het
doings are correct. She appears t 0 bp here
and there and elsewhere, but she Is never
in sight wheiT”the United States revenue
cutters or Spanish gunboats want her.
Now and then she comes into this port,
or goes into Jacksonville, and she Is just
as innocent appearing os if she had only
been lying off Tybee for a couple of weeks
waiting for a low. She never has anything
suspicious aboard, and as far as the aver
age citizen and custom house officer
knows, she hasn’t done anything of which
the United States or Spain has a right to
complain. The treasury department and
the state department hardly know what
to say in answer to the complaints made
against her. They can’t get evidence upon
which to base a libel. It looks, therefore,
as if they would have to let her roam the
sea in accordance with her own free will
and wait for a chance to catch her In the
very act of carrying a filibustering expedi
tion to Cuba. It may be that much that
is said of her doings has no basis of truth.
Still, her mysterious movements mean
that she isn’t desirous of having her deeds
exposed to the light of day. She may be
laying the foundation on which Spain will
base a big bill for damages against the
United States.
It appears, according to the American
Agriculturist, that considerably more than
one-fourth of the wheat crop is still in the
hands of the farmers. In round figures,
the wheat still on the farms amounts to
157,000,000 bushels, against 124,000:000 bushels
at the corresponding period of last year.
At ruling prices, this means that the far
mers of the wheat belt have a reserve fund
of $157,000,000 upon which they can draw
whenever they feel and sposod to do so. It
means also that the farmers could make
It rather unpleasant for Joseph Lelter if
they were ail to make up Their minds io
sell their holdings at once.
THE MOKNING NEWS: FKIDAY, 31 ARCH 4, 1898.
The Corbett Case.
The refusal of the Senate by a majority
of 31 to admit Henry W. Corbett to a seat
In that body, as noted in our dispatches,
settles the question of the authority of
the Governor of a state to fill a vacancy
in the Senate which the legislature of the
state, having had the opportunity, faiied
to fill: Mr. Corbett was appointed by the
Governor of Oregon to a seat in the Senate
made vacant by the expiration of the
term of Senator Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell’s
term expired March 3. 1897. In the winter
of 1896-97 the Legislature of Oregon under
took to elect a senator to succeed Mr.
Mitchell, but failed to do so. The Gover
nor concluded that he had a right to fill
the vacancy, and so appointed Mr. Cor
bett. The Senate said that the Governor’s
act was beyond his authority.
A similar case was decided in 1893—the
Mantle case. Against the seating of Mr.
Mantle, however, there was only three ma
jority. Since the decision in that case, it
is evident, the opinion has gained ground
that It would be clearly against the con
stitution as well as agplnst good policy to
permit a Governor to fill a senatorial va
cancy where the legislature has faiied to do
its duty.
While the Corbett case was under con
sideration, it thought by some that
the fact that Mr. Corbett was a Gold Re
publican would influence the decision
somewhat, but it did not. Some Silver
Democrats favored his admission while
Gold Republicans voted against him. The
case was decided on its merits.
A Klondike Kate War.
The rate war between the Canadian Pa
cific Railway and the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railways, has assumed in
teresting proportions. The Canadians
seem to think that because the Klondike
mines are in Canada their railroad, the
Canadian Pacific, should have a monopoly
of the business of transporting gold seek
ers from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific
coast ports, and also of the supplies sent
from the Atlantic coast cities to the Klon
dike region. Not being hampered by inter
state commerce regulations, and having
the privilege of sending bonded goods Into
American territory, the Canadian Pacific
was rapidly getting control of this busi
ness, which is now large, and promises
to Increase to much greater proportions.
The American roads appealed to the Inter
state Commerce Commission to release
them from its regulations. This appeal
was granted, and at once (he American
roads made a big cut in rates. The Ca
nadian Pacific will now have an opportu
nity to get a glimpse of the most interest
ing features of a great rate war. That
road will find that it will not be permitted
to monopolize the Klondike transportation
business, and also that there is no profit
in doing that business at cut rates, if it
had been content to do the part of the
business which legitimately belongs to it.
both it and the American roads would
have done a good Klondike business at
profitable rates. The Canadian road, how
ever, wanted to do all the business. It
over-reached Itself. It thought the Amer
ican roads would not be permitted to cut
rates, and, therefore, it could play the
grab game with entire safety. It cut
rates heavily. It is probable that it now
wishes it had taken the sober second
thought.
The Canadian farmers were told that the
food supplies for the Klondike miners
would be obtain from them, and to the
Canadian manufacturers fine promises
were made. The Canadians thought they
had everything arranged so that they
would be greatly benefited by the opening
of the Klondike gold region. Having dis
covered their mistake, it is probable that
they will not lose much time In trying to
get back to the old rates. The American
roads can stand a cut rate war just as
long as the Canadian Pacific can.
A preacher named Glover, residing in
Minnesota, has written a letter in which
he expresses the desire to lead a regiment
of “Indiana boys” against Spain. In his
letter the preacher says: “I would do all
in my power to make Ihe Spanish lan
guage the prevailing language of hell."
This Jingoistic preacher is not even origi
nal in his expression. He plagiarizes
“Fighting Bob” Evans of the navy, who
during the Itata excitement of several
years ago, said if he were ordered to
turn the guns of the cruiser Charleston
loose upon the Chilians, “heli would smell
of garlic for six months,” and later, upon
another occasion, said if the American
navy were to bombard Havana "there
would be no language but Spanish spoken
In hell for six months.” Such language
sounds badly tft best, but better coming
from a roqgh man-’o-war’s-man than
from a preacher of the gospel of peace and
fellowship.
The efforts of Gov. Mount of Indiana to
have the Versailles lynchers punished for
their crime seem likely to prove of no
avail. The first attempt in that direction,
at least, has fallen flat. One of the men
accused, and against whom the evidence
was believed to be strongest, has been
discharged by the court of preliminary
examination. Whether the matter will be
prosecuted further remains to be seen.
After the discharge of the accused the At
torney General remarked, with some bit
terness: “It is evident from all of the
testimony obtainable that the five men
broke out of jail and hanged themselves,”
Our Northern friends are now beginning
to see how difficult it is to suppress lynch
ing and to punish lynchers.
A war between Nicaragua and Costa
F.iea would probably i\ot amount to a great
deal, If none of the other Central Ameri
can republics became involved in the
quarrel. Nicaragua's army amounts to
abofft 8,000 men, and Costa Rica’s to
about 6,000. An effort is being made on
both sides, however, to draw the other
countries Into the matter. Should this
be successful, and Honduras, with her
50,000 men, take the side of Nicaragua, and
Guatemala, with 50,000, lake the .side of
Costa Rica, as now seems probable, there
might result a blopdy and long continued
conflict. The trouble grows out of the
Nicaraguan contention that the Presklent
of Costa Rica aided and abetted the recent
Insurrection in the former country.
A New York surrogate has before him a
case which will probably tax his wits. Sev
en widows of the'same mao are clamoring
for the estate Ipft by him. The much
married ond voluminously lamented de
ceased was nn Englishman, and was some
thing of a traveler before he settled in New
York and got married. During his travels,
it seems, he had acquired a wife in each
of six different countries before coming
to America and marrying No. 7. As might
be supposed, he also acquired a varied as
sortment of offspring. Some time ago he
died, in New York, leaving an estate worth
$00,000; and it is this estate which the sev
eral widows and the sundry children are
after. *
Mining and sapping are a part of the la
bors of the soldier. If there are a number
of young men In this vicinity who are
really “spilin’ fora fight" with Spain, they
might "get a taste of a soldier’s life by tak
ing spades and shovels and going down to
Tybee and exefeising themselves a little.
There is a lot of ditching needed on the isl
and.
PERSONAL.
—The School of Oriental Languages in
Paris has recently added to its faculty a
new professor, Oda Yorodzou, who will
occupy'a chair of Japanese. His entrance
Into the school makes the number of native
professors there five. The others are
Mahmoud Abou.l Nasr, professor of vulgar
Arabic; Kalpakjan, of Turkish; Ramsiray,
of Malagaehe, and Lien Young of Chinese.
—Prof. Charles Eliot Norton will retire
from the chair of modern languages at
Harvard this year. As the successor of
Longfellow and Lowell and head of the
fine arts department Prof. Norton has
strenuously fought and worked for the
highest ideals in art and In citzenship. As
the literary executor of Lowell and the
translator of Dante rrof. Norton is well
known wherever there are intelligent read
ers of the English language.
—An unusual special pension claim Is
about to be paid by the government. It
Is for the widow;of Lieut. Michael Moore,
who died In Brooklyn last year at the age
of 98. He had served continuously in the
United States army for eighty-five years,
and is believed to have broken a world's
record in this particular. He enlisted in
the regular army as a drummer boy at
the outbreak of the war of 1812. His wid
ow writes that she is not the young wife
of an old soldier, but is 82 years old, and
when her husband died they had been mar
ried sixty-three years.
—An English paper says that the other
day, when Queen Victoria was seated In
her drawing-room, ■with several of her
household in attendance, the lamp placed
close beside her began to smoke. To the
horror and astonishment of the company
the Queen promptly raised her august
hand and turned down the flame. “Your
Majesty,” said the lady-in-waiting, in awe
struck tones, “why did you trouble to do
ttftt yourself?" “Because,” said the
Queen, “if I had called out ‘this lamp is
smoking!' of you ladies would have
said to the equerrj-. ‘See! the lump Is
smoking!’ and the equerry would have
called out to the nearest servant, ‘here!
the Queen’s lamp is smoking!’ and that
servant would have culled to a footman
to attend to it, and all the time the lamp
would have gone on smoking; so I prefer
red to turn It dowu. myself.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—“I won’t submit to being turned away,”
said the disappointed arrival at the hotel.
“See here, I’m flush,” and he displayed a
roll of bills.
"I know,” responded the clerk; “but I’ve
got a full house.”—Philadelphia North
American. •*’.
—“They have some queer advertisements
in those English papers,” said ihe eldest
boarder. “I read one the other day where
a man offers htmseif as a listener to peo
ple’s troubles. Clergyman, I presume.”
“Or an ex-policeman,” suggested As
bury Peppers.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Editor—“Your story seems to be fairly
good, but I’m afraid we can’t use it, be
cause as an author you are unknown; you
have no name, as it wore.”
'Author—"The name affixed to the story
is a nom de plume. My real name is quite
well known—in fact, it is a household word
wherever the English language is spoken.”
Editor—“lndeed! And what Is it, pray?”
Author—“ John Smith.’’—Chicago News.
Yet Sentenced— “i thought the ver
dict of the jury in his case was ’guilty.’ ’’
“It was.” “Then why hasn't he been
sentenced?” "Oh, that was because the
judge asked him if there was anything he
wished tc say before sentence was pass
ed upon him.” “Well, that’s customary,
isn’t it?” "Oh, yes, it’s customary; but
you see he is a Populist, and consequently
he is talking yet.”—Chicago Evening
Post.
—“My dear friend," said the Ordinary
Man, "I read yotfr screed against the the
aters with much sorrow and some amuse
ment, when I considered the fact that you
had never been inside a theater. If you
were to go to a dramatic performance, you
woul* find it far different from your idea
of it.”
“That is the very reason I don’t go,”
candidly admitted the Professionally Pious
Man. "I don’t 'want my ideals shatter
ed.”—lndianapolis Journal.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Best Unnnor in the Populist String.
From the Greenvilie (S. C.) News (Dem.J.
The Georgia Pops will insist upon the
entrance of Tom Watson into the race for
Governor. Tom is undoubtedly the speed
iest Pop in Georgia.
Why Sage Wants War.
From Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.)
Russell Sage continues to advocate war
eagerly. He is tired of 3 per cent., and
yearns for the good old times of 6 per cent,
and government bonds at a discount.
The Duties ol Citizenship.
From the New Orleans Picayune (Dem.).
The citizen who does Jury duty, and the
citizen who fights for his country, are both
serving themselves more than the country.
They are protecting their individual rights
and interests, and nothing can absolVe
them from the duty to render such service.
Match the Yellow Kills.
From the Augusta Chronicle (Dem.).
If the American newspapers and the
Spanish newspapers which continue to bel
low and paw up the dirt without waiting
for positive testimony or being willing to
accept It, must have war, why not let them
get together mid fight It out? If the New
York Journal and the Madrid Impartial
could be gotten into a ring It might prove
very entertaining if not Instructive.
He NVu* a Reminder.
The drummer v/ho was talking had a
jerky style of speech as if he were af
flleted with St. Vitus’ dance of the vocal
chords or some similar difficulty, says
the Washington Star. “Had a blamed
funny experience once,” he said. “Had
plenty, I suppose, but this was different.
It was out on the Southern Pacific. Don’t
know what town it was. Don't know
what suite. Perhaps It was a territory.
As many territories along that road as
there are states. That's all right. At the
town I'm talking about a pretty womaif
about 25 got aboard. Pretty women
scarce as hen’s teeth in that country.
Hadn't seen one for a month. CouldiVt
keep my eyes off of her. At last couldn’t
stand it any longer. Got up and went
over io her. Asked her if I couldn't raise
(he window for her. She said J couldn’t.
Takes a strong man to rqise a car win
dow sometimes. Asked her if I couldn’t
let her have a paper or a book. She said
I couldn’t. Tried her again on buying
something from the train butcher.
Wouldn’t have it. Offered to get her a
glass of water. Wasn’t dry. Tried every
thing I knew. Got turned down every
time. The last time I tried was with a
game of whist. Whist was all the rage
in the East, I told her. She said she
couldn’t play. Then she looked at me for
a minute—maybe it was longer. Then she
spoke.
’Do you know who you remind me
of?” says she, looking at me admiringly.
‘No,’ says I. - Is it some dear friend
of yours?’ said I, trying'"to do the funny
act.
’Not exactly,’ said she laughing. ’Not
exactly, but of one that will be dead in
aliout seven seconds after my husband
sets eyes on him at the next station.’
‘What's the name of it, madame?”
says I, making believe I was ready.
“ ‘Morsevllle,* yelled the brakeman.
’That’s It,’ says she, laughing more
than ever, and I fell over myself trying
to make connection with the sleeper at
tee far end of the train.”
The Noise in the Gallery.
Discussion js now going on in a small
but rather rigid Presbyterian Church as
to the propriety of interruption in prayer,
says the New York Sun. The
pastor of the church gave rise to this
discussion on a recent warm Sunday even
ing. It is his custom to deliver a long
prayer at the evening services, and he
had reached a pitch of considerable fer
vor when a flapping, batting noise was
heard from one of the galleries. Those
of the congregation who had their heads
raised saw the minister's brow contract
and wrinkles appear between his closed
eves, but he went on. There was a lull in
the objectionable noise; but presently it
began again. This time Ihe minister stop
ped short, opened his eyes, looked severe
ly toward that part of the gaielry whence
the interruption came, and said:
"I wish that whoever is responsible for
that noise would stop it. It is extremely
annoying.”
-Many of the congregation looked up in
the gallery and saw, at the point where
the pastor’s glance rested, a very much
embarrassed man fidgeting in his seat.
The minister proceeded with his prayer,
but in two minute the flapping began
with even more vigor than before. Again
the minister opened his eyes, turned them
on the man in the gallery, and said em
phatically;
“I insist that this shall stop. It is im
possible for me to continue unless it does.”
Up jumped the man and addressed the
minister.
"Mr. , it is a bat,” he said.
“A what?” asked the minister.
A bat, sir,” said the man, and getting
confused in his perturbation at having to
speak out in meeting, he added; “It’s flew
in at the window and can’t flew out
again."
“In that case,” said the pastor, “X beg
your pardon.”
Then he proceeded with his prayer; but
the conservative members of his congre
gation are criticising him for permitting
anything to interrupt his prayer. They
also consider that it would have been well
for him to omit in the reading of the hymn
which followed the incident the stanza
beginning: ’Though powers of darkness
me affright.”
Ex-Senator Ransom’s Abstraction.
I'ormer Minister to Mexico Ransom was
at the House a few days ago talking
about his experiences In Mexico, says the
Washington Times. After the minister
left the cloakroom one of the members
said:
“Did you ever talk to the minister when
his mind has been occupied with busi
ness?” and without waiting for a reply
the member continued; “I did. I met him
soon after his return from Mexico, and
after we shook hands he said:
" 'How is your sister, Frank?”
“ "She is well,’ I replied.
"The minister’s mind then returned to
some business for five minutes and then
he said:
“ How is your sister, Frank?’ and, as
before, I replied that she was well. Five
minutes later he raised his eyes from
some papers and remarked;
“ ‘Oh, Frank, how is your sister?” I
thought the conversation was becoming
rather monotonous, and to change it I an
swered that she was very 111.
’’ "Bless me. you don’t say so. I am sor
ry to hear it, Frank.’
“He turned to his papers again for an
other five minutes, and. hang me if he
didn't turn around and say:
" ‘Frank, how is your sister?’ At first
I thought he was guying me, but, looking
at him sharply, I realized he had forgot
ten the conversation and I answered sad
ly. ‘She is dead.’
“ Why, man, you don’t mean it!’ he ex
claimed, jumping from his seat and ex
tending his hand in a most sympathetic
manner, adding. That is dreadful. When
did it happen? Tell me all about it.’
“ ‘Why,’ I replied, ’I killed her Just now.
When I came in your office I told you she
was well twice; then I told you she was
very ill, and that didn't impress you. So,
for your benefit I have just killed her.’
“The old man looked at me for a mo
ment and then replied;
“ ‘You must pardon me, Frank, I was
thinking about these papers.’ ”
Joe Jefferson's Memory Not Good Off
the Stage.
"Mr. Joseph Jefferson has a poor mem
ory.” said E. H. Sothern, according to the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, “and one morning
I rushed to his apartments to return a call
he had shortly before made me. I found
him with Mr. Henry Watterson in closb
confidence, regaling themselves with re
flections on the laxity of the present gen
eration in many things aside from pay
ments and politics. Something brought to
Watterson’s mind a line it/ ‘Rip Van Win
kle,’ but he could not recall the words He
squinted his game eye at Joe, and Joe
covered his own game ear and said: “Eh’”
to the three-cornered Wattersonian glance
Then he tried to remember the line. He
stumbled hopelessly, and then said:
“ 'Oh, I don’t know what it Is.”
“ 'What do you mean By “don’t know
It?" Haven’t you been playing it eighty
years?" shouted Watterson
“ ‘Oh- well, I play the piece, but I don’t
know it.’ said Jefferson, in his soft. rngl
cnl voice, with its odd little snarl at the
periods.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The latest rediscovery of a lost old
master to be reported from is that
of a Vaqdyke found in a house In the old
part of the city of Trieste. ft is said to
represent a young princess of tiy ducal
house of Gonzague, of Mantua. It has had
a curious history. In September, 1628, aft
er the death of Duke Vincent 11, Mantua
was taken by the German troops. The
imperial army was composed of deserters,
who pillaged the city. All objects of art,
sculpture and pictures that the Gonzagues
had collected were carried away, including
the Vandyke portrait. After adventures
of ail sorts, the picture was flnaijy brought
to Trieste, and there it has at last been
recognized as the master’s woYk.
—They had an odd way of testing the
disposition of the lover in Sweden, several
centuries ago. Wisely enough the Swedish
father thought the best plan to find out
before marriage what the man’s character
might be, rather than that the beloved
daughter should suffer afterward. The
test was to play chess. Said the father,
in the language of Olana Magnus, “at
these games their anger, love, peevishness,
covetousness, dullness, passions and mo
tives of their minds, and the forces and
properties of their fortunes are used to
be seen; as whether the wooer be rudely
disposed, that He will indiscreetly rejoice
and suddenly triumph when he wins; or
whether, when he is wronged, he can pa
tiently endure it and wisely put it off.”
What paragons the women must have
been! There is nothing said of a proba
tionary test for them.
—The mountain ranges of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania abound in rattlesnakes,
which are turned by the natives to va
rious commercial uses,and,though the rep
tile does not pay very well, his residuary
substances have seme selling value. For
instance, his skin, if a large one, is worth
sl, and ?f l sold ,J to the summer boarder
brings on an average about $2.50. It is
made into belts, pocketbooks, slippers and
other articles of like sort, and Is of a deli
cate ornate texture, with curious inter
lacings and imbrications shawing how fine
ly the original serpent was jacketed. Its
oil is very costly and has various uses, and
its venom, still more costly, is administer
ed in cases of scarlet fever. The market
rate per ounce of the rattlesnake venom is
not precisely given, but it is high up on the
schedule, and that is probably one reason
why Hiram Skate of Pike county. Penn
sylvania, wants to organize a rattlesnake
trust to regulate prices and control out
put. The scheme is in harmony with cur
rent commercial tendencies, and, as we
said of one of the reptiles which had swal
lowed a frog too large for its constitution,
‘■‘there may be something in it.”
—The surgeon of a great liner, who has
been 10 years in the North Atlantic trade,
said the other day that the modern big
ship has decreased seasickness tremen
dously, says the New Sun. Not 2 per
cent, of the cabin passengers on a first
class twin screw are ill during even the
roughest winter voyage. Bilge keel and
the great length of the new liners lessen,
to a large degree, their tendency to roll
and pitch. A passenger on a short, slow
going ship of 15 years ago, the surgeon
said, needed a pretty good stomach to
stand the mighty shaking up he was sure
to get in a winter storm. There was no in
fallible remedy for seasickness, he said. It
could be relieved, and even prevented, in
persons who were not of a squeamish dis
position. Persons of different temperament
required different treatment. What was
good for a bilious patient might not be
good for one who was not bilious. Acid
and effervescent drinks remedial, and
a bandage on the abdomen also helped.
But, the surgeon finally said, the time was
near when there would be no seasickness,
when the 800-foot ship, with lots of beam
and deep bilge keels, would make voyaging
in the most tumultuous weather almost as
comfortable as staying on shore in your
parlor.
—A gentleman well known in turf cir
cles made a curious wager in the year
iB6O, in which he backed himself to smoke
one pound weight of strong
foreign regalias within twelve
hours, says an exchange. The con
ditions were that the cigars should be
smoked one at a lime to within one inch
of the end, the backer of time, as in the
case of some pigeon matches, finding the
weeds. The match was decided off a
Thames steamer plying between London
and Chelsea, the smoker taking up a po
sition well forward in the bows where he
caught the force of all the breeze that
was blowing. The cigars ran a hundred
to the pound, so that about eight an hour
had to be consumed to win the wager. A
start was made at 10 o’clock in the morn
ing and the affair was finished after 7 in
the evening. In the course of nine hours
and twenty minutes eighty-six cigars were
fairly smoked, the greatest number con
sumed being in the second hour, when the
smoker disposed of no fewer than sixteen.
At the eighty-sixth cigar, when fourteen
only remained to be smoked, the backer
of time gave in, finding that the smoker
was bound to win, and the latter puffed
the remainder away at his leisure in the
course of the same evening. The winner
subsequently declared that he
had not experienced the slight
est difficulty or unpleasantness
during the whole time he was blowing
off the weeds. The pniy refreshment tak
en during the progress of the match was
a chop at 2 o’clock, the eating of which
occupied twenty minutes, and a gill and a
half of brandy in cold water at intervals
throughout the day.
—The ingenious experimental methods
that have proved beyond reasonable
doubt that it is gravitation tha# causes the
upright growth of plants are thus describ
ed, says the Literary Digest, in a series of
articles on botany now being published in
the Pharmaceutical Era. Says that jour
nal: “The direction of growth of root
and stem is not a merely accidental one.
A number of investigators have been at
work to see what is the cause of this di
ametrically opposed growth in stem and
root. ’lt has been suggested that the ac
tion of gravitation would take some part
in the guidance of the roots.’ This is, in
fact, the apparent tendency of the follow
ing experiments. “Beuns have been made
to germinate when placed on the circum
ference of an iron or wooden wheel sur
rounded with moss so as to, maintain the
moisture of the seeds, arql holding little
troughs full of mould open on two sides,
the wheel being put in motion in a vertL
cal direction by a current of water, and
made to describe many revolutions in a
minute. In consequence of this rotary
movement, producing the particular force
known in mechanics as centrifugal force,
the action of gravitation is, as it were, am
nihilated, and the sprouting seed, removed
from its influence, is subjected to centrif
ugal force only. "See what occurs: The
smali stems which, in ordinary circum
stances, would be directed upward, that is
to say, in a direction opposite to the ac
tion of gravitation now turn themselves in
the direction opposite to the direction of
the centrifugal force, or toward the center
of the wheel. The rootles, which, under
ordinary circumstances, would bury
themselves in the earth, and in the
direction required by the laws of gravita
tion, in reality now point in the direction
of the force which has taken the place of
gravitation. “This curious experiment, car
ried out for the first time by J. A. Knight
of England has been repeated and modified
in France by the ingenious naturalst Du
trocheL”
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Excursion to Jamaica
The Sun la ml of the NVorld.
The Plant Line steamship Mascotte of
the Plant Steamship Line, will sail llom
Port Tampa, on March 5, 1898, f or a ,i ex _
cursion to the Island of Jamaica.
The ship will touch at Key West on
evening of March 6.
Landing at Jamaica will be made at Port
Antonio, from which point rail can be
taken to Spanish Town, Kingston arj oth
er Southside ports.
Departure will be made from Montego
Bay, which is reached by rail. The trip by
rail from Port Antonio to Montego Bay
covers almost the entire length of the in
land, and is through the most beautiful
tropical scenery of the world.
Four days will be allowed on the island
RATES:
Port Tampa to Port Antonio jgt oo
Port Tampa to Kingston 40 s^,
Port Tampa to Kingston and re^
‘urn 73n0
Montego Bay to Port Tampa 40 no
The one-way rate to Kingston inelude-t
rail transportation from Port Antonio 10
Kingston. The round-trip rate to Kings
ton includes rail transportation from Port
Antonio to Kingston and Kingston to Mon
tego Bay.
For reservations apply to .
C. H. MILLS, Ticket Agent.
Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa, Fla.
B. W. WRENN,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
B. B. Neal, F. P. Mii.i.ard
President Vice President
NEAL-MILLARD CO.
Bay and Whitaker Streets.
—Dealers ln^—
Pill Oils is Mis.
Steamboat and Mill Supplies,
Sash, Doors and Blinds,
Lime, Cement and Plaster,
—AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE.
SAVANNAH, GA.
E. G. PAGETTI & SON.
Roofing and Repairing.
Roof Painting.
Skylights.
Cornices,
Agent for Cortright’s
Metal Shingles.
Telephone 2203. 136 Whitaker street.
SCOTT & DAVIS,
219 Henry, East.
If you get your Groceries,
Meats and Vegetables here
you may know they are
good, for the best the mark
et affords is always in stock.
Orders filled and sent to any
part of the city.
’Phone 2296.
UM BUILDING SUPPLY CO.,
Congress and Drayton Streets
Brick, Lime, Cement, Wall Paper, Paints
Glass, Mantels, Fireplace Fixtures.
BUILDING SUPPLIES GENERALLY.
Every stroke of the paint brush, every
broken glass replaced, every worn out grate
fixed means
Money Well In vested
You select the material, we furnish it anti *Ao
the work.
Happy New Year
will be all the happier if you don't let
small things trouble you. Just telephone
or drop us a postal when you want oil or
gasoline and you will be ourprised how
quick we will serve you.
Sfllf. Oil AND GASOLINE DELIVERY.
P. O. Box 19. Telephone 46L
Also OAK and PINE WOOD.
Pine 7oc; three cut 80c.
Mixed 90c; three cut 90c.
Oak $1.00; three cut 31.00.
J. P. CORDRAY.
Broughton and Price
JAMES F. BUTLEK,
House. %n i oiiwi Pint
Graining, Kalsomining,
Paper Hanging and Picture Moulding.
Tlioss U. a*. 3M W. Congress-