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Would Spain like to effect an exchange
for Admiral Cervera? She might olTer us
Prof. Norton and Senator Wellington.
A plague of horseflies is said to have
struck a section of New Jersey, and the
natives are laughing with each other over
the pre-Adamite conundrum: “Did you
ever see a horse-fly over the creek?”
Gen. Shafter ought to, and probably
will, take that fellow Arms in hand and
put him under foot. Or Shafter might sit
on him. In the event of the latter pun
ishment. the subsequent proceedings would
interest Arms no more.
Dr. Brunner’s statement that there Is no
yellow fever at Tampa makes assurance
double sure If there were any fever at
that place. Dr. Brunner would toll of it if
there were a score of Gatling guns trained
to keeep him from doing so.
That national conference called by the
Civic .Federation of Chicago to meet at
Saratoga next month and discuss the fu
ture foreign policy of the United States
will probably arrive at the conclusion that
there are two sides to the question.
A critic says that Miss Winnie Davis'
row book, “A Romance of the Summer
Beas,” publisln-d by Harper, is by “all odds
the most entertaining novel of the season."
The story is said to be pure romance
■with plenty of love-making and fighting.
The production of pig Iron during (he
first half of the present year was the
largest for the same length of time in the
Itislory of the Iron industry in this coun
try. The greati st increases were in Penn
sylvania and Ohio in the North, and Ala
bama in tlie South.
A Canadian woman is acting as war cor
respondent for a Toronto newspaper. Her
letters are characterized by dignity, con
servatism, education and good common
6tnso. How different are the articles of
the “lady journalists” who "do literary
stunts” for the yellow journals of New
York.
Admiral Cervera is not having a picnic,
precisely, but to-morrow he and his offi
cers will be entertained at a dinner party
by the wife of the superintendent of the
Naval Academy, at Annapolis. When these
Spaniards go home tiieir people w,,l be
loth to believe that the Americans wine
and dine their prisoners.
Tlie British admiralty will build six
more first-class battleship*. That will
give Great Britain thirty-five battleship
of the first-class, besides twenty-four of
the second class. Our builders will have
to do some extraordinary hustling if they
ever place Un in Sim alongside of Britan
nia, who rules the waves.
The complaint is made that the Guggen
helmer anti-swear ordinance in New York'
discriminates against the women, A man
has to pay only $2 for a big, big D—, while
<i woman is charged 14 for a similar swear.
Why.- i s it because of the fear that the
•Urged' 'weaker sex would abuse the priv
i!< ce If the sgine rate of charges were im-
on i*ah sexes';
Tlie Minftcr-Gn rein \lTnlr.
The. real reason for the difference be
tween Gen. Shafter and Gen. Garcia turns
out to be just what we supposed it was,
namely, that Gen. Garcia wanted Gen.
Shafter to ilo some ac t that would have
been a virtual recognition of the so-called
Cuban republic. Gen. Shatter does not
appear to have regardid the letter of Gen.
Garcia, declaring that he had not t>een
shown projs-r consideration in connection
with the surrender of Santiago, of suffi
• lent inportance to rcjiort it promptly to
the war department.
1l seems, however, that he sent an an.
-vv.-r to Gen. Garcia, in which he pointed
out to him that he had shown him every'
courtesy which his instructions permitted.
One sentence in the letter is ns follows:
“You will remember the fact that I invi
ted you to accompany me Into the town of
Santiago to witness the surrender, Which
you declined.” In another sentence
he says: "This war, as you know,
is between the United Slates and Spain,
and it is out of the question for me to take
any action in regard to your forces in con
nection with the surrender, which was
made solely to the American army.”
Gen. Garcia's letter was calculated to
leave the imprt ssion that he had not tieen
asked to be present at the surrender
Santiago. In fact, no ground for his letter
is apparent except on .the theory that the
Cubans wi re the allies of the Americans,
and. therefore, the surrender of the Span
iards ought to have been to the Cubans, as
well as to the Americans.
Immediately after Gen. Garcia’s letter
BT'Peared in print we said that it was ap
parent that what Gen. Garcia wanted was
a recognition of the so-called Cuban repub
lic, and that it would appear when the
facts wore made known that he was treat
ed with courtesy by Gen. Shafter, and had
been granted every right and privilege he
had any reason to expect.
If the truth were known, it would doubt
less appear that It pas the purpose of the
loaders of the Insurgents to force some
sort of recognition of their republic at the
surrender of Santiago. They nre beginning
to lie. apprehensive that they will not be
given control of Cuba when the Spaniards
shall have been driven out of the island—
•hat they will not lie- given the island to do
with it as they please.
It is quite safe lo say*that their appre
hensions are well founded. The insurgents
will not be permitted to conflscn• the
property of the loyalists and drive them
from their homes. Our government has
plainly’ stated that its purpose is to put
an end to Spain’s rule in Cuba. It has also
stated that It intends to give the people
a strong and safe government, based upon
the will of the people. The Cuban leaders
do not appear to have understood the*
clearly ex pressed Intention of our govern
ment, or il they did they pretended not to
do so. The very first opportunity they had
they’ tried to step to the front and assume
control of the territory which had been
surrendered to our army by the Spaniards.
They seemed to think ihat we had engaged
in a war with Spain simply to put them
in power In Cuba.
They have a different idea now. and
hence are not so anxious to co-operate
with us as they were. Gen. Garcia has
withdrawn from Santiago with his army.
Doubtless he will be back again when his
army gets hungry’, and it will not be long
before It will be hungry.
In view of the fact that the insurgents
have not been recognized by any power,
tho Insurgent louder* must have a good
deal of gall to assume that we are carry
ing on a costly war in Cuba in order that
thev may take control of the island. We
do not know that they are qualified to give
Cuba a good government, but we have rea
son to believe that there are plenty of Cu
bans who are capable of governing Cuba
wisely and well.
At the proper time the Cubans will have
an opportunity to say who of their number
they’ want to make and administer the
laws. Some of the officials will, of course,
bo chosen from among [he insurgents, but
all of them will not. It is clearly our pur
pose to give the people of Cuba, tho royal
ists ns well as the Insurgents, a govern
ment of their own choosing. Therefore if
the insurgents are expecting great favors
from our government they are going to lie
disappointed.
It is a matter of very little consequence
to us whether Gen. Garcia and his soldiers
continue to co-operate with us or not. \Yo
shall not complain if they undertake to
carry on a war with Spain on their own
responsibility. We ask nothing more than
that they shall not interfere with our op
erations.
When the time comes for providing a
government for Cuba the insurgents will be
regarded as other citizens of the island.
As we want a good and stable government
there, wo shall see to It that the people
select the most capable men to make ami
administer the laws.
A schedule of the Letter real estate hold
ings made in Chicago the other day, when
the elder I.eiter was borrowing money lo
pay the debts of his son contracted in the
now famous wheat deal, showed the hold
ings to amount to $15,712,000. Out of this
transfers have been made to secure loans
of $0,682,000, leaving $9,129,000 of property
still unincumbered. From this it appears
Ihat although Joseph took u deep dive
into wheat, he did riot make his papa pen
niless.
A cablegram reports tho Pope lo be in
a serious state of health. He ts said to
fully realize that his days are numbered,
and to be making arrangements for the
final and great change. Besides arrang
ing the affairs of the church, he has select
ed his burial place and chosen a design
for a tomb and the sculptor who is to ex
ecute it. Cardinals Parocchi, Svampa and
Rampolla are said to lie the most promi
nent candidates for tlie papal succession.
Notwithstanding Gen. “Joe” Wheeler's
recent illness, he feels that he is strong
enough to conduct two compatgns at once,
and win in both. He has announced that
he is a candidate for re-election to Con
gress from the Eighth Alabama district.
He will not make a personal canvass in
the district, but his campaigning in Cuba
and elsewhere will make his re-election
sure.
The war has now bet n going on for three
months, and Gomez is apparently as deep
in the woods us he was on the first day
of it,
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JULY 20, ISOS.
Profanity' in I’ublic Places.
The use of profane and obscene language
on the streets and in the public places of
Nr \v Y'ut k has In tomi so rcinm":- that it
has been found neee.-sary to propose spe
cial legal prohibition as a remedy. Presi
dent Guggenheimer of the Municipal Coun
cil, prepared and submitted the other <lay
an ordinance covering the subject. The
ordinance makes it. a misdemeanor to us<
“vile, profane or obscene language in any
public street or place wltnin the Unit's of
the city of New Y'ork, or In any public
transportation car, ferryboat or oth
er I Keltic conveyance or* rated within the
cognizance of tlie magistrates’ courts of
the rJ*S- of New York," under penalty of
a line of not less than $2 and nut more than
$lO.
This proposition is neither In the direc
tion of a revKal of "blue laws.” nor a cur
tailment of pei ’iiOi liberty. It is a move
ment ir the direction of public decency
Which Is deserving of respectful consider
ation. Some of the New York newspapers
have evinced an inclination to treat the
prohibition of juufanity in public in a spir
it of levity anti flippancy. But the matter
is one of seriousness and Importance.
Swearing and ioul speech are shocking and
disgusting lo lciim-d persons; and not by
any stretching tf the doctrine of personal
liberty can there he found justification for
offending tho sensibilities of gentlemen, la
dles hirl children by profane and vile lan
guuge. Not only ts swearing, that most
useless of had habits, repulsive to well
balanced niuturily, but it is contaminating
to youth. Children are quick to imitate
their elder*, and especially quick to pick
up and remember words and phrases which
they hear spoken In public places. The
use of bad language in public, therefore,
is not only disgusting at the time, but
may be productive of evils in the future.
If the users of foul language have not the
decency to restrain themselves while on
the streets, in cars, ferryboats and else
where ■ln public places, it Is no more than
right and propi r that the hand of the law
should be. placed upon their mouths.
Sliafter and the Yellow Journals.
Some of the Santiago correspondents of
the yellow journals of New’ Y'ork are
causing Gen. Shafter a great deal of trou
ble—at least that is what the dispatches
from Santiago say. These correspondents
don’t seem to care in the least to guard
the interests of the United States. Their
sole purpose is to advertise themselves and
the papers which they represent. A few
days ago we called attention to the state
ment that one of them slapped, or attempt
ed to slap, the face of Gen. Shatter, be
cause be was not permitted to advertise
himself and his paper in connection with
the surrender of Santiago in a way that
he proposed. Two others posted placards
on the walls of buildings in Santiago
which were calculated to bring about
trouble between our troops and the Span
ish prisoners and royalist residents of that
city. They knew belter than to do that.
They did not care apparently whether they
caused bloodshed or not, so long as t heiy
succeeded in getting themselves and their
paper talked about.
All of these correspondents were sent
out of Cuba. Perhaps they think they will
lie regarded as martyrs, and will receive
much sympathy when they reach this
country, if that is their idea they will
find probably they are mistaken. They
should be treated as if the sentences Im
posed upon them by Gen. Shafter were ap
proved. There is no reason why a corre
spondent should not conduct himself de
cently and in accordance with the best in
terests of the army. The people whom
they'serve want the news, but they don't
wunt anything made public for their grati
fication that would Interfere with the op
erations of the army, or would in any way
embarrass the government.
With tho correspondents in question Gen.
Shafter dealt very gently. Doubtless he
regarded the papers they represent as be
ing iq a great measure responsible for
their actions. It is probable, however,
that la future correspondents who show
themselves so conspicuously unworthy of
the courtesies extended to them by the
war department will be made to suffer se
vere penal ties for their offenses.
Tho surgeons, as well as the generals,
colonels, captains and privates, have now
their opportunity for winning glory and
fame in war. The doctori have also come
into possession of new-fashioned arms and
ammunition, so to speak, and they now
have a splendid opportunity for testing
thorn. Their old foe, Yellow Jack, is at
the front, and presents a fine target. If
the doctors can succeed In bringing him
down they will win more than the thanks
of Congress—they will have the thanks of
civilization. The Red Cross doctors at
Santiago are said to he now trying anew
powder (no play on words here) in tho
treatment of fever. Its composition so far
is a secret, though the statement Is made
that a fair degree of success has attended
its use both as a curative agent and a pre
ventive.
The art of Congress of May, 1898, au
thorizing the building of three battleships
which are now being, or have lately been
contracted for, specifies that the snips are
“to have the highest practicable speed for
vessels of their class.” The plans which
have been prepared contemplate a speed
of fifteen knots. Had the Oregon been a
fifteen-knot ship she would not have
been able to catch those Spaniards tho
other day. She s practically a seventeen
knot ship, and In iter chase Is credited
with having made as good time as she
did on her trial trip. England is building
and will build several eight< >.n-kuot bat
tleships. Russia has ordered tut eighteen
knot battleship of Cramp, at Philadelphia.
Will fifteen knots do for our new ships,
while England and Russia require eigh
teen?
Maj. Sum Morgan, formerly mayor of
the city of Rome, in this state, is now a
resident of Lexington, Ky., where he Is
a well known horse owm r. The major
was a gallant Confederate soldier. The
other day a German flamed Lucy accost
ed Maj. Morgan, made some disparaging
remark about the Yankees at Manila, and
express the hope that Von Dtedrich and
the Spaniards would drive Dewey out.
The major did not discuss the question;
he "dion't do a tiling” hut knock tht man
down, and promise to repeat the dose
every time the Yankees and Dewey were
attacked in such manuer.
Possibly the largest deposit of gold ever
made In the sub-treasury at New Y'ork
occurred on last Saturday, when the as
sociated banks sent in *9,000,000. For the
week the deposits of the yellow meia!
amounted to $10,000,000, or about thirty
tons by weight. Very much of this gold
was sent to the sub-treasury as a result
of the sale of bonds of the war loan.
it; it so \ Vi,.
—lt now appears that it ts the Citizen’s
l'non of New York that Is booming Theo
dore Roosevelt for Governor, and it may
have been that organization that put out
the Roosevelt buttons recently.
—Joseph W. Warburton, British consul
general for California and the Western
states and territories, has resigned his po
sition after serving under the British gov
ernment forty-one years. Mr. Warburton
is a native of Dublin and had tieen sta
tioned at San Francisco since 1895.
—E. A. Abbey’s election to the Royal
Academy adds another to the not incon
siderable list of tv udemlcians of American
origin. Sorgent, already un R. A., was
born of Philadelphia parents in France,
but Abbey was born in Philadelphia and
learned to draw at an academy there.
—“Fighting Bob” Evans—which, by the
way, is a name the gallant seaman does
not particularly like—in time of peace is
a great sportsman. He ts a <l< ad shot and
a member of the Al‘bi Club of Washington,
an organization of proficient marksmen.
He is famous as un angler and fond of
horse races.
—Dr. William 11. Whitsltt has resigned
the presidency of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in the hope of put
ting an end to th<- controversy between his
friends and his opponents, growing out of
certain publications wherein he expressed
views on a point of church history regard
ing which many members of his church
did not agree with him.
—Sheng Taotai is the powerful China
man of whom Anglo-Suxondom begins to
hear more and more in these- latter days.
He learned of Li Hung Cluing, and is said
to be even more clever than the great vice
roy. He is rich and wary and surrounded
by powerful friends. Li Hung Chang has
repudiated hint and all his works, but this
has not taken from the prestige or author
ity of tlie growing Sheng. His name, by
the way, is pronounced Sitting. He is de
scribed as childlike and chubby, with an
everlasting Celestial smile.
—Sousa wants to enter the army as gen
eral bandmaster, with the rank of captain.
His idea ts that he be made a sort of in
structor for the various bands of the ser
vice, both army and navy. The plan can
not be carried out, for, with the exception
of the marine band and the one at West
Point, all government bands are private
companies with their own leaders or con
ductors. The various regimental bands
and the band at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis are supported by subscriptions
from the officers and men. If a regiment
is too poor to afford a band it goes with
out music;
BRIGHT BITS.
—Standing on His Rights.—" Willie, tell
Mr. Whitehead tlie names of Noah’s sons.”
“Not much I won’t—this is vacation.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—Hewitt—!f sat at. the table next to yours
at the restaurant yesterday,and I don’t see
how you could laugh at the stale stories
that Guet was telling. Jewitt—He was
paying for the dinner.—Truth.
—Little Pitcher—Uncle John thinks you
are awfully smart, I guess. Miss Poesle—
How do you know he does, Johnny? Little
Pitcher—He said it could not be very hard
work for you to write poetry.—Boston
Transcript.
—Calculation.—Wife—Here’s a letter from
the Scotts asking us to spend a week with
them in Elmsville. Husband—Let’s see.
Fare’s sls. If they’d make it two weeks,
or pay the fare one way, we could do it.—
Brooklyn Life.
—A Geographical Dilemma.—“ This sus
pense,” said the Philippine Islander, “will
kill me before long.” “What supense?”
“Of not knowing whether I'm going to
land in France, Germany, Spain, England,
or the United States.”—Philadelphia North
American.
—A Deadly Grudge.—’’You and Briggins
don't seem to be very good friends any
more.” “No, he is a wolf in sheep’s cloth
ing.” “Why, what did he ever do to make
you conceive such an opinion of him?”
“Made me believe I ougjit to take my bi
cycle apart for the purpose of cleaning it.”
—Chicago News.
—‘‘What do you think of the proposition
to compel surface-cat's to carry people for
nothing unless they are provided with a
place to sit down?” asked Mulligatawney.
“It won't work on the cable. They'll
simply start the cars with an extra jerk
that will make every standing passenger
sit on the floor. Then they'll take up their
fares,” said Finks.—Harper’s Bazar.
—Orpheus was modest; yet he was un
doubtedly a great musician. “Oh, easily
enough,” he replied, when asked how it
was he charmed the beasts. “You see, I
played nothing but (Brahms and Bach, and
not a boast dared leave for fear it would
be said that his taste was not cultivated.
Yes.” No; he had never given a concert
in Omaha; that, doubtless, would bo quite
another affair.—Detroit Journal.
CIKHKYT COM ME VP.
Maritime Disaster Impending.
From the Chicago Chronicle (Dem.).
At last accounts the commerce destroy
er Nelson Dingley was wallowing in the
trough of a heavy sea, with a cyclone
blowing and a formidable deficit rapidly
coming up on the starboard quarter.
Hard Doctrine to Kill.
From Wilmington (N. C.) Star (Dem.).
We are told that “the first gun fired by
Commodore Watson's squadron in Euro
pean waters would lie the death-knell of
the Monroe doctrine.” Death-knell fiddle
sticks. How about those guns at Ma
nila? Did they knock the spots out of the
Mon. Doc.?
The Paris Exposition.
New Y'ork Journal of Commerce (Ind.).
The prestige of Manila and Santiago will
help us to extend our trade if we have
what the world wants and are willing to
show that fact to the world. The United
States ought to make a much greater dis
play ttt the Paris Exi>osiilon than it has
, made at any previous affair of the sort.
Shafter'* YVorle in Cnba.
From the Norfolk Landmark (Dem).
In Judging Gen. Shaffer's achievements,
we should think not only of the men he
lost in carrying out his purpose, but of
the men that he did not lose. He man
aged the campaign of Santiago remark
ably well, and the fact that he did not
spend more lives than lie did shows that
,his military capacity is of no mean order.
W orris That Hum.
The Nashville American has compiled
the following list of “words that bu;n,”
uttered during the present war:
‘‘Excuse me, sir; I have to report lhat
the ship has been blown up, arid is sink
ing.”—Bill Anthony, of the Maine.
“Suspend judgment.^-—Capt. Sigsbee’s
first message to Washington.
"We wiH make Spanish the court lan
guage of hades.”—Fighting Bob Evans,
when war was declared.
“Remember the Maine.”—Commodore
Schley’s signal to the flying squadron.
“Don’t hamper me wiih instructions; I
am not afraid of the entire Spanish fleet
with my ship.”—Capt. Clark, of the Ore
gon. to the Board of Strategy.
“You can fire when you are ready, Grid
ley.”— Commodore Dewey at Manila.
“To hel! with breakfast; let’s finish ’em
now.”—A Yankee gunner to Commodore
Dewey.
"The battle of Manila killed me, but I
would do it again.”—Capt. Gridley of the
Olympia on his death-bed.
"Don't get between my guns and the
enemy."—Commodore Dewey to Prince
Henry of Germany.
”I’ve got them now, and they will never
get home.”—Commodore Schley, on guard
at Santiago harbor.
"There must be no more recalls; iron
will break at last.”—Lieut, Hobson to Ad
miral Sampson.
"Don't mind me, boys, go on fighting.”—
Capt. Allyn K. Capron of the Rough
Riders.
“Don’t swear hoys, shoot!”—Col. Wood
of the Rough Riders.
"Take that for the Maine.”—Capt. Sigs
bee, as he fired a shot through the Span
ish torpedo boat Terror.
"Expect to take tiie place as soon as I
can move; reinforcements will not reacn
me.”—Gen. Shafter before Santiago.
“Shafier is lighting, not writing.”—Adjt.
Gen. Corbin to Secretary Aiger. when the
latter aeked for news from the front.
“War is not a picnic.”—Sergt. Hamilton
Fish, of the Rough Riders, to his mother.
"Who would not gamble for anew star
in the flag?”—Capt. Buckey O’Neill of the
Rough Riders.
“Afraid I'll strain my guns at long
range; I'll close in.”—Lieut. Walnwright
of the Gloucester in the light with Cer
vera’s squadron.
"Don’t cheer, boys; the poor devils are
dying.”—Capt. Philip of the Texas.
"I want to make public acknowledge
ment that I believe in God the father al
mighty.”—Capt. Philip of the Texas.
“The Maine is avenged.”—Lieut. Wain
wright after the destruction of Cervera’s
fleet.
Women and Revenue Stamps.
The new revenue stamps are causing the
women and the drug clerks lots of trouble,
says the Chicago News. The clerks are
developing a facility of explanation anent
them equal to a first-class public school
instructor, for every. woman who finds
an article costs more than when she last
bought it, wants to know the reason why.
For instance, a woman will go into an
apothecary shop and hand out a quarter
for a 15-cent box of powder and receives
only 8 cents change. She counts It over a
couple of times, with the clerk watching
her, an amused smile adorning his face in
anticipation of the coming questions, and
then she says:
”1 only paid 15 cents .for this the last
time 1 bought it.”
“Oh, that's all right,” said the clerk.
"It’s 17 now. Uncle Sam wants the other
2 cents as your contribute* to the war
fund.”
“But, I don't want to contribute to the
war fund, i don't approve of the war, and
I think Uncle Sam is an old busybody,
poking his nose in other people’s affairs.
Give me some other kind of powder. I'll
take something that is not taxed.” Then
she paid 20 cents for what she took, but it
did not line Uncle Sam’s pocket, so at
least one woman was willing to sacrifice
a favorite article for the sake of princi
ple.
The next customer was of another stripe.
‘‘You’ve charged m<K2 cents too much,”
she said, as she counted her change.
“Oh, no, madam, I’ve not,” was the an
swer to the objector; “war is responsible
for that 2 cents. That’s a tax to help pay
the wages of the boys fighting dow/i in
Cuba.”
"Well, I’m jolly glad to help Uncle Sam
along that way,” said the patriot girl.
"It’s mighty little to give toward making
our boys comfortable. I’ve not a relative
in the army nor a lover, either, but may
be some day a lad who is down there will
be my lover, so I’ll take ten boxes and
give them to my friends,” and with a gay
smile she left the shop.
"Worst of His Kind.
Mr. Whanger has been a man of fiery
patriotism, says the Boston Journal. His
flag is the largest and the finest in the
street. His talk has been the loudest in
the street car. Mrs. Whanger has al
ready sent three dozen abdominal belts to
the brave soldiers, and a picture of Dewey
Is on her dressing table. They all sat at
breakfast yesterday, Mr. Whanger, Mrs.
Whanger and the little Whangers. “Ah,”
said the patriotic husband, “I see that tea
will be taxed ten cents per pound.” His
wife said, “Dr. Borax was saying last
Sunday that we drank too much tea. This
lannic acid is a dreadful thing, and even
if you leave milk or cream out of the cup
the danger is just as great.”
“And they are going to tax beer 2 per
barrel,” answered Mr. Whanger. “This
makes little difference to me, for I am
going to stop drinking beer July X for six
months. I don’t believe it agrees with
me. I think it aggravates my eczema.”
“H—m! Tobacco! There’s a heavy tax
on cigars weighing over three pounds. But
I always smoke light cigars.”
“We have no telephone in our house,
thank the Lord, and whenever I send a tel
egram I mark it ‘collect.’ ”
“Our lease runs for another year, and
the war will be over by that time.”
"Yes,” said Mrs. Whanger, ‘‘but I no
tice that parlor car seats will be taxed a
cent a piece.” Mr. Whanger glared at
her. "Why shouldn't you go in an ordi
nary car? Such cars are much cooler.”
No one in the house used chewing gum
or was likely to inherit money. Mr.
Whanger finally smiled. "Johnny, see if
the flag is all right. This is glorious news
from Santiago."
How n Panic Mils Averted.
Tho tales of the panic on board the
sinking Bourgogne make me think of a
story ex-Congressman Ben Cable of Rock
Island tells of an experience of his in
mldooean, says a writer in the Washing
ton Post. 'The day was foggy and most
of the passengers were below listening to
two evangelists who were holding a par
ticularly fervid gospel meeting in the sa
loon. Suddenly and without tho slightest
warning there was a terrific crash and
the engines stopped. Every one rushed
on deck. The steamer hud run into an
iceberg. Nobody knew what damage had
been done, and everybody was ready to
fly into a panic. The boats were lowered,
an l ihen lor the first time the- two evan
gelists, who had been forgotten in the sa
loon, ap|it a red on eieck.
They wore their overcoats and their hats
and they carried rugs and handbags.
They elbowed their way rudely to the
rail, with tho evident intent of securing
for themselves first places in the boat.
It was just at a time when a breath
would have sent the passengers panic
stricken into tho boats. The sight of
the two evangelists was about to undo
the work of cool-headed officers, when a
p rt little cockney stepped up to Ihe gen
tlemen w ith the rugs and handbags.
"Beg pardon,” said he, tipping his cap.
” ’ave a cab, sip?”
And In the general laugh the danger of
.panic was averted, /
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—An Austrian claims that he will set up
a loom in the Paris exposition destined u>
revolutionize the weaving of pictures into
textile fabrics. By an adaptation of elec
tricity and photography he declares that
he is able to lay out and apply designs in
twenty minutes that would require months
or even years, under the old process. At
the Jubilee exhibition now being held in
\ Anna he has succeeded in weaving small
landscapes In siik in a very short lime. At
Paris he says ho will have a loom that
will photograph the subject, prepare the
design plate, and weave a silk handker
chief containing the photograph, woven in
colors, inside of twenty minutes.
—The committee which has been sitting
for some time past at the Board of Trade,
under the chairmanship of Lord B.vths
wood, says the Loudon Chronicle, to in
quire as to the extent of loss of strength
in steel rails which is produced by their
prolonged use on railways under varying
conditions, will shortly present its report.
The inquiry throughout has been one of
the most interesting of the kind which has
ever been set on foot by the department.
The experiments, of which several have
yet to be made by the Northeastern Rail
way Company, have thrown an altogether
new light upon chemical science; indeed,
in one piece of steel rail which was sub
mitted to microscopical examination a
small diamond was discovered, the exist
ence of which is believed by the experts
to be due to natural causes.
A two years’ study of Gizeh has con
vinced Flinders Petrie that the Egyptian
stone workers of 4,000 years ago had a sur
prising acquaintance with what had been
considered modern tools. Among the
many tools used by the pyramid builders
were both solid and tubular drills and
straight and circular saws. The dribs,
like those of, to-day, were set with jewels
(probably corundum, as the diamond was
very scarce), and. even lathe tools had
such cutting edges. So remark-able was
the quality of the tubular drills and the
skill of the workmen that the cutting
marks in hard granite gave no indication
of wear of the tool, while a cut of a tenth
of an inch was made in the
hardest rock at each revolution, and a
hole through loth the hardest and softest
material was bored perfectly smooth and
uniform throughout. Of the material and
method of making the tools nothing is
known.
fi he principal kind of meat consumed
by the people of Arabia, both native and
foreign, is the mutton of the Somali, or
black-head sheep, and, no matter by
whom eaten, all pronounce it the best mul
ton ever tasted. This sheep, as its name
indicates, is from the Somali country, on
the African coast. These sheep have no
wool, but short, fine hair, similar to that
of tha dog. The most peculiar thing
about them is that they have a large
lump of pure fat growing right at the
root of the tail, and this fat varies in aize
and weight according to the condition of
the sheep. A medium-sized lump of this
fat weighs about four pounds. Such a
sheep which weighs from thirty-five to
forty pounds, is sold at from 4 to 5 rupees
(85 cents to $1.05). The skin, when sun
dried, is exported, and large quantities of
them go every year to the New York mar
ket, where they are known as "mocha
skins,” but like the “mocha coffee” of
commerce, this is merely a term and noth
ing else. In 1897 these skins were import
ed into New Y r ork to the value of $628,226.
—ln the harhor of Santiago de Cuba,
says Maturin M. Ballou in Due South, a
sunken wreck is pointed out, partially
visible at low tide, not far from the shore.
Only the ribs and stanchions are still
held together by the stout keel timbers
and lower sheathing. This wreck has lain
here unheeded for years, yet what a storv
these old timbers might tell had they only
a tongue with which to give voice to their
experience!—literally the experience of
ages. Reference is made to the remains
of the old St. Paul, one of the ships of the
great Spanish Armada that Philip II gent
to England in 1588, being one of Ihe very
few of that famous flotilla that escaped
destruction at the lime. What a histor
ical memento is the old wreck! After a
checkered career, in which this ancient
craft had breasted the waves of innumer
able seas and withstood the storms of
nearly three centuries, she was burned to
the water’s edge here in the harbor of
Santiago a few years since and sunk,
where her remains now lie, covered with
slime and barnacles—a striking emblem
of the nation whose flag she once proudly
bore.
—Scarlet, it has always been supposed,
was the worse possible color for the pur
poses of the battlefield. It has been said
so with frequency, indeed, that nobody of
late years has cared to dispute the fact.
We owe it to some very practical experi
ments carried out In Germany that the
question has now been put on a more sat
isfactory basis. A squad of ten men, two
dressed in light grey, two in dark grey,
two in scarlet, two in blue, and two in
green, were lately ordered to march
across an open country. Their movements
were closely watched. The first men to
disappear from sight were those in light
gray, immediately afterward the scarlet,
then the dark gray, and finally the blue
and the green. Here we have all well
worn theories upset. Experiments.carried
out on the rifle range showed that our na
tional color possesses even distinct merits.
The idea was this time to ascertain which
color gave the worse mark for the rifle.
Twenty men, all good shots, were used for
the purpose of the experiment. After they
had tired a given number of rounds it was
discovered that scarlet was far the most
difficult color to hit. For every miss at the
other colors there were three in favor of
scarlet. We will not assert that these ex
periments were conclusive evidence in fav
or of our national color, but they certain
ly go a long way to justify its retention,
says the Army and Navy Gazette. There
is much to be said in these days of quick
firing guns in favor of a uniform which is
difficult to hit. and in this partticuar, scar
let undoubtedly will ho’.d its own against
' all other colors.
—The excellent meteorological ob
servatory in Manila, which hith
erto was conducted by the Je
suit priests, had had the repu
tation of being the most complete Institu
tion of its kind east of Naples and west
of Washington, usually gives warning of
the approach of these typhoons a day or
so before their actual arrival, and the town
is therefore ready to receive them. But
once in a while, as in the case of the
great storm back In the eighties, the ele
ments give an exhibition without previous
notice. The last typhoon, which almost
razed Manila to the ground, came on from
a clear sky, and was so narrow in diam
eter and moved so fast that in four hours
It had come and gone. It struck the city
at about 10 a. m., and the deadly gale un
roofed houses, blew buildings bodily over,
picked up carriages and carried them up
the street, and prostrated trees and wires
in all directions. Shortly before noon the
wind and rain ceased, the sun came out
pleasantly and everyone thought danger
was over. (But it was merely the calm
spot, In the center of the cyclone’s vortex,
passing over the city, and by 12:30 p. m.
tremendous squalls coming from an exact
opposite quarter to those of an hour be
fore were suffered. The roofs which were
carried off by the earlier winds were
ripped up like so much paper under the
force applied in the new direction, native
houses, sheltered, perhaps, from the north
east, were carried off under the terrific
gale from the southwest; big logs from
lumber yards were caught up and hurled
across the River Pasig, and every ship in
the bay—big or little —broke adrift, to be
.washed high and dry on the beach.
WIFE'S
AWFUL ECZEMA
Torture was so Intense Husband
Thought She Could Not
Live Twelve Hours.
Doctors Within Reach Could Not
Even Relieve. No Sleep
For Seven Days.
Tried CUTICURA REMEDIES.
Asleep after First Application.
Cured Well and Hearty.
I desire to inform you what CmornA (olnt.
ment) and Ccticuba Soai* have done for my
wife. She was in themosthorriblecondition
of any human being, from that most torturing
of skin diseases. Eczema. She could neither
sit down or lie down, her torture was so in
tense. I tried all the doctors that I could
reach, but she got so that I firmly believe
that she would have died within twelve hours
if 1 had not been advised of Cl’Tlcvra Rem
edies and got them. A travelling man on
seeing her condition told me what to get,
anil you may believe that I lost no time in
getting them. Greatly to my surprise, my
wife went to sleep in two hours after the first
application , although she had not slept for
seven Jays, nor I myself either. I followed np
the treatment, and two boxes of Cuticura
( ointment ) and one cake of Cuticura Soap did
the work completely, she was absolutely cured
anil is well and hearty to day. If this stated
ment will do you or anybody else any good,
use it. It is straight facts, and I can back up
all I have saidby fifty witnesses. 1 can t thank
CliTicußA Remedies enough, for I thought
one time that 1 should have to burv my wife
and 1 was never so happv and glad, as when
I saw that deadly, fieryt'red begin to leave.
Feb. 20, 1898. C. D. BOM-:, Clarkesville, O.
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filled. Theiraucceao ha# excited the wonder and approval
of physicians familiar with the marvellous cures daily
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II iIM
No need of elaborate explanations. The
prices sing their own praise. You know
the goods—they are standard. You know
the house—it is reliable. The PRICE then
is the thing. So here ie the schedule. ’Tis
one of saving to every household.
10c yardwide Bleached Shirting now at
yard.
12%c yardtvlde Bleached Shirting now at
9% cents.
18c double width Bleached Sheeting now
at 121&C.
30c Utica 10-4 Bleached Sheeting now at
20 cents.
100 SI.OO White Crochet Quilts now at 50c.
100 $1.50 extra size Crochet Quilts now at
SI.OO.
LOOK AT THESE
FENCH ZEPHYR GINGHAMS.
Look particularly at the prices.
2Sc French Zephyr Ginghams now at 16C.
20c French Zephyr Ginghams now at
32Vfcc.
INDIA LINENS
PRICES SO VERY LOW.
8c India Linen now Ut 6(40.
30c India Linen now at SHc.
15c India Unen now at 12V4c.
20c India Linen now at 16c.
25c India Linen now at 20c.
TOWELS LIMP
WiTH PRICE REDUCTION.
But perfect water gatherers.
$1.50 Towels per dozen reduced to sl.2\
$1.75 Towels per dozen reduced to $1.50.
$2.50 Towels per dozen reduced to $2.00.
60 dozen Damask Towels to close at $3
dozen; former price $3.50 and $4.00.
TABLE DAMASK.
65-inch Bleached Table Damask 4Sc a
yard; worth 62%e.
Bleached Table Damask 65c; worth 80c.
Bleached Table Damask at 69c; worth
£5 cents.
72-Inch Table Damask $1.00; worth $1.33.
Plain and Fancy Crash Toweling at
HALF PRICE.
SHIRTWAISTS.
Todies’ Shirt Waists, absolutely perfect
as regards material, fit and make, at
ONE-HALF former prices.
, 100 pieces Fresh Canton Matting, rang
ing in price from 15c to 40c a yard.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
SAVANNAH
OIL and GASOLINE
DELIVERY,
P. O. ROX 19. TELEPHONE 401.
Just telephone or drop us a postal when
you want oil or gasoline, and you will be
surprised how quick we will serve you.
Also OAK and PINE WOOD.
Pine 75c; three cut 85c.
Mixed 90c; three out 90c.
Oak $1.00; three cut SI.OO.
J. P. CORDRAY,
Broughton and Price.
Asphalt Roofing Paint.
Roofing Felts.
Fire Brick.
Garden Tile.
Brick, Ftc.
SHIAH BUILDING SUPPLY GO.
CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS.
~~ Fancy Groceries. ,
Orders filled and delivered to any pa’i
of the city.
Our prices are very reasonable and w
give personal attention to all orders. *
Call and see us at 219 Henry street, east'
SCOTT & DAVIS.
I ‘PHONE 2296.