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When the Count of Turin left New York
for Chicago the other day he carried with
him several new shotguns. Chicago is the
city in which persons sometimes wear>full
dress suits during breakfasts at which roy
alty Is being entertained.
“He Is a very big man, but very unscru
pulous,” was Mr. Gladstone’s opinion of
Bismarck. It is probable that history will
regard the great German pretty much as
the Grand Old Man of England did.
Of the great and aged quartette of Eu
rope there remain now the Pope nnd the
Queen, since Gladstone and Bismarck have
departed. If some of the current cable re
ports are reliable, it is quite likely that
her Majesty will be the sole survivor at the
end of the year now current.
The story of a war cloud down in the
direction of Peru will furnish another ar
gument in favor of the Immediate build
ing of the Nicaragua canal. Our lighting
force on the Pacific coast at this time is
practically nothing, and Peru could do us
almost incalculable damage before we
could get ships around the Horn, if she
had a mind to. It is remarkable how rap
idly arguments in favor of the canal are
being piled up.
Populism is dead in Alabama. It died
a natural death, so that it will not be
necessary to hold an inquest. In the elec
tion preceding that of lust Monday the
Populists carried twenty-two counties.
They now have feeble holds in
about six counties. The Poirn
lists of Alabama “shot their big
gun” when Kolb was the general in com
mand of them. In live years they will
be as extinct as the dodo and the Green
backer.
The true Inwardness of those inconse
quential concessions which President Mc-
Kinley made to Ambassador Carabon in
the peace terms is now apparent. Senor
Sugasta announces to the Spanish public
that he has secured “modifications of the
original terms.” What was wanted was
that he might be able to say that, so as
to flatter Spain with the idea that she
also had a voice in the making of terms.
The Piesident’p concession, therefore,
was probably more of a concession to
Spanish pride than anything else.
It would seem that it is the cruiser Co
lumbia, and not the Texas, that is the
feoodoo of the navy. The Columbia’s ca
reer has been marke 1 by a succession of
untoward happenings. It has not been a
great while since she strained her back
bone In a British drydoc-k, then she col
lided with and sunk a schooner at New
port News, and only a few weeks ago
collided with a vessel in New York har
bor; and now she is on u reef at Ponce
harbor, Porto Rico. She needs a rabbit
foot, or some other sort of mascot.
It is believed in Washington that befoti
many days the government will begin mus
tering out of service the recruits gathered
under the last call of the President. Many
of the are in state camps, at Chiekamau
ga and at Camp Alger. Gin. tree's Seventh
Corps will be held for service in Cuba In
the fall, whether there should or not be
u treaty of pence with Spain. It i> said
that the administration is determined tiiat
t .e promise Blade by Gen. Leo when lie le ft
Havana, that he would come back again,
, *> tallied out, and that he will go
til the head of an army of occupation if not
of an army of invasion.
tut a Barren Victory.
The point is made by those who are In
sisting that we shall hold on to the Phil
ippines that if we should abandon them
Dewey's great naval victory would lie a
barren one. Those who take that posi
tion are not disposed to be fair. They
• annot help seeing that such an argument
is based upon the supposition that the
American people are not acquainted with
tlie actual situation—that they do not
know what has really taken place.
Even if wo should not get a coaling
station in the Philippines and should ob
tain no commercial advantages in the isl
ands It could not be said that Dewey’s
victory was n barren one. What was i*
that we undertook to do? Was it not to
drive the Spaniards out of Cuba? That
was what Congress expected the army
nnd navy to do. What bettor way was
tiiere io accomplish that task than to at
tack Spain wherever she could lie attack
ed with (he prospect of weakening her
and making her let go her hold on Cuba?
It was, apparent that the Philippines
presented n splendid opportunity for strik
ing a telling blow, and Admiral Dewey,
who was In Chinese waters, was told to
find the Spanish squadron which was as
sisting in quelling the insurrection in the
Philippine Islands and to capture or de
stroy it. How well he carried out that
order all the world knows. Spain not
only lost a very considerable part of her
navy, but she had her confidence in her
ability to defend her colonial possessions
so weakened Hint she undoubtedly began
to consider at once the advisability of
releasing her hold upon Cuba.
Before the war began she believed that
her navy could cope with ours, and no
doubt some of the Powers of Europe held
the same belief. Had the I*tile of Ma
nila gone against us, It is more than prob
able that Germany or France, or perhaps
both, would have lent Spain a helping
hand. No European Power had any
thought of intervening in the war after
that battle, because it was apparent that,
as a naval [tower, we were Immensely
superior to Spain, and that it was only a
question of how long it would be before
we would compel her to sue for peace
and comply with our demand in respect
to Cuba.
The performance of the American navy
at Manila was a surprise and a revela
lion not only to Spain but to all the world.
The exhibition of American courage, dar
ing, skill in handling war ships and gun
nery, made even England, the greatest
of naval powers, wonder whether it
wouldn't be advisable to inquire whether
her navy, in important particulars, was
not below the standard of the American.
No, it cannot be said that Admiral Dew
ey’s victory would boa barren one if we
should not retain possession of the Philip
pines. That victory did as much, if not
more, towards forcing Spain to sue for
peace than the land or naval victory won
at Santiago.
But even if we do not hold on to the
Philippines we shall retain a foothold
there—a foothold that will insure us a
share of the commerce of those islands
and help us to compete for the trade of
the Far East. Under no circumstances
will Dewey's victory lie a barren one.
Biennial Session Favored.
A few days ago ex-Senator Hill of New
York was asked what pledges it was nec
essary for the state Democratic party to
make in order to carry the state next fall.
He mentioned seven.il, among them this
one, namely, an amendment to the consti
tution providing for biennial sessions of
the legislature. In the course of his talk,
he said that biennial sessions would con
tribute greatly towards a reduction of
public expenses. In his opinion, the peo
ple are getting very tired of the extrav
agance displayed in public affairs.
There is no doubt that Senator Hill Is
right about this. The people are tired.
The evidence that they are is found in the
difficulty which the old parties have in
keeping their members from deserting to
new parties, which promise reform in tlie
line of economy.
Col. Candler, the gubernatorial candi
date of the Democratic party in this state
ought lo use his influence in favor of
biennial sessions. It is not improbable
that he will do so. And his party ought
to give him a very hearty support. Un
less economy is introduced in administer
ing the state's affairs there is going to
crop out a great deal of dissatisfaction in
the ranks of the Democratic party of tlie
state. There is no doubt that biennial ses
sions would lie beneficial in many ways.
Not only would money lie saved, but a
vast amount of useless legislation would
be prevented.
Braise niiil Blame.
Inspector General Breckinridge, in his
official report, criticises very freely tne
military ois rations around Santiago. The
report is in the hands of the Secretary of
War, nnd makes very interesting reading.
Praise is given where the inspector thinks
it is due and blame is placed where it be
longs. Thin is one one thing lie says that
is worth more than a passing notice. It is
this; "The remarkable marksmanship of
our trained soldiers was hardly more ex
ploited than the gross ignorance of our re
cruits.”
From this it appears that good marks
manship is as necessary in the army us
In the navy. Our regular soldiers are
taught how to shoot. The most of them
are *xc client marksmen. On the other hand
the great majority of our volunteers have
had little or no training with the rifle.
Under the circumstances it Is not at all
strange that of the troops sent to Santi
ago pretty nearly all were regulars.
U was known that the marksmanship of
the regulars could be depended upon While
that of the volunteers could not. Howevei
brave volunteers may be they are at a
great disadvantage when lighting against
regular troops that have been trained to
shoot well.
The puragrapher* are making a good
deal of fun of Aguinaldo's gold collar.
Why? The collar is to be merely a badge
of authority. It Is no more ridiculous than
the s art's, sashes anil dtvoraiions vnoim
by the diplomats of Europe. It Is no more
absurd that the all-powerful mare of our
Congress, or tlie fancy fore-and-aft full
dress hats which out navy and army of
ficers wear. Besides, Agulnaido has so long
worn the collar of Spain that his neck
would fed queer with nothing on it.
THE MOKNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 3, 1398.
Tlie Philippine Lender.
Agulnaido, the leader of the Philippine
insurgents, is proving himself to be an
extremely troublesome customer. When
Admiral Dewey arrived at Manila it was
thought that it would be advisable lo be
on friendly terms with him, nnd even lo
encourag*- him in his war with the Bpan
iarits. He was brought to Manila, and
many of his followers were given arms
that were taken by Admiral Dewey from
the Spaniards when Cavite surrendered.
It Is now a question whether a mistake
was not made in having anything to do
with him, and particularly in giving his
followers arms. He is not only ungrateful
to the Americans for what they have done
to assist his cause, but he threatens to
make a great deal of trouble for them.
He is paying the part of a dictator, and
seems to have the idea that he is strong
enough to battle successfully against both
the Americans nnd the Spaniards.
It is probable that the Spaniards would
surrender at once to Gen. Merritt if they
were not afraid that the insurgents could
not lie conirolled. Agulnaido appears to
be about as bloodthirsty as his followers,
who express the purpose to kill all the
Spaniards in Manila If they get a chance
to do so. Gen. Merritt will see to it that
ihi-y do not get a chance. Still, with the
small force under his command, he might
not he able to wholly restrain the insur
gents if the Spaniards should surrender
to him. He would have to guard the Span
ish prisoners as well as keep the insur
gents within bounds. Under the circum
stances it is doubtless wise on his part
to wait for reinforcements before under
taking to force the surrender of Manila.
The- attitude of Agulnaido has had some
thing to do, doubtless, with the feeling in
administration circles that it would not be
advisable lo demand the cession of the
Philippines to us. The Philippines, with
a population insisting upon independence,
and yet not tit for self-government, would
present a problem so difficult to solve that
it is doubtful if the American people would
desire to undertake the solution of it.
Gen. kluifteriN Troops.
Two statements are made in regard to
Gen. Shatter’s troops. One is that they are
to tie brought home, and the other is that
they are to be moved back from Santiago
to a healthy country in the hills. In either
case the so-called immune regiments are
to take their place in guarding Santiago
No doubt the war department has consid
ered this matter very carefully, bui there
is room for doubting whether it has reach
ed a correct conclusion. In the first place
the so-called immune regiments are not
composed of inimuney. There are of
course a good many immunes among
them, but the great majority of them
have neither had the yellow fever nor
been exposed to it.
It is safe to predict therefore that u ma
jority of the men of the immune regiments
will be attacked by either malarial or yel
low fever soon after they reach Santiago.
Assuming that this is correct, would it not
be the better plan to let the soldiers who
have had fever at Santiago remain in that
city to maintain order, and put the fre-h
troops in camp on the outskirts of the
ciiy? The soldiers who have had the fever
are now immunes, and therefore would oe
IK-rfeotly safe In remaining in the city.
There is no use in exposing any more of
the soldiers to the fever than is absolutely
necessary.
New York and Washington papers are
publishing racy stories involving ex-Judge
TANARUS, J. Mackey of pungent carpet-bag mem
ory in South Carolina. Since leaving the
Palmetto state after reconstruction he
has resided in Washington and New York.
Notwithstanding the sixty-nine years of
the ox-judge's age, it is alleged that he
has been contracting matrimony at a rate
altogether unwarranted under the law.
The result is that two young women desire
revenge upon him, while the festive and
facetious “Tom” is a fugitive from justice.
The young women in the case are Sarah
Lenore Curtls-Mackcy of Stamford, Conn.,
whom he married in IS9I, after having been
divorced by the wife of his young man
hood, and Miss lvathrine Porterfield of
Charleston, W. Va., whom he married re
cently without having gone to the trouble
of securing a divorce from Mrs. Mackey,
i ee Cuhtis. At last accounts the ex-judge
was in Pittsburg.
New Yorkers were given a fright the oth
er day. During a jam of trolley cars on the
big bridge—there were thirty-two cars In
the jam—a steel truss "buckled” and me
south side of the bridge dropped some six
inches till the cables took the weight. Tt
is said there was a report like a pistol
shot, followed by a swaying which very
naturally alarmed those on the bridge at
the time. The expansion of the meial due
to the excessive heat, together with the un
usual weight of iho cars, passengers and
pedestrians occasioned by the blockade of
traffic, is said to have caused the trouble.
The weight of tjie bridge is now in the
cables, and these are said to be unim
paired. It is claimed that the bridge is
still “as safe as the streets.”
The age of chivalry Is not dead. Mr.
Fitzsimmons has challenged Mr. Jeffries
to a tit lie contest. To appreciate the splen
did magnanimity of Mr. Fitzsimmons’ ac
tion it must be borne in mind that he is
the ”chainpeen,” and as such, by all of
lhe rules of the roped arena, it is his proud
privilege to consider the challenges of oth
ers and to rejevt any or all of them, as he
may see lit. It is not in keeping with tlie
eminence of his position io issue a eh il
lenge. hut with fine and democratic do
regard of conventionalities, he has thrown
privilege to the winds, and has informed
Mr Jeffries that it will give him pleasure
to hammer a lung out of him upon a given
da> for the gate receipts and an adequate
purse.
Walter Howard of Atlanta, who wont to
Cuba s war correspondent of a New
York paper, returned to this country the
other day with broken health and a bid
of expenses amounting to SJ3,UOO. He was
in Cuba some six weeks, it appears trom
this that gathering war news is quite an
expensive enterprise, from all points of
view.
While stationed with tns regiment at
Chiekanmuga, Maj. R. R. Ulmer of Rock
land, Me., carried on through the maiis
a chess match with Capt. M. B. Cook,
who remained at the place named*
PERSON \ L.
— The daughter of Jacob Coxoy of Ohio,
Miss Jessie t'oxey, is traveling with a cir
cus in the West.
—Gen. Shafter is not a good penman,
which peculiarity has characterised other
soldiers of not'-, such as Washington,
Blucher and Napoleon Bonaparte.
—Though over 70 years old, Lord Duf
ferin, formerly governor general of Can
ada, has set himself to learning the Per
sian language, being desirous of adding
that poetic and figurative tongue to his
large store ol linguistic accomplishments.
—All the celebrated dead in the old
Granary burying ground at Boston are
at last obtaining suitable tombstones.
John Hancock and Samuel Adams have
recently been so honored, and James Otis
is about to receive the same long delayed
attention.
—Private Cornell of the First Alabama
was tried by court martial for overstay
ing leave of absence and it came out in
the proceedings that the young man, with
in the period of twenty-four hours, had
collected $17.7a, got married and joined the
church. Cornell was excused.
—President Kruger is r- ported to believe
that the world is as flat as a pancake.
When Joshua Slocum, who is making the
grand tour in an eight-ton boat, ran up to
Pretoria for an interview with the head
of the Boer government, he observed that
he was voyaging around the world. "You
mean across the world,” said Oom Paul.
—So far as is known the Sixteenth Penn
sylvania Volunteers is the only regiment
which includes in its muster roil three
brothers who are triplets. They hail from
Jeannette, and their name is Wentzell. In
the same company with the Wentzell boys
are a father and son, the second lieutenant
being an ordained Presbyter.an minister.
—When Mrs. Craigie’s play, “The Am
bassador,” “by John Oliver Hobbes,” was
brought out in London the other night the
call for “author” brought forth to bow a
handsome lady, handsomely dressed, iflit
the gallery went on shouting author, and
it was not understood until it began call
ing ’’John, John, where is John?” This
brought out Airs. Craigie again, blushing
and smiling, and at last the galleries un
derstood, and cheered more titan ever,
BRIGHT BITS.
—A Shorter Catechism—Sunday School
Teacher—What is necessary to salvation?
Tommy (who reads the papers)—Coal!—
Puck.
—“Well, Ella, have you consulted the
eminent physician?” “Yes! and just fancy,
the man had the impudence to declare that
I was not sick ut ail!”—Fliegende Blatter.
—Got Off! Easily—“ When I asked for a
raise I told my employer 1 had grown gray
In his service.” “What did he say?” “He
suid if I had worked anywhere else I prob
ably would have got bald.”—Chicago Rec
ord.
—“Speaking of peace,” said the Queen
Regent, “let us hesitate before we embark
in ” "Alas, your Majesty,” interrupted
the wise Sagasta, “if we hesitate we surely
will have nothing left to embark in.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—First Swell (pretending to mistake for
a waiter a rivai whom he sees standing in
dress clothes ut the cloak-room of the
Theater) —“Ah' have you a programme?”
Second Swell (up to snuff)—“Thanks, my
man; 1 got one from the other fellow.’’—
Tit-Bits.
—Mrs. McLubberty (looking up from her
newspaper)—Oi do he Fadin' (hot ut costs
S],3CO a day to run a battle-ship.
Mr. McLubberty—Wull, av that’s so, Oi
am afeared av Oi hod dhe runin’ av a
battle ship ut wud hov to walk afther dhe
first tin minutes.—Harper’s Bazar.
—The wife of a certain bookseller pre
sented him with eleven sons, one after an
other. The good mart carried his profes
sional spirit in family life, so he named
them “Primus,” Seeondns,” "Tertlus,” and
so on to "Deeimus.” He concluded it was
time to stop at the eleventh, so he named
him “Finis.” But it was not finis. There
was yet another to come—a daughter this
time—so he called her "Errata."—Tit-Bits.
—“My lord,” said the prisoner to the
judge, “I should like to have my case post
poned. My lawyer is ill and unable to at
tend.” The judge took two or three min
utes to consider. “The case may be post
poned,” he said at last, “if you desire it.
But I see here that you were taken in the
act. What can your counsel have to say
on your behalf?” “That's just what I want
to know, my lord,” said the prisoner.—Tit
Bits.
(I HUE NT COMMENT.
Mnsn’t Be Quixotic.
From the Nashville American (Dem.)
The United States can’t undertake the
Quixotic purpose of bringing all the bar
barous people in the world under the pale
of civilization by conquest and our duty la
tliis regard would tie no stronger in the
Philippine Islands than it is in Central
Africa.
Some Klondike Boomer*.
From the New York Commercial (Ind.)
Stories of returned Klondike miners
who bring with them fortunes of dif
ferent sizes, but all of alluring magni
tude, are breaking into the daily papers.
There is no intention to cast doubt upon
these interesting tales, but there are
some people who think the transporta
tion companies reaching to Alaska are
taking advantage of the lull in war news
to call attention to the wealth to he had
for a trip over their ilnes.
Where I* the Successor?
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
Now that Bismarck is dead, where
shall we look for another so proficient in
playing ihe great game of grab? His
success was the more rcmarkahle in that
he entered upon the game 'without other
backing than his own diplomatic genius
and an incomparable audacity. It took
tenturUs for Germany to bring forth this
man, and it is probable that centuries
will elapse before the world will see his
counterpart.
Onr Ml**in in Cuba.
From the Chtcngo Chronicle (Dem.)
We set out to free Cuba and avenge the
sailors of the Maine. We have done both.
The Cubans are free—and a nice lot of
freedmen they are—Spain’s fleets have
i-< n annihilated and her power broken.
We have accomplished our mission. If we
mi further w, must abandon any pretense
of humanity or vengence and admit that
we seek conquest and conquest alone.
We can’t afford to do It when our volun
teers are dying in Cuba. We can t afford
to \v. nrh distant islands against Ameri
can lives. We can’t afford to haggle with
Spain when every hour’s delay means
mourning for some American home. We
must end the war und bring the soldiers
back to God’s country.
The Spaniards can keep the rest.
(ifn. Slinfler MlMKuldod,
Here is a story that the Cleveland Leader
proffers about Gen. Shatter. It centers
about his salient trait of being pugnacious,
Jus) as all current and well-invented anec
dotes of ‘'Fighting Bob” Evans revolve
around some incandescent bit of profanity.
But the story runs thus, us the hero of
Santiago is made to tell It:
"Once when I was a boy at school—l
wasn’t more than lu or 11 years old at the
time—our teacher called up the class in
mental arithmetic and began putting
questions, beginning with the pupil at the
the foot, until someone could give the
correct answer. I stood somewhere near
the middle and next below me was a boy
•vao was three years older and consider
ably ahead of me in tho various studies
that we had.
“ ‘How much ore IS and 9 and 8?’ the
teacher asked.
“While one after another of the boys
and girls ahead of me guessed and failed
to get it right, I figured out what I
thought the answer ought to be. The
question had almost got to me when I
heard the big boy just below me whisper
ing apparently to himself, but loud enough
for me to hear, ‘twenty-nine, twenty-nine,
twenty-nine.’
"Finally the pupil shove me failed to
answer correctly, and then it was tny
turn.
" ‘Well, Willie,' said the teacher, ‘let’s
see if you know the answer. Come, now,
be prompt.’
“1 cocked my head proudly on one side,
cast triumphant look at those who had
'fallen down' on tiie problem, and said so
that everybody in the schoolroom could
hear me:
“ 'Twenty-nine!’
" ‘Next, how many are 13 and 9 and 8?’
“ ‘Aw!’ said the big boy below me, with
a look of supreme contempt at the rest
of us, ‘thirty.’
"That was what I had figured it to be
myself, and when the teacher said ‘cor
rect,’ I wanted to fight.
“I didn’t assault him, but I made up my
mind right there and then to depend on
my own judgment in the future, and ever
since then when I have had anything to
do and had figured out what I considered
the best way to do it, I have gone ahead,
rememliering, when people criticised or
tried to throw me off the track, how that
big boy made a fool of me in the mental
arithmetic class.”
Sure Sign of Intoxication,
They bad only bec-n married three short
montlts but one day she made a fearful
discovery, says the New York Sun. On a
particular evening when he came home she
was completely startled when she fancied
she detected the odor of liquor upon him.
At first she held her breath she was so
frightened. But at length it slowly but ir
refutably dawned upon her. She was al
most dazed. Still, and when all indica
tions pointed that way, she refused to be
lieve, and as a last straw she asked him
if he had not been to the barber’s. Hg re
plied that he had not. Therefore, at last
even bay rum had to be given up. She
did not have the heart to tax him with it
that evening. She trusted him ever so
much, and she thought how chagrined she
would feel and how shocked and offended
hr wouid be if she should proceed on her
suspicions and they should turn out to be
wholly inaccurate. She resolved to wait,
but in the meantime she set about devis
ing a plan whereby she could establish
upon any future occasion, beyond cavil,
just what the truth was.
She thought over a great many ideas and
ways and means, but came across nothing
satisfactory. Just at this juncture a dear
friend came in. To her, after a great deal
of preliminary cautioning, she revealed the
awfulness of her situation. The very dear
friend sympathized heattily and fervently
with her in the terrible calamity, but she
suggested that it would be a good plan, as
the first had observed, to be perfectly pos
itive before confounding him with his guilt.
On being interrogated as to a plan, she re
plied that she hud always heard it said,and
she believed such to be quite the case,
that a man even slightly intoxicated couid
not pronounce words of any length. Her
friend was immensely gratified at this
Idea, which she also averred to have often
heard and to retain perfect faith in. Ther
eupon it was agreed that the bride of a few
months should make out a list of w’ords
and keep them always at hand, ready for
use in an emergency.
As soon as Iter friend had gone she got
down an unabridged dictionary, and made
out a list that she thought would give the
matter a fair trial. At last, in a couple of
weeks, she felt sure again one evening
that Iter husband did not seem Just exactly
as he generally did. She made no attempt
to contain herself any longer, but imme
diately asked him to read the words she
had collected. Her friend happened to cal!
the next day. The young wife was in a
state of great agitation and collapse.
"Yes, yes,” she sobbed hysterically, "it
Was just as 1 thought.”
Here a, fresh flood of tears choked her ut
terance. Presently she was able to pro
ceed.
"I gave him this list,” she continued. Here
she handed it over to her friend. It ran:
Phthisis, phylactery, photochromy, hypo
chondriasis, muliebrity, parachronism,
phenakistoscope, plesiosaurus, poeocuran
tism, diatessaron, anttnomianlsm, pseud
aesthesia.
“And,” she went on while the friend was
reading it, "he missed nearly half.”
How All the llrosvns Turned Out.
From the Syracuse Courier.
Elijah Brown, the cobbler, was enamored
of the muse,
And all his time was given up to stanzas
and to shoes.
He scorned to live a tuneless life, inglori
ously mute,
And nightly laid his last aside to labor at
his lute;
For he had registered an oath that lyrical
renown
Should trumpet to the universe the worthy
name of Brown.
And, though his own weak pinions failed
to reach the hlghts of song,
His genius hatched a brilliant scheme to
help his oath along;
And all his little youngsters as they nu
merously came,
He christened after poets in the pantheon
of fame,
That their poetic prestige might impress
them and insp.re
A noble emulation to adopt the warbling
lyre.
And Virgil 'Browrn and Dante Brown and
Tasso Brown appeared,
And Milton Brown and Byron Brown and
Shakespeare Brown were reared.
Longfellow Brown and Schiller Brown ar
rived at man’s estate,
And Wordsworth Brown and Goldsmith
Brown filled up the family slate.
And he believed his gifted boys, predes
tined to renown.
In time would roll the bowlder from the
burk'd name of Brown.
But still the'epic is unsung and still that
worthy name
Is missing from the the
hills of fame;
For Dante Brown's a peddler in the vege
table line,
And Byron Brown is pitching for the Tus
carora nine;
Longfellow Brown, the lightweight, is n
pugilist of nale, ,
And Goldsmith Brown's a deckhand on a
Jersey ferryboat;
In 'Wordsworth Brown Manhattan has an
estimable cop,
And Schiller Brown’s an artist in a Brook
lyn barber 6hop;
A roving tar is Virgil Brown upon the
bounding seas,
And Tasso Brown is usually engaged in
making cheese;
The cobbler’s bench is Milton Brown's and
there he pegs away,
And Shakespeare Brown makes cocktails
in a Cripple Creek cafe.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—A modification of the well-known Kill
bearings used on bicycles has been intro
duced in the case of the wheels of omni
buses In England with the result of di
minishing tiie exertion of the horses in
drawing and more especially in starting
the vehicle. The hubs of these wheels
are made of Iron, into which wooden
spokes are fitted, while the bearings con
sist of steel rollers enclosed in a bronze
cage. So much easier is the starting of
an omnibus rendered by tihs device that
it is possible for one man to move the ve
hicle readily.
—lt is announced from Leipsie, says the
New lork Times, that twenty-two wagon
loads of human bones arrived in that city
recently and have, been buried in a great
pfg in the center of the Municipal square.
They were the remains of the Prussian
and French soldiers who fell Nov. 19, 1813,
in the battle near Moeckern, in the as
sault on Leipsie. It is the Intention of
the town to build a beautiful monument
over these bones. A municipal commis
sion has had the matter in hand for sev
eral years, and by subscriptions and state
appropriations made from time to time
has raised SO.OOO marks for the structure,
the foundation of which has already been
laid.
—Apropos of Lord Rosebery’s approach
ing visit to Beaconsfield, to unveil a me
morial to Burke, a correspondent of the
London News, writes: Sir Edward Law
eon has at his house, Hall Barn, at Bea
constleld, some very interesting redes of
Burke, among them the identical dagger
which Burke flung on the floor of the
House of Commons in his speech on the
second reading of the aliens’ bill on Dec,
28, 1792, to testify his abhorrence of the
principles of the French revolution. It is
a mere toy dagger made of wood. It was
sent from France to a manufacturer at
Birmingham with an order for a large
number lo be made like it, and Burke had
only received it the same day from Sir
James Bland Burgess on his way down
to the House. The celebrated dagger
scene was, like many other historic epi
sodes in the House of Commons, wholly
unpremeditated.
—As illustrating the triumphs of modem
science in the construction of instruments
of precision the Scientific American in
stances a chronograph for recording infin
itesimal intervals of time, such as a mil
lionth of a second or less, which is stated
to have been used to record autographical
•y the compression by a blow of a cylin
drical piece of copper. In one case a thir
ty-three pound weight fell fifteen inches
and produced a permanent compression of
O.ItWS inch in a copper cylinder, the time
consumed in producing this compression
being 0JXJ30317 of a seconl. The machine
produces by means of photography a curve
showing the precise progress of this com
pression. The chronograph which reaches
such remarkable results consists of a rota
ting cylinder, with a surface velocity of 100
feet a second, on which is photographed a
pencil of light, which is passed through
a hole In the end of a rapidly vibrating
tunnel fork. The delicacy of this instru
ment is far greater than that of the ordi
nary tuning fork chronograph recording on
a surface blackened by smoke.
—As illustrating the triumphs of modern
science In the construction of instruments
of precision, the Scientific American in
stances a chronograph for recording in
finitesimal intervals of time, such as a
millionth part of a second or less, which is
stated to have been used to record auto
graphicaliy the compression by a blow of
a cylindrical piece of copper. In one ease
a 33-pound weight fell 15 inches and pro
duced a permanent compression of 0.1658
inch in a copper cylinder, the time con
sumed ir. producing this compression b -
ing 0.00.30317 of a second. The machine
ptoduces a means of photography a curve
showing the precise progress of this com
pression. The chronograph which reaches
ruch remarkable results consists of a ro
tating cylinder, with a surface- velocity
of 100 feet a second, on which is photo
graphed a pencil of iight, which is passed
through a hole in the end of a rapidly vi
brating tuning fork. The delicacy of this
instrument is far greater than that of the
ordinary tuning fork chronograph record
ing on a surface blackened by smoke.
—The last time I visited Charleston, says
a writer in the New York Press, I saw
the Scandinavia, a small steamship, lying
at Vanderhorst wharf. She was about to
sail for Liverpool with 2.000 bales of cot
tan. In her I recognized the Confederate
cruiser Georgia, which was sold to a Liv
erpool firm in 1864, captured as a prize by
the United States steamer Niagara and
solii ten years later by this government
to the Anchor Line. She was built as a
commerce destroyer at Dumbarton-on-the-
Clyde, and was christened Virginia by
Miss North, daughter of Capt. North, of
the Confederate service. Two months af
ter launching her name was changed to
Japan, and a little later she becamo the
Georgia, under command of Capt. W. L.
Maury, a cousin of the commodore of that
name. Maury was succeeded by Capt.
Evans. All the transactions connected
with the fitting out of the Virginia, or the
Japan, or the Georgia, whichever yon
please, were conducted by Jones & Cos. of
Liverpool, and she was registered in the
name of Thomas Bold, relative of Maury.
The Anchor Line changed her name to
the Scandinavia.
—There seems to be no doubt that the
tunnelling of tiie Simplon Pass, over the
Alps into Italy, says the New York Sun.
by the Swiss government, will be the next
great engineering project to be accomplish
ed in Europe, says tile New York Sun
The new tunnel will be longer by nearly
four miles than the Mont Cenis and St.
Gothard, though in the opinion of engineers
the building of it will lw less costly and
not so difficult, and the work is likely to
consume only six or seven years. Already
a railway lias been carried to Brieg, at the
foot of the Simplon Pass, and thence, ac
cording to the plan as laid out, the tunnel
will follow the windings of the present
road, ending near the Italian border, but
stili on Swiss territory. There the work
of construction, it is expected, will be moat
difficult, taxing largely the resources of en
gineering skill, now, of course, much great
er and more varied than when tiie existing
tunneis were built. In the case of former
tunnels, as is well known, compressed air
was freely used for driving power, and
now electricity is to be added—electi icky
generated on the spot by the abundant
Swiss waterfalls.
—lt has been found that the bullets used
by the British army in the Khartum ex
pedition do not sufficiently disable the ene
my. and that men have continued fight
ing after half-a-dozen bullets have gone
through them. As the Britsh army used
the Lee-Metford rifle, similar to that em
ployed by the United States Navy, a com
parison of the results in different actions
will doubtless lie forthcoming, but al
ready it has been found necessary to make
a change in the bullet. Within a few
weeks, the army in Egypt, has been sup
plied with cartridges having anew form
of bullet which has the same diameter
(.303 inches), the same length (1.2 inches),
and the- same weight as the Lee-Metford
bullet, and will fit ali the rifles and ma
chine guns now in use. The case is made
of nickel, and only the base is filled with
lead, with the result that on striking an
enemy the conical end burrs, opens back
ward, and lodges in the body. The pen
etration is thus diminished and a greater
shock is caused, which will tend, it is hop
ed, to put, the man struck out of action. As
this form of cartridge weighs but half
that of tho old Martini-Henry rifle, the
soldier is able to carry twice as many, and
his efficiency in this respect is doubled.
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or sent by mall.
Send to DR. RADWAY & CO., 55 Sim
street, New' York, for Book of Advice
THE CALENDAR
Will tell you this is Midsummer. Con
sequently bargains are in order. We
continue this week our sale of Great
Values at Great Reductions.
You can go the town through and you’ll
not find so much for your money as \ve
will give you. Our stock is, as you know,
the dependable kind. So you can pin
your faith to it and be certain. Note care
fully what our figures mean. They talk
plainly, and you can be certain of what
the savings will be.
9c yardwide Bleached Shirting now 6%c.
10c yardwide Bleached Snirting now 7L
Extra size Imitation Marseilles Quilts at
$1.00; reduced from L 75.
White Crochet Quilts at 60c; reduced
from 75c.
25c French Zephyr Gingham now lfi'tc.
20c French Zephyr Gingham now 12Uc,
INDIA LINENS.
8c India Linens reduced to 6Vic.
10c India Linens reduced to B(sc.
15c India Linens reduced to 12VSC.
20c India Linens reduced to 15c.
25c India Linens reduced to 20c.
Fancy Piques at 25c and 30c; reduced
from 35c and 40c.
SEE THE FIGURES
ON THIS DAMASK.
65-inch Bleached Table Damask 4Se; re
duced from 62%c.
Bleached Table Damask 66c; reduced
from 80c.
Bleached Table Damask 69c; reduced
from 85c.
72-inch Bleached Table Damask $1.00; re
duced from $1.35.
TOWELS CUT, TOO.
Towels that were $1.50 dozen reduced to
$1.25.
Towels that were $1.75 dozen reduced to
$1.50.
Towels that were $2.50 dozen reduced to
$2.00.
HERE IS A BIG BARGAIN.
50 dozen Damask Towels at $3.00 per doz
en; never sold before less than $3.50 and
$4.00.
LADIES' HOSIERY.
Special bargains in Ladies’ Fancy Strip
ed Hose at 29c.
Plaid Hose at 38c.
Tan Richelieu Ribbed Hose at 35c.
Black Hose, Polka dots, at 27c.
Ladies’ Black Richelieu Ribbed Hose at
23c, 29c and 38c.
SHIRTWAISTS.
Ladies’ White Shirt Waists at 79c.
All our Colored Shirt Waists at less than
CO" I.
Ladies’ Wrappers at 50c, 73c and 98c.
Val. Laces at 15c, 19c, 23c, 35c and 430
per dozen.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
SAVANNAH
OIL and GASOLINE
DELIVERY,
P. . BOX 19. TELEPHONE 461.
Just telephone or drop us a postal when
you want oil or gasoline, and you wifi be
surprised how quick we will serve you.
Also OAK and PINE WOOD.
Pine 75c; three cut 85c.
Mixed 90c; three cut 90c.
Oak $1.00; three cut SI.OO.
J. P. CORDRAY,
Broughton and Price.
Asphalt Roofing Paint.
Roofing Felts.
Fire Brick.
Garden Tile.
Brick, Etc.
SIMM BUILDING SUPPLY CO.
CONGRESS AND DRAYTON STS
Fancy Groceries.
Orders filled and delivered to any part
of the city.
Our prices are very reasonable and we
give personal attention to all orders.
Call and see us at 219 Henry street, east.
SCOTT & DAVIS.
•PHONE 2296.
JOHN G. BUTLER
DEALER IS
Paints, Oils, and Glass. Sash Doors,
Blinds and Builders’ Supplies, Plain and
Decorative Wall Paper, Foreign and De
mesne Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair.
Sole Agent* for Asbestine Cold Wate*
Paint.
29 Congress street, west, and 19 St. Julian
street, west.
■ HAIR BALSAM "
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Promote! s luxuriant frowta.
Never Tails to Restore Or .y
Hair to its Youthful Cwo.-.