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IJUDAV, Al'Gl *T 19, 1888*
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MU TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Mistletoe Camp No. 4, Wood
men of the World.
Special Notices—Vartray Seltzer, Etc..
A. M. & C. W. West; Ship Notice, Barque
Prince George.
Business Notices —Kennedy's Crackers;
Coal Oil Johnny's Petroleum Soap.
An Attractive Spot—Byck Bros.
Amusements— Regular Weekly Ball To
night at Isle of Hope.
Hlwassee Route—Between Atlanta and
Knoxville.
Hotel—South End Hotel, Tybee Island,
fW. M. Bohan, Proprietor.
Medical—World's Dispensary Prepara
tions; Bemis Eye Sanitarium, Glens Falls,
N. Y.; Castoria; Hood’s Pills; S. S. S.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Raul;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
A Baltimore paper announces that Con
gressman Booze has withdrawn from the
race for renomination in his district, but
asserts that Congressman Mudd is solid
In his. It Is rather a startling state of
affairs to learn that In Baltimore there
is opposition to Booze but none to Mudd.
The ordnance department has received
9.000 Mauser rifles and 10.000,000 rounds of
ammunition, so far, from the Spaniards
who surrendered In Santiago province.
There are others to come, and it looks as
If the United States will eventually have
a dozen or more regimen Is equipped with
Spanish arms.
One of Paderewski’s hands, the earning
capacity of which is said to have been
H.OOO an hour when he used them upon
the piano, is affected by paralysis, and
his physicians say he may never be able
to use It again. These hands have earned
about J 350.000 for the great pianist in
America alone, but the musio-loving world
■will, nevertheless, deeply deplore his great
misfortune.
Surgeon General Sterntarg comes out In
defense of his department saying that all
medical supplies called for have been for
warded as promptly as it was possible to
do so. Where there was delay he attrib
utes it to the failure of the surgeons In
the field to give prompt notice. In spite
of charge and defense, there his been
serious fault somewhere, and it should be
properly located so that it may not be re
peated.
It would have been better to have turn
ed the troois loose in any- old field than
to have sent them to Montauk Point, ac
cording to the reix>rls which come from
that so-called camp site. They h ive not
yet secured any good water, and are forc
ed to stand In the sun by day and to lie
under the blue canopy of heaven by night.
The men who ought to have had that
camp ground ready should lx- made to go
out there and endure the hardships with
the soldiers.
After a long silence Senator Mark Han
na has been heard from in the far away
West. In an interview just before leaving
Minneapolis for Yellowstone Park, he said
the silver issue was dead and that the
Republican party would make its next
campaign on issues brought up by the war
and on its record in the war. Mr. Hanna
(should take into consideration the many
mistakes of the administration, and inci
dentally remember that the success of
the war was due to the men behind the
guns.
It Is reported that the mustering out of
all the volunteers assembled under the
third call will be begun within the next
few days, which will result in sending
about 70,000 men to their homes. Blit It
seems to be the government’s intention
to keep an army of 100,000, in addition to
the regular army, for an unlimited period
after peace has been declared, for service
In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines.
The insurgent problem Is yet to be grap
pled with, and it may become an interest
ing one.
An English court has ruled that it has
jurisdiction in the case of the suit for
dumages brought by the British ship Cro
mnnyshire against the French Trans-At
lantic <irie, as a result of the collision with
the steamer La Bourgogne on July 4. 1 ;
appears that the French finer was coa
eiderably out of her course, arid an effort
will be made to hold the company re
■portable for the damages to the British
ship. Hit: trial of the ease in an English
court will no doubt give rise to some in -
Uresting questions.
The Pence Com mission era.
Who are to lie the commissioners to ne
gotiate the treaty of peace? That is a
question that is just now occupying a
prominent place in the public mind. It is
assumed that tire commission will be a
non-partisan one. The names of quite a
number of prominent men have appeared
in the public prints as likely to be ap
jioiiited.
The importance of appointing men of the
highest ability and having some acquaint
ance with international affairs cannot be
overestimated. It is to be presumed, of
course, that the President understands
(bat much depends upon ttie men chosen
to settle the details of the treaty. The
Spaniards, having been beaten in war,
will try to gel the best of us in diplomacy.
They have a reputation for sharp deal
ing.
fVe do not, of course, believe that they
will be permitted to have what it Is
not intended they shall have, because the
people wiil Insist upon knowing every de
tail as it comes up for discussion, and it
is hardly probable that any clause of the
it* ity that could be construed against
our interest will escape the r keen scru
tiny, Still, every consideration requires
that the commissioners shall lx* selected
from among tho e of our public men best
qualilled for such work.
It is said lli.il Judge Day, Secretary of
State, in anxious to be one orf the com
missioners. lie has done surprisingly well,
as far as the public knows, in bis present
l>osition, and he might reflect credit upon
himself and the country as one of tiie
peace commissioners, but there would be
a feeling all the while that he might be
overreached, because of his lack of knowl
edge of diplomatic methods. He has bad
no ex peril me in public affairs except what
he has gain' and since he has been in the
state department. The President, how
ever, has the utmost confidence in him,
and is. besides, his close personal friend.
Therefore, if Judge Day wants to be a
member of the commission it is probable
ttiat the President will apixdnt him.
There are two men whose appointment
would give very general satisfaction. One
of them is ex-President Harrison and the
other Is ex-Secretary of State Olney. One
is a Republican and the other is a Demo
crat. Both are men of eminent ability,
however, and both have had wide experi
ence In public affairs. There Is, of course,
plenty of men capable of filling the posi
tion of commissioner satisfactorily, but we
know of no other two men whose appoint
•ment would have such general approval.
A Chaplain's Wild Talk.
The battleship Oregon is an extraordi
narily fine ship, and C.ipt. Clark, who
commanded her in the tattle of Santiago,
is one of the best officers in the navy, but
that does not justify the Rev. IMr. Mc-
Intyre, who was the chaplain of the Ore
gon at the time of that battle, in making
charges against Admiral Sampson and
Capt. Evans, which are of a character
highly discreditable to those officers.
This chaplain says that Admiral Samp
son was not within four miles of the
Cristobal Colon when that ship surren
dered, as he says he was, but that he
made that statement in his report in or
der to get prize money, amounting to
about slu,ooo. The charge that he makes
against Capt. Evans is that he skulked.
Capt. Evans commanded the lowa and -he
general Impression is that the lowa ren
•lered excellent service in the Sunliugo
battle, but the Rev. Mr. Mclntyre says
she did not. He charges that when the
Spanish ships came out of the harbor the
lowa was only three miles away from
them while the Oiegon was five miles
away. The Oregon, He says, moved to the
front like a shot, and that Capt. Evans
took the lowa to the rear.
It would take much more than a state
ment from Chaplain Mclntyre to make the
public believe these charges. He stands
alone, ns far as we know, in making
them and, as they relate to matters that
were within the observation of thousands
of men, no one of whom lias come for
ward to substantiate them, the conclusion
is a fair one that the chaplain was not in
a frame of mind to observe passing events
with entire accuracy. He is doubtless hon
est, but mistaken. He ought not to repeat
his charges until he can find excellent au
thority lo support them.
Relieving thal the auxilliary cruiser
Yale had been turned over to the war de
partment by the navy department, Lieut.
J. S. Corby was directed by Assistant
Quartermaster General Kimball the other
day to take twenty immune nurses aboard,
bound for Santiago. Lieut. Oorby reached
the Yale with the nurses, and was inform
ed promptly and < mphatieally by the officer
of the deck that neither he nor the nurses
would be allowed aboard, as no orders had
been received from the navy department
to that effect. He was compelled to re
turn from the quarantine station to New
York, and there reported what had oc
curred. There was an understanding on
ihe part of the army that the cruisers Yale
and Harvard had been turned over to the
army for use as transports, but there* ap
pears to have been a slip-up somewhere,
and tiie proper orders on the subject were
not conveyed io Capt. Wise*. Tills Is not
tHo only instance of carelessness on the
part of somebody in the conduct of these
minor details of the war, and minor de
tails of just this kind sometimes turn out
to be important matters.
Mis. Florence Anna Maria Druce has nt
last suceeded in gon ins an order of court
for the opening of the grave which con
tains the body of Thomas Charles Druce,
her husband, who, she asserts, was in
reality the fifth Duke of Portland. If the
prop* r marks of royalty are found upon
the lxxly of Ihe late alleged duke, she ex
pects to have no ditfieuliy in establishing
Ihe claims of her son to the dukedom.
The world will be Interested in learning of
just what the brands upon a real duke
consist.
Horatio Dav <1 Davies, Lord Mayor of
London, and liis daughter, Miss Davies,
will sail from Liverpool for New York
t ext week. This will be the first lime
London's Lord Mayor has ever visited
America during his official term, and the
officials of New York, America's metrop
olis, will have an opportunlty of demon
strating their hospitality, such as is sel
iorn presented. It will be for them to
-*ve thal he is properly taken care of.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 189S.
Condition of the Camps.
A Washington special says that owing
to the prevalence of typhoid fever in
about all of the military camps in the
South, the war department Is thinking
serious!y of moving all of the troops to
the North. But would camps in the North
be fit-*'r from typhoid fever than are
camps in the South if no better sanitary
conditions were maintained in them than
are maintained in tb-se in the South?
The Medical Record said a few .lays ago
that there was little or no excuse for the
prevalence of typhoid fever in any of the
camps. The cause of the fever is well
known, and, If what the Medical Record
says is correct, nothing is easier than to
pre vent typhoid fcver from getting a foot
hold in the camps.
The theory is that the fever was carried
from Chickamagua to Tampa, and to
all the other camps, even to the camps in
Cuba. We do not know whether this
theory is correct of not, but it is certain
that the sanitary conditions at Camp
Tampa were such as to bre* *1 typhoid fe
ver, and lo encourage its spread, if
brought there. Troops are no more likeiy
to be afflicted with this kind of fever in
the South than they are in the North. In
this city, for instance, there is seldom any
typhoid fever, while the death rate from
it in Philadelphia is very large. It is also
one of the prevailing diseases in New York
and other Northern cities.
No, the typhoid fever does not belong
especially lo the South. In fact, there Is
not us much of it in the South as in the
North. And there are reasons for saying
that there would be much less of it in
the camps now if the proper sanitary ar
rangements had been enforced in them
from the time they were establish
ed. Who is to blame for the neg
lect of sanitary arrangements we do not
undertake to say, but that the greater
part of the sickness that has prevailed
in the camps could have been prevented,
there does not seem to be any doubt. If
the order for the protection of the health
of the soldiers which was Issued on Tues
day by the war department, had been is
sued and rigidly enforced when the mobi
lizing of the volunteers began, many a
poor soldier who has gone to his long rest
would be alive to-day.
Against Annexing the Philippines.
The Democrats of Missouri, in their state
convention on Wednesday, took about tie
same position on the question of territorial
expansion as was taken by the Democrats
of Texas. They adopted a resolution
against annexing the Philippine*!, but fa
voring the annexation of Porto Rico. It
Is probable that the position taken by the
Democrats of these two stales is the posi
tion that will be occupied by the Demo
cratic party on the question of territorial
expansion.
Some of the Republican papers of the
West were expressing satisfaction at the
prospect that the Missouri convention
would favor the annexation, not only of
Porto Rico, but also the Philippines.
Some of the members of the convention
were in favor of going as far as that, but
they were greatly in the minority.
What the Republican papers hoped for
was that the anti-territorial policy that
was outlined by Mr. Bryan in his Omaha
speech would be so emphatically condemn
ed that he would practically cease to be
a leader of his party. The Missouri Dem
ocrats did not go as far as they hoped
they would, and they are, therefore, great
ly disappointed.
By annexing Porto Rico we shall not
go very far in the direction of territorial
expansion—not far enough to make the
question of an imperial policy a political
issue. Therefore Mr. Bryan was not so
very far out of the way when he took a
stand against territorial expansion. The ex
pansion that he had in mind was expansion
in the dire ction of the Philippines.
Roosevelt'* Programme.
It is reported by Col. Roosevelt's friends
in Washington that ho Intends to ask for
a court martial as soon as he arrives in
this country. He is hardly the sort of a
rmin to rest quietly under the severe re
buke which the Secretary of War admin
istered to him because of his letter in
which he drew a comparison between his
own regiment, the Rough Riders, and the
other volunteer soldiers. Still, In view of
the fact that he violated army regulations
in writng that letter and also the round
robin letter, both of which have excited
much comment, the best thing for him to
do, in all probability, is to hold his peace.
When the war is over and he has return
ed to civil life it will be time enough for
him to seek a vindication.
The people do not feel that his offense
was a very serious one, though it is ad
mitted that it was one that, under some
circumstances, might lead" to dangerous
consequences. If, however he should re
quest a court martial a good many things
respecting the Santiago campaign might
be disclosed that would not reflect credit
upon those who had a great deal to do
with it. It has been stated that there was
much Inefficiency and mismanagement,
not only in Ihe m* lical and quartermas
ter's department, tint also in other depart
ments. How much truth there is in these
statements is of course unknown, but it
might not be difficult to show that some
of them rest upon a pretty solid founda
tion.
It is true of course that sucoess covers
up a multitude of short comings. Still, it Is
not improbable that we shall have other
wars, and ii might be advisable to know
what mislakee were made in the war we
now have on our hands and who made
them, in order that Incompetents may bo
sent to the rear and mistakes avoided as
far as possible.
When we get control of Porto Rico,
shall ue, for the benefit of Americans,
change the name of Guanica to Smlthville,
and Fajardo to Bowling Green? is a ques
tion which is just now agitating some peo
ple with extremely American ideas. Our
ancestors did not change the names of
Ogeechee, Chattahoochee and others of
Indian origin ending In a sneeze when
they took charge here, and there is no
more reason why we should change tho*.;
in Porto Rteo. I* avc them as they arc,
for it will not seriously interfere with us
to have something new to contend win
Such a change of names might be a dan
gerous precedent.
The National Conference on the Foreign
Policy of the United States will be held
at Saratoga next week, Aug. 19 and 20.
The conference will ta at tended by both
Democrats and Republicans, and in view
of the questions arising incident to the
war with Spain, and especially of the
widely divergent opinions with regard to
the future of the Philippines, the Inter
est in and the importance of the confer
ence have been greatly in leased. The pro
posed arbitration treaty with England will
be another Important subject of discus
sion, and the results of the meeting will
doubtless be widely noted.
There are more than fifty veterans of
Ihe civil war who have had to give up
their pensions because they enlisted in the
service of the government in the war
against Spain, since the law prevents any
man from drawing a pension as an in
valid and pay as an able-bodied soldier at
the same time. It looks hard, but if these
men want to gel back on the pension rolls
they will have to go through the regular
form of application again, and even then
there is a chance of their taing shut out
under some new ruling on the question as
to their standing.
PERSONAL.
—Gov. Adams of Colorado made a most
felicitous address in welcoming the club
women at Denver, but he declares he
never dreaded any public appearance so
much as he did that on*-. "But,” he says,
"1 will never be lfrald of women again.
Why, they were tmong the best fellows
I ever met.”
—The Prince of Wales is credited with
having a lively objection to the practice
of cutting off horses’ tails, and as the
custom is largely maintained by that con
tingent of tile fashionable world that fol
lows the Prince rather closely it looks
as though the tails might now be allowed
to grow.
—The Counter- ol Castell£\ne, formerly
Anna Gould, is so disgusted with Ihe con
ventional French marriage, wherein the
bride, no matter how humble, must bring
a dower to her husband, that she has or
ganized a society for promoting matri
mony among the lower classes without
any such obligation. She realizes Ihe
amount of prejudice and the weight of
custom she will have to overcome and is
credited with saying that if necessary, in
meritorious cases, she will furnish the
dowry herself.
—A German archaeologist, Dr. Franz
Bock, has written a long and learned
work on theg rave of Emperor Otto 111.
Tills sovereign lived only twenty-four
years (he died in the year 1002), and it
was believed for a long time that he had
been t>oisoned by ■ Roman woman. Giese
brecht and Gregorovius proved, however,
that he died a natural death. The body
was taken to Aachen (Aix la Chapelle),
where the remains were transferred to the
cathedral, in the fourteenth century. In
the first years of the present century the
tomb was opened by the French and the
remains sent to Paris. Oral traditions de
clare that they got only as far as Ver
dun; but Dr. Book has not been able to
discover that they were interred In either
place, and he now anxiously asks for in
formation.
BRIGHT HITS.
—Young Mr. Isaacs—Sometimes I fink I
votild like to haf an army gommlsslon.
His Father (shocked) —Vot? Der best kind
of a gommission for you, Ikey, Is a brok
er's gommission.—Puck.
—' That fortune-teller said If I paid her
$j she would reveal to me why I don’t get
rich."
"Did you give it to her?”
“Yes, and she toid me I had a great
weakness for fooling away money.”—Chi
cago Record.
—"My son,” said the London business
man, “I must again caution you to live
within you means.”
“Has anybody been sending yoil any
bills ?”
"Not yet. But you have been seen say
ing 'howdydo' to two dukes and an earl.”—
Washington Star.
—"What weapon did Samson use In slay
ing the Philistines?” asked the Sunday
school superintendent during the general
exercises.
"He—he didn't use none,” sputtered a lit
tle red-headed urchin on the back row of
seats.
"lie didn't git inter de scrap till dey was
ail sunk.”—Detroit Free Press.
—One Way to Ovoid It.—Myers—The Idea
of the government putting a war tax on
beer! It's an outrage to place such a re
striction on the poor man's recognized
beverage.
Gyers—Oh, well, the poor man can easily
get around tiie payment of the tax.
Myers—l'd like to know how?
Gyers—By rushing the growler for cham
pagne.—Chicago News.
A preposterous Suggestion—"Whut's de
use o’ botherin’ me 'bout dat rent?” in
quired the occupant of a dilapidated
shanty. “De grocery man wus jes’ Toun'
hyuh, an’ I owes a doctor's bill an' a hull
lot o yuthuh folks. An’ hyuh I si down lo
my last four dollahs.”
“Why don’t you pay that on account?”
"Go 'way, man! I needs dat ter pay de
license foh detn two dogs.’’—Washington
Star.
Cl ItItKXT COMMENT.
Secretary Alger’s Mistake.
From the New York Post (Ind.).
Secretary Alger has probably realized ere
this that he made a great mistake in pub
lishing Col. Roosevelt’s letter. He evident
ly had the idea that it would injure the
latter’s j>pl: ileal prospects, whereas It has
had exactly tiie contrary effect. Neither
the public nor the volunteers mind the bit
of self-appreciation that the letter dis
closes. because they know that it is not
without foundation.
Makes Xo I) i fie re Ti re Nosy, •
From Ihe New York Tribune (Rep.).
Tf Gen. “Joe” Wheeler thinks that any
body In this part of the country likes him
less because, in the excitement of the mo
ment, he dropped thirty odd years out of
his calendar at Santiago and told his men
to go in and clean out the infernal Yan
k< os, let him come to New Y'ork and see
how a touch of nature makes the whole
country kin.
Loan’s Defense ol* Sampson.
From the Nashville American (Dem.).
Secretary Long can claim for himself
ihe credit of the victory at Santiago with
as much plausibility as he claims it for
Admiral Sumi>son. The public Is thorough
ly convenient with all the facts and Sec
retary Long appears only as a special
pleader and not as an authority. He has
nothing now to tell. His conclusions are
dogmatic and the only effect of his letter
will be lo strengthen the charge of favorit
ism which, whether unjustly or not. has al
ready been brought against the navy de
partment in regard to Admiral Sampson.
M. Dooley on the War.
“Well, sir,” paid Mr. Dooley, "confound
tlilm Cublans. If I was Gln’ral Shafter I'd
back up th' wagon in front iv th’ dure an’
I'd say to Gin’ral Garshy, I'd say, ‘I want
you,’ an' I'd have thlm all down ut th’
station an’ decently booked be th’ desk
sergeant before th' fall iv night. Th' ini
pydince iv them!"
"What have they been doin’? Mr. Hen
nessy asked, according to the Chicago
Journal.
“Failin’ to understand our civilization,”
paid .Mr. Dooley. "Ye see, it was this way.
Gin’ral Garshy with wan hundhred thou
san’ men's been fightin' bravely fr to lib
oryate Cuoia. F’r two years he’s been
marehin' his sivlnty-five thousan' men up
an’ down th’ island destroyin’ th’ haughty
Spanyards be th’ miilyons. Whin war was
declared he ottered his own sarvices an’
ih' sa:vices iv his ar-rmy iv fifty ihou
san’ men to th' United States, an’ wnile
waiting f’r phips to arrive marched at th’
head iv his tin thousin’ men down to
Santiago De Cuba an’ captured a cigar
facthry which tliey soon rayjooced to
smokin’ rujns. They was holdtn’ this po
sition—Gin'ial Garshy an’ his gallant wan
thousan’ men—‘Whin Gin’ral Shafter ar
rived. Gin'ral Garshy immedjitty offered
th’ services tv hismself an’ his two
bundled men fr th' capture iv Sandago,
an’ whin Gin’ral Shatter arrived there
was Gin'ral Garshy with his gallant band
iv fifty Cuolans re-ready to eat at a min-
yit's notice.
“Gin’ral Shafter is a big, coorse, two
fisted man t'r'm Mltohtgan, an,' whin he see
Gin’ral Garshy an’ his twinly-flve gallant
followers, ‘Fr'ront.’ says he. This way,’
he says, 'step lively,’ he says, ’an’ move
some iv these things,’ he says. ‘Sir,’ says
Gin’ral Garshy, 'd'ye take me fr a dhray?’
he says. ‘l'm a sojer.’ he says, 'not a bag
gage ear,’ he says. ‘l’m a Cttbian pathrite
an' I'd lay down me life an' the lives iv
th' eighteen brave men iv me devoted
ar'rtnv,’ he says, ‘but I’ll be hanged if I
carry a thrunk,’ he says. ‘l’ll fight wavin
’ver 'tls cool,’ he says, ‘an’ they ain’t wan
iv these twelve men here that wudden’t
follow me to hell if they was awake at th’
time,’ he says, ‘but,’ he says, 'if ’twas
wurruk we were lookin’ fr we cud nave
found it long ago,’ he says. ‘They’se a lot
iv it in this eounthry that nobody’s usin’,’
he says. ‘What we want,’ he says, ‘is
freedom,’ he says, ‘an’ if ye think we have
been in th’ wools dodgin' th’ savage corre
spondint t'r two year.’ he says, ‘f’r tit’
sake iv r-rushin' ye’er laundhry home,’ he
says, ’ ’tis no wontlher,’ he says, ’that th'
r-roads fr'm Marinette to Kalamazoo is
paved with goold bricks bought be th’
people iv ye’er native state,’ he says.
"So Shafter had to carry his own trunk,
an' well it was f’r him that it wasn't Gin’-
ral Miles’, th’ weather bein' hot. An’
Shafter was mad clear through, an’ whin
he took hold Iv Sandago an’ was sendln'
out Invitations he scratched Garshy. Gar
shy took his gallant band iv six back to
th woods and there th’ three iv thim ar-re
now, ar-rme<l with forty' r-rounds iv cann
ed lobster an’ r-ready to raysist to th'
death. Him tin’ th’ otiter man has writteu
to Gin'ral Shafter to teil him what they
think iv him, an’ it don't take long.*
“Well," said Mr. Hennessy, “I think
Shafter done wrong. He might’ve asked
Garshy in f'r to see the show, sein’ that
he’s been hangin’ ar-round fr a long time,
doin’ th' best he cud.”
"It isn’t that,” explained Mr. Dooley,
"Th’ throuble is th’ Cublans don’t undher
stand our civilization. Over here freedom
means hard wurruk. What ’s th’ ambition
iv ail iv us, Hinnissy? ’Tls ayether to hold
our job or to get wan. We want wurruk.
We must have it. Now whin a Cubian
comes home at night with a happy smile
on his face, he don't say to his wife and
childer: ‘Thank Gawd, I’ve got wurruk at
last.’ He says: ‘Thank Gawd, I've been
fired.’
"You can’t make people here understand
that, an’ ye can’t make a Cubian undher
stand that freedom means th same thing
as a pinitinchry slntenee. Whin we thry
to get him to wurruk he’ll say: ‘Why shud
I? I haven’t committed anny crime.’ That's
goin' to be th’ throuble. Th' first thing we
know we’ll have another war in Cubia whin
we begin distributin' good jobs, twelve
hours a day, wan sivinty-five. Th’ Cublans
ain’t civilized in our way. I sometimes
think I’ve got a touch iv Cubian blood in
me own veins.”
Will Go Without His Toes.
Since the news of Commodore Dewey's
victory reached the green hills of his na
tive state, the fires of patriotism have
burned fiercely In the breasts of the boys
of Vermont, says the New York Herald.
The enthusiasm of sacrifice for Uncle Sam
reached Us hight the other day in St. Al
bans. One of the boys from that town went
before the army surgeon to be examined
with a view to enlisting. He was a strong
fellow, and the surgeon found him all
right till he got down to his feet. There
he discovered a defect which made him
hesitate. The little toes on both feet were
crooked under so that In walking the boy’s
weight fell directly on them.
"I'm afraid I can’t pass you wath those
toes,” said the surgeon. “You will find
them very troublesome on a long march.
Don’t they ever hurt you in walking?’’
The fellow admitted that they were
somewhat painful when he walked many
miles. The surgeon shook his head.
’Very, sorry," he said, “but I’m afraid
you can't go.”
The boy from Dewey’s state threw back
his head and his upper lip stiffened. "Doc
tor,” he said, "supposing I didn’t have the
toes. Would you pass me then?"
The doctor said he thought he would.
Thereupon the boy walked over to the
hospital and told the house surgeon that
he wanted his little toes cut off so that he
could go to war. This operation was per
formed, and tlie brave volunteer now lies
up at the hospital with bandages around
his feet, minus two toes, but ful 1 of valor
and determined to wear, the uniform of
Uncle Sam, toes or no toes.
Camp Life til a Nutshell.
"J. H. 8.,” a member of the Sixty-fifth
Regiment, at Camp Alger, sends home the
following rather amusing poetical epitome
of the experiences of the soldiers, entitled
"Camp Life in a Nutshell,” says the Buf
falo Commercial:
Singing ballads, playing cards,
Eating side nuat, running guards.
Matching, drilling, exercising,
Lying ’round philosophizing,
Digging ditches, learning tactics,
Standing guard until your hack aches;
Doing laundry, picking trash up,
Cleaning camp and dishing hash up;
Cooking pork and taking baths.
Eating hardtack, cleaning paths;
Getting yellow as a lanyard,
Wondering when we'll meet the Spaniard;
Reading papers, reading books.
Fasting, grumbling, “cussing" cooks;
Writing letters, cleaning tents up,
In our trousers sewing tents up;
Drilling like old-time cadets,
Smoking pipes and cigarettes.
Telling stories, making wishes,
Splitting wood and washing dishes;
Turning in at sound of “taps,”
Si>outing verse and shooting craps;
Getting up at 5 o’clock.
Wanting fight and hearing talk;
Thinking that we’re not in clover.
Wondering when the war'll be over.
Thought It Wits an Auction.
The St. Paul Glober eports this Incident:
’’Won’t you come in?” cordially asked a
Red Cross woman of another who loitered
around the open doors of the headquarters
one day last week. "What is It?” asked the
stranger, as though there might be some
strange objects on exhibition Inside the
rooms. “Why. this is the Red Cross head
quarters,” responded the other. "We arc
sewing for the soldiers; won’t you come
in?" "Oh. no, I guess not,” said the woman
on the sidewalk; “I thought it was an uac
tlon."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—ln some parts of Central and South
Africa a single fire-fly gives enough light
to illuminate a whole room.
—ln the new Reichstag there are only
88 nobles. The number has steadily dimin
ished since 3871, when it was 160. There
are said to be only seven Jews elected to
the Reichstag, all of them Social Demo
crats.
—Corks are treated with beeswax, paraf
fin or other wax, and then coated with
gutta percha, to replace rubber stoppers
for bottles containing acids or fluids which
evaiwraie easily, the cork being cheaper
than rubber.
—An Ohio postmaster has discovered and
obtained a book that was presented to
William McKinley by his father forty
years ago. The postmaster has forwarded
the volume to the President. At the time
young McKinley received ihe book he was
a volunteer assistant to the man who now
returns it and who was then postmaster at
Poland, O.
-Wire-rolled glass is one of the most
recent inventions. The glass, which Is
exactly one-quarter of an inch thick, con
tains in the center a wire netting, the
meshes of which are a trifle less than one
Inch in diameter. Consequently the wire
does not obscure the light, and'wire-rolled
glass, it is said, will resist fire as long a
time as an equal thickness of iron.
—Twenty people own nearly 18 per cent,
of the real property within the limits of
Greater New York, and pay taxes upon
nearly $400,000,000 worth of land. The tax
assessor says that 150 people, whose names
might be taken from the books, own 50
per cent, of all the real estate in Greater
New York, and the tendency is to in
crease instead of diminish these enormous
holdings.
—Before many days the armies of the
United Slates will be recruited up to a beef
eating capacity of about 6tK> big steers a
day. Beef has always been an important
article of diet to the soldiers of rh'is coun
try, as well as of English soldiers, but
never in American history has beef been so
widely distributed and in such excellent
condition as just at present. The army in
Manila, which will soon number 20,000 men,
is eating beef every day.
—ln an interview in the Young Woman,
Mrs. Bishop, the traveler, says: “In Ko
rea you never see girls out of doors In the
daytime except some of the lower classes
going to Ihe wells, and they are tied up
so that no one can see them. Women only
go out In the capital of Korea w T hen a
great bell sounds In the evening. When
this is heard all men must retire to their
houses. The only men who may go out
are thoeo who are blind and those who are
going to a druggist’s with a prescriptwvn.
And as men are deceivers the world over,
it is not surprising that a great many men
are “blind,” and that many have to go to
the “druggist’s" when evening comes. In
deed, the number of hypocrites who go
about tapping with a stick is rather ludi
crous.
—Sir James Crlchton-Browne declared
in a recent lecture that medical men, '
adapting themselves to the needs of the
time, had felt it incumbent on them to in
sist mainly on the misuse of the brain and
the excessive strain too often put on it;
but that there were also great evils at
tendant upon the misuse of the brain, says
the New York Post. He did not know any
surer way of inducing mental decay than
for a man of active habits to retire and
do nothing when just past the zenith of
life: and, on the other hand, he did not
know any surer way of enjoying a green
old age than to keep on working at some
thing till the close. He refered to Galileo,
who lived to 78; Newton, to 85; Franklin,
to 85; Button, to 80; Faraday, to 76; Brew
ster, to 84 years in harness, and with t n
impaired powers. He declared that hard
working judges habitually lived to a ripe
old age, and were more exempt from dot
age than any other class of the commu
nity.
—The federal council of Switzerland or
dered the military department two months
ago to ascertain the cantons how many
drilled and fully equipped soldiers couid
lie put into the field in a few weeks’ time
for the national defense. Le Journal de
Geneve prints a synopsis of the report. It
seems that Switzerland could at very short
notice pul an army of 503,254 men in the
field. It is not generally known that every
citizen of the republic of military age, not
exempt on account of bodily defect, has to
bear arms, in the use of which the chil
dren are instructed at school, from the
age of 8, passing through annual exercises
and reviews. Such military Instruction I?
participated in by the greater numtier of
pupils at the upper and middle schools.
The troops of the republic are divided Into
three classes: (1) The Elite, (Auszug) con
sisting in general of all men able to bear
arms from the age of 20 to 32; (2) the
Landwehr, comprising all men from the
33d to the completed 41th year; (3) the
Landstrum, which can only be called out
in time of war, consisting of all citizens
not otherwise serving, between the ages of
17 and 50, or (in the case of ex-officers) 55.
The period of actual service varies in the
different cantons, but there are certain gen
eral muster days. The status of the army
is preserved by countless so-called mili
tary clubs, the fundamental laws of the
republic forbidding the maintenance of a
standing army. According to the report of
the military department, the Elite includes
550 officers and four army corps, averaging
about 35,000 men apiece, besides the special
corps of Gothard and Saint-Maurice, mak
ing 147,000 men in all. The different services
of the Landwehr include 83,283 officers and
men. The armed Landstrum has a total of
53.471 men, and the unarmed Landstrum
218,309.
—The hears of Northern Maine comWne
a great love for the crab apples which
are grown in that region with ignorance
of the appliances of modern civilization,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. When a
telegraph company started to put up piles
in the woods between Ashland and Fort
Kent, the simple-minded bears began to
sniff at the tall slicks with suspicion, evi
dently mistaking them for some new form
of deadfall that was erected for the spe
cial purpose of killing bears. They stayed
away from the camps of the workmen all
the time the route was being surveyed
and while the poles were going up, refus
ing to respond to the luring odors of
scorched fat pork or burnt molasses. But
when the glass insulators were screwed
to the long arms of the poles every bear
in Northern Aroostook came out to watch
the progress of the work. Although the
superintendent of the job pronounced the
line completed and ready for service a
month ago, the company has been unable
to procure the transmission of messages
through the long strip of wools above
Ashland. A double force of linemen is
kept at work all the time, but, in sptle of
'their labors, the insulators are pulled off
and broken so often that no communica
tion can be kept up for three hours in suc
cession. The company hired detective*
and offered large rewards for the capture
of malicious men caught injuring the in
sulators. As this proved useless, the de
tectives finally went into the woods and
found the whole line swarming with bears
that climbed the poles and bit off the insu
lators faster than the linemen could renew
them. The only way the telegraph tner
can account for this perverted taste on the
part of the bears is that the animals be
lieve that the insulators are their favorib
crab apples, and will not be convinced of
their error until they have gone aloft uni.
made actual proof. The telegraph line
will apparently be able to do no business
until every bear in Aroostook county ha
thus satisfied himself.
Ocean Steamship Cos.
-FOR—
New York, Boston
—AND—
the east.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations
All the comforts of a modern hote’’
Electric lights. Unexcelled table. Tick, j
include meals and berth aboard ship.
Passenger Fares From Savanna
TO NEW YORK-Cabin. S2O; Excursion
so 2; Intermediate, sls; Excursion, s4-
Steerage, $lO.
lO BOSTON—Cabin, $22; Excursion, US-
Intermediate, sl7; Excursion, S2B; St r'.
age, $11.75.
The express steamships of this line ar
appointed to sail from Savannah, Central
(90chj meridian time, as follows: ’
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis. SAT.
URDAY, Aug. 13, at 2 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY
Aug. 15, at 3:30 p. m. ’
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg
TUESDAY, Aug. 16, at 4:00 p. m.
XACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, THURSDAY
Aug. 18, at 5:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
SATURDAY, Aug. 20, at 6:30 p. m. *
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, MON
DAY’, Aug. 22, at 8:00 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY
Aug. 23, 9:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg
THURSDAY', Aug. 25, at 11:00 a. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATUR
DAY', Aug. 27, 1:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
MONDAY, Aug. 29, at 3:00 p. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
5 p. m. daily, except Sundays, Mondays
and Thursdays.
W. G. Brewer, Ticket Agt., 39 Bull st.
Savannah, Ga.
E. W. Smith, Con’t Frt. Agt., Sav., Ga
R. G. Trezevant, Agt., Savannah, Ga.
E. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager.
John M. Egan, Vice President.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS'
TRANSPORTATION CO.
Tickets on sale at company’s office to
the following points at very low rates:
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,
BALTIMORE, MD.
BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL.
CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE, PA.
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
HARRISBURG, PA.
HALIFAX, N. S.
NIAGARA. FALLS, N. Y.
NEW YORK, N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PITTSBURG, PA.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
TRENTON, N. J.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
First-class tickets include meals and
state room berth Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodation and Cuisine Unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful
handling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti
more as follows (standard time):
ESSEX. Capt. Billups, SATURDAY, Aug.
13, at 4:00 p. m.
*WM. LAWRENCE, Capt. Willis, WED
NESDAY, Aug. 17, at 6;uu p. m.
ITASCA, Capt. James, SATURDAY, Aug.
20, at 8:00 p. m.
•FREIGHT ONLY.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAY,
and FRIDAY.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga,
W. F. TURNER, G. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY', Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
FRENCH LINE.
Campagnie Generals Transatlantique.
Direct Line to Havre—Paris (France).
Sailing every Saturday at 10 a. m. as fol
lows
From Pier No. 43, North River, foot Mor
ton street:
La Bretagne Aug. 13jLa Touratne. ...Sept 3
La Normandie. Aug, 20(LaChampagne. Sept.lo
La Gascogne.-Aug. 27 ILa Navarre.. .Sept, 17
General Agency for U. S. and Canada,
3 Bowling Green, New York.
WILDER & CO.
For Biuffton and Beaufort, S, C,
Steamer Doretta will leave whart foot
of Abercorn (Ethel’s wharf) street at 3 p.
m. for Biuffton daily except Sunday and
Thursday. Wednesday’s trip extended
to Beaufort, leaving Biuffton Thursdays
at 8 a. m. Returning same day.
FOR BEHUFORT.
Steamer Clifton leaves from foot Bull
street Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
8:30 a. m., city time.
H. S. WE3TCOTT, Agent.
’Phone 520.
CITY AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY
AND SAVANNAH, lUcMiKaliuLT A
ISLE OF HOPE RAILWAY.
Summer Schedule—June 6, 1898.
Leave | From || Leave j Into
City | [i Isle of |
I II “ope- f
’ tj uo arti Bolton t. 6 uo am Bolton St.
700 am!Bolton St. j| 7 10 am|Bolton St.
9 00 am Second Ave|| 8 10 am|Second Ave.
;0 37 am [Bolton St. || 9 45 aro|Bolton St.
2 30 pm. Second Avej| 1 00 pmjSecond Ave.
400 pm Bolton St. || 400 pm|Botton St.
500 pneßolton St. |] 500 pmjßollon St.
6 15 put Second Avej| 5 45 pm,Second Ave.
600 pm Bolton St. || 600 pm,Bolton St.
6 15 pm Second Ave|i 6 15 pm;Second Ave.
700 pm Bolton St. || 7 uu pm|Bolton St.
730 pm Second Avel| 830 pmjßolton lit.
830 pm! Bolton St. || 930 pmjßolton St.
9SC pmj Doiton St ||lo 20 pm;Second Ave.
" Saturday night only, 11. from Bolton
leaving Bolton street and return
ing into Bolton street, change at Thua
*For Montgomery—9. 10:37 a. m., 2:30 and
6:15 p. m. Leave Montgomery 7:30 A m..
12:20 p. m. and 5:50 p. m.
For Thunderbolt Cars leave Bolton
street depot on every hour and half hour
during the day and evening.
BraopmisoM
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and work, order your lithographed and
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