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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS'
Meeting—Ze.rubbabol Lodge No. 15, F. &
A. M.
Special Notices—Army Equipments for
the Soldiers, R. D. & Wm. Lattimore;
Notice, Art Students' League of Savan
nah; George W. Beckett, Esq., Has Re
sumed Practice; Ship Notice, Georgia Ex
port and Import Company; Notice, Savan
nah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Rail
way.
Business Notices—Notice to Commissa
ries, Henry Solomon & Son.
You Can Anchor Y'our Faith—Byck
Ii rose
Blankets and Comforts—Leopold Adler.
Only a Step or Two, Take It—Falk
Clothing Company.
Horse Blankets and Lap Robes—Leo
Frank.
The Greatest Suit Sale on Record—Leo
pold Adler.
Well, Chilly, Isn’t It?—M. S. Brown.
Hides, Etc. —A. Ehrlich & Bro.
Medical—McElree’s Wine of Cardui; Cu
ticura Remedies; Castorla; S. S. S.;
World's Dispensary Preparations; Johann
Hoff's Genuine Matt Extract; Hood's Sar
saparilla; Ayer’s Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The average politician can well claim
to be a scientific agriculturist. He cul
tivates popularity without regard to the
seasons.
"Yellow” Journalism is now classified as
a disease. The public can apply the cure
whenever it will. Lack of patronage is the
sure specific.
“The French troops are being rushed to
the coast,” says a Paris cable. The King
marched up the hill and then marched
down again.
"Thrice armed is he" whose fleet is
ready for action. This Is the secret of
England's strength, and of our successful
’bout with Spain.
Several large and well equipped modern
hospitals, it is said, will be erected in Ha
vana. A street sweeping brigade might
cave much of this expense.
If England and France go to war the
American newspapers have a corps of
trained correspondents ready. The exiie
rience of the past six months may soon
prove highly valuable.
“Don't be a sieve” is the latest expres
sive phrase. It applies with especial force
to the business mun who allows the op
portunities of life to pass through his
hands because he fails to advertise.
The secretary of the Freedman's Aid So
ciety is distressed because the Young
Men's Christian Associations refuse to ad
mit the negro to membership. No one ob
jects to the negroes forming similar asso
ciations for themselves. That is all they
can ask, or receive.
The aldermen of the Various Pennsyl
vania cities are attending the "Peace Ju
bilee" at Philadelphia. The detective
force of the city has been largely in
creased to protect the public during the
celebration. There may be no connection
between the facts, but they are coexistent.
Hon. F. G. dußignon, after a two
weeks' visit to New York City, largely
getting an inside view of the cam
paign in progress in that state, expresses
the conclusion that Judge Van Wyek will
defeat Col. Roosevelt for Governor, and
that the Democrats will gain several con
gressional districts.
Lightning, in West Virginia, smashed a
rock around w'hich several men were play
ing p*ker. The value of this item as a
Sunday school story is lost from the fact
that none of the men was injured in the
slightest. They simply transferred the
game to another rock.
Gov. Pingree of Michigan has passed be
yond J. he town lot potato farm and throe-
U:enl car fare period of statesmanship. Ho
Is now classed among presidential aspir-
Jfcus. If successful he will probably split
•> capital lawn into tomato patches ar.d
t#r up the “keep off the grass" signs.
Spain siems to have been the unfortu
nate victim of an absolute belief in ely
tr,olOg> Investigation shows that the
v.otd "yankee” is a corruption of the
Chi rtjlb i word, "eankka," meaning "cow
ard."; Tite word was originally used in the
col -ib.es as a term of contempt. Spain
doulkicitf believes by this time that it is
of honor.
I Mint At. TAXATION.
The question of most importance which
the legislature will have to consider at
its present session is that of taxation. The
rate is very high; it is burdensome, and
should be reduced. One way of reducing
it is to cut down the public expenses. Two
of tlio largest items of expense are pen
sion and school expenditures. The first of
these has grown to nearly PiIO.OOO a year,
and the other $1,641,600. Georgia pays
more pensions than any other Southern
state; indeed, within a few thousand dol
lars of as much as all of the other South
ern states combined. She has one of the
best free sc hool systems in the South. It
is not in the least likely that the people
would consent to a reduction of the pen
sion fund or the impairment of the free
school system.
The only other manner in which the
tax rate may be reduced is by obliging
everybody to bear a proportionate share
of the expt rises of government. There are
millions of dollars worth of taxable prop
erty in the state whic h never gets on the
tax hooks. There are thousands of per
sons in the state who enjoy all of the
benefits of the public institutions, yet who
never contribute one dollar towards paying
the cost of them.
The truth is that a dozen or so coun
ties—Chatham, liibb, Fulton, Richmond
and a few others, tsar the burden of
pporling the slate govefnment. There
are a considerable number of the coun
ties which draw from the state treasury
more money than they pay into it. Some
of them get more money from the state
for schools than they pay to it for all pur
poses. Some of them draw from the state
for school purposes more than they pay
for schools, leaving a surplus to be de
voted ,to other purposes, thus coming
pretty near to escaping from taxation.
Nobody can claim right or justice in any
such system.
What is needed is a law which will com
pel all counties and all individuals liable
to taxtion to fare alike. Counties should
he required at least to support their own
schools. No man has a right to bur
den his neighbor with the payment of
taxes which lie, himself should pay.
The law or 181*1, creating boards of dis
interested assessors, worked very well as
long as it was permitted to remain upon
the statute books. Under it tax values
were Increased in the short space of one
year nearly $19,000,000; that is to say, that
amount of property, which had not previ
ously appeared upon the tax books, or
which had been undervalued by int< rest
ed parties, was required to bear its pro
portionate share of the cost of govern
ment. Had the law been continued, there
is no good reason for doubting that the
tax values would have continued to in
crease, and there could have been a re
duction in the tax rate. But interested
and demagogic persons succeeded in per
suading the legislature of 1892 that the law
bore unequally and to the disadvantage of
the rural districts, and it was repealed.
XVAIt TAXES LIKELY TO REMAIN.
Secretary of the Treasury Gage gives
but little hope that the war taxes will
soon become a thing of the past As he
views the future the expenses of the coun
try must be much greater than ever be
fore. The billion dollar Congress will be
outdone. Expenditures on the navy, both
in the construction of new vessels and in
the Increased cost of maintenance, and
on the army with, its probably trebled
strength, will necessitate appropriations
that will far surpass the maximum set by
the Republican House several years ago.
The contemplated expansion of territory
will add many millions to the annual bud
get of expenses. The Income from .he
“colonies" will not for years, perhaps
never, reach the outlay caused by their
possession.
Secretary Gage is aware of the unpopu
larity of Internal revenue taxes of the
character required by the recent war.
Business men and the public generally,
while willing to pay them to meet cur
rent costs of the war, will find them ex
tremely objectionable if collected for many
years after the war has passed into his
tory. Ten years after the cloee of the civil
war similar taxes were in force, and some
were not removed until several years la
ter than that. The expenses of that war,
continuing for four years, and those of the
little brush with Spain are hardly to be
considered together. If the income from
the new taxes averages, as stated, $10,000,-
000 a month, the receipts in less than a year
would be adequate to meet the financial
demands caused by the war which were
not otherwise provided for. When it is
remembered that $200,000,000 of bonds were
issued to defray the expenses of the war,
the actual amount needed from the addi
tional taxes to meet ad immediate require
ments would probably be but $100,000,000,
or the gross returns from the new taxes
for but ton months.
There is but little consolation to be de
rived by business interests from recently
expressed views of Secretary Gage. As he
secs the outlook, the expenses of the gov
ernment must rapidly increase. “Fighting
establishments cost money in proportion
to their size,” says he, “and the colonial
system will call for heavy expenditures.
It costs more obviously to run a large
machine than a small one.”
The colonial expansion policy is likely (o
prove a costly luxury. The people must
foot the bills, no matter what their pro
portions.
The stand of the prohibitionists against
the use of champagne at naval christen
ings Is apparently having some effect.
Wheu the battleship Wisconsin glides
from the stays at San Francisco next
month amber colored Milwaukee beer will
trickle down her sides. When the Geor
gia is launched some native "mountain
dew” should be brought into play.
“Bourke Cockran left the Democratic
party for the party’s good." says Richard
Broker, and then he added: "If any one
doubts this come to me and I will show
the proof." The Invitation is hardly likely
to lie accepted. The Democratic loader
evidently has some trump cards up his
sleeve,
"Business -men do not like to have hand
some girl clerks as they disrupt the store
force," says the Chicago Inter-Ocean. The
fatal bar of beauty does not seem to ex
tend as fur as the office. The home ly girl
muy have the call behind the counter, but
not behind the tj pewriter
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1898.
THE JOINT TRAFFIC DECISION.
The Supreme Court's decision in the
ea a c ot the Joint Traffic Association es
tablishes the law. Com non carriers must
not enter into agreements with each other
respecting rates to be charged for their
services, in order to avoid ruinous compe
tition. Should they do so, it would be In
violation of the anti-trust law, w hich says
such agreements are In restraint of trade
and commerce. It is believed that no
“gentlemen's agreement" among the trans
portation lines would be able to stand
the test of the law as established by the
Supreme Court. The traffic associations,
therefore, must go, and "each tub must
stand upon its own bottom.”
The way is open for rate wars, cut rates
and secret rebates. It is not necessary to
elaborate upon the. disastrous conse
quences which often follow such things.
There have been too many examples at
hand during recent years, In bankrupt
railroads and worthless securities whlcTt
were once valuable. And not only are the
railroads hurl, If not ruined, by rate wars
and secret rebates, but their patrons are
injured. The greatest injustice is done to
the small shipper. The large shipper is
able to secure rates or secret rebates
which the small shipper cannot get. Thus
tint large shipper, representing an aggre
gation of capital, is enabled to undersell
the small shipper. There can be but one
logical result of such a condition; the
small shipper must get out of business; he
will be ruined by his bigger and richer
rival. Thus one result of the law which
was designed to prevent concentration of
trade in a few hands is actually to drive
small dealers out of business and give
monopolies to the great aggregations of
capital.
What the people want, what they need,
is not a law which will set the transpor
tation lines to cutting each other's throats,
but a law under which rates would be
reasonable and stable—rates which could
be depended upon, and which would bear
upon all alike. It is better for all parties
to have that kind of rates, even If they
should be a little higher than might be
charged during a rate war, because then
each shipper would be upon precisely the
same footing and the small merchant
would not be driven out of business by the
large merchant, who chanced to be able
to purchase in greater quantities.
The people do not desire to see the
railroads ruined. They would much pre
fer to see them’ prosperous and paying
their employes fair wages. The prosperity
or adversity of a railroad is
far reaching. There is no communi
ty and few persons along the
line of a railroad that would not be either
directly or indirectly affected by a change
in the financial condition of the road.
The roads are so intimately associated
with the sections through which they pass
that it is not possible to injure them
without hurting their territory.
It is probable that a strong effort will
be made at the approaching session of
Congress to secure the passage of a pool
ing law. There appears to be urgent ne
cessity for some such relief measure. It
would be extremely regrettable If the rail
roads were to be plunged into a wild and
widespread war of rates.
Maurice Thompson has been reading
"Maj. Jones’ Courtship” over again, and
viewing it from a critical standpoint. He
new wonders how any intelligent reader
ever considered it "humor.” To him it is
literary clumsiness and humorous crude
ness personified. "Take a rustic boy, one
born with an enterprising self-esteem in
his chief nerve center,” says he, "give
him a year's schooling, tell him that he
is a literary genius, pat him on the back
and bid him write something funny, and
ten to one he will do something very like
Maj. Jones' Courtship.’ ” The only word
of commendation he can find for a book
that fifty-eight years after publication is
still favored with new editions and new
readers is that "it gives a whiff of its time,
which, after all, is giving it definite
praise.” This bare compliment is in itself
a tribute to the late Maj. Thompson, the
author. To have written a work that over
a half century after is recognized as car
rying with it a "whiff of its time” is a
tribute to the sincerity and keen insight or
the writer, and the possession of that
rare ability which enables one to infuse
into literary creations the very breath of
life.
President Warfield of Lafayette College,
in an article in the Independent, takes a
strong stand against an Anglo-Saxon
union as un-American. From the polyglot
character of the American people he draws
the conclusion that we are entitled to
seek the noblest inspiration to be found in
etery land and should refuse every limi
tation which would shut us out from shar
ing the largest views of every nation.
America, he insists, should maintain a
national wattnth of heart and breadth of
sympathy which knows no blind prejudice
of race and recognizes ail honorable im
pulses toward world-wide justice, friend
ship and liberty. Our destiny can be best
forwarded by continuing the policy ot
friendly but untrammeled relations with
all nations.
The etereoptieon is being used to great
advantage in the New York campaign.
Photographs have been taken at various
points along the Erie canal showing how
the banks have coilaitsed, looks fallen in
and other serious damage resulted from
the criminally careless operations of fa
vored contractors, whose bills were passed
regardless of the character of the work
lone. These views are being shown on
canvas, with accompanying brief explana
tions. for the benefit of the voters in the
towns and cities. The Illustrations of the
scandalous misuse of the public funds
make a convincing argument against fur
ther Republican control of the state.
Dr. Parkhurst is bilious. He has become
inoculated with tite theory of the continu
ous degeneracy of humanity unft every
thing connected with it. He is preaching
a sort of Nordau doctrine amplified. "If
a man should be true to himself for a sin
gle day,” says he, “the symptoms of de
preciation would be distinguishable before
night.” “The political parties of to-day
live, not on tho virtues they possess, hut
on the memory of the virtues they have
lost.”
France has got a navy, and wants to
try it. Spain had one, too, a few weeks
• back.
PERSONAL.
—Jeremiah Curtin, the translator ot
most of Slonklewicz's books, is one of the
best linguists ever graduated from Har
vard. He Fpeaks eighteen languages.
—Prof. Edgar W. Bass of the United
States Military Academy at West Point,
who has just been retired, has held the
chair of mathematics in that institution
since 1878.
—James A. Davis, who died in Dorches
ter county. Maryland, last week, steered
the first steamer that crossed Lake Erie.
Chicago was then, he said, but three brick
houses.
—The Crown Prince of Siam, who can
write fluently in three European lan
guages, is a boy author of some note. He
has written several stories for children’s
magazines published in England.
—Rev. 'Dr. Augustus H. Strong, presi
dent of the Rochester Theological Semin
ary, who has hitherto been opposed to co
education in the University of Rochester,
announces that he has changed his views
on that question, and will co-operate with
those who are trying to raise SIOO,OOO for
the purpose of making co-education a fact.
—John Cook, bead of the famous "per
sonally conducted” tourist agency, is him
self traveling with the Emperor of Ger
many during the laiter's current tour.
The cost of the trip has been approxi
mately estimated at $5,000 per day. This
figure will not appear extravagant when
it is remembered that the Empefor's suits
is very large.
—ln addition to being the ninth Duke of
Marlborough, Charles Richard John Spen
cer Churchill, who married Miss Consuelo
Vanderbilt, is the Marquis of Blanford,
Earl of Sunderland, Earl of Marlborough,
Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, Baron
Churchill of Sandridge, Prince of the holy
Roman empire, Prince of Mlmlelheim (in
Suabia), and a lieutenant in the Oxford
shire (Queen's Own) Hussars. The title
of his little heir, who is now over a year
old, is Lord Blanford.
bright hits.
—He—You have heard of the old, old
story that is ever new?
,She—Yes; but I haven’t been to a min
strel show for two years.—lndianapolis
Journal.
—Wife—Fred is such a thoughtful hus
band; he never goes away in the morning
without kissing me good-by.
Lady’s Maid—Nor me, either.—Chicago
Herald.
—“Aren’t you sorry for that man Miss
Rabbitt is going to marry? She's such a
talker."
"Sorry for him? Land, no! He’s a
barber."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
—"Did you ever see a horse race that
you could say was absolutely honest?”
"I think I did wunst," said Rubberneck
Bill. “The feller .what was ahead had
stoled the hoss.”—lndianapolis Journal.
—Squire—A good rain, John always
makes things spring out of the ground.
John—Oi 'opes ut worn't, zur. Oi’ve got
tew wolves in ther ground, an’ if they
were to spring out, Oi'd ev a loively toim
wi' ther third.”—Judy.
—"I heah this wah tax has raised the
price of whisky,” remarked the colonel.
"Yes. sah,” replied Ihe major, "but it's a
consolation to know, sah, that good
whisky can nevah cost more than it s
worth.”—Chicago News.
—“At any rate,” said Uncle Allen
Sparks, “when the government builds a
first-class cruiser, and calls it the Mil
waukee, the sentiment as to the proper
fluid to use at the christening will be prac
tically unanimous.”—Chicago Tribune.
—Mrs. Hicks—l told you Mrs. Dix was
envious of our new dining room furniture,
and you don’t believe it.
Hicks—Has she been here and told you
so?
Mrs. Hicks—No; but she sent over a box
of boy's tools to-day to Dick—Odds and
End.
—"Talk about snatching victory from
the jaws of defeat!" exclaimed Senator
Sorghum, retrospectively
“Did you ever accomplish that?"
“I should say so. The last man I had as
an opponent wasted so much time talkin’
that he didn't stand any show whatever.”
—Washington Star.
t l BUENT COMMENT.
A Policy of Itnpino.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
The strongest inducement for territorial
expansion has been the effect produced in
this country in breaking down the oppo
sition to commercial expansion. If we
can get free trade in the United States
as a result of colonial undertakings the
profit would more than pay the cost of
investment. Pail we cannot afford *o in
dulge In a policy of rapine even to secure
the greatest advantage for ourselves. And
then, the cost of it. What we gain at the
point of the sword must be kept at the
point of the sword.
AN lint of rnr' Penee Encyclical?
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Rep).
A war now between France and England
would be r strange commentary on the
Cztir's recent disarmament proposition. In
fact if the war takes place the Czar's
country will be almost certain to be in
volved, for Russia's interests are with
France and against England. General dis
armament, from present indications, is on
iridescent dream. Each nation wants the
rest to do all tho disarming, and as a
consequence armies and navies are likely
to growimuch larger before they begin to
get smaller.
The Kniser's Purpose In Turkey.
From the New York Press (Rep.).
Much as the Kaiser Is given to merely
ornamental politics, is is improbable that
his extraordinary recognition of the per
manent integrity of the Turkish empire
is entirely aimless. He gives to the re
cently tottering house of Osman the im
plied support of what Is undoubtedly the
finest army in the world. And It is valu
ing him a little too cheaply to suppose
that he expects nothing in returh. It may
be territory, as the Russians guess.
The Khcc Issue lu North Carolina.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Every thoughtful and humane citizen,
from one end of the country to the other,
will be appalled by the prospect now dis
cernible in North Carolina. It is no longer
possible to believe that the clamor of the
whites is merely a revival of the old Dem
ocratic tr.ck to catch votes and ride into
official place and perquisites. On the
contrary, we are confronted with the ad
missions of prominent Republicans to the
effect that the question is far deeper and
more vital—that it is, in fact, a question
of simple civilization. The issue involves
the preservation of enlightened Institu
tions, of honest government, of law and
order, of the integrity of the Caucasian
race. It is an issue that can have but
one termination.
Him A|)|ical to Hub)- Rath.
Some years ago Mark Twain appeared
at ihe consulate of the United States at
Frankfort, Germany, says a writer in the
Ladies' Home Journal, and found Capt.
Mason, the consul general, packing up his
books and papers, and all his personal
belongings.
"What's up?” he asked.
“My time is up,” returned Mason cheer
fully. “We have a Democratic President,
and as I am a Republican X have to get
out and give my place to a good Demo
crat, soon to be appointed to this post.”
“That's a blessed shame!” exclaimed Mr.
Clemens, and he started for the hotel,
where he wrote this letter to Ruth Cleve
land, then only about a year old:
"My Dear Ruth: I belong to the Mug
wumps, and one of the most sacred rules
of our order prevents us from asking
favors of officials or recommending men to
office, but there is no harm in writing a
friendly letter to you and tolling you that
an infernal outrage Is about to be com
mitted by your father in turning out of
office the best consul 3 know (and I know
a great many) Just because he is a Repub
lican, and a Democrat wants his place.”
And then Mr. Clemens related what he
knew of Capt. Mason ami his official rec
ord, and continued:
"I can’t send any message to the Presi
dent, but the next time you have a talk
with him concerning such matters I wish
you would tell him about Capt. Mason
and what I think of a government that so
treats its efficient officials.”
Three or four weeks later Mr. Clemens
received a little envelope postmarked
Washington, In which was a note, written
in President Cleveland's own hand, that
read:
"Miss Ruth Cleveland begs to acknowl
edge, the receipt of Mr. Twain’s letter,
and to say that she took the liberty of
reading it to the President, who desires
her to thank Mr. Twain for his informa
tion and to say to him that Capt. Mason
will not be disturbed in ihe Frankfort
consulate. The President also desires Miss
Cleveland to say that if Mr. Twain knows
of any other cases of this kind he will
greatly oblige If he will write concerning
them at his earliest convenience.”
Hnrillng Davis’ Medals.
Richard Harding Davis was returning
from the Greco-Turkish war, and had
reached London. There he was entertain
ed by the Englishmen with their charac
teristic hospitality, says the Chicago
Journal.
At all Ihe functions where he appeared
the front of his coat was scarcely visible
on account of the numberless medals with
which it was covered. Nat Goodwin says
that every time he accommodated some
Turk with a cigarette he was given a
medal. He evidently distributed a large
number of cigarettes.
One evening Davis was entertained at
a London ciub at which Sir Henry Irving
was present. XXe wore all his medals,
even pulling out of his trunk a few old
ones, so as to make a greater showing.
Sir Henry saw the young American and
became particulary interested in the dis
play of metal and ribbon upon the front of
his coat and vest. He kept eying the col
lection, and Anally begged to be introduced
to the wearer. The two were brought to
gether.
"Sir Henry,” said the man who was per
forming the ceremony, “This is Mr. Rich
ard Harding Davis, the brilliant young
American writer.”
“Chawmed,” said Sir Henry. This re
mark was spoken rather absent mindedly,
for the great actor's attention was riveted
on the medals.
Davis noticed this wdth evident pride.
Sir Henry looked them all over with
great interest. Finally he fingered one and
took Davis somewhat aback by Inquiring
casually, with his peculir drawl:
‘‘You get those at school?”
The Bravery of a Jester.
Lord Malmesbury, according to Ihe
Youth’s Companion, used to relate a goo-1
story told him by one of Napoleon's offi
cers—an Incident of the Peninsular cam
paign. The French officer was reconnoit
erlng with three or four troopers when
they came suddenly upon a young English
oHicer similarly occupied, mounted on a
superb thoroughbred horse. Summoned
by the French colonel lo surrender, he qui
etly cantered away with a mocking -mile
on his face.
The Frenchman, who rode a heavy horse,
pursued at full gallop. The Englishman
allowed him lo get quite close. Then kiss
ing his hand and leaving him behind, he
shouted, pointing to his horse: “A Nor
man horse, sir!”
Again the Frenchman pursued, threat
ening to shoot his enemy if he did not sur
render, He went so far a© to point a pis
tol at him, but the weapon missed Are.
With a roar of laughter, the young Eng
lishman shouted again: “Made at Ver
sallies, sir!” and, giving the thoroughbred
his head, was soon out of sight.
It was most amusing to hear the old col
onel tell this story and describe his rage,
adding, however, (hat he had allways felt
glad, that he had not shot “the brave
Joker.”
Preferred Her ns a Almanac.
A good story is told in the Baltimore
News of the wife of a former learned pro
fessor at the Johns Hopkins University.
The professor was very devoted to his
books and spent many hours in his Aneiy
appointed library, which his wife thought
could have been better employed in her
society and that of her femaie friends.
Often when the bell announced that din
ner was on the table, a second and even
a third ring would be required to bring
the professor from the library. One day
his wife, much vexed at the delay, in
vaded the sanctum, and, informing him
in sharp tones that the meal was pre
pared, remarked:
"1 wish 1 were a book.”
"And why, pray?” inquired her husband.
"I might then be assured of your being
constant to me.” replied his wife.
“I should not object to your being a
book.” remarked the professor, “provided
you were an almanac.”
"And why an almanac, dear?” she
asked.
“Why, in that case.” said her husband,
slipping his arm in hers and leading her
to the dining room, ”1 could have anew
one every year."
Poetry That Illustrates.
Charles Dickens had a great objection
to extravagant expressions, says a con
tributor to Short Stories. At one time,
■when a friend of the writer, who knew
him intimately in her early youth, was
staying in the house with the great novel
ist, a discussion arose about Byron.
Dickens took exception to the poet's ex
pression, "Drunk with thy beauty,” and
a heated argument ensued. During the
discussion the novelist gazed, as if en
raptured, at the writer's friend, who had
very beautiful golden hair, worn, ac
cording to the fashion of the day, In ring
lets. At lasi, Jumping up, he l struck a
dramatic attitude, slapped his forehead
with his open palm, and stalking to the
window pulled out a pencil and wrote the
following on the white woodwork:
Oh, maiden, of the amlier eirooping hair.
May I, Byronically, thy praises utter.
Drunk with thy beauty, tell me may I
dare
To breathe thy paens, borne upon a
shutter?"
—"Did you say he was a famous man?”
inquired young Mrs. Torkins.
“Certainly,” answered her husband.
“Dear me! You wouldn’t think it to
look at him. He isn't heavy enough for
a pugliist, nor light enough for a jockey."
—Washington Star,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The royal crown of Persia, which dates
back to remote ages, is in the form of a
pot of Aowers, surmounted by an uncut
ruby the size of a hen’s egg.
—Prussia's expenditure for public schools
increased by 59.63 per cent, from 1886 to
1896. In 1886 it was about $29,000,000. ana
in 3826 it was over $46,000,000.
—Tlie average yield from potato patch
farming in Philadelphia this year was $240
an acre. For each dollar expended from
$1.50 to $5 worth of pro-luce was real
ized.
—The gold contained in Ihe medals, ves
sels, chains and other objects preserved
in the Vatican would make more gold coin
than the whole of the present European
circulation.
—One of the best signs of the times as
regards Ihe success of the motor carriage is
the fact that some of the English com
panies were compelled to decline to ex
hibit at a recent show, giving as their
reason that they were so rushed with
orders it was impossible to spare a ma
chine for exhibition purposes.
—ls there a microbe of longevity? It
would really seem so from the diversity
of courses ascribed by aged people to ac
count for their long lives. Sir Isaac Hol
den, an ancient man who lately died in
England, said he owed the prolongation of
his existence to his abstinence from bread.
Thomas Whittington lived lo 101 years and
never drank any liquid except ardent
spirits. A centenarian smuggler said his
prescription for long life was “wet feet
every day and drunk every night.”
—Bee culturists, says the New Y'ork
Times, are now puzzling over anew sub
ject. These are numerous enough to have
a newspaper “organ” of their own, and
are Ailing ils columns with incidents to
prove that bees will more quickly attack
a man with black hair, or wearing a black
hal, a veil with black spots or black gloves
on his hands, than those who go to the
hive© as blondes or wearing light colors.
Evidence seems to be pretty conclusive,
too, that bees have a color sense, to a cer
tain extent, at least.
—Russia is pushing the Siberian railway
across the continent with ail the energy
her immense resources permit. While the
larger purposes is to consummate the
poticy steadily pursued for more than two
centuries of getting access to oceans, the
no less important purpose of Ailing the
great Interior spaces with producers is not
lost sight of. Hand in hand with railway
extension goes land occupation. To over
come the obstacle raised by the poverty of
the peasantry the government has made
extraordinary cheap rates of transport.
The immigrant is carried 1,200 miles for
$1.50, 2,000 miles for $2.10 and 4.000 miles for
$3.60. His household goods and implements
are carried 1.200 miles for 25 cent© a hun
dred. 2.000 miles for 43 cents and 4.000 miles
for 83 cents. In addition land is given and
sustenance granted until a crop can be
raised. ,
—The removal from Havana of what are
supposed to be the ashes of Christopher
Columbus has brought forth the fact that
almost as many cities claim the honor of
being his birthplace as in the old couplet
“claimed the Homer dead, through which
the living Homer begged his bread.” His
torians say that the great navigator was
born in a village near Genoa but th re
are many villages near Genoa. Among the
claimants for the honor of giving to the
New World a discoverer are Pradello,
Finale, Onegelia, Nervi, Savone, Albissola,
Bogiiasco, Cogoieto and a dozen others.
It is not generally, however, known
that the Corsicans of the little town
of Calvi claim precedence over all
seekers for this particular fame.
They have preserved there a record
covering the years from 1435 to 1450, which
is said to 'contain the birth register of
Columbus. At this time Corsica was under
the administration of the Genoese. Not
only have the people of Calvi a Colombo
street, where they point out the ruins of
the navigator’s birthplace, but they have
a tablet which was erected there with
great ceremony on May 30, 1886. The in
scription read© as follows: “Here was
born in 1411 Christoforo Colombo, immor
talized by the discovery of the New' World
while Calvi was under the domination of
the Genoese; died in Valladolid May a),
1506.”
—A new slaughtering plant in New Jer
sey illustrates the immense improvement
that is being made in industrial methods
in the treatment of slaughtered cattle.
The lower part of the building is used for
the hanging room, while the machinery
department and the whole process of scrap
ing are in the higher part of the structure.
The whole power, except that of the elec
tric plant, is furnished by a 55 horse-power
automatic cut-off engine. With the
scraper, which is of the best known design.
600 hogs can be scraped in one hour, and
it needs only one man to serve it. It both
pours in the water from the top and sprays
all the way down from perforations in the
standpipe. There is also a drier of special
make, which has a dust trap attachment.
This prevents the scattering to the winds
and the loss in other ways of the light
fertilizer, which in the olden days, while
it enriched the land of the farmers around
slaughtering establishments, nauseated the
population of the country for miles around.
Connected with this drier is a condenser,
which prevents the escape of the foui odors
which have hitherto made slaughtering
places a nuisance to the community.
This drier has a capacity of 200 pounds of
dried stock per hour, and it does ils work
thoroughly. Attached to the rendering
tank© there is also anew deodorizer, which
prevents the escape of any offensive smells
from that usually proliAc quarter. The
runways in the hanging room, instead of
being wooden, as they usually are, have
iron rails. The ventilation is perfect, and
the atmosphere of the whole building is
dry and clear, the steam being taken away,
so that the men are not smothered in a
drifting Cloud of moisture.
—The growing of willows for weaving
has been most favorably reported on by
the Department of Agriculture, and pro
mises to become an important industry in
the United States. It is stated that a re
turn of not less than from 20 to 30 per cent
can be secured on money invested in plant
ing the kind of willows suitable for basket
making, and hundreds of thousands of
acres can be utilized in this way that are
worthless for anything else. Of the 250
known species of willows but few have
been found to have any economic value. A
good basket willow should yield many
slender rods without branching. The rods
should be soft and pliable, and of a white
color when peeled, and the stocks must be
vigorous enough to bear well for a long
period of years. The kind most success
fully grown in this country is the red osier,
which is of German origin. The American
manufacture of willowware, though yet
very limited, has Iveen slowty growing lor
several years. One of its principal centers
is the district around Syracuse, N. Y.,
where the manufacture of salt is carried
on largely in the summer, employing a
large number of men, who All in their
winter with basket weaving. The census
of iß9t> shows thai there were then in the
Unlifd Stales 4t!3 willowware establish
ments, with a capita! of $2,700,000, em
ploying 3732 persons, paying annually the
sum of $1,269,000 for wages, and producing
$3,633,600 worth of manufactured ware.
The value of raw material consumed was
$1,398,500 an increase of 61 per cent over
that of 1880. In England, the plantations
of willow for baskets are usually on the
banks of rivers and streams. In some
rivers many small islands are entirely
covered with the trees.
Scratched
CONSTANTLY
Baby Badly Afflicted with Eczema.
Hands, Face, and Clothes
Covered with Blood.
Face Covered with Large Sores.
Medical Treatment Useless.
Cured by Cuticura.
SKIN NOW SMOOTH AND ROSY.
My niece’s little baby boy, two years old,
was so badly afflicted with Eczema that he
needed constant watching. It was all over
his face, and he scratched tho sores con
stantly. Mornings, his clothes would ho
stained with blood, and his face and hat ,
would be covered. His family never
take him out, as his faco was always full of
large sores. They had medical treatment, and
tried everything they heard of. She com
menced using the Cutic.ka Remedies lust
spring and found that at last she had a won
derful healer. The sores left his face and he
was entirely cured, anil now his face is as
smooth and rosy as though no sore hail ever
been there to mar it. Mrs. L. J. ROOT,
Feb. 16,1898. New Scotland, N. V.
CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS
In all the world there is no other treatment to pure, so
iweet, *o epeedily effective for diatreasing skin humors of
infants and children aa Cuticuba, greatest of akin cures,
blood purifiers, and humor remedies. They afford instant
relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, per
manent. and economical cure, when the best physicians,
hospitals, and all elso fail.
Speedy Cube Treatment.—Warm batha with Cm.
CURA Soap, gentle anointings with Cuticura (oint
ment), purest of emollient skin cures, and mild doses of
Cuticura Kcsolvewt,greatest of blood purifiers and
humor cures.
Bnld throughout the world. Potter Drug ahd Crfm.
Corf , Sole Props.. Boston.
ay ‘ How to Cure Every Baby Humor,** ailed free.
Choice Liquors Imported Direct
from the Finest Vineyards
in France and Spain.
The attention of the physicians and
public is called to these elegant wines
and brandies, which are imported di
rect in glass and bottled at vine
yards, and which are the Anest
liquors that have ever been placed
on this market. They are especially
suited to medical purposes and inval
ids; also for connoisseurs and lovers
of elegant goods.
Our business is exclusively whole
sale, but wishing to introduce this
Hne line of Brandies, Wines and
Whiskies, we have determined to sell
them in any quantity desired.
Special attention is called to our el
egant Normandine Brandies from
Cognac, France, in all their rich
ness, strength and purity.
SHERRIES.
Grand old brands, Amnontlllado,
Vine Pasto and Olrosos, from Spain.
CLARETS—Andres Brands: Bor
deaux, very choice and old.
PORT WINE-Oid London Dock.
RUM—Sunshine, Jamaica.
SCOTCH WHISKY—King William
IV. This brand of Scotch Whisky is
the drink of the leading connoisseurs,
clubs and cafes of New York, and
conceded to be the best imported.
Bitters and Cordials from Italy.
We also desire to call the attention
of the public to our Ane line of Olive
Oil, imported direct from Nice; it is
pure and unadulterated, and Is the
Anest olive oil that has ever been
brought South.
IMPORTED BEERS
These are also among our special
ties. We have all the favored brands
of Germany, which will please you.
A visit to our establishment is so
licited.
LIPPMaIS BROS,
Wholesale Druggists and Importers,
Lippman Block, Congress and Bar
nard Streets, Savannah, Ga.
GARDNERS BAZAAR
12 Broughton Street, East.
Bulbs, Bulbs.
Now is the time to plant your winter
bulbs. Don’t postpone this.
Hyacinths, dozen 50c.
Narcissus, dozen, 25c.
Lilies, dozen SI.OO.
Freesias, dozen 24c.
Tulips, dozen 12c.
Crocus, dozen 12c.
Oxalis, dozen 24c.
Plant food, pound sc.
Pansy seed, Ane 10c.
School books, school books, for the pub
lic and private schools.
Readers—Barnes’; Stepping Stones in
Literature; Swinton’s, Appleton’s, Stick*
neys.
, Geographies—Frye’s, Maury’s, Mon*
tieth’s, Swlnton’s, Harper.
Arithmetics—Robinson’s new practical
progressive, complete; Princes, eight num
bers, Wentworth’s, and others.
Grammars—Harvey’s, Maxwell, Hyde,
Gored Brown, Smith, Knox, and others,
etc.
B. SMITH,
Successor.
~ SCOTT&¥vis7
mi ins
And Fancy Grocers.
The beat the market uUorila at
way. in atock.
Per.oonl attention given to all or*
ieri.
ai Hinny street, bast.
'PHONE 2200.
SEED RYE.
Southern Coast Raised.
HAY, GRAIN. BRAN, COW AND
CHICKEN FEED, etc.
X. J, DAVIS.
■rhone 223. 418 Bay fctieet, Wea*.