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Meetings—Zerubbatiel Lodge No. 15, F.
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Special Notices—Pear Cider Just Re
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Pennsylvania continues to be fruitful soil
for political plum trees. "
The Maria Teresa seems to have about
as many lives as a cat, or as the Emperor
of China.
Will the fact that Col. Bryan’s stale,
Nebraska, has become Republican have
any effect on his chances for being the
Democratic standard bearer In ROu?
Of the 6,000 ballots cast in the First dis
trict on Tuesday the opposition to the reg
ular Democratic candidate seems to have
polled approximately the number repre
sented by the last three figures in the com
bination.
A war tax stamp must be affixed to
each mortgage passed and each bond is
eued, according to the value of the In
strument. The Georgia and Alabama ter
minal syndicate will probably have to do
considerable stamp licking within the next
month.
Gov. Candler has called a halt on the
office aeekers. He has announced that he
■will make no more appointments for thir
ty daya. The Governor desires a little
rest from their importunities. Will he get
It, or has he merely provided a month's
continuance of the annoyance?
The Fifth Georgia district seems to en
joy more than its proper share of the no
menclature of the navy. There is a cruiser
named Atlanta, and a collier named Leon
idas, which latter name the Fifth district
people are in the habit of affectionately
shortening Into “Lon" or "the colonel."
Mr. Wanamaker succeeded in giving the
Quay machine in Pennsylvania a shak-
Ing-up, though he failed to smash it.
Wanamaker was fighting the machine's
power In the legislature, and Quay will
have anywhere from twenty to thirty
fewer henchmen In that body than he had
before.
Some lively cutting of passenger fares
out of Chicago Is predicted for the near
future. A reduction of $2 to New York is
first In prospect. Since the Joint Traf
fic decision of the Supreme Court the
"‘standard" lines have considered them
selves absolved from all obligation in the
matter of rates, and are said to be anx
ious to "even up" with the “differential”
lines.
The Charleston News and Courier Is at
the head of a missionary movement hav
ing for Its purpose the introduction of the
"full-length, stationary bath-tub" into Its
city. By earnest and persistent effort the
New* and Courier succeeded In inrsuad-
Ing Charleston to adopt the trolley for
-.street car propulsion, and the city now
has a fine system of rapid transit. Hav
ing accomplished so much, there Is rea
son to hope for success In the bath-tub
effort.
In years gone by it was the custom to
serve grog to the men of the navy, and
Just before a battle, or during the light,
to give whisky to the soldiers of the army.
That is no longer done In this country,
but U seems impossible to entirely sepa
rate alcohol and fighting. Alcohol is one
of the necessary ingredients of smokeless
powder. Prohibitionists will probably
agree, if alcohol must go with war, that
it is better to put it into the powder than
Into the men.
W RIGHT'S PI,A Y TO It USE REVE
NUE.
The plan proposed by Controller General
Wright to raise revenue is not one which,
in our opinion, would greatly assist the
state in getting out of her financial diffi
culties. The plan is to eomiwd holders of
securities of all kinds to register them wiih
the ordinaries or county commissioners
of their respective counties, giving 'heir
market and their face values, and making
them non-collectable through the courts
unless returned for taxation. No doubt
a great ileal of personal property of one
kind and another, subject to taxation i n
der the rulings of the courts, now escaiies
the tax burden, but the amount is not
nearly so great as the controller general
ihinks it is. If ail of it were to he put
on the tax receiver's books, the increase
in the state's inc ome would not be any
where near sufficient lo meet the state's
needs.
And what would happen if the proposed
plan were adopted? What has happened in
respect to the debentures of the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad? Until recently
these securities were regarded as exempt
from taxation. When it was ordered that
they be taxed, the holders began to sell
them. It is safe to say that within a year
or two few, if any, of them will be held
in the state. What is happening in respect
to these delieniuaes would happen in re
spect to about all other kinds of seeuri
>k s. They would ire sold out of the state.
First class bonds now pay only an aver
age of 4 per cent. The state's 3Vst per cent,
bonds are selling for considerably above
par. Five per cent, railroad bonds of the
second ciass do not command anywhere
rear par. In the cities, particularly this
city, the rate of taxation Is over 2*,4 per
etnt. A man who holds 4 per cent bonds
has to give more than half
of his Income from them for
taxes. In fact, the holders of 5 per
cent, bonds have to give the larger half
of their incomes to the state. Does the
controller general thinks It possible to de
vise a plan that would make all the hold
ers of securities give up the greater part
of their income for taxes? Is it right that
so great a part of a person’s income should
be taken for that purpose?
,And it must not be forgotten that the
taxation of bonds and mortgages and most
other kinds of securities is double taxa
tion. Real estate is taxed at its market
value. No allowance is made for the mort
gage that may encumber it. And then the
mortgage is taxed. That is double taxa
tion. The same is true in respect to rail
roads The roads are taxed In each county
for state, county and, where they enter
cities, municipal purposes. And yet the
bonds of the roads, which represent the
value of the roads, are also taxed.
In most states where bonds and mort
gages are taxed real estate is taxed only
to the extent that It is not encumbered.
In other states, Pennsylvania for In
stance, the tax on bonds and mortgages
is very light. On bonds, mortgages and
money in the state named the tax rate is
only one-fourth of one per cent. That Is
the kind of taxation the framers of the
constitution intended to have in this state.
If that intention were carried out it is cer
tain that the state would be benefited
in many ways. Securities would be more
generally held In the state, and would be
given in freely for taxation. The controller
would not be talking of a drastic plan for
reaching securities for taxation which are
supposed to be hidden from the tax re
ceiver. Would it not be well for the mem
bers of the legislature to study the tax
laws of some of the other states before
undertaking to reform the tax laws of
this slate?
The legislature has a difficult problem
to solve in the state's financial affairs.
The legislature that passed the law pen
sioning Confederate veterans and the wid
ows of veterans acted without knowl
edge of the extent of the burden It was
putting upon the state. If it had known
how great an appropriation It would re
quire annually to pay the pensions it would
have hesitated a long time before passing
the pension bill in the shape in which
It was passed.
But, as a matter of fact, are there not
many on the pension roll who are not en
titled to be there? Has the care been ex
ercised in examining applicants for ten
sions there should have been? It is tot
difficult find those who think there has
been great carelessness, or else favorite
ism. Would it not be well for the legis
lature to look into this matter? An inves
tigation might show that there is no need
for reducing pensions, as some of the mem
bers of the legislature propose. It would
lie difficult, of course, to get at the truth
in respect to pensioners, but the truth
can be had, and it ought to be had in jus
tice l.:j those really deserving pensions.
And what does the legislature propose
to do in respect to equalizing taxation?
Does it not know that more than half
yes, more than two-thirds—of the counties
draw more out of the treasury than they
pay into it? Why Is this? Is it not be
cause the valuation in those counties which
do not helj) to support the state are only a
fraction of what they ought lo be? If prop
erty were taxed at about Its market value
in all parts of the slate the present diffi
culty in the stale’s financial affairs might
not exist.
The members of the legislature might as
well make up Ihelr minds lo one thing,
and that is that the people are not going
to be satisfied with any tax reform lew
that saddles the whole burden of sup
porting the state upon about forty of the
137 counties. If the tax receivers refuse
to value property at somewhere near its
true value In the counties which are now
a drag on the treasury, It is the duty of
the legislature to find u way to have prop
erty in those counties valued as it should
be. There can be no tax reform that jier
mits property to be valued at about one
fourth of its market value in three-fourths
of the counties while it is valued at about
its real value in the other fourth.
The people of New York may congrat
ulate themselves upon the fact that a
strong and honest man has been elected
Governor; which same, however, would
have been the case had Van Wyck {jeen
successful.
THE .MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1893.
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
After the 4th of March next the Re
publicans will have what they have been
long striving for—a majority in the Sen
ate. Before ihe election on Tuesday they
had forty-’hree senators. The election
gave them, from present returns, at least
five yaiore. In the next Congress, there
fore, they will have a majority of three.
If they succeed in maintaining that ma
jority for the next six years they will
have the power to prevent the adoption of
any measure looking towards the free
coinage of silver, during the next adminis
tration, if a Democratic House and Dem
ocratic President should be elected in 1900.
The political complexion of the next
Mouse is not yet fully settled. Both the
Democrats and the Republicans are claim
ing it. There is no doubt, however, that
the Democrats have made considerable
gains, and the indications are that they
will have a working majority. And they
made gains In localities, in most instances,
where the Republicans least expected them
to make them. It rather astonished the
Republican leaders lo have the Democrats
to gain congressmen in Pennsylvania, for
instance. The Democratic gain in New
York surprised both parties.
It is quite evident that the Republicans
would have been beaten in New York if
Roosevelt had not led their ticket. If
Black had been renominated the Demo
crats would have had a walk-over. The
canal frauds would have swamped the en
tire Republican ticket. The small plural
ity which Roosevelt received is doubtless
gratifying to the President, because if he
had been elected by such a majority as
Black was elected two years ago he would
have loomed up as a promising candidate
for the Republican presidential nomina
tion. Now, no matter how good a Gov
ernor he makes, he is not likely to give
the President any uneasiness as a rival
presidential candidate.
The result of the election shows that the
Populists are gradually disappearing from
the political field. There will be fewer
of them In the next House than there Is in
this, and by 19C0 they will have about dis
appeared altogether. They may be missed
but not mourned.
BONDHOLDERS WANT THEIR MON
EY.
The European holders of the Spanish
bonds, for which the customs duties of
Cuba and Porto Rico were pledged, want
their money—at least they want some se
curity that their bonds will be paid when
they become due, and that the interest on
them will be provided for. This condition
of affairs presents anew complication for
our diplomats to deal with, 'these bond
holders—French, English and Spanish—
seem to think that it is the business of this
country to see to it that they get their
money. Just where the responsibility of
this country In the matter begins and ehds
is not easy to see. It may be that the
bondholders think that this country will
guarantee the payment of the principal
and interest to their bonds. If that is
their view are they not likely to be dis
appointed?
It is certain that If the President should
favor guaranteeing these bonds, or of im
posing the burden on Cuba and Porto Rico
of paying them, his party would not only
lose the House in the following national
election, but it would lose control of the
government The war in behalf of Cuba
has already cost the people a great deal
more than the value of the benefits they
will derive from it, and it isn’t at all like
ly that they will consent to make good
the losses of speculators In Spanish bonds.
The holders of the Spanish bonds must
look to Spain for Ihelr money. When they
bought the bonds they did so with a full
understanding that they were running a
great risk of losing their money. It Is
safe to assume that they did not pay as
much for the bonds as they would have
had to pay for them if they had been rated
as first class security. They went into a
speculation in purchasing them, and they
lost. Their effort to make this country or
Cuba or Porto Rico pay them will hardly
be successful. If they think that by In
teresting their respective governments in
their trouble they will stand a better
chance of getting their money they will
discover that they have made a mistake,
as far as this country is concerned. The
President has at no time thought it ad
visable to even consider the question of
assisting the Spanish bondholders in get
ting their money—that Is those of them
who claimed Cuba and Porto Rico as se
curity—and it is not likely that he will do
so now since the Democrats made such
gains in members of Congress in Tuesday's
election. The people of this country have
burdened themselves all they care to to
free Cuba from the yoke of Spain, and if
any burden is to be placed on Cuba and
Porto Rico, it should be to reimburse this
country for Us outlay rather than to pay
the debts contracted by Spain to hold tha
islands in subjection.
Representative McCranie of Berrien says
that his bill to repeal the 'possum law is
not a joke, but a very serious matter.
The "varmint” needs no protection, ac
cording to his ideas, but, on the other
hand, the fewer of the species there
at least In Berrien, the better it wifi be
for the farmers. In short, the ‘possum
should go. It breaks into chicken coops
and destroys young chickens, it eats the
tops off the peanut vines und kills them,
it raids the gardens and eats the sass,
and does many other disreputable things.
We have all along thought that less at
tention might have been paid to 'possums,
and more to sheep; but It seems that some
folks regarded 'possums as a political ne
cessity.
Admiral Dewey could never, never be
elected lo Congress from the Seventh Kan
sas district, even if he were a citizen of
that state. He has owned up to possess
ing a "great many pairs of shoes" and says
that he never wears "the same pair on
two days in succession." This implies, of
course, the ownership of a great many
pairs of socks, since a man too punctili
ous respecting his apparel to wear one
pair of shoes two days in succession would
exercise even greater care In the matter
af hosiery.
The latest escapade of the Marla Teresa
spoils some learned arguments and asser
tions by amateur naval experts respecting
the fragility of modern steel warships,
which they say may be expected to dive
swiftly into Davy Jones' locker upon the
slightest excuse for so doing. If it is true
that the Teresa Is in the sand at Cat Isl
and, then she has demonstrated that an
abandoned steel ship may keep afloat un
der circumstances which would test the
buoyancy of a wooden frigate of the old
style similarly left to shift for herself.
A Philadelphia firm has Just
secured a large contract for
iron pipe delivered in Glas
gow, in competition with the pipe mak
ers of Scotland. Large sales of iron pipe
have recently been made abroad by Ala
bama manufacturers, in competition with
British and German firms. A large steel
mill is in course of erection in Alabama,
the entire production of which will be for
foreign markets. This is the right sort
of “expansion” for America and Ameri
cans.
The Governor, the Attorney General, the
Treasurer, Mr. Slaton, Mr. Calvin—in
short, everybody in the administration and
in the legislature, agrees that the tax
dodger should be smoked out. Good. And
now, gentlemen, it remains to gather up
the llghtwood knots and the dry leaves
and start the smoke. Br’er Rabbit is In
the hollow, sure!—in the counties which
do not put into the treasury as much as
they receive from it.
Admiral Dewey has given his Georgia
rabbit foot to an Ohio man who wrote
and asked him for something that he had
about him at the time of the battle ot
the first of May. The last piece of luck
that the rabbit foot gave Dewey was
that the Ohio man did not
ask him for his commission, or at least
for his boots and breeches.
The many friends in this city of Arch
bishop Gross of Oregon will regret to
know that he is lying ill at St. Joseph’s
Hospital, in Baltimore. It is believed, how
ever, that his illness is not serious.
PERSONAL.
—T. R. Lamont, who has recently died
In London, was the original of Sandy, In
"Trilby,” and a life-long friend of Du
Maurier.
—The marble fountain that Emperor
William proposes to erect in Constanti
nople io commemorate his visit there is
to be of his own design.
—The wife of Mr. Dawkins, the new
finance minister of India, Is like the wife
of Lord Curzon, the viceroy, an American.
She is a cousin of ex-Ambassador Eus
tls.
—The dictator of fashion among the
glided youth of Pekin is Jung Lu, the
most popular general in the Chinese army.
His horses are finer even that those of the
Emperor, the general being a fearless
equestrian. He is the new viceroy of
Chih-Li.
—Mrs. Anna Burley, wife of a Metho
dist preacher at Hainesville, N. J., filled
the pulpit during her husband's absence.
He was gathering cranberries at a large
marsh which he owns, and Mrsi. Burley
preached morning and evening to large
congregations, both of which were ijighly
pleased with her efforts.
BRIGHT BITS.
—The Countess; They say that the heir
ess whom Lord d'Liverus married has a
very kind heart.
The Duchess: Yes, indeed. I am told
that she occasionally condescends to visit
her American parents.—Life.
—An Exploded Theory.—Jaggins: It Is
remarkable that a minister could go and
get evidence against those gamblers.
Wraggles: It is. indeed, for gamblers
are supposed to know a good thing when
i hey see It.—Judge.
—At the Shrine of Taste.—"Do tell me,
Etta! Is it true? They say your en
gagement with Mr. Smith is off!”
“It is true. It was broken off at my
request. His name would not hyphenate
well with mine. Think how Elia Biack-
Sniith would sound.”—Chicago News.
—Chance to Get a Rest.—"Timmins, do
you know anything about literature?”
“No.” ,
"Know anything about art?"
“Nothing.”
"Know anything about music?"
"Not a rap.”
"Good! Come over to my room, pick
out a pipe; and let’s enjoy ourselves.”—
Chicago Record.
CURRENT COMMENT.
An Incontrovertible Fnet.
From the Norfolk Landmark (Dem.).
No party will ever secure a permanent
hold upon the voters of the South if it does
not scrupulously regard the social barriers
that exist between the white and colored
races.
Quantity Versus Quality.
From the Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.).
One judge 'n Tennessee—Judge Estlil—
insists that too many lawyers who don’t
know any law are being licensed In his
court, and he proposes to limit the output
by requiring more rigid and searching ex
aminations, hoping that the supply of
young aitorneys will eventually not ex
ceed the demand.
Georgia Geological Survey.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Interest in gold mining in Georgia has
recently experienced a revival. The rich
est ochre beds in the world have been
opened there, and other mineral resources
in great variety are being developed. We
agree with the Journal that the state
"cannot afford to abolish the geological
survey. Economy demands not its aboli
tion, but its continuance. It should be
strengthened, not destroyed."
Carpetbagger* Are Costly.
From Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
A Santiago dispatch says that "many
people are arriving here with letters from
senators. One man has virtually been ap
pointed by Secretary Alger as collector
of customs at Manzanillo. He expects
about three times the salary of ihe Cuban
now holding the position." Of course he
does. The American carpet-bagger Is no
cheap man. Cuba Is the last place he
would think of visiting for his health, and
with plenty of senatorial courtesy back
of him he has a right to hold elevated
ideas on the subject of edmpensation.
Iloenn’t \\ out to Bo n “Relic.”
"Whenever I contemplate dying.” said
the incurably frivolous woman, according
to the Washington Post, “I have a thrill
of anticipatory satisfaction at the thought
of what people will say about me. But
there's Just one thing I don't want said
In the obituary notice. I don’t want to
be called the relict of the late Mr. What
not.' I was going out on a Capitoi Hill
car day before yesterday, and we passed
a house where there was crape on the
door.
" 'Somebody must be dead,’ said a won
derfully sagacious woman in front of me.'
” ‘Uh-huh,’ sakl the woman with her.
’lt’s Mrs. Skaggs.’
"The sagacious woman evidently knew
Mrs. Skaggs.
’She was divorced, wasn’t she?’ she
said.
“ ‘Oh, no,’ answered the other. ‘He
died. It said in the parer that she was
the relic of the late Mr. Adolphus Skaggs.’
‘‘And,’’ concluded the incurably frivol
ous woman, “if anybody calls me a relic,
I’ll haunt him. I won’t be noisy, and I
tvon’t materialize, but I’ll blow a steady
co.d breath on the back of his neck, so
that He’ll think he’s always sitting in a
draught, and I’ll give him chronic cold
shivers down his spine. I won’t be called
a relic."
How One Engagement Wan Broken.
I don’t know why the simple fact of be
ing in love should deprive people of the
vestige of common sense with which na
ture, never overgenerous with that rarest
of blessings, has endowed them, but all by
observation tends to confirm me in the
opinion that it does, says a writer in the
Washington Post. For example, a man
I know is engaged to a Georgetown girl.
That is, he was engaged to her up to a
quarter to 10 o'clock Thursday night, week
before last. He went out to call on her and
but first I must tell you that she belongs
to a Georgia family, and he is from Bos
ton, and both of them are exceedingly
proud of their birthplace and ancestry.
After a few preliminaries she said to ilim:
"Oh, let’s hear now fast you can say,
‘She sells sea shells,’ ”
So, of course, he said, ‘Se shells sea
sells,’’ and “She sells she shells,” and
goodness only knows what, till his tongue
was so lang.ed up (hat his mouth was lull
of knots. And she began to laugh, and he
told her to say it herself. Then they both
went at it, and midway of their sybllianf
mouthings somebody’s temper began to get
frayed at the edges. She said that Boston
people speak abominably anyway, and he
retorted tu quoque about the Georgia dia
lect. Ffom discussion of speech they came
to a discussion' of manners, and things
were said which it were painful to re
peat. The engagement was broken, as I
said, at 9:45 o’clock. It has staid broken
ever since. The rupture bids fair to be
permanent. And all this misery because—
well, because two ordinarily intelligent
persons happened to be made temporarily
feeble minded by mutual affection.
Under Sealed Orders.
"Don’t know,” said the stout man on
a Grand River avenue car the other after
noon, when asked by a friend where he
was going time of day, relates the De
troit Free Press.
"Sailing under sealed orders. Here they
are,” as he ostentatiously produced a big
white envelope, ornamented with a dab of
wax as big as a silver dollar. "See? ‘Not
to be opened until you reach the Campus
Martius.’ Old lady wrote it herself. Didn't
know I had so much curiosity. Seems to
me this car goes about a mile an hour, and
it makes more stops and longer stops than
ever before. Feel just like getting out and
walking on.”
At the campus the stout man Jumped off
before the car had stopped, hurried to a
lumber pile in front of the opera house,
site and leaned there while he read. His
florid face became scarlet, his big right
hand crumpled the envelope and crumpled
the wax. He dove into his left hand breast
pocket, brought out an addressed letter,
carried it to the nearest mail box, and
thrust the missive in. He switched down
Cadilac square and ordered a seven-pound
roast, got to the eastern market by the
shortest route, laid in a supply of beets,
cucumbers, strawberries, peas, onions,
and new potatoes, hustled back to town,
telephoned a family of friends that they
were expected to dinner the next day,
left an order at the ice cream factory, had
some dainties sent from the grocer’s and
then headed for home, looking blacker
than a thundercloud. He tried to storm
and appear abused, but his wife only
laughed at him and recalled that it was
the first time in his life that he had gone
down town and done more than half
what she had told him to do.
‘•Clin line.”
"I govern men by change.”
Write me an “in memoriam” to Hope
Born of the fond wish better things to see
Than these which piague us. If within
the scope
Of thy imagination, sing, O Muse! to me
of Change.
A veritable fossil, old and sere.
Is he who can no benefit discern
In changing for the better things that are
And ever will be, glow, until re-born—
Avers® to change, opposed to all things
new,
Wedded to theories moss-covered and old;
Opposed, in principle, to progress; through
and through
Endued with superstition and defaced with
mould;
No Hopd, no Spirit—all is dark and drear.
Cobwebs and rust prevail; the canker
worms
Of discontent, unrest and envy, even pray
er
Unhelped by effort, fails these foolish
ones.
But for the new-life-giving power of
Change,
The onward movement of a mighty world,
Opposed to sloth or aught within its range,
Since the grand banner Progress was un
furled.
Life may be worth the living, and the man
Who combines with his trust in God, the
will
To belter his condition if he can
Outstrips the man content with standing
, still.
All Change is good if good within itself,
Even the Change compassed by Death
alone,
Which frees the spirit from its earthy self,
And opens worlds, dreamed of, but stiil
unknown.
A Change of heart may make a better
man,
Bring him nearer to God; a Change of
ways
And means, may lengthen out the span
Of life, and brighten its remaining days.
Write me an “in memoriam" to Hope
Of better things, while superstition rules,
And man Is satisfied to sit and mope
In skeptic gfoom, befitting only fools.
• • • * *
Hope, born of Zeal and Good-intent, lies
buried here.
In a dark grave deep dug by idle hands.
Which knew no Incentive to action good
but fear,
Thus subjugating her demands
To resurrection. "H.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—One of the very rare albino squirrels
was trapped recently by a Maine hunter.
There is not a colored hair in its white
fur, and the eyes are of a bright pink.
—A Rochester (N. Y,) firm has recently
been so successful as to induce several
German breweries to adopt its system of
fermentation and many more are to fol
low.
—ln the streets and suburbs of London
there are now not only 712 fountains for
human beings, but 286 large troughs fob
horses and cattle and 470 small troughs
for sheep and dogs.
—A number of Michigan farmers in the
Grand Traverse region have been experi
menting this season in growing peanuts,
and in every case the experiments seem
to have been successful.
—The registered distilleries of North Car
olina, 1,467 in number, last year produced
620.716 gallons of spirits. The moonshine
output for the same period is thought to
have been about the same amount.
—Several scientific papers have recently
announced the discovery that the odor of
sweet peas Is very obnoxious to flies, and
that when placed in a room it will keep it
free from these very tiresome pests.
—Aberdeen, Scotland, which is known as
"the granite city,” and has from time im
memorial used its native stone for pav
ing, has given it up and tried tar maca
dam, whjch is found as durable and much
less noisy.
—The gigantic Russian cross hewn in
the granite rocks of the St. Gothard road,
in Switzerland, near the Devil’s bridge,
is now completed. It commemorates Su
varroff’s victory over the French a cen
tury ago.
—A German biologist says that the two
sides of a face are never alike. In two
cases out of five the eyes are out of line;
one eye is stronger than the other in sev
en persons out of ten, and the right eye
is generally higher than the left.
—Two well-known English plants, the
thistle and the rape, are so inimical that
if a field is infested with thistles which
comes up year after year and ruin the
crops, all you have to do is to sow it with
rape. The thistle w r ill be absolutely anni
hilated.
—Some of the wooden churches of Nor
way are fully 700 years ol<s and are still
in an excellent state of preservation.
Their timbers have successfully resisted
the frosty and almost arctic winters be
cause they have been repeatedly coated
with tar.
—The Norwegian corps of skaters, a
force peculiar to the army of that coun
try, is a body of soldiers armed with
rifles, who can be maneuvered upon Ire
or over the snow fields of the mountains
with a rapidity equal to that of the best
trained cavalry.
—A novel flower has been found at the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec. It has a faculty
of changing its color during the day. In
the morning it is white, when the sun is
at its zenith it is red, and at night it is
blue. Only at noon does it give out any
perfume.
—The fact that skeleton remains of ele
phants are so rarely found in any part
of Africa is explained by an explorer, who
states that as soon as the bones become
brittle from climatic influences they are
eaten in lieu of salt by the various rumi
nant animals.
—ln a certain class of Russian schools
the highest reward given is the initial
letter of the Empress’ name. It consists
of the initial in solid gold, an inch and a
quarter in hight, on a blue bow. Should
its possessor ever become a governess, it
will entitle her to a higher salary than
she could otherwise obtain.
—The boys who work for the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad have
been obliged to abandon their "sporty”
clothes. Striped shirts, gay neckties and
tan shoes are no longer allowed, and those
who desire to remain in the employ of
the company must now wear black shoes,
black ties and white shirts.
—A New York woman has started a
crusade against school teachers who dally
with the make-up box. She argues that
the ma’ams who paint, pencil and powder
might just as well teach their pupils that
cosmetics are necessary to the complex
ion as to stand before them every school
day with their own complexions touched
up with gaudy colors.
—Adjutant General Corbin says that the
wearing of medals by volunteer soldiery
is not regulated by law. The Army and
Navy Journal, however, thinks that it
should be and says: “Every soldier in
the army should receive a medal or cross
for war service, but he ought to get it
from the nation and not from his ward
neighbors or fellow townsmen."
—The carrying trade of the United
States now conducted by foreign sailors
and credited to foreign bottoms, is esti
mated at $1,600,000,000, and that credited
to American bottoms $190,000,000. In 1860
the trade of American bottoms was esti
mated at $507,247,757, and foreign bottoms
$225,040,793, but since then there has been
a steady and uninterrupted decline of
American bottoms and a corresponding in
crease of foreign bottoms.
—Dow t on the Verdigris river, in Mont
gomery county, Kansas, the farmers have
established a free delivery mail system.
The men of the neighborhood, by arrange
ment, take turns in bringing the mail
from Independence and delivering it at
the farmers’ doors every morning. Every
postmaster with a rural constituency is
familiar with the parties who come in,
usually on Saturday, and call for their
own mail and that of all their neigh
bors.
—General Traffic Manager McNicholl of
the Canadian Pacific Railway says that
50,000 people have gone to the Klondike
gold fields this season, and that, in his
opinion, 20,000 of them will return penni
less and without ever seeing the gold
fields. He says that at least $30,000,000 has
been spent by prospectors in purchasing
outfits, reaching the country and in liv
ing there, and that taking everything into
consideration, the account about balances
—that is, there has been about as much
spent in reaching and working the gold
fields as there has been taken out in gold
dust.
—An Eastern telephone man predicts
that before the close of the nineteenth
century persons on the Pacific coast will
be talking by telephone to persons on the
Atlantic seaboard. The feat has already
been accomplished between Kansas City
and Boston. Thirty-three states are now
connected by long-distance telephone sys
tems, and within a year nearly every oth
er state in the union will have them. Sta
tistics show that the year 1898 has devel
oped greater activity in the telephone
world than any since its invention, and
the year 1899 will, from present prospects,
be the record breaker.
Read What CUTICURA REME
DIES Have Done for Skin*'
Tortured Babies.
Mv little sister (Annie Matthews, La Plata,
Charles County. Md.) bad the cow-pox, when
only seven years old. She suffered terribly,
and everything we tried did no good. Every
time her clothes were taken oft, every bit of
scab would come with them; she was raw all
over. One box of Cuticuba (ointment) and
a cake of Cuticura Soap, cured her in three
toeehs. Mrs. ELIZA. ROYE.
Feb. 23,’98. 1219 Fourth St.,N. W. Wash.D.C.
My niece’s little baby, two years old, was so
badly afflicted with Eczema that he needed
constant watching. His face was always full
of large sores which he scratched constantly.
Mornings, his clothes, face and hands were
stained with blood. They had medical treat
ment, and tried everything. She commenced
Cuticcra Remepies. The sores left his face
and he was entirely aired. Mrs. L. J. ROOT,
Feb. 16,1898. New Scotland, N. Y.
Our little boy was four weeks old when he
had Eczema, in the most horrible state. His
face was full of scabs, and parts of the flesh
were raw. We used Cuticl’RA Soap and one
box of CfTicußA (ointment), and in one week
this boy was as good as erer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. FREESE,
Feb. 15, 1898. 360 So. First St., Brooklyn.
When my boy was three weeks old, I noticed
a very red roughness on his face. We had
several doctors, but they did no good. I was
told to use Corict-RA Remedies, and after
using one box and a half of Ccticuba (oint
ment) and Ccticuka Soap, he is entirely aired.
Mrs. W. G LOATS,
Feb. 26, ’9B. 1913 AVilder St., Fhila., Pa.
Babie * on fire, babies burning up. babies in agony from
torturing and disfiguring, itching and burning, skin and
scalp diseases. None but mothers realize how they suf
fer. To know that a warm bath withCVncuaa Soar,
and a single anointing with CuTlCUna. purest of emol
lient skin curee, will afford instant relief, permit rest and
sleep, and point to a speedy cure, and not to use them ia
to fail in your duty. Think of theyeare of suffering en
tailed by such neglect. Cures made in childhood ara
speedy, permanent, and economical.
Bo'd throughout the world. For Tan Dbuq asd Chim.
Corf., Sole Props., Boston.
*y- •* All About Baby's Skin. Scalp, and Hair " free.
GARDNER’S BAZAAR,
12 Broughton Street, East.
Bulbs! Bulbs!! Bulbs!!!
Chinese Sacred Lilies, 8 for 25c.
Easter Lilies—Plant them! Plant them!
Now is the time to put all your winter
bulbs in.
Plant Food. Pure bone flour.
Pots, Saucers, Jardinieres.
AA'eeders, Trowels, Water-Pota.
Gold Fish and Globe for 26c.
Fish Food, water grass bunch, 10c.
Mocking Bird Food, pound 26c.
Canard Seed, 3 lb., 25c.
Parrot Seed, 2 lb., 26c.
Canary Bird, good singer, $2.50.
Cages, Brackets, Springs, Perch clean
ers.
Toys, Games, Dolls.
Envelopes, pack of 25, 2o
Note Paper, quire, 3c.
Pens, -dozen, 2c.
Eastcrbrook and Spencerian, dozen, sc.
School Books, new and second haad,.
Novels, each 10c.
B. SMITH,
Successor.
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Wall Paper.
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