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The South doesn’t want pensions for ex-
Confederates, but she would like to see a
Southern man on the presidential ticket of
each of the old parties.
Gen. Shatter will probably not become
popular as a kisser. He is of aldermanic
proportions and weighs 350 pounds. There
would lie some difficulty in getting around
bis curves.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York is to have
the brevet title of brigadier general, and
may also get a medal. Jf there is any
thing else that the Rough Rider would
like to have, he should speak up.
Slot machines are under the ban of the
law; nevertheless it Is said that in sev
eral states some persons are dropping in
m w and crisp sl,<ioo bills with the assur
ance of taking out senatorial ballots.
The Georgia and Alabama bridge bill has
now passed both houses of Congress. It
will not lack for the signature of the
President. Work on the great terminals
at this city will, therefore, be begun soon
and pushed to completion.
Ex-Senator Call of Florida is in the lists
for Senator Pasco's scat. A Florida news
paper has been so unkind as to remark
that the ex-senator has “got out and
dusted off that old pair of patched pants
with the hole snagged In them.”
The suggestion that Spain may recog
nize the Filipipo republic, in order to em
barrass this government, will be alto
gether without weight. The United States
do not care three straws for anything ihat
Spain may <lo in the matter. She would
no doubt like to give ug trouble in the far
East, but it is not in her power to do so.
A South Carolina legislator proposes
that electors be disfranchised for partici
pation in a lynching, and that each elector
be required to solemnly swear, before be-
Ing permitted to deposit his ballot Ihat he
has not, "since the tirst day of January.
1899, engaged in any lynchin of any hu
man being, whose death ensued there
from. ’’
Gen. Frhncis V. Greene said at a dinnei
the other day; ”1 may say, In confidence,
that Dewey is afraid to come horn,-.” He
had just been talking about the kissing
ordenls that various war heroes have
been obliged to undergo lately. Couldn't
tllje hero of Manila secure a base ball mask
en route home and wear it by way of pro
tection for a few months?
South Carolina will not present Lieut.
Victor Blue with a sword. It was pro
posed that the stale should give him one,
and a bill proposing that $309 should be
expended upon it was Introduced into the
legislature; but the economist members of
that body rubbed their heads together and
concluded that the gallant lieutenant
ought to be satisfied with a resolution of
thanks and appreciation, so the sword
bill was beheaded
SEX tTOHI U ELECTIONS.
Thi trouble that is being experienced in
some of the, states in the < ectipn of Unit
ed Slates senator! and the scandals con
nected with them furnish excellent argu
rm ms in favor of lelting (he people elect
United States senators Just as ihey elect
members of the House. There is no doubt,
of our.-' , that if that plan wi re adopted
there would he trickery and bribery just
as at present, but the field of operation
would Ik- so much larger Ihat eorrui* poli
ties would have much less chance of suc
ln Pennsylvania, a man under indictment
for usiiur the stale money unlawfully Is
ihie to block ihe i ration of United States
senator because o majority of Ihe legis
lature refuse to leet him. lii California,
an investigation for bribery is going on in
connection with the senatorial election. In
Wesi Virginia, Ihe Senate refuses to recog
i ue dn House, and there is prospect of a
prolonged struggle to secure un organiza
tion of the legislature, because of the ef
forts of the friends of senatorial candidates
to gain an advantage.
There are senatorial contests going on
in Other states which have scandalous
features. In only a few r states have the
senatorial ejections been prompt and in ev
ery respect satisfactory to the people. As
a matter of fact, it very often happens
ihat the legislature of a state chooses for
senator a man who could never havg got
ten n majority of the people of his state
to support him. Oftener than is supposed
money plays an Important part in the elec
tion of United Stales senator. Only lash
year the whole country was stirred iqr
by Ihe charges against Senator Hanna a
Members of his own party alleged that he
secured his election by bribery, and these
charges are silll pending.
It is not an uncommon thing for money
lo be used in connection with a senatorial
election—not for iegitii/ialc expenses, hut
for buying votes. It often happes, there
fore, that the man with money defeats the
man of merit, if the elections were by the
people the opportunity to use money suc
cessfully would not be so great. It is
true that a candidate might buy his
nomination from a convention, hut
that plan could be defeated by a primary.
And if a convention proved recreant to its
duty to the people, the people would still
have a chance to express its disapproval
of the convention's action.
It takes a long time to bring about suen
a change as that proposed for the election
of United Stales senators, but there are
reasons for Blinking that ihe change will
be very generally made within the next
few years. '
Ot It HARIIOK IMPROVEMENT.
It is evident from our Washington dis
patches that ,there is very little hope of
getting an appropriation from this Con
gress for the proposed increase in the depth
of our hyrhor from twenty-six feet to
twenty-eight feel. It is said that the main
thing in the way of having the matter con
sidered by this Congress is the status of
the Carter case. The war department does
not seem disposed to do anything further
with the Savannah harbor improvement
until the Carter ease has been finally dis
posed of. The impression is given from
what is said that there is a very favorable
feeling both in the war department and in
Congress in respect to Savannah harbor.
The argument in favor of deepening Sa
vannah harbor to twenty-eight feet is so
strong that there ought not to be much,
if any, doubt that the work will lie author
ized at a very early day. The completed
channel of twenty-six feet is of vast bene
fit not only to this city, but to a very
large territory. Since this channel was
completed the commerce of the port has
increased greatly, and there is no doubt
that the addition of two feet to the depth
to the channel would make this the sea
port of a still larger part of the South and
West.
We have already pointed out that the
plan is already made for a twenty-eight
foot channel. If an appropriation were
made, therefore, the work could lie begun
at once. And the cost would not be great.
A twenty-eight foot channel could be ob
tained for considerably less than half
what the twenty-six foot channel cost. In
view of the prominence of this port, and
also that there should lie a port on the
South Atlantic coast having an harbor
depth of twenty-eight feet, there ought
to bo very little difficulty in obtaining an
appropriation for the proposed improve
ment.
The remarkable activity in the New York
stock market during the past few weeks
is said to have caused apprehension on the
part of some of the older and more conserv
ative operators. Conditions in the market
have been almost unprecedented. Some
values have gone up so rapidly as to sug
gest the wildest kind of especufation, and
when that sort of thing is, indulged in.
tnere is pretty apt to be a more or less
serious reaction la-lore a very great while.
"Some of the incidents of the past two or
that'e weeks,” says a New York writer on
the subject, "have been of a kind to set
men who have either latent or well devel
oped gambling instincts almost craz>.
There are reports of thousands of dollars
that have been made in two or three days
by men'a few weeks ago considered them
selves lucky if liny were able to make $lO
a day on the street." It is how
ever, that many of the purchases are made
for permanent Investment, and this is a
steadying element in the market.
It would be Interesting lo know how
much truth there is In that Madrid dis
patch to the Ixmdon Mull in which it is
stated that an American war correspon
dent "chivalrously feigned ignorance"
when lie met face lo face on United States
soil during the war a Spanish spy whom
he had known in Havana. Such "chiv
alry” ns that would savor strongly of trai
torous conduct towards one's own coun
try.
When the Emperor visited the Sultan re
cently, he presented to the royal Turk a
perfect model of the most modern Krupp
gun for field use. The Krupp factory has
Just received a large order for field
guns for the Turkish army. As u drum
mer, William is a success. ■
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20. IS9O.
THE SAMOA* TIIOI HI.E.
The difficulties and dangers of interfer
ing In the affairs of far distant and half
civilized peoples are shown in the case of
Samoa. We have very little interest in
Samoa, and the vast majority of our peo
ple don't know much about the Samoans.
It appears, however, from our dispatches
that the war bet we* n the Samoan chiefs,
Mataafa and Malietoa, threatens to bring
about strained relations between our gov
erpment and that of Germany.
This country, Great Britain and Ger
many exercise a joint protectorate over
the Samoan Islands. Germany has the
bulk of the trade with the islands, and
for that reason she has always seemed to
feel that she should exercise greater pow
er ip their affairs than either of the other
powers. Acting upon that idea she has
more than orice done things which were
not approved by this country and Great
Britain. Not many years ago she exceed
ed her authority and our government was
compelled to make a vigorous prolest.
Our government has always insisted up
on a strict construction of the treaty un
der which the three powers control the
Islands, and that Us provisions should be
obeyed. Germany, on the other hand, has
seemed to think it was not necessary to
pay much attention to the treaty, especial
ly where it was to her interests to disre
gard .it. The consequence has been that
the Samoan Islands Have been a source
of expense and annoyance to us, and very
little profit.
The pending trouble, so far as we are
able to judge from the facts available,
is due to Germany's disregard of her
treaty obligations. There was a contest
between the two chiefs, Mataafa and
Malietoa, which was decided by the Sa
moan courts in favor of the iatter. The
cflief justice of the court of last resort is
an American. The Germans, it seems,
have encouraged the defeated chief, Ma
taafa, to disregard the finding of the chief
Justice.
The finding of the courts will have to be
sustained, at least that appears to be the
impression. Force may have to be used
lo compel Mataafa, who, it Is reported,
has defeated Malietoa In a battle, to re
spect the law. It ie not known, of course,
what position in the matter Germany will
take. If she should insist upon sustaining
Mataafa serious trouble might arise be
tween this country and Germany. The
fact, however, that Great Britain and this
country are acting in harmony may lead
Germany to take a second thought before
persisting in a violation of the treaty in or
der to gain a slight advantage. It would
hardly be a wise proceeding on her part
to pursue her own policy in the islands
regardless of her treaty obligations and
the wishes of the other members of the
protectorate.
It is pretty certain that if we were to
exercise a partial control of the Philip
pines or govern them as colonies we
should be in trouble on account of them
pretty nearly all the time. The profit we
should obtain from them would not nearly
equal the burden of expense they would
impose upon us.
THE TREATY'S CHANCES.
A Washington dispatch in the New Y’ork
Sun says that a poll of the Senate shows
that 54 senators are in favor of ratifying
the treaty as it is, that 26 are against it,
and that 10 are doubtful. Of the 26 which
are opposed to ratification 22 are Demo
crats, 2 are Republicans, namely, Messrs.
■ Hoar and Hale, and 2 are silverites, name
ly, Jones of Nevada and Pettigrew of
South Dakota.
Prom the doubtful senators it is thought
that the 6 necessary to effect the ratifica
tion will be secured. It would ijot be ad
visable to be too sanguine about the 6 be
ing secured. It is alleged that Senator
Gorman is using his best efforts to prevent
ratification without amendment. For rea
sons that are not apparent on the surface,
he is taking a very lively interest In the
effort to defeat ratification. He is oppos
ing the position taken by Col. Bryan, who
is in favor of a ratification, and then a
declaration that it is not our purpose to
extend sovereignty over the Philippines.
Can it lie possible that Senator Gorman
is planning to capture the Democratic
nomination for President next year? Is
he aiming to show the country that he has
more influence with the Democratic sen
ators than Col. Bryan has? These ques
tions are being asked, and they are mak
ing considerable Impression. There is pol
itics connected with the question of the
ratification of the treaty that is not ap
parent to the public.
There is a good deal of speculation as to
who will be the next Republican leader on
the floor of the House, to succeed the late
Mr. Dingley. Mr. Payne of New York is
the ranking member of tho ways and
means committee, but it by no means fol
lows that he will be appointed to the chair
manship. The whole matter is in the
hands of Speaker Reed. And incidentally
it may be remarked that no matter who
may be the leader on the floor, Mr. Reed
himself will continue to lead the leader, as
he has done for some time past. He is the
ablest Republican in the popular branch of
Congress.
There used to be an old maxim to the
effect that there was no money in wind.
That has been disproved, however. Some
time ago Hoofey of London made millions
with a pneumatic tire invention, and now
Messrs. Croker and Leiter are arranging
to make sortie millions by tanking wind and
making it haul wagons. It is to be hoped
Ihat the wind scheme of the Americans
will not suffer the fate of that of the Eng
lishmen.
The German Emperor has made a neat
problem for mathematically inclined per
sons to work upon. He says It would take
England Just about six days to lick
France. It took Germany more than that
many months to perform the feat. With
these statements to figure from, what
would be the result if England and Ger
many came to blows?
"Baltimore’s conscience fund last year
amounted to seventy cents.” says a news
paper of that city. Baltimore must be a
very honest city, or one of exceedingly
small conscience.
THE KAGAV COI'RT-M.ARTI AL. j
It is clained by those who are hostile to
the Secretary of War that one of the re
sults of the Eagan court-martiai will be
his retirement to private iife. By this it
is not meant that anything will be brought
out at Ahe trial which will reflect Inju
riously on him. but that the court-martial
was ordered against his wish, and Ihat
therefore he feels that the President no
longer regards him with the same confi
dence he did when he was chosen for a
cabinet place.
There may be some truth in this, but
it is doubtful if there ie. The secretary
is altogether too shrewd too oppose a
court-martial where the necessity for one
is as obvious as it is in the case of Gen.
Eagan. It may be that he thinks
Gen. Eagan hafl great provocation for
what he did, but to permit his conduct to
pasi unnoticed would have the effect of
destroying discipline in the army.
It has been suggested that during the
trial of Gen. Eagan an effort will be made
to find out what there is in the charge
made by Gen. Miles, that the beef sup
plied to the army was unfit for consump
tion, and was sent to the army as an
experiment, that it was, in fact, embalmed
beef. It Is difficult to see how the beef
business can be brought before the- court,
martial. Gen. Eagan is charged with con
duct unbecoming an officer and a gentle
man, and the proof of the charge will tie in
the testimony, in which he attacked Gen.
Miles, given before the war investigating
board. It is a question whether the beef
scandal will be gone into, even for the
cause of showing provocation.
There is a probability that Gen. Miles
will be censured by the war investigat
ing board for making charges and insin
uations which put Gen. Eagan before the
country in a very bad light. If he had
cause to complain of Gen. Eagan he
should have made his complaints to the
proper authority and had them investigat
ed. It is not creditable to Gen. Miles
that he made his charges in the newspa
pers, and then repeated them in his testi
mony bdfore the war Investigating board.
Gen. Eagan had some provocation for his
outrageous conduct, but no justification.
As soon as the state legislatures have
disposed of Brigham H. Roberts and the
Philippine question, they will get down to
their own business.
PERSONAL.
—Senator Gear of lowa has an odd habit
of always carrying his hat with him, even
when moving ahout (he Senate chamber.
It is an old-fashioned black felt head-cov
ering. If a visitor sends in a card the
lowan always carries his out when going
to see what is wanted.
—Beerbohm Tree, the English actor, is
a godson of the German Emperor. The
kaiser, by the way, is wroth because the
Paris Figaro a few days ago reproduced
from an American weekly a cartoon rep
resenting his imperial majesty as a wild
boar. All copies of the French paper
found in Germany were confiscated.
—Miss Mary Gregg of St. Louis, being
desirous of marrying Joseph H. Dillon,
and being heiress to a considerable for
tune, left her by an uncle on condition
tlfat she does not change her name, the
difficulty has been solved by the chang
ing by legal process of the nam£ of the
prospective husband to Joseph H. Dillon
Gregg.
—The King of Slam has ordered a medal
to be struck in commemoration of his tour
in Europe last year, and to perpetuate
a record of his travels in foreign parts.
Replicas of the medal have, by his direc
tions, been presented to the government
of each country visited by him. The one
sent to London by the Siamese govern
ment has been recently placed in the na
tional collection of medals in Ihe British
Museum.
—Miss Mary Broderick, Ph. D., who is
delivering a series of lectures' on "Ancient
Egypt” In the British museum, knows
that country better than any living woman.
Her acquaintance with it dates back to
the winter of 1888. and she has lived thery
more or less ever since. Her indefatigable
energy in archeological research has
greatly increased general knowledge of the
history, religion and architecture of the
ancient inhabitants of Ihat country.
CURRENT COMMENT.
What guarantee can any one give that
the Presidential election of 1904 will not be
decided by the vote of Hawaii? The Cleve
land Plain Dealer (Dem.) calls attention
to these facts; “There is to-day a bill
before the House and another before the
Senate differing in some slight particulars,
but in each case it provides for the or
ganization of the ‘territory of Hawaii'
and that territory is to be represented in
Congress by a delegate, just as are the
territories of Arizona and New Mexico,
that are eventually to become states, and
as were the territories of Utah, Nevada
and Montana before they were for politi
cal ends admitted as slates, although to
day the combined population of these three
states does not exceed that of the city of
Cleveland.”
Of the new governor of Tennessee,
.he Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.)
says: "The Hon. Benton McMillin has
had an honorable career. He is neither a
great man nor a magnetic orator, but he
is hard-headed, conscientious and full of
energy. He is a man of agreeable man
ners and of personal rectitude. His record
in Congress has been one of steady growth,
ami has reflected credit on himself and
on his constituents. He has been a close
and careful student of national questions
and is fairly familiar with the science of
government. He is well qualified to give
the people of Tennessee a business-like ad
ministration. for he has an aptitude for
executive affairs.”
Col. Watterson looks forward to a time
when the star-eyed goddess shall dominate
this hemisphere entirely. The Courier
Journal (Dem.) says: “So far as the de
sirability of acquiring the British West In
dies is concerned, that is still an open
question, add has received far too little
consideration to Justify any decision. If
we want them, however, there is pretty
good reason to believe that many of tho
islands will come to us in time with the
full consent of their Inhabitants and the
concurrence of Great Britain.”
The anti-expansion Pittsburg Dispatch
(Rep.) says: “Mention of Charles N. Den
by for the Presidential commission to in
vestigate the eonditiqns in the Philippines
may earn for that gentleman the title of
“most available minority representative."
His well-known views favorable to occu
pation of ihe island* will not prove a
recommendation to the public that he will
take an impartial view of the subject."
The Sparrow and the Owl.
A Sparrow having lost his way because
of a blinding Snow Storm, alighted on the !
first Tree he could tind. says the Philadel
phia Inquirer. By chance he happened to !
rest on a Branch occupied by a' large white
Owl.
“This Snow Storm," said the Sperrow, by
way of being pleasant, is certainty beau
tiful, is it not?"
"1 see no Snow Storm," answered the
Ow? stiffly.
"Why not?” asked the Sparrow.
"There is no need to go into details,”
answered the Owl pompously; “I do not
see any Snow Storm."
The Sparrow was silent for a minute.
Then he said cheerfully: "It is very pleas
ant when the Sun shines. I love the Sun
il is so light and bright and cheering.”
“I never saw the Sun,” answered the
Owl.
"But Flowers,” persisted the little Spar
row—"surely you thinks Flowers, with
their God-given colors, are good to look
upon?"
“I never saw Flowers,” said the Owl.
"Well, do you ever see anything at all
that’s Beautiful?” asked the Sparrow,
rather testily.
"Not that I remember,” answered the
Owl, complacently. “I never see anything
except at Night—and then what I see I
Hooi at."
“Why, who in the world are you?” ask
ed the Sparrow, aghast.
"I'm an Owl," answered the other,
proudy. “All the books for children will
tell you that I am syitiholie of Wisdom."
"Well, that might go with Children,”
retorted the Sparrow, boldly, “but I
wouldn't believe it. You say you can’t
see the beautiful Things of Life by Day,
and that whatever you do see at Night you
‘Hoot at. Do you call that being Wife?”
"Most decidedly," answered the Owl.
“Any ordinary intelligence can Admire. It
takes intellectual strength to pass over
what the Multitude thinks grand and to
pick Holes in what is thought Beautiful.
Whatever I don’t see, doesn't exist; what
ever I do see I Hoot most strenuously. And
that proves my Wisdom."
’’Yoy're on Iconoclast,” said the Spar
row.
"You’re a Liar," said the other; "I’m an
Owl.”
And as the Conversation from this point
on grew decidely Personal, the Fable had
better end right here.
There are three morals:
First—lt doesn’t prove you’re wiser than
the majority of people because you refuse
to see things as they see them.
Second—lf you get accustomed lo seeing
things with a black background, your
mental vision gets clouded when there’s
a bit of light and sunshine.
Third—An owl isn't much good until af
ter he's dead, and even then you have to
stuff a lot of things inside of him and give
him another pair of ayes.
Somewhat Abrupt.
Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts used to
tell this story to illustrate the average ne
gro’s shrew’dness in not compromising
himself, says an exchange. A Boston
man was at a hotel in Charleston. W. Va.,
in 1859, during John Brown’s hurried trial.
In the early morning, before the guest had
risen, a negro came into the room to kin
dle his lire. The excitement concerning
Brown was then at its hight, and the
negro, knowing that the guest was from
the North, naturally wished to get his
opinion on the case. Yet he was not sure
whether it would be safe to disclose his
own views.
"Mass.asaid he, “yer hear ’bout dis
man, John Brown, dey’s tryin’ hyar?”
“Oh, yes, I’ve heard about him.”
“What’c dey goln’ to do wid him?”
"Oh, they’ll convict him.”
“Cervict ’im! What den?”
“They’ll hang him, sure as fate.”
There was, as yet, no sign of the North
erner’s sympathies. The negro waited a
moment, and then asked, cautiously:
“Massa, wouldn't dat be a little ab
rup’?”
An Elnslve Quarter.
A woman who was walking in South Sa
lina street last evening with a friend was
gazing intently at the sidewalk as they
approached the Globe Hotel, says the Syra
cuse Herald.
"Will,” she said, “isn't that a quarter?”
pointing toward the sidewalk as she spoke.
”1 don’t know,” he replied. “Come on
and never mind it.”
This tho young woman was not minded
to do, and after the couple had passed
on a few feet she turned back to pick up
the coin. Stooping, she tried to grasp it
with her gloves, but as it did not move
she thought it must have become stuck
in the mud and ice.
She then took off her gloves and tried
again, and only desisted after she had cut
her finger on the supposed piece of silver,
which turned out to be one of the rivets
used to fasten the cover of a coal hole in
the sidewalk.
The woman’s escort pulled a 20-eent piece
from his pocket and handed it to her with
the remark: "When you want a quarter
come to me for it, but don’t try to pick
up any more iron bars."
Whut Inspired the Czar.
At the recent banquet in San Francisco
given Irving M. Scott, the builder of the
Oregon, upon his return from Russia, says
the San Francisco News Letter, Mayor
James D. Phelan called forth the plaudits
of the evening by a speech, in which he
described the interview between the Czar
and Mr. Scott, as follows:
“Having heard so much about the build
er of the Oregon,” said the Mayor, the
Czar sent for him when he wanted to
build some nice, new battleships of his
own.
” Let me seo your schedule of prices,’
said the Emperor of all the Russias.'
“Mr. Scott handed over one of his price
lists. The Czar .glanced at the first figure
that caught his eye. Then he retired to
s(udy them over.
“ ‘Before awarding the contracts,’ he
said to Mr. Scott, 'I want to examine these
prices carefully.’
“On the following morning the Czar is
sued his famous appeal for the disarma
ment of the whole world."
The Point of View.
"No, thank goodness, he isn’t calling
here any morel” exciaimed (he pretty girl
In blue, with a stamp of her foot, says the
Detroit Free Press. “I verily believe that
that young man wouldn't take a hint If it
was willed to him with $50,000 in govern
ment bonds attached! Asa shining exam
ple of what a wooden automaton would be
in a trance, he is a distinct success. He
called here the other evening, as he had
been doing for some time, and I thought I
would see if I could awaken a little en
thusiasm in him. I turned the conversa
tion around to Hobson and asked him if
he wouldn’t like a chance to equal Hob
son's record. "Wouldn't ll’ he exclaimed,
with glowing face, ‘just think of his ink
ing that boat In there and sinking her
without losing a man!’ That settled ill
I yawned in his face and looked at the
clock, and slowly but positively froze that
young man outdoors. If by any chance he
should ever call here again I’ll call the po
lice!”
—lsidore Lissner, member for Cairns In
the Queensland Parliament, Is only 4 feet
and 8 inches tall, Patrick O’Brien, mem
iier of the British House of Commons, is
4 feet 3 Inches tall.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Here are two characteristic obituary
notices from “The Delta Light House”
(Greenville, Miss.): “Mr. Alexander
Young, one of Greenville's leading citizens,
died last week, after being ill only a few
days, pneumonia, with its sting, taking
him from many who admired him for his
push and pluck in everything that he was
connected with.” "The Daughters of Ta
bor turned out with one of their deceased
members, namely, Mrs. Jackson, and wc
must confess it was the finest affair for
ladies ever exhibited in our town. The
Mosaic Lodge of Ladies brought up the
rear, which was also nice."
—ln an old "Dictionary of Commerce,”
published in 1850, there is considerable
comment upon Manila and the people of
the Islands. "A most intelligent navi
gator, De le Perouse, says that these peo
ple appear in no respect inferior to those
of Europe. They cultivate the earth like
men of understanding: are carpenters,
joiners, smiths, goldsmiths, weavers, ma
sons, etc. I have walked through their
villages and found them kind, hospitable
and communicative; and though the Span
iards speak of and treat them with con- ;
tempt, I perceived that the vices they at
tributed to the Indians ought rather to be
imputed to the government they have
themselves established.”
—An old sun dial and a stone column
once owned by Charles Dickens were sold
in a London auction room the other day.
The column, w-hich w-as formerly one of
the balustrades of the destroyed old Roch
ester bridge, is inscribed: “These relics
from Gadshil] Place and Old Rochester
Bridge are placed here in sincere regard
for Charles Dickens.” It was considered
by Dickens to be one of his most valued
treasures, and was placed in the most
prominent position in his garden. On the
death of Dickens the dial was removed
and became the property of a Mr. Cright
on of Rochester, when the inscription
which it bears was put on in honor of
Charles Dickens. After keen competition,
the souvenir was knocked down for $250.
—The institution of the Bank of St. Pe
ter in Rome is something of an anomaly
upon the tables of the money changers,
says the Philadelphia Press. Nevertheless,
it is authorized by the Vatican, and Us
hoard of directors is nothing lower than
the College of Cardinals. Circular letters
sent out to every Roman Catholic diocese
announce these facts, and add that the
business is to be conducted in the interests
of the Roman Church. Branch offices wiil
probably be generally established through
out the world, most likely beginning among
the I^atin nations. Permission for agen
cies in Central and South America has al
ready been granted, where the bishop of
each diocese will appoint the chief director
of the office, subject, of course, to the
cardinal approval.
—The state of Mississippi has decided
that the use of fhe word “damned” is
profanity, says the Memphis Commercial-
Appeal. This seems singular when we
consider the origin and the meaning of the
word. It comes from the thoroughly rep
utable Latin word "damnare,” to con
demn, and, taken by itself, there is no pro
fanity in it. Very often the preacher does
not hesitate to tell such of his congrega
tion as are delinquent that they are damn
ed; and the use of the word here is pro
fanity under the Mississippi decision,
which declares that "any words importing
an imprecation of divine vengeance, or
implying divine condemnation,”' constitute
profanity. If one person speaks of an
other as a "condemned" or “hopeless"
fool, he could not be hauled up for swear
ing, yet the meaning would bewbout the
same as if he used the word “damned.”
Of course, the latter word is lacking in
gentility and politeness, but there is no
more essential profanity in it than there
is in the word "unmitigated.”
—Sudden geographical changes are re
sponsible for many curious mischances.
Dr. Hale tells us that—indirectly—they
were accountable for one man being with
out a country, and now they have played
the same trick upon a vessel now lying in
the port of Buenos Ayres, says the Phila
delphia Press. Her port register says this
boat Is Hawaiian, but since the United
States annexed those islands while the sin
ister bark was afar on her perigrinations,
she can claim no fit ig“ht all. The captain
has appealed to our consul at Buenos, but
he can do nothing, for to hoist our colors
a special act of Congress will lx 1 necessary.
The Hawaiian flag she cannot fly, because
no such flag now exists, and, flying it, she
would not be recognized at any other port.
The commander does not wish to natural
ize under the Argentine pennant for fear
such an act would prejudice him at home.
Altogether, if he wants to save his ship
from decomposition by dry rot, there seems
to be but one course open, and that is to
adopt the advice of the mad hatter at
Alice's tea party, and “move up a place”
—in other words, to seek an American port
and try his luck there.
—One of the most recent contributions to
the discussion ’of the origin and propaga
tion of malaria that is being carried on in
the various medical journals, is that of
Dr. Amico Bignami, lecturer in the Insti
tute of Pathological Anatomy of the Royal
University at Rome, which is contained
in a recent number of the Lancet. He
makes the following interesting statement
at the conclusion of his article: “To sum
up, malaria Is a disease which is con
tracted by inoculation—a fact of which
we have now obtained the first experi
mental proof, since we have seen that an
individual who has never had malaria!
fever, by sleeping in a healthy place,
where no one had ever previously taken
fever, may sicken with malaria of a grave
type if bitten by certain species of the
mosquito brought in the adult state from
some distant locality of highly malarious
character. Further, everything points to
the conclusion that inoculation is the only
mode by which infection is acquired, since
air and water as carriers of infection may
be excluded, and because arguments based
on analogy all tend in the same direction.
This much, at any rate, we can assert,
namely, that inoculation is the only
mechanism of infection which has been
demonstrated experimentally.”
—The Kansas City Journal says: ”Capt.
A. G. Clarke of the Lawrence Company,
In Manila, describes the Police Court
which the Americans have set up in the
city, and declares that il is a revelation
to the islanders. When a man was lined
for striking a Chinaman the people were
much surprised, but when another man
was sent to prison for beating his horse
amazement took possession of the popu
lace, and they wondered tn a dazed sort
of way what manner of thing it was that
had come among them. The captain dis
courses as follows over the confusion aris
ing from the use of the different kinds
of money: ’But when it came to paying
for the dinner was where my troubles be
gan. 1 gave the waiter a $lO gold piece;
after deducting his sl, he gave me in re
turn nineteen full-sized silver dollars. Un
fortunately, 1 had no wheelbarrow, so I
had to carry the stuff as best I could, part
in each pocket and a hatful besides. But
this was only the beginning. I then went
to the postofflee and bought a one-eent
stamp to send a newspaper home. He
gave me in change a half dollar, two 20-
cent pieces, four coppers the size of an
American half dollar and one the size of
a quarter. It certainly requires a Pop
financier to figure out the change.’ ”
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LEGAL NOTICES.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNT)
Whereas, Peter J. Ott, has applied to
Court of Ordinary for letters of adminis
tration on the estate of Gustave Fox. Jt"
ceased.
These are. therefore, to cite and admuit
ish ail whom it may concern to be and
appear before said court to make obj- ’•
tion (if any they Have) on or before 'l' e
first Monday in February, next, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L
Ferrill, ordinary for Chatham county, thu
the 12th day of January, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH.
Clerk C. 0., C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM rffl’Nl) '
Natalina C. Maggloni has applied to the
Qpurt of Ordinary for a twelve moat: *
support for herself and minor child o u *
of the estate of Louis P. Maggloni, de
ceased. Appraisers have made returns al
lowing same.
These are, therefore, to cite all whom I*
may concern to appear before said court
to make objection on or before the h rst
Monday In February next, otherwise same
will be granted.
Wilness, the Hon. Hampton L. Fermi
ordinary for Chatham county, this the 5'
day of January, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY'
Notice Is hereby given to all persons hav
ing demands against John Ciucevich, late
of said county, deceased, f.o present them
to me, properly made out,"within the time
prescribed by law. so as to show th< ir
character and amount; and all persons in
debted to said deceased are required >*
make Immediate payment to me.
JULIA CIUCEVICH
Executrix
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 11, 1899.