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INDEX TO SEI"ADVERTISEMENTS
Meeting—Savannah Lodge No. 163, B. P.
O Elks.
Special Notices—Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Ship Notice,
W. TV. Wilson; Ship Notice, Stracfian &
Cos.; Gordon & Dll worth’s Products, A. M.
& C. W. West; Ship Notices, Barnard &
Cos.; Receiver’s Sale, Perry & Benton.
Business Notices—E. & TV. Laundry.
The Busy Bee—Byck Bros.
Legal Notices—Libel Against Portugese
bark Oliveira.
A Set of Harness—E. L. Neldlinger.
W'e Never in All Our Business Career-
Metropolitan Clothing Company.
Announcement, February Sale of Cloth
ing— M. S. Brown.
Best Beef, Lamb, Mutton, Sausages, Etc.
—Sommers & Winkler.
Call and See Our ’fW) Wheels—E. P. Terry.
Hotel—Pulaski House, Charles F. Gra
ham, Pronrietor.
Mineral Water—Apollinarls.
Condensed Milk—Burden’s Brand Con
densed Milk. t
Medical—Brad field’s Female Regulator;
Cutieura Remedies; World's Dispensary
Preparations; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Casto
ria; Erie Medical Company; Ayer's Hair
Vigor.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Only a few weeks ago "the largest
steamship in the world," the Oceanic of
the White Star Line, was launched. And
now they are talking of building another
ship considerably larger than the Oceanic.
The American gamblers who went to
Havana anticipating a Hush time and ev
erything coming their way, have been dis
appointed. A syndicate of gamblers hav
ing a capital of $500,000 has just left the
island to return to New York.
Annexation, whether it is a matter of a
plurality of islands or a plurality of wives,
Is a rock upon which both of the old
parties are splitting. The Democratic leg
islatures seem to be quite as much op
posed to Brigham Roberts taking a seat
in Congress as the Republican legislature,
■re.
It was suggested some time ago that
all of the aldermen ought to have free
street railway passes, so that they might
"ride around and see how things are go
ing on along the line." It is to be hoped
that some of the new* aldermen will do
a good deal of riding around. Cine thing
which they might notice, while Mr. Par
sons is here, is the great double track S
curve in Bull street at Tenth. The thing
is an abomination which would never have
been permitted in any other city.
The secrecy of the Eagan courtmartlal’s
verdict has been kept Just about as "in
violable” as the secrecy of the Senate’s
executive sessions. Everybody knows
that Eagan has been found guilty and rec
ommended to mercy. What is the good of
all of the secret session and star-chamber
business, or rather Action, at Washington?
The only purpose that is really served is
that the occasion is made for sensation
building newspaper correspondents and
others to circulate all sorts of wild stories
of the "it is said" and "It is rumored" va
riety.
Mr. Charles R. Pendleton, who has been
the editor of the Macon. Telegraph for two
years, has purchased a controlling inter
est in that paper and assumed the active
tnangement of ail of Us departments. Mr.
Pendleton is too well known In South Geor
gia, and by this time in Middle and North
Georgia also, to need any introduction. He
has added greatly to the virility and force
fulness of the Telegraph's editorial page,
and it is risking nothing to say that under
his management the paper will continue to
grow in popularity and power.
A Chicago lawyer has sued a street rail
way of that city for the return of live
cents, the fare he paid on a car, for the
reason that the conductor neglected to
notify him when a certain street had been
leached and stop the car for him to get
oft. The lawyer says his purpose
In bringing the suit Is io es
tablish the principle that in ac
cepting a fare the street railway com
pany enters into a contract with the pas
senger, the same as a railway company en
ters into a contract with the purchaser of
a ticket, which it Is bound to abide by. Jt
is believed the case will be thrown out of
court as being trivial.
* VG IST t IS \\ ILI.ING.
Sagasta. the Spanish prime minister, is
q ruled .is saying that it is a matter of no
. or. . q nerve to Spain what the United
Sta'e- do w.ih the Philippines
so long a a the part of the
treaty bearing directly on Spanish in
terests is carried out in good faith. He
says Spain doesn't care whether the
United States annex the Philippines or
give them their indep> ndence, or govern
t:nm as colonies, or hold them under mili
tary rule, provided the $20,000,000 is paid
to .Spain and Spaniards and Spanish bus
xness interests in the Philippines are pro
tected by the Americans in accordance
wiih the icrms of the treaty.
It is evident that Spain will not stand
in the way If w. want to give the Filipi
no? a chance for self-government, but it
would be a rather difficult matter for our
government to carry out the terms of the
treaty if it should turn the government of
the islands over to the Filipinos. It could
not, for instance. Insure the Spaniards the
commercial privileges for the next ten
years they now enjoy in accordance with
the terms of the treaty, r.or could it protect
the lives and property of Spaniards in the
Philippines. Therefore, there are some
serious difficulties in the way of turning
the islands over to the Filipinos at any
time during the next ten years.
But if it should be decided to announce
fit once a policy for the Philippines similar
to that which is to control our relations
with Cuba, it is probable that it would be
provided that this country should exercise
a limited authority over the islands until it
was settled that the Filipinos were able to
govern themselves. To settle that ques
tion would require more than ten years.
It is qertain, therefore, that if it should be
decided by Congress that the Filipinos are
to have a government of their own, we
shall continue to exercise auihority in the
islands longer than the trealy requires us
to look out for Spanish interests there.
We are under obligations to all commer
cial nations to maintain order in the Phil
ippines for an indefinite length of time—
that is, having taken the islands from
Spain and destroyed Spanish sovereignty
there we must maintain order and insure
a stable government, or let some other na
tion have the privilege of doing it. We
cannot withdraw from the islands and then
refuse to permit another natiqn to take
possession of them if the Filipinos are un
able to maintain a stable and intelligent
government. It is safe to say, therefore,
that if we decide not to hold the Philip
pines permanently we shall exercise au
thority of some kind in the islands for
many years.
CHANGES IN CITY OFFICES.
If anybody thought the election of Mr.
Myers would put an end to partisan poli
tics in this city they have been disappoint
ed. The aggressive and hasty manner in
which three of the recently elected offi
cials—the three most prominent—were
hustled out of office by the newly elected
aldermen at the lirst meeting of Council,
leaves no room for doubt that the battle
of the factions is on again in an of its in
tensity, and w ill likely continue for an in
definite period. And the interesting feso
ture of yesterday’s proceedings is the fact
that two of those who were so unceremo
niously pushed out of the places to which
they had been elected only a few days ago,
was that they wero put in those places by
the Myers faction three years ago. It is to
be presumed that they were chosen by
that faction because of the belief in their
fitness for them. It is alleged that they
were re-elected by the Council that went
out of office yesterday because they had
proved themselves to be good officials. The
other official w ho was dismissed was given
no chance to show whether or not he pos
sessed any qualifications for the place, he
having held office for only a day or two.
His offense, evidently, was that he did
not belong to the successful faction. The
man who was put in his place does affili
ate with that faction.
As far as we can see the changes yes
terday were made chiefly for partisan rea*
sons. TVe have no personal interest In
any of the men affected by the action of
the Council, but we have an interest in the
welfare of the city. We do not believe
tbat these faction fights can be otherwise
•than hurtful, to the city, because they will
keep the city divided into two hostile
camps. If yesterday’s action would end the
fight It would not make so much difference,
hut it will not. The manner in which the
changes were made and the generally ac
cepted reasons for which they were made,
will intensify the factional feeling, and in
future we may expect to see bitterer
factional fights than in the past, with the
purchasable vote in the background
waiting for the highest bidder.
WAS THUMB A CONDITION f
The New Y'ork World prints a dispatch
from Washington to the effect that it was
decided at a cabinet meeting that if the
courtmartial found Gen. Kagan guilty,
the finding was to be approved, with this
condition, namely, that there was to be
assurances that Gen. Miles would cease
talking for publication about army mat
ters, and keep entirely quiet for a time
respecting such matlers.
From this it Is to be inferred that if no
one had been in a position to assure the
cabinet that Gen. Miles would keep quiet
—that is, that he would not go around
among Ihe newspapers and tell his griev
ances—the cabinet would not have agreed
that the finding of the courtmartial should
be approved. Is not the whole story rath,
era fishy one? We are inclined to think
so. Is Gen. Miles so indiscreet and so
lacking in Judgment that he has to be the
subject of such an agreement? If he is,
he is not a fit man to be the general com
manding the army.
But who was there who was In a posi
tion to speak for Gen. Miles in such a
matter? It is safe to say that the cabinet
entered into no such bargain. It would
be beneath its dignity to do so. It is the
President’s duty to approve the finding of
the courtmartial if it is in accordance
with the law and the evidence. He would
be guilty of doing a wrong if he
should approve it knowing it to be wrong,
simply to get Gen. Miles to cease talking
about army affairs to the newspapers.
It is safe to put the World's story down
as a sensational dispatch having little or
uo foundation.
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1599.
THE IIKEF SCANDAL.
What Is to be the character of the re
port of the War investigating commission
on the beef scandal? It is admitted that
more interest is felt in that feature of the
investigation than In any other. The con
dition of Ihe camps, the lack of medical
supplies and. in fact, every other subject
into which the commission has inquired,has
become of minor interest in comparison
with this controvery over Ihe condition
of the beef furnished the soldiers by the
great packing companies of the country.
But has the commission obtained tes
timony sufficient to enable it to come to
a satisfactory conclusion respecting the
character of the beef furnished to the sc-1-
diers? It may have testimony that has
not yet appeared in the public prints which
is sufficient to enable it to form an opin
ion of the charcter of the meat, but as
far as we have been able to observe there
has been no testimony that shows that the
meat in cans was treated with either bo
raclc or salicylic or any other kind of
acid. There is testimony to show that
some of the meat known as refrigerated
beef was treated with acids of some kind
—alleged to be boracic and salicylic acids.
A great many of ihe cans containing
roast fresh beef have been submitted to
chemists by the Investigating commission,
and also by private parties, and no acids
of a preservativa character have been
found. A chemist employed by the New
York Herald tt> test the canned roast beef
teported that "a careful,chemical test
failed to reveal the presence of either bo
racic or salicylic acid."
From what we are able to see of the
beef scandal, so far as the treatment of
meats with acids is concerned, it must be
confined to refrigerated beef. Asa matter
of fact was there much of that kind ot
meat furnished to the army? It has been
alleged that this refrigerated meat was
furnished as an experiment. Is It a fact
that it was. and if so was there more of
it furnished and paid for than was neces
sary for an experiment? These questions
will, in all probability, be answered by
the investigating commission. The coun
try will look for a very full and clear
explanation of all matters pertaining to
this beef business. One officer of high
standing has been courtmartialed and con
victed on changes growing out of the beef
scandal, and on account of the scandal
great injury to an immense industry is
threatened. Therefore the country wants
the truth and the whole truth respecting
the matter.
OIR STREET RAILROAD SYSTEM.
A talk with the president and principal
owner of our street railroad system ap
peared in our columns yesterday, and it
was of a character to create the impres
sion that an Improvement In the system
Is contemplated. In the course of his talk
he is reported as saying that it is to the in
terest of the railroad company to have a
first class system. It is to be presumed
that the company will look out lor its own
interests. Therefore we may reasonably
expect that In the very near future the
system will be greatly improved. We are
certain that the remarks of the president
of the road will make glad the hearts of
(he people, because they have had manj;
and strong reasons for complaint this win
ter.
The company cannot complain that the
city has not dealt liberally with it. The
board of aldermen which went out of
office yesterday gave the street railroad
company a bill of sale of Price street and
a monopoly, practically, of alf the other
streets available lor street railroad pur
poses. If the people have yet received in
return for the city’s munificence any ben
efit of special value the fact has escaped
notice. Aside from the double track on
Abereorn street there have been no im
provements wh'ich increase the accommo
dations of the street car system. On the
western side of the city the service before
the consolidation was far superior to the
present service. No one rides on the west
ern side of the town now except when It
is absolutely necessary to do so.
The Sandfly-Montgomery express is still
a feature of the system, but it cannot be
said with certainty that it wifi continue to
be, because the mule which furnishes the
motive power is not quite as frisks* as he
was a few years ago. With the decline of
the line to Montgomery, a section of the
county which was once the resort of quite
a large white population, is being given
up almost wholly to negroes, who are in
different to railroads and independent of
most other monopolies. It is a source of
satisfaction, therefore, that the president
of the street railroad system is here in or
der that he may see for himself that the
system is not quite as near first
class as the people of the city
would like to have it. It is to be hoped that
he will make a long stay here, so that he
may have ample time to study the street
railroad situation with the view of mak-"
ing it somewhere near what it ought to
be. Being a clear-headed business man,
he will not be slow to see wherein improve
ments can be made—improvements which
would not cost a great deal, but which
would go a tong way towards satisfying
public sentiment.
It is reported that the street railroad is
making money. We do not know how much
truth there is in the report, but we feel
safe in saying that the surest way for a
street railway to make rqoney in a com
munity like this, where the people spend
money freely, is to have comfortable cars,
good schedules and everything else that
pertains to a first-class street car system.
A first-class system and a first-class serv
ice would bring an increase in the com
pany’s business more than sufficient to
pay a big profit on the increased cost.
The Bank of Spain In Cuba is shortly
to go out of the tax gathering business
entirely. The Spanish tax gatherers in
Cuba have been the most annoying thorns
in Ihe sides of the natives. These are
to be removed at once. This ought to
show to the Cubans that rapid progress
is being made in ridding them of the an
noyances and injustices which they have
suffered so long. If they will only exer
cise a little nattence, they will before a
great while have their island In their own
hands, with the machinery of government
in good running order. Extreme impetu
osity, however, might cost them dearly. If
they could maroon Sanguilly and other
trouble makers, it would be to their ad
vantage.
A Washington correspondent writes that
he has it from a reliable source that John
Wanamaker's profits from his Philadel
phia store last year were over $1,750,000,
and from his New Y'ork store about the
same sum. On the Saturday night before
Christmas the sales of the New Y'ork store
aggregated more than $500,000. The New
York store has paid a profit every day
rince it was opened, notwithstanding the
two firms which had it ahead of Mr.
Wanaroaker made failures. The reason
for Mr. Wanamaker’s great success in
both Philadelphia and New Y'ork is stated
lo be his skillful and extensive advertis
ing. It has been his rule to confine his
advertising to newspapers and magazines,
and the former he finds to be the better
medium. Last year the store in Phila.
delphia paid out something like $300,000,
and the store in New Y'ork about $400,000
for advertising. During the current year,
It is said, Mr. Wanamaker's advertising
bill will not be much, if anything, short
of $1,000,000.
The Evangelical League of Boston has
issued a circular urging upon all clergy
men that they exert their whole influence
lo the end of having the United States
retain the Philippine Islands, in order that
they may be “Christianized.’’ It seems to
bo the idea of these Boston ministers that
we ought to go to the Filipinos with a
Bible In one hand and a blunderbuss in
the other, and give them the choice of
being ’’civilized" and "Christianized,” and
buying odr calicoes and homespuns, or
having their heads blown off. The circu
lar says: “Woe be unto the professing
Christian,’’ who does not cast the weight
of his influence in favor of holding the
islands. That we might havo to kill off
some thousands of the natives, and in the
meantime sacrifice some thousands of our
own young men, does not seem to cut
any figure whatsoever with the Boston
missionaries.
Agoncillo, the agent of Aguinadlo ar
Washington, seems to be convincing some
of the newspapers and politicians that the
Philippines do really produce some very
shrewd political wire pullers, who might
indeed be able to hold their own against
a New York or Philadelphia practical poli
tician. Agoncillo is being variously re
ferred to as "a smooth article,” "a warm
member," and the like, and demands are
being made that he be invited to get out
of the country. If they are beginning to
be afraid of him in Washington, that is
pretty good evidence that he lacks a lot
of being a fool or a simpleton.
A Washington correspondent says that
during his speech, the other day Repre
sentative Cochran said, at various times;
"What will we do with Oloilo?" “Wilt we
take Eloelo?” “Shall we abandon Iloelo?"
"Let us keep out of Olo." “We do not
want Oleoiio.” “IlloeKo is of no good to
us.” "If we take Oleoileo what shall we
do with it?” One of the first things we
should do with it, and one of the best
things we could do, would be to change
Us name to Jonesboro or Smithville.
Boarding house keepers may now hang
under the “God Bless Our Home” motto
a sign reading, “Eat Our Steak and Have
Fine Teetli.” A Boston dentist has de
clared that many teeth decay because of
lack of proper exercise, and that there
is nothing better for the teeth than a very
tough steak.
PERSONAL.
—Mrs. William As tor of New York re
cently paid $30,000 for a set of Dresden
china, and so brittle are the plates that
no one of them is ever allowed lo touch
another.
—Former Senator F. T. Dubois of Idaho
is about to be married to Miss Edna M.
Whited of Dolan. S. D., and is building
for his future home in Blackfoot the most
costly house In the state. Mr. Dubois is
one of the largest cattle owners id the
West.
—The Journal Offlciel lately contained,
in a list of personal pensions granted to
the widows of French officers, the name
of Berthe Amelie Bertincourt, widow of
the late Col. Henry, who committed sui
cide in prison after having been arrested
in connection with the Dreyfus case. She
gets 1,667 francs a year, or about $333.
—Henry Clews, when recently asked as
a man of affairs whether he believed in
fate, made answer: "I think we are con
trolled by a higher power. Each is born
with certain impulses, which lead him in a
certain groove, and thus he is fore-ordain
ed to fill his place in life and serve his
purpose ifc making the component parts of
a great world.”
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Pittsburg Dispatch (Rep.) has no
fear of a war between this country and
any foreign Power as a result of any
pending question. “But,” says the Dis
patch, "the war that does threaten the
lives and health of American soldiers, the
expenditure of American treasure and the
good name and honor of Ihe American
nation is that which is impending to sup
press the aspirations of the Philippines
for self-government. The soldiers re
turned from Manila testify that they can
not eopduct a campaign in that island
without wholesale death and disease. Such
a war can be averted by common sense,
conciliation and decent respect for Ameri
can principles. Those who are refusing
to take that course will have a heavy re
sponsibility on their hands.”
The Birmingham News (Dem.) opposes
a dispensary system in the state of Ala
bama. It says: "The Savannah News
observes: ‘South Carolina's experience
with the dispensary seems to have been
no warning to the Alabama Senate.’ The
warning will come with scandals and cor
rupiton and political turmoil which dis
pensaries foster and the blind tigers
which will spring up in every county
where the law operates.”
The Springfield (Miss.) Republican (Ind.)
says: "Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott has come
around to favor a United States protec
torate for the Philippines until the people
there are able to vote on the question of
governing themselves or being governed
by the United Stales. He can hardly
maintain that preliminary annexation is
an essential to this policy, and it is well
to keep in mind that the pending treaty
effects full annexation.”
In view of the attitude of the adminis
tration respecting expansion, the Mobile
Register (Dem.) says: "The Filipinos say
they are determined to be recognized and
the probability Is that they will lie, but
when the ceremony is over their mothers
won't recognize them. No doubt some
of the American guns over there are get
king uneomfartably hot.
Stewart of Nevada.
There was a fierce thunder storm last
night and a}* air of gloom about the Sen
ate all 10-jfey, as if some calamity were
impending or some great sorrow had fal
len upon the members, says the Washing
ton correspondence of the Chicago Record.
It was the result of the news from Ne
vada—the re-election of Senator Stewart
and the prospect of being compelled to
listen to his speeches for another six
years. Mr. Stewart is an interminable
talker but his colleagues could endure that
if he would talk on more than one Subject,
which he declines to do. He makes the
same speech over and over again almost
every day, so that senators with good
memories can repeat It almost verbatum,
and his familiar phrases about the capi
talistic vampires with the fetid fangs and
the money devils and the crime of ’73 are
more familiar to a majority of the sena'e
than the toil commandments.
Ex-Senator Evarts hit off Mr. Stewart’s
peculiarities in a little story that he told
at a dinner given in honor of Senator
Spooner when the latter w r as leaving pub
lic life six years ago. After the coffee
was served one after another of his col
leagues arose and pronounced a eulogy.
When Mr. Stewart's turn came he said
that while Spooner was a good fellow he
was all wrong on finances, and proceeded
to repeat the old speech he had made so
many times in the Senate. Senator Evarts,
who next took the floor, said that Stewart
reminded him of a man he had met in an
insane asylum one time when he was
acting as a member of a board of visitors.
The superintendent told them that they
must say cheerful things to the patients,
and therefore when he saw a lunatic sit
ting astride of a table beating it with a
whip and pretending to drive it with a
pair of string lines he walked up to him
and said: “That’s a fine hobby you have
there, my friend.”
“It isn't a hobby,’ answered the lunatic,
“It’s a horse."
"What's the difference between a horse
and a hobby?” suggested Mr. Evarts. The
lunatic turned on him with an air of su
preme contempt and remarked: "You
blank fool, anybody can get off a horse,
but nobody ever got off a hobby.”
Got the Wrong Sort of Doctor.
Mr. Smitherson had lived in the city
perhaps a year, says the Seattle Post In
telligencer. He came out just when the
Klondike wave was getting up a momen
tum and, after becoming convinced that
Seattle was a better town than Chicago,
6ent for his family and moved them into
a cottage near Green Lake.
A trifle forgetful of faces, although good
at remembering names, is Mr. Smitherson.
He had met Dr. Healthy, who lived some
blocks further up the car line, but that
was months ago, agid, although he had
great respect for the doctor’s skill and
learning, he had not been fortunate in de
veloping a personal acquaintance with
him.
A few days ago the telephone rang in
Mr. Smitherson’s office on Second avenue.
It was from home. His wife was ill—the
expected was about to happen.
Dashing down stairs, Mr. Smitherson
saw on the sidewalk a professional-looking
man with, full beard and a leather case in
his hand, evidently containing instru
ments.
“Quick, come with me!” excitedly cried
Smitherson, grabbing the professional
man by the arm and yanking him aboard
a passing Green Lake car. “I have been
expecting this, and I meant to have told
you about it," he said, when he had re
covered his breath. The car was speeding
to Pike street. “Everything is all right.,
I hope and trust,” Smitherson went on.
“I have made every preparation and
hope--’’
“Say, who do you think 1 am?” his com
panion finally managed to interject, after
they had gone several blocks.
"Why, Dr. Healthy of Green Lake, of
course!”
“Not much! I’m Goodear, the piano
tuner. Guess you’ve made a mistake.
Good bye!” and the tuner jumped off the
car, carrying his Instruments with him.
Since then the doctor and his neighbor
and patron have become acquainted.
A Modern Miracle.
We may look for David T. Littler to
lead off with one of the munificent en
tertainments which have made his name
a household word in every comer of the
state, says the Springfield (ill.) correspond
ence of the St. Louis Itepublic. When
Littler entertains there is a sound of rev
elry by night and ail goes merry as a
marriage bell. At his last reception to the
state officers and members of the assem
bly there was a medieval feast; the boars’
head and the wassail bowl. Such a pro
fusion of meat and drink had never before
met the hungry and thirsty legions of
the state house, even on a field night with
the lobby. Eat and drink ad they might,
there was always enough and to spare.
The next day Senator Littler met Bishop
Seymour of the Southern Illinois Episco
pal diocese.
"Bishop,” said he, "I am a convert to
your belief in miracles.”
“Ah, senator,”- said the bishop, “I was
sure it would come. And since I am sure
it was neither my eloquence nor argu
ments. I may, without egotism, ask what
has wrought this change.”
The senator rose on tiptoe tftid whispered
in the bishop's ear.
“This morning,” said he, ‘T found that
I had three baskets of champagne left
over from last night."
The good bishop was puzzled and said
he could not see any connection between
champagne and miracles.
“Well, it's this way,” Littler replied,
“I’m willing to admit it was possible to
save seven baskets of bread from that
crowd in Gallilee when it’s possible to save
three baskets of champagne from the Illi
nois Legislature.”
Originality of-a. Schemer.
A big, uncouth-looking stranger, with
shoulders like a Hercules, wa.ked into a
department store late one afternoon, and,
after gazing about a minute, stepped up
to a salesman and made known his wish
to buy a shirt, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. A couple of samples were shown
him, and he informed the salesman that
either one would do. It was an article
that sold for $1.50, and In making payment
the stranger pulled from his hip pocket a
huge roll of bills. He apparently skimmed
them over in search of a small bill, but
he coukl not find one of less denomination
than SSOO. One of these was handed tile
surprised salesman, but he arose to the oc
casion and sent it away with the cash
boy.
When the change came it was nearly all
in small bills. The stranger interrupted
the salesman in his work of counting the
tills by reaching for the pile and wadding
it into his hip pocket. "Oh, I guess it’s
all right; and you can give that skirt to a
porter If you can find one big enough lo
wear\lt. Ail l wanted was the change,
You see, it was after banking hours, and
I am a man of resources. Good day."
In the Wrong Place.
A characteristic story of Gen. Scott Is
told in connection with the sword pre
sented to him by the state of Louisiana,
through the iegislatiJt-e, at the close of the
Mexican war.
He was accosted by a man’ who said:
“Gen. Scott, <1 had the honor of doing most
of the work on the sword presented to
you by the state of Louisiana. I should
like to ask It It was Just as you would
have chosen."
"It’s a very fine sword, sir. a very fine
sword Indeed," said the general. "I am
proud to have it. There is onfy one thing
I should have preferred different. The
inscription should have been on the blade,
sir. The scabbard may be taken from us,
but the sword, neverl”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Dr. J. Marty, a French criminologist,
has recently made an examination of 4,C00
delinquent soldiers of the French army,
and has found chat in hight, weight, breast
measure, muscular power, and general
condition, they averaged much better than
the well-behaved soldi-rs. Dr. Marty does
not imply that criminals are by nature
better physically than non-criminals, but
suggests that the condition of criminal
families is so much more wretched than
respectable ones, that only the uncommon
ly strong survive.
—ln order to determine the effect of acety
lene gas on the health, in view of its in
creasing use for illumination, some experi
ments were recently carried on with ani
mals. An itmosphere containing 20 per
cent, of acetylene was found to have no
deleterious effect on the animals, and from
that it was deduced that living beings
would not i>e injured by breathing such an
atmosphere. In an atmosphere containing
40 per cent, of acetylene, a dog succumbed
after breathing 110 liters of the mixture.
As acetylene gas has an intense odor on
escaping into the air, in the light of these
experiments, it may be sad to be consider
ably safer than ordinary illuminating gas.
There is no danger of explosion until there
is one-twelfth by volume of acetylene
mixed with the air. In burping acety
lene removes but little of the oxygen from
the atmosphere, and has a small heating
effect in comparison with its illuminating
power, the heat of combustion being un
der 900 degrees C., while with an ordinary
flame it may be as high as 1,300 degrees C.
—New is preparing to fight con
flagrations with dynamite, should occas
ion require it. Under section 751 of the
city charter, the corps of sappers and
miners is empowered to blow up build
ings surrounding a conflagration when cir
cumstances warrant it, says the corres
pondence of the Pittsburg Dispatch. The
corps was organized in the ’7os, but has
never been recognized. Now Fire Commis
sioner Scannell has ordered the reorgani
zation of the corps and the placing of it
on an active basis. The new corps will
consist of eight companies, four in the
boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx
and two each in the boroughs of Brooklyn
and Queens, represented by all the assis
tant foremen of the department. A special
signal has been arranged, so that when
a section of the city is threatened by fire
the commissioner or the commanding offi
cer at the fire can call any division or all
of the divisions of the corps to the scene.
When all are wanted at a fire the call
"5-5-5-5” will be sent out. This will be
the signal most dreaded, for it will mean
that dynamite must be used to check the
progress of the flames. Commissioner
Scannell looks upon the corps as one of
the saffc-guards of the metropolis and he
intends to have them instructed in the use
of high explosives, so as to be ready for
any emergency. The recent big fires in
the city have made it clear that some
thing more must be done in the way of
protection.
—The effect of approaching storms upon
song birds is the subject of an interesting
contribution by Mrs. C. E. Linney to the
United States Monthly Weather Review.
It appears that during the night of Aug.
15-16 very severe electrical, wind and rain
storms prevailed over the northern dfetrict
of Illinois. An observer in Henry county,
Mr. W. W. Warner, noticed that for forty
eight hours before the storm not a sound
was heard from the numerous song birds
in the district. The observation was so
full of interest that Mr. Linney wrote for
additional information, with the result that
he received numerous letters, some con
firming it, that birds sing
louder and more persistently before a
great storm, and nearly all agreeing that
they are more restless than usual at such
a time. Mr. Linney has found the follow
ing weather proverbs referring to song
birds and storms: When birds cease to
sing, rain and thunder will probably oc
cur. If birds in general pick their feathers,
wash themselves and fly to their nests, ex
pect rain. Parrots and canaries dress their
feathers, and are wakeful the evening be
fore a storm. If the peacock cries when he
goes to roost, and, indeed, much at any
time, it is a sign of rain. Long and loud
singing of robins in the morning denotes
rain. Robins will perch on the topmost
branches of trees and whistle when a storm
is approaching. The restlessness of do
mestic animals and barnyard fowls before
an approaching storm is well known, and
many of their peculiarities have been not
ed, but the actions of song birds do not
appear to have been previously received
particuar attention.
—The swords made by the Japanese are
much sought after by collectors of curios,
but it is not so generally known that these
weapons possess peculiar characteristics
that make them equal to the work of the
most celebrated steel workers. The art
of making the blades was originally a
trade secret, being communicated only
from father to son, and master to pupil.
The metal employed is magnetic iron ore
and ferruginous sand, and the strip of steel
to be worked into a sword blade of
welded to a rod of iron, which serves as
a handle. Other strips of steel are welded
to the first, and the bar is repeatedly dou
bled over and then hammered out to its
former shape and size. The original strips
are very thin, and this doubling process
takes place so often that it is estimated
that there are over a million layers of
metal in a Japnese sword-blade. Some
times layers of iron are mingled with the
steel, and the result is a wavy appearance
in the markings or grain. After the Wade
has been fashioned, it is scraped with a
knife, and the part to he inserted in the
hilt, on which the smith places his name,
is shaped, and then the blade is ground.
The ornamentation is etched by covering
the blade -with a mixture of clay, fine
sand, and powdered charcoal, through
which the design is traced. The weapon
is then carefully heated and dipped into
water or oil, the process requiring the
greatest skill and practice. To sharpen
one of these fine blades often consumes
fifty days, and the surface is gone over in
certain cases as many as twenty times.
The blades are required to stand a most
severe inspection, and for the best work a
very high standard is maintained.
—The ’’smoke nuisance” seems to be a
feature of life in cities in many quarters
of the world, and steps for Its suppres
sion or diminution are being considered
by several commissions and learned bodies.
A French commission, including in its
membership prominent city officials, scien
tists, and engineers, has spent three years
in a study of the question, both from ac
tual observations and from reports and
documents. This commission was to in
vestigate acceptable forms of furnaces,
an report to the city government at Paris.
A competition was instituted in which 110
makers of furnaces, representing Europe
and America, participated, and many va
rieties of devices were shown and tested.
There were furnaces using mechanical fuel
and methodical combustion, those with in
jections of air, some where steam was in
jected, and others where such processes
as stirring the gases, burning dust-fuel,
washing the smoke, using gas producers
and heating the gases were employed. The
tests were most complete, but the com
mission refused to award a first prize,
contending itself with conferring two sec
ond prizes, and awarding two first men
tions, and one second mention. Some of
the conclusions arrived at by the commis
sion were as follows. Smoke cannot be
suppressed without considerable excess of
cost. Special fuels, as anthracite, coke,
fuel-gas and mineral oils may be used
whet;e cost Is not objectionable. The chim
ney-top should lie visible to the man at
the furnace. Further trials and experi
ments in this field are necessary. Exist
ing legislation well enforced is advised
rather than any specific new legislation.
Disfigured
By Skin Scalp and Blood
Humors and Loss of Hair
I* the condition of thousands. Toni .
flteted, warm baths with Citici b . S af ’
gentle anointings with Cimctjß r Ar i
emollient skin cures, and mild -‘ ,f
ct-RA Resolvent, greatest of hloo",1
and humor cures, will cleanse the svst ™’t r *
internal and external medication of® h ?
eruption and impurity, and constim,.
most effective skin cures, blood purifiers h ?
humor remedies of modern times. ’““d
A Black Event.
We have an attractive line of BLACK
Goods—every variety, plain and fl gured _
in all weaves and styles. All the stand!
ard goods are represented, as well as the
best of this year's novelties. We want
these goods to leave uS, in order to have
more room for the spring stock, soon t 0
arrive.
We Intend making the week e Bj ack
Event—the Introduction of high class stock
at PRICES VERY BLACK LOWER
THAN THE USUAL.
48-Inch Cheviots Serge 68c; cheap at 7*
46-lnch Black Henrietta 68c; cheap at S3c’
Black Henrietta 98c; cheap at
48-Inch Black Granite Cloth, heavy in
weight, for this week only 83c; cheap a t
$1.25.
48-inch Covert Cloth, in brown, blue and
tan, 6Sc; cheap at SI.OO.
40-tnch Camel’s Hair Suitings, In blue,
brown and green, 38c; cheap at 50c.
TAFFETAS AT LOW FIGURES.
Good quality Taffetas at the same low
figures as other black goods.
Taffetas at 49c; cheap at 65c.
Black Figured Taffetas, large or small
figures, 68c; cheap at SI.OO.
Black Figured Duchess, all silk, 78c;
cheap at sl.lO.
Black Figured Duchess 96c; cheap at $1.50
Black Figured Duchess 49c; cheap at 73c.
SOME ARTISTIC CREATIONS
In Bureau and Sideboard Covers. Our
line of these Art Goods is superb, and you
can be sure of finding just what you want.
A beautiful display of Bureau and Side
board Covers in Renaissance work Just
received. Also a line of Table Covers at
prices within the reach of all.
SPRING SUIT TRIMMING.
New arrivals of this season’s designs In
Soutache and Fancy Braid, suitable for
trimming spring suits and at very low
prices.
All cars lead here. THIS IS THE
CENTER STORE.
DANIEL HOGAN,
The corner Broughton and Barnard Sts,
THE MARSHALL HOUSE,
Broughton and Drayton Sts.
Under new management. Thoroughly
renovated and refurnished. Electric lights
throughout. Hot and cold water on each
floor. Table cuisine unexcelled. Rates $1
to $2.50. Cars pass the door.
BOYCE & CATHARINE,
Proprietors.
rail
Varnishes.
Enamel Paints.
Brushes.
Wall Paper.
Picture Moulding.
Savannah Building Supply
Company,
Congress and Drayton Streets.
SCOTT & OAVISf
Hit IB
And Fancy Grocers,
The bent tliu market aflordi
way* iu stock.
Personal attention giren to all o' a
4era.
SIO HENRY STREET, EAST*
PHONE 22D.
JOHN G. BUTLER
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