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MONDAY, NOVEMBER ID, 1800.
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KDEX TO KEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Calanthe Lodge No. 28, K. of
P.; German Friendly Society.
Special Notices—Ship Notice, Georgia
Export and Import Company; Fancy and
Re-Pressed Brick, Savannah Building and
Supply Company.
Business Notices—Shakespeare Little
Cigars, Henry Solomon & Son; E. & W.
Laundry.
Amusements—Kllmt-Hcarn Company, in
“Mr. Barnes of New York," Monday
Night, Nov. 13.
Steamship Schedules—Merchants and
Miners’ Transportation Company;. Ocean
Sieamshlp Company.
Per/eclion Mattresses, Etc.—Lindsay &
Morgan,
Malt-Nutrine—Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Association.
Medical—Dr. Hathaway Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—-Help
Wonted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The South African war has developed *
new Mole St. Nicholas correspondent, who
has his residence at Amslerdam.
The coal-painting and wheelbarrow-roll
ing stage has not been reached in Ken.
tucky yet, and it may be that the freak
beta will be shot off.
The new press censor at Manila seems
to have received instructions to send along
under rush orders everything that can
possibly be used as campaign material for
the Republican party.
Hon. Hannis Taylor, formerly minister
to Spain, may reappear in public life before
a great while. He resides in the Mobile
district of Alabama, and there is talk of
his becoming a candidate for Congress in
the next election.
An experiment in transplanting Carolina
poplars is being made in Pennsylvania.
The timber is said to make go. *l wood
pulp, and the trees ore ready for cutting
within fifteen years from the time of
planting. Young trees ten to twelve feet
high will be used in the transplanting.
A somewhat odd slander suit is pending
in a Chicago court. As far as can be
gathered from the reports, Mrs. Baxter, a
society woman, made some inquiries re
specting the life of Robert G. MoGann,
and ascertained that at one time he had
lived in Philadelphia; whereupon she mads
remarks of a slanderous nature concerning
him.
The women of Quincy, 111., seem to have
very little faith in statistics or the prin
ciple of general averages. It has been
only a short while since official figures
were published showing that there was in
the country a surplus of more than 2,000,000
marriageable men over marriageable wo
men; nevertheless the other day when a
man advertised for a wife he receivd 140
answers from Qmnoy.
Quartermaster Mehrtens, late of the
Olympia, and who steered the flagship
during the battle of Manila bay, is a na
tive of Charleston. He arrived at home
yesterday. The Charlestonians are proud
of him, very naturally and deservedly, and
have made arrangements to give him a
fitting welcome. On Thursday evening a
ball will be held in his honor at the Ger
man Artillery Hall, upon which occasion
a testimonial will be presented to him.
The Rev. Mr. Sheldon of Topeka, author
cf "In His Sleps” and pastor of the Cen
tral Congregational Church In that city,
finds that the Apostles' Crred is out of
date, and has therefore decided to a olish
it in so far as his congregation is con
cerned and write anew and up to-date
treed. Pastor Sheldon says he will r tain
the central ideas of the Apostles' Cr.ed,
but wi.l revise the language so that it wi I
be; more expressive and easily understood.
If Senator Hanna were a man of less
thick skin, he might fed constrained io
retire from the head of the Repu l can
party, in view of the result of the ele tion
in his home county the other day, and
live fact that his advocacy of trusts plae-es
his party upon the defensive with respect
to that matter. But the probabilities are
that if the Republican patty gets rid of
the Hanna Incubus It will have to be by
violent means. He will not letire until he
is thrown out.
THE TAXATION OF CHARITIES.
The bill pending in the General Assembly
providing for an amendment to the Con
stitution under which the property of col
leges and charitable institutions of the
state shall be exempted from taxation,
should receive the support of everyone
who would like to see the youth of the
state educated, and the hospitals and or
phan houses supported. None of these in
stitutions have any great Income, but what
little incomes they have are reduced by
taxes which they are compelled to pay.
The state Is doing what it can In the
way of educating its young men and wo
men, but that is only a little in compari
son with what some other states are doing.
The active aid of every college Is needed
by the state In the great work. The same
Is true respecting the need for the aid of
the charitable Institutions. In Savannah
for instance, there Is not a public hospital
or orphan house, and what is done in the
line of either is entirely through the phil
anthropy of the people. Take the Be
thesda Orphan Asylum, founded by George
Whitfield, of blessed memory*; under Its
sheltering roof there are over one hundred
and twenty orphans who are being fed,
clothed, cared for and educated from the
contributions of the members of the Union
Society and a limited Income front small
bequests made to this great charity. The
taxation of such benefloent institutions
means taking away from them 10 to 30 per
cent, of their receipts. It is stated that ihe
total sum of such property taxed in
Georgia does not amount to $1,000,000. The
economic question is. does it pay the state
to tax this property, and thereby hinder
the work of these charities? The taxing
of these institutions deters charitable peo
ple from giving to them, and discourages
those who give liberally of their time and
means In managing them as a labor of
love.
There are persons who are opposed to
the exception of denominational institu
tions from taxation because, nsthey claim,
they are for tho benefit of some particu
lar sect, and exempting them from taxa
tion would be mixing church and state.
This is commonly the argument of those
who give neither to church, nor school;
who criticise the religion of others, but
have little if any of their own. Would it
not be better that some property should
go untaxed than that the institutions of
learning, mercy and charity should be em
barrassed?
It Is time for Georgia to show a more
libera! spirit in the matter of taxation of
school property. It would be of much
benefit to the state If the pension laws,
which now permit considerable sums of
money to be diverted from proper chan
nels, were so revised as to limit the pen
sions to those who need them, and the
money thus saved applied to education.
Meantime the Legislature can and should
deal liberally with those who, at their
own expense, are laboring for the good of
others, as In the case of the institutions
mentioned above.
TOO MUCH PROSPERITYf
The new heavy-weight winter suit is go
ing to cost more this winter, or else be of
a poorer quality, than for several years.
The prices of wool have taken an upward
turn, and manufacturers, in anticipation
of an Increased demand for clothing this
winter, have been buying heavily of the
raw material at prices ranging from 19 to
34 cents. These figures, they say, make
it necessary for them to get more money
than present prices for the goods into
which these wools will be placed. It
would appear to the average person that
there was a good margin for profits be
tween the prices of wool quoted above,
and the $1 to $1.75 per yard which con
sumers have to pay for all-wool fabrics.
But the manufacturers say “no," there Is
no profit in it, that they must get more
for their manufactured goods or they will
have to close their mills. But of course
they wouldn’t close their mills, even if
they couldn’t get higher prices for their
goods. What they would most likely do
would be to send drummers to England
and Germany and France, and take large
orders from those countries at lower fig
ures than the English, the Germans and
4he French could duplicate the goods, as
other American manufacturers, who are
not protected by the tariff, have done.
But the woolen manufacturers, with the
tariff behind them, will take Increased
prices from the American consumers; and
the poor man will suffer from the great
prosperity of the country, for it is his coat
that will be most seriously affected. In
order to make the wool when manufac
tured bring an increased price, deception
is to be resorted to. In making Ihe ma
terial for the average man's suit of clothes
—that Is the SB, $lO and sl2 suits which
have become so popular—the wool Is to be
mixed with 40 to 60 per cent, of shoddy
and cotton. The manipulation of the ma
terials will be very skilfully done, so that
the product will masquerade as the "real
stuff,” and a piece of cloth that will look
before it is purchased like the genuine
article, but will not wear half as long or
half as well, will be the result. Is it no!
strange that, without tariff protection, we
can build locomotives in competition with
the world, yet with protection the woolen
manufacturers cannot make cloth suitable
for clothes for a workingman at a price
in competition with Europe without put
ting shoddy Into it?
The press censorship at Manila, it ap
pears, Is still In force. The official an
nouncement is made that the old censor
has been relieved and anew one appointed.
The purpose of this embargo upon the
news Is nominally to keep Information
from the enemy, but the uncensored In
formation reaches this country that emis
saries of Aguinaido have been circulating
freeiy in and about Manila, and actually
collecting taxes from the inhabitants al
most In the very presence of the Ameri
can forces. If Aguinaldo’s agents can
collect taxes in Manila, what is to prevent
them from collecting information also?
Bo far as we can see, the bill of Mr.
Johnson of Floyd county, to permit women
to enter the Slate Technological School. Is
a good one. There is no good reason why
the advantages of technical education
should not be extended to women as well
as to men, if they desire It. IVom- n make
as good workers ar. men In the textile
mills, and it is probable that they wou '
make equally as good superintendents and
foremen If they were given the opportunity
to acquire the knowledge necessary.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1899.
RED Hit E I\ LOUISIANA.
The rice planters and rn.llers of South
western Louisiana are having eomc
trouble with the crop of this season. For
some unaccountable reason a considerable
percentage of it is rial. This Is not the
first season that red grains have appeared
among the white, to be- sure, but never
before has the proportion been so large.
An examination by chemists has shown
that the red rice is equally as nutritious
as white. The value of the article as a
matter of food Is not in the least Injured
by the red grains. But the fact remains
that the colored grains injure the sale of
the rice they appear In. There la a move
ment on foot among the millers looking
to the removal of the prejudice against
red rice on the part of consumers, but it
may be doubted that It will be attended
speedily with gratifying Teeults. It is
very hard to remove a prejudice, especial
ly when it has to do with the food one
cats.
Red rice, it Is said, grows more rapidly
with less cultivation, and ripens quicker
than the white variety. Where It origi
nated is not known, but the supposition
among Louisiana planters Is that it is the
result of careless or insufficient cultivation
of white ri'-e. Once a field or plantation
begins to show red grains, it |3 a matter
of extreme difficulty to prevent the red
from increasing rapidly, while without los
ing one or more crops it Is almost an Im
possibility to eradicate it. Maturing before
the white grains, the red rice drops seeds
to the ground before the crop is ready to
be harvested. These seeds lie during the
winter, and germinate and grow the next
spring. No W'ay has been found to de
stroy the red seeds left on the ground, ex
cept to permit them to spring up alone,
and then cut down and destroy the plants
before they have time to reproduce other
seeds. This, however, is a very costly
process, and one which is not likely to be
resorted to often.
A peculiarity in connection with the ap
pearance of red rice in Louisiana is the
fact that It is giving the river planters no
trouble at all, but Is troubling tne planteig
of prairie lands exclusively.
no WE LOVE VILLAINS f
William Gillette, the actor and play
wright, has dramatized Dr. Conan Doyle's
"Sherlock Holmes.” Sherlock Holmes was
a wonderful detective. The play, there
fore, is a detective slory adapted to the
stage. It abounds in bad men, who are
run to earth by the hero. At the begin
ning of the career of the play a short time
ago Mr. Gillette was called before the cur
tain by the audience, and made a short
speech. The substance of what he said
was that heretofore he had tried to keep
villains out of the plays he wrote—he hap
written quite a number—but that he*was
now convinced that the pro pie loved vil
lain*. and were willing to pay for them
liberally. Therefore, should he write an
other play, ho would put villains Into it in
shoals.
Is Mr. Gillette a philosopher as well as
a good actor'and a successful playwright?
Is it true that the people love villains,
and hiss then only because they have
been taught that it is the correct thing to
do? And is the same truo of real life, as
well as of the mimic life of the stage?
There are certain arguments which might
well be employed to bolster up the affirm
ative side of the query. One is that in
politics the people will often permit a cor
rupt ring of politicians to dominate pub
lic affairs, knowing all of the time that
jobbery and rascality are going on. An
other Is that certain classes of literature
which notoriously pander to the lowest
possible element in morals achieve pro
nounced financial successes. The dirtiest,
filthiest, most sensational newspapers
have the largest sales. Another argument
is that murderers frequently receive al-
most maudlin sympathy, especially from
women, and more especially from women
If the wife was the murderer's victim.
There is a fascination about wickedness
which draws the weakminded towards it.
If this were not so, if wickedness per se
were repellant. It would long ago have
disappeared from the world, and we should
be living In a millennium. There would
be no need for preachers, and other j
teachers of morals. At the same time there j
is not in the normal, well-balanced mind !
admiration for the villain or that which is
wicked. Admiration carries with it the
desire for affiliation, association or emula
tion. We may concede that some villain
some political villain for illustration, and
it might not be so difficult to name one—
Is a great man os great men go in the
world of politics. He is courted, flattered
and fawned upon, and associates with gen
tlemen. But he is not loved. The gentle
man associates with him upon sufferance,
meantime inwardly despising him. His
popularity is a sham, based upon fear or
the desire for gain. Nobody, except from
mean or sordid motives, would care to be
like him. Before there can be love or ad
miration there must be respect, and wick
edness and villainy are never respectable
In the sight and to the minds of right
thinking people.
It is no doubt true that there are a
great many persons who "love villains,"
both in the drama and out of it, for the
reason that they are moral weaklings, and
if they are not "villains” themselves it
is probably because they lack the courage
or the opportunity. But, In this part of
the country at least, such persons do not
form the majority of population, and hence
Mr. Gillette's characterization of the peo
ple of the United States as loving villains
is altogether too broad. In the South,
we believe, the people applaud virtue on
the stage because it is virtue, and hiss
vice because it Is vice. We have not In
this part of the country yet abandoned
our old-fashioned way of thinking that
right is to be approved and wrong con
demned.
It Is reported that at the approaching
session of the Maryland Legislature a bill
will be introduced the purpose of which
is to eliminate the negro as a voter. The
Idea is to amend the constitution so as
to provide for a property or educational
qualification, or both, as a necessary prec
edent to the enjoyment of the elective
franchise.
The politicians calculate that Jones, the
“golden rule" candidate for Governor of
Ohio, drew two votes from the Democrats
to one from the Republicans. But what
else could have been expected, having In
mind the superiority of virtue of Ihe Dem
cratio voters?
A meeting in the interest of a Southern
national park has been called to assemble
in Asheville, N. C., on Nov. 22. It is pro
posed to ask Congress to set apart a large
area o i land in the Western North Carolina
mountains as a national park and timber
reserve, similar to the parks and reserves
in Minnesota and Michigan.
PFHSOML.
—Miss Helen Goulds present attitude
toward Mormonism is no new thing with
her. Several year** ago she was a warm
supporter of Kate Field in a similar move
ment.
—Mrs. Hetty Green in a recent interview
said: “The idea that the way to financial
success is a hard one is all wrong. The
road is not rough, it is easy to find and
to travel. People look for it In out-of-the
w’ay places and so miss it.”
—The Wichita Engle says that Gen.
Fred Funston looked out of the car win
dow' at a small town in Western Kansas
and saw a seething mass of humanity at
the depot to do him honor. Turning to
his wife, he sad: ' Two years ago I lec
tured to an audience of seven in this
town.”
—The suit for damages for libel brought
by James J. Phelan against the New York
World for certain charges made by that
paper against the plaintiff as Dock Com
missioner of New York has resulted in a
verdict for the plaintiff. The jury awards
him damages to the amount of 6 cents.
He asked for $73,000.
—'Thomas Sidney Cooper, the English
artist, entered upon his ninety-seventh
year the other day. He lias been an ex
hibitor at the Royal Academy since 1833
lour years before the Queen came to the
throne—and he has not yet joined the
ranks of the retired R. A.’s, for several
of his works were to be seen in the re
cent exhibition at Burlington Hoaise.
—Mrs. Eunice Slade of Walpole, N. H.,
celebrated her one hundredth birthday on
Friday last. She is still hole and hearty,
and attributes her good health to being
“her own defer tor.” When any little dis
turbance is noticed in her system she im
mediately resorts to her roots and herbs,
and prepares a medicine which soon re
stores her (o her normal condition. Her
eldest son, Maj. Lucius Slade, Is still liv
ing, at the age of 81 years.
—One who has seen the Pope often of
late writes in the Quarterly Review: “For
a long time His Holiness has been more
spirit than body. In the thin, almost
transparent frame of Leo XIII the nerves
tremble; upon his pale face every emotion
of the soul is evident. His senses still
remain acute; his hearing, os those who
have seen him within the last month say,
is good; end the eye, which the German
painter, Lenbach, depicted in so lifelike a
manner, shines yet with all the old fire.”
11RIGHT HITS.
—She—Do you believe that man sprang
from ihe ape?
He—No. I-’ut I believe all worn n spring
from the mouse.—Chicago News.
—His View—Little Sister—Do you always
have to count four when you come to a
period?
Little Brother—No; only while you’re at
school.—Puck.
—Brownfe—But why do you ask me to lend
him a sovereign as a personal favor to
you? Are you under obligation io him?
Towne—No; Hut if you don't, he'll come
to tne for it.—Tk-Bits.
—Watts—l see that Markham, the hoe
man, says the 'ime is c miryg w’hen men’s
souls will be expressed by their clothes.
Potts—lf that ever comes about, there
wiH be several prominent citizens frozen
to death.—lndianapolis Journal.
—A Severe View —“Never pay any ir.on y
without taking a receipt for it,” said the
prudent man. Senator Sorghum looked at
him pityingly and exclaimed: “What s the
good of a receipt with he Australian b il
lot system?’—Washington Star.
—A Help—“ She is go ng to have a beau
tiful picture of her late husband, done in
colors, to hang in the front reception
room.” "i tn. lbat won’t bring him back.”
“No. Hut it will make him more coinert
to stay where he is.” —Brooklyn Life.
—Mrs. O’Teole—Ci’m afraid th* wather
av Chicago wllf cause me o:ld mon to
fill a drunkard's grave.
Mrs. O’Shea—Phwat makes ye l ink so?
Mrs. O'Toole—Oill tilf ye. lie wild al
ways lake <t throp nv liquor w id n gbss
av wather. - l h' ithtr day he re and ‘hot th'
wather wt z suspicious,' an' row he l k s
a Bmp av wather vvid a g! ss av f.quor.
—Chicago- News.
—A Mystery—“l can’t imagine why Mrs.
Cummerly should snub me, but she did
it to-day.” "Are you sure she saw you?”
“Oh. vest anti this isn t the first time she
has shown that she is offended. The other
night ut the Burk wells' she and i were
talking alt lit Kip lug. She s lid some of
his siuff was not fit to read. Declared she
had been t rribly sho ked by him." "And
what did you say to that?” “Let me see—
oh, yes. I replied that to tje pure all
things are pure. It was that same evening
that she b.gan acting strangely towards
me."—Chicago Times-Herald.
CTHUENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Times (Ind) says.
“Even assenting that Geimany would be
willing to-morrow to enter into a Euro
pean eoaf t on aga'nst England there uro
iwo unknown quantiius to be reckoned.
These are the United Stairs and Japan.
A concert of Europe against ling and
would undoubtedly enlist the warmest
sympathy of the former and po-sibly the
active* support of the other, and such a
contingency Europe will not lace. for
these and other teas ns it is safe to say
there will be no Intervention in the Anglo-
Boer war.”
The Minneapolis Times (Rep.) says: “Let
it be distinctly understood at Washington
ttiat It is not the navy that is utqropular
In the interior, but the Crowlnehlelds. The
lighting navy of the United States Is as
enthustastica.ly and polllotlcally admired
In the central west as t is on either sea
board. Ships office: sand men are popu
lar. The real navy need not fear tor its
popularity tn the West, but bureaucrats
of the Crowinshleld class are not the navy.
And there ts where the papular dislike is
100 used.”
The New' York Times (Dem.) says. “Reu
ben F. Kolb seems to he again coming Into
prominence in Alabama as a possible can
didate for Governor of the state. He ran
for that office some ten years tgo as an
independent candidate and foiled, but f
he should again make the race it would
be as the regular nomin e o( she Demo
cratic party. As it Is, he advises all his
former followers to leturn to the Demo
crats and take part in the primaries.-’
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says: “Naturally, as the Boers began the
war, the proposition for l- ace should come
from them. Th y may difay it until they
have encorin' -ed severe reverses, .ait if
so they* vi . make a mistake. At present
they have something to trade on When
their arms s are dispersed there will be
nothing left but unconditional sui render.'’
Sighs for (he Palmy Days.
"Times ain’t what they used to be in
this town,” mused the old-timer, as he
shoved his hands far down into his trou
sers pockets and felt about for the "case”
coin which he knew was there, says ttie
Memphis Scimitar.
“In them days, 'long about '66, ’67 and
’6B, money was plentiful and sportin’ peo
ple rolled ’em high. Jefferson street, from
No. 9 clean down to Third street, was
gambling houses, and every one of them
was straight, except two. And, say, that
puts me in mind of a lucky play I had one
time. It sounds like a pipe, but it’s true.
I beats the game at 40 Jefferson street,
and they didn’t do nottiin’ but deal the old
thing there. It was one of the two brace
houses, and the fellers that worked there
was so crooked they slept in beds made in
the shape of the letter S. They couldn’t
get no rest in no other kind.
"Up at the El Dorado on Saturday nights
the keno game there begun at 7 o’clock at
SO cents a card and ran that way until 9,
and then It was {1 a card. I goes down
there one night, about 10 o’clock and took '
my luck with me, and by 12 o’clock I had )
salted away S6OO. Next day it was rainin’
unU drizzlin’ and I didn’t have nothin’ else
to do, so I dropped into ’4o’ and set into
the game there. I knew that the game
was bent,’ but I had the money and
didn't mind takin’ a chance.
“I hadn't been Into the game long until
I picked up four aces. I bet ’em up the
cat's back, and a man across the table
kept cornin' beck at me. When it came to
ihe show-down I had 'im beat and the
banker announces that the game is broke.
"I waits till they gits another stake,
and the game starts again. I played along
and finally picks up four deuces. I kept
bettin’ 'im, and finally the show-down
comes again, and I has the other feller
beat. The bankers says the game is broke
again and I cashes in. They were fixln
up hands, you kn w, and I got the ‘cool
er’ iwice when it was meant for one of
the house men. The man who was to get
the ’cooler’ gets my hand, and, of course,
he thinks he has the 'cooler,' so he bets
the bank's roll at me.
"The, man who owned the joint was up
stairs asleep, and they went and woke him
up. He comes down bitin’ and says:
“ "Where’s the sucker that broke this
brace game?’ and I smiles and says, ‘He’s
right here.’ He knows me, and when 1
says that he smiles and says. 'Well, if
anybody had to get it, I’m glad It’s you.
You're mighty lucky, you are.’
“He didn't do nuthin' but fire the fat
head that fixed up the hands wrong.
"I wouldn’t tell this story if I couldn't
prove il. hut the man that I can prove it
by is right bock in the saloon yonder."
The Only Safe Location.
The newcomer sported a loud hunting
suit, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. His
gun was of the latest pattern, and he wore
eyeglasses. He had come up to the Adl
rondacks for a week's deer shooting.
The guides on the tavern porch looked at
him and shuddered.
"I want a guide for the mountains,” he
said, as his eye roamed along the line.
Nobody stirred.
"Are there no guides here?” he asked,
with some surprise.
Still no response.
Then up rose old Cap’n Endleott.
“Stranger,” ho said, "we would be glad
to go with ye, but the fact Is, we’re a-scar
ed to.”
. “Scared!”
"Yes, sir, scared. The shootin’ season
for guides is open, an’ most of us has
families. We can’t undertake to go to
sudden death at the muzzle of that gun
thar.”
The stranger frowned, but before he
could frame an angry reply he was inter
rupted by one of the younger guides.
"Ever hunt deer?" the young man ask
ed.
“Well, no,” replied the stranger.
The young man hesitated. Then a res
olute look crossed his face.
“I’m a. single man,” he solemnly said,
"with nobody dependin’ on me, an’ my gal
shook me las’ week. I’ll guide you on one
condition.”
"Name it." said the stranger.
"I ll guide you If you let me walk close
behind you all the way!”
He Was Lame.
The Saunterer was riding in a Chestnut
and Walnut street trolley the other even
ing, and he witnessed a scene that showed
how greatly the gambling instinct is cul
tivated in some people and how some men,
whose hair is no longer dark, dislike to be
thought old, says the Philadelphia In
quirer.
The car was crowded—the “standing
room only” sign should have been put out.
A young fellow and a more mature man
with gray hair were standing at the front
door. After a while a woman occupying
a corner seat left the dar. It was a toss
up whether the young man or old-eian was
nearest the vacant seat. The young man,
however, made way and motioned to the
older man to take the seat.
“No, no; you sit down,” said he.
"Oh, no; you are an old man. Take the
seat.”
“Nonsense,” retorted the older man with
some feeling; "sit down. I guess I am as
able to stand as you are."
"I can’t do it, sir. I would much prefer
you to have the seat.”
•Til match you for it, then.”
Forthwith the old man produced a coin
from his pocket. The young man did the
same smilingly. The coins were flipped.
The young man won and took the disputed
seat. The old man opened his paper in a
satisfied manner, and just then someone
remarked aloud, "Dead game sport.”
The Nameless Hero.
From the Denver News.
There are countless heroes who live and
die,
Of whom we have never heard;
For the great, big. brawling world goes by,
With, hardly a look or word;
And one of the bravest and best of all
Of whom the list can boast
Is the man who falls on duty's call,
The man who dies at his post.
While his cheek is mantled with manhood's
bloom,
And the pathway of life looks bright,
He is brought In a moment to face the
gloom
Surrounding the final night.
He buoyantly sails o’er a sunlit sea
And is dashed on an unseen coast—
Till the ship goes down at the helm stands
he —
The man who dies at his post.
Who follow the glorious tide of war
And falls in the midst of fight,
He knows that honor will
And - cover his name with light,
But he who passes unsung, unknown.
Who hears no applauding host,
Goes down in the dark to his fate, alone,
The man who dies at his post.
Who bears with disease while death draws
near,
Who faces his fate each day.
Yet strives to comfort and help and cheer
His comrades along the way,
Who follows his work while he yet may
do.
And smiles while he suffers most.
It seems to me is a hero true—
The man who dies at ilia post.
There are plenty to laud and crown with
bays
The hero who falls in strife,
But few who offer a word of praise
To the crownless hero of life.
He does his duty and makes no claim;
And to-night I propose a toast
To the silent martyr unknown to fame.
The man who dies at his post.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—There are 1,135 miles of railway la
Cuba, 551 miles of which are controlled by
British companies.
—Telephone communication between St.
Petersburg and Moscow is obtained b.v a
line 412 miles long. It is said to be the
longest single line in Europe. Nearly a i
of the towns in Finland are connected by
telephone; the rates are very low.
—The United Slates Publishers' building
at the Paris Exposition is now being con
structed. It is for the exclusive exhibi
tion of American printing machinery and
allied interests and will be the headquar
ters for the publishers of the United
States. A large number of the latter will
exhibit bound volumes of their periodicals
and current numbers will be kept on file
for the use of visitors.
—Several months ago a bather was diving
in shallow water and fractured several of
the spinal vertebrae. He was takin to
Roosevelt Hospital, New York city, and
en operation was performed upon him for
the removal of the fractured pieces of
bone. The result of the operation has been
very satisfactory and the improvement
from day to day is marked. He Is now
regaining the sense of touch and has same
slight control of the muscles.
—A water-driven electric plant is pro
posed in Brazil to obtain 16,000 horse
power from the Tiete river and transmit it
electrically to the city of Sao Paulo, twen
ty-four miles distant. A masonry dam
1,000 feet long and 35 feet high will be built,
and the water will be conducted by a steel
conduit 12 feet in diameter and a half-mile
long to the turbines. The electric trans
mission is to be at 20,000 volts, three-phase,
and the current will be usfd by a company
which owns 104 miles of street railway in
Sao Paulo.
—A record in ship-building has been es
tablished at Devonport, England. Ths
first-class battleship Bulwark, one of the
new modified Formidable class, the most
powerful In the British navy, is ready for
launching, in seven months after work
was begun on her. In that time over 5,500
tons of steel have been built into the
ship. When completed she will, like her
sister ships, displace 15,000 tons. She is 400
feet between perpendiculars and 75 feet
beam, and it is intended that her engines
shall steam eighteen knots an hour.
—New York undoubtedly possesses the
finest morgue In the world. It was built
two years ago, and has a capacity of 123
bodies, which are kept in cold storage.
The bodies are not made a grewsome ex
hibition as in Paris, and the room in
which they are kept resembles a safe de
posit vault. There are from twenty to
fifty arrivals a day and in 1898 8.122 bodies
passed through the morgue. The bodies
of unclaimed persons are photographed
and their clothing is preserved for a period
of six months.
—Probably the largest poster ever used
in the world was brougtit out by the com
mittee in charge of the advertising of the
street carnival at Battle Creek. The pos
ter was neatly pasted on the pavement
between the car tracks of the main thor
oughfare. According to the Inland Print
er this huge poster was printed in a roll
of paper containing 2,264,000 squares Inches,
each one thirty-five inches wide and over
a mile in length. The printed matter was
repeated every twenty-four inches. The
poster was obtainable by diverting tho
printed web from its regular course to the
folder end of the printing press and at
taching it to a rewinding device.
—A specimen of Brazilian horned hum
ming bird Is reported to have been seen at
the Red House, Westlcton, Norfolk. An
unsuccessful attempt was made to capture
the stranger, which was little larger than
a bee, but longer in the body. It had
feathers on the back of greenish-brown
tint with reddish velvety gloss, a broad
tail black and white in color. Jet black
eyes, horns and beak, while its throat re
sembled that of the lesser white throat.
The horns were about three-eights of an
inch long, and the beak three-quarters of
an inch. The constant and rapid motion
of the wings produced a peculiar hum
ming sound. A similar visitor—believed,
however, to be the humming-bird moth—
has been observed in a garden at Muswell
Hill.
—Here is a queer story about an owl,
from an exchange: It was a barn owl, and
it used to come out of a wood at night to
steal the young pheasants that were being
reared in a keeper’s coops. It had a clever
way of going to work to get the young
birds. It would fly down ami knock
against the back of a coop, so as to frighc
en the brood out on to the grass in front
of it; then it would swoop down and carry
one off into the wood. One night the keep
er lay In wait for the thief, hiding near
the coops. Presently he heard a bit of
commotion among the pheasants, and
thought a stoat or a weasel must have got
itt among them: so he went to look. Whi.e
he was stopping down against a coop he
felt something hit against his back, and
when he looked round he found the owl
had bumped against him. It had taken
his back for the coop.
—Fainting from loss of blood and in ter
rible pain, Telegraph Operator Howard
Lowman, whose hand was torn off by the
explosion of a gun, pluckily stuck to his
post for six hours on Friday at Gapway
Station, Pa. The station is a lonely spot
on the mountain, on the Cambria and
Clearfield division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Lowman, early in the morning,
fired at a squirrel, and his gun, which was
old and rusty, burst, maiming him fright
fully. He bound up the stump of his
wrist as best he could, and then tele
graphed to the superintendent: “Left hand
shot off; relieve as soon as possible.”
Asked 4f he could hold out to take care of
the down-coming trains until afternoon,
Bowman replied that he would stick to his
post until relief came. No trains were due
up the mountain until afternoon, nnd when
one reached Garway the crew found him
half-conscious, but sticking still to his
post.
—Says a lover of dogs: “Some fourteen
years ago a gentleman living near my
house had a Mount St. Bernard dog of the
best blood, that would dive into any depth
of water for objects thrown in for him to
retrieve. 1 have seen him myself dive into
a pool called Bromborough pool (which
was not deep enough in water to cover his
large body, but the mud was very soft
and very deep), and retrieve stones. Even
if he had no previous knowledge of the
pool he never refused, and often have I
seen him with head covered with mud,
but he always brought out what he was
sent for. It was wonderful to see him
mount a bridge to have a clean, fair dive
into deep water, and more wonderful the
time he would spend before he came to
the surface again. There is a very funny
tale told about him, which is, as far as
ever I could find, true. One night the po
lice officer on his rounds heard a noise in
the stable yard where the dog was kept,
and thought he would just go round and
see that all was right, but never gave the
dog a thought; but when the dog got him
in position for attack, he Just got him,
the officer, on the ground, and made a bed
of him till help arrived in the 6hape of
the groom, who rescued the watchman,
who was quite stiff from cold on one side,
the other nice and warm. Once I had a
liver-and-white common spaniel dog that
would dive after and capture water hens
under water, and once he made a mistake
and took hold of a half-submerged branch
of an oak tree, and would have drowned
himself if I had not entered the pon.ul to
make him loose his hold.”
The trtost successful magnetic
ZTSgB healer and electrician of this
IT" ase. and who has a national rcr>-
3fii utation ’ has arrived in this c u‘ y
remain till the first of June’
*f7'’ * has engaged a suite of five r oms
on the first floor of the Marshall Hou-e.
From the late Gen. Grant’s brother-in
law, Gen. F. T. Dent, Mrs. Grant’s
brother.
State of Florida, County of Duval.—Per.
sonally appeared before me F. T. Dent,
who, being duly sworn, says: “I have been
seven days under the treatment of Prof.
Dexter for paralysis of the left side, ~j
over eight years’ standing, the parts affec
ted being particularly those members
which pertain to articulation and 1 como
tion, and for the last two months the t ot
and ieg from the knee down were numb;
circulation was so bad as to make it diffi
cult to walk, and that very slowly and
with a very uncertain step. At times my
articulation was mre than'had. My rg.it
arm and band were so affected that I
could only write three or four words and
this with difficulty and pain. My general
health, from nervous twitching, causing
loss of sleep, of appetite, and weakne-s,
became alarming. By the treatment of
Prof. Dexter, in one short week. I hare
been so far restored as to feel no pain no
nervous twitching; I sleep sound, .-it
heartily. walk with a firm, decided step;
articulation improving, and after first rub
bing wrote four pages without difficulty or
pain. This day a week since I felt tike a
man who could not live two months; to
day I feel as if I could reach another
score years. F. T. DENT.”
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
22d day of May. A. D. 1883.
(D. S.) J. C. MARCY, Notary Public.
Washington, D. C., July 22. 1886. James
H. Johnson, Esq.: Dear Sir—l am in re
ceipt of your letter of the 21st, and am
glad to say that my testimonial in Prof.
Dexter's journal is genuine. I have suf
fered for ten years previous to Prof. Dex
ter’s treatment, and spent thousands of
dollars with the most prominent doctors,
both in this city and New York, and th y
done me no good. My trouble was con
gestion of the kidneys and liver (• A t e
beginning of Bright’s disease). I tri and
everything that money could get, but to
no use. Two years ago Prof. Dextnr
came to Washington for a short stay; I
read his testimonials and I tried him as
a forlorn hope. In three months time I
w-as a well man. as sound as I ever w is
and continued in excellent health ever
since.
Prof. Dexter is the wonder of th" world.
There is a young lady in my family who
injured her knee when a child eight years
old. Her limb got stiff, she tried the
most prominent doctors in the city, hut
they could do nothing for her. Sho
walked with a crutch for twelve ,vea>s,
and when Prof. Dexter came here !e
undertook her case and cured her in four
months. She walks now without crutcn
or cane. You can find her testimonial
In the professor’s office. Her name is
Miss Rebecca Storey. The professor,
while here, cured Mrs. Carlisle, the wife
of the Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives, and hundreds of citizens of this
city. All the professor's testimonials are
genuine. He is no humbug nor quick,
but where his power of healing oome*
from I cannot say. He does wonderful
cures. I wish he would come to this city
again soon; I would like to shake him
by the hand once more. Very respectfully
yours, JOSEPH B. CECIL.
No. 713 Eighth st., S. E., Washlngion, D.C.
A certain party wrote to many of Prof.
Dexter's patienls. Above is one of the let
ters he received.
Remember we "treat and cure all diseases
and perform any surgical operation that is
necessary. As the professor has not and
physicians in his employ all diseases can
be cured, and w r e prefer those cases given
up as incurable by doctors in general and
others.
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