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Newspaper Page Text4 C^pcrring!leh)S Morning >-w lluildirjc .savuiiimli, toe TIESDAV, JVM AIU I<>. liMMt. Kt£lster€j at the FofiloSke In Savannah. " The”MUK.M.MJ NEWS la published every bay in the year, and la served to subscribers m the city, or sent by mall, at 70c a month, {4.00 for eix months, and {B.OO tor one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, -lx times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, {1.60; six months, {0.00; one year, {6.00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week. Monday and Thursday, by mall, one year, {I.OO. Subscriptions payable In advance. Re mit by postal orders, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mall at risk ot send era Transient advertisements, other than ■pedal column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in depth is the standard of measurement. Contrac: rates and discounts made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING NEWS to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card cr through telephone No. 210. Any Irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publicailon. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed "'MORNING NEWS," Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. Sdex TO I\EW advertisements. Meetings—Lafayette M' Laws Camp, 59*>. 17. C. V.; Savannah Lodge, No. 183, B. P. O. Elks. Special Notices—Special Notice, Leo pold Adler; Ship Notice, Barnard & Oo.; Special Notice, Daniel Hogan; Paints and Home Painting, Savannah Building Sup ply Company; Brick, Andrew Hanley Company; Canned Vegetables, A. M. & C. W. West. Business Notices—E. & W. Laundry; A Treat for Our Friends, Est. S. W. Branch; Linked Beauty, Hunter & Van Keuren. Educational—Richmond’s Business Col lege, Savannah, Ga, Railroad Schedules—Southern Railway. Cut Price Sale—The Hub Clothing Com pany. Auction Sales—Administrator’s Sale, I. D. Laßoehe, Auctioneer; New Stock Gro ceries, by I. D. Laßoehe, Auctioneer; A Well Located and Very Desirable Brick Residence, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer. 25 Per Cent. Discount on Ladies Cos tumes—Leopold Adler. Amusements—Gideon’s Big Minstrel Carnival, at Theater, Jan. 19; “What Hap pened to Jones?” Night. 25 Per Cent. Discount on Men’s Suits— Leopold Adler. Mineral Water— Apenta. Proposals—For Constructing Jetties. Salt—Perfect Table Salt. Whiskey—Murray Hill Club W r hiskey; Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey; Hunter Bal timore Rye W T hiskey. Medical—Hood’s Sarsaparilla; Hyomei Dyspepsia Cure; Munyon’s Blood Cure; Coke Dundruff Cure; Horsford’s Acid Phosphate; S. S. S.; World's Dispensary Preparations; Dr. Hathaway Company. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment W anted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Went her. The indications for to-day are fair weather in Georgia and Eastern Florida. That Bryan wool story was neither all wool nor a yard wide. Walter Rothschild, eldest son and heir of the great banker, will not be accepted as a volunteer for the South African war. He is not much of a rider or a marks man, and weighs 200 pounds, which makes him too good a target for the keen-eyed Boers. Gen. Dabney H. Maury of Virginia, whose death was chronicled in our dis patches a few days ago, was a member of the famous West Point class of ’46. Among those who were graduated with him were George B. McClellan, ’'Stone wall'’ Jackson and George E. Pickett, who wom undying fame on the battlefield, be sides half a dozen others whose names will be remembered in history. It is announced that ’’in the spiritual work’ ’of the late Dwight B. Moody, “the mantle of the dead preacher will fall the shoulders of his son, W. It. Mcody.” It is to be hoped that the young man will prove equal to the demands that will be made upon him; at the same time it is to be kept in mind that fathers do not often transmit their own genius to their sons, and that men like Mr. Moody come few and far between. An amendment to the dispensary law pending before the South Carolina Legis lature proposes that the larger cities shall be excepted from the operations of the law. Jt will probably not be passed, since the adoption of such an amendment would sound the death knell of the dispensary. The cities furnish the money with which the expenses of the institution are paid, and the dispensary partisans are not go ing to cut off the head of the goose that lays the golden egg. Gov. Stanley of Kansas is experiment ing with a plan of releasing convicts on conditional pardons. He does not know, he says, whether the plan is strictly legal or not, but he will continue to follow i until the Supreme Court tells hitn to stop. The convict about to be pardoned is re quired to take u solemn oath that he will not drink Intoxicating liquor, that he will keep away from gambling resorts and other places where he might get into trou ble, that he will not knowingly violate any law, that he will do all lie coil to find honest employment and support those who are dependent upon him, and that he will ’port his whereabouts and how he is tl.ng along 10 the authorities at least ee a month for .i' t fciven length of tlm*. * Governor says he is well pleased with i working of the scheme so far. TO-DAY’S IMUSTKIAIj MEETING. The sub-committee of the committee appointed by the Merchants’ Association will present its report this afternoon at a meeting of citizens at the City Exchange, celled by the Mayor for that purpose. The meeting ought to be a large one, end there ought to he a very full and thorough discussion of the subject under eons Me ration. The importance of increas ing the number of industrial enterprises in this city cannot very well be overes timated. It is a matter that has been frequently disebssed, but it cannot be dis cussed too often. The more it is discussed the greater the probability will be that something practical will be done. Every citizen is either directly or indirectly in terested in it. The business man on Bay street Is interested as well as the merchant on Broughton and other streets. In fact, every citi zen, whatever his business, profes sion or calling, is interested. The pros perity of every one is intimately connected with the city’s prosperity. The city is growing, and there is an in creasing need for additional means of earning a living. Our commerce and the industries we have do not afford employ ment for ail who are seeking it. And there would be a much more rapid growth in population if additional avenues for employment wore opened. There are men of means and men of brains and plenty of labor within the city’s limits. The purpose of meeting this afternoon is to discuss ways and means for getting capital, brains and labor together. What is the best plan for getting capital together, and how can capital be used to the best advantage of the city when obtained? These are ques tions to which the ablest men of the city should give their attention. They should attend the meeting this afternoon and dis cuss them. The business man, the doc tor, lawyer, preacher, mechanic, real es tate owner or renter who remains away under the impression that the building up of the city is no concern of his will make a mistake. Savannah ought to become one of the great manufacturing cities of me South. She will become one of them if her citizens show themselves capable of utilizing the advantages which are within their grasp. There are a few who insist that Savan nah must depend almost wholly on her commerce for her support. Her commerce is growing, but it is not sufficient to yield a living for all who would like to make their homes within her limits. And it is a fact that about all of the coast cities from Boston to Norfolk are great manu facturing cities. If we show by our works that vve have confidence in our city as a place for manufacturing, it will not be long before capital will seek it out and establish industrial plants without ask ing for assistance or favors. Factories go where there are factories. We have some factories here, it is true, but not enough to attract attention. We have none that advertise the city far and near. At the meeting this afternoon there should be thoughtful consideration of the whole subject. Nothing should be done hastily. Whatever is done shoulu be done with deliberation, and with the under standing that there is to be no halting or turning back. Sentiment should be elim inated and business principles should be the guide in every particular. A GOOD APPOINTMENT. The Governor has don© the State Uni versity a real service and given great sat isfaction to people of this section of the state by appointing Mr. B. A. Denmark a trustee of that institution. The appoint ment was one eminently lit to be made. Mr. Denmark is well qualified to fill the position, and he will take pride and find pleasure in filling it not only to the satis faction of the Governor, hut of every one else who has any interest in the state's chief educational institution. Mr. Denmark is an alumnus of the uni versity, and he has a eon who is a stu dent there. He has always felt a deep interest in its welfare. He can be de pended upon therefor© to do all that it is possible for a trustee to do to promote its advancement. He has met with ■ more than the ordinary amount of success in life, having made a reputation as a law yer, financier and business man, but it is doubtful if any success he has won gives him as much real pleasure ah this appoint ment as a memliM of the Board of Trus tees of his alma mater. ROEHS ARE NOT SAVAGES. Letters written by British prisoners in the hands of the Boers go to show that stories representing the people of the Transvaal as w’hite savages are quite un founded. The prisoners say they are treat ed in the kindliest manner, well fed and well housed; and one Englishman writes that they have been provided with tooth brushes. How different would have been the treatment of these men hail they been capturd in the Nile country, or in India, even if they had been permitted to live! Yet we read in some of the English dis patches of bayoneting Boers and shooting Cape Dutchmen as spies. The Boers, as were the patriots of the American revo lution or the soldiers of the Confederacy, are men who have left family and busi ness behind—farmers, merchants, doctors, lawyers and clerks, rich and poor alike— to fight for their country. The killing of one of them carries sorrow into many hearts In their small communities; while aside from the death of some officer of distinguished name, a fatality in the Brit ish troops leaves scarcely a mark. The Dutchmen of South Africa are typical representatives of patriotic soldiery, and their cause Is that of every lover of lib erty, Like all such soldiers, they treat their unfortunate prisoners kindly and do not glory in the suffering or death of their enemies. If a bill pending before Congress should be passed, young men who hereafter enter West Point will be obliged to take an oaih that they will not engage in hazing, In any form, while at the academy. This would seem to be about the most direct and practicable method of breaking up the silly und dangerous practice. Dr. Schenek, the Austrian sex-prophet, Bays he is coming to the Übited States during the spring. English physicians of the highest standing do not hesitate to say that the Schenck theory is an Impos sibility, and that the man is a dreamer. THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1000. Ot.'R EXTIIIV COVEHXME'T. Representative David De Armond of Missouri presents some figures relative to the expenditures of the government that ought to arrest the attention of every thoughtful citizen. The government is spending a great deal more money than it ought to. Just now it is collecting more than it is spending, and consequently money is congesting In the treasury. To the suggestion, however, that the stamp tax be repealed the Republican party ut ters an emphatic no. It says that all the money that is being collected will be need ed in the near future. Evidently it has in view some extraordinary expenditures, conoerning which it has not yet enlighten ed the public. In 1860, when our population was 31,- 443,331, our appropriations for that year amounted to only a little more than $63,- 0O),000. That was about $2 per capita. In 1880 our population had increased to 50.- 350,783, and our regular annual appropri ations had grown to $190,457,445.06. There does not seem to have been any satisfac tory explanation for such a great in crease. From these figures it will be seen that the expenditures had reached pretty nearly $4 per capita. The population had increased only about 00 per cent, while the expenditures had inert ased close on to 300 per cent. But notice what an extraordinary in crease there has been since 1880: For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1809, the ap propriations amount to $546,302,802.29. Our population amounts probably to 75.000,000. though that is a pretty high estimate. There has, therefore, in the twenty years covered by these figures, been an increase of 50 per cent, in our population and of 175 per cent in our expenditures. And yet the Republican party is preparing, from all accounts, to still further increase the ex penditures. The question which presents itself is, how much more can the expenditures be increased before there will be an emphatic protest from the people? Mr. De Armond points out that as population increases there ought to be a decrease in the per capita of the expenditures. There are sev eral reasons why this should be so, one of thefn being that this is “an era of in vention and discovery and of economy in production and distribution.” Asa matter of fact, our regular annual appropriations now should not .amount to more than $150,- 000,000. The estimate for the next fiscal year—that is from July 1, 1900 to July 1, 1901—is $738,855,220. Well may the people ask, what is to be the outcome of this extravagance? Mr. Bryan ought to an nounce, as one of the planks of the next Democratic national platform, opposition to extravagance in public expenditures. “BACK OF THRIFT.’* In his testimony before the Congressional Industrial Commission in Washington a few days ago Mr. J. H. Hall of South Glastonberry, Conn., who owns extensive peach and plum orchards in Georgia, said that “lack of thrift” was one of the causes of the depressed farming industry in the -South. To a limited ext<yit, no doubt Mr. Hall Is correct. There are in the South a great many farmers who do not make the most of their opportunities, The soil is so fruitful and the seasons eo equable that they “take no thought of to-morrow,” being quite sure that what they shall eat, what they shall drink and wherewithal they shall be clothed w’ill be provided by bounteous nature. The ease of making a living from the soil may, and probably does, produce want of fore thought or “thriftlessness” in some farm ers, w’ho, lacking ambition, are content with merely enough to live on. * They have no long and hard winter months to provide against. But the lack of thrift is not general in the South; at least it is not in that part of Georgia which, comes under the im mediate notice of the '.Morning News. No more thrifty jieople ore to be found than the farmers of South Georgia. Asa class, they are well-to-do, and live in comfort able circumstances. In this county, Chatham, for instance, we have such farmers as Maj. Ryals, the Exlcys, air. Biiss, and others, whose farms will com pare favorably with farms anywhere in the I'nlted States. These gentlemen con duct their farming operations upon busi ness principles, and their lands yield them good returns. Meantime Chatham cannot be called an agricultural county. It contains thou sands of acres well adapted to agriculture which have not yet been brought under cultivation. These lands are only await ing development to make their developers as prosperous as are the gentlemen named above. The Morning News has always main tained that intelligent, industrious farmers can do better in the Southeastern states than anywhere else; and Southern Geor gia is the best pari of the Southeast. Our labor, both white and black, when prop erly handled and fairly compensated, is the best farm labor in the world; and there is an abundance of It. And the lands will produce anything that can be grown in the temperate zone. Two and even three crops a year are produced upon the same ground by intelligent farmers who study the rotation of crops. There are, as a matter of fact, a largo number of thrifly farmers in the South east, but there is room for a great many more. Tens of thousands of them could find room in Georgia. If thrifty farmers of the North, East and Northwest who have heretofore been accustomed to fight ing against intense cold and the other drawbacks of those sections would come South and give even half of the time, at tention and hard work to Southern lands ihat they have been accustomed to devot ing to their farms in less favored climes they would find their profits much larger than they now enjoy. Former Capt. Alfred Dreyfus Is show ing excellent judgment In keeping out of the public prints, thus preserving to him self Hie sympathy of the public. Mean time it Is a pleasure to know that he is enjoying goes! health, and has about re gained Ills strength in the South of France where he is staying. It is under stood that he is engaged In writing a book, which may or not create a sensation when it Is published. That Atlan’a paper-built navy for the Boers does not seem to be giving much uneasiness to the British admiralty. The British soldiers W’ho are now about starting out from Jndon for South Af rica will have the sympathy of every man in American uniform, or who ever w’ore an American uniform, because of the load which each man will have to carry. The officer’s kit, it is said, will consist of an air pillow, a cork matress, a tin box of candles, a lantern, a water filter and other impediments, while ttie kit of the private soldier will contain four pairs of trous ers, four pairs of shoes, three caps, a I>eir of pajamas, two large turklsh towels, a water filter, a clothes brush and a w'rit ing portfolio. Add to these things the weight of his gun and cartridge belt, an I it will be seen that the British soldier Incomes little short of a pack horse. Julia Morrison, the actress w’ho w'as found “not guilty” of the murder of Ac tor Leiden, in Chattanooga the other day, and W’ho proposes to make capital of the tragedy and trial by lecturing on “The Other Side of Stage Life,” has found it impossible to secure a hall in Chatta nooga. The manager of each auditorium in town refuses to permit her upon its stage. Some few months ago a woman killed the brother-in-law of the President at Canton, 0., and was acquitted. She, too, proposed to make money by lecturing, or something of the sort. But she has failed to do it. The American people do not care much for women with bloody hands. An unusual and regrettable accident (?) occurred in New Jersey a few evenings ago. Three surgeons were performing an operation for appendicitis on a woman. In the midst of the operation, and just at the moat critical juncture of it. the electric lights failed, and the operators were left in the dark. Some minutes elapsed before other lights could be pro cured. The woman died. Whether the de laying of the operation at its turning point caused the death is a question. PER SON A L. —Congressman William A. Jones of Vir ginia, served during the Civil War in the defense of Richmond, and earned a nick namd which still clings to him. He was • born in Warsaw. Va.. and his fighting qualities earned for him the title of “Thaddeus of Warsaw.” —The late Bernard Quaritch, London’s famous bibliophile and bookseller, had a manner of speech on occasion. Once a New York publisher and bookseller was inquiring of him regarding discounts, and Quaritch gruffly said: “Are you a book seller or a gentleman?” The American quietJv answered: “I am a bookseller, but until I met you I thought one could be both.” —-At one of the meetings during Mr. Moody’s services in Kansas City hymn sheets were distributed by the ushers just previous to his address. He was feel ing yery tired, and speaking was a great exertion, so, fearing the noise that would result should the audience rustle them, he resolved to get rid of them. He called out: “Will everybody who has a hymn sheet hold it up?” The sheets were held up all over the hall. Mr. Moody shouted; “Now shake them!” Twelve thousand flimsy sheets of paper were shaken vigorously. They made an indescribably musical sound. There is nothing to compare it with. One can only say it was a vast rus tle. “That will do,” called Mr. Moody at the top of his voice. The sound ceased. “All right,” said Mr. Moody. “Now sit on those hymn sheets.” The audience sat on them. Having taken this precaution against interruption, Mr. Moody began his sermon. BRIGHT HITS. —Higher Education of Women.—“ She managed to keep her cook more than a week after the cook decided to leave.” “I’m not surprised. At college her block ing and interference were thought quite phenomenal.”—Detroit Journal. —A Thorough Test.—“Dere's one t'ing about me,” said Meandering Mike. "I ain't superstitious.” “Don't you believe in no lucky signs?” asked Plodding Pete. “Nary, i know by experience dey’s nothin' in 'em. I’ve traveled de roads from Maine to Cali fornia. Jes' look at me. 1 don’t look lucky, do I?” “Not a bit.” “An’ yet I'm willin’ to bet I’ve found more boss-shoes dan any other man in do world.”—Washington Star. —The Newsboy’s Enterprise.—A wizened faced newsboy climbed on a Detroit street ear the other evening and worming his way past the conductor, walked down the aisle yelling; “Las’ edition—all about Sig ler brudders findin' de tray of dimons!” He sold several papers, and when he was passing out a man looked around and asked: “Say, boy, where did they find the tray?” The youngster paused in the door way. “In a pack o' cards!” he shouted, and disappeared.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. CURRENT COMMENT. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.), commenting on the fickleness of British public opinion, says: “Three months ago the British ministry couldn’t rush to war fast enough to suit the great majority of the British people. When John Merit y tried to speak in opposition to the war the populace howled him down. A remarkable change has now come over the scene The same people, led by the stanchest government newspapers, are at tacking the ministry at all points. In their unreasoning rage they cry for a victim, and they will surely smash every minis terial head if Roberts does not soon begin to organize victory.” There is again talk of the abolition of the two-third* rule in the Democratic Na tional Convention. Commenting on the proposition, the Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says: "The reascnalflehess of the two thirds rule is vindicated by uniform ex perience. It Is a conservative power of the highest usefulness. Unanimity Is certain to follow when two-thirds of a convention agree to a nomination. The rule causes no difficulty. No deadlock ever occurred where it was in force. It Is the best guide for ascertaining and expressing the senti ment of the party In all Us intelligent and elements.” Discussing the development of cotton manufacturing In the South, the New Or leans Picayune (Dem.) says: "This mar velous growth of cotton manufacturing has helped other manufacturing enterprises and contributed largely to making the South less a distinctively agricultural sec tion than formerly. It has increased the growth of elites and has developed bank ing and commerce, all of which have help ed to make the South more Independent of outside financial support, and, there fore, more prosperous." The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.) says: "Mr. McKinley is no doubt a dou ble-breasted villain of the deepest dye, but we can hardly believe that he Instigated the Filipinos lo undertake the massacre of the American troops at Manila in order to bring on the war." She Bought the Ticket*. Busy men looked Impatiently at their watches and women shoppers . fidgeted nervously while the woman from out of town held her place at the head of the line drawn up to buy Paderewski tick ets, says the New York Press. She had a diagram of the hall in her hands, but she protested that she could not under stand it. “You think these are good seats?” she queried, putting her finger on the dia gram. “Yes, they’re good, but they are sold.” “Oh. Weil, are these just as good?” “Yes.” “Then why aren’t they sold, I wonder.” The flipping of the tickets that he held In his hand was the only answer vouch safed by the harried representative of Mr. Paderewski’s Interests. T don’t know.” continued the intending buyer, “perhaps these would be better. How far are they from the stage? Not very far? But how high above ii? Can I see his hands? I always like to, don’t you? Are these end seats?” “No.” “Well, aren’t there any end seats? I always feel freer in end seats. I like to have my arms free.” “Here are end seats.” “Are they any further away?” “No.” “Why aren’t there any better seats?” “Sold.” “Already?” “Ye®.” “For nil then concerts?” “Yes.” “But surely not for the last one?” “Yes.” “Did people swarm In right away and buy them?” “Yes.” “But I couldn’t do that because I live out of town. Do you think that fair to the out-of-town people?” “Can’t be helped,” said the ticket sell er. patiently, but wearily. “Well, now, really, I don’t believe I can decide on those seats to-day. Do you think I could get them to-morrow?” “Couldn’t promise.” “Well, you know I have never heard Paderewski. You wouldn’t like to hold those for me until to-morrow, would you?” * “Not unless you pay for them now’.’’ “Then I suppose I had better take those I spoke of first. Why, are those the ones? They look further away. Remember, I must be where I can see, as well as hear, and I didn’t want to pay more than sl.” With a sigh that was almost a groan the ticket seller took the price of two tickets out of a $5 bill. “Oh, please don’t give me any silver.’’ protested the buyer. “And, oh, do tell me.” 6he said, turning back, “Is he mar ried? I saw in the paper that he was, and then I saw it denied. Of course, it doesn’t really matter, but which is it ?” “Married,” returned the patient man, wiping his brow’. “Then why deny it?” “T don’t know,” faintly. “Well, I hope these seats are all that you said they were.” and the second in line at last had his turn. The Arm-Chair Warrior. From London Punch. Ye amateurs of England Who keep your native seats And criticise so bravely The fighting men’s defeats; Ye turkey-carpet warriors Who ventilate your view Of what could be accomplished If things were left to you: My paper-map civilians! One cannot but admire With how sublime a courage You face the clubroom fire; With what prophetic wisdom You speak the warning word. Choosing the happy moment When things have just occurred! There runs an ancient proverb, Good for the swollen head, How fools rush in serenely Where angels fear to tread; But here the common mortal. The stroller down the street, Knows better than to follow Your rash, intruding feet. Is not our task enough, sirs. To bear the present hurt. Tit at you on wounded honor Must dump your little dirt? You, from your padded armchair. Safe in a sea-locked land. While those you smirch are holding Their lives within their hand. When we are short of critics To sum the final blame, We'll ask a fighter’s verdict Upon a fighter's game; But you who pass opinions On work but half begun. Please give us your credentials, Show something you have done! On the Rond to Wealth. There is a boy in Philadelphia who some day is going to be a millionaire, says the Record. He is only a newsboy now-, and sells papers every afternoon at one of the railroad stations, but when he cannot manage to make a sale he exercises his wits and the result is generally sure. The Saunterer has often noticed this par ticular lad, and after purchasing a paper one afternoon last week* stood near by in the hope of seeing something interest ing. He had not' long to wait. A young man was coming down the steps that lead from the train floor to the street. He was dressed in a fro-k coat and silk hat and moved slowly, ja it preoccupied. One urchin tackled him when he was half way down w ith a “Pos - crip,” and (he young man shook his head. Then the Saunlerer's young friend saw him. , Stepping up to the man. the youngster halted him and said, with the politeness of a Chesterfield, “Beg your pardon, mis ter, but dey’s somethin' on yer <*oat. Want me ter take it off?” The young man stood while the boy pass ed his hand over the back of the coat, and brought to view three 0 r four long strands of golden hair. The lock of con fusion and apparent guilt on the face of the man was worth seeing. He hastily ran his hand into his pocket.pulled out a quar ter and tendered it to the boy and fairly ran the rest of the way to the street. The boy stood chuckling. "He's dead easy.’ he remarked. "1 got dem from tny sister,” and he pulled out a handful more from his pocket and showed it to the Saunterer. “You see. everyihing comes in handy in dis line,” and he w nt back to his business of selling the wary and preying upon the unsuspecting. Unfeigned Joy. The artist placed the easel In front of his model and worked away rapidly on Ids allegorical picture of "Joy,” says the Chicago Tribune. “Uncle Ephraim,” he said, “if this picture is a success I shall give you, be sides the half dollar I promised, the fin est and plumpest young pullet In the mar ket." A grin overspread the shiny face of Un cle Kph m, but the artist was disappoint ed. The result was not quite what he had expect! and. . An Inspiration came to his aid. "Down on South Water street, this morning," he went on, "I saw the fattest ’possum that was ever brought to this town. I am going to get it for you.” “Go.ly!” And the picture was a magnificent suc cess. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —“Chicago University,” says the New York Press, “haz votid to employ fonetic spelling in all ov its ofishul publicashuns. ; This may be an exlreem mezzure, but on i oldfashund nobuddiz will kik.” —<A process of three-color printing has been devised by Herr Hoffman, which is said to furnish very satisfactory results. The ordinary method of first taking three negatives is used, and then carbon tis sues in the three requnisite colors are made. The advantage of the new process is that very large sizes can be worked wdthout difficulty of registering, and the paper prints are as brilliant' as transpar encies. —A mirror camera for color phhotogra phy has recently been patented in Eng land, in which a movable mirror is em ployed for successively diverting the beam of light from the lens to a number of sen sitized plates. The mirror is fixed at an angle of 45 degrees on a shaft which re vol es coaxial with the lens, and the four plate-holders used are placed at the sides of the camera instead of the back, as is customary. In this way four successive pictures of the same subject can be made under the same conditions, changing merely the color-screens. —The following is taken from a hotel ad vertisement in the Calcutta Times: “Gen tlemen who come in hotel not say any thing about their meals they will be charg ed for. and if they should say beforehand that they are going out to breakfast or dinner, etc., and if they say that they not have anything to eat they wfill be charged, and if not so they will not be charged, or unless they ’bring it to the notice of the manager of the place, and should they w’ant to say anything they must order the manager for one, not any one else, and unless they bring not it to the notice of the manager they will be charged for the least things according to the hotel rate, and no fuss will be allowed afterward about it.” —Among the explanations of the earth’s magnetism special interests attaches to the recent one mentioned in Prof. Henry A. Rowland’s address, namely, that “the huge gravitational mass” of the earth, re volving on its axis, “has a feeble hold on the ether sufficient to produce the earth’s magnetism.” The labors of Maxwell and Hertz have shown, said the speaker, that “all wave disturbances in the ether are electro-magnetic in their nature. We know of little or no etheral distiubanee. says the Baltimore Sun, which can be set up by the motion of matter alone; the matter must be electrified in order to have sufficient hold on the other to com municate its motion to the ether. By electrifying a disk in motion it appears as if the disk holds fast to the ether and drags -it with it, thus setting up the pe culiar ethereal motion known as magnet ism. Matter with an electAcal charge holds fast to the ether and moves it in the manner required for magnetic action.” The fact that the eajfih does have a hold on the ether is not yet. it seems, fully shown, but it is a helpful speculation, —The report of the 3899 meeting of the in ternational bureau of weights and meas ures has recently been published, and co* tains the results of a determination of the density of water at 4 degrees centigrade. The method employed consisted in weigh ing carefully measured solids in air, and then in pure w r ater, from which the air had been withdrawn. The measurement of the cylinders was most accurately made, and the density of the water, which was at different temperatures, reduced to 4 degrees. The accuracy of the work is stated at two parts in 100,000 or two centi grams per kilogram. In 1880 the interna tional bureau adopted as a redefinition of the litre the volume of one kilogram of w’ater at 4 degrees centigrade, its temper ature of maximum density, instead of the original definition, which was the volume of one cubic decimetre. Scientific men are pleased to learn now, from this report, that the discrepancy between the litre as thus redefined and the cubic decimetre is but five parts in 100,000, or cme two hundiedth of 1 per cent. In all engineering and the vast majority of scientific meas urements such a discrepancy is quite un important, and the volume of one grain of w'ater at 4 degrees centigrade may be assumed to be equal to one cubic centi metre, and the litre equal to the cubic centimetre. —Londoners will, before long, be able lo bathe in sea water without going out of their own houses. There is an enterprise afoot for the construction of works which will supply the metropolis with between 9,000,000 and 10.000,000 gallons of sea water daily. The particular point selected for the intake is ai Lancing, between Brighton and Worthing, one of the cleanest spots around the coast. Here the main will run a considerable distance out to sea, and near the pumping station at Lancing will be a reservoir which will act as a set tling tank, so that the salt water will be free from sand and seaweed. From this point the water will be pumped lo a huge reservoir on Steynlng hill, which rises al most immediately behind Lancing to a hight of over 500 feet. No further pumping will be required, for the water will then flow by gravitation. There will be a stor age reservoir at Epsom, 240 feet above the sea level, so that, flowing from there to London, there will be sufficient pressure to carry the water to the top stories of the highest buildings. Many English towns already make use of sea water for street watering, as well as for baths. It is claim ed that once watering the streets with sea water is equal In efficiency to twice or even thrice watering with fresh wa ter. It keeps the road surrace moist for a long time, but without slush, and it har dens and binds macadam roads and forms a preservative crust which prevents dust from rising. —Gen. Dabney Herndon Maury, whose death was announced a few days ago, was a nephew of Matthew Fontaine Maury, whose study of ocean currents opened by up anew realm of scientific investigation and made him the most dis tinguished member of a Virginian family few members of which have failed to at tain some degree of distinction, says the New York Times. Most of Gen. Maury's life since the war has been passed very quietly at Richmond, where his daughter and other children reside, and his time lias been devoted chiefly tt> researches into local history. His friends are unanimous in crediting him with a character of spot less rectitude, and as an illustration of his regard for what he considered right and honorable they are now telling of his in stant refusal of on offer which he once received from the Louisiana Lottery Com pany. When that organization, in 1895, or thereabout, lost by death the services of the bearer of another well known name, it asked Gen. Maury to become one of its managers in his place. The General at this time was entirely without means, and the large salary which the proffered position carried with It, practically *for life, would have been most acceptable to him, but his views of the lottery business were those of a man at once honest and enlightened, and he did dot hesitate in instant in telling the company’s represent ative to look elsewhere fbr a name with which to win the confidence of its dupes. 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