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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.
When the war with Spain broke out the
veteran of many campaigns manifested
the deepest interest in all of the operations
in Cuba and later on in the Philippine Isl
ands. When asked, soon after the declttr.
otion of war, what he was gong to do,
Gen. Maury said he was too old to take
any active part In the field, but with
sparkling eyes he added that If the gov
ernment had any use for his services and
he could render any to his country, he
was ready to be assigned.
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and
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Read the last few words of this ad.
From the Great Sculptor
frff Who Resides at 507 Brough
ton Street, E.,
hUj MADE THE MOEELS OF THE SGULPTOR
WO.iK ON THE NEW POSIOFFiCE
OF THIS CITY.
MR. WALZ
Was a Pupil of Amie Millet of
Paris, franca, and Q.hers.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 13, 1900.
Prof. Dexter:
Dear Sir—ln justice to you, I wish to
say that for the past thirty years I have
been a great sufferer from rheumatism,
stomach trouble, etc. During this rime
I have been under treatment of the great
est physicians of Paris, Vienna and Phil
adelphia, and have also taken all kinds of
patent medicines, and received no benefit.
Before I came to you I was obliged to give
up my professional duties, as I had no use
of my right arm. My stomach also caused
me a great amount of suffering. One week
ago I placed myself under your care, and
I am happy to say that I have now perfect
use of my arm. My stomach trouble has
also disappeared. 1 am feeling fine. Can
eat all kinds of food, and would advise
all those that suffer as I did to call on
you to receive your wonderful treatment.
Thanking you for this great good you have
done me with all my heart. Sincerely
yours, John Wa’.z,
P. S.—While waiting for my turn in your
office I discovered some very pretty de
signs of your little boy, who I learn is only
12 years old. Allow me to congratulate you.
I have never found such wonderful talent
as he displays for one never having r -
ceived any instruction in drawing, and I
will he happy to instruct him in drawing,
modeling and geometry.
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