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The Weather.
The Indications for to-day for Georgia
and Eastern Florida are fair and warmer.
Count Boniface de Caste Mane has not
been able to save his face in New York.
The newspapers insist upon referring to
him as Boni.
There is pending before the Cleveland
(O.) City Council an ordinance providing
for the placing of cuspidors along the
streets at intervals of 200 feet.
And now, it is said, there is to he a trust
In Bibles. A Chicago dispatch reports
the consolidation of four firms which con
trol certain copyrights and announces a
probable advance 6t 2> per cent- in the
price.
A man was lynched in Colorado the oth
er day. Some of the Northern papers that
printed the item featured the fact that he
asked for a cigarette shortly before being
strung up by the mob, and not that he hail
been brutally murdered by his captors,
lfad the affair occurred In the South it
would have been regarded as “anoth r
Southern outrage.” Since it occurred else
where, it afforded merely "a remarkable
exhibition of nerve.”
A Topeka. Kan., preacher is going to
edit a newspaper for a week, to show
how it ought to he done. A Kansas editor
proposes, in exchange, to take the preach
er's pulpit for a week, or a month, and
show how a church ought to be run. The
editor says, “there is not enough ability
And common sense In the average ser
mon,” and that if he fails to show the
truth of this assertion he will publicly
acknowledge his error, “purchase a Bi
ble and join the church.*’
A Philadelphia dispatch says that Mr.
Henry Clay Frick, formerly of the Car
negie Steel Company, is going to become
a steel ship builder, being the financial
power behind a large plant shortly to be
established. If Mr. Frick purposes com
peting with the Cramp and the Hunting
ton yards, he should come South, where
ho can get Alabama steel and coal at low
rates, where labor is plentiful and cheap,
and where the climate permits of out-of
door work the year around.
Recently Gen. Viljoen of the Boers was
a prisoner of the British, and Lady Sarah
Wilson was a prisoner of the Boers. In
response to British seniim iu Col. Baden-
Povwll agreed to the Boer demand that
Viljoen be exchanged against Lady Sarah.
And now it is being said In London society
circles that Baden-Powell got much the
worst of the bargain, since he must per
force remain in the same town with Lafy
Sarah, who is said to be a woman of in
sufferable airs and temper, well calculated
to make miserable the lives of those with
whom she comes into contact. Maybe Jt
was because the Boers knew Lady Sarah
that they were so anxious to gel her buck
Inside British lines.
I EFFECT OF THE BATTLE OF ftPIO*
KOP.
In a dispatch from the Boer headquar
ters it Is stated that “the effect af the
abandonment of Spion kop by the English
can hardly be gauged as yet, hut it must
prove to bo immense.” The Boors ur<*
no* mistaken in the view they take of
the failure of Gen. Buller’s campaign for
the relief of Ladysmith. The British sol
diers have not as much confidence in their
commanders now as they had before the
attempt to occupy Spion kop was made,
and hence the reckless courage they have
exhibited in the South African war thus
far need not be expected of them In the*
future. They will not be as ready again
to follow' where their officers lead, be
cause they will not feel sure that they are
being led in accordance with an intelli
gent plan, and they will have doubts that
their officers are obeying orders. A few
days ago Gen. Buller, In a dispatch to the
war office, said: “I suppose that our of
ficers will learn in time the value of scout
ing, but in spite of all one can sny, up to
this they seem to blunder into the mid
dle of the enemy and they suffer accord
ingly.” From this it would seem that the
commanding officer cannot make his off!
cers do what he tells them. This Indi
cates that the commander-in-chief Is in
efficient. Of course the soldier in the
ranks knows what is going on. and the
more blunders there ore the less likely he
is to respond fully to the demands upor
him when an emergency arises.
Already there. Is a widespread feeling in
England that the men at the head of the
war office are incompetent, and this feel
ing is likely soon to grow into a demand
for a change. It is not improbable that
the Spion kop disaster will hasten that
demand. There has been little else than
defeat for the British since the Sou*h Af
rican war began, and the English people
are showing signs of losing confidence in
those who are in authority.
But the effect of the Spion kop engage
ment is especially noticeable outside of
England. Dr. Leyds, the Boer represent
ative'in Europe, is being lionized in Ger
many. The Germans are outspoken In
their sympathy for the Boers. Dr. Leyds
tolls them that the war will be a long one,
and that the Bpers will never yield until
they have achieved their independence
What he soys is applauded and approved.
In France, there is rejoicing over the dis
aster the British have suffered, and it
would be an easy matter in that country
to raise a small army to assist the Boers.
In this country, it is becoming harder
every* day' for the President to resist the
efforts that are being made to get him to
offer to mediate. In our dispatches yes
terday there were accounts of two groat
meetings, one in Minneapolis and the other
in St. Louis, in which strong resolutions
of sympathy' for the Boers were passed,
and requests of the President to take steps
to bring the war to a close were made.
The fact that any such step on the part
of the President might Involve this coun
try in trouble with Great Britain is not
taken into consideration.
It is a question, however, how' long the
President will continue to resist this pres
sure. It Is but natural for him to look
out for his own political interests. He
wants another term, and is, besides, an
opportunist. If he roaches the conclusion
that the majority sentiment is in favor of
interfering in the South African war for
the purpose of bringing it to an end, he
may take the step which he now hesitates
to tfjke. He knows, of course, and every
body else knows, that an offer to inter
vene would lx* regarded by Great Britain
as an unfriendly act. At this stage of
the war there could be no settlement of
the differences between the British and
the Boers that did not give the Boers their
Independence. Great Britain has nothing
to gain therefore at this time by having
the war ly* ought to a close.
The Boers are undoubtedly right in
thinking that the effect of the disaster to
the British at Spion kop will bo immense.
Unless the British do something sown to
change the situation <hey are likely to
have an uprising of the Dutch in South
Africa to deal with as well as troubles in
other ports of the world.
two roivrs i* the cayal leuis-
L ATIOY.
It Is staged in the Washington dis
patches that the understanding there is
that Great Britain will within a very short
time announce that she abandons all the
rights she has under the Ciayton-Bulwer
treaty, so far as the Nicaragua canal is
concerned. She will raise no objections
to the building of the canal by the United
States on their own terms and in accord
ance with their own views. Jt is be
lieved that Great Britain has reached this
conclusion on account of her reverses In
South Afvira, being desirous of doing noth
ing that would likely provoke ill-feeling
towards her in this country. Of course
it oanept be stated as a fact that .she has
taken the foregoing course in respect o
the treaty, and it will not lx* possible to
state it until there is some announcement
of it from authoritative sources.
The other point is that the appropriation
in the Nicaragua canal bid has been re
duced from $110,000,000 to $40,000,000. The
reason for this reduction is not stated, and
ir seems that the committee which has
charg. of the bill refuses to irfake any de
tailed statement in respect to the mat
ter. The best opinion is that the Repub
• can party is afraid to make such a large
appropriation at one time. It might be
charged that the party was extravagant.
The contract for the building of the
canal is, however, to be a continuing one.
It will, in fact, be a contract similar to
that under which the Savannah river was
improved. Jt must not be understood,
however, that it is certain that a cahal
bill will be passed at this session of Con
gress. The most that can be said is that
the indications-are that it will. If re
ports are to be credited the transconti
nental railways have withdrawn their op
posit .on to the canal. With that opposi
tion out of the way and the people in favot
of the canal there ought not to lie very
great delay in passing the bill.
A correspondent of the Now York Tri
-I)une says it is an error to suppose that
the Transvaal Boers are religious bigots,
and that tjjey are especially hostile to the
Catholic teligion. He asserts that Dr.
Leyds, the diplomatic representative of
the South African (Transvaal) Republic
-n Europe is a Catholic*
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. 1000.
TRYING TO SAVE THEIR PARTY.
The Texas Populists, it seems, have an
idea that the Populist National Party
amounts to something—that it is big
enough to command consideration. They
have a scheme to make the Democratic
National Party play the part of a tall to
their kite.
According to our dispatches yesterday
the Texas Populists propose that their
national jwrty shall hold its convention
before the convention of the Democratic
National Party is held, and adopt the
Omaha platform with an additional plank
providing for direct legislation.making this
last plank the leading issue of the cam
paign. Their idea is that if the Populist
National Party does this, and nominates
Mr. Bryan for President, and a Southern
man for Vice President, the Democrats
will do nothing more than meet and en
dorse what the Populists have done.
It seems to us that these Texas Popu
lists have an enlarged idea of their own
importance and a very erroneous one of
the impartanoe of the Democratic party.
They even seem to think that Mr. Bryan
would refuse to accept the nomination of
the Democratic party if that party did
not endorse the platform of the Populists.
It is pretty safe to say that Mr. Bryan
is not so lacking in political sense as to
accept tiie nomination of the Populists
before he has been tendered and has ac
cepted the nomination of the Democratic
party, ar.d it is not likely that he would
accept the nomination of the Populists if
their platform, in all essential particu
lars. was not in harmony with that of the
Democratic party.
But if Mr. Bryan should accept the
Populist nomination, and the Populists
say he would, and then should attempt to
bulldoze the Democrats into endorsing
the Populist platform by threatening to
refuse to accept their nomination. he
would find that he had made the most se
rious mistake of his life. He would be
made to understand that he was not the
only presidential timber in the Democrat
ic party. It is* no doubt the intention of
the Democrats to nominate Mr. Bryan
for President, but they wall not be dic
tated to by him. He will accept the nom
ination on the terms they make if he
accepts it at all, not on terms he will
make, and certainly not on terms made
by Populists.
Asa matter of fact the’Populist party
is of so little consequence that it is not
causing the Democratic leaders any un
easiness. The states in which it amounts
to anything are so surely Democratic that
it is of no consequence whether they vote
fer the Democratic nominee for President
or do not vote at all. These Texas Popu
lists take themselves too seriously.
THE PHILIPPINE POLICY' IN
I) WGE.II,
At the pro-Boer meetings in this coun
try very little is being said about the ad
ministration’s Philllppine policy, but it is
evident that the Republicans are afraid
that the movement in favor of the Boers
will be used to defeat that policy.
At the great pro-Boer meeting in Minne
apolis on Sunday, many Republicans were
asked to serve as vice presidents, and all
of them refused.
The reason they refused is apparent.
They were afraid of being asked why they
are not in favor of independence for the
Filipinos if they were in favor of independ
ence for the Boers. If the sentiment in
favor of the Boers continues to increase it
is almost certain that efforts will be made
to unite the Boer and the Filipino ques
tions. It is true of course that there is
a very considerable difference between
them, but they are enough alike to permit
of their being welded together for politi
cal purposes.
If the people can be led to believe that
this country is just as much in the
in trying lo dominate the Filipinos a<
Great Britain is in trying to dominate the
Boers the Republican party may be com
pelled to abandon its policy of making a
permanent possession of the Philippines.
It is certain that that party will not in
sist upon its present policy for the Philip
pines if it becomes evident that by doing
so it will greatly endanger its chances of
retaining possession of the government.
It is a little remarkable (hat a war in
South Africa should be an important fac
tor in our political affairs. That it is,
however, there is no room for doubt. It
is a factor that is giving the. President
and the Republican leaders a great d c al
of uneasiness. It is within the bounds of
probability that an agent of the Boers will
ask the President within the next few
weeks to take steps to bring the South
African war to a c lose. It is said to be
the programme of the Boers to ask this
country to intervene if they fail in their
efforts to get Germany or some other
of the continental Powers of Europe to do
so. In the event of an application to this
country the Republican party will be plac
ed In a very unpleasant position.
A trust in bicycle tires is announced, and
it is predicted that the pri&e will be ad
vanced 60 per cent, before a great while.
This trust, by the way, is not based on
‘scarcity of material” or “extraordinary
demand,” or any of those things, but re
sults merely because the United States
patent office has given one man a monop
oly of single-tube tires. And the man who
enjoys this* monopoly is not the in
ventor, but a capitalist who has got hold
of the patents. This, however, is not the
first hard-and-fast monopoly that has been
made i>ossib!e by our patent laws. When
those laws can be made to wring extor
tionate prices out of consumers it is about
time they were changed. Nobody objects
to the Inventor reaping the rewards of his
genius, but there is room for objection
when a capitalist buys an inventor out
for a song and then proceeds to put the
screws on to the public.
The Duke of Marlborough says he will
ride ; whKe horse when he goes to battle
in South Africa, for th reason that his
famous ancestor ixVie a white horse. His
grace should remember that his ancestor
did not fight against Boers armed with
Mauser rifles, capable of putting a bullet
through a man’s heart at a mile and a
half. If he had done so he would in til)
probability have given his white horse
a dirty coat at the first available clay
hole. And that is what the present Marl
borough will do if he does not want to
make Mr. Vanderbilt’s da lighter n widow,
young and rich; that is, provided he has
gny idea of getting near the tiling line,
The so-called “Empress Dowager” of
China, who seems to h&ve the empire un
der her thumb, and to govern everybody
and everything as she pleases, was never
an empress or even a royal consort, being
merely a “secondary wife” of the Emperor
Hsien-Feng, who fled from the capital on
the approach of the Anglo-FrenCh fore s
in 1860. She was, however, the mother of
the Emperor’s heir, who was short-lived.
But during his brief lifetime she managed
to get such a hold upon public affairs that
she has dominated them ever since. It is
suspected that the “Empress Dowager”
poisoned her son. his wife and several
other persons who stood in the way of her
imperious if not imperial will. Asa suc
cessful adventuress this Chinese woman
seems to be without a parallel.
The federal department of agriculture
has been making some investigations into
the dietary of Virginia negroes, selecting
for the study several families in the east
ern part of the state. It was found that
their chief diet consisted of side bacon,
fish from the neighboring streams, un
bolted corn meal and a little milk. The
water used was obtained from shallow
holes dug in the swampy land. Notwith
standing their almost primitive way of
living, and the fact that they drank sur
face water, suppos'd to *be filled with
germs, the negroes were quite healthy.
Probably ft was because they did not
know’ anything about a higher mode of
living and never heard of germs.
The Filipino junta at Hong Kong is re
ported to have sent six launches to the
coast of Luzon for the purpose of picking
Aguinaldo up and conveying him out of
the roach of the Americans. Admiral Wat
son has some thirty ships at his disposal,
not to mention th** several launches at
tached to each ship. Among all these
craft there is likely to bo one, or more,
that will sight any suspicious vessel mov
ing around the coast arid stop h£r; that is,
provided it Is desired that Aguinaldo shall
be captured.
PERSON \L.
—A fine new city hall is the latest gift
of Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind
rniilionaire of New York, to his native
town, Winchester, Va. It wdll be one of
the handsomest structures of its kind In
the state. It will cost about $50,000, of
which Mr. Rouss gave $30,C00.
—Of fourteen Harvard professors inter
viewed, nine arc on the side of England
and four on the Boer side in the contro
versy that led to the South African War,
while Prof. Charles Eliot Norton, who
so bitterly opposed our war with Spain,
though sympathizing with England, de
clines to commit himself. '
—The Rev, D. Fox, F. S. A., the Eng
lish clergyman who aroused criticism be
cause he forwarded a donation to the Am
sterdam Dutch committee for the Boer sick
and wounded, has subscribed liberally to
the British soldiers’ relief fund and com
posed a special hymn on behalf of British
soldiers, to be sung in English churches.
BRIGHT HITS.
—'Beyond That Stage.—“Do you know
what Miss Wellon’s age is now?” “No. All
I know' about if is that she doesn’t keep
the family Bible out of sight any more.”
—Chicago Tribune.
—Feminine Intuition.—Hattie—l’m posi
tive George 10-ves me and wants me to lx*
his wife. Ella—Has he told you so? Hat
tie—No; but he has taken such a strong
dislike to mamma.—Chicago Tribune.
—Too Risky.—Caller: I want the biggest
fire policy you’ll write.
Agent: What is your business?
Caller: City employe.
Too greet a risk—you’re likely
to be fired at any time.’’—Baltimore Amer
ican.
—Eseai>e Flats.—Quericus—Lei’s see; the
married men all have better halves, don’t
they?
Cynicus—Yes.
Quericus—Then what do the bachelors
have?
Cynicus—Be'ter quabtersl—Puck.
(THREW CDIMIAT.
On fbe subject.of pensions, in this coun
try and abroad, the New York World
(Dem.) says: “The las* war that import
antly figures in our pension lists'ended in
1865. Our army was then reduced to a
purely nominal figure of 25,000 men. and
remained at that figure for thirty-three
years.
“Five years later Germany fought one
of the most strenuous wars in bistory, and
ever since has maintained a standing army
of half a million men, not counting re
serves.
“Yet Germany’s total pension payments
for military service amounted in the last
fiscal year to only $15,428,250. while our
expenditure on the like account was r.o
less than $139,182,096, and the estimate for
this year is $145,000,000.
“The British empire is practically al
ways at war in some part of the earth,
while we had complete peace, except for
Indian outbreaks, for thirty-three years,
previous to 1898. Yet the total British
payments for army and navy pensions
during the last fiscal year were only $12.-
730,445, or less than one-tenth of our ex
penditure* on like account.
“France, the nation that maintains the
largest military establishment in Western
Europe, the antagonist of Germany in the
war of 1870. and the nation traditional
ly most generous to its defenders, has a
total army and navy pension list of only
$26,310,000, or about one-ninth of our pay
ments.
"Is patriotism a lost virtue? Is 1* not
timoto revise our notions of what consti
tutes title to a pension?”
Of W. Bourke Cochran’s change of po
sition respecting Mr. Bryan, and his an
nouncement that he Is ready to support
the Nebraskan if he will drop the silver
issue, the New York Evening Post (Ind.)
says: “Mr. Cochran bases his change of
position on what he considers the change
of issues. He regards imperialism as tbe
most important question befbre the people
In 1900. and he would make the Demo
cratic campaign on the reaffirmation of the
Declaration of Independence. • • *
Once convince the country that the Demo
crats cannot do any harm to the national
finances if they shall carry the election
next fall, and the people will . not give
much thought to the silver question. But
nobody can tell yet whether the people
will take this view.”
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says;
“Gen. Buller’s telegram to the British
war office thnt “The men* are splendid. I
regret to inform you, et cetera,” is In
much the same vein as the skilled sur
geon’s announcement to his clans of stu
dents, “The operation was a splendid suc
cess. but unfortunate!? the ixitient has
died.’ No one doubts the valor of the
British soldiers, and if valor alone could
win bottles ;ho British army would now
be in possession of the Transvaal capital.
For the first time In a generation Great
Britain’s military strategists ure fighting
their peer!.'*
Never Saw Any Shakespeare.
A young woman and her escort were on
a Euclid car Monday evening, and when
the o|>era House was reached the young
woman looked through the window at the
long iine of carriages e-tretching in both
directions from the brilliantly lighted en
trance, says the Cleveland ? Plain Dealer.
Most of the passengers were Opera House
patrons, and as they passed out the
young woman looked around inquiringly
at her escort.
“I was goin’ to get seats for th’ show
in there," he said in a clearly audible voice
as he indicated the Opera House with ex
tended thumb, “but 1 knew you wouldn't
care for it.”
“What’s the play?” inquired the young
woman.
“ Shakespeare,’ ” said the escort;
“that* all he plays; just Shakespeare. It’s
Irvin’, you know. Him an’ El’n Terry.
They’re English. An’ they don’t play
nothin' but Shakespeare. I know you
wouldn’t care for that. It’s che.-mutty.”
“I never saw any Shakespeare,” said
the young woman. *
The escort laughed as if he meant to
banish all possible regrets that the young
woman might entertain.
"That reminds me of th’ funny story of
th’ Dutch saloonkeeper,” hp chuckled.
“Ever hear it?”
“No,” said the young woman as she
looked around through the rear car win
dow at the flashing entrance.
“It’s like thief,” said the escort. “A guy
with n Shakespeare under his arm comes
into the Dutchman’s saloon an’ says,
‘D’ye want any Shakespeare?’ The Dutch
man shakes his head. ‘No,’ he says, I’ve
got Cleveland beer, und Sehlitz beer, and
Pabst beer, und I ton’t care, to change.’
The follow' with the Shakespeare looks as
tonished. ‘This is a book,’ he says. ‘l’ve
got Plenty bock beer, too,’ says the
Dutchman—ha, ha, ha!”
But the girl didn’t laugh.
A shadow had fallen across her even
ing's pleasure.
She looked back once more as the slow
moving car swung around the corner of
the square.
“I never saw any Shakespeare,” she.
plaintively murmured.
The Ohio Mini anil “Divorce.”
“Divorce” had just settled' down for its
long run, writes Clara Morris in the Critic,
when one evening I received a letter
whose weight and bulk made me wonder
whether the envelope contained a “last
will ami testament” or a "three-act play.”
On opening it I found it perfectly correct
in appearance—on excellent paper, in the
clearest handwriting, and using the most
perfect orthography and grammar; a gen
tleman had nevertheless gently, almost
tenderly, reproached me for using the
“story of his life” for the play.
He said he knew Mr. Daly’s name was
on the “bills" as author, but as I was an
Ohio woman, he of course understood per
fectly that 1 had furnished him with his
story for the plot of the play. He ex
plained at great length that he forgave
me because 1 had not given Mr. Daly his
real name, and also remarked in rather an
aggrieved way that he had two children
and only one appeared in the play. He
also seemed considerably surprised that
Mr. Harkins (who played my husband) did
not wear a large red beard, as every one.
he said, knew he had not shaved for years.
My laughter made its way over the tran
som, and in a moment my neighbor w;as
at the dressing room door asking for
something she didn’t need, that she might
find out the why and wherefore of the
fun; and when the red beard had started
her off, another came for something she
knew 1 didn’t own, and she, too, fell be
fore the beard, while a third writhed over
the forgiveness extended to me, and ex
claimed:
“Oh, the well educated idiot—isn’t he
delicious?”
By and by the letter started to make a
tour of the gentlemen’s rooms, and, unlike
the rolling stone that gathered no moss,
it gathered laughter as it moved.
11 was only Mr. Daly who astonished me
by not laughing. lie. instead, seemed
quite gratified that his play had so clearly
reflected a real life story.
Advice From Pnpn.
“You look worried, my dear.” said
Smithers, when he came home from the
office the other day, says CoHier’s Week
ly. “What is the matter?”
“The children have been very tiresome
to-day,” replied Mrs. Smithers, wearily.
“It seemed as if they would make me dis
tracted.”
“Don’t let ’em!” say) Smithers, with
considerable energy. “Don’t let ’em ride
over you Just—Willie, don’t talk when
papa’s talking—just deal with them gent
ly, but firm—did yoy hear me, Willie?—
firmly, and you’ll get along all—silence,
Willie, this instant!—all right. As for let
ting 'em worry—don’t pull my pockets,
Dick—letting ’em worry—Dick! don’t pull
my pockets, I said—worry—will you take
jour hands out or not? Now' keep them
out. You've broken a couple of cigars
for me now—you—what’s Willie making
such a noise about, Annie? Great Scot!
He’s got my si k hat. Take it—hang it up
high. Now, Dick, if you cry, you’ll have
now they’ve both commenced. It does
seem, Annie, ’sif the minute I come into
the house—l can’t think—l can’t think.
Won't you take ’em off to bed? My gra
cious! I bet if I % was at home I’d—”
But, as the hoys clattered away up
stairs with their tired mamma. Smithers
sat down and gazed gloomily into space,
without saying just exactly what he
would do if he was at home.
When Lawton Wan Seared.
Many good stories about Gen. Lawton
have come to the surface since his death,
says the Army and Navy Journal. Maj.
Putnam Bradless Strong, who was on this
staff of Gen. MacArthur in the Philip
pines, says Lawton confessed to being
afraid once in his life. That was when he
was riding with his 12-year-old son, Man.
ley. past Paco Cemetery at Mania. It
seems that a Montana detail had just bur
ied a comrade when a California burying
detail came up. Somehcw they failed
to get cartridges and asked the Montanas
for some. The latter had nothing but ball
cartridges.
“Oh, they'll do,” said the California ser
geant.
"Ready, fire!” came tbc order a moment
later.
The bullets went whizzing over the grave
and over the stone wall, on the other side
of which was riding Gen. Lawton, his
head only a few inches below the wall.
The bullets made a breeze as they went
past. “That w'as the only time I can re
member being scared,” said the General
later, “but my boy spoke up and said:
‘Papa, is this like being under real fire?
If it is, I like It.’ ”
An Excuse Thnt Failed.
Charles Miller, a Standard OH magnate,
whose home is in Franklin. Pa., has a pre
cocious son less than 10 years old In whom
hard business sense and worldly caution
are highly developed, saysthe Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post. One day Mr.
Miller said to his son:
“My boy, it’s time for you to go to bed.
I want you to get up bright and early to
morrow and go to church with me."
“I don’t think I care about going to
church to-morrow,’’ replied Master Miller.
“Why not?”
"Last Sunday the preacher said he was
going to preach about the devil.”
“Well?”
”1 know he will say lots of hard things
about the devil—awful hard things übout
him.”
“Well?”
“Don’t you t*hink, papa, that If we lis
tened to that sermon it would be rather
unpleasant if we ever met the devil norm*
day?”
But the hoy went to church in spite of
iiis clever excuse.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Nearly 100 persons lost their lives on
the Great Lakes during the past season.
Fifty-six w ere drowned by the foundering
of ships, and thirty-two were lost over
board. No lives were lost o*n any of the
regular lines.
—An ice company which has just be.m
incorporated at New Haven, Conn., has
announced that it intends to use automo
biles for the delivery of ice next summer.
It also proposes to put large freight cars
on the local street railways to convey ice
from the lakes and ice houses to the cen
tral distributing points.
—An absent-minded Western represen
tative was seen to hurry up to a parcel
mail box in Washington the other day and
carefully deposit therein a scrap of pap?r
which he carried in one hand. In the other
was a bundle of papers ready for mailing,
and these he hastily threw into a garbage
barrel which happened to be standing on
the curb near the parcel box.
—James F. Carey of the Massachusetts
Legislature has introduced into that holy
a bill which provides that no agent shill
#be permitted to enter the premises of the
state house unless he wear a badge bear
ing the w'ord “Legislative Agent” or “Leg
islative Counsel.” The badges are to be
provided by the sergeant-at-arms. and
must be conspicuously displayed by the
wearer. The bill is intended to correct
some of the evils of lobbying.
—Not very long ago no women wore em
ployed in the As tor Library, says the New
York Commercial. At present there are
at least a dozen, and they know their bus
iness. extremely well. The majority are
young, and all have a scholarly, cultiva
ted appearance. They move around as
noiselessly os nurses in a hospital, and if
they indulge in little chats now and ih< n
it is en passant and when there is a luli
in business. While it must be admitted
that all the employes of the Astor Library
are courteous and intelligent, the women
are especially so.
—A notice has been posted in the offices
of eight Chicago milk companies offering
SSOO reward to the ten drivers who shall
before Jan. 1, 1901, return the greatest
number of milk bottles of the company
above thos** given out to regular custom
ers. It is stated that since the company
began the delivery of milk in bottles ai
least 11,000 of these bottles have been re
tained by the customers. The bottles are
worth about 5 cents each to the company.
“Get the bottles wherever you see them.’
was the instruction to drivers. “Women
keep them for preserves and pickles. Nev
er mind what is in the bottle,, let the driver
throw it out on the floor., If it is straw
berry jam, so much the worse for the
jam.”
—The enormous' steppes of Russia, en
which range great herds of cattle, are cov
ered with snow for at least six months out
of every year. The cattle live upon ilm
•tall bunches of grass which project above
the snow*. The long continued glare from
these snow' fields, it has been found, makes
the animals blind, in which condition they
are wdth difficulty able to find the neces
sary amount of food. A large Russian
cattle raiser, with an eye at once to profit
and philanthropy, has, accordingly, in
vented snow glasses for the protection of
cattle’s eyes. The glasses are made of
smoked glass, and are fastened abaut the
animals’ heads by simps. In a single herd,
it is reported, there are 40,000 eat lie which
wear these queer spectacles. At least so
we are informed by the Chicago Tribune.
—lt is an interesting fact, says the New
York Commercial, that all the excessively
rich men in the United States Senate
made their money in mines and mining.
Senator Clark of Montana, by ail odds Uk*
richest man in Congress, worth anywhere
from $100,000,000 to twice that, made all his
money in mines. Senator Hanna’s $12,009,-
000 was largely derived from iren mines.
Sena top Jones of Nevada is worth $lO ,000,-
000 in gold and silver mines, and Senate'
Elkins of West Virginia is rated at $7,009.-
000, mostly made in coal and iron mining
operations. McConnell, from the Scran
ion district, is the richest man in the
House. His wealth, estimated at $20,000.-
000, was all dug out of the coal mines In
Pennsylvania. Congressman. Joseph C.
Sibley is also a very rich man, the source
of whose wealth is petroleum. Old Mas
ter Earth is a beautiful parent, and the
sons she has endowed the most libera fly
somehow’ have a strong predilection for
statecraft.
—ln reply to a recent statement in the
London Times that the Oceanic, of the
White Star Line, is not wholly English,
a correspondent of that paper says: “The
Oceanic, like all tho preceding White Star
liners, was designed by the late Sir Ed
ward Holland before he died, a few years
ago. I happen to know that Mr. Ismay,
whose admiration for Sir Edward Har
land could hardly be Exceeded, subse
quently decided to adhere to Sir. Edward
Harlan Is design. I need not point out
that Ervvard Harland was* a Yorkshlfe
inan, end, therefore, so far as the design
of the Oceanic is concerned, she is ‘whol
ly English.’ Your correspondent says that
the ships of the White Star Line have
l**en epoch-making.’ It is therefore only
f'tir to recognize what is ait indisputable
fact—namely, that Sir Edward Harland
not only designed the first Oceanic, the
pioneer vessel of the fleet, but that he
also designed the second Oceanic, the ves
sel which represents the tri
umph of (his engineering genius.”
—Some interesting fossil remains were
discovered in Ness county, Kansas. One
specimen is of, unusual form, and was
claimed by the owner to he a fossilized
gall sac or bladder. It was found quite
near remains of a tylosaurus mosasaur*
Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn was asked
about it by the Scientific American and
in his reply called attention to a fact
which it is well to h ar in mind. He says;
"The mosasaur is so badly injured that
it is of no value to any one. I hope you
will disseminate the view as
possible that the first thing to do after
discovering a. fossil Is not to dig it out,
hut to leave it alone and to write to some
repr sentative museum, either the Ameri
can Museum of Natural History or the
United States National Museum, report
ing the discovery and asking for instruc
tions. In this way the commercial value
cf the specimen will be much enhanced.”
It is a well-known fact that the unearth
ing of fossil remains requires the greatest
care and calls for knowledge on the part
of the operator.
—ln search of centenarians in Austria,
the Tagblatt of Vienna has discovered
nine. In Vienna only one woman, wliosa
name is Kulla. is older than a hundred.
The oldest on the list for all Austria Is
Amelie Ringer, who lives in a village near
Bielitz, in Silesia. She is nearly 115 and
reads without spectacles. The next is
Anna Welzl. aged 103. Michael Piszk of
Mal&czka was born in 1797. Joseph Bes
endorfer was born in 1798. He was n
forest guard of the Emperor’s property,
and has a pension of a shilling per day.
He is very fond of dancing with young
girls. Hermann Schiller, bom in 1799. n
landed proprietor in Ungvar, uses specta
cles to read and write, has all his teeth
and shaves himself every day. He smokes
a.great deal and is fond of a hearty meal.
Moses Steiner, the poorest among the dis
covered centerarbans, is blind, and nis
son of 66 finds it hard to support a large
family. Elizabeth Maulbeck, in Esnegg,
owns several houses, and has a nice fam
ily of great-grandchildren; she was born
In 1799. Francesco Berloffa; a vineyard
laborer. In Trent. Tyrol, was a hundred
veers old a month ago.
Trial
The Test.
S] HUNTER
BALTIMORE
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HENRY SOLOMON SON,
Sole Agents Savannah. Ga.
Ocean Steamsiiin Go.
-FOR-
New York, Boston
-A.ND
THE EAST.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All
the comforts of a modern hotel. Electria
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
meals and berths aboard ship.
Passenger Fares Irom Savanna!
UO NEW YOKE.—Cabin, S2O; excursion,
$32. Intermediate, sls; excursion, s2*.
Steerage. $lO.
lO BOSTON—Cabin, $22; excursion. £l6.
Intermediate, sl7, excursion. S2S. Steer
age, $11.75.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to sail from Savannah. Central
(90th) meridian time, as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, TUES
DAY, Jan 30. 4:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY', Capt. Fishir, THURS
DAY, Feb. 1, 6:00 p. m.
EA GRANDE DUCHESSE. Capt. Han
lon. SATURDAY, Feb. 3. 7:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY”. Feb. 5. 9:30 p. m.
NACOOCHKE, Capt. Smith, TUESDAY,
Feb. 6. 10:30 p. m.
TALUAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, THURS
DAY”. Feb. 8, 12:00 noon.
KANSAS CITY. Copt. Fisher, SATUR
DAY, Feb. 10. 2:00 p. m.
LA GRANDE DUCHESSE. Capt. Han
lon MONDAY. Fch. 12, 4:00 p. m.
CITY' OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
TUESDAY, Feb. 13, 4:30 p. m.
NACOOCHKE, Capt. Smith, THURS
DAY”, Feb. 15, 5)30 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUR
DAY”, Feb. 17. 6:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher. MONDAY,
Feb. 19. 8:00 p. m.
LA GRANDE DUCHESSE, Capt. Han
lon. TUESDAY. Feb. 20. 8:30 p. m.
Cl 11 OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
THURSDAY, Feb. 22. 10:00 a. m.
NACOOCHKE, Capt. Smith,SATURDAY,
Feb. 21, 12:00 noon.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins. MON
DAY”. Feb. 26. 2:00 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUES
DAY”, Feb. 27. 3:00 p. m.
SAVANNAH TQ BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, TUES
DAY”, Jan. 30, at 12:00 night.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, FRI
DAY, Feb. 2, 6:30 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, TUES
DAY”, Feb. 6, 10:C0 a. m. v
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI
DAY”. V’eb. 9, 1:00 p. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Lewis,TUES
DAY”, Feb. 13, 4:00 a. m.
GATE CITY. Capt. Googins. FRIDAY,
Feb. 16. 6:00 a. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, TUES
DAY”. Feb. 20. 8:00 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, FRI
DAY”, Feb. 23, 11:00 a. m.
GATE CITY”, Capt. Googins, TUESDAY”,
Feb. 27, 3:00 a. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
at 5 p. m. daily, except Sunday. Monday
and Thursday.
W. G. BREWER. City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent, 107 Bull street, Savannah.
Ga.
E. W. SMITH, Contracting Freight
Agent. Bavannah, Ga.
R. G. TREZEVANT, Agent, Savannah.
Ga.
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager.
JOHN M. EGAN, Vice President.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS'
TRANSPORTATION CO.
STEAUSUit' LINES
SAVANNAH TO BALTIMORE.
Tickets or s. le at company’s office t
the following points at very low rates:
.-uIANTiC city, n. j.
BALTIMORE, MD. BUFFALO. N. i-
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO. ILL CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE. PA.
HAGERSTOWN HARRISBURG. PA.
HALIFAX. N. S
NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK.
PHILADELPHIA
PITTSBURG. PROVIDENCE.
ROCHESTER
TRENTON. WILMINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
Flrst-elas# tickets include meals and
slate room berth, Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodations and cuisine unequale.l.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful han
dling and quick dlar>'-.tch.
The steamah'Ds of this company are ap
pointed to eall from Savannah to Baltt
mor a- i.tsndard tlm<-V
TEXAS, Capt. Foster, TUESDAY, Jan. 30,
at 5:00 p. m.
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Peters. THURS
DAY”, Feb. 1. at 6:00 p. m.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, SATURDAY, Feb.
3, at 8:00 p. m.
ESSEX, Capt. Dizer, TUESDAY. Feb. 6,
at 11:00'a. m.
And iiunj Baltimore Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays.
a. J. CAROLAN. Agent.
Savannah, Go.
W. F. TURNER, O. P. A.
A D. STEBBTNB, A. T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY. Truffle Manager
Oeefroi natoM RgUlmore. Md.
Rice Straw, Rice Straw,
For Former mid Ileddlnff.
TEXAS RUST PROOF OATS FOR SEEI*
CORN, OATS, HAY
AND ALL KINDS OF FEED.
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