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INDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Holders of Second Mortgage
Bonds of Savannah Volunteer Guards.
Special Notices—Lots for Sale, John L.
Archer; Valuable Ix>t and Improvements
for Walthour & Rivers, Agents;
Proposals Wanted, John E. Maguire, Su
perintendent; Men’s Clothing, I>t opold Ad
ler; State Specific Taxes, 1900; Ship Notice,
J. F. Minis & Cos.
Business Notices—Cleveland Bicycles, R.
J“>. & Wm. Lattimore; Hill’s Absolutely
Dry Air Refrigerators, Henry Solomon &
Son.
Grand Rush Clearing Sale—M. Dryfus.
Postum Coffee—Post 11m Cereal Company.
25 Per Cent. Off—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Kabo Corsets—B. 11. Levy & Bro.
25 Per Cent. Discount on Men’s Over
coats, Etc.—Leoi>old Adler.
The Gas Range—Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
The Fire Sale—At Hogan’s.
Railroad Schedules—Georgia and Ala
bama Railway.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company; Merchants and Miners’ Trans
portation Company Steamships.
Legal Notices—Notice of Application for
Discharge in the Matter of William Boyce,
Bankrupt; Notice of Application for Dis
charge in the Matter 'of. G. E. Mallery,
Bankrupt; Application for Support, Estate
Simon Hexter.
25 Per Cent. Discount on Ladies’ and
Children’s Suits, Etc.—Leopold Adler.
Sauce—Lea & Perrins’ Worcestershire
Sauce.
Beef—Liebig’s Extract of Beef.
Mineral Water—Hunyadi Janos.
Medical—Munyon’s Guarantee; Cuticura
Remedies; Dr. Dix’s Tonic Tablets; Hood’s
Pills; Brown’s Bronchial Troches; Sloan’s
Liniment; Mother’s Friend; Dr. Hathaway
Company; Ayer’s Pills; Lydia Pinkham’s
Vegetable Pills; Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets; Dr. Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The indications for to-day are. for Geor
gia, rain, followed in northern portion by
clearing and colder; and in Eastern Flor
ida, rain, clearing a nd colder.
The wjfr department has received in
formation that there is extreme destitu
tion in the Copper river section of Alaska,
and that many persons are on the verge
of starvation. Now. where is that famous
war department reindeer herd? If it is
not lost, strayed or stolen this would seem
to be a good time to put it to some use,
In transporting supplies to the sufferers.
Plainness, directness and evident sin
cerity are characteristics to be noted in
the dispatches eminating from Boer
sources. The di*t>atches are never boast
ful or exultant, nor do they contain rash
promises of things to be accomplished.
There have been some flippant pro-Boer
stories, it is true, but they have borne
such date lines as Paris, Berlin, Vienna
and Brussels, and the Boers should not
be held responsible for them.
There is a possibility that the strike of
shipyard employes at the Cramp yards in
Philadelphia will extend to all of the big
yards in the country, in the event that
the Cramp strike is not settled before a
great tyhiie. The workmen in the other
yards are said to be well organized, and
to have Informed the Cramp strikers that
they are ready to go on strike for a nine
hour day if such action will be of any
ben- tit to the striking Cramp workmen. A
meeting of representatives of the workmen
will be held in Washington within a few
days, when the matter will be brought to
a head. Should a general strike be or
dered ail Work in a dozen yards would he
tied up.
Rev. Dr. Hiills of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, takes a rather pessimistic vlc-w
of the outlook for the preachers, "pic
pulpit is losing its griii on the people,!' be
sa\*. "Newspapers, and magazines, and
authors are taking the places of preach
ers.” The lawyers, too, are going to have
u hard time of it before u great while, he
thinks. "In a hundred years lawyers will
lie driven out of business, because people
are learning to avoid legal complications.
In fifty years doctors will be driven out
of practice, beeaue people are learning
more and more to observe the rules of
health. It is Just the same with the
preachers. Men are becoming automatic
gospels. I know of many men out of the
church who never attend church services,
but who are models of the Christian gos
pels and who arc the best men in their
communities.” - -
TIIK FRANKFORT TRAGEDY.
The expected has happened in Ken
tucky. It may not be that it was expected
that an attempt would be made to assas
sinate Wiiliam Goebel, the Democratic
leader, but it was expected that blood
would be spilt before the question as to
whether Goebel or Taylor should be Gov
ernor was finally settled.
The shooting of Goebel is profoundly
regrettable from whatever point it is
viewed. The effect of it will be to in
tensify the feeling between the contend
ing factions and parties. If there ever
was a chance for an adjustment of the
differences growing Cut of the recent elec
tion that would be accepted by a consid
erable majority of the people of the state
yesterday’s tragedy destroyed it. The
feeling between the opposing parties has
liten Intensified by that act, and other
tragedies may be looked for. The legis
lature might have decided the contest
which Goebel was making for the gover
norship against him. because some of the
Democrats of that body are as intensely
hostile to him as the Republicans, but
from the vote that was taken in the House
on Saturday, on a contested election case
in which members of that body were con
cerned, the conclusion was reached that
the decision would he in favor of Goebel.’
It was not thought, however, that there
would he any acts of violence until the
Legislature had rendered its decision, and
it is doubtful if any one believed
an attempt would be made to kill Goebel.
It was understood of course, that the
death of Goebel would not prevent the
Democrats from taking possession of the
gubernatorial office if the decision were
fn his favor. The candidate for lieutenant
governor on the ticket with Goebel would
take his place.
It is stated that some of the Democratic
leaders, among them Senator-elect Black
burn, advised Goebel only a few days ago
to give up the contest, and that he refused
to listen to any one who advised that
course-. It was apparent to the leading
men of the state, when a thousand armed
men from the mountains visited the capi
tal last week and sent an address to the
legislature, that troublous times wore
ahead. They wanted the matter settled
without an armed conflict—a conflict that
would he sure to be the beginning of a
vendetia that would last a generation, and
hinder the progress of the state for even
a longer period.
The tragedy startles and alarms (he
whole country. It suggests the possibility
of a national contest similar to that at
Frankfort, with like Incidents. A national
election wias disputed in 1876, and a revo
lution was barely avoided. If there should
be another such a dispute the conservative
influences which prevailed then might not
be so effective in preserving the peace. A
shot fired then, similar to that at Frank
fort, would, in all probability, have been
followed by war. The shooting of Goebel
brings the people face to face with the
danger there is in any departure from
purity and fairness in elections.
A BOOM TOWN IX CUBA.
It Is rather remarkable that so many
Jieople who, in most matters, give evidence
of the possession of the ordinary amount
of common sense are so easily taken in by
speculators in boom towns. There ar
rived in New York a few days ago a large
number of persons from Cuba, who were
out of pocket a good many dollars and so
mad that nothing would have pleased
them so much as to get their hands on
some of the members of the company that
sold them land in the alleged town of Da
Gloria, Cuba, and induced them to emi
grate to that place. They went to Lh
Gloria with the understanding that there
were many houses there, and that new
buildings were being erected so fast that
it would not be 1 very long before it would
contain about as many people as Havana.
.Most of them were mechanics of one sort
and another and they expected to get
work. They found Da Gloria after en
during untold hardships. It was situated
about thirty miles from navigation or a
railroad, in the midst of swamps, and h
did not contain a single house. Even the
sawmill wjiicb the company said had been
in operation for many months was not in
sight. In pieces it was on the wharf at
Nuevitas. From Nuevitas the great
town of Da Gloria was reached in a small
boai, which had to be propelled by poles.
It was a tiresome journey to reach It
from Nuevitas, and when reached the mos
quitoes and gnats were so vicious and
voter so bad and the prices of food no
high that the emigrants made haste to
get away as quickly as they could.
These seekers of homes in Cuba have on
ly themselves to blame for their losses
and troubles. They ought to have known
that the land company was in the boom
tow n business for the sole purpose of mak
ing money, not for the purpose of helping
deserving people to get homes. Resides,
what does any civilized human being want
to go to Cuba for to get a home when there
are so many better opportunities for se
curing one in this country? These Da Glo
ria emigrants said that the land they
bought in that place was of such a char
acter that it would have cost at least $4O
an acre to clear it for cultivation. After
clearing it there would have been no pros
pect of making a living om of It, beraus ■
the cost of gelling products to market
would bo greater than the market value
of them Halt a century hence, probably,
Du Gkiia may be a place of some Import
ance, though, from the accounts of It fur
nished by those who have returned from
there, that 1- doubtful. Anyway, there
la no reason why any thrifty and healthy
person should go to Cuba to seek a living
or a home, 'lie chances for getting eith
er are a hundred per cent, better In this
country-. Here In Chatham county land
can be had at less cost than in Cuba, and
it is Just about as productive, besides there
Is an excellent market close to It. And
there are a hundred other counties in this
state where the op|>oit unities for getting
ahead in the world are far greater than
they are In Cuba, and where the surround.
Inga In *he shape of schools, churches and
society are Infinitely better.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times says.' “Senator Elkins
of West Virginia Is the administration
candidate for Vice President. About this
there can be no doubt." That wouM suit
the Democrats very well Indeed, since any
brick thrown at the trusts would be pretty
certain to hit Elkins in the corporation.
THE MORNING KEWS: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1000.
the liquor arESTios ix a mi a
nd
A good many of the prohibition counties
of the state are in doubt whether or not
they have a law prohibiting the sale of
spirituous, malt and intoxicating liquors
within their limits. They were sure they
had such a law until the decision of the
Supreme Court in the case of O Brien
against the state was rendered last AN ed
nesday. In that decision, although it ap
plied only to Warren county, it
was practically held that the pro
hibition law was inoperative In all
counties which had gone to the
legislature for a special prohibitive
act since the enactment of the general
law. passed in 1877,whic*> permits the man
ufacture and sale in any county of do
mestir wines. Wine is admitted to be an
intoxicating -liquor, and a special act can
not set aside a general act.
It is the understanding that the counties
which have adopted prohibition under the
local option Jaw are not affected by the
d< son Only the counties which have
preferred a special act to the local option
law are likely to find that they arc open
to the liquor traffic. How many there
are of these counties it is not clearly
known. In order to find which of the
counties are affected by the decision it
will be necessary to look up all of the
special prohibition acts w-hich have beeti
passed since 1877. It is believed, how
ever. that the number is quite large. Most
of the. counties, which are prohibition
counties because of a special act of the
Legislature, were unable probably to mus
ter a majority of their citizens in favor
of prohibition, and so they applied to the
Legislature for assistance in their effort
to shut out the liquor traffic. If the’
truth were known, it would appear, prob
ably, that it has never been possible to
enforce prohibition within their limits—at
least to the extent of practically putting
a stop to the liquor traffic.
It is impossible to enforce fully a prohi
bition law in any county unless a ma
jority of the people of the county are in
favor of the law. That is why local op
tion is better than any other method of
enforcing prohibition. If a general pro
hibition law should be adopted it would
not be possible to enforce it in a large
portion of the state. The people must
be educated against the liquor traffic be
fore that traffic can be stopped. Under
local option a majority sentiment is cre
ated against the traffic before a law is
enacted to prohibit it, and then it is pos
sible to enfdrce that law.
Under the O’Brien decision it Is probable
that a good many counties will be thrown
open to the liquor traffic. The thing to
do is to begin at once the work of cap
turing these counties for prohibition by
means of the local option law, and when
prohibition under that law Is adopted the
liquor traffic will be pretty effectually
checked.
SAVANNAH RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
The announcement in our dispatches
yesterday that Cos!. Lester is giving very
earnest attention to the needs of Savan
nah river and harbor is a source of satis
faction to everybody in this section of
the country. The project for giving the
harbor a 26-foot channel was completed,
but the other project—that of deepening
the bar—for which an appropriation was
made has not been carried out. The rea
son the work was abandoned is well un
derstood.
Col. Ik-ster has in mind the need of a
channel from the wharves of the city to
the sea of a 28-foot channel, and he will
make every possible effort to have an ap
propriation for that purpose made. That
will necessitate a project for deepening
the water on the bar. If anybody can
serve Savannah successfully in this mat
ter Cos). Lester can. He is popular on
both sides of the House, and, owing to
his long service in Congress and to his
ability, he has a great deal of influence.
There may not be any river and harbor
bill at this session, but if there is not
there will be one at the next session. As
the presidential election is close at hand
the Republicans want to keep the appro
priations down to the lowest possible
point.
It requires about $50,000 a year to main
tain the river, from the city to the bar,
at the depth secured by the improvement.
Col. Lester will see to it that this amount
is appropriated in the event that no river
and harbor bill is passed. It was expect
ed when the improvement was projected
that little shoals would form here and
there in the channel, owing to the silt
bearing character of the river. These
shoals, however, are easily and quickly
cut away.
Savannah must have a 28-foot channel
to the sea at the earliest possible
day. She is the great seaport of the
South Atlantic coast, and it is necessary
that her harbor shall accommodate the
very deep draught vessels now engaged
in the foreign carrying trade. The terri
tory tributary to her Is undergoing a rapid
development. She must be prepared to
handle the products of this territory that
are Intended for export. Philadelphia Is
calling for thirty feet of water. Savannah
should have at least twenty-eight.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie recently expressed
the opinion that that portion of humanity
sometimes classified as the “submerged
tenth" ought to Ire segregated, and that
marriage should be forbidden to the desti
tute. Commissioner of Charities Keller
of New York disagrees with him. pointing
out the impracticability of drawing a line
in the matter of marriage. There are al
ready laws prohibiting the marriage of
the Idiotic and the insane, he says, and
those laws are sufficient. Marriage among
the poor cannot be regulated by law. Dr.
Shrady agrees with Mr. Keller, and says
a wife will often help a man of the
“submerged tenth” to get his nose above
water, when he is likely to prove a strong
swimmer.
Gov. Leary of Guam is some thousands
of miles removed from a telegraph fine,
and the mails are Infrequent at his head
quarters, but be does not let the officials
in Washington forget that he wants an
Ice-making machine. He sends word by
every ship that passes respecting that tee
machine. And really ought to have
it When a man Is anchored in the mid
dle of the ocean under a burning sun, as
he Is. lie deserves to be accorded the lux
ury of ice.
The homesickness of a Republican mem
ber of the Kentucky legislature ifie other
day broke a deadlock, gave the Democrats
a majority of one, and threatened the un
seating of Taylor. The member was from
a mountain county, and after a week
or two the three-story greatness of Frank
fort began to pall upon him. He was tired
of taking his meals from a dozen little
dishes and scorching his jeans by a stove
iiv which the fire "was hidden. He longed
for rtie generous freedom of his own table,
and the open fireplace in which the great
logs roared and crackled. The situation
in the House was critical just at that
juncture, but all situations in the House
looked alike to the homesick legislator,
so he got aboard the train and went to
the bosom of his family, leaving his # party
one vote short. His constituents will
probably respect tils affection for home in
the next election.
The postofflee department is considering
a scheme to bind twelve 2-eent stamps in
a volume, with tissue paper between the
layers, the book to be of convenient size
for the vest pork**, and to s 11 them tit
25 cents per book. The innovation would
be hailed with pleasure by all users of
postage stamps. Almost any publisher in
the world except the government would
long ago done iway with the great
inconvenient sheets of stamps. The clerks
find the sheets unhandy, and the pur
chasers often find the preservation of the
integrity of the individual stamps a mat
ter of difficulty, especially in a moist at
mosphere. Books of stamps would find
immediate favor.
Philadelphia has not yet raised that $lOO,-
000 to pay the expenses of the Republican
National Convention, and there appears to
be some doubt as to whether she will do
it. Plainly stated, according to the
Ledger of that city, the business men de
cline to put up the money w’hile the en
terprise is in the hands of those who con
trol it at present. It has been proposed
that the whole matter be turned over to
a committee of citizens of distinction, w r ho
enjoy the confidence of the public; but
whether this plan will work remains to be
seen. It would not be consistent with
Philadelphia’s prestige if she were to let
the convention go elsewhere for the lack
of $lOO,OOO.
The Duke of York, son of the Prince of
Wales, wants to go to South Africa to
fight. He will not be permitted to do so.
The nobility may go and fight if they
please, but a royal personage standing so
close to the throne will not be permitted to
expose himself to peri!.
PERSONAL.
—lt Is said that n promising soldier is
lost to the British army in the accession
to his title of the young Duke of West
minster, the richest nobleman in all Eng
land. He is a strapping young fellow' of
20, standing over six feet high, and is now’
serving on the personal staff of Sir Al
fred Milner. Some of his letters have been
published in the English papers, and are
notable for their generous appreciation of
the good qualities of the Boers.
—With Gen. Miles and other Eastern
capitalists, Buffalo Bill is engaged in put
ting in a $1,000,000 smelter at Grand En
campment, Wyo„ where he has completed
the construction of an irrigation ditch
through the Little Big Horn country, In
volving $lOO,OOO. Through the same coun
try, twenty-four years ago, Cody was
chasing Sitting Bull, and in sight of Co
dy’s magnificent irrigation plant sieep the
250 men of Gen. Custer’s command who fell
in the battle of the Little Big Horn.
BRIGHT HITS.
—"Do you think those two letterfs were
written by the same person?" "I really
couldn’t say," answered the handwriting
expert. "Oh! I see. You haven’t studied
them.” "Yes. I have. But I haven’t as yet
been retained either by the prosecution or
the defense.’’—Washington Star.
—Weary Wraggs—When a lady gives me
a meal I alius say, ‘May your shadow
never grow less.’’’
Frayed Feeter—'When a lady gives me
a meal I aLlus say. ‘May your photographs
alius need as little touching up as dey do
at present,’ and git a quarter in addition.
—Puck.
—At the Hight of the Quarrel—" Now,
John, you know if I were to die you
rt-ould weep over me and tell evervlnxly
tvhat a good w'ife I was!" "No. I wouldn’t,
so help me!" "Well, I would for you—just
for decency’s sake. And that shows I’m
not half as mean as you are! 4 ’—Chicago
Tribune. *
CTRRENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Press (Rep.) says: "If
Mohammedism is the religion of the
sword then Mormonism is the religion of
the persistent. For five years past, elders
and missionaries from Utah have been
laboring in the mountain regions, partic
ularly in Georgia. They have been derid
ed. driven out.'threatened, stoned and
ducked, but they returned to their work,
with the result that at their annual con
ference. held at Macon, 150 converts in
the state are reported. It is this same
persistence in the face of obstacles, char
acteristic of the hierarchy as well as the
individual like Roberts, that makes Mor
monism a constant menace to morality
and Christianity.”
The Philadelphia Times (Ind.) says:
"The Rev. Dr. Charles A. Parkhurst’s
idea that the saloons should be kept open
fer a certain number of hours on Sunday
is not more startling than the curious ar
guments he brings forward in support of
it, w’hieh show* he is more of a temporiz
er than ha*s even been imagined. He says
first that the Sunday law is broken any
way. which is worse than if there were
no law; second, the police derive a reve
nue from this lawbreaking, and, third,
the Sunday opening would remove the sole
reason w’hich a large class of citizens
have for supporting the Tammany organ
ization."
The Jacksonville (Fla.) News (Dem.)
says: ‘The victory of the Railroad Com
mission (in the matter of passenger rates)
settles a question that at one time threat
ened to become embarrassing, and at one
stroke establishes the validity and au
thority of the commission in Florida,
which to-day stands where the Georgia
body has long stood—with its position rec
ognized and its dl&tiun respected by the
corporations over whose operations it is
to exercise jurisdiction.
The Springfield Republican (Ind.) says:
"Follow Bryan’s speeches and you can
tell what the crowds that hear him en
joy. By this test it seems that Hanna,
in the Democratic mind, has come to in
carnate all that is grossly materialistic
in Republican policies and. methods. A
shot ar Hanna never fails to bring down
the House."
Mr. ilryan at Sunday School.
A Missouri correspondent of the Kansas
City Journal says: “Col. Bryan spent the
greater part of the Sabbath, a week ago
yesterday, in Columbia, and his hospita
ble host, Col. ’Ed’ Stephens, of the Her
ald, took him to the Presbyterian Church
and put him in Editor Walter Williams’
Bible clast,. At the conclusion of the les
son the distinguished visitor was called
by the class for a talk. In complying with
the request he didn’t seize the opportunity
to ’say a few words for free silver,’ but
made What the Herald describes as ‘an ear
nest appeal for the cultivation of the=spirit
of service, for devotion to humanity.’ He
said that he once htid an ambition to bp
a preacher, so the older members of his
family had said, though he could not re
member it. If he ever did preach he
had already picked out his text. It was
a short one, but the sermon would be long.
The text was: ‘lf any man say he loveth
God and yet hateth his brother he is a
liar.’ He quoted the poet who said that
many worshipped "Christ the God while
Christ the man was crucified.’ He believ
ed that if ever the church lost its power
over the people it was when it got away
from the teachings of the Christ and His
love for humanity."
V Personal View of I,awlon.
The Rev. Peter McQueen writes in Les
lie’s Weekly: “I saw Lawton wade the
Norzagary river where other men were
swepi away hy the current. At this point
he had been two days without food. He
had a wet Sandwich in his pocket and sal
down on the bank of the river to eat his
humble fare. That night I sent him down
a chicken which I had picked up in my
foraging tour, and the British consul, who
was wilh him, told me that he paid the
natives full price for it. This shows that
Lawton was very careful in his dealings
with the natives. Maj. Edwards, the ad
jutant, called us reporters up one day and
asked us if we had receipts for all the
chickens which we had. There was a
twinkle in his eye as we told him that the
owners of the chickens had gone away
before we were able to get a receipt. But
all these incidents show how strict Gen.
Lawton was in his endeavors to have
the natives treated kindly. He had great
hopes for the Filipinos. The last time I
saw' him he said to me: T have met men
and women among the Filipinos who
would grace society in any country in the
world. 1 predict that when peace comes
and the liberal government which the
Americans will give these people they will
be one of the most peaceful, prosperous,
thrifty races on the globe.”
Power of a Tiger’s Eye.
“An English friend of mine,” said Fred
erick Talbot at the YValdorf-Astorla, ac -
cording to the New York Tribune, “was
so unfortunate some years ago as to lose
the sight of one of his eyes. Indeed, (hut
organ was entirely removed, and replaced
with an artificial one. On his way to the
train “One day he stopped to-purchase a
rug, and in bending over to examine it his
artificial eye dropped out, antj broke upon
(he tesselated floor of the store. It was
but a short time before the departure of
the train it was imperative for him to
take, and, upon his explaining the import
ance of time to the shopkeeper, he was ad
vised that a taxidermist had a place next
door, and (hat he could possibly replace
his loss from the stock of artificial eyes
kept there to use in mounting thS skins of
animals. Hastily entering.and explaining
his predicament to the taxidermist, that
worthy placed a tray of animal’s eyes be
fore him, which had been intended for the
head of a tiger. Without glancing at
himself in the mirror, he paid his bill, and,
pulling his billycock hat well down on
his forehead, entered the waiting hansom
and told the driver to proceed with all
speed to the station. Upon arrival there
he handed the driver his legal fare, where
upon the cabby, who had evidently expect
ed a larger amount, treated him to a tor
rent of billingsgate. Somewhat angry, he
looked sternly up a t the man, who imme
diately turned as white as a sheet, and
with an Oh. my Gawd!’ lashed his horse
into a run and disappeared around the cor
ner.
./■Mystified by the cabby’s behavior, hut
without time to speculate on its cause, my
friend dashed for the train, only to be
hustled into an overcrowded compart
ment, after having passed comparatively
empty ones, which the guard had evidently
been bribed to reserve. Hastily jumping
out, he was about to enter one of these,
when the guard, with an ’’Ere* now, you
eawryt go in there,’ seized him roughly by
the shoulder. He turned his gaze upon
the man, astonished at his rudeness, and
the fellow's face became pasty, and his
joy dropped as with a trembling, ’I beg
your pawdon,’ he backed away.
“Without further incident, but unable
to account for the manifest terror caused
by h's appearance, my friend at length
reached home. He made his way to his
wife’s boudoir, and as soon as she saw
him she fell upon her knees and confessed
everything. When he glanced into the
mirror the mystery was explained, and he
realized the terrible power of a tiger’s
eye. especially when looking out of the
face of man.”
The Song of tile Camp.
The following lines relating to the Cri
mean W’ar were written by the late
W’illiam Roborts of Knoxville, Tenn., and
are particularly apposite to the present
struggle enacting in South Africa, where
Briton, Scotchman and Irishman are fight
ing side by side in one common cause.
"Give us a song!” the’soldier cried,
The outer trepches guarding,
When the guns of the camp allied
Grew weary of bombarding. l
The dark redan in silent scoff
Lay grim and threaiening under;
Quiet and still the Malakoff,
Which no longer belched its thunder.
There was a pause. A guardsman said:
“We storm the forts to-morrow;
Sing while we may—later, the dead
Will bring enough of sorrow!”
They lay along the batt’ry’s side.
Below the smoke -and cannon—
Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde,
And from the' banks of Shannon.
They thought of love and not of fame;
Forgot was Britain’s glory—
Each ope recalled a diff’rent name,
But all sang "Annie Laurie.”
Voice after voice caught up the song
With all its tender passion.
Like an old anthem rich and strong—
Their battle eve’s confession.
Dear girl, her name he would not speak;
But as the song grew louder
Something upon the soldier’s cheek
Washed off the stain of powder.
Beyond the dark’ning ocean burned
The bloody sunset’s embers,
While the Crimean valleys learned •
How English love remembers!
Once more, again, a fire of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream of shot and burst of shell
And bellowing of mortars.
An Irish Norah’s eyes are dim
For a singer dumb and gory:
An English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of his "Annie Laurie.”
A Scottish lassie with saddened face
Pines silently in her craggy highland
home.
The pibroch’s hushed; beside her, a place
Is lost to one lying still ’neath heaven's
dome.
Sleep, men, quiet in honored rest,
Your truth and valor wearing;
The bravest are the tenderest—
The loving arc the daring, (
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The clergyman who is to undertake
to conduct a Western newspaper on Chris
tian principles for a week in March next,
says that during his occupancy of the
sanctum no sporting news will be printed,
nor wiil any police reports get into type.
Every news item and advertisement will
pass under his personal supervision, so
that he can make sure that nothing in
jurious shall be published. Every one of
the paper's employes will have to attend
prayers at the beginning of each day’s
work.
* —An electric balloon for night signalling
is among the latest ideas, especially for
use in the Boer war. According to the
plan, the balloon, made of gold-beaters*
skins, carries a number of electric lamp 9,
which are connected by wire with an ap
paratus below. These lamps are flashed
at intervals corresponding to the dots and
dashes of the Morse code\ and on a clear
night can be seen 100 miles away. The
balloon may be sent up some distance from
an army, connection with the ground ap
paratus being made by wire. The chance
of the balloon being hit by sharpshooters
is small, as It is sent up at night, and
unlighted, so that when the signals are
begun it is out of range. A number will
be sent out to South Africa to be tested.
—There is a possibility that the illness
of one of the jurors in the Molineux case
may lead to an important change in the
law affecting juries in this state, says a
New York letter. The sick juror is pro
gressing favorably, and will most likely be
in his place in court when the trial is re
sumed on Monday. But the possibility of
his being unable to attend, and of there
being a mistrial in consequence, has caus
ed grave apprehension. It is suggested
that it would be well to have thirteen ju
rors for every important case. The thir
teenth man would sit and listen to the
testimony, but he would not be Included
in the jury to render a verdict unless
one of the twelve should happen to be dis
abled. The recorder remarked yesterday
that it would not be fair to impanel an
other juror at this stage of the trial in
the event of the sick juror not being able
to go on. because the manner and per
sonality of a witness had so much to do
with influencing a jury in making up its
verdict, and all the jurors should be pres
ent throughout the trial. It is said that
a bill providing for thirteen jurors will
be introduced in the Legislature this ses
sion. Such a bill was introduced in the
last Legislature, but was not passed.
—Professional as well as medical read
ers have been much interested in the re
port made by Prof. Koch and his asso
ciates concerning the virulent malaria at
Qfosetto, Italy, in July. August and Sep
tember last, says the New York Tribune.
The experience gained thus far shows
that the time of infection, which is the
really dangerous time, is the above nam
ed, showing that the malaria parasites
can live in only a certain kind of gnats,
as well as in man. The chief kinds found
in the neighborhood of Grosetto, which,
according to Prof. Koch, came under this
category, are the Culex pipiens and Ano
pheles maculpennis—parasites which only
atiain full development during the hoi
summer months, and consequently there
remain some eight to nine months during
which they must subsist on man alone.
Search was made in vain for malarial
parasites in other creatures, and it is man,
therefore, who remains the sole harborer
of this specific parasite, the introduction
of which takes place only during the shore
summer, through the agency of griats.
When the hot season comes there are so
many cases of malaria relapses that, the
infection is easily thus spread, forming,
in fact, the binding link or bridge from
the fever season of one year to that of
the next.
—There is a man in Indianapolis of the
nape of Sampson Goliah, who. according
to Henry Holt, his attorney, partakes to a
considerable <?egree of the* characteristics
of both his biblical namesakes, being of
large stature, 6trong as an ox. with a
voice "like the sound of many waters."
says the Chicago Record. According to
the records Sampson Goliah is a bad man,
but he demure to that proposition and has
asked Representative Overstreet to intro
duce a bill to amend his reputation. He
was raised a slave In Kentucky and in 1863
betook himself to Massachusetts, where
he enlisted in Company A, Fifty-fifth
Massachusetts Infantry. During the fol
lowin year, while his regiment was en
route for Hilton Head, a broke
out In the ship, and Sampson Goliah was
accused of participation in it. A court
martial found him guilty and sentenced
him to confinement at Fort Flinch, where
he remained until the expiration of his
term of enlistment. He was then dishon
orably discharged without pay. Sampson
Goliah says that all these year* he has
been the victim of injustice, and that he
was punished for the offense of a man
named John Sylvester. In 1881 Congress
man Peele got the House of Representa
tives to pass a bill relieving Sampson from
the odium of the eourtmnrtial, but Gen.
defeated It In the Senate, and now
Goliah has attempted, without, success, to
interest Representative Overstreet, who
does not consider the claim a good gne.
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