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The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia, to-day are
for fair weather tn the western portion,
with showers in the eastern portion, and
brisk southeast shifting to northwesterly
winds; and for Kastern Florida, showers,
with colder weather.
Independence in South Africa is dying
hard.
A Philadelphia contemporary suggests
that possibly President McKinley per
mitted those Porto Rican murderers to be
garroted, because hanging them might
have been construed as extending the
constitution over the island.
It must be admitted that there are some
Populists in Georgia who have the cour
age of their convictions. They are' going
to make another fight for the state, which
will be more hopeless, if possible, than
_*ny contest they have heretofore made.
Dr. Dana of New York does not be
lieve in the music cure for nervous dis
orders. “Music,” he says, "is attractive
to idiots, degenerates and persons of ab
normal temperaments. It may be sooth
ing to a lunatic, but so is a horse-hair
brush.”
A newspaper biographer of the late
“Prof.” Holden of Maine says that ce
lebrity got his notion of the earth's flat
ness by sitting up several nights amt no
ticing that the water in his millpond did
not run out when, according to other the
orists, the globe was upside down.
"Speak softly, carry a large stick, and
you will go far.” This is a West African
pro Verb, and it Is said to have struck
Gov. Roosevelt of New York as such a
good thing that he is fond of repeating it.
Possibly he means to practice it, too, in
his polities during the next four years.
A Sioux Falls dispatch says that twen
ty-eight mail sacks full of Senator Pettl
grew'6 speeches, under frank, have ar
rived at that place. This Is the kind of
imposition upon the postal establishment
that ought to be stopped, but it won’t be.
Pettigrew is a part of Congress, and Con
gress is very kind to itself, at public ex
pense.
The literary bureau of the Republican
Campaign Committee is said to be pub
lishing a volume of the speeches of Presi
dent McKinley since his election In IX6.
The book will not be complete, however,
unless it includes his messages also. And
his "plain duty” free trade Porto Rico
message ought to be put Into parallel col
umns with hi* endorsement of the ID
per cent, duty for the island.
All of the United Si nes exhibits at the
Paris Exposition arc not In the national
pavilion of this country. Many of them
ire In buildings erected by and under the
control of the French government; and
the Frttich government has decided that
the exposition will remain open on Sun
days- The American exhibits that u re
under French roofs, therefore, must abide
by this rule Whether or not the I'tilted
Piste s pavilion shall he oj n on Holidays,
how v>.r, |a ,cfi yj, |r ly w| It C Ottul-s op- r
Peck.
THRKE DEFEATS IX A W EEK.
There ia much in the new* from South
Africa to cause the people of England un
easiness. The British forces, it is report <1
have suffered three defeats in the vicinity
<jf Bloemfontein, Gen. Robert's headquart
ers, within a week. An account of the last
one was given in our dispatches yesterday.
The British lost GUO killed and
wounded, and 900 firi-sonere. It looks a< if
the Boers were destroying Gen. Roberts'
army by piecemeal. It would not take
many disasters like that reported fr>m
Brandfort to make Gen. Roberts think his
army was in eerious danger. He has ♦ V
000 men with him, cooped up in Bloemfon
tein, and the understanding is that the
Boers have only 15,000. But does it not
seem strange that with their small force
the Boers are able to accomplish so much?
It is doubtful if they are able to put in the
•field more than 50,000 men. In fact, ti e e
6eems to be ground for saying that at no
lime hove they had that numb- r in the
fieid. And yet they seem to l>e able to
guard every point and to harass the Brit
ish all along the latter’s lines.
Is it because they are able to move
from points much more rapidly than the
British that they accomplish so much
with their smaller numbers, or is it
that they are better soldiers and are bel
ter led? Whatever the truth is, it is • r
tain that it is time for Gen. Roberts to
seriously consider whether his pies- nt
large force will be sufficient to enable h m
to bring the war to a successful close.
It is apparent now that the re
joicings of the British over the capture of
Gen. Cronje and his small army of
4,000 men, was premature. They assumed
that the war was practically over. Re
cent happenings seem to indicate that it
was then only beginning.
It is certain tnat Gen. Roberts will r ot
move on Pretoria at once. It may Te quite
awhile before he is ready to start. Ju t
now he is having all he can do to keep th •
Boera from cutting his cominunicalions
and capturing the detachments of troops
sent on special service a short distance
from his camp.
A month ago it was the understanding
that the entire Free State was free of the
Boers. Now it ls> admitted that they have
regained possession of a large pert ion of
Free State territory, and the Free State
burghers, who had about abandoned the
contest and were returning to their hornet,
are again flocking to the standard of
President Kruger.
The situation for the British is becom
ing more complicated all the time. There
is a growing pro-Boer sentiment in this
country and in all of the continental coun
tries of Europe. Even in England the e
are frequent attempts to hold meetings to
express sympathy with the Boers. Unless
success attends the British army very
soon, not only will the danger of an upris
ing in the British South African po ses
sions greatfy increase, but someone or
more of the Powers may take steps to in
tervene in the war with the purpose of
bringing it to an end.
In the meantime Gen. Roberts is wait
ing at Bloemfontein for horses for his
cavalry and supply trains, and for w.nter
clothing for his troops. The Bridsh hope!
to end the war before the arrival of win
ter, but now a winter camfMign is regard
ed as certain.
THE POPULIST TICKET.
The ticket nominated by the Populists
of this state at Atlanta on Tuesday does
not call for much comment, because the
glory of the Populist party in this state
has departed. No doubt the candidates
for the various offices are worthy of the
honor conferred on them, but as there is
not the remotest probability that the
Populists will cut much of a figure in the
election next fail, or in the campaign that
will precede it, there Is no reason why a
great deal should be said about the
ticket. The platform follows the regula
tion Middle-of-lhe-Road Populist national
platform, with which everybody is fa
miliar. It is the platform on which Mr.
■Wharton Barker and Mr. Ignatius Don
nelly, the Populist nominees for President
and Vice President, stand.
It is impossible, of course, to give an
estimate of the vote the Populists will
cast in this state next October that would
be anywhere near correct. Every one
knows, however, that in Georgia popu
lism is almost a thing of the past. The
people find tn the Democratic party every
thing they want, and the great majority
of those who once thought the Populist
party had a great mission to perform, and
wer§ eager to do battle for it, are now
satisfied that they were mistaken. They
have had enough of populism and are
back in their old places in the Democratic
party.
PROSPERITY DANGEROUS TO M'-
KIM.EY.
Appraiser Wakeman of the New York
Custom House has expressed the opinion
that owing to the prosperous condition of
the country more people will visit the
Paris Exposition than ever went to Eu
rope in any previous year, and that the
majority of them will be Republicans. He
says that the indications are that as many
as 20,000 will be New Yorkers, and that
owing to the crowded condition of the
steamships comparatively few of them
will be able to gel homo in time for the
November elections. This condition of af
fairs suggests to him that with so many
Republican voters away McKinley will be
In danger of losing the Empire Stale, and
Consequently the election.
The Springfield, Mass., Republican,
makes the remark that If prosperity is so
dangerous to the President he ought to
call off some of It. But is it not some
what remarkable that the great majority
of those who will visit the Paris exhibi
tion should be Republicans? Why is it
that the percentage of rich Republicans
Is larger than the percentage of rich Dem
ocrats? Is it not because the Republi
cans are the promoters and owners of th<
trusts? It is difficult to think of any other
reason.
And because they are the owners of the
trusts they are hostile lo legislation
against trusts. They Insist upon the pro.
it live principle In the tariff. I- hup,, that
principle enables trusts lo charge Ameri
cans prices for their products which nr,
double those they charge foreigners.
No Ite'icr evidence Is needed than Iba'
furnished by Appraiser Wakeman lha<
tlie Republican |>ity is the prote, lor t,f
trusts, and It would Is- a urious
comment at/ on tu trust prulee-
THE MOEMNG NEWS: THURSDAY; APRIL 12, 1900.
tlve policy of the Republican party
if that party should be defeated in
the presidential election py absence
from the polls of the men made rich by
that policy.
GIERILLA WARFARE. IX THE PHIL
IPPI XE*.
There are reasons for thinking that the
fighting rejiorted from the Philippines is
nothing more than guerilla warfare, but
it may ossume sfrkms proportions, unless
we are able to give the natives who are
friendly to us protection against the gue
rillas. It is not reasonable to suppose
that the friendly Filipino© will remain
friendly if, because of their friendliness,
their lives are constantly in danger.
In asking permission to return to his
home Gen. Otis said that the war was
over—that the fighting was practically
ended. Organized warfare may be over,
but guerilla warfare may be troublesome
for a iong time. Gen. Young, who com
mands in North Luzon, has asked for ad
ditional troops, and Gen. Bell, who com
mands in South Luzon, has made i similar
request. They state that unless the na
tives friendly to us are given protection
there is likely to i>e very troublous times
in those sections. Evidently the gueri'las
must be taught a lesson or they will make
the situation very uncomfortable not only
for the friendly native**, but also for our
soldiers during the rainy s awn, which
is now' close nt hand.
As long as are scattered bands of
Insurgents in the field, even though they
carry on war in an irregular way, it wi l
be a very difficult matter to successfully
establish civil government on the islands.
The natives are still suspicious of us, not
withstanding all of our efforts to convince
them that it Is our purpose to treat them
kindly and justl>. Unless we can give
them absolute protection against the gue
rillas they will come to the donclusion that
our power is not as great as they had be
lieved, unu uie> will j'dn hands with the
insurgents in opposing our rule. It is not
improbab’e that Gen. Olis Is glad to escape
from a situation that is yet full of
trouble, and which *may continue to be
troublesome for a long time.
NEGRO IMMSTHIAI, SCHOOLS.
Pending in Congress is a bill, introduced
by Representative Wise of Virginia, “to
encourage the organization of industrial
schools for the benefit of freedmen in the
Sojtth.” The title of the bill is somewhat
a 'misnomer, since the beneficiaries of the
bill tire to be negro youths under 21 years
of age, who, never having been bond
men, cannot properly be called freedmen.
That, however, is an immaterial techni
cality, easily remedied.
The bill provides that when seven citi
zens of good standing shall have peti
tioned Congress, setting forth the facta
that they have secured and are in pos
session of SIO,OOO to be donated as a nu
cleus fund for the establishment of a
negro industrial school in the state of
which the petitioners are residents, that
the petitioners have been chosen a gov
erning body of the proposed school, and
that other Incidental requirements have
been complied with, the sum of $150,000
shall be appropriated for the benefit of
the proposed schoo!, one-third of the sum
to be expended for necessary buildings
and equipments and two-thirds invested
as a permanent endowment fund. The
bill further provides for the permanent
government of such industrial schools as
may be established under Its terms.
It Is the Intention of the projectors of
this scheme that Che schools shall he in
dustrial, not academic. They are to teach
the negro youth how to labor with' his
hands, not fill his head with a lot of the
ory and “hook learning” to the detriment
of his capacity as a producer. In the
opinion of many conscientious and care
ful students of the great race problem,
the only permanent solution of the great
race problem is to be found in this in
dustrial education. The South is not
financially able to undertake a work of
such magnitude, therefore an appeal for
national aid has been made. The bill
was drawn by Democrats, but has the
support of leading Republicans. Mr.
Wise, who introduced it, is a Republican,
and Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio has prom
ised it his aid. Among those not in offi
cial life who have indorsed and are sup
porting it are a number of clergymen and
educators in all parts of the country.
Manufacturers of cotton mill machinery
have taken the trouble to deny the rather
silly story, telegraphed from Atlanta re
cently, alleging a combination of such
manufacturers against purchasers of mill
machinery for the South in order "to pre
vent new mills from being erected in the
South."‘The simple fact is that thete have
been to many orders for machinery lately
that the manufacturers are behind in the
delivery of the articles. They cannot
make the machine* as fast as they are
wanted, nnd having many orders ahead
they have been forced to decline other or
ders fixing a near-by time limit for de
livery. There was no secret respecting
this condition, but it s ems that a story
got abroad that the machinery manu
facturers had formed a combination to
prevent any more cotton mills being
built in the South.
A steamship left the port of Philadelphia
u few days ago with a cargo consisting
of thirty-one locomotives, many tons of
steel rails, a large lot of steel bridge ma
terial, nnd a complete steel hot:s for
Prince Yoshlhlto, all bound for Hus'i tn
and Japanese torts. The principal part
of the cargo watt the loro-mot, ves, the
manufacture of which enjoys no protec
tion; yet the cargo went in a foreign ship.
If shipbuilding, which requires no more
skill than locomotive-building, were un
protected. Is it not probable that the car
go would hove gone in an American bot
tom?
The Virginia Republicans indorse! Sen
ator Hanna for national chairman of their
party. Senator Hanna has the reputation
of believing that every man has his price,
and of being willing to pay the price If
the man Is needed. Anew chairman
might l>* an unknown quantity, hence,
probably, the Virginia Republicans think
It Is Iter to retain a man whose methods
they can depend upon
One or two more explanations of Judge
Brown's decision In the Gi<s tte-tjaynor
cats- would is- apt to IndUl • the idea that
possibly lbs Judge Is n a himself so well
satisfied Kspec ting u as he might be.
Clark Is fo be fired out of the Senate
and Quay taken in. Shorn of all other
considerations, the reason no doubt is that
Clark is a Democrat and Quay a Republi
can. If their politics were reversed, the
decision respecting them might be differ
ent; which goes to show that the “most
august deliberative body in the “world” Is
incapable of rising above petty politics.
There may be a plenty of good reasons
why Clark should go out, but there are
as many why Quay should be kept out.
Many items are appearing in the news
papers now* respecting Mrs. Dewey’s re
ligion, the latest statement being that she
has left the Catholic Church to become
an Episcopalian; and it is further alleged
that before becoming a Catholic she was
a Christian Scientist, and before that a
Presbyterian. That matter, it seems to
us, is of no public concern. It is her
inalienable right to chose any religion
she may please, and to change as often
as she likes.
The Populists of Alabama will probably
make their campaign < n the. liquor issue,
advocating the dispensary system as it te
in South Carolina. They prof €esto be lr>
favor of temperance; but in South Caro
lina the temperance plea has long been
abandoned in advocacy of the dispensary.
The dispensary, as a matter of fact, has
forced whisky shops upon communities
in which no liquor had previously been
sold for many years.
At last accounts the Amos Cummings
vice presidential boom was mired to its
middle in the union depot in Atlanta and
was unable to extricate itself. The pro
moters of it always believed the boom
would strike a soft thing.
PERSON AL.
—Twenty-four consecutive years Joseph
Pa hi an has been assessor of Bohemia pre
cinct in Saunders county, Neb. It is con
ceded that he will hod the job as long as
he lives unless he should positively de
cline to do the work.
—Gov. Roosevelt was a guest at the re
cent Lotus Club dinner in New York to
the Gridiron Club of Washington, and
after hearing the visitors unmercifully
quiz some other notables present he en
deavored to conciliate the newspaper men
by saving that he knew th- m of old. “Of
course you do; we made you,” was the
chorused reply, and Teddy’s overthrow
was w'orse than that of any other vic
tim.
—When George Wvndham entered the
British war office, a little more than a year
ago, he did not have a gray hair, and
now his hair is silvery white. A similar
change was noticed in the appearance of
Sir George Trevelyon. In ISS2, when he
became Chief Secretary for Ireland, im
mediately after the assassination of Ird
Fre<R*riok Cavendish, he was described
by Mr. Parnell as having hair of raven
blackness. Three moqths afterward his
hair had become os white as snow.
—Every man who applies at Coxey’s
quarry, near Massillon, 0., can get work.
All tramps have heard of and it
is a favorite game of theirs to apply to
| him for wrork on Satur ay afternoon. They
are given good meals and comfortable
j beds, not having to work on Sunday.
\ When Monday ccnies they make their es
j cap©. Two men tried this recently, but
Jesse Cox-y, son of the “general," brought
j th© runaways back at the point of a re
volver, and made them work out the price
of the comforts they had received.
BRIGHT HITS.
—Good Advice. —Ferdy: She is all the
world to me! What would you advise me
to (lo?
Percy: See a little more of the world,
old chap.—Puck.
—Bill: They say there is a good deal to
be learned from bees.
Jill: So there is; Jiut, as a rule, people
are not anxious to take points from them.
—Yonkers Statesman.
—Her Idea.—Lady: Hpw much are your
oranges?
Vender: Two-y for flva.
Lady: Well, that is too dear. I'll wait
until the English occupy the Orange Free
State, nnd then they will be cheaper.—
Chicago News.
—ln the Darkest South. —Jim: I ober
*heerd (le Jedge an’ de Curnel talkin', an’
dey says dls hyar chicken scalin’ hab
got to be stopped.
Sam: Golly! I hope dey ain't t'inkin’
ob lynchin' cullud folks fo' datl—Brook
lyn Life.
—“My friend,” said the long-haired pas
senger to the young man in the seat op
posite, "to what end has your life work
been directed?”
"To both ends,” was the reply. “I
have the only first-class hat and shoe
store in our village.”—Chicago News.
—Miss Maison: Excuse my ignorance,
but ought I to call you Mr. Bones or Dr.
Bones?
The Doctor (irascibly): Oh. eal! me any
thing you like. Some of my friends call
me an old idiot!
Miss Maison: Ah! but those are only
people who know you intimately.—Tit-
Bits.
< t HR EXT COMMENT.
The Nashville American (Dem.) says:
"The annexation of Cuba will unquestion
ably be hastened on account of the pre
dominance of negroes in the island. Tito
Caucasians in Cuba are not going to sub
mit to negro domination any more than
the Caucasians tn any other part of the
world. With Cuba a republic the. negro
would be paramount. It may he asked.
How is the negro to be prevented from
ruling If Cuba is brought under the domin
ion of the United States, a Democracy?
Americans, in Southern Stales especially,
have not found that a difficult problem to
•solve, and with a sufficient number of
Am. rlcans in the Islond—a condition whlca
will follow United States ownership—the
Cuban negro will not be found a stub
born factor In the political situation."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
"To get Quay Into the Senate before Clark
shall be thrust out is the task which
confronts the managers of the claimant.
But there Is an evident indisposition on
the part of the more conservedve Repub
lican senators to further add to the bur
dens the party must carry when It shall
go before the ix'ople next November. To
fling the door open for Quay which has
been so often slummed shut In the face of
honest men holding more lawful creden
tials requires a courageous wickedness
and defiance of right and precedent which
under any circumstances would be embar
rassing, but which is now dangerous.”
The New York Mail and Express says:
“Atlanta Is doing :• g-<l deal of plain
nnd fancy g).,ut!ng over tin fact that she
Is the only American city Hint hns ever
nlminlftried u lirgr, high-voltage snub
to Uncle Heorgi Dewey Happily, for th
Admiral's peace of mind he doesn't up
|n.4f ty have heard of the uffatr ul aa.il."
Wanted God Doth Side*.
The family were at their devotions the
other morning in the home of a West End
clergyman, says the Cleveland Plain Deal
er. Master 6-year-old thought his papa's
prayer was rather long when breakfast
was waiting, and he undertook to beat a
quiet retreat to the kitchen. Suddenly
here was a crash, and a table with its
contents fell to the floor with the young
deserter from the family altar beneath It.
Prayers were interrupted temporarily,
and when they w’ere resumed the father
prayed for the naughty boy. A short time
later the lad’s mamma found him in a
closet upstairs. He was sobbing bitterly.
“Ob, mamma,” he exclaimed indignant
ly, “papa tells God of all the bad things
I do, but never tells Him a word about
the good that’s in me.”
\
Prince Pat.
It Is telegraphed from London that the
Infant son of the Duke of York is to be
christened Patrick, says the New York
Press. Wherefore? Isn't one Pat in a fam
ily quite enough to ferment’ the renewed
loyalty and affection or the Irish? The
first s n, and heir to the threne, of George
Frederick Ernest Albert is named thus:
Edward Ernest Albert Christian George
Andrew Patrick David. This takt s in
nearly the whole earth, according to pa
tron saints, St. Edward standing for
Spain; St. George for England. Bavaria.
Germany, Portugal, Sicily and Suabia;
St. Andrew for Scotland, Brabant, Bruns
wick, Luxemburg, Prussia and Russia;
St. Patrick for Ireland and St. David for
Wales. Why not name the third son of
York in this winter of England’s discon
tent after the patron saint of Africa, St.
Cecil?
An \lTulr of Honor.
“Vat ees eet, Joan?”
“Monsieur, ze doctaire comes to-day to
vaccinate monsieur,” replied the valet,
according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“Nevaire! I v'ill die first. Eel ees de
grading! Eet ees an insult!"
"But, monsieur, eet ees also ze law.”
“Shameful! How can I suffairo a beast
of a doctaire, wi hees brutal weapons. io
stab me—me, ze Count de Moosealonge?
Nevaire!”
“But eet ees ze law, monsieur.”
“Perfidious law! Ah, I have eet! I have
eet now! Beautiful! Listen. You will
prepaire ze swords."
“Ze swords, monsieur?”
“Prepaire ze swords. On ze point of one
sword monsieur ze doctaire will rub his
vaccinate mattaire. See? Zen he will Gif
fa ire from me on ze Dr-r-yfus questions.
I will feel insulted. I will challenge ze
doctaire. He will accept, naming swords
as ze weapons. We will fight at once, and
here zc doctaire takes ze prepared sword.
See? One-two-three! Ze doctaire pricks
me slightly in ze arm. Ha, ha! Honor is
satisfied! I am vaccinate!”
‘‘Sorinil** \Vax To© Steep.
The president of a manufacturing firm
in Chicago has two letters from a man
;n Michigan, says the New York Trib
une. The first set forth that the writer
had settled upon a piece of land that
had “rite smart pin timbur on it;” that
his ne ghbors. with the exception of “sum
french Canuckes at the nort end of the
lak," had also “rite smart” of timber and
weuld hail “the advent of a ‘sormil" with
delight. “How mutch would a sormil
cost? N. B. if a Frenchman name Ike
Lamorto r tes you to ask about this hes
no gud and a ded beat of the first water.”
The firm wrote back to inform their cor
respondent that a small sawmill, such
as he seemed to want, would cost about
SCO). A catalogue was inclosed, which
would give him an idea of the plant, and
the firm, hoped to be favored with his
order. The firm had no idea that its let
ter would give serious offence. There was
no doubt, however, that the Michigan man
was quite annoyed. He wrote: “You must
tak me for a fool. If I had s3ou what
in —• wud I want a sormil for?”
The Hired Girl's Progress.
Once upon a time, says the Detroit Free
PreSfc, there came into the city from the
country a giri. The girl wandered from
her happy home to secure employment
among the wealthy families of the city,
and when she made known the fact that
she was willing to work many persons
sought her and implored her to engage
with them in domestic pursuits. The grl
was overwhelmed with offers, but finally
made a selection and se<tled in a family
that valued her services very highly. The
girl was happy until one day her em
ployer met a neighbor, a very* dear friend,
and told her of her good fortune in find
ing the country girl. And this neighbor
met another very dear friend and told
her of her other friend’s good luck, and
thus did it become generally known that
there was a good “hired in the
neighborhood. And from that time on the
mistress and the girl were unhappy until
one day the very dear friend gave the
girl $1.50 more a week than stye was earn
ing in her first place, and in this manner
did the girl become happy again, while
her mistress and the very dear friend
ceased to be on speaking terms. And then
the girl became unhappy again until the
other very dear friend engaged her at an
advance of sl, and the other dear friend
and the first dear friend ceased to talk
over the back fence. And then the good
girl wore fine dresses and fine hats, and
one day a dashing young man led her to
the altar, and now’ the three friends and
the poor country girl are all very un
happy.
Moral—Don’t talk good about your hired
girl.
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Tlie IliiMlcnt 'lnn.
From the Host on Globe. %
Tho world seems given to busy men, who
labor with hand and brain—
Some of them striving for honor an 1 l ime,
others for treasure and gain.
Hut the one that. I have in mind just now
is up with tne sun's first petp.
And the only rest that his little limbs set
is when he is fast asle* p.
And I sometimes imagine the little sho-?s
that cover his tiny toes
Half echo a sigh of pure relief j with the
daylight nearing a clo-se—
Each hour that passes is brimming with
Joy—more pleasure it could not ho’d
For the busiest man in the whole wide
world —one little boy four years old.
When a little boy gets to be four years
old. a terrible bother is he.
And he asks funny questions ’bout nil
kinds of things from a whale to a
bumble bee.
You must tell him the number of stars ex
act and where they get their light—
Aryl the reason they do not shire all day
the same as they do at night—
And what holds the sun up in the sky, and
how the trees were made—
And why in the dark when he* left alone,
he always feels so a fra Id-
Then he begs for the tale about 80-prep,
and when the story’s told,
Another question or two has ho—this little
boy four years old.
When a little boy g* ts to be four yeara
old. a wonderful Joy Is le—
For when his arms about you twine, your
heart from care seems free
And nil the trials of life pam efi, and thft
things that are hard to Itear—
And the aoiri utems wrapped in a tend- r
love for the little tot standing thero—
While often a mist ohm'ures the sight und
the eyes grow strangely dim.
And th*i 1 wonder what price you’d a.-k
Imfore you would part with him—
And I know that In this great wide world
there Isn’t enough pure gold
To tempt a mother to yield him up—olio
little boy fomr year* old.
Special 10 Days Sale
New and Slightly Used
-AND-
Greatly Reduced Prices. Easy Payments.
Upright Pianos $6 and upward per month.
Square Pianos $3 to $5 per month.
Organs $2 to $5 per month.
Sale will only last a few more days. Don’t miss this
opportunity to provide music for your home at nominal
cost.
Upright Pianos.
We never sell a Piano that has been
used as anew Piano. So give great
bargains In slightly used Pianos.
CONOVER PIANO, style L, No. 10523,
artistic grade, mahogany case. No
hotter piano made. Used 3 months.
$2,000,030 hack of guarantee on this
piano. Regular price S7OO.
SALE PRICE $375
$25 cash, $lO per month.
KINGSBURY PIANO, style B, No. 10220.
High grade, mahogany case. More
of these pianos are sold than of any
other American make. Used six
months. Regular price $375.
SALE PRICE $229
sl3 cash. $7 per month.
WELLINGTON PIANO, style A, No.
17C8S. Oak case. A splendid instru
ment. Used eight months. Regular
price $3lO.
SALE PRICE $199
$lO cash, $6 per month.
MATHUSIIEK UPRIGHT PIANO, sec
ond hand, good condition.
SALE PRICE $l5O
$lO cash, $5 per month.
Spars Pianos.
J. P. HALE & CO. SQUARE PIANO,
round corners, ivory keys. Good
practice piano.
SALE PRICE $lO
$3 cash, $3.50 per month.
peek SQUARE PIANO, round corners,
ivory keys.
SALE PRICE $35
$5 cash, $3.50 per month.
STODART SQUARE. No. 4133. Good for
beginners.
SALE PRICE $25
$5 cash, $2.50 per month.
If you do not live in Savannah send cash
payment as above and we will ship piano or
organ at once.
CABLE PIANO CO.,
146 and 148 Whitaker Street,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
li. M J.KETi;, Futility Agent.
ORGANS.
Standard makes of new and slightly
used organs at astonishingly low prices.
Organs quoted below were taken in ex
change and have been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired.
\
SCHONINGER ORGAN, chapel style,
No. 56071. Good as new.
SALE PRICE $lO
$3 cash, $2 per month.
BAY STATE ORGAN, No. 28039. Good
condition, 5 octaves, music pocket
in top.
SALE PRICE S2O
$4 cash, $3 per month.
MASON & HAMLIN, No. 67250. Thorough
repair.
BARGAIN AT $26
$4 cash, $3 per month.
♦
KIMBALL ORGAN, No. 87676. Eight
stops. Good repair.
SALE PRICE $*
$4 cash, $3 per month.
STERLING ORGAN, No. 61136. High top
ornamental work, bevel French plate
, mirror, 11 stops. Good as new.
SALE PRICE $lO
$5 cash, $t per month.
ESTEY ORGAN, No. 230918. High top. 3
stops, full length music desk, five
octaves, walnut case.
SALE PRICE WO
$5 cash, $1 per month.