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INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Landrum Lodge, No. 48, F.
£ A. M.
Special Notices—Ship Notice, Strachan
& Cos., Consignees; Our Dairy Products,
John T. Evans & Cos.; Direct Shipment, A*.
M. & C. W. West.
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©telljes.
Baking Powder—Royal Baking Powder.
Broad Gauge Shoes—Byck Bros.
Straw Hats, Mens Trousers, Etc.—At
the Metropolitan.
Big Shirtwaist Sale—B. H. Levy & Bro.
’Tis An 111 Wind That Blows Nobody
Good—Leopold Adler.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company; Merchants and Miners’ Trans
portation Company's Steamsjgps.
Mineral Waters—Apenta; Crab Orchard
Water.
Medical—Munyon’s Guarantee; Formal
dehyde Inhaler; Hood’s Pills; Horsford’s
Acid Phosphate; Ayer’s Pills; Dr. Hath
away Company; Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root; Coke's Dandruff Cure; Castoria;
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Tlie Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
rain, with increasing east to northeast
winds, and for Eastern Florida, showers,
with fresh to brisk east to southeast
winds.
Mrs. Dewey Is discovering that not even
a woman can hope to escape the slings and
airows of those w T ho are opposed to the
politics of her husband. It is now being
charged that she changed her religion for
political reasons.
It Is alleged that one of Mr. William C.
Whitney's reasons for removing his thor
oughbreds from Kentucky to New York
Is his disgust with the political methods
of the Blue Grass state. Is It possible
fhat they have been voting Mr. Whitney's
horses for the Republican ticket down
there?
Queen Victoria Is making quite a long
Visit to Ireland. She is to remain In Dub
lin until April 26. which will make the
length of her stay almost a month. Pos
sibly she Is giving the Irish people such
B spell of her presence for the reason that
it is extremely unlikely that she will ever
visit them again.
Washington correspondents who have
kept close track of the Quay case predict
that he will be seated next Tuesday, with
five or six votes to spare. The seat which
he has occupied for twelve years has been
kept open for him, so that on Wednes
day It is likely that he will be In It again.
The seating of Quay will be one more
Illustration of the fact that precedents
■re good only until they are set aside.
The plan of disposing of the city’s garb
age by hauling it by rail to a safe dis
tance, which is now receiving considera
tion, is one that the Morning News has
for a long time favored and advocated.
By hauling the stuff away it may be made
valuable for filling in low places, and some
part of it may be used as fertilizer, where
as under the crematory system the garb
age all went to waste, besides which the
city was put to expense for fuel with
which to burn it.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chic ago Record says that Representative
Lentz of Ohio is the only man in Congress
who maintains a regular press bureau,
with agent and business manager, to
keep him before the public in the most
favorable light. These press men no doubt
earn every penny of their pay, Whatever
It may be, since Mr. Lentz is continually
doing something to put himself in an un
favorable light.
A New York paper a day or two ago
printed a nice little Interview with Melba,
in Paris, in which the famous prlma don
na was quoted as expressing liveliest
pleasure at her divorce from her husband,
Mr. Armstrong, because she had “no time
to live at those horrid Texas and Dakota
places,’’ and announcing that she would
si.only be married to iladdon Chambers
and go with him to London where, as his
wife, she expected to live in an Eden. It
transpires that Mr. liaddon Chambers is
already married; “happily married,” as
a correspondent expresses it. Just how
the author of the alleged Melba Inter
view proposes to get over that difficulty
is not apparent, since “haprilly married"
people do not get divorces even to please
pi‘ina donnas.
Oi n IM SBU NAVY YARDS.
Th© controversy In Congrfss. as to why
the government does not use the navy
yards for shipbuilding: purpose* instead
of having ships for the navy built in pri
vate shipyards, is an interesting one. The
Secretary of the Navy is quoted as say
ing that ships can be built in private
yards at less coat than in the government
yards. On the other hand, some of the
na\al officers who are connected with the
Bureau of Construction of the navy say
that ships can be constructed in the navy
yards quite as cheaply as in private ship
yards. and that the navy yards are all
ready for ship building.
It is pointed out that other maritime
nations build about half of their ships in
their own yards, and contract with pri
vate shipbuilders for the construction of
the other half. There is no doubt that na
tal officers connected with the Bureau of
Construction would like to have the job
of building warships for the new navy.
They have the most implicit confidence in
their ability to turn out ships that would
equal the best In the world.
Why is it then that the Secretary of the
Navy objects to using the navy yards for
the building of* warships? Is It because
he has very little confidence In ihe ability
of the officers of the navy to construct as
good ships as are furnished by private
ship builders or does he think that the
government saves money by having ships
built by contract?
Jt is probably true that it would cost a
great deal more to have warships con
structed in the navy yards than to have
them constructed by contract. In the first
place politicians would be all 'the while
interfering with the men employed in the
navy yards. Incompetent men would he
forced on the navy officials and it woulil
he practically impossible to discharge
worthless and unfit men. The politicians
would get their friends In places and
would keep them there.
lAnd there would be trouble all the while
about wages and the hours of labor.
There would he demands for an increase
of wages and for a decrease in the num
ber of hours of labor per day. Members
of Congress would be appealed to all the
time to stand by the employes of the navy
yards in their demands.
It can he readily seen that unless there
were great economy in the navy yards
the cost of ships built th-re would be con
siderably greater than the cost of those
built by contract. Besides, if a mistake
were made and a proved a failure,
the government would have to stand the
loss. Now the government does not pay
for a ship until she is accepted by a board
of government experts. All things con
sidered it is not surprising that the Sec
retary of the Navy is averse to building
warships- in the navy yards.
There is also a strong movement in
Congress in favor cf the government
making its own armor plate for war
ships. It would cost about $5,(0),€00 for a
plant, and it is certain that it could not
be operated, when built, anywhere near
as cheaply as a plant owned by private
parties. The chances are that after a
plant was built it would be abandoned in
a little while on account of the cost of
operating it. It is true of course, that the
government has to pay an outrageous
price for armor plate, but it would, in all
probability, cost the government consid
erably more if it were made in a plant
owned and operated by itself. In Euro
pean countries the politicians do not have
their own way to the extent that they
do in this, and that Is one of the reasons
that navy yards are profitably utilized
there.
A CREED DISCUSSED.
Some of the Presbyterian ministers of
Philadelphia are of the opinion that Dr.
Parkhurst has no right to remain in the
Presbyterian Church after his attack on
the Westminster Confession of Faith last
Sunday. Kev. Dr. I*. M. Graham is quot
ed as saying that Dr. Parkhurst is not a
Presbyterian anyway, but an imported
Congregationalist, and that if he does not
like the standards of the Presbyterian
Church “he ought to get out.” The Rev.
A. L. Latham Is quoted as saying that Dr.
Parkhurst, having attempted to reform
New York, thinks he can reform the Bi
ble. The same minister said that the
Confession of Faith could not be im
proved upon. The Rev. Dr. F. A. Horton,
however, took a different view; he said:
“There is coming to the front again, from
all quarters at once, a general demand
that we try our hand at creed making. We
must embody the substance and essence
of what Presbyterians believe in a short,
working creed, suitable to our modern
life and conditions.”
It is evident that this view is the one
that will command attention and commend
itself to thinking people. The reports are
quite numerous that in various parts of
the country Presbyterians are passing res
olutions asking the General Assembly of
the Church to revise the creed. The Gen
eral Assembly may refuse to comply with
the request. If it does, there is no telling
what the effect will be upon the Chur, h
If the dissatisfaction with the Confession
of Faith is as widespread as it appears
to be, it will not do to tell those who want
revision, to get out of the Church If they
are not satisfied. A policy of that sort
might result in seriously injuring the
Presbyterian denomination.
The matter is not one that can be de
cided off hand. It call* for very careful
consideration by the ablest men In the
Church. Much as some of the leading
ministers of the denomination may desire
to retain the ere and Just as it *s it would b
a mistake ior then! to Insist upon their ad
vice being followed If it should appear
that the great majority of Presbyterians
favor revision.
One would be apt to think that, of all
places, the color line in school would lie
less apt to be drawn in Carlisle, Pa., than
anywhere else. Nevertheless It has been
drawn there very clearly. The while chil
dren object to negro children taking part
In the commencement exercises with them,
and as a consequence the exercises may
be abolished.
Sir. Carnegie seems to have caught his
breath again, after the llltle encounter
with Mr. Henry Clay Frick, and once more
he lias pawned the giving of his money
to public 11 bra r lea. A few days ago h<-
lidded *3,000,000 to hi* donation to the Pitts
lung library, bunging the total up to
I'i.ovo.owit.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1900.
MEANING OF SENATOR MORGAN’S
VICTORY.
The Republican papers are very sure
that the victory of Senator Morgan, In
his contest for re-election, is an indication
that the policies of the Republican party
are growing in favor in Ala:xma, but
they give very different reasons for think
ing so. For instance the Tlmes-Herald
of Chicago says:
“Whatever Morgan's personal popular
ity may be, it is impossible to reconcile
the result with the idea that the state is
as loyal as ever to Bryan. Probably it
will support him from force of Demo
cratic habit, but it is exceedingly doubt
ful If it will give him another plurality
of 76,000 should he conclude to make hos
tility to expansion the chief feature of
his platform. He is preparing the way
for a division in the solid South that is
likely to exert a tremendous political in
fluence in the future.”
From the Times-Herald’s point of view
the Senator’s victory means, that Mr.
Bryan is not so popular in Alabntnn as
it is generally believed he is. and that
the Republican policy of expansion has
a strong hold on the people there. In
deed, that paper reaches the conclusion
that Mr. Bryan is preparing the way for
a division in the solid South, because Ala
bama refused to choose Gov. Johnston for
senator—the Governor being the cham
pion of Mr. Bryan.
The Philadelphia Press soys that the
overwhelming defeat of Gov. Johnston
shows where “the people of Alabama
stand on the question of expansion.” It
is doubtful if it show's anything of the
kind. It is safe to say that the great
majority of those who took part in the
primaries did not study that question at
all—that, in fact, they know very little
about it.
It is true of course that throughout the
senatorial contest Gov. Johnston posed as
the friend end admirer of Mr. Bryan, and
it is also true that he took a stand against
expansion, hut it should be kept in mind
that Sentitor Morgan did not set himself
up as the enemy of Mr. Bryan. He sim
ply said that he admired Mr. Bryan, but
that he was for his party before he was
for any man. He declared, in the few
speeches he delivered in the campaign,
that if there was an available Democrat
who stood a better chance than Mr.
Bryan of winning the election, he vrould
favor him for the presidential nominee.
That was so in accordance with common
sense that Gov. Johnston’s protestations
• hat he was a much better friend of Mr.
Bryan than Senator Morgan was counted
for little or nothing.
It is the understanding that Senator
Morgan is an expansionist, and it is prob
able that many prominent Alabama Dem
ocrats are expansionists. The mnnufae
turinEf interests in the South are very gen
erally in favor of expansion—at least, that
seems to be the understanding, but it Is
doubtful if the expansion sentiment played
a very important part in Alabama’s con
test. Senator Morgan was chosen because
the people of that state esteem him, and
believe that he comes much nearer being a
statesman <of the highest type than any
other Alabamian. Besides, they liked the.
way he conducted his campaign. He did
not go round begging votes. He staid
in Washington attending to his offie'nl
duties. He took the ground that if the
people wanted him to serve them they
would re-elect him, whether he went about
among them making speeches or not. The
people do want him, not because he is an
expansionist, or because he is not for
Mr. Tlryan if there is some other Demo
crat who can poll a bigger vote, but sim
ply because he has been a faithful public
servant, and is a public man of the high
est typa.
A HIT OF HISTORY.
The question is being asked in Washing
ton as to W'hether our consuls In South
Africa were in, the least instrumental in
bringing about the war between the Brit
ish and the Boers. The consuls In question
were Mr. Macrum, recently consul at Pre
toria, capital of the Transvaal, and Col.
Stowe, consul at Cape Town.
In his statement before the Foreign Af
fairs Committee Mr. Macrum stated that
at a meeting at Bloemfontein in Septem
ber between President Steyn of the Orange
Free State, Col. Stowe and himself. Pres
ident Steyn asked Consul Stowe to use his
good offices to induce President McKinley
to interfere and prevent the threatened
war between the two republics and Great
Britain. Mr. Macrum also stated that la
November Col. Stowe tvrote him that
President McKinley had declined to inter
fere.
This statement was important, because
Secretary Hay slated in a communication
to Congress in October that neither party
to the South African war had ask and for
Intervention, and that therefore there was
no excuse for taking such a step. It turned
out on investigation that Col. Stowe had
sent President Steyn’s request by mail in
stead of cabling it, so that the war had
actually begun before it reach' and the state
department.
But this llttie bit of history suggests the
inquiry as to what Col. Stowe was doing
at Bloemfontein? He was accredited to
the British government at Cape Town,
and, it seems, of his own motion, he move I
himself to the capital of the Change Free
State. Did he imagine himself a great dip
lomat. and did he undertake to settle the
differences between Great Britain and the
two republics which President Kruger in!
the British commissioner had found it im
possible to settle? It certainly looks so.
Before his appointment as consul Col.
Stow'e was u machinery Jobber at Kansas
City. It is not known that there is any
thing in that business that is calculated to
tit a man for a diplomatic caieer.
But whether there is or not Col. Stowe
undertook a big diplomatic Job. Aft ;r
reaching Bloemfontein he sent, It is al
leged, for Mr. Macrum, who was at IT -
toria. Now the question Is, what did
those two diplomats promise President
Steyn? Did they conduct themselves in
such a manner es to lead him to be leve
that they would make such re|>;e nta lions
to ihe Presidsdn that there would be no
doubt of the intervention of ihe United
States to prevent war between Great
Britain and the two republics? Pres
ident Steyn led by their representation#
to go further in the direction of inviting
war witli (itoat Britain limn he othe w!*--
would? Till* Is n very ilti|Xtant question
and one that Col HloWe will i ave to an
swer. a. all m uLisbUitv. sooner or is ton.
In the meantime Mr. Mac rum has ben
dropped by about everybody. It was
thought at one time that he had ome j
litlcdl dynamite in hi* possession, but an
investigation revealed nothing of the kind.
A public functlcn cf any sort in Chicago
w.thout an attend.ng lai or dispute would
seem to be an imposslbill y, and the inev
itable quarrel has arisen respecting the
grand stand from which Admiral Dewey
will view the big parade in his honor.
Arrangements have be -n made for a stand
to be erected by non-union workmen. The
representatives of the carpenters’ union
have sent an ultimatum to the committee
to the effect that if Admiral Dewey “ig
nores union lab r" by occupying the non
union stand he “will miss the music, as
no union musician will play in a band
that marches past the stand;” and it
set ms that all of the musicians are mem
bers of the union. The union men, fur
thermore, have jndirectly notified the Ad
miral that, as a candidate for the presi
dency. he cannct afford to ga ! n their dis
pleasure by standing for an hour or so
upon a stand which they did not build.
The Ohio Supreme Court affirms the
constitutionality of the law' whereby coun
t*Us are made liable to the heirs of a
victim of lynching, in the sum
of $50,000. This fixes the right of the heirs
of a lynchee to sue for damages, but it
is no guarantee that the sum in question,
or any other sum. would be forthcoming.
Tf $50,000 per victim could be assured,
there are no doubt many men in Ohio
who would enrich themselves by forming
small mobs, putting on masks and getting
rid of superfluous members of their fam
ilies. In other words, a premium would
be put upon organized murder. But the
probabilities are that no Ohio jury Will
ever give the heirs of a lynched man the
opportunity of collecting $50,000 from the
county.
Terry Belmont and Mrs. Henry T. Sloan,
of New York, were married almost before
the ink w’as dry on the divorce which sep
arated the lady from her former husband.
Shortly thereafter Bishop Potter preached
a strong sermon against the marriage of
divorced persons. So pointed was the ser
mon that it was th** sensation of a day in
New York. Nevertheless the other day,
when the Bishop returned home from his
trip around the world, Mr. and Mrs. Bel
mont were among those who attended a
reception to welcome him, and the Bishop
had long chats with loth of them. And
now this incident i> causing a good deal
of comment among New Yorkers.
It would be rathor queer if President
McKinley, the hea l of the Republican
party, should furnish one of the strongest
planks to bo pu* into the Democratic Na
tional platform that will be constructed
at Kansas City, nevertheless Democratic
opinion seems to be drifting strongly in
the direction of that very thing. The
plank in question would be as follow's:
“Our plain duty is to abolish oil customs
tariffs between the United States and
Porto Rico and give her products access
•to our markets.”
The Illinois Supreme Court has decided
that the state law' which prohibits the
use of the United States flag for adver
tising purposes is unconstitutional, in that
it interferes with a man’s personal ii’>-
erty. It is to be expected, therefore, that
the forthcoming Dewey parade in Chica
go will be made picturesque with a mul
titude of American flags bearing 6uch
legends as, “Use Blank’s Stomach Bit
ters After Artillery Punch,” “Indigestion
Cured by Binks’ Pills,” etc.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Sweet Labor—How is it you're such a
great worker?” asked the grasshopper.
“Because I love w’ork,” repli and the busy
bee. “I couldn’t he happy without it. In
fact, you may have noticed, when my
busiest season is on I’m in clover.”—Phil
adelphia Press.
—“And you are stuck cn ycur last hus
band?” we faltered, wishing to seem very
sympathetic. The beautiful woman burst
into tears. “I never was so badly stuck on
a husband in all my life!” she sobbed. “I
ffupposed he was worth a million, and he
isn’t worth anything!”—Detroit Journal.
—After the Comodle Francalse Fire.—
M. de Calinaux is about to rebuild the
ruined chapel of his native village.
“I woulh advise,” said his architect,
“the Gothic flambuoyan* style.”
“Gothic as much as you please,” replied
Calinaux; “but let us have no flamboy
ant—with all Its risk of fire!”—Figaro.
—lrony of Fate—“ Ah.” sighed the long
haired passenger, “how little we know of
the future and what it has in store for
us ” “That’s right,” rejoined the man
with the auburn whiskers in the seat op
posite. “Little di 1 I think some thirty
years ago. when I carved my initials on
the rude desk in the old country school
house. that I would some day grow up and
fail to become famous.” —Chicago News.
Cl BRENT COMMENT.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.)
says: “Private pension bills had the
right of way in Congress Saturday to the
number pf fifty-three passed in the House
and eighty-three in the Senate. The lat
ter body took only forty-five minim* to
do its share. ‘What matters it?’ our
world-statesmen would ask, if criticisms
were made of legislation which tends to
scandalize the whole pension business,
the United States has money to burn.'
A strong man with a conscience is more
than ever needed in the White House, one
who is brave enough to maintain the inde
pendence of the executive office, a Presi
dent who will not only prate about ‘plain
duty,’ but actually do It. This is a time
when literally ’everything goes.’ ”
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.)
says: “We think we are justified amply
in the Inference that the triumph of Sen
ator Morgan is a victory for expansion.
He took an advanced stand for it. He I*
the most prominent expansionist In the
Fouth to-day; and it has ben a suraed
that the democracy will in its national
convention pronounce egiinst **xj auslon.
This is assumed because th*- iiolitician* are
trying to make in issue out of expan-ion.
We have contended that the great body of
the Southern people wen* in favor o’ de
velopment. We have maintained that th*
cotton planters of the South, being direct
ly Interested in the acquisition of Orien
tal markets, were compelled to
slonista.”
The Pittsburg I>is|eleh (Hep) ways:
Mr. Gro*-veruor’s at longest role Is In hie
fle/ca denun iitl of the lr< nltst<n y
of the gentlemen who refused to g > back
n their it ><l with ictfurd lo the l*or to
Jiii-au oui.tgjiA.”
The I/oglc of n Tyrant,
The courtier prostrated himself before
the Dowager Empress. says the Cleveland
Plain Dealt r.
“What have you learned concerning
thif reformer Ting-Foo-Ping?” Inquired
the grand old woman.
“I have learned, your Imperial ineffabll-
Ity, that he Is a man of dangerous popu
larity whom It would be well to let alone.”
‘You think it safer, eh? And why?”
“Recause, madam, he has a wise young
head on his shouldars.”
The Empress laughed contemptuously.
“Bah,” she said, “I can easdy remove
that objection.”
And turning slightly she beckoned to
the imperial headsman.
Gorman iim an Interviewer.
Of all the politicians of this generation
none has a larger reputation for reserve
than former Senator Arthur P. Gorman
of Maryland, who is again taking a promi
nent part in Democratic;politics, says the
Philadelphia Press. Senator Gorman ap
plies to public affairs the famous rule of
the great soldier who said that the art
of war in finding out what the
enemy intended to do. Mr. Gorman is af
fability itself to the newspaper men chat
crowd around him for information, hut it
is a standing joke among them that he
does all the interviewing himself.
Every summer Senator Gorman goes to
Saratoga for several weeks. One evening
Judge Grubb of Delaware remarked: “Sen
ator Gorman, you and I have been coming
to this hotel now for nearly a dozen
years, and every summer‘when I get back
home I find that I ha ye told you every
thing I know r , whereas you never tell me
a thing.”
The Senator smiled and so did those
about him, for they appreciated that the
Judge had given a dapital description of
Mr. Gorman.
Threatened to Tell His Father.
Among old records of royal visits to the
Emerald Isle there is a curious story o!
that paid in 17&> by the then Duke of
Clarence, who became afterward William
the Fourth, to the neighborhood of Cork,
relates the London Daily Mai!.
He was at that time a sub-lieutenant in
the navy, and the ship on which he serv
ed touched at Queenstown, then known as
Cove. While there His Royal Highness
stayed for some days with a family named
Penrose, the head of which was an es
teemed gentleman and Quaker. He did
his best to entertain the Duke in a man
ner befitting his rank and station, and
among other assiduities the old Quaker
always sat.up to receive him on his re.urn
home from the convivial parties which the
neighboring ’squire* were only too glad
to offer him.
The Duke of Clarence, as wqs the fash
ion at that time, had a liking for old port,
and was not squeamish at the quantity
consumed. Asa result he several times
returned to his host’s house in a eiate
which bordered on elation. It is recorded j
that his host used the gentlest reproof to- !
ward him in these words:
“Friend William, thou are late again to
night, arid I fear me thou arc not too so
ber. If thou dost not amend I shall have
to write to thy father, friend George, at
Windsor.”
Eloquence Wan Not the Attraction.
This Is a story which Representative
Eddy, of Minnesota, tells on himself. Mr.
Eddy not only enjoys the situation when
the laugh is turned against hirn, but has
a sense of humor which leads him to
start the laugh sometimes himself, says
the Washington Star.
“In making the campaign in my district
one year,” said Mr. Eddy, “1 took along
as an attraction a veteran of the War of
ISI2 and of the Civil War, who was a
famous hand at beating the drum. He was
a drummer from away'back, and could
arouse a whole township. Drum music
is an incendiary kind or thing anyhow',
and the old c tpiain s drumming was par
ticularly stirring.
“Well, one night, after th© captain’s
drum had given the usual overture I com
menced my speech to the populace which
had been lured to the scene of his drum.
1 noticed at the foot of the rostrum, the
same being a big dry goods box, a bright
eyed little fellow about 12 years old, who
sat through the speech, following me with
great attention. It pleased me very much.
Any fool can interest an audience of
adults, but it takes a genius to hold a
child.
“So, after the speaking. I went down
and spoke to the little fellow, and after
shaking hands with him asked me how he
liked my speech.
“ ‘Oh, it will do,’ he said, ‘but if I was
you I would keep the captain a drummin’
ail th© time.' ’’
Ail Scliaefer Settled.
Wizard Jake Schaefer, the expert bil
liardist, is known as one of the greatest
jokers in the business, says the New York
World. Se me time ago Mr. Schaefer was
lounging in an uptown billiard room.
Business was dull, but a pompous chap
came in and asked the proprietor to get
someone who was “pretty .good” to play
w’ith him for an hour or two. The wink
was “tipped” to the “wizard” and he was
introduced, but purposely his name was
mumbled so that the gentleman did not
catch It. Mr. (Schaefer and his new ac
quaintance commenced play, the latter
graciously allowing the expert to choose
the game. “Juke” won every game by a
few' points. Th© style of billiards waa
changed, hut at straight rail, cushion car
room* or balk-line the “wizard” invariably
finished in the lead. Realizing that he had
met a “pretty good player” the gentleman
asked:
‘ißeg pardon, but I did not understand
your name.” ‘‘lt’s Schaefer,” answered
the “wizard.” The other laughed: “Well,
that’s a good one; mine is Ives—-Frank C.
Ives.” They kept on playing and the bar
bill grew to goodly proportions. Then the
pompous chap said he would play one
more game and thei) quit. But rx fore be
ginning the last game he excused himself
for a moment, and as no particular at
tention was paid to his movements, the
roomkeeper still has the bill on his slate as
a reminder of the “little joke.”
Tlie Sweet Breath of fcprliiK,
From tlie Hartford TJcnee.
Over the mountains and over the hills.
Over the rivers, th© streams, and the
rills.
Over the valleys that sing;
Over the forest and over the wood,
Over the trees that awaken to hud, ’
Blows the sweet breath of the spring.
Over the fluids where springs up the
grain.
Over the herls and the plants of the plain
Over the flowerets that fling
Out their banners of yellow and purple
and blue
To the light, and look out on a world
mad© anew.
Blows the sweet breath of the Spring.
Over the and bluebirds and all
The sparrows that chatter and twitter
and call,
Over the crow on the wing;
Over the squirrel that plays in the tree.
Over his haunts-and himself—the brown
bee,
Blows the sweet breath of the flpring.
Over th© rich man and over fh© poor,
The boy In the roadway, th© girl in the
door—
The plants th© g<od mothers upbring,
Over th© gr* • n of the s a
sward
That swakes to the fife-giving volt© of
the Ijord,
Blows the swcoi bitscli of iht spring.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Upward of 1,000,000 tons of paper are
manufactured for use in the British isles
every year. The actual consumption In
1898—the Latest year for which accurate
figures are available—was 1,047,000 tons.
A pet monkey belonging to the son of
the Rev. W. G. Herbert, pastor of the Car
oline Street Methodist Church, of Balti
more. got into the study of the clergyman
the other evening, opened a volume of the
Encyclopedia Britannkva, and tore out
sixteen pages of the article on Darwin’s
“Origin of Species.” Then the monkey
turned to Butler’** Analog'’, and was ex
amining it with great apparent delight
when the clergyman returned and put a
stop to the proceedings.
—Patrick Hayes, a native cf Ireland,
who died at Cardiff recently at the age of
108, was the last surviving witness of the
presence of the French fleet in Ban ry
Bay in December, 17C6, when Hoche an
Wolf Tone contemplated the invasion f
Ireland. Hayes had a distinei r col ec
tion of having seen the French fleet in the
hay when a child betwee-\*four end fiv *
years old. He was in full possession of
his faculties undl the day cf his death,
and was able to read without spectacl s.
—An international anglers’ coi.gtess :s
to be held at Paris du tng the exhibit!-n.
and will be folowel by an angling com
petl’ion, which will take place in the very
middle of the exhibition grounds, between
the Pont d’lena and the Pom de Cren
elle. cn the left bank of the lie des Cyg
nes. The disciples of Izaak Walton of
every nationality, whether members cf
recosrsiz and associations or not, are invit
ed to take part in the competition, which
will commence on Aug. 5. Prizes to the
value of 3,1C0 francs (about s7s')) are of
fered to the winners.
—Acetylene gas headlights were employ
ed for a time on some locomotives of a
Western railway, but the innovation was
not considered altogether successful and
the apparatus was removed. The chief
objections <o the acetylene headlight were
that the gas would burn out before the
water could get from one comportment
w’here the carbide had been exhausted
to the next compartment in the genera<or,
and the freezing of the water in Winter.
While the acetylene light was a trifle
more expensive than oil. yet if these two
difficulties could be surmounted, it has
sufficient merits to warrant its adoption,
particularly as oil-lamps could be intro
duced readily in case of any emergency.
—The opening- of the World’s Fair at
Paris is near, writes Dr. Karl Blind in
the Sunday Special, and women will not
be among the least eager to see it. They
will be doubly gratified to hour that among
the vast structures of the exhibition there
is a “Women’s Palace” (Palais dos
Femmes). That palace is to be, first of
oil. a perfect home for ladies, with salons
and boudoirs, toilet rooms and attendants,
modistes, hair-dressers, tailors and shoe
makers. a restaurant and a confectioner's
shop and a bewildering array of hats,
feet hers, lace, fans, embroidery, etc. It
Is also to contain pointings, sculptures,
works In enamel and what not. Tnlngs
concerning the education- of children are
to be combined with theatrical representa
tions in which only children will act.
There are to be concerts, mainly by lady
musicians and singers, the preference be
ing given to the productions of female
composers. building, raised at the
side of the Eiffel tow-er. close to the Jena
bridge, has five verandas with an out
look to the Champ de Mars and across
the Seine river as far as the Trocadero.
The architect, it is true, is a mere man
of the name of Pcmremoli.
—Empress Augusta Victoria of Germany
is the author of an instructive method of
rewarding well-behaved and diligent pub
lic S' hool pupils of the city of Berlin. It
cor s sts in their admi-don to represenra
tions at the court op ra given for their
special entertainment. Thes? take pla e
on free afternoons, and the principals se
lect the children w r h< se meritorious con
duct and work ertbles them to the en
joyment of the imperial favor. Aceom
an el, by thei’- teachers they cheerfully
hasten to the Ro\al Opera. The girls are
seatel in the front sears of the pit, and
the hoys in the stalls and tiers, full of
expectation in waiting for the appear
ance of the imperial family, which (the
Emperor and Empress with their young
est children) come in shortly before the
rise of the curtain. With unslacking at
tention the vourg audience follows the
productions of the stage During one of
the intervals the who]** crow'd of children
rise to sing the Hell Dir im Siegerkranz”
(the Prussian “God Save the Kiag”)
whereupon the Emperor and his family
repeatedly how to the children. It is ne*d
less to add that the<e performances make
a deep impression upon the young loyal
ists and strengthen their dynastic fealty
and devo'ion.
—A granddaughter .of Napoleon I is liv
ing as a country school teacher at Villeroy,
a small village in the Department de la
Bomme, France. Mme. Charlotte Mes
nard’s father was Count Leon, who was
torn in 18C6 as the son of the great Em
peror and Eleonore de la Plalgne, a li-y
of the court. The child's birth is said to
have filled the heart of Napoleon with
great Joy and for awhile to have prompted
him to think of adopting and making
his illegitimate issue his heir. The name
I**on, which he gave to the child, shows
how proud he was of him. The Empercr
would frequently have him brought to
the Tuileries. where he Ufod to play and
romp with him in utter abandon. Thi*
continued even after his marriage w r itn
Marie Louise of Austria; but the biiTh of
the King of Rome dimmed little Leon's
star, and after the Emperor’s downfall
no one of his family ea'red for the scion
born out of wedlock. He became politi
cal adventurer, who not unfrequently an
noyed Napoleon 111 by vaunting of his
relationship. He died in 1883 in utmost
destitution, which had been his lot for
years. He bore a striking resemblance to
the first Napoleon* his father, and wlen
he lay dead in a little cottage at Pontoise,
people who saw' him commented upon the
unmistakable likeness of his countenance
10 the traditional death-mask of the great'
Corsican.
—French scientists have been making
some very interesting experiments in con
nection with the effect of certain colors
on the nervous system. And people who
have been somewhat scoffed at for calling
red warm and blue cold and yellow in
vigorating may now kindly regard them
selves as forerunners of a greet discovery,
llenrl de'Parville, of Paris, asserts that
the red end of a spectrum excites the
nerves, ’•chile violet, green and blue are
calming. Dr. Donza goes many steps fur
ther and attempts to cure nervous dis
eases by the use of certain colors. Melan
cholia he treats with red. violent mania
with blue and nervous prostration with
violet. The very grave question arises
how the woman already nervous will stand
the prescription of an unbecoming color.
I)r. Dor. another experimenter, has
brought on vertigo in patients by the use
of red lights and relieved the symptoms
by changing the ray from red to green.
In the photographic establishment of
Messrs. Lumlere. ot Lyons, Franc* , n -i
live plates tire prepared always >y gre-n
lights. Formerly when red light was u-. I
the workmen sang are) gesticulated it
w*/rk; now un*l**r the s*s>thlr g Influence ~f
gre n they ure quiet and senrn . At th
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la el Invest* dof all exaggeration iUi j
H.thushftn the ff- *-t of cot‘>r on the hu
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