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Tile Weather,
The indications for Georgia for to-day
ar. fair weather in western portion, and
shcwers in eastern portion; and for East
ern Florida, fair weather, and fresh west
winds.
Acting Governor Spriggs has offered a
serious affront to the members of the Mon
tana Legislature, by removing the opportu
nity for them to get hold of Clark's leg
•gain.
r a I I
Neely and his gang evidently determined
to steal fast while the stealing was good,
paving In mind the promise of the United
States to get out of Cuba after a while.
And, for amateurs, they did very well.
The record for immigration for one day
was broken on Wednesday in New York.
On that day nearly 5,000 immigrants ar
rived at the barge office, In six ship*. Ger
many was most largely represented among
the immigrants.
In a Pennsylvania jail there is a mur
derer under sentence of death, who is
taking a regular course of physical train
ing to prepare himself for the gallows.
The other day he ran a footrace with the
•herlff, and on another day the prisoner
•nd the officer put on the gloves together
and boxed for twenty minutes.
Paderewski, the pianist, sailed for Eu
rope Wednesday, carrying wdth him $171,-
#OO as his net profits from his season's
tour In the United States, which began In
December last. Among the fellow pas
sengers of the musician were the Earl
of Warwick and Lord Herbert Vane
Tempest, who visited In this city recently.
The cruiser Albany will shortly sail
from Newcastle, England, for this coun
try, with an American commander and
crew. The Albany, It will be recalled, was
tught from the Armstrong firm of ship
builders nearly two years ago, upon the
breaking out of the war with Spain. She
Is a sister ship to the New Orleans, which
did good service on the Cuba blockade.
These two will be the only foreign-built
■hips In our "now" navy, with the ex
ception of those taken from Spain.
Another Republican vice presidential
possibility appears 1n the West. He Is a
“rough rider," but his notoriety does not
test wholly upon that. He Is Col. Torrey
of Wyoming, who raised a regiment of
ranchmen, cowboys and others, which be
came known as "Torrey's Rough Riders,”
but which never got to the front. He Is
better known, however, as the author of
the new bankruptcy law. In behalf of
which he labored long, persistently and
finally successfully. It Is expected that
■ome of the Western States will Instruct
their delegations for him. The chief dltfi
culty In the way of his getting Ihe nom
ination. however, seems to be In Ihe fact
that he la not a millionaire. He hasn't
o big barrel to open for the benefit of liie
campaign fund
TUB SIEGE OF MAFEKING.
Mafeking has at last been relieved. The
siege will rank with those of Sebastopol
and Khartoum, the three surpassing all
others of modern days in duration of in
vestment. The siege of Khartoum lasted
341 days, and that of Sebastopol 327 days.
Other famous sieges were those of Paris,
lt>7 days; Plevna. days, and Lucknow,
86 days. Mafeklng’e record is 217 days.
The siege began on Oct. 14 last, prac
tically as soon as the war broke out. Col.
Baden-Powell, with a small garrison, was
hemmed in the town by a etrong Boer
force, and since then the place had been
entirely cut off from the outside world.
In anticipation of a siege all available
provisions were secured, but the stores
were Inadequate to the needs of the gar
rison and people of the town. For the
past ninety days or more Mafeking had
been on short rations. The few messages
that were gotten out, by heliograph or
by Kaffir runners, told fcf terrible priva
tions and sufferings. Fevers added to
the discomforts of the situation. Within
the last few days the commander had
been obliged to permit the slaughter of
horses for food, notwithstanding horses
could ill be spared from the service. But
there was never a time when the garrison
did not express its hopefulness, and its
willingness to go on to the end.
And notwithstanding the hardships suf
fered by the soldiers shut up in the town,
they demonstrated that their pluck and
dash weic unimpaired. They were hungry
and emaciated, but they were every ready
to fight. The brilliant action of last Sat
urday, in which the grandson of Presi
dent Kruger find a part of his command
were captured, is an illustration in poiqr.
The Boers were both omwitted and out
fought.
Col. Baden-Powell will be one of the
heroes of the Boer war. Notwithstanding
hie difficulties the Boers were never able
to touch him. He was cornered, but his
enemies could not put him ou of action.
He met every attack, and more frequent
ly than otherwise he has had the best of
the encounter. The gallant defenders of
Mafeking deserve all of the praise they
are receiving.
THE PORT ROYAL STATION.
The inference from what the Charleston
News and Courier eays respecting the
proposit'on to move the naval station
from Port Royal to Charleston is
that there is not much probability
of the station remaining at Port
Royal, even if it should not be re
moved to Charleston. The chief point it
makes against Port Royal Is that it will
never be possible for the big battleships
and cruisers to cross the Port Royal bar—
that It would take a mint of money to
deepen that bar, and that even If it were
possible to deepen It the chances are that
every great storm would cause it to shea!
to its present depth, namely, nineteen feet
at mean low water. On the other hand,
according to the News and Courier,
Charleston expects to have in the course of
time twenty-six feet at her Jetty entrance
at mean low water. No time is fixed when
this depth will be obtained, but the News
and Courier feels certain that it will be
before the government dock and station
are completed.
It looks as if Charleston had been quietly
working for the naval station for a lotig
time. While the Port Royal people were
looking forward to improvements at the
station steps were being taken by Charles
ton presumably to get possesison of it.
The News and Courier says: "The offi
cers of the navy department have already
made a very close study of the situation,
and it has been at their Instance that the
Secretary of the Navy h3S been instructed
to provide for the removal of the naval
station to Charleston, if in his Judgment,
after further and more careful examina
tion, such removal is expedient and desir
able."
It will no doubt be surprising to most
people away from Charleston to learn that
there Is even’ expectation that within a
few years twenty-six feet of water will
be obtained on Charleston's bar. The en
gineering work that is being done upon it
must be proving to be very successful.
There Is, of course, a chance that the
station will rot be retnoved. It all de
pends upon the Secretary of the Navy.
That official may finally come to the con
clusion that after all it is better to leave
the station where it is. A good deal of
money has been spent by the government
at Port Royal. If the station should be
moved the investment there would be
practically a dead loss.
In New York the proprietor of -a theater
in considering a plan for keeping his house
cool during summer by forcing liquid air
through the pipes and radiators used in
heating the building with steam in win
ter. Theoretically, it is said, there is
nothing in the way of the perfect success
of the undertaking; whether difficulties will
be encountered in pracilce will probab.v be
discovered shortly. Should the plan work
successfully, it would probably not be a
great while before about all of the thea
ters, as well as the churches and other
halls of public gatherings, would be pro
vided with liquid air cooling apparatus.
Asa business venture, il would be a good
thing if the theaters could offer the pub ic
a means of escape from the heat of the
weather at a certain price per seat during
the evenings.
Ignatius Donnelly was nominated for
Vice President by the Populist Conven
tion in Cincinnati last week. His nsms
was presented by Delegate Patrick Henry
Rahiily of Minnesota. Mr. Rahlily's
speech was a gem. Its periods were beau
tifully rounded, and Its peroration was
magnificent But it had a certain familiar
sound about It which set some inquisitive
pet sons to thinking. Upon investigation
it was discovered that the spe ch of Dan
iel Dougherty of Philadelphia nominoit ng
Cleveland at St. Louis twelve years ago.
and the sperm of Rahiily nominating Don
nelly at Cincinnati last week are identi
cal. with the exception of possibly one
dozen wire’s.
James J. Clark, who w.;s once worth $l
- marie at running a cafe that heesms
famous in New York and was finally shut
up by the police, is now running a clan
chowder stand at Coney Island Clark's
money came easy and went the same way.
The roost of It went into the pockets of
Wall stiet speculators.
THE CLAHK CASE.
Senators do not have as good an opin
ion of Mr. Clark of Montana, as they
had immed'ately after ho closed his ad
dress in the Senate last Tuesday In de
fense of hi conduct In his state. His
resignation as senator, sent o Lieut. Gov.
Spriggs, followed by his appointment by
that official to the. vacancy thus created,
is looked on as a trick, unworthy of a
man who aspires to the high position of
sfnator.
And it seems that Gov. Smith of Mon
tana, has wired the Senate, protesting
against the acceptance of the credentials
of Mr. Clark, on the appointment of IJeut.
Gov. Spriggs. The Governor claims that
there was a plot to bring about the ap
pointment of Mr. Clark by the Lieutenant
Governor. The plot consisted in getting
the Governor out of the state by various
misrepresentations, so that the Lieutenant
Governor could make the appointment.
As is well known the Governor is not
friendly to Mr. Clark. He belongs to the
Marcus Daly faction—the faction that has
been fighting to keep Mr. Clark out of
the Senate. The Lieutenant Governor is
? friend of Mr. Clark’s. The Governor
has complicated the situation by appoint
ing a senator.
In support of the Governor’s statement
that there was a plot in connection with
Mr. Clark’s appointment, it is pointed out
that Clark’s resignation was written in
April, and that the date It now bears is
M*y 11. The inference is that Mr. Clark’s
son had the resignation several weeks,
holding it until the Governor could be in
duced to leave the state on some pretext
or other.
So favorably was the Senate impressed
with the address of Mr. Clark last Tues
day. that it was the understanding that
that body would content itself with de
claring that Mr. Clark had not been duly
and legally elected senator from Mon
tana. But It is now thought that the
entire finding of the Committee on Elec
tions will be called up and adopted—that
is. if the Senate concludes that it was the
intention of Mr. Clark to get back into
the Senate by a trick.
There is a bare possibility that Mr.
Clark did not expect to get a seat In the
Senate on the credentials received from
Lieut. Gov. Spriggs. It Is said in his be
half that he secured the appointment
simply for the advantage it tvould give
him in a contest before the Legislature of
Montana next fall. It Is doubtful, how
ever, it there is much to Justify this view
of the case.
But even If the appointment of Mr. Clark
by the Lieutenant Governor should hold
good, and the chances ere that it will
not, it is pretty certain that it would not
entitle Mr. Clark to a seat in the Senate.
The resolution pending in the Senate is
that he was never legally elected. The
adoption of that resolution will not leave
a vacancy such as can be filled by the
Governor. It will simply amount to an
announcement that Mr. Clarl had no seat
to resign, and that there was no legal
election by the Legislature last year. The
vacancy therefore can only be filled by
the Legislature. Under the appointment
by the Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Clark
has no more chance of getting into the
Senate than Mr. Quay had under the ap
pointment which he held from Gov. Stone
of Pennsylvania. His rather doubtful
methods of gaining his ends have injured
him in the estimation of those who were
his friends, and have not improved In the
least his chances for getting into the Sen
ate.
LOCAL OPTION WILL PREVAIL.
It is the understanding that the Legis :
lature that will be elected next fall will
not contain as many prohibitionists as
are in the present one. The prohibition
sentiment is not dying out in the state,
but it appears to be less agressive. At
Tuesday's primary there were prohibi
tion contests in some of the counties,
but there were not enough of them to
make tt appear that the prohibitionists
were trying to capture the Legislature.
It seems to be pretty generally agreed
by the leaders of public 'sentiment
throughout the state that it is really bet
ter for the cause of temperance that the
local option law should be permitted to
stand. While it is true that some of the
local option counties are somewhat trou
bled by the liquor traffic, it is quite cer
tain that they would be fully as much
troubled if there were a general prohibi
tion law. Gradually the people are becom
ing educated to temperance, and the time
will tome when local option will capture
about all of the counties of the state.
When the majority really want pro
hibition it is possible to have It. But
experience shows that prohibition does
not prohtbit where the majority of the
people are against it.
No doubt there will be a prohibition bill
introduced into the Legislature next fail,
but it is doubtful if it will get as much
support as the Willingham bill got. From
present Indications Georgia will stick to
local option, for the present at least.
Ought not the asphalt company, which
has the contract for repairing the streets,
be called to account for failure to comply
with its contract? It may be true that
the company has had some dlffliculty in
getting asphalt, but it certainly has had
time to overcome that obstacle. The as
phalt pavements in some of the stress are
In a very bad condition, and have been
for a long time. Complaint of their con
dition does not seem to do any good, Some
of the holes were cut In the pavements
for the puriioee of making improvements
and others are the result of natural wear.
Where the asphalt is cut repairs ought to
be made at once, and It would be g od
policy not to give permits for cutitng the
pavements until It Is known that the as
phalt company is in a posl'lc,n to make re
pairs promptly. Indeed, there ought to bft
no delay in repairing breaks in the pave
ments as soon as they become noticeable.
The Chln'se Minister at Washington
continues to add to his reputation as an
interesting and witty speaker. In Phila
delphia the other day h£ addressed a
( lass of women m 'dlcal graduates, and
his speech was so filled with wisdom and
wit that what would have been a dull
school commencement was changed into
an enjoyable entertainment. Mr. Wu Is
the first Chinaman who has ever succeed
ed in pulling himself in touch with the
American public. He, however, Is rapidly
becoming one of the favorites In Wash
ington diplomatic life.
THE MORIN IJSU NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1900.
Paris desires that there shall be as
mny visitors to the Exposition as possi
ble, but the government will not permit
foreign militia organizations to attend in
a body and In uniform. This is to ob
viate the danger of antl-forelgn demon
strations. Detachments of troops repre
senting ail the nations of the earth, might
appear In uniform, and bear arms in any
city in this country, if they were on u
holiday trip, without arousing more than
curiosity on the part of the people. But
the French people are not so constituted.
There is at least ore minister In New
Yoik who will no’ marry divcrc“d per
sons, no matter if th y are rich and in
fluential. He is the Rev, Mr. Morgan, rec
tor of the Church of Heavenly Rest.. The
other day he refured to marry Mrs. Hun
• ker, the scu’ptcr. and Mr. Brack’n. a
millionaire, aft-r the wedding guests had
assembled In the church, upon learning
that the bride-to-be was a divorced wo
man. The btldal party adjourned to Del
monfeo's, however, where another minis
ter performe! the ceremony.
PER SOY A 1..
—Dr. William Ashmore of the American
Baptist Missionary I'nlon has been a mi=-
sionary in the Far East for fifty veirs.
When he entered the field China was not
open to foreigners, so he b-gun his labors
at Bangkok, Slam; but for many years he
has been at the head of the mission at
Swatow, China.
—The Prince of Wales takes great inter
est in collecting pens used by famous
writers of the Victorian era. He row his
those which belonged to Tennyson, Brown
ing, Swinburne, Hardy to Meredith,
among others, and the inkstand which
Stevenson used. There are about sixty
articles in his collection.
—Vice Admiral Blenaime, th© new chief
of the French naval staff, was promoted
to that position over the heads of eleven
rear admirals. His preferment is attrib
uted to his participation in the Madagas
car expedition as commander of the naval
division on the coast. The Admiral has
been chief of staff of the cemmander of
the Mediterranean fleet, oommander-ln
chief of the squadron of the Indian ocean
and principal of the Higher Naval School.
—Speaking of Monsignor Sbaretti, the
Bishop of Havana, a correspondent of the
Congregatlonalist says: Gen. Maximo Go
mez, who is loved by more people than
any man on the Island, told me to-day In
my conference with him that the Cuban
people are allenlated from the Church, and
that they had through him made a pro
test against the settlement of the new
bishop, but without avail. The Spanish
people here are pleased with the new
ecclesiastic only because he is displeasing
to the Cubans. The Cathedral had only
a few people present at the first service
he conducted. Many Cubans of the wealth
ier class are establishing altars In their
homes, aod are worshipping there instead
of in the church, but the great mass of the
people are scattered abroad as sheep hav
ing no shepherd.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—Worthy of Fame.—" She’s a remarkable
actress, Isn’t she?" “Very. Why, she’s
been on the stage eleven years, and never
lost a diamond nor a husband yet.”—Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
—His Besetting Sin.—“ Hey, there!”
shouted the pursuing Boer; “you’ve left
your gun behind." "Oh, I’m such an ab
sent-minded beggar," replied the fleeing
Briton.— Philadelphia North American.
—Following Instructions—" Young Sam
nrie Spender is carrying out his gover
nor's wishes faithfully. Isn’t he?” "How's
that?" "Why. the old gentleman left in
structions in his wi 1 that after his deah
his dust was to be scattered to the winds.
-Life.
—Worse Yet—Mrs. Flatter (reading); "A
bed of quicksand is the most treacherous
and deadly thing on earth.”
Mr. Flatter "Guess the chump who
wrote that never saw our folding bed.’’—
Puck.
-Iron-like—"There is a suit, my frendt,”
sold the dealer, “that will wear like iron.”
“I guess that feller was no liar,” said the
victim, two weeks after. “The dash
binged suit Is rusty already.’’—lndianapolis
Press.
—Another Suspicion.—" What did the
teacher tell about to-day?" asked the boy
who had run away from school.
“About Samson and the way a lady cut
his hair,” answered the boy.
“I don’t believe M. It’s another of the
stories these Schley people have gotten
up."—Washington Star.
—Manners—The Boston mamma was
thoroughly out of patience. "Thoreau,”
she exclaimed, shaking her three-year-old
son until his outside pair of glasses fell
off, "how often must I tell you not to de
vour books with your elbows on the
table!" To have a child who Is deficient
in manners Is, in some towns, as sharp
if not sharper than a serpent’s tooth.—
Detroit Journal.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Discussing the case of Clark of Mon
tana the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says; "That ihe resignation was a trick,
a coup d'etat on a small scale, will prob
ably not be seriously queslioned. But pol
iticians are guilty of a good many tricks
without forfeiting their offices. Of course,
it Is understood that Senator Clark is not
a sinner above all others in the Senate.
Many of them got their seats by processes
as corrupt as those employed in Montana,
though at somewhat lower rates. Whether
they will care to resort to technicalities
to keep Mr. Clark out of his seat Is not
yet clear. At all events, Mr. Clark’s
shrewd political maneuver has put some
of them In an embarrassing situation.”
On the same subject the Richmond (Va.)
Dispatch (Dem.) says: “It adds another
to the long list of scandals made possible
by the existing order, and we cannot but
believe that whether the trick succeeds or
not it will give an Impetus to the move
ment for electing senators by the direct
vote of the people. And the strength of
that movement among the masses, by the
way. is developing more and more every
day. as witness the recent Democratic
primary in Georgia.”
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) says;
"It Is difficult to resist the belief that
Cuba will become a territory of the Unit
ed States. Such a consummation seems,
indeed, manifest destiny. Admitted into
the Union as a state, Cuba would be enj
titled to two senators and nine represen
tatives, while Porto Rico would have two
senators and five representatives in Con
gress. These are events which are not
likely to be long delayed.”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
"The proposition to amend the federal
constitution so as to enable Congress to
deal more effectively with the trusts,
which has beep favorably reported from
the House Judiciary Committee, le so ob
viously a campaigning move to cbver the
flank of the Republican party during the
coming presidential contest that it will
falj to make a oerlou* Impression upon
the public mind.'*
An Old Soldier and His Pension.
The little copper button on the lapel of
his old faded blue coat mode It evident
that he was an old soldier, but his gen
eral appearance showed that he was also
a. member of the army of tramps, says
the Washington correspondence of the
Chicago Journal. His clothes were
weather-beaten and worn, his hair was
matted and straggled In unkempt locks
about his sunbrown neck. It had been
many weeks since hla grizzled beard had
known shears or razor. His features bore
traces of drink.
As he watted in the outer office the
senior member of the bi& firm of pension
attorneys came in with a fellow lawyer.
The head of the firm nodded to the old
soldier, and pnaslng to the Inner office
proceeded to entertain his visitor with a
little gossip about the case of his client
in (he outer office.
“He was In the Old Soldiers’ Home here
■when we took up his case,” he began.
"We found that he needed only corrobo
rative testimony to get him a good pen
sion. We put in two one for gun
shot wounds and one for rheumatism.
The latter was more difficult to prove:
but wo got the hospital records on the
gunshot wound, and under the act of ISSO
got the department to allow a claim for
something over $4,000.
"The old man was very grateful, and
acted upon our advice to put the money
In the Metropolitan National Bank. But
presently he came and said he bought an
oyster boat and wanted SSOO to pay for
It. Then he disappeared for several
weeks. He has been buying oyster boats
ever since, and drinking them up. After
each boat he takes to th* road, and then
turns up as you sed him. But the old
story has reached the last chapter, and
this time I guess It will be the Old Sol
diers’ Home. We will see what he has
to say. Suppose you remain.”
The old man came In leaning on his
stick; but with a hopeful smile lighting
up his countenance. He did not seem
surprised or particularly disappointed
when informed that his bank account
was exhausted, and there was nothing
more for him.
"But how about my rheumatism claim?”
he asked. •
The lawyer shook his head doubtfully,
but touched a button and had the files In
the case brought to him. The machinery
of his office had been qViletly grinding
along, and to his surprise there was
strapped to the outside of the bundle a
voucher for $l,lOO on account of rheuma
tism. The fact was communicated to the
client.
"Great Scoti!” exclaimed the old man,
throwing up both hands; "must I drink
up all that!"
All of which Is a true story, and shows
what a beneficent institution is the pen
sion attorney—sometimes.
Eaty Style to Catch.
A good story is told of how a few
years ago a reckless, careless, but bril
liant Scotch journalist got a position on
the London Dally Telegraph, says the
Saturday Evening Post. For some es
capade 1n Edinburgh he had lost his place
on a paper there. He had scarcely a
penny in his pocket, so, although he felt
himself not at his best menially he went
off at once to Fleet street and asked the
editor of ihe Telegraph for work. “What
can you do?" asked the editor. And the
applicant, feeling he must make a tre
mendous bid, replied, "Anything.”
"Anything?”
"Yes; anything.”
"Very well, I think probably you're the
man we want. I will leave you quite
alone for a half-hour, then I will come
back, and you must have an article
ready.”
“On what?” asked the Scotchman.
“On ’anything,’ ” answered the editor.
For five minutes the young man sat
despairing. He didn’t seem to have even
the ghost of an idea in his head. Final
ly an Impudent Inspiration came. Around
the room were files of the Telegraph. He
pulled one out. about 8 years old. and
hurriedly turning the leaves came to an
article by George Augustus Sala on Lon
don streets. Seizing copy paper and a
pen he raced the clock, and jammed the
file back Into tts place only a minute be
fore the grave editor returned. This gen
tleman looked over the article which the
Edinburgh man had “just dashed off" and
said: ‘‘l think I can find a place for you,
sir. You seem to catch our style.”
Poor Afflicted Boy.
This Is a genuine letter from a lad at
school to his mother, says Collier's Week
ly. After complaining generally of the
school, the young gentleman says;
"I hope Matilda’s cold is better. I am
glad she is not at shule. i think t have
got consumption, the boys at this place
are not gentlemanly, but of oourse you
did not no this when you sent me here.
1 will try not to get bad habits The pants
have worn out at the knees. 1 think the
tatlor must have cheated you, the buttons
have come off, and they are loose behind,
i don’t think the food is good, but 1 shd
not mind if 1 was only stronger.
"The piece of meat i send you is' off
the beef we had on Sunday, but on other
days it Is more stringy. There are black
beetles in the kitchen, and sometimes they
cook them in the dlnnqr, which cant be
holesome when you are not strong. 1 have
a tame beetle as a pet.
"Do not mind my being so uncomforta
ble, as i do not think 1 shall last long.
Please send me some more money, as i o
23 cents, if you cant spare It i think 1
can borrow it of a boy who Is going to
leave at the half quarter, but perhaps
you would not like to be under an obliga
tion to his parents—Yr loving but retched
son.”
An Idyllic Breakfast.
Richard Whiteing, who is still rather the
London celebrity of the moment, does not
exactly write Immortal verse, but people
are still talking of his novel, "No. 5 John
Street,” and wondering what his next
book will be like, says the Philadelphia
Poet. He Is a personality that would not
lose a particle of its charm even if one
did know what his favorite recreations
are, which he has never been wehlc enough
to disclose. At the present moment recrea
tion has a delicious stgnlfleanee for him,
for, (having at last severed a connection
of many years with the Dally News, he
Is realizing what it means to be a bonds
man no longer.
"I go to bed at 12 and rise with the lark,”
he was heard to say to a friend the other
day with a jwinkle.
"The London lark?” inquired the friend,
ralher unkindly.
“I don’t know,” answered the great man,
chuckling, "but it is the lark that gets
down to a 10 o’clock breakfast."
McCarthy’s l-'our Black Cats.
Justin McCarthy, M. P., is at the pres
ent time entirely devoted to historical
work, says the Saturday Evening Post.
He la finishing his "History of the Four
Georges.” rounding off the work with sev
eral chapters devoted to William IV. This
Joins the "History of the Georges" to the
"History of Our Own Times.” and the
completed work presents a record of Eng
land since the accession of the house of
Hanover. Mr. McCarthy's next book will
be a history of the reign of Queen Anne.
Justin McCarthy lives with his daughter
at Westgate-on-Sea, a quiet, charming Ut
ile seaside town, In a house remarkable
for the number and nomenclature of its
black cats. Mr. McCarthy ts extremely
fond of his four cals and Is always de
lighted to Introduce visitors to Bulwhee
dle, Zernabork. Innlshoflln and Roxana.
And the big black cats with the strange
green eyes smile on the visitor with sin
.ister humor.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Among the Princess of Wales' treas
ures there Is a pair of opera glasses which
are valued at SIC.OOC. They are mide of
platinum, set with rubles, sapphires ard
turquoises.
—Delcasse, France’s minister of foreign
affairs, is the most democratic member of
the cabinet, not excepting the avowed So
cialist Mlllerand. He is very short of stat
ure, blunt, coarse, unattractive of feature
and badly dressed. He is well liked by
his associates, however, and Is respected
as a hard worker and a clear thinker. He
has lasted through three ministries.
—The codfish plays a very Important
part in the world’s commerce. Twenty
five years ago the annual catch by the
.vessels of the United States was 75,000.0j0
pounds; now it Is about 150,000,000. The
combined catch of cod by all the fisheries
of the world is estimated at SCO.OCO.OoO
pounds annually, most of which Is ex
ported to tropical countries after having
been hard dried.
—ln an English contemporary is the fol
lowing advertisement of a shooting school:
“Forty acres in extent. Gun titling a
specialty. Instructions in the art cf
shooting. Patent try guns and targets
Most realistic ceverts. P.act ce at driven
birds, high pheasants, etc. Any number
of sportsmen can be accommodated. Ex
perienced gun fitters and instructors al
ways In attendance.”
—The Bank of France ha3 an Ingenious
arrangement by which suspicious visitors
can be photographed, without the’r
knowledge. Behind the desk of the cs i
ier is a hidden photographic sti die, and
at a signal from any of, the employes cf
the bank a picture of the suspected cus
tomer is Instantly taken. The camera s
also useful for detecting frauds, an er ,su e
on a check, which may not b~ visible to
the eye, being clearly pereeeptible in a
photograph.
—Few houses in Uruguay are provide 1
with stoves for heatirg purposes. No chim
neys or fire-places are provided, os a rule,
one house recently built at a cost of $14,-
000 having for its only chimney a stove
pipe from the kitchen. Cattle graze in the
open all the year round, but during t' e
winter season, from April to October, the
dampness Is conducive to the spretd of
pulmonary troubles. Only one dealer in
Montevideo sells heating stoves, ard th si
are of American make Oil stoves find
some favor, as coal sells at from $lO to
sl4 per ton.
—There is one small species of butterfly,
the Bugcng (Euplaea humata), which af
fords a supply of food to the aborigines
of Australia, says the Newcastle Chroni
cle. Vast numbers of them congregate
on the granite rocks of the Bugong moun
tains, and the natives collect them by
making smothered fires under the rocks
and so suffocating the butterflies. They
then gather them by the bushel and bake
them on the heated ground, stirring them
gently lo remove the down and wings.
Having sifted away the down and wings,
they either eat the bodies at once or
make cakes of them, which resemble
lumps of fat and have a sweet, nutty
taste.
—The German geologist, Heinrich
Schmidt of Jena has figured out the vari
ous periods of millions of years, which
convoy no meaning to most minds, into
parts corresponding to parts of a day.
This gives him these results; The first
age of the world, the archaic or eozoic,
occupied the same period toward the
whole age of the world as do 12 hours, 2S
minutes and 48 seconds toward a day.
The paleozoic age was the equivalent of
8 hours, 9 minutest and 30 seconds. The
mesozoic age equaled 2 hours, 3S minutes
and 36 seconds. The quaxtemary equale I
2 to 3 minutes, and, finally, what we are
accustomed to call the history of the
world (the history of the last 6,000 years)
amounts to only five seconds.
—The Mexican Herald says: "The Diaz
doctrine, declared by President Diaz some
years ago, which met with responsive en
thusiasm in Latin America, was, substan
tially. that not only should Europe not be
permitted to gain another foothold on the
territory of the New World, but that,
gradually. Europe must withdraw from
all interference and dominion in this hem
isphere. Nations all over South America
cordially assented to the utterance of the
President of Mexico, which was a distinct
advance on the Monroe doctrine. The Mex
ican people, by their splendid tradit ons,
stand committed to the strongest form of
the Monroe doctrine, in fact, to the Diaz
doctrine. This nation has sealed its prin
ciples with its blood. And all Larin Ameri
ca is in E .apathy with Mexico.’’
—During the course of an address before
a class of women medical students In
Philadelphia, the other day, Mr. Wu Ting
Fang. the Chinese minister, said:
"Though Chinese and Americans are apt
to look at things oftentimes from entirely
different points of view, they agree in re
garding medicine as a noble profession.
The advances -which the Chinese have
made in this science are perhaps too im
perfectly known to be thoroughly appre
ciated in the West. We ascribe the dis
covery of the principles of healing to
Hwangti, a monarch who ruled over the
Chinese people in prehistoric days, about
3.000 years before the Christian era. Med
icine, the most empirical of the sciences,
as well as astronomy, the most purely
mathematical, depends upon long periods
of observations to verify its results. There
are medical works In the Chinese language
that embody the accumulated experience
of the profession handed down from the
remotest times. It is a great pity that
these valuable mines of medical knowl
edge are practically inaccessible to scien
tists from the West owing to the great
difference of language. I hope that the
time will soon come when this barrier
will be surmounted and the vast contri
butions to medicine from Chinese sources
will be made available to the whole
world.”
—The Aero Club of Paris has recently
announced a prize of 100,000 fratfes. which
has been founded by one of its members
to be awarded to the Inventor of a really
efficient aerial machine. The conditions
governing the award of the prize have
been formulated and and mand that the air
ship or aeroplane shall travel from the
grounds of the club, or from the hills of
Longchamps, to the Eiffel tower and re
turn. This will afford a distance of about
eleven kilometers, or between seven and
eight miles, and is to be accomplished in
a half hour or less. In the meantime the
Interest of the sum of money will be avail
able for rewarding works or inventions
bearing upon the problems of aerial navi
gation The competition for the prize is
International and the offer will hold good
for five years. Another prize
that i>g of Interest as having
to do with problems of the coming
century is the Veltmeyer prize of 1,200
marks and a gold medal, which is to be
awarded this year by the G;rman Society
of Mechanical Engineers for the beat
plans and specifications for an electric
railroad between two distant cities, de
signed exclusively for trains running at
a speed of 200 kilometers (124V4 miles) per
.hour. In the United States speeds of 100
miles p-r hour have been attained, and
the competition Is to encourage the care
ful review and consideration of the sub
ject, and at the same time to induce en
gineers to look to future conditions. Each
train on the proposed railway must carry
a minimum of 150 passengers, and run be
tween two points without intermediate
stops. It Is also tequired that the system
with Its terminals and other features!
should be so arranged as to admit of the
trains following each other iu rapid suc
cession.
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Cellular material can be had on application.
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The Singer Piano
of Chicago, 111.
This SINGER PIANO is sold by many
of the leading dealers In the United
States, such as Wm. Steinert Sons Cos.,
who have the largest establishments in
Boston, New Haven and Providence. Also
the SINGER PIANO is sold by Wm.
Knabe Cos., having the leading houses in
Boston, Baltimore, Washington and New
York city. There are a large number of
leading houses handling SINGER PIANO,
too numerous to mention.
The SINGER PIANO Is evidently one of
the best pianos in the market, or It would
not be sold by these leading houses.
It has an elegant singing tone, much
finer than most pianos, and about one-half
the price of other Instruments.
Cull and see, and examine the SINGER
PIANO and save a good deal of money on
your purchase. Same guarantee is ex
tended for the SINGER PIANO as any of
the leading pianos of the day, and a sat
isfactory price will be given to all on ap
plication.
LIPPMAN BROTHERS.
Wholesale Agehts, Wholesale Druggists,
Barnard and Congress Streets,
Savannah, Ga.
SUMMER RESORTS.
03d Street him) Madison Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY.
Up to Date, Strictly Fireproof, Family
Apartment Hotel.
Three minutes from and overlooking
Central Park, situated on the highest
point in the city. This hotel Is specially
attractive to parties visiting New York
for the summer months.
Suites of from two to five rooms and
bath. Every room an outside one.
Electric trolley cars pass door.
Public telephone In every apartment.
European plan during June, July and
August, SPECIAL RATES FOR THOSE
MONTHS. Correspondence Invited.
F. ASIITON, Proprietor.
SWEETWATER PARK
HOTEL AND BATHS,
LITHIA SPRINCS, CA.
This well-known and popular resort is notr
open. All modern equipment. Cuisine and
service unexcelled. Write for illustrated
pamphlet. JAS. K. HICKEY, I’ropr.
Also Kimball Rouse, Atlanta, Ga.
[ole from loiel 00l roles
Among pines; black bass fishing; boating,
bathing. New Yorks greatest health re
sort; one hour from city. Furnished cot
tages on water S3OO to SSOO a season. Send
for illustrated catalogue.
L. A. MONKETRICK, Prop, and Owner,
Lake Ronkonkoma, L. 1., N. Y.
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
NVest Virginia.
Open June 15, to Sept. 15. The great cen
tral point of reunion for the best society
of the North, South, East and West. $40.0)0
worth of improvements for this season
New nine-hole golf course. Write for li*
lustrated booklet. HARRINGTON MILLS,
Manager.
LONG BRANCH.
West Eal Hotel and C'ottnges,
Situated on bluff facing ocean. Cottages
open Saturday, June 9. Hotel opens
Thursday, June 21. New York office, 11a
Broadway (Room 76).
W. E. HILDRETH, Mgr._
New Hotel Bellevue
EUROPEAN PLAN,
Beacon Street, Boston.
HARVEY & WOOD, Proprietors^
WARM SPRINGS.
HATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
are now open for guests. For circular*
and terms address
EUBANK & GLOVER.
■Warm Springs, Bath County, Va.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
~~
1342 Vermont ave. and lowa Circle.
Washington, D, C.
Boarding Bchool for young ladles. Send
for catalogue. Miss Mary Davenport
Chenoweth, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Sloan.
JOHN C 7 BUTLER,
—DOBALER IN—
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and Builder*’ Supplies, Plain and Decora
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Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair. oi*
Agent for Abestlne Cold Water Paint.
20 Congress street, west, and 19 St- Juh“
street.