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INDEX 10 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Builders' Exchange.
Special Notices—Notice to City Court
Jurors; Malt Mead, George Meyer; Pippin
Apple Cider, Lippman Bros.; German So
cial Club Annual Picnic, May 24; Special
Notice, Wm. & H. H. Baltimore; Special
Notice, Wm. P. Bailey, Clerk of Council;
Announcement, Park Avenue Drug Store;
Notice John H. Moore, Masonic Temple
Pharmacy; Notice to Superior Court Ju
rors; For Sale, by C. H. Dorsett; Special
Notice, Merchants and Miners Transpor
tation Company; Last Week of Silva's
Closing Sale; Special Notice, Mark Apple;
Ryan's Business College; at Mark Apple's
Repository; Special Notice, W. C. Frlpp &
Cos.; Repairing, J. & C. N. Thomas; Sum
mer Suits, B. S. Asman; Peter Samson;
Levan’s Bill of Fare; New Directory, H.
A. Goette.
Business Notices—Our Experience, Theus
Brcs.; Agents for Cook’s Tours, Henry
Solomon & Sons; Water Sets, Hunter &
Van Keuren; Out of Town Orders, S. W.
Branch.
May Brides—Thos. West & Cos.
New Departure In Butter Delivery—C. A.
Munster.
Whiskey—Murray Hill Club Whiskey.
Preparation is Half the Battle-At tha
Metropolitan.
The Gas Range—The Mutual Gas Light
Company.
A Refrigerator Must Be Bought—George
W. Allen & Cos.
Known as the Best—Chas. Marks.
Amusements— Musical Recital at Lawton
Memorial May 21.
Sheet Silk Sale—Daniel Hogan.
Every Item a Bargain—At Gutman's.
We Fit Your Feet—Byck Bros.
Stock Taking gale—At Eckstein's.
Picnic—The C. K. of .* Grand Picnic
at Tybee Island, May 29.
Our New and Stylish Line—Leo Frank.
Postuin Coffee—Postum Cereal Com
pany.
Great Removal Sale—Foye & Morrison.
Laundry—E. & W. Laundry.
Auction Sale—‘‘Old Hoes" Sale.
Hotel—Hotel Fitzpatrick, Washington,
Ga.
Price Go Down—Leopold Adler.
Purifies While You Sweep—The Antisep
tic Broom.
Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Medical—S. S. S.; Wine of Cardut; R.
R. R.; Smith’s Chill and Fever Tonic;
Dr. Hathaway Company; Humphrey’s
Specifics; Pyramid Pile Cure; Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The YVeathcr.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for partly cloudy weather, and cooler in
eastern portion, winds becoming fresh
northeast, and for Eastern Florida fair
■nd cooler weather, with light winds, be
coming northerly.
Senators Wclcott and Lodge, who are
understood to be on ihe slate for tempor
ary and permanent chairmen of the Phil
adelphia Convention respectively, are said
To be/pr. paring their spontaneous out
bursts of eloquence for the occasion for
the blue-pt noil of the President and Sen
ator Hanna. It Is understood that the
bosses will edit all of the speeches made
•t the convention.
The visiting Boer delegates may not
succeed in making much of an impression
upon the administration, but they will no
doubt have a good time while they are
with us. Dozens of cities have Invited
them to attend functions in their honor,
and entertaining programmes have been
arranged which would keep the delegates
busy for months If they were to accept all
of the invitations.
The Lord Mayor of London has a spik
ing and very p oetical way of exp:e sing
admiration for and appreciation of the
gal.ant defenders of Mafeking. "Cable me
what money ;s wanted for the needs of
th- garrison and Inhabitants after long
si ge,” is the m ssage he sent to Col, Ea
den-Powtll. That Is the sort of express
ion that counts, and that will be more ap
preciated in Mafeking than any number of
"congratulation!.''
THE CUBAN POSTAL SCANDAL.
The postofflee scandal in Cuba recalls the
days of carpetbag rule In the South. A
Havana dispatch to the New York Herald
eays that Americans In that city are of
the “opinion that the Postoffioe Depart
ment has been made the dumping ground
for politicians.” It certainly looks as If
many of the American officials there owe
their appointments to political influence
and not to illness.
The carpetbaggers who flocked to the
South after the war of secession were,
as a rule, political adventurers, who had
only one purpose in view, and that was
to All their pockets as quickly as they
Could. They grabbed state governments
and robbed the people of everything that
could be taken by means of political pow
er. There Is no statement yet from Ha
vana that these carpetbaggers who have
government appointments In Cuba are
grabbing sugar and tobacco. Just as the
carpetbagger* who overran the South grab,
bed cotton, letting the owners retain a
small portion of what belonged to them
on condition that they wouldn't make a
disturbance, but It would not be surprising
if statements of that sort should begin
to appear In the newspapers In the near
future.
There were of course some honest car
petbaggers In the South during the days
of eftrpetbag rule, and there are no doubt
honest men among the American officials
In Cuba, but as the most of them hold
their places through political favor, it Is
safe to say that the great majority of
them are “on the make."
And it Is so easy for them to do pretty
much as they please. The Cubans are un
der the heel of military rule, and their
protests against being plundered are like
ly to be unheeded. The position the Unit
ed States occupies in Cuba Is a very deli
cate one. Respect for the honor of their
country ought to keep these carpetbaggers
in Havana honest. It seems, however,
that it has not done so. Indeed, it is
doubtful if some among them have any
more respect for their country’s good name
than had the carpetbaggers who plundered
the Southern states and afterwards looted
the Freedmen’s Bank.
The President was warned against send
ing men to Cuba in official capacities on
the recommendations of politicians. He
was told that his administration would
be burdened with scandals unless he ex
ercised the utmost care, in accordance
with civil service methods, In making ap
pointments for Cuba, and also for Porto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands.
He neglected to profit by this warning.
He let the politicians have their way, and
now his administration has a scandal to
deal with which promises to Injure the
prospects of his party for winning the
presidential election.
THE LOUISVILLE REIAIOV.
The Louisville reunion of the United Con
federate Veterans, which takes place on
May 30 to June 3, Inclusive, gives promise
of being one of the most largely attended
and enjoyable occasions of the kind ever
held. Kentuckians are proverbial fcr their
hospitality. In this Instance they will try
to outdo themeelves. The local committees
have been working day and night for sev
eral weeks to get all arrangements perfect
ed, and when the visitors begin arriving
they will And that nothing calculat'd to
conduce to their comfort and well being
has been omitted or forgotten. Reduced ho
tel and traveling rates have been se u: ed
for the occasion, and good care will be
taken of the entertainment of those vete
rans who find themselves unable to defray
their own expenses in the city. The rl h,
the well-to-do and the poor who wore the
grey will meet upon a common footing at
the reunion as comrades, proud of th ir
gallant struggle and the cause for which
Ihey fought.
There will be one void at the reunion
which will cause universal and sincere sor
row. "Winnie” Davis, the Daughter of
the Confederacy, will not he there. The
veterans delighted to honor her, and she
delighted to be with them at their annual
gatherings. But she has gone to join her
great father; hence the old soldiers can
only honor her memory. That they wll
do. It Is doubtful If Mrs. Davis, wife cf
President Davis, can go to Louisville, on
account of recent severe illness, but Mrs.
Hayes, elder sister of the lamented "Win
nie," will be there to represent the person
al household of the only chief executive
the Confederacy ever had.
The Indications are that the attendance
from Georgia will be quite large. It
should be so, since Georgia has always
taken a leading part in matters appertain
ing to the Confederacy and to (he vete at s.
Those survivors of the Southern army who
can possibly do so should attend the
meeting. This will be the last opportunity
for many of them, and there cannot be
many more opportunities for any of them,
to gather around the “campfire” enl *n
retrospect live over again those terrible
but glorious war days of the sixties.
dewevs cAjrmntt t.
It Is evident that Admiral Dewey has
practically abandoned his candi 'a y for
the presidency. Even Mrs. Dewey now
says that she docs not want the Admiral
to be President. After thinking the m it
ter over she has come to the conclusion
that it Is much better for him to live out
the remainder of his life quietly and hap
pily than to have his life shortened by po
litical worries.
While he was In the South the Admiral
became convinced that he had no chanco
for the Kansas City nomination. He got
no encouragement at all In thit direction.
And In the West he did not find that any
body was thinking of him In connection
with the presidency. He returned to Wash
ington satisfied to let politics alone. As
he never formally entered the presidential
contest he will not withdraw, and he will
not Issue a statement of his political prin
ciples as he promised couple cf weeks
ago. His dream of political power Is over.
Whatever ambition he has In that direc
tion he Is now able to hold In check.
The Infant eon of the Duke end Duchess
of York, born March 31, and who. the re
ports said, was to have the name of Pat
rick, In compliment to the Irish troops in
South Africa, was christened on Wednes
day, but Patrick was not among the long
list of names that he will have to carry
through life. Possibly the royal house
hold thought that giving certain Irish sol
diers the privilege of wearing kilts was
| honor enough
BUDDHISTS STUDYING CHRISTIAN
ITY.
Two Buddhist “doctors" are now in this
country for the purpose of studying Chris
tianity. They spent a part of last week
In Chicago, and will visit a number of
other ckles during their Investigations.
From their viewpoint, It Is probably for
tunate that they are here in a season of
conferences, assemblies and other annual
church sessions. They- will be able to
give attention to these meetings and gath
er from them much information in a com
paratively short space of time.
It was probably rather confusing to the
Buddhist visitors at first to learn that
“Christianity” is separated Into so many
sects. Buddhism itself is not one complete
and perfect whole. It is divided into sects
to a number approximating fifty. This
number, however, Is comparatively small
when it is remembered that Buddhism has
the greatest number of followers of any
religion In the world. It divides China
with Confucianism, it prevails in Japan,
it has full sway over Ceylon, it is the re
ligion of Thibet, and of the native tribes
of Siberia and on the Lower Volga. Its
adherents are estimated at upwards of
340,000,000 souls. Fifty sects approximated
among that enormous total would, of
course, give each a tremendous following.
The two Buddhist "doctors” find that
Christianity is divided into several hun
dred sects and denominations, many of
them disagreeing in leading particulars
with others, and a number of them dis
agreeing within their own bodies.- They
find that certain of the denominations are
becoming dissatisfied with their own
creeds, and are discussing the advisabil
ity of consigning the old faiths to the mu
seum, and setting up anew standard,
deemed to be better fitted to modern
wants. They find that customs and prac
tices pronounced against by some of the
Christian denominations and held to be
grievous sins, are tolerated and encoun
tered by other denominations. They find
that while one basic principle of Chris
tianity is the teaching of brotherly love
and charity, some of the sects are at en
mity and perpetual strife with others, and
that their dealings with each other are
not characterized by charity.
The Oriental visitors should not be over
perplexed, however, by these apparent
contradictions. There are human imper
fections In the modern Christian churches.
These may be eradicated some day, and
harmony may be secured. Then the
Chur.'n militant will be the Church tri
umphant. At present there are discords,
because human natures are discordant.
The sects are founded upon ideals. If in
each Instance the Ideal could be attained
to by each follower, perfect harmony and
felicity would prevail. The Investigating
Buddhists should give first attention to
the underlying principles of Christianity,
and to the marvelous amount of good that
has been accomplished by and through it.
Should they do this, the divisions in the
great religious party would appear as
nothing in comparison.
REV. DR. MORGAN'S TROUBLE.
The Rev. Dr. Morgan, rector of the
Church of the Heavenly Rest, of New
York city, Is having trouble in connec
tion with a highly Bensational and dra
matic scene to which he was a party, and
which occurred in his church last Wed
nesday. As already stated In the Morn
ing News Dr. Morgan, on that day, re
fused to marry Mrs. Clio Hinton Hun
ecker to William B. Bracken. The bride
and groom and the invited guests were In
the church, Dr. Morgan came forward
nnd announced that the wedding would
not take place in the church, but at Del
monico’s.
It is claimed by Dr. Morgan that he
did not learn that Mrs. Hunecker was a
divorced woman until just a few min
utes before the time fixed for performing
the ceremony. Ills rule is to permit no
divorced person to be married In his
church. He had written to the bride
groom and asked him if Mrs. Hunecker
was a widow, and the bridegroom had
informed him that she was. It was on
this information that he consented to of
ficiate. He learned a few minutes be
fore the wedding was to take place that
he had been deceived.
It seeme that once before he had been
deceived. Three years ago he married a
California couple. The bridegroom had
Informed him that he had been divorced,
but that he was the Innocent party. Un
der the law of the Episcopal Church the
marriage of an lnno.k‘nt divorced p rson
Is permlssable. It turned out that
the bridegroom was the guilty party.
Thereupon Dr. Morgan decided that he
would not permit even innocent divorced
persons to be married in his parish.
The friends of the woman who was
turned away from Dr. Morgan’s church
last Wednesday are by no means pleased
with Dr. Morgan's part In the affair.
They are very promirent people, and It
seems Dr. Morgan was acquainted with
the bride and was on very friendly
terms with the groom, who Is a very
wealthy man. The uncle of the bride
published a statement In last Friday's
papers In which he said that he had told
Dr. Morgan all about his niece's divorce
no longer ago than three weeks. Dr.
Morgan also published a statement on
the same day, In whl<V he reiterated his
previous statement, that he did not know
that Mrs. Hunecker had been divorced
until the wedding party had assembled
In the church.
It Is somewhat annoying of course to
Dr. Morgan to have his statement ques
tioned. It seems to be evident, however,
that If he had been Informed that Mrs.
Hunecker was a divorcee the fact had
escaped his memory. Otherwise he would
not have written to Mr. Bracken about
the matter on the day the ceremony was
to be performed.
There appears to be Increasing opposi
tion on the part of min'efers, particular
ly Episcopal ministers, to marrying di
vorced persons, and It Is a good sign that
there Is. Divorces are becoming alto
gether too common, and It not (infre
quently happens that the guilty party to
a divorce suit marries very soon ufter
the divorce Is granted. There have been
several such Instances among widely
known people within the last year or two.
As long as divorced persons suffer no loss
of social position tha divorce evil will
Increase. Ministers can do a great deal
toward checking the evil.
THE MOANING NEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1900.
Agunaldo seems to be considerably
softened In his f- elings towards the
Americans. If that alleged, proclamation
of his of May 4, Is a genuine document.
The proclamation fells the Filipinos to
welcome the United States Commission
ers, and to ask boldly for what they
want, "as the Americans permit freedom
of speech.” Theie isn’t so much blood
and thunder In the document as there
has heretofore been in the usual Aguinal
dan manifesto. It nay be that the young
hader of the Insurrection is getting ready
to ask for terms for himself.
Off the New Jersey coast the other day
a vessel caught on fire and was burned
to the water’s edge. Among her crew
was a Chinese sailor. When, the flames
became too hot to be borne the China
man Jumped overboard and swam ashore.
When he got to land he was arrested un
der the law which prohibits Chinese from
entering this country. Wun Lung made
the mistake of not striking out for China
when he Jumped overboard, instead of
swimming to our so-called 1 hospitable
shores.
Gen. Lew Wallace, the author of Ben
Hur, has just received $30,000 for the mere
signing of his name. The sum was paid
to him as the royalties for six months on
the dramatized novel. All that Gen. Wal
lace had to do with the matter was to
give his consent to the dramatization and
sign his name to a paper to that effect.
During the past six months, it is said, the
play has taken In at the box office JDJ.OOO.
and it is believed to be good for many
months to come.
PERSONAL.
—The Empress Eugenie has entered her
75th year, having been born on May 6,
1826.
—Half of the twenty-two Dukes who sit
In the British House of Lords have no
sons to succeed them. The Dukes who are
without helrs-apparent are the present
Duke of Argyll, and the Dukes of Beau
fort, Hamilton, Devonshire, Leeds, Man
chester, Newcastle, St. Albans, Somerset,
Wellington and Westminster.
—Seven presidents of the United States
were members of the Masonic fraternity—
Washington. Jackson, Polk, Buchanan.
Johnson, Garfield and McKinley. Wash
ington was master of his lodge at Alex
andria, Va. Jackson was at one time
grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ten
nessee, and Buchanan was deputy grand
master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl
vania.
—Bishop William Taylor, who is now on
the superannuated list of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, has had a most event
ful career. Previous to his retirement
from active life, four years ago, he had
preacJhed regularly for fifty-three years.
He began as a street preacher in Cali
fornia, and then entered the foreign mis
sion field. He has worked In Africa, Aus
tralia, Asia and Sputh America, and on
most of the Islands of the South Pacific.
—"Baptists will be Interested to learn
that Lord Roberts, if not actually a mem
ber of our denomination, Is at least In full
sympathy with the principles for which
we stand,” says the Baptist Times and
Freeman of London. "When in London
Ird Roberts regularly attends Gower
Street Strict Baptist Church, and when In
Devizes, one of his country seats, he al
ways worships at the Strict Baptist
Church.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—A Golden Truth.—Green—“l know a
kind of money that does not talk.” Breen
—“What kind is it?” Greent—“Hush
money. ’’—Judge.
—Bad Times.—"He has alw'ays run hls
business like clockwork.” “Yes, and’ now
his creditors have wound It up.”—Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
—Sergt. Finnegan (on the skirmish line)
—“Stiddy, me byes; sure they be too far
oft yit; but when they get fuminst the
bushes there, thry a few blank cartridges
at ’em until yees git the range.”—Life.
—Granger Philosophy.—l’m so thirsty,
dad,” said the farmer’s boy, as he drop
ped his hoe. “Well, never mind about
that,” answered the horny-j Lauded son of
toll. Remember the good book says: ’Ho,
all ye that thirsteth.’ ” —Chicago News.
—lmplacable.—“l notice that Wredd
muth, the Anarchist, has fallen heir to a
large estate. That ought to cure him of
his grudge against society." “It doesn’t
seem to have had that effect. He Is talk
ing of putting anew ten-cent magazine
in (he field."—Chicago Tribune.
—At the honoring of Col. MacDonald in
Glasgow University an old woman In
quired of another “What a’ steer was
aboot?" “Oh, they’re making Col. Mac-
Donald an LL. D.” “What’s Col. Mac-
Donald?" "Oh. he’s a famous soldier.”
“They didna mak’ slch a fuss about ooy
Jack when he wis made an LL. D.” “Oh,
is your son an LL. D.?“ “Aye, the soa
ker yin. He weers it on his hat. He’s
wi’ the ‘Lectric Llghtin’ Department!”—
Glasgow Evening Times.
Cl It R EXT COMMENT.
The Pittsburg Dispatch (Ind.) says:
"The trust question is one that needs
serious and careful treatment or none.
The power of the individual states to
deal with the combinations Is unquestion
ed. The authority of Congress— the opin
ion of Attorney General Griggs notwith
standing—is considerable. Therefore one
practical measure of restraint, Immedi
ately available, would be better guaran
tee of good faith than half a dozen con
stitutional amendments that cannot pos
sibly become effective for several years,
during which time a majority of the
trusts may 'commit suicide' by overreach
ing themselves.”
The Chicago News (Ind.) says; "James
J. Corbett Is anxious to become a con
gressman from New York city and his
friends declare that he will be elected.
Mr. Corbett might not shine in legislative
halls, but it should be a difficult affair to
tear him from his seat If once In the
chntr. He Is a larger man than either
Senator Clark or Brigham H. Roberts,
and his science should enable him to
whip any sergeant-at-arms that ever trod
the ulsles."
The Indianapolis (Ind.) News (Dem.)
says: "Every private pension day in the
House 'breaks the record’ these days. Yes
terday, In a brief time, 180 bills were pass
ed, with our extraordinary liberal pen
sion laws such a statement Is prlma facie
evidence of abuse. It Is hardly conceiv
able, except 4n the rarest and most In
frequent cases, tha< any one fairly en
titled to a pension can fall to get oqe
through the regular channels."
The Hartford (Conn.) Times (Dem.)
says; "This is a year when the Demo
crats of Connecticut, If harmoniously
united on a Democratic platform, in sup
port of candidates whose democracy was
unquest toned, would repeat the success
of 1892.”'
His Home Surroundings.
"You see.” said the Arizona mail who
had been asked why he didn’t come East
to live, according to ihe Washington Post,
“it’s all in being acquainted with the peo
ple around you. I was hauled up before
a Justice of the peace for cuffing a Mex
ican, and, knowing me, he let me off with
a $3 line. Tnen I went at it and coiled
him fifty-two of the hardest names I could
think of, and ended up by throwing him.
through a window. How much d’ye think
he fined me for all thot?”
"He probably sent you to Jail,” w'as the
reply.
“Not much. As he knew my ways and
had had a lot of fun out of It he only
tacked on $5 more. I admit that you can
get a better drink in the East and that
it’s nice to ride on street cars, and eat
off of tablecloths, but how- Would I come
out cuffing Mexicans and toying with
the law and having Saturday holidays?”
Em ha missing.
When the new minister, a handsome and
unmarried man, made his first pastoral
call at the Fosdieks he took little Anna
up in his arms and tried to kiss her, says
Harper's Bazar. But the child refused
to be kissed; she struggled loose and ran
off Into the next room, where her mother
was putting a few finishing touches to her
adornment before going into the parlor
to greet the clergyman.
"Mamma,” the little girl whispered, "the
man in the parlor wanted me to kiss him."
“Well,” replied mamma, “why didn't
you let him? I would if 1 were you.”
Thereupon Anna ran hock Inlo the par
lor and the minister asked:
“Well, little lady, won’t you kiss me
now ?”
“No, I won't,” replied Anna, promptly,
’’but mamma says she will.”
More Popnlar Than His Brother.
—A New York merchant says that while
Cecil 'Rhodes at each step serins doomed
to raise whole regiments of enemies, his
brother and sometime assistant, Frank,
makes continual modern additions to a
mellowed pile of friends. Says the mer
chant to a writer in the New York Com
mercial: "Deeply printed on my memory
among first Impressions of Elon is a vis
ion of a chance meeting of the ‘Swells*
of ‘Upper Club’ and ’the Brocas’ at the
corner of ‘Rente's Lane.’ So that Jovial
looking hero, with whiskers proportioned
to his big body, was the captain of the
boats; that loose-limbed giant, also whis
kered, the captain of the eleven. Lords of
humankind!
“But who was the short, active-looking
center of the group, clearly a liberal giv
er and thankful receiver of chaff. Who
is he? Why, trank Rhodes, of course, the
best fellow in EtonH
Memories of a Walt*.
“Did you ever try to dance with a for
eigner?” asked a Louisville gentleman
who had been traveling abroad, says the
Detroit Free Press. “I did once,” he con
tinued, “and that experience was more
than enough for me. It happened at a
ball at Mustapha, at the Hotel St.
Georges. I asked an Austrian uountess to
waltz, and when we started I supposed we
would dance in the leisurely American
fashion.
"The Countess had a different idea in
her head. She preferred to whirl madly,
like a dervish, on a space that could be
covered with a parasol, and, on account
of her superior strength, I clung to her
and we began to spin.
“Finally, when it seemed to me that we
wero performing our antics on the celling
with our heads hanging down, I could
stand it no longer, and, gasping for breath
suggested that we sit down. I saw two
chairs galloping around the room and pre
pared to catch them on the next lap. Wo
steered for them, I clinging helpl-ssly to
the athletic lady, and then we sank down.
1 sat dazed and almost insensible until I
was aroused by the Countess saying:
*' ‘Excuse me, but we are sitting on the
same chair.’ ”
He Preferred the Morgue.
The society editor was busy, and Smith,
the tough reporter, was assigned to get
the news of the Chicago Woman’s Club,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
"It's a terrible assignment, and you're
sure to get scooped any way you work it,”
Said the editor; "but be as brave as you
can, Smith, and keep out of the hands of
the police.
Smith put on a bold front, and when
he got to the club proceeded to sail in
jauntily, with his new spring hat under
his arm.
"Reporters are expected to wait in the
ante-room until the Press Committee
comes out and gives them tips,” said the
doorkeeper.
"Ha, I smell a mouse,” thought Smith;
“secret sessions always mean great news.
What’s going on this afternoon?” he in
quired, blandly.
"Paper on Tolstoi.”
"Gee, but there's no reason for having
that under lock and key. It ain’t like a
caucus or a ”
Here the chairman of the Press Com
mittee took Smith by the arm and led him
to a seat in the corner of the ante-room,
where Smith sank down meekly.
"I—l guess—l’ll just wait and see what
happens," he murmured. In a dazed sort
of a way. The clock struck 2. the clock
struck 3 and 4, and Smith still sat there
and studied the buttons on his shoes. Oc
casionally from the inner sanctuary he
heard "Tolstoi—master mind of the age,"
"spirit of reform” and similar routing
reflections.
The chairman of the Press Committee
came out at 5:30 o'clock and began to tell
him all about It. Smith’s head felt numb
and his legs had gone to sleep.
"Madam,” he said, when she had given
him a scoop on what Mrs. Jones thought
about Tolstoi, "I have reported inquests
and such things, and I would like to tell
you before I go that I pr-fer sitting on a
corpse to reporting this club.”
Tile Voter.
I'm what’s called a ballot caster;
Ii the art I am a master;
Sometimes suffer a disaster.
But you see
They could never hold elections,
Or perfect their Imperfections,
Or concoct their insurrections
V ithout me.
I'm the axis of creation;
I frame statutes for the nation;
Or, In words of explanation.
I'm the law.
With the blithest of nonchalance.
If I choose, I turn the balance,
When the scales are filled with talents
I'm the straw.
Politicians try to please me;
Bosses hug nnd kiss and squeeze me;
And, by jlngs, the heeler feesfme
When he can.
They don't dare attempt to queer me;
They respect me, and they fear me;
When I speak, you bet, they hear me,
I’m o man.
Yes. I know I'm sometimes battered;
And, with ntud sometimes bespattered;
And my head Is sometimes shattered,
With a stick.
And, It's true, I'm cuffed and collared.
And, I've often yelled and holllercd
'Till my throat felt like I'd swallowed
Half a brick.
Yes, I'm bought nnd sold and traded;
Swapped around until I'm jaded;
Up and down the streets jwraded
With a band,
And some folks say I'm a rooker.
But, you see, my game is euchre,
And. yours truly's out fcr lucre
In the hand.
, . —Lawrence Porcher Hext.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—There is nothing mediaeval about the
pilgrimage to Rome in this year of jubi
lee. Within tile Eternal city electric cars
and horse cars to St. Peter’s keep down
the greed of cab-drivers anxious to over
charge, and now pilgrims from Padua
will pedal their way to Rome on bicycles
along the old Via Aemilia. Punctured
tires will test the pilgrim’s patience in
place of the peas in his sandal shoon.
—At Bosco Reale, on the slope of Ve
suvius, near Pompeii, w-here the great
sliver treasure was found a few years
ago, recent excavations have brought to
light some of the most remarkable paint
ings of the Roman period yet discovered.
In the grounds of the Del Frisco villa
a great peristyle and four large rooms
have been unearthed, the walls of which
are covered by twenty large frescoes of
rich coloring and more careful execution
than any hitherto known. The figures
are of life size, says the Scientific Ameri
can. It is to be hoped that some process
will be discovered to preserve them more
satisfactorily than those at Pompeii and
in the Naples Museum.
—ltaly Is essentially the land of post
cards. To the collector It is at once a
joy and a terror, for the ordinary post
card of ever.v-day use beans the date of
the year of issue, and so every year a
new card looking exactly like all the old
must be added to the album. The latest
invention in this way is a postcard shot
with various colors, so that the hue*
change if the card is regarded from dif
ferent angles. The colors, moreover, are
made of sensitive chemical Ingredients,
which are affected by changes In the
weather to the extent of altering the col
ors. It Is probabie that Ihis system will
be extended and in the end we shall
have painted landscapes which present a
sunny appearance in the summer and put
on the hues of winter in the cold, dark
days.
—Two agents of the division of forestry
left Washington recently to organize an
investigation of commercial trees, which
will be carried on In Western Washing
ton this summer. They will be Joined in a
few weeks by about twenty assistants.
The chief object will be to determine the
rate of growth and the stand per acre of
forests of different ages under varying
conditions. From, this data can be reck
oned the time required to produce a second
crop on cut-over land, and lumbermen can
decide whether it will be profitable to hold
and pay taxes on such property. Some
work of this kind was done on the Red
Fir last summer. This will be completed,
and about July 1 the Western Hemlock will
be taken up. A party will also go to
California to study the Redwood about the
same time.
—A Yokohama correspondent of the In
dianapolis Press, who witnessed the re
ligious ceremony of fire walking it* Toklo,
says: ’’There were present diplomats and
professors from the Imperial College, and
an Episcopal Bishop, and we think there
is sufficient evidence to prove that several
Japanese women did walk through the
fire. A doubting Thomas gathered up
some of the salt in which they rubbed
their feet, both before and after their hot
walk, to take away and analyze. An
other suggested that the bamboo pole that
was used to make the path was hollow,
and' may have contained a substance that
sifted out as it was drawn backward and
forward that destroyed the heat. The
little 'amak' of my friend, when asked
why the feet were not burned, replied,
‘Much pray, much pray.’ We have stated
facts. The interpretation must come from
those versed in the occult sciences.”
—When Admiral Dewey was in Nash
ville he was asked to crown the Queen
of Flowers, a pretty girl from Murfrees
boro. He was evidently somewhat ner
vous, and to add to his discomfiture the
crown was too large. He placed It on
the young girl's head, but in a second it
had slipped around her neck. But the
gallant Admiral was not to be outdone.
He delicately eased the crown from around
her neck and over her wealth of hair and
placed it on her brow, but again it slip
lied. The girl, of course, was embarrassed,
as the eyes of several thousand people
were cn her. The Admiral blushed a lit
tle, and. with the air of one determined to
conclude a task, caught the crown and
daintily fixed it in the girl's hair so it
would not slip. As he finished tils task
he pressed the crown closer to the girl’s
hair, and with one of his characteristic
smiles added: “It will fit you all right
in the morning.”
—Oklahoma wants statehood for the fol
lowing reasons: The territory covers 38,-
715 square mucs and exceeds in total area
the states of Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jer
sey and Delaware. It has 700 miles of
railroad and 450 miles under construction.
Last year Oklahoma produced more than
25,0(X),000 bushels of wheat and more than
150,000 bales of cotton. The corn, oats and
fruit crop, together with the cattle and
hogs raised, were of far greater value than
the combined wheat and cotton crop. The
enrolment of the school children In 1890
was 101,474 in 1,936 school districts, a larger
number than has either of fifteen other
states in the Union. The schools have
most liberal appropriations of land, from
which the revenues are now in excess of
$200,000 each year. The territory main
tains a university, two normal schools and
an agricultural college. All have good
buildings and are amply endowed. Free
education Is provided for every child In
the territory, and the methods of educa
tion are most modern.
—ln Paris the small palace. Avenue du
Bole de Boulogne, destined for the princes
and sovereigns who will visit the exposi
tion, Is now entirely ready for its royal oc
cupants. The luxury of furniture and dec
orations has not been allowed to interfere
with prefect comfort nor exclude a cer
tain amount of coziness, as it is most
probable that the guests will choose to vis
it under the cover of the convenient in
cognito which will spare them so manv
petty trials This does not mean, how
ever, that the little polace is not sumptu
ous enough to be their official dwelling for
a few weeks or even a few months. The
sovereigns who will undoubtedly occupy
It are the King and Queen of Portugal,
King George of Greece, King Leopold,
Kirg Humbert nnct Queen Margherlta.
King Oscar c' Sweden, Emperor Meneilk
and the shah of Persia. There has been
much talk of a visit from Emperor Will
iam 11., but It Is hard to tell how much
truth there Is In the rumor. The presence
of the Czar, like that of the Prince ot
Wales, is hoped for, though the hope can.
not be said to be based on anv solid
foundation.
—Great men are usually poor spellers.
The man who can spell petfehly is at re a
when he tiles to define words and the
man with a gnat (low of language and
the power to got the best out of words Is
apt to be careless about orthography. He
has no lime for trifles. It Is the same as
rem< mberlrg a date and not being able to
recollect what happened on it. Kngllsh
spelling is arbitrary and accuracy In It Is
slrrpl.v a chanc<—a gift such as lightning
calculation. Few of the great writers have
be n goed spellers. They have not con
cernttl themselves with words except to
use thnn ns they would tools. The only
scraps of writing of Shakespenre's In ex
ist, nee are two signatures, and these a're
si ell.d differently. Scott, Byron, Tenny
son and Dickens wi re wretched spellers.
It is said Browning was often in doubt as
to the spelling of a wotd and had to wiite
It down In order to see if it looked right
bf fore he wrs sure. Mrny ordinary people
ate acldl ted t. tl ii little trhk, and it Is
needless r.o say that the eye Instead of
memory is responsti le for our knowledge
of the correct spelling of many nuzzling
words in our complex language
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SUMMER RESORTS.
D3<l Street and Mudison 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 eummer 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. ASHTON, Proprietor^
i moteiTfitzpatrick,
WASHINGTON, GA.
The nicest hotel In the best town in the
South. Fine Mineral Springs. Large ball
room. Cultivated l society. An ideal spot
for the summer visitor, near the great
Hillman electric shafts. Special rates for
families. Address
W. G. THIGPEN, Proprietor.^
BOARD AT TRYON, N. C.
A limbed number of boarders can be af"
commodated, Children not solicited. Good
table. Cool rooms. Location near depot.
Rates 17.00 per week. Address
MRS. H. E. MARKHAM,
Try on, N. C.
WARM SPRINGS, „
HATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA,
are now open for guests. For circulars
and terms address
EUBANK & GLOVER.
Warm Springs, Bath County. N ■
WHEN IN CHARLESTON,
If you want the best service and every
thing in keeping (herewith, stop at
Charleston's Leading Restaurant,
THE PALACE CAFE,
278 King street.
OLD NEWSPAPERS. 300 for 25 cents. si
Business Office Horning News.