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IBEX 10 liEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Confederate Veterans’ Associ
ation.
Special Notices—Last Week of Closing
Dut Sale, James S. Silva; Bids for the
Cemetery Site, Isaac G. Haas, Chairman
Special Committee; Levan's Table d'Hote;
Special Notice, Charles E. Levan.
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E & W. Laundry.
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Miners’ Transportation Company’s Steam
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Brewton of Tattnall, Bankrupt; In the
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The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair weather, with winds
mostly fresh, northerly; and for Eastern
Florida, partly cloudy weather, with
■bowers In northern and central portions,
and variable winds.
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A feature of the American section of
the Paris Exposition Is the corn Kitchen,
In which are being cooked all sorts of
dishes made from Indian corn, or maize.
The Europeans are said to be delighted
with their first taste of com muffins,
cakes, etc. Many of the restaurants have
already put corn dishes on their bills of
fare.
The recent Democratic Convention in
Bouth Carolina paid no attention what
ever to Senator McT.aurin or his expan
sionist utterances. There was only one
vote In the convention against Senator
Tinman’s anti-expansion position. That
does not mean, however, that In the mat
ter of expansion Senator McLaurln's fol
lowing Is nil. It means, rather, that Till
man Is still the political boss of South
Carolina, and that the convention declin
ed to pass anything that he did not sanc
tion.
Gen. Buller bore the brunt of the early,
disheartening days of the war in South
Africa. He was in a position to receive all
of the blame for the British disasters, and
*ot only the public, but Lord Roberts, se
verely criticised him. Now, however, it
appears that Buller is In a fair way to win
back any prestige which he may have lost,
ae 1 besides a few laurels for his brow. He
has re-occupled Glencoe and Dundee, and
is driving the Boers out of the country. By
the time he goes back to England it is
probable that Buller will be oner of the
tnost popular officers of the South African
campaign. _ ,
It has Just been discovered that there Is
a "little Joker” in the navy appropriation
bill recently passed by the Senate, in the
shape of an amendment which virtually
puts a premium upon the retirement of
naval officers. Nobody seems to know
how the amendment got into the bill. It
was sandwiched in between two Important
ltem, those providing for armor and new
ships. In such position that it might
easily have escaped detection, 'rtiere have
lately been several instances similar
practice in Congress, where sbmebody
wanted to get some provision passed
“without letting the other fellows know,”
as Senator Elkins of West Virginia, ex
pressed it some time ago.
The city of Baltimore on Thursday for
mally received the Walters Baths, the
generous gift of Mr Henry Walters to
the municipality. The baths, which will
be open lo the public under reasonable
restrictljns, cost about $50,000. There are
to 1 e two houses, one of which has been
corrpl 'trd. Each house will 6cntain eigh
t' e i shower baths for men, and five
showers and one tub for wemen and chil
dren. besides a great swimming lank. Hot
and ecld water, drying rooms, and every
coi vonience, will be Included in each ra
tal lishment. This gift of Mr. Walters' is
true philanthropy. It may safely be said
. that a clean citizen is a good citizen. The
TVa.trrs Baths will increase the number
of clean citizens of Baltimore, to the un
questionable benefit of the city.
GETTING BACK INTO LINE.
The Republican papers which attacked
the President so persistently because of
his change of front on the question as to
whether Porto Rico should have free
trade with the United States or not are
now giving him a most enthusiastic sup
port for a renominatlon, and Senator Hoar
and Mr. Andrew Carnegie, who were so
bitter against him because of his policy,
of Imperialism, are in line for his renoml
nation. At one time Mr. Carnegie was so
much against Imperialism that there was
a suspicion that he would support Mr,
Bryan. It was said that they were having
conferences, and the Republicans were
apprehensive that they had lost one of
the most valuable contributors to their
campaign fund.
It seems, however, from an lnlervlew
which Mr. Carnegie has given to the Lon
don correspondent of an American news
paper, that he has finally made up his
mind to support Mr. McKinley. He says he
expects to be back In this country In time
to vote for him, and that other anti-im
perialistic will make a mis
take of they fall to vote for him.
The Republicans can be depended upon
to stand by their party, however much they
may differ among themselves respecting
party policies. When the Porto Rican mat
ter was before the country the Times-
Herald and Tribune, of Chicago, were so
bitter in their attacks on the President
that there was reason for supposing that
they would never again be on friendly
terms with him. But they are supporting
him just as heartily as If they had never
differed with him on any public question.
It must be very distasteful for Senator
Hoar to have to act with a party that up
holds Imperialism. His speeches against
It are among the best he has ever made.
But he Is very emphatic in his endorse
ment of the President for a renominatlon.
“THE RED ROOSTER’’ FLOPS.
The country is not entirely unacqualnt
eod with "Jim” Bedford of Colorado. He
was a member of the House of Represent
atives at one time. He was then a P.e
publican, and filled page after page of the
Congressional Record with the most glow
ing praise of the Grand Old Party of
moral ideas. Hd took with him to Wash
ington the sobriqijet of the “Red Rooster
of the Rockies,” and lived up to the name
with constant crowing and strutting. In
1896 the "Red Rooster” flopped out of the
Republican coop and went over to the
Democrats. He attended the Chicago
convention, and whooped up free sliver,
democracy, tariff revision, etc., at a great
rate, and denounced the Republicans In
the most burning and picturesque lan
guage that he could command. And it Is
said of the “Red Rooster” that his vo
cabulary Is large and rugged. With all
of the enthusiasm of anew convert Bed
ford worked during the convention, and
when Bryan was nominated his clarion
voice was heard above all the others.
Then he went upon the stump and shout
ed free silver and Bryan. But with the
election Belford disappeared from view.
Now, however, ho reappears, tempo
rarily. The Republican papers nre ex
ploiting him because he is going to sup
port McKinley for re-election. He has
flopped from democracy and is again a
Republican. But flopping is not a novel
ty with the “Red Rooster.” Since he
flopped Into the Democratic party from
republicanism, his reversion Is something
like that of the returning of the swine
to his wallow. The probabilities are that
he never was much of anything else than
a Republican. He crowed very loudly for
Bryan in 1896, but the chances are that
the crowing was the hope oJ[ receiving a
reward of corn. Had he been sincere
then, he would be a Bryan supporter now,
for the Nebraskan has not swerved one
hair’s breadth from his former position.
The defection of Mr. Belford is not like
ly to have serious consequences. Colo
rado will in all probability give Bryan as
big a vote as would have been the case
if the “Red Rooster” had continued in
the Democratic barnyard.
Seventy-three Chinese Christians, ac
cording to a Pekin dispatch, were the eth
er day burned alive by the “Boxers" be
tween Pao-llng-fu and Pekin. Such cut
rages In China will probably not stop un
til the Christian Powers put an end to (he
Chinese custom of expiation by proxy.
Only a short time ago three murderers of
Missionary Broods were condemned end
sentenced, one tolbe beheaded, one to by
strangled and one) to a life term in prison.
The sentences were duly executed, but not
upon the persons condemned. They secur
ed proxies to take their places. For $6 0
the man condemned to be beheaded pro
cured a consumptive to take his place, f r
S4OO another sick man took the place of the
one to be strangled, and for a smaller pay
ment another person accepted life Impris
onment in the room of the real murderer.
Thus the assassins of the missionary ara
alive and free to commit other outrag s,
notwithstanding the Chinese low has been
satisfied in the premises.
Mr. Justice Gaynor of New York made
a suggestion In a lecture he delivered
before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences on last Friday night that
is not likely lo meet with favor from rail
road companies. It was that while he was
not prepared to say that the government
ought to own the railreads, he was of the
opinion that “the government ought to
appoint every freight agent in the United
States.” The government appears to be
having some trouble in managing its post
office agents, partleu arly those in Cuba.
If it had the appointment of all of the
freight agents—that is if the politicians
had the appointment of them—it is doubt
ful if there would be much left for the
stockholders of the road3 after a f. w
years of government freight agents.
There Isn't any publication in the coun
try that keeps tn closer touch with the
foreign shipping trade, and knows better
its needs, lhan the New York Journal of
Commerce. And there Isn't any publica
tion In the country that Is more strongly
opposed to the ship subsidy bill than that
same paper. The Journal of Commerce
takes the unassailable position that it Is
nonsense to talk of the necessity for
subsidizing American vessels when the
companies that would derive ihe most ben
efit from subsidies are already making
money, and when the foreign trade Is con
stantly increasing. It points out, too,
that no nation has ever Increased Its for
eign trade through subsidies.
THE B 1 SINESS OI TLOOK.
While there are expressions of amaze
ment at the steadily increasing volume of
our export trade the commercial agencies
report a decline In domestic business.
It 19 certain that our export trade for the
fiscal year ending June 30, will greatly
exceed that of any previous year. For
the fiscal year 1899, the value of our expot"
trade was *1,227,023,302. For the present
fiscal year it will closely approach *1,400,-
000,000.
There are several reasons advanced for
the shrinkage in domestic business.
One is that as summer approaches busi
ness always gels dull. Another Is that
owing to the very high prices consumption
has been reduced. Therefore there has
been a closing of mills In some localities.
Still another Is that production has been
stimulated to such an extent by the high
prices that there has been overproduction,
and there is likely to be a period of dull
ness until the market is relieved of a part
of ite burden. The reason that is ac
cepted by many, however, is that a period
of reaction is at hand, and that busi
ness is gradually settling down to its
normal basis, the boom being practi
cally over.
No one is of course prepared to say ex
actly what the reason for the shrinkage
is or whether this shrinkage is only tem
porary, or is likely to continue until hard
times are reached again. The probabili
ties are that prices got to be so high that
consumption was greatly reduced. Pro
duction went on, however, while consump
tion was declining. The markets there
fore have become congested. If produc
tion Is reduced for a little
able that the demand will be again fairly
active, and that business will continue to
be good. But it is quite certain that for
some time prices ore much more likely
to fall than to advance.
POST-CHECK HONEY.
The want of a safe and simple method
of transmitting money In small sums
through the malls is universally recog
nized. The postal money order does not
All the bill, notwithstanding the enor
mous total of more than two hundred
millions of dollars per anmim Is trans
mitted by postal orders. Furthermore
two-thirds of the postoffices In the United
States are not money order offices. These
non-money order offices are in the rural
districts, yet the farmers are of the class
most frequently desiring to send small
amounts through the mails, in payment
for small purchases, or subscriptions to
periodicals. The small bills in the circu
lating medium are not suited to the need
because of ihe difficulty in making change
and the risk taken by the sender, and our
frictional, metallic currency does not lend
itself readily to mall business.
An effort to meet the want has been
made In what Is known as the McMlllan-
Lentz post-check bill, which has been In
troduced in Congress. It is proposed to re
place all of the *l, *2 and *5 bills now in
existence with new “post-notes" of de
nominations idenlical with those of the
bills retired. The post-notes are to have
blank spaces on the faces and backs which
can be filled In by the possessor and thus
converted into a personal check on the
government. The blanks on the face are
for the name and address of the person
to whom the money is payable, and that
on the back for the name and address of
the sender. There is also space for In
dorsement or transfer by the receiver.
The notes will be payable to bearer while
the spaces are blank, but when the blanks
have been filled in and a postage (stamp
affixed a note will become a check pay
able to the person named at the postofflee
named. The plan is thus set forth In an
Illustrated circular which advocates the
passage of the bill;
This money, with the new face, hvill pass
from hand to hand in the ordinary tran
sactions of the clay. Then when one wish
es to send money in small amount, $2 for
Ire lance, by mall to subscribe for maga
zine or newspaper, pay a bill, or transact
any of the multitudinous pieces of business
necessary by letter, he will take a $2 hill
from his pojketbook, write on its face the
name of the person or firm to be sent 10,
the city and state, and affixing a two-ccnt
postage stamp in the square indicated
(one-cent stamp for the fractional bills),
sign his initials in ink, with date; the Ini
tials and date to cross and cancel the
stamp. Thus the piece of currency which,
up to this time, has passed from hand to
hand as negotiable money, ha? been in
stantly transformed into a personal check
on the United States govrnment for $2, as
safe for transmission as any piece of ex
change. This is enclosed In a letter to the
person or firm desired, and when received
is deposited, with other checks, in the
bank, or can be collected by the receiver
upon identification at bank or post office.
Payment will be made at the payee's
postofflee in similar post-checks the blank
spaces of which have not been filled in,
while the used checks will be sent to the
treasury department to be redeemed with
new and clean issues of similar denomi
nations. The bill contemplates that frac
tional currency shall be provided for in
an issue of $30,000,000 in post-checks in de
nominations of five, ten, twenty-five ancj
fifty cents, the Issue to take the place of
an equal amount of outstanding currency
In denominations larger than $lO, and Is
not to affedt the present metallic minor
circulation.
While It appears that much of the red
tape and many of the annoyances of postal
money orders would he removed by the
plan proposed, there are no doubt objec
tions to the scheme outlined which will be
urged by experienced handlers of money.
One objection which is apparent is that
a radical change in our system of circula
tion is contemplated. Another objection
is that the number of notes in condition to
be written upon with a £en might not al
ways be equal to the demand. Paper
money passing from hand to hand does
not stay clean long. Clean notes would
be added constantly to Ihe volume of the
circulation, but there Is no assurance that
such notes would get Into the hands of
those using the mails for transmit ling
small sums until they had passed through
the hands of dozens of persons who would
use them as money.
One of Ihe most unfortunate disappoint
ed bridegrooms of the season resides In
Pittsburg. Not only did his sweetheart
Jilt him at the altar, but the majority of
the invited guests, who were Hungarian
laborers, have demanded of him pay for
one day's time lost from their work while
attending upon his wedding, which didn't
come oft
THE MOBMNG KEWS: MON DAY, MAY 21, 1900.
American printing presses are now find
ing, favor in Europe. Several for
eign orders for great ‘ web perfecting”
presses have lately been received in the
United States. These machines, it is said,
r.re foster, stronger and comparatively
cheaper than those made anywhere in
Europe. Here Is another instance where,
without special protection, American me
chanics are beating the world. If we can
build printing ma hines and locomotive
engines in competition with all comers,
and without protection, why in the name
of common sense we can not do the some
in the matter of ships?
A Copenhagen dispatch says that the
Danish government has determined that
It will not sell the Danish West Indies
unless this government or some otner
“makes an advantageous offer.” There
isn’t any demand in this country for the
ownership of the Danish possessions In
the West Indies. We have already islands
enough, for the time being. Ar.d if any
other government should offer to pur
chase Denmark’s holdings, we should be
apt to let that government know that we
still adhere to the Monroe Doctrine.
Once more there is a r.ew bug. It is
called the “hot wave beetle,” and has
made its appearnn ent Altoona, Pa. In
some places during the recent hot wave
the insects were so plentiful that they
had to be swept off the pavement. The
bug seems to be “hot stuff.” In several
instances citizens crushed them on their
hands, necks or faces, and in each in
stance a smarting of the skin set in. soon
to be follow’ed by a b.ister. The bugs
are said to give off a strong odor.
An eccentric woman, Mrs. Frances B.
Hiller, of Wilmington, Mass., who died
last Friday, was buried in a $50,0H cof
fin and laid to rest in a $ 00 00) mauso
leum built by her husband and hers?lf.
She is no better off of course than if r;he
had been buried in a plain coffin and laid
to rest in an ordinary grave, but during
her lifetime the thought that she was to
have such magnificent burial must have
1 een the source of great satisfaction to
her.
PEHSO\ \L.
—Joaquin Miller, the poet, Is down in
the San Francisco city dlrecto. as “Mil
ler, Joaquin; fruit farmer,” which he
really is by way of amusement.
—The general assembly of Virginia has
recently passed a bill appropriating a
sufficient sum of money for the purchase
of the homestead of Chief Justice Mar
shall in Richmond, Va. The house is
now owned and occupied by two grand
daughters of the groat jurist anrl Is lit
tle changed from what it was it
was built in 1795. It will be preserved as
a memorial.
—Frederick Atkinson, the newly ap
pointed superintendent of education In
the Philippines, is likely to astonish the
natives, although by this time they must
have grow'n rather used to sc?ing big
men. He is six feet four Inches in bight
and is big in proron in ar.d a rnan of
unusual strength. He is a graduate of
Harvard, is 35 years old and h;u? been the
principal of the Springfield (Ma*3.) High
School.
—The yotinge*t officer in the American
army is First Lieutenant Hugh A. Drum
of the Twelfth Infantry, now serving in
the Island of Luzon, for he is noi yet 21
years old. His father was a captain in the
regular army and was killed on San J.tan
hill. Lieut. Drum volunteered for ser
vice and saw fighting in the same bat
tle, When the appointments were made
to the army from civil life he got n com
mission. He has been mentioned In the
dispatches several times.
BRIGHT IHTS.
—ljOca'ed.—“Where is To. to Rico?"
asked the teacher.
"In the soup," replied the boy who
reads the newspapers.—Philadelphia North
American.
—Just Her Make-up—“ The b arded
woman has lost all her money.”
"That'? too bed. But then, I'm B ’ir.
will be able to face misfortune like a
man.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
—Placing the Blame. —“Isabel, I told
you particularly rot to tell Blanche that
secret, and you went right off and told
her."
"Well, it's all your own fault, Eleanor;
you put it Into my head by telling me not
io tell her.”—Chicago Record.
—lnopportune —Gentle spring had come.
The young grass was growing by the
roadside along which thee stro'led. Love
fired Ihe youth's breast. "Ah! Miss Stisles
—Edith!” he cried suddenly. “I love you;
I place my happiness In your hands!"
“No, no! Not now!" she begged.
“And why not now?”
“Because I need both hands to manage
my skirts.”
It was indeed, true, for the road was
muddy, as r- ad usually nre in the spring.
—Philadelphia Press.
(IIIREVT COWHEXT.
The New York Commercial (Ind.) says:
“What's the matter with the mayors?
The Mayor of Atlanta has been asked to
resign because of bad personal conduct.
The Mayor of Philadelphia has been
asked to resign because of the accusation
lying against him of being a party before
and after the fnct in an attempt to
blackmail John Wammaker. The Mayor
of New York is mixed up to the extent
of 4,0J0 shares of stock in an attempt
to compel the poor of this city to pay
an exorbitant price for Ice. At the same
time, because n mayor here and there
goes wrong is no sign that public virtue
is not holding its own.”
The Yew Y’ork Mall and Express (Rep.)
says: “The Montgomery conference consid
ered the race problem from the white
man's point of view—not entirely, but
mainly. Nevertheless, the animating
spirit of the conference was by no means
one of intolerance. The atm of those who
took part in the discussions was fair and
broad-minded—they evidently were bent
upon finding a solution of Ihe problem
worthy of the enlightened era In which
we are living."
The Birmingham Age-Hernld (Dem.)
says: "Senator Bacon's resolution call
ing for an investigation of Cuban affairs
may be squelched, but the facts will be
elicited whether an official investigation
is made or noi. Arrests have already been
made of clerks and officials in the postal
department until It is becoming plain that
every carpetbagger considered It his priv
ilege to steal a.l he could conceal."
The Chicago Times-Herald (Rep.^ Bays:
"It took Paderewski about four months
to earn SHO.OCO more In this country than
the President of the United States gels In
four yen re. and the caricatures of him
r o* < v> —o r a than are those of
the President either.’'
Xew Tolice Catechism.
Imagine a class of about forty stalwart
men each dressed in a blue uniform and
attentively listening to the words of wis
dom that emanate from their teacher’s
lips, and you will have some idea of one
of clerk of the Police Board Harrison's
school classes, says the Cincinnati En
quirer. Many ridiculous answers are giv
en in answer to questions and some of
them cause roars of laughter to acend
to the ceiling. At a recent class meeting
Officer Dan Tehan was asked to describe
the requisites of a good policeman. The
answer was honesty, sobriety, truthful
ness, Intel igence and several other vir
tues, all of w hich are noticeable In mem
bers of the police force. In fact, a strang
er to this city once said that if a police
man possessed ail of these qualifications
there would be no necessity for him to
carry a lantern about at night. The halo
about his head would furnish sufficient
1 ght for all purposes.
After Tehan had been asked the ques
tion he chested out and answered In a son
orous voice.
“Hon-istee! Sobrletee! Trootfullness!
Gde mor-ruls! Impar-rtialitee! Intilli
ginoe! A plazin’ addhriss—an’—er—um—
oh! a dlvil's own sew av t’ir.gs besoides!”
A roar followed the answer, and Clerk
Hairison nd*avoring to keep his face
stiaight, asked: “Officer Blanchard, what
is extortion?”
And the class broke up when Blan
charfi’s answer smete the air.
It was:
‘ Extortion is an overloaded stomach!”
Question for An Annwcr.
The political and social chances for suc
cess of the Duke of Wellington, says the
Youth’s Companion, were well summed
up in sir Walter Scott’s words: “The Duke
is*a soldier—a bad education fora states
man in a free country;” and Sir Herbert
Maxwell, in his> recent “Life of Welling
ton," tells an illustrative and character
istic anecdote:
His grace was called upon at a time
when he was not at the head of the gov
ernment, by a bore of a pamphleteering
baronet. The interview' began by high
flown compliments on his side, which the
Duke soon put an end to by saying:
“We do not meet to make compliments.
You said that you had something to say
to me.”
“Yes, my lord,” said the baronet, “I
have a question to ask. I wish to ascer
tain whether, if your grace were to re
turn to office, you would support princi
ples of moderate reform.”
“That is your question, is it?”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Then allow' me to pflt a question in
return. What right have you to ask
me?”
All Like Clark.
Senator Chandler's omnipotence, says a
Washington dispatch in the New York
Post, gives .poir.t to a story which has
Just leaked out of a woman prominent in
Washington society who, at the opera the
other day, leaned forward from her box
and tapped Senator Chandler with her
fan. As he looked up she said:
"Senator. I want you to do me a favor.”
'‘What is that?" asked Mr. Chandler.
"You must take care of my particular
friend, Mr. Clark of Montana. Don't let
them expel him."
"That Is a matter which rests wholly
with the Senate. I am only one member
of the Senate.”
"But you are chairman of that horrid
committee: you can do anything you want
to. you know."
“My dear madam,” exclaimed Chandler,
much roused by her earnestness, "do you
realize that the case against your friend.
Mr. Clark, is one of bribery and corrup
tion?"
"Ah. what does that matter?" pleaded
the fair champ'on. ‘‘You know you nil
do just the same.”,-. . -
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He Knew Who Jo-an Was,
"Ma!" exclaimed the interrogation
point, aged 7 years, a member of a re
spectable South Side family, as he sat
reading, according to the Chicago Chron
icle. "Ma! who was the Maid of Or
leans?"
"She won a young woman; a French pa
triot. Her other name was Joan of Arc.”
replied his mother. But by this time he
was so interested In seeing his dog chase
a neighbor's cat that the story of the
French maiden had lost all hole! of him
It was some six months after this that
his teacher was asking the class, "Who
knows about Joan of Arc?” A dim recol
lection of having heard the name before
puzzled but did nor enlighten him.
"V. hat was she maid of?" suggested the
teacher.
“Made of dust.” they cried in chorus,
thinking of their catechism.
But the question completed the circuit
In the boy's memory. He dimly recalled
his talk with his mother. Up went his
hand. The teacher nodded. "She was a
French patriarch.” he proudly answered.
Stonewall Jackson’s Cakes.
"I read an article recently about the
decline of the buckwheat crop,” said a
Virginian, according to the New York
Sun. "I know one man who willj regret
to hear it,” he continued. "He was with
Stonewall Jackson, and Jackson was fond
of buckwheat cakes at ail seasons. This
soldier used to be detailed to skirmish for
buckwheat flour for Jackson, and when
he succeeded he made the batter and did
the cooking of the cakes. In that way he
became as fond of buckwheat as Jack
son, and he tells me he has never missed
having buckwheat cakes for breakfast
since the war. Although he has servants,
he insists on preparing the flour for the
griddle, and unless he Is indisposed he
superintends the baking of the cakes. For
this purpose he has a small stove in his
dining room and has his cakes hot ns he
wants them. He also has a particular
brand of sausage which is prepared In
Virginia, and this invariably goes with
his cakes. If the buckwheat crop disap
pears first, this man will go soon after.”
A Se^nite^zvciflent.
There was a sharp little bit of repirtee
between Senators Elkins and Tillman dur
ing the debate on the armor plate, rays
the Washington Post. Mr. Elkins had ex
pressed his willingness to leave the ques
tion of selecting armor plate to the offi
cials of the government.
"Does the Senator from West Virginia
think," asked Mr. Tillman, “that Presi
dent McKinley knows any more about It
than the Senator does?"
"He knows more about It than I do," an
swered Elkins.
"I agree with the Senator,” instantly re
torted Tillman. "Certainly nobody knows
any less."
When the laughter had subsided, Mr.
Elkins returned the shot. "The Senator
from South Carolina," he said, "has talk
ed lor three days and he has also shown
that he knows nothing at altr' 1
Miss lion-land's Latest Role.
Miss Jobyna Howland, the 'actresMs one
of the tallest women on the stage, says
the Philadelphia Press. The other day
in the South her train was detained half
an hour by accident. A crowd of darkies
cams along and Miss Howland gave one
of them a nickel He looked at the tall
girl with the golden hair In open-moutherl
wonder, and one of the men asked him:
"Do you know who that Is?"
The little darky nodded his head affirma
tively.
“She's 'un's the lady wut rides the eller
funts at the circus.”
There had Just been a circus In the town.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—An arithmetical genuis in England
has calculated that about 1,000 tons of soot
settle on the 110 square miles of London’s
area evjry year.
—An illustrated. weekly published in
Leipsic, Germany, recently printed a fair
ly good picture of Richard Croker, with
this line under it: “The Governor of
New York.”
—Street railways of Havana are to
change the motive power from horses to
electricity. The city is in great need of
rapid transit and the delay in the new
imp overrent is caused by putting down
new sewers.
—June 23 a festival will be held at May
ence to commemorate the 500th anniversary
of the birth of Gutenberg, the reputed in
ventor of the art of printing. In this fes
tival almost all civilized nations will take
part. In connection with this festival the
foundation of a Gutenberg museum is
planned.
—An expert accountant who has been
going over the books of the city collec
tor’s department in Boston has reported
to Mayor Hart that the bills due to the
municipality amount to $1,989,136.64, a large
part of which sum can never be collect
ed. More than $1,000,000 of the bills are
for poll taxes. The examiner recommend
ed hat $563,421.64 of the uncollected bills
should be wiped out.
—Each infant robin, it is estimated,
requires for its proper maintenance about
fourteen inches of tender angle worm
every day, says the New York Tribune.
Asa robin family averages four, the
mother is obliged to provide fifty-six
inches of worm daily. Considering the
difficulties and dangers of getting worms,
these statistics throw an interesting light
on the irtdustry and courage of the moth
er robin.
—There has been provided a machine for
automatically cleaning shofs. The foot is
laser ed into a properly arrang and opening
and the rai ing of the machine is firmly
grasped. A small motor actuates rotary
brush's that remove the mud. The foot
is next placed in the blacking arrange
ment proper, which acts as the dauber,
and the thUd set of brushes is devoted to
p 1 sbing. A needle on a machine indicates
the various stages in the operation.
—Prof. Erland Nordenskiold, who Is the
son of the Arctic explorer, recently observ-
ed while engaged in scientific research in
South Patagonia a most curious sight
while rowing in the long and narrow chan
nel of Ultima Esperanza on the southwest
coast of Patago-nia. He observed frag
ments of slate floating on the surface in
large and small clusters. There were a
great many of them, and at one cast of
the net he gathered in 700 pieces. The
stones had evidently drifted out from the
beach, which was covered with similar
fragments which had fallen ftom the slate
cliffs.
—A sharp New York woman made a
great business deal last week by securing
the title to a house worth *7,000 or *B,OOO
for 81,700. She owned a lot at One Hun
dred and Sixtieth slretx and Washington
avenue, Harlem, and, learning that a
large, handsome brick house a block
away had been condemned to make way
for municipal improvements, she pur
chased the structure for *2OO. Then she
contracted with a house mover to move
the building to her let for $1,500. The
contractor says that he can move the
house to ito new site with practically no
damage.
—An interesting telescope has just been
put in position at Potsdam. It is a dupli
cate instrument, being composed of two
(vibes, side by side, ihe larger or.c for pho
tographic purposes and the other :s to b
used visually and as an aid to keeping the
star images stationary upon the plate dur
ing lopg exposures. The photographic one
has a diameter of thirty-two inches and a
focal length of forty feet. The visual ob
jective is slightly longer in focus, being
forty one feet, and is twenty inches in di
ameter. For this instrument, which will he
employed to determine the m tion of the
stars in the line of sight by mtans of the
spectroscope, a special dome has- bern
built.
—Roman Christian monuments of histori
cal interest are now receiving a fair share
of attention, both from public insti'Utions
and private individuals. Prof. Lanciar.i
has recently given an lutere-tiug account
of some of the recent discoveries relating
io Christian Rome. There has been a Ro
man house discovered under the Church of
St. Cocelia; Santa Maria in Cosmedin has
been reopened and has been restored in a
scientific archaeological sense, and the
same process will be followed in connec
tion with the churches of St. Maria In Ar i
oeli and St. Saba. The underground
Church of SS. Petronilla, Nereis and
Achilles was restored and was inaugurat
ed May 14. The columns of Ihe Narthex
have been again set up on their baser, ihe
inclosure of Schola Cuntorum restore 1,
the tombstones set in the pavcm ms hive
been made visible again, and the walls of
the aisles turned into a local epigraphic
museum.
—ls there not an idea that may be of
value lo trde nlantlng associations in the
reported success of G. M. Sherman of
Springfield, Mass., in forcing ihe growth
of all sens of plant life? Mr. Sherman's
method, according to a br.ef outline of
it that the newspapers printed, involves
the use of an a patatus by which chem
-1 als are lupplied fr<m the surface of the
ground to the roots of growing plants,
says Harper's Bazar. This method, we
are told, when tiitd last year, caused a
year-old bush to grow fifteen feet high
and bear 2,000 blots ms, while a compan
ion bush under good natural conditions
grew only three feet and bore seven
blossoms. It is thought that shade trees
nourished by this process may be urn ght
to a us fill size in a year or two. If so,
It seems just the thtng for the trees that
It Is hoped to talse cn a diet of gas-pipes
and asphalt for the amelioration of resi
dence streets in cities. Objection may be
made that the process involves overstim
ulation and that plants once addicted to
chemicals may never be weaned from
them.
—Among the most incomprehensive pro
ceedings to be observed within the vast
area of Woclwl h reserve depot, says the
London News, are the doings of a small
party of officials, one of whom appears to
do nothing all day long but sit at a table
and tap on the top of lln canisters with
a couple of bits of stick, something after
the manner of a child beating on the up
turned end of his drum. The tins ar? pass
ed before him about as fast as he can
tap them, and absolutely nothing seems to
come of the game. To the unenlightened
onlooker it Is quite unintelligible. Tf. e
Uns contain meat, and before they are
pa.-sed into store it is. of course, import
ant to examine the condition of what is
inclosed, and this, in fact, is the way it
is done. The trained ear of the expert ex
aminer can tell whether the meat is in a
wholesome or a putrid condition by the
sound emitted when rapped with the stick,
Jus 1 as the examiner of railway carriage
wheels is sui p s-d to be able to tell
whether the wheel he laps with his ham
mer is cracked or not. The rapidity with
which the business is gone through and
the seeming Inattention of the performer
nith the s’leks and his total Indifference
to all sorts of noises about him render
the procedure a very curious one to
watch The lest is said to be practically
Infallible.
BAR
BEN Jgf
INC®'
petition'forTncorporatiov^
STATE OF GEORGIA CHATHAM
County—To the Superior Court of sail
county:
The petition of C. 9. Richmond, E I,
Richmond, Henry McAlpin, C. J. Rlchi
ards and A. L. Stokes respectfully shows-
First. That they desire for themseh .a.
their associates, successors and assians
to be constituted a body corporate under
the name of
THE RICHMOND BUSINESS COLLEGE
OF SAVANNAH,
and by that name to acquire, hold and
enjoy all the rights. powers and nrivi
leges incident to such body corporate or
conferred upon it by the statutes of said
state. •
Second. The object of the corporation
is to be the pecuniary gain and profit to
its stockholders, and the business to b’
carried on and conducted is that of a bus.
iness college, teaching of shorthand,
typewriting, bookkeeping, penmanship
English branches, foreign languages!
scientific and classical studies, electrical*
engineering, surveying, drafting, mechan
ical drawing, and all the branches of
study pertaining thereto; to buy, sell and
place machinery, or any other appliance
that will tend to increase the value of the
instructions; to print and publish test
bocks and to sell the same upon such
terms as will be to the best interest of
the association; to buy and sell real es
tate, and to borrow money on real estate
and personal property, and to execute
such mortgages, <*eods and transfers
therefor as may be necessary, and to do
such other things as may be necessary
and lawful in the prosecution of said bus
iness.
Third. The capital stock shall be twenty
thousand (120,000 09) dollars, divided into
one hundred - (100) shares, of one hundred
($100) dollars each, and petitioners desire
the right to increase said capital stock to
any amount not exceeding five hundred
tlcmsand ($509,000.00) dollars, by a direct
vote of three-fourths of the stock, at a
special meeting called for that purpose.
Fourth. The chief office and place of
business shall be in the said county and
state and in the city of Savannah, where
a majority of the Board of Directors shall
reside; but petitioners desire the privilege
of transacting business anywhere within
the state of Georgia, or in any other state,
if it is to l heir interest to do so. They de
sire to establish branch schools when
ever they think proper. Appoint local
boards, attorneys, agents and representa
tives, as occasion and business may re
quire to carry on business of said as
sociation, and to confer authority on them
for that purpose.
Fifth. To make such by-laws, rules and
regulations for the government of said
corporation, not in conflict with the laws
of Georgia, which may be necessary and
proper, to have and to use a common seal,
io sue and be sued, to plead and be im
pleaded, to contract and be contracted
with, and to have such powers and to do
such other things as are usual and prop
er in order to carry out the Intention and
purpose of said association.
Your petitioners pray that they, their
associates and successors may be incor
porated under the said name and style,
' The Richmond Business College of Sa
vannah." for a term of twenty (20) years,
with privilege of renewal at the expira
tion of that time.
And your petitioners will ever pray. etc.
HENRY M’ALPIN,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Petition for incorporation filed in offi ,
May 19, 1900.
JAMES K. P. CARR.
Clerk S. C., C. C., Ga.
I.EUAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI
TORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-No
tice is hereby given to all persons hav
ing demands against William Ebbs, late
o e said county, deceased, to present them
to the Germania Bank, properly made
out, within the time prescribed by law.
so as to show their character and
amount; and all persons indebted to said
deceased are required to make immediate
payment to said Germania Bank.
THE GERMANIA BANK,
Administrator de bonis non.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-
Notice is hereby given to all persons hav
ing demands against Eliza Anne Bennett,
late of said county, deceased, to present
them to me, properly made out, within the
time prescribed by law, so as to show
their character and amount; and all per
sons indebted to said deceased are required
to make immediate payment to me.
Savannah, Ga., April 7, 1900.
I. M. FRANK.
Qualified Executor Will Eliza Ann Ben
nett.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-
Mrs. Martha Kline has applied to the
Court of Ordinary for a twelve months’
support for herself and minor children out
of the estate of Samuel F. Kline, deceas
ed. Appraisers have made returns allow
ing same.
These are, therefore, to cite ail whom it
may concern to appear before said court
to make objection on or before the first
Monday in June next, otherwise same will
be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L For
rlll, ordinary for Chatham county, this
the Ist day of May, 1900.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0.. C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-
Mrs. Laura A. Newton has applied to tha
Court of Ordinary for a twelve months'
support for herself and minor
child out of the estate of
Samuel L. Newton, deceased. Ap- t
pralsers have made returns allowing same.
These are, therefore, to cite all whom it
may concern to appear before said court
to make objection on or before the first
Monday In June next, otherwise same will
be granted.
Witness, Ihe Honorable Hampton L. Fer
rlll, ordinary for Chatham county, this
the sth day of May, 1900.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. O- C. C.
LEMONS.
Black Eye, Pigeon and Cow Peas
Potatoes, Onions, Peanuts, and all fruit*
and vegetables In season.
Hay, Grain, Flour. Feed.
Rice Straw, Magic Poultry and Stock
Food.
Our Own Cow Feed. etc.
213 and 216 BAY. WEST.
w. D. SIMKINS & CO.
Must Be Sold Within 30 Days.
Fine turpentine location, consisting °t
fifteen thousand acres, situated imme
diately on railroad, now being operated
first year; well equipped and running
smoothly. Call on or address
'•R," Knights, Fla.