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ISDEX 10 REW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Ancient Landmark Lodge No.
83, F. and A. M.; Savannah Lodge, B. P.
D. Elks. No. IS3.
Special Notices—Morrell’s lowa’s Pride
Hams and Bacon, A. M. & C. W. ’West;
Cooking Class at the Woman’s Exchange;
Bonds Executed by the A. M. B. and T.
Cos. of Baltimore, Dearing & Hull, Agents;
Lamps, James S. Silva; St. John’s Sun
day School Picnic at Tybee, May 26; Con
federate Veteran Uniforms, B. H. Levy
A Bro.; Bids Wanted, George M. Gads
den, Director; Levan’s Bill of Fare.
Business Notices—Harvard Beer at Con
nery’s; E. & W. Laundry; We Have Ex
perience, Hunter & Van Keuren.
Special Prices on Carpenters’ Tools—
. William & H. H. Lattimore.
Cleaning and Storing Carpets—Lindsay
A Morgan.
Removal Sale—M. Dryfus.
Amusements —Dockstader’s Big Canvas
Theater Minstrel Company, May 24.
Hotel—Hotel American-Adelphl, Sara
toga Springs.
Aertex Celluloid Underwear—B. H.
Levy & Bro.
Sloven—Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stoves.
Salt—Perfection Salt.
Whisky—Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey;
Hunter Baltimore Bye Whisky.
Mineral Water—Apenta.
Medical—Warner's Safe Cure; Lydia
Plnkham Vegetable Pills; Castoria;
Hood’s Sarsaparilla; Ayer's Sarsaparilla;
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate; Pond’s Ex
tract; Johann Hoff’s Genuine Malt Ex
tract; Seven Sutherland Sisters’ Hair
Grower; For-Mal-de-Hyde Inhaler; Coke
Dandruff Cure; S. S. S.; Dr. Hathaway &
Cos.; Bar-Ben.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
fair weather, with light northerly winds,
and for Eastern Florida, partly cloudy
weather, with occasional showers, and
Variable winds.
At New Castle, Del., the other day a
crowd stood in a downpour of rain to wit
ness the flogging of six culprits at the
whipping post. As the wet and heavy
rawhide ‘‘cat” purred over the backs of
the culprits, blood and rain water mingled
and trickled down. It must have been an
edifying sight for the gathered towns
people.
During the past two months under the
Sew financial act, the number of banks
of issue has been Increased by eighty
five. There have been 229 applications to
organize national banks with a smaller
capital than *30,000, and fifty-nine of them
have been organized. Twenty-six new
banks of over *30,000 capital, have also
been organized, thus making up the
eighty-five new banks of issue.
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A Chicato doctor advises that the peo
ple of every city begin Immediately a
war of extermination against rats, in
view of the appearance of the bubonic
plague at San Francisco. Rats are said
to be one of the most usual channels by
which the germs of the plague are dis
tributed, hence to get rid of the rats
would be a preventive measure of great
worth. It would be too late to wait until
the disease had made its appearance be
fore starting in to kill the rats, as a
dead rat with the disease germ in its
body is quite as dangerous as a live one.
It is a mistake to suppose that the
plague is a warm weather disease. It
teems, indeed, to thrive best in cold and
damp weather. The summer, therefore,
is the time to take precautions against it.
While some influential persons and nows,
papers are advocating the abolition of the
death penalty, other equally Influential
persons and newspapers are in favor not
only of retaining that pena ty, but of mak
lng longer the list of crimes punishable
with death. For Instance? the Washington
Star, the Cleveland Leader and one or two
Illinois papers hold that burglary should
be Included in the list of capital offenses.
The g st of their argument is that burg
lary is carefully planned, in cold blood,
and that when a burglar enters a dwell
ing he goes prepared to kill should he be
discovered In the commission of the less
er offense. He is. t h -refore, a murderer
at heart and a desperate criminal in intent
and purpose, and being such ought to re
ceive the mutderer's punishment. But, If
the death sentence fails to act as a de
terrent of murder and crimes against
women, is it lik ly that It would be a de
terrent of burglary*
BOER PEACE PROPOSITIONS.
If It is true, as stated In our dlspatcne*
yesterday, that President Kruger has pro
posed terms of peace to the British govern
ment, it does not follow axpects
his terms to be accepted. He may have,
and probably had, some other purpose in
mind in submitting peace propositions than
bringing the war to a close at once. He
knows doubtless that the British woti and
grant no other terms at this lime than un
conditional surrender. It Is not to be be
lieved that he has any Intention to surrin
der unconditionally.
Assuming that he hag made peace prop
ositions, may not his purpose be to draw
from the British a statement that they
will accept nothing but unconditional sur
render—that, in fact, they mean to conquer
the South African republics, destroy their
governments and make them a part of the
British empire? With a statement meaning
that in his possession he would be In a bet
ter position than at present to get, not only
sympathy, but material assistance from
this and, perhaps, other countries.
It Is the very general undersanding, of
course, that It is the purpose of Gieat B ii
ain to deprive the Boers of their independ
ence, but there has been no statement to
that effect by the British government.
Lord Salisbury indicated what the course
of the British government would be in his
recent speech lief ore the Primrose League,
tout he made no definite statement in re
spect to the matter. If President Krurer
could get from him a refusal to accept
anything less than unconditional surrender
he would be In a position to make a very
strong appeal to other nations, particularly
to the United States, for assistance.
The very large audience which greeted
the Boer envoys at the Grand Opera House
In Washington on Sunday night shows
that there is very great sympathy in thtt
city for the Boers and the South African
republics. If the effort to get assistance
from this country should be conducted
skillfully It might result favorably >0 thr
Boer cause. Doubtless President Kruger
is informed of this condition of affairs,
and It may be that his dispatch to Lord
Salisbury, proposing terms of peace, Is
simply a part of the plan for conducting a
campaign In this country for help. Presi
dent Kruger prides himself on his ability
as a diplomat, and It must be admitted
that he has shown a great deal of talent In
that direction.
Ha knows, of course, that It Is only a
question of time when the British will gain
control of the Transvaal and the Orange
Free state, unless he can get someone of
the great Powers to give the Boers assist
ance. He has sought assistance from
the Powers of Europe, but without suc
cess, and noAv he Is making a supreme ef
fort In this country. It Is not probable
that he will succeed here unless his envoys
create a public sentiment In favor of the
Boers sufficiently strong to force the gov
ernment to disregard Its long settled poli
cy of not meddling with the affairs of the
nations of the old world. It is certain
that the administration will not give the
Boer envoys any hope of receiving mate
rial help, and it is doubtful If Congress
will. Still, It is Impossible to predict with
any degree of certainty what Congress
will do, on the eve of a presidential cam
paign, under the pressure of a strong pub
lic sentiment.
S A VAX NAH REGARDED WITH FA
VOH.
It seems that Secretary Long regards
with favor the effort that Is being made
to have the location of the naval station,
if it is to he removed form Port Royal,
flxed at that one of the South Atlantic
ports which can show the greatest ad
vantages. It would be a heavy blow to
Port Royal to lose the station, and we
are not advocating its removal from that
place. It may be that the objections to
its remaining there can be overcome. We
do not know what all of the objections
are. If, however, it shall be determined
to move It from Port Royal Savannah
wants a chance to get it. And it is hut
fair that she should have a chance. Wo
are not comparing Savannah’s advant
ages at this time with those of any other
port. The lime has not yet come for
that. If It should come, if Congress
should give all of the South Atlantic
ports an opportunity to show what ad
vantages they have for the naval eta
lion, we feel sure that Savannah would
be able to make a showing that would
entitle her to the station.
We have no fault to find with Charles
ton for preferring to be designated as
the place for the station in the event
It should be decided to move it. It is
but natural that she shpuld want to get
It with the least possible trouble. The
station, however, should be located at
Ihs port having the most and greatest
advantages for it. The question as to
which port that is can only be determin
ed by an examination by naval experts
of the advantages of each of the South
Atlantic ports. We cannot understand
why there should be any objection to this
way of settling the question of location.
It is fair to all of the ports. It might
turn out that Charleston is not the best
place for the station.
We do not Intend to phtnt out Charles
ton’s disadvantages, further than to say
that the greatest advantage urged in her
behalf is one that she has not yet got,
namely, deep waier across her bar. She
expects to have tt by the time the dock
and station are built. But would it not
be a rather risky business for the govern
ment to invest a vast sum of money In
a naval station before the question of
sufficient water for the big ships of the
navy to reach It was settled beyond all
doubt? Charleston may succeed In get
ting twenty-six feet of water on her bar
at mean low tide, but, If we are rightly
informed, she has not got It yet.
The actual cost of that little govern
ment railroad In Cuba was *32,000 per
mile. The former superintendent of con
struction of it Is quoted as saying it can
be built for *IO,OOO per mile. The gov
ernment has put *342,611 Into building and
equipping the ten miles of road. If it
can be built for *IO,OOO per mile, then It
would appear that there had been either
a great deal of extravagance or a big
•’rake-off’’ in connection wlih the road.
Harrington, the ex-superintendent, said
he knew a big scandal would result from
an Investigation. There can be little
doubt that an investigation will be made,
and the people who built Ihe road will
be given an opportunity to explain.
THE KENTUCKY DECISION.
The decision of the Supreme Court ren-
yesterday affirming the decision 0;
the Kentucky Court of Appeals in the gov
ernorship contest case is not surprising. It
was the very general impression that It
would be affirmed. Even Republican mem
bers of the Kentucky Court of App als de
cided against Mr. Taylor, not, of course,
because they did not believe he was elect
ed, tout because the law gives the Legisla
ture the right to decide who were elected
Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The
Legislature decided that Goebel was elect
ed Governor and Beckham Lieutenant Gov
ernor. The Kentucky Court of App als
refused to go behind the action of the Leg
islature and the Supreme Court took the
same view of the.case.
An issue that threatened at one time to
lead to civil war In Kentucky,and even be
yond the borders of that state, is thus
happily settled. Mr. Taylor and his parti
sans will no doubt acqulese In the decision.
In fact, there Is nothing else for them to
do. It will be a long while, however, be
fore there will be as good feeling among
the people of Kentucky as there was be
fore the late William Goebel became a can
didate for Governor.
There still remains something to be done
in connection with this very remarkable
election contest. The assassins of Gov.
Goebel are to be punished if they can. ba
found. Now, however, that it Is s-ltled
that the Democrats are to control ihe
state it Is probable that there will be ro
delay In trying those who have been In
dicted, either as principals or accessories,
for that crime. *
CONSUL MASON’S STATEMENTS.
The statements of Mr. Mason, our ton
sel general at Berlin, contained in a report
to the state department relative to the
feeling of hostility in Germany towards
this country, on account of the restii.ulve
effect which our tariff has upon German
exports to this country, the severe compe
tition which German merchants and man
ufacturers have to endure from American
merchants and manufacturers, not only in
South America, Africa and Asia, but, in
some lines of manufactured articles, even
in the markets of Germany, are very Inter
esting, and Indicate that there may be
some ground for the statement made by
Mr. Root, the Secretary of War, recently,
that the time might not be distant when
this country would have to fight for the
Monroe doctrine.
Since Mr. Root made his speech an In
quiry has been made Into what Germany
Is doing in Brazil. A Washington corre
spondent of Leslie's Weekly toys that the
territory “In Brazil, now inhabited exclu
sively by Germans, is larger than all Ger
many Itself” and that maps of that sec
tion entitled ‘‘Antarctic Germany,” has
been printed for the purpose of pleasing
the German people. "For years past,”
says this correspondent, “silently and
steadily a current of German emigration
has been pouring Into the three Soulhern
states of Brazil, namely, Rio Grande do
Sul, Perana and Santa Catharina, and the
newspapers of Rio Janeiro are commenting
with some bitterness on the recent visits
to these states of the German minister to
Brazil and the German consuls.”
It seems that Germany has in recent
years Invested an almost fabulous amount
of money in these three states, and has
encouraged emigration to them. Her ex
pectation Is of course to get back a Mg
return on her investments. It will be in
the shape of trade. It Is also said that
our government has received; information
that in one of the South American states
German emissaries hHve endeavored lo
arouse a feeling against the Unite! States
and the Monroe doctrine.
It may be that Secretary Root’s speech
was not so sensational as it was thought
to be by the public generally at the time
It was made. It is undoubtedly a fact that
Germany Is making extraordinary efforts
to extend her trade, and her strongest op
position comes from this country. It
would be only natural, therefore, for her
to want to weaken this rival wherever she
could.
It is true that German officials close to
the Emperor have denied that Germany
has any designs on the territory of Brazil,
or any other South or Central American
state, but the policies of nations are liable
to be changed quite suddenly. While there
many not be any reason at present for ap
prehending trouble with Germany on ac
count of the Monroe doctrine, It would be
the part of wisdom for our government to
keep Informed in respect to the develop
ment of German interests in Brazil and
other South American states.
Mr. Richard Croker has at his home !n
England two bulldogs, valued at *5,000
and *3,000, respectively. The other day
the *5,000 beast became angered with his
*3,000 neighbor, and started in to chew
several hundred dollars' worth of his ear
off. The lower-priced fellow, however,
was as good game as the other, and ac
cepted the challenge eagerly, no doubt
being in a frame of mind to make that
*5,000 dog look like thirty cents in Just
about three shakes of a lamb’s tall.
Luckily for Mr. Croker, however, the
man who la hired by him to look out for
the wants of his dogs, separated the
would-be combatants before either had got
a good hold upon his antagonist, so no
damage was done. The story of the un
fought dog fight was copyrighted and ca
bled to New York, where it was given
a prominent place among the news of the
day by one of the great newspapers. The
incident illustrates how much New York
is interested In anything Richard Croker's
name is connected with.
Overseer of the Poor Barck of Hoboken,
N. J., says that the almshouse of that
place will soon be filled to overflowing
with deserted children if something is
not done to check the growing practice
of parents deserting their offspring. He
thinks many of the heartless parents go
to Hoboken from New York, and leave
their children on the streeis or elsewhere.
Mr. Barck is a strong advocate of the
whipping post for parents who desert
their children.
Ex-Capt. Dreyfus and Gen. Mercier, his
arch enemy, met face to face the other
night in a sleeping car. Dreyfus was
accompanied by his wife. Each of the
men glared hard at the other for a mo
ment, when Gen. Mercier "gave way po
litely at the sight of Mme. Dreyfua.” No
i word was exchanged J
THE MOEMKG KETVS: TUESDAY, MAY 22. 1900.
At Williamsport, Pa., a condemned mur
derer of the name of Hummel has sold
his body to the manager of the local the
ater for exhibition purposes. The price
he is to receive is anew suit of clothes,
a coffin ar.d a grave for the final recep
tion of the remains. The enterprising
showman Is to recoup himself, and take
whatever profits he can upon his Invest
ment, by exhibiting the body after the
hanging. It Is difficult to Imagine a more
repulsive bargain. If the people of the
town have a normal sense of decency they
will sre to It that the arrangem nt Is not
carried out.
The Boer delegates w-ere given a rous
ing welcome In Washington on Sunday
by an audience “remarkable for Its size,
sympathy and enthusiasm.” There were
a number of congressmen present, who
made speeches that rang the welkin and
rattled the rafters. The sympathy, how
ever genuine It may have been, was not
of the kind that goes deep Into the
pocket. A call for contributions for the
widows and orphans of Boer soldiers
brought forth only SBOO. That probably
averaged up the cash value of the sym
pathy of the audience at about 50 cents
per head.
A cargo of beer, valued at $2,300, has
mysteriously disappeared in the Philip
pines. It was shipped from Manila for
Malolos two months ago, since which
time nothing has been heard of It and
all traces have been lost. It has possibly
fallen into the hands of pirates or in
surgents, in which case the chances are
against recovering anything except pos
sibly a few empty bottles.
The Paris gossips are still talking about
the mysterious so-called abduction of
"Gyp," the French countess, tvriter and
anti-Jew agitator, the story of which ap
peared In the cable dispatches some days
a o. The police have spent a w< ek search
ing for some clue that would lead to an
exp’anation of the mystery, -Without avail.
Where could the woman have hidden the
absinthe bottle?
PERSONAL.
—Joseph Chamberlain's dislike for phy
sical exercises Is most marked. He never
even walks when he can ride. To his
sedentary habits he adds a love of strong
tea and black cigars.
Marcus Daly, the copper king, and rival
of ex-Senator Clark, Is frequently seen
going about his mines clad In the rough
garb of the workmen. He knows more
about the mines than any one of them and
could not be lost in any.
—Within the past three weeks Congress
man William Astor Chattier, of New York
says he has been , mistaken for W. J.
Bryan nearly a dozen times. The resem
blance Is merely in the face, the two men
dressing very and fferently.
—Guatelli Pacha, who recently died In
Constantinople, at the age of 81 years,
had been, for more than half a century,
the director of military music to the Sub
lime Porte. He was a native of Parm i.
and his predectssor was Gulseppl Donizet
ti, a brether of the famous composer.
—The Cafe Procope, In Paris, founded
by an Itahan of that name In the mlddl?
of the eighte nth century, has just been
closed. Voltaire, Rousseau, Marat, Dan
ten and Gamb' tta were among Its fre
quenters. It was closed about twenty
years ago, but was te p ned in 1893. Now
It vanishes permanently.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Mrs. Smythe—What Is poor Mrs. Per
kins going to do now that her husband Is
dead? Smythe—Take in boarders. M s
Smythe—No? Why, she can’t cook!
Smythe—Precisely! Didn’t I say that she
was going to take them In?—Harlem Life.
—“Thanks,” he said, taking the cigar. "I
will smoke this after dinner.” But it was
so vile that he smoked it while sitting on
a front seat in the grip car, on his way
home. For what was he. that he should
fly in the face of long-established cu-tom?
—Chicago Tribune.
—A Sarcastic Throw-Down.—Vindictive
Varley (savagely)—Dat new idea uv yours
about bein' a ‘broken-down chess-master’
ain't no good.” Foxy Farquhar—“W’ot
happened vv'en you toldde lady? Vindictive
Varley (disgustedly)—She whistled fir da
dorg, an’ said it wuz ’my move.’ ’’—Judge.
—The Cape Town censor sat chewing the
stump of a blue pencil. “Dickens,” he call
ed to his assistant, "how many Boers did
you say our 3,000 men defeatcnl?” ”Ona
thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine!”
responded the loyal Dickens, “Then Just
turn it around to 9,991. It will make many
glad hearts and, besides, Dickens, my
brother is a bunting manufacturer In Lon
don.”—Chicago News.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says: "The Governor of Montana is very
busy Just now instructing the Lbilted
States Senate upon Its duty to keep Clark
out of that t ody. If the Governor of Mon
tana had been anything like as busy at
tending to his official duties, instead of
practicing law outside his state, there
would have betn no occasion for his pres
ent excitement over the appointment of
Clark by the lieutenant governor."
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
’’The Prince of Wales will not visit the
Paris Exposition because the French gov
ernment will not become responsible for
his safety. With his recent Brussels ex
perience in mind. It is apparent that Al
fcert Edward must forego his customary
holiday jaunts to the continent. This is
Ireland’s opportunity to prove avaln that
members of the British royal family are
safer In the Emerald Isle than anywhere
else.”
The Indianapolis Sentinel (Dem.) says:
“The Demcctatic party owes no debt of
gratitude to the trust element. Being
fundamentally opposed to the principles
which prompt their development, the
paity of Js fferson has always been their
most persistent enemy. Asa matter of
fact, the special privileges which have
nourished them have been the fruit of
Republican legislation. And the great
measures to curb and reform them have
heen the creations of Democratic states
manship.”
The Chicago News (Ind.) says: “Justice
Gay nor of the Supieme Court of New York
has and oided that chickens must not cack
le, and that a clucking hen Is a nuisance,
to be dealt with according to the forms
of law duly prescribed for the suppress
ion of o' her nuisances. The decision may
be wise and strictly legal, but the task of
enforcing that decision would prove too
vast for all the policemen, constables and
sheriffs in (he land. Cackling Is a hen’s
privilege, and when the last lawbook of
New York has crumbled Into dust some
hen, laylrg her eggs In a nest lined with
the paper of the ancient tome, will cluck
loudly in derision.”
• At Hymen’s Altar.
Horace Greeley and Mary Young Cheney
were married the first day they met, says
the New York Telegraph. They had cor
responded for some time, a mutual friend
who was something of a matchmaker hav
ing brought this about.
She was young and beautiful and all his
fancy painted her, but she was much dis
appointed In his appearance, so much so
that when he appeared before her, hav
ing proposed and been accepted by letter,
aod the marriage day fixed, she frankly
told him that, although she married him,
she was not In love with him. Their mar
ried life was long and happy, and the loss
of his wife was a blow which he did not
long survive.
When Bismarck met Fraulein Johanna
Putt-Kammer the second time he kissed
her soundly in the presence of a number
of guests. The Immediate effect of this
embarrassing and shocking behavior was
the prompt announcement of the be
trothal, which was soon followed by their
marriage. Fraulein Putt-Kammer was a
bridesmaid for a friend the first time Bis
marck saw her. These two young people,
as Rosalind says, "no sooner met than
they looked, no sooner looked than they
loved."
Jefferson Davis’ first marriage was of a
romantic character. Falling desperately in
love with Sallle Taylor, daughter of Col.
Zachary Taylor, who did not approve of
the attachment, the young couple took
matters in their own hands and eloped.
Sixteen years passed before "old Zach"
would speak to his son-in-law, and then
It was because he and his regiment had
covered themselves with glory at the bat
tle of Buena Vista.
With Henry M. Stanley, the explorer,
It was "love my daughter, love me.” Mrs.
Tennant persistently refused to consent
to her daughter’s marrying.
“Dolly is all that I have left, and I ctan
not, shall not, part with her.” But to en
treaties she finally yielded.
“I want your daughter for my wife,”
Stanley said, "give her to me, and do you
at the same time become my mother, fath
er, brother and sister.”
“She is yours,” responded mamma, "and
so am I.” That, In brief, is the story of
Stanley’s wooing, and Mrs. Tennant is
his as irreparably and Indissolubly as her
daughter is, and Mr, Stanley is said to
be a model husband and a tractable and
obedient son.
Being told by a friend that Miss 's
eyes possessed the property of double re
fraction, Sir George Airy, the noted as
tronomer, exclaimed:
“Dear me, that is odd. I should like to
see that. Do you think I might venture to
call?”
As he was assured on this point he took
heart of grace and called. In the course of
conversation he asked permission to ex
amine the young lady's eyes, to which
she consented. The call was repeated in
the interest of science. The problem grew
so enthralling that he at length resolved
to make It a life study, and finally pluck
ed up enough courage to propose. He was
accepted, and this strange wooing laid
the foundation of many years of haopy
married life.
Anagram* on Noted Names.
Anagrams that transmute the names of
well-known men and women are ou ell
siartingly appropriate, says Chambers’
Journal. What could be better In this
way than these announcements, evolved
from two great statesmen’s names when
the reins of power changed hands: Glad
stone, "G leads not!” Disraeli,“X lead, sir!”
Quite as happy is the comment on the
devoted nursing of Florence Nightingale,
whose name yield “Flit on,cheering angel.”
Among those that are most often quoted
we may mention Horatio Nelson, "Honor
est a Nile;” Charles James Stuart, "Claltris
Arthur’s Seat;” Pilate's question, “Quid
est Veritas?" ("What is truth?”), answer
ed by "Est Vir qui adest,” (“It is the man
here present"); Swedish Nightingale,
"Sing high, sweet Linda;" David Living
stone, ”D. V., go and visit Nile;” the M ir
quess of Ripon (who resigned the grind
mastership of Freemasons when he be am,?
a Romanist), "R. I. P., quoth Freema
sons;” Charles, Prince of Wales, "All
France calls; O help'” Sir Reger Charles
Doughty Tichborne, baronet, "Yon horried
butcher Orron. biggest rascal here,” and
many shorter specimens, such as tele
graph. "great help;" astronomers, “no
more stars," and "moon starers;" one hug,
’’enough;” editors, "so tired;" tournament,
"to run at men;" penitentiary, "nay, I re
pent;” "Oid England, “golden land;” rev
olution, "to love ruin;” fashionable, “one
half bias;" lawyers, "sly ware;" mid
shipman, “mind his map;" poor house, “O
sour hope!" Presbyterian, "best in pray
er;" sweetheart, "there we sat;” matrimo
ny, “into my arm."
The Queen's Tipple.
The Queen rises early and goes to b?d
late, says the New York Commercial.
When she first awakens, a cup of cocoa,
which has been prepared by the ‘‘Choco
late Women” of the royal household, is
brought to her by her dresser. Tea and
cofTee are served at the same time, in case
Her Majesty should wish to vary the
morning menu. After rising, the Que n
partakes of an ordinary English breakfast
at 9 o'clock, and at 11, or a litlte later, she
has a light "second breakfast,” after the
German fashion, but in her case it merely
consists either of carefully made bouillon,
an egg beaten up in wine, or a delicate
sandwich.
Luncheon at 2 o’clock Is with her the
meal of the day. Tea is served always
in beautiful Sevres china at 4:3), and at
8:45 Her Majesty sits down to dinner.
Speaking of Her Majesty, our London
correspondent has it on the authority of a
member of her household that, like many
hard workers, the Queen believes implic
itly in beef as a sustaining food, and the
day never passes but what beef, cooked in
some form ( either hot or cold, is eaten by
her. Of wine she takes very little, but
her dinner Is inevitably followed by a
chasse of very old Scotch whisky.
Her Majesty always showed unbounded
faith In the advice of Sir William Jenner,
and it was he who drew up the scheme of
careful dietary she still follows, which, to
gether with her extraordinary love for
fresh air, Is said to be One of the reasons
why she has preserved her health In so
remarkable a way.
Story ettes.
Not long ago Sir William Vernon Har
couct dined on an English man of war, and
a storm coming up the Captain, who was
a very small man, persuaded him to oc
cupy the stateroom for the night. The
steward was not notified of 'the arrange
ment. and the following morning at 6
o'clock he brought a cup of coffee to the
Captain's door. Knocking twice without
receiving a reply was most unusual, so he
hastily pushed open the dor and Inquired:
"Don't you wish your coffee this morning,
sir?” Sir William gave a snore, and the
steward was amazed to see a huge figure
turn over under the bedclothes. Smash
went the cup and saucer, and the frighten
ed sailor tore oft to the surgeon’s office.
"For heaven’s sake, sir,’* he gasp 4;
“come to the Captain! He's speechless an 1
swollen to ten times his natural size!"
At e certain cloth factory In S otland It
was the custom to tine the work people for
turning out bad work. One day a wotk
man brought a piece of cloth to be ex
amined, and the manager found two 1 t
tle holes about an inch apart. He then
showed these to the man and demand' and
two shillings fine—a shilling for each hole.
"Is it a shilling for each hole?" askel
the man.
"Yes." said the manager.
"And Is It the same,” said the manager.
"Well, then, I'll save a shilling.” and,
putting his fingers in the holes, ho quickly
made the two Into one,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Statistics have lately been compiled
with the object of showing how the birds
of this country are thriving. In only three
States—North Carolina, California and
Oregon—are the birds holding their own.
—Among the reports from South Africa
Is one to the effect that Mauser bullets are
Ineffective In checking a charge of cav
alry. Horses shot through the lungs and
even through the breast were able to gal
lop 400 yards before they fell.
—As soon as a franchise is secured from
the British Columbia Parliament, work on
a tunnel through Chllcoot Pass will be
begun by the Chllcoot Company, which
will expend $2,000,000 in the work, and
building an electric railway from Dyea to
Whitehorse.
—A railroad man says that there is no
limit to the size of the American locomo
tive, and "as long as heavy rails can be
secured, just so long will engines grow.
Some of these days we will be using 200-
pound rails and locomotives twice the size
of those now in use.”
—Girls are not employed at the telephone
switch-boards at Cairo, Egypt. Men are
used and are required to understand and
speak English, French, Italian, Greek, and
Arabic. It would be Interesting to see
what the New Y'ork Telephone Ccm.iany
would do under such conditions.
—The switches in the yards of the Atch
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at
Fort Madison, la., are lighted by electric
ity. The lamp is an erditary incandesce: t
one of eight-candle power, fitting a socket
Inside. The wiring is brought to the
switch in an underground pipe-line, and
tapped by a branch pipe standing vertical
ly, ihree or four feet clear of the switch
stand, and arching over it so es to enter
the top of the switch-lamp. The lights
are said to work satisfactorily, dispens ng
with a lamp-tender, and believed to be
safer than the common oil-lamp, as they
do not go out so readily.
—Mahometans In Bombay are protesting
against sanitary measures, on the ground
that they are contrary to the laws of the
Prophet. Apparently they would rather
obey the Prophet and die of the plague
than violate his laws and live. They might
be humored in their choice, If only they
themselves were concerned. But the wel
fare and safety of millions of others are
at stake, and, with all due regard for re
ligious scruples, humanity must be reck
oned more precious than creeds. It has
for years been notorious that the Maho
metan pilgrimages to Mecca have been
the most active means of dissemination of
Asiatic cholera. The world cannot afford
to let the bubonic plague be fostered and
scattered by similar means.
—The inadequacy of the telephone system
In Tokio is the subject of an article In the
Japan Times. It is declared that at the
end of February the number of subscribers
in Tokio was 5,465, and 5.6A applications
were on file for installation of service. Ac
cording to the schedule, 1.700 of the appli
cations were to be filled by March 31, but,
owing to delays in getting the wire, the
work contemplated will not be finished be
fore June 1, and at the rate of speed prom
ised thereafter it looks as if it would be
three or four years before the company can
catch up with its work. So anxious are
the people to get the service that they are
offering premiums for the transfer of In
struments which are now in, and as high
as *125 has been paid for the transfer of
an application dated prior to June, 1897.
—Occasionally a man,if he is extremely
careless and awkward, will jab his linger
into his eye when he Is washing h!s face,
but one has to go a long way to find a
man who, having lost one eye by suR
clumsiness, pushes in the other, says tho
New York Press. A grocer’s assistant in
London, 4: ears old, while washing his
face put ins linger into his right eye. The
eyeball became inflamed and was taken
out. This was in 1896. Four years later he
ran a fingernail into the other eye in the
same manner, causing an even more se
rious wound. The surgeons, who seemed
to have had no hesitation about taking
out tho other eye, wanted to save this
one if possible and so they postponed ih ■
operation to se • if sight even in a small
degree couldn t be retained. There was
an element of luck in the matter for the
grocer, for he was Insured in an accident
company and the corporation agreed to
I ay the claim at once without waiting to
see If the eye eventually could be saved.
—The Electrical Review, in an article
on thunder-storms, says that it is just
as well for people who live in the suburbs
or the country to know that the average
lightning-rod has about as much influence
on the disposition of lightning to strike
their premises as the color of the paint on
their houses. It can be said with some
certainty that the average lightntng-rod
is of no use whatever, and it can be pre
dicted with certainty that ample protec
tion would be given a barn, for example,
by enclosing it in a thick copper shell. It
is conceivable that a lightning-rod con
structed upon the mest scientific princi
ples would he of little avail if it came
into the path of certain varieties of light
ning discharge It Is again perfectly pos
sible that lightning may take the ordinary
lightning-rod as a path and go quietly to
earth over it without doing damage. There
should not be, in thickly populated re
gions, where houses are close together,
any particular uneasiness about the dan
ger of lightning. In places where the pop
ulat on is entirely concentrated and the
buildings are close together, the fatal re
sults of lightning are practically nil. It
Is in the country districts, where trees
are abundant and houses frequently sur
rounded by them, that fatal accidents
more frequently occur. Furthermore, the
city man as a general thing has no llght
ning-red The country man almost Inva
riably has. In either case, however, the
cbances of death by lightning are so small
as to he utte:ly negligib e.
—A special kind of phonograph called
the telegraphone has been Invented by
Mr. V. Poulsen of Copenhagen. As de
scribed by the Electrical Review, <he in
vention consists largely In substituting
a steel ribbon for the wax cylinder used
in the ordinary phonograph and in mag
netizing points In this ribbon instead of
marking it with a pointed rod, as is done
in (he case of the wax cylinder. The os
cillations of a magnet near the ribbon
when one talks into the instrument pro
duce a permanent magnetic record in the
ribbon which is given out as words when
the ribbon is afterward moved near a sim
ilar magnet suitably mounted. An addi
tional feature is found In the fact that
the words spoken Into the receiver can
he recorded at a distance, at the end of
a telephone or telegraph wire. A mes
sage arriving In one’s absence will he
impressed on the ribbon and can be read
off when one returns home. By arrang
ing the ribbon as a continuous band, like
a band saw, a message can be sent to a
larce number of subscribers at the same
time, each having a small vibrating mag
net to take the message from the tele
phone wire. The steel ribbon used Is
about one five-hundredth of an inch thick
After lhe record it contains has been
road, the ribbon can be rubbed off, or
cleaned, so to speak, by passing a strong
magnet over It. Every trace of the
••writing" Is thus destroyed and the rib
bon is ready for another impression. "Cu
riously enough,” says the Review, “the
inventor has had some trouble in obtain
ing patents in several countries, the scl
entic members of some patent commis
sions denouncing the invention to be a
physical impossibility, till convinced by
demonstrated facts."
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