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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
Sex to rew advertisements.
Meetings—Confederate Veterans’ Asso
ciation.
Special Notices—As to Bills Against Ma
sonic Fair Association; Bids for Supplies
tor State Sanitarium, Milledgeville, Ga.;
Trip to Old Ocean-. Sunday; To-morrow
May Be the Last Day, James S. Silva;
Malt Mead, George Meyer; Woodman's
Circle Picnic to Tybee Juno 6; Store for
Rent, B. H. Levy & Bro.; Office Hour*,
Dr. H. H. Martin; Special Notice, Merf
chants’ and Miners’ Transportation Com
pany; Grand Picnic for the Orphans of St.
Mary's Home at Tybee Island May 29;
Grand Picnic and Prize Drill at Tybee,
June 5, of German Volunteers; Suit of the
Season, Masonic Temple Pharmacy; Red
Heart Beer; Tlaln Gold Weddings Rings.
A. L. Desbouillons; National Mattress and
Renovating Company., Greene & Cos.; B.
S. Asman, Tailor; Repairing, J. & N. C.
Thomas; In the Interest of Retail Clerks;
I Ivan's Table d'Hote; Park Avenue Drug
Store.
Business Notices—See for Yourself,
Theus Bros.; Cook’s Tours to Europe; Sa
vannah Steam Laundry; The Holiday
Equipment, Hunter & A’an Keuren.
Laundry—E. &W. Raundry.
Postum Food Coffee—Postum Cereal
Company.
Ready-to-Wear Clothing—Metropolitan
Clothing Company.
P'inancial—"Sugar" Tip Free, Suite 419,
49 Exchange Place, New York.
Picnic Specialties—At Munster’*.
Boys’ Shoes—Charles Marks.
Cleaning Up Sale—At Gutman’s.
You Have Heard—Lattlmores’.
Golf Players—Oppenheimer, Sloat ft Cos.
Bilk Waist Free—lndianapolis Silk Waist
Company.
Now for Greater Bargains Than Ever—
Foye ft Morrison.
Greal Rush for Bargains—At Eckstein’s.
One Million Hides Wanted—R. Kirk
land.
Here’s to a Dinner Set—At West’*
China Palace.
The Bee Hive—N. Schultz.
A Waist Hit—B. H. Levy ft Bro.
Millinery Sale—Krouskoff’s.
The Ribbon King—M. A. Stokes.
The Sulto Shoe—Byck Bros.
The Greal Challenge Sale—Leopold Ad
ler.
Suitors for Suits—B. H. Levy ft Bro.
Complete Line of Summer Horse Goods
—Leo Frank.
Shoes—The Globe Shoe Company,
Hotels—Hotel Dalton, Dalton, Ga.
Beautiful Rooms—Five West Ninetieth
Btreet, New York city.
Ladles’ Furnishings—Walsh ft Meyer.
White Goods Week—At Hogan's.
The Gas Stove—Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
The Ohio Freezer—Geo. W. Allen ft Cos.
Slik Waist Free l —The Denton Company,
New York.
Glassware—C. Dorflinger ft Sons, New
York.
Corsets—Women’s Rust Proof Corsets.
Beef—Lelblg’s Extract of Beef.
Medical—Hyomei; Munyon’s Kidney
Cure; McElree's Wine of Cardui; S. S. S.;
Hood's Sarsaparilla; Bar-Ben; Sloat's
Bitters; Peruna; Hathaway Company;
Humphrey’s Specifics; Pyramid Pile Cure;
Boma.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The indication* for Georgia to-day are
for fair weather, with fresh to south
winds; and for Eastern Florida partly
cloudy weather, with probably showers in
southern portion, and light westerly
winds.
The Florence Times comments upon the
naval station matter as follows: "There
Is more jealousy between the Sotith At
lantic seaports than there Is between the
belles of a cake walk, but Charleston lias
the cake this time and the others need
not kick the committee and si>oil their
pretty faces.” But what would the Flor
ence Times think if, before the contest had
been announced, one of the belles had
slipped surreptitiously into the pantry and
purloined the cake 2
THE POLITICAL SITUATION CHAXG
ING
There has been a change In the political
situation within the last few months. At
the beginning of this year the Republi
cans were so confident that they would
elect the next President that they would
not admit that there was a doubt about
It. On the other hand the Democrats,
while hopeful, were far from being sat
isfied with their prospects.
A change has taken place—a change
which even the most partisan Republicans
recognize. The Republicans are not now
saying that they will win on easy vic
tory. On the contrary, they are admit
ting that their party will have to do a
great deal of hard and Intelligent work to
retain control of the government. The
talk of the Democratic leaders is encour
aging. It is more than that; It Is confi
dent. They now believe that the change
that has taken place in the political sen
timent of the country will continue, and
will result in Democratic success. What
has brought about the change? That is
a question about which there Is a differ
ence of opinion. One reason for the
change, however, is loss of confidence in
the Republican party. The people do
not believe that it is sincere in Its dec
larations against irusts. They believe
that it Is a supporter of trusts, and is
depending on them for funds with which
to carry on its presidential campaign. As
a matter of fact on attorney for one of
the great trusts has been chosen to put
Mr. McKinley In nomination at the Phil
adelphia Convention. This attorney Is a
United States senator, and recently on
the floor of the Senate made excuses for
trusts.
And the people are against imperialism
and militarism. They see both in the
triumph of the Republican party. Im
perialism means not only,colonies, but the
changing of the republic' into an empire.
The Philippine bill pending in the Senate
confers upon the President Imperial pow
er. It gives him greater power, as Sen
ator Morgan pointed in his speech on Fri
day, than any President ought to have.
It is a bill framed by the Republican
leaders for the purpose of carrying out
the policy of the Republican party It,
of itself, is sufficient to Justify the charge
of imperialism which has been brought
against that party. Militarism goes along
with imperialism. The Republican policy
respecting our Insular possessions make# a
large standing arlny necessary. The peo
ple view with alarm the burden which
such an army would Impose on them. They
are clamoring for the repeal of the war
taxes. The fear that these taxes will be
retained, and that additional taxes will be
Imposed, Is turning them' from the Repub
lican party.
The Cuban postal frauds have startled
them, and awakened them to the danger,
under our system of making appointments,
of our civil service, at home and in our
Insular possessions, becoming thoroughly
corrupt if the Republican party should
be successful, and its Imperial policy
adopted. These are some of the reasons
for the change in the political situation,
and they promise to bring about still
greater changes.
The outlook for the Democratic party
will continue to grow brighter unless the
Democratic leaders make mistakes. A
mistake would be to give too great prom
inence to the silver question. There is
no good reason why that question should
be forced to the front. If the Democrats
should elect the President they could do
nothing for silver during the next four
years. Silver, however, If given prom
inence in the campaign, would scare
away thousands of votes from the sup
port of the Democratic ticket. The Dem
ocratic party, owing largely to Republican
mistakes, now occupies a position which
promises success. They should be careful
not to lose It In trying to satisfy senti
ment.
A DEfLAR 4XION RESPECTING CUBA.
Senator Hale Is right. Congress should
make a declaration as to the time when
ihe United States will withdraw from
Cuba. As long as the time Is left In
doubt there will be suspicions that there
Is no intention of withdrawing. Cubans
would be much more willing than they
are to lend a helping hand in the work
of establishing an Intelligent and stable
government, If Congress were to give them
assurances that they should have control
of their affairs Just as soon as the foun
dation of self-government had been firmly
laid. It might even be possible to fix ap
proximately the date of withdrawal. It Is
true Congress has given the Cubans a
pledge that they shall have their inde
pendence, but no time has been fixed fo*
carrying out the pledge. There Is there
fore room for doubt and suspicion.
If It Is the plan to hold on to Cuba until
self-government has been given a fair
trial, with the view of protecting the peo
ple against factional disturbances and
revolutions, it will be a long lime before
the last United States soldier will leave
the Island.
It is probable that the Cubans will have
a pretty hard road to travel whether they
begin the experiment of self-government
at an early day or several years hence.
It Is almost certain that they will have
trouble among themselves at the begin
ning of their experiment, and the trouble
may continue until there is a very con
siderable change in the character of the
population, but the United States will not
prevent that by continuing their military
rule. They will only delay the beginning
of It. Would It not be better to let the Cu
bans begin their experiment ns soon as
possible and see for themselves whether
or not they can moke self-government a
success? The sooner they begin the sooner
it will become evident whether they are
to be an Independent people or a part of
the United Slates. They are about as well
qualified now as they will be a year or
two years hence to make the experiment
of self-government.
The Philadelphia Press objects to the
Democrats criticising the postal frauds in
Cuba, li says; "The administration dis
covered the frauds. It Is investigating
them. It will punish them.” To be sure.
And the administration is also responsi
ble for the men who perpetrated the
frauds. There can he no objection to the
administration claiming complete owner
ship of and Jurisdiction over the Cuban
l rottenness
the yew street railway.
Street railways are highly beneficial to
a city. No city worthy the name is or can
be without one cr more of them. They
help the grow h of the city, increase prop
erty values, and aftord protection to per
sons and property that is second in Im
portance only to that of the police and
fire departments. A city may have more
street railways than Is good for the own
ers of them, but no city can have too
many for the good of the people.
Savannah now has one very good street
railway system. It has been greatly im
proved under the present management. It
could be further improved, however, by
the putting on of Cars better adapted to
the climate, by increasing the number of
cars in service and running them closer
together, and by operating cars both ways
on Whitaker and Barnard streets. Doubt
less these improvements will come In
time.
When the company operating the pres
ent system absorbed its competitor some
time ago it made one grave mistake,
namely, in drawivg in Its lines and leav
ing certain parts of the southern section
with diminished and inadequate street
car accommodations. This injury to the
growth of the city and dic/mfort to the
people is, apparently, about to be reme
died by the building of anew street rail
way syst m. to connect with the projected
suburban line to White Bluff. City Council
has been applied to for the right io build
and o. erato a line on a certain streets.
Council will probably grant what has been
asked for, or something near fo it; and
such action will receive the sanction of
the people.
In granting the new company the fran
chise sought, It might be well for the au
thorin's to see to it that the railway shall
be constructed on such streets as will pro
mote the g ow'th of the city. There should
he some valuable return to the city for
the special privileges which it is asked to
confer. The schedules, the, class of cars
to be used, etc., as w'ell as the route,
should be to some extent under the con
trol of those representatives of the peo
ple, the Mayor and Aldermen.
Of course no unnecessary conditions or
restrictions should be imposed upon the
new company. Nothing should be done
that would handicap itl in its competition
with the old company. But City Council
should not repeat the mistake made by
Us predecessor several years ago in giving
too much and requiring too little. Anew
street railway would no doubt be of ad
vantage to city and people, and should be
encouraged; but now Is the time to fix
matters so that the company will not have
the city at a disadvantage.
PROFESSIONAL EVANGELISTS.
The Rev. J. O. Knott, pastor of the Em
manuel Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, of Baltimore, preached a sermon
on professional evangelists last Sunday
morning that has created quite a stir
among the Methodists of that city. Among
other things he said;
We have been evangelized to death;
God has shown He is against it. Tne
evangelists may be all right, but the at
tempt to cover a multitude of church sins
by a few weeks of special and often
sensational services has about played out.
The sensationalist has had his day. Let
us bury him without tears.
The ministers of the Methodist Church,
North and South, in Baltimore were quit
generally Interviewed on this sermon.
Their views differed widely. The ma
jority of them, however, agreed with
the Rev. Mr. Knott. According to their
view the work of the revivalist had the
effect of making ministers depend upon
revival meetings for awakening Interest
In their churches. The evangelist was
expected to do what the regular minister
ought to do. Therefore the efforts to
bring people into the church were spas
modic, when, in fact, they should be
continuous.
Another effect of the work of the evan
gelist, it was claimed, was to cause many
members to lose interest in the routine
and regular work of the ch'urch. Noth
ing satisfied them except the excitement
of a revival. They found Utile that in
terested them in the regular means of
grace.
Tne thought was thrown out by some
of the ministers that these spasmodic
efforts to infuse new life into the church
had the t<T<ct of causing: the home train
ing ct children to be neglected. They
did not tralte it very clear how revivals
caused parents to neglect the religious
training ot their children, though prob
ably their Idea was that they caused
them to lose interest in the regular duties
imposed by the church. It seemed to be
generally agreed, however, that parents
were now depending upon the Epworth
League, the Sunday school and other re
ligious agencies for the religious educa
tion of their children more than ever be
fore. Assuming that this is the case, it
is greatly to be regretted. Religious
agencies hav<e a field of their own. In
the matter of religious training they
can never do for children what parents
can.
The Methodist Church is not yet ready
to follow the Rev. Mr. Knott in an ef
fort to get rid of the evangelist. There
is still a place for him to fill and work
for him to do, but it is probable that
he is not as Important a factor 'in that
church as he once was. The Methodist
Church still clings to revivals and camp
meetings, but does not depend upon them
as much ns It once did.
The Cordele Sentinel prints an Interest
ing sequel lo the story of the Gleator-
Raines tragedy, near Warwick, In Doo’y
county, last week. It will be remembered
that young Gleaton wished to marry Miss
Raines, that her father objected, and that
in a pistol fight which occurrel in the
girl's presence between her father and her
lover and one or two friends on et'h
side, the father of the girl and the hro’her
of the prospective bridegroom wer-' Hi od
After the shooting the girl walked around
the feet of her dead faiher, got Into the
buggy with her lover and drove away 11
be married. Concluding Its story of the
affair the Sentinel says: "The cor nor
was summoned, but decided lo hold no in
quest over cither body. All parties con
cerned got together and effected a compro
mise. which settles the case in every par
ticular.” It seem* to us that that 1* >boiu
the smoothest and cast -si way if dlsp s
lng of a homlcldo cave that Over came
under our notice.
THE MOHMKG KEWS: SUNDAY, MAY 27. 1900.
There are two very Important points in
favor of Savarnah a? ompared with
Charleston in the matter of the location
of a dry dock and navy yard which have
not been discussed ai ah y the newspa
pers of the latter city. t which should
not he overlooked when the subject Is fully
considered. One Is that at Savannah four
great railroad systems, the Central of
Georgia, the Southern, the riant and the
Seaboard, could be focussed directly upon
the dock. One of the objections urged
against Port Royal by those favoring the
removal is the lack of adequate transpor
tation facilities. Savannah unquestionably
has the best transportation facilities
In the South Atlantic section. The
other point is that a great navy
yard needs an abundance of fresh water.
Lack of a satisfactory water supply has
•been named as one of the points against
Port Royal. Savannah has a supply of
pure, sparkling artesian water affording
a surplus of millions of. gallons a day.
Only a short time back it was found suffi
cient for an army corps, two batteries of
artillery and several thousand horses and
mules of thq arpiy, without limiting the
amount used by the citizens. In Charles
ton, according to the statement of a phy
sician of that city not long ago, there is
difficulty in securing fresh water enough
to take a bath Kt’aflcr certain hours of
the evening; notwithstanding that the
Charleston water is good only for bathing
purposes and putting out fires. These
matters may not appear to be of much
concern to our Charleston neighbors. They
will doubtless commend themselves to the
naval authorities and other representatives
of the government.
George V’fodker, |lf- special partner In
the firm of Price, McCormick & Cos.,
which failed the other day, is not unknown
to the pyblia. Not long ago he figured
prominently tn the newspapers as having
won the btggc#t temperance prize on rec
ord, amounting to something over *4,000,-
000. His father, Charles Crocker of San
Francisco, who, with Stanford and Hunt
ington, built the Southern Pacific Rail
road, died in 1888, leaving an estate of
about *4.000,000. When the will was read It
was seen that Ihe son, George, could get
the fortune only upon the condition that
he should remain sober for five years.
On Sept. 1, 1881, young Crocker started In
to work for the prize, and on Sept. 1,
1896, the trustees agreed that his record
had been spotless and turned the estate
over to him. During the five years of pro
bation, Mr. Crocker spent most of the time
on a ranch in Utah, where strong drink
could not possibly be had/
It is the understanding that the fee
of ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant of New York,
for his services as receiver of the Third
Avenue Railroad corporation, will not be
less than $200,000, and may be more than
that amount. This is a pretty considera
ble fortune to be acquired for services
w'hlch did not begin until the lest day of
February of the present year. Mr.
Grant’s fee, however, is only the legal
one. The New York law allows a pay
ment of 1 per qeivt. on all moneys re
ceived and 1 per cent, on all moneys paid
opt in such receiverships, in addition to
which the receiver is allowed his expenses.
Nearly *24,000,000 has been received by Mr.
Grant from the underwriting syndicate,
with which the debts of the Third Avenue
corporation are to be liquidated.
The Boston market for Little Neck Clams
has been on a boom for the past several
days, owing to the finding of an *IB,OOO
pearl in a clam by a luncher after the
circus. The pearl, which was found In
a very ordinary-looking clam, weighed
thirty-mine grains.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Quashing an AJlbi.—Defense advocate
—"Sir, the officer charged with being in
toxicated while on duty Is above the
breath of suspicion.” Police Commission
er—“ Sir, your statement is ill-timed; the
accused is even at this moment munching
cloves.”—Judge.
—Curios.—“These are genuine Havana
cigars,” said the connoisseur. "Oh," said
the man who always likes to be of import
ance, "and here are some genuine Havana
postage stamps." “What's Interesting
about them?" "Nothing, except the fact
they are genuine.”—Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Journal (Ind.) says: "From pres
ent indications the coming campaign will
be a hot cne. Within the last six months
the situation has undergone a complete
change. The administration has made
about ail the mistakes that could be
crowded into the brief time allowed, and
the Democrats have taken advantage of
th m. A typical comment was made a cou
ple of days ago by Lyman E. Cooley, who
lias been fluctuating between here and
Chicago on business connected with the
drainage canal and the deep waterway en
terprise. He said: "Six months ago it was
a|tnost impossible to find a Democrat who
teaily, down in his heart, had any serious
hopes ef winning. On the other hand it
was equally l ard to fit and a Republican who
would consider the possibility of defeat.
Now I meet many Democrats who are ex
ceedingly h peiul, and I meet many Re
publicans who admit that the outcome is
beginning to look very uncertain.' "
The Greepville <S. C.) News (Dem.) says:
"About the funniest thing in the world
is to read the great and black faced no
tices that women have gained a victory
by ihe action of the Methodist conference
at Chicago, grantl-g women the privilege
of Jjsing lay members of that bidy. What
a small victory this seems when it is
known and recognized that the very men
who voted to grant this wond rful conces
sion. are ruled and controlled by the wo
men. Every man on the floor of ihat great
b dy of Christians Is the willing slave of
a woman. He, long ago, submitted to the
laclnattng sparkle of her eye. the sweet
ness and venderness ef her voice, the
magic of her touch and bowed humbly to
h i- dictation—he was and is her slave
just as we are all the slaves of the women
we love and admire, our mothers, wives,
rl-trs and daughteis.”
Writing of the failure of the brokerage
firm of Price, McCormick & Cos., in New
York the other day, the New York corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says:
"But its attempt to control cotton failed,
tike a s.tn lir attempt made by die late
Jfhn H. Inman several years ago. Mr. In
man was a man of long experience and
groat business ability. He knew the cot
ton trade Intimately. He had a large for
tune and a powerful following. Rut his
Pttrmpt to con'rol the inarke: signally
failed, and it is believed that the loss of
money and business prestige hastened his
, death."
Anxious to Meet Him.
A few minutes before the afternoon
train from New York got Into the Penn
sylvania station the other day, says the
Washington Star, a beautiful young crea
ture In a new' spring scult wafted her
self over to the man stationed at the exit
gate and proceeded to hypnotize him.
"Will you please let me through?’’ she
said, appealingly.
"Can’t do it, miss; it’s against the
rules,” said the man at the gate.
’’But I do sot want to meet him when
he gets off," said Ihe beauteous young
thing, looking Into the man’s face search
ingly with her imploring violet eyes. "And
he will be so disappointed if I aop not
right at the car to meet him when the
train gets in.”
"Please," said the lovely young crea
ture, rustling her silk skirts nervously,
and seeming to hang on the gateman’s
nod.
"Well, maybe I can take a chance,”
said/ the gateman, and he pulled it open
and admitted her.
"S’pose she’s only been married a lit
tle while,” reflected the gateman, "anil
her husband’s coming back after being
away the first time since they were splic
ed, and she wants to hand him out the
big hug before he’s more’n landed from
the car steps. Well, I guess we all have
it ihat bad, once in our lives, anyhow."
The train pulled in a couple of minutes
after. The young woman ran alongside
the baggage car and baggagemaster
handed her out a miserable little speci
men of a stuck-up, hideous-muzzled pug
dog. which she took in her arms and
loaded down with caresses.
As she passed out of the exit gate with
the pug in her arms, she bestowed a be
witching smile upon the gateman.
How He Got the Yews.
A comparatively few days ago a cotton
laden ship came into port on fire, says the
New York .Mail and Express. She b?-
longed to a line that has had considerable
experience in this line. The company is
opposed to publicity in such matters, and
the captain of the ship didn’t think it
worth while to notify the officials at
quarantine that there was anything un
usual going on. The vessel went to the
dock and the company’s employes began
breaking out the cargo and flooding Ihe
hold with water. In the natural course
of events the marine reporters learned of
the f-, and when they presented them
selves at the head of Ihe pier the watch
man said, with real Irish wit:
‘T’ve been told to say there’s no fire.
Run away like good boys. You can t
come down this pier."
Coaxing was of no avail, and the report
ers withdrew for a conference of war.
The youngest of the party finally slid:
"I know how to get that story. Walt
until I come back.”
With this he laid a course to the south
ward along West street, and was toon
hull down. In about fifteen minutes along
came the fireboat the New York, with
her great nozzles eager for the fray. She
warped alongside the burning steamer,
which was hidden from the Ft reel by
bulkhead sheds, and the first man to
climb from the fireboat was the young
newsgatherer. Presently he appeared at
the head of the dock, much to the t-ur
prise of the watchman, and approached
the other reporters.
“How did you do it?” they inquired.
‘‘Why, I just went down and told the
fireboat people that the was on
fire, and they came along, with me as a
passenger.”
The Danger of Euphuism.
“Can I tell you the meaning of euphu
ism?” said an old reporter the other night
In response tc a question by one of the
younger men on the staff, according to
the New Orleans Times-ODemocrat. "Why,
c/rtainly, my boy. It is ihe p'easant art
of calling a bootblack a gentleman of pol
ish. and it's very valuable in newspaper
work, provided you don’t carry the Joke,
too far. I remember when I was a ’cub’
myself and was working out in Denver a
feilow came In one day and asked me to
write a nice Utile notice about the mar
riage of his brother to a girl over in Cen
ter City. ‘Who is the bride?’ 1 asked, so
as to get some material for the para
graph; 'what is her father's occupation?’
•Why, he’s a—teller,’ said my caller, hesi
tating a little. ‘All right,’ said I, and.
thinking it would sound a shade finer, I
referred to the lady as ’the beautiful and
a compllshed daughter of the well-known
banker of Center City.’ Next day the boss
came in foaming at the mcruth. ‘What in
blazes do you mean by speaking of old
as a banker?’ he bellowed. ‘He’s a
professional clairvoyant and the biggest
old fraud out of jail 1 He's got an old ad
In the paper right now, offering to reveal
the past and future for 36 cents and a
lock of your hair!' I was overwhelmed
with chagrin and hunted up my inform
ant. 'Why did you tell me that girl's fa
ther was a banker?’ I asked reproachfully.
‘I didn’t,’ he answered; 'I said he was a
teller.' "It’s one and the same thing,’ I
retorted. 'No, it isn't.' said he; ‘you Jump
ed at conclusions. 1 didn’t mean a paying
teller. I meant a fortune teller.' ”
To Turn the Trick Again.
During his last term as Governor. “'Bob"
Taylor of Tennessee, in the great kind
ness of his heart, had pardoned so many
persons who had been imprisoned for lar
cenies that had been brought about by
tha poverty of theculpiits that, the parti
san papers antagonistic to him were mak
i”g his life miserable says W. H. Visseh
er. in the San Francisco Argonaut. One
day an old negro mammy, who had known
the Governor from his childhood, came
into his office and began at once to plead
for the pardon of her husband, who was
then in prison. "Laws bress yo' life, Marse
Bob," she began. "I wisht yo'd pahdon
dat po’ ole nlggah Jim. He ain’ no good
for nuffln' nowhar; he jes dat useless an'
triflin’, even at home, dat he earn do no
mo’ den sorter scrape aroun' an' git a
little sompen for we-all to eat, an’ he
s oly ain’ no good down dar in dat pen."
"I can’t dot it, Aunt Easter,” the Gover
nor began; "I’m being abused every day.
What’s Jim in there for?” he suddenly
asked, seeing the light that was left dy
ing out of the old woman’s dappled eyes.
“W’y, Marse Bob, d*y Jes’ put him In dar
for nuffin, port earth ’cep’ taktn’ one po’
lltt’e ham outen Mr. Smif’s smokehouse.
We was outen meat, an’ de po' cle niggah
didn’ do nullin’ cep' tek de ham fur ter
keep we-all furn starvin'.” "Well, now.
supfoee I should pardon Jim, what good
would that do you? He is so onery and
trifling.” the Governor was saying, when
the old weman broke in with this reply:
"W’y, bress you, Marse Bob, we is outen
meat ag in, an' we s jes’ got to have an
othah ham.”
Ills First Concurrence.
An ex-President of the United States
recently had occasion to attend his wife
to the railway station preparatory to her
settng out upon a long journey alone,
rays the New York Evening Sun. "If you
should happen to need advice or assist
ance of any kind,” the ex-President ad
vised his wife at parting, "don't hesitate
to call upon this gentleman across the
aisle; I like his looks," Indicating a per
fect stranger, but one whose appearance
and mtrner were such ns to inspire trust
The journey was accomplished safely, and
the wife had no occasion to follow her
husband's advice. Bur at an evening re
ception, shortly after her arrival in the
city of her destination, a man was pre
sented to her whom she at once recogniz
ed as her fellow traveler. 9h> related the
Incident, "Will you please tell your hus
i and," said the man. “thai that is the
first speech 1 ever heard of his that meets
with my hearty approval? I belong to tho
opposite party.’*
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Petroleum occurs in Algeria, and at
Oran there is a tract 120 miles in length
that has recently been examined by a
French government geologist. The district
is said to be exceedingly rich in petro
leum, r sembling the oil regions of Baku
and Galicia.
-/Nearly all the rope used by the Unit*!
States navy Is manufactured in the gov
ernment ropewalk at the Charlestown
Navy Yard. The plant has just been thor
oughly overhauled, and electrical motive
power has been installed there. At the
time of the outbreak of the Spanish war
the government ropewalk had bten allowed
to deteriorate, and the Navy Dipattmeni
was obliged to buy large quantities of sup
plies outside; but the Improvements mad 1
since then, at a cost of over *IOO,OOO, have
so Increased the capacity of the plant that
it is now one of the largest In the world.
—A patent has been granted to Ludwig
Schiecke of Magdeburg, Germany, for a
new process of hardening steel. The piece
of steel to be treated is first coated with
a protecting mass that is able to resist the
heat of the fire in which the steel is plac
ed, and cyanide of potassium is strewn
upon the coating, after which the whole
is placed in the fire. The piece thus
treated is then quenched. The coating is
applied with Ihe object of making the ac
tion of ihe cyanide as uniform as possible,
and it consists of chalk, clay, or similar
material bound together by varnish,
through this porous coating the cyanide
passes and exerts its effedt uniformly on
the surface of the steel. A development
of the process consists in strewing a mix
ture of cyanide and salt upon the coating
while the steel is being heated.
—An inte e-ting branch of chemistry is
that which is concerned with the manu
facture of p rfumes. In most cases these
substances are high-boiling oils, which
art ermplex mixtures cf a number of com
pounds, and until quite recently they
were obtrined exclusively from flowers.
The essenta! principles which give the
perfumes their value belong to a class of
organic compounds known as terpenes.
and it Is now possible to produce these
essential principles instead of mere imita
tions. Within ten yeats wonderful pro
gress has been made in experiments deal
ing with the terpenes by such chemists
as Wallach, Baeyer, and Tieman. and it
Is now known that nearly every substance
having the properties of a perfume has in
its molecule certain atomic groups,whose
presence has a marked effect upon the
odor. The more Important of these groups
are the a!de.hyde, ketone, ester, ether,and
alcohol groups.
—Roentgen ray apparatus for sev
eral years has been considered
a necessary adjunct to modern
surgery and medicine, and the
sphere of its application Is being constant
ly widened. For the diagnosis of diseases
of the chest its use is corfsidered one of
the most promising developments of the
future, and is now attracting the attention
of medical men. According to Dr. Lewis
Jones of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Lon
don. who recently presented a paper on
"Medical Electricity” before the Institu
tion of Electrichl Engineers of Great Bri
tan, it is possible to diagnose pulmonary
consumption and some other diseases of
the chest more satisfactorily, and at an
earlier stage of the disease, by means of
the x-ay than is possible with the stetho
scope. In one case mentioned by Dr. Jones
an x-ray photograph showed clearly the
presenct of tuberles in the lung, where the
ordinary methods of auscultation and per
cussion had given uncertain results.
—An Improved method by which water
gas can be obtained under more economical
conditions has recently been devised by
Herr Carlo Dellwik. Water gas, as is well
known, is composed of two nearly equal
parts of carbonic 1 oxide and hydrogen, and
Is much used for illuminating purposes.
Here Dellwik's new method for its produc
tion divides the operation into two periods;
(1) where the hot air is blown under the
grate of the gas producer in order to raise
the charge of coke to a high temperature,
and (2) where the steam which is to be
decomposed is introduced into the gas pro
ducer. During the first perior the appli
ance works like a Siemens gas-producer,
and permits the disengagement of a car
bonic oxide and nitrogen compound, which
is subsequently utilized for heating the
air and producing the necessary steam.
By the use of this new method, which was
recently tested at Warstein, Westphalia,
more than double the usual quantity of
gas from a given amount of coal was ob
tained.
—Considerable interest attaches to the
recent d'seoveries during the excavations
which are at present proceeding at the
ganta Sanctorum in Rome, says the New
World There are five vaults under the
Santa Sanctorum which have for ages
been Ailed up with debris of all kinds.
This has been cleared away now to a con
siderable extent, but during the operation
several most valuable and priceless dis
coveries have been made. Portions of col
umns cf magnificent mosaic and marble,
an urn end pictures supposed to date back
to the ninth century, all relating to sacred
subjects, are among the discoveries. The
excavations are being carried on almost
without intermission, and as I write one
is attracting much attention. The work
men are engaged in breaking through sev
eral walls of great antiquity and have
r ached one which prints to a hollow space
inside, which presumably may contain
some especially valuable deposit. Some
learned persons are of the opinion that
this tray be the spot where Pope Leo 111
se:r ted a number of most valuable reliq
uaries containing most precious relics.
These (Lpo=its are alluded to so far back
as A. D. lift), and if they should now Ive
brought to light it would be an astonish
ing discovery.
—The cable dispatches from London tell
of a hoax that has recently been played
upon the trustees of the British Museum,
who include Lord Salisbury, Lord Rose
bery and other eminent persons, says W.
E. Curtis in the Chicago Record. Francis
Douce, a famous antiquary who died in
1834, bequeathed to the museum a sealed
box with instructions that It should not
be opened until the year 1900. Therefore at
the annual meeting of the trustees on the
first of May they were able to gratify their
curiosity, and to their amazement, nfpr
breaking the seal, they found ihe box tilled
with rubbish, upon the top of which was
a sarcastic letter from Francis Douce say
ing that if he had any valuable or in
teresting objects to leave he would irtrus'
them to persons of more intelligence and
taste then the trustees of the Brt'si
Museum. This reminds me of anclh r
hoax that excited all the stamp collfciort
in Europe some time ago. A man \i ho
had one of the largest and most valuable
collections of stamps In the world ill-d,
with a peragraph in his will bequeathing
it to the first person who should he found
to own a genuine example of a certain rare
stamp—l have forgotten what it Was— and
In case no one possessing such a stamp
should appeor within a term of ten yetrs
the entire collection was to go to the Brit
ish Museum. The announcement, which
was widely published, created a gie.it
sensation among stamp fiends, but it tun
ed out that the deceased was the own r of
the only genuine specimen of the stamp
he described In the world. Just what ills
motive was in.making such a stipulation
in hi* will has bfen a question of centre
versy ever since, hut the collrcil'n is now
in the British Museum, and the je pic
in charge of it think that he simply de
sired to stimulate lute.cat in tho stamp
business.
AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS.
TREMENDOUS SALE!
SHEETS, TOWELS, PAJAMAS, MOS
QUITO NETS. ETC.,
C, H. DOHSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell on FRIDAY, June 2, com
mencing at 9 o’clock a. m., at 22 Con
gress, west,
12,000 SHEETS,
6,000 PILLOW CASES,
3,000 MOSQUITO NETS,
6,000 NIGHT SHIRTS,
400 DOZEN TOWELS.
These are all clean goods, many of theta
never used; these laundered only to re
move dirt from storage.
Those unable to be at recent U. S. sale
will now have a chance to supply their
wants.
See further ads. lor articles other than
those named above.
THE U. S. HOSPITAL SITE
FOR SALE.
TWELVE ACRES VALUABLE LAND.
C. H. DOHSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell at the Court House on TUES
DAY, June 6, 2900, during the usual
hours of sale,
Twelve acre* of land near the southern
limits of the city, having a front of nearly
four hundred feet oi White Bluff Road
(nearly the same as Bull street), and a
depth of over thirteen hundred feet east
ward. This property is now known as the
“United States Hospital Site," being that
upon which most of Hospital buildings,
now for sale, are built.
The lease of the government on this land
has been renewed for one year from June
Ist, 1900, but it Is understood that the gov
ernment will have no use for the land,
after the buildings are sold, and will be
glad to give possession to the purchasers.
The land is level and dry, just outside of
the taxable limits, and as soon as the new
car line is built will have the facilities af
forded by two trolley lines.
There is no other land in the direct line
of improvements that can be bought for
“love or money.”
There is no prettier piece of land any
where to he found. What nature failed io
do for its improvement, the United Statzs
has done.
The owner of this land will possess su
perior advantages over all competitors for
the buildings, now for sale, the bulk of
which are on the land. An accurate plat
can be seen, on 'application, which will
show the number and location of the build
ings. No such opportunity has occurred
in years, for the formation of a syndicate
for investment in a property that must
grow with our growth, which will soon be
what land south of Anderson street was a
few years ago. and which is sure* to make
large money for the purchasers.
Terms; Five thousand dollars cash,
balance divided Into five annual payments
with interest at 5 per cent, per annum.
THE FAMOUS JASPER SPRINGS
AT AUCTION.
I. D. LA ROCHE, Auctioneer.
On TUESDAY, the sth day of June, 1900,
at 11 o’clock, before the Court House door
in the city of Savannah, county of Chat
ham and state of Georgia, I will sell to
the highest and best bidder, that beauti
ful property known as Jasper Spring?.
This magnificent property, consisting of
fifty (50) acres of land, more or less, to
gether with all the improvements, viz: a
large three-story* brick dwelling (cost
$8,000). barn, outbuilding, etc., and a nice
dancing pavilion. The place In Its present
condition would make an admirable pleas
ure resort or beer garden. Situated
about one mile west of the City
Exchange, Bay street ex
tended, and offly five (5) minutes’ rids
from the city on the electric cars. High,
dry' and healthy, surrounded by vast im
provements, which are being developed
continually, macadamized streets, electric
cars, nice residences, factories and
wharves. This is Indeed the ideal suburb
of Savannah. The property can be sub
divided into 550 building lots. See map
with auctioneer. This sale offers induce
ments well worthy of consideration. New
railroads entering the city from this sec
tion will require shops, warehouses, yards
and the location is eminently fitted for
manufactories, being so accessible to the
railroads and steamship lines. Jasper
Springs is famous for its historical value.
Sergeant Jasper having captured th#
British soldiers and rescued the American
prisoners at this spring.
AT AUCTION
AT COURT HOUSE, TUESDAY, JUNE
5, VALUABLE RESIDENCE.
Western one-half lot 37, Monterey
Ward, 30 feet front on Gordon street,
depth of 100 feet to lane, together with
improvements. Improvements consist of
that elegant residence known as No. 1*
Gordon street, west, together with valu
able out-buildings. Residence now leased
at 3700.00 per annum; rent secured.
Terms Cash. Loan can be arranged.
JOHN L. ARCHER,
Auctioneer.
AT AUCTION
RESIDENCE 3t3 WALDBIBG, FI-
Before Court House door on first Tues
day in June, being the sth. will sell lot
and Improvements No. 312 Waldburg
street, east. Those desiring homes or good
investment would do well to examine
property.
Terms cash. Loan can be arranged.
JOHN L. ARCHER.
Auctioneer.
AT AUCTION
TUESDAY, JUNE 5, COURT HOUSE.
Fifty acres of splendid high farming
land about six miles from Court House,
near Intersection of Middle Ground road
and Burkhalter road. Sold for purpose or
division, and will be sold as a whole or
in ten-acre sub-division.
Terms cash. Loan enn be arranged.
JOHN L. AJtCHER,