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4 Ct'liJcrawj Dittos Morning News Building. bawniuh, tin. TUESDAY, JUNE) B, HWO, Registered at the Foatoffice In Savannah. The MORNING NEWS le published •very day in the year, and la served to subscribers In the city, or sent by mall, at 70c a month, *I.OO for six months, and JB.CO tor one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mall, sis times a week (without Sunday Issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year. SO.OO. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 Issues a week, Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, *I.OO. Subscriptions payable In advance. Re mit by postal orders, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mall at risk of •endera Transient advertlsments, other than . apodal column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one Inch square in depth— Is the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING NEW'S to either residence or place of business may he made by postal card or through telephone No. HO. Any Irregular ity In delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed "MORNING NEWS," Savannah. oa. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. USDEX 10 HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Savannah Lodge No. 183, B. P. O. Elks; Georgia State Board of Embalm ing. (Special Notices—Still Better, B. H. Levy & Bro.; Cooking Class at the Woman's Exchange; For Quick Desserts, A. M. & C. W. West; Levan's Table d’Hote; The Steamer Santee, in the Yacht Races, Thursday, George C. Schwarz. Business Notices—Harvard Beer, at (John Lyons & Cos.; E. & W. Laundry; The Meat for Warm Day Meals, the S. W. Brandh Company; Your Watch, Hunter & VanKeuren. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Auction Sales—Real Estate, by I. D. La- Roche, Auctioneer; Two Nice Lots, by Robt. H. Tatem, Auctioneer. Brooms—The Antiseptic Brooms. (Legal Sales—City Marshal’s Sales; Chat ham Sheriff's Sale. Legal Notices—Notice of Incorporation of the Real Estate Company of Savan nah. “Whiskies—Duffy's"'Pure"” Malt Whisky; Hunter Baltimore Rye Whisky; Old Crow Whisky. Cuban Water Monkeys—Edward Lovell's Sons. Btoves—Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stoves. ‘‘Aertex’ Cellular Underwear—B. H. Levy & Bro. Medical—S. S. S.; Lydia Pinkham's Veg etable Pills; Horsford's Acid Phosphate; Warner’s Safe Cure; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Castorla; Pond's extract; Coke Dandruff Cure. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personol; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia to-day are for partly cloudy weather, with showers iti northern and westernportions, and variable winds, and for Eastern Florida, fair weather, except showers on the <at coast, and light to fresh southerly winds. The Democats are afraid Senator Han na will not be the chairman of the Re publican National Committee In the ap proaching campaign, and the Republi cans are afraid the Democrats will not make free sliver the leading plank of their platform. It Is possible that the abdication of the Queen Is nearer at hand than most per sons imagine. Her eyes are said to be giving her much trouble, and so poor Is her sight that she can scarcely read at all, even with the aid of powerful glasses. The only writing she does now is to sign her name to official papers. A famous eye doctor has lately been con ■ulted, but he Is able to hold out no hope. The ship subsidy bill will go over to the next session of Congress. Meanwhile all of the American shipyards are work ing up to their capacity building new ves sels, and new steamship lines between American and foreign ports are being es tablished. The Hamburg-American Line is shortly to put on three 6teamers a month from New York to Haytl, Jamaica and Colombia. Does this look as if there Were any need for a subsidy? —♦ ■ The great merchant milliners of New York, who do 90 per cent, of the feather trade, have agreed with the Audubon So cieties—twenty-two strong In twenty-two states—to stop the killing of American birds for their wings. The milliners have agreed not to buy or to have killed any bird that is not suitable for the table, re serving the right to sell such stocks of feathers as they now possess. They agree to use feathers only from game birds, domestic fowls that are used for. food, and ostriches. also agree to a'd in the prosecution of persons who may be caught violating any of the American bird laws. The Vienna Academy of Science’ Is go ing to establish a hall of phonographic archives, In which will be preserve.! word of-mouth records of life at the end of the Nineteenth century for the benefit of posterity. Specimens of all the mod rn languages will be preserved, and dis tinguished men will make stitement* to phonographs of their specialties. Thus Capt. Dreyfus might explain his murtyr dotri lor the benefit of future generations President McKinley might way why a tariff was imposed on the Porto Ricans In defiance of "plain duty," and-Chauncey M. Depew might entertain an after-dinner party In the-year 2090 with a choice as sortment of chestnuts of the season of 1840. THE YACHT R ICR. Lovers of that clean, legitimate, gentle man's sport, yacht racing, look forward to a series of interesting and possibly excit ing contests on Thursday and Friday, and possibly Saturday, also, between yashts representing the Charleston and Savannah yacht clubs. Our visitors are here with a line and swift craft, and an nble crew, de termined to regain the challenge cup which they held so long in their posses sion, and which through their generous courtesy two years ago we were enabled to win. The action of the Charlestonians in loaning us a boat, which won the cup for us, infused new life Into the Sa vannah yachting world, and last year we met them with a craft of out own which handily defeated the Charleston represen tative and left the cup In our hands. Nat urally, our friends, ' the enemy,” were put upon their mettle, and ordered built a yacht which should be able to defeat the Savannah champion. Their new craft, the (Maris, Is now here, ready for the fray. The spirit cf friendly rivalry Is strong; and not only Is It felt among the yachts men, but the public of the two cities have become Imbued with it. Especially Is this true of Charleston, which has always been fond of aquatic sports. In that city it Is said one can hardly hear anything else on the streets, in the clubs and even In the homes, but yachting talk. The person who Is not In a position to discuss club top sails, flying jibs, close-hauled mainsails, toppin' lifts, gaffs, and other nautical matters, receives but small attention In Charleston these days, and Is seldom In vited to splice the main brace. Of course thf! loyal Charlestonians are all “rooters’’ for the Marls. Several hundred of them will attend the races, hoping to see their fond hopes of a clean-cut victory realized. Our friends have got a boat worth whooping for, and we are gjad they are doing It. Their enthusiasm will warm ours up. We, too, have got a good boat. She Is not quite as big as her rival, but the time allowance will even that up. And smart! There isn’t anything smarter in Southern waters. Her record shows that. With skillful handling—which she will cer tainly get—there does not appear to be any reason why she should not give the Charleston boat all that she is looking for, and maybe a little more. The probabili ties are that the speed of the boats is about equal, considering time allowance, and that the contest will hinge upon the skill of the crews. That being true, Sa vannah has nothing to fear of the out come. We raise as good sailors here as they do In Charleston. Meanwhile, we bid the visiting craft and crew a hearty welcome and say, "May the better outfit win!” THE COTTON ACREAGE. If the estimates made by the correspond ents of Latham, Alexander & Cos. ore ap proximately correct, the increase in the cotton acreage is not nearly as large as it has been thought to be. That firm sent to its correspondents in the cotton states inquiries as to the increase. It sent 4,300 letters, and up to Moy 24 had received 2,577 replies. These showed the greatest increase lo be in Florida, an increase of 17 per dent., and the least in Texas, an increase of 2 per cent. Reports from all of the cotton states slmwed the total increase of the cotton acreage to be 5.4 per cent., or 1,222,- 574 acres. The inquiries further stated that the planting in all of the states was late, the average being about fifteen days later than last year. Unless the season should be an excep tionally good one the Increase In the acre age would not result in such an Increase of the crop as to materially affect the price of cotton. No doubt there will lie efforts to lower the price all through the season by those who are in the service of the spinners, particularly the European spin ners. (Such efforts are made every season. They were made last season, and misled the European spinner* to such an extent that the}’ refused to buy cotton until they became alarmed by the steady advance in the price. B’inally, they found out that the crop was actually a short one, and that It would have to be brought promptly to ovoid paying a price that would make It difficult to compete successfully with spinners who wisely bought early in the season. The cotton planters would have shown greater wisdom if they had not Increased their adreage. A crop of the size of the one of the present season brings them more money than a crop two or three millions of bales larger. And It costs less to raise and handle a small crop than a large one. If the cotton farmers would cut down their cotton acreage a fourth, and bring their land up to a high degree of fertility, they would make a great deal more money than they do. What ts wanted here in the South Is in tensive farming. The farmer who raises a bale or a bale and a half of cotton on an acre, gets ahead In the 'world much faster than the one Who makes a bale on three acres, and yet on most land, it Is possible to raise a bale to the acre. The quantity per acre depends largely upon fertilization and cultivation. The planter who plants more acres than he can prop erly fertilize and cultivate usually finds himself in debt at the end of the year. How difficult It Is to get the better of the trusts has been freshly Illustrated in Texas. That state has a stringent anti trust law, under which a few months ago a suit was brought against the Waters- Ptcrce Oil Company. The court declared that under the law the company was a trust, and issued its Injunction perpetually enjoining the Waters-Pierce Oil Company from doing business In that state. In obedience to the letter of the law the company was dissolved, and anew com pany, composed of identically the same persons, with the same officers, having , the same properly and doing precisely the same sort of business, was organized. As a matter of fact the new company Is mere ly a continuation of the old one under a new charter. And the new company has been Issued a permit to do business In Texas by the Secretary of State. In order to restrain the new company another cost ly prosecution would hove to be begun and carried out, with the probabilities In favor of another reorganization In the event of a second adverso verdict. It is a very easy matter to "control or destroy" the trusts In a speech or on paper, hut It is an extremely hard matter to do either in THE MOIIMNG NEWS: TUESDAY; JUNE 5. 1900. THE CEMETERY' QUESTION. It is evident that there Is a great deal of opposition to the purchase of the Gar rard tract for a cemetery site. This op position la due mainly to the belief that It Is not suitable for cemetery purposes. The Morning News has pointed out many times, during the years the new cemetery question has been under discussion, the objections to It. These objections were reiterated by Aldermen Tiedeman and Wells, and by a number of citizens, In In terviews published last Sunday. The land Is not easily reached. It Is a long wpy from the heart of the city, and there is no street railway leading So it. It is too far away <o be visited by’ women and children, except In carriages, and the percentage of those who are nble to hire carriages Is very small. Even men would hesitate a long time before undertaking to walk there, except when the weather was exceptionally fine. But, as Alderman Wells points out, the great majority of those who visit the cemeteries are women and children. They are the ones who are particularly Interested In caring for the graves. That fact should be taken Into consideration In selecting a site for anew cemetery. The location Is not one that Is Inviting to women. It Is in a lonely part of Hie county. Very few white people live In Its vicinity. The residents of the neigh borhood are mostly negroes. For that reason women would hesitate to go there as freely ns they now visit Laurel Grove, Bonaventure and the Catholic cemeteries. It Is true that a good road leads to it, but it is not a road on which there Is a great deal of travel. Much of the land, as pointed out by Alderman Tiedeman, Is low ground, In which water Is found near the surface. It Is a question whether the low parts of the tract can ever be so drained as to make them available for cemetery purposes. The cost of Improving the land would be very great. It has been estimated to be at least SIOO,OOO, and it might be double that amount. If any citizen desires to satisfy himself as to whether the land In question Is suitable for cemetery pur poses he can do so by driving along a new road which the County Commission ers have had constructed through It. The Morning News has opposed the pur chase of this land because it has been sat isfied all along that it Is not what Is wanted by the city for a cemetery. If the land could be reached easily, and quickly, and at small expense, and were in other respects suitable, there would be comparatively little, If any, opposition to Its purchase. The objections to It are so strong, however, that the Council ought to hesitate a long time before even thinking seriously of closing a contract for It. Asa matter of fact the necessity for a new cemetery Is not so very urgent. There Is still considerable land at Laurel Grove, and a large percentage of the iriterments now Is at Bonaventure and Catholic Cem etery. There is plenty of time for the city to secure a more accessible and de sirable site nearer the city. A mistake In connection with this cem etery matter would be a costly one. If the site should not prove to be satisfac tory, the city would not be able to sell lots. The money spent for the land and improvements would, In that case, be practically wasted. Before taking action, therefore, in this Important matter the Council ought to be sure that what it proposes to do has the approval of the great majority of the people of the city. THE FLORIDA GOVERNORSHIP. The approaching State convention of the Democratic party in Florida promises to be one of the most Interesting that has been held in that state for a long time. And it is by no means certain whet the outcome of the contest for the guberna torial nomination will be. Each of the candidates has a very devoted following. The indications are that there will have to bo quite a number of ballots before any one of the candidates will be willing to retire. It would not be surprising if the contest should be a prolonged one. Some of the delegates have expressed the opinion that the convention will find It self unable to make a gubernatorial nomination. This, however,, is an ex treme view. It is hardly probable that the delegates will go back to their con stituents without performing the duly for which they were chosen. The candidate having the smallest number of votes will be dropped after each ballot, if necessary, until only two remain, and then the con vention will make a nomination, In all probability, without much trouble. It Is by no means certain that the gubernatorial candidate who has the most pledged delegates will be the nominee. Opinions differ widely as to who the nomi nee will be. In one part the state a different opinion is held from that enter tained in another part. This means, of course, that the friends of the various can didates are doing very earnest work for their favorites. One thing is admitted, and that is that there is very good ma terial from which to make a nomination. If any one of the candidates Is chosen, Florida is certain to have a good gov ernor. Menelik, Negus of Abyssinia, has pro hlbted the importation or use of tobacco within his dominion. Old Menelik, it is said, likes to be considered a father to his people, and therefore ho never permits the introduc'tion of any innovation until he has tested its merits himself. One day he saw some English tourists puffing con tentedly at their tobacco pipes. Thinking possibly smoking might be a good thing for his subjects, as the Englishmen ap peared to enjoy it, he borrowed a pipe and had it filled with strong, black tobacco. For ten minutes, or such a matter, he pull ed at the pipe faithfully, when It fell from his nerveless grasp and the old sovereign felt that he would be better dead. Upon his recovery from the nausea he issued a proclamation forever prohibiting tobacco. There was only slight falling off in the number of new cotton mills projected in the South during the month of May. The new Spindles announced amounted to 100,- 000, suggesting an investment of approx imately $2,000,000. One striking fact of the month’s mill news is that seven es tablished companies have decided upon erecting additions, entirely new mills, whose spindles will nggregate 58,400. This Indicates whether or not the larger mills I are finding business profitable. It is a little singular that abaut the only mention of the name cf Beveridge that has been made In the papers recent ly occurred in a Manila cable, saying that copies of the Senator's speech had been found In the saddlebags of a Filipino offi cer, supposed to have been Aguinaldo, who was killed or seriously wounded by Maj. March’s men. Beveridge, by the way, appears to have been one of those lights that failed. When he first entered the Senate great things were predicted of him by his friends. II was Intimated that by his eloquence and erudition he might be expected to take not only the Senate but the country by storm. There were those who looked forward to him as a vice presidential possibility, if, indeed, he did not put himself Into the line of pro motion as the successor to McKinley. But Beveridge encountered Senator Hanna some time back, and the great boss put his extinguisher upon him; therefore, the young Demosthenes from Indiana lan guishes In obscurity. Another old custom has been revived In New Jersey. It is the adorning with a coat of tar and feathers of an objection able member of t'he neighborhood. Many years ego tar and feathers as a punish ment by the mob were quite common, and generally were accompanied by riding on a rail. Of late years, however, the mob has usually not been content with any thing so mild. Flogging, shooting ar.d hanging have been the vogue. It Is inter esting, therefore, to note that New Jersey has revived the old practice of larring and feathering men who beat their wives. The sign is hopeful. Maybe after a while we will get to the place where Infrac tions of the law will be dealt with by th. law. From the lynch noose to tar and feathers is a slight step In that direction. In New York state a man has been sent to an Insane asylum because he thought he could furnish power to machinery by snapping his fingers. In Philadelphia some years ago there was a man who claimed he could start and run machinery with sympathetic waves from a violin string. The Philadelphians did not send him to an asylum. They subscribed thousands and thousands of dollars to a company which he got up, and kept him In luxury for many years. His name was Keeley. PERSONAL. —The Democracy of McLean, county Is preparing to launch the boom of ex-Vlce President Adlal E. Stevenson for Gov ernor of Illinois. —Goodman King, of St. Louis, a member of the Missouri Commission to the Paris Exposition, has accepted an invitation to serve as one of the Exposition Judges of awards. He will sail from New York on June 7. —ln 1842 a signed portrait of Cowley, the authdr, by Lely, was sold to Sir. Robert Peel for ten guineas. At the recent sale of the Drayton Manor collection (his same picture brought £7(18, the bidding having started at 20 guineas. —The Rev. L. L. Conrardy, M. D., who lived for eight years among the lepers of the Hawaiian Islands, sailed yesterday for Rome. He has been visiting in Philadel tfhfa. Dr. Conrardy served with Father Damien and took up his work when he died. “—Frederick Washington Atkinson, prin cipal of the High School at Springfield, Mass., is studying the methods of the in dustrial schools of the South preparatory to taking up his new duties as the first American Superintendent of Public In struction in the* Philippines. —At the annual commencement of Co lumbian University, Washington, on May 3, the degree of LL. D. was conferred up on Commander Richard Walnwright. Sup erintendent of the Naval Academy, Com mander Walnwright delivered the address to the graduates of the university. BRIGHT BITS. —Benevolent Lady—"Y'ou say you have a Beggar—“l'm all alone. My boys are at wife and six children? Where are they?” Harvard, my girls are at Vassar, and* my wife is in Paris visiting the exposition.”— Judge. —Mrs. Gallagher—”An’ phwat’s Ol do at all, Molke? This machine only goes up to fifteen shtone, an’ Oi’m sixteen shtone if Oi’m an ounce.” Gallagher—" Get on twoice. Bridget, an’ add up th’ totals.”— Glasgow Evening Times. —A Falling Out.—"And why did you leave your last place?” "Cook an’ me had a failin’ out, mem.” “I don’t see why you should leave for a little thing like that.” "But we fell out o’ th’ third-story window, mem.”—Cleveland Plain-Dealer. —Rroof.—“Did you soy that Trusts were the means of raising wages?” “Certain ly,” answered Senator Sorghum; ”1 know the president of a combination who has raised his salary four times in the last two years.”—Washington Star. —Brown—“That Is a beautiful medal, Smith has.” Jones—”Y'es; that Is for beating the bi cycle record.” Brown—“ What Is his record?" Jones—“ Ran over seventeen men In a week.”—Harlem Life. i* ii CURRENT COMMENT. The Indianapolis News (Dem.), says: "On the general strike question we think It is coming to be felt more and more that the parties to it must settle their controversies without inconvenience to the public. A few years ago only two parties were considered—the strikers and their employers. Now, as we have said, it is recognized that the people generally have rights, especially when the Industry af fected Is of a quasi public character." The Mobile Register (Dem.), says; "Some Louisiana politicians propose the repeal of the clause of the constitution of the state requiring the payment of poll tax as a prerequisite for voting in that state. It is said the object is to get the negro back into politics; that the negro is useful; he can be voted or counted if the poll tax is lifted; and the politicians have need of hlnV’ The Hartford Times (Dem.), says: ‘ Dur government ts going to have a difficulty about church property to solve In Cuba as well as In Luzon. Much controversy is feared, A Havana letter says that Bishop Sharrcttl has told General Wood that he estimates the value of this property at $35,000,000, but Secretary Tomayo claims that the State really owned much of the property claimed by the Bishop.” The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.), says: “The Republican party may believe in anti-trust legislation, but anybody who doesn’t see lhal it is opposed to applying such legislation to the suppression of monopolies must bo singularly obtuse.” Being Polite, Does It pay to be polite In this day and generation? My dear old friend, Mr. John. A. Morris, of blessed memory, never inter fered with a laboring man on land or sea, but mode way at all times for (he worker, says Victor Smith in the New York Press. His instructions, for ex ample, to the captain of his steam yacht, the Cora, were: Charlie, we are on picas* ure bent; don’t demand any right of way. but give these working folk plenty of room. Get out of their path If you have to steam around Manhattan Island.” This spirit of courtesy nearly cost him his life and the loss of his yacht one day, when the boom of a lighter swept the Cora’s deck clean. Yesterday I hopped off the sidewalk into the gutter to make way a hard-working, honest-fisted son of toll who was struggling with a heavy box of goods. Instead of appreciating my i*>- liteness and consideration he fell upon me with his filth and seriously eoiled my clothes by the contact. "My dear fellow.” I exclaimed. "I am trying to help you.” “Help and be damned,” he replied; "why don't you go on about your business^” Royal Denier In filaiuondi. Few folk are aware that the German Emperor Is the owner of some profitable diamond mines in German Southwest Af rica, says the Golden Penny. Here is an Interesting incident anent the splendid black and white gems which have recently been brought from those mines. The first parcel of precious stones reached the Kai ser last autumn, and he turned the choice contents of it out on to his library table. Then he sent a message to his lady rela tives. whom he invited to come and see “a little surprise” he had In store for them, but without giving them any hint as to Its character. The ladles arrived, gazed at the miniature m%und of costly gems, turned them over carelessly a few times, and appeared someVhet surprised. “Why have you sent for us to look at such trifles as these?” asked one of the sistVrs, evidently ignorant as to the In trinsic value of the "trifles” she toyed with. "These are some of the choicest black and white diamonds from my own mines at Barsebaland, and the handful you now hold is worth at least £15,000,” replied her royal brother. Then he smilingly added: "Now, as you have been handling my diamonds, you must go irtto my ‘search ing-room,’ according to the rule which governs all who enter my mines or stores.” After which explanation the ladles evinced a sincere and enthusiastic! Interest In the shining heaps which they had ig nored. Swimming In Great Salt take. Robert Bridges of Boston, yesterday at the Hotel Manhattan told of an experience he had onbe Ira the Great Salt Lake of Utah, says the New York Tribune. ”1 was staying at Salt Lake City with some friends,” said Mr. Bridges, “and one day they Invited me to go out to Garfield Beach for a swim. After checking our valuables and, donning our bathing clothes we assembled in the Pavilion ard made our way to the water: Up and down (he sides of the inclosed space were run ways leading to the water, ard at each' was a card showing (he depth of the water at that particular point. What depth will you go into?’ asked my friend, and being a six-footer and a guillion also, as It turned out, I chose five and a half feet and turned off at that passage. At the end of the run way steps lead down Into the water, and when I was In waist deep I -started off with vigorous strokes, Intending to swim up and Join my friends. Never was man treated to a greater surprise. I lay on top of the water, and as I could get neither feet nor hands down It was with great difficulty that I made even the few feet In the landing stairs. Once there I hastened to rejoin my party, only to be greeted with derisive jeers and inquiries as to how I enjoyed my swim. It is great fun, though, for you can lie on your back and smoke or read as comfortably as when in your bed, and it Is exhilarating also. The only way to propel yourself is to lie on your back and paddle with youf hands. Any other mosje of swimming fa!l=. We waded out and found that at about four and a half to five feet we could not keep our feet down.” Tile Doctrine of Despair. From the Denver Daily News. I’ve heard—who has not?—the disciples of death, Who preach from the gospel of gloom; Who argue that Jife Is a dust and a breath And ends with the door of a tomb; Who find in their ultra-material scheme No place for a whence and a hence; Who figure that God is a myth and a dream, Because undlscerned by the sense; And often I’ve thought as I’ve heard them declaim, If what they predict should befall. If this little world be the end of the game, That what is the good of it all? ‘Tis progress, you say? ’Tis the bringing to birth Of our kind? ’Tis transmission of lore? But what will It be when this dying, old earth And our human race are no more? Are all of our struggles and dreams to achieve No goal but In ashes and dross? Where, goes our experience? Can you conceive A universe ending in loss? If love, aspiration, the lessons we learn, Our hope and our wisdom must fall, If these treasures die in the coffitA or urn. Then what Is the good of It all? Are those that we love, who have van ished from sight, The child or the wife we adore, The mother, the sweetheart, who’ve passed through the night To meet us and greet us no more? Away with this soulless, illogical creed, This damnable dogma of doubt, That gives to the torn heart of solace In need A quibble, a sneer, or a flout. If life and the blessings It brings to our view Must end with the shroud and the pall— The loving and beautiful,--nobleand true— Then what is the good of it all? The mind of the human is filled with a dream Of life In some fair by and by. It is not a part of the Infinite scheme To place In our spirits a lie. The poets, philosophers, sages and seers Have told us the glory to be; A strain of sweet music floats over the years. That’s wafted from far Galilee. And added to these is the voice of the soul That speaks from the Silence its call. Assuring us itfe while the ages shall roll; And this Is the good of It all. I’d far rather have the sweet faith of a child. The open-eyed wonder of youth, With reason unwarped and with mind un defiled. Believing in goodness and truth. With visions of splendor enchanting and rare And learned in the lore of a dream, That versed in the modern cult of despair, The science of things as they seem. I’d far rather trust in the ultimate right Than build up my doubts ns a wall To shut from’my sight that fair kingdom of light. Revealing the good of Hall. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —Burglars who represented themselves as church officials stole all the movable property In a Denver church recently oni pawned It, asserting that they were en gaged In raising funds to defray expenses of their religious organizations. —lrrigation is of the utmost importance In Persia, as cultivation depends upon it, and water is extremely dear. It has been suggested that artesian well manufactur ers might find an excellent opening once that the success of these wells was as sured. —A German statistician has estimated that beneath every square mile of e-.a there are about 120,000,C00 fish. There a:e occasions, however, when It would be dif ficult to convince deep sea. fishermen that the calculator’s figures are within 119,- 999,999 of being correct. —An undertaking establishment In Chicago offers to conduct funerals on the Installment plan. It Issues policies which amount to SSO when paid up, and which entitle the holders or members of their families to a decent burial when such per sons may require post-mortem offices. —The common German hen lays about 500 or 600 eggs in ten years. In the first year the number is only from ten to twenty; in the second, third and fourth years fropi 100 to 135 each, and thereafter it rapidly diminishes. In the tenth year the ordinary hen lays but ten to twelve eggs. —A recent rearrangement of the ex hibits In the Agricultural Museum of the University of Illinois brought to light an old ox yoke made by Abraham Lincoln, which was presented to the Institution In 1871. By order of President Draper the yoke has been Inclosed in a gliss case the framework of which was made of boards from the old Lincoln home at Springfield, 111. —Latest accounts from Samoa state that Malietoa, who was declared to be king of Samoa by Chief Justice Cham bers, has asked for a Europ an education. His request was forwarded by Consul- General Osborn, now at Apia, to Secre tary of State Hay, who has approved It, and has suggested in a note to Germany and Great Britain that the three Powers pay the expenses cf the young man while he attends a school In Europe. —At a recent dinner in London the Prince of Wales Inaugurated a custom which may become popular at large pub lic dinners where the guests are so num erous that they can scarcely recognize each other. With his coffee and cigars the prince's special attendant brought him a huge pair of field glasses, with which he carefully scrutinized the long tables and the galaxy of bejeweled wo men who filled the balconies in ofder to hear the speeches. —ln the Paris salon of 1900 the jury has awarded the first medal to M. D. Despra delles of Boston, professor of architecture and design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The subject of M. Des pradelles’ design is of especial interest to Americans, being a monument "dedicated to the glory of the American nation,” and it is said to be a grandeur of conception and of a daring in execution almost un paralleled. Its tide, "The Beacon of Pro gress," indicates the character of the com position, the height of which is enormous. The award of the first medal crowns a labor of almost six years. —A Norwegian vessel has just brought to Philadelphia a load of purple ore taken from the site of the ancient city of Tel messus, in Asia Minor. The boat was lfladed at Maori, or Makree, a smell port near th site of Telmessus and about fifty miles from Rhodes. The cargo, which will be used In the manufacture of paint, was dug from the great amphitheater of Tel messus, which historians say had a seat ing capacity of 20,000 persons. A volcanic eruption destroyed the ancient city, and it is said that the earth in the vicinity was transformed into a mass of ore, for which there is now a demand from all parts of the world. —Muzaffer-ed-Din Mlrza, the Shah of Persia, who is making a tour of Europe, will arrive in London about July 2, and is to be the guest of the Queen at Buck ingham palace. Many stories are told of his predecessor's memorable stay in Eng land. While on a visit to Newgate prison he expressed a d-slre to see an execution. He was courteously informed that at that time there was no one under sentence. The Shah swept away these trifling ob jections with a wave of his hand. "Take one of my suite," said he; “any one will do.” And he was woefully disappointed because the offlc'als on the spot declined to comply with his request. —An interesting exhibit prepared for the Paris Exposition is a complete set of bed hangings manufactured in Madagascar from silk secured from the halabe, an enormous spider found in certain districis of the island. Aside from being so un usual, this exhibit seems to indicate that there is a future for silk manufactured from spider's web. The matter has re ceived the attention of M. Nogue, the head of the Antananarivo Technical School, who has already achieved wonderful re sults. Each spider yields from 300 to 400 yahds of silk, which can be taken from the animal every ten days, it being set free In the interval. The silk of these spiders is stated to be finer than that of the silkworm and of an extraordinary gold en color. It Is extremely tenacious and can be woven without the slightest diffi culty. —A Kensington dentist, who is likewise a pillar of the church, consulted the sdrlptures some time ago in search of a suitable passage to advertise his business, says the Philadelphia Record, and came across the following from the Song of Solomon vi. 6: “Thy teeth are as a flock, of sheep that go up from the washing, whereof every one bearerh twins, and there is not one barren among them." This quotation he emblazoned on his sign, and when his pastor remonstrated with hirti the dentist explained that the lines were applicable, as the teeth he referred to were “sheep teeth,” or the first teeth that grow in a child’s mouth, every one of which is succeeded by two other teeth of ihe second growth. The dentist is au thority for the statement that there are only two other references to teeth In the Bible. —Twenty-five years ago, says the New York Press, no responsible engineer on any division of railroad In the United States, no master of transportation, no general manager, would recommend the substitution of steel freight cars for the old familiar wooden ones. The capacity of a wooden car was about 20,000 pounds, and when it. was wrecked 14 went into smithereens. The wrecking crews liked it because It could be thrown in the ditch and burnetj. The steel car in a wreck was • a frightful thing to handle. Bars and beams, rods and braces, became so entan gled that 10 clear them away was a tre mendous labor, tedious and expensive But now, prejudice having yielded to com mon sense and economy, the demand for steel cars is so large that the great man ufactory in Pittsburg cannot meet It run ning overtime. The capacity of such a vehicle as the Schoen car is anywhere from 60,000 to 80,000 pounds. Its life Is about thirty years, as against fifteen for the wooden car, and Its cost Is much less In proportion 4o its carding capacity It Is the car of the future. ; Triumph of Worth. jWTY| The very hearty re “ and ceptlon accorded to ijrayupßa Pure Rye Whiskey l&UßiMjfjifgH Is Indisputable in dorsetnent of its excellent quality. L U L ray Hill C,Ub Goods sold at a rea sonable price—a pre-eminent whiskey wdthout a rival. It is listed by all the leading Clubs, and served at the most exclusive functions. Sold by first-class dealers everywhere. JOS.A.MAGNUS&CO, CINCINNATI, OHIO. SUMMER RESORTS. IKld Street unit Muilinon Avenue NEW YORK CITY. Up to Date, Strictly Fireproof, Family Apartment Hotel. Three minutes from and overlooking Central Park, situated on the highest point In the city. This hotel is specially attractive to parties visiting New York for the summer months. 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