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4 §JI)c lUofniitg Horning wa Building barinnab, 0\ Tl E*D IV. Jl>El2, lfMW>. Registered at tb* Foatofflca la Savannah. The MORNING NEWS It published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers In the city, or sent by mall, at 70c a month, J.OO tor six* months, and fra. © for one year The MORNING NEWS, by mall, sis times a week (without Sunday issue). tb.ee months, 51. j0. six months 52 00, one year. 54.00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week Monday and .Thursday, by ma:l. one year. 5: 00. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by (postal orders, check or roistered letter. Currency sent by mall at nik ct senders. Transient othar than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column. 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type-equal to cne inch square in depth— is the stan lard of measurement Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business oflice. Orders for delivery of the MORNING NEWS to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed MORNING NEWB," Savannah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row. New v ork city. H C. Faulkner. Manager. WDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting—Ancient Landmark Idge No. 231, F. and A. M. Special Notices—Tax Returns. 1900, John R. Dillon, Receiver Tax Returns, C. C.; Biscuits and Crackers. A. M. A C. W. West; Dr. Elliott Has Returned; Cooking Class at Woman's Exchange; Notice to City Court Jurors; Malt Mead, P. Man ning; Levan’s Table d’Hote. Business Notices—Harvard Beer. Henry Ambos, TliunderboU; E. & W. Laundry; Goffer* Connoisseurs, h* •£ W. Branch Company; You Don’t Take It for Grant ed. Hunt* r & Van Keuren. Cigars—Tom Keene Cigars, J. Pinkus sohn Cos. Legal Soles—City Marshal’s Sale. Sumnv r Resorts—Beach House, Girt. N. J.; The Ashton Hotel, New York City; To Those Intereted in Winchester, Va.; New Hotel Bellevue, Boston, Mass.; Commer :al Hotpl. Lind of the Sky, Sa luda. N. C. Legal Notices—Application for Incor poration. “Antiseptic Broom Company.’* Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Whiskeys—Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey; Hunter Baltimore Rye Whiskey; Old Crow Rye Whiskey. Stoves—Wickleas Blue Flame Oil Stoves Salt—The Favorite Table Salt. Railroad Schedule—Southern Railway. Financial—F. A. Rogers & Cos. Medical—Warner's Safe Cure ; S. S. S.; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Coke Dandruff Cure; Lydia Pink ham’a Vegetable Pills; Caseoria, Bar-Ben; Bradford’s Female Regulator. Cheap Colqmn Advertisements—Help Wanted. Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous The Wen flier. Ths indications for Georgia to-day arc fhowcr.x, with light to fresh easterly wind.', and for Eastern Florida local rain*, with fresh east to aoutheost winds. Young Mr. Hay, our consul at Pretoria, ms to Ik a wisp off the old Mack. Th*; Neely extradition bill has been passed and signed, but Neely Is still In the United Plates. James K. Keene, one of the shrewdest men In Wall atre* t, is understood to have bet $25,0C ) that Bryan will be elected. Ac cording to the story, he received odds of 10 10 7. The demand for i* miles and ntckles in the circulation is said to be unprece dented. Thi- is taken to indicate great activity in business. During the calen dar year 1899 the oinage of nickles reach ed $1,301,451, while the pennies coined In the same tim* amounted to $536,000. The Dowager Empress of China seem* to be something of a Nero In skirt*, or possibly trousers, since she is Chinese. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and the Dowager Empress amuses herself with theatricals wl. > the Boxer* are knock ing down the props which hold up the throne of the Chinese Empire. Gov Stephens *ay* he will call out the Missouri militia to compel order in St. Louis only as a last resort. It would be interesting to know what he calls a last resort. Alrr *Jv there has been <*>n tlnued rioting and murder, w'hich the po lice and the posse cocnitatus are power lees to suppress. Can It be that the Gov ernor is waiting for something still worse? Mrs. Jonus Brown Potter, the actress, who wa> divorced from her husband a few days ago, refuse* to confirm or deny the report that she is to he married to Trrl Kitchener. Mrs. Potter is too good an advertiser not to appreciate how much benefit the box office will derive from a coupling of her name and Kitchener's Just at this time, therefore she declines to set the story ai rest one way or the other. The Paris correspondent of the New York World say* that about the only scandalous thing he has been able to dis cover in connection with Commissiioner Peck s management of the American sec tion of the Paris Exposition Is the fact that politician* at home have forced on Mr. P ck a number of favorites as clerks *' S3O per week who were never able to ♦am more than sls per week in the United fit at* > Mb - Mary Kingsley, daughter of Charier Klngrlev, the writer, hoi been a nurse with the British troops In South AfrL dnee the rfginning of the war until last we*k. when she tiled of a fever contract ed while In the discharge of her duties. Shortly before her <)>aih she made the request that she t>e hurled at sea. Her fondness for the ocean amounted to quite a passion, and she desired that her final sleep should be within Us liosom. When the faithful nurse died, therefore, * torpedo tout took the body fiom < ape Town seven miles to sta, where with military honors and in the presence of at my and navy officers, It was consigned to the deep Jl DCSE TIFT?* T\?*K. It is evident from our dispatches from Manila that the Taft Ccmmission has a very difficult task to perform Relying upon the statements made by Gen. Otis, the commission evidently thought ’her would be no grvat difficulty in providing the Philippines with civil gov inrr.e: t It finds obstacles :n is way tnist seem al most Insurmountable Gen Otis, in Roches'#r. New Ycrk is giving out interviews to the effe i that th'* war in the Philippines is over Gen MacArthur. who is n a position to know the actual situation, loes not think ihe war is over by any means On the on trary he arid some of his officers an- of the orinicn that it will 'ak- %ea to wholly crush the Insurrection unless much more energe’i measures for put ting an end to it ar adopted At pres ent an Ameri an cannot venture far away from the tears which ate garri soned Even the cjuntr; in th*- vicinity of Manila is practically in the hands of insurgents—that is, it is not safe for Americans to venture far from the city's limits without a guard of soldiers. The difficulty in establishing local gov ernments for the towns and provinces is in finding loyal natives to till the offices. It is admitted that about all of the natives are treacherous They make promises ar.d Immediately break them. And then it is about impossible to get honest officials. It is said that even the* Judges appointed by Gen Otis appropri ate to their own us- about all cf the money that com'B into their hands With such material to work with it is easy to see that the difficulties in the way of establishing lecal governments are enor mous, and that it is 1 y no means certain that natives can, in a generation be so trained as to make self-gc vernm* nt a success. We have heard a good and al recently j about the willingness cf th'- leading Fili pino* to accept American ruF It s- ems they are net willing to do anything of the kind. They have told the Taft Com mission that If permitted to manage th'lr own affairs they would submit to an American protectorate In other words, for freeing them from the yoke- of E’paln they are willing that we shall continue to protect them against other nati ns In terfering in their affairs. And what wmuld we* get for the expense of protect ing them? Absolutely ncthing. It is becomirg apparent that if it is the. pol’cy of this country to retain the Phil ippine?! the only thing to be done is to deal with the Filipinos with a much firm er hand than we have yet. They will have to be made to understand that it is our purpose to be masters. Until that is done things will drag along pretty much as they are dragging along now. And it will cost the lives of more of our soldiers and the lives of more Flli.oinos and vastly more money t > continue the present conservative pol cy tl an to send men enough to the Islands at cnc* to bring the insurgents to terms and make,, them respect our authority. The taking ' of the islands was a mistake Having them, however, we should show ourselves masters of the situation cr turn the islands over to th< Filipinos and lot them manage 'he r own affairs. HOIIH lit ||,T HO ITS. Commodore Starr of the Savannah Yacht C lub has the right idea alout yacht rac ing. There is nothing in suJh a rice as that between the Maris end the Dragoon to commend itself to our people. Both boats were built at the North. The in terest in the race therefore was largely confined to the few who owned them and sailed thenk If one had been built in t harleston and the other in Savannah the city in which the winning boat was built would have shored in the glory of the vic tory. Besides, boat builders in ouch city would have l>een given employment and encouraged to persevere in developing a ship building Interest. There Is no doubt that boats having fine models and possess ing excellent qualities can l>e built in either city. The proof of this Is seen In the hundreds of small craft on our In land waters. The oyster and terrapin schooners and the small trading vessel.- that arc seen on the rivers, sounds and estuaries of the two states show what our boat builders <an do. Let those cittizens of Charleston and Savannah who wish to promote yacht ing to cur beat builder's with th‘ lr id a-. Lot us have one or more home-built boats from eaJh city for our next regatta. Then the contest will in reality be between Charleston and Savannah, and the result of U will contribute to the material de velopment and benefit of both cities. i “THE WISEST UOI USE.” Speaking of the platform to be adopter] at Kansas City, Col. Lester was quoted as saying in an interview published on Sunday, that perhaps the “wisest course" In dealing with the money question would be to simply declare the adherence of the Democratic party to bimetallism. If. as Is genemlly believed to be the case, the Democratic party must carry Nc w York in order to elect their ticket, as little prom inence as possible should lie given to sil ver. There is no question but that New York is against the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of lt to 1, or any other ratio. Ex-Senator Hill under stands this very well, and that Is the rea son no doubt that he had all reference to silver kept out of the platform adopted by the New York DemoJrats. It Is a question whether there Is as strong a sentiment throughout the country now In favor of silver as there was in 189 t?. On this point Col. Lester is quoted in his •interview as saying that the pro duction of gold has Increased so greatly that It ig evident that the supply of either gold or sliver alone would be sufficient for the transaction of the world’s busi ness. The output of gold has been , nor mous during the last few years The average annual output of both g ‘id and sliver for the quarter of a century, from 1873 to 1698, wa* about $271.n0 loom. The out put of gold alone in 1898 wus $257,m00,000. In 1899 it was $352,000,000 and It ir estimate! that this year It will reach SIOO,O 0,000. With such a remarkable increase in ihc annual yield of gold it Is pot at nil re markable that there should be a marked !•* ••lino in the sentiment in favor sil ver. The papers continue o print sLub of the trouble.- <.f census enumerators with people Who object to the questions < k* <l. It is safe to siiy, however, thm th ir:f !- Itgent and lawful enumerators me not having any trouble. The answers to many of the questions are so obvious that it Is not necessary to propound them at all. Ordinarily the question of race nutfwer* itsalf. nnd it would be foolish to ask a b udlng ■ hlsen If he could rend and write. 1. L ih Ignorant and the officious ' cenpu* men who get into trouble THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JUNE 12. 1000. I fIH-REA(HIIG (OHfIOVKRM. It looks as if the Sumpson-Sehley con troversy would play a part In the selec tion of u Republican candidate for Vice President. It i- known that many of the leading Republicans think that Mr. Long, the S re ar., of the Navy, would be the strongest candela-e their party could nominate for that office. Mr. Long lias .said that Wiide he did not seek the nomi nation. he would accept it if it were of fered to him. % It seems, however, that the opinion Is held by other Republican leaders that the nothfhtriion of Mr. Long would be the \ve ikc.-t that could b* made on account of lib connection with the Sampson-Schley controversy. The Times-Herald of Chi cago, for in.-; a nee, says; “Hew cun the Republicans best help the Demo.ruts to carry New York and one other of the s ate* named? “By nominating John D. Long for Vice Presidin'’. That would inject the Samp son-Schley issue into the controversy and present Maryland to Bryan on a 16 to 1 silver salver. That it would also go far to help hm to the thirty-six electoral vote* of New York is the belief of all th*se who remember the difference in New York's greeting of Admirals Schley and Sampson a* the Dewey reception lust fall.” It is a fact that the people of both Maryland and New Yorw have a very sarong admiration for Admiral Schley. In Maryland it is considered almbst a sin to take s.des against him in the Sumpson- Schley controversy. It will be recalled tha: at the Dewey reception in New York city the honor paid to Admiral Schley was almost as great as that paid to Ad miral Dewey. Secretary Long has taken a very positive stand in favor of Admiral Sampson. His nomination as Vice Pres ident would, therefore, likely revive the Sampson-Schley controversy and cost the Republican party both of the forego ing states. When the controversy was at its high* it was not thought that it would have any bearing upon the presi dential contest. Asa rule, however, such controversies have an influence that reaches much further than the parties to them have any idea of. H 11.10 K INC. TOO SOON. It is evident from the present attitude j of the Boers that the English people re- i joiced too soon. They thought that the entrance of their army into Pretoria meant the end of South African war. It is leariy the intention of the Boers to do a great deal more fighting. We do not be lieve they are taking a wise course, be- | ause, eventually they will have to yield to the British, and they could get better terms now than will be offered them later on. They are bent, however, on inflicting as great loss on the British as possible, and they will’not be willing to forego sat isfying their hatred of the British until they have themselves suffered a great deal more than they have yet. It is r.o doubt in their power to give the British a vast deal more trouble. They can make the war last a year or more longer. But what is to be gained by pur suing such a course? While they are try ing to hurt the British they are certain to get hurt themselves, and the chances arc thut they will get hurt worse than the British, owing to their inferior force. The kind of war that is being inaugurat ed is shown by the warning given the burghers by Gen. Hunter. . He told them that if his telegraph communications wire cut again he would burn the houses of the* people along the line of the telegraph. It seems that the Boers have torn up about thirly-five miles of the track of Gen. Roberts’ railway line. It would r.ot’le surprising if Gen. Roberts should issue a warning similar to that issued by Gen. Hunter. Boer homes will be destroyed and Boer farms wrecked if the. Boer* persist in carrying on a guerilla warfare. It having been clearly demonstrated that, owing to their superior force, the British are certain to conquer the Boers, it is regrettable that the Boers insist upon continuing the irregular warfare. From every point of view if would be better for them to get the best terms possible at once and bring the war to a close. From all directions come reports of n great peach crop, and it Is reasonable to suppose that the statements are correct. The fullness of the crop is due not only to exceptionally favorable seasons, but to the considerable number of new orchards that have come into bearing this year. Jn view of the output the probabilities are that prices will lx? less than In recent years. The opportunity, therefore, would seem to be especially good for canneries. A cannery near this city is reported to have made a very good thing a few years ago by buying up peaches as they came into the city and canning them. If it was profitable to buy peaches in the city and can thAn. would it not be found much more profitable to take canneries into the peach belt and go into the business on a somewhat extensive scale? The growers would no doubt welcome the canners, since an additional market would be pro vided by them, and there would be less danger of having to ship fruit to a glutted market in the cities Under existing laws all of the foreign coins that come to this country are re quired to be sen< to the melting pot and recoined as soon as they come into offi cial hands. One of the measures car ried over from the recent session of Con gress to the short session was a bill per mitting such coins to be held as bullion in the treasury, for shipment abroad whonevc r such shipments ate made. The cons would, of course, be both received an-1 sold by weight, the same ns other bullion Is received and sold. It Is sail such a law would save thf government not less than SIOO,OOO a year, the sum which is now spent in molting and re coining. Bills to save money for the government have not been plentiful of lute. This one has that consideration to commend !t to the favorable considera tion of the next session. Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will probably not remember their present trip to the Wes: with ns much pleasure as they will their visit to the South. If store* sent out* on eh a wires are correct, their vlit 'o Columbus, O . was not an unqualified access. It is said that Mrs. Dewey ad ministered a pointed snub to Mrs. Worth ington Bib.ock, daughter of Gov. Nish, at a breakfast, while the Admiral snub bed lie era''k military company of th • cl y. th Columbus Rifles, by declining Hjelr • <‘"T after they had assembled In all of their gold braid and were waiting for the word to march to the. depot with him. Aguino'do has improved upon Ootn Paul in the matter of movable capitals The great old Boer has hi* capital In a pas senger coach, while the Filipino carries his in hla hat. Most of the notone won by Senator Mason of Illinois, - hs advent into Congress, has -eer. -e of r. s cHas c nlsm of the polic es of e administra tion. However, it is ur its xk! chat the hatchet has been buried *w en Mason and the admlnistrr.iioi u: i ::.at the Sen ator will take the stump for McKinley after the Philadelphia Convention. To the average person :t w i seem that Mason would find t Jf r :o plead for the re-election of the n . ----- aumin istration he has so vehe me.;ly condemned for its imperialism a.' and h ar sm. stiil. It is to be borne :n r. • and i at he is a politician, and i- ;/ok: - . r : r Ins W-' The increase of . . > the city of London has lately .-o grea; as to attract considerable a • Recently a large, new asyl irn wa> provided near Epsom, but alread> it filied v:;h in sane patients, and *he number of persons thus afflicted continue.- to increase by about €OO per year Distinguished sci entists are diligently seeking u cause for eo much insanity. PERSON \ LS. —Lieut. John H. Gib! on?, whoie brav ery has been'officially pr ised by Admiral Watson and Gen. <x.-\ is one of the sur vivors of the Vandalia, wh ch was wreck ed in the cyclone at A: ;a, Samoa. —The Danish author. Prof. Brosball. be?t known as “Cat ir.“ lied recently at the age of 84. H w.s the most poi>- ular of all Danish prose writers. His hooka were mostly national historic nov els. Several of his works ran through many editions and were translated into foreign languages. —Second Assistant Postmaster General ShalJenberger and Capt. Noah M. Brooks, superintendent of foreign mails, have been appointed as delegates o represent th< l nited States pcutoffic'- department at the celebration at Bern- Switzerland, of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Postal Union. -Ex-Gov. Busline 11 of Ohio s id recent ly that, while Governor he made it a reg ular part of his Memorial Day celebration to pardon some old sold'or from the peni tentiary, always one who had been a good ?>risoner and who was in prison for life tor manslaughter. A* one time there were 119 ex-soldiers in the Ohio peniten tiary. —More than forty-seven years have passed wince the Duke of Argyll joined Lord Aberdeen’s government, in Decem ber, 1852. as Lord Privy Seal, but a mem ber of the previous administration still survives, in the person of the Duke of Rutland, w ho (os Lord John Manners) sat in Ix>rd Derby’s joint cabinet (March to December. 1852) as Chief Commissioner of Works and Public Bui.lings. —A German scientist has been making some observations in South Africa on the subject of the influence of repeated detonations on the ear. He examined the ears of ninety-six soldiers before and after a battle, and found marked changes in no fewer than forty-four, or nearly 50 per cent. In seven cases he found email hemorrhages in the ears, and in one case a large bleeding, while the firing caused the edge of the ear drum to become red in thirty-seven casts. BRIGHT HITS. i —“What do you think of the census?” asked Mr. Beechwood. “It is a ques tionable proceeding,” replied Mr. Home wood.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. —A Puzzler.—He—“l may ns well con fess it, dear. I am not happy one mo ment without you. ‘ She—" What on earth will you do after we are married?” Brooklyn Life. —“Don’t be too suspicious an* ready to ’cuse people o’ bad intentions,” said Un cle Eben. “Sometimes it sounds like you wus figgerin’ out what you would do if you wus in deir place.”—Washington Star. —English Cousin.—“ Are the players very hostile toward the umpire?” Amer ican Cousin—“ Yes, indeed; they actually have to put a muzzle on the catcher to keep him from biting the umpire.”—Chi cago News. —Fish Stories. —First Octopus—“ Here comes old Shork. Bet's swim away.” Second Octopus—“ Why?” First Octopus-. ”Oh. he’s always telling about the time he caught a man ten feet long and let him get a way ’—Baltimore American. —The Cornfed Philosopher.—“ Woman.” sold the Cornfed Philosopher, “will never succeed In her demand for the same pay ns man for doing the same work. The only way to get the *ame pay for the same work is to howl for more pay for less work.”—Jnd'anapolis Press. His Specialty.—" Paw,” sad Papheth. as they sat on the hurricane deck of the ark. “do you ever think of going Into politics?” "Well.” replied Noah, ns he pushed the giraffe’s head out of the miz zen-to’-gallan'-sail. “if I did, I think the floating vote would be all I'd have to look after.”—Baltimore American. —Progress in India.—Tourist—“What is that huge black vehicle coming down the street?” Native —"That, sahib? That is our new’ car of Juggernaut—electric mo tor. ball bearings, steel rims, and every thing up to date. Yes. indeed, it is a great improvement on the old roa 1- orusher. Why, our people come hundreds of miles now just for the pleasure of get ting smashed by this peerless machine.” —Cleveland Plain-Dealer. < t lilllAT COMMENT. The Pittsburg Dispatch (Ind.), says: “In a statement appearing in the New York Journal over the signature of Sen ator Chauncey M. Depew, as to the work of Congress, that jocose statesman is represented as saving that, by failing to pass the. bill against trusts. Congress saved employment to a million of people who would have been made M e if the bill hod passed. There is a suspi-don that this is a Depew jest. If s \ the joke *s rather positively on the Republican c aim #hat the party is determined to suppress the trusts, and seems to indicate the N*mv York Senator's conviction that nothing more wl I be done with th*-* nti-triiMt measure ii the session after election.” The Washington correspondence rf the New York Evening Post (Ind.), say*: "Ex-Speaker Reed is still cricking satiri cal Jokes at the expense of the expansion policy. He wrote a letter a few days ago. when the Neely excitement wu ,f It* hight. to a member of the House, is which he said, in a spirit of fatherly ad vice: ‘I hope you gentlemen in Congress wjll find mean.-, constitutional, if possible yt hough that matter does not seem to for her you- t stop the pcHt lar *ny In Cuba, which island you intend Inter to steal entire.’ ” The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.). say-: “It is probable that Mr. Hanna will be i* elected chairman, of the t*oard of di rectors of the Repo dican Trust, capbal lltd mlted. He can have th sa tl.-fa f ion of knowing that If he is not it will be localise he would rather have some other man In the pin.- , nisi privately direct af fairs hltnsGf. The Hmfnr .in rot, i.iourfi, get out of th* iwllli glare of the pnhii • ev e.” v Th Nhiv Oi k an.- PloAyunu (D.'in, 1 , pu yb: "111 the long run. the rfvilntin.m ,• <if h Rherllla wnrfarr by rlvlliz. | an \ tißrloullura 1 people like the lv>ern L< sure lo be very trylnKl lienee It onn be sife y nsMumetl that at soon hi Hie burghers r.nllie that Ihe cause Is entirely lost, they will gradually return to their farms anil atvnit it mere favorable opportunity to re gain helr ln<l*pendenc.” I’m Hi* Own U ifr I p at Auction. "Furriest expeiience I ever had in the at: ;ion business happened a g:cd wary years ago.” said the old auctioneer with a reminiscent chuckle, according to the Detroit Free Press. “I was hired by an oli farmer, who wa? going Wes . to auc tion off his household gotds and farm ng :ensils I took pairs to explain to the old man that a second bid on any article would bind the sale, ar.d if he saw any thing going too cheap*he had better pro* tec: .himself by bidding it in. The attendance was large ar.d the pale was i success. I cleaned up everything i sight. gnd then asked if he had any thing else that he wanted pul up. “‘Guess that ie a i. unless you put u.;> the old woman, he answered with a grn. ‘The gentleman desires me to end the .-ale y putting up bis wile.' said I. ‘Ho.v much am I offered?’ “ Ten cer.tV said a wag. ‘Fifteen,’ shouted another. “ ‘Stop: stop: yelled the old mm, near ly besfie himself w:th the way t:.at Ids innocent Joke had been tak^n. “ T am offered 15—do I har the 20? I continued, having hard work to keep my face straight. “ 'Twenty.’ said someone. “ Twenty-five!’ yelled the old man as he wdldlv danced about. “A joker nised the old m3n. who was fast taking leave of what little senao 1 e over had. and then by rapid stages the bi ran up until SIOO had he:n cfl>r e-i. This was the old man’s bid. and he e was no telling where it would have end'd hod not the old man at this point seiz and an axe an I threatened to break in the head cf the next man w’ho dared to bii on his wife. “The oli inan shook me by the hand a?:er the sale was over, and thanked me for te.ling him to bid in anything h* thought was going too cheap. He said if it hadn't been for that advice he would have lost his wife.’’ VVlifrr I'inß Arthur Wan Slain. From the Philadelphia Record. Jx>vers of our literature will assuredly nc< be backward in assisting to relieve the distress caused by the almost de struction of the little Cornish town of Camelford. because of its infimate con nection with the Arthurian tale, says the Westminster Gazette. It is not only that King Arthur’s traditional castle of Tln tagel is hard by. but that, according to no less an authority than Leland. ihe famous antiquary of the days of Henry VIII, “King Arthur our Hector was there slalne.’’ Camden, of Elizabethan times, was not so sure on the point, though he admirted there were verses in an un known poet, living In the middle time, of Ciimbula”—now the river Camel—“flow ing with blood, shed in a battell of Ar thur against Mordred;” but he cautious ly added: “In very deed (not ro deny this of Arthur) 1 read in Marianus, that the Britain* find Saxons fought in this a bloudy battel, in the year* of our Lord 823, so that this may seeme a place con jHecrared to Mars.’’ This kind of “hedging,’’ however, was no* consonant with the idea of the con temporary Cornish historian Carew. who with precision declared that “A. D. 525. upon the river of Camel, peere of Camel ford. was that last dismal battel s’rooken between the noble King Arthur, and his treacherous nephew Mordred. wherein the one tooke his death, the other his death's wound.” Ill* Humor Needed Light. Max O’Bell, (M. Paul Blouet), who has recently been in this country for the triple purpose of lecturing, to .dispose of a novel, and to sell a play based on the incidents of the novel, telLs anew, good story at his own expense, in which he figured in his last American trip, says Success. "I was lecturing to the students of a religious college,” said O'Hell, “but, be fore I began, one of the profeesors, a very solemn man. stepped forward and offered a prayer, in which he asked the I.ord to permit the audience to see the point of my jokes. This was the petition, as it fell upon my astonished ears, and it impressed me so much that I afterward wrote it down as a souvenir or keepsake: "'O Lord, said the petitioner, ‘thou knotvest that we work hard for thee, and that recreation is necessary in order that we may work with renewed vigor. We have to-night with us a gentleman from France, whose criticisms are witty and refined, but subtle; and we pray thee to so prepare our minds that we may thor oughly understand and enjoy them.’ “I am still wondering,” said O’Roll, “whether my lectures are so subtle as to need praying over, or whether those par ticular auditors were so dull that they needed divine assistance to help them out Of one thing I am morally certain—that they showed, by their appreciation, that the professor’s prayer was not in vain.” Private John .Spoiled It. On the floor of the Hous\ at lea=t, Hon. Amos Cummings of New’ York has prove a a failure as a friend of injured birds, and ill on account of irrepressible John Allen of Tupelo. Miss., says the Cleveland Leader. Representative Lacey’s bill to i reveni *he importation of certain of the feathered tribe was under discuss on says a Washington correspondent, and Mr. Cummings was tellit>g how wicked the English sparrows were. “Only the other day,” he siid, “I wa* walking through the capitol ground*, when I raw a poor little robin surrounded by sparrows that were picking it t> pieces. At my approach the ep Arrows fled away, but the robin was unable to use its wings. I picked it up ar.d took It to my home a short distance away. There I gave it a drink of brandy, and it died a m-rnent laier. Under its wings ” "If it was the same stuff you gave me yesterday. I wonder it lived that mo ment,” broke in Private John. Mr. Cummings looked reproachfully at Mr. Allen and sat down, while the Hon e roared. What was under the rob n s wings will never be published in the Congres sional Record. Robert* nti<l Ih** School Roy. Several of the hoys attending t he ele mentary school* at Sompting. near Wordi ng, wrote to the various generals on ac tive service nt the front, expressing their admiration of the way the British army Is lighting, say* the Westminister Budget. One of the scholars, William Treagus, addressed himself direct to Lord Roberts, and, In spite of *hls many duties, the gal lant field marshal found time to reply as follows; “Bloemfontein, March 31, 1900 Dear William Treagus: I have received your letter of Jan. 30. which was written very "<. ly I was glad to receive It, and I thank you for your kindness In writing to me. Believe me, yours sincerely, Rob erts.” Carrying; <m Ills Ulihrt. The Baroness Rrlnelt of Trieste, whose hits bond die,l, leaving i fortune of 20.000,- "Kt florins for henevolenl purposes, went to o hattaar. an.) was offertsl n pink by a It ly In charge of the stall, says Tit lilts, "How much may I pay for this flower?" she nskerl. "There are no limits set to your generos ity I'-nroness,” was the reply. Well, then." she said. "I tvlll pay rnnugh f..r it to . over the arrears of the nnieie exhibition." The nmount required for this purpose was 95,1,0) florins, or nearly *S.O"O. fit Hit* Vernacular. An old Buekyport (Me.) sea yap'a n thus ■l' ' libes the way in which he dismissed till uii,>.■ trail's suit r fer the li-n,l of his dnughter: I Just showed him the eottipaulonwn v out on ih gangplank leading ftoin my house, and gently remarked that the wind was off shore, and the torner be tgniivttr wav the better oiling he would Ret before morning. He at once took tile hint, got under way. paid off, bore nwny. and went down the road under all sail with Ih* o(T shore breeze." ITEMS OF INTEREST. —Scarcity of henol:ck bark is reported to have caused the almost tots! extinc tion of the once r*rc*perous tanning in dustry in Maine. Though ihcr? is a lirge growth of hemlsck in the s ate it i .o *ar from practicable tannery sites that the cost of hauling prchlbits its use —The German yov-rnment. after an ex tensive series of tbs rvatlons. h.i3 ascer tained that the tre* most liable to b .struck by lightning is the o?.k ' *'.er growths follow wl l varving degrees of *rcbabi tty, the beech b*ing mrpt from unpleasant visits of the electric fluid —The new administration hall ?.f Ya'.o University—SYcoAbridge hall :t i<= to be call'd—is the g:ff of the Miss s Stckejs of N-w Ycrk aunts of Anson Phe p 5 S:ok-s. Who Is secretary of the Vale corporation. The estimated cost is $-:0.000, and active operations will be begun at one?. —European capitalists have male ar rangements to establish a service of trac tion engines and wagons across the desert of China to compete with the carrying business now done by means of camels It is stated tha: within a year there will be fifty engines and 3,000 wagons engaged In this .work. —Dr. A. M. Stein, registrar of the Pun jab university, ha* applied for and ob tained the permission of the government of Irxlia. and also that of the Chine-e government. *o explore Khotan. in Chi nese Turkestan, this summer. This is to be done for the purpose of scientific in vestigations. —lt Is rumored that the Prince of Wale? contemplates a visit in the autumn to the West of Ireland. He will, it is be lieved, make a coasting tour :n his yacht, and. having touched at Belfast, he w'll visit Sligo, Westport and Galway, 1 in<l ing on Tory Island, Clare Island, Archill and Arran on his way. —A French exporer has discovered on the west coast cf Africa what he regjrls as the vainest p cple on eirth. They ar he P.ihonins. a warlike trib?, whose main employment is the adornment of their persons, chiefly by means of tattooing. Great !ng unity is also exhibited in dress ing their hair, which in many cases is ar ranged in astonshngly elaborate fashion —The confidence in the engineering judgment of the voter in Switzerland seems to he greater than in the United Siates, for the question as to whethe.* a street railroad in Berne should be oper ated by compressed air or a change to electricity made was recently decided l y a popular vote. There, were 1.964 cast for electricity and 1,772 in favor of compressed air. —The tax budget of the city of Paris is VU.OCK'.OOO a year, or about $10.000.(XD le?s than the amount to be raised in the city of New Yo k from taxes this year. Th volume of taxation would be considera bly grrat r in Paris but f r the fact tha many functi ns which are in New’ York chargeable to municipal expanses are in the French capital piid for from nation al appropriations The and bt of the city of Paris is nearly %¥ O.Wy.OOO. —Postal cards are now being used for the purpose of foretelling the weather. They are manufactured in Italy, and are known as barometric postal cards. On ;he back of each is a sma*.l figure holding an umbrella. When the weather is going to be fine the umbrella ie blue, when the outlook is doubtful it is violet, and w’hen there is going to be rain it is rose col ored. These changes of color are pr->- duoed by means of cobalt, which an in genious Italian inventor has thought well to utilize for this purpose. —T j. M. Lyda of Macon county, Mis souri-. is engaged in an experiment in growing strawberries. He has u barrel filled with rich soil excepting a small space in the center where there is a wood en box open at both ends. Through the staves of the barrel he bored 100 holes with a large auger and in each of these he planted a strawberry plant. The bar rel sits upon block** off the ground and the plants seem to be thriving. He ex pects to have each plant average on? pint of berries, or a total of fifty quarts to the barrel. —While the diamond- mines at Kimber ley have been producing about $18,000,000 worth of gems year, the industry in Brazil, formerly the most important dia mond producing country in the word, has fallen to a low ebb. It is now carried on only by individuals or small associa tions working in a crude manner. yield was never much over $1,000,000 in any year, and the product is now worth annually less than $200,000. and yet the quality of the Brazilian stone averages higher than that of the Kimberley out put. —There is a noticeable increase of vege tarianism In Philadelphia. At the corner of Park avenue and Berks street there is a church tvhc*e attendants are nil veg etarians. It is an evangelical church, and diffprs In it* creed from other denom inations only in the fact that its mem bers are pledged to forego a diet of flesh. Outside of nnv organized cult the and < ; question has become . matter of such serious consideration that there ore veg etarians who, when they are out to dine or sup. carry bread of their own baking with them. The members of the congregation referred to are almost wi’h out exception big. healthy looking per sons. # ,\s a resu.t of a quarrel over some chickens which refused to lay eggs, two residents of Coffeyville, Kan., have be come involved in a remarkable lawsuit Jason Brophy. the plain riff, avers that hi* neighbor, Needham Weeks, presented him ten hen* and two roosters in Feb ruary Inset, and assured him that the hens would lay upward of sixty eggs < week Brophy fed and cared for the chickens for ten weeks, “devoting most of hi* Mme to them, to the detr'ment of other Interest*,“ but the hens failed o lay any eggs. The plaintiff alleges that he wvi* unlawfully deceived by the de fendant and seeks to recover SIOO dam ages for his wasted labor and for his expenditures for chicken feed —lll the Laurahuite colliery, in the Kai lowltz coal district, there Is „ bzi e worked locomotive, which was const tid ed at the Deulz Gas-Motor Works n or Cologne, and has been sucoetsfully ,nel for o\er n year The locomotive weighs 4.CCI pounds, ann Is ra>ed at r| x ho > power. It runs on a tra k whose gang Is one foot six Inch's, aid draws a I ad of thirteen to fourteen buck, is ia.de l wdth ore at each tilp. During o'c hlft nbout U tnetrle ions of o;o ,u ttansn r - e.l at sn expenditure of twen y-tw , .. , of furl, nnl Ih* crv*t of o|Tui-%n In ls>en computed at 1' 2 cents yer in, t ic ton (2.200 pounds), .sali s, 2 ,ens| i, horses There is nradl ally no and uge • from explosion, as the engine i, , no( ) on I|ll sides, and no Inconvenience tr.un Ihe cdor has been experienced by ihc miners working In that sc then ~r ri ,e mine. —A new mdhrd nt waterp'ooflng faitlc Is lielng used In Germany wi ll c n< h r wh]e success, and Involves the use of a solution containing zinc, copper nil am monia hydrate. In nddli'iiii in hs iv 'et prrsoflngt effect, the snlutlnn p|w „ , green color to the mn'< rl.d . wl |i. ~■ n,, use of any oilier dy*mff. ard n , , , nil npyotent chemical in lion l>eivv,,.„ | M . Mhtes and the liquid. 1 1 w.lgbi ~ i, almost the same, and llu q, w p .q,, h, are permanent. The . ,p;,. t in i . . p, lion, as Well HS a rlf g e „ ... | ol , also prevents ih. tn nvih .r and, im, ip,, germs, and goods which Hate i,e, „ ed have laet, hurled In 11. I- oo . l , , out allowing any signs it . Im, more, the cloth Is less likely to l , ~ , ~ y cl hy Insects or worms, nnl | n t , iy light nnd waterproof, but I ole . oi’ot H nnd allows of the free olrcuall n o alt This treat men i* for cloth Is add to 'nv been adopted freely by the do min rniv lor tenting, horse-blankets., etc., e petal ly for those goods which are to bo uaed in tropical counu lea. ; Triumph of Worth. t* The very hearty re fim cepUon accorded to H Murray Club Pure Rye Whiskey Is indisputable in dorsement of its excellent quality. Murray Hill Club L ls Luxurious Goods sold at area , r;.. ep. o —a pre-eminent whiskey ’ without a tival. It is 11.-ted by all the ’ leading Clubs, ami served at the > most exclusive functions. Sold by * first-class dealers everywhere. JOS.A.MAGNUS&GO. ! CINCINNATI. OHIO. SL'MMiCH HLSOaTI. Hotel Gerard, I4th St., Near Broadway, New York. AitsoLl'lLU l-lHli-f HOOF. Mad era anil luxurious in ail its appoint ments. Centrally located. Cool nn4 comfortable in summer. AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. (Under New Management). J. P. HAMBLEN’S SONS, Proprietor*. ALSO Avon Inn and Cottage s, AVON, N. J. Most select report on New’Jersey coast. Send for particulars. THE ASHTON! HOTEL SJJtI Street ami ttmlison Avenue, Mew YORK CITY. Up to Date, Strictly Fireproof, Family Apartment Hotel. Three minims from anti overlook'n* Central Park, eiiujUd on the highest point in the city. This hotel is special],■ attractive to parties visiting New YVrlt for the summer months. Suites o.' from two to 'five rooms nd bath. Every ro m an outside one. Electric trolley cars pass dcor. Public telephone in every apartment. European plan during June. July r.n<l August. SPECIAL RATES FOR THOBE MONTHS. Correspondence invited. F. ASHTON’. Proprietor. HOTEL NORMANDIE, BR< id & 38TH STS., NEW YORK. ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF. EUROPEAN PLAN. COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY Iyocated in thf liveliest and most in:*r e?ting part of the city; twenty principal places of amusement within five minute*’ walk of the hotel CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO. Summer Re ort—Ocean Hotel. Asbury Park. X. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS. BLOWING ROCK. GREEN PARK HOTEL. Summit of Blue Ridge. 4,340 feet. Scen ery and clima:* unsurpassed, so say gl©b* trotters. Hotel first-class in every respect. Only house on mountain with plastered walls; ex vd-nt livvty; 45 miles turn pike roads on : <f ridge; large ball room, band and other amusements. Postoffic* and telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1. Write for leaflet and rates to Green Pat : Hotel Cos., Green Park, N. C. IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS. HOTEL DEL MONTE, S \IIAN AC l. IKE, N. Y. OPENS .TI'NK ■ nder entirely new manage ment: m mv furnish J and renovated through o* t: r r.i’tr nnd service rtrst-class; near like ar.d Hotel Ampersand; golf, tennis, billiards, boating, tishbig driving and bicycling; livery. lor booklet iiddrrss J. iI*.NRY Oils, Sara nac Lake. N. V. Hotel American-AdelDht, Finest Location' in SARATOGA SPRINGS. Near Mineral Spring* and Until*, OPEN JUNK TO NOVEMBER. ROOM3 EN SUITE. WITH BATHS. GEO. 1 \ll MS AM, Prop. White Sulphur Spring Hotel, \\ \> M> \ iLLE, \. C. 50 acres le iu i. . i y shaded lawn, wonder mountain views 00l nights, ir-'ii and n i .1 sulphur springs. Fine or chest: t Ili v. House remodeled and newly furnished this season. COL. F. A. LINCOLN, Proprietor. HOTEL FITZPATRICK, WASHINGTON, GA. The nicest hotel In the best town In the South. Fine Mineral Springs. Large ball room. Cultivated society. An Weal epot for the summer visitor, near the great Hillman e.cciitc shafts. Special rate, for families. Address XV. G. THIGPEN, Proprietor. Greenbrier V. Lite Sulphur Spring*. West Virginia. Open June 15. to S -pt. 15. The great can tral point of r. union for the best society of the Norih, South, East and West. *40,000 worth of Improvements for this seaaoi. New nlne-lioh coif course. Write for ll lustrated booklet. HARRINGTON MILLS, Manager. New Hots! Bellevue European Plan, Central Location, llcncon Nt.. Ronton. IIAKYEY & WOOD, Proprietors. LAND OF THE SKY^ WMKRriAL HOUSE, Saluda. N. C. Delightful climate, reasonable rates. MRS. FLEMING TARVER SL\ GIRT, NEW JERSEY. Bcaclt H. us. , right on the beich. 'Al ways cool.' Fine < ornmodatlons. Dining iv'om -rvi < tlr*-class Rues reisoni. hie. F nlf i booklet. Sc i Girt i th# first si*'i> made n the coift by exp't'l trains from l’hi’idelphia to Anbury lark and Long Branch. COAST COMPANY. MELROSE. NEW YORK. 7s AVENUE, corner 28th ft. Rooms with or without board. Rooms with board. $7 per werk; $1 25 per day and itpwmcls Send for circular. \1! 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