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INDEX 10 MW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Clinton Lodge No. 54, F. and
A. M.
Special Notices—Residence for Sale,
Near Forsyth Park; .Malt Mead, Henry
Stelljes; Malt Mead, Philip Sanders; No
tice to City Court Juror.s; To the Public,
The Builders’ Exchange; Desirable Store
to Let, Henry Blun; Why Not Get the
Best? John Funk, City Market; Harris’
Lithia Water and Spectacles, H. H. Liv
ingston’s Pharmacies; Levan’s Table
d'Hote.
Hu*!rie*s Notices—Ha rvard Beer, Ale
and Porter, John T. Evans & Cos.; Coffees
Roasted Daily, Henry Solomon & Sons.
Steamship Schedule—Merchants and
Miners’ Transportation Company.
Legal Notices—Notice to Debtors and
Creditors, Estate Kate Lyons, Deceased.
The Bee Hive— N. Schulz, Proprietor.
Always First in Everything—Munster’s.
Second Hand, but Good Values—At Lat
timore’s.
Black and Tan—Anheuser-Busch Brew
ing Association.
Thomson’s ‘‘Glo-vt-Fitting” Corsets—
George C. Ba<cheller & Cos., Broadway,
New York.
Mineral Water—Apollinaris; Crab Orch
ard Water.
A Gas Range—Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
Hotel—Suwanee Springs Hotel, Suwanee,
Fla.
festum Food Coffee—Postum Cereal
Company.
Sauce—Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire
Sauc*.
Ht re Is an Opportunity—George W. Al
len-& Cos.
Medical—Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets;
Hood’s Pills; Munyon’s Kidney Cure;
Bar-Ben; Horsford’s Acid Phoaphate; Dr.
Hathaway Company; Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp Root.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The indications for Georgia and Eastern
Florida to-day arc showers, with fresh to
brisk easterly winds.
If all the stories of stealing that went
on under Rathbone’s nose are true, the
tx-Director of Pests of Cuba needs to be
treated for loss of sense of smell.
It is said that in the St. Louis war there
is a Joan of Arc who rides on tv mule and
sings songs which ahe herself compos s.
That may account in some part for the
rioting and bloodshed.
It is believed that as soon as Richard
CToker gets homo he will begirt a process
of weeding out of Tammany Hall ail of
those members of that organization who
have been mixed up with the ice trust.
An American cocktail was sold In I*on
don recently, at the opening of the Nation
al bazar, for the record price of $425. The
sale was made by Fanny Ward, the Amer
ican actress, and the purchaser is believed
to have been an exceedingly thirsty fellow
countryman of hers.
One hundred and sixty miners from the
Klondike arrived at Beattie the oth r day,
bringing with them a ton of gold *s evi
dence of their luck in the diggings. Tlv y
report that operations have heed vo.y suc
cessful. and that the output of the section
ihie seaeon will not be below s2o,u(W.<o).
We fear for our old friend Li Hung
Chang. Just now he is said to be at the
apex of royal favor, the Dowager Em
press having conferred the highest honors
In her gift upon him. If he is up high,
he will only fall the further when It
pleases the whim of the dowager to kick
the stool from under him. The old man
already had several experiences of
the kind, and is probably a little tired of
the falls and bumps, but it seems there
ia no tutemotive* for him.
“Tiny Tim" Woodruff %ji New York i
the hist v*ce presidential candidate on
the ground for the convention in PhlJadel-
lie has already established head
quarters. where his beautiful waisuom#
are perpwuady on exhibition. If “Tim”
Is looking for Southern delegate he will
tio doubt shortly begin to understand that
what they wont to see ie not the color of
his waistcoats, but of his money, and
ViU govern himself accordingly. He is
lhe owner of a tolerably stout barrel.
A feature of the Republican Naltonat
Convention next week wltt be the pres- j
OuCe of a larger number of United States
H-natorg than hat ever before attended u
Rational convention of either party. It will
probably be found, when the lists are ail
made up, that a great majority of the 1
tjelegates to the convention are offlce-hot l
era, drawing salaries trom the govern- ,
Tnent during the time they are eugaged
tn poiltbtai work. Under the administra
tion of President Cleveland it was re
garded as bad form for office-holders to
take a leading part tn polities, but the
JEtepuhilrans are not so punctilious. They
tsm patriots for revenue.
CHINA’S PERIL.
The situation in China becomes daily
j more alarming. It Is now' well under
[ stood that the Dowager Empress, who i.-
the real power in the empire, is in sym
pathy with the Boxer movement. Sh
wants the foreigners driven out of China,
and nine-tenths of the Chinese agree with
her.
But it will not bo on easy matter to
drive the foreign element out. The Pow
ers, which have, a foothold there, Intend
to remain. They are ready to use force
to hold oti to what they have. They ire
considering the question of the advisabil
ity of doing more than that. The young
Emperor of China, who is virtually a pris
oner in his palace, has Invited the Powers
to establish a protectorate over the em
pire. This irfvitation will not change their
policy in respect to China in the
because they do not regard the Emperor
as being of any importance.
If they decide that their interests re
quire them to take possession of China
the wishes of the Emperor In the matter
will not receive much, if any, considera
tion from them. They will do what they
regard ns the best thing for their own
interests.
The resistance of China would not be
very great. It is believed th.it 100,000 wen
equipped and thoroughly disciplined sol
diers could overrun the whole country, not
withstanding the fact that its population
is believed to be 400,000,000.
But the Chinese would not be conquered
if their country should be overrun and a
European garrison should occupy every
town. The resistance they would offer
would be of‘such a character that an army
of a million Europeans' could not v;I oily
conquer them in a hundred years. They
would not organize armies aiid fight great
battles, because they do not know how,
and they lack leaders, but they would
persistently but quietly resist every effort
to introduce a different civilization.
Against the beliefs and prejudices of such
a vast population it would be difficult to
make any headway.
The chief protection of China against
dismemberment is the impossibility of
ihe Powers of Europe agreeing among
themselves upon a policy. They are jeal
ous of each other, and although they arc
acting in harmony now' In the effort to
check the Boxer movement, they would
le fighting each other in a short time if
steps should bo token looking to a division
of the empire among the. commercial na
t lons.
Just what will be the outcome of
the present troubles of the empire it is
impossible to predict with any degree of
certainty. It is within the bounds of prob- \
ability that a half dozen of the Powers ;
will be at war with each other on Chinese
territory within a year. It is a source of
satisfaction that the United Suites are
not making any alliances for the purpose
of suppressing disturbances in China.
They are acting independently, but appar
ently, energetically, for the protection of
American interests.
\\ I XLOOKED-FOH PROTEST.
The protest of the business men and
property owners of Cuba again* t oo much
haste in turning the island over 10 Cie
Cubans must have taken that ehnxnt o r
the Cuban population that is dim ting
for immediate independence eomewiiat by
surprise. The thinking men cf the Island
fear that if those who are n w in favor
with the masses wore to b given control
of public affairs, there would be sad time*
for Cuba, ami there are reasons for ihis.k
ing that they are right. From a 1 ac
counts they are politicians who are in
politics for all they can make out of it.
If they had the making of a consti' lion
and the laws they would create a public
debt at the outset that would boa heavy
burden on the people for a hundred y*. a-s
and perhaps for a longer period.
Those who have something at stake
would like the Unit* and States to remain in
control until the people have bad time o
consider the situation carefully ard dec Id
what is best for them. Asa matter of
fact they would like the i.-i.ind annexed
to this country, but they understand that
annexation is hardly likely to be popala
unul the Cubans have had a taste of
eelf-gca'erninent.
There are likely to be troublous times
in Cuba before a liberal and stable gov
ernment Is established there. If the Uni
ted States were to withdraw from the is
land now there would Ijc revolutions and
anarchy, fora while at leas*. There would
be a worse state of affairs than ti ere j
ever wgs under Spanish rule. It is true
that order might Ire brought out of chaos j
in time, but not until the island had been ;
given a setback from which it take
it years to recover.
But unless the United States make
some show of bringing their military oc
cupation to a close there will be disturb
ances probably that will require interfer
ence by the military force. The United
States would, of course, check them quick
ly, and they would not he very gent! in
doing it. That is why the property owning
class end th business men war. the Uni
ted States to sro very flow in p-epudig
to turn the island over to the Cubans.
t’ongrvss ought o have given aome indi
cation as to th* time our occupation of
the island would erase. If it had and no tha*
the politicians who are anxious to get the
office* would have much l-.s excuse lor
clamoring for immediate Independence.
Dr. Paul Gibler, head of the Pasteur In
stitute in New York, who was killed bv a
fall from a carriage the other day, was a
remarkable man in many ways. Asa fri.ni
of anl co-worker with Pasteur, he was a
leading bacteriologist, besides which he
was an expert on hypnotism and psychic
experiment. Some time ago he Seated a
! considerable stir by announcing that he
had‘absolute scientific proof of the im
mortality of the soul. He w rote a paper on
the subject explaining his theory, which
was In substance, that through hypnotism
I and hvpno-magnet ism ail needed proofs
; respecting immortality could bo gathered,
and that they would prove conclusively
tive contention. Dr. Gibier believed in the
| cremation of dead bodies, and left orders
i hat liis own should be burned.
i William Iverr of Hastings. Neb., h a
; man of mature years and a banker. He is,
indeed, the oldest banker in the state, and
j has been accounted one of the shrew.led.
lie has mode money, and people have been
in the habit of saying that wheneve he
turned a dollar loose he knew that t
would bring another dollar back wi.h it
Nevertheless the other day a s>. k stran
ger atruck Hastings with t gold Ini **k—
,, one of the old-fashioned sort rna !e of
brum with bits of gold Inserted to 1> * chip
ped off for analysis—md after an hour *
clever talk sold it to Banker Kerr for *13,-
0t In cold cash. The \ery mention of g id
now'—* VI rtandarJ, gold cure cr gold
brick—ia sufficient to make Mr. Kerr hop
• ping mad*
THE MORNING NEWS; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13. 190(1.
NO ABANDONMENT OF AN Y ISSUE.
; The statement made by Senator Joncn
in Chicago on Monday, that he will not
endeavor to persuade Mr. Bryen to drop
1 the 16 to 1 idea, .and that there will be
no abandonment of any issue that is in
the Chicago platform-, ought to be suffi
cient to set at rest the many rumors pub
lished in the Western papers, that the
Democratic party has practically decided
jto drop silver. It looks very much as if
the Republican* were more anxious than
the Democrats to have the silver issue
kept out of the campaign, because the Rc
; publican paper* are made the means of
spreading the rumors that the Democrats
I have become satisfied that they cannot
win with the 16 to 1 idea in their piat
! form.
It is probable that an effort will be made
to keep tne silver issue in the background,
at Kansas City. The action of the Dem
ocrats of Maryland, New York and In
diana, in their state conventions, indicates
as much, but ns yet there are no
sign:- that it would be successful. Mr
Bryan wl.l be consulted about (he matter
and his advice will be followed. He has
givcti no intimation of a willingness to
make the silver question less prominent
than it was in 18SG.
In some of the Chicago papers Senator
Hanna is quoted as saying that he. has
no doubt*that the Democratic leaders have
practi ally agreed that silver must be
abandoned, and that they will get the
consent of Mr. Bryan to virtually 'elimi
nate it from the platform. Senator Hun
i na. however, is not in the confidence of
I the Democratic leaders. He has no means
jof knowing what their plans are. What
he ways about the plans and purposes of
(he Democrats therefore does not count
for much.
Senator Jones, (he chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, is in a posi
tion to know' what the leaders of bis par
ty intend to do in the matter of a plat
form, and, as already stated, he declares
that no Issue of the Chicago platform will
be abandoned. It is about certain there
fore, that the silver issue will figure prom
inently in the Kansas City platform.
Ff/Oft II) \ Sl >i : \ ITI.KS.
, A writer in the New York Pre-s has the
t following to say about the pineapples ef
: fered for sale in that city:
The pineapples that reach New Yoik are
pulled three weeks before they ate rip
and permitted to arrive at an edible state
in dark cellars. Such fruit >hcu and be con
demned by the Board of Health. But our
>ard of Health? Ah! The pine is .‘,e :. i v *
when properly served fresh from th- gar
den. Its juice will cure nearly any t r>at
trouble and give strength to the lungs.
! But the alleged pines we get < re enough
! to si* ken a dog. They are loathe v or .
j malodorous.
It is evident ihet the writer of the fore
; going has reference to pineapples import
i *>l from Cuba He do ? not know any
thing about th’e pineapples sent to the New
York marke: from Florida. Comparative
ly few Florida pines peach that market
| because the Fieri .ia crop is as yet small.
•; hut i: is increasing all the time, and in
■ the course of a very few years will be
' iro- enough :o make ir. impression m
that city.
Th? Florida frui is exceptionally fine
and it -ring? high prices. I: is pretty
nearly, ii rot wholly, ripe, wh* n it D
shipped, and hence, when it reaches New
York it is ready for the table, it dees
not have to be kept in a dark cellar for
wo or three weeks in order that it mey
ripen.
The pric.-s obtained for the Florida pines
tire so high that the fruit will bear ship
ment by fast freight or by express. Th* r
fore it is in New' York within a couple
. of days from its shipment. The prospect
is that ihe raising of pineapples will le
ome a great and profitable occupation
in Florida.
COTTON PLANTERS ORGANIZING.
Mr. Harvie Jordan, of Monticello, Ga.,
president of the Georgia Cotton Growers’
Protective Association, has gone to work
vigorously to organize sub-organizations
lin every cotton-growing county in the
state. A constitution and by-laws for
such organizations have been prepared,
and copies of them have been widely
scattered.
It is well understood what the purpose
of this association is. It was stated in
all of the papers of the state at the
time it was formed at Macon. The cotton
growers believe that by marketing their
cotton judiciously they will be able to
get a very much better price for it. They
have gone over thfir plans very thor
oughly. and they believe they are about
as complete as they can be made.
It is undoubtedly true that in the early
part of the season cotton is thrown on
! the market in a volume that has a ten-
I deucy to break down Us price. Bo much
! cotton coming to market In a short time
given the impression that the crop is a
large one. As soon as the spinners get
thin impression they begin to scheme to
set cotton at a lower price. By holding
back their orders they affect the mar
ket injuriously.
With the help of the bankers and mer
chants the cotton growers expect, by
means of their organization, to market
Guir crop in such a way that at no time
wilt the supply greatly exceed the de
mand. The cotton will be held back at
; the farms and in warehouses until there
is a demand for it at a price that will
yield the growers a fair profit.
Another thing the association will do is
this: It will gather facts respecting the
crop, so that -it will not be possible for
speculators to mislead the country as to
what the actual condition of the crop Is.
Heretofore the European spinners,
through their agents, have endeavored to
bring down the price of cotton in the
early part of the season, by sending out re
ports, when there was a favorable oppor
tunity for doing so, that the crop was a
very large one. The association will get
its reports through the ginners and from
the secretaries of its sub-organizations.
In that way its statistics will, in all
probability, be reliable. The outlook for
the success of the association is promis
ing.
Miss Helen Gould spent last Sunday In
j Louisville. It was understood that she
( would attend service nt a certain church.
The church was crowded, and the pastor
preached an eloquent sermon, in which
1 he stated what good thing u gift of
$1,000,000 lo an educational institution in
Kentucky would be. Hut the curious peo
ple did not see Miss Gould, nor did she
hear the preacher’s suggestion. 6h?
attended services elsewhere.
The debt of t he city of Uhic tgo is st ite 1
ito be beyond the legal limit by
more than $15,000,000. According to th?
assessment for IK*3, the constltut'onal limit
of the city debt is a little more than $17,-
330.000, while the debt now actually in
more than $.)2,u00,000. Presumably the Chi
cago aldermen and the contractors have
, been having u good time in the city’s
i grainery.
The Republicans are beginning o turn
their attention towards Roosevelt again
as their candidate for Vice President. It
would £>t be surprising if. after all, he
should be the nomine**. The talk of Ad
miral Dewey for Vi- *- President on the
Democratic ticket, appears to have scared
them. They don’t care anything about
Roosevelt of course. It is his popularity
that they want to make use of. To get
the benefit of that in ihit campaign, they
would doubtless promise him anything.
But would the> keep their promise?
Roosevelt knows what the political prom
ises of politicians are worth. lie is a
l>olitician himself.
The statement of Senator Platt of New
i York respecting his intention of serving
| out his term in the Senate and then re
| tiring from politics, was called out by the
| publication of a report to the effect that
j his health was not as good as it might be,
| and that his age—he is upwards of sev
enty—was beginning to tel! on his strength.
The Senator’s stdi-nnent that he will re
main in the harness for at least three
‘ years longer will probably have a quiel
! ir.g effect upon his lieutenants, who were
thrown into a flurry by the publication of
the story.
Gen. Lacret wants a Cuban- navy. He
thinks it ought to be composed of about
fexty vessels, and that the formation of
ir, under Cuban officers, ought to*be com
menced r ght tiw. Lis year a similar
proposition was laid before the United
States authorities, but was rejected. Gen.
Wood is opposed to it now, so the Cuban
navy will have to wait. It is worthy of
note that the work which the proposed
navy of sixty vessels would have to per
form. is now being done by twelve small
revenue cutters of rhe United States.
Mark Twain says *hat he has wri'tea 415
dramas, but that he is not gifted with that
*'God-given ta>m cf working hem *ff on
managers.” therefore he has never had
the felicity of seeing one of them pro
duced.
PERSON \L.
—The copyright on i alzac's works will
exp:e on Augvs. D n xt. and the fifty
volumes for which Mi ■■hoi Levy paid the
nove’ist’s widow c '.vuo francs fifteen
y ars after th? deith of the author
wll then beconv public property.
Balzac practically h i a pauper-not be
cause hs works were unremunerative.
but because he was a spendthrift.
—Tee Lonuoh Sphere t übl shes the fol
.ow.ng ’:st cf journals > who have suf
, fered in th Beer war: “Mr. G. W. Stee
v-r. Daily Val *e i at Ladysmith of
fever Mr’ Mitche.l Stan dard, dite l at
Ladysmith f fever; Mr. E. G. Parslow.
Daily Chronicle, murdered at Mafeking;
Mr Alfred Ferrand. Morning Post, killed
a: Laoystn!ih£ Mr E Finley Kngbt.
Morning Pcs*, wounded at Ho'm nt, right
arm amputated; Mr. Winston Churchill.
Morning Post, captured and escaped; Mr
Lambic. Australian correspond, nt, killed
at Renaberg; Mr. He’lawell, Daily Mail,
c&ptur-d, and Mr. Hales, Australian, cap
tured.”
—Armstrong Smith, a young English
man who showed his bravery in helping
to put down the bubonic plague in Hon
olulu and its neighborhood, has jOst re
turned to England. When every one fled
in he fresence of the pestilence he, al
though described as being “pale and thin
from overwork and constant knowledge
of his peril, the ghost of his former self,
warned by ail w ho were close enough to
advise, himself a suspect, suck to h ! s
post and his patients.” When the danger
was passed he was asked what he wished
most to do. and he repli *d that he always
wanted to be a physician. He was urged
to adept this course, and when he replied
that he had not enough money for the
purpose a committee of the leading citi
zens gave him a purse of £I,COO, asking
him to accept it to study medicine, or to
apply to any o' he r purp< se he chose. Mr
Smith has taught in the Princess Kaiu
lani School for several years.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Money With Wings.—Tenderfoot: Is
it a fact that miners are unable to keep
the money they make?
Miner: Sure thing! If they make too
much of it to lose gambling, they run
for the United States Senate.—Detroit
Journal.
Mir. Crabtree.—“Old Moasley Curmud
| geon died yesterday, and his wife passed
away two hours later. It makes no men
i tion of ailment.
Mrs. Crabtree (who knew him): She
was probably "tickled <o death.”—Brook
lyn Life.
—Effect Marred.—“ Fellow-citizens,” the
impassioned orator exclaimed, waving his
hand aloft, ‘‘l stand right by the plat
form !”
“What’s the matter with standing on
it?" piped a thin voice in the crowd. —
Chicago Tribune.
—Their Use.—Little Enoch: Paw,* what
are fools good for, anyhow?
Farmer Flint-rock: To teach us the re
sults of blowin’ into unloaded shotguns,
buyin’ gold bricks, guzzlin' patent medi
cines, lightin’ the fire with coal oil, goin’
I up in balloons, skatin' on thin ice, tryin*
! to beat other people at their own games,
indorsin' our friends' notes, thinkin’ we
know it all. flirtin’ with grass widows,
and so on and so forth, my son.”—
Puck.
t I BUI.XT t tni Y } Y!\
The Louisville Courier-Journal <Dem.)
! says: “With such prices as the farmet
gets for his live stock and such crops us
he is tailing he can brar with equanimity
the declines in' iron and steel, and the
skrinkage in railroad and industrial secu
rities. if his crops and his prices keep
up, it Is a question of not how long the
reaction in other commodities will con
i tinue, but how* scon it will be checked.
The farmer is a great consumer, ami with
full pockets he- is such a liberal buyer
that the markets of the world must feel
i his sustaining power. There Is no evi
dence that he is being seriously affected
i by overproduction in any of his
| and to this tremendous undercurrent of
agricultural prosperity th commercial
world must respond.”
The Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.), discuss
ing the corruption in Cuba, says: “The
outbreak of ecnup*ton among, American
official* is all the more deplorable because
rhe Cubans, from long acquaintance with
Spanish methods, had come t. regard pub
lic* orth e as synonrttous with plunder, and
only the most ttpuleus honesty and the
nicest sense cf honor exhibited by Ameri
can officials . * ul 1 avail to convince Ihe
Cubnn£ Mint the Unite 1 States is under
taking the format on of n “s*ahle system
of government” in go and faith and from
disinterested motives, and not with the
purpose of provi ling p aces for hungry
and corrupt politician*.”
The Springfield (Mass.) Repub i an (ind.)
says: “Among the measures which failed
at the session of Congress just ended was
the one to make it possible to secure the
i removal of persons from New York state
who have been indicted in other federal
judicial districts for ofTcnae* alleged to
have been committed in those district-.
Accordingly the New York contractors
involved in the Carter conspiracy nt Sa
vannah, by which the fedetti'. government
lost over a million dellars, will probably
escape tri3l. Cupt. Carter is serving a
prison sentence, but his supposed fellow*
in the conspiracy have f mod 90 effective
an asylum in New York that they wili es
{ cape altogether."
Minister AN ti Loves Sports.
Wu Ting Fong, the Chinese minister, ia
not only an accomplished scholar, from
an American or European standpoint, but
a keen lover of sports, a* well, says the
New York World.
He found his flowing "Chinese robes not
quite consistent with dignity and the man
agement of the bicycle, but ip the lUto
mobile they were not the least hindrance.
Indeed, he adds a splendid bit tf odor to
the panorama along Washington's boule
vards when he goes out for & spin in
his automobile.
Mr. Wu has also visited the golf link*
at Washington, but no one has been able
to coax him to play. The reason f>r
his refusal shows how exceedingly
are his powers of ‘observation. He has
heard golflacs excuse tepped drive ,
foozled brassy strokes, and missed ma hie
pitches by explaining that their flu te Ing
handkerchiefs or scarf-ends "to k their
eyes off the ball.”
As Mr. Wu's robes form one gorgeous
expanse of fluttering silk he soon* saw
that golfing and remaining clothed wero
out of the question ter him.
Thomas Jogged Ilia Aleatory.
A certain elderly gentleman; suffers 1
much from absent-mindedness and wa*
frequently compelled, to seek the asHr-t
--ance of his servant, pays Spare Mo
ments. “Thomas.” he would con
stantly say. “I have just bfen looking
for something, and fow I can’t rem'tnber
whai it is,” whereupon the obliging Toiom
a> invariably made suggestions. “Was it
your purse, or spectacles, or ehe kbco't.
ir?” end so on, till he hit on the right
object.
One right, after the old gentleman had
retired, the bell rang for Thomas, and
on reaching the bedroom he found Hi
master rambling restlessly ab.ut hia
room.
“Thomas, Thomas.” he said, “I came up
here for something, and now I've fo got
ten what!”
“Was it to go to bed, sir?”
his faithful retainer.
“Ah, the very thing—the very thing!
Thank you. Thomas. Good-night!”
A Truthful AAeiltling Report.
Willie Shortlike and Annie Bloomers were
married at the church last evening,
says the Indianapolis News. The church
was very prettily decorated with flowers
and potted plants, borrowed promiscuous
ly from over town from people who didn’t
want to lend them. The decorating was
done under protest by some of the mem
bers of the church who w-ere asked to do
so by the bride and couldn’t well refuse.
The ladiea are of the opinion that if the
couple were so bent on having a stylish
W’-lding they should have been willing to
have paid someone to chase all over the
for a day gutting flowers together and
4hen taking them home again.
The bride wore a handsome Silverstein
gown (made at home), and the groom was
decked out in a ten-dollar hand-me-down
suit. The ushers wore cutaway coats bor
rowed for the occasion. Sallie Potts was
maid of honor, end the consensus of opin
ion was that she was two to one better
than the bride. The young douple took the
morning train for St. Louis, where they
will spend more money in a few days than
Willie can earn in three months.
Willie says that, now he’s married, he’s
going to settle down. Some of our mer
chants thirjjr it wefrid be beftter had he set
tled up first. The groom gets a salary of
L’T a month, which is about the allowance
Annie has been used to for pin money.
We wish, for Willie’s sake, that the old
saying that it takes no more to support two
than one wasn’t a lie.
The bride sent us shoe box full of a
conglomeration of stuff supposed to be
cake. If this is a sample of Annie’s cook
ing we feel sorry for Willie. Our jani
tor’s dog fell heir to the cake, and now he
is lying in Ihe cold, cold ground. Bur this
wedding is none of our funeral. If Willie
and Annie are satisfied we’ve got no kick
coming.
'‘Riglitmnn’n Girl.”
From the Denver Evening Post.
We have warbled old Barbara Frletehie’s
praise
In sonnets and several other ways.
How she stood at her window In Fred
erick town
And froze the “rebs” with a patriot frown!
How she raised “Old Glory” in loyal way
And told its foes it was there to stay!
But now the old Barbara flag we’ll furl
And tell the story of “Rightman’s girl.”
The great sun blazed in the Afric’ skieß
Like a fiery ball of unusual size,
And sprinkled beat o’er the shimmering
veldt
That would blister an elephant’s four-plv
pelt.
The British troops on their conquering
* march
To homes of foemen applied the torch.
Burned out the nests where the Boermen
brave
Came to change their linen and get a
shave.
And the Rightman ranch where the troop
er* bid
To burn, but the burning they didn’t did!
For there in the door of the old farm
place
Stood a plump Dutch girl with a pretty
face!
Her eyes were hot with defiant fire,
And her bosom heaved with expansive ire!
To the firebug “Tommies” she fearless
said:
“Yust pull your freight und gone ofT
ahead!
“Deee h’aus was left mit my sharge, you
bet,
Und you don’d you Id burn it already yet!
Yust pass a motion and qvick adjourn,
Because ve don’t got some houses to
burn!”
Up rode Lord Kitchener, grand and great.
With his frown and his dignity both on
straight.
Rode up in his majesty, but the girl
Just gave her lip an additional curl.
And he-gazed In her proud and defiant
face,
And noted her simple, uncultured grace.
And his lion heart melted quickly down
To jelly, and gone was his warlike frown,
And he said to his troopers: “Who dares
to scratch
On the bulge of hia khaki trouser®
match
“Will catch a boot In the place which he
Has. used for the sera tolling purpose,
see ?”
And then to the maiden: “My gentle
f ti w n.
I weaken!" An j then to hi* troop#:
"March on!”
And (here >hf stood ns the troops march*.}
by,
Ami oft at h*ri>*lf wtnk*J the o' her eye!
S o .1 titer* In <l*fiance until the last
Of th* b oomin' British ha<l by her passed.
And said as they faded from out her
sight:
"Dere peen no hot times mtt dts old ranch
to-night!
"Dos* standoff vork mighty slick, I dinks.
Und das vo Ist lost mil me. by vlnks!”
—A Boston bank has Installed a sreelal
department for wom-n custom-re. There
are two distinct sets of clerks, one (o at
tend to women doing business there, th*
number .<f whom has grow-n to l e of
large proportions, while the oilier side
cures for the men. The department ‘ft
aside for women Is especially attractive
and quiet, without publicity or annoyance
and with every convenience at hand that
women patron* and depositor* may trans
act their business matters mast sat sr c
tortly. i
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Burr Oak (Kan.) Herald notes
that Mr. Lord and Mr. Devil live In neigh
borly peace near that town.
—A school of employes hoa been started
In one of the shops of the United States
Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company In
Cincinnati. The company has fitted up a
room with drawing apparatus and instruc
tion will be given tn <lie company's time.
—The printers’ strike at Amsterdam has
had a peculiar result in the journalistic
world. From April 2S to April 30 no Am
sterdam newspaper appeared, but from
that date the managers of nine newspa
pers agreed to print a single sheet, call
in* it the Extraordinary Journal.
—M. Danyas of the Pasteur Institute in
Paris has found microbe which will
wipe rats out of existence. He has tried
the effect of his microbe in warehouses,
farms and other places, and in 50 per
cent, of cases the rats completely dis
appeared.
—A check for $17,364,144.44 drawn on the
National Bank of Commerce of New
York, in part payment for the Third Ave
nue Railroad bonds, by Kuhn. Koeb &
Cos., the purchasers, is said to be lhe
largest ever made in this country in a
business transaction.
—The Boston Transcript says that the
trees which suffered most from the rav
ages of caterpillars last summer were th
first to bud this year and that their
foliage is much ihicker than that of the
trees which were not stripped of their
leaves when others suffered.
—A prehistoric city, covering* several
hundred acres, has been discovered In
Mexico. The ruins were covered with
earth, but the excavations ulready mu !e
show that the discovery is one of great
importance from an archaeological iioim
of view.
—A Capitol guide, showing a party
through the Senate corridors a few days
ago, halted them before the statue of
John Hancock, and, after they, had ad
mired it and its unique inscription, led
them away with this final fit of informa
tion. “Hancock was a great man; you
know, he wrote the Declaration of Inde
pendence!” And not one of tha* party
raised has voice in protest.
—Comparing Canada’s gold mines with
these in South Africa, the Quebec Chron
icle says that the Johannesburg main'
reef is about fifty miles long by seven
miles wide. In Western Canada the Dak*
of the Woods gold district alone is about
250 miles long, by about 150 miles wide;
then there are still more promising gold
areas in the Boundary creek district, the
Russian district, as well os the famous
Yukon gold field*.
—Tourists declare there is no prettier
town in the Free Btate than Kroonstad,
and none more healthy In all South Af
rica. In fact, it is one of the centers
to which consumptive patients are sent
from all over the world Kroonstad boasts
a club and four or five hotels, end there
is good fishing In the A’aleche river,-which
curves round the town. Golf links and a
boating club supply the outdoor amuse
ments of the place.
—A paper lately read before the French
Academy of Science by Prof. Balland.
shows, by new and exhaustive analyses,
the value of eggs as food and the enor
mous consumption of this product of the
domestic hen. He shown that 25 per cent,
of the egg has a nutritive value. The rest
is water. Ten eggs without the shells
equal just about one pound avoirdupois of
meat. So that when eggs are 15 cents a
dozen or less in this country’, they ore
cheaper, than meat.
—Two hundred and nineiy millions of
dollars for poultry, the proceeds of one
year, compared with $136,000,000 for h gs
for the same time, tells with emphasis
the enormous magnitude of the p uPr -
business. It becomes startling when it
is remembered that we are still impoders
of eggs, for we should supply every hoc*
demand and l>e able to exi>ort b -dies.
England imports 135,450,111 dozens of eggs,
at a cost of $20,365,326. and we furnish 447,-
033 of the amount, or did tn 1397.
—The following curious epitaph is
vouched for by the Buffalo Commercial
as having been copied from a stone in
a country graveyard on the banks of the
St Bawrence river, near Prescott:
Erected to the memory of
ELIZABETH RICHARDSON,
who heroicly defended the life
of her lover by sticking a
pitchfork in a mad cow's nose.
Age 38.
—When Samuel J. Tilden ranjfor pres
ident tn 3876 his "literary bureau” was n
subject of ridicule among the older pol
iticians, who looked upon it as anew
and Quixotic scheme. But the literary
bureau has now become the most import
ant adjunct of every national committee.
In 1896 the Republican National Commit
tee expended $500,000 for printing alone,
and the greater portion of the money
raised by the Democratic Committee was
used in the same way.
—The two place* in Washington where
the vandal stands in awe aie the Suprem.-
Court room and the White House, the
former being the more awesome. In nil
other public places may be found the
dirty finger prints of the vandal The
monument is chipped, statues a'e ma re ',
fragments are cut from the furniture ~nd
hangings of the Senate and House of Rfp
reseniattvea and names have been scratch
ed into the marble and on the bronze
doors, but something holds the most ruth
less in check when he comes to the
Supreme Court.
—Mayor Hart, of Boston, has instituted
many’ businesslike reforms in the ad
ministration of municipal affairs since
he entered upon the duties of Iris office.
Ha has now given orders to the Cltv Au
ditor and Ci;y Treasurer lo forwar.i him
<ach morning statements showing the
lots nt ss done on the pie editi- day, .and
these arc to be made public; for the
Mayor believes that the public should
know how much money the ci'y receives
and spend* each dav. The first staff ny-nt
-that for SaturJay last, a hilf-hol day
showed receipts of $3,620.71 and expendi
tures of $128,584.45.
—"Taking Texas a* a whole.” said a
ctllzen of that state to a New York Tri
bune reporter the other day, “the out
look is for a yield cf wheat, cotton anil
e rn this year that will break all records.
The Wheat crop especial y wifi be enor
mous. But it is when the censtis returns
are tabulated that Texas will girr the
country a surprise. Our increase of pop
ulation In the last decade will show a
bigger parceo'age of gain, probably,
than has been made by any state in the
Union My own belief is that th, enu
merators’ figures will give a total of
quit# i.ooo.on) souls and some well in
formed people believe that this limit may
he,exceeded.”
-An autograph signature of Queen Ei:z
abHli was recently submitted to Librarian
Alien of the department of state for his
opinion as to its authenticity. It has been
in th* possession of a prominent Wash
ington family, and was about to lie sold.
Mr. Allen Is a recognized expert In such
matter, and, after comparison with copies
of the Queen’s handwriting to which he
has access, pronounced it genuine. It is
a. very rare specimen. It Is on a sm ill
•quare of parchment framed in an old
fashioned ilagut rrotype frame, and was
presumable clipped—perhaps stei n—from
some old patent of nobility. It is wel:
vouched for Iwck to 1815. warn a London
dealer In autographs sold it for 15 shill
ings, giving a signed certificate of its
genuineness. As the dealer was known
to the trade os a reputable one, the name
carries weight. Through a Washington
denier the specimen has gone to a lady in
Greenfield, Mass who U a collector of au
tograph*. and who pays for this one a
prtce which to the unenthtisUMlc would
sound fabulous. Out Side of specimens on
old treatts*. there are not many of Eliza
beth'* autograph* in existenct
The Quakers Are
Honest People,
SThe tjuaker Herb
Tonic is not only t
blood purifier, but a
Blood maker t*
Pale, Weak and D
biiitated people wh
~ have not atrengtk
nor blood It act* g,
a tonic, it regulatbt
l digestion, cures dy
pepsia and lend*
j f'TP" '/ strength and tone t*
'ft the nervous system.
It Is a medicine for weak women. It I* *
purely vegetable medicine and can b*
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and all disease* of tha
Blood, Stomach and nervea soon *uccumb
to its wonderful effects upon the human
f>3tem. Thousands of people In Goergl*
recommend it. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER RAIN BALM is the medlclr*
that the Quaker Doctor mode ail of his
wonderful quick cures with. If* anew
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia,
Toothache, Backache, Rheumatism,
Sprains, Rain in Bowels, n fact, all pain
can be relieved by it. Price 25c and 50c.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price 10c a rake.
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vega
table ointment for the cure of tetter, ec
zema and eruptions of the skin. Prtca
10c a box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
HERE IS
AN OPPORTUNITY
We have bought a iarge lot of PER
FECT SAMPLES, including
Fancy Vases,
Cameo Ware,
Odd Plates,
Fancy Pieces,
Etc., Etc.,
and we offer them at FULL 25 PER
CENT. I.ESS than the usual cost.
It is a:i op; ortunity to buy the b*st
goods for little money.
Come and see.
G. W. ALLEN & CO.,
STATE AND BARNARD.
SI fAIMER RESORT*.
HEALTII I’Ll!; VSL KK-RKST.
White Cliff Mineral Springs Hotel,
WHITE < LIPF. TENS,
The Great Summer Resort of the South.
Everything first-class. In the mountain*
of Eas* Tennessee. 3,00) feet above
level. 1,000 feet higher than Lookout Moun
tain. Cool <liys aii l nights; pure fresh
air; medicinal waters. Write for illustra
ted pamphlet free, if you mention Savan
nah News. J. B. WILSON.
Manager, White Cliff, Tenn.
in BISS 111
Suwanee, Fla.
Situated on the banks of the Suwane#
river. Climate unequaled. No malaria.
No Mosquito s. Cool nights. Most
healthful and delightful resort in th*
South. Water litres every known dis
care. Board >lO pur week. Special rata
for commercial nun of $2 per day, which
includes transfer. Table and accommo
datiors strictly'first-class. For illustrated
I amphlel addfess Suwanee Springs Cos..
Suwanee Springs, Fla.
ANDREW HANLEY, Mgr.
HOTEL DALTON,
DALTON, GA.
Popular summer resort. One of th#
most popular summer resorts in North
Georgia; clima:e delightful, beautiful
drives, brick hotel, hot and cold baths oo
each floor; elevator, electric bells, good
tables. Special rates to families. Further
information given by D. L. Dettor, Prop.
HOTEL NORMANDIE,
BROADWAY & 58TH STS., NEW YORK.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY
Located in the liveliest and most inter
esting 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, N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SON*.
HOTEL FITZPATRICK,
WASHINGTON, GA.
The nicest hotel in the best town In tha
South. Fine Mineral Springs. Large ball
room. Cultivated society. An Weal spot
for the summer visitor, near the great
Hillman electric, shafts. Special rates far
families. Adores*
W. G. THIGPEN, Proprietor*
New Hotel Bellevue
European S’inn. Central Location,
Beacon St., Boston.
HARVEY A WOOD, Proprietor*.
SUMMER HEALTH RESORT.
CHICK SPRINGS,
Taylor s Station. Greenville county, S. C.
On Southern Railway. Julius C. Smith,
proprietor. The best summer hotel, e*sjr
.of access, all modern improvements. For
rest and comfort there is none better. Will
o|>en for guests on June 1, 1900. Boating
and bathing on lake.
Roanoke lleil Sulphur Spring;* tI
Salem, Va.
Open June Ist; elevation 2,500 feet;
Sulphur, Chalybeate anti Freectone
Waiers; delightful summer climate: real
dint physician; one of the best family
resori.- in the state; terms reasonable.
Write for descriptive pomphlet.
--J. H. CHAPMAN. Manager.
lift) OF THE SKY.
COMMERCIAL HOUSE, Saluda. N. C
Delightful climate, reasonable rate*.
MRS ELK Ml NO TARVER.
CONNELLY SPRINGS HOTEL
CONNELLY SPRINGS, N. C.
Excellent hea’th and pleasure resort; ac
commodations the best; rotes reasonable
. ' B. B. ABERNETHY,
Proprietor.
MELROSE, NEW YORK.
78 MADISON AVENUE, corner 2sth at.
Rooms with or without board. Rooms
with board $7 per week; $1.25 per day
and uptrends Scr.d for circular.
All interested in Winchester. Va.. H her
as a summer resort, as a joint of hl'toil
cal interest or in a business way. ran have
pamphlet free. Address, J. K. Correß,
Winchester, Va.