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INDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Notices—l. O. O. F.; Memorial
Services; The Yankee Consolidated, M.
M. & T. Cos.; Bark Chipman For Sale,
Metzger Bros., Mobile, Ala.; the Question
of Cloaks, Theus Bros.; Malt Mead,
George Meyer; Warehouse end Office For
Rent, Est. Solomon Cohen; Hamilton's
Hygiea and Lunch Parlor; the Cathedral
Sunday School Picnic et Tybee, June IS;
Thunderbolt Stables, A. P. Doyle; An.
nual Picnic, Savannah Council, No. 1, Or
der American Firemen, July 17; Greene *
Cos.; Masonici Temple Pharmacy; This
Week Only, R. L. Claney & Cos.; Notice.
Edward G. Black; Notice of Partnership,
Prenclergast & Ganahl; Monday’s Mar
ket, James J. Joyce; Notice, Prendergast
& Black; Hermann, Hill & Cos., Repair
ers of All Kinds of Machinery, 130 Dray
ton Street; Levan's Table d'Hote.
Business Notices —E. & W. Laundry;Hot
Weather Special the. Hunter & Van Keu
ren.
After the Best Trade—Globe Shoe Com
pany.
Harris Ltthla Water and Kodaks—Liv
ingston’s Pharmacies.
Growing With the CRy— Munster's.
Liquid Air—At Levy's.
Three Samples of Cameo Ware—Geo. W.
Allen & Cos. *
Brooms—Antl-Septlc Brooms.
Big Bargains and Little Prices —Cohen-
Kulman Carriage and Wagon Company.
For Monday Only—Chas. Marks.
Decorated Sales Are the Order of the
Day—Daniel Hogan.
The Season's Newest. Brightest Summer
Goods —At the Bee Hive.
Clearing Up Sale—At Gutman's.
Dissolution Sale—Jackson, Metzger &
Cos.
One Little Wrinkle of the Shoulder—At
the Metropolitan.
Are You Going Away This Season?—M.
Dryfus.
Summer Resorts—Winchester, Va.
The Gas Range—Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
Emphatic Indorsement of Thousands—
Foye & Morrison.
Bring This With You—To Eckstein's.
Fancies for the Fain—At Levy’s.
The Ribbon King—M. A. Stokes.
It’s Just the Thing for Hot Weather—
Wm. & H. H. Lattimore.
The Aftermath of a Great Sale—Leopold
Adler.
Telephone List—Georgia Telephone and
Telegraph Company’s List.
Fashionable Summer Horse Clothing.
Etc.—Leo Frank.
Auction Sales—Old Hoss Sale, Central
of Georgia Railway Company; Roller Top
Desk, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer. *
Fostum Cereal Food Coffee—Postum Ce
real Company.
Libbey’s Glass—Thomas West & Cos.
Cut Glass—C. Dorfltnger & Sons, New
Y ork.
Embroideries, Jusr Opened—Leopold Ad
ler.
Beef—Liebig’s Extract of Beef.
Steamship Schedules —French Line,
Compagnie Generale Transatlantlque.
Medical—S. S. S.; Munyon’e Guarantee;
Hood's Sarsaparilla; Peruna; Abbo's New
Hot Air Apparatus; Coke Dandruff Cure.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida to-day are showers, and fresh
easterly winds.
Russia Insists upon maintaining Inde
pendence of action In the B'ar East. That
means the Great Bear will look to the
main chance, und desires to be tn a posi
tion to thrust tils pews Into the pie when
ever a favorable opportunity occurs.
According to the correspondence of a
Chicago paper, when Admiral Sampson
read of the decision of the Court of
Claims In his favor. In the matter of the
Santiago bade, his only comment was;
•'The bounty Is not as large as I had ex
pected."
Chicago and St. Louis are complaining
that they will not show up as they ought
to In the census, because of the strikes
from which they have lately suffered. It
it said that several thousand working
people ha've left each city as a conse
quence of the strikes.
If Admiral Dewey eunnot get the presi
dency lie will not hate anything,/ That Is
his determination, and It means/virtually,
that he is out of politic* wlthou ever hav
ing been really Into It. If the Ydmiral la
wise, he will never let a polltl al bee get
Into his wife’* bonnet again.
THE SITUATION IN ( HINA.
The situation in China is viewed by our
government with the gravest apprehen
sions. No one can forsee the outcome of
the troubles there. It is evident that the
government cannot be depended upon to
quell the Boxer disturbances. It cannot
depend upon its own army. Indeed, it is
not yet certain that the real government
of China is not in sympathy with the
Boxer movement. The troops are all the
while deserting and joining the Boxers.
The lives of all foreigners ore in danger.
Some foreigners, particularly mission
aries, have already been murdered. The
Japanese minister has been killed ar.d it
is reported that the German minister has
met the same fate. It is clear that the
fanatical Boxers Intend to murder all for
eigners and native Christians, and they
will carry out their intention unless pre
vented by the forces of foreign govern
ments.
But the foreign governments are not
harmonious as they ought to be. At first
it was the understanding that they would
act together in preserving order and re
storing the situation to what it was be
fore the ©oxers began to commit out
rages. Now, however, it is said that
Russia is disposed to take sides with the
government of China. That complicates
the situation. Russia wants to dominate
in the affairs of China. It is believed to
be her purpose to annex the whole of the
northern part of the empire. Japan is
Jealous of her influence with the Chinese,
and is, at the same time, offended at her
efforts to reap all of the, benefits of the
successful war which the former waged
against China a few years ago. 0
A war between Russia and Japan is
therefore one of the probabilities of the
troubles in China. And in the event of
a war between those nations there may be
serious trouble between other nations
which have large interests in China.
Neither Great Britain, Germany, France,
Italy nor the United States intend to yield
any of the privileges which they now r en
joy in China. If they cannot harmonize
their interests they may resort to force
to settle their differences. All of the com
mercial nations are looking for new mar
kets. China promises to be a great mar
ket. (She is, in fact, a great market now.
but her commercial possibilities are just
beginning to be developed. If a struggle
should be begun by the commercial nations
for her trade it would not end, in all prob
ability, without China's disappearance
from the map as a nation.
Although the United Stales are keeping
clear of all entangling alliance in con
nection with China’s affairs, they may
not be able to adhere to that policy and
at the same time protect their interests.
At any time complications may arise that
will force them to abandon their inde
pendent position or lose the advantages
they now' possess. It is apparent, there
fore, that there is enough in the Chinese
situation to cause our government a great
deal of anxiety. If all of the Powers were
sincere, and were willing to trust each
other, they would stand aside and let
Japan settle the Boxer trouble. She has
the army and navy to do it, and, it is
thought, would do it, if permitted, but
Russia would never consent to anything
of that kind. Her plans do not contemplate
any increase of Japan’s influence in China.
FATALITIES FROM LKiIITMXi.
Those timid women who discard cor
sets and hide in closets or beds when the
lightnings flash and the thunders roll
may heart and keep their steels on.
The chinces are less than one in ten
thousand that they will he hit by a thun
derbolt. This is official, upon the author
ity of th© government’s weather bureau
In Washington. During the past several
years the government has had an expert
give special attention to fatalities from
lightning, nnd according to his figures,
throughout the United States and Cuba
last year there were only 563 such fatali
ties, among about 65,000,000 people. One's
chances of being struck by lightning,
therefore, are hardly greater than one’s
chances of striking the capital prize of a
lottery.
According to the statistics of Prof.
Henry, the lightning expert, the notion
that lightning is most dangerous where
thunder squalls are most frequent is er
roneous. Only one faiality is set down
for Cuba, where the heat and humidity is
greatest, and where electrical storms are
of frequent occurrence. Florida, also, is
the scene of many thunder squalls of con
siderable violence, nevertheless there
were only three lightning fatalities In
Florida last year. The worst place In
the United States for lightning last year
seems to have been Pennsylvania, where
there were 56 deaths from that cause, fol
lowed by Illinois with 41 deaths, Ohid
with 38, Minnesota with 24 and New York
with 23. Pacific coat lightning seems to
be of a very pacific and harmless char
acter, since It did not claim a solitary
victim. Possibly California will shortly
be Inserting that Item In her health re
sort advertisements.
Some 45 per cent, of last year’s light
ning deaths occurred in the open, 34 per
cent, in houses, 11 per cent, under trees
and 9 per cent. In burns. Tills does not
mean, of course, that it Is safer to run
to the barn and hide in the hay during a
thunder storm. The reason the barn per
centage is lower than that of the house
Is that fewer persons were tn barns than
In houses at the time of the lightning
strokes. The wire clothesline and the de
sire of the thrifty housewife to save her
week's wash from on extra w*etting are
blamed for as many as twelve deaths by
lightning. Should a string of clothes on a
wire line happen to get caught in a thun
derstorm, the safest tiling is to let them
hang and ride the storm out, or even part
their cable and go adrift. Lightning, it
seems, has a considerable affinity for a 1
wire line full of wet clothes If It happens |
to be anywhere near the lightning’s path, j
There Isn’t any set rule for avoiding
a stroke of lightning. Possibly wearing
a well insulated rod and a pair of rub
ber shoes would not absolutely insure Im
munity, though it might lessen the dan
ger. However, there are certain precau
tions which Prof. Henry says might well
be taken. Deaths from lightning indoors
generally come while the victims are
standing near chimneys, or open doors
or windows; an 1 out-of-doors while
standing under trees or by wire
fences or live stock. Thesq things,
therefore, should be avoided. “The mid
dle of the room,” says Prof. Henry, "is
probably the safest part. In the open
persons should never seek the shelter of
trees. Wire fences and live stock should
be avoided. If on horseback, It would be
well to dismount and wait until the storm
passes."
In St. Louts there l a woman who
has been mauled three times and divorced
twice within a year. It Is "up to” Chica
go now to improve uoon, or rather to beat.
-4hat record.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1900.
THE EAST BROAI) STREET TRAG
EDY.
There may be some circumstances con
nected with the shocking of the colored
man, William Stewart, by J. J. Read, a
white man, at East Broad and Charlton
streets on, Thursday, which would make
the charge against Read seem lees grave
than do the facts published in the news
papers. It is to bo hoped there are, be
cause, from the account of the affair in
the public prints, the nhooting was not
only unprovoked, but was cruel end
brutal.
The homicide has been the cause of a
great deal of indignation. Citizens in all
walks of ilfe have commented on it, and
have expressed the opinion that Real
should be indicted promptly and tried,
without unnecessary delay. The witnesses
can be had now', and swift punishment, if
a crime was committed, should be in
flicted on the criminal. We do not un
dertake to prejudge the case. We do not
undertake to say what the facts are. We
are certain, however, that everybody in
the city who has read the accounts of the
affair, feels that there should be no de
lay in bringing Read to trial.
The victim of the shooting is said to
have been* a hard w'orking and inoffensive
man. It does not appear that he was the
fort of a man to make himself obnoxious
to anybody. It is doubtful if he knew
Rood. According to one witness he was
approached, insulted and then shot.
Of the many homicides in this city In
recent years, there seems to be less to be
said in extenuation of this one than there
was of most of the others. A prompt and
vigorous prosecution is probable, and if
the facts are as stated and the jury
does its duty, a result may be r* 1
that will create a healthier public senti
ment respecting the sacredness of human
life.
“BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WA
TER/*
The quotation above has become n his
toric phrase. The probabilities aje that
most English-speaking men have used it
at one time or another, and all have heard
it used. But how many know the origin
of it? How many know that an American
—a Georgian, a Savannahian—-gave curren
cy to the sentiment under circumstances
which are recalled by current events ih
China?
Forty-one years ago, Capt. (afterwards
Commodore) Josiah Tattnall, who was
bom In this city In 1795, was flog officer
of the Asiatic station of the United States
navy. Arriving at his post, he found
China at war with the allied English nnd
French fleets. On July 25 of that year,
standing on the deck of his ship in the
Pei-110, ho saw the British vessels under
fire of the Chinese forts. These were the
Taku forts, where the foreign warships
are now'gathered. The fire from the forte
was proving terribly effective. At length,
Capt. Tattnall could resist the desire
to interfere no longer. Uttering bis
memorable words to his executive officer,
it is said, he gave the signal for action,
arid his men responded gladly and prompt
ly. Tattnall picked a crew to row him
to tho flagship of the British fleet. While
his boat was between his own ves
sel and that of the Britleh eommandeis_U
was struck by a Chinese shell which kill
ed the coxswain and severely wounded
Lieut. Stephen Decatur Trenchard. Tatt
nall's order was for the men to bend
harder to their oars. The Americans had
♦ hen an added motive for fighting; to
avenge their comrades. Boardting the
British vessel Tattnall and his men prees
ed to the front nnd aided* the British in
defeating the Chinese. It w*as a glorious
victory, nnd the British have always given
♦he brilliant American high praise for
his part in it.
Tattnall had, of course, violated the neu
trality laws of the United States in thus
going to the aid of the British. But pub
lic opinion in this country, believing with
him that "blood is thicker than water,"
upheld him In his course; so instead of
punishment, he received new honors. The
sentiment was repeated and reciprocated
on the part of the British during our re
cent war with Sjtain. It was an open se
cret that the British were our friends dur
ing that war, so (hat the whole of Europe
was estopped from Interfering in any
manner with our operations against the
Spaniards.
Once more the British and the American
flags are flying together in the Pei-Ho, off
the Taku forts, and British and American
fighting men are standing shoulder to
shoulder in defense of modern progress.
Other nations are acting with them, to be
sure, but the Anglo-Saxons predominate
largely. All of this docs not of
course, imply any "entangling al
liance” on the part of our gov
ernment with that of Great Britain; but
it does mean that the two greatest na
tions of tile world, bound together by lice
of blood, may be expected to stand to
gether in demanding justice and protection
for their citizens in China.
THE KANSAS CITY PLATFORM.
It is evident from the Democratic plat
forms which have been adopted In the
different states that there Is no over
whelming desire that the leading features
of the Chicago platform shall be empha
sized iri tho platform lo be adopted at
Kansas City. In some of these state plat
forms the Chicago platform has been
practically ignored. In most of them, how
ever, It has been endorsed in a general
way, and the chief attention has been
given to Issues which have since
that platform was adopted.
The Indications now are that the silver
Issue, while it will have a place in the
Kansas City platform, will be so present
ed that It will not attract a great deal of
attention. It may be that the only refer
ence to It will be In the indorsement that
will be given the Chicago platform.
The belief Is becoming stronger that
the great battle of the campaign will l a
for the electoral vote of New York. It
seems to be pretty generally conceded that
if the Democrats can carry that state
they can win the election. To carry It,
however, some concession will have to be
made, in all probability, on the silver
question. a
This view will no doubt lie strongly pre
sented by conservative men from New
York and other states, at the National
Convention. In view of the higher prices
for farm products which have prevailed
since the adoption of the Chicago plat
form, It will not be possible to get up a
great deal of enthusiasm for silver, par
ticularly as there Is to lie very little prob
ability of silver legislation within the next
four years, even If the Democrats should
elect the President.
It will cause no surprise If the Kansas
City platform should be very conserva
tive respecting the Issues which were
made prominent In the Chicago platfo-m.
The good of the country requires that the
Democratic party should be eucccessful In
a campaign this year, and there Is no rea.
son wliy success should be jeopardized by
'goo dose adherence to a sentiment.
Dr. W. P. Porcher, a leading physician
of Charleston, writing to the News and
Courier, says: “It will be a great shame
if the Educational Convention comes to
Charleston next month ar.d finds that, al
though the city is surrounded with water,
there is but one single place that a bath
can be had, and that at the extreme west
A
Porcher that It would be a shame to
quire the visiting teachers—many ladies
will be among thenv—to go to the extreme
west end of Tradd street and go a-swim*
min* in the Ashley river every time they
desired 1 a bath. We have all along thought
that Charleston ought to make some ar
rangement whereby full l> ngth, stationary
bath tubs, or even shower baths, might
be put into the hotels nnd residences. In
view of the fact that the teachers wiM be
in Charleston several days, we suggest as
one way out of the difficulty that special
excursion trains be run daily to Savannah
for the accommodation of those who de
sir© baths. We have a surplus of several
million gallons per day of pure, clear,
sparkling artesian water, and a plenty of
tubs and showers, with which Charleston's
visitors could make themselves cool, clean
und happy.
Should the troubles in China spread nnd
continue for any length of time, the trade
in tea and cotton goods might be seri
ously interfered with. The tea trade does
not seem to be in imminent danger, since
the disturbances are in Northern. China,
w'hile the tea-producing districts are in
the South. Pekin and Tien Tsin are about
as far from the great tea centers as it
is from Boston to Jacksonville. In the
matter of <he cotton trade, however, the
situation is more serious. The bulk of
American shipments of cotton goods go
to Shanghai, whence they are transferred
to New Chang, Tien Tsin and Chee Foo.
These cities are in the heart of the dis
trict that is now disturbed by the Box
ers. Already the effects of the disturb
ance are being felt. The active
Chinese demand for cottons that existed
a month ago has been cut off, shipments
are being held back, and some houses
look for cancellations.
PERSON AL.
-—By the death of Mr. John Davila Mul
lins, chief librarian to the Corporation of
Birmingham, one of the most not'*l libra
rians in England, is removed. His cata
logue of Shakesporian editions is a valua
ble work.
—lt was not generally known that to
his other accomplishments the late Duke
of Argyll added that of an arilst. Point
ing wus one of his .favorite recreations,
and the rooms of Inverary Castle con
tain maqy examples—in oil and water
color—of his brush. Of recent years tho
late Duke spent much of his time in his
library, wTtich contains the only perfect
copy of the first Gaelic book ever printed
and many rare parchment volumes.
—Carroll C. Boggg of Fairfield, 111., w'ho
has just been chosen, for chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Illinois, has also
been prominently mentioned as the possi
ble Democratic nominee for Governor of
Illinois. Judge Boggs was born in- Fair
field in 1844. and graduated from tho t'ni
vernlty of Michigan He was admitted to
the bar in 1866, and'since that time lias
been honored by election to the offices
of state's attorney, county judge, circuit
judge, and finally to a seat ora the Su
premo Court bench.
BRIGHT HITS.
—A Prize Pie—" Here’s t' ypr hea'th,
Sylvester." “Where'd ye git the liquor?”
"Squeezed it from this mince pie a temper
ance ledy gimme.”—Life.
—Young Lady Passenger (on hoard liner)
—“What's the matter, captain?" Captain
—"The fact is, Miss, we've broken our rud
der.” Young Lady—“But surely you
needn’t worry about that, captain. The
rudder is under water, you know, and it
isn't likely people will notice it."—Glas
gow Evening Times.
—Didn’t Know It by That Name—" Didn't
you find the tipping nuisance particularly
exasperating?” someone asked Uncle
Jerry, who had just returned from his
first visit to a fashionable watering place.
"The tipping nuisance?” he said. "Oh, y*?s,
there was. always some idiot who wanted
to rock the boat."--Chicago Tribune.
—Ostracism—The Ordinary Society Wo
man met the Trust Magnate’s Wife at the
threshold. "Back!” cried the Ordinary So
ciety Woman. ”1 did not Invite you! I
am ostracising 'you!” The Trust Mag
nate’s Wife drew a document from her
bosom. "I have here." she said, "a man
damus from Hie Federal Court, directing
you to cease ostracizing me, on the ground
that in ostracizing me you interfere with
Interstate commerce.” Thus again had
Law operated to fortify Wealth in the
bastions of Privilege.—Detroit Journal
CTHHE.NT COM MUST.
The New York Evening. Post (Ind.)
says; "One missionary in China, the Rev.
E. E. Aiken of the American Boarj, is
frank enough to say that the aggressions
and insolence of foreigners have been
sufficient to “develop the present feeling
among the people in North China.” He
specifies the seizure of Klao-chou by Hie
Germans, end particularly the overbearing
and sometimes cruel way in which Ger
man officials have treated the natives.
In general, Mr. Aiken thinks (and he has
spent twenty years in Chjna) that "if
missions had confined themselves to mis
sions, and diplomacy had treated China
decently and fairly, the Boxer movement
would no: have arisen.” Foreign interven
tion has been necessary, he believes, and
even force, or a show of it, has been
requisite; but tile manner and amount of
outside interference would seem to have
been calculated to provoke a proud. It
ignorant and feeble people, to fury."
The Washington Post (Ind ), comment
ing on an editorial In the Morning News,
respecting the war In the Philippines,
says; "The Post hopes that the miliiary
force now in the islands will suffice to
crush out all that is left of the Insurrec
tion. whether the remnant he great or
small. But Whatever force may be need
ed. should and will bo sent. If the Dem
ocratic party-should come in next Marca,
and find the Insurrection still on, Pres
ident Bryan would )>e compelled to take
up the task of ’’bringing the insurgents
to terms and making ihern respect our au
thority." No Preoident can evade the
constitutional obligation to defend tho
sovereignty of the United States when
ever and wherever It is attacked."
The Philadelphia Record (Pem.) says:
“Much complaint is made that the dele
gates from the Southern states to the Re
publican National Convention are nearly
all offi.-e holders, notwithstanding Presi
dent McKinley'* desire that his office hold
ers should not manifest a pernicious ac
tivity In political matters. But how are
the Southern delegates to be chosen If
office holders and office expectants from
that region are to Ik* barred out of Re
publican National Conventions?"
The Richmond Times (Dem.) sas*s:
“Notwithstanding the fact that Mayor
Van Wyck Is lamentably involved in the
New York ice trust scandal, Tammany
do not hesitate to igh against
yrusts. That is right. Van Wyck has
gotten on the wrong track, and It would
not le surprising If he should be run out
of office by the people. Nor will it help
the Mayor much that, In fear of the pop
ular wrath, the Ice companies have re
* duced their prices one-third." t
She Meant to Care Him.
“A week ago,” says a New Orleans phy
sician the other evening, according to the
Times-Democrat, “I felt convinced that I
had stumbled across one of the biggest
sensations of the day. Since then the case
has developed in an entirely unanticipated
direction, but all ihe same it makes a
pretty good story. I’ll tell it to you in a
few words.
“One of my patients Is a bachelor busi
ness man, who has been lodging for a
number of years in a quiet old mansion
r.ot a great distance from Lee Circle. His
landlady is a delightful, motherly old
creature who has learned to take as much
interest in him as if ho were her own son,
and altogether he is very comfortably
fixed. About <hree weeks ago he came
to me looking decidedly ill and complain
ed of a singular stomach disturbance. He
said that a distressing feeling of nausea
set in every morning, accompanied by a
severe headache.* It would wear off grad
ually during the day, and he would go to
bed feeling first class, but next morning
the same thing would be repeated. I
knew him to be a man of temperate hab
its and was a little surprised. Still I at
tached no great Importance to the matter,
and dismissed him w r ith some simple rem
edy. In five or six days be came back
looking much worse, and told the same
story, declaring that he couldn’t eat and
was rapidly losing strength. Then I took
up the matter seriously, made close In
quiry into his diet and so on. and, to be
frank. I immediately suspected poisoning.
He told me the first thing he did on awak
ening was to drink a cup of coffee, pre
pored by his old landlady herself, and I
offended him greatly by asking him to
quietly pour the contents of the cup into
a bottle next morning and bring it to me.
‘Why, you don’t think ,’ he began.
bristling up. ‘Keep cool/ said I; ‘I think
there may be something wrong with the
coffee pot; that’s all. Bring me the bot
tle. and say nothing o anybody"/
“Next day he came around with the
coffee.” continued the doctor, “and ad
m/red that for once he had missed hts
regular attack of nausea. I made a chem
ical analysis of the stuff and found a
considerable quantity of a familiar drug,
harmless enough as an occasional medi
cine, but certain to produce the gravest
gastric disturbances if persisted in. While
I half expected something of the kind. I
was deeply shocked end don’t "mind ad
mitting I was also considerably excited.
The drug could not possibly have got
into the coffee by accident, and as no one
else about the house had suffered, it look
ed very much like a deliberate poisoning
plot ngoinsit my patient. He himself
was so horrified* and upset that he was
simply incapable of giving sane advice,
and 1 was forced to take the matter into
my own hands. The upshot of it was
that I pu* on my het and w'ent around
to have a guarded talk with the landlady.
I knew her onlj* slightly, and she looked
greatly surprised when asked to see her
alone.
“ ‘Mrs. ——.’ I said, without any pre
face, ‘who makes Mr. 's morning cof
fee?’
"When I asked that question I thought
the o!d lady would faint. Her face w r ent
ns white as paper and her hands began
to tremble so violently she could hardly
control them.
“ 'I make it myself, doctor,' she man.
aged to reply.
“ ‘What do you put In it besides coffee?’
I asked.
’’She looked at me appealingly nnd
burst Into tears. Then the whole, absurd,
pitiful story came out. The dear old lady
is a prohibition fanatic, and in some way—
the Lord only knows hmv she conceived
the idea that her lodger was gradually go
ing to the dogs through strong drink.
Asa moiter of fact, he is a man who
drinks very, very moderately and was
never drunk in his life—it doesn’t happen
to he his weak spot. But she felt cer
tain. she said, that the habit ‘would
grow.’ and when one of her old lady
friends told her in strict confidence of a
preparation which would ’destroy the
craving' and could be administered in
secret in coffee, she decided it was her
duty to give it a trial. The rest you
know. She told me this between sobs,
and I relieved her greatly by bursting
into a roar of laughter. It was really
'too funny. At the same time It had Us
serious side, and when I explained the
risk she had been running, she was as
badly frightened as she ever will be.
“My patient was furious at the outset,
but he realized on reflection that the act
had been prompted by the kindliest solic
itude, and he was generous enough to
treat it ns a joke. One thing is certain,
however, he will got undoped coffee in
future.”
Small Boy nnd “Qno A'ndis."
The small boy who sells the "Quo Va
dis" backs in front of the New York the
a er was exercising his lungs to the limit
when a diminutive newsboy approached
him. sajs th New York Journal.
" Koo Vadish!’ on’y 10 cents! Singing
wltehe’s great bo k, only 10 cents!" yelled
the dealer in literature.
"What’s de name—me hearin’ ain’t
good?” inquired the boy with the bundle
of papers.
" ’Koo Vadish!’ on’y 10 cents! G’wan!
youse ain’t got no answer cornin’ to
yous !” replied the contemp
tuously.
"Huh!” said the boy with the papers.
"I’ll brt youse a nick youse don’t know
what’s c!e meanln’ of dat ‘Koo Vadish’
youso is trunnin’ out your chest about!"
"Youse Is on fer a nick!” answered the
borkll l*.
“Dui what’s de answer?"
"Is youse pirating for knowledge?” In
quired the bick=eller.
”1 got a first on me Free feet long an’
I’ll take a nickel’s worth," said the boy
with the papers.
’’An’ youse wants to know what’s de
meanin’ of Koo Vadish?’ ”
"Pat's de game.”
“Well," answered the bookseller, "It’s a
Dago book an’ it means, 'Where are you
gotn’ at?’ ”
Tin* Puzzled Cen*n Man.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
"Got any boys*)*” the marshal said
To a lady from over the Rhine;
And the lady shook her flaxen head
And civilly answered, "Neln!"
"Got any girls?" the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, “Neln!”
“But some are dead?" the marshal said
To the lady from over the Rhine;
An<l again tho lady shook her head
And civilly onswered, “Nein!"
'•Husband, of course?" the marshal sdd
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, "Neln!"
"The devil you have!" the marshal sail '
To the lady from over the Rhine;
And again the lady shook her head
And civilly answered, “Neln!"
J
“Now what do you mean by shaking your
head
And always answering ’Nine?’ ”
"101 l kann nicht Engllsch!" civilly said
The lady from over the Rhine.
Forrest Proved Kind.
The latest biographer of Gen. Forrest,
the great Confederate cavalry leader, de
fends his hero against the charges of
blood-thirstiness that, have been made
against him, says Collier's Weekly. Once
in the midst of one of his campaigns, be
relates, a captured Federal chaplain was
brought to Ills headquarters. The man
showed the deepest anxiety and depres
sion, for stories of Gen. Forrest’s severity
were rife in the Union camp. A little later
supper was announced, and Forrest, to
the chaplain's surprise, invited him to
share it; but his surprise grew to aroize
ment when the General turned lo him
reverently and said:
"Parson, will you please ask the bless
ing?"
The next morning Forrest courteously
gave him an escort through the Confe.l* r
nfe lines, for lie wished no noti-combamnis
for prisoners, and bade him good-by with
the remark:
"I would keep you hear to preach for
me If you weren't needed so much moi#
by the einuers on the other side."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Canadians are manifestly not very fond
of beer. Last year they consumed but 3.9
gallons fttr head as compared with a con
sumption of 12.60 gallons per capita in the
United States.
—The original manuscript of the speech
made by William H. Seward in favor of
the admission of Kansas into the Union
has been presented to the Kansas State
Historical Society.
—Aberdeen has become the great center
of the Scotch fishing industry. It harbors
140 steam trawlers, twenty-five large
steamers and eighty other boats, all of
which are engaged in fishing. These land
about 870 tons of fish every w’eek.
—Every stronger who enters the White
House is counted by an automatic regis
ter. The instrument is held in the hand
of one of the watchmen stationed at the
door, and for every visitor he pushes the
button. Congressmen, senators, members
of the cabinet and newspaper men are not
counted.
—Dr. A. M. Stein, registrar of the Pun
jab University, has applied for and ob
tained the permission of the government
of India, and also that of the Chinese
government, to explore Khotan, in Chi
nese Turkestan, this summer. This is to
be done for the purpose of scientific in
vestigations.
—ln a small lot of literary curiosities re
cently offered for sale in London was the
following printed notice, which used to
be exhibited on the walls of the Drury
Lane coffee house about 1822: “It is par
ticularly requested by the company that
those who are learning to spell will ask
for yesterday’s paper.”
—Work has been begun near Sioux City,
la., on the monument to the memory of
Sergeant Floyd, the only member of the
Lewis and Clark exploring expedition w ho
died dur.ng the famous trip up the Mis
souri, in 1804. The monument will cost
SIO,OOO. Half of the expense wiH be borne
by Congress and half by the state cf
lowa.
—Henry Cooprkler, an 18-year-old Kan
san, recently applied to the probate judge
of Harper county for a marriage license.
The judge informed the young man that
the consent of his father would have to
be obtained before the license could be is
sued, whereupon the boy presented the fol
lowing note: “Judge, Sir—l turn the boy
loose. If he makes s a burn he can sit on
the blister. Let him have his papers,
i’ours truly, Albert Cooprider.”
—The Massachusetts Daughters of the
Revolution are hopeful that the Bay State
will make arrangements for the preserva
tion of the birthplace of John Adams, in
Quincy, Mass., for its historical interest,
and because it Is a fine specimen of co
lonial architecture. Recently the “Do
rothy Q.” Chapter visited the house end
listened to a paper, by the Rev. D. M.
Wilson- of Brooklyn, on “The Mansion of
the Quincys: It Famous Inmates and
Guests.” In the parlor of this house “Do
rothy Q.” was married. The original wall
paper, bearing quaint figures, and sup
posed to be of Chinese make, is stiil on
walls of the room.
—A dispatch from Cleveland, 0., says:
Anew system of weights and measures
has been devised for English-speaking
people by A. L. Hyde, a civil engineer of
this city. It is a decimal system, w’iih
an Inch as the basis. He calls it the
Inidikil system. The inch becomes the
in, 10 inches aro an id, 100 inches an ik
and 1,000 inches an il. In surface meas
urement the square inch is a spin, 100
square inches a squid and the squik and
s<|uil are used to represent larger areas.
To represent terms of capacity he uses
the terms cubin, cubid and cubil. The
terms for weight are an, ad, ak nnd al.
An an is the weight of one cubic inch cf
water, the ad is the weight of ten cubic
inches, and so on.
—The Boston Board of Health has de
cided to adopt At rlngent measures to pre
vent the spread of contagious diseases
through barber shops. It has promulgat
ed the following: regulations: “The place
of business of all barber shops, together
with all the furniture, shall be kept at
all times in a cleanly condition. Mugs,
shaving brushes and razors shall be ster
ilized by immersion in boiling water after
each separate use thereof. A separate
clean towel shall be used for each person.
Alum or other material to stop the flow
of blood shall be used only in powdered
form and applied on a towel. The use of
powder puffs is prohibited. Every barber
shop shall be provided with running hot
and cold water. No person shall be al
lowed to use any barber shop as a dor
mitory. Every barber shall thoroughly
cleanse his hands after serving each cus
tomer.”
—‘Emperor William has at length suc
ceeded in getting the bills of his Protest
ant pilgrimage to the Holy Land paid by
the treasury cf the empire, in spite of
the opposition on the part of Catholic Ba
varia and other non-Prussian state.*,which
claim that th© money should have been
found either by the Emperor himself, or
by the Prussian exchequer, says a cor
respondent. The arguments used by the
kaiser to get his bill paid were very plaus
ible, though not convincing. Through
Count Posadow'sky. he declared that when
traveling he was called upon to transact
his business as Emp ror. and that it was.
therefore, necessary he should be accom
panied on his journeys by his general
staff, both military and civil; that the out
lay incurred on that account was not of
a private nature, but of an imperial char
acter, and as such must be borne by the
empire. The gifts of honrr which the Kai
ser made to deserving men abroad were
also made in the interests of the em
pire, as such must be paid by the latter.
Th© action qf the imperial parliamen in
thus consenting to foot the Kaiser’s pil
grimage bills, establishes a precenden on
the strength of which the imperial treasury
will be called ut on to defray al! the, Kai
ser’s expanses when traveling, and, inas
much as It is estimated that he spends
at least nine months out of every twelve
in traveling about “on Imperial business ”
it looks very much as if he is at length
seeing his way to getting the imperial
treasury, in a roundabout and ingenious
way, it is true, to contribute largely to
his maintenance. For the empire has al
ways declined to grant him a civil is
on the ground that his dignity as Ger
man Emperor was merely ti ular, and did
not call for any special stipend.
—The Parisian Journals are relating the
story of another decoration scandal
which had Its beginning in 1896, says the
New' "iork Times. Four year a ago an en
gineer. being anxious to have his button
hole decorated with the red ribbon of th •
Legion of Honor, put himself in tho han is
of an advertising agent, who had been an
attache to several ministers and *till re
tained a certain amount of influence in
the political world. The arrangement
is alleged to have been that the engine r
should pay down 25,000 francs to‘begin
with, which sum was to bo doubled when
his appointment to the coveted .list no
tion was gaezited. The advertising agon*
was to boom the thing These amounts
w-ero to be handed over to a. certain
deputy, who is characterized in the Pa
risian papers as Monsieur N arul
from them the agent was to deduct h s
commission. For two years, it a i.
leged. the agent “worked” his political
acquaintances, and seemed in a fair way
to qualify the engineer to nomination
to the legion. At length the candi
date for honors came to the conclu
sion that he was not being con v rted
into a great engineer with sufficient
rapidity, nnd he began to assist the id
vert i ting agent by sending messages to
the persona who were supposed to be in
teresting themselves in getting him deco
rated and signing them with the name of
the agent. Before long the engineer dis
covered that the agent was not the per
sona grata he had supposed in ..fflr al
circles, and he had him arrested on th *
charge of blackmail. The agent. brou<h
to bay. charged the engineer with fo-g* rr
and attempts at corruption. In the course
of the preliminary inquiry Monsieur N .
died, and the affair is thereby complicated
MUNYON’S GUARANTEE.
Itniic Assertions ns to Ja \Vfaa|
tile Remedies Will ] ,
*— _ Monyon *wßt,
b .',®, r.bsymsttno
ItocSßiMiw ItV GMra will cur, sear!*
iISSsSa ® n c ” Bes of
** W 11. mla a few hour,*
QHf tb ?, t b!a Dyspepai,
m. will eure lodlgnUso .U
T/J , rJI *ll itomich troubln*
“jUtsSSg that h!a Kidney cur*
V *>.‘>7 will eure 00 per tea™
V *•! esse* of kldne*
\ r yTttj trouble; that hie c£.
JC." eS r J|/ terrb Cure will mra
ettarrh Do matter how
tfT So* WHa. Itg standing; thet hie
Mps Htadarbe Cure will cur*
wsl i k / any Und of headache ia
Y a few mloutee; that
hie Cold Cure will
' quickly break nj> any
town of cold and so on through the entire lift of
femedlue. At ell druggists, 25 cents a vial
If you need medical advice write Prof. Munyoo.
1000 Arch s Pdia. It is absolutely free.
SUMMER. RESORTS.
White Cliff Mineral Sirring, Hotel
WHITE CLIFF. TENN.
The Great Summer Resort of the South.
Everything first-class. In the mountain,
of East Tennessee. 3.C00 feet above -ca.
level. 1,000 feet higher than Ixrokout Moun
tain. Coo! days and 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.
WINCHESTER, VA.
In th© Heart of the Shenandoah
alley.
A country made famous by eong and
story, with pur© air, dry climate and an
unequalled supply of pure spring water;
with most beautiful environments, Win
chester, Frederick County, Virginia, is one
of nature's own spots; a delightful piaca
to spend the summer months. In its sur
roundings it combines attractions, moun
tain scenery, many points of historic inter
est, while for wheeling and driving it has
roadways that are far-famed.
The new and beautiful Winchester Inn,
situated upon the outskirts of Winches
ter, Vb., will be formally opened June 13.
This elegant hostelry, erected at a cost of
$125,000, is by far the finest resort hotel iu
the state. It is luxuriously furnished, and
is surely a paradise for (hose seeking sum
mer accommodations. The hotel is beauti
fully situated upon a hilside upon the out
skirts of the city, and is delightfully cool
in the most extreme weather.
In addition to the hotels the citizens of
Winchester ore prepared to accommodate
hundreds of guests. For Booklet address
J. E. CARHEiLL Winchester, Va.
Hotel Gerard,
44th St., Near Broadway, New York.
AUSOLI TELV ITHE-t'HOOF. Mod
ern aiul luMirioii* in all Its appoint,
mentis. Centrally located. Cool and
comfortable In Nnminer,
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN.
(Under New Management).
J. P. HAMBLEN’S SONS, Proprietors.
ALSO
Avon Inn and Cottages,
AVON, N. J.
Most select resort on New Jersey coast.
Bend for particulars.
BLOWING HOCK.
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Summit of Blue Ridge, 4,340 feet. Bean
ery and climate unsurpassed, so say globe
trotters. Hotel first-class in every respect.
Only house on mountain with plastered
walls; excellent livery; 45 miles turnpike
roads on top of ridge; large ball room,
band and other amusements. Postoffl-o
and telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1,
Write for leaflet and rates to
Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Park, N. C.
HOTEL NORMANDIE,
BROADWAY & 38TH STS., NEW YORK.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN 'TEW YORK CITY
Located in the liveliest and most inter
esting part of the city) twenty principal
places of amusement within live minutes’
walk of the hotel.
CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO.
Summer Resort—Ocean Hotel, Asbury
Park. N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS.
HOTEL FITZPATRICK,
WASHINGTON, GA.
The nicest hotel in the best town In the
South. Fine Mineral Springs. Large ball
room. Cultivated society. An Ideal spot
for the summer visitor, near the great
Hillman electric shafts. Special rates for
families. Address
W. G. THIGPEN, Proprietor.
HOTEL DALTON,
DALTON, GA.
Popular summer resort. One of the
most popular summer resorts in North
Georgia; climate 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.
IX THE CHEAT NORTH WOODS.
HOTEL DEL MONTE,
S\itAX AC LAKE, X". V.
OPENS JUNE ;r>. wider entirely new manage
ment; newly furnished and renovated through
out; table and service flrst-class; near lake
and Hotel Ampersand; golf, tennis, billiards,
boating, fishing, driving and bicycling; livery.
Tor booklet address J. HENRY OTIS, Sara
nac Lake, N. Y.
SUMMER HEALTH RESORT.
CHICK SPRINGS,
Taylor's Station, Greenville county, S. C.
On Southern Railway. Julius C. Smith,
proprietor. The best summer hotel, easy
of access, all modern improvements. For
rest and comfort there is none better. Will
open for guests on June 1, 1900. Boatin*
and bathing on lake.
UNO OF THE SKY,
COMMERCIAL HOUSE, Saluda, N. C.
Delightful climate, reasonable rates.
MRS. FLEMING TARVER.
Greenbrier White Sulphur Spring*.
West Virglrin.
Representative resort of the South. Opel
June 15. $40,000 in improvements. New
Sewerage, plumbing, lights, private bath*
and toilets. Orchestra of If! pieces. Fam
ous Sulphur baths. New 9-hole golf
course, 2,700 yards. Professional In charge.
Write for Illustrated booklet. HARRING
TON mills, 'Manager.
CONNELLY SPRINGS HOTEL
CONNELLY SPRINGS, N. C.
Excellent health and pleasure retort: ac
commodations the best; rates reueonabls.
B. B. ABERNETHY,
Proprietor.
MELROSE, SEW YORK.
78 MADISON AVENUE, rorner 28th st.
Rooms with or without board. Rooms
with board, $7 per week; $1.25 per day
and upwards. Send for circular.
St 111)01..H AXD OLI.EtiES.
~ sumWer^school
A Summer School, In which boya will
be prepared for High Schools, Colleges, or
Universities, will he opened at Woodbury
Forest High School on July 12, 1900. Those
who desire general instruction In the aca
demic branches, or "couching” in special
subjects will And the school adopted to
their wants. A complete.y fitted chemical
laboratory will be accessible to the pupils.
The session will continue during six
ed by the course pursued. Address coml
inunlcatlons to the Principal, Orange, Va.
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