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6 gfljc Moraine News Building 1 * Savannah, On. M \DAY, Jl M: 17, 1000. Registered at the Postofflce in 9avannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month. SI.OO for six months, and SB.OO for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday Issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year, $6 00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week. Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, SJ.UO. Subscriptions payable In advance. Re mit by postal order, check or registered letter. Currency bent by mail at risk of senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in depth— Is the standard of measurement Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING 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 NEWS,” Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Tark Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. THIS ISSUE CONTAINS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 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. OLD NEWSPAPERS. 2CO for 25 cent*, at Business Office Morning News.