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INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—The Hibernian. Society.
Special Notices—Levan's Table d'Hoto.
Business Notices—Harvard Pure Ber,
Henry Solomon & Son. Brewer’s Agent;
E. & W. Laundry.
Cigars—Tom Keene Cigar*. J. Pinkus
sohn & Cos., Distributors.
Special Sale of Sundries—At Lattlmore’s.
Official—Proceedings of Council.
Steamship Schedule—iMerchanta’ end
Miners’ Transportation Company's Steam
ships.
Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots.
Mineral Water—Crab Orchard Water.
Medical —Hood's Pills; Dr. Hathaway
Company; Bar-Ben; Castorla; liostet
tcr's Stomach Bitters; Mother's Friend.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent.
For Sale; Dost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
showers and variable winds, mostly fresh
from easterly; and for Eastern Florida,
showers, and fresh southeasterly winds.
The trusts take great pleasure in mak
ing large contributions of the people’s
money to the Republican campaign fund.
Each presidential candidate is cock-sure
of his nomination. Xot, the only trou
ble before them is the small matter of
getting elected.
The South Carolina campaign has
opened up in * slow, pokey sort of way—
for South Carolina, No candidate has
called another a story-teller and there has
not been a fist fight on the stump.
Possibly if Pension Commissioner Evans
bad been less diUgent in applying both the
spirit and the letter of the pension laws,
he would have received more considerate
treatment at the hands of the Republican
National Committee.
The ideal Republican ticket would be
MoKinley and Hanna. Such a ticket
would carry its own meaning. There would
be no need of a platform. It would stand
for protectionism, imperialism, militarism,
boesism, monopolies, class legislation and
money.
The disturbances in China have not yet
reached the silk producing and exporting
centers. Importers in New York and Lon
don believe, or rather hope, that the Pow
ers will succeed in putting an end to the
trouble before the silk trade has been in
terfered with.
The torpedo bo}l Winslow will shortly
go into commission again, after being laid
up nearly two years In the Brooklyn navy
yard. Ensign Bagiey, it will be remember
ed. was killed on the Winslow at Carde
nas soon after the breaking out of the
war. The boat was badly damaged at the
time.
The baseball players arc going to form
a labor union, and will probably affiliate
with the American Federation of ljabor.
Some years ago the players formed a un
ion and organized a players’ league; hut
the combination was not strong enough to
buck against the magnates who control
the game.
Baden-Powell’s brilliant defense of Maf
eking has been rewarded with a meteoric
promotion. From colonel he has been
made major general, and is now acting
lieutenant general. The chances are that
the latter rank will be conferred upon
him regularly. The best part of It Is that
Baden-Powel! deserves It all.
Hereafter school teachers In Chicago will
be expected to go armed with a physi
cian's certificate of robustness. The school
board has reached the conclusion that only
strong, healthy teachers are wanted. The
great fault of the school system of the
day, says the hoard, Is the physical weak
ness of many of the teachers.
Of the 23,740 German emigrants who left
the Fatherland last year, 15,016 came to
this country end 1,059 went to Brazil, ac
cording to the figures of United States
Consul Hill at Amsterdam. There has
been a great falling off of German emi
gration since 1854. In that year the num
ber of German emigrants was 120,089. The
decrease is said to be due to the indus
trial and commercial prosperity of Ger
many.
The M inn? i -turt r.-' Club of Philadelphia
is composed of good Republicans. The
mt-mieis of it could never be suspected
k Nor have they objec
■ lons to the vous of the colored brother
their party. But they
draw the line of affiliation with tho black
man at the ballot lx. They wilt not
have him at their rluh. That Is why the
committee of the Manufacturers' Club as
signed to entertain the colored delegates
to the convent lon from Mississippi, have
refused to carry out the assignment, and
uto hopping mad with the authorities for
having given them such a Job. Race prej
udice is Just as strong in Philadelphia as
*•* * (n 'Mississippi.
WAGES *ORTH AND SOUTH.
United States Commissioner of Labor
Carroll D. Wright, discussing “Why
Wages are Lower in the South,” in Les
lie’s Weekly, gives three leading reasons
which, in his opinion, control. They are
legislation, labor unions and sociological
conditions. With respect to the first, the
South is not hampered by restrictive leg
islation to the degree that some parts
of the North and West are. Here hours of
labor, holidays, etc., are matters between
employers and employes which they ar
range to suit themselves. In the North
such things are fixed by law, and even
where the employee Is willing to work
twelve or more hours he is not permitted
to do so. Labor unions have not gained
a strong foothold in the .South. Particu
larly ih this true with respect to the tex
tile industries. Statistics show that about
three-fourths of all strikes are ordered by
labor unions. This ia true of the South as
well as the North, but strikes in the South
are not numerous. It Is a very rare thing
for one to occur in the textile mills. The
sociological reasons for lower wages in
the South ore mast powerful ones. Mr.
Wright says: “These relate to climate,
food, clothing, shelter, etc.” Expenses for
food, clothing, fuel and shelter are lose in
this section than in the North.
In so far as the matters of legislation
and labor unions are concerned, Mr.
Wright believes that the advantages at
present enjoyed by the South will prove
tomi>orary. Already there ore movements
toward the enactment of restrictive legis
lation, and the labor unions are gaining a
foothold. With the growth of unionism
there will be an increased demand for
legislation touching labor questions, and
the possibilities are that strikes will be
of more frequent occurrence. Ahd then
wdth respect to the sociological conditions,
Mr. Wright thinks that as the textile
workers of the South become better edu- ,
rated they will demand more comforts in
and adornments of their homes. They will ,
want better food, better shelter and a
shorter work day.
There is, of course, good ground for j
the conclusion** reached by Mr. Wright.
At the same time, in our opinion, the ad
vantage will continue to rest wiih the
South, because of the sociological and
climatic conditions. Living will continue
to he cheaper in the South than In the j
North. It will take less to clothe the
workers and lesa fuel to keep them warm.
Houses will countinue to he cheaper, be
cause It Is not and will not be necessary
to build them ho thoroughly frostproof.
Vegetables and fruits will continue to be
cheaper, because they can be produced at
less cost here than elsewhere. While it
may be true that we shall have, after a
time, restrictive legislation and a consid
erable increase in unionism, we believe
that the advantages of a climate that per
mits of working without artificial heat al
most throughout the twelve months, and a
soil that Is particularly fruitful, are so
great that they will Htlll leave the South
In a commanding position. The foregoing,
of course, has reference to white labor.
The black labor will continue to be the
cheapest in the United States, for the
reason that the black laborer has few
wants, and those are easily satisfied.
While the black laborer cuts an important
figure In the qarries and mines and at
other coarse works, he does not do so in
the factories, machine shops and other
places where finer labor 4s required, nor
does It seem likely that he will do bo, at
least for a long time to come.
TOUCHING THE POSTMASTERS.
Another smart Republican has come into
notice. His name is Corey. He is from
Chicago. He has been consul at Amster
dam, Holland, and is now deputy naval
officer at the port of New York. If his
ambition keeps step with his genius, he
may yet be consul general at Paris or
London, or financial agent of the postofllce
department in one of our island dependen
cies.
Mr. Corey has found a way to beat the
iaw prohibiting the levying of assessments
on postmasters for t'ampaign purposes.
That is what is causing him to be talked
about. His scheme, which is being put
into operation, has received warm com
mendation from Senator Hanna. That is
equivalent to an Indorsement from the Re
publican party. The details of the scheme
will soon be in the hands of every fourth
class postmaster in the country, and the
second and first-class postmasters will
hear of Mr. Corey and his plan a little
later. None of them is to be slighted.
Every man bearing a commission from
the postofllce department Is on Mr. Co
rey's little list.
The plan is this: 'Mr. Corey and the pol
iticians who are operating with him, have
organized the National Commercial and
Industrial League. The league Is to pub
lish a campaign paper called American
Commerce and Industries. Each fourth
dlass postmaster is to be sent a package
of ten tickets, to be "sold" at 50 cents
each. Each ticket entitles the purchaser
to membership in the league and a sub
scription to the league paper during the
term of publication. Postmasters of the
higher classes will receive a greater num
ber of the tickets, the number be
ing graduated according to the pop
ulation of their towns. The funds,
after the expenses of the league's paper
are paid, are to be turned into the Repub
lican campaign treasury.
E\;ery postmaster receiving a bundle of
tickets will be expected to dispose of them.
There will be bookkeeping at the head
quarters of the league, and those who
tail to '‘sell'' their tickets and forward
the returns promptly will not be forgot
ten. Under the plan, with $T> coming In
from each fourth-class postofflee and more
from the bigger ones, It Is expected that
not less than *2,000,000 will be raised for
the campaign fund.
The scheme. It is said, clearly and per
fectly evades the law. Manifestly genius
like that of Mr. Corey ought not, and will
not be permitted to languish in the office
of deputy naval officer at the port of New
York, salary *2.500 per year.
The people of the North are beginning
to learn from experience what It is to
have their women and children assaulted
by negro men. The Philadelphia Times
of Friday, reports that "Lulu Yost, the
12-year-old daughter of F. H. Yost, was
seized yesterday afternoon, less than a
square from her home, at Oak Lane, by
a burly negro, who Jumped at her from
the bushes near the road." The man made
hts escape. The people of the neighbor
hood were much wrought up. What they
would have done to the assailant of the
little girl if he had been caught, can only
be conjectured. Incidents like the fore
going appear to be occurring with in.
creasing frequency In the North, and they
are bringing the people of that section to
a realizing sense of what it means to have
Ignoraut and bi utal blacks as their neigh
bors. ,
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY,’ JUNE 18. 1900.
OFFICE HOLDERS TIRNFD DOWN.
A feature of the Republican National
I Convention is he hostility that is being
I displayed by the Republican National
Committee to the Republican officeholders
in the South. There are present in Phil
adelphia contesting delegations from a
I number of the Southern states, though
he number of Southern contests at this
year’s convention is not as great as at
previous national conventions. The rea
son there are not so many this year is
that there is no contest for the nomina
tion for President. The only thing, there
fore, that is attractive to the average
delegate from the South is the federal
patronage.
The federal officeholders get themselves
appointed delegates with the view of hold
ing on to their offices if the Republican
ticket should be elected. The National
Committee does not sympathize apparent
ly with the political activity of the of
ficeholders, and so, having the opportun
ity, it has decided against contesting del
egations composed largely of officeholders
or men representing officeholders.
There is, therefore, a great deal of feel
ing among officeholders in the South
against those who are managing the con
vention. Asa matter* of fact, however,
the managers do not seem to care par
ticularly what the opinion of the office
holders of them is. It really looks as if
the Republican leaders were becoming
tired of that part of their party which
has Its abiding place in the South. The
Southern part has a big,lnfluence in Re
publican National Conventions, but -it
does not furnish a congressman or an
electoral vote. It is always clamorous,
however, for office.
The promptness with which Southern
delegations composed of officeholders
have been turned down th'.s year by the
National Committee seems to indicate
that the Republican party is about to
adopt anew policy in dealing with Re
publicans in the South. The offlcehold
ing crowd having failed to accomplish
anything for the party, there seems to
be a disposition to give others a chance
to show what they can do.
PROHIBITION Ihi KANSAS.
The recent decision of United States
Judge Hook for the District of Kansas,
that liquor agents have a right to take
orders for liquor in that state, calls at
tention to the efforts which have been
made to enforce the amendment to the
state constitution prohibiting the manu
facture or sale of liquor. The prohibitory
amendment was adopted twenty years
ago, and yet liquor is sold openly in many
of the towns, and it is possible to get a
drink of beer or whisky in any one of
them. • A brewery that was in opera
tion w'hen the amendment was adopted is
still being operated. Every possible way
by which the liquor traffic can be lawfully
stopped has be’en tried, but without ac
complishing the object aimed at. In the
counties in which the prohibition senti
ment is strong, the law' is fairly well en
forced, but where it is weak liquor is
openly and freely sold under a system of
fines, which amounts to a license, and is
so understood.
Tho people have cojne to the conclusion
that prohibition is a failure. In the towns
in which the prohibition law is partly en
forced there is a fight all the time between
the prohibitionlsls and the liquor ele
ment. Asa matter of fact, what Kansas
has is local option. There is prohibition in
a large degree where the anti-liquor sen
timent la strong, and the saloon is run
wide open where the liquor sentiment is
dominant.
The Prohibitionists thought that with a
constitutional amendment against the
liquor traffic it would be an easy matter
to keep liquor out of the state. They have
been compelled to admit they were mis
taken. Even a state police under the con
trol of the Governor has not been sufficient
to close the saloon where the majority fa
vors liquor.
The truth Is the only way to bring about
Prohibition is to educate the people
against the drink habit. Gradually they
are being so edueryled in all parts of the
country. There is nowhere near as much
drinking of strong liquors as there was
half a century ago. If the fight against
liquor traffic along local option lines is
continued if Is probable that within an
other half a century drunkenness will be
comparatively rare. It is evident, however,
from the? experience of Maine, Kansas and
some other states, that the liquor traffic
cannot be stopped by statute.
THE SILT AN PAYS WHEN HE
PLEASES.
Admiral Ahmed Pasha, of the Turkish
navy, who is in this country for the pur
pose of contracting for the building of a
warship, is talking in a very interesting
way about the claims against the Turkish
government which the Sultan refuses to
pay. The Admiral was asked If the ship
builders of this country were not afraid
to take a contract from the Turkish gov
ernment for a cruiser, owing to the repu
tation of the Sultan for not paying hia
debts. The Admiral was somewhat indig
nant that such a question should be ask
ed him. He declared that the Sultan never
refused to pay the honest obligations cf
his government. As for the ship-builders
of this country, they hud no doubt they
would get their money just us fast as
they earned it. They would, he said, be
given a certain amount when the building
of the war vessel was begun, and other
payments would be made as the work
progressed.
The reason the Sulian does not piy the
claim which this country has against bis
government. amVthe claims which some
of the European governments Insist are
due them from the Porte, is that ho do a
not consider them lawful. He pays the
debts he thinks he owes, but not thee
which, in his opinion, he does not owe.
And he Is prepared, so the Admiral says,
to back up his opinion, having a standing
army of (>OO,OOO men, armed with Mauser
rifles, and being able to call into the
field 2,000,000 men. The Admiral wants to
know why the Powers don't enforce the
collection of their claims if they think
they are lawful.
It does seem as If there were some
force In this Inquiry. It was supposed that
this country would send a fleet to collect
the *90,000 which, it I* claimed, the Turk
ish government owes American mission
aries for property destroyed during the
Armenian riots, but for some reason or
other It hesitates to do so. It thinks prob
ably that It Is better to wait awhile end
see If the claim cannot lie colleetel with
out a warlike demonstration than to go
to the expense of sending a fleet to Insist
upon payment And the Sultan might net
pay the money even If a fleet we e s nt
to demand It. In that event other an 1
more serious complications might arise.
Headsman Bristow of the postofllce de
partment Is getting lot of advertising for
, himself out of the Cuban postal muddle.
The fact that Hobson is coming home j
recalls hat he has never received any re- j
ward for his heroic exploit in sinking the
Merrimac in the mouth of Santiago harbor.
No more splendid daring ever illuminated
the pages of history than that of Hobson.
It is true that he conducted himself in a
somewhat undignified manner shortly af
ter he returned home from Cuba, but that
does not detract in the least from the
brilliancy of his performance in the ser
vice of his country, and should not mili
tate against his receiving his just reward.
It is to be hoped that justice to Hobson
will not be longer deferred.
On April If* last a decree was published j
by the government of Costa Rica announc- J
ing the adoption of the gold standard, to
be put into effect on Jan. 1 next. Al
ready, it is claimed, the difference in ex
change between New York and San Jose
has been reduced 50 per cent.
Judge Willett of Alabama, the discoverer
and propagator of the Van Wyck presi
dential boom, on an anti-trust platform,
is not having much to say these days re
specting his favorite candidate.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. Leo S. Rowe, who has ben ap
pointed to the commission to compile an I
revise the laws of Porto Rico, is at pres
ent assistant professor of political science
in the Wharton School of Finance and
Economy of the University of Pennsylva
nia. He was born in lowa in 1871. re
moving to Philadelphia in 1879. In 1880 he
was graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania. He spent the four succeed
ing years studying international law, com
parative jurisprudence and similar sub
jects in Paris. London. Berlin and Halle,
receiving the degree of Ph. D. from the
latter university. Dr. Rowe will ask the
trustees of the university for a year’s
leave of absence to permit him to perform,
his new duties as a member of the com
mission.
—Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, who
landed the United States marines at Pe
king, was appointed to the Naval Acade
my on Sept. 21, 1857, and since that time
has passed through many varied experi
ences. Admiral Kempff was with the
steam frigate Wabash in 1861, assisting in
the blockade of the Bouth Atlantic coast.
The same year he fought at Port Royal,
and the following spring landed a how
itzer from the Wabash and assisted in the
capture of Fernandina and Jacksonville.
For this he was commissioned a lieuten
ant. His lieutenant commandership came
to him in 1866. after which time he passed
to Pacific coast duty. For three years—
-1877 to 1880—he was in charge of the navy
yard at Mare Island, after which he took
command of the Adams for three years,
and then returned to Male Island. In De
cember. 1898. Secretary Long decided to
make Admiral Kempff the commander of
the naval station at far away Guam, but
prior to his taking charge more import
ant work was cut out for him in the
Orient, and he now finds himself the com
manding naval officer at Peking.
BRIGHT BITS.
—“What's the size of Morocco’s stand
ing army?"
"About 25,000."
"Moor or less, I suppose.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
—The Usual Result.—Friend—"You took
your son into your establishment some
months ago to teach him the business, I
understand. How did it turn out?"
Business Man (wearily)—“Great success.
He's teaching me now.”—New York
Weekly.
-A Wise Parent—Miss Summit—"lt's re
markable that Lord Paje-Pelham, who
married Clara Van Antler, should still be
devoted to her at the end of five years."
MlssPalisade—“Oh, I don’t know. You
remember her father settled her dowry on
the Installment plan."—Life.
—Unusual—"She is one of the most orig
inal young women I have talked with in
a long time,” said the professor earn
estly.
"She doesn't pay very much attention to
intellectual matters.”
"Perhaps not. But she conversed 'with
me for a whole half-hour without once
asking me If I played gof."—Washington
Star.
—Of. Family Affairs—“Do you think this
nation could civilize the Philippines?”
"Well, we ought to put In some faithful
practice on St. Louis first."—Chicago
Record.
Financial Tommy.—Ma—“Tommy, you
seem to love pa better than you do me.”
Tommy—"Oh, ma, I don't mean to; but
y' see pa always has his pockets full o'
nickles.”—lndianapolis Journal.
Cl RREVT COMMENT.
The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) says: "The
grand burlesque acts in politics are com
mencing, before the curtain has been
rung up on the Philadelphia Convention.
Think of the Republican National Con
vention, on 'he motion of its leading
spallsman, Payne, of Wisconsin, voting
that the President be requested to in
vestigate the action of his officeholders
in Alabama, and if they are found guilty
of “pernicious activity” in politics, "the
Fre.-ident shall lake such action as si g 1
be fer the interests of the country.”
There's richness for you! McKinley, who
lias sounded the death-knell of the merit
system, asked to investigate abuses in
the civil service. The fountains of sham
and hypocrisy have been let loose."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
“The grotesque struggle between the
numerous contesting delegations from the
Southern states for admission to the Re
publican National Convention has all the
fierceness of a fighi beuveen spoilsmen
for the federal patronage. From Louisi
ana there are three distinct delegations
claiming to represenet the only Irue-blue
Republican party in that state. From Ala
bama rival delegations from every dis
tilor app ar. and ihere are more Southern
states 10 be heard from. The Republican
party has ceased to exist tn the cotton
state*, except for the purpose of securing
party plund r."
The Knoxville Sentinel (Dem.) says:
"Senator Chandler isn’t so sure as some
of his confreres that his party will win
ihis year. He recalls 1810, when there was
n condition of prosperity, yet Van Buren
lost; of 1848, whin everything appeared
smooth sailing for the Democrats, yet
Taylor was eleeted—and the Whigs op
p sed a successful war, t“o; and 187 ii when
stealing was nectssary to prevent Tlid n
taking his seat; of 1892. when Harrion
apparently had good claims for a second
term, when everything was prosperous,
yet Cltveland beat him*’
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says: "If
we may judge from the quantity of im
portant correspondence' that is raptured
every t'me Benor Agulnaldo Is killed that
patriot must put In half his time wilting
letters to > verybo y in the directory and
the other half reading the answer- Slow
ly hut -urely Senor Agulnaldo Is a hiev-
Ing that place of supremacy In the affec
tions of the typewriter manufacturers for
m<rly monopolized by Don Valeriano
Weyler y Nlcolau, Marquis of Toner,ffe
and patentee of the carbon paper style
of glorious victory."
The Memphis Cotnmorc'al-Appeal (Dem >
says: “The Democrats of Ohio slipp and
around tho Philippine question without
mentioning It and contented themselves '
with denouncing the Republican method
of- oontrolll g outstanding ler ltorls ns
subject statre Other states of Influence I
have done the same thing Ttmss roll-up
the-flag-and-come-home states are becom
ing very loncaoras as well as vtr> ridicu
lous."
The Joke Was on the Doctor.
“After enjoying your story about a hus
tling doctor, of whom I entirely approve,
let me give you one.”
This welcome voiunte r rly carrel
saddlebags and rode cross country when
time was an important consideration, 6 ys
the Detroit Free Press. Now he com
mands a big city practice, so that he
has traveled the right way of the ladder
“Last February,” he began, "it was
coK.er than blazes. I w nt to my ci’y pa
tients in a closed carriage and had a foot
stove with me. I was just thawing out
for bed one morning at 2 when I heard
the clatter of a horse's feet on the as
phalt. I knew it was after me. and shiv
ered. It was simply a confirmation to step
to the door and see a loose-jointed boy,
a loose-joint-d horse, and a loose-jointed
dog that made the tandem act possible.
“I was wanted out the Grand River
road. I won't say how far. I went be
cause an old friend had sent for me, and
I went like a rocket. None of these r d
ers. immortalized in song and history,
rode any harder. I pushed my way into
the house, and there he sat, smoking a
P pe, occupying two chairs, and locking
iike a model for the picture of health. I
had a momentary impulse to brain him.
“ ‘Hello, Doc,’ was his salutation. 'S r
ry to disturb you. but I got here thlnltin’
and ihinkin’ till I knowed that I wouldn’t
g t no sleep till I sent out for educated
help.’
“ ‘lt’ll cost you s2s!’ I roared.
“ "Funny. If I was dyin* it would Co3t
me ten But s'pose I was out plowin' on
the hillside, or got kicked in the ribs by
a hess ,or fell off n a load of hay, or got
caught quick with a pain, what W’ould
you advise?”
“I was mad en ugh to lunch on iron
weigts, bui I scribbled off a prescription
that included whisky, quinine, red pep
per, snakeroot. and half a dozen other
thirgs, r fused his money, and left. He’s
a healthier man to-day than I am.”
Relented on the Fnrniture.
Henry Rogers, the Standard Oil mag
nate of New’ York, is the guardian an
gel of the little town of Fairhaven, Mass.,
says the Philadelphia Saturday Evening
Post. It was there he was born, and
there as a boy he earned his first money
carrying new-j>apcTs. To-day Fairhaven
boasts of a library and a town hall—gifts
outright from him—and on the principal
street stands an ideal building, the Rog
ers school.
This structure is a fulfillment of a
pledge made years ago, when Mr. Jtogers
was a small, serious-minded w'ho
delighted to sit in the company of older
people. It was in the grocery store one
day that he ventured to remark that he
thought Fairhaven ought to have anew
school.
To those who listened anew school
meant increased taxes.
“Wall,” drawled out the spokesman, “I
think so, foo; why don’t you build one?
You might save up for a starter.”
There was a chorus of “haws, haws,”
ns the small boy slid off the top of the
barrel to the floor and then drew himself
up, his face red and burning. “I’ll do it,”
he said, “and I’ll give some of you people
a chance to put the furniture in it when
it’s finished ”
The episode ended there. The boy grew,
went to Pennsylvania, and thepce to
Rrooklyn. One day it was announced
that Mr. Rogers was going to build a
school in Fairhaven. When it was fin
ished he went back. On the main street
he met the scoffer of his boyhood.
“I’m waiting for that fu#niuure,” he
said.
The man laughed a little sheepishly,
but said nothing.
“But, never mind.” Mr. Rogers went on,
“I guess I’ll put it in myself, but I want
you to be on hand to see I have kept my
word.”
Trouble*! of Their Own.
The Prince of Wales, when staying with
Lord Rothschild recently, said to his host,
according to the Gem: “Your life, Roth
schild, may at times be an arduous one; in
fact, I know it is, but it is an easy one
compared with mine. I long for a pri
vate life, and I know that can never be
mine. Every look, every gesture, of mine
is noticed. If I appear in public without
a smile on my face the papers announce
that ‘His Royal Highness looks worn and
sad, and we fear that revelations of a
startling kind may shortly come to light.'
If, on the contrary, I appear with a smile,
it is given in the papers that “The Prince
of Wales looked pleased and happy, and
Is in the best of health,’ whereas, per
haps, I am feeling extremeley unwell and
upset. What sort of clothes I wear, the
pattern of them, the color of my ties,
whether I shook hands with Mr. So-and-
So, or only bowed to him, and the reason
why I only bowed—all these little things
are noticed and made public. But,” add
ed the Prince, slyly, to Lord Rothschild,
"whenever I read a paper or a magazine
and see my name figuring in it I turn
away from it quickly, for I know that
were I to read about myself in the papers,
I should have to read a lot that I know
already, and a lot that I do not want to
know.”
Princess Charles of Denmark, according
to the same periodical, has remarked: “1
sometimes get tired of being "royal,’ es
pecially when I am looked at and “won
dered' at as though I were one of Mme.
Tussaud’s wax works. I often think how
glorious it must be to be able to jump on
the top of a 'bus, pay my fare like any
ordinary person, and have ‘a day out.’
I have never tried to do so yet, but I
think I shall some day."
"Je liners tie T'Adorer."
With the passing of Karl Millocker
sank into silence the last of that famed
triumvirate of Viennese composers who
ra'sed the operetta to a plane of excel
lence and brought it to a degree of per
! fection which wen for it the recognition
and approval of the entire world, says the
Boston Journal.
Connected with the premiere of “Beggar
Student" :s an incident of tragic charac
ter. Millocker was a man of fine appear
ance, and approaching, as he was then,
a fame more than local, it was in no wise
surprising that one day he should re
ceive ad, liea ely-perfumed note In which
a gushing feminine admirer expressed her
admiration for him and begged him to fly
with her. He consigned the sweet epistle
to the waste-basket and won't on wi'h
his composing. Letter followed letter, each
more ardent than its nreleeessor, until
dually he decided to read no more of
them. A few hours bef re the first produc
tion of "Beggar Student” he received a
postal raid, which read:
“Mad one! You prefer empty to blissful
love! Success attend your premiere to
night! Beware, lest it be disturbed by
an unforeseen Incident I"
Millocker went to the theater, directed
the first act which was received with un
bounded enthusiasm. The second act be
gan, the love duet was Just ended. wh°n
amid the applause that followed was
heard a pis ol shot aid a fall. In a box a
woman had shot herself, dying Instantly.
In her l and was a hit of pap r. on which
wa written “Je muers de t adorer”—"l
die loving you.”
frown Prince of Germany.
The German Crown Prince, allhough net
so popular with the people as hi* second
brother, handsome Prince Eltel Fritz, Is
a charming fellow for all that, and as
modest as he Is gifted, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. In character he more re
sembles his mother than his father, but
he hns inherited the keen Intellect and
varied talents of the latter along wlih his
passion for soldiering A German officer
says that when the Prime was a little
fellow of 3 or 4 years old he had a way of
looking a soldier up and down as if he
knew every detail of his uniform from
head to foot. "I believe,” said the offi
cer, "he'd see, by looking you In the face.
If the gold lace at the back of your col
lar was tarnished." In his qnlck-slghted
ness little Prince Edward of York resem
bles him. Not long ago, while showing
a lady a toy book of soldi'rs. tho child
pointed out some slight mistake made bv
tbe draughtsman In a Highlander’s uni
form. "How do you know all this?" asked
the lady. "Well, great-granny tells me,
you see," was the reply, "She and I talk
about soldiers."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—lndians are making rapid strides in the
paths of education. The Chickasaws have
five colleges and the Creeks have ten. The
Choctaws have no colleges, but have 160
common schools in which the higher
branches are taught. The expenses of ed
ucating the Indians are borne by the fed
eral government.
—Japanese clerks are now employed in
a considerable number of London stores,
and give satisfaction. Manufacturers who
have given the Japanese a trial, however,
complain that they are wasteful of mare
riol and have no idea of the value of ma
chinery. They seem to spend all their
spare time studying the English language.
—For the first time in its history the
actual sea levels, mileage, latitudes and
longitudes of the Mississippi river are be
ing determined. The work is in the hands
of the Mississippi River Commission, the
board of army and civilian engineers
charged with the duty of improving this
vase water course. As years of experi
ment and more or less defined effort at
improvement have not resulted In perma
nent good all along, the commission has
wisely decided to survey the entire sys
tem and triangulate every foot of its
course.
—Allhough the Paris Exposition is not in
commemoration of a national event, the
French government deals with it very lib
erally. Among the special appropriations
are SIOO,OOO additional to the President,
to enable him to do the honors to distin
guished visitors; from SIO,OOO to $34,000 for
the same purpose to each of the cabinet,
SBO,OOO to be used in welcoming French
associations and $256,000 for extra police
service. In the French budget recently
adopted it is estimated that the exposition
will bring the government increased tax
ation amounting to $4,000,000 from rail
roads, postoffices, telegraphs, telephones
and extra duties on wines, spirits, sugar
and tobacco.
—lt ip said the concession by the Chi
nese government, allowing steamers of the
river type to navigate the inland waters
of the empire, has proved worthless. A
dispatch to the London Times from
Shanghai states that the Shanghai cus
toms Taotai have refused to permit a
British vessel to trade between that city
and the Chusan Islands, only a few score
miles distant form the mainland. This is
only one of many similar refusals, with
the result that nearly all of the steamers
that were specially built and sent to China
for coastwise and interior trade either re
main tied to their docks or have been
eent back to England by their British
owners.
—An incident that recently occurred in
Austria, in which the principal parties
ore the Archduke Frederic and a Hun
garian colonel, has had the effect of at
tracting general attention to <he question
of the enormous fortunes that exiPt in
Austria. One thing that became evident
hy the episode was that Archduke Fred
eric, heir of the old Archduke Albert, is
richer than the Emperor. In fact, in
point of worldly possessions, Francis Jo
seph ranks only third in his empire. The
Archduke Frederic is the second. The
richest of all is a Rothschild. The death
of Baron Hirsch advanced both members
of the imperial family one grade. The
illustrious philanthropist was not so rich
as the head of the # Austrian Rothschilds,
but he was far in advance of both im
perial millionaires.
—‘‘Human nature,” says the Baltimore
American, “is the same in a farmer that
it is in anyone else. with, perhaps, e lit
tle more of the real human nature and
less of the artificial. On that account
the farmer will always trade wdth those
who trouble themselves the most to help
him in the disposition of his own agri
cultural products. The city which, by the
various business ways of the present lime,
goes down to the farm and helps prepare
the conditions by which that farm will
yield better profits, is the city which will
win that section’s favor. That is why
some regions have attached themselves
to a totally alien city. Discerning busi
ness men have long since learned that the
best way to win the good will of the farm
er is to lock hands with him and help him
in the problem of developing his affairs.”
—One of the most peculiar courts of jus
tice in the United Kingdom, says the
Golden Penny, is the Beth Din, as it is
called, over which Very Rev. Dr. Adler,
chief rabbi of England, who completed his
(list year on May 30. presides. It is he and
once a week ih a building near Lead n
hall street, city, and there the Jewi'h
!>eople submit their quarrels and cases to
the arbitration of Dr. Adler and (wo oth
ers. It was in the same way that Moses
used to adjudicate upon the differences of
the children of Israel! Of course, the dici
sions of the Beth Din are not legally bind
ing. but all who come before the court are
asked to sign form accepting the deci
sion of the judges as final. Dr. Adler
was born in Hanover, and has been chief
rabbi since 1891, when he succeeded h*s
father, who had held the position for for
ty-six years. He was educated partly in
England, however, and was at University
School with John Morley and the late Sir
Julian Goldsmid, the Jewish millionaire.
—Greater New York has trading people
who actually appropriate public sidewalks
for their own private uses. The New York
Times says; '.'People who have occasion
to traverse the sidewalks around the Astor
House will heartily commend the bureau
of encumbrances for taking steps to miti
gate the nuisance that has long existed
there. But other sidewalks are dally ob
structed as much as those have ever been,
and whoever chooses to do so can find
places where the habitual Infringement of
public rights is even more glaring. Take,
for Instance, the north side of Beekman
street, just east of Nassau. Several whole
sale paper dealers do business In that
neighborhood, and their big boxes and
bundles throughout most of the daylight
hours are piled high on both the inner and
the outer edge of the narrow walk. Room
for a single foot passenger is Indeed usu
ally left free, but that Is not enough,
and a vast amount of annoyance results.
Similar violations of the law occur all
through the business districts, and spo
radic raids are not what is needed. Such
raids, as a matter of fact, often look a lit
tle like persecution, since the victims can
not see why they should be selected for
punishment out of hundreds and thous
ands fully as had as themselves. A thor
ough enforcement of the ordinances would
remove the appearance of unreasonable—
or too reasonable—discrimination."
—lt has always been known, says the
London Mail, that there were valuable
archaeological remains in Crete, but as
long as the Island was under Turkish
rule it had never been possible lo gel per
mission to excavate. Immediately, how
ever. the island was released from Tu k-
Ish rule the various archaeological scaooL
approached the Cretan goverrment fo■
permission, and the English school has
been one of the first In the field Exca
vations were begun In April bv Arthur
Evans,representing the Cretan exploration
fund, and D. G. Hogarth, the director of
the British school at Athens, on Ihe site
of the ancient Cnossue. It was here Cat
King Minos built the labyrinth as a pq o ri
for th Minotaur, the monster ultimate'v
slain hy Theseus. Here Mr. Eva ha laid
hare a large building belonging to the
Mycenaean period, which m-iv he ,'atrd
from 1500 to 1000 B. C. The plan ind .-on
tents of the building show It to have been
a palace like those which Sehliemann dis
covered at Mycenae and Ttryue. In one
chamber of the palace there have been
found a great quantity of clay table's
bearing Inscriptions In the very e-ly
“Cretan script," a system of writing much
older than the Greek alphabet. Another
find of very great Interest I* a •well pre
served fresco painting In on of the .or
ridors of the ittl tee, repogs-entlng a g rl
In the usual Mycenaean enstum • h >1 Hn :
a slender vase in her hand*. Tee draw
ing Is good, and the picture will protrtb v
lake rank even before the flying fish fres
co found by Brltlah excavators la tr*
Island of Melos, which Was hllherio the
finest known example of Mycenaean wall
painting.
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In the Heart of the Shenandoah
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. A country made famous hy song and
story, with pure air. dry climate an i 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 pla e
to spend the summer months. In its sur
roundings it combines attractions, moun
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The new and beautiful Winchester Inn,
situated upon the outskirts of Winches
ter, Va., will be formally opened June ' ,
This elegant hostelry, erected at a co.- r of
$125,000, is by far the finest resort hotel in
the state. It is luxuriously furnished, and
is surely a paradise for those seeking sum
mer accommodations. The hotel is beauti
fully situated upon a hidside 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. CARRBLL, Winchester, Va
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Located in the liveliest and most inter
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MOTEL FITZPATRICK,
WASHINGTON, GA.
The nicest hotel in tho best town in this
South. Fine Mineral Springs. Large ball
room. Cultivated society. An ideal spot
for the summer visitor, near the great
Hillman electftc shafts. Special rates for
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Delightful climate, reasonable rates.
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resorts in the state; terms reasonable.
Write for descriptive pamphlet.
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78 MADISON AVENUE, corner 28th st.
Rooms with or without board. Rooms
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and upwards. Send for circular.
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