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INDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Solomon’s Lodge, No. 1, F. &
A. M.; Savannah Yacht Club; Ruth Lodge
No. 3, D. R. G. O. O. F.
Special Notices—Notice, William Kehoe
& Sons; Levan’s Table d’Hote.
Business Notices—Harvard Pure Beer,
Stein-man Bros; E. & W. laundry.
Legal Notices—ln the Matter of Simon
K. Lewin, of Chatham, Bankrupt.
Whiskey—Hunter Baltimore Rye Whis
key.
Economically Interesting Prices—At the
Bee Hive.
Mother’s Friend Shirt Waist Sale—l3.
H. Levy & Bro. <
Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots.
Summer Resorts—Avondale Springs,
Lithia, Grainger County, Tennessee.
Steamship Schedule—French Line, Com
pjgnie Genorale Tnan=atlanlique.
Railroad Schedule—Plant System.
Stows—The Wickless Blue Flame Oil
Stoves.
Grape Nuts Food—Postum Cereal Com
pany.
Salt—The Favorite Table Salt.
Medical—World's Dispensary Prepara
tions; Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable PHIs;
S. S S.; Castorla; Hood's Sarsaparilla;
Pond's Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help
Wanted; Employment Wonted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for partly cloudy weather, with fresh I
southerly winds; and for Eastern Florida,
local rains and fresh easterly winds.
When Tommy Platt of Nf w York cannot
have his own way he refuses to play.
If they are really going to cut that Chi
nese watermelon, Uncle Sam will be in a
position to get his slice, or know the rea
t-
The Republicans are drawing their con
vention out to an unexpected length, to
the delight of the hotel ar.d bar keerers of
Philadelphia.
It was in line with the eternal fitness of
things that the Philadelphia convention
assigned the consideration of the lynching
question to Delegate Lynch of Mississippi.
A cartoonist of the New York Herald
has found in Philadelphia an appropriate
corner at which Dr. Chauncey M. D. p’W
may tell his stories. Tho corner 1? that
at “Broad and Chestnut.”
The gas war in New- York having end
ed, it is predicted that the price of gas
•n end after the first day of next month
■will be advanced to $1.05 per 1,000 feet.
That is the full legal rote, beyond which
the companies may not go.
From the position occupied at present
by Senator W'olcott of Colorado, one would
never think that only four years ago he
was one of the most ardent Ehouters
against the gold standard policy, which
has been adopted by the Republican party.
New York is keeping one eye on Phil
adelphia and the other down the harbor
for the Lucanla, which is bringing Rich
ard Croker home. What Croker will do
is of about as much Interest to New York
as what the Philadelphia convention will
do.
The Philadelphia Ledger, an Irdep nd
ent newspaper with Republican loaning,
eaya the reason of the strong demand for
Roosevelt for tho vice presidential nomi
nee is “because mo t Republicans feel
that it wlil require all of the Rough Rid
er’s popularity to pull the ticket through.“
The Municipal Ownership League, at a
meeting In Chicago the other day, resolv
ed to ask each political convention to de
fine the position of Its party In regard to
the initiative and referendum. It might
have known that the big parties are not
going off after populistic side-lines this
year.
Pol. Charles Denby, formerly minister
of this country to China, does not believe
that tjie partition of the Chinese empire
will itfce place in Ihe near furuce, for the
reason that the Powers will not he aide j
to agree among themselves as to the por
tion which each shall receive. He looks
for the uprising to be put down shortly,
arid for pretty nearly If not quit the fer
■ onr status to be re-established.
The whole cmount of the prize money
on account of the destruction of the Span
ish fleet oft' Santiago Is only HI.MMXtO, being
hardly more than Neely and his colleagues
abstracted from the Havana Poatoffl e
The amount which Admiral Sampson Is to
receive, BS.OUO, Is not much greiter 'han
the sum which Director of Posts Itath
bone found necessary it . ure fr, m the
funds of Cuba to pay itn *xpen*es of hla
person I houaehold for a yeat, while Ad
miral Schley's portion. KX'M. barely
equals the rake-off of some of N.ely's
clerks and helpers. Verily peace ta'h her
opportunities no less proflteble than th *e
•f war
THR REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The Republican party offers the record
it has made durirg the la.-t four years as
the chief reason why it should be contin
ued in power. It claims that it found
business dead and industry paralyzed
when it took possession of the govern
ment, and that by means of th * p Id
sandard and the Ding ley tariff it h:is
p \en the country greater prosperity than
i \or had before. The Republican party
seems to have overlooked the fact that
the hard times which culminated in the
money panic of 1893, actually began dur
ing a Republican administration, and that
there were signs of returning prosperity
when the present administration came
into power. It was not to be expected,
however, that That party would remem
ber anything of that kind when appealing
to the people to continue it in pow. r.
It says that in 1596 it promised to r store
prosperity by two legislative measures,
namely, a protective tariff and a law
making gold the standard of value. Jt did
practically promise to change the tariff,
but it did rot promise to enact a law
making gold the standard of value. It
simply said that it was opposed to the
free coinage of silver, except by Interna
tional agreement, which it promised to
promote. It declared that until such an
agreement was obtained tfie gold stand
ard should be preserved. There was no
promise to enact a gold standard law.
As for the Dingley tariff aw, it is certa n
that the country would be much letter ;
off if it had a tariff for revenue. It is
pretty generally admitted that if it were
not for ihe protective tariff trusts would
net flourish as they do. Not long a~o,
the president of the sugar trust, who is
a Republican, dec’ared that The tariff was
the mother of trusts. And yet the Repub
lican party, in its national platform, de
clares that the country owes its prosper
ity in a large degree lo the tariff.
It is worthy of notice that the Republi
can party does not take a very strong
stand against trusts. It says, in its plat-
form, That “we recognize the necessity
and propriety of the honest co-operation
cf capital to meet new busine-s condi
tions.” It is true it also says, “we con
demn all conspiracies and combinations
intended to restrict business, to create
monopolies, To limit production or to con
trol prices, and favor such legislation as
will effectually restrain and prevent all
such abuses, and protect and promote
competition and secure the rights of
producers, laborers and all who are en
gaged in industry and commerce,” but it
is apparent that it has a rather kindly
feeling for trusts. What it says respecting
Them is very mild in comparison with
what will bo said by the Democratic par
ty. The impression made by the Republi
can declaration is that trusts are de
manded by the new conditions of busi
ness; that it is to be expected that some
evils will be connected with them, an 1
that it is difficult to get rid of these evils.
The declaration that the Democratic par
ty will make will have the Impression
that trust evils can he go t rid of, and
will be if the administration of the gov
ernment is given to the Democrats.
Tho Republican party pretends that it
is entitled to commendation for the man
ner in which the administration has en
forced the civil service law. It must have
overlooked the frauds and the x
travagance which has marked its* admin
istration of affairs in Cuba. It seems to
think that the p.ople are not inf rmed as
to what Is going on in the country. Asa
matter of fact the McKinley administra
tion has done a great deal to bring civil
service reform into disrepute. The vast
majority of appointments to civil places
in our insular possessions have been made
on the principle that the spoils belong to
the dominant party. If they had been
based on merit and fitness there would
not have been so mar)y scandals.
The Republican party now comas out
squarely in favor of the gold standard.
There Is no doubt alsnut its pcsltion on
the money question now. If the Demo
cratic party reaffirms tho Chicago plat
form the isSue between the two parties
on that question will be so plain that there
will be no chance of misunderstanding It.
A significant feature of the platform Is
the declaration In favor of an isthmian
canal. No mention Is made of the Nica
ragua canal. Is this intended as a warn
ing to Interested parties that the Nica
ragua route will be abandoned before
vast sums will be paid for rights of way,
or%ls there a scheme to purchase the
Panama canal?
What is said about the Philippines Is
not very definite, but it Is sufficiently
cltqr to make it certain that it is the
policy of the Republican party to retain
the islands as colonies. There is nothing
in the platform, however, to Indicate that
that party Is aware that the people are
afraid that these new posssesslons are
drawing the nation towards Imperialism.
What the platform says about Cuba
amounts to an announcement that the Re
publican party recognizes the fact that
the Cubans have been promised their in
dependence.
THE CALIFORNIA QUARANTINE.
The trouble that railroad and steamship
lines In California have been huvln* with
the quarantine established by a Fede al
health officer, presumably an officer of
the Marine Hospital Service, shows that
there is need for legislation by the Unit
ed States In respect to quarantine mat
ters. On the supposition that there had
been a number of cases of the bubonic
plague among Chinamen In San Francisco
every person leaving the state was te
qulred to have a health certificate. This
was extremely annoying to the ral rotd
and steamship companies, and they ob
jected, and got out nn Injunction agiinst
the health officer. It seems that to one
had ever seen a person In San Fran Isco
suffering from the bubonic plague. Sev
eral Chinamen wore declared by reputa
ble. physicians to have died of that dis
ease. Other physicians, of equally ns
high standing, expressed the opinion that
there had never been a case of the plague
In the city.
The health officer, thinking lo bo cn
the safe side, Issued his quarantine or
der. He found It practically Impossible
to enforce it. Tito attempt only produce l
confusion, and did no good. It brought
out the fact clearly, however, that If Ihc
cholera or the plague should get u fcot
hold In tills country It would not be pos
sible to establish un Intelligent and effto
tlve quarantine against It. Th re would
be shotgun quarantines, which wo Id
stop the wheels of eommerce and put ; n
end to travel. Congress, however, knows
all about this matter, but for some reason
or other neglects to take hold of It. vigor
ously, and with the determination to < n
act tut I "0111-re, t end effective quarantine
law. Del the yellow fever or the plague
or the cholera show Itself In this cr ant-y
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900.
j and there would be a condition of affairs
i bordering on chaos, and ail because there
is no gt-neral inland quarantine law.
IS IIOOSET ELT SINCEItE t
There i.~ nothing in the record of Gov.
Roosevelt that justifies the opinion that
he is not sincere in declaring that he does
not want the nomination for Vice Presi
dent, and yet his conduct since the meet
ing of the Republican National Convention
*is difficult to understand. What he said
I before he left for the convention, and what
| lie has'said concerning the nomination
I since he has been in Philadelphia have
left the impression that he would accept
the nomination if it were offered to him.
it may be that he thinks that the nomina
-1 tion to such a great office is one that
| should not be declined—that he ought to
accept it if his party insists upon his ac
; cepting it, and that that is the reason he
has not taken the advice of Senator Han
na and made it clear that he would not
accept the nomination. There is no doubt
that he could turn the attention of the
convention away from him if he should
make up his mind to do so.
It really looks as if he wants the nomi
nation but desires it to appear that it was
forced upon him. On the day the conven
tion m*-t he did not make his appearance
in the convention hall until all of the del
egates had assembled, and then, wearing
his Rough Rider hat, lie made a most
dramatic entrance. Why did he do that?
Was he simply seeking applause or was it
his purpose to have it telegraphed over
the country that of all of the prominent
men a; the convention he attracted the
most attention and received he greatest
amount of applause? It must have been
one of these two things, or else he hoped
to excite a demonstration that would con
vince the delegates that he is the man
they should select for Vice President. It
could hardly have been that he entertained
a hope that his reception by the conven
tion would convince the delegates that the
Republican party would stand a better
chance of winning in the election with him
as its candidate for President than with
Mr. McKinley. The only reasonable conclu
sion to be drawn from his action is that,
being anxious for the Vice Presidential
nomination, he sought to convince the con
vention that if the nomination were offer
ed to him it should be a unanimous nom-
ination.
It is the understanding that Senator
Platt of New York is very anxious for the
nomination of Gov. Roosevelt for Vice
President, not because he has any partic
ular liking for him, but because he wants
to get rid of him in New York politics.
Thu fact that the Senator returned to his
home in New York yesterday, saying be
fore going that he tlid not care who was
nominated for Vice President, would seem
to indicate that he has given up all hope
of bringing about Gov. Roosevelt’s nomi
nation. He is a wily politician, however,
and his apparent abandonment of the
contest may have been a part of his plan
for accomplishing his object. The prob
ability is that Roosevelt will ke nomi
nated.
BRISTOW’S REFORMS.
The administration anil the Reptfbllcan
newspapers are making a good deal of
noise over the reported reduction In Jhe
postal service expenses in Cuba. It is
probable that iMr. Bristow has cut
down a few salaries and dismiss
ed a number of wholly useless
employes, but do the few little re
forma he has made excuse the administra
tion for the grpss frauds that have been
committed and the extraordinary extrav
agance which has characterized the ad
ministration of affairs in Cuba?
Wily was it that it was not known long
before the Needy frauds were discovered
that the money of the Cubans was being
wasted in paying outrageously high sala
ries ami in the employment of many more
officials than there was any need for? The
l’o.-tmaster General knew what was going
on in Cuba. If he did not, then he is not
lit for the high position he holds. Most
men of Intelligence would have known
that when the postal service was costing
about three times as much as the revenues
amounted to something was wrong. The
Postmaster General, however, does r.ot
seem to have thought It necessary* even to
inquire whether or not there was extrava
gance in the Cuban postal service. His
whole time was taken up, doubtless, in
trying to find where he could stow away
another appointee to please a political
frit ml of the administration—a friend that
could help the Republican party In the
presidential campaign, either with political
influence or money.
And what has Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow accomplished after
all? Has he applied the knife,
as it V r ere, to the very roots
of the evils existing in the postal
service iu Cuba? Judging from the reports
he has done very little—just enough to
give the Republican papers an opportunity
to assert that the administration has put
the Cuban postal service on a strictly
economical basis. Asa matter of fact it
Is probable that If he had done exactly
what he ought to have done he would have
dismissed about half of tho postal em
ployes and cut down the salaries of a ma
jority of the others. If he has .lone that,
the chances are that there would be a far
better postal service than there Is, and the
better service would not cost more than
half what the present service Is coating.
When the truth comes out it will appear,
probably, that w hat Mr. Bristow has done
amounts to very little.
If there are any persons in this city who
have reason for thinking that they have
not been included In the census enumera
tion, they ought, for the credit of the
town, to make the fact known at once
to the supervisor. Savannah does not want
anything like padding In her enumeration,
but she doss want, and deserves to have,
the b nlflt of all of her population In
cluded In the count. Each citizen ought
to constitute himself, or herself, a com
mittee of one to make Inquiries respecting
whether or not his or her friends were
called upon by ihc enumcr.i tors, and If
they were not, to take steps to have the
tors rectified. Ami the matter ought
t > !w attended to Immediately.
It would he a good Joke on both (he Ma
rls and the Dragoon If that Brunswick
boat, the Monsoon, were to go over to the
Charleston regatta and defeat the fleet. We
should like to see some Southern-built
boat, either Georgian or Carolinian—dov
that very trick. Some yachting enthusiast
would perform a good service by putting
up a desirable trophy to lie sailed for only
by home-built boats.
It Is believed lliat the census, Just tak
en. will show that the center of popula
tion is now In Indiana, a few miles west
of the town of Urownatown. The center
has Isen moving westward steadily Blnce
the census was Instituted. In 1800 it was
only a few miles west of Baltimore.
In Philadelphia they have a new* drintc
which, for some unaccountable reason, is
called “’Mamie Taylor.” Its effects, i: is
said, are more marvelous than those pro
duced by Artillery* punch, Mexican pulque
or about any other drink known. One
glass of it, according to report . will make
a man hilarious, two will make him put
his hand into his neighbor - pocket, and
three will make him embrace the Dingh y
tariff, ship subsidies, imperialism, mili
tairism, trusts, end all of th- other Re
publican schemes. Judging from the re
ports, the delegates to th. convention
must be drinking freely of Mamie Tay
lor.”
The Chinese army is said to have 1,000.-
000 available men, on a war g. T. e
afmy, however, has no unity no tohe.-ion
and no proper discipline. T.e drill is
mere physical exercise, and the w< aions
of all except a few picked < rps are 1 jr.g
since obsolete. There is in e Chinese
army no transport, commit:aria* or medi
cal service. It is impossible t ;t any eu h
horde could hold out again 1 well drill- and
and disciplined troops lor any length uf
time. One hundred thousand Europe ms
could probably conquer the Chines em
pire.
The school authorities of Philadelphia
have* ordered that during the s> mm r \a
cation all of the city school buildings shall
be disinfected and fumigate 1. Rut wi y
should this precaution bo limited to the
vacation period? School are \a
cant from Friday aftern*xa s until Mon
day mornings. Periodical disinfections
throughout the school t rm miaht con
duce to the health of teachc :s ar.d pupils.
The disinfection might t .ke p ace cn Sat
urday, and tho rooms wo .. i be ready ior
occupancy on Monday.
Bishop Cranston of Denver is one of
those churchmen who believe in carrying
the gospel on the point of th* bayonet ar.d
injecting it into the heathen by means of
the bayonet or a bullet as may be n ces
sary. “It is worth any cost in money;
•it is worth any cost in blood.” he is qu t
ed as saying, “if we car. make the mill
ions of China true and intelligent Chris
tians. The open door must be rr.aintain*-
ed to Christianity, as well us to com
merce.”
A Chicago dispatch says that it is the
understanding o 4 the Dome ratio leaders
that Mr. Bryan will not tour the country,
campaigning, as he did four years ago.
He will remain at his home in Lincoln,
and receive delegations there, as Maj.
McKinley did at Canton in 1526. Some
weeks ago, it was noted in the dis
patches that Mr. Bryan was having a
new and enlarged porch bu.lt to his
house at Lincoln.
The New York police boat Patrol is to
be rebuilt into something like a war ves
sel. She is to have protected and fire
proof magazines, a turret, a powerful
search light, and other warlike equip
ments. In case of riot oil the water
front or mutiny among the shipping the
Patrol will be something of a floating fort,
w’hile In the event of war she will be
much more effective than site is at pres
ent.
PERSONAL.
—Jumping the rore is b coming a fad
in England among middle-aged r> rsons
afflicted with liver troubles. The exefeise
is said to have a beneficial effect.
—Color is one of the various matters
which must be studied by manufacturers
who wculd cater to the foie gn trade says
the New York Evening Post. An Ameri
can firm sent, some electrical goods, which
were decorated green, to Japan. They
did not sell any. No Japanese would
bring such things into his house; it would
mean an in itaiion to the evil deities.
Green is an evil color in Japan. Wlwn a
Japanese wants in the articles he buvg
is red. A German employer obj cred to
American machines because, although
they performed their work perfectly, they
demoralized his men. They wet painted
in dark colors, and with no brieh' parts.
The men who work around the maVnln.es
do not have any brass to keep clean or
any surfaces to rub. and they got lazy.
The German workman needs to lx kept
busy with things of this sort. People on
the isthmus of Panama will not purchasa
anything with blue spots on it.
CL*RIIENT < mi RENT.
The New York Herald (Ind.) says: “The
attack mode by the forts ot Taku upon
the foreign warships In the harl>or means
that war has actually begun, and the
speedy capture of the fortifications fore
shadows the rapidity with which the com
bined foreign forces will mow dowm tlie
natives and w ide through iheir blood to
the capital when a concerted programme
of action is agreed upon. Perhaps the
decentralized system of government, with
its eighteen provinces, each ruled by a
Governor General and with inadequate
means of commimi<fiiion and trarosi>ort.i
tion, may admit of the insurrection being
suppressed and anew authority being
installed at Pekin by the Powers before
a general revolt occurs throughout the
empire. In any event the problem of
dealing with a territory three time* as
large as Indio, and with n population
of four hundred millions, is one of this
most gigantic recorded in history.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) says:
“The tariff question is coming to the front
again in “seven-league boots.” The Ohio
Democratic platform, recently adopted
made the stroma st kind of a iioint upon
it—demanded the repeal of tariff legisla
tion which has built up trusts. That was
striking at the root of the evil. Statesmen
of conceded ability who have, byen for
ward in attacking the trust monopolies
have been crippled by not being able to
suggest an immediate remedy. The mo
nopolists have claimed that the trus's
are natural and ev< n necessary develop
ments of business. They are not, certain
ly. sudden Inspirations. They have been
of gradual growth, and the country must
overhaul the legislation of a good many
years to got nt the source of popular dis
tress. It must especially attack the inlq
ultious Dlngley law and expel the McKin
leys, Hannas and Dalzells from power.”
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) says:
“There arc really few Americans* who be
lieve thnt Cuba will ever be given abso
lute liPlcpender.ee. While (lie people will
very likely be permitted to govern them
selves. their foreign relations will always
r rn tin under the control of this country.
In fact, Cuba will hold much the same re
lation towards .is as Canada holds to
wards Gnat Britain. That the United
States will ever relinquish suzerainty over
the island is hardly among the probabil
ities. **
The Nashville American (Dem.) says:
'The administration should show a lit
tle more nerve in dealing with the Chinese
situation. No one warns this country to
get tangled up with foreign complications,
but nobidy. except a crank, cy; ‘is any
thing less in the present rr! is than the
most resolute action. The effect of reso
lute action from t political standpoint
should cut no figure.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald (Dem.) !
says: “Philadelphia 1 no 4 expected to de- I
dare that the Cubans have demonstrated
their capacity for mlf-govcrn merit while !
the supply of Neely a und Hath bones hold '
out." i
Convention Stories.
“Buttons, convention buttons. All kinds
and all colors. Buttons.”
These words, which came from the lips
of a shabbily-dressed man standing on
broad street in front of the Walton yester
day afternoon, attracted the attention of
a substantial-looking man, from the lapel
of whose coat there hung a Western state
badge, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. The
sub - amial-looking man strolled over to
where the but tom vender stood.
“What is the price of that McKinley-
Roosevelt button,” he asked. “A quar
ter?”
"Yes, a quarter,” was the reply. “Do you
want ”
Just then the eyes of the two met and
tl. - well-dressed man from California gave
a start. The other clast his eyes toward
the stone sidewalk.
“It's you, Jim,” exclaimed the Califor
nian with a tremor in his voice. "I’d
know you anywhere. But I never expected
to see you come to this.”
The other's reply was inaudible to any
but the ears of the man with the badge.
As soon as it was made the two walked
down Locust street together, the Califor
nian with his arm on the button vender’s
shoulder. From another source it was
learned that the two were brothers. Five
years ago they w*ere in partnership to
gether. One day the man who afterward
became the button vender disappeared, and
after he hud gone there were whisperings
of a mixup in money affairs. The broth
er who remained behind, tried in every
possible way to discover the whereabouts
cf the other, but in vain, ond yesterday
was the first time the two had met since
the sudden departure of “Jim.”
It is said that the two will journey home
together, and that the old partnership will
be resumed once more.
Electric devices, by means of which one
may order anything from a ton of coal
| to a postage stamp, are in The rooms of
hotel w her S nator Hanna, Senator
I’latt and Gov. Roosevelt have their
quarters, says the Herald’s report. Rep
r senta'ive of Gloversville, one
of Gov*. Roosevelt’s boon friends, while
entertaining a few of the many eminent
citizens of Newburg now in Philadelphia,
experimented with the electric device in
Chairman Odell’s room.
Pushing the indicator around to “Apol
linaris,” Mr. Littauer pushed the button.
A noise like that of a dull buzz-saw strik
ing a knot in a hickory blank came from
rhe interior regions of the box. Mr. Lit
tauer jumped rack in alarm.
‘ ThaVs only one, too.” he said.
Ten times the operation was repeated.
A moment later there was a loud knock
at the door,
“Ah!” cried Mr. Littauer. satisfied that
he had conquered the box of the weird
sounds, “Here we are.”
Stepping to The door, which he opened
wide to receive the Apollinaris bearer, he
was amaztd to hear from a chorus of ten
girlish voices:
“Did you ring for typewriters, sir?”
Lieut. Gov. Woodruff has e party here
with him at the Bellevue, says the Tri
bune’s special. Mrs. Woodruff is telling
with a great deal of glee about the inno
cent query of a boy in the par
ty. They were discussing the. advisabil
ity of Roosevelt accepting the nomination
for N ice President, ond someone said he
ought to take it because there was al
ways a chance he might succeed to the
presidency in case of the death of Pres
ident McKinley. “Why.” said the little
fellow in a wondering voice, “if Mr Mc-
Kinley died wouldn’t Mr. Hanna still* be
President?”
A slender, florid-faced man. wearing a
very, very long frock coat, w*ns very much
in evidence in the lobby of the AMine,
says the Philadelphia Record. A news
paper man approached him. “Will you
leH me, sir, if you are from North Caro
lina.’ asked the reporter. “Yes, sun”
ho replied, flapping the skirts of his long
Bailey, of Noth Carolina.”
V\Hi sir, ’ said the reporter, “I am also
1 ;\ mh ( “rolinu man, and was connected
with a paper at Charlotte for several
years. Will you tell mo what part of the
nato you are from?” “You say you were
■‘onnected with n newspaper in Charlotte
ami you don’t know me?” “I have not
U" " VVe "’” flapping his
yOU don * know Bailey of North
Carolina, postmaster at Raleigh, suh. vou
Carolinian?" dreamed ! North
Mark Hanna was eating a white lunch
eon. says i ho Philadelphia Record. He had
j a bowl of milk and a plate of brrad. He
j would break four or five slices of brral
| into the milk, devour tl.o pieces hurriedly
" '.V 1 :i tablespoon before they grew soggv
! talk and laugh a little with S-reno Pavne
! who was aLo eating a white luncheon,'
and then break in more bread. The
enormous, nearly hid Hanna’s face, V which
would dart out, now on this side of it
now on that, as he addressed some words
',7 lls companion. At the door of the
dining room a crowd looked on, a man
®7! , a lllt i e AW In the front. “There he is
Vi ill. said the man. “Don’t you w him'
r! ns^ rfad in his soup? ” That’s him'
” ill. The man laughed nervous’v, and
the boy in his shrill treble cried: “I are
him, -pa! Now he's breaking bread in his
soup.” Behind these two murmurs roe-
Hanna”—“a big bowri”-”Bread”-“Soup”
could be heard. And monotonously as a
rlo k ticks, the tall, thin young policeman
at the floor repeated: “Keep this doorway
Clear. Keep this <Joarway clear.” All nre
tended not to hear. 1
Senator Mason Is at the Contlnential,
looking as fat and rosy ns the pictures of
President McKinley that one sees in shop
windows, says the New York Press. He
found himself shadowtd by an mile ous
person and resented It. “What and who
are you?” he thundered, drawing h’s
*!’ hu dangerous fashion.
t>h, tints till right; don’t get gay’’ te
pli. 1 the stranger. “I’ll have you arrest.d
for annoying me,” said the Senator. “Oh
no. you won’t, sonny; I’m onto you”
Oown in the elevator they went and up >
the office they hurried. “Cl. rk, I want
this fellow arrested for annoying me”
raged Billy the Wit. “Call a policeman'”
rile clerk whispered something in his ear
and he walked away. “Who is that
b.okef said the detective. ’lSenalor Mi-
T Illinois; don’t bother him. Hes
" r fhln, f 1 am deserving of a medal as a
Champion modest man,” said Dr. George
Hobble of Buffalo, in the New York state
delegation room, according to the New
Yerk Times. "I married President *Me-
Kmley's llrat cousin, and 1 have been i
good husband to her, if I do say It.
“When William was made President I
did not ask him for u place, although I
might have taken one If it hud been of
fored, and I have never asked him for
anything Vinee. I thought I would like to
tome down here and see him nominated
again, and now I ennnot even g„ a ticket
of admission to the convention hall I
suppose 1 will have to buy one from one
of these highway robbers of speculators
Peoms to me that husbands of cousins of
Presidents of f he United States are entl
<!-il to some consideration, but, perhaps
I am wrong." F ’
One of the noted hotels in Philadelphia
Is Dooner's, In Tenth street, near Chest
nut, says the New York Press. Many
newspaper men stay there because they
have known Doom r for years and like
his style, li Is the only hotel i.t the world
1 believe that a woman cannot enter even
though attended by her husband father
or brother. This rule Is Inexorable
One day an old friend brought his wife
I here and registered his name and hers
Dooner greeted the pair cordially, led (he
hut' ".I (o one side and whispered "You
can't bring your wife here, but I will give
you and her the best accommodations 1
aim afford.**
"Wl: < aro you going to do with us'"
ho was risked.
“Tnko you to my houso an my guests”
was the reply. Women with escorts are
welcome In the restaurant at meal time
hut th- rest of the hotel Is a staled book
to them.
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
—Recent explorations show that Brazil
could, if purlud, furni-h 50 per cent, m re
raw rubber than at present and that thr
poasib i tles of Africa as a rubber export
ing continent are limitless.
—What is commonly known as the
"measuring” or “span” worm has made
Its appearance in the section of country
surrounding Richmond, Ind., and is doing
vast damage to young fruit trees.
—Rev. T. M. Price of lowa Falls, lowa,
pastor of the First Congregational Church
at that place, has written a drama
on the first three chapters of the book
of Genesis. He says the drama Is the fa
vorite me.hod of the old testament and
that it ought frequently to be used as a
presentation of old tru.ths in anew form.
—English death duties were nearly $15,-
000,000 larger in the government's fiscal
year ending March 31 than In the previous
year. Almost the whole of the tremendous
increase was made in the last quarter
of the year and it has been attributed to
the fatal effect of influenza among elderly
people.
—Borden College, Indiana, which Pro*.
W. W. Borden opened seven years ago.
and has since maintained, will be closed
at the end of the present scholastic year
and will be changed Into a museum for
Prof. Borden’s collection of geological,
archeological and historical specimens,
one of the finest and most famous collec
tions in the world,
—A Kansas paper, finding tt impossible
to secure enough subscriptions to guaran
tee weekly wages, issued the following
valedictory; "As we said a few days ago
in our initial number, the doily- would
only continue till we could get over tfie
town and see if it was wanted. We find,
after a thorough canvass of the town,
that we could count on about sl2 a month
advertising for it. Ta! Ta!”
—A young man who w-as hunting recent
ly in the Alleghenies, near Hed Oak Knob
Va., shot a large bald eagle. The bird'
measured 7 feet 2 inches across the
wrings. When the hunter went to examine
the prize he was astonished to find one of
the eagle's claws held firmly in a power
ful steel trap, to which w-as attached a
steel chain five feet long. Trap and chain
had marks of vicious blows from the ea
gle's beak, showing hew he had vainly
endeavored to free himself from them.
They had not interfered with his flight,
howevt r.
—Capt. Joseph Coms’.oek, a well known
mariner living in Seattle, spent almost the
entire summer at Cape Nome fifty years
ago. His mission to the far north was
not to hunt for grid, and, though he spent
two months on the Nome beaches and
wandered up and down over the yellow
beds that have since beerr found to be
Phenomenally rich, not a sign of gold
did he see, nor did he hear a weri tu
trede by the Indians that would lead him
to believe it was ififft-rent in that resitcct
from a country that never produced an
ounce of gold.
—The world famous Moulin Rouge danc
ing hall, in Paris, situated on the historic
hights of gay Montmartre, ihe Mecca of
every pleasure seesking foreigner, is likely
• o fall Into the control of an American
syndicate, headed by a wealthy brewer
Eight hundred thousand dollars has been
offered for the property as it stands, and
the deal will probably be consummated. The
idea of the syndicate is to Americanize
the resort, making elaborate improve
ments and eliminating certain French
features which attracted men unaccom
panied by their wives.
—The Chinese system of writing, with
its thousands of individual characters,
does not lend itself easily to transmission
by telegraph, so the Chinese words are
represented by English numerals,' anti
these numerals s. nt over the Wirt and
translated at the receiving end into Chi
nese characters. The charges for tele
grams says our consul at Che Foo, are
curiously arranged. The Chines; words,
tepresented by numerals, are sent at one
-1 alf the rate charge! for straight Eng
lish words, but at the other end a charge
cf one cent a word is r qulred for putting
the numerals back into the Chinese char
acters.
—Down In Texas the worm has turned
and is conferring a benefit on farmers in
the Drop neighborhood. The worm is de
scribed as about an inch to an inch and i
half long, something like a small cater
pillar. and its color is black, without
markings of any kind. He seems to have
a strong predilection for the army worms
that have'been working in the cotton in
that part of the country, and w henever the
black worm strikes the army worm be
kills most of the ravagers and the re
mainder leave. It is said the destroyer
gets in his work rapidly, and that the
army worms leave as soon as the other
makes its appearance.
—M. Leuret, the French manufacturer
of artificial pearls from fish scales, says
that he will come to the United States
and erect works as soon as he hears of t
locality where the right kind of scales
can be had in large quantities. It is sug
gested that a suitable place might be
found on the St. Lawrence river, omong
the Thousand Islands. The scales should
be small and have a silver sheen. The
brighter they are the higher price they
wifi command. The scales should be re
moved while the fish are alive if possi
ble. Twenty-five thousand pounds of
these scales can be used a year. It ;s
anticipated that twice that quantity moy
be used in a few years.
—Electric smelting on a large scale is
to be tried In Switzerland near Meiringen.
ih the Bernese Oberland, and a conresson
has been obtained from the state for the
working of an outcrop of hermatite, say s
the Engineer. The vein has a thickness of
seven feet, and is visible for a length of
two miles along the mountain face. The
ore will I* trans]>orted by an aerial rope
way to Inneskirchen, below. The conces
sion obtained for the water power
omounts to 90,000 horse-power. This wii!
of course, be more than sufficient to drive
the machinery was to supply the power for
the electrical furnace. One of the difficul
ties which have beset the metallurgical
industry in Switzerland hitherto has been
the lack of fuel for smelting.
—A correspondent writes from Germany
as follows: "I have Just received a note
from a relative who is at present living
In the Black forest. Lately he obtained
permission to Inspect a workshop and lie
was surprised and amused when he tool
note of the character of the nlcknaeks
that were being turtle,t out by the gross
by the workpeople. These comprised pa
per knives, pincushions, oignr. cigarette
and match boxes, etc. The finished items
were Inscribed 'Made of wood grown at
Ladysmith.’ Others had the change
rung on them of 'The M odder,’ 'Belmont '
■Oraspan,' 'Klmberlqy,' 'Mafeklng.' and
even 'Pretoria.' The llrhber, needless to
say. grew In the Black forest. The
shams. It appears, are lo be shipped to
England for sale, when the war Is over.”
-Recent reports show that In 1891 the
United States passed Great Britain 111 tike
production of pig Iron, and since ihat time
has ltd the world In that Industry. I'n
til 1899 Great Britain was the first coun
try in the production of coal. During that
year the United States also pas-ed her in
this product, says Harper’s Weekly Con
gress did not provide for a mineral e*hll p
at the Paris fair, but the division of mlti
ernl resources prepared nn educational
exhibit which Is striking In the position It
gives the United States as by fa- the
greatest mineral producer of the word
(’harts were prepared by Edward W p tr
ker. the statistician of the division which
illustrates this point In most Interesting
manner. When any new mineral localities
are discovered or new applications of
known substances nr* reported the locali
ty or substance is carefully studied and
reported upon by some expert for the Ison.
ellt of the Interested. The mineral wealth
of the new possessions of the Unite,l i
States has already been made the subject !
of preliminary study and report, especially
In Hawaii, I’orlo Rico and the Philippines 1
Triumph of Worth.
The very hearty re
ception accorded to
Murray
|| Hill
JHL Club
iHHHH Pure Rye Whiskey
TOlMliq Is Indisputable In
dor.'fment of its
excellent quality.
Murra y OHI Club
Luxurious
g.-.-tj-wyGoods sold at a rea
sonable pr.ee—a pre-eminent whiskey
without a rival. It is listed by all the
leading Clubs, and served at ,-the
most exclusive functions. Sold by
first-class dealers everywhere.
JGS. MAGNUS & GO.,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
SUMMIT.II RESORTS.
Hotel Gerard,
44th St., Near Broadway, New York.
ABSOLUTELY KIUE-PHOOK. Mod
cm nntl luxurious in nil its appoiut
iiientH. Centrally located. Cool and
comfortable In Mtininier.
AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN.
-(Under New Management).
J. P. HAMBLEN’S SONS. Proprietor*.
ALSO
Avon !nn and Cottages,
AVON, N. J.
Most select resort on New Jersey coast.
Send for particulars.
HOTEL NORRfiIANDIE,
BUOADWAk & 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 five minuteW
walk of the hotel
CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO.
Summer Re.-ort—Ocean Hotel, Asbury
Park, N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS.
BLOWING ROCK.
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Summit of Blue Ridge, 4,340 feci. Scen
ery and climate unsurpassed, so say glob©
trotters. Hotel first-class in every respect.
Only house on mountain with plastered
walls; excellent liwry; 45 miles turnpike
roads on top of ridge; large ball room,
band and other amusements. Postofflc©
and telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1.
Write for leaflet and rates to
Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Park, N. C.
Hotel American-AdelDhi,
Finest Lucation in
SA R A H )GA SPRINGS.
Near Mineral Spring* and Uatlia,
OPEN JUNE TO NOVEMBER. ROOM®
EN SUITE. WITH BATHS.
CEO. \. 1 A U.MI AM, Prop.
White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
AV \ ! \ES\ ILLE, N. C.
50 acres beautifully shaded lawn, wonder
ful mountain views, tool nights, freesiOn©
iron and noted sulphur springs. Fine or
chestra laiA . House remodeled and newly
furnished this season..
COL. F. A. LINCOLN. Proprietor.
SWEETWATER PARK "
HOTEL AND BATHS,
LITHIA SPRINCS, CA
This well-known and popular resort is now
open. All modern equipment. Cuisine and
service unexcelled. Write for illustrated
pamphlet. JAS. E. HICKEY, Propr.
Also Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga.
IN Tilt: liHFAT NORTH WOODS.
HOTEL DEL MONTE*
MH.INAC LAKE, N. Y.
OPENS JUNK 2 :nJer entirely new managt
mt i furnfi dan i renovated through
ort. tub e .1. 1 service first-class; near iaka
and Hotel Ampersand; golf, tennis, billiards,
boating, fishing, drlvin.' ami bicycling; liver,.
For booklet addp -s J. iIr.NKY Oils, Sara
nac Lake. N. V.
Greenbrier While Snip li n r Springs,
West Virginia.
Representative i sort of the South. Open
June 15. $i •> in improvements. New
aewerage, plumbing, lights, private baths
an.l toilets. Orchestra of 16 pieces. Fam
ous Sulphur baths. New 9-hole golf
2,700 yards. Professional in charge.
Write f t illu-ii c eci booklet. HARRING
TON MiLLS, .Manager.
It tit lit RIVER SPRINGS,
Stanly Comity, C.,
Open June 1,
Fines' mineral water. Table suppllel
with the Is s;. Band of music. Dally
mail. 'Photc connections with till adjoin
ing towns, climate unsurp ssel. Tou. tot
rates Southern Railway and Its branches,
and Atlanti Coat Line. Write for < lr
oular At lress R. B. Be kwlth, M. D.,
Silver, Stanly county, N,yi!i Carolina.
SEA GIIIT, \E\\f JERSEY.
Beach House, right on the betch. Al
ways cool. Fine accommodations. Dining
room servii' llr.-t-class. Rates reason.t.
ble. Send for booklet. Sea Girt i< the
flrwt stop made on the coast by express
traitto from Phi .dclphia to Asbury Park
ami Long lfrate COAST COMPANY.
UtIMIAI.B SPRINGS.
fin Knoxville and Brisidl Railroad, flv*
mi'.ey wc-t of Tale's, at the. base of Clinch
mountains; or.e of the most tic tghlful re
ft ris of 1: st Tennessee. Lithia. sulphur
aral chalybeate water. Reasonable rates.
Atl.lrc Miss O. CROZIER, Lithia, Grain
ger county, Tennessee.
MKLRCSE. NEW YORK—7B Madison
Avenue, corner 2Sth st. Rooms with or
wlthot i hoard. Rooms with hoard $7 per
week; $1.2.'. per day and upwards. Send for
circular.
All interostcll in Winchester, Vn„ ePher
as a summer resort, as a point of hl-toil
r> a bust can hava
pamphlet ft,' Address, J. E. Correll,
Winchester, Va.
LEMONS.
Black Eye. Pigeon and Cow Peas
Potatoes. Onions,. Peanuts, and all fruits
and vegetables In season.
Hay. Grain, Flour Feed.
Rlee Straw, Magic Poultry and Stock
Food.
Our Or- Cxs*
213 and Clo BAY, WEST.
W. )). SIAIKINB & CO.
JOHN I BUTLER,
—DLALLii .-X
Paints, Oils and Glasts, sash, Doors, Blinds,
and Builders' Supplies, Plain and Decora
tive Wall Paper, Foreign and Domesf’x
Cements, Lime, Plaster and Hair. SoM
Agent for Ahestlne Cold Water Paint.
80 Congress street, west, and 19 St. 1 uilaa
Street, west.