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4 §f(je Itlofning Morning; Building. >a'annh, O.x THI RSDAY, JI'XB si, 1000. Registered at the Postoffice in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is sorted to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month, SI.OO for six months, and ss.oo for one year. The MORNING NEW'S, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year, $6.00. The WEEKLY NEW’S, 2 issues a week Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or register©! letter. Currency sent 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, N*w York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. 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.