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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia 10-clay are
for showers and thunderstorm*, and brisk
southerly winds, and for Eastern Florida
showers, with brisk southeast to south
winds.
This is the morning that Father Penn
will apply ice to his head and hot water
to ITs feet.
The Democrats may now have to look
to New York. Who is there In that state
that is more than a match for Roosevelt?
Hill?
The rainy season has now fairly set in
in the Philippines. The American authori
ties, however, are inclined to hope that
the amnesty proclamation will induce
Aguinaldo and his followers to come in
out of ihe wet.
A close observer noted tears in the eyes
of Senator Platt of New York as Wolcott
of Colorado was delivering hie speech to
the Republican Convention. It was rot
emotion, however, which made the New
Yorker weep. He had a cold and had Just
sneezed live times.
Jacksonville and Charleston are both
looking forwaid to a disappointment with
respect to what the census will show, and
both are assuming the kicking attitude.
Two or three weeks from now, the posi
tion of the iceman will be preferable to
that of the census man.
The New York Evening Post recalls
that tt has been twenty-eight years since
a Republican National Convention assem
bled when there was no contest over the
nomination for the presidency. Grant’s
second nomination, in 1872, like his first
In 1868, went to him without a struggle,
but from that day io this there have been
earnest contests every time.
Silver Is said to be accumulating In the
New Y'ork subtreasury so rapidly that the
officials are puzzled to know what to do
with It. The vaults are all packed al
most as full as they can be crammed
with the white metal, and still It flows in.
It Is Impossible to keep it In circulation.
Congress has appropriated 8125,000 for the
construction of additional storage vaults,
but tt will be several months before they
can be provided. Meanwhile the growing
pile of silver dollars is embarrassing the
treasury people.
One striking thing about the Republican
Convention wus ite dullness. Except for
the breeze created by the Rough Rider,
the whole affair would have been stale,
flat and unprofitable, especially from the
point of view of the newspaper corre
spondents, who at best were compelled to
do a good deal of writing against space.
The slowness of the meeting is not to be
aooounted for by tho fact ihat k was
held in Philadelphia, but by the fact that
the bosses had everything out and dried.
The Kansas City Convention will be dif
ferent. There will be a plenty of ginger
In that meeting.
The Ninth Regiment, which is on Its
way to China from Manl'-a, is one of the
crack commands of the tegular service. It
hks been under fire repeatedly during
the paet two yeats. It was one of the
reglm nt* that tcok part In the fighting
around Fanliago, and had a prominent
place in the storming of San Juan Hill.
After peace wus declared It was sent to
the Philippines, whe;e It took part in
tho fighting at Angeles and other places
The Ninth was a part of Gen. Joseph
Wheeler’s brigade In the Island of Luzon
M\tl he says li never failed to show con
spicuous bravery and dash. The men are
now seasoned campaign, rs. Should they
fie called U|n to fight In China, they
ou and no doubt give a good account of
themselves.
THR REPUBLICAN TICKET.
The Republican party is no doubt well
satisfied with its ticket. It could hardly
have nominated stronger one. Mr.
McKinley is a very clever politician, and
while he has some enemies among the
leaders of his party, he has managed to
maintain harmonious relations with all
of its factions. That this is true was
shown by the fact that be was renominat
ed unanimously. There was no movement
to place any other man in nominat.on for
President. He has In a remarkable de
gree the ability to keep on good terms with
his party. When he finds that he cannot
lead he willingly follows. It Is the very
general understanding that he was op
posed to the war with Spain. He heartily
favored It, however, when he discovered
that bis party was for it. It is also said
that he was against demanding the Phil
ippine* from Spain, but the Republican
leaders—at least the majority of them—
insisted upon taking them, and he yield
<d to their judgment. At the beginning
of the present Congress, he boldly as
serted in hi* message to that body, that,
it was “our plain duty” to provide fo?
free trade with Porto Rico. He. faced
about when it became evident that his
party would not follow' him.
All through his politlrnl life he has en
deavored to do what his party wanted
done. He never takee a decided stand
upon any Important question until he
thinks he has found out what public sen
timent w'ith regard to it is. While, there
fore, he has maintained hi* popularity
with his party he has no! made a reputa
tion for originality in thought or action, or
for strength of character. In other words,
though at the head of hi* party, fie has
not been its leader. And his popularity is
not confined to his party. It is well un
derstood that he is a kind-hearted man,
ever ready to do a favor for a political
opponent. That has made men of the
opposite party say pleasant things about
him, and even defend him when assailed.
It Is probable that he would be much more
popular in the South than he is. to
his speech in the Georgia House of Rep
resentatives respecting the graves of the
(’onfederate dead, if he had not appointed
negroes to Federal offices In tlie South.
The nominee for Vice President, Theo
dore Roosevelt, is n much more aggressive
man. inclined to do what he thinks
ought to be done. Although he has not
measured up to the standard established
by the reformers in New York, when he
became Governor of that state, ho has
done so many things against the advice
of the party bosses* and against the wish ’3
of the capitalistic class, that the Republi
can leaders In that state are very glad
to get rid of him. It may be that one
of the reasons why he finally decided to
accept the nomination for Vice President
was that the Republican leaders of New
York threatened to op|*>se his renomina
tion for Governor. He knew there was
doubt about his being elected for another
term.
Still, Mr. Roosevelt is a strong man. and
will bring some strength to the ticket.
He is more popular in the West than in
live East. It can be safely stated that,
in the event of his election to the vice
presidency, he will bend all of his ener
gies during his term of office to getting
the nomination of his party for President
in 1904.
The Republicans, being of the opinion
that they have a strong ticket, are likely
to depend greatly on that fact for success.
Voters, however, will not be influenced,
much, by the men who compose the tick
ets. They wiil be controlled in casting
their ballot* by the principles and ideas
for which these ine* stand. Indications
are cropping out that public sentiment In
running strongly in the direction of the
principles for w'hich the Democratic nom
inee* for President and Vice President
will stand.
SCHOOL. 1-iXAMINATIO.NS.
Do the semi-annual and annual exami
nations of school children in their various
studies serve any good purpose? Tills is
a question which school superintendents
and teachers are better qualified to an
swer than one who has no connection
with schools, but it may be. ihat few, if
any, of them have given it consideration,
being satisfied to move along in the beat
en path, because there is less resistance
to be overcome in that pallet ban in a
new ona
In the public schools In I his city, for in
stance, a week is to be given to going
over the studies of the year. The task will
be a comparatively easy one for those pu
pils who understood thoroughly as
they went along the principles of the
things they studied and for those who
understood very little but who have ex
traordinary memories. To the average
pupil, however, the week of examinations
means a good deal of hard work and wor
ry, the worry being due to the fear that
they will not be graduated, or be permit
ted to advance to a higher grade. No
doubt there will be cases of illness among
the children due to the xaminations.
And what do the examinations amount
to? The pupils do not get any new ideas
from the cramming process. They simply
fit themselves to answer, parrot like,
questions that will be asked them. What
they get by cramming they forget before
the beginning of the next school year. In
deed, It is a question If it is not hurtful
for them to fill their minds with a lot
of matter which they do not clearly un
derstand and which they have not the
time to mentally digest.
The question as to how tt ts to be de
termined tvhether they are entitled to
diplomas or to be advanced to higher
grades, may be asked. Why not make
their graduation or -dvancement depend
upon the general avetage of their deport
ment and scholarship during the year?
That would be a much better test than
the showing they make in their examina
tions. It often happens that fairly well
informed pupils, owing to diffidence or
other causes, do not do themselves Justice
at examinations, while comparatively poor
scholars, because of their excellent mem
or o* and some hard work for a few days,
make an excellent showing. Would it not
be better from every point of view to de
vote the weeks that are taken up with
examinations to the usual school duties"
Such a course, there are reasons for
thinking, would be more satisfactory to
teacheis and more profitable to the chil
dren.
AeltHcks, the Delaware gas man, Is now
a i>lg frog In the Republican puddle. He
won out before tho convention, and is
therefore in a position to boss the party
In his stale. Addlcks still has Ills eye
upon the senatorship, and if gas and brass
and money have not lost their power, he
is going to gst it before he stops.
The New York Herald asks: “What s
the nt. w.i.j Mr. Cleveland for our
i President?" Nothing, further than
he wouldn’t rue. ■>- t /v-L’rvi ,| e ~, e |
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1000.
JAPAN'S AUBITKML
Japan Is co-operating with the other
foreign Powers in Chinn. But it is not
because of sympathy with or affection
for them. Japan is playing politics, and
very shrewd politics at that. She has
an eye to the main chance, and for the
time her course lies parallel with that of
the Powers, in order to hold off her
natural enemy, Russia. Should the
schemes of the Japanese statesmen work
well, the time would come, and probably
at no diFiant day, w f hen the policy of
Japan would be changed and her slogan
would be Asia for the Asiatics. It would
then be the brown and yellow* races
against the white, the former two un
der the leadership of Japan. For the lit
tle Island Power dreams of an empire
embracing Korea and at least parts of
China, and of exercising a predominating
influence over ihe teeming millions of
Manchurians and Mongolians.
The Japanese contention for extended
territory, as a matter of fact, is a fight
for life. Japan canhot even now' pro
duce enough food to feed her people, nor
raw materials for their manufactories.
She must expand, or go backward to an
insignificant place among the notions.
Korea is her gralnery and the source
of supply for many raw materials. The
Korean peninsula is as large as the whole
of Japan, but k contains only about one
fourth the population. By possessing
herself of Korea, therefore, Japan W'Ould
have room for her rapidly Increasing pop
ulation, as well as a rich agricultural
country' capable of high development.
Keeping in mind the absolute necessity for
extended territory, it can readily be com
prehended why Japan is so strenuously
opposing Russia’s encroachments upon
Korea, and why she is opposed to the
increasing European Influences in the
East.
Her ambition, however, goes beyond ex
pansion into Korea for purposes of self
preservation. She hopes and expects to
become a great manufacturing and com
mercial nation, and she wishes extended
markets for her products. A number of
great mills are already in operation In
Japan, and others are in course of erec
tion or In prospect. The Japanese, who
have been called "the Yankees of the
East,” nre quick to take advantage of
Western ideas and machinery, even if
they an- not adopt Western civilization.
By way' of illustrating their progressive
ness it may be noted that the govern
ment has already adopted wireless te
legraphy and is erecting a numl>er of sta
tions on both shores of the Straits of Ko
rea so that the government may have
the earliest possible information respect
ing the movements of ships through the
straits. This is supposed to be in antici
pation of trouble with Russia.
Japan is a non-Christian and thorough
ly Asiatic nation, and is imbued with that
dislike for and suspicion of all white
men which is common to all Asiatic
races. Should she gain her desired foot
hold upon the Chinese shores, she would
play' upon that race prejudice to bring
the Chinese under her influence. She
would organize and drill the Chinese army
and secure such differential duties in her
favor that the doors of the Chinese mar
kets would be practically closed to the
commerce of other nations. A well in
formed diplomat has declared it to be his
belief that if Japan were to succeed in
her plans, as they have become plain
to Close observers of the trend of events
in the Far East, she would be in a posi
tion to control China, and that she would
st< the face o# the East against all of
the Western and Christian Powers and
bid them defiance. If it is true that the
Powers have invited Japan to send a
force of troops into China to quell the
uprising of the Boxers, it i* probable
that they are playing into her hands.
Once she has gained a predominating
foothold in the Flow’ery Kingdom, she
will be extremely reluctant to return
to the formerly existing status. Japan
and Russia, however, are the only Pow
ers in a position at present to throw’
large bodies of troops quickly into China,
and it is probably’ the case that the other
Powers are more reluctant to trust Rus
sia than Japan in China.
HA\VA THE MANAGER.
Senator Hanno is to manage the cam
paign for the Republicans. A few weeks
ago there was a great deal of talk to (he
effect that his health would not permit
him to take an active part in the cam
paign this year. He is not only to take
on active part, but he is to be the boss,
just as he has been for the last four years.
It is doubtful if there ever was a monvert
when he thought of retiring from the
chairmanship of the Republican National
Committee of his own free will. It may
be that he had some doubt whether he
would be permitted to hold on to the ;io
sition. If he had, it was the caus* of his
reported willingness to retire from active
political work. He likes power so well
that there was never a probability at any
time that he would give up his petition
voluntarily.
And it is probable that the great major
ity of the Republican leaders want him
to manage the campaign. It is a ques
tion if they could get another man nho
could do It so well. He has ability and
a great deal of influence with rich men
and corporations. He Is not backward In
using his influence to collect campaign
funds. It is undoubtedly the purpo eof
the Republicans to use money freely in
the camixilgn. The trusts will be . albd
on to contribute liberally. There Is ahi I
to destroy trusts pending ir Congress, end
this, it Is safe to say, will be usel as a
dub by Senator Hanna to compel trusts
to furnish the money the Republicans need.
And he will not be backward in using it
It was said In 1896 that never before was
there such a lavish use of money in a po
litical campaign as there was by the Re
publicans that year. I'nless r.ll -lens
fall they will use u great deal more m ncy
this year than they did four years ago.
For the kind of a campaign they expert
to conduct they have chosen the right
man for manager.
A silly rumor was started In Washing
ton the other day that this government
would arrest the Chinese minister thet*
and hold him as a hostage for the safety
t.f Minister Conger, lit Pekin. Any such
mode of ptoc dute would suggest retali
ation for anything that night occur to
Minister Conger. Retaliation, however, Is
an extreme measure which has about be
come obsolete among civilized peoples,even
during actual warfare and where the per
son held was an active combatant. Min
t-tor Wu is in no sense responsible for
■he outrages of the Boxers; and If Min
ister Conger should be killed by them,
we could not turn Minister Wu over to
a mob to be deult with In kind, nor could
we try and condemn him for the murder
of Minister Congir. The Chinese Minister,
as a matter of tact, is much safer In the
United States than he would be In China.
What many’ persons believ*- ro have
been a miracle occurred in New Haven*.
Conn., recently. Mr*. Flynn, a piffPror
from chronic rheumatism, had b n ur
able to walk for seven years. L--s w*ek
her daughter, Catherine, lay d.-iug, and
Mrs. Flynn sat by her bo : -d* The
daughter was perfectly rational, ard to and
her mother that something whi li she
could not understand was r.ging her to
tell her to cast aside her cru ches and get
up and walk. Mrs. Flynn did so. ad to
h<r own astonishment and the amanem nt
of other members of the family, she walk
ed almost as well as she ever did. Ihe
girl on the bed saw her mother w. k. end
died happy. The funeral occurred t o day
following the death, and Mr.. Fiyrn was
able to walk unassisted to an 1 . ro.n her
carriage. A number of physicians who
knew of her affliction are puzzl and by ihe
wonderful cure, and the negabois all re
gard it as a divine mira 1 •
A cable from Paris says that Theodore
Tilton is considering an offer to make a
lecture tour in this countr> Should h*'
return Ao the United Stales hi* coming
would revive memories of one of the mos t
famous scandals of the century. Mr.
Tilton, by the way, is about the last sur
vivor of the central figures in that sc ti
dal. Mr. Beecher, Mrs. Til on. Mr. Moul
ton. the judge who tried the famous case,
most of the lawyers who were engaged
as counsel, and nearly, if not quite all of
the Jurymen, are dead. And Mr. Tilton
has been practically.’ dead to his former
associates for many years pust.
Our navy took no put t in the capture of
the Taku forts. At one time, however,
the American navy hod a direct encounter
W'ith the Chinese. That was in 1856, on
the eve of the war between England and
China. Capt. Foote, in the American
ship Plymouth, was at Canton, lie en
deavored to protect American property’,
and was fired on by the forts below the
city. Commodore Armstrong gave him
permission to demand an apology, which
was refused. Foote thereupon landed
about 300 men. and attacked the forts from
the land side as well as with his ship,
and captured ali of them.
With Roosevelt on the ticket, ih" Re
publican sid of the c ampugn is likely to
be libe:ally interspersed \viih dramatic
situations,” as they say at the theater.
PERSON AL.
—The centenary of the birth of Lieut.
Waghorn. the pioneer of the overland
route to India, will be celebrated on June
20 by a dinner in London.
—lt has been settled that the trial of the
youthful anarchist, Sipido, for the attack
on the Prince of Wales shall begin, at ihe
Brabant Assizes, on July 2.
—Lord I>even, governor of the. Bank of
England, has been appointed Lord High
Commissioner to the general assembly’ of
the Church of Scotland for the fourth
time.
—Dr. Carl Buentz, the new German con
sul general in New York, was stationed in
Chicago before his promotion to the me
tropolis. His successor in Chicago is Dr
Walter Wever, who fer the Lise five yearn
has represented his goveri.ment at Rio
Janeiro.
—The commanding officer of the Biitish
National Antarctic Expedition is Lieut.
Robert F. Scott, now torpedo lieutenant of
the battleship Majestic. H< has been fif
teen years in the British n vy, has a rec
ord service of the highest class and wi 1
soon be promoted to the rank of com
mander.
—'Robert A. Friedrich, United Bates at
torney for one of the three new districts
of Alaska, has hitherto held that position
for the whole territory'. He is a Ken
tuckian by birth, and enlisted in the
Union Army at the age of 13 in 1862,
though his parents were slave owners end
ardent Democrats. In 1872 he move 1 to
Kansas and soon became prominent in
Topeka, where he was lieutenant colonel,
brigadier general and adjutant gmer.il in
turn in the National Guard of ihat sta e.
BRIGHT BITS.
—The easiest man in the world to bun
co is the man who has had enough suc
cess to make him have confidence In his
own judgment.—l-ife
—"One gret trouble wid dis yearf," said
Uncle Eben, "is dot so many folks hab
seech high ambitions combined wid sech
low principles."—Washington Star.
—Willie—"Yes, I had quite a discussion
with me barber, don’t you know, whether
it was better to sfiave up or down.” Miss
Gertrude —"I suppose in your case the only
possible course was the latter.”—Harlem
Life.
—Bright Girl—Mrs. Browne—"ls Mrs.
Gabble at home?*’
Bridget—’’Faith, she ts not, ma'am, be
great good luck. But ye’d better l'ave
yer card an’ skedaddle away, fur she’s
like to be in mosht onny minute now.”—
Philadelphia Press.
—Vindicated at Last.—“My dear,” he
said, ”1 forgot to mail that letter this
morning.’’
"Oh, you dear!" she cried. “That was
just what I wanted. Now- I can blame
you when that supercilious Sadie com
plains that I don't answer her notes.”—
Philadelphia North American.
—Neely and Aguinaldo.—Boer Sympa
thizer: I think our country ought to back
up that young and struggling South Afri
can republic.
Cautious Citizen: Oh, I don't know.
Things in Cuba and the Philippines look
as if our country needed some young
and struggling republic to back her up.
—Chicago Record.
Cl HK 1-2 NT COMMENT.
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says: "If
this government is going to trike a hand
in settling the Chinese problem, however,
our ships and men should not be used
In the interest of any European Power,
neither should wo undertake to pull any
other nation's chestnuts out of the fire
that is raging in the Chinese Empire. We
Should not go into the campaign os the
ally of any country or undertake to pay
off "debts of gratitude" to Great Britain
or any other Power. If we are drawn into
the Chinese muddle we should look out
exclusively for out own Interests ond in
sist that every tub shall stand upon Its
own Itottom."
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.)
says: "There Is among fhe negroes a
movement to break away from the Repub
licans ond join tho Democrats. Many col
ored leaders believe that it would be much
better for the race to divide and dllTer
politically as the whiles do. They realize
that the Republicans care nothing for the
negro excepting to secure his vote, and
that if a division is made both Democrats
and Republicans will be disposed to treat
the colored man with more consideration.”
Tite Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
"When Republican governors refuse to
give up Taylor, whin the representatives
of the Republican party in national con
vention re. eive him with ooen arms they
Indorse political assassination in n prac
tical way that sp „ks louder iVn any
platform deliverance. They make politi
cal assassination tin Issue. They do so de
liberately. mid they leave for themselves
no door of escape."
StorJe* of the Convention.
Theodor- Rocsevelt came to town last
Saturday in a parlor car. sayw the Phil
adelphia Press. He was driven to his ho
tel in a coupe. He dined to the music cf
a hidden Hu: gar.an orchestra, amid the
white of spotless napery. the glow of
June rcses and the adulation to whi’h the
Governor of New York of right is enti
tled.
Weary of th? pomp and ceremonial of
his welccme, The dore Rocsevelt slipp'd
away from his hotel about bedtime and
walked slowly down Broad street. In the
shadow of an electric light he paused.
Beside him stood another man This
o her man was neither reassuring in ap
pearahee nor savory of presence. If he
needed a square meal as badly a§ he
needed a shave he must have been raven
ously’ hungry.
T.hcodoi*f* Roosevelt eyed him with sus
picion and inovfd toward the curb. The
other man faced /him, straight and sol
di rly in ail his shabbiness. He held out
one hand, and with the otlvr touched his
battered hat in military salute.
"How do you do. Colonel?” he said.
"You seem o have the advantage of
me.” said Gov. Roosevelt.
“I held your horse for y’ou down there
by the Sunk* n Road when you got off to
get ;i drink at the spring," said the tramp.
I was a Rough Rider, sir ”
"1 remember the incident.” said Theo
• ore Roosevelt, "hut I can’t place y r our
face. You don’t look wealthy. Is there
any hing I can do ”
"Colonel,” interrupted the tramp. “I
helped you get a drink in Cuba. Can y'ou
Ro sevelt’s hand slipped into his pocket.
A bright half dollar lay in the other
man’s palm.
"Thank you, Colonel,” said the tramp.
There hasn’t been much said about it.
but there is a heap of kicking here among
ihe colored brethren from some of the
Southern states, says the New York Sun’s
report. Seme of them who in times past
lave be ii properly rounded up and have
been sent on their way rejoicing find this
a convention where the picking is mighty
dry. One of them was asked yesterday
by a reporter who was the choice of the
colored delegates for Vice President, and
he said:
“G’way, man; huh, huh, who cares what
do cullud man’s choice is. Chew never
hear 'bout Majah Matson of Alabama,
sah? Well, Majah Matson he owned a
ngger. sah named Yaller Jim. Jim he
was fond cf ’possum hunt in,’ but his dog
was no good. Dr. Swanson was Majah
Matson’s ricighbah, and he had two fine
1 '■gs. Well, when Yaller Jim started out
by and light o’d moon t’catch ’possum, he’d
sand round Doc Swanson’s place, ’n he’d
blow a bugle. De Doc’s dogs dey’d come
a-rushin’, and Jim ’ud go off after ’pos
im. ’n he a’way got m. too, for de
Pen'* was fine dogs; ’n Yaller Jim he'd
sling de ’possums ’n start home, 'n before
he got dere he’d jes turn on Doc’s dogs ’n
he’d siy: ‘Go wan hom°, you darned black
skulkin’ things. You ain’t no good, nohow.
What fo’ you cum loafin’ round here. Clar
off new, you doan knbw ruffin’ no how.
sbo.’ Do you think we colored gentlemen
like bein’ the Doc’s dogs? Well, we ain’t
cotchin’ ’possum’s now.”
They have kept the colored delegate out
of the bedrooms but not out of the bars,
says the New Y'ork Press special. They
line up with the whites at the best cafes
in the city, and call for rye and bourbon
with large,and animated voices.
Some of the delegates here are having
a lot of fun with the device in use in
some hotels called a telescene, says the
Chicago Tribune's special. A man from
North Dakota tackled one in the Walton
last night, and after selling the pin on
different spaces on the dial, proceeded to
punch the annunciator most vigorously.
He drew in rapid succession two gin
rickeys, the house physician, ■ bottle of
club soda, and the New York papers. \
man from Tennessee punched the but
tons and got seven straight whiskies,
while a man from South Carolina rang for
a pint of beer and drew a quart of cham
pagne.
There is e standing joke In Philadel
phia which runs something like, this:
“Philadelphia has paid more money for
stationey than any other city In the coun
try.” "How’s that?” queries the coun
tryman "Why.” responds- the Philadel
phian “she paid $13,000,000 for n station
for William Penn's monument. 1 ' Will
iam Penn's statue is on the top of the
new City Hall * A trephining instrument is
necessary to see the joke, but 1t is uni
versally liked here, qll the same.
"It beats thunder how soon people are
forgotten in this world,” exclaimed a
husky lowa delegate in the corridor of
the Walton to-night, says the Sun’s re
port. "See that man over there. You
don't know him, do you? Nobodoy else
knows him either here, and tt was only
a few months ago that his name was on
the tongue of pretty nearly everybody
from Maine to California and from Cana
da to Mexico. Why. everybody was talk
ing about him. Even the English news
papers were printing stories about him.
That’s the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon who
ran the Topeka Capital the way he thought
Christ would run it. I don’t know what
in the blazes he Is here for. Maybe he
wants to run this convention the way he
thinks Christ would run it.”
Senator Hanna pronounced "national"
as if it were spelled "nay-tional,” and
when he said "eye-ther” for “either" a
Colorado delegate muttered: "He's - got
money."
The elevator in the Walton broke down
on Sunday and fell five (lights. It was full
at the time, but some automatic arrange
ment caught it and the elevator slid
down gently. "Never mind,” said a wag
in the car. "this is a Philadelphia eleva
tor. It will come down slow.”
‘‘Darn Fool, Smart Fellow.”
A certain young congressman is going
back to Tennessee with the reputation of
having made himself quite conspicuous In
the House with the help of a ready tongue,
much persistence, and a series of brilliant
neckties, says the St. Louts Globe-Demo
crat. in the cloakroom the other day two
or three of the older members were com
menting on the career of the Tennesseean.
One of them told a story. When a young
man was nominated for Congress a hard
headed old Democratic farmer, a lender
of the party in his locality, comes to Nash
ville to remonstrate. "Why,” said he,
“you don't mean to say your are going
to send that boy to Congress? He’s a darn
fool." ’ Yes," was the answer, “we know
ho Is a darn fool, Uncle John. But you
see It is like this: “We’ve been sending
sin.ut fellows to Congress from this dis
trict, und they’ve come track regular darn
fools. So we thought we'd send a darn
fool to Congress, and see if it wouldn’t
work the other way.”
A Bishop's Predicament.
I>r. Thornton, who has just resigned the
bishopric of Ballarat, once told to a tem
perance meeting a curious experience
Which befell him during a visitation tour,
says Household Words. He was landed on
a, tempestuous night In a remote bush
township. Not n light was to be seen
save that which Issued from the office of
a local newspaper. The bishop knocked,
and a voice from an upstairs window
tilled: "Who's there%”
“I am the bishop of Ballarat. Could you
kindly direct me to a hotel?"
”1 say. Itoys. guess who’s the cove down
below—the bishop of Ballarat.’’ Then
there was a burst of rlba'.d laughter from
the composing room. Presently the head
reappeared nt the window and the voice
give this piece of friendly counsel:
“Look here, old man, you've had quPe
enough hotel for one night. Go home and
go to bed O'Rnfferty's on the beut. and
If you don't make tracks you'll be run In
as sure as eggs.”
—The whistle of a locomotive Is heard
3,300 yards through the air, the noise of
the railway train 2,800, the report of n
title and the bark of a itog 1,600 yards
the croaking of frogs 000 yards, the chirp
ing of crickets 800 yards. Distinct speak
Ing Is heard ill the air above to a distance
of t:00 yards; from above It has a range of
only 100 yards downward, ,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—lt is claimed that scienca has made
less progress in the improvement of musi
cal instruments during the past century
than in any o.her branch of inventive in
dustry.
—Baron Von CohfT* the court banker of
Emperor William I, died recently in Ber
lin. leaving no will His fortune amounts
to 46 OCO.OOO marks, or $11,500,000, and goes
to h s only daughter, w’ho is a childless
widow.
—At the New York aquarium the water
is maintained at different temperatures.
West lt.dian seals require heaied water,
oven in summer. Of twelve secured for
the aquarium on the coast of Yucatan
only one survives.
—Department stores in St. Paul and
M nneapolis provide bicycle stands, with
a boy in attendance who checks wheels
free, whether the rider intends to visit
that particular store or not. Indeed a bi
cycle may be so housed all day.
—The ci y of Stockton. Cal., will receive
on the Fourth of July the famous old
guns used by Commodore Stockton in the
cor quest of California. The guns are now
at Mare Island, and Secretary Long last
week signed an order for their transfer
to the city named after the commodore.
—Ontario’s government has completed
arrangements for the formation of a for
est res rve of almost 3 00) square miles
;n extent, embracing the district in which
Lakes Tamagami and Lady Evelyn are
situated. The bulk of the reserve is vir
gin forest, with the finest white pine in
Canada upon it.
—The most prodigious fall of snow in the
mountains recorded of late occurred at
Ruby, a coal camp in Gunnison county,
Colorado, during the winter of three years
ago. In one month’s time 239 inches fell,
and during the winter 780.5 inches, or six
ty-five feet, were precipitated. This lat
ter amount means 93.21 inches of water.
—lt is said in London that Gen. Crcnj°.
the Boer commander now a prisoner at
St. Helena, is a recyrcant Scotchman; that
his name was originally McCrone.but ihat
after settling among the Dutch in Sou.h
Africa he assimilated wi:h them so com
pletely that he changed his name to
Cronje and pretended to be of Dutch ori
gin.
—ln a Western court the other day a
man asked for divorce on the ground
that his wife would not get up ea'ly
enough to get his breakfast. In her conn
ter-petition the wife alleged tha* her hus
band sn red so loud that in the early pari
cf the night she cou.d not go to sleep.
The court granted the divorce on general
principles, without prejudice against eith
er side.
—M. P. Castle of London, has sold his
collection of postage stamps for 8150,000,
which is believed to be the larg.st lump
sum ever paid for such a collection. Now
that the Orange Free State has been tak
en off the map as an Independent repub
lic collectors are paying as much as $25
for a single stamp of that government
and the price is rising. A full set of
Transvaal stamps, it is said, would now
cost about }s,(<K>.
—According: to the recent studies of Sig
nor de Sanctis, of Turin, ahildran begin
to dream before their fourth year, but
are unable to recall dreams before the
age of five. This age, he concludes, is that
at which a child first becomes instinct
ively conscious of self. Aged people dream
iess frequently and less vividly than the
young. Women’s dreams are more fre
quent, mere vivid and better remembered
than these of men.
—The town of Glvette, in the Ardennes,
is taking steps to put an end to the de
population of France. Hereafter for a 1
town offices fathers of more than three
children will be picked first, and all mar
ried men will be preferred to bachelors
Prizes will be awarded yearly to those
parents who have sent the largest num
ber of children to echo ! regularly, an t
scholarships in the national schools w.ll
be given only to those children belonging
to households of more than three in fam
ily. Fathers of families will aso have
the first chance of admission to alms
houses and old people’s homes.
—lt ts said the concession by the Chi
nese government, allowing steamers of
the river type to navigate the inland wa f
tens 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 from the mainland. This
is only one of the many similar refusals,
with the result that nearly ail the steam
ers that were specially built and sent to
China for coastwise and interior trade,
either remain tied to their docks or have
been sent back to England by their Brit
ish owners.
—The Cleveland Leader says the tnu'e
as a motive power on the canals of Ohio
has had his day. His retirement was an
nounced to-day by the State B ard of
Publio Works, when they - entered into a
contract with Thomas N. Fordyce to in
stall a power plant for the propulsion by
electricity of canal boats between Daytrn
and Cincinnati. The committee appjint
ed some time ngo to investigate the prac
ticability of the experiments which wele
conducted by Mr. Fordyce, reported, ‘hat
they had found them feasible in every
way, and Mr. Fordyce is to have the cl c
trlc system, complete and in working er
der within two and a half years. The ca
nals between- Dayton ar.d Toltdo are to
bo equipped withjn the next fellr years.
—When and where the first successful
electric railway was built in this sountrv,
says the Railway Review, Is a matter of
considerable dispute, several cities claim
ing the honor of having been the first to
prove the mechanical and commerc a!
feasibility of applying electric traeMoh, to
street railway transportation problems.
Prior to 1880 there is no record of an elec
trio railway embodying the essential f-at
tires as we know them to-day. Thomas
A. Edison can probably c ainrv on good
grounds to have constructed the first me
chanically successful toad in America, al
though his was purely an experimental
line. This was built in 1880 nar his lab
oratory in Menlo Park, N. J., and on it
cars were run, drawn by a locomotive
taking and returning the current through
the rails. In 1882 Joseph R. Finney ex
hibited in Allegheny, Pa., an electric car
for which current was supplied by en
overhead copper wire. A sma'l tr Hey
fitted with grooved wheels running on the
wire as on a track and connected wt h til
car by a flexible conducting ccrd serv. and
to convey the current to the motor. It
was not. however, until 1887-88 that a road
was actually built on Finney’s plan.
-*Most people can sec faces in the fire
and some strange form In the moon that
has given rise to the saying aliout a man
In the moon, says the London News. No,
two people, however, In all probability,
see alike, and this has suggested lo Ca
mille Flammarion, the distinguished
French astronomer, a rather curious ex
periment. He has asked a number of
more or lias well known men to tell
him what they can fancy they see in the
outlines on the moon's surface and he
has received some edd replies. M. Salnt-
Saens can see tho outline of a kangaroo;
Aqullino Barba, a suppliant Madonna; M.
Zamltonl. a man’s head kissing a woman’s
head: M, Dragon, anything lie pleases; M.
Deselligny, only' shapeless spo's; M. A.
Piero!. a man with outstretched arm: M
De Balassny, Cain bearing aloft on a
pitchfork the bleeding body of Abel, and
M. Quetiisset, the trunk and legs of a
man. Each person addressed was asked
to furnish a little sketch of his fancy pic
ture. and the drawings thus obtained
have been formed into on album and pie.
sented to the Astronomical Society of
France. In the reign of Charles ii OU r
own savants, according to nutler. all saw
the same thing tn the moon—namely, an
elephant—and even then it was only' be
cause there was mouse In their tele
scope. French scientific men of the pres
ent day have more Imagination.
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