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4 gffjc iftortiing Morning News Building. Savannah, Oa SATURDAY, JIAE 23, 1000. Registered st the Rostoffice in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS Is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mall, at 70c* a month. SI.OO for six months, and SB.OO for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year, $6.00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week. Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, SJ.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or letter. Currency sent by mail at risk of senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements ond 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 he immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed MORNING NEWS,” Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. ISDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Notices—John Punk, City Mar ket; Fine Fruits. C. A. Drayton Com pany; at Joyce’s; at Gardner's; San Fran cisco Restaurant; Levan's Table d’Hote; Ship Notice, J. IJ, Minis & Cos., Consig nees; Bath Mitts and Flesh Belts, Solo mons & Cos.; Notice, Savannah Electrical Company. Business Notices—Take Heed For To tnoirow, the S. W. Branch Company; Have You Been Thinking, Hunter & Van Keurt n. Business Is Daily Increasing—At the Bee Hive. Niagara White Grapes—At. Munster's. Corsets—Thomason’s Glove Fitting Cor sets. They Come, They See, They Buy—Foye & Morrison. Auction Sale-Bed-room, Dining Room, and Other Furniture, Etc., by C. 11. Dor sett, Auctioneer. Dp to Date Druggist—Donnelly Phar macy. Summer Resorts —West End Hotel and Cottages, Long Branch; Grand Atlantic Hotel. Atlantic City, N. J. Builders' Hardware—Palmer Hardware Company. Whisky—Hunter Baltimore Rye Whisky. Railroad Schedules —Schedule Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Railway. Grape Nuts Food—Posium Cereal Com pany. „ Mineral Water—Apolllnarls. Staves—Wicklesa Blue Flama OH Stoves. Black and Tan—Anheuser-Busch Brew ing Association. Salt—The Perfect Salt. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Medical—Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Pills; Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; Bar-Ben; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Ilorsford's Acid Phosphate. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The Indications for Georgia to-day are for showers, with fresh south to south east winds; and for Eastern Florida, lo cal rains, with fresh to brisk southerly winds. Irving M. Scott of California built the Oregon, “the best battleship In the world,” and the Olympia, "the best cruiser In the world,” but he couldn't build a vice pres idential boom that would float. Eight years ago it was Grandfather’s hat, four years ago It was the Napoleon hat, and thie year it is to be the Rough Rider’s hat. The Republican party seems to have a weakness for talking through its hat. Frank Platt, son of the Senator from New York, bet his coat the other day that Roosevelt would not be nominated. This is not quite up to the famous bet of Mr. Spinks of Georgia, who wagered his boots and breeches that Mr. Bryan would be elected. There was imperialism in the Philadel phia Convention; there will be royalty In the Kansas City Convention. David Ka wanakoo, delegate from Hawaii, is a prince of the royal blood. But he is a Democrat, and comes instructed for Br >' an - , :df>4 We are. sending troops to China—to the other aide of the earth—<o protect Ameri can lives and property. Meanwhile in the city of St. Loute, American lives and property ere In constant peril, and no adequate steps are being taken for their protection. .♦ Newspaper writers in Cuba have to he careful how they joke. The Post of Ha vana, the other day, published a squib in which it was alleged that the breath of Cuban ladies smelled of garlic. A numer ously signed petition, asking for the ex puteion of the editor from the island, has been sent to Gen. Wood. It te said there tea movement on foot to get together into a trust all of the man ufacturers of voting machines. The pro moters of this trust are understood to be politicians. Several of the states now have laws which permit of the use of vot ing machines. Should the politicians suc ceed in forming their trust, their next step ■would be to get laws passed making ob ligatory the use of these muchlnes. Fitzharris and Mullet, the Irish “In vlndbles.” were ordered deported be use. In the opinion of the Attorney General, the crime of which they had been convicted in Ireland could not Justly be dignified a~s a political offense and there for discriminated from the • ordinary crime of assassination and murder. After a full consideration he was of the opinion that the killing of Lord Cavendteh and Under Secretary Burke was assassination •nd murder in the ordinary sense, there fore there was nothing to do under the law but deny tbe ta* n admission to the country. FALLING PRICES TROUBLING RE PUBLICANS. The decrease in the demand for manu factured products and the decline in prices are causing the Republican leaders a gr at deol of uneasiness. They have been te 1- Ing the people that the McKinley adminis tration found business dead and industry paralysed, and that it and the Republican party brought back prosperity to the country. That was the keynote of the speeches at the Philadelphia Convention. It is no doubt true that the country Is in a much letter condition than it was when Mr. McKinley entered the White Hons-*, but there is no reason for raying that its improved condition Is due to anything that he or the Republican party has do e. If there should he a still greater slump in prices than there has been during the last month, end many more mills should be shut down, the Republican party would be deprived of a very considerable part of Its campaign ammunition. And there is a prospect of lower prices. The prices of many articles are considerably below what they were at the beginning of this year. In our dispatches yesterday there tvo* an announcement that the cotton manu facturers of the South were trying to stem the downward movement of prices. Thee does not seem to be any very good reason why there should be a decline in the prices of cotton goods. According to the man ufacturers there is no overproJue.ion. There is only about a month’s supply of cotton goods on hand. The dr man 1 in the iron trade appears to be good. Never theless the movement of prices is stead ily downward. The same is true in re spect to lumber. Just what is causing the decline in prices no one seems to know. The Republi an leaders say that prices advanced and prosperity came, because the Republican party was given control of the govern ment. They still have control of the gov ernment. Are they willing to say that the decline in prices is due to their unwise legislation and their management of pub lic affairs? How will they explain the de cline In prices without assuming responsi bility for the decline? Asa matter of fact they know*, and the whole world knows, that the Republcan party Is not entitled to credit for the bet ter times which the country has enjoyed during the last two or three years. The better times were brought about by natural causes, causes that were independent of politics and political parties. They came at a tmle, however, that enabled the Re publican party to claim credit for them. It 1 a claim that promises to give that larty a great deal of trouble. prices continue to fall and the volume of busi ness to shrink and it will have some diffi cult questions to answer. DISSATISFIED WITH THR \OWI\A TIO.NSr. Tw t o of the prominent phpers of New' York make the action of the Philadel phia Convention the occasion for express ing their opposition to Mr. McKinley and Mr. Bryan. the Herald and the Evening Post. The Herald thinks that If Mr. McKinley were animated by a desire to do what is bes 4 for the coun try, he would retire in favor of Mr. Roosevelt and that the Democratic man agers would manifest the same good spirit by throwing overboard Mr. Bryan and coming out strongly for Mr. Cleve land. The Evening Post calls Mr. McKinley a weak man with good intentions and Mr. Bryan a strong man who means mis chief. It hopes that a candidate who combines firmness with intelligence and good principles will yet be offered to the voters. The trouble with the Herald and Post te that It is not possible for a nominat ing convention to make a ticket that would be satisfactory to them. They think it is more popular to find fault than to praise. Nothing that is done in connection with public affairs has their approval. Consequently, though they are ably conducted, neither has much influ ence. While it is true that Mr. McKinley is a weak man, there is not the remotest possibility that he will resign in favor of Mr. Roosevelt. His party would not permit him to do so, even if he were so inclined. As for Mr. Bryan, it is all nonsense to assert, as the Tost does, that he means mischief. It is doubtful if there Is in the country a more honest or straightforward man. It is his sincerity that makes him so strong with the peo ple. The idea of throwing him overboard, as suggested by the Herald, and nominat ing Mr. Cleveland for President, Is simply preposterous. The Democratic managers could not get the Democratic Convention to nominate Mr. Cleveland. The people are not calling for him. In fact, it is doubtful if the Herald would support him if he were nominated. It is never pos sible to tell what position that paper will take in a political campaign. What it says about the presidential candidate® Is not likely to affect the result of the campaign one way or the other. BIDS FOR VOTES. Tt will be noticed that the Republican National Convention bid for votes whom ever there was a chance to do so. For Instance the contesting delegation of Com missioner of Pensions, Evans, from Ten nessee, was turned down. There seems ground for saying that this was done ;o plente the Grand Army of the Republic. That organization does not like Commis sioner Evan* because he refuses to throw open to its members the doors of the treasury. There te no doubt that he bus been trying to protect the treasury against the raids that are all the while being made upon It. By doing so he has made himtelf unpopular w'ith the Republican leaders. He understands that the action of the convention is n condemnation of his administration of the pension office, and he threatens to resign and run for Congress from his old Tennessee district. And the contesting delegation of “Gas” Addlcks of Delaware, was given a place In the convention. If the etorics told are correct, Addicka has done more than any hundred men to corrupt the politics of Del aware. U* ids efforts to get into the United States Senate. Having a barrel of money, he has ult freely to accomplish hte purpose. And yet good men were turned down by the National Convention in order to make a place for this man with a bar rel of money. Senator Hanna knows how to run a convention, so as to get the most out of It for the party. Mr. Bryan made a genuine stump speech in Wisconsin the other day. He visited a lumber camp, and was invited to test lbs expertness with the ax. He complied, and quickly felled n thre6-foot pine. Then, being asked for a speech, he mounted the stump of the tree he hail juat cut down and talked for a few nUn . utes. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1900. WILL AGUINALDO SURRENDER? At last there seems to be something sub stantial from the Philippines in the direc tion of peace. Two hundred Filipinos, who have been prominent in the insurrec tion as officers or as members of the Fili pino congress, have made a proposition to Gen. MacArthur whiJh he has accepted, and which it is believed Aguinaldo will accept. If Aguinaldo accepts it, and both parties abide by it, there, does not seem I to be any good reason why there should I not be peace in the Islands at an early | day. I The Filipinos no doubt came to the con ! elusion long ago that unless they received [ help from some source It would be folly for them to continue the guerilla warfare they were conducting. They were accom plishing nothing and were doing their own people a great deal of injury. If Aguin uldo should surrender the work. of the Taft Commission would be made much easier, though it is probable that the leading Filipinos would contend for much more liberal terms than the commission is prepared to offer. With everything favorable It would take at hast ten years to establish a satisfac tory government in the Philippines. It would not, of course, take that long to set up the machinery of government. That could be done In a comparatively short time. What is meant is that it would take years to accustom the Filipinos to the new' order of things, to impress upon them the necessity for honesty in public affairs and to inspire them with a spirit of loy alty sufficient to make them feel a pride in helping to administer a thoroughly hon est, intelligent and stable government. The President no doubt will be glad if the report respecting the settlement of the Philippine troubles proves to be true. The charge that his Philippine policy is leading in the direction of imperialism threatens to have a damaging effejt on his presidential prospects. If the war could l>e brought to an end at once the charge would lose some of its force. It is in the Middle West that Imperialism Is doing the Republican party the most barm. On the pacific coast it is called expansion, and it appears to be popular. Even In the South it has friends among the Democrats. In the Texas Stale Convention this week there was a great fight over it, I£x-Postmaster General of the Confederacy, Reagan, tak ing a position in favor of holding on to the Philippines. But in the Middle West, where there is a large German element, the permanent retention of the islands is regarded with disfavor because it car ries with it the idea of a great standing army, and consequently the burdens which a standing army imposes on the people. The President has no doubt been making special efforts to bring about a settlement of the Philippine trouble. It Is one of the great obstacles in his path to a second term. THEIR CHOICE FOR VICE PRESI DENT. According to a canvass made by a Phil adelphia paper ex-Senator Hill of New' York is the choice of more editors of Democratic papers for Vice Pies dent than any other man w’ho has been mentioned in connection with that position. There aie reasons for saying that he is the strongest man that could be nominat ed. One of the reasons is that he could carry New Y'ork for the Democratic tick et if any man could. The opinion has been expressed by some of the best informed of the Democratic leaders that in order to win the Democrats must carry New Y'ork. Mr. Hill knows the political situ ation in that state thoroughly. He has a strong personal following there. He w'culd have the support net only of his own party, but also of a large portion of the independent voters. There are two things which may be in the way of nominating Mr. Hill. One is that having been a prominent candidate for the presidential nomination of his party he might object to being a candi date for Vice President. The other is that the platform would have to be framed to suit his views before he would accept a place on the ticket. If he should consent to be a candidate for Vice President he would make a special effort to carry New Y'ork. It is probable that he believes that his party cannot carry that state if it emphasizes the 16 to 1 idea in ids plat form. If Mr. Hill should consent, therefore, to accept the se ond place on the ticket it would be {After an agreement had been reached that the platform should be simi lar to that adopted by the Democrats of New Y'ork. It is a question w'hether the Western Democrats would accept a plat form that would be satisfactory to Mr Hill. If they would not, it is pretty cer tain that he would not accept the vice presidential nomination. The Democrats will have to make some concessions to the Populists. Even if the Democrats should consent to a platform that would meet Mr. Hill’s views, the Populists m ght, and probably would, ob ject to It. It Is Impossible to foresee what will he done at Kansas City, but Just now the objections to naming Mr. Hill for the second place on the ticket appear to be difficult to overcome. The decision of the Paris Exposition au thorities with respeqt to wines is suf : intent to show' that the purpose of the great fair is to advertise French wares, I meanwhile making the foreign visitors to the exposition pay the expenses of the jtnterprtee. It has been determined that I no foreign wine which beats the general name of the product of any French vine ! yard shall be judged. This would appear ! to be a direct blow at the wines of Cali fornia, since many of them have lately come Into competition with the French' goods. The secret of the business proha- I bly is that the French are afraid that their wines would not stand comparison with the California product. It was a French wit who paid that wine might be made out of a good many things, even including grapes. Under the ruling of the exposition people all American cham pagnes, clarets, sauternes, etc., will be denied the right to compete with the French articles of the same names, not withstanding the American goods are plainly labeled and make no pretentions i to being other ihan w'hat they are. It looks very much like an exhibition of bad j faith that this wine ruling should not i have been made unVl after the Ex(>ositlon had been open for more than a month. Roosevelt’s nomination for Vice Pres ident will precipitate a hot fight in the Republican party of New' York for the succewsorshlp to the gubernatorial nomi nation. Lieut. Gov. Woodruff thinks that lie is in the direct line of promotion, but \ there are many New Y’ork Republicans I who think, with Senator Hanna, that Woodruff te 100 small a man for a big , office. After a good deal of circumlocution the investigators of the Cuban postal steal have got around to the point of letting it be knowm that Rathbone will be indicted, since the evidence in hand involves him in the crookedness. It was probably the desire to let Rathbone down easily, since he had recently been highly commend ed for his excellent work by the Post master General, in a special article in Collier’s Weekly, and for the further fact that he was a political protege of some of the big politicians In the post office de partment. The scandal in Havana con tinues to grow'. Meantime, Neely has not been extradited for trial, and there is no telling w’hen he will bo scut to Cuba to meet his just deserts. The Chinese Minister was an interested spectator at the Philadelphia Convention. One thing that struck h.m as queer, he said, was that whereas h saw negro, Indian and Hawaiian delegates on the floor along with the white delegates, lie saw no Chinese delegates# He could not comprehend why the race line should be drawn to take in black, re<l and brown men, and leave out yellow ones. Minister Wu said that the most powerful and musi cal voice he heard in the convention, was that of a negro delegate from Georgia. Once more there seems a faint echo of the Dreyfus case. Col. Picquart, the chief hero of the revision, lus cured a ver dict awarding him $20.w0 damages against a Paris newspaper which called him a traitor and a German spy. The case has been a’pealed, but it is 1 * ievecl Picquart will collect pretty nearly if not quite the whole of the award. And, If reports are correct, he stands in n-.ei of the money, since his resources arc limited to a half pension, amounting to about S3OO a year. Joe Wheeler’s ears must be burning these days, because of the nice things that the Chicago newspapers are saying about him. His assignment to command of the Department of the Lakes seems to meet with universal favor, and from the com plimentary notice® that are being printed, one w'-ould never think that the Illinois press had ever called Gen. Wheeler a “rebel.” PERM) N \ 1,. —The Gorman Emperor has gent ITerr Ktzdorf, Landrath of Elbing, to Windsor on a private misison to Queen Victoria. It is believed that Herr Etzdorf h.s been ordered to acquaint him.-elf with he Queen’s model farm at Windsor, and oth er such farms in. England. —"I am pleased to be able to state,” says Mr. Labouchere in London Truth, "that there is no foundation, for the alarm ing reports as to the condition, of the Queen’s eyesight which have recently ap peared in some imaginative journals. The Queen’s eyes are every bit in as good con dition as are those of most people of her age, and probably there is nobody living of the female sex who has given her eyes harder work of u legitimate kind than Her Majesty has done.” —More or less mystery attaches to the fact that Dr. Charles H. Hughes, w r ho was the physician of Joseph MeCullagh, formerly editor of the St. Louis Globe- Democrat, has waited until now to ask the police to investigate Mr. McCuUagh’s death, which occurred in January, The body was found in the yard outside a window of the MeCullagh residence, and accident, or, at most, suicide, was the generally accepted theory. Dr. Hughes now says the position of the body and the character of some of its injuries make the theory of o murder plausible, if a sufficient motive can be found. OIUGIIT HITS. —General (haughtily)—“l w r ent to the war and defended my country.” States man (wearily)—"That’s nothing. 1 stayed at home and defended the war.”—Life. —"That telepathic healer was mad, I tell you.” ."What was the matter?” "Some woman, telephoned for him to give her balky automobile absent treatment.” —Chicago Record. —His Expectation.—“ What do you pro pose to do in connection with the coming campaign?" “You know the old. saying, ‘money talks,’ ” rejoined Senator Sor ghum. “Yes.” “Well, I suppose I’ll be called on for a few speeches, as usual.”— Washington Star. —A Speedy Retribution.—Small boy— “’Arf ticket ter Baker Street.” (Pays, and awaits delivery of ticket.) Clerk— "lt’s a shameful thing, a kid like you emoklng!” Small Boy (indignantly)—“Who are yer callin’ n kid? I’m fourteen!” Clerk—'“Oh. are you? Then you pay full fare to Baker Street.”—Punch. —Somewhat Encouraging.—“ Did that rich young Gold bag propose to you hist night?” “Not exactly, mamma. Rut he asked for an option on me for thirty days.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —Unsophisticated.—The Fiancee —“Poor fellow'! He confessed that I was not the only girl he ever loved.” The Confidante —“Oh, well, that doesn’t make any dif ference.” The Fiancee—“Of course not; he seemed to be afraid it might.”—Brook lyn Life. , A „ ■ a ■ I I 14 RE NT COMMENT. The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: "Whilst the rlatform declares for ‘home rule’ and 'the early admission to state hood of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.’ (hero is not a word In it concerning poor Porto Rico, and not a syllable in it in favor of the act of Congress which violates two specific pro visions of the constitution of the United States in denying to Porto Rico free trade with the rest of the ibuntry to which the island belongs While prating of ‘home rule’ for New' Mexico there is not the least defense of the carnet-bag government which has stripped the Puertoriquenos of the last remnant of home rule. What Is the cause of this remarkable reticence concerning a prime measure of Republi can jH.licy? Is the reasot* for it to he found in the fact that this entire Porto Rican enactment is an object of detestation to large numbers of Republicans, whose re sentment its mere mention in the platform will be sure to provoke? Or is this silence because the Porto K: fin act Is regarded’ as a political blunder not susceptible of defense?" The Richmond Dispatch (Dem.) says; “The Inst plank In the platform is de voted to Ihe Philippines, and is chiefly noticeable for not telling what the people most desire to know, and that is, what the Republicans propone shall he the ulti mate relations between the islands and this country. Its aim seems to be to mud dle the public, and h ave the road open for the consummation of imperialism, should the party be successful at the polls in November.” The Nashville American (Dem.) says: “But after all the platform of the Repub lican party Is written in its administra tion of the country for the past three years. 'Promises are nothing, deeds are everything. The past reAml of the party is what it will be tried upon by the peo ple next November, not Its promises for the future.” The Charleston News and Courier (Dem.) says: "The Republican team is n strong one. The Democrats must make no mis take about that, and govern themselves accordingly. What the convention at Kan sas City ought to do Is to name good men on a sound platform and go In to win. It will take hard work and a united party do It.” Ho Removed It. “Cyrus Barker, remove your arm!” For, in an apparently careless manner, had placed It upon the back of her chair, says the Chicago Tribune. Stung by the tones of her voice no less than by her words, the young man flush ed deeply. “Is that the greeting you give me, An geline Ashcraft—you who professed to be so sorry when I went away to the war— who wept upon my neck and said you would never have a moment's peace or happiness until I returned safely home again—who gave me a photograph, which 1 have carried next to my heart from that day to this!’’ he exclaimed. “Do you remember how you said you would be true to me, though thousands of miles of ocean might roll between us?” "Oh, yes, I remember all that.” “Have you forgotten how you said at parting, ‘Oh, Cyrus, it breaks my heart! I cannot give you up!’ ” “I think I did make some such re mark.” “I think you did. Have you forgotten how you bade me think of you, in camp or on the battlefield, when the bullets of the enemy were flying thick and fast around me, and let the thought that you were praying for me cheer me in that dark hour?” “I think I do recollect saying some thing of the kind.” “You think >ou do! Ha! And when I was wounded you wrore to me get well as soon as I could and come back to you! Do you have a dim recollection of doing something like that?” “Now that you mention it, I believe I did.” “You have changed, then,” he said, scowling darkly. “Y'ou are not the same girl!” “You have changed more than I have, Mr. Barker.” coldly she answered. “Y'ou are not the same man.” “You si ill insist,” he went on. with ex ceeding bitterness, “that I remove my arm?” “I do.” “So be it, then!” Calmly the young man arose, unscrewed his wooden arm, placed it at her feet, anl turned to go. “I hope. Miss Ashcraft,” he said, “you are satisfied.” But Miss Angeline Ashcraft had fainted. ISe Little Knew. He turned silently and faced her, says Harper’s Bazar. “I did not expect such treatment,” he said. “When I asked you for a kiss, there was no reason why you should have received my request in such a manner.” “You had no right to suggest such a thing,” she returned. “Nonsense!” he retorted. “If every man went on that principle there would he r.o lovemaking done. You might have le fused me. Y'ou had that privilege. But tf> get up nr.ci say you were Insulted and go on the way yovi did was mere folly.” She drew herself up angrily. “You pre sume. then,” she said, "to lecture me on what I ehould or should not do. This is too much, sir.” She turned to leave the room. He stood In front of her. “Forgive me,” he 6 a id; “you were right. You are so different from most girls that I misunderstood. You are so far above those things that the mere suggestion was a shock to you. 1 ree it clearer now. What a brute I was!” She shook her head. “I fear I am not so good as all that.” ahe said, quietly. “Ah! but you are,” he said, almost rev erently, “and I cannot tell you how much I respect you for it. Y'ou are an angel!” She smiled. A look of great relief came over her face. She walked to the other end of the room, opening the folding doors that led into the dinir.g-room, and came l*ack softly. "Why, you foolish man,” she said. * If you knew half a much as I. you would have known that my aunt was behind those doors listening to all I said.” A Good Witness. A horse from a livery stable died soon after it was returned and the man who hired it was sued for damages, says Col lier’s Weekly. The question turned large ly upon the reputation of the defendant as a hard rider. The stable boy was called os the first witness. "How docs the defendant usually ride?" "Astraddle, sir.” “No, no.” said the lawyer. "I mean, does he usually walk, or trot, or gallop?" "Well,” said the witness, apparently searching in the depths of his memory for facts, “when he rides a walkin’ horse, he walks; w'heti he rides a trottin’ horse, he trots, and when he rides a gallopin' horse, he gallops; when ” The lawyer interposed. “I want to know at what pace the defendant usually goes —fast or slow?" "Well,” said the witness, “when his company rides fast, he rides fast, and when his company rides slow, he rides slow.” ‘Now, I want to know, sir,” the lawyer said, drawing a long breath, "how the de fendant rides when he is alone.” “Well,” said the witness, very slowly, “when he was alone I warn’t there, so I don't know.” lIrOMN Sample for t'nr Fnrr. The young woman's mind was phobably 'way off in the land of cut-on-the-bias, ond yokes, and darings, and plaitings, and applique, and ruffles, and things like that, whatever they may mean, says the Washington Post. Anyhow, when she got on an uptown Ninth street car the other afternoon she dr amlly opened her pocketbook when the conductor came around for her fare, stuck a. gloved Anger and thumb into one of he compartments of the saane, extract ed a couple of foulard samp.es, and. with that far-away expression still in her eyes, handed them to the conductor. The con ductor was a middlcsaged man. He smil ed and waited for the young woman to come out of her trance. But she held the foulard samples until the conductor, still grinning, had to fetch her back to earth. ** "Yes. they're pretty, miss,” he said, “and I’d like to get my wife a dress off that piece on top, but she's " The young woman blushed like a red hot stovelld, dug Into another compart ment of her pocketbook for a car ticket, and she looked real embarrassed when the brutal male persons across the car aisle grinned, so she did. A. Lawyer's Story. The late Sir Frank T.o. l kwood was de fending a man accused of swindling, and i n an eloquent peroration talked of his much Injured client as an angel of light. When Sir Frank had finished his speech his client whispered that he wanted to shake hands with him. "When first my solicitor lold tr.e what he was paying you,” said the client, "I grumbled, but since I have been listening to you I have come to the conviction that the money w’as well spent, and I apologize. That half hour talk of yours about me has done me good, it la many years since I have experienced the luxury of self-respect, and It is worth the money." "Oh, that's all right," said Sir Frank, genially, "hut you take my advice and go out of court. Sir Edward Clarke, the lawyer on the other side, is Just going to speak.” ITEMS OF INTEREST. Porto Hlenn Anthem. From the San Quan News. My country 'tis of thee. That set Hawaii free, y Of thee 1 sing! I am a slave no more, I’ve dumped the load I hore And ceased lo kneel before A queen or king. iAnd of the brave and Just of the sugar trust. How sweet to bo Held up outside the gate And made to pay the freight, I tell you what it’s great And tickles me! ITEMS OF INTEREST. —Dutch coins ip British Guiana are to bo demonetized. Ample time will be given for holder® to get them exchanged at the treasury. —Cigarette smoking te not allowed on the exposition grounds in Paris. Violators of the prohibitive order will be arrested and subjected to fines. —The Supreme Court of North Carolina. In February term, 1900, affirmed the right of county and municipal authorities to enforce compulsory vaccination. —A recent test of the salt water fire service of Boston gave abundant satis faction. Fitted with the modern access ories, it is no longer an experiment. —Grasshoppers are beginning work on the cotton crops in the Southern state. The Mississippi delta the havoc wrought by these pests Is already extensive. —The collection of fish in the aquariums of the London zoological garden has been augmented by the addition of several liv ing specimens of the curious blind fish from the Kentucky caves. —The demand for harvest hands In Kan sas Is so great that the section hands on the Missouri Pacific Railroad are giving up their jobs at $1.25 per day to get into the fields and work for $2 per day. —Antwerp newspaper® are freely charg ing that the Belgian authorities are prac ticing the greatest cruelties upon the na tives of the Congo region. Stories of wholesale massacres are circulated. —The General Paper Company of Wis consin, w'hich filed articles of incorpora tion in Milwaukee a few days ago, has enlisted, twenty-five paper mills in that state to fight the Eastern paper trust. —An enterprising Englishman is build ing a floating variety theater, which 5s ’to be towed from one watering place to another along the coast. A similar experi ment was tried last year, but was not a financial success. —Statisticians will doubtless note the fact that the “trolley death rate” has been increased by the beheading of twen ty of the ringleaders of the mob which smashed and burned some trolley cars in Korea the other day. —The .New Y'ork Department of High ways has purchased four new sand sprinkling carts, which are to bj used o;i the driveways of the park and on as phalted streets. They will sprinkle a fine layer of sand on the driveways to make rough places smooth, and. by the sam* process it is thought that slippery asphalt pavements can be mado safer when cov ered with ice or rain. —The space allotted for the circulation of sightseers as compared with that al lotted to edifices has decreased with every exposition in Paris. The International Exposition in. 18S9 occupied 969,000 square meters, of which the edifices covered 190,- 000. The present exhibition occupies a space of 1,000,000 square meters, of which 460,000 are occupied by edifices. The num ber of exhibitors this years in 140,000 as compared with 95.000 in 1869. —Pipes lined with glass were found re cently by workmen repairing the plumb ing in a handsome old Boston dwelling. By inquiry among the old residents it was learned that the house was originally built about 1840, by a man named Price. About that time there was a panic in regard to lead poisoning, and pipes were lined with zinc, brass, etc. Mr. Price was wealthy, and decided to have his pipes lined wi h glass. The experiment was not successful, as it was impossible to make tight joints, because the heated soaier cracked the glass. —An observation of a Zurich doctor forms a curious contribution to medicinal geography. He finds that all the engineers and workmen in the Jungfrau railway who are obliged to remain a considerable time at altitudes of about 8,000 feet above the sea level are liable to a disagreeable After eight or ten days they are seized with violent- pains in several teeth on one side of the jaw, the gums and cheeks on the same day becoming swollen. The teeth are very sensitive to pressure, so that mastication is extreme ly painful. These symptoms increase in severity for three days and then gradually and entirely disappear. It seems to be purely a phenomenon of acclimatization, for all newcomers go through the com plaint, and it appears never to recur. —Prof. Metsehnikoff, of the Pateur In stitute, has just made a communication to the Academy of Medicine which shows that his discovery of a principle whereby the organs of the human body may be re juvenated has taken a step forward. A lymph prepared by Prof. Metsehnikoff has been employed in certain cases of leprosy treated at the institute, and so re lieved the patients that <hey begged for a continuation of the treatment. Prof. Met schnikoff does not, however, think his se rum possesses all the specifio qualities requisite. At the tame time the experi ments proved that the red globules of the blood were regenerated, greatly to the a 1- vantage of the lepers; and this result in the case of an implacable malady author izes the greatest hopes for the future, says the Paris Messenger. —The plan Is the Batavia (N. Y.) High School of having two teachers in each room, originated by Superintendent Ken nedy, is attracting wide attention, says the New York Evening Post. The addi tional teacher is present to aid the back ward pupils, so that they may keep pace with the class. Superintendent Skinner of the state department heaitily com mends the system. It has been in op r ation for two years, and has proved su it a success that instructors from other places daily visit Batavia to barn the method. Prof. H. Thistleton Mark cf Owen College, Manchester, England, was sent to Batavia to look into the work as a special representative of the educat in department of the British government, and he will report favorably to his gov ernment concerning it. Superintendent Kennedy is to deliver an address on his plan at the regents' convention, to be held in Albany this month. —The catalogue of census interrogation in some of its details is. riot pleasing to the female mind, and it is perhaps iot surprising that a few of them endeav r to escape the prying attention of the .nu merators, gays the New York Tribute One of them just arraigned before Con missloner Shields testified in effect that she thought the inquiries were for th purpose of putting her name down In a directory of the elite, and she had no de sire to figure there. She know beiter n >w. and was willing to answer all questions, even to tell how old she was. in th- mis' straightforward ond unvarnished min e On the whole, Ihe enumerators have g 1 along with the women better than mL t have her n expected, considering the i a ture of their duties. The one brought h - fore the commissioner displayed an enti e ly reasonable spirit at the last, and cases of Intractable obstinacy have not been as frequent as might have been expected. —ls French losing ground abroad—that is to say, is it being less spoken and rai by educated people on the continent of Eu rope and elsewhere than was formerly t e case? This is a question, says the London Telegraph, which has from time io time given rise to intesterlng discussion, and certain lamentations lately uttoie.l by Parisian review have brought it once more rather prominently to the front, 'there Is no doubt that during recent years it ha met with formidable rivals. The loigtte of united Germany Is more studied than/ it was in the, old days, and various enter prising nationalities of the smaller kin I are bestowing more attention on their own language and literature than they had had the opportunity of doing for centuries. All this may be readily admitted, end ooth Ing could be more natural. The Immer.B facilities now given to traveling, th‘ enor mous expansion of international trade. a d the Impulse which the nationality move tnent has received were all bound to lead lo this result. VABEL~qO- jj eAERTEXB yv & <c ARMEN‘f S * ‘'AERTEX ” Cellular Underwear is ideal for summer wear because of its extremely light weight and construction which provides a ready means of escape for perspiration and the vapors arising from the heated body, These properties make “Aertex” Cellular Under, wear the most comfortable and healthful. Illustrated catalogue with prices supplied on application. “ AERTEX ” CELLULAR UNDER WEAR ivour* inncli hotter than any other line now on the market, and the prices are within reach of al most everybody. For sale by B. H. LEVY & BRO. SUMMER RESORTS. BLOWING ROCK. GREEN PARK HOTEL Summit of Blue Ridge, 4,3-40 feet. Scen ery and climate unsurpassed, so say globe trotters. Hotel first-class in every respect. OnlV house on mountain with plastered walls; excellent livery; 45 miles turnplk* roads on top of ridge; large ball room, band and other amusements. Postoffic* and telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1. Write for leaflet and rates to Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Park, N. C. Hotel American-AdelDht. Fluent Location in SARATOGA SPRINGS. Near Miuernl Springs and Baths. OPEN JUNE TO NOVEMBER. ROOM A EN SUITE. WITH BATHS. GEO. A. FAR SHAM, Prop. White Sulphur Springs Hotel, WAYNESVILLE, A. C. 50 acres beautifully shaded lawn, wonder ful mountain views, cool nights, freestone iron and noted sulphur springs. Fine or chestra daily. House remodeled and newly furnished this season. COL. F. A. LINCOLN, Proprietor. HOTEL NORIViIANDIeT BROADWAY & 18TH STS., NEW YORK. ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF. EUROPEAN PLAN. COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY Located in the liveliest and most inter esting part of the city; twenty principal places of amusement within five minuteaf walk of the hotel. CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO. Summer Resort—Ocean Hotel. Asbury Park. N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS. ROCKY RIVER SPRINGS, Stanly County, N. C., Open June 1. Finest mineral water. Table supplied with the best. Band of music. Dally mail. ’Phone connections with oil adjoin ing towns. Climate unsurpassed. Tourlat rates Southern Railway and its branches, and Atlantic Coast Line. Write for cir cular. Address R. B. Beckwith, M. D., Silver, Stanly county. North Carolina. IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS. HOTEL DEL MONTE, S \ HAN AC LAKE, N. Y. OPENS JUNE 23. under entirely new manage ment; newly furnished and renovated through out: table and service first-class; near lake and Hotel Ampersand; golf, tennis, billiards, boating, fishing, driving and bicycling; livery. For booklet address J. HENRY OTIS, Sara nac Lake, N. Y. SWEETWATER PARK HOTEL ANO BATHS, LITHIA SPRINGS, OA. . This well-known and popular resort is novr open. All modern equipment. Cuisine and service unexcelled. Write for illustrated pamphlet. JAB. E. HICKEY, Tropr. Also Kimball House, Atlanta, Ga. LONG BRANCH. 4V>st End Hotel nmi Cottages, Situated on bluff facing ocean. Cottages and Hotel now open. New York office, 115 Broadway (Room 7t>. W. E. HILDRETH. Mgr. AVONDALE SPRINGS. On Knoxville and Bristol Railroad, flva miles west of Tate’s, at the base of Clinch mountains; one of the most delightful re sorts of East Tennessee. Lithia. sulphur and chalvbeate water. Reasonable rates. Address Miss C. CROZIER, Lithia, Grain ger county, Tennessee. Ronuolve Hetl Sulphur Spring* Tl* Salem, Vn. Open June Ist; elevation 2.200 feet; Sulphur, Chalybeate and Freestone Waters: delightful summer climate; real dent physician; one of ihe best family resorts in the state; terms reasonable. Write for descriptive pomphlet. J. H. CHAPMAN, Manager. SEA GIRT, NEW JERSEY. Beach House, right on the beach. Al ways cool. Fine accommodation A. Dining room service first-class Rates reason*, ble. Send for booklet. Sea Girt Is the first stop made on the coast by express trains from Philadelphia to Asbury Park and Long Branch. COAST COMPANY. GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL, Virginia avc and Beach,Atlantic CIIy.N.J. sth yenr. Most central location; highest elevation, overlooking ocean; ,150 beautiful rooms, many with baths. The terms are reasonable. Write for booklet. Hotel coach es meet ail trains. CHARLES E. COPE. MELROSE, NEW YORK.-78 Madison Avenue, coiner 28th st. Rooms with or without board. Rooms with board $7 per week; $1.15 per day and upwards. Send for Circular. All interested in Winchester, Va., either as a summer resort, as a point of histori cal interest or in a business way, can have pamphlet free. Address, J. E. Corrclt, Winchester, Va. ~ LEMONS. Black Eye, Pigeon and Cow Peaa Potatoes, Onions, Peanuts, and all fruit* and vegetables in season. Hay, Grain, Flour. Feed. Rice Straw. Magic Poultry and Block Food. Our Ot—u Cnw Feed, etc. 213 and 216 BAY, WEST. W. I). SIMKIXS & CO. J. D. WEED * CO •A VANN All, 04. Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Bose. Agents for NEW YOfiK RUBBER BELTING AND TACKING COMPANY. — ■ " OLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for 25 cents, II fluainess Office Morning News,