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10 NEWS OF THE CHURCHES. IPWORTH LRAGIER9 MAY COME TO SAVANNAH IVEXT YEAR, Her. Dr. RiEiilnlr of Mercer Vnlver • Ity at the Fimt Raptlst Church To-day—Her. Rancom Anthony to Review the Last St* Month* of His Pastorate—Rev. Charles IV. Strong Will Conduct the Services at St. John’s—“ Home Malting:" Rev. A. J. Smith's Subject at the First Pres-' hyterlnn To-night Rev. J. A. Thompson att Grace Methodist. The interest among the churches, partic ularly Methodist, Is centered this week is the Kpworth league Conference that was held In Rome, beginnings Thursday and ending to-day. The conference has attracted more than usual Interest from the fact that It Is quite likely to be the last state confer ence of the society, as there is a move ment on foot, and one that has developed considerable strength, to divide the State Conference in conformity with the state division of the church, into a North Geor gia Conference, and n South Georgia Con ference. Another Interest that Savannahlans in partioular have In the conference is that the delegates from the local leagues went instructed to Invite the confer ence to hold its annual meet ing In 1901 In Savannah. If It Is de cided to divide the conference, this Invi tation will doubtless be withheld, and the Executive Committee of the meeting be asked to po6tpone the question of the next place of meeting until the Savannah dele gates can confer with the local leagues. A distinguished visitor to Savannah to day is Rev. B. D. Ragsdale, D. D., who will conduct both morning and evening services at the First Baptist Church. Dr. Ragsdale is one of the younger men in tho ministry of his denomination and one of the ablest. He is regarded by many as the ablest expounder of the Bible In Georgia. He occupies the Bible chair In Mercer university and is very popular with the boys as well as the entire denomina tion of the South. A treat is in store for all those who hear him. Pastor John D. Jordan fully expected to be at home to-day, but the committee held that some of the pastors ought to remain in Atlanta and preach. As Dr. Jordan had not preached in Atlanta during his resi dence in the state they specially claimed him. He finally consented to remain on condition that Dr. Ragsdale be sent to supply his pulpit. Methodlftt. At Wealey Monumental Church services will be held at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8:30 p. m. There will be preaching at 11 by Rev. Ed F. Cook, the pastor, and at 8:30 P- u by Rev. C. H. Carson, Jr. The Sunday School will moot at f> p. m. The Kpworth League will meet on Tuesday at R:3O p. m., prayer meeting on Wednesday at the same hour, and the Junior League on Friday at 4:30. Services at Trinity will be held at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8:30 p. m.. conducted by the pastor. Rev. Bascom Anthony. The morning service will be of special interest 4o the friends and members of the church, ws at that time the semi-annual reports of the various departments will he submit ted showing the progress of the church for the last six months. The usual services will be held at Grace Methodist Chruch to-day at 11 o’clock n. •n.. and at 8:30 p. m. Rev. John A. Thompson. I). D.. presiding elder of this district, will preach. He will also con duct the third quarterly conference In tlie afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. The Sunday School will meet at 4:30 p tn. The. Kp worth League will meet Tuesday nt 8:30 p. m. and the prayer meeting will he held on Wednesday at the same hour. The Junior League will meet Wednesday aft ernoon at 4:30 o’clock. The members of Grace Church Epworth lasagne wore entertained Friday evening mt the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Arnold. Park avenue, west, it being the regular monthly business meeting and social of the league. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing term of six months: President—W. Q. Hughes. FUrsrt Vice President—W. L. Arnold. Second Vico President—Mrs. Osgood F. Cook. Third Vice President— C. H. Kenny. Fourth Vice President—Miss Alice Metz er. •Secretary—D L. O’Neal Treasurer—-Marvin O’Neal. Organist—Miss Rena ftnann. Assistant Organist— Molile Scott. The business disposed of. the meeting was then turned over to the Entertain ment Committee for the remainder of th* evening. The programme as provided by the committee furnished amusement for all present. Eater in the evening re freshments were served. These meetings and entertainments of Grace League are well attended and enjoyed, and this one was no exception, and the Leaguers who were present feel indebted to Mr. und Mrs. Arnold for their kind hospitality. There will be preaching at Seventh Btreet Methodist Church at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8:30 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. J. A. Smith. The subject of morning dis course will be “The Rest Giver;" and ut night, “A Soul-Stirring Theme.” The Sunday School will meet at 4:30 o'clock; the Junior League Monday afternon at 5 o'clock; the Senior League on Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock, and prayer service and love feast on Thursday night. Episcopal. Rev. Charles H. Strong will conduct the usual services at St. John’s Church, inis morning. The Sunday School will meet *< 6 o’clock. There will be no night ser vice. At Christ Church, Rev. Robb White, rector, there wIM be a service and ser mon at 11 o’clock, am., and a service at 6i30 p m. The Sunday School will meet at 8:30 p. m. At St. Paul’s Church, Rev. J. L. Scully, rector, the services will he as follow*: Early celebration at 7:30 o’clock a. m., morning prayer et 11, Sunday School at ft p. m., and evening prayer at 6:30. At St. /Michael's Chapel, Christ Church Mission, Rev. F. A. Juny, assistant rector In charge, will hold services at 11 a. m , *nd 830 p. m. The Sunday School meets at 6 p. m , and the Bible class every Thursday at 8:30 p. m. Baptist* At the First Baptist Church, Rev 13. IN Ragsdale. D.D , of Mercer University, ■will preach at 11 o'clock a m and at 8:30 p. m. The Sunday School will meet at 6. R*v. D W. Gwln Trill preach to tha ron KT'WAtion of the Duffy Street Baptist Church at 11 o’clock a m , and at 8:30 p. m. Other service* of the day will be the young people’s devotional meeting at 30 a. m , and Sunday School at 5 p. m. The regular services of the Southsldf baptist r'hurch will be conducted by the I>aetor, Rev. D. S. Kd infield at 11 o'clock a. m., and at 8 p. m. The Sunday School will meet at 4 p m. The regular weekly prayer meeting and B. Y. P. U. will meet on Wednesday at 8 p. m. Preaby terlan. “Home Making'' will be the subject of the Sunday evening’s sermon to young women at the First Presbyterian Church, by Arthur J. Smith, tht* pastor. The choir will sing the following mtislc at the evening service: Chorus. "The Lord Is My Rock," by Woodman. Duet, “Ah, Let Him Whose Sorrow/’ <Rubenstein). Mrs Mice and Mr* Rowe. Solo and quartette. "I Lay My Sine on Jeeua/* (Bkderman), Mrs. Mise and cbolr. Chonia, Shout the Glad Tidings/ (Gil ghned* " Wednesday evening the monthly con cert of prayer for missions will be held. There will be preaching at the Lawton Memorial at 11 o’clock a. m. At 8:30 p. m. there will he a gospel song service. These services will be conducted by Rev. W\ A. Nisbet, the pastor. Lathe ran. At the Lutheran Church of the Ascen sion, there will be preaching by the pas tor, Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer, at 11 o’clock a. m., and at 8:30 p. m. The .Parsonage Aid Society will meet at the parsonage on Monday, at 5 p. m. The Luther league will have an import ant meeting next Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock. All members should be present. Owing to the pastor’s absence from Ihe city, no services will be held in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. The Sunday School will meet at 5 o’clock p. m. Christian. At Ihe Christian Church, the pastor. Rev. W. F. Watkins, will preach at 11 o’clock a. m., on “Man's Amen to God’s Appointment." There will be a short ser vice at 8:30 p. in., with a plain talk on “Harsh Judgmenta." The Christian En deavor meeting will be held at 8 p. m. Homan Catholic. At the Sacred Heart Church, there will be services as follows: First mass at 6:30 a. in., second mass at 9. There will bo no Sunday 'School to-day, but the Sunday School scholars will assemble ot the School Hall on Sunday. July 1, at 4 o’clock. Rt. Rev. Bishop Kelley will confirm' n claes of fifty at 8 o’clock In the evening, and will pronounce the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament immediately after con firmation. The annual picnic will be held at Tybee on Tuesday, July 10. Christian Science. A Christian Science service will be held at the First Church Christ’s Scientist, at 11 o’clock, when a sermon, "Christian Sci ence," will be delivered. The Sunday School will meet at 12 o’clock. The Wed nesday meeting will be held at 8:30 p. m. Y. M. C. A. The speaker to address the Young Men’s Christian Association meeting this after noon at 4 o’clock is Mr. Habersham Clay. His subject is, “A Great Conversion." Mr. Clay is one of the most impressive speak ers the association has, and those who hear him will surely not regret doing so. A tenor solo will bo sung by Mr. Reid Miller. The service, which begins at 4 o’clock, lasts three-quarters of an hour. Salvation Army. The Salvation Army will hold the fol lowing services: A children’s meeting at 11 o'clock a. m., nt the hall, St. Julian and Whitaker streets; ti Christian praise meet ing at 3 p. m. Service** in the Park Ex tension nt 5, and a salvation battle for souls at 8. DISMEMBERMENT IMPROBABLE. Interview With llev. 11. 11. Lowry, of the I 'Diversity of Pekin, on the Chinese* Situation. New York. June 23 —The Rev. Dr. JJ. If. Lowry, an American, president of the Pekin University, the only great institu tion of learning In the Celestial empire, which is conducted on an occidental basis, believes the dismemberment of China a highly improbable contingency despite the steps for the repression of the Chinese which have had to be undertaken on ac count of the outrages committed by the Boxers against the missionaries. Dr. Lowry had just arrived in this country on n vacation. He had spent the greater part of Ids life in China. He went there thirty-three year® ago and in that time has won universal respect alike among the high class Chinese end tlie • - ■ ■ , -j III! HONG KONG BRITISH POLICE. (Those men are from India, and represent a part of the British forces likely to come into hostile contact with the Chinese in case there is any hard fighting.) European residents, and this is evidenced by the high place in the university which he holds. Ilia views are decidedly not thoee of n superficial observer. His belief that China will not be dismember ed is not simply the result of his own observations; U is quite in accord with the views of practically all the foreign am bassadors and ministers there. “Just before leaving China,” said Dr. Ix>wry, “1 had a taik with the Ameri t'an minister <o Chino, the Hon. Edwin H. Conger. He told me that the repre sentative*? of the pow’ers had considered tho matter In all its various phases and had reached the conclusion that a par tition of China would be most undesira ble, for it could not be done without the inevitable and lone; expected general war. You ace, every nation is anxious to ob tain the yolk of the egg. Every nation wants to obtain more than its competi tors. Russia, which is the strongewt ;x>w er in the East today, is said to be be hind the sudden reactionary movement, and I believe this to be true. At the same time, Rutsiti can do nothing, even with the old of France, so long as America, Great Britain and Japan net together.” “Haw Russia ©htt.tined so strong a foot hold in northern China as alleged?” “Yes. She has anticipated nnd fore- ;^&3*TUs Picture ; ;• thousan tlS ° f fering just be fore and during menstruation—a story of aches, darting pains, torture in back, head, limbs and abdomen. BRAD FI ELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR will cure these sufferers—regulate their menses and drive out all "fe -1 male troubles." Druggists sell It I tor $1 ■ bottle. . tbx luDmui BiomaTos oo aiuk a*. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 190(1 stalled all other nations, especially Japan, which has irretrievably lost its opportu nity to become the ruiiing power of the Far East. Had Japan struck the neces sary Mow at Russia last year, and had she won, she would have been in a posi tion to dictate to ad the world so far as j China is concerned. The C hinese Character. “The Chinese are essentially a com mercial and agricultural race. The gen eral conception that there are all akin to the laundryman, so common in our count try it absurd. China has a high dviliza- j , tion, with o fine literature, an 1 while Chinese methods may seem antiquated and ridiculous from our viewpoint, yet, there ie much to he said in favor of the Confucian civilization. For Instance, there is not one line in all the Chinese sacred books, upon which Chinese civilization rests and which prescribes etiquette and morals, which could rot be read aloud before children. This is more than can be said of the sacred books of some other nationalities and races. But to return to the individual Chinese. He is not dense; on the contrary, he is an intellectual marvel in many respects. The greater occidental diplomats are helpless when face to face with the diplomats of China. A Chinese diplomat w ill sit opposite to you and will lie most palpably and openly, and yet, knowing that every word he has ut tered is fi lie, you can do nothing. That is why diplomacy moves so slowly in Pekin. “Time and again the foreign represen tatives in Pekin have thought they had the Chinese government cornered, with out a loophole for escape. Nevertheless, when the crucial moment has arrived, Chinese ‘diplomacy’ has enabled the gov ernment to turn a mental somersault and to wriggle out of any and all promises made." “Then Chinese morality is not very high, judged by our standards?’’ “On the contrary, China is the most •moral nation in the world, taken ns a nation. Of course, there are individ uals in every nation that disgrace them selves aiul their race. It is so with China, but. on the whole, the Chinese are excep tionally moral. Sexual laxity is held in far greater abhorrence in China than in any occidental land, and reverence for parents Is far more general there than here or in Europe, us all Ihe world knowF." Two International Blunder*. "But it China is so civilized, why are the Chinese so opposed to foreigners?” “There has a som-what natural reaction. After the war of 18tJ0 the na tions made a great mistake in admitting China Into the comity of nations as a civilized power. They should have taken charge of the empire instead, and a per iod of nt least a hundred years should have been devoted to its reform. That precaution was neglected and the nations are now reaping the consequence. China as a nation is wondrously and terribly conceited. This must always be borne in mind when Chinese matters are con sidered. Most serious international com plexities there have been due to this Chinese trait. Every time foreign vig ilance is relaxed China arrives at t lie con clusion that she has grown powerful enough to dispense with foreigners and unpleasant incidents of all sorts ensue. “The mistake of 1860 might have been remedied in 1893, Just after the Japanese war. Then Japan should have assumed the responsibility of modernizing China, but Russia interfered, and a3 a result, 'China, having recovered from her hum iliation, is again endeavoring to throw oIT all foreign Influence.” "Could not the progressive Li Hung Clang have intervened at this time?" ‘ud is progressive only when it suits his personal purposes. He has proved a great disappointment lo many of his friends, though he has many admirers still. While enlightened in many ways he is yet Chinese. But all ractionery in fluences combined can not prevent the gradual elimination of Chinese mediae valism, for the leaven is there and is working. The younger generation of Chinese will prove the ultimate salvation of their country, no matter what meas- tires the government may take against them." . "Ik China worth the trouble she Is giv ing?” . i . t# "Most assuredly*. It Is no secret that China Is one of the richest mineral coun tiies In the world. Valuable minerals ami precious stones can be found in many parts of the y-ast empire. As yet little mining has been done—that is what we yvould consider mining, but the minerals are there, awaiting the call of man. China's lands are fertile and were they tilled according to modern methods -would yield handsome returns, especially If prop erly fertilized. Even as It is, many, If not most of the farms In China, though they have been under cultivation contin uously* for more than a thousand years, still yield good crops. This speaks well for Chinos© soil, if not for the farmer." Ileal Purpose of the Hotter*. The real object of the Boxers is ©aid to be the perpetuation of the Mtnchu dynasty and the expulsion or death of every foreigner. The names of the leaders of the Boxers are unknown, for the order Is strictly secret. Owing to the general reactionary spirit now pre vailing, the numbers of the Boxers are constantly increasing, and ns the army Itself Is said to be in favor of this sect, the present danger to the foreign con tingent Is much graver than Is generally admitted. "Yet China's future Is not as perplex ing ns might seem af first glance," con clruled Dr. Lowry. "The solution which to my way of thinking, must come, 1s to have the empire governed by a home government, sanctioned and controlled by* the notions. In that way alone, will China ever make a lasting advance. I had sincerely hoped and expected that to Japan might fall the lot of modernizing China, but International Jealousies made this Impossible. As It Is, we must all hope that the nations may not so far lose their head* as to plunge Into uar on ac count of China. It would he terrible and would he of no benefit to China. Hightly governed, and w*ilh her resources prop erly and Judiciously developed, China, will prove a tremendous factor In the world's affairs—commercially and otherwise." Dr. Lowry Is floma on furlough, end us he expects to return to Pekin, he is forced to be cautious In his remarks about tha powers that be. The Chinese govern ment is kept very well informed with re gard to the utterances of all prominent foreigners concerning China and remarks that seem over redleal are recorded againgt those who utter them. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. WELL KNOWN* PEOPLE SEEKING SUMMER HOMES. Where the President Will Spend .July and Angust—Depot Partle* a Feature of the National Capital. The Wanlilngton Monument a Danger*Spot In a Thunder Storm. Other Matters of General Interest. Washington, June 22.—About the only social gathering of the present week aside from numerous church weddings— have been "depot parties," marking Ihe departure of society’s favorites for pas tures new. These depot parties, by the way, though not exactly new, have grown greatly In importance during the past sea son and now assume almost the propor tions of day-light receptions, with ebout the same elaborate dressing as required for garden-parties and kettle-drums. Many times of late have the railway sta tions of Washington been crowded with fashionably attired—throngs, come to waive farewells to departing friends—to the confusion of the trainmen and the in terest of ordinary travelers, whose heads decorate the outside of all the car win dows. Several carloads of aristocratio horse flesh also went off this week, attended to the stations by solicitous owne;e, as well as their stablemen, for Eu rope have been another conspicuous fea ture, and the next fortnight will witness many more. Interest is on the qui vive to know’ exactly who are going, it biing the fad nowadays,to conctal the deep-down desire in every American heart to travel in foreign climes, and then, at the last minute, to surprise ones friends. The general clearing out occurred just in time for the Philadelphia convention, many people preferring to begin their summer amusements by attendance on the great American circus. That was the reason why unprecedented numbers of the polit ically famous remained in Washington so long after the adjournment of Congress, instead of scattering at once to their dis tant horrea in all corners of the country, as is commonly the case. The closing day of a session of Congress differs widely from its opening day, but is fully as interesting to onlookers from another point of view—providing, of course, that the onlookers have no per sonal concern in the hundreds of bills that have failed to pass. But these keen disap pointments that often amount to tragedies escape the notice of the general public, who crowd the gallerfes and make u jubi lant picnic of the occasion. You observe that the costly flowers—harbingers of fa vors expected—which are such a conspic uous feature of opening day, are never much in evidence on the last day of the session. But the strained nerves of Sen ators and Representatives who have been holding all-night sessions for a week and working like Trojans to make up for time they fooled away in the earlier days of the session—cause them to be scrappy as boys of rival schools on a football field. Their peppery exchanges of personalities and “blessings said backwards" afford no end of amusement to the galleries, as well as material for the use of political spell binders in the preskiential campaign. Old stagers, itke Grosvenor of Ohio, can call a fellow-member of the House a liar in parliamentary language with impunity— though outside It would not go unchal lenged; and in the Senate, Carter of Mon tana may calk Pettigrew of South Dakota a cur, in such a way that there is no re buke from the chair, although that his toric seat is occupied by such a stickler for senatorial dignity as Senator Frye himself, it is only the new and unexperi enced members who call each other names in plain, every-day language. According to present plans, President and Mrs. McKinley will remain in the White House all through June and part of July, and then go for a visit of several weeks to their recently furnished home in Canton. The cabinet families will main tai nn bold front for a wihle yet. the only withdrawals, so far, being the female members of the Hay family and Mrs. Root and family. Both have summer homes, most tempting at this time ©f year; the former In New Hampshire, on the pictur esque shores of Lake Sunapee—the latter on Long Island. The Misses Hitchcbck will Ido the first of their household to forsake this city for the heated term, and will shortly be joined by their mother in the New’ Hampshire home. Mrs. Smith and Miss Wilson sail together for Europe on the 27th inst.. to be absent about three months. The Sec- returv of the Treasury and Mrs. Gage will pasfl this summer, as last, at Chevy Chase, one of the near suburbs of Washington, connected by electric cars—from which point they will make short trips, as fancy dictates. Secretary Ix>ng will run over to his home at Hingham, Mass., whenever official duties will permit, and Secretary Wilson will spend his vacation in the West. Most of the diplomats are already es tablished In summer quarters—except poor Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, who is just now about the most worried man in the world. Lord Pauncefote will remain on this side of the big pond, and has rented the De Rham c*ottage at Newport for the season. It is probable, however, that Lady Pauncefote and her daughters will make a short visit to England before the sea son is over, while the British ambassador is compelled by the duties of his position to spend a good deal of the time in Wash ington. The Brazilian minister and his family are occupying “Finisterre,” one of the most desirable places at Narragansett Pier; while the Chilian minister and his wife are established in one of the neigh boring Earle Court cottages. The family of the Mexican ambassador, excepting Sonora Azpiroz, who has gone to Mexico— are registered at the Hotel Essex, Spring Lake, N. J. The French ambassador will shortly visit Europe, and the German am bassador will make the same trip later in the season. The Italian ambassador and Baroness Fava are now' in New York, pre ferring that city to this, and will spend the greater portion of the summer abroad. An interesting ceremony about to take place on the high seas, will bo the pre sentation to the chaplain of the Kaiser Wilhelm dcr Grosse, the steamer, upon which the Russian Ambassador and his suite sailed last Tuesday—of the Cross of St. Anna, which was given to the Atn bpfsador, Dy the Czar of Russia, for that purpose. Report comes from that Mr. and Mrs. John Sloane hope to have the honeg* of entertaining President and Mm. Mc- Kinley on the 4th of July, which is al ways celebrated with extraordinary* pa triotism at that favorite resort. The cot tagers vie with each other in honoring the day. It Is said that the Wcstinghouse family, of this city, will have the largest illumination and fireworks display ever seen in that part of the country. Justice and Mrs. McKenna and their handsome daughters, will summer at York MINNISKA GINGER ALE WILL NOT CONSTIPATE -BOTTLED AT THE SPRING BY THE MINNISKA SPRING CO., AT WAUKESHA, WIS. SAVANNAH GROCERY CO., WHOLESALE AGENTS. Another Crowded Week. THE GREAT Removal Sale Continues With Unabated Interest. S Hi i IB Kill II PIS. Unthoughtful and Uncaring for Consequences, Every Dollar’s Worth Will Be Sold Without Regard to Profit or Cost. Reinforcements from our BASEMENT, SECOND and THIRD FLOORS added to the GREAT MOVING PHALANX of BARGAINS that will make the store resound with exultant acclamation of the people. Nothing on record like the wonderful values that this GRAND REMOVAL SALE offers. Stop Your Untimely Slaughter of Staple Goods.' We’ve heard it hinted from many quarters (disgruntled competition) that it w.s unnecessary for us to slash prices and profits now; that the season is young, and pie? .y of time later to make sacrifices. Well, we prefer to unload now, when the ladies want goods, and not when they would not he cheap to them at any price. Greater Bargains Than Ever This Week At the GREAT REMOVAL SALE. FOYE& MORRISON, Harbor, Maine. Mrs. Fuller, accompan ied by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Francis of New York City, are now' at the Chief Justice’s sum mer home in Sorrento, Me. The Bishop of Washington and Mrs. Satterlee, with their daughter, sailed yesterday for Eu rope. Representative and Mrs. Aldrich are also in Philadelphia; and after the con vention, will go to Atlantic City for a long stay. Senator and Mrs. Wetmore have opened up their Newport home for the season. Senator M. Laurin of South Carolina, with his wife and children, will summer at Atlantic City. Representative Sprague of Massachusetts, will spend a portion of the summer in Austria. Mrs. Washington McLean, Mrs. Dewey’s moth er, has leased one of the most, desirable cottagee on the famous Ocean Road, at Narragansett, where she will pass the greater portion of the summer. The other cottagers are looking forward to the pros pect of gay t 4 mes aheftd. when the Ad miral of the navy comes to visit his mother-in-law r . Mr. and Mrs. John R. McLean have gone abroad for the sum mer. Report says that “John R. ”, a dis appointed man all around, politically, needs the soothing atmosphere of a mon archy, for a time, to heal his wounded feelings. President McKinley has been entertain ing some unusually interesting callers this week. One of them is Admiral Ahmed Pasha of the Sublime Porte’s navy, who comes to make a contract for the building of a warship for his government. Inci dentally, he has been looking around und enjoying himself; and it is hinted that he has also been dickering with representa tives of the missionaries wh >se claim against Turkey is now being pressed by the government. He diplomatically evades all attempts to get him to comm t him self, how’ever, on the latter subject. There is little in the personal appearance of Ad miral Ahmed Pasha to meet ones ideas of what a true Turk looks He talks excellent English, nnd though very .lark complexioned, is not more so than many of our diplomats. He gallantly declares that the most wonderful sights he has seen in the United Slates are our oretty women, and he pretends not to understand how so much beauty can be safely ex posed to the gaze of men. Another visitor of note is Prof. S. K. Vatralsky, a native of Bulgaria, a grad uate of Harvard and a writer end lectur er of world-wide reputation. He comes to inteiest the President in a movement for the erection of a monument over the grace of Mr. J. A. MacGahan, the famous Ohio war correspondent, whose descrip tions of Turkish atrocities, written for a London paper, aroused oil Europe and brought on the Russo-TurkDh War, which resulted in the independence of Bulgaria. MacGahan was buried in Bulgaria in 1878; but the remains were afterwards re moved to New Lexington, 0., where they now rest, without even a headstone. Prof. Vatralsky’a idea is to have an association of Ohioans, together with one of Bulga rians, contiibute funds for a suitable monument. Mr. McKinley’s sympathies were at once Interested and the monument is likely to become an accomplished fact in the near future. * The smaller the country tho greater the speech its new minister makes on being presented to our President. When England, France, Germany or Russia sends anew Ambassador, the speech he makes on presentation prints up in less than a stickful; but the other day, when Senor Don Rafael Zaldivar, the new min ister, from the six-by.nine state of Sal vador—the tiniest of the Central Ameri can republics (so-called), was presented to Mr. McKinley by Secretary Hay, his I flowery oration filled a solid column non par il in the Washington papers. Dr. Zal divar is a man just beyond middle age, and an entertaining talker, with agree able and kindly presence and that dignity of manner which maiks him as one “hav ing authority.'’ H s career has been re markable, considering the out-of-the-way corner of the earth he halls from. While quite young, he left Salvador to study in the University of Guatemala, where he received the highest degrees. Afterwards he became one of the leading physicians of the lat’er country. He was elected a member of the Guatemala Congress, which was the more honor since he was selected as one of the three who could join that body out of the medical profession, ac cording to the rules of that country. Soon afier the death of President Carrera, Dr. Zaldivar was compelled to leave Guate mala because his political ideas were op posed to those of the party in power, lie returned to Salvador, when, after serving a few terms in Congress, he was twice ; elected President of that volcanic little republic. Remarkable prosperity, iinan cial and commercial, marked hts regeme, railroads were built, and most astonish ing of all, not a Angle revolution disturb ed the even tenor of his wise and liberal administration. In 'B4 his health gave way, and leaving the Vice President in charge of affairs in Salvador, he went to Europe, where he remained several years. Aside from Pr ski nt Diar, of Mexico, Dr! Zaldivar has received more honors and decorations than have ever been bestowed i 0,1 any other political man of Central ! America. It is said that, notwithstanding I hls l° n ß career in the thick of the stormy txditics of h s section, he has not an ene my in the world. Another brand-new diplomat in Wash ington Is Senor Don Juan Cuestas, DL D : the first minister to this country from ; Uruguay. He Is a son of the former President of that smallest of South Amer ican republics—Don Juan Lindalfo Cues tas. Although not quite 30 years old. he has had considerable experience in public life, having served two terms as a mem ber of the Uruguayan Chamber of Dep uties. He was accompanied to thiß coun try by Mr. Thomas Howard, son of a former United States consul nt Montevi dcn.wdio has been appointed aecretary of legation. • *•••••• Among President McKinley’s callers this week was Gen. Don Juan B. Qulvos of Costa Rica, who caries the double portfolio of war and finance for that comparatively little-known republic* of Central Ameri ca. His present visit has no political significance. He conn s to Washington merely to place his sons in (Georgetown College. Having met the President before, he called to pay his respects- and have a little chat on the Nicaragua canal subject, in which his country is deeply interested! The editor of El Diario de la Marina of Havana, Cuba.—-Senor Nicholas Rivera, with his young eon and private secretary, is also here, on a mission as yet undis closed. Of the many thousands of visitors to the Washington monument, few are aware that the iron columns that support the stairway are also conduciors for the lightning rods on top of the tallest struc ture in the country. A recent victor dis covered this fact, in a way that came near frightening him to death. It was in the midst of a thunderstorm last week, whuh caught a party of sightseers in the great monument. He was leaning against one of the iron columns, and received a heavy shock of electricity in his arm and shoul der. He was thrown to the ground and completely dazed for a minute, but was not hurt in the least—although it took him some time to become convinced of that joyful fact. The Washington monument is a good place to stay awny from during on electrical storm. It has frequently b on struck by lightning; but no great damige has ever been done, owing to the diffu sion of electricity through the seveiai conductors. iijgy ' HARDWAm!/' ; ; CUYTLERY, &c ► : EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS,: M Morphine and Whiskey hsb. its treated without pstn or confinement. Cure guaran teed or no pay. B. It. VEAL, Man'gr Lithia Springs San itarium. Box 3. Austell, Ga.