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4 g?f)£ iHofning ssftto£ Montug >ew Building, Uiv FRIDAY, JULY O, IfKW. Roistered at the Postolflce in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS Is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month. $4.00 for alx months, and SB.OO for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1 60, six months $3.00, one year, $6 00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week. Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, $3.00. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or register* 1 letter. Currency *ent by mail at risk of tenders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements end cheap or want column, , 30 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in dep Il ls the standard cf measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at businr sa office. Orders for delivery* of the MORNING NEWS to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed MORNING NEWS,” Savannah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulknef. Manager. INDEX TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meeting-?—Landrum Ix>dge No. 48, F. & A.'M. Special Notices—Ship Notice, Strachan & Cos., Consignees; Peaches, A. G. Brad ley & Cos.; Public Installation of Officers. I. O. O. F.: Levan's Table d'Hote. Business Notices—The Most Important Item. John T. Evans & Cos. Legal Notices—Citations From the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary, of Chatham County. Steamship Schedules—Merchants’ and Miners' Transportation Company. Financial—Report of the Condition of the Germania Bank; Report of the Condi tion of the Savannah Bank and Trust Company, vfj’SqyiSi The Men's Shoes Henan Makes— Byck Bros. Nine Hundred Bales of Cotton —H. J. Lamar. Macon, Ga. Baking Powder—Royal Baking Powder. Legal Notices—Citations From the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary. Medical—Munyon's Inhaler; Castoria; Hood's Pills; Woman s Friend; Dr. Hath away Company. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous The Weather. The indications for Georgia and Eastern Florida to-day are fair and warmer weath er, with light to fresh, southwesterly winds. "With the thermometer in the nineties, there can be no question of the warmth of Kansas City's welcome to the Demo crats. Roosevelt is whooping up San Juan Hill and waving the flag wildly In the West, but he is not saving much about the Philadelphia platform. Booker Washington is going to make a speech in Boston next month. He will tell the Bostonians that what the negro needs is less politics and more industry. It was very graceful, of course, for Pres ident McKinley to accept a cigar from that Canton, O. street sweeper, and in quire after the health of Iris family. But the story does not go far enough. Did h smoke the cigar? "A Silver Republican Convention,” said Chairman Towne, ''is always a meeting of patriots.” There have been just two such meetings, including the current one. The Silver Republican party came into exist ence when Teller, Towne and others walk ed out of the Republican Convention In St. Louis four years ago. The report ot the auditor for the war department cover n the fiscal year 1900 which has been subm.t ed to the Secretary of the Treasury, shone that the army is costing much more now than It did dur ing the war with Spain. Should the im perialism policy become firmly fixed, the army would cost more and more each year. The Republicans will have mighty hard work to make it appear that there was anything like, bossism at Kansas City. At Philadelphia the bosses presented a cut and-dried programme, and the delegates ratified it. At Kansas City, however, the representatives the people are cutting out the work for the Democratic poli ticians in the campaign. You always hear of Georgia men at the front wherever anything Is happen ing, John T. Meyers, who, according to Admiral Kempff’s dispatch, is In command of the legation defenders in Pekin, is a Georgian. Gov. Thomas of Colorado, who was temporary chairman of the Kansas City Convention and made a brilliant speech, was reared in Macon, Ga. In New York state a mail's webbed toes have proved to be worth SIOO,OOO to him. The growing together of the toes was a family peruliarlty. William Bowers died leaving an estate of the value name!. John Bowers established his Identity as the brother and heir of William, by prov ing that both of them were webfooted, ns their father had been before them. Notwithstanding Mr. William Waldorf Actor has ceased to be an American and become an Englishman. he seems to taka great pleasure In occasionally stirring up the British social lions. Ths other day he published In his Pall Mall Gazette a no tice to the effect, that the recent attend ance of Capt. Sir Berkeley Milne, mem ber of certain swell clubs, at Mr. Astor's concert, was uninvited. Sir Berkeley, it seems, Is a distinguished naval officer, and was for a time the commander of the royal yacht Osborne. He numbers members or the royalty and the nobility among his friends. It is predicted that he will take steps to secure redress upon Mr. Astor lor the slur cast upon him. MR. RRVAN NOMINATED. There was never any doubt of course ♦ hat Mr. Bryae would be nominated. More than two-thirds of the delegates went to tho convention instructed for him. His nomination therefore was just as certain as was that of Mr. McKinley. It is a question whether Mr. Bryan con tributed anything to the success of the party by refusing the request of so many ' of the party leaders that no special de claration in respect to silver be inadtj. There is no doubt, however, that his party j and the country have more respect for I him now than they would have if he hail yielded to the requests of those who • believe that the silver issue will not be a vote getter. Mr. Bryan is firmly convinced that the best interests of the country demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of Ift to 1. It .does not follow of course that he is right, but the fact thjj£ he is willing to jeopardize his own suc cess for his convictions is calculated to raise him. in the estimation of the whole country. The Republicans will say, doubtless, that he would not have stood ro firmly for si.ver if he had not felt certain that the Popu lists and Silver Republicans would aban don him if he showed any signs of wav ering, and that the Democrats would fol low hte leadership, but if chey do they will undoubtedly' do him an injustice .Mr. Bryan has the courage of his convictions. ! He would have, adhered to his silver j views even if he had been certain that by doing so he would lose the nomination, i Asa matter of fact the declaration for silver that lias been put in the platform does not make the silver question any more prominent as an issue in the campaign than It would have been if that question had been disposed of with a simple re affirmation of the Chicago platform. In fact, with Mr. Bryan as a candidate, and without any platform whatever, silver would have been a leading Issue. He wcui.j not have permitted the silver question to be side-tracked. And it i certain that the Republicans will not let any* oppor tunity pass during the campaign to keep it before the people. The prospect is that it will be discussed as much s any other question. The Republicans will endeavor to make it the great issue of the cam paign. They have nothing to gain by hav ing imperialism and trusts discussed. That the respect of the country for Mr. Bryan is increasing there is no doubt. The people are being more and more impressed by his sincerity and force of character. They' believe in him now to a much great er extent than they did in 1596 that is they believe in his honesty. That fact will undoubtedly tell greatly in his favor in the campaign and the election. THF. HILL-CHOKER INCIDENT. ' One of the most dramatic incidents that has occurred in Kansas City since the meeting of the Democratic Convention was the defeat of former Senator Hill for the posi ion of member of the Committee on Platform by Mr. Croker at a'm . ting of the New York delegation. Mr. Hill went to Kansas City with the intention and purpose of being the New York mem ber of that committee. It is probable that the convention which selected the New York delegation intended that he should be the New York member, because it adopted a platform in harmony with his wishes. The platform which the New York convention of Democrats adopted prac tically side-tracked the silver question. It is safe to assume that Mr. Hill went to Kansas City inlending to make a strong fight in the Committee on the Platform against giving any prominence to silver. It looks now as if he was called to Lincoln by Mr. Bryan for the purpose of enabling the latter to find out whether he was willing to permit a distinct'dec laration for silver in th platform. Mr. Bryan, finding that Mr. Hill was ber.t on keeping silver out of the platform, com municated, through his friends, with Mr Croker on the advisability of having the New York delegation name some other delegate than Mr. Hill as the New York member of 'the Platform Committee. At least it looks very much as if that was the plan that was adopted to keep Mr. Hill off the Platform Committee. Any way, Mr. Hill was kept off, and by Mr. Croker. The scene at the meeting of the New York delegation was a very dramatic one The words that passed between Mr. Hill and Mr. Croker were bitter ones. The charges of "treason to the party" and "skulking" were freely made. Mr. Croker said Mr. Hill had skulked in 1896, an.l Mr. Hill said that Mr. Croker had run away to Europe during the 1896 campaign, and that he, Hill, had acted in that cam paign in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Croker and other leaders of the New York Democracy. Both Mr. Hill and Mr. Croker lost their tempers, If reports are to be credited, and said things that show ed that there is not likely to be much har mony between them in either the presi dential or the New York state campaign. It is hardly probable, however, that the hostility between these two New York leaders will have much influence one way or the other In determining the presiden tial election. The carrying of New York by the Democrats will not depend upon either Mr. Hill or Mr. Croker. It is not Improbable, however, that the defeat of Mr. Hill for the position of member of the Platform Committee will have the effect of weakening his Influence to such an ex tent In New York politics that he will not again be a prominent public figure In that state for a good while, if ever. The official reports show that the ton nage of ships built in the United States during the year 1899 amounted to 381,863 tons gross. Of the new vessels 58 per cbnt. are propelled by steam. The tonnage Is said to be the greatest since 1874. Includ ing the Hawaiian and Porto Rican vessels taken under the flag, the additions to the United States tonnage last year was the greatest since 1856. Notwithstanding this growth of our merchant fleets, the sub sidy suckers tell us that without subsi dies {he American shipping trade must die of inanition! The Czar's ukase abolishing in large measure the penalty of banishment to Siberia Is looked upon aa the greatest step taken In Russia In a generation In the di rection of political liberty. It is believed the Imperial order will probably assurt the freedom of political thought, speech and action In Ruesia. for generations the sen tence of banishment from Russia for po litical reasons has meant deportation to the mines of Liberia, where the unfortu nates have snff.-"d n vd cruelties at the bands of the penal guard* THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JULY 6. 1900. THE PLATFORM. The Spanish-American War, which the Republican party fondly hoped would as sist in giving it another lease of power, furnishes the issue in the presidential campaign which the Democratic frty makes the paramount one. It is the is sue of imperialism. While It is true that a party cannot make an issue paramount by simply saylrrar that it considers it so, there Is every reason for thinking ihat the people will regard the issue of imperialism as the fpfiramount one in the campaign. They' are thinking about imperialism nore than any other public question. It Is brought home to them by the burdensome war taxes which are continued in force to maintain armies to carry out the impe rialistic policy of the Republican party, and it is kept fresh in their minds by the fear that if the movement in the direc tion of imperialism is not checked it will acquire such force that it will change the form of the government from republican to imperial. The Democratic party is not against ex pansion—the right kind of expansion. It has always been, the party of expansion, but it does not believe in acquiring dis tant islands by purchase or conquest—isl ands inhabited by people who cannot ever become citizens. There is no doubt that the declaration against imperialism is a strong one. The great majority' of the American people are against holding on to the Philippines as a permanent possession. They bee no profit in them, and, besides, thoy do not believe that it is consistent for a republic to deprive peoples of their liberty'. The Democratic party does not, of course, favor abandoning the Filipinos. Its policy is to assist them in establishing a stable government and then make them independent, giving them such pro tection, however, as we give the republics of South and Central America. If the policy of the Republican party is adhered to imperialism and militarism are certain to be the result. The declaration against trusts tie in striking contrast with the trust declara tion in the Republican platform. The Republican declaration creates the im pression that the party making it is trying to find an excuse for trusts. The Demo cratic declaration leaves no doubt in the public mind that the Democratic party Is very much in earnest in its purpose to de stroy' trusts that seek to rob he people. There are two things in the Democratic declaration that are worthy of special no tice. One is the assertion that the Ding- Icy tariff is largely responsible for the trust evil, and must be reformed, and the other is that there appears to be a sort of understanding between the Republican party and trusts that trusts shall contribute liberally to the. campaign fund of that party in return for its protection. It is doubtful if the plank against trusts could be better or more strongly expressed. It is a question, of course, whether the convention acted wisely in making a dis tinct declaration in respect to silver. The opposition to giving silver prominence in the platform was very great. Still, the people know where the Democratic party stands on the silver question, and it is probable that those Democrats who will vote against the ticket because of the sil ver plank would vote against It if the plat form contained only a simple reaffirmation of the Chicago platform. The party' has dealt frankly with the people, and, after all, the people are always more willing and ready to trust a party that deals frankly with them tlvan they are to trust a party that does not appear to be willing to trust them. t The platform is a much better campaign document than the Republican platform. It is a stronger and abler document from every point of view, and it is safe to say that there will be no charges made that parts of it were suppressed by the Plat form Committee, as there were in the case of the Republican platform. A DIFFICULT PROBLEM FOR THE POWERS. No one can forsee what is going to be the outcome of the uprising in China. The situation there presents a problem for the Powers of Europe and this country that is so full of difficulties that Its solu tion may occupy years. The empire msy be dismembered and its territory divided among the nation® that are now seeking its trade, or it may drive out the foreign ers for a time and develop into a great military power. Under proper leadership China might become a power that would have a mighty influence orf the destinies of the nations that have hitherto had very little respect for her. The ease with which the Japanese routed her army and defeated her navy' a few years ago caused her to be regarded with contempt from a military' point of view*, but it is evident that the fact is being realized that it would be a mistake to proceed on the view that a few thousand European and Amer ican soldiers can restore order in the cm- pi re. Prince Tuan is master at Pekin. Ac cording to the dispatches this morning the Bmperor committed suicide several days ago and the Dowager Empress attempted to do so. This would indicate that the Chinese government has not been directing the movement against foreigners. The heads of the government were apparently mode prisoners soon after the Boxers took possession of Pekin, and have had no part in the outrages which have been com mitted. If Prince Tuan can maintain himself in power and has the sympathy and support of the great majority of the people It will be a very difficult matter for the allied Pow ers to make headway against him. It Is said that there are nearly 2,000,000 of Chi nese soldiers that can be put Into the field at once, and that they have a large sup ply of guns of the latest patterns and plenty of ammunition. With such a force, and with u population of 300.000,000 or 400,- 000,000 to draw from, it Is apparent I hat China is in a position to give an Invading force, however large, a warm reception. One writer who claims to know a great deal about the afTaire of the Chinese em pire soys it would take a European army of at h ast SIX).000 men to conquer China, if her armies were properly led. If there Is much truth in this statement It will be a big ami coally undertaking to dictate t* rms to China from Pekin as the German Emperor proposes to do. Her ports might be taken and her cities destroyed and yet she would be a ion* way from being con quered. It Is said that the Chinese nrmy between Tien Tain and Pekin contains 120,000 men. The allied forces at Tien Tsin and Taku are reported to be 20,000 strong, but the commanders of the allied forces say that ft would be madness to un dertake to advance to Pekin with euch a small army. It Is apparent from this that more respect is felt for Chinese soldiers than there was before the Boxer troubles began. That war on a tremendous scale Is about to take place in China is not at all improbable. The discovery of anew and very rich gold field in the Yukon country is report ed. The gold-bearing reefs are said robe very rich, approaching in magnitude and richness the reefs of the Johannesburg district. It may be that the report is cor rect. So many wonderful discoveries have been made In Alaska that It would not be wise to doubt stories of others before an investigation had been made. Mean while it would he the part of wisdom for prospective gold seekers to wait for con firmation before flocking to the reputed new Eldorado. Instances have been known in W'hieh transportation companies caused glittering narratives to be put into cir culation merely for their own benefit. The three men convicted In New York of conspiracy to depress the price of Brooklyn Rapid Transit stock have been given penitentiary sentences; one of them going up for six months and the others for three months. These convictions are. the first of their kind. The fact that the courts can and will inflict punishment for the circulation of false reports for stock jobbing purposes ought to have a whole some effect upon unscrupulous manipulat tors. The Rev. Dr. Mills, who ft in charge of the Twentieth Century Thank Offering of $20,000,000 of the Methodist Episcopal Church. North, announces that one-third of the sum has already been raised. He is quite certain that the remainder will be raised this year and next. The fund is to be devoted to several objects. Ten millions will be given to education, and the other $10,000,000 will be devoted to char itable and philanthropic work. Consul Mason at Berlin reports that the German shoe trade is rapidly becom ing ‘'Americanized.” He says that not only are American-made shoes growing in favor in that country, but that German manufacturers are adopting American ma chinery and making shoes after American models. The chief difference between the American and the German models is that the former 1s more slender and shapely. It has just become known that Mr. W J. Bryan some time ago paid off the mort gage of $5,673 against the First Presby terian Church, of Lincoln, Neb. He did it on the condition that the transaction should never be made known, but the fact has leaked out. PERSONAL. —Booker T. Washington has been chos en to preside at the first meeting of the National Negro Business League, which will meet in Boston on Aug. 23. —Samuel W. Twombley, dean of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, is 77 years eld. It is said he has a record of altendance at every session of the leg islature since he has been a member. —Sir Gordon Sprigg, the South African statesman, is a son of an Ipswich Baptist minister. He started in life as a reporter in the House of Commons gallery, and em igrated to South Africa for his health. He has b en in the Cape Parliament since 1869. —Mr. and Mrs. Eiisha Brown, who live half a mile from Hagerstown, Ind., have been married over seventy years and are stilt comparatively hearty. Mr. Brown was born Dec. 25, 1808, and bis wife July 17. 1811. They are the parents of eleven children, six of whom are still alive. —Among the colleges Harvard was prob ably the best represented at the Republi can National Convention. Besides Gov. Roosevelt, Secretary Long, who was also mentioned for the vice presidential nomi nation, is a Harvard man. having been graduated in 1857. Senator Wolcott, the temporary chairman, was graduated from the law school in 1871, the same year in which Senator Lodge, the permanent chairman, was graduated from the acad emic department. Senator Penrose, who had an important part in the preparations for the convention, tock his bachelor’s de gree in 1881. •—Charles Barry, one of the foremost architects of London, who died recently, was 77 years old. He had been president of the Royal Institute of British Archi tects, had held many important places and received many honors at home and abroad. His principal public works had been Burlington House, in Piccadilly; the New College, at Dulwich; the great Fel thain Industrial School, and the Institu tion of Civil Engineers, in Great George street, which is now to be demolished to make room for mere government build ings. He was e'Jest son of Sir Chailes Barry, architect of the Houses of Parlia ment, WtSim.tiS.er. CURRENT COMMENT. The New York Journal of Commerce (Ind.) says: "A few years ago Mr. J. R. Sovereign announced a. boycott of all na tional banks; no working man was to ac cept his wages in bank currency. If the boycott had any effect Mr. Sovereign has kept it a profound secret. At Kansas City Tuesday night he made a speech on the currency question, in which he ex plained that the best currency the coun try ever had was that which did not want to go away from home. By the same token a better currency would be one that did not circulate outside (he state where it was issued, a still better currency would not be accepted outside of its own town, and the only currency which can be depended upon to make every man a millionaire is the currency that will not go outside of ts maker's own pocket. Mr. Sovereign can make an unlimited amount of currency that he will never have to part with, because the grocer and the clothier and the land lord will refuse to take it. Money is good in proportion os it is good any where; in proportion as men everywhere are willing to give something in exchange for it.” The Birmingham Age-Herald (Dem.): "The country needs a ticket that will take it out of the grasp of the trusts and of the men who are Insidiously en deavoring to change the character of the government, and the Kansas City Con vention will present such a ticket. It will give the country a chance to, save Uself from ollgarthical rule.'’ The Memphis Commercial -Appeal (Dem.) says: "Some disagreeable man has made the Impertinent discoverey that while McKinley has produced good crops in Kansas, he hns handed out a hot blight to Minnesota nnd Norlh Dakota. We would also call attention to the fact that he has overloaded the South on rain. McKinley cannot accept credit for the good without the had." The Washington Post (Ind.) says: "One of the firm of contractors with which Capl. Carter conducted Ills peculiar trans actions has been at Lincoln, conferring with Mr. Bryan. Had this gentleman popped up in Canton, we would doubtless have heard of a prospective pardon and a liberal contribution to somebody's cam paign fund." Speaking From Experience. “One-half of the people of this world would knock the other half down, and laugh while they were doing It,” sak) the man on the rear platform of the car. aceordipg to the Indianapolis Sun. "You haven’t any grounds whatever for such a pessimistic remark," said the ar gumentative Individual. “What makes you think so?” "Because I used to stick my head ■through a hole in a canvas and let people try to bang baseballs at me for 5 cents a bang,” came the answer. “I know a few things about this beautiful brotherly love, I guess.” Out of tlie Ordinary. The two o'.d friends, as has been narra ted before, met again after years of separ ation, says the London King. "By the way. Brown.” said Jones, “do you remember that snub-nosed, cross-eyed little Tilbury girl with a face on her that would derail an express train? She used to live somewhere in your neighborhood, I think.” "Oh, yes I remember her perfectly," re plied Brown. "Whatever became of her?” "I am sorry to disappoint you Jones”— here is where the variation comes in—"but I have not the slightest idea. I didn't marry her.” A Large Family. "What's your name, young man?” in quired an employer of an applicant for a post as office boy, says London Spare Moments. "Revelations, sir,” was the reply. I unny name, that. Whose inspiration was Revelations?” “Well, it was like this,” said the boy. "My eldest brothers were triplets, and they we re christened Matthew, Mark and Luke, so father thought he’d better stick to the New Testament, and when I was born they’d got through it.” "Were you the last, then?” "Last hut one, sir; they went to the Old Testament for the baby, and called him ‘Numbers.’ ” The Pressing; Need. When compliments fall to the lot of Tommy Atkins he knows w|iat to do with the florid part of them says the Youth's Companion. _ Fifty years or more ago Sir Harry Smith, for whose wife Ladysmith was named, was governor of Cape Colony and Id a number of campaigns against the Kaffirs. Returning from a particularly lively one, he held a review of his troops, who were in a most dilapidated condition —barefoo ed, ragged and half starved. When the time came for him to say a few words he lavished praise, upon them, dwelling upon their bravery, endurance, and even upon their soldier-like appear ance. This last compliment was too much for the patience of the old color sergeant. He stepped forw-ard—tattered and un kempt—saluted most respectfully and then said; "Begging your pardon. Sir ’Arry, we don’t want no gammon. AVe want boots!” Queer "Lnt" Stories, The T -onion Globe has been collecting ft series of lost hat stories, of which the fol lowing are specimens: A father and son were standing et the end of the Did Chain Pier at Brighton, when the dear little boy tumbled into the dancing waves. A bystander, accoutred As he was, plunged into the sea, and buf feting the waves with lusty sinews, suc ceeded at last in setting the dTipping child at his father's feet. "And what hae ye done wi' his hat?" said papa. A correspondent sent the following nar rative: A festive bluejacket was seen from a ship in Malta harbor dancing on the top of the parapet wall at Fort Kiea soli. First his hat blew over, and then, leaning over to look for it, he lost his bal ance and fell after it—a sheer drop of thirty feet or more. The surgeon on duty was landed with a party to bring off the remains for indent location. They found them crawling about on hands and knees, and inquired if he was seriously hurt. "Hurt be blowed!” was his reply. “Where's my hat?" .She Was Posted. She had met her city cousin at the train, and as they rode down Grand River ave nue on the street car she took a prideful pleasure in pointing out the objects end buildings of interest, ssfys the Detroit Free Press. He evinced the proper appreciation, making highly complimentary remarks and no belittling comparisons with insti tutions in his own city. Passing the cor ner of Grand River avenue and Cass street, where the new G. A. R. structure is approaching lines of architectural beau ty, she rapturously exclaimed: “Now, that will be one of our grandest buildings. Don’t you think R will be a beauty?” "What building is it?” he Inquired. "That,” she said, with becoming pride, "is the Gar building." ‘‘The what?” “Why. the Gar building, and It will be just too beautiful for ” “What is it—a hotel?” “No-o-o, not a hotel; it’s just a private residence. Mr. Gar, who is immensely rich, is going to live there, I believe.” A faint suspicion of a smile hovered about the mouth of the city cousin as he glanced sideways at his intelligent guide. All the Politician* There. It was during the silver and gold cam paign of 1896 than an Indiana congress man came home from a tour of speech making for Mr. McKinley, says Success. He was glad to get home to his vine-clad cottage; glad to get away from the never ending discussion of the coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. He wanted to he free from the hated question for a week at least. His 5-year-old girl, a winsome and In tolligent miss, ran to meet him. leaving her playmate at the gate. This playmate was the 4-year-old daughter of a Demo cratic neighbor, an active politician nam ed Schultz. “Oh. papa.” said the congressman's daughter, clasping his neck. "I have something dreadful to tell you!” “Why, what Is it, my dear?” he replied, tenderly patting her head. "You haven't hurt yourself, have you?” “Oh, no; it's worse than that.” "You’re mamma's all right, ain’t she?" “Yes, yes; but this Is something awful; I hate to tell you.” "But you must tell me, or I shall be frightened. There, there, don’t cry; tell me the worst at once.” The little one dried her eyes, and. bend ing to his ear. whispered, tragically: "Babe Schultz Is for silver!” — | —All the horses belonging to the Queen ere heel at the royal stud at Hampton Court Of the total number of her equine belongings there are forty-nine stabled at Buckingham palace. This number com prises nine creams, eight blacks snd thlr. tv-two bays. On every special state oc casion eight creams nre used to draw Her Majesty's carriage, while the second car ring*- In a royal procession Is drawn by six black horses, several other equipages, to each of which are attached six bays, bringing up the rear. The black quadru peds, which are also much used by the Prince of Wales, are named after various recent British battles, conquered notoile t'es. or lands, such as Vganda. Tel-el- Kebir, I.obengule. Kassasstn. The be stowal fcf these cognomens Is due to the crown equerry. Sir Henry Ewart, among whose many duties | the naming of the Queen's horses.—Tit-Bits. —"And now. children," aald the teacher, who had been talking about military fortl iicatlone, "can any of you tell me what Is a buttress?" "Please, ma'am." cried little Willie, bnapptn* his fingers, "a * a nanny goat! -Philadelphia Free* * ITEMS OF INTEREST. —A German firm is making air pipes for ventilating mines of strong sail cloth impregnated with India rubber, so as to be air and water tight. They are kept open by galvanized iron rings at intervals. —lndians are making rapid strides in the path of education. The Chickasaws have five colleges and the Creeks hare ten. The Choctaws have no colleges, but have 160 common schools in which the higher branches are taught. —Boston has opened Its free public baths. The bath trustee*- asked for an appropriation of $106,000, but got oniy $70,- 000. They decided that summer bathing Is a great public necessity, and will spend most of the money for that. —The Columbia faculty recently issued a proclamation tc stop the hazing of sub freshmen between the current morning and afternoon examinations, on the graind that it prevented a candidate from doing himself justice at the latter session. —When a British soldier 4s taken a prisoner of war he is guilty of an offense against the Queen and can be put upon trial. He must then prove that it was Impossible for him to take any other course without uselessly throwing awav his life. —Colorado has sold sixty acres of tim ber near Devil’s Head mountain, where it is estimated there are 30,000 gray squirrels, which have lived and multiplied there for years, protected by public sentiment. The squirrels will be evicted by the wood cutters. —The authorities of San Francisco have decided that after July 1, next year, no fence or billboard shall be allowed to ex ceed ten feet in hight. This extension of time was given on account of the con tracts already entered Into between bill posters and advertisers. —Doctors in Germany are increasing just four times as fast as the population, and as a consequence the medical profes sion ts becoming enormously overcrowd ed. In the past dozen years the popula tion has increased 14 per cent., but the number of doctors shows a gain of 58 per cent. —Advices from the Columbia river sal mon packing industries indicate the prob ability of a deficiency in the total pack. The scarcity of fish now in the river,is pronounced abnormal by all engaged in the spring and summer season. The one redeeming feature is the fine quality anil size of the catch. a —lt is reported that an English syndicate has invested $2,000,000 in the purchase of ten copper claims located above White Horse in the Klondike district of the Northwest territory and that a smelter of large capacity is among the possibilities of the next year there. Machinery for the development of the property is to be shipped to White Horse this summer and the deposit is to be vigorously opened up. —ln the New Hebrides human life has been made safer by the introduction of pigs into the Islands. The cannibals ore said to prefer roast pork to roast man. and as the porcine tribe Increases among the natives they may give up their feasts on human flesh altogether, excepting when something unusual happens, such as en tertaining a king of some other cannibal island or state occasion® of rare ceremony. —Wireless telegraphy is now in. regular use in the North sea by the North Ger man Lloyd line. Instruments are Install ed on Borkum lightship, and the arrival of every incoming vessel is telegraphed to Borkum Island, from which a cable car ries the message to Bremen. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which carries a transmitting instrument, can send a sig nal long before she comes into view of the lightship. —A Chicagoan who has just returned form Paria says that on most restaurants there are signs announcing "All languages spoken here.” He re marked (o the manager of one of these places: "You must have a great many in terpreters in your establishment." "Not one," was the surprising reply. "Then who speaks all the languages?" asked the Chi cagoan. "The customers,” 6aid the Frenchman, blandly. —Ghazi Mukhtar Pasha. Ottoman High Commissioner in Egypt, has made a report to the Porte calling attention to serious evils in the internal administration of the Ottoman empire and urging various re forms. including liberty of the press, ap pointment to offices by merit, the creation of a council of notables with control of the finances, independent tribunals and the abolition*of the palace veto on the deci sions of the Council of Ministers. —The facetiousness of the miner and the trapper has left its impress upon the no menclature of the state of Washington. Names abound like Jump-ofT Joe. Hell-tov Pay (since changed to Elcopia), Raw Dog, Yaller Dog, Starveout, Hardscrabble, Keno, Long Tom. Saddle and Bake Oven. A Columbia river town in Eastern Oregon was long known at Alkali. When it be gan to take on refined airs it had the Leg islature dignify it with the high-sounding' name of Arlington. —One of the interesting pieces of appa ratus recently shown at the Royal Society soiree at London was a clock which was controlled from a distance by means of wireless telegraphy. The signals were transmitted by Herlz waves, and there was a short vert cal wire, a coherer, re lay and local battery, which worked the mechanism of the c!ock. It was stated that with the use of a standard pendulum and this apparatus all the clocks in town would be kept al k: without the use of wires. —M. Letorey, a French architect, has applied the captive balloon to the cl ail ing or decorating of cupolas, high roofs, towers and monuments. T,he balloon ran be raised or lowered from a wagon by a windlass and It can be steadied by stays from the side of th? envelope. It has two platforms or ' nacelles," one on the top, the other underneath, and these commun icate by a ladder up a central tube. The "balloon scaffold,” as It Is called, might be useful and safe In many operations such as now require steeple jacks. —A young man who was hunting recent ly in the Alleghenl’S, near lied Oak Knob, Va.. shot a large bald eagle. The bird measured 7 feet 2 inches across the wings When the huntir went to examine the prize he was astonlahid to And ore of the eagle’s claws held firmly In t p merful steel trap, to which was attached a stel chain live feet long. Trap and chain had marks of vicious blows from the eagle's beak, showing how he had valniv endeav ored to free hims if from them They had not Interfered with his flight, however. —lt has been calculated that, at zero centigrade and atmospheric pressure, the number of molecules In a cubic centime ter of the gas produced by the explosion of the modern powders is something over seven trillions. (A cubic centimeter is about one-seventh of a cubic inch). 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