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0* ,rn*'' o; r ? V\a: _ i > ' ' l •> ' V ' - : ' v. - ; i \\ II , I " p- m OIK' on' • p- ‘ : i . ■! i ' ' ; . I l! ! N. lied n the i • •a tic hoi.t i - I'll l . : ■ ; I r i i ■ : ! . i I l' * ih tio if n. for nty. ■ gill of • Hh- Ii; I I :i-i P r •- • ! : 1 ur- i ' ■ ; i ‘ 1 . * 1 ' ■■ M i and • 1 p • ' ;r --1 ■ ■ all ■ ■ the gold coast trocble. \MllrockK Promises to Relieve Kn ■iiukml l,v July 15. London, July s.—The Under Secretary 0 f st;iie for the Colonies announced in i,e House of Lords to-day that the Gov ernor of the Gold Coast Colony, Sir Fred t.rjt-k Mitchell Hodgson, with m native soldiers, commanded by Maj. Morris, left Kumassi June 23. He added that Capt. Bishop and 100 native soldiers remained oere with rations sufficient to last until July 10. Col. Willcocks promises to per sonally relieve Kumassi by that date un der any circumstances. The news came in a dispatch from Col. Willcocks, dated Fumsu, July 4, which adds: -Burroughs, with 400 native soldiers, ar rived at Dompossi July 1. The enemy w completely surprised and evacuated the stockades. Burroughs captured forty cun s and ammunition and killed thirty of the enemy.” BRITISH PATROL CAI’TI’RED. Boer* Make Prisoner* of Lieut, ft it ud I e and Hl* Guard. London, July 5. Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria, under date of July 5, that Lieut. Bundle of the Carbineers and a patrol were captured by the Boers near Pretoria July 4. He also says trains are running to GJreylingstad from Natal; that several re spectable Boers have Surrendered recent ly, that a soldiers’ home has been opened t Heidelberg, the izhabitants subscrib ing the initial expenses, and that a total of 2,631 stands of arms have been deliv ered to Gen. Barton at Klerksdorp, Kru y. rsdorp and Potehefstroom, all in the Transvaal. (LEHY A \l> H ART JOIN II A\ DS. They %re in tin* Trauurnal and Met Little t>||M>Ni l lon. London. July s.—The war office has re ceived the following dispatch from Gen. Buffer: “Standerton. July s.—Clery, from Grey lingstad, joined hands yesterday at Zui kersbosch Hand river with Hart, from Heidelberg, all in the Transvaal. Met with but slight opposition during the march.” HI TV l\ THE PHILIPPINES. biggin* Goe* There to E*tallili Civil Service. Washington, July s.—At the request of the Philippine Commission, through the Secretary of War, F. M. Higgins, h.tirman of the Central Board of Exam iners of the United States Civil Service Commission, has been assigned to duty in the Philippines. This assignment is made to establish civil service examination to test i he fitness of applicants in the trans it • of the (Philippine government from the military to a civil basis. .Mr. Higgins will stop at Hawaii on his way to the Philippines to organize a board of c'ivii service examiners and establish civil service examinations in that island. By direction of the President, the offi cers and employes under the treasury de partment in Porto Rico and Hawaii have been included within the provisions of the civil service law and rules. THEV OBJECT TO KEANE. He Hesitate* About \eceptinj? the Mee of Dubuque. Washington, July s.—lt is understood th.it Archbishop Keane of the Catholic University here hesitates about accepting the government of the metropolitan see of Dubuque, owing to the bitter opposi tion which the German clergy of lowa arc making against Ids appointment. Dr. Keane’s opponents have importuned the Pope personally to preconize Father Car roll. a seminary professor, who has spent his ministry in the West and is accepta ble. they say, to all the lowa clergy. There was a rumor afloat to-day that he has been summoned to Rome by the Pope for consultation. STRUCK OIL TANKS. Ligtnlng Started n LVnrful Fir-* r* Constable Hook. New Y’ork. July 3.—Nearly $2,500,000 dam age has already been done, and a num ber of persons have been severely burned by a fire that was started by u stroke of lightning in the works of the Standard Oil Company at Constable Hook, near Bayonne, N. J., early this morning. Twenty-one large oil tanks and several buildings have been utterly destroyed, and the contents of twenty-one huge oil inks are still burning in n sea of flame cover ing over a hundred acres. The the, how ever, is practically under control. — | APPOINTED TO THE POINT. t Georgian nml Too Floridian* Will He ( inlet* nt the Academy. Washington, July 3 Cadets for West Point have been appointed as follows: William C. Fite, Cartersville, Ga.; Carl H. Jernagan, Milton. Fla., and Andrew F. Gejrge, alternate, St. Augustine, Fa. To Meet nt Indianapolis. Indianapolis, July 3.—The Executive Committee of the American Anti-Impe rialistic League has sent notification to this city that the lirst national conven tion of that organization will he held lu re, Aug. 15 and 10. Brooklyn at Nimnsjikl. Washington. July s.—News of the ar rival of the Brooklyn at Nagasaki, Jap.in, with Admiral P.emey. was received by the Secretary of the Navy to-night. The Brooklyn in on her way to Taku. Spooner AVon’t Itnn. Milwaukee. Wis., July s.—Senator J. Spooner, who is serving his second term as United States senator, will announce tomorrow his decision net to be a candi date for re-election. ChicknintiN Won. Memphis, Tenn.. July s.—The Chicka saw* again defeated the University of the .South to-day in a well played game. Score: Chickasaw*, 7; Sewaoee, 3. Negro Roy Lynched. Albany, Ga., July s.—John Roe, an IS year-old negro, was lynched near Colum bia, Ala., to-day for an attempted assault. His hotly wag shot lo pieces. —An enormous phosphorescent crab, It is reported, was recently captured in one of the nets of the Zoological Society of Calcutta. The animal, which was caught in deep water, measured 62 centimeters (2 feet) In diameter, Its longest claws be ing over two feet. It proved to be an Ir ritable and extremely voracious creature, and when placed in a large tank contain ing about fifty other crustaceans nnd a number of fish immediatejy went to work and in about two hours hud oaten up the lot. As soon as it became dark the crab was seen to be surrounded by a mass of white phosphorescent The animal Is now in the aquarium at Calcutta. —A Decided Bargain.—“l should like to set a patent on this Improved wedding ring.” said the Chicago inventor as he entered the patent office in Washington. "Anything novel about it?” Inquired one of the examiners. "Yes, iir." replied the Chicago invent ”U Is adjustable.'*—Harper's BazaA SOME CHINESE ANECDOTES. Stories Illiifttrating nml Explaining Chinene C haracter and Rahil*. From the London Glebe. The average Briion can n ver under stand why the Col n al and American fear the Chinese. Yd it is int lligihe enough evtn at this distance from the Pacific. Ihe Jew is not exactly popular on the continent, neither is the Aberdonian any where. A Chinese as a trader "is a Jew l lus an Armenian plus a Greek plus a Down-East Yankee;” or. io put it short- J.v, he has the commercial instinct more highly developed than any other race. , The main cause of the dislike with which |he is regarded is therefore patent. His I shiewdneys is as remarkable as his row ers of observation. A good story in this connection is told by l>r. Morrison, the P< kin correspondent of the Times, whose i telegrams on the Chinese crisis a year | cr two ago used to send cold shivers down the backs of her majesty’s niinis j ters. because they were always at lease a day ahiad of offlc al communications He was trave ing a= a Chines? u > the Yangtze on a river beat. "The smart ch ef | officer came for ray fare. and.as I thought, charg-d me too little. I expressed my suri rise, and said that l boli;v and he fare was $7 “So i i<.“ he r pli- and. ‘but we only charge missionaries $5. and l knew you were a missionary even before you told mo.’ ” This was British aeutene s. A little while before Dr. Morrison, who is as little lrke a missionary as may be, tra veled from Shanghai to Tien Tsin. also in Chinese dress. “Th ■ conversation was ! short, sharp, and emphatic. The Chine e compradore on the boat looked at me ; s archingly. What pidgin belong you?' he asked, meaning, ‘What is your business? To try him, humbly I answered, ‘My be long Jesus Christ pidgin'—that is T am a missionary;’ to which he instantly and with some scorn replied ‘No dam fear!' ” This was Chinese acuteness. So consc'ous is the Celestial of his own commercial ah lity that thirty years ago a Pekin of ficial said to an American traveler: “Eng lishman and Melican man come here rnakee big pidgin; bimeby long come Ger | man man; some time you rnakee s-e Chi nese eatee everything up”—a prediction which is being fulfilled everywhere in the Far East and the Archipelago. The Chinese are not so much law-nbid ing as law-evading. They never know anything they do not wish to know, and none can be denser than they when they choose. Not so long ago a Chinese was summoned to a Melbourne E J oiice Court for being in possession of a tenement unfit tor human habitation. The case was clearly proved, and he was lined £l. But in no way could he be made to under stand that a tine had been inflicted. He sat in his place as imperturbable and ex pressionless as only the almond-eyed can sit. and all that the court could get out of him was, “M.v no savvy, no savvy.” After saying this in a tone of hopeless resignation, he relapsed Into stolidity. Hereupon rose well known lawyer. “With your worship's permission,” he said, “I think I can make the Chinaman understand.” He was permitted to try. Striding up to the poor Celestial, he shouted to him. “John, you are two pounds!” ‘‘No dam fear!" cried the Aslan mystery, with an Indescribable expression. “Clhly one!” The word “dam.” so fre quently used by the Chinese, is a legacy of the days when hard swearing was a more fashionable Western accomplishment than it is now. They use it without the slightest idea what it means. For iiv j stances, a Chinese cook in Sydney, when applying for a situation, concluded a long list of qualifications by the startling an ! r.ouneement: “My Clistian- man, mum; my eat beef; my say goddam.” Dr. Mor rison say® his "Laoban could say in Eng lish, or pidgin, ‘chow, sit down, all right, one piecee. and goddam.' This last exotic he had been led to consider as synony mous with very good.” The passive resistance of the Chinese is as remarkable in the govrenment as in the individual. During the reign of one of the greatest of their rulers, who died in 1723. the patriotic pirate Koxinga rav aged the coasts of Kwang-tung and Fu kien, and proved so strong that the im perial junks w’ere unable to cope with him. In these circumstances the Emperor* hit upon the happy expedient of ordering all the people inhabiting the southern sea board to retire inland nine miles. This extraordinary command was not only obeyed, but it answered its purpose. Koxinga. baffled in bis plans, contented himself with driving the Dutch out of Formosa, and was eventually ennobled under the title of the “Seaquetling Duke,” by which means he was transformed in to a peaceable and law-abiding subject. The author of the “Middle Kingdom,” commenting on this incident, says that a power strong enough to compel an enormous population to leave their vil lages and towns ought to have been strong enough to equip a fleet and crush the pirates. Only that the results of just such topsy-turvy methods of gov ernment are the latest news from the East, the whole story might be regarded as a myth. Most of the policemen In Australia are Irishmen, whose genius for humorous blundering loses nothing cf its quality un der the Southern Cross. Here is an in stance. Many Chinese names are remin iscent of a burlesque, and are, probably, merely barbarian caricatures of the origi nals. Of these Foug Fat Ah Su, and Ah Foo are the most common. A newly-ap pointed crier in a county court was or dered by tlie judge, in a case in which a Chinese was a witness to call for Ah Song. The son of Erin looked puzzled, and darted a look at the bench to try and dis cover if Jhis was a colonial joke, but su ing the judge as grave as an undertaker, he turned to the audience and blandly in quired, “Ginllemen. will any of you fa vor his honor with a song?” In anofh* r court anew repres ruadve of the majesty of the law was ordered by the magistrate to go in search of th- official interpreter, whose name was Ah Hat. *’< onstable, go for Ah Kat.” “Yes, your worship. Is it a tom-cat vour worship wishes for?” There is a town in New Zealand so Scottish It might 1> situated in Scotland. Some tune ; go the City Council decided to under;ake a public work in connection with a re clamation, and invited tenders. The one they accented was sent in by a contrac tor named Macphearson, who was not un known to any bod > pros, nt. On expressing a < esire to see him, a < hinese appeared, and, being asked why he had come, an swered: "Me Macphourson, your honor. Utter collapse of the City Fath.ua, rADEKEWSKI'S SECRET. 111, i,e of Worm VVnter In the Mnn ufneture of Musical >'•**• From London Tit-BI a. How any great ptanofore player keeps his hands supple ha* often been a matter of wonder, but M. Paderewski, the king of pianists, has revealed the whole se cret. "The night before 1 play I turn my hands over to my valet, and lie rub* my liners until they tingle," declares Al. Paderewski. "Then lie takes one linger after the other and turns nnd twists ii In the palm of his hand, always turning the one wav. That makes Hie Angers supple, and keeps the knuckles In Rood working order l-ast he rubs the palm of each hand very hard— as hard ns 1 can stand It .lust before i go on the platform to play I have a busin of hot water brought to my dressing room. In this I immerse my hands. Hot! sfiou'.d say so; Just about ns hot as it is possible for a man to stand it.” ' • —“Does it pay to advertise?” "Does !l? Why, the Rev. Splicer doubled his income In two years hv Judicious advertising."— Life. J , —Friend—The doctors don t seem to be able to do anything for you?? Dyspeptic (gloomily)—No; i guess 1 need a constitu tional amendment.-Puck. PACK TRAIN IN LUZON. ONE I ENTIRE OF THE SERVICE OVER IN THE EAST. Those N\ ho Tend lo the Mule* in the \rm> in the Pli 11ppi ne*—The > Are the R*rle*t Toller* in the Pay ol l nele Sam. F.iropt the Muir* Themwelx e*—No Lo*e Lo*t Rrturen the I’aekt‘r* nnd the Soldier*. Mo*t of the I'aeker* Have Also R*eu Soldier*, und Some lltt\e Seen Hard Serxlee on the Plain* in the \\ out—Some iln\e Been Miner*. The Dili Made by Mule* for Water anil Eora#te. Letter in Kansas City Star. Slowly starving infantry, parts of two volunteer battalions, were sprawled about in the dusty moonlit plaza of Alphonso that night. A 6mall group of fagged atul famished war scribes were among them, and these men commented serious ly upon the ugly and thankless proposi tion w hich life is. Now and then a com missioned officer swore loudly at his men, alternately calling them bloodthirsty dev ils and nerve-shattered young ladies. The enlisted men cursed back in half-audible growls. In the eir was that queer mur muring undertone which can always be heard in the midst of American troojKs jus* after a bloody brush with the “nig gers.” And straight above the foul and ancient town a hot, white midnight moon stared down tauntingly. Never to he for gotten is that last January night at Al phonso, way down in one of the lower provinces of Luzon. March a battalion from dawn to dark for ten rainless days; feed it at rare and irregular intervals upon bacon and hard tack. charge it upon live, smoking rebel trenches once or twice every twenty-four hours, and on the tenth day keep up the programme, except for the bacon and hardtack—then look at the battal ion, if you are interested at all in devil ish inood.i of the causes of crime. You will understand then the necessity of a p* edition hereafter and the likelihood of its being crowded. ) The service in Luzon teaches that It is n place of fathomless mud during ihe mins, and of terrorizing heat when the rains are not. It also teaches a man to truly sweat and to look at tragedy with out squinting. But more and most of all in Luzon a man learns, too, what a gaunt, helpless animal he is—learns it from the hitting lesson which a craving stomach teaches. And this Is a lesson which kills pride, thoughts nnd dreams of homo. * * * The men in the plaza of dirty Alphonso learned this lesson that day,and that night it was impressed upon them. Suddenly the sentry on duty at the north end of the town shouted. The men in the plaza jumped to their feet and listened. Then faint and far off could bo heard the tinkle of the pack train’s bellmare. The rations were com ing! Never in profane history of the world did such a yell ascend ns from the plaza of Alphonso. The nearest thing to me was a vicious,sun-cured pony which had jolted me shabbily for ten hours that clay. I hugged the pony, and the ugly beast, bereft of all tine sentiments, kicked in he front of a bamboo shack, to which I had tethered him. The soldiers slapped each other facetiously and were men with human hearts once more. Feed a dog if you would have him follow you, for there is something of the man in him. Not long after that there, pounded into •the plaza a train of the hardest toilers, man and beast, in Uncle Sam’s pay. They wore marvelous to look at—gaunt, shag gy, unkillabie mules, each standing up under 200-odd pounds of government straights—a dozen tanned, haggard and ju-t as unkillable packers, handling the big train with an intense but whispered profanity, for the day and the trail and the miles had killed the voices in their throats. I’noker* nml Soldier*. The mules pushed the soldiers out of the plaza, swung into line and smelled the necks of their neighbors, at the same time wiping clear the foam from their mouths. There seemed to be passing through the herd now a general Inquiry as to how each other had fared through the prolonged hellishness of the hvke. Meanwhile the packers, assisted by spirit willing, but nevertheless guttural, pro fanity. unloaded and unclnched; and the pile of provisions grew hard in the plaza. The soldiers crowded near, and one un wise one spoiled the whole system by get ting into the boss packer’s way. “Get back, you and n Infants. You’ve grubbed twice since we have.” The voice of the pack train’s chief would have been a roar naturally, hut its strength had gone from him this night. With towering irony he finished: ‘‘Mamma’ll have dtn nev for babies in a litey while.” Honestly the love bonds which exist be tween packers and infantrymen would be easily severed. And this is strange, too. for few are the packers who have not “soldiered” at oue time in Uncle Bam' service. Asa matter of fact, what hove these strong, strange, rough men not done at one time in their lives? Old Dad wi.l tell you of the days in Uncle Sam’ cavalry when it was the brawn of arm and the granite of one’s fists which beat its way into the superiority of the non com’s stripes—the days when the troop ers hunted Geronimo and the Apache Kid rode long, lived hard and shot true. Scar Face, the greaser, will tell you how lie smuggled gallons of Mexican rnezeal across the Rio Grande, when nobody was watching but the man in the moon, and about the wads of money he made out of the white soldiers on pay day*. Dirty Ike. the cook of the train, went wffth Reno when the squadrons of the unlucky Seventh Horse separated! to corral Sitting Bull in th** seventies. Dirty Ike will tell you how he helped to bury the dead of Custer's command in the circling shadows of vulturcd wings, nnd how the dead, men looked ’way out in Montana that hot j lin e day. Brooken Foot Bill, my beta of friends in pack train 13. will toil you how lie hit an iceberg while rounding (’ape Horn in a whaler, and lost his per sonal profits of three years’ toil—slo.oo* worth of sperm oil. He tells of dealing faro in the black reek of crtm<* of Fort Said, on the Suez. Ah, the Broken Foot has been u wanderer. Yes, in a pack train you will see men whose natures have led them in all the dark places on the surface of the earth. They 'have found gold pickings in some of these place*, they will tell you. and vil lainous whisky in all. In the desirable things of civilization—in the soft wiles of fair women, they are as •little children; but if you are a white man. and need a fri. nd. a dollar, a square meal, or all three.' these, packers will growl at you, give it to you. and tell you to come again. And you who would write hooks, procure a jug of good whisky if possible, hut whis ky nt all events, strike a packers’ camp at night, when the mules are quiet over their forage, and you will hear tab* whin the color of till lands and the hearts of I mat • | And do not forge; to tuke the Jug out to the lonely fellow whose trick it Is to guard the herd that night, for he will not forget you if you fall to remember him. But I was writing it out that night at Alphonso. As each paakage was removed Bom the back of ft mule the sweating ani mal moved out of line, shook himself with many satisfied grunts, and then sank d>wn noisily upon the turf of the plaza to scratch his numb and itching back in the only way he knew. This process was performed with many more grunts of In tense pleasure, and even after the killing day under the packs, there was a general coltish kicking in the herd when- the ro’l ing was over. After rolling the mules gathered together about the bellmare ond raised their voices in mighty magnitude to the moon, demanding the waror and for age for which they had worked hard all day. Oh, the din of that midnight cho rus! One would think that a big chain of mountains were dying with sins unfor given. And rhe bellmare in the midst of her noisy adorers, kept up a coquettish and incessant kicking and biting. This is why she is loved so and sought after, the packers will tell you. The Lnd> of the Herd. This tody of the herd is very important, and her knowledge of the fact is appar ent. She must have the temper of a Jez ebel and the icy soul of a Filipino female to hold her ascendency. Should she warm a liitlc toward some great shaggy head which bends rear her adoringly. there would be a scandal in rhe herd, and the bellmare and her favored one would be kicked out of the business promptly. But so long as she kicks and squeals impar tially toward all. the great siupkl burden bearers follow whither tshc leads. “Beat a woman." observe the packers, with the large wisdom of aingle men, and exiles from things feminine, "if you would have her love you.” These men achieve such heights of wisdom because they know mules and bellmares. The lady of the herd carries no loads. The packer in the advance leads her, and by virtue of her heartlessaes* she keep* the whole herd in her train. If it were not for her the puckers could not keep the mules Together, for their beads are free from halter or bride when on the trail. A bell is strapped about her neck, and in the dark the mules of a train fol low the sound and are satisfied. Where the bell is there is also peace In the herd; when the bell is silent the mules under take to learn the reason, and in frenzied search they cover vast tracks of territory in all directions, which is naturally both ersome for the packers. My head was full of the marvel of all these things that flight in Alphonso. 1 saw one of the big beasts in a careless fit of affection place his head too near the heels of the belle. She used her heel as usual, and landed heavily. For a second the mule was blinded, staggered, then (oh. the shame, the crime of It!) he forgot himself and kicked back t the lady! I believe he was bruised for life by the rest, before he got out of the herd. Tiny (ires dotted the outskirts of the plaza now, and the glorious smell of bacon and hardtacks was in the air; it was h glorious smell, but it maddened me. L was quite a stranger to the infantrv bat talions. having hyked for the first time with them that day. And I had no ii tions! You who have never been in similar condition are wholly strangers to the keen, ragged edge of the word suf fering. Suddenly a brilliant thought came to me. 1 went over to the cook of the pack train, who had a big fire started. "Please, sir,” 1 said eagerly, “can 1 get you another pail of water?” He sized mo up for . moment, feeling the edge of a butcher knife. Then he kicked an empty bucket In my direction and said: “Bust yourself.” I returned with the water and became very busy poking the tire, washing ihe coffee pot nnd keeping out of the cook's way. Suddenly he seemed to warm to me. “Who in hell are you?” he asked kind ly. I explained briefly, and added, deem ing it wise to be honest, that I had lost a pony the day before; that I didn’t know the infantry outfit in the town; that I was hungrier than the she-wolf of the Scriptures. In conclusion I asked hastily. “Will I get Home water?” The little iflres of the soldiers were embers now. nd beside them (he men from the states were lying in the moon light. rapturously rolling about in that big and general sympathy which is ?n adjunct of tobacco and strmg coffee. At last the packers came in from the mules. The animals had been watered and fed. and only the herd guard was left with them now. “Come and get it while it’s hot, you sav ages.” ordered the cook. Then he male mo swell up until I was giddy by obsei v ing: “Here’s an extra mess tin. if you haven't got one.” And by way of introduction, he concluded: “Fellers, this is one of them short-handed guys a* writes for the papers. He lost his mount and is out of grub. The only good thing about him 1 know is that he isn’t one of them and and soldiers.” * Old Dad. Scar Face nnd Broken Foot. Then I met Old Dad and Scar Face and Brooken Foot. They made a man out of me with coffee and bacon, and treated me as if I hod been otie always, and they told me wonderful tales which I have yet to repeat. Ah, that was a marvelous night in the moonlight at dirty Alphonso! When most of the fellows were drowsy Broken Foot Bill went to the herd to take his trick at the guard. I went with him. Listen to the words Broken Foot said to me that night and you will see his big heart: “See that big roan brute with a hole in his side?” he asked. “Well, that’s Mankiller, the. dead ringer for old .Moon Eye, who killed hisself to-day.” 1 began to see rare possibilities in the coming story. “Don’t go near that brute; he’s wicked. Besides, that hole in his side is rotlen and smells bad.” I could see the ugly wound in Ihe moon light. The pack saddle had started the hole, and the heat maggot of the tropics bad done the rest and made it incurable. Often the Mankiller would turn his gaunt head and bile at the wound, which loft it in shreds. Broken Foot went on. “Old Moon Eye was the shape of that brute, only be was a gentleman. He had a hole in his side like that. We haven't packed him for <hrec* days. This morn ing he was stiff and couldn’t follow. He lost hisself from the herd about noon, and 1 saw him way up on the top of a cliff. He wa* a pet of mine, and I called to him. His front feet were right on the edge. He looked at me kind of sor rowful, and then pushed hisself over. He’s a-lavin’ out there now in one of them canyons, ’bout ten miles from here. I—liked—old—Moon Eye—decent—feller.” An hour afterward we were .still stand ing together watching the herd, Broken Foot and T. He seemed to wont to say something more, and so I waited. At last it esme. “Say. I’ve got an old mother back In 3t Louis. I send her something every pay day, hut I hain’t heard from her in six months. Will you find out about her and write me when you get back. Kid?—Broken Foot Bill Burdsell—Pack Train Thirteen." I promised.and after that there wus no sound in plaza save the crunching of the mules at their forage and antoccosional coquettish wqueal from the bellmare. And the moon swung over the northeast and hung low and waited for the dawn. And the next morning I started to hyke with the pack train, ard during the next eight days I learned to be proud of my strong new friends In Train Thirteen. And 1 saw wondefui things watching Gen. Srhwan's big camfwign in the lower prov inces of Luzon—from the back of the bellmare. —Prof. Metschnikoff of the Pasteur In stitute in Paris has Just made a com munication to ihe Academy of Medicine which shows ihat his discovery of a prin ciple whereby the organs of the human body may be rejuvenated has taken n step forward. A lymph prepared by Prof. Metschnikoff has been employed in cer tain cases of leprosy treated at the insti tute and so relieved the patients that they begged for a continuation of the treatment. Prof. Metschnikoff does not. however, think his serum possesses all the specific qualities requisite. At the mhme time the experiments proved that the red globules of the blood were re generated. greatly to the advantage of the leper*, and this result In the case of an implacable malady authorizes the greatest hopes for the future. Bitter warfare Is being wager] by sev eral hading Republican papers of Ohio against George B. Uox. the <Cincinnati po litical boss, who is now Ohio member of the Republican National Committer*. One of the Journal* rails him “the pest of Cincinnati, the bartender whom Hanna, Foraker and Nash delight to honor.” REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Savannah Bank and Trust Company, Located at Savannah, Ga., at the close of business June 30, 1900. RESOURCES. Loan? and discounts. $1,080,983 21 Demand loans secured 402,230 23 Overdrafts secured. $77 34 77 34 Bonds, stocks, etc., owned by the bank SI.oSS 41 Banking house, $55,000; furni ture and fixtures, $2.292.68 57.29*2 68 Other real estate ll.tXXa 00 Due front bunks and bankers in this state 10.440 71 Due from banks and b.mkc: not in this state "... 108.410 32 •CASH— Currency $81.98*2 00 (■old 5.115 00 Silver, nickels and pennies lO.fdl 05 Uncollected checks and cash Items 537 54 Due by the clear ing house 26,526 5S— 124,725 17 Revenue stamp account 552 22 Total $1,850,297 29 STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM. Before me came \V F. Mc- CADLEY. Cashier of Savannah Bank and Trust Company, who being duly 9worn, says that the above and foregoing Matement is a true condition of said bunk, as shown by the books of file. In said bank. \V. F. McCAULEY. Sworn and subscribed to before me this sth <i.*\ of July . 1900. D. C. CARSON, Notary Public, Chatham county, Georgia. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE GERMANIA HANK, leafed at Savannah, Ga . at the close of busings June 30, 1900. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 749.895 06 Demand loans secured 210.315 92 Overdrafts secured 3,153 90 Bonds, stocks. etc., owned by bank 60,120 2* Furniture and fixture 5,375 (R) Other real estate 14,014 0) Due from banks and bankers in this state 9,873 64 Due from hanks and hankers not in this state 59,2.'5 30 Cash- Currency $64,255 00 Gold * 5,685 00 Silver, nickels and pennies 15,180 89 Uncollected clicks and cash items 531 89 Duo by tlie clearing house 2,499 25—$ 87,952 03 Total $1,229,975 10 STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CHATHAM Before me came John M. Hogan, cashier of The Germania Bank. who. being duly sworn, says that ths above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank. JOHN M. HOG*AN. Sworn and subscribed to before me, tiffs sth day of July. 1990. \V. U HOGAN. Notary Public Chatham County, Ga. Will SlfClClßf, P " Smcf '' : n retain. STRAW MATTINGS. We have put on eale all remnants, an<J will sell same at less than cost tor cash only. Our regular line has .use had .’OO rolls added to tt. Awnings and Mosquito Nets Should b<what you want just now. Iron Beds and Perfection Mattresses Are a great specialty with ius. Read’s Odorless Refrigerators Are what the name Implies. The only one that you can get a written guarantee with. Baby Carriages and Go-Carts In a very large variety, $4.00 and up. The Puritan Blue Flame Stove, As advertised by the Standard Oil Company, is on e?aie at our store, and it is a dandy. Come and see it and you will buy it. WfUNDsmtoMm FIRE PROOF SAFES. We carry the only line of Fire Proof Safes that are for sale in the State. We have a stock of all sizes and a visit to our establishment is cordially invited. To be prepared in time of peace is our motto. Get a good Fire Proof Safe and vou will never regret the invest ment. Do not buy a second-hand safe unless you know it has never been in a fire. We will sell you Iron Safes as low as the factory will, with freight added. LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Wholesale Druggists and Wholesale Agents Fire Proof Safes. MKVOLVI.VO T 1 HIU.T’S J\VK VI'OII. t’rlcs.o,, (Jot (1,,* tredit for Work Done ly Hr. T. 11. Tlinl,,. From the New Yotk Times. The Patriotic League of Brooklyn atul 11? friends met at the house of Mrs. Vir ginia Chandler of Ti comb, its prea dent, 101 Lafayette avenue, last evening to hon or Dr. Theodore B. Ttmby, the Inventor of the revolving turret first used tin tin famous Monitor during the Civil War. In the glory heaped upon Ericsson, Dr. ftm by’s service has been larg- ly forgotten, even the school hooks and histories i.ly ing the famous Swede Ihe entire ereutt for the Invention of the Monitor, an I In the Inter, si of truth as well as to honor an able mail the leagu< called a si-eel ii meeting to introduce Dr. Tirnby and pre sent his claims. A r solution was proposed l y Mrs. Tlt comli and seconded by (Ini. Benjamin F. Tracy to Instigate a movement to "cor rect a universally popular < rror," and to at |>eal to Congress to grant Dr. flmby some "substantial recognition of his r. r vlce In lime of need.” The resolution was adopted by a unanimous vo e. Dr. T-mby Is now 78 years old, an erect, fine-looking man, with a. smooth I fee. a somewhat stern expression an 1 white hair. He was not nrfsenl al the opening of the meeting when Mrs. Tltcomb gave an account of his work, and the filing of a caveat In the patent office In Washing ton In 1*43. She also read many letters from prominent m< n In public life, speak trig of his Invention, and a copy of the • *aveat. with a litter from the natinf i f -11,0, dated 1881. stating, at his rupt si. that fitch a caveat had been Hied by him Mr, Tltcomb stated that in a score of mor; of htdorle* and schoolbooks Erics son was mentioned a., the Inventor of the LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $ 350.000 to Surplus fund 25,000 09 Undivided profits not carried to surplus 36.097 43 Due to bank* and bankers in State 65 757 02 Due to banks and bankets not in this stare 116.162 (89 Due unpaid dividend-' 10,779 00 Individual deposits, subje i to k . ’ V No md I ed 250,000 0* Total $1,850,297 29 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. $ 200.000 00 Undivided profits not carried lo surplus . 63,354 35 Due to banka arid hankers In th s state 128 72 Due tn tranks and bankers rot in th s slate 8 922 97 Due unouid r.ivideijds 6,432 00 Individual Deposits, viz.— Subject to duck $923,739 81 'lime certificates 26 o'o 0> Certified i hecks .. 1,397’25 $ 961.1*7 <6 Total $1,229,975 10 Monitor, and only In one book was Dr. T Imhy’s m.nie given ~v, n incidentally. Dr. Timby told of his lirst view of Cas tle Williams, in New York harbor, which suggested to him the idea of the revolving turret, and of th, exhibition ttf his first t x (tensive model In the (Sovernor’s room In the City Hall in 184! to President John Tyler and his suite. He told of the s>,tf,o royalty which had been paid to him for each of tin- three vessels, of which the Monitor was one, on which the turret was lirst used. He said that tie thought Eri.-n --sou u.td tio Idea of taking any credit from him, and that lie had been one of the lirst men to propose a monument to the Swedish Inventor. "The glory of the work went to the man who built the whole," said Gen. Tracy, speaking informally, atfd the other was forgotten, (if course-, live turret was not the wolile tiling. The Monitor had other features which were valuable. The lur rel was Ihe only part of the ship which afforded a mark lo the enemy. The low freeboard—l4 Inches altove the water—ls a great feature of a warship, although that w-as 100 low. Our battleships now are mm It lower titan those of Kurope. The Monitor had a poor gun platform, ami was a l>oor seagoing ship. There is no doubt that Dr. Timby was Ihe real Inventor of the turret, nisi the effort of the league to make known his work Is most praise worthy." In answer to a ouestion by John B. Pope ns to why Dr. Timby had never presented his claim as an Inventor in all these years, he replied; "Yes, there is reason. It Is my make up. I couldn't do It. 1 suppose I have made more mistakes In my life than any man of my age." Dr. Timby hsd made much money with different Invention**, but he spent It lit his work until ho Is now a poor man. The Patrlotl 1-eugue will take steps at its next meeting to do something practical with the resolution passed las evening.