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INDEX 10 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Notices—Single Lot or a Black,
C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer; Floral De
signs, George Wagner; Fruits. Vegeta
bles. Groceries, Drayton Grocery Com
pany; Smoomuskeet ant Melderma, Solo
mons Cos.; John Funk, City Market;
Levan’s Table d'Hote; At Joyce's; At
Gardner’s; The National Mattress and
Renovator Company.
Business Notices—The Ticket, Hunter *
Van Keuren, Jewelers; Peaches To-day,
the S. W. Branch Company.
Corsets—Thomson’s Glove-Fitting Cor
sets.
Hosiery and Underwear—At the Bee
Hive.
Imported Delicacies—At Munster’s.
Grape-Nut Food and Postum Coffee—
Postum Cereal Company.
Financial—Report of Condition of the
Chatham Bank,
Educational—Elizabeth College, Char
lotte, N. C.
Legal Notices—Notice to Debtors and
Creditors, Estate London H. Houston, De
ceased.
Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots.
Steamship Schedule—Ocean Steamship
Company.
Salt—The Favorite Table Salt.
Mineral Water—Apollinaris.
Medical—Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills;
Hood’s Sarsaparilla; Woman's Friend;
Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
Cheap' Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost: Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Heather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
continued warm and partly cloudy weath
er. with light to fresh westerly winds; and
for Eastern Florida generally fair weath
er, with light to fresh southeasterly winds.
The scientist who says that no satisfac
tory determination has been made of the
reason why people wink probably never
patronized a soda fountain In a prohibi- ;
tlon town.
In Delaware a young man committed
suicide because a fortune-telier. who had
“cast his horoscope," predicted for him a
gloomy future. The future of tho fortune- '
teller ought to be made as gloomy as the j
inside of a jail cell.
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Church property is exempt from taxa
tion in Kansas. At Chlpman a preacher
refuses to pay taxes on his dog, on the
ground that th dog watches faithfully
about the sanctuary and therefore is
church property and exempt from taxa
tion.
When McKinley was nominated at Phil
adelphia the demonstration lasted just
ten minutes. The demonstration for Bry
an at Kansas City lasted twenty-seven
minute*. Three incidents may indicate in
comparison the affection which each par- |
ty has for its leader.
The spontaneous and persistent demon
strations for David B. Hill in the Kansas
City Convention formed a very notable
feature of’that gathering. They showed
that the New Yorker was still very pop
ular with the masses. Hill may on.'e
again be a power in national politics.
Th're sere thne candidates for the Re
publican nomination for Governor of
Michigan, all millionaires. It is alleged
that each spent SIOI,OOO in his campaign.
Republican poll lea In Michigan must be
about as profitable to the heelers as D:m
ocratic politics Is In Moniana.
The Montgomery Advertiser says a re
cent table shows that six slave states
were the birthplaces of more citizens of
Kansas than all of New England. This
is difficult to believe. If there were so
large a p*#c 'Mage of Southern blood in
Kansas, she would never have been so
cranky.
The citizens of Atlanta are sending out
handsome Invitations for the forthcoming
celebration of the thiity-sixth anniversary
of the bullies around Atlanta. The fea
tures of (he occasion will he a reunion of
the Blue and the Grey, and an old-fash
ioned barbecue in the trenches around the
city where thirty-six years ago the Blue
and the Grey met in life and death strug
gle. The occasion promises to be one of
great Interest and much genuine enjoy
ment.
The Rhode Island Supreme Court holds
that a law forbidding the giving of "trad
ing stamps” with purchases is unconsti
tutional. It Is held that the Legislature
cannot prevent a merchant from giving
prizes to his cusomers, either in person
or through an agent. Originally the mer
chant gave the prize himself, but it was
afterword* found more convenient to give
the purchaser a stamp which would be
redeemed by an agent who k<yt the prizes
THE NOMISUIS FOR VICE PRESI
DENT.
The thought of Adlal Ewing Stevenson
for the nomination for Vice President was
a happy one. It offered a way cut of w'hat
was a rather complicated, and, what
might have bee me. a troublesome situa
tion.
The Populists and Silver Republicans
were pressing the nomination of Mr.
Towne, an admirable man from some
points of view, but entirely unsuited for
the position of nominee for Vice President
on the Democratic ticket. He is a Silver
Republican in name, but a Populist in
fact. He is at the h ad of the Silver Re
publican organization, and is the nominee
of the Populists for Vice President. It
would never have done for the iremo rats
to nominate for Vice President a man
with such political affiliations. Asa mat
ter of fact Mr. Bryan represents all the
Populism with which the Democratic par
ty desires to have any connection.
The nomination of former Senator Hill
would not have been w ise. Mr. Bryan did
not want h m as an associate on the tick
et, not because he has anything person
ally against him, but because they are
not in sympathy on tlie money question.
Mr. Hill is mot a 16 to 1 man, and with
him on the ticket, Mr. Bryan would have
bef-n handicapped. He would have found it
difficult to explain why it was that a man
hostile to the 16 to 1 idea was placed on
the ticket with him. Mr. Hill realized ihat
it would not be advisable for him to be
the nominee. That was the main reason
probably why he declared that he would
not accept the nomination. His record
would not permit him to stand on a IS to
1 platform. He would have been glad to
have the nomination for President, and
during the second day of the convention
the demonstrations in his favor seemed
to indicate that if there were a fight over
the platform, and the opponents of a de
claration for silver won, he would be the
candidate for President.
The other candidates for Vice President
made no impression on the convention.
This was the situation when Mr. Steven
son w’as suggested. He was Vice President
during Mr. Cleveland's second term, and
has an excellent iecord. He is in sympa
thy with his party on all public questions
and has considerable popularity in the
West. While he will not add any great
amount of strength to the ticket he will
not be a weight upon it. He is a con
servative and safe man. and if tlie Demo
crats should be successful he would be an
admirable presiding officer in the Senate.
It is a question whether a vice presiden
tial nomination could have been made
that would have strengthened the ticket.
Mr. Bryan is practically the whole ticket,
and would have been if any other man
had been nominated for Vice President
except Mr. Hill, who, as already sated,
while he might have helped the ticket in
the East would have hurt it in the West.
GOLD STANDARD AND FAILURES.
The Republicans are in the habit of
claiming for their party credit for the
bounty of nature and the benificence of
Providence. They have pointed to $1
wheat and 8-cent cotton as an example
of what the Republican party can do for
the farming clement. Gov. Rooeeevelt of
New York, Republican candidate for Vice
President, is now in tho West, tell
ing the farmers that, with their ■ good
crops, he cannot see why there should be
any desire for a change in the govern
ment. Because a Republican government
and prosperity are co-existent, the claim
is made that tlie former is the cause of
the latter.
if the Republicans are going to take
credit to themselves for all that is good
in the situation, they must, also assume
responsibility for all that is bad. It has
been pointed out by Mr. John A. Moran,
ex-state assessor of New York and long
connected with the New York
Slate Democratic Executive Commit
tee, that the uumber of com
mercial failures since the passage of the
gold standard law "has been greater than
ever before at the same season of the
year.” The statistics of the commercial
agencies, he says, will bear out the as
sertion. Counting from the first of Jan
uary, the number of failures has been
comparatively small, but counting only
since the middle of March, the time when
the new gold standard bill became effec
tive, it will be seen that the failures were
excessively numerous.
Mr. Moran does not charge that the
gold standard is directly responsible for
the failure*. But he applies precisely the
some logic that the Republicans apply
with respect to good crops arid good prices
for them. Here, he says, you have a re
cently enacted law making gold the single
money standard. Immediately following
the enactment of that law you have a
heavy comparative increase in the num
ber of failures. Is it not more reasonable
to assert that those failures were occa
sioned by Ihat law than to claim that the
advance In the price of wheat, cotton and
other commodities following the election
of a Republican administration was occa
sioned by that election?
The simple truth of tile matter probably
Is that a number of small dealers, and
some large ones, overstocked themselvs on
the boom which began some two years
ago, and that they have been the first
victims, during the past three months, of
the reaction which about everybody has
been looking for ever since the, boom ap
proached its climax. Meanwhile, the Re
publican administration, the new gold law
and the increased failures are eo-existent.
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Should authentic news come from
China to the effect that Minister Conger,
his family, his guards and a number of
American missionaries had been butch
ered by the Boxers, it would be very dif
ficult to restrain the lighting spirit of the
United States. The murder of Minister
von Ketteler has set Ihe phlegmatic Uer
( mans afire, and the American people are
! much more emotional than the Germans.
1 Already one may hear among the young
j men expressions of a desire to volunteer
j for service In China if the Americans
there have been murdered.
The first woman who ever voted direct
ly for a Candidate for President of the
United States was Mrs, Joseph M. Cohen
of Utah, who was a member of the Kan
sas City Convention. Airs. Cohen had
been selected as an altetwete to the con
vention, but the man for whom she was
an alternate was taken side and could
not attend, so Mrs. Cohen became a full*
fledged delegate. She is described as o
handsome bruuelie. a little above medium
hl*ht, mid with splendid gray eyes and
THE MORNING NEWS; SATURDAY, JULY 7. 1900.
DOMINATED BY HH. BRYAN.
It cannot be said of Mr. B*yan that he
is lacking in backbone. He dominated
the Kansas City Convention completely
from the time it assembled until U ad
journed. If it had not been for his influ
ence there would be no specific declara
tion in the platform for silver. There is
no doubt that the great majority of the
convention believed that It would be good
polities to practically sidetrack the silver
question. According to a tabulated state
ment made by Senator Money of Missis
sippi. a member of the Platform Commit
tee, the members of that committee who
voted for the silver declaration which ap
pears in the platform, represented only 171
ofit of the 930 delegates in the convention.
They had a majority of two, however,
and so the convention ratified the action
of the committee.
The convention would not have ac
cepted the platform presented by the com
mittee if Mr. Bryan had not insisted upon
i. It was said that unless the 16-to-l
idea were clearly stated tn the platform
he would not accept the nomination. That
was a bold stand to take, but It is prob
able that he was very much in earnest
in taking it. Besides, he was pretty well
satisfied that the convention would do
what he wanted done. It had no other
andidate in view, and it would have been
a difficult matter for it to agree upon
another candidate. More than two-thirds
of its members were instructed for him
and he was the nominee of the Populist
party. He was in a position, therefore,
to take a firm stand In behalf of a dis
tinct declaration in favor of the free
coinage of silver.
There was a strong sentiment in the
convention in favor of nominating former
Senator Hill of New York for Vice Pres
ident. It is true that Mr. Hill did not
want the nomination, and had said that
he would not accept it. But it is not
certain that Jje would have refused it if
it had been offered to him with anything
like unanimity. According to the dis
patches, however, Mr. Bryan, using the
long-distance telephone, told the mana
gers of the convention that it would not
be advisable to nominate Mr. Hill. The
convention permitted itself to be domi
nated by Mr. Bryan, and Mr. Stevenson
was nominated,
Mr. Bryan knew jus* what he wanted
before the convention met and he Insisted
upon having his way. He controlled the
convention Just as completely as Mr. Han
na controlled the Philadelphia Conven
tion. And, all things considered, it is
probable that the ticket will poll a larger
vote than it would if Mr. Bryan's wishes
had been ignored. The silver declaration
will cause the party to lose some Demo
cratic votes, but It would lose a great
many more If the platform contained no
such a declaration, because the Populists
and Silver Republicans would have nam
ed a ticket of their own. The nomi
nation of Mr. Hill for Vice President
would have caused the Populists to keep
Mr, Towne on their ticket. They would
not have supported Mr. Hill. The domi
nation of the convention by Mr. Bryan
was, therefore, in the interest of the par
ty, and was productive of results that
will contribute greatly to the success of
the ticket.
DISSATISFIED WITH THE COMMIS
SION MEN.
A committee of the Southern Cotton
Spinners’ Association is now visiting Phil
adelphia, and will visit New York and
Boston, for the purpose of Investigating
thoroughly the question of the remarkable
decline in the price of cotton yarn. There
has been a decline of 30 to 40 per cent.
Such a decline as that means the loss
of all profits to manufacturer* of yarn.
There has been no decline in the price
of cotton. On the contrary,.the price of
cotton is higher now than when yarn
was bringing a very satisfactory price.
The spinners are inclined to find fault
with the commission men. They are not
prepared to say that the commission men
<k> not ileal fairly with them, but they
think that the middle men get too much
for what they do. The committee has not
decided upon its line of action, and will
not until It ho* made a much more thor
ough investigation. It is thought th.it
the Southern Cotton Spinners' Associa
tion will establish agencies in the leading
cities for the handling of Its goods. It has
the money to carry Into effect such a plan.
In fact. It i6 able financially, to adopt
whatever plan will prove to be for the
best interests of its members.
Of course the commission men have their
side of the story, which is that more yarn
has been forced on the market than there
is a demand for. and (hat, in consequence
of the greet supply, and the decline in the
demand, prices have fallen. If this is
the true condition of affairs it is probable
that tile yarn manufacturers will have
to wait awhile for better prices. The
probability is that with the opening of
the fall trade Ihe demand for yam will
again Increase, end prices will go back
to where they were a few months ago.
Another thing in which the cotton mill
men of the South are deeply interested, is
the condition of affairs in China. That
country is a big market for the products
of the cotton mills of the South. If there
should be a long war In China the South
ern cotton manufacturer* would feel the
effects of it keenly. The Chinese market
tor cotton gpods would be closed prat,
tically as long as the war continued. J[
is to the interest of Southern cotton mills
therefore, that the troubles in China
shall be brought to an end as quickly as
possible.
Already there are ’lndications of a dis
cord in the concert of the Powers In
China. Japan’s good intentions, it is In
dicated, have been or will be paralyzed
by the jealousy of Russia. A few days
ago it was intimated that Japan might
be shen a free hand to go In and finish
up the work that. Russia prevented her
from doing in 1494. There stems now lo
be some doubt that Russia would agree
to any such thing. Japanese preponder
ance in China m ght Interfere with some
of ihe plans that Russia has laid down
for herself. The little island empire would
want an indemnity, of course, fer its
work, and the eonctas.cns it would ask
would probably be Port Arthur, which it
once fairly captured, and other ter
ritory that is wanted by Russia.
At all events, James Hamilton Lewis
will have the satisfaction of adding to
his autobiography the fact that he was
mentioned on the floor of the National
Democratic Convention of 1900 for nomi
nation for the vice presidency of ihe
United States. The probabilities are that
that Is all Maj. Lewis was after, any-
Private Brenner, of the Forty-sixth Reg
iment of Volunteer*, In the Philippine*,
writes to the Philadelphia Press to protest
against the liberal giving of American
money to Lily Langtry and others for the
benefit of British soldiers in South Af
rica, while there are so many American
soldiers in the Philippines who would the
more appreciate attention from Americans,
and to whom American attention is more
due. We confess to a sympathy with Pri
vate Brenner’s '‘kick.’’ There isn't any
good reason why the people of this coun
try should raise a hospital or any other
fund for the British soldiers. Great Bri
tain is amply, able, and Is quite willing,
to do all that is needful for "Tommy At
kins." Those Americans who have made
themselves most prominent in working for
British soldiers, and contributing to funds
for them, are probably angiomaniacs and
toadies woo worship the Prince of Wales
from a distance, and were willing to give
their money to Mrs. Langtry because it
is known that she is in favor with His
Royal Highness. It is a noteworthy fact
that no collections have been taken tip in
Great Britain for our soldier boys, nor
has England ever fitted out any hospital
ship for their benefit.
Probably the death of no other newspa
per man in the South would cause more
universal regret than lias that of Col.
Charles O'Brien Cowardln, editor of the
Richmond Dispatch. He was, in the
truest sense of the expression, a genial
gentleman; lovable in all his moods, in
teresting in conversation, courteous in
manner, and at heart kindness itself.
With these qualities, he was neverthe
less a man of decided opinions, and firm
in maintaining that which he thought to
be right. Asa humorist of that gentle
sort which delights to amuse, entertain
and instruct, but never wounds, he will
be remembered in'Virginia. Only one of
his kind is produced in a generation. In
the newspaper associations of which Col.
Cowardin was a member, and of which
he was the happiest spirit, his place will
never be filled, and for years to come
his absence will cause a sigh to arise
from the hearts of those who knew him
best and appreciated him for his sterling
worth.
German officers were among those who
dril'ei the Chinese and taught them the
use of modern arms Geiman officers
drew plans last y.ar for resisting an in
vasion of the Chinese tmp.ie Vy sea. And
now German soldiers are to go against
those G rman-taught Chinese and attempt
to defeat the German-made p ans of cam
paign which the Chinese will follow’. It
was in Germany, too, that so many Mau
ser iiflcs with 1,000 rounds of ammun t on
for each, were purchased by the Chinese.
Agulnaldo evidently dots not agree with
Gen. Oils that the Philippine war is over.
Some recently discovered insurgent docu
ments show that Agutnaldo is still issuing
manifestoes uiglng his people to tight on,
assuring them that victory can yet be
achieved. For some perverse reason "Ag
gie" declines to get killed, to die natur
ally or to quit fighting.
BRIGHT BITS.
—That Is Different—" Love laughs at
locksmiths." quoted the minister’s wife.
“But not at wedlockemiths,” amended the
minister.—Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
—ln Chicago—" Mrs. Porkchops—"Omar
Khayyam? Why, he is one of those for
eign literary persons?" Mrs. Stockyard—
"Oh, to be sure! I suppose that, sooner
or later, he’ll come to this country to lec
ture.”—Brooklyn Life.
—Applied Externally—" The first Board
of Education, I presume,” observed the
professor, "was really a shingle, and when
needed for educational purposes was usual
ly wielded. T dare say, by the mother." —
Chicago Tribune.
—"I wonder W’hat the Chinese Empress
would say if she had 10 quit Pekin?” "I
know what her last words would be."
"What?” "Is my haitee on s:laight?' ’’—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—Husband—What! No ice this swelter
ing weather? Didn't the ice-man leave
any?
Wife—He left plenty, but that new girl
has been k eping the r fr gerator op n all
day to cool off the kitchen.—New York
Weekly.
—No Money in It—“I am in favor of the
election of United Saps Senators by pop
ular vote,” he announced emphatically.
The Montana legislator looked at him
suspiciously. "What grudge have you
against us?" he asked —Chicago Evening
Post.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Norfolk (Va.) Landmark (Dem.)
nays: "We wish that Admiral Dewey
were in Chinese waters to-day. Undigni
fied and even ridiculous as his conduct has
been in some respects since he got on
land, there is no doubt that in his ele
ment he is an extremely able man. It
is only as a sailor that he is a states
man, but he Is a statesman of large cal
ibre (lien. If he were In Chinese waters
now he would rank all the foreign naval
officers there, we think, and tvould com
mand the entire fleet In case of trouble.
He would in all probability have made
hi* mark several times. Possibly he would
have been able to avert some of Ihe trou
bles thm has come upon the Caucasians
under their present leadership. Certain
ly the people of the United States will
expect from Admiral Kempff a better
explanation than they have yet had of his
motives in not permitting the Moooea y
to return the fire of the Chinese forts."
The Charleston News and Courier (Dem )
says: “Such a platform could have no
better exponent than William Jenning
Bryan, who was nominated without oppo
sition by the Democratic Convention last
night. He has made a hard, consistent,
effective fight for 'the paramount Issue
of the ’campaign.’ and with a strong
party behind him and a sure goal in front
of him, he will win if the people are true
to themselves and true to their country.”
The Columbia (S. C.) State (Dem,) says;
“We venture to believe that the Demo
cratic party will make Republicans dread
fully sick of the Declaration of Independ
ence before the campaign ends. That im
mortal instrument his ever been obnox
ious to tyrants, ami compound doses of it
are calculated to bring even hardened
imperialists to a condition of flaccid hope
lessness."
The Birmingham Age-Herald fDem )
says; "The man Is pitted against the dol
lar, and Mr. Bryan stands for (he man and
Mr. McKinley for the dollar, including
jof course all sorts of privilege from a
Dinglsy tariff and ship subsidies to re
sultant combinations and troops enough
to protect them at all hazards.”
The Macon (da.) New 1 * (Dem.) says;
"The Georgia delegates held strictly to the
letter of their instruction''. Mr. Garrard
in voting for the reaffirmation of the Chi
cago platform instead of a specific deeln
j ration in favor of 36 lo 1, was justified by
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Contention Stories.
The real purpose of the cyclone sifters
that are a feature of the barrooms here
developed to-day, says the New York
Sun's special from Kansas City. The
Sun has told something about the sifters
themselves. They are holes in the floor,
covered with ornamental open iron work.
They look like Immense hoi sir registers.
Out of them come great drafts of air. Ev
erybody who goes into a barroom walks
across a sifler to get his drink. The
blasts of air blow his coat up almost to
his shoulders, and the watchful eye of the
house detective .discovers immediately
what sort of weapons he carries in his hip
pocket and can be prepared accordingly.
At lesst this is what the reporter was told
to-day.
The cyclone sifters provide considerable
amusement as well as serving the useful
purpose described. To-day the Hon. Jim
Ham Lewis stod ove one. The blast was
strong. It lifted the Hon. Jim Ham’s
pink whiskers up over his face; it lifted
the hair on the hack of his head, and the
Hon. Jim Ham looked for all the world
like a sunflower with pink petals. The
Hon. Jim Ham's whiskers, together with
the whiskers of William A . Clark, the
millionaire delegate from Montana, at
tracted particular attention to-day from
a!l the New Yorkers. They declared that
in only one other place on earth could
such whiskers be seen and that was in
Albany. The whiskers there, they said,
were possessed by the deputy state treas
urer of New York, Bernard Davis. Whisk
ers of this style are spoken of here as
chimpanzee, whiskers by some and as
Plain pampas grass by others.
James Coogan, president of the borough
of Manhattan. Is here, says the Tribune’s
special. Mrs. Coogan is traveling witt*
him, and they iutend to visit California
before returning to New York. Mr. Coo
gan was walking slowly down Main street
to-day when he was accosted by a long,
lean, bewhiskered individual wearing an
Arkansas badge. "Excuse me, partner,”
said the Arkansas visitor, "but I don’t
recollect ever seeing a hat like that be
fore. Would you mind telling me where
you got it?” The hat In question was a
line, flexible, snow white Panama. “That,
my friend,” said Mr. Coogan, “is not an\
American hat; I bought it in London." “I
reckoned you did,” said the Arkansas
man, as he squirted a stream of tobacco
juice into the gutter. “But would you
mind telling me what a hat like that cost,
brother?" "That hat," said Coogan, as
he took it off to mop his forehead, "coat
me seven pounds ten.” "Seven pounds
ten?” said the Arkansas man, "seven
pounds of what? Tobacco?" Mr. Coogan
says it took him an hour to initiate his in
terlocutor into the mysteries of English
finance.
"Bathhouse" John Coughlin has a
plank which he Insists must go in the
Democratic platform, soys the Sun's spe
cial. It is against sumptuary legislation.
Sumptuary legislation, according to "Bath
house.” "Hinky-Dink" and their friends,
is legislation tending to suppress and in
terfere with gambling houses, all-night
saloons and other places that are publicly
approved in Chicago, "Bathhouse" says
that that one plank, if he can get it in
the platform, will carry Chicago for Bry
an. He says the peopie don’t care much
about silver, they don’t care much about
imperialism, or any other things of minor
importance, but when it comes to sump
tuary legislation they are hot against it.
He is going to have the Illinois member
of the Committee on Resolutions make a
fight for the plank before the Committee
on Resolutions.
Every day brings new proofs of the sur
prising enterprise displayed by Kansas
City in taking advantage of the conven
tion as a business brlnger, says the Chi
cago Tribune special. Even Ihe boarding
house keepers are not satisfied with flam
ing advertisements in the newspapers and
on the dead walls, but personally go out
and solicit business.
Late in the evening, for instance, a vig
orous woman of perhaps 4h walked into
a storeroom temporarily occupied by out
of-town people for business purposes and
announced herself by inquiring, in a loud
tor.*, whether there were "any boarders
in the party.”
h or a moment her meaning was not un
derstood. Then, when light dawned, one
of the men attempted to„be facetious at
the expense of the woman.
"No," he said; "we never eat."
"You look like it,” snapped the woman,
quick as a flash. "Come over and take
hoard whh me at $4 a week and I’ll put
a lit;is flesh on your bones before the con
vention is over."
That portion of the delegation from
Montana which represents the interests
of the Daly contest was horror-stricken
lo discover that the man who had paint
ed ihe banner pointing out their head
quarters at the Mid and here spelled It
"Montanna.”
Martin Moglnnis. who sit* and writes
at the little uask in the room, was re
minded of a story when he learned of
the mistake.
"A Missourian once came to Montana,"
said he, "and, finding himself in difficul
ties, consulted cne of our prominent law
yers. Asa preface he asked of the lawyer:
‘Can you read writin’?’ ’No,’ the lawyer
answered. ’I can’t even read readln’.’
I don’t think your artist out here,”
sal I Mr. Maginnis, "can paint paintin’.”
The Montana men got anew banner at
onte.
"Fierce” is the word used by the Tam
many men to express their opinion of this
place, says the New York Times’ special.
They admit that the builders have achiev
ed wonders in overcoming the difficulties
cf hill and valley, but they can't under
stand why the pioneers deliberately lick
ed out such a forbidding site. "Fierce”
they call the climate, "fierce” the food,
and "fierce" ihe transportation facliilles.
The latt r they cannot comprehend at all.
They cannot understand why they do not
S t hacks or cabs at call. "All out?” they
incredulously repeat to the livery agent.
“The hacks or cabs of Nfw York are
never all out. You can get what you want
at any stand or any stable " They cannot
compr< hend why catrlages do not appear
from the ground as if by magic at the
touch of a hutton, hut there are no cabs;
tile "kopjes” do not permit of them.
Of public carriages ihere are only a few
hundnd, for the reason that so many
p ople in this hilly country own convey
ances Not only have all the public car
r ages byn in constant use since Satur
day, l ut'many private ones as well. Some
cf the former we e engaged In advanca
for a week. Tills ha* left the strwet cara
us the only other means of locomotion.
Ii is hard lo make a New Yorker under
stand thi* situation. Many of them pre
fer to believe that there Is seme conspi
racy against them on tile part of the
tia kmcn. It Is really the topography that
is to blame, l,ut when this explanation
was made to a man from the Twenty
fourth Assembly District, he bit his cigar
a little tighter and said: "Well, can't the
police stop that?”
The Democratic National Convention
has attracted to Kansas City 4he queerest
lot of "fakirs” In the country, says the
Tribune’s special. There is not a mining
camp in this country that can show a
strangei assortment of men from all
parts of the world. One might easily
draw the cocci jslon that Cape Nome was
Kansas City's next door neighbor, for the
motley crowd, and every one jit the world
were a "Reuben" who wanted to be sep
arated from ills change as soon as possl
tile. The utility of everything for sale
these days seem* to be gauged by the
service which it may render its owner at
the convention. Talk about the mining
camps of the West! Kansas Cily is the
clearing house for them ail. One "fa
on South Main street, not far from the
convention, to-day. After letting out a
nerve-lifting yell, auch as would put a I
Comanche Indian to shame, and attract
ing a crowd, he said: "Here’s juat the 1
thing you want to take to the conven- I
tfcm. gents—my celebrated medicated ;
handkerchiefs, which wiil cure colds and
sore throata. You will want to yell, gen
tlemen. when Bryan ia nominated, and
remember the glorious Fourth—in fact,
the moat glorious Fourth in the history
of this grand republic since George Wash
ington was a baby la coming, and you
will all want to yell your loudest. All
you've got to do is to tie one of these
yere handkerchiefs around your throat
and the medicine begins to work."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The faculty of Tqfts College has re
jected a proposition submitted by the
students that all violators of college rules
should be tried by a student jury, which
should look to the president for guidance.
—According to a military paper publlsli*
ed in London the uniforms of English
privates cost the taxpayers about us fol
lows: Line infantry, $15.50; artillery. 122.50;
hussars. 122.50; kilted highlanders. $18; un
mounted engineers, s2l; mounted engin
eers, $33; life guards, $35.
—The Supreme Court of New Jersey
says it is not required that the railway
companies give audible warning ct ibe ap
proach of their cars to children playing
on the sidewalk. It Is enough if the motor
man makes every effort to arrest the mo
tion of the car when such children rush
from the sidewalk and run directly in
front of the car.
—Elementary courses in agriculture are
to be introduced into the public schools of
Illinois at the beginning of the next
school year. With the primary purpose of
interesting country boys in what may be
their life work, the course will be adaot
ed especially to the country schools, but
it will he Introduced into tcffvn and city
classes in a modlrted form.
-An Italian military journal gives an
account of a perfected automatic rifle ln
vnted by a captain of the Italian army.
The chief feature of the weapon is the
employment of part of the gas generated
by the discharge of each cartridge in
working a rotary cylinder which extracts
the empty cartiidge case and automatic
ally recharges the weapon from the maga
zine. *
—ln New South Wales anew use for
the phonograph has been found. A candi
date who found it impossible to visit all
parts of the sparsely settled region he
wished to repres nl in the Legisla'ure die
tated his speech Into an Instrument and
sent a number of copies about for his
constituents to hear, a large picture of
hlrmelf he pug the voters to know whom
they were voting for,
—James W. Davidson, United States
consul at Tamsui, Formosa, writes that
Formosa now controls the camphor pro
duct of the world. The Japanese annual
production has dwindled to 300,000 pounds,
the Chinese yield has never exceeded 220,-
COO pounds, while the Formosan supply,
increasing yearly, reached 7,000,000 pounds
in 1895, and the yield for the last four
years has ranged over 6,000,000 pounds.
—According to a French newspaper, a
German surgeon, whose man-servant lost
both arms and legs and part of his face
by the explosion of a shell, has calculated
the cost of manufacturing an artificial
arm. A pair of arms, with hands, joints,
etc., complete, would cost about $150; a
pair of legs, about $140; a false nose in
metal—lndistiguishable from the real arti
cle—costs SBO to SIOO, and for sllO a pair
of ears, perfectly natural In appearance
and furnished with artificial drums, can
be produced. A complete set of teeth
would cost S4O to s.">, and a pair of glass
eyes, S3O. Thus the total cost of supply
ing deficiencies to a man who has lost
all his limbs and the major portion of his
face is SSOO to S6OO.
—The manufacture of silk has for sev
eral centuries been the chief business of
Lyons, France. The Romans established
works there in the third century A. D. for
the manufacture of cloth of gold and sil
ver, but every vestige of these wa* swept
away by northern invasions. The pres
ent silk industry was taken therw from
Italy and Spain and the Levant about the
year 1466, under the fostering care of
Louis XI. He imported machinery and
weavers, with the expressed purpose of
diminishing the stream of gold then flow
ing into foreign countries. It Is recorded
that flvk aunes of silk aX that time cost
from 300 to 400 francs, or from 48 to 60
francs ($9.26 to $11.58) a yard, money then
being worth about four times its present
value.
—A French explorer has Jus-t discovered
the vainest people in the world, says the
New York Herald. By a curious coinci
dence they happen to be also the ugliest.
They are the Pahoulns, a savage tribe
of the western coaet of Africa. Like all
savages, the Pahouins hunt, fish, and
wage war on their neighbors. Neverthe
less, their main occupation is in the adorn
ment of their persons. As the Pahouin s
clothing is of so light a character as not
to incommode him, he bestows a good
share of his thought upon the adornment
of hie body, which he tattoos in elaborate
designs done in red or blue. Or a more
fanciful effect is obtained by tattooing in
relief by injecting underneath the skin the
Juice of a plant which produces a perma
nent swelling Sometimes tfie face anl
body are also tinted with a dye, red being
the color most in demand. The same
method was used in adorning the face,
especial attention being given to the nose.
Many of the Pahottins, after tattooing or
painting their noses, pierce them with
long, slender bones; others, after piercing
the nose, attach to it a string of colored
pearls. Both men and women concentrate
(heir efforts on their hair. Their inge
nuity, which is shown in Ihe construction
of scores of different headdresses of bone
and metal for the men of the tribe, chiefly
the warriors, is illustrated in a far greater
degree by the coiffures of the women. The
extreme of simplicity in the Pahouin wo
men's methods of making themselves
beautiful is to shave the head till it is
smooth and round as a Drill, and then to
color It with a dye.
—The Dowager Empress and Li Hung
Chang have worked together for many
year*, says the London Telegraph, and If
gratitude be a Chinese quality, which the
missionaries deny, she probably feels
grateful to him for hi* untiring service.
Anyhow, in spite of the Japanese War, he
baa received many marks of Imperial fa
vor* during Ihe last four years. He is at
this moment viceroy of tile two great
provinces of the West river, Kwangsi ard
Kwanglung. and lives at the Capital City
of Southern China. Primarily lie was sent
to Canton to put down the piracy of the
water ways with a strong hand and to re
store order to the turbulent districts of Ihe
interior. To friendly diplomatists it was
whispered that he was specially Instruct
ed to oppose French aggression on the
Tonkinese frontier. He was to be the
strong man at the helm. All things In
China are what they call on the Bunds
■•show-plggin.” and it Is probable that the
real and governing reason for Li's removal
from the-capllal to the far aouth of the
empire was to nullify his personal influ
ence with the Dowager Empress, and to
give a tree hand to the ancient intriguers
who are always competing for her favor.
That Li will deal effectively with the pi
rates of the West river la possible, but
that with hi* record lie will set the ndtnm
istratlon of the two Kwangs on a satisfac
tory fooling passes belief. All that w ill
happen is that when the tnd comes Li
will be a richer man than ever and the
pirates will have had to disgorge sonic
of their plunder. Canton, however, re
quires a strong hand, even if it he not
over-dean, and that important trading
center will be in a atate of greuter atjeur-
Jtr for hi. n0w,!,,! n,...n„.
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
tThe Quaker Rerl
Tonic is not only
blocd purifier, but a
Blood maker fo,
Pale, Weak and De.
bilitated pecp, e who
• not strength
nor Hood It acts ,
a tonic, it regulates
digestion, cures dys.
pepsia and lends
strength and tore to
'A 2.1 the nervous system.
It is a medicine for weak women. It is a
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dls
eases, Rheumatism and all diseases of the
Blood, Stomach and nervea soon succumb
to its wonderful effects upon the human
system. Thousands of people in Georgia
recommend it. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM is the medicic*
that the Quaker Doctor made all of his
wonderful quick cures with. It’s anew
and wonderful medicine tor Neuralgia,
Toothache, Backache, Rheumatism,
Sprains, Pain in Bowels; m fact, all pain
can be relieved by it. Price 25c and 50c.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price ]oc a cake.
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vege
table ointment for the cure of tetter, ec
zema and eruptions of tho skin. Pries
10c a box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
SUMMER RESORTS. ~~
MOTEL NORMANDjIT
attUADWAi 38TH STS., NEW YORK,
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN 'TEW YORK CITY
Located in the liveliest and most inter
esting part of the city; twenty principal
places of amusement within five minute*
walk of the hotel
CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO.
Summer Resort—Ocean Kotel, Asbury
Park, N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS.
BLOWING ROtst.
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Suimnu of B<ue Kiuge, 4,340 feei. Scen
ery and climate unsurpassed, so say glow
trotlers. Hotel first-class in every respect.
Only house on mountain with plastered
walls; excellent livery; 45 miles turnpike
roads on top of ridge; large ball room,
band and other amusements. Postoffic*
and telegraph in hotel. Opens July i
Write for leaflet and rates to
Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Fark, N. C.
White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
\vaym:syille, n. c.
50 acres beautifully shaded lawn, wonder
ful mountain views, cool nights, frees.on*
iron and noted sulphur springs. Pine or
chestra daily. House remodeled and newlj
furnished this season.
COL. F. A. LINCOLN, Proprietor.
ROCKY IUVER SPRINGS,
Stanly County, N. C.,
Open June 1.
Finest mineral water. Table supplied
with the best. Band of music. Dally
mail. ’Phone connections with ell adjoin*
ing towns. Climate unsurpassed. TYuiisi
rates Southern Railway and its branches,
and Atlantic Coast Line. Write for cir
cular. Address R. B. * Beckwith, M. D.,
Silver, Stanly county, Nortn Carolina.
SWEETWATER PARK
HOTEL AND BATHS,
LITHIA SPRINGS, QK
This well-known and popular resort is no*
open. Ail modern equipment. Cuisine and
service unexcelled. Write for illustrated
pamphlet. JAS. E. HICKBY, Propr.
Also Kimball House. Atlanta, Ga.
IX THE GREAT NORTH WOODS.
HOTEL DEL MONTE,
SYHAX AC L AKE, X. Y.
OPENS JUNE 2'u under entirely new manage
ment ; newly furnished anu renovated through
out; tabic and service first-class; near lak
and Hotel Ampersand; golf, tennis, billiard*,
boating, fishing, driving and bicycling; livery.
For booklet address J. HENRY OTIS, Sara
nac Lake. N V. _
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
July daily rate $3. Unsurpassed scen
ery. Railway fare reduced. Stations, Otu
Summit and Ivaatei skill.
CHAS. & GEO. H. BEACH, Mgrs..
Catskill, N. Y.
REA GIRT, \E\V JERSEY.
Beach House, right on the beach. Al
ways cool. Fine accommodations. Dining
room service flrsi-class. Rates reasona.
ble. Send for booklet. Sea Girt is th*
firt stop made on the coast by express
trains from Philadelphia to Asbury lark
and Long Branch. COAST COMPANY.
AVOXDA L B SPR | XGS.
On Knoxville and Bristol Railroad, fivi
miles west of Tate's, at the base of Clinch
mountains; one of the most delightful re.
sorts of East Tennessee. Lithia, sulphui
and ehaivbeate water. Reasonable rates.
Address Mis* C. CROZIER, Lithia, Grain*
ger county, Tennessee.
GIIAXD ATLANTIC HOTEL,
Virginia ave and Beach,Atlantic Ciiy.N./
sth year. Most central location; higiMil
elevation, overlooking ocean; 350 beautiful
rooms, many with baths. The terms an
reasonable. Write for l*ooklet. Hotel coach
es meet nil trains. CHARLES E. COPE.
MELROSE, NEW YORK.-78 Madison
Avenue, corner ?Bth et. Rooms wi!h ot
without board! Rooms wiih board $T r**
week; $1.25 per day and upwards. Send fot
circular.
The Singer Piano
of Chicago, 111*
This SINGER PIANO is sold by many
of the leading dealers In the
States, such as Wm. Steinert Sons Co*
who have the largest establishments
Boston, New Haven and Providence Also
the' SINGER PIANO is sold by Wm.
Knabe Cos., having the leading houses in
Boston. Baltimore, Washington and N €W
York city. There arc a large number °
leading houses handling SINGER PIANO,
too numerous to mention. .
The SINGER PIANO is evidently one oi
tho t>€st pianos in the market, or U wou
not be sold by these leading houses.
It has an elegant singing tone, rouen
finer than most pianos, and about one-nan
the price of other instruments. n
Call and see, and examine the SINGEn
PIANO and save a good deal of money o*>
your purchase. Same guarantee is
tended for the SINGER PIANO as any oi
the leading pianos of the day, and a sat
isfactory price will be given to all on ap
plication.
LIPPMAN BROTHERS.
Wholesale Agents, Wholesale Druggist*'
Barnard and Congress Streets.
Savannah, Ga. _
COMFORT
For your stock The fly season is now **
us and the time to use
Tough on Flies,
a lotion when applied will prevent
horses and cattie Ircm being pestered
It and be convinced.
HAY. GRAIN, BRAN. COW FLEW,
CHICKEN FEED. etc.
T. J. DAVIS.
tia liav t^ee, '—