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ISDEX It) NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting-Confederate Veterans’ Associa
tion.
Military Order*? —Order 46, Georgia Hue
•arF.
Special Notices—Matt Mead, George
Meyer; Grand Moonlight Excursion
Around Bell Buoy, Monday, July 9; The
Gorrie Ice Manufacturing Company; Ship
Notice, Paterson. Downing & Cos., Con
signees; Notice to City Court Jurors; Spe
cial Inducement For Thirty Days, Mark
Apple; Wanted. It. S. Claghom; New
Mouldings. Greene & Cos.; Good tare at
San Francisco Restaurant; Fryers, M. 8.
Gardner; Fine Fiber his, James J. Joyce;
Auction of Bicycle*, At Thomas’ Bicycle
Emporium; Levan's Table d’Hote.
Business Notices —For the edding,
Hunter & Van Keuren; An Object Lesson,
Theus Bros.; Savannah Steam Laundry;
©ome People Have e Good Deal of Money,
K. L. Clancy & Cos.
This la Seasonable Weather and Get
Comfort—At the Metropolitan.
The Waldorf-Astoria Coffee—At Mun
ster’s.
The Chance io Buy—Thor. West & Cos.
Great and Good Are We—George W. Al
len & Cos.
A Special Show At a Special Sale—Ches.
Marks.
A Moments Thought—Lattlmore’e.
Nothing Is Prettier—Cohen-Kulman Car
riage and Wagon Company.
Educational—Elizabeth Charlotte, N. C.;
Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga.
Financial—Report of the Condition of
the Southern Bank of the State of Geor
gia; The Yankee Consolidated Mining,
Milling and Tunneling Company, Denver,
Col.
Everything In Summer Apparel—Walsh
& Meyer.
A Very Extensive Assortment—lyeopold
Adler.
Cigars—Tom Keene Cigars.
3,176 Pairs of Our Celebrated $8.50 Shoes
—Bycll Bros.
Fishing Tackle, Etc.—Edward Lovell’s
Sons.
Challenge Sale—A. S. Nichols.
Excursions— Moonlight Excursion, Inde
pendent Society. July 11.
Sells It for Less—Knight’s Pharmacy.
Auction Sales—Cedar Packing Chest,
Etc., by C. H. Dorsett, Austioneer; City
Lots, by C. H. Dorsett. Auctioneer.
The Ribbon King—M. A. Stokes.
Laundry—E. & W. laundry.
Summer Horse Clothing— Frank.
Money Saving Prices—At the Bee Hive.
The Big Bargain Sensation of the Times
—Foye & Morrison.
Up Against Hot Weather—Daniel Ho
gan.
Postum Food Coffer—Post urn Cereal Cos.
Beef—Liebig’s Extract of Beef.
Medical—Munyon’s Blood Cure; S. S. 9.;
Bar-Ben; Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy; R.
R. R.; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Dr. Pierce’s
Dispensary Preparations; Coke, Dandruff
Oure; P. I*. P.; Infant's Friend Powder;
Gray beard.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Kept;
Fore Sale; l^ost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Wentlior.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for lo<~al i-ains, and fresh to brisk south
westerly winds; ar.d for Eastern Florida
showers and thunderstorms with fresh
•outhwesterly winds.
A memorial to the "inventor” of "Boston
baked been*” is proposed, In Boston, of
course. The inventor was Capt. Ginty.
But, cHjriously enough, the Captain was
raver in Boston in his life. He was a na
tive of Danbury, Conn.
The Pope, it is said, has made himself
quite ill by worrying and grit ving over the
Boxer outrages. He has ordered special
masse* for the repose of the souls of the
murdered mls.sioimrlfs and prayers for
the safety of possible survivors.
Neither ticket has got n rich man on It.
bb rich men go nowadays. Bryan and
MoKlnley are both poor men. Stevenson
4s probably comfortably well-to-do, but be
in not rich. Roosevelt- i worth more
than either of the others, but his friends
say that he is not a rich inan. One of the
reasons why he objected to being nomi
nated for Vice President was because ho
could not well afford the drain that might
fall upon his private fortune.
It isn’t a very serious offense, in the
opinion of the Belgian courts, to shoot at
(he Princ* of Wales. The young chap Sipi
do, who fired at the heir apparent to the
throne of Great Britain in Brussels some
lime ago, has been sent by the court to
a reformatory until lie shall have attain
ed his majority. Then, presumably, he
will be released to shoot at seme other
prominent person. The burlesque of
Bipido’s punishrnrrit will encourage other
would-t# aaaaasina.
TTIE DEPENDENCE ON MR. BRYAN.
The Democratic party does not depend
j upon its platform. Its leaders or its or
i gar.lz.ition for sniceeee in the presidential
j campaign. It depend* on Mr. Bryan, lie
is trusted and relied upon to a greater
, extent probably than any other presiden
tial candidate has been in the political hls
-1 torv of the country. The people, without
I regard to political affiliations, believe In
his honesty and his sincerity, and admire
his fidelity to his convictions. He is the
one man who Is able to unite into an
aggressive political army all of the various
elements that are hostile to the Republi
can party. Voter® who do not agree with
his view® on the silver question, but who
believe he is right in opposing the colo
nial policy of the Republican party, and
voters who believe in holding on to the
Philippine Islands as permanent posses
sion, but who approve his 16 to 1 idea,
will le found marching under his leader
ship in the campaign. His influence is
so great that Democrats, Populists, Sil-
ver Republicans, and even some straight
out-Republicans, are willing to put aside
their differences, for the time being, end
assist him in the effort to drive the Re
publican party from power.
That tliis is true was conspicuously
shown in the Kansas- City Convention.
Had it not for the dominating per
sonality of Mr. Bryan, the convention
would not have accepted 4he report of
the Platform Committee. In fai t, the, re
port would have been different. More than
three-quarters of the convention regarded
the silver declaration as a mistake. Tho
delegates who entertained this view were
from states where votes must be gained
if the Democratic party is to be victorious.
The small minority of the convention that
favored the silver declaration was com
posed of delegates from states which are
overwhelmingly Democratic, or in which
the Democrats have no chance whatever
of gaining an electoral vote, or from ter
ritories which have no electoral vote. The
great majority' of the convention, how
e\er, yielded to what %vas known to bo
Mr. Bryan’s wish. The action of the
Platform Committee, In shaping which the
vote, of the member from- Hawaii, which
has no electoral vote, w’as permitted to
offset the vote of the member from New
York, which state will likely determine
the presidential contest, was allowed by
the convention to stand, simply because it
was the Judgment of Mr. Bryan that it
would s-trengthen the party. Such reli
ance upon any one man was never before
seen in any national political convention.
And Mr. Bryan will manage the cam
paign. Senator Jones has been re-elected
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, but Mr. Bryan will dominate
the committee a® completely as he did the
convention. He will be consulted before
any Important action la taken in any di
rection, and his advice will be accepted.
There is no doubt that he will perform
wonders dirring the campaign. What he
did in the campaign of 1896, astonished
the country'. He Is ae strong physically
now a* he was then, and he is a much
abler man. intellectually. He has been
a hard student during the last four years,
and is well prepared to keep the country
thinking, from now until the election, by
his public utterances.
WOMEN NOT MADE TO WORK.
A Chicago jury has recently, very gal
lantly, reached the conclusion that w °-
mnn was not made to work; that her
proper sphere in life is that of an orna
ment, and by inference that it is the place
of the man to work and keep her in
luxury. Since woman was not Intended
by nature to labor, the jury held that
she was not amenable to the law against
vagrancy and could not he held under it.
The American Lawyer reports the case,
and remarks that it is unique and inter
esting.
The woman in the cause, it seems, had
been arrested for begging and taken be
fore a magistrate. Mrs. Kate Rossi, a
lawyer, appeared to defend her. Mrs.
Rossi argued to the magistrate that the
law did not apply to her client. She
failed to convince him. Mrs. Rossi then
demanded a jury trial. Twelve men were
selected, and to them the woman lawyer
repeated her argument, enlarging upon
the point that woman was not made to
work and, therefore, could not be a va
grant. History, custom and tradition,
she said, would all support her conten
tion. All of the best literature—especial
ly the poetry—tended to show that wo
man was made for a life of ease and lux
ury. Anatomy disclosed that her struc
ture was not fashioned for the hewing
of wood and drawing of water. Every true
poet had Indited apostrophes to "Woman,
lovely woman,” and how could a woman
be loaely if she handled mortar or shov
eled coal? There could not be produced
from any authoritative source, declared
Mrs. Rossi, one solitary argument going
to show that It was a part of the divine
plan that woman should work to earn her
living. It W’as true, she said, that for
the past 200 years many of them had been
compelled to work for food and raiment,
but that was because of the Inability of
the men to support them. That proved
nothing beyond man's shortcoming. Na
ture and common sense, the attorney ar
gued, were above statute law, therefore
her client, being a woman, should not
be held under the law against vagrancy.
It has been said that anything one can
make a Jury believe is law. This wo
man attorney made the twelve men in
the jury box believe that she was pre
cisely right in her contention that wo
man was rot made to work, and they
found her client not guilty. The Ameri
can Lawyer, by the way, fails to give
the approximate ages and a description
of tile personal appearance of the woman
lawyer and her client, and the ages of
the men in the jury box. It may be that
these matters would have gone a long
way toward accounting for the verdict.
It is possibly as well to wait a month
or two before expressing regret for the
untoward fate of Kwang Bu, the unfortu
nate young Emperor of China. It may be
true that he has committed suicide, os
reported; but it will be recalled that sim
ilar reports have been sent out from China
on en average of once or twice a month
ever since the Dowager Empress cook the
young man in hand for becoming too pro
gressive. If all of his suicides were In
good faith, Kwang 6u must have had
more lives than the proverbial cat, end
another one or two fatal doses of poison
will not make a great deal of difference
to him.
We have heard of no regrets from mil
lionaires that the income tax plank was
inadvertently left out of the Democratic
.platform.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY; JULY 8. 1900.
CAI SR FOR HAVING TROUBLE-
The New York Herald, commenting on
the sending of troops to China, says:
“The United States has trouble enough
of its own. Mr. M Kinley must not go
looking for more in China.
“In spite of the traditional policy of
the American republic, to ‘avoid entang
- ling foreign alliances,* in spite of. the fact
! that the United States Is not at war with
China, American soldiers will possibly go
with the allied expeditionary force to
Pekin, will tight shoulder to shoulder with
the troops of France, England, Austria,
Italy', Russia and Japan, and will help
carry destruction and bloodshed into the
of a country with which the United
States is professedly' at peace."
It is nearly always difficult to under
stand the meaning and- purpose of the
editorial articles in the New York Her
ald. It is certain that the people of this
country do not want to have trouble W’ith
China if it can possibly be avoided, but
would the Herald have this government
make no effort to rescue its minister at
Pekin and the members of its legation
there? W l ould it have it Like no steps to
save the lives of Americans in China?
According to the consular reports, there
were in the Chinese empire last year 2,335
American residents. The inference from
the latest dispatches Is that It is the pol
icy of Prince Tuan, the dictator at Pekin,
to kill all foreigners, Americans as well
as others. If we understand the position
of the Herald, it is that our government
should not lift a hand to save the lives
of these Americans. Other foreign gov
ernments are sending troops to China
with the hope of saving their citizens.
If our government should stand aloof
and refuse to lend a helping hand In this
effort to prevent what promises to be the
most frightful crime of the nineteenth
century, it is probable that the Herald
would be one of the first papers to con
demn it. It is certain that the American
people would condemn it in tfie strongest
terms, if it should be guilty of such in
humanity'.
The people object to the government
meddling in the political affairs of Chinn
or Joining the Powers of Europe in par
titioning the empire, but they wdll not
condemn it for undertaking to rescue
American citizens who are threatened
with assassination by fanatical Chinese
mobs.
STILL QUARRELING OVER THEIR
PLATFORM.
The Republicans are still quarreling
over their platform. As it was written by
the President and his friends it contained
a plank to the effedt that the constitution
did not extend to newly acquired territory
until extended by Congress—that Congress
had the right to rule suoh territory out
side of the constitution. This was in ac
cordance with the Porto Rican policy of
the Republican party.
The Platform Committee of the Repub
lican convention exercised the right of
suppressing this declaration. The fact
that it was suppressed was not discovered
until after the convention adjourned, and
then there was a great outcry made about
it. One Quigg, of New York, explained
that the declaration had been suppressed
because the question involved in it was
before the Supreme Court, and that if the
court should decide that the constitution
followed the flag the Republican party
would be placed in a very embarrassing
position.
The explanation was not satisfactory to
the disgruntled ones of the party. And
the matter has been given new life by.
a declaration in the Democratic platform
in these words: “We hold that the con
stitution follows the flag, and denounce
the doctrine that an executive or Congress,
deriving their existence and their powers
from the constitution, can exercise law
ful authority beyond it, in violation of it.”
This bold assertion of Democratic doc
trine serves to make clearer the omission
in the Republican platform of any refer
ence to the Republican position on this
question—a question, according to Gen.
Grosvenor, that is the most important
that has been before the country in years.
It Is, in fact, a- part of the question of
imperialism about which the country is to
hear so much in the presidential cam
paign.
THE HILL DEMONSTRATION.
There is a good deal of comment in the
newspapers as to the real meaning of the
extraordinary demonstration in favor of
former Senator Hill In the Kansas City
convention. Two explanations are offer
ed. One is that the convention wished
to show that it did not approve bringing
forward’the silver question as one of the
leading issues of the campaign, and the
other is that ft wished to express
its disapproval of the brutal conduct
of Mr. Croker in humiliating Mr. Hill by
refusing him New’ Y'ork's place on the
Platform Committee, a place which Mr.
Hill had a right to expect and which he
wanted. Had he been a member of that
committee, it is probable that the platform
would have been different in one import
ant particular. There would undoubtedly
have been a minority report and a tight
in the convention on the silver plank. A
fight would, in oil probability, have re
sulted in a victory for the conservative
element.
It was doubtless Mr. Croker’s desire to
humiliate Mt. Hill that caused him to use
his influence to keep Mr. Hill off the
Platform Commiltee. The quarrel between
Mr. Croker and Mr. Hill will, it is thought,
be carried Into New York state politica,
and unless some sort of peace la patched
up betw&n them it will be a hard matter
to get up sufficient enthusiasm among
Democrats to elect the Democratic state
ticket. It is asserted that the friends of
the two leaders are already making
threats against each other.
It is the understanding that it would re
quire the hardest kind of work on the
part of the Democrats to elect their state
ticket even if there were the utmost har
mony among them. With n fight going on
beween the leader of the country Demo
crats and the leader of the olty Demo
crats the outlook for the success of the
New York Democrats Is far from promis
ing.
Ex-Senator Hill of New York seems to
feel keenly his treatment b> Mr. Croker
at Kansas City. The New Y'ork Times
quotes Mr. Hill as saying; “Croker and
Tammany Hall are not loyal to Bryan or
to anybody else. They simply seek to
get In with a winner at every opportunity.
They have no principle. It has simply
been a case here (Kansas City) of Croker
and those he could ctomrol or purchase
against the decent Democrats of tlie* state
ol New Y’ork.” Meanwhile, Mr. Hill says
that he will do what he ran for the buc
ice* of Bryan and the party,
When the naval station investigators get
to Charleston they will find water, water
1 everywhere, but none to drink or to bathe
in available for a naval station. Possibly
rt is the inrention that the naval officers
at the prospective stat on shall patronize
the dispensary or the blind tigers and
bathe in the harbor. The haste with which
this removal fcheme Is being pushed, by
the way, is strongly suggestive of a de
sire to get the scheme nailed down before
the next session of Congress.
The South African war has now dropped
to double-head importance in the news
papers, along with the affair in the Phil
ippines, while the trouble in China is tak
ing first places and the "scare” heads. A
shot exchanged between Japan and Rus
sia, however, wou'd quickly relegate China
to second place in the nows.
\
Mr. Bryan's unofficial notification of his
nomination was very democratic. He was
reclining on a lounge in his parlor when
State Senator Talbot shouted from the
telegraph room above, "You re nominated,
old man!” As the Senator handed him
the bulletin, Mr. Bryan laughingly re
marked, “Talbot, this Is terribly sudden.”
There is a very striking difference be-
Iween the man Mr. Stevenson ran w'ith
before and the man he is running with
now.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. T. De Witt Talmage is reported as
having as great a success as a preacher
in London as he ever had at the hight of
his fame in this country'.
—John Dwight has given Mt. Holyoke
College, Mass , $60,000 for an art building,
to oc -upy the site of The old Dwigh home
stead, as a m morial to Nancy and Clara
Leigh Dwight.
—Ali Ferouh Bey, the Turkish minister
to this counify, is a regular member cf
the Washington Fencing Club, of which
Count Cassini is president, end is one of
its best swordsmen.
—lra D. Sankey. the evangelist, is to
visit England early in September next
and has been asked by Rev. Thomas Spur
geon to take part in the reopening of the
Metropolitan Temple, London.
—A personal friend of Senator Bever
idge says that his lafe wife was always
the greatest help to him, and was as in
terested in his public life as he was him
self, always aiding and advising him.
—A Connecticut paper recalls the fact
that at tiie Harvard Club dinner last
spring Secretary’ laid his hand on
Roosevelt’s shoulder and said; “Teddy,
you’re the man who would rather be right
than Vice President.”
—The Sultan of Turkey' wdll this sum
mar celebrate the twenty-flfth anniversary
of hi 9 accession to the throne. The occa
sion will be an official jubilee and the Eu
ropean sovereigns are already being
sounded on the subject.
—MaJ. Eeterhazy is now living In Paris
and is beginning to come out of that re
tirement which he recently found advis
able. Many people believe he is the re
cipient of a pension from the French gov
ernment, with the understanding that he
shall do nothing to revive the Dreyfus ag
itation.
—The Archbishop of Rouen has greatly
disturbed devout, but fashionable, Pari
siennes by denouncing the divided skirt,
which he refer® to as “unwomanly" in a
communication addressed to the clergymen
of his diocese. Women wearing these
garments will not be admitted to the Ca
thedral in Rouen.
BRIGHT BITS.
—“Woman ought to have administration
—her touch w’ill claim and purify the turg
id, muddy pool of politics.” "Now, go
slow, Eliza; you’ve temporarily overlook
ed the Empress of China.” —Chicago Re
cord.
—"Were you down South during the re
cent solar eclipse?” “Yfes, and I saw
something funny.” “What was that?”
"Why men that had been smoking tobarto
all their lives were smoking glass. ’—Chi
cago News.
—A Rash Observation— Cassidy (meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Casey)—"Ah, Pat! Thot baby
is a perfect picture av ye.” Casey—“ Shut
up, ye fule! Somebody left It on our front
steps and Oi’m taking it to the police sta
tion.”—Judge.
—His Symptoms—First Waiter—“l reck
on Sam is gone crazy or got religion or
somethin’.” Second Walter —"What am de
matter wlf him?” First Waiter—" Why,
he treats dem what tip an’ dem what doan’
tip jes’ alike.”—Puck.
—The Parvenu Again—" That Wigglewee
girl is telling around that her grandfather
moved In the best society.” "Exactly.
And he also moved out the best society.
He had one of the best trucka in his na
tive village."—lndianapolis Press. ,
—Where Creative Ability Balked—" You
look worried, Stubbs; Isn’t your historical
novel selling well?” ”Oh, yes; the book’s
ail right, but I’ve got stuck on this maga
zine article explaining how I came to write
It."—Chicago Record.
—A De?p Interest—Ho—That little broth
er of yours is mighty inquisitive. Last
night he had the nerve To ask me it I
hadn’t proposed to you yet.
She—Oh, you musn’t mind Willie. He
has my interest so much at hjart.—Judge.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.)’says: “If the
Republican party controls both branches
of Congress, with Mr. McKinley in the
White House for another term, it will fas
ten its dangerous policies upon the coun
try for an indefinite period. Whatever may
be Mr. Bryan's fate, the Democratic party
should make a supreme effort to elect a
majority of the House of Representatives,
and thus curb the pernicious Influences
which now dominate the government.”
The Nashville American (Dem.) cays:
"The hope of constitutional government,
of liberty under the law, of the republic
preserved in its simplicity and strength
is with the Democratic party, the party
of liberty, Independence and opportunity,
and with it in power a government of tho
people, for tho people, and by the people
will not perish from the earth forever."
The Atlanta Journal (Dem.) says: "On
the platform thus laid down stands a
leader of the party in whose honesty the
people have absolute confidence and to
whose support a majority of them, we be
lieve. will rally with great enthusiasm.
I On the part of the Democrats there is to
be no dodging, nor will they permit any
on the part of their adversaries.”
The Charleston News and Courier (Dem.)
says: "After many speeches and much
enthusiasm and confusion, Mr. Stevenson
was selected. He has been there before
and filled the office acceptably. He is a
good politician and a clean man, and
ought to have considerable strength in the
Middle West, and he will make a hard
fight for the ticket.”
The Columbia (S. C.) State fDcm.) says:
"It is a magnificent platform. It will vtin
respect. It will arouse enthusiasm. It
will give the party, we believe, the tri
mph U deserves.''
Naming the Apnatlea.
After a dinner in one of (he msot hos
pitable residences in Washington, says
<he Chicago Record, a party of very' dis
tinguished men—cabinet ministers, sena
tors, diplomats, scientists and soldiers—
-1 sat in the smoking-room, and the conver
sation naturally' drifted from politics to
the proposed revision of the creed of the
Presbyterian Church. Much to the sur
prise of each other, and to themselves per
i hap®, no one of the party was able to
no me the “Five Points of Calvinism” upon
which the theological system of so large
a community is based. Several under
took rather brashly to explain for the
i benefit of their less learned companions
what Caivanism meant, and a justice of
the Supreme Court was able to name four
points of Calvinism to his own satisfac
tion, although his accuracy woe question
ed by others, and he could not remember
the llfth. His four points were:
1. Original sin or total depravity.
2. The freedom of the will.
3. Predestination or election.
4 Tho perseverance of the saint®.
Then somebody remarked that he once
in the Union league Club at New York
with Roseoe Corvkling. Chester A. Arthur
and several other distinguished gentle
men w ho had been carefully* educated In
religious families, and that none of them
was able to name the twelve apostles.
“That’s easy,” said a senator, braehly.
beginning “Matthew, Mark. Luke and
John, bless the bed that I lie on, Paul,
the two Jamese*. Jude, Barnabas ” And
there he stopped, with some embarrass
ment.
• Timothy," suggested a major-general,
who is a vestryman in an Episcopal
Church.
“Nonsense," answered a senator, “Tim
othy was a disciple of Paul’s. He wasn’t
cne of the twelve apostles."
“Nicodemue," suggested one of the com
pany.
“Jeremiah," suggested the (hird.
“Judas was one of the apostles," tneefc
ly came from a voice in the corner.
“I ll be blamed if be was. He was a
disciple," was the curt reply.
“Weren’t the disciples and the apostles
the same thing?” inquired the meek voice,
getting a little bolder.
Bartholomew was suggested and ac
cepted by several.
“What’s the matter with Peter?" ex
claimed n modest young member of the
diplomatic corps who had hitherto been
silent.
“How many does that make?" some
body asked. and they counted up (en for
sure, with as many more doubtful.
“Let’s look in the Bible," somebody* sug
gested, and the good book was overhaul
ed In vain. Then an encyclopedia was ap
pealed to, but It was not entirely* satis
factory, for it Included Thomas and An
drew in the list, and the jus
tice of the Supreme Court and two of the
senators were positive that Andrew was
not an apostle. All of which teaches the
great usefulness and need of Sunday
Schools.
Hill’s Quick Wit.
After Col. Bryan made his unfortunate
speech In Madison Square Garden in New
Y'ork in 1596, you will remember he made
a tour of the state in charge of Elliott
Danforth, the banker, and John Brisbin
Walker, says W. E, Curtis in the Chicago
Record. Among other places the Itin
erary was Albany, where the cordiality
of his reception was doubtful, and scouts
were sent ahead to learn public sentiment
and arrange for his entertainment. After
much argument and persuasion, Senator
Hill consented to invite Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan and their party to dine with him
at his beautiful country place, Wolforts
Roost, but it was distinctly understood
and made a condition precedent that poli
tics should not be alluded to during the
evening. It took a great deal of tele
graphing back and forth before this was
settled, but Mr. Hill, whose attitude to
ward the nominee of his party was un
certain, Issued the invitations, and Mr.
Bryan acepted them for his party with
that stipulation. Mrs. Bryan Is supposed
to have been aware of the understand
ing. At that time she was her husband’s
most trusted confidant and adviser, and
through her Influence he insisted that
Senator Gorman should retire from the
National Executive Committee. However,
that may have been, as soon as the soup
plates were taken she turned upon her
host, at whose right she was sitting, and
added in tones that were audible to every
person at the table; “Senator Hill, why
won’t you support my husband for Presi
dent?”
Mr. Hill has never been a ladles’ man;
he avoids the society of the feminine gen
der so consistently that he has gained the
reputation of a woman hater, but he is
apt at repartee and can frame a compli
ment as well as any courtier. There was
a painful silence at the table. Every
guest knew that Mrs. Bryan had violat
ed the understanding upon which the din
ner was given and had introduced the
one topic which Senator Hill had desired
to avoid, but the host was equal to the
emergency. Ha smiled pleasantly, lifted
a glass of wine and gallantly, in a ban
tering way, answered: “If you were the
candidate, madam, it would not be neces
sary to ask such a question. I propose
your health and happiness.”
Odd Letter From Morgan.
The following letter from Senator Mor
gan has been found, says the Birming
ham News. It was written to a Mr. Bras
sel, Sept. 28. 1852. while the Illustrious
Alabamian was a young lawyer at Talla
dega. and recently published in the Bir
mingham News:
"Dear Bill: Y'ou need not purchase an
other cow for me. as I have bought one
over here. I will send over after the
one you bought for me In a day or two.
"Bill, I am told that you are about to
put up a stillhouse. It Is no business of
mine, but you know I am your friend
and would like to see you do well, and I
hope you will change your purpose. You
will never regret it, If you will Just stop
and put your house to some other use.
Turn it Into a stable or sheep fold, and It
will do you more good. > have talked
with some of our friends about It, and
they say tell him, for his own sake, and
that of his family and friends, npt to
do It.
“You mnst not think hard of this, for
if you were to see me doing wrong and
did not tell me of it, I should lose confi
dence In you. You can make as much
money at other things, and you should
remember that money made in a wrong
way never does a man any good.
"Give my best regards to your old lady
and ask her what she thinks about that
stillhouse. I never knew a man to suffer
from taking his wife's advice. Yours
truly, John T. Morgan."
He Remembered Them.
"By the way, said the man who had
stopped at a farmhouse to water his horse,
"fifteen years ago a poor boy come this
way and you took him in.”
“Yes?” queried the farmer, somewhat
surprised.
"Y'ou were kind to him,” went on the
stranger. "You fed him. gave him words
of encouragement, an., old suit of clothes,
put a dollar in his pocket, and sent him
on his way rejoicing. He told you at the
time that he never would forget your
kindness to a poor, struggling lad."
"Land's sakes!" exclaimed the farmer's
wife, excitedly. "It sounds almost like a
fairy tale, don't it? Why, you must have
seen him.”
"I have,” said the stranger, "and he
sent a mesasge to you."
"What Is It?" they both asked, expect
antly.
“He told me to tell you that he Is still
poor.”
A* the stranger drove away the farmer
went out and kicked the pump viciously,
while Ills wife threw a rolling pin at the
chickens.
—The wife of Gen. Fred D. Grant Is in
St. Petersburg on a visit to the Princess
,4,’antacuzene-Speransky, her daughter,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—A Concord, N. H., judge has decided
that soda water is one of the necessaries
of life and may be sold on Sunday.
—There are two well known families in
Devonshire, England, the Carews and the
Careys, and it is said that the members
of the Carew family pronounce the name
“Carey," while the Careys call themselves
“Carew."
—The acreage of sugar beets in Europe
is 6hown by Consul Diederich's report to
bi greater this year than in 1899. Ger
many has 1,090,521 acres in sugar beets,
Austria-Hungary 839,151 acres, Fiance,
685,:91 acres, Russia 1,353,975 acres, Bel
gium 170,028 acres, Holland 112,878 acres.
Sweden 71.271 acres and Denmark 31,534
acre®. Each power, with the exception of
Denmark, shows an increased acreage. It
will be noted that Russia has the largest
area In beets. This circumstance is an
unfortunate one for those who wish the
bounty on beet sugar abolished. At the
recent conference of the producing pow
ers Germany, Austria-Hungary* and och
er large producers were w ill ng to slop
ths bounty, which no longer serves a use
ful purpose, but Russia would not agree
and her increased acreage will make her
loss willing than ever to agree.
—Utilizing the wind as a stump roller
is an Oregon invention, says the Farm
er’s Advocate. I was the Idea of The
farmer at the state penitentiary, whose
task w’as to clear six acres, and with the
aid of the wind he cleared the whole
trcct in six weeks, although the timber
was a dense growth, the first measur
ing from one to four feet in diameter. The
winds in the quarter blew strong from
the south at this season. The farmer put
his men to work on the north side of the
fir giove. They cut a log and dragged it
close lo the north side of the bases of
the fir trees that were to be felled. The
preparations were made during the first
day*, and then the men went home and
slept while the wind did the rest. Dur
ing the night a strong south wind blew
the trees dow’n, and they, in falling across
the logs, pulled up the taproots. The
next day the saw sawed up the fallen
trees, burned the brush, and laid their
log for another lot of trees. They pro
ceeded in this way until the W’hole grove
had disappeared.
—According to Messrs. T. M. Aldrich and
L. A. Turley, two well-known European
zoologists, man is not the only living be
ing who delights to go skyward in a bal
loon. There are certain flies, they say,
which invariably go through the air, in
balloons, whenever they* get tired of fly
ing in the ordinary way. These airships
are composed of small bubbles, which are
exuded from the bodies of flies, and the
air iq which suffices to support the in
sects whenever their wings become weary,
and the fancy takes them to ride through
the air on their tiny gossamer bladders.
They* can go, it is said, in any desired di
rection by simply swaying their bodies to
ward the goal which they expect to reach.
In one of these curious airships the zoolo
gists found the body of a very small in
sect, and they are now* wondering whether
the proprietor of the balloon thoughtfully
placed it there with the object of feeding
on it during its aerial journey. As an
argument in favor of the latter hypothesis
they point out that flies w’hile traveling
in balloons dannot satisfy their hunger un
less they return to the earth.
—According to Prof. Hans Gross of Ber
lin, valuable clues toward the detection
of criminals may be obtained through an
examination of cigar tips. Of course, this
applies to those who smoke cigars, the
tips of which they carelessly throw away
in the street or elsewhere, “if y’ou.pick
up any tip,” he says, “and examine it
closely, the chances are that you will be
able to learn something as to the person
ality and social position of the man who
threw it away*. In the case of criminals
the first point to be considered is the man
ner in which it was cut off from the cigar.
If a knife or any other instrument was
used for this purpose, then this instrument
will doubtless be found on the criminal.
If, on the other hand, it was bit off with
the teeth, a thorough examination of the
tip will show' what kind of teeth were used
for this purpose. A man with a row of
even teeth will bite off the end of his ci
gar squarely’ and evenly’, whereas one with
jagged, uneven teeth will bite it clumsily
and in such a manner as to leave clearlv
visible the marks of his incisors. By com
paring the mark* on cigar tips with the
teeth of supposed criminals, prosecuting
officers and detectives will be able to ob
tain much information which they could
not possibly obtain any other way " The
police do not thank Prof. Gross for this
suggestion, since they* are afraid that a
new duty may be imposed on thern-that
of looking out carefully for cigar tips
which may* be throwrn into the streets.
-So much to see, if you have eyes to
see ' there ls not a moment that some
thing wonderful does not take place, says
Forest and Stream. At this junction of
the thoroughfare and Island lake on a
dead pine more than ICO feet high sat a
white-headed eagle. In the air a large
fish-hawk was sailing over the water
looking for h.s dinner 200 or 300 feet he
low him. Wiiat p netrating orbs of vision
nature has endowed this bird with’ There
he gives his lightningiike shot to the wa
ter, seems almost submerged, only to re
appear with a four-pound pike in his
talons. Slowly he rises, goinfi toward the
woods, where he hopes to enjoy his we.il
earned meal, but he has reckoned with
out his host. The king of birds has been
watching his every movement and if
found successful is in readiness to exact
that tribute which the stronger always
demands and compels from ihe weak Al
most quick as thought the eagle ie "p ir
suing the hawk and for a little while a
merry chase it is. But the eagie is the
master and the hawk instinctively feels
it, as after a sudden, violent swerve only
just to evade the terrible claws of the
now enraged eagle, he drops the prize
and slowly flies to the other side of
lake. There is no need for haste now a<
the master wavs after liihute, not the
hawk. Payment having be n made Ly re
-1 nqu.siting valuable property, the eagle
once more displays his wonderful a-tivlty
by catching the pike before It strikes th'
water and then as leisurely to cover to
gormandize
—There ore many fine epigrams and
proverbs In Spanish. Many of them can
not me translated so as to preserve the
terseness und aptness of the original. Fol
lowing are a few of a long list print
ed by Modern Mexico which are frequent
ly heard in the sister republic; "He who
never ventures will never cross tho sea "
"There’s no gain without pain;’’ "Flies
cannot enter a closed mouth;" "Behind
the cross is the devil;" "A cat in gloves
will never catch rats;" t’To the hungry
no bread is dry;" "A book that is shut
mnkeh no scholar; I’ho good laundress
washes the shirt liiit;" “No evil will en
dure a hundred years;’’ "When the river
ls passed the saint is forgotten."
—A political protege of tlie late Count
Muravieff, Prince Oukhtomsky, figures in
an amusing story that was current on his
presentation ns Russian envoy to the Chi
nese Emperor. Among the many costly
presents from the Czar of which he was
the bearer was a group of statuary in
silver, which had undergone strange vi
cissitudes before finding a home In Pe
kin. The original design was an alle.
gorleal representation of the emanclpa-’
tlon of Bulgaria. But when the artist
was at work history was being made and
was completed more quickly than the
work of art. By the time the latter was
finished Prince Alexander of Battenherg
had forfeited the Czar's favor, and thV
gift never reached its destination The
group is now, or was until recently in
Pekin, a slight alteration of the a ones
sorles having changed the emancipation
of Bulgaria from the Turk Into the eman
cipation of the Lao Tong Peninsula from
th Japanese!
SUMMER RLSOrtTS.
~ FOR~
Ml, Pleasure ana cum
GO TO
ill 18.
Magnificent mountains 1,200
feet above sea. No malaria
excellent mineral waters'-
ball room, billiard and pooi
tables; splendid music.
Reached by Southern RV
B. B. Abernethy, Prop'
SARATOGA.
THE GRAND UNION
Open until Oct. I.
Special Terms per Week or Season.
For Illustrated Booklet address
WOOLLEY & GERRANS, Proprietor?
Saratoga Springs, New York.
HOTEL NORMANDIE,
BKUADWA * & 3STII STS.. NEW YORK
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY
Located in the liveliest and most inter
esting part of the city; twenty principal
places of amusement within five minutes’
walk of the hotel
CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO
Summer Resort—Ocean Kate). Aehurr
Park. N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SON'S.
BLOWING ROCK.
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Summit of Blue Ridge, 4,540 feet. Scen
ery and climate unsurpassed, so say globe
trotters. 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. Postoffice
and telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1.
Write for leaflet and rates to
Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Park, N C.
Hotel American-Adelphi,
Finest Locution in
SAR ATOGA SPRINGS.
Near Mineral Springs! and Rnthn,
OPEN JUNE TO NOVEMBER. ROOM3
EN SUITE, WITH BATHS.
GEO. A. FARNHAM, Prop.
IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS.
HOTEL DEL MONTE,
SARANAC LAKE, X. Y.
OPENS JUNE 25. under entirely new manage
merit; newly furnished and renovated through
out; table and service first-class; near lake
and Hotel Ampersand; golf, tennis, billiards,
boating, fishing, driving and bicycling; livery
For booklet address J. HENRY OTIS, Sara
nac Lake, N. Y.
HOTEL DALTON,
DALTON, GA.
Popular summer resort. One of the
most popular sutnmor resorts in North
Georgia; climate delightful, beautiful
drives, brick hotel, hot and cold baths on
each floor; elevator, electric bells, good
tables. Special ates to families. Further
Information given by D. L. Dettor, Prop.
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
\Vet Virginia.
Representative resort of the South. Open
June 15. $49,000 in improvements. New
sewerage, plumbing, lights, private baths
and toilets. Orchestra of 16 pieces Fam
ous Sulphur baths. New 9-hole* golf
course. 2,790 yards. Professional in charge
Write for illustrated booklet. HARRING
TON MILLS, Manager.
CATSkILL MOUNTAIN"HOUSE.
July dally rate $3. Unsurpassed scen
ery. Railway fare reduced. Stations, Otis
Summit and Kaaterekill.
CHAS. & GEO. H. BEACH. Mgra.,
Catskill, N. Y.
RO( K LEDGE,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.,
T?i the Mountains. The pace to spend
your vacation. New house, cool rooms,
modern conven’ences; on Battery Park
hill, near postoffice. Free from noise and
dust; excellent table; moderate rate.
MRS. L. COLE.
MELROSE, NEW YORK.-78 Madison
Avenue, corner 28th 6t. Rooms with or
without board. Rooms with board $7 per
week; $1.25 per day and upwards. Send for
circular.
Fishing Tackle,
JAPANESE,
WOOD AND STEEL
JOINTED RODS,
REELS, LINES
. AND
Hooks of All Kinds.
IDHD Mi'S SB
113 BROUGHTON STREET. WEST
SCHOOLS AXD IOI.LKOES.
SUMMERSCHOOL.
A Summer School, in which boy
be prepared for High Schools, Colleges, or
Universities, will be opened at Woodbury
Forest High School on July 12, 1900 Thoaa
who desire general instruction in the aca
demic branches, or “coaching” In special
subjects will And the school adopted to
their wants. A completely fitted chemi al
laboratory will be accessible lo the pupß*-
The session will continue during *l*
ed by the eourso pursued. Address oofiil
municatlons to the Principal, Orange. a
SODA WATER
Soda Water, Ice Cream and Sherbets
made of the beat fruit and cream by *
professional dispenser. Sent to any
of the city. Sunday orders solicit a.
Cream and sherbets 5 cents.
DON MELL 1 PHARMACY.
Phone No. 678. No. 421 Liberty ft, f,,t ’
UNION HOTEL,
Wt Broad and Haris street*,
opposite Central Depot.
Modern appointment. Convenient to *D
etroet car lines. Rates H. 26 and JL5# * n “
$2.00 per day. Single meal 25c.
M. .1. PATERSON, Manas’*.
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limply Molnsic* IloKhcad* ,or
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