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6 ibc ffotog. Horßlug > rwt Buildiug SHTintuh, Gn. SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1900. Registered at the Posicltlce in Savannah The MORNING NEWS Is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month, $4.00 ior six months, and SB.OO for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.50, six months $3.00; one year, $6 00. The WEEKLY NEWS. 2 Issues a week Monday and Thursday, by mall, ono year, *I. OO. Subscriptions payable in ad\ r ance. Re mit by postal order, check or registerei letter. Currency sent by mail at risk of senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in depth la the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING NEWS to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any Irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed “MORNING NEWS/’ Savannah, Ga EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row. New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. TWENTY PACES INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sponlal Notices—Dividend Savannah Gas Light Company; What Dr. E. 11. Nichols Says of Buwannec Springs Water; On Deck Again, and Malt Mead, Otto W. Nell; Malt Mr ad, Geo. Meyer; Notice, Ludden & Bates, S. M. H.; One of the Nicest Residences in the City For Sale; tho Wreck of the Burned House-Boat Cai man For Sale at Auction; Houses and Flats For Rent, Estate Salomon Cohen; Former Plumber Inspector’s Advice, W- H. Cosgrove; Young Lady Wanted, Address Drug Store; Bargains in Fans, Electric Supply Company; Notice to the Public, Lamar M. Kennon; Fresh Tennessee But ter, H. H. La-Far; Greene & Cos.; Annual Picnic, Savannah Council, No. 1; Order of American Firemen, Hotel Tybce, July 37; Auction Sale of Bicycles, Thomas’ Bi cycle Emporium; Good Beer, Jung Brew ing Company; Levan’s Table d’Hote; No tice to Superior Court Jurors; Park Ave nue Pharmacy. Business Notices Summer Toilets, Theus Bros; Savannah Steam Laundry; An Aesthetic Feast, Hunter & Van Keu ren. Laundry—E. & W. Laundry. Challenge Sale—A. S. Nichols. Always on Ice—/Munster’s. The Elk $3.50 Shoes for Men—Charles Marks. Financial—F. A. Rogers & Cos., New York. Why Not Please Your Feet—Globe Shoe Company. The Big Bargain Sensation of the Times —Foye & Morrison. New Line Horse Nets—Leo Frank. Picnic—Grand Picnic by the A. O. H. at Tybee Island, July 24. Kodaks, and Frank’s Rheumatism Remedy—At Livingston's Pharmacy. Midsummer Necessities—Leopold Ad ler. House Cleaning Sale—At Byek Bros. Something Worth Talking About—Walsh & Meyer. Its Right Here That the Low Summer Prices Meet You—Daniel Hogan. Prices That Talk For Themselves—At the Bee Hive. Driving Is Pleasant Cohen-Kulman Carriage end Wagon Company. Auction Sale—’’Old Hoss" Sale. Central of Georgia Railway and Ocean Steamship Company. J. W. Comer, P. A. Financial—The Yankee Consolidated Miners'*, Milling and Tunnelling Company, Denver, Col. Hot Weather Garment*— At Gutman’s. Remember* That Tinner—R. C. Clancy & Cos. Now That Ice Is Up—George W. Allen A Cos. A Nursery Refrigerator—Thos. West A Cos. No Use Talking—The Metropolitan Clothing Company. Low Prices the Rule—At I^ttimore’s. We "Raised Cain" Last Week—B. H. Levy A Bro. ■Waists Almost Given Away—At Eck stein’s. Summer Snaps—B. H. Levy & Bro. Hot Weather Garments—At Gutman’s. Educational—Emory College, Oxford, Ga.; Elizabeth Colleges, Charlotte, N. C. Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef. Postum .Food Coffee— Postum Cereal Company. Medical—Munyon’s Guarantee; S. S. S.; Coke Dandruff Cure; Hood's Sarsa parilla; World’s Dispensary Preparations; Mother's Friend; Bar-Ben; Peruna; Hath away & Cos.; Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy; Bloat’s Vegetable Bitters; Soma. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Warned; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The Indications for Georgia to-day are for generally fair weather, except rains on the coast, and fresh southerly winds, and for Eastern Florida local rains and thunderstorms, with light to fresh south easterly winds. The treasury department at Washington haa ruled that tips to sleeping car por ters, given by officers of the government traveling on duty, are a legitimate ex pense and may be charged against the government. It Is not likely that the missionary work In China will be resumed for some time. The I’ope has been besieged by volunteers who desire to be sent to China to take the places of the missionaries who have fallen victims to the Boxers, but he will not hear to any proposition looking to the of other missionaries to China wbo < 'ie ace Bnc * have been secured, recently '’babllltles are thnt the Powers a comer 4Ult any attempts at new mls- Tbat pries lot some time to com*. THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE. Following the lead of the President, the Republican politicians and organs are trying to make silver the issue of the campaign. Postmaster General Smith Is out in an interview, in which he says that silver will be the great issue of the campaign because the Democrats have made it so by their platform declaration in favor of the 16 to I ratio. He Insists tha/t there is no such thing ns imperial ism, and that the people cannot be made to believe there is. He admits that there axe problems connected with the Spanish- American War which will be discussed during the campaign, but say® they bear but little relation to what is called im perialism. It Is clear from the position that the silver question is given in the Democratic platform that it is not the purpose of the Democrats to make silver the lead ing Issue. They consider imperialism the most important question wtth which the country has to deal. They' are ready, however, to meet the Republicans on any question in which the people appear to be interested. It looks as if the people are more interested in imperialism than any other. That being the case, the. Republi cans will And 14 Impossible to interest them to any very great extent in silver. Mr. Hanna tried to make the issue in the campaign of 1896. He was timid In respect to sliver, and he endeavored by all means in his pow'er to lead the peo ple to accept the tariff question os the paramount issue. They refused to follow his lead in that matter. They insisted on thinking and talking of the silver Issue. So it will be this year. Mr. Hanna wants to make the silver question the chief one. He thinks that with that is sue the Republican party can win an other victory. The people, however, are not particularly interested in the silver question. They regard It as practically settled for some years to come. The sensational statements which the Repub lican leaders and organs are making, namely, that If Mr. Bryan should be elected the chances are. that he would soon have a Congress that would legis late in harmony with his silver views, do not disturb them in the least. They are confident that the Senate will be against disturbing the gold standard law for the next four years, and they believe that even If both the House and the Senate should become Democratic within the next two years, it would be impossible to get Congress to pass a bill repealing the gold standard low. Tho fact that the majority of the Kansas City Conven tion was against making anew declara tion In the Democratic platform in re spect to silver satisfies them that even a Democratic Congress would not enact hasty and radical legislation in respect to silver. They are, therefore, willing to let the silver question rest for awhile and give their attention to another and more pressing question, the question of imperialism. If Postmaster General Smith is sincere in thinking that there is no such question as imperialism, and that there can be no such queation, he is going to be disap pointed. If he and other Republican lead* era are preparing themselves to make speeches against the 16 to 1 Idea they are wasting their time. They will not be called upon to attack the position of the Democrats on the silver question, but to defend their own party against the charge of imperialism. Unless all signs fail, Imperialism, not silver, will be the paramount issue. CI’BAN IXDEPENDENCE. Directly after the Spaniards had been driven out of Cuba, it mi the Quite gen eral belief In this country that the island would never become an independent coun try, notwithstanding the declaration of Congress to the contrary. It is even probable that some Cubans had their doubts about the matter. Now It is quite generally agreed in this country that the declaration of Congress will be carried out to the letter, and Cubans have about got rid of their doubts that this country intended to act in good faith towards them. The question of annexation will, of course, be discussed In the Constitutional Convention tvhlch the Cubans are soon to hold, but it will be found that the ma jority of the delegates are in favor of independence. There is no doubt that about all of the people, except the prop erty owners, wa.it an independent gov ernment. It would be a mistake there fore to throw anything In the way of their having It. The chances are that after a few years of Independence there will come a very strong sentiment in favor of annexation. But this country may not be as fav orable to annexation then os It is now. It Is certain that when the Cubans flnl that they do not enjoy as favorable a po sition In trading with us as Porto Rico, they will come to the conclusion that in dependence Is not as attractive as It ap peared to be before they had It. There is no doubt that the Cubans will be an independent people; and they will be given control of their affairs sooner than they ought to have It, because there is ample evidence they are not yet ready to put their best men at the head of af fairs. They will doubtless pay dearly for experience. Unless all predictions fail Cuba will have a pretty heavy debt very soon after her own people take charge of her government. That is their affair, however. They will have to bear the burden. The Charleston News and Courier cov ered Itself with glory, and woodcuts, dur ing the meeting of the National Educa tional Association in Its city. The for mer, however, was no novelty, since It covers itself with glory 3f> times every year, barring leap year, when It adds one more to the number of times. The wood cuts, however, were a novelty, for the News and Courier; especially the full-page decoration with which it greeted the edu cators on the first day. It Is to be noted, by the way, that there was no printing of the portraits of medicine tasters, mem bers of the Legislature end "other dis reputable persona." and labelling them with the names of the teachers, as was done when the members of the Gridiron Club visited Charleston some time ago. A queer suit Is pending In a New York court. A clairvoyant Is suing ihe admin istrators of the estate of one Wilmer for *1,300 which she says is due to her be cause of a wager which she made with Wilmer respecting the probable time of his death. She foretold the time of Ills decease accurately, which he had wager ed she could not do; and since Wilmer 4ied on time she wants her mom y. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY,’ JULY 15. 1900. THE SITt ATIO> IN CHINA. What little reliable news gets out of China justifies the opinion that the eitua rion there is steadily becoming more se rious. The story that the Russian minister was tortured before being killed and that his wife was subjected to the most horrible Indignities may or may not be true. It would not be at all surprising if it were true. The fact that communication with Pekin is cut off opens the door, of course, for all sorts of ru mors, but if it were not true that the min isters and ail of the other foreigners had been killed what reason would there be for not permitting the ministers to com municate with their respective govern ments? The long communication which the Chi nese minister at Washington received from the Pekin government last week makes it clear that the Chinese government Is able to communicate with the outside world. Of course there is o chance that the mes sage that the Chinese minister received is not genuine. He believes it is genu ine, however, and it seems that the Presi dent and Secretary of State Hay believe It is. If they had doubts about the matter Secretary Hoy would hardly have sent the message he did to Minister Conger through the Chinese minister. If it is possible for the Pekin authorities to send a long mes sage to tho government of this country and to the governments of Europe through ministers stationed in foreign capitals, It is possible for them to oi**n communica tion between the foreign ministers at Pe kin and their respective governments. Affairs in China are rapidly commanding the attention of the entire Christian world to the exclusion of nearly all other public affairs. In this country politics is regarded as of only secondary importance and in England the Boer war is overshadowed by the tragedy that is being enacted in China, The government at Washington and the governments of Europe are profoundly dis turbed by what Is taking place in that ancient empire. They are forwarding troops with the hope of saving the lives of their official representatives, if they are still alive, and of protecting the thous ands of Christians who are scattered throughout the empire. At the same time they see the possibility of a great war with China and of complications of the most serious kind between themselves. These disturbances in China may be the beginning of the breaking up of that em pire, and, at the same time, the efforts to suppress them may lead to wars be tween the Powers that may be extremely costly and destructive. It is hinted in the dispatches from China that the Chinese hope that the Powers will got to quarrel ing among themselves. It certainly will require the exercise of a great deal of good judgment and much forbearance on their part to maintain harmony. Jn the meantime the news from Pekin and other parts of China is awaited with the most intense interest, because, while the Chi nese uprising may be suppressed and the integrity of the Chinese empire maintain ed, a great world drama may be just be ginning. A CENTURY OF LEARNING. Dr. Draper, President of the University of Illinois, thinks the century now draw ing to a close will be known as the Cen tury of Educational Advancement. Not only has the process of the dissemina tion of knowledge been wonderfully im proved, but the sum of our knowledge has been very greatly added to. At the opening of the century there was not In the world any such thing as a national system of schools for the masses. There were schools, of course, but they were for the classes and the masses were shut out from Iheir privileges. Now, at the close of the century, there is not a civil ized nation which has not Its system of free schools or is not moving towards such an ideal. The United States were the pioneers in this great work for the common people. What has been accom plished is to be seen on every hand. Within the reach of practically every home in the land there is an elementary free school, in every town there is a sec ondary free school, and in every state there are free colleges or universities, or both. There Isn't any Insuperable reason, therefore, why every child may not at tend school and secure at least'a common s hoot education. This provision for the children of the poor, without making any distinction between them and the child ren of the rich in the common schools, is the greatest step in educational advance ment of the century, and no greater step is likely to be made in any century. While the schools have increased and multlplli and, and systems of leaching have been simplified, the stock of knowledge has b en added to in a manner that must surprise the intelligent person looking in retrospect to the commencement of the century. Particularly is this true of the scientific brandies. A hundred years ago electricity was a most profound mystery to all save a few persons, and they knew mighiy little about it. To-day hundreds of free schools and coileg s are supplied with apparatus with which applied elec tricity Is demonstrated so c early that the student of ordinary capacity readily mas ters the principle of it and the wonders of the electrical current become quite commonplace In the medical science the strides of advanct ment have been prodig ious. Bleeding and leeohts have long since bt en tabooed, and aseptic surgery and modern practice are saving precious liv! s which under the old schools of med icine would In all probability have bren lost. Our knowledge of the earth and its furthermost parts has been extended. Many f arless explorers—Franklin. Kane, Livingston, Stanley, Greeley, Nansen, Ftafy and others—have dared death that they might give us further Information respecting our planet. A hundred years ago the Interior of Africa and the polar regions were as seahd books. It Is true that these’ hooks have not been fully opened ye*, but at the end of the century we know Infinitely more ' respecting them than was known at the beginning of It. What has been achieved along the line of educational ad vancement. Dr. Draper says, Is not ihe result of accident, but lias hern achiev'd by the hard w ork of acholats in literature, art and the sciences Their efforts will enable the dying century to leave a rich heritage of knowledge and educational methods to the new century. The wife of Baron von Ketteler, the Ill fated minister of Germany to China, wne an American woman. The wife of Baron von Schwurxenslein, who Is to succeed von Ketteler, Is an American woman, a native of New York. Webster Davis, formerly a Repub.ican "spellbinder/’ who could say more hard things about the Democratic party in a given time than any other man on the stump, has renounced his former allegi ance and become a Democrat. James M. Beck of Philadelphia, formerly as ardent a Democrat as Mr. Davis was a Republi can, who was United States District At torney under President Cleveland, has taken the opposite course and become a Republican. The Baltimore Sun suggests that It would be interesting to arrange a joint debate between Davis, the former Repuoilcan, and Beck, the former Demo crat, and hear what they could say about the parties with which they were at one time associated. Mrs. James Brown Potter—or as she Insists now' upon being called, Mrs. Cora Urquhart Potter—announces the probabil ity of an American engagement next sea son in anew play which David Belasco has promised to provide for her. When Mrs. Totter heard of the granting of the decree which divorced her husband she was overjoyed, and danced and clapped her hands. Now, she says, it is her am bition to be considered merely as an art ist; and she intends to make America ac knowledge her ability. PERSONAL. —A souvenir of Mr. Gladstone’s hobby as on amateur woodman, consisting of chip from an elm which he felled at Hawarden In 1880, was sold for five shil lings In a London auction room the other day. —Dr. James M. Safford. who ha? been professor of geology in Vanderbilt Uni versity for many years, has Just retired at the age of seventy. For half a cen tury he has been State Geologist of Ten nessee. —Lieut. John M. MacKinley, of the Ar gentine navy, who lost his life in Cam. baceres bay during a squall, was n Cana dian, and has relatives living in Kings ton, Ont. A Buenos Ayres paper says the government has been asked to have the name MacKinley given to the bay in which the fatal accident occurred. —A correspondent of a London paper says that there is a particular spot in the palace at with a pedestal upon which are miniature busts of the Prince and Princess of Wales. It was there that the King of the Belgians introduced these royal personages to each other, nnd his Majesty considers that Incident one of the pleasantest reminiscences of- hie long reign. —Englishmen who were with Lord Charles Beresford at Alexandria, will re member Maj. Waller, commanding the United States marines in the relief of Tien Tsin, says the American correspond ent of the London Standard. Lord Charles Beresford assigned to Maj. Waller the duty of clearing two sides of the princi pal square. Waller instructed his men not to shoot without orders, and then to shoot to kill. He took a place behind the ranks, saying that he w’ould shoot the first man firing without order®. His command did its work bloodlessly, and at the opposite side of the square met that of Lord Charles Beresford, which had also been successful kn the task, though after firing several volley®. BRIGHT BITS. —Towue—He’s got an awful cold in hts head. Browne—Severe, eh? Towne—Well, I should Bay. It wea so severe yesterday It cracked his glasses.- Philadelphia Press, —Simply Had to Do It.—" Why is it," they asked, "that you have changed from Irish to Scotch whisky?" "I have Joined a golf club," he replied.—Chicago Evening Post. —Midget—l wonder how the Circassian girl ever got such long hair? Giant—She says that when a child her nurse told her a hair-raising ghost story.—Philadelphia Record. —Suspicious.—"l have strong doubts about Tenspot’s being a genuine fisher man," said Cumso. "Why?" asked Cawk er. "He never refers to trout as speckled beauties.’’—Detroit Free Press. —An Explanation.—Undertaker (to by stander at funeral)—Are you one of the mourners? Bystander—l am, sor. Under taker—What relation to the deceased? By stander—None at all—but he owed me $5. —Chicago News. —"Did you have a good time at your 9 picnic?" "I should say we did. When we reached the picnic grounds we were so afraid of snakes that we came home and had a perfectly lovely time in our back yard.’’—Chicago Times-Herald. —A Wesleyan Definition.—" What Is co education, my son?" "It is a looiish sys tem of education, father, whereby the male students are perpetually condemned to see themselves crowded from first hon ors by an inferior sex.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. CI'RREST COMMENT. The Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.) says: "One passage in Bryan's Lincoln speech deserves to be printed on every campaign document sent out by ony party this year. It Is: 'I want every citizen to vote as he would if he knew that his vote would de termine this next election. Remember what it means. You vote in Nebraeka, and your vote may determine the result in this stale on the presidential election, and your state may determine the result. When you go to the polls to vote, remem ber that you are an American citizen.' If every voter, whatever his political views, would adopt that policy, we should soon have an ideal republic.” The paucity of anti-imperialism argu ments available for use by the Republi cans is made evident by the following from the New York Press (Rep.): "We assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half empire,” says the Kan sas City platform. "What right has aschool teacher to go to the polls and vote as a sample citizen of the republic when in his school room he is an emperor? Yet Horace Mann used to call school houses the fortifications of the republic." The Nashville American (Dem) says: "When the discussion came up concerning Mr. Stevenson at Kansas City there was a suggestion that he was too old. But one vigorous man sized It up this way, and his diagnosis was accepted: 'lt de pends,' he said, 'on what you expect a vice president lo do. If you are looking for a dancing man, Stevenson's too old; but he's young enough to preside over those moss-covered reminiscences of the Senute.' Adlol is ail right. He performed the duties of the office very gracefully for four years, and he will do It all right again.” The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: "President McKinley's reply to the speech formally announcing to him the news of his renomlnatlon hi smooth and smug, but not Impressive. When he talks of honor and duty (he words have a reminiscent unpleasantness of Interpretation. With President McKinley (hey sometimes mean one thing on Tuesday and another thing on Wednesday. He intend*, no doubt, to be honorable and to do his duty every day; but he is weak and at the mercy of ad visers who measure honor and duty by tiie standard of political expediency." History Hepeats Itself. "Why it's old Dlogenee!" cried Sklnine, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, as the ancient philosopher, lighted lantern in had, plodded slowly down the street. "Hullo, Diog," cried Patroclus in banter ing tones, "found that honest man yet?" The sage stared up at them. "Honest man!" ho grumbled. "I’m not looking for an honest man. I gave that up long ago." And he turned to hobble away, "Then whet are you looking for?" cried young Herc Mus. “I’m looking for a hired girl,” he growl ed, "ours left yesterday." Not Exactly a Compliment. Not long ago Senator Vest was seriously ill, says the Saturday Evening Post. At times he was petulant, even with his friends, but aeldom was he in a state of mind that a god story was not forthcom ing. One afternoon, In talking with Maj. Dickinson of the recent volunteer army, he fell to discussing the vanities of life. "I once met a good old lady out West,” said he, "who evinced great surprise of a not very complimentary sort when she met me. “ ‘And so you’re Senator Vest, the great Senator?’.’ she asked. " ‘l’m Senator Vest/ I replied* bowing. "Well, well!’ she exclaimed contemptu ously. ‘After all I’ve heard about you, I never’d a thought It!’ "At another time I met a farmer trom New' Madrid county. " ‘l’m glad to sea you, Senator/ he said. ’You see, wre like you out our way. In fact, you're gettiiY mighty notorious in New Madrid county.’ ” A Diplomatic! Librarian. When Mr. Putnam was the head of the public library In Boston a ward leader of that city called on him to recommend a henchman for a place In the library, says Collier's Weekly. There was no reason why the librarian should not have refused at once and per emptorily to appoint him, but he chose to follow anoiher course. After a few’ minute’s talk with the poli tician Mr. Putnam asked him whether he had ever been through all the departments of the institution. "I never have, but I'd like to see It/’ replied th# politician. "It will give me much pleasure to go with you," said Mr. Putnam. Mr. Putnam took him behind the coun ters and through the building from top to bottom, explaining the character and the magnitude of the work in detail. He further pointed out,without seeming to do so, the varied duties of the employes and the attainments they must possess to do the work. When the tour was ended Mr. Putnam said: "I’m pleased to have had a chance to show’ the library to you, and if your friend will fill out an application blank and send it, and if he pass“ the neces sary examination, I think there will be no difficulty in placing his name on the waiting list." The politician, how’ever, had seen enough of library work to convince him that his constituent could find no place on the staff, and the blank w as never filled out. But to the day he'left Bos ton Mr. Putnam had no warmer admirer In that city that this same ward leader. Keep a WhiaTln’. From the Denver Post. Don’t you never weaken, neighbor, When the world s a lookin' blue, When the days are day s o' labor Bringin’ no results to you. Keep a clSm-bin' up the ladder, If you git a tumble, rise— Keep a whis'lin’ till the shadder Ups an’ scurries from yer skies! Don’t you let yer courage flicker When yer battlin' with despair. Meet yer troubles wtth a snicker. Give the laugh to every care. Trouble ofn Is a bladder You can prick with enterprise— Keep a whis'lin' till the shadder Ups an’ scurries from yer skies! Keep yer pot o' nerve a b'ilin’, Keep yer energy on tap, When yer downcast, go to smilin' Like you didn’t care a snap. On the top o’ fortune’s ladder With Its glories fix yer eyes— Keep a whis'lin’ till the shadder Ups an' scurries from yer skies! Everybody has their troubles. Some are mighty hard to bear. Some are only flimsy bubble* Stuffed with nuthin’ wuss than air. If yer sad, you might be eadder; Don't set 'round and bellow* sighs— Keep a whis'lin' till the shadder Ups an' scurries from yer skies! Every lane must have a turnin’ An’ you’ll reach it by an’ by; All the luck fur which yer yearnin’ ’LI he yours afore you die. Don't you wince beneath the gad, or Smother hope until it dies— Keep a whis'lin' till the shadder Ups an' scurries from yer skies! Ultiffed by a Woman. Mrs. McClellan Brown told a good story the other day at a reception on Price Hill, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, in which Senator Foraker's name figured as a talisman. The incident occurred dur ing one of her visits to Europe. Being tveary with much speaking and enter tainment she broke away from friends and started from Edinburgh for Birming ham. where she might rest with friends. She "booked” by the Midland Railroad, and, comfortably seated in a first-class coupe, quite alone, she fell Into a deep sleep. How much time and distance elapsed she knew not. The "guards'' opening the doors at a station called out. "All out here for London.” Mrs. Brown remarked: “I am for London by wav of Birmingham on a stop-off." "Get out. theni Get out!" he command ed. in stentorian manner. "You are fur and away beyond where you should have changed.” She stepped out and stood gazing gt the departing train In a dazed state of mind. "Well, Mr. Guard, where is my ticket to London?" she asked. The guard shrugged his shoulder and sid: "Oh, that's behind you.” "But when and how nm I to get to Birmingham?” she asked. Another shrug was the only answer. "Is there not a manager at Ihis sta tion?" inquired Mrs. Brown, observing the many buildings about the place. "Yes. over there in that office you will find one." Mrs. Brown found the manager and told him the situation, specifying carefully the fact that she had "booked" first class and put herself in care of the company, giv ing up her ticket when asked to do so. She had not been told that she should change at Carlisle. The manager very emphatically shrugged his shoulders anil spread his hands In answer. "There’s nothing to do but wait till next day at 10.” Mrs. Brown remarked; "In my coun try when one puts himself In care of a railroad company an officer attends to see that he is set down at the destination called for by his ticket," and drawing from her portmanteau a small silk flag and a large letter, she said: "I am an American citizen, and I am not here to be black-mailed by an English railroad company," whereupon ahe spread before the manager the large letter, bearing the formidable name of Joseph Benson Fora ker, Governor, accompanied by the great seal of the state of Ohio. The manager's stiffness thawed Instant ly. He could not have read the letter In hts utter confusion. He beckoned to a brass-luttoned attache, to whom h* gave some instruction aside, and then said: "This man will show you to a hotel where you will be well provided for dur lnr the night, an<) to-morrow wt will •end you to Birmingham ITEMS OF INTEREST. —The health authorities of Owen coun ty, Indiana, are having difficulty in con trolling an epidemic of measles, because many parents purposely carry their chil dren to infected houses, believing that it is advisable for them to have the dis ease in infancy. —Ten days ago the Union Traction Com pany of Anderson, Ind., issued an order that all employes should be vaccinated. One thousand men have sore arms now* and the affliction iff so serious that the construction crew on the line between Anderson and Muncie was compelled to quit work, being unable to handle tools. —A marriage ceremony was performed In Toronto recently with a substitute for the ring which, though odd nnd amusing, was appropriate for the occasion.* The couple went over from the American side of the St. Lawrence river, but fot-got to rake a ring. As there was no ring to be had in the house, the resourceful clergy man cent for his wife’s sewing ecissors, and with the linger clasp, completed the ceremony. —The following curious advertisement recently appeared in a London paper: "Old False Teeth Bought—Many ladies and gen tlemen have by them old or disused false teeth, which might as well be turned into money. Messrs. R. D. and J. B. of (established since 1833), buy old false teeth. If you send your teeth to them, they will remit you by return post the utmost value; or if preferred, they will make you the otter, and hold the teeth over for your reply. If reference is necessary, apply to Messrs. , bank ers, Ipswich.’’ —“The Krupps beat the world in making light field artillery," said one of the Eng lish officers in New Orleans looking after stock shipments to a newspaper man of that city. "I don’t know any good reason why the Germans should surpass the Eng lish or American mechanics in that re epect," he continued, "but the fact re mains that tliey have set the pace ever since the modern light, quick-firing gun was developed. The very latest piece they have turned out is a wonder. It is an Inch and a half calibre field gun, built on the 'take down’ principle. When a bolt is drawn it comes to pieces and makes a load for three mules, one carrying the gun proper, one the wheels and one the trail and r< co 1 cylinders. The piece can be re-assembled without tools in less than iwo minutes. The breech mechanism is extremely ingenious. One jerk of a lever throws it open, ejects the empty shell and pushes in a fresh cartridge which lias been deposited on a sort of carrier in the rear. All the gunner has to do then is to shove the lever back into place and pull the trigger." —The boat in which the adventurous Bowst" went through the Niagara rap ids on Monday was a pioneer in its class, but it was not the first vessel to accom plish the dangerous navigation of the Niagara, says the Philadelphia Ledger. As long ago as 1861 the little steamer Maid of the Mist was taken through the rapids from the fcot of the falls to the placid waters of Lake Ontario, and in 18S3 her successor, another Maid of the Mist, ac complished the same feat. Nor is “Bow ser's" individual bravery without prece dent. Not to mention the large number of men who have tried to swim or float through the rap ds and lost their lives by so doing, several men have passed through safely, though, we believe, never before by using a boat. In July, 1886, C. D. Graham navigated the rapids in a barrel of his own construction, and came through alive, though very much ex hausted. In 1888 Charles A. Percy passed safely through them, and the following year Walter S Campbell swam through in a cork jacket. So it has been demon strated that the passage of the river, whirlpool and all, can be accomplished, at favorable limes, if one has luck. but. as "BOwser” remarked, it is not likely to become a fashionable route for summer tourists. —A new method of making joints in heavy wires and cables is explained as follows: Sleeves of soft copper long enough to receive the two cable ends for a distance about twice their diameter are provided, the walls of the sleeves being sufficiently thick, so that the sleeve con tains as much metal to the running inch as the cable, or more. The two ends are butted in the sleeve, and the jaws of a hydraulic press of considerable power, but lighter weight and small size, are set on the Joint. One squeeze at a pressure of about forty tons to the square inch welds the sleeve and the cable into a solid mass, so that if the joint is sawed apart, it is Impossible to tell where the metal of the sleeve ends and that of the cable begins. -An Italian electrician has invented an electric cartridge, which he offers as a substitute for dynamite and smokeless powder In mines, rock blasting and for heavy ordnance. The composition used In the cartridge is made up of carbonates of potash and chloride of ammonia, the proportion varying according to the use. The discharge is effected by an electric spark, which produces electrolytic effects upon the chemicals. The inventor claims that the 'artridges, until subjected to the fffect ot electricity, are entirely inoffen sive and perfectly safe; so that there will he no necessity for isolating the magazines where they are stored. M 1111 am T. Fee, United State* consul at Bombay, India, has the following to *ay on the question of electricity In In dia: “In all India, Madras Is the only city where elecrieity is used as a power for street railroads. Bombay's tramways are run by horse power, and the city Is lighted by gas. Electricity Is used only in a limited way; in some of (he better houses and bungalows and on an occa sional fete or holiday, a public park may be lighted by a portable electric plant The general merchant and dealer is no* sufficiently acquainted with electric man ufactures to make a successful agent and, besides, the demand for goods of this line Is quite limited. Bombay is an immense city, with laud and sea shipping equal to the best. I. has large commerce and trade and manufacturing interests Its buildings are said to be the finest in India, and much wealth is centered here. The appalling density of Its population and the exorbitant rates of rental must find relief in cheap and rapid electric transit. Electricity as motive) power and fight must come soon, and I hope our manu facturers and capital seeking new fields of profitable and safe Investment will look well to this opportunity. The Bom bay Tramway, an American company with head office In New York city some time since applied to the municipality for the privilege of converting Its power into electricity. This has not as yet been granted. The municipal commissioner W L. Harvey, has declared his Intention of giving the city electric lighting, and the matter Is now open for bids and offer* Three or four local firms have tendered bids. These firms, I understand, are sim ply representatives of European capital ists and electric-construction companies I might further say that India possesses an inexhaustible supply of coal and while It Is Inferior to the Welsh' coal’ yet It Is correspondingly cheaper and con sidered very good for steam purposes It sells at this port for from 13 to 1 ru pees (14.25 to *5.25) per ton, according to the quality. The cost of transportation of electric supplies and apparatus from our shipping ports to Bombay could bo great ly lessened by freighting In sailing ves sels around the Cape. This would also avoid Suez canal tolls, and. by Judicious management In shipping, the extra time taken would not be felt. Under tin- In dian tariff code, a large proportion of an electric plant would enter duty free However, the question of tariff would not figure In competition for the contract, as All companies are treated equally. Jos. A. Magnus & Cos., CINCINNATI, O. SUMMER lIESItaTS. 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