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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia are for local
rains and thunderstorms, and light to
fresh woutn westerly winds; and for East
ern Florida, local rains, with fresh south
easterly winds.
Women bookkeepers and accountants in
Chicago have organized for the purpose
yf demanding pay for their services equal
to the pay received by men for performing
similar work. The women take the rea
sonable ground that they do the work as
good as it could be done by men. there
fore they ought to have equal compensa
tion with men.
According to the New York correspond
ence of the Pittsburg Dispatch, another
cherished family tradition has been
smashed by a leading physician of that
city. He says that the “growing pains,*’
of which every grown person tia- recol
lections, are really nothing more nor lose
than rheumatism. One of the New York
overling papers adds the cheering asser
tion that rheumatism brings- on bear-t dls
ea.se.
During the month of June there was a
reduction of the American ou put of iron
amounting to 11:,963 tons. The reduction,
by the wav, was wholiy by Northern
furnaces. In point of fact, there was an
increase in both the number of furnaces
and output in Alabama; going to show
that iron can be proiirubly manufactured
in the South even w'hen it is found neces
sary to redtiev* output or close down w orks
in the North.
A most unique suit at law is pending in
Chicago. It relates to the inheritance of
the property of Dr. John Malok, deceased,
valued at about SIT,OOO. Dr. Malok was at
the altar to be married when he fell dead.
The ceremony had been about half per
formed. but the words which would have
made the woman at his side his wife had
not been spoken. The doctor and the wo
man had joined hands, when death inter
vened. Now, the question is, was the wo
man his: w'life, or will the property
go to his next of kin by consanguinity?
, ,
During tile past three months not less
then half a dozen stories of wives sold
by husbands havu come from the neigh
borhood of VViikesbarre, Pa. In that sec
tion there are a large number of Huns.
Slavs and other foreigners, employed it
tne coal, coke and iron works, who seem
to have little If tiny appreciation of or
respect for American lows ond public
sentiment. They buy mid sell wives just
as they would dogs or cows, and for about
the same prices. Oiklly enough, them
tla . not seem to be any law with tvlilcn
to reach them; or if there is any law,
the authorttbs fail to opply it. Only a
few days ago a man named Itoscngrant
sold his wile for $lO, and threw in a baby
lor good measure.
Tne special naval board, which is charg
ed with Investigating the advisability of
removing the naval station from l’ott
Hoynl to Charleston, held n hearing in th
Tolled States Court room in the latter
tdace on Saturday, at which advocates
of the removal appeared to urge
'charleston's claim*. There was much
sties* laid upon the beauties and expanse
of the harbor, but nothing whatever was
raid, according to the report published by
lac News and Courier, as to where tt is
proposed that tin naval station shall get
Its iresh water. The city of Charleston is
tint In a position to furnish fresh water to
the station. It cannot furnish water for
its own' citizens, who arc forced to de
pt nd upon cisterns and rain-barrels.
Even If Charleston bad an adequate sup
ply of fresh wuter. it would be extremely
cl 1 fib ult. If not impracticable, to lay sub
marine pi]*', neros* an arm of the harbor
three or four milts to Itcmiey's I’oint or
4o Jam'. Is and. No mention was made,
e.thcr, of tite shifting sand* of the bar,
which have heretofore proved so trouble
some. The speakers were, of course, pro
s' ntlrig t 'harleston’s so-called "advan
lugoa," not her disadvantages, or they
might have tulktd all day. <
THE SOI TH'S nTERRIT IV ( HIV V.
The South’s interest In the present un
h tpi> oiKiition of affairs In China i per*
haps greater than that of any other sec
tion of this country. Avery large part
of the product of the South's cotton mills
has b-.en finding a market in that empire.
Tills trade of the South with Ch.na was
growing rapidly before the beginning of
the Boxer movement. If the disorders con
tinue very long Southern mills—at least
hose which have hern sending their out
put to China—will have to find new mar
kets or shut down until peace is restored
there. The banks are refusing to make
advances on shipments to Chinese porta.
The excuse they give is that there is rot
.sufficient storage room at Shanghai and
other Chinese ports, but the real reason
Is that they are afraid to risk anything
in that country while the revolution is in
progress.
The policy that the government is pur
suing relative to the troubles in China is
the best for this country that is ]>ossible.
Its aim is to avoid a war with China and i
to protect its ofli ials at Pekin and ail [
other American residents throughout the I
empire. It seems that the American war
ships took no part in the bombardment of j
the Taku forts. In fact, the American
Admiral advised against the bombard
ment.
It is also the purpose of this country to
do what it can to preserve the Integrity
of tho Chinese empire and to miintain
the open door policy. The South expect*
that its trade with China will increase
very rapidly as soon as the troubles are
over, it wants n chance to compete for
trade in the whole empire. That it would
not have if the empire should be partition
ed among the Powers of Hu rope or the
open door policy should be abandoned.
The South is sending only cotton goods
and cotton seed products to China now.
It expects to find there a very big market
for the products of its iron mills. The
building of railroads has begun in that
country and it will not be very long be
fore all sorts of manufactured iron goods
will be in demand there. As the South
can produce iron .cheaper than it can be
produced elsewhere it will naturally find
in China a very great market for its iron
and steel products. With the construc
tion of the Nicaragua canal end on open
d*>or policy in China the South would be
well on the way to great prosperity and
wealth.
THE I'MTED STATE® AT PARIS.
The United Stares are spending money
liberally on their exhibits at the Paris
Exposition. Are they making a creditable
show? Many Americans who have vis
red the Exposition have expressed dis
appointment that their country did net ap
pear more prominently at the great fair.
PoM.iib’y th £ ir laudable love of country led
f hem to expect the American part of the
affair to be pretty much the whole show,
and when they found that “there were
others," they were sore and chagrined.
They had not previously paid a great deal
of attention to Italy, Austria. Switzer
land. Russia, etc., and when they got to
Paris and found that these countries were
represented by beautiful pavilions, stock
ed wi h splendid exhibits of all sorts, and
: that the United States pavilion did not
! loom above everything else, they regarded
it as in a measure a personal affront and
! refused to be reconciled.
It seems to be the opinion of experienc
ed and irtelligent observers, however, thai
the United S ales are making a most ex
tcelknt showing. It is true that we are
not equal to some of the older countries
jin the tine arts. The paintings and stat
uary of Italy and France may surpass
' ours, and the European taj>estrles and
I pottery may hr more artistic than an.v
-j thing wo are now producing. Hut we are
not far behind in even those matters.
Meanwhile we are in the lead in those
articles which indiciate industrial achieve
ment and prosperity.
The United States now r produce more
Iren and steel than any other country
iti the world, and their output of copper
equals about 60 per cent, of the world’s
supply. And in the working of these
metals the United States take the lead
The finest examples of wrought iron work
are said to be among the American ex
hibits, while the American machinery, of
all sorts, is regarded as being the most
perfect, symmetrical and efficient on the
grounds. The collection of minerals and
metals from the Unitefl States Is said to
be one of the most satisfactory ever
gathe red togethtr.and the data going with
the exhibit aH forth the astonishing
richness of this country in the articles
shown. Of the Southern states, Alabama
is the b* st represented at Paris, possibly.
Tills is on account of her great iron, steel
and coal interests, and the fact that she
Is becoming the price-maker for the
world jn these products. The Alabama
lion in Paris, it is said, will compare fa
vorably with any other; even with that
of Sweden, which lias long had the repu
tation cf bring the purest and best in the
world. The copper of Michigan, the zinc
of M'ssourl, the bauxite of Notth Carolina
at and othrr commercial metals, besides the
precious metals from various states, are
all represented at Paris. In machinery
and electrics) apparatus the tintted States
arc in advance of all competitors. Ameri
can lie'motives, dynamos, motors, light
ing plants, etc., are the wonder and ad
miration of all professional observers. It
has been reported thar much of the Amer
ican machinery and apparatus at the ex
position wdl not recross the ocean after
the big fair; that tt has boon bargained
for by Europeans who wislt to Install It
In their manufacturing erahltshment*
Hutlding materials occupy a prominent
place at tlic exposition, and in these the
t rilled 8 ates stand at tile front. No
country lias a richer anti more varied
s'lo Hon tf wood-', and none lias carried
ilie ai tof employing metals and minerals
in building to higher perfection. There
are several models showing how Ameri
cans build houses with steel frames and
stone or brick shells, illustrating Amerl
tan ideas that are in advance of those of
European architects.
We cannot yet compete with Kranre In
heavy silks, but in light silks It is said
the products of Paterson are the equal of
those of Lyons, while in the matter of
cottons, woolens, linens, etc., there Is
nothing better to be found anywhere In
the exposition than the exhibits sent from
mil's in Lowell. Providence, Kail Hiver
and other American textile manufactur
ing centers. Trenton, too, has sent pot
tery that is not far, if at all, behind the
pottery of Limoges and Sevres. On the
whole there are r.asons for feeling proud
of the showing that is being made at the
exposition by the United State*.
THE MORNING NEWS: MON DAY; JULY 16, 1900.
AID \\ ILL BE DEEDED.
If what the Brooklyn m.ner. who has
written to Secretary Gage, aavs about the
Qape Nome district in Alaska is true, the
government ought to take steps at once
j to get the people who are there to aban
don the place while there is a chance
of getting away. Tt seems (here are about
JO,OOO people there now and hundreds are
arriving almost daily. The gold bear
ing district is very small, not large enough
(o afford a chance for prospecting for
more than I.oob or 1,500 men. Most of
those who are there are already on the
verge of starvation. There is very little
c hance for them to earn anything. Small
j |)ox and typhoid fever have broken out
among them and cold* weather is not far
away. The greater part of the
Imputation of the place is living in terns.
There are very few houses, and there is
very little material out of which houses
I can be built.
When cold weather c omes, and it comes
| early in that far norih region, there will
ibe a cry for help. The government will
have to send relief to the sufferers, but
before sufficient relief can reach them
thousands will become victims of cold,
starvation and disease. The government
cannot, of course, compel the people at
Cape Nome to leave there, but it is prob
able- that the majority of them would be
glad to leave if they had the means to do
so. If the gove rnment were to offer them
transportation toa place where they would
wtand a fair chance of existing through
(he winter it is probable that the majority
would accept it.
It may be aaid that it is no business of
the government ® to get them away from
Cape Nome. It probably is not, but it
will be its business to aid them, what
ever the cost may be, if they send out a
cry of distress next winter. It will be
recalled that the first settlers at Dawson
City sent to the government for assistance
and that the Secretary of War went to
great expense to fit out a relief expedition.
He purchased a large-number of reindeers,
which, by the way, were never used for
the puij>os.e for which they were bought.
It will not be an easy mutter to reach
Cape Nome, in midwinter* If the people
there are to be aided the relief work ought
(o be begun at once. If it is not, the
number who will ever receive aid from the
government will be very much smaller
than the number that will need it at the
beginning of winter.
A < LEAN ( AMPAHiV
It musi be a source of gratification to
all Americans, without distinction of par
ty, to know that the campaign now on
will be a clean one, in a personal sense.
No breath of scandal or suspicion touches
i either of the candidates. Neither has
been connected with any questionable
transaction, and the private life of each
has been spotless. Messrs. Bryan and
McKinley have walked uprightly before
and among their fellow-men, and by the
rectitude of their iives have deserved and
received the unqualified respect of persons
of all parties. And the same is true of
their running mates. Both of the leaders,
too, are consistent churchmen. Mr. Bryan
is a Presbyterian and Mr. McKinley a
Methodist, and each is a devout worship
per. With men of such clean.hands and
records at the head of the tickets, there
can he no assailing of their private char
acter. The people will not permit of a
campaign of slander and calumny.
One’s memory needs not to run a very
great way back, however, to recall cam
paigns in which mud-slinging was one of
the chief features, and where, too. some
candidates were not invulnerable in their
private lives. The scandals in high places
that followed the War of Secession—the
Credit Mobilier, the Star Routes, the Post
Traders hips, and others—have not been
forgotten. Both before and since that war
there were instances, in which lapses from
correct morals w'ore charged against the
reel morals were charged against the
candidates. And the campaigns of those
days were pitched upon a relatively low
plane. Happily, however, those days are
behind us, and will never come again.
The time Is past when a man whose
private life can be questioned, against
whom there Is ground for suspicion, can
be nominated for President of the United
States with any hope of success. High
character has become an absolute essen
tial in the man who hopes to be the
chief executive of this country.
The objections that are to be brought
against Mr. Bryan nnd Mr. McKinley
ure political, purely. They differ radical
ly with respect o public policy, and upon
that difference must appeals to the voters
be bated. There Is no flaw in the char
acter of either which may be used as an
argument against him. The honesty and
integrity of each is unquestioned, and of
their high purposes there can be no rea
sonable doubt. With < lean candidates we
shall hove a clean campaign, to the very
great pleasure of the public.
A sensational incident in the Jester
trial, at New London. Mo., occurred a
day or two ago. • when Azel Gates, the
aged father of Gilbert Gates, the victim
of the alleged murder, declared that toe
did not desire the prosecution and would
like to have the case stopped. Jester is
upwards of 75 years old. and Mr. Gates is
older. Mr. Outcs said that both he and j
the accused man were now near the dose !
of life, when most of the passions, even |
that w hich inspires revenge, are dulled or
dead. In a few years it would not mut
ter to either of the m one way or the other.
His son was dead, and the prosecutiori
and conviction of Jester could not alter
that fact; therefore, he would prefer that
the proceedings should be dropped. The
sister of the accused man, however, is
pushing the case*.
The total number of casualties on the
railroads of the United States last year
is stated to have been 51,743, of which
7.123 were deaths. These casualties are
by far greater than the total of the ;
American tasres in the Spanish and IMiil- •
ipplne wars, and are heavier than the
British losses from .ill causes in the South 1
African war. It must be borne in mind,
however, that (here were nearly 929,000 |
persons employed on the railroads last !
year—a number largely in excess of tho 1
fighting forces in either of the wars men
tioned.
The majority of persons no doubt are of
the opinion that the United States are
the greatest producers of petroleum, in
which commodity they practically dom
inate the world. That, however, is an
error. The greatest producer is Russia,
which last year produced 9.0)0.000 tons, or
MO,OOO tons more than the United States.
It U said, by the way, that the popular
ity of Russian oil is rapidly Ureas Ing,
qftven in England*
It is now a.moet five weeks since Ihe
breaking out of the trouble in China. It
will be five weeks to-morrow since Ad
miral Seymour started with his small
army to try to rescue the inmates of the
legations in Pekin. The length of time
elapsed suggest® that even if (he be
‘ Uaguered Christians were not killed by
the Boxers, they must have died, or suf
foied horribly, from starvation.
Somebody has discovered that there is
a rather strong similarity between the
! facial lines of Mr. Stevenson and those
1 of the late Prince Bismarck.
#
PERSON \L.
—The Academy* of Moral Sciences in
Paris has awarded the Audiffred prize of
15,000 francs o Dr. Ycrsin for his dis
covery of the anti-p!ague serum.
—Mrs. Davis, John Brown’s only sister,
the youngest of the family of sixteen
children, is now 68 years of age, and lives
in St. Johns, Mich.
—At the recent marriage of Miss Clara
Butf and Kennerly Rumford, at Bristol
Cathedral, Sir Arthur Sullivan conduct
ed an anthem which he had composed
specially for the event.
—James Dunsmuir of Victoria, B. C.,
the new premier of British Columbia,
threatens to be known as "The Silent
Premier.” He has been a member of the
Provincial Legislature for two years, and
in that time his voice has never been
heard in debate on the floor of the House.
—Gen. Butler, says a writer in a Liver
pool paper, in his general judgment of
men attaches much importance to what
might be supposed to be taken for grant
ed-personal bravery. He always had a
pungent, brisk way of summing up situa
tions and men, as thus; At the war of
fice. on a certain officer having been
suggested to be a general, long ago, Bul
ler is said to have replied bluntly'. ‘‘No.
he wouldn’t stand to be shot at.” His
favorable judgments are given not less
pithily.
—Mme. Sophie de Wolodkow’iez, a be
nevolent Cracow woman, and mother-in
law of the Polish author. M. Sienkiewicz,
was murdered recently in a train not far
from Odessa. Mme. Wolodkowicz had
been visiting friends in Odessa, and her
brother-in-law, who is the manager of her
property, had paid her quarter’s incorqe,
about 50,000 francs, which she carried on
her person. At an Odessa bank she
changed a large sum, and the bankers
think sVie was watched. She was
eling in a first-class carriage and her
maid was journeying second class. After
the station of Schmerinka had been pass
ed the maid. Bonislawa, went to see her
mistress, who had lain down to sleep. She
found Mme. Wolodkowicz’s bleeding
body, quite dead.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Easily Found—Jamson—‘‘Do you be
lieve that the offlde seeks tho man?”
Simson—"l do; and nine times out of ten
it finds him in a saloon.”—Puck.
—The Author—‘‘l wish I had time enough
to write a good book.” His Friend —‘‘Why
not take it?” ‘‘Can’t afford to. I am too
busy writing successful ones.”—Life.
—Rather Different.—Mrs. Sportleigh—
When you went hunting, Philip, what did
you pay the guide? Sportleigh (absently’)
Do you mean for wages or game?— Harp
er's Bazar.
—“The doctor who makes a practice of
telling his men patients that they work
their brains too hard, and his women pa
tients that nothing but their will keeps
them up. is bound to succeed.”—Detroit
Free Press.
—The Corn fed Philosopher—" The great
superiority of Money over Man,” said the
Cornfed Philosopher, "lies in the fact that
while money talks, it but seldom gives it
self away in the performance thereof.”—
Indianapolis Press.
—‘‘Well, there's one thing certain,”
mused Uncle Allen Sparks. who was
watching a lx>y dangling his legs over the
pier and holding a fishing j>ole in both
hands, "The capitalists can’t organize
any happiness trust.”—Chicago Tribune.
-111-Timed—Now’, at last, the Briton
found time to voice a scientific truth or
two. ‘‘ln the clear aimosphere of South
Africa,” he observed, "things are farther
away than they look to be.” ‘‘My finish,
for instance,” snickered the Boer, who fled
to the rocks.”—Detroit Journal.
—“So they are going to live in New
York?” ‘‘Yes. They are cosily housed in
.i flat and as happy os honeymoon people
ought to be.” ‘‘And neither is the least
jealous?” “Not the least. To (ell you the
truth, their flat is o small that 1 doubt
if there is even room for suspicion.”—
Washington Star.
—“What was the trouble at that house
where the complaint came from yester
day?” asked the superintendent of the
gas company. "Nothing much.” replied
the inspector, “I found a centipede in one
of the pipes.” ‘‘Ah! an extra hundred
feet. .See that they’re charged for that.”
—Philadelphia Press.
and RitEvr rent me xt.
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says: "The
Republican platform adopted at Philadel
phia hao the following; ‘We renew our
allegiance to the principle of the gold
standard and declare our confidence in the
wisdom of fhe legislation of the Fifty
sixth Congress by which th parity of all
our money and the stability of our cur
rency upon a gold basis have been .secur
ed.’ And now we have Republican news
papers and orators declaring in effect that
this platform declaration is a false pre- j
tense and that the stability of our curren- 1
cy upon a gold basis has not been secured; j
that the currency law for which the Re
publican party is claiming credit is a !
mere declaration and of no force or effect I
unless it is upheld by an administration
favorable to the policy it declares. In :
short. It Is now contended with the mani
fest purpose of alarming timid souls that
the Republican party has buncoed the peo- !
pie and after ull the parade over the s- !
lublishmcnt of the gold standard the gold
standard lx not really established by law, !
but must depend upon the whim or the in
clination of the Secretary of the Treasury,
just as before the law was passed.”
The Springfield (Ma ) Republican
(Ind.) says: "Someone out in Nebraska
of ‘undisputed veracity' has come forward
with the statement that Adlai Stevenson
was at the head of nn organization during
the Civil War whose pur|>ose was to pre
vent negroes from coming into the state I
of mil ol This, if 11 ue, would only
show that Stevenson is quite ‘up-to-date!’ \
Only last year the Republican Governor of
Illinois ordered bis mllita forces to pre
vent the bringing of negro laborers into '
the slate if they had to shoot in order to
do so. And the people of Oregon, a Re
publican slate, have Just voted against
the repeal of a constitutional provision
prohibiting negroes from entering the
state.”
The Birmingham Age-Herald (Doth.)
says: "The people have a way of select
ing their own paramount issues, but
whether they select one or more H s such,
the selection gives Democrats no excuse
for neglecting or denying any portion of
the platform of fhe party. It was made to ;
stand on and swear by. It was made to
be put Into the ballot box. I*ea.s para- i
mountcy nnd more general support of the*
arc needed.”
Relented the Distinction.
David J. Hill, the firsr assistant secre
tary of state, is one of the most import
ant younger members of the adminisira
tion set, says the Philadelphia Post. He
has an interesting, keen personality that
makes him noticeable even in such an as
semblage.
And his children also are interesting.
Their mother is a daughter of the late
Asa Packer of Pennsylvania, millionaire
anl well-known raiiroad man. The chil
dren are twins, a girl and a boy.
Mr. Hill has been going through a good
bit of teasing concerning his small daugh
ter's recent behavior.
The pair always have been dressed alike
to a detail. Their love for each other is
intense, and no one dares give to one
without giving to the other.
Each has toys alike, eats from similar
chairs off of twin plates.
Their beds are copies of each other in
the nursery, and the nurse lives in daily
fear that she will unconsciously prefer
one before the other.
Thus they lived until recently, when the
blow fell.
Mr. Hiil decided that it was time to
put the boy in trousers. The suit was
made, and the boy strutted out in it one
morning and proclaimed himself a man.
The girl could not be found until the
nurse came dowm with terrible tales. The
girl would not be comforted. She w r as
shrieking with anger and grief. She re
fused to put on her girl's clothes and
wanted to know' why she wasn’t to be
dressed like her brother. The Hills were
aghast; no such development had been
thought of. Mr. Hill, the diplomat, went
up stairs, and after an hour’s fight came
down worsted. Nothing availed.
The second day the girl grew sick, and
every sight of her brother caused an out
break. Matters grew so bad that the
family doctor was called in, and his pre
scription was. "Trousers for the girl.”
Mrs. Hill wouldn’t hear of it. but the
girl got so much worse that the tailor
was called in and an entire suit made
for her like the boy’s.
She got well at once, and the two are
dressed exactly alike every morning and
kept in the house.
They are gradually persuading her to
put on skirts in the afternoon when she
is taken for her walk.
Dorr's Misguided Enterprise.
Robert 'E. A. Dorr, the owner, publisher
and editor of the New York Mail and Ex
press. began newspaper work In Balti
more, on ihe American in 1877, and has
worked his way up to his present posi
tion through almost every step of the busi
ness. says the Philadelphia Saturday
Post. One of his early assignments was
to relieve the distress of the lighthouse
keeper on Seven-Foot Knoll, out in Ches
apeake bay. News had come to the city
editor that food in the lighthouse was ex
hausted and that the keeper and his fam
ily were starving. Young Dorr secured
a Custom House tug and loaded it with
provisions. The weather was exception
ally cold and the tug was stuck in the ice
holf a mile from the Knoll. Dorr left
the bout and started over the ice. When
he reached the lighthouse he was warmly
greeted.
"Come in the dining room.” said the
keeper® wife after the rescuer had
warmed himself. "Come in and have
dinner with us.”
Mr. Dorr thought that hunger had made
her mad.
"I heard that you needed food,” stam
mered Mr. Dorr, as soon as he could
speak.
“Well, come to think of it.” replied the
housewife, "we do. We have plenty of
meat and vegetables, flour and that sort,
hut the next time you ore coming out
ihis way we’d appreciate it if you’d bring
over a few jars of quince jam.” she add
ed cheerfully.
Mr. Dorr took his provisions back to
Baltimore, but no account of hie trip was
written.
Roseliery'N Plaid Stockings.
At one time when Lord Rosebery was
visiting relatives in Dumferline he was
one of a house party who gave a number
of amateur per forma nces, says the Phila
delphia Press. Why!e-Melville, author of
“The Gladiators,” was another member of
the party, and also something of an actor.
Indeed Lord Rosebery used never to lose
in opportunity to take part in private
theatricals. For many years Mr. Melville
has entertained his friends with stories
of the plays they put on during his stay
with the premier.
Here is one of them:
In "Rob Roy” Melvil% look the part of
the famous brigand, and Rosebery was a
chieftain of the triumphant elan. At the
last minute it was found that Rosebery
had no plaided socks to go with the kilt,
and a stage hand painted the nether ex
tremities of the now famous statesman
in the required plaid colorings and oil
which marked his clan. Toward the mid
dle of the second act Rosebery warmed
up considerably to ihe part, and he could
feel the paint trickling down to the floor
from his limbs in great drops. But he
was not prepared for the remark which
greeted him from the front row at the
opening of the next act, when an old
Scotchman said:
"Say, Dougal, hoof there, man! Your
plaid is getting mighty traitorous. If you
don’t put some ice on yourself your col
ors will be running into each other, and
you’ll be worse than a Campbell in the
last act.” It almost broke up the per
formance.
Stuck to His Specialty.
Once upon a time Senator Blackburn of
Kentucky and Col. Pepper of whisky-mak
ing fame, were in the former’s committee
room at the Capitol, says the Boston Jour
nal. They were discussing horses. Repre
sentative Crain of Texas entered.
“What are you talking about?” asked
Crain.
“Horses.” said Blackburn.
“Oh.” remarked Crain, “why don’t you
talk about something worth while? Why
don’t you discuss literature or something
to improve your minds?”
"Literature?” said Blackborun. ‘‘Whit
kind of literature do you recommend’.”
"I like poets.” answered Crain. "I am
particularly fond of Tennyson and Long
fellow.”
"Longfellow.” Interrupted Col. Pepper,
suddenly taking an Interest in the con
versation. “Oh. yes, I know' Longfellow.
He was the greatest horse ever bred in
Kentucky.”
Why the Elephant Didn't Play.
A showmen recently advertised a "plano
playing elephant,” and drew a crowd for
the first performance, way* London An
swers. After some preliminary remarks
d* scribing tin talents of the beast and
his education, the elephant was led into
tho ring. He stepped up to the piano,
ran a scale, stopped, lifted his trunk, and
ran hellowing from the tent. The showman
stepped forward, not a whit embarrassed.
"Ladies and gentlemen.” he said, "an
unfortunate occurrence prevents the in
telligent animal from continuing the per
formance. 1 am sure thai you will all
respect his reason for this abrupt conclu
sion. He has .hist recognized his dead
mother’s teeth In the* piano keys.”
Four to One.
An English officer in Malta stopped, in
riding to ask a native the way. He was
answered by a shrug of the shoulders,
and "No speak English.”
"You’re n fool, then,” said the officer.
But the man denew enough English to
ask:
"Do you understand Maltese?”
"No.”
“Do you know Arabic?”
"No.”
"Do you know Italian?**
“No.”
"Do you know Greek?"
"No.”
'Then you four fool*. I only one!"
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Sir Charies Dilke, in s paper which
he re3d recently before the Statistical
Society in London, declared that the nor
mal cost of British armaments in time of
peace is. in round figures. £<50,000.000 to the
taxpayers of the United Kingdom. £20,000.-
000 to India, nnd £1,750,000 to the self-gov
erning colonies.
—Glasgow, which is famous already for
its experiments in municipal ownership,
of public utilities, is to inaugurate a mu
nicipal telephone ejehange of 5,i09 sub
scribers. The plant is to be of the most
modern kind. It is expected to pay for
itself and its running expenses at an an
nual charge of about $37.50. The charge
by the private corporation now doing
business is SSO. But, as a cynical writer
suggests, in Glasgow they do not mix
politics and municipal business.
—There is now a clergyman of the
Church of England who has married his
deceased wife’s sister, in spite of all ihe
prelates in the House of Lords who vote
consistently again any recognition of the
practice. The name of this daring inno.
vator is Rev. George Poynder. and he is a
priest of the diocese of Melbourne. His
bishop. Dr Goe, formerly rector of St.
George's Bloomsbetry, has suspended him
for twelve months; but this apparently is
only u formal tribute to the conventional
church feeling on the subject, as there is
an understanding that he will receive a
new Appointment in the diocese at the
expiration of his extended honeymoon.
—The Royal Society held its annual con
versazione at Burlington House, when,
as usual, a large and distinguished com
pany assembled to view an interesting
collection of scientific appliances and in
ventions. Of these perhaps the most re
markable is a clock controlled at a dis
tance by the wireless telegraphy of the
Hertzian wave system. The great poten
tialities of the invention may be under
stood when it is that under
the conditions which the exhibitor, Rich
ard Kerr, F. G. S., proposes, it would be
possible for the whole of the clocks of
London to be simultaneously adjusted by
one clock to which the necessary con
trivance had been attached. To render
a clock sensitive to the influence of the
wave system it would he necessary to
affix a receiving instrument with a co
herer, an arrangement which might be
extended not only to the public clocks,
but to those of private residences. Then
by means of a transmitter established at
any point of the city it would be possi
ble to adjust every clock in the metro
polis by the instantaneous pressure of a
'button.
—"The higher culture gives resources
for joy and action. It gives worth and
dignity to unmarried life, but it takes
away none of the joys of true marriage.
X know that the idea, is prevalent that
the educated woman is spoiled for hum
bler duties; that she will play the piano
in the parlor while her mother cooks in
the kitchen; that she is weak in nerve
and flabby in muscle, less fitted for the
stress of life and less willing to do her
part in it than her untrained mother or
her unlettered grandmother. As to this
X can only say it is not the fact," writes
David Starr Jordan, in Harper’s Bazar.
"A little learning without training is a
dangerous thing. In these days of many
books the uncultured woman is exposed
to many new dangers which our grand
mothers could not know'. Half educated
mothers are too often caught by passing
fads—medical, literary and religious. It
is among the partly educated women that
worthless books find their readiest sale.
It is from omong them that the societies
for the promotion of 'the higher foolish
ness' draw their membership—a variety
of ideas which real knowledge would dis
sipate, and which now' add unprecedent
ed terrors to matrimony.”
—When the siege of Paris began and
festive little parties or over-confident in
habitants of the city swarmed into the
suburbs to see the French outposts, there
was among the latter a good deal of rival
ry in the trade of laying down rugs and
tarpaulins for those civilian sharpshoot
ers who bought shots at a franc a shot
at the enemy’s outposts. The Germans
refused permission for a certain promi
nent Englishman to pass through their
lines from the city on the ground that
one of their spies had reported him as
having been at the village of Bordeaux,
just outside Paris, when the French
troops drove a brisk trade in letting out
shots and having chance shots at the
German outposts. The allegation was not
denied and no pass was granted, says the
New York Press. Surgeon General Gor
don. who represented the medical de
partment of the British army during the
war, speaks, in a book he wrote, of the
French outposts making as much as
forty or fifty francs a day each by crying
out: "Shots at the enemy—one franc!"
hundreds of their customers being women.
One village, soon to be ravaged by tire,
and the sword, was like a fair, and the
sentries could not sell shots fast enough,
for a rich Paris tradesman was standing
by offering heavy money prizes for the
civilian marksman who brought down
German sentries.
-■Some curious figures are given by the
Home Journal of New' York regarding the
cost of college life, and they show in a
picturesque way how the young American
wins a place in the front line, with or
without aid and comfort from the “old
man " The class graduating from the
academic department of Yale spent ap
proximately during its four years' course,
$1,250,000. This class numbers but 327 out
of the 2,5)7 students of Yale, so when the
expenses of this single class are consid
ered, it must be remembered that nearly
seven times as many more students are
spending equal sums. Moreover, the fig
ures are compiled from statements hand
ed in by members of the class, and are.
therefore, more or less official. Out of
the sum named, sl*s 000 was spent for
room rent, $250,000 for hoard, $200,000 for
tuition to ihe university, and S3S,OCO for
hooks. The average for the freshman
year was SBSB, for sophomore year SBBB.
for junior year $972 and for senior year
*1.(01. While the e figures at first sight
may appear to be large, they are smaller
on the aveiage than for the ten preceding
years, as is shown by a comparison of
schedules. The cost to the individual stu
dent varies greatly. One student declares
(hat during one year, when his finances
were at a low ebb he only expanded $75
over and aho'-e what he earned during
the course of the year.
A so-called "automotor horse." Invented
by M. Emile Langrenne, *is described in
British Invention. This device is simply I
a motor concealed in the figure of a horse
for use with oridnary street vehicles, days
the journal named above, as quoted in tile
Electrical Review: "We thought it „
somewhat curious objection to the motor
car that ll* one fault was that, unlike the
ordinary horse carriage, it had nothing in
front to steady it. and lt might be thought
that the Inventor of the amomotor horse
had had this very thought in mind; but
the automotor horse is not intended lo
steady the motor car; it Is to take the
place of the horse, containing within it
self the motive power by which it Is io
draw (he carriage or conveyance behind
It. The motor mechanism which is con
tained within the body of the horse 1011-
sists of one or two motors supported upon
cross-liars and driving through chains or
bells ihe shafts of the driving wheels
mounted on the hind legs of the horse.
The Steering is effected by means or reins
or rods held by the rider or driver, the
neck of the horse being, for this purpose.
Intersected and mounted upon bull bear
ings, the reins being allached to a . ross
head mounted on a vertical spindle, io the
lower end or which are attached arms con
tained within the forelegs and connected
to the axle of the front wheels. We have
no doubt that the appearance of M Emile
Langrenne* automotor horse In our
streets will cause something of a sensa
tion.
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Daily except Sundays. Subject to change
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630 am from Tenth ] 600 am for I'.oitca
730 am from Tenth | GOO am for T-mUt
839 am from Tenth | 7 00 am for Tenth
9 15 am from Bolton | 8 00 am for Tenth
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‘6 30 am front Bohon | 700 am for Bolton
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100 pm from Bolton | 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton | 3 00 pm for Bolton
700 pm from Bolton j 7 30 pm for Bohon
800 pm from Boiton | 8 30 pm for Bohon
~ THUNDERBOLT.
Car leaves Bolton street junction 5:30
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11:39 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m. and
every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, for Bolton sreet junc
tion.
‘ FREIGHT AND' PARCEL CAR.' ~
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves west side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all intermediate points at 9:00 a. m.,
1:00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Marke and all intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m.. 11:00 a. m.. 2:40 p. m.
‘ WEST “END CAR.
Car leaves west side of city market for
West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter during the day until 11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. and ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o’clock midnight.
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