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4 gtfjc ilofning |tete>£ Plorntug .News Building, . v aAaui.ih. Urv MONDAY. JILY 1. Xlegstend at the Postoffice in Savannah The MORNING NEWS is published every day i < the year. anJ is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail. **t 7tX* a month. $4.00 tor s*ix months, and CS-CO for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, 50; six months $3.00; one Year, $0 00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, Si.oo. Subscriptions payable in advance Re mit by postal order, check or register® 1 letter. Currency &ent by mail at r.sk of tenders. Transient advertisements, other than Special column, local or reading notices, am us emeu is and cheap or want column, 10 cents u line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to or.e inch square in depth— is ti e standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. 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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. i|B doctor I SILLS mgtp [greatest known [nerve tonic and blood purifier it [creates solid flesn. musoie ‘aa.l l!£ r *sK£; c ‘* ar3 * he bralu - make* | the blood pure and rich, and cans** [a general feeling of health, power [and manly vigor. Within Jdavi | after taking the first dose you n<> i lice the return of the old vim snaa land energy yon have counted a* [lost forever while a continue 1 E judicious use causes an improve- E meat both satisfactory and last* | tag. On- box will work wonders S six should perfect a cure; so cents | a box. and boxes for $2.5*. For sale | by all druggists everywhere or wifi Ib* mailed sealed upon receipt of I I price. Address Drs. Barton and I Benson. m 5 Bar-Ben Block. Litre | land. O. 5 CET IT TODAYI S., T. 1 1. Of HOPf B’Y UNO C. U. M SLIIEDI I,E For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder bolt, Catile Park and West End Daily except Sundays. Subject to change without notice. ~ is leof~h6p eT "—— Lv. City for I. of H.] Lv. 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CauhTPark ‘6 30 am front Bohon | 700 am for Bolton 730 am from Bolton | 8 00 am for Bolton 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. 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