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The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair weather in southern portion, lo
cal rains and cooler in northern portion,
with fresh southerly winds, and for East
ern Florida, local rains and thunderstorms;
fair In northern portion, with fresh south
easterly winds.
Avery complete political platform might
be made up of the planks that were left
out of the Philadelphia and Kansas City
platforms.
William Jennings Bryan is the youngest
man who wae ever nominated for the pres
idency of the United States. Four years
ago, when he was nominated at Chicago,
he had passed the constitutional limit by
only one year. The next youngest man
to receive a presidential nomination was
Henry Clay, and next to him, Ulysses 8.
flant.
Li Hung Chang's reputation for an in
telligent discernment of his own best in
terests is not suffering by hts actions at
present. He does not go to Pekin, In
obedience to Imperial orders, for the rea
eon no doubt that he Is fully conscious
that the chances would be against hie
ever getting away again. LI prefers being
a live Chinaman lo a dead demi-god.
Judge Kohlsaat, of the United States
District Court at Chicago, has decided
that a person under twenty-one year* of
age, who is regarded as an infant In law,
cannot be adjudged a bankrupt under the
new bankruptcy law. He holds that such
an infant, upon reaching hie majority, can
repudiate his debts, and that he has no
creditors In the sense contemplated by the
bankruptcy act.
It is predicted that George Gould will
be a candidate for representative in Con
gress fiom the Second New Jersey Dis
trict. Young Mr Gould seems to be a
man of a good deal of common sense and
public spirit, htnoe there Is no good rea
eon apparent why he should not aspire
to Congress, and muke a very good rep
resentative, too. The only thing against
him Is his politics. He is a Republican.
Mrs. Conger, the wife of the United
States minister to Pekin, is said to be a
Christian Scientist. The other day the
followers of the cult in Chicago resolved
that they would "concentrate their
thought upon Pekin, to the end of agist
ing their sister In trouble out of her diffi
culties.’' The Chicago Scientists are firm
In the belief that their concentration of
thought has been effective, and that the
news will soon come that Mrs. Conger, at
least, is safe.
The monthly report of vital statistics
for the province of Havana for June
shows that there occurred 521 deaths, the
rate being 25-80 per 1,000. The diseases
claiming the greatest number of victims
were enteritis and tuberculosis. During
the month there were eight deaths from
yellow fever and nineteen cases reported.
The greatest mortality occurred among
children under two years of age. There
were 406 births during the month, making
the apparent excess of deaths over births
W. •'
THE ALLIED FORCES REPULSED.
! The repulse suffered by the allied forces
at Tien Tain will have a far reaching ef
fect. It will strengthen the fanatical
movement against foreigners. The anti
foreign uprising will now show itself in
provinces in which thus far there have
been but few signs of it. In the prov
inces in which it has gained headway
it will grow In Intensity and strength.
Lot the idea once get firmly lodged in the
minds of the Chinese that they are In
vincible —that they are capable of meet
ing the troops of the Christian countries
on something like equal terms—and it
will take all the armies that Europe and
America can send to China to make an
impression on them.
It is evident that they are better sol
diers than (hey were when they fought
the Japanese five years ago. They have
been trained since then by some of the
best drill masters of Europe, and they
have been accumulating arms and am
munition. The setback they gave the al
lied forces at Tien Tsin will encourage
them greatly. It will give them confi
dence in themselves such os they have
never before had. Being confident of their
strength and fanatical in their hostility
to foreigners, it may become a serious
question whether foreign Powers will be
able to maintain the foothold they have
upon China’s soil. It is not clear yet that
the Chinese government Is in sympathy
with the anti-foreign movement. Some
of the most powerfulfirf the viceroys and
of the ministers to foreign countries say
it is not. The fact that the imperial
troops are fighting In the ranks of the in
surgents does not prove that the govern
ment is back of the anti-foreign move
ment. If it be true that the government
is trying to put down the insurreev
tion it cannot be said that a state of war
exists between China and the foreign
Powers. The United Stages have main
tained that there is nothing yet to show
that they are at war with China. The
British newspapers are disposed to crit
icise tbe UnltPd States for taking this po
sition, but it is the correct one. It will
be time enough for the United States to
acknowledge that they are at war with
China when It appears that the Chinese
government approves the outrages which
have been committed against foreigners.
And when it is admitted that a state of
war exists there ought to be no delay on
the part of the President in calling Con
gress together.
Indeed there is a probability that he
will have to call it together before it is
declared that the nation is at war with
China. If the interests of the United
States In that empire ore to be protected
as they should be, there will be need of
many more American soldiers there than
the President is able to send there with
out authority from Congress. If the up
rising continues to spread there will be
need In China for big armies from all of
the Christian Powers.
There does not appear to be any room
for doubt that all of the members of the
legations and all other foreigners in
Pekin have been massacred. The dis
patches from Chinese sources which we
published yesterday gave such a detailed
account of the attack on the legations.and
of the brave and determined resistance
that was made, together with the horri
ble outrages to which members of the le
gations were subjected, that there does
not seem to be any reason for doubting
further that a tragedy has been enacted
in Pekin that will have far reaching con
sequences. The Christian Powers will
never be satisfied until there is such re
paration as is possible for the awful
crime The result of the anti-forelgn
movement will not be the shutting out
of all foreigners from China, as the Box
ers hope, but the opening up of the whole
empire to the freest Intercourse with
other nations.
POLITICS IS KENTUCKY.
(Both Democrats and Republicans will
meet 1n convention In Kentucky this week
to nominate state tickets. Each party
will nominate a candidate for Governor,
There will be as great a struggle for the
control of the state as there was a year
ago when Mr. Goebel vtas the candidate
of the Democrats for Governor, and Mr.
Taylor led the Republicans. The great
issue of the campaign last year was the
Goebel election law. It is probable that
that law will play an Important part In
the election next fall, unless it shall be
repealed before the campaign progresses
very far.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is the
authority for the statement that the per
sons who have been crying out the loud
est against the Goebel law, do not want
It repealed. They want to use It in the
campaign against the Democrats.
And it Is hinted that the Republicans
are hoping that it will not be repealed
because It may be useful If the presiden
tial election should be so close tnat the
electoral vote of Kentucky would deter
mine It.
IJ Is safe to say that the Republicans
would not hesitate >o support a scheme
to throw the electoral vote of Kentucky
out of (he electoral college If It were nec
essary to enable them to retain control
of the government, provided thpy had an
excuse of some sort for doing so. The
Goebel law might furnish them with the
excuse. If the Democrats of Kentucky
ore wise they will modify that law be
fore the election. By doing so they will
greatly disappoint their political enemies.
It is understood that Mr. Bryan has de
termined to abandon the recently an
nounced plan of making campaign
speeches only from the porch of his house
in Lincoln, and that he will make visits
to and Speeches In the doubtful states.
These states, according to a World cor
respondent, Include New York, Ohio, In
diana. West Virginia and Kentucky. It
Is probable, however, that Ihe candidate
will extend his itinerary to include sev
eral other states. A report says, by the
way, that Mr. Bryan does not regard
any state in the Union as doubtful. He
cannot see any reason why every one
of them should not go Democratic In No
vember, and declines to concede even
Vermont to the Republicans.
According to the testimony of a Tam
many delegate to the Kansas City Con
vention, Richard Croker was responsible
to a greater degree than any other man,
not excepting Mr. Bryan himself, for the
specific declaration in favor of the six
teen to one ratio. Ex-Senator Hill, It Is
said, expressed his positive conviction
that he could defeat a specific declaration
wish the aid of Mr. Croker. But the big
Tammany chieftain declined to assist him
and threw the weight of his Influence In
Xavor of a specific declaration.
THE MOKMNG NEWS: TUESDAY,’ JULY 17, 1900.
BRYAN AND THE TRBATTY.
The Republican organs are trying to
show that Mr. Bryan Is responsible for
the possession of the Philippine* by the
United States—that if he had not urged
the ratification of the treaty with Bpain,
United States soldiers would have been
out of the Philippines long ago. It is true
cf course, that if Mr. Bryan had rvot
urged Democrats to vote for the ratifi
cation of the treaty it would not have
been ratified. It is the understanding
that a dozen or more Democra'ic Sena
tors voted for it because Mr. Bryan fa
vored Its ratification. It required fifty
six votes to secure ratification and there
were fifty-seven in favor of it.
A few days ago Mr. Bryan said that
the whole country knew that he had fa
vored ratification because he wanted the
war to stop and oar soldiers brought
home from the Philippines, and that it
was also well understood that, in connec
tion with the ratification of the treaty, he
favored the passage of a resolution an
nouncing it to be the purpose of the
United States to give the Filipinos inde
pendence as soon as there was a stable
government in the islands.
There is no doubt that Mr. Bryan has
hern consistent throughout this Philip
pine business. The attempt to make it
appear that he is virtually responsible
for the war that is being waged there will
fail. If his plan of dealing with the Phil
ippines had been adopted it would have
been possible long ago for the United
States to withdraw the greater part
of their troops from the islands. The
Filipinos would have been satisfied
if they had been given assurances that
they would be dealt with Just as it is
proposed to deal with the Cubans.
Mr. Bryan could not forsee of course
that there would he a continuance of the
war in the event of the ratification of
the treaty. It is probable that if the
treaty had been rejected there would
have hren no further continuance of the
war, because Spain was practically at the
end of her resources. The chances are
that the United States would have aban
doned all thought of possessing the Phil
ippines. They would have saved the $20,-
000,(00 paid to Spain and would have
avoided the losses in men and money in
curred in the effort to conquer the
islands.
That might have been the outcome of
the war or something else might have
happened. What would have taken place
no man knows. Mr. Bryan advised a
course which seemed to him at the time
to be the best, and It would have been
the beet had the ratification been ac
companied by the Bacon resolution. It Is
no reflection on his statesmanship that
he did not forsee that the ratification of
the treaty would be followed by a long
and costly war againet the Filiplnoa.
Asa matter of fact nobody in thi coun
try doubted that the vast majority of the
Filipinos would be glad to accept Ameri
can rule. It should he kept clearly in
mind that at no time did Mr. Bryan fa
vor holding the Philippines as a perma
nent possess'on. When he advised Dem
ocratic Senators to vote for the ratifica
tion of the treaty he was Just as strong
ly opposed to making the islands colonies
of the IThited States as he is now.
THE LICK OF GOOD WATER IN
CHINA.
One of the great difficulties which the
allied troops will have to overcome if they
undertake to march from Tien Tsin to
Pekin is that of getting good water. The
water Is drawn from surface wells, and
as the country is one vast grave yard
and there Is no drainage of any kind, the
water is but little better than poison. It
is said that the Chinese never drink it
except after they have boiled It. If drunk
without boiling it produces dysentery and
other diseases, and If the drinking of It
is persisted In death results.
It Is certain that the troops of the al
lied armies would not hesitate to drink
ihe water of the wells if they could not
get water from any other source. And
they will not boil It before drinking It.
When our volunteer soldiers went to Cuba
they were told that they must boil the
water there before drinking it. It is prob
able that a few obeyed this instruction
The great niajorily paid no attention to
It. The consequence was that sickness
prevailed among them lo an alarming ex
tent. The same thing will happen in
China, where, from all accounts, the wa
ter is far worse than that of Cuba—that
is, the water that is to be had in the sec
tion of the country between Tien Tsin
and Pekin.
That district Is mentioned particularly
because it is the section through which
the allied armies will pass If they ad
vance on Pekin. No doubt in most parts
of China the water is Just as bad as it
is in the district mentioned, because there
is no attempt at drainage anywhere and
no sanitary regulations. The wells are the
receptacles of the drainage, and, conse
quently, the water is contaminated with
ail sorts of disease germs. In the moun
tain districts there are springs and
streams probably In which the water Is
fit for drinking purposes, but even there,
from all accounts, the people are careful
lo boil the water before drinking it.
The soldiers of the allied armies will
also have to be careful in using vegeta
bles. It is said that they are a fruitful
source of disease. The kind of fertilizer
used on the land on which they are grown
makes them so. Tlie vegetables must be
washed carefully before being used In or
der to rid them of the disease germs whlcJi
(he fertilizer contains. With so many dif
ficulties to overcome it is evident that a
march to Pekin from Tien Tsin would not
be an easy undertaking.
Wyatt Earp, the notorious gun fighter
of Arizono, the man whj robbed Fitzsim
mons of the decision against Sharkey In
San Francisco some years ago, has met
more than his match at Cupe Nome,
where he runs a bar and gambling house.
Earp quarreled with one of his customers
and reached for his revolver, but before
he could draw it the other man had sent
two bullets through his shooting arm,
thus putting him out of th<; game. The
man who can draw and shoot first is the
big man at Nome, Just as was the case
In the Black Hills in their boom days.
The death of flenntor Gear of lowa will
open the way for Representative Dolllver
to get Into the Senate; provided the Gov
ernor of the state thinks Dolllver Is as
big a man as did some of those who were
mentioning him ai Philadelphia for Ihe
vice presidential nomination. The Legis
lature of lowa will not meet until Jan
uary, 1902. so that the ad Interim ap
pointee will have a good, long time to
i serve.
The current frutt reason this fair t
become memorable as one of the most
bountiful In many years. Almost every
seasonable fruit Is plentiful at present,
and prices are so moderate as to make it
possible for about everybody to Indulge
the taste for fruit. The peaches that are
coming to market now are particularly
luscious, the flavor being al that could
possibly be desired. Figs, too, are begin,
nlng to make their appearance. There
probably never was a season when the
demand tor this fruit was fully supplied,
nnd the present season will not prove an
exception to the rule. Prices, therefore,
are prptty strong. A remarkably large
crop this year is that of huckleberries.
For more than two weeks the supply has
been very large and the price low, and
they are still coming In quantities. Melons
and cantaloupes are now at their best,
with a plenty to select from.
Maj. McKinley has taken pains to let
it be known that, while he is a candidate
for office, he has not forgotten that he
is President of the whole country and
therefore will do very little campaigning,
giving his time to the consideration of
public affairs at Washington. But how
about Gov. Roosevelt? Has he forgotten
that he is the Governor of New York,
and that there are public affairs in that
.state which need to be attended to? He
has been campaiging pretty much ever
since he was nominated, and Is off now
for a political trip to Minnesota.
PERSONAL.
—David B. Henderson, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, is spending
the summer with Mrs. Henderson in the
Adirondaeks. Later he will go to Paris
to visit the exposition.
—Prof. S. S. Woolwine has resigned
the presidency of South Kentucky Col
lege, in Hopkinsville, and Prof. A. C.
Kuykendall, a professor in the school
for years, hae been elecAtd to the vacant
presidency.
—A despatch from Colorado 'Springs,
Col., saye that Capt. Coghlan, U. S. N. t
Is there slightly ill, but not in a serious
condition, as reported in the East. Tits
man who commanded the Raleigh at the
battle of Manila has had a slight attack
of pneumonia, but is out of danger, and
will soon recover all his accustomed
vigor.
—Col. John W. Geary, tha last Alcalde
and the first Mayor of San Francisco, has
been invited to take part in the semi-cen- N
tennlal Admission Day celebration. San
Francisco’s first city charter was adopted
on May 1, 1850, and Alcalde Geary was
elected Mayor under Us provisions. He
refused re-election, and in 1852 left the
Pacific coast for Pennsylvania, where he
is now living.
—The King of Sweden has a high opln*
ion of Queen Victoria, as the following
extracts which the Gem of London has
secured from his note-book will show:
“No wonder that the people of Great
Britain love and deeply' respect their
Queen! As the King of Sweden. I am a
happy and honored man; but so highly
and lovingly do I respect the sovereign
of England, that T could come down from
my’ position of King and serve happily,
without any feeling of regret, the Queen
of England as a British subject. Her Maj
esty by chance became a Queen—but not
by chance has she gained the love and
respect of all llvng monarchs, of all her
people!"
BRIGHT BITS.
—A Time-Saver—Parke— "Your wife tells
me you have just bought her anew
wheel.” Lane—" Yes. She can now run
home from the goif links and see the chil
dren occasionally.”—Detroit Free Press.
—The View-Point—First Rabbit—" That
town boy has been around here nearly a
week and never once tried to kill us." Sec
ond Kabhit—"Yes; be seems to be devoid
of all human attributes.”—lndianapolis
Press.
—One of Them—"A Chicago man has
gained the power of speech by trying to
commit suicide," remarked Mrs. Beech
wood. “That must be one of the kill-or
eure remedies." added Mr. Beechwood.—
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
—Rare, Indeed.—Art Dealer—" Here’s
something fine. It’s ‘The Battle of Wa
terloo.’ by Van Dyke." Marklcy—“ls it,
really? I thought Van Dyke died before
the battle occurred." Art Dealer—"Er—
so he did. But—er—you see, this is one
of his posthumous paintings.”—Philadel
phia Press.
—An Artistic Debt—" The theater owes a
great deal to the Shakesperian dramr”
said ihe girl with the dark glasses and
the pensive expression. "Yes,” answered
the young man with wide ears; "some of
the best burlesques I ever saw were' on
Hamlet’ and ’Romeo and Juliet.’ ’’—Wash
ington Star.
—The trembling Boxer knelt before Li
Hung Chang and strove to explain mat
ters. “I must have lost my head. I see
no other reason why I engaged in the up
rising, Oh, Son of the Blue Sky,” he wall
ed. "You are a trifle off in your gram
mar," Interposed 1.1. "You should say;
T will have lost my head.’ " And the ext
ecutloner stepped forward at the proper
signal.—Baltimore American.
CURRENT COMMENT. •
The Memphis Commercial Appeal (Dem.)
says: "The average Democrat has had
good reasons for belonging to his party,
and he has good reasons for conlinuing
to belong to it. It is not necessary for
him lo surrenger his personal convictions
as the fly-the-coop Yellows would have
one believe. This was made plain at
Kansas City, when Hill, a goldbug;
Towns, a Populist, and Stevenson, the
running mate of Cleveland, were nomi
nated for vice president Samuel J. Ran
dall was a Democrat all his life, though
he believed in protection. The Commer
cial Appeal Is merely a Democratic patter
which Is content to support Democratic
candidates and Demo ratlc doctrines,
knowing full well, that whenever the
party departs from its traditions or
squints at untenable propositions, Ihe de
parture Is only transient. Certain it is
that this paper will never htlve aft apology
to make for not joining th* party of Quay,
Platt and Hanna and helping to pillage
the people in the interest of the pluto
crats." .
The Kansas City Times (Dem.) says:
“What lias become of that severe ami re
lentless prosecution of the carpetbag ap
pointees of Ihe Republican administration
who Stole more than SIOO,OOO in cqsli and
nearly SIOO,OOO worth of stamps from the
Cuban postal funds, which Ihe President
promised to push so vigorously when the
huge embezzlement was firs! uncov. red?
The hullabaloo made by the President by
his organs, by hi* mouthpboes at both
ends of the national capital, appear lo
have merely been a case of thundering In
the Index.’ "
The Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.)
says: "The.riehost thing that baa appear-*
ed In print for sonic time is the Hon.
Richard Croker’s expos tlon of economic
problems. There has boon some mystery
heretofore as to how Mr. Croker broke
Ms leg. Hunly it Is a mystery no longer
He broke Ills leg wh.p h went to work
in dead • aruest to think out the economic
A'roblems."
tPIg Kill* a Python.
On board the steamship St. Regulua,
which arrived yesterday from Singapore
and other Oriental ports, there were three
big pythons and one pig, says the New
York Press of July 12. The snakes were
consigned to au animal dealer; the pig
was unclaimed. He was shipped on board
as a stowaway, so to speak. He was put
in the cage of the fourth python. In case
the snake should get hungry* The python
did get hungry, but he failed to stow
away the pig. That’s why there were
only three pythons on arrival, and that’s
why the pig found no one to meet him.
He was not expected to live the voyage
out.
The snake catcher told Capt. McMullen
when he put the four great coils on boaid
that they were pretty well filled up, and
probably would not wake up hungry be
fore arriving in New York. Asa precau
tion, however, he advised that a small
pig be placed In the cage of the largest
python, so that if bis snakeship found
his appetite while at sea he could get
pork chops and keep on living easy. The
little pig was bought, but this particular
little pig did not go to market. He stayed
at home in the cage, and by the time the
big python was ready for him he was no
longer a small pofker, but a lusty, husky
swines who had lost all respect for the
companion of his cage.
One day the big python uncoiled him
self, thrust out a couple of feet of his
length, opened his jaws and hissed. His
little beady eyes were riveted on the pig.
According to the books, the pig should
have been fascinated, charmed. Instead
of that the porker felt nothing but dis
gust mixed with Indignation. The python
propelled a couple of his links rigidly in
the direction of the pig. The pig side
stepped. This was not down In the books,
and before the python had recovered from
his surprise the pig dashed upon him,
with his hair bristling and his month
open, and when he receded he had a
large chunk of snake between his jaws.
He didn’t stop to chew it, but turned
swiftly and planting both fore feet upon
the coiled up body of the snake, plowed
some furrows in his beautiful skin and
took another bite.
It wasn't according to the books at all,
nnd the python was discouraged from the
start. His nerve was gone. The pig, on
the contrary, was having his first fun of
the voyage, and he didn’t stop pawing
and tearing and plunging and gouging
and biting and chewing until there was
merely a string of ribbons and some ‘‘in
wards’’ where formerly there had been
one of the finest specimens of the python
of the jungle that ever started for this
country.
An Accommodating? Husband.
"Paul,” said Mrs. Pondermore, accord
ing to the Smart Set, as they rose from
dinner, breaking the silence chat had pre
vailed throughout the meal, "do you know
that we were married just five years ago
to-day?”
"If I’d been there It woud never have
happened,” answered Mr. Ponderman. who
is rather absent-minded, pursuing his
train of thought aloud. “Er—excuse me,
my dear, you were saying ”
“That this is the fifth anniversary of
our wedding,” replied Mrs. Pondermore,
who is used to her husband’s thinking
out loud; “and It has set me to contrast
ing the two times. Paul, do you know
that you never kiss me mornings and
evenings os you used to?”
"Er—certainly not. I don’t think it a
sensible move at all; it might put us in
a very ridiculous light if it became pub
lic,” murmured Mr. Pondermore. "I beg
your pardon, my dear, I’m afraid I was
slightly inattentive—that U. B. D. and D.
deal is worrying me somewhat—what was
it you said?”
"That you neglect to kiss me as you
used to when we were flrst married,” said
Mrs. Pondermore, patiently. “I know it
isn’t because you don’t love me any more.
Paul, but—but don't you think you could
remember to?" she asked wistfully.
Mr. Pondermore contracted his brows
tightly in an honest effort to corral his
errant thoughts and fix them upon what
his wife was saying.
“Er—yes, my dear.” he said; “what Is
it I have neglected?”
“You don’t kiss me as often as you used
to, Paul.’-’ repeated his wife softly.
“Don’t I, my darling?” cried Mr. Pon
dermore, all contrition. “It’s this wretc<h
ed business that engrosses me so; but if
you’ll forgive me, sweetest, I’ll never for
get it again. Never. Er—that Is,” he
added, the absent look creeping back into
his eyes, “just make a note of it, will
you? and I’ll have one of the clerks at
tend to It the first thing in the morning,”
Hoke Smith's Old Book.
There has been here for a day or two
with the National Educational Associa
tion folks the wearer of one of the few
badges of the "Legion of Honor” given
by the Daughters of the Confederacy,
ays the Charleston News and Courier.
He is Mr. W. B. Burke, the well-known
bookseller of Atlanta. Mr. Burke was a
fine soldier, or he would not now be wear
ing the badge of the Legion of Honor.
Mr. Burke is. by the way, an authority
on old and curious books. "Old book
buyers,” said he, "are the most curious
foiks In the world. They do not know
what they want, but seem willing to pay
any price for something freakish. Now
I have met some people who would not
give a snap for something they may
already have, and others who only want
something old.
"Just let me tell you of an experience
T once had with Hoke Smtih, the Secre
tary of the Interior. He once had me to
order out for him a copy of ‘Georgia
Scenes.’ Weil. I got something nice, and
when I took it to him he got mad and
would not have it; said he wanted an old
edition. Well. I look it to my store and
waited awhile, tore off the cover and ti
tle page, kicked it around on the floor for
awhile, and (rented it, and then had it
rebound and took it back to Mr. Hoke
Smith and he paid me a fancy price for
I his ‘old edition.' w hich was Just the
ihlr.g he wanted.”
Not Quite So Drunk.
"See that party with the jag sitting In
the corner of the car?” said a conductor
who was riding to the car horns In a trol
ley car, according to the Chicago Chron
icle.
"Yep! He’s got o heavy bundle,” was
the answer.
"Well, take this counterfeit half-dollar
with you when you collect his fare. A
passenger passed It on me a month ago.
If he gives you a dollar you can shove 1
on him.”
The conductor of the car took the lead
half-dollar, entered the cur and the man
with the Jag held out a sliver dollar and
received the counterfeit half and 45 cents
in change.
"Worked like a charm,” said the con
ductor ns he reached tljc platform. "Here
he comes now. He wants.to get off.’’
The drunken man wabbled to the door
and unsteadily descended from the ear.
"Now, we'll split up,” remarked the
conductor of the ear as he drew the dol
lar from his pocket. And as both of the
conductors gazed at the sliver dollar they
gasped In unison: “We’re up ag'ln It! It's
a counterfeit dollar!"
War Ills Preference.
When Charles Dudley Wainer was edi
tor of the Hartford Press, back In the
’6os, arousing the patriotism of the states
by his energetic appeals, says the Hart
ford Cournot, one of Ihe typesetters came
In from the composing room one day,
and, facing Mr. Warner, said: "Mr. War
ner, I’ve decided to enlist lu the army.”
With mingled emotions of pride and re
sponsibility Mr Waftner replied that it
pleased him that the man feit the call
lo duty. "Oh, It Isn't that,” said the
truthful compositor, "but I'd rather be
Ahot than set your copy.**
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—J. C. Stevens, who was selling great
auks' eggs and othei' rarities at his fa
mous rooms in King street. Covent Gar
den, London, recently refused to deal with
forty-three lots of British birds’ eggs,
objecting that their sale was contrary
to law. This example Is a bright one, and
If other dealers will follow the lead so
honorably set, “British taken” examples
of rare birds’ eggs will not fetch a price
long enough to tempt poor men In the
country to break the law. Mr. Jltevens
had a most successful sale of his great
auks’ eggs. One was ah unrecorded egg
from a French collection, a fine specimen
with a peculiar type of marking. It
brought 11,575, the highest price yet given.
Another fetched S9OO. As there are only
seventy-five eggs known to exist, the egg
may prove a good Investment.
—lllustrations of the adage that there Is
nothing new under the sun are never far
to seek, and a singular Instance is sup
plied In “The Art of Warre,” by Nlccoll
Machiavelli, dated 1560, and translated by
Peter Whitehorne. At the end of the
book the translator has added some orig
inal matter. In telling “How to Write
and cause the same that is written to be
read afar off without sending any mes
sage” he says: “A captain besieged In
any town or fortress unable to communi
cate without by letter may. by night, so
far as light may be seen, and by day as
far as a burnished glass casting the sun
on a hut, or suchlike, may he described—
he having arranged with his friends the
order of signal—one or two lights being
flashed, hidden or diplayed again,” This
is the principle of the modern helio
graph.
—The manner in which the big trunk
lines out of New York supply the locomo
tives of their fast express trains with
water without stopping them seems sim
ple enough in the summer. But some
ingenuity had to he exercised to solve that
problem for the winter time. During the
cold season the long narrow ditches which
at intervals run along the track for some
distance between the rails, and which are
filled with water, are likely to freeze over,
making it impossible for the shovel which
is let down from underneath the tender
to scoop up the water as the train rushes
along. In order to prevent this freezing
over the water Is heated in big tanks
and steam pipes are run along the sides
of the ditches, keeping the water above
the freezing temperature. In this man
ner considerable time is saved, as other
wise the train, would have to make stops
at the different w-ater tanks along the
line, and the expense of the device Is off
set by the time saved.
—The agricultural papers are sounding
notes of warning about the Belgian hare
fad, which has overtaken the Pacific
coast and parts of the Middle West, and
threatens to extend eastward. "Go slow
with this graceful, long-eared rodent,"
advises the American Agriculturist. Pa
pers in California, with an eye on the fu
ture, are questioning the wisdom of the
craze. The danger is in the wonderful
productivity of the animals. An author
ity says that with a pair for a start it
is easily possible to close the first year
with 300 young. This suggests the possi
bility of untold millions in a few years,
and the setting loose of many of them
to prey upon the crops. Of course, the
experience of Australia is cited. There
the rabbits, originally introduced only
thirty years ago for colonist sport, have
overrun the sheep farms and made a
very table desert of vast grain areas. At
one time 100,000,000 acres was infested with
them in Australia; the government has
paid millions of dollars to eradicate the
pest, and to this day is utterly unable to
successfully cope with it.
—The New York Evening Post says:
In arguments for the adoption of the
meter system in the domestic water ser
vice in Buffalo it is shown that the daily
per capita consumption in that city is
nearly twice that of Detroit, Cleveland
and Chicago, over five times as much as
Milwaukee, three times as much as New
York, and six times as much as London.
During a recent period of three weeks
the average amount of water pumped for
Buffalo was 110,000,000 gallons a day, or
175 gallons per capita on a basis of 400,-
000 population. Last February and March
the daily record was at no time 4ess than
130,000,000 gallons, and it ran up to 150,-
091,280 on Feb. 23. The waste in summer
is due to the excessive sprinkling of
iawns, and in winter to the practice of
letting the water run continually to les
sen the danger of freezing. It Is assert
ed, with good show of reason, that all
over 80 gallons per capita in Buffalo "A
simply wasted." and the cohelusion is
reached that $lOO,OOO could he saved an
nually to the taxpayers of Buffalo by
the adoption of the meter system.
—An American gill writing to a London
paper of the invasion of Europe by Unit
ed States tourists describes their advent
in England in this wise: We come by all
ships that run, from the stately Oceanic
to the dicky cattle carrier which lands us
after 10 days of odoriferious passage. Some
of us who have been "in it’’ in Wall street
travel on the promenade deck for $5OO
each; some go second class, and very
good it is, too, and many of us come with
one of those specially conducted lours
which defy description. You pay your
money and they give you no choice. You
get packed into the ship, and like the man
in state’s prison, you become a number.
At Liverpool or Southampton they herd
you into the railroad train, which Is per
haps the most interesting item in the
trip, because it is so funny. Then they
rattle you through London in long brakes,
souse you through Saint Paul’s Cathedral]
and hardly give you time to scratch your
name on the gravestone of Oliver Gold
smith before you find youreelf at Kenil
worth and Stratford and Canterbury and
the Peak of Derbyshire and Edinburgh,
and then you are hurled across the chan
nel to France and through the exposi
tion like a rush of mad, dogs, so that when
you recover consciousness you find your
self again In New Y'ork, with a police
man grabbing you by the collar and tell
ing you to "move on there; don't block
up the sidewalk."
—R- W. Ashcroft, in the Electrical
World and Engineer, says that the elec
tric desk-fan and the electric ceiling-fan
have sealed the fate of the punkah; its
oscillations are becoming feebler and
feebler, and will soon entirely cease. And
pullers are included In the bag and bag
gage of every white man In India, tran
sient or otherwise, the Indian labor ques
tion assumes a very complex position, in
view of the introduction of our Western
methods of breeze-manufacturing. For a
punkah-breeze, the established price is 12
annas per twenty-four hours. This sum,
which is equivalent to 24 American cents,
is divided among four coolies, so that each
gets the munificent salary of 8 American
Cents per day—and some of them support
a family on this. The Calcutta Electric-
Supply Corporatlon, a somewhat recently
established institution. Is now supplying
power at the rate of 4 annas per hour.
The punkah coolies work In two shifts
from six to six. The day shift does quite
reliable work, if a vehement Injunction,
such as "Tanna,” meaning "Pull,” is giv
en them every five minutes. The night
gang, however, are familiar with, "way*
that are dark and tricks that ore vain."
Their duty Is to pull the punkah over your
bed, and thus save your anatomy from be
ing perforated by mosquitos and other ver
min without end; hut they are sadly han
dicapped In the performance of their duty
by their unceasing attempts to get as near
to twelve hours' sleep ss possible during
the interval between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m
Thus it is that in India a boot-jack i
used nooturnolly to create activity rather
than to suppress It; ami, even If vour aim
is good, the punkah coolie will he ofT to
sleep again In the next fifteen minutes
So. Is it not reasonable to suppose that
the i nlcutta Electrlc L Bupply Corporation
will iwy handsome dlvtdende, at least from
that department or Its service appertsin
t* supplying power for electric fans?
Jos. A. Magnus & Cos.
CINCINNATI, O.
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SUMMER RESORTS.
KQTEL NORAftAN DIE,
BKUADVVAI & 38TH STS., NEW YORK.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY
Located In the liveliest and moot Inter,
esting part of the city; twenty principal
places of amusement within five minute#
walk of the hotel
CHARLE9 A. ATKINS & CO.
Summer Resort—Ocean Hotel, Asbury
Park, N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS.
BLOWING BOCK.
GREEN PARK HOTEL
Summit or iiiUe Kiuge, 4,340 teei. Scen
ery and climate unsurpassed, so say globe
trotters. Hotel first-class in every respect.
Only house on mountain with plastered
walls; excellent livery; 45 miles turnpike
roads on top of ridge; large ball room,
band and other amusements. Postoffic#
and- telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1*
Write for leaflet and rates to
Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Park. N. C.
Hotel Araepican-AdelDhi.
Finest Location in
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
Near .Mineral Springs and Rnthi,
OPEN JUNE TO NOVEMBER. ROOMS
EN. SUITE. WITH BATHS.
GEO. A. FARKiIAM, Prop.
Greenbrier White Sulplmr Springs,
West Virginia.
Representative resort of the South. Open
June 15. $40,000 in improvements. New
sewerage, plumbing, lights, private baths
and toilets. Orchestra of 16 pieces. Fam
ous Sulphur baths. New 9-hole grolf
course, 2.700 yards. Professional in charge.
Write for illustrated booklet. HARRING
TON MILLS, Manager.
White Sulplmr Springs Hotel,
WAYNESVILLE, Jf. C.
50 acres beautifully shaded lawn, wonder
ful mountain views, cool nights, freestone
iron and noted sulphur springs. Fine or
chestra daily. House remodeled and newly
furnished this season.
COL. F. A. LINCOLN, Proprietor.
IN THE COOL MOUNTAINS."
The Swannanoa Hotel, Asheville, N. C.
Vnder new management. A high class
family and commercial hotel, with table
o' superior excellence. Casino, music and
dancing. Centrally located; good beds;
cool rooms; rntos moderate. Write to
BRANCH & YOUNG. Proprietors.
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOI sE.
July dally rate $3. Unsurpassed scen
ery. Railway fare reduced. Station,, Otis
Summit and Kaatei skill.
CHAS. & GEO. H. BEACH. Mgr,..
Catskill, N. Y.
lIOCKY HIVKR SPRINGS,
Sin ni y Connty, N. C.,
Open June 1.
Finest mineral water. Table supplW
with the best. Band of music. Dally
mail. ’Phone connections with oil adjoin
ing towns. Climate unsurptssod. TANARUS u lt
rates Southern Railway and its branches,
and Atlantic Coast Pino. Write for dr*
cular. Address R. B. Beckwith, M. D.,
Silver, Stanly county, North Carolina.
“ AVONDALE SPItINGS.
On Knoxville and Bristol Railroad, flv#
miles west of Tate’s, at the base of Clinch
mountains; one of the most d‘ Ightful re
ports of East Tennessee. Llthia, sulphur
and chalybeate water. Reasonable rates.
Address Miss C. CROZIER, Lithla, Grain
ger county, Tennessee.
GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL,
Virginia ave and Beaeh,Atlantic City.N.J.
fith year. Most central location; highest
elevation, overlooking ocean; 36ft beautiful
rooms, many with baths. The terms are
reasonable. Write for nooklet. Hotel coach
es meet nil trains. CHARLES E. COPE.
SEA GIRT, NEW JERSEY.
Beach House, right on the batch Al
ways cool. Fine accommodations. Dining
room service flrst-cliiis. Rates reasonu
ble. Send for booklet. Sea Girt Is the
flrt stop made on the coast by *xpre *
trains from Philadelphia to Asbiry Park
and I a • - A ST r< .M I’ANV. _
MELROtfE, NEW YORK.—7B Madison
Avenue, corner 38th at. Rooms with or
without board. Rooms, with board 17 per
week; $1.25 per day and upwurds. Send tor
circular.
COMFORT
For your stock The fly season Is now o
us and the time to use
Tough on Flies,
a lotion when applied will prevent
horses and caltie (torn btln* pestered. Tr*
It and be convinced.
HAT, GRAIN, BRAN. COW FEEI\
CHICKEN FEEI>. etc.
T. J. DAVIS.
Phone 23. 4U Bay street, wee*