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INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Myrtle Lodge No. 6. K. of P.
Special Notices—Another Rheumatic
Cured by Suwannee Springs Water; Elber
ta Peaches. Etc., at A. M. & C. W. Weel’s;
Notice. A. T. Kelly.
Business Notices—-Smoke Lillian Russell
Cigars; Have You Any Bugs or Roaches
in the House. John T. Evans & Cos.
Whisky—Old Crow Whisky.
Worth Your Consideration—Lattimore s.
Baking Powder—Royal B iking Powder.
240 Pairs of Men's Russian and Brown
Vici Kid—Byck Bros.
Ix'gal Notices—ln the Matter of Lee &
Ferguson and E. B. Lee and E. S. Fer
guson, Bankrupts.
Steamship Schedule—Ocean Steamship
Company.
Legal Sales—Administrator’* Sate, Maiv
garet Ray, Administratrix.
6ee. Stop. Ixx>k!—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Excursion to Jacksonville, Fla., Satur
day, July 21—Via Seaboard Air Line.
Medical—Munyon’s Inhaler; Hood’s
Pills; Bar-Ben; Castoria; Coke Dandruff
Cure; Dr. Hathaway Company; Gray beard.
Cheap Column Adfertlsements—Help
Wanted; Employment a Waited; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for local rains, with cooler weather in the
northern portions, with light to fresh
southerly winds; and for Eastern Florida,
local rains, with fresh southeasterly
winds.
There doesn’t seem Just now to be much
opportunity to call the Chinese affair n
“war of humanity.” It looks os if it would
be a war for revenge, pure and simple.
China's resources in available fighting
men are stupendous. Already, it is an
nounced, Prince Tuan has mobilised
950,000 nun. That is merely a first call
in the northern provinces. With a popu
lation of 4u0,000,000 or more to draw from,
the Chinese might easily put several mil
lions of soldiers inlo the field.
In Buffalo, N. Y’. f a church is trying to
get out of paying its organist his salary
on the ground that the work which he
performed was done on Sunday, and that
aifice Sunday labor is contrary to law the
organist cannot enforce payment through
the courts One would hate to have to
depend upon that church as a guide to
heaven.
It has been a. custom of late to remark
upon how small the world had grown
sihce the perfection of telegraphy, bring
ing all quarters of it into touch with
each other. But since the breaking out of
the Boxer troubles, we And that the
world is about as big as it ever was. It
takes a mighty long time to get a message
from Pekin.
The Montgomery Advertiser telis of a
proposed "conversion" that is probably
without precedent. Cedar Bluff, it says,
has a Ash pond within ite limits. The
other day the citizens held a meeting and
resolved to “convert" the pond Into an
artesian well. Ptesumably they will
compress the pond In an elongated hole
and stick it into the ground.
No big political meetings are to be held
in Virginia until September. It Is prob
able that the campaign will be formally
opened in Richmond about the Arst of
that month, with ex-Senator Hill of New
York as the principal speaker. Ex-Sena
tor Hill has accepted an Invitation to
speak in Richmond, but says that he can
not make a date earlier than Sept. 3,
To call a fellow-member a liar is againse
the rules of the New York Stock Ex
change. The Governing Committee of the
exchange a day or two ago decided that
this rule holds good even after business
hours. With this limit placed upon their
language, the members of the exchange
will have to And some other term with
which to express their opinion of each
other.
John Riley, of Sclo, N. Y., Is rich. But
he was not rich always. When he was a
small boy hr was so poor that he went
winters without shoes and stockings, and
his patched Jacket was too thin to keep
the frost out. John Illlcy has not forgot
ten what it Is to be without shoes, there
fore, shoe he has grown rich he makes
it a point to provide a number of poor
boys with shoos in winter. The other day
he announced In a newspaper that he
v.ould extend his charity, and from the
date of the publication until Jan. 1, next,
he would give a pair of shoes and stock
ings to every baby born In the county
during the year. If there were more rich
men like John Riley, who would remem
ber the days of their youth and poverty
and try to alleviate the conditions of oth
< rs situated as they were, tb world would
be brighter and better.
I THE DEMAND FOR < HIN A’S PUNISH
MENT.
Assuming that the foreign ministers
and rheir families, together with all other
Christians at Pekin, have been killed,
what sort of punishment shall be inflict
ed upon China? That is a question that
is being more generally discussed in Eu
rope than in this country. It is admitted
throughout the Christian world that
something should be done to avenge the
deaths of the foreign representatives and
other Christians in the Chinese empire,
but there is no consensus of opinion as to
what ought to be done. A money indemni
ty, however great it might be, does not
seem to be satisfactory. It has been sug
gested that Pekin should be razed to the
ground. But that would bring suffering
to many Innocent people. The most sat
isfactory punishment would be the execu
tion of the persons who actually commit
ted the murders, or who ordered them
committed. But how are the guilty par
ties to be discovered?
It is safe to say that the guilty parties
will never be known. No doubt the Chi
nese government would be willing that
any number of thousands of Chinamen
should lose their heads on account of
the outrages, providing, of course, that
the outrages were not committed with
its approval. And even if the government
sympathized with the rioters and secretly
encouraged them, it would not hesitate
to have thousands of its subjects put to
death if such a sacrifice would satisfy
the Powers, provided the Powers should
gain a position that would enable them
to dictate terms of settlement. The loss
of a few' thousands of its citizens would
not disturb the Chinese government in
the least, and would not make any im
pression whatever on the 400,000,000 of
people w'ho inhabit the Chinese empire.
But it may be a long time before the
armies of the Powers will be at Pekin.
They may never reach there. China is
showing a degree of resistance that the
Powers did not suspect she possessed.
She may be able to block the road to
Pekin with millions of well armed sol
diers. In that event the effort of the
allied forces to reach the Chinese capi
tal may have to l>e made many times be
fore It will be successful.
Avery important question that has not
been settled yet is whether the Chinese
government is contending with a rebel
lion or originally gave encouragement to
the movement to drive foreigners from
the empire. If the government is not
criminal, hut simply weak, it is difficult
to see how China is lo be punished for
the anti-foreign outrages, except by com
pelling her to pay an enormous indem
nity. The burning of Chinese cities would
doubtless do more harm than good, be
cause few, If any. of the guilty parties
would be reached by that method of in
flicting punishment. The innocent who
would suffer would be so embittered that
it would be years before commercial re
lations betw’een China and the Powers
would be restored.
The question of punishment, however,
unless nil signs full, is not demanding
Immediate attention. If the Chinese be
come united in the war on foreigners the
Powers will not be in a position to dictate
terms to them in the very near future.
THE IS9IK It KENTUCKY.
The Republicans of Kentucky are going
to make the Goebel election law the chief
Issue in that state. By means of it they
hope to arouse a great deal of enthusiasm
among Republicans and expect to get
many Democratic, votes.
It ia undoubtedly true that there are
many Democrats who.ure opposed to the
Goebel election law, but It Is doubtful
If many of them will vote against the
Democratic ticket because of it. It is
recommended in the Democratic platform
that an extra session of the Legislature
be called for the purpose of amending the
election law. No doubt the recommenda
tion will be complied with, and the law
so amended that neither Democrats nor
Republicans will have reason to complain
of It.
Should the law be amended the Repub
licans will be deprived of an Issue which
now promises to mike a good many votes
for their ticket. Some of the most in
fluential Democrats are against the law.
The Courier-Journal, the leading Demo
cratic paper of the state, has always been
against It. Had it not been for that law
there would have been no Goebel tragedy.
It was that law that helped to bring about
a split in the state Democracy. It is not
a jiwt law and should never have been
enacted.
It is Important that the Democrats shall
carry Kentucky. There is a chance that
the presidential election will be a close
one. It may turn on the electoral vote
of Kentucky. There should be no ground
on which the electoral vote of that state
could be contested.
Under the Goebel law It Is possible to
put the entire election machinery, practi
cally, In the hands of one political party.
Even though the party having the ma
chinery Is disposed to be fair, there Is
room for the suspicion of fraud. The Goe
bel low has caused enough trouble. It
should be modiAed before there is an op
portunity for it to cause more trouble.
Thera is not much probability that the
Republicans will carry the stale. They
are too heavily handicapped. Their record
In the contested gubernatorial election
is against them. It Is a record
which ehows they were willing to over
throw law, with the aid of lawless moun
taineers, in order to retain control of the
slate government, and that in their mad
ness some of their leaders put themselves
in the position of being charged with the
assassination of the lawfully elected gov
ernor.
Mr. Astor lakes it back. He is sorry
he Insulted Sir Berkeley Milne. The indig
nation of the British smart set because of
the affront lo Sir Berkeley simply as
tounded and terrified the expatriated Amcp
lean. How to square himself with "socie
ty” was then the great question The best
way that he could think of was to leave
London temporarily, and In his absence
have his newspaper print on apology. Mr.
Astor has advertised himself a ead. Hut
since he Is worth millions of dollars, it is
not likely that "society” will throw him
over. "Society" dearly loveti the clink of
gold, and is willing to worry along with
the cad who has it to clink.
The wireless telephone has made Its ap
pearance. A company to exploit this par
ticular 'phone wus chartered In New
Jtrsey the ither day. Are we, indeed, ap.
proaclilng ihe day when we shall com
municate over distances ty means of the
wlreleas think-phone 7
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY; JULY 20. 1000.
EXPANSION ANI) IMPERIALISM.
There is very considerable sentiment In
the South in favor of retain ng perma
! nent poss ssion of the Philippines, on the
ground that they are needed for the mar
kets they will afford for the products of
j our mills, and because possession of
them will assist our merchants and man
ufacturers in getting a stronger hold on
the markets of China and other countries
of *he Far East.
it has not yet been clearly demonstrat
ed that the permanent possession of these
islands is necessary to the expansion of
our trade. There are good reasons for
thinking that certain conceesions in the
Philippines—concessions that could easily
have been obtained before there wt re any
manifestations of hostility to us on the
part of the Filipinos—would have served
our purpose Just as well, and perhaps bet
ter than the permanent possession of the
islands.
There is no doubt that the great major
ity of the people arc in favor of the kind
of expansion that tends to strengthen the
republic. The I Louisiana purchase was
that kind of expansion, and so was tne
acquisition of Texas. Out of,the territory
thus acquired states have been formed
and the boundar.es of the r* public en
larg- and.
Bui the acquisition of the Philippines
does not m<an Ihe enlargement and
s r ngrhening of the republic. It means
the weakening of it. States cannot be
formed out of the islands. It is not the
Intention to mike states of them. The
purpose is io hold them as colonies. The
Filipit o- are an inferior race, and they
ar* to be held in subjugation. To hold
them <=o requites the exercise of imperial
powers. In other words the holding of
the Philippines as a permanent possession
is no: expansion, in (he sense in which
the republic has been expanding under
Democratic doctrine, but imperialism. If
the policy of the Republican party is per
mitted to prevail the character of the
government will be gradually changed.
The republic will become an empire.
U AS \ PEACEMAKER.
It is the understanding among foreigners
in China that Li Hung Chang has been
called to Pekin because che government
finds itself surrounded by difficulties which
it cannot overcome. Great dependence is
placed upon the wily viceroy. He has
been prominent in public affairs for fifty
years, and has been remarkably successful
in getting his country out of vexatious sit
uations. As a rule his assistance is not
demanded until the government finds It
self at the end of its resources.
Li Hung Chang opposed the war with
Japan, but he was not influential enough
to prevent it, but when China was pros
trate at the feet of that Power, he had to
oolike forward and arrange the terms of
settlement. If it had not been for him
China would have fared much worse than
she did. It was he who got the Powers
to Interfere and restrain Japan’s appetite
for Chinese territory.
He was a great figure in the Taiping re
bellion. In fact, it was through an act of
perfidy of his that the rebellion was
brought to a dose. He invited the lead
ers of the rebeis to a conference at his
house. On the promise of Chinese Gordon
that they would be safe in. attending,
they accepted the invitation. Gordon act
ed in good faith. As soon as the rebel
leaders were in Li Hung Chang’s power
he had them all beheaded. Ever since that
event there has been a suspicion in China
that he is not entirely trustworthy.
Some thirty years ago he prevented a
war between the Powers of Europe and
China, and on two notable occasions he
settled serious differences between China
and Great Britain. He has cut a great
figure in the affairs of China and now he
is at the front again. Will he be able lo
check the anti-foreign movement and set
tle differences between the Powers and his
country? A great deal of confidence is
reposed in him by his countrymen, and
Europeatie admit that he has remarkable
ability and great influence, but the latter
are not wholly satisfied as to the course
he will pursue when he reaches Pekin. If
it is his purpose to bring about peace it
is probable that he will accomplish his
object, but if he thinks the time oppor
tune for driving foreigners out of China
he may adopt a course that will result in
testing China’s strength in a military con
test with the civilized world.
The new pure-food law of Illinois, which
went Into effect with the beginning of
this month, is simple and direct. It doe*
not prohibit the selling of imitation or
adulterated foods, but provides that they
must be branded for precisely what they
are. If a customei prefers chicory to
coffee, oleomargarine to butter, ground
cocoanut shell to pepper and spice, or add
to apple vinegar, well and good, the
dealer is at liberty to supply the articles,
but he must not sell them under the name
of coffee, butter, pepper, spice and apple
vinegar. If the dealer does not know
that the jam he Is selling is made from
pure fruit, he must not say so. He must
label his jars for what they contain or
put upon them, "unknown composition."
—The late Admiral "Jack" Philip, while
a religious, conscientious man, was as a
boy persistently neglectful in his studies
and always In trouble on account of hi*
uncontrollable tendency to mischief. When
in the Naval Academy he only managed to
atiain the minimum grade necessary to
keep him in the institution, and made that
only through the grace of his instructors,
who knew that he had the making of a
line officer in him.
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The Caihollc Church has larger inter
ests in China than any other Christian
denomination. Of that faith there are
759 European priests, 409 native priests,
3,930 churches and chapels. 49 seminaries
and 3,915 schools. It is estimated that
there are over 500,000 converts under the
< are of the Vatican. The two Jesuit con
gregations of Pekin and Nankin number
over 155,000, forming the largest Chris
tian congregations in China.
Ex-Gov. Stone of Missouri la going to
Europe. He is not, however, going in the
regular way affected by the plutocrats—in
a first-class siateroom with a tourist
ticket In his pocket and a guidebook In
his hand. He is going in a cattle steamer,
where he can chew the cud of reAectlon
amid sounds and smells that will remind
him that there is still much work of
reformation in politic* to be don* by
him.
As much ns a week has passed without
Secretary Hay sending anew ultimatum
to the Sublime Porte. Mr. Hay ought not
to let the Chinese troubles Interfere 100
Atriously with hi# routine dutlcg
PERSONAL.
—Amedee Joulln, the California-bom ar
tist. hna Just been made a brevet oftP-er
of the FieJich tea demy, the distinction
being conferred in recognition of some of
his more recent work.
—W. S. Lilly, the well known writer
on ethics, is a candidate for the chair
of moral philosophy at Cambridge Uni
versity. England, made vacant by the
resignation of Prof. Henry Sidgwick.
—Dr. E. M. Lieber, leader of the Cen
trist party in the German Parliament, is
preparing to visit this country during u
tour for health and rest and will proba
bly attend the German Catholic conven
tion, to be held in Milwaukee.
—The Rajah of Kauprthaia, the Sikh
chief, who i about to revisit London, is
very popular with Englishmen. He is an
athlete and a warrior, and his territory
in the Punjab brings him fIO.OOO a year.
His house stood true to the Queen during
the mutiny.
—lt is staled that there are only ten
Japanese women in New York city, and
one of these is Miss Shidzu Naruse, of
Kobe*, who will shortly return to her na
tive town and establish a hospital there.
Miss Naruse was one of twenty young
women nurses who received diplomas re
cently at the New' Y’ork Hospital.
—The Marquis of Northampton express
es the opinion that the religious educa
tion of the Boers has been imperfect, as
all their quotations are from the Old Tes
tament. At a meeting of the Society for
the Spread of the Gospel at Earl’s Barton
he said that after the war it would be the
duty of the Church of England to spread
the Gospel among them.
—Capt. Dreyfus is described by a corre
spondent who has just seen him as hav
ing undergone a wonderful change in his
appearance since he landed in Franqe
about a twelvemonth ago. He is no longer
wan and thin, a veritable wreck and the
picture of melancholy. On the contrary,
he has grown muJh stouter, has a healthy
color and seems really gay and light
hearted.
—On each recurring anniversary of the
death of Lord Byron an “In Memorials)"
notice commemorative of the poet's demise
is printed in the London Times. It ap
pears thai a feminine admirer of Lord
Byron bequeathed a sum of money to
have a wreath of Marechal Niol roses
placed at the foot of his statue in Hamil
ton Gardens each year, and to pay for
the annual Insertion of the advertisement
referred to until such time as the authori
ties of Westminster Abbey shall allow’ the
word "Byron” to be inscribed in the Poets’
Corner.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Grounded—“Lightning rods seem to be
out of date.”
"Yes. the business was run into the
ground long ago.”—Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
—No Doubt of It.—Teacher: “In the sen
tence. ‘Patrick beat John with his fists,
what is Patrick?”
Bright Boy: "He’s Irish.”—Philadelphia
Press.
—She—"l rend that book going over last
year, but I remember almost nothing
about it.”
He—“ Well, one retains so little on
steamers.”—Harper’s Bazar.
—Nations and Individuals—“ The call of
exalted duty holds a relation to national
affairs analogous to that held by the* earn
est solicitations of his many friends to
the affairs of the individual.—Detroit
Journal.
—‘‘There ought to be a law’ against sell
ing guns to barbarians,” said the earnest
boarder.
“There is,” said the Savage Bachelor.
“It Is a violation of the law in this
country to sell firearms either to Indians
or small boys.”—lndianapolis Press.
—The Tenth Muse—“ Who is this per
son?” asked one, of the tuneful nine.
"She claims to be a relative of ours, but
I don’t know’ her.”
“Poor thing!” .said thp sister Muse.
She’s suffering frm a hallucination. She
preside’s over magazine poetry, and she
thinks 6he’s a Muse!"-Puck.
—Ono of the First—“Yes.he is one of our
first citizens.”
“He doesn’t look it. I should judge from
his appearance that he is a very ordinary
person.”
“He is. so far as that *s concerned, but
his name is Abner Aarons, and it’s mighty
seldom that anybody comes before him in
the directory.”—Chicago Times-Herald.
—Rather Pleased—“So,” said Senator
Sorghum, thoughtfully, “that vituperative
critic said I was liable to be a politician
out of a job!”
“That was his remark. You see, he
was a little angry, and—”
“Oh. there Is no occasion to apologize.
I kind of like it. You see. I have been
accused of being In so many Jobs that it’s
a relief to be mentioned as being out of
one.”—Washington Star.
CIKIHSXT COMMENT.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.)
says: "We do not know whether Mr.
Bryan regards free silver os of more Im
portance than Imperialism or not, but we
do know that he was unwilling that its
prominence should be In any way dimin
ished. It is of Just as much importance
that the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1
should be adopted now as it was in 1896.
Indeed, it is more so. If free coinage is the
correct thing, for the government has re
cently departed still farther from that
doctrine. The fact that the flght is a
trifle more extensive does not lessen its
importance."
The Chicago Journal says: “A morning
paper estimates that Terry McGovern's
reward for hammering Frank Erne last
night was $19,000. A crowd of over 10,000
men pakl about $70,000 to see the flgh't.
They yelled and screamed us ‘the little
Brooklyn murderer,’ '(he demoniac Ted
dy.' 'smiling and merciless,' rained blows
on hls antagonists'* 'blood-bespnttered
face’ and 'haltered lungs' until his sec
onds threw up the sponge. We trust the
accounts of this interesting affair will not
reach the barbarous lands where we are
attempting to introduce Western civiliza
tion."
The Rochester (N. V.) Herald (Dem.)
says; There is no middle ground for the
Populist any more than for Ihe Democrat
or the Republican. It is the constitution
and popular government against Imperial
ism and usurpation. Lei the Populist
make his choice in the light of what rea
son and sanity Populism has left him. but
let the Democrats waste no more time on
him. There are other things of greener
consequence that demand their attention."
The Chicago Chronkl# (Dem.) says;
"Annexation by force cannot be thought
of, for It would be, according to ottr code
of morals, criminal aggression. So Brest
dent McKinley wrote before his horde of
predaceous political clients pointed out that
the Philippine Islands were rich In spoil.
Now he asks the voters to indorse his
criminal aggression by re-electing him.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says; "In such a campaign now before
Kentuckians men ore nothing, platforms
are nothing. The issue is written In the
deed* of the Republicans at Frankfort last
winter. On that issue the contest will
be decided, and Mr. Ycrkes must go down
with his party.”
Mr. Smith Ha* Hia Little Joke.
Dresden Smith of Kalamazoo likes to
have hie little joke, no matter at whose
expense, but he is cured now for all time,
for he turned the ttables on himself with
serious results, says the Chicago Times-
Herald.
Mr. Smith came to Chicago with his wife
for a summer trip. He enjoyed every min
ute of the time, and really felt no desire
to perpetrate one of his practical jokes on,
any one until one day he boarded a cable
car on the West Side and said to his wife:
"Melissa, you sit up near the front. I
want to ask the conductor some questions
about the streets, and I’M stand on the
rear platform."
“You won't get off end leave me to go
home alone?” asked Mrs. Smith, with
some anxiety. She knew her Smith.
“Don't be silly. You will only have to
look at me and beckon if you need me,”
and he retreated to the other end of the
car and bided his time. A fool thought
had struck him.
"Fare!” yelled the conductor, stooping
over Mrs. Smith and speaking as if to
someone in the next county.
"Didn’t my husband pay my fare?” ask
ed Mrs. Smith, anxiously. She began to
see (rouble in the distance.
“Which is your husband?” asked the
conductor in a tone that implied his disbe
lief in her having one.
"That man in the gray suit with a w’hite
straw hat and a cane. He’s looking this
way now,” and Mrs. Smith half rose and
beckoned urgently to Smith.
The wretch never noticed her. The con
ductor made his way to him and asked:
"Why didn't you pay your wife’s fare?”
"My wife?” echoed Smith in a dazed
way. “Do you mean that w'oftiun you've
just been talking to?”
"Yes. Pay her fare—quick. I can’t stand
here chinning with you all day.”
“You must take me for a chump,” said
Smith, jauntily. "I’m not so green as I
look. The lady is playing a joke on you.
Better make her stop fooling and pay her
fare.” /
Smith knew that his wife had not a cent
of money, for she had given him her
pocketbook for safe keeping, and he chuck
led over the intricacies of the situation.
When the joke had gone far enough he in
tended to settle it. But at this juncture
Mrs. Smith took matters into her own
hands. She had her own delightful sense
of humor. When the conductor approach
ed she said to him, in a low tone:
“Call a policeman.”
There happened to be one on the car—
Mrs. Smith had observed him, and in a
moment he was beeide her.
"Arrest that man—he has my pocket
book with my money in it,” and she point
ed out Smith, who was approaching in or
der to close the joke, which he did in
short order by placating the conductor and
the policeman and promising his wife that
he would never again-—never, never.
Why Put Didn't Hold to the Wire.
He was a big Irishman and his name w r as.
Pat. says Pearson's Weekly. He W’a9 fix
ing the telephone wires and w’hlstling to
himselef as he worked. Just then a milk
boy came driving dow’n the street, and
Pat made a fatal mistake. Instead of at
tending to his own business he tried to
work and watch the reckless driver at
the same time. The cbnsequence was thgt
he dkl neither. What he did do was to
lose his footing. There w’.us a cry of horror
from the bystanders below, echoed by a
lusty yell from above.
Every breath w’as suspended and then
a shout of relief went up from the crowd.
Pu had made a frantic dive for the wire
and caught it.
“Hold on Pat!” shouted someone w’ho
Knew him. “We w ill get you down some
how!”
“Run for a mattress!” yelled one intel
ligent individual.
“Get a ladder from somew’here!” bawled
another.
"Somebody do something.” commanded
a philanthropic-looking individual indig
nantly. "The man can’t hold on forever!
1 say, do something!” he shouted, getting
very red in the face and dancing around
excitedly.
Only one man In the crowd did not say
anything—he was busy climbing up the
telephone pole.
The excited crowd condescended to notice
him, finally, and saw’ his intention.
"Hold on, Pat; help la cbming!” they
shouted with one voice.
Then a wave of horror swept over the
crowd. The man suspended between the
earth and heaven suddenly loosened his
hold and fell backward, striking the
ground with a sickening thud.
"He is dead!” groaned the crowd, and
men covered their faces from the sight.
But he wasn’t. An Irishman has as
many lives as a cat. When Pat came to,
and sat up dizzily, trying to realize that
he was once more on terra firma, some
one said to him:
' What did you let go for, Pat? Why
didn't you hold on a little while longer?”
“Be Jab ere!" replied Pat. earnestly, ”OI
was afraid the wire would break!”
Fining: the Viceroy.
During Li Hung Chang's stay at the
summer palace an incident happened—
solemn and portentous from a Chinese
standpoint, most ludicrous to {he foreign
er, who thinks less of the sanctity that
hedges round a king, says the Pekin and
1 ien 1 sin Times. Someone suggested
to Li Hung Chang a walk in the palace
garden near his lodgings, and he inno
cently fell in with the proposal He was
carried in his court chair through an un
frequented part of the park, and re-
Cftvfd obsequious attention from the
keepers and palace eunuchs; not a word
of objection did he hear. The next day
he was informed that he had committed
a breach of etiquette, and would have to
be disciplined. Therefore, the proper
board was ordered to consider the penal
ty, but has not yet reported. The famous
Viceroy Tso Tsung T ang had a precisely
similar expeiience some years ago. He
roamed about the imperial park, and as
a penalty was fined half a year's salary.
If the same penalty be indicted upon the
present offender the gain to the govern
ment will be exactly 45 taels, which is half
the yearly salary attached to the highest
civil office in the gift of the state, namely,
the senior grand secretary of state. It is
but fair to add that In addition to the
salary of 90 taels a y.-ar, the following
allowances are given on the same magnlfl
cent scale; For rice a year 10 taels, and
for sundry expenses, 8.000 Pekin copper
cash, or less than sl.
Song of the hummer Cottager.
From the Smart Set.
I love the Summer season, when the city
is forsaken
And the social swarm has scattered,
seeking mountain, shore and hill;
Where the. mending of the moruls and
complexion’s undertaken.
And the husband Isn't hustled nightly
off against his will.
Exultant I in exile when the dreadful
task of dining
With a dozen stupid people Isn't hang
ing o'er my head,
Or of racing to receptions, when I'd
rather be reclining,
And after 1 have puffed a pipe go b'lss
fully lo bed.
Oh, the best release from dancing, for at
tails I fear they tnke me
100 often for a waiter, as I watch my
wife afar.
The capering and canoodling only weary
me, and moke me
Feel as might a twinkling taper that Is
hitched unto a star!
Most I love the Summer season for the
calm, domestic meeting—
There's no time for such reunions In
the feverish city life.
'Tls the home-fond husband’s holiday
alas! too hrlef and fleeting—
When he's privileged to renew an ac
quaintance with his wife?
■Ernest Detjincey Pierson.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Uncle Sam sold about 52,000,000 special
delivery stamps in 2899. and the distance
traveled by the messengers who delivered
the letters upon which the stamps were
placed was about 2,625,000 miles.
—The London Chronicle says that three
cur.ous wateipipe cannon, which were
actually used by the Filipinos against the
Americans in the campaign ou the Island
of Luzon, have just been lent to the mu
seum of the Royal United Service Insti
tution. The exterior surfaces of the im
provised guns are bound with hemp, gal
vanized wire and telegraph wire.
—A Portuguese paper gives details of
an invention which is to greatly facili
tate fox and badger hunting. The device
consists of a small electric lamp fixed on
to the collar of the dog who is to enter
a burrow’. This light, which is to be col
ored, is expected to have the effect of
frightening the animal, which is used to
living in its dark hole. It then tries to
escape out of the burrow, and the hunter
bags him. According to an English Jour
nal, the invention has been patented.
—A peasant of Sorico, preparing to
build a stable, found recemly in the
course of his excavations the traces of a
masslv* wall. He went on and discovered
•he remains of a passage, a w’ell and a
limekiln. The foundations of the wall
were made of b’oeks of finely wrought
granite In a corner of this old building
was a tablet of white marble with a Lat
in inscription from which it appeared that
the building was erect* and twelve centuries
ago. Near it two coins of the same epoch
were found. Archaeologists affirm that the
remains are those of the famous tower of
Olonio, a Reman city.
—Electricity is being used in a life-sav
ing machine devised by Dr. Laborde of
France. It is well known that lingual
traction, or the pulling out of the victim’s
tongue at regular intervals, has saved the
life of a person asphyxiated or drowned,
and that some hours after the accident.
To meet this, Dr. Laborde has construct
ed a machine ran by a small electric mo
tor. A metal clamp is attached to the
tongue of the patient so a.s to grip it
firmly. From it runs a wire attached to
the motor, which is set to run at a cer
tain speed. As its armature revolves it
carries the wire with it. thus drawing
the tongue backward and forward.
—The Japan Times of a recent date
says: "It is reported that a bill for pro
hibiting smoking by young people was
1 resented at the House of Representatives
by Mr. NcmoTo and four others cn
Wednesday. The main purpose cf the bill
is ;o the effect that juvnile smokers un
der eighteen years of age shall be pun
ished by a fine ranging In amount from
Bn to one yen and the confiscation of
pipes and fittings used by the offenders.
The bill is said to have been drawn up on
the model of similar enactments prevail
ing in Germany and the United States of
America.”
—lt takes a day to sing the Chinese na
tional hymn, says the New York Sun.
Sometimes people over there say: “Let’s
take a day off and enjoy the hymn.” But
they don’t .say It often. It’s hard to keep
up enthusiasm for a twelve-hour stretch.
Of course they start in cheering vocifer
ously, and then they sort of weaken and
grow hoarse and look at the clocks, and |o!
it's only half an hour since the blame
thing began! And there are places fur
ther on where they ought to Just get up
and yell, and they haven’t the strength
to do it, and probably they fall asleep
long before the grand patriotic climax is
reached. Y'ou can’t expect to find much
Fourth o' July inspiration in a pf;ople with
a of that sort. And think of the
strain on the singers and the tomtommers!
Think of putting in a dozen hours on
steady run of “hi-yahs-chlng-a-rlng-a-chi
ynhs!” and no let up for either breath or
chopsticks! And whacking a tin pan all
the time, too. Think of going to a little
evening out and having the hostess say:
"Mis Pekoe of the Shanghai conswuvat
wah will now favor us with the national
hymn.” Is it any wonder the Chinese
have failed to understand the meaning of
good government? A national hymn of
those dimensions would be- apt to sour
anybody but a deaf paralytic on the best
government that ever existed.
—Removing a splinter from a suffering
hand may not be a nice and pleasant sub
ject, but home surgery mnv sometimes
give someone a feeling of heartfelt joy,
snys the New York Times. The sufferer
who illustrates the matter on this occas
ion was a carpenter. He was working at
his trade at an institution over which
the Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church
presided. One day he broke off an ugly
splinter in his hand and could not get It
out. He went home at the close of the
day's work feeling no annoyance from
the wound, but by the next morning the
hand was In a serious condition, and so
painful that working was an impossibil
ity. On his way to the doctor’s the car
penter stopped to tell the Sisters why he
must delay his work. "Let me see what
I can do with your hand before you go to
the doctor," said one of the Sisters. The
man demurred. "Yes." said the Sister,
with gentle insistence, “it will do no
harm, anyway.” She quickly Ailed with
in an Inch or so of the top a wide-mouthed
bottle with steaming hot water, and as
she held it another Sister pressed the in
flamed part of the injured hand gently
down over the opening. Such a peculiar
sensation! It seemed to the man that his
whole hand was being drawn with great
force into the bottle. He would have
taken it away, but the Sister was holding
it gently, but firmly. Then there was a
feeling of relief; it seemed as If the inside
of the hand had become liquid and was
pouring its unpleasant contents into the
bottle. That was almost exactly what
was happening, and with the liquid went
the offending splinter. The hand was
bathed and bandaged, and the carpenter
continued his work without further in
convenience.
—For centuries says the London Spec
tator, (he alchemists, who represent the
best of mediueval science, bestirred them
selves over their crabbed scrolls and
smoky furnaces to find three precious
things—the universal solvent, the phil
osopher's stone, and the elixir of life.
Human ideals change slowly, for all the
change In human enviornment and lan
guage, and power, riches, and length of
days still represent the secret wishes of
nine men out of ten. Bacon, with his
usual sagacity, observed that anyone who
professed to have discovered a way of
putting off old age, or of renewing youth,
would not easily be believed. But he ad
ded that the thing was certainly possible,
and that it was much more likely to be
attaints! by rules which the persevering
study of nature would gradually teach
mankind, than, as the alchemists, who
were unconsciously founding modern
chemistry, still hoped, by means of "a
very few drops, or even scruples, of some
precious liquor or quintessence." He was
so far in the fashion, however, as to give
three of the best recipes for the manu
facture of such a liquor, though, with the
proviso that It was rnther mind than body
that these cordials were likely to affect.
One consisted of potable gold, which there
were many approved ways of making:
another consisted of pearls dissolved in
Cleopatra's manner, or tiled down Into a
conserve with sweetmeats; a third of
powerful emeralds and Jacinths, about
which he was prudently not very sure
ob asperltatem. Whatever might have
been the virtues of such nostrums, one
thing Is clear—they were hopelessly out
of reach of the ordinary man, and If they
had been efficient the universal longevity
Of the rich would have developed a more
complete plutocracy than has yet been
known. But none of them was any good,
and tt Is only In the New Atlantis that
men have yet discovered the "water of
paradise • • very sovereign for
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