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4 pjc iHofning Uornln; >evrit Building SHtannuh, Ga. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1800. Registered at the Postoffic® in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published even' day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month. H.Qo tor six months, and 18-00 for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mall. Bix times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.60; six months $3.00; one year, $6 00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 Issues a week Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, 53.00. Subscriptions payable m advance Re mit b> postal order, check or register*! letter Currency sent by mail at r.sk of senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column local or reading notices, amusements arid cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in dep Il ls the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING NEWS to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any Irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed "MORNING NEWS,” Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. 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. | 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. 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