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4 gTfje Moraine !tew* Building Stmuk, <•*. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. IS***. Registered at the Postofflce In Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month. 54.00 for si* months, and 55.00 for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months. *1.50; six months *3.00; one year *6(O. The WEEKLY NEWS. 2 issues a wek. Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, *I.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or registered -3*ter. Currency sent by mail at risk ol seeders Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in depth— is the standard of measurement. Contract rales 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. ISDEX 10 SEW ADYEBTISEMESTS. Meetir—University Club of Savannah; SokHnori's Lodge No. 1. F. & A. M.. Zerubbabel Lodge No. 15, F. A A M ; Landrum Lodge No. 48, F. A A. M.; Clin ton Lodge No. 54, F. & A. M.; Ancient Landmark Lodge, No. 231. F & A. M. Special Notices—Opinion of Dr. J. 2. Cravev of Penaacola. Fla . of Suwanee Springs Water; A Good Circular Sawyer Wimad, A. R Fawcett; Look, Savannah Building and Supply Company; Suwanee Springs. Fla.; Notice to City Jurors; John Funk, City Market; Levan's Tabla d'Hote. Bus loose Notices—Harvard Beer at John T Evans & Cos.; We Have Had Sect Us, Theus Bros. Railroad Schedule—Plant System of Rail ways. Legal Notices—Notice to Debtors and Creditors, Estate Philip Guilmartin, De ceased. Educational—Edgeworth Boarding and Day School, Baltimore. Md. Legal Sale Administrator's Sale, Charles Garftir.kel. Administrator. Do Tou Know Good Vinegar?—Mun ster'*. Corset* Thomson’s “Glove-Fitting' - Corset*. Sauce—Lea A Perrin s Worcestershire Sauce Bicycle*—Cleveland Chain or Chainless B 1 cycles at Lattimore's. Mineral Water— Apollinarls. Medical—Hereford* Acid Phosphate, ihinyon's Kidney Cure; Castorla; Dr. Kil mer’s Swamp Root; Dr. Hathaway Com pany: Hood's Pills; Railway's Pills; Wo man's PYierd: Bar-Ben. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Warned. Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Losl: Personal; Miscellaneous Th* Weather. The Indica'l- ns for Georgia to-day are tor local rains In the western, and gen erally fair weather in eastern portions, and for Eastern Florida, generally fair weather and light to fresh southerly winds. Th* old game of •'as be- n succets ully play.d on a New Jer sey s mmer hotel keeper for a considera ble sum of money. Tss < It (or Is It?) odd how one's first Impulse Is to smile when one hears hat a summer hotel keeper has been buncoed? The Boers seem to be fighting better sinoe Oom Paul cut off his whiskers. Pos sibly the old genthman has buckled on a sword and infused new life Into bis sol diers. Evidently there 1s going to be a good deal more killing In South Africa be fore there will be peace. It now appears that China means to give ocular demonstration of the truth of her statement that the ministers are alive. Possibly some of the European doubters do not wish to believe them alive, since to do so might deprive them of the op portunity for getting a solid foothold in the Celestial Empire. An Illinois Inventor claims to have per fected an apparatus with which typewrit ten massages may be exchanged by wire. In other words, in place of the "sounder" and "sending key" of the present system of telegraphy, the sender will sit down to a tpyewriter and hammer out his message, which will be reproduced typewritten at the other end of the line. — I Near Binghamton, N. Y., farmers are digging baked potatoes from their fields And that Is not a hot weather yarn, eith er. The farms in Question adjoin a peat txg. and the peat runs tack under the land. Six weeks ago the bog took fire from some source, and has been burning ever since. In places the fire has worked back under the potato patches, and the potatoes have been nicely roosted In the ground. The story of the looting of Tien Tsln by the soldiers of the allied forces has not yet been confirmed, and It may be that the narrative was overdrawn, like much of the other information that la now ton v out of China. But, shook! It thal thievery, thuggery and other crime) were committed by the victorious erdops when the city fell, then Civiliza tion should cover her face with her bands and weep. If the European troops con due I*4 themselves like brigands and sav ages In Tien Tsln. the situation will be (node the more difficult for those who are working for pence, Should it transpire that he government at Pekin was pro tecting the foreign ministers at the very 4>me tost the alleged outrages were be ing committed at Tien Teln, M would place the Chinese in the light of being the civil ized people and the Europeans the bar tartans. "" CHINESE DIPLOMACY. The frar.k and straight forward way in which the stale department is dealing with the Chinese situation surprises the gov- I emments ef Europe. Secretary Hay has accepted as genuine the Conger dispatch, because he cannot understand why the government of China should wish to de- I ceiTe the government of the United States about a matter concerning which decep tion could not benefit China. In Europe the genuineness of the dispatch is not general ly accepud Officials of European govern ments say that the Chinese are the shrewd est diplomatists in the world. By that they mean that the Chinese do not hesitate to resort to any kind of deception to gain their ends. They are confident that all of the foreign ministers that were at Pekin were assassinated days ago, and they would be surprised beyond measure If it should turn out that they were mistaken. It must be admitted that the arguments they present in support of their view are strong ones. Beside*, they are much bet ter acquainted with Chinese character and diplomacy than officials of our govern ment are, having had much greater ex perience with the Chinese. Still, the promise of the Chinese government, made apparently in good faith, to deliver the foreign ministers at Tien Tsin, is calcu lated to make them concede that Secre tary Hay may be right Their view is that the purpose of the Chinese government now is to sow disten sion among the nations that are making war on China. Having accomplished that, its chance of making terms of peace with ail of them without further hostilities would be greatly improved. There is some thing in this view. A.ready there is com plaint by the European governments that the Untied Stales are out of harmony with them, and they seem disposed to pursue a policy of their own. There is some truth in this. The United States have only one object In view, and that is to rescue the ministers at Pekin if they are still alive. Having accomplished that, they will en deavor to prevent the dismemberment of the Chinese empire. It is to their interest that the integrity of the empire shall be preserved. It is not stated that any of the Powers of Europe have in view the dismember ment of the empire, but there are good reasons for thinking that that Is their ul timate object. If the UYiited States, there fore, shou,d permit themselves to be guid ed by European diplomacy the chanoea are they would soon find themselves in volved in vexatious complications. The difficulty of securing harmo nious aotton among the aides is shown by the fact that no time ha* yet been fixed for the forward movement from Tien Tsin to Pekin. It is not even known who wiH command the allied forces. The dis tance from Tien Tsin to Pekin is only 74 miles, and it is asserted that the way is practically open and has been ever 6ince the taking of the city of Tien Tsin. If immediately after the fall of that city the allied forces had started to Pekin it ia not improbable that they would have reached there without a great deal of op position. As far as is known efforts have j r.ot been made lo find out whether I the way to Pekin la practically open or not. Unless someone of the allied nations takes the lead and dominates the situa tion it will be a most difficult matter to secure any concert of action fur a move ment or. Pekin The trouble Is not so much Chinese diplomacy as Jealousies among the allies and the lack of a prac tical, common sense plan of action. AN AMERICAN GIRL. One seldom, if ever, sees the name of Mbs Helen Miller Gould In the "society” news. She seems to be entirely devoid of that social ambition which has charac terized some of the other members of her late father’s family. She might marry a high tkle any day that she chose, and become a queen of fashion, with a palace in Parts, or London, or St. Petersburg, or Vienna; or she might if she desired become a member of the Four Hundred of New York, and entertain and be en tertained by the swellest of the swells. But Miss Gould cares nothing for that sort of thing. She is too quiet and too modest to desire the limelight, the tinsel and the gossip of society, and too well balanced to be impressed with the no tion that genuine happiness can be found only in the smart sea, or through the wearing of a coronet. While Miss Gould’s name seldom ap pears in the society notes, it is frequent ly to be found in the news columns, when It becomes discovered, without her knowledge, that she has been giving more of her time and her money to the ameli oration of the condition of the poor or those who fight for their country. She i one of the most charitable women In this country, or any other, as hundreds of poor, crippled children In New York have reason to know, and as hundreds of American soldiers will always remem ber. An incident which occurred during her recent visit to the Yellowstone Park, how ever, gives an insight into the now fa mous young woman's nature which will tend to still further elevate her in the estimation of the masses. Miss Gould accepted an Invitation to attend a dance given by the soldiers at Fort Yellow stone. The troopers were charmed by the appearance of the quiet little woman in black, but knowing her to be a "great lady" and extremely rich, they were care ful not to presume upon her good nature. After several numbers on the programme had passed a trooper bolder than (he rest walked up to her with military stride, and, saluting, asked, "Miss Gould, will you phase do this waltz with me?’ ’ "Thank you, certainly,” she replied. Jumping up quickly, she Joined the trooper—a pri vate—and away they whirled. The sol dier was a big, rather awkward fellow, whose feet were sometimes in the way, but Miss Gould's bright smile never for an Instant faded, and she evidently en joyed the waltz quite as much as her de lighted partner. And after the party the soldiers all voted her ”a Jolly, sensible, plain Ameri can girl." They could find no words of praise in which to express their ad miration ot and respect for her that were 100 strong. They had net thought that an helreee ot millions would meet them upon a common footing and take a part In their pastimes. By dancing with the trooper Mis* Gould once more Illustrated her simplicity of nature, her lock ot the arrogance of wealth and her respect for the man in the ranks. Prof. Snyder of Philadelphia says there la nothing,in bis opinion, in the theory that eun-spots are responsible for the hot weather of the recent past. THE MOKMNG NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JULY 25. 1900. WHAT IS THERE IN IT FOR HANNA? A Washington correspondent, who has a wide acquaintance with public men. wants to know what there ts in politics for Senator Hanna that leads him to un dertake the management of a great cam paign from which there te nothing for him to gain, and which, in ell probability, will shorten his life. It is a fact that he is not as strong a man as he was m :®e. He is a great sufferer from rheu matism. ar.d he is no longer young. There i* no doubt that he has spent a great deal of money in politics, ar.d has Jeop ardized his health. He has received very little praise for the part he has taken in party work, even from his own party, while he has been viciously aitacked and cartooned by his political opponents. The only reward he has received for his par tizan zeal and services, is the seat which he occupies in the Senate, and there are some who believe that he bought that. It is certain that his party did not give it to him with the unanimity that makes a public man feel that his services are appreciaied. Asa matter of fact Senator Hanna gets very little for the sacrifice* he makes far his party—that is, very little in the way of political honors or pecuniary rewards. But he gets what is appreciated much more highly by him. namely, power. He is one of those men who like power. Senator Hanna knows that if the Republicans should be successful in the campaign this year, he would not get an office. It is doubtful if he would ac cept a cabinet position If it were offered to him. He would much rather be in the Senate. But the entire country knows that he la the real power at the White House. He is consulted about all import ant matters. It is doubtful if the Presi dent would make an important appoint ment without first consulting him, and it is pretty certain that he would not adopt a policy that would commit the party to anew line of action without get ting the Senator's approval of it. While therefore there is nothing in pol ities for the senator that would appeal strongly to the average man, there is some thing in It that appeals strongly to Sen ator Hanna. He feela that while the Re publican party is in power he is the man that is running the government—that he is directing the destinies of a ration of seventy millions of people. Power Is •sweet to him, end 4t is all the compensa tion he wants for the hard work he does for his party. From his point of view, therefore, there is a good deal in politics for Senator Hanna. WILL TOWNE WITHDRAW? There appears to be seme doubt as to whe h r Mr. Towne will withdraw as the Populist candidate for Vice President. He 1- wi.ling, but both Democratic and Pop u lit 1 aders are in doubt whether It would be wise for him to do so. It seems that a great many Populists are objecting to his withdrawal. They insist that the Populist party ought to have representa t on on the ticket, and point out that un less Mr. Towne remains on the Populist ticket th*re Is danger that the electoral vote of Nebraska. Kansas and ihe two j Dakotas will go to the Republicans. The indifference of the Fusion Populists to the ticket nominated at Kansas City and 'he laige att ndance at ihe convention of ihe Middle-of-the Road Populists of Ne hraska, has created a doubt of the wis dom of the policy of having Mr. Towne withdraw. It stump to be a difficult mailer to sat isfy the Populists. They insist upon hav ing everyth ng. They are strong in only two or t ree st tes, and yet they are act ing as if they were ab e to control a dne en states. A double-tailed ticket will com plicate matters griatly, and will weak’n the ti ket in many parts of the country. That fact, however, does not appear to have any weight with them. The fusion Populists are threatening to go over to the Middie-of-the-Road Populists if they are not permitted to have their way, and if the dispatch s received from Lincoln are correct the chanc>s are that Mr. Towne will remain on the Populist ticket. AFRAID OF THE BOER SENTIMENT. It seems that the R-publicans are afraid that the sentiment in favor of the Boers is going to have an important bearing on the presidential election. When they htld their National Convention they did not ray much attention to it, think ng it would not amount to much. Now, how ever, thcr •is evidence that they are busy trying to counteract It. A statement was sent out from Washington the other day, that the United States Bureau of Educa tion was distributing a pamphlet con taining England's case against the South African republics. This pamphlet is sent to teachers In all parts of the country. The idea is probably that the teachers, having read it, will spread the views set forth theren throughout their respective ccmmunlilcs. It is said that the attention of Repre sentative Richardson, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Commutes, lias b en called to the matter, and that he has taken steps to find out by what authority the pamphlet is being distrlb ! uted by the government. Prof. Harri:, j chief of the Bureau of Education, 4s in i Europe, but It is thought probable that he gave the order for its distribution before his departure. Of coutse he did not take such ar’ion unless directed to do so by someone higher in authority than him self. Doubtless the document Is being scat tered broadcast over the country by the order of someone who has close relations with the White House. It is an ouirag that the people have to be taxed to pay for Ihe distribution of partisan, campaign literature. ♦ 4 Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease announces her repudiation of Ihe Populist party. Once she had not words oo strong with which to praise it; now she likens it to a “mass of parasites on the Democratic growth.” In getting out she pays her respects in characteristic manner to “the fierce and braying Pettigrew of South Dakota,” and the "aged bell-wether Weaver of lowa.” Her opinion respecting Weaver hat radi cally changed from what It was some I few years,ago, when she campaigned in j Georgia and other states with. him. But Mary Ellen la a back number. The Prohibitionists, ll seems, are going into the campaign with as much earnsst ness as If they expected to carry a num ber of states. They have raised a cam paign fund and will charter a apeclal train to carry their candidate for Pres ident. Mr. Woolley, on a lour of the coun try. He will make rear platform speeches en route to the larger cities, where more pretentious demonstration* will be held King Alexander of Servia, who has an nounced that he will shortly marry a for mer ladv-ln-wal’lng to Queen Natalie, is the grandson of a deapr in hogs who was a repu ed hrgand and an altogether tough case Whatever the grandfather may have teen, it is certain that his <son_ ex-King Milan, has about as many bad traits as could be crowded together in or.e human being, while Alexander is he true son of his father. The young king—he Is only twenty-four—has already gcr.e ail the paces, and is so d.sreputable and brutiah, ar If he had inherited the characteristics of his grandfather's swine, that he is practically tabooed by all European roy alty. He has been a suitor for ihe hand cf about every eligible prinee*3 in Europe, but not one would ever ccndes end to re ceive attentions from him. There was a story afloat some time ago that Milan would bring Alexander to this country in ihe hope of securing for him an Amer ican he.ress as a bride. He wanted one enormously rich, but who would no; mind Alexander's idiosyncrasies, such as gam bling, getting beastly drunk, receiving vis itors with his face unwashed, head un combed and shoes off. and little things like that. But Milan and Alexander never came. The American press would have given them a reception that would have burned through even their thick skins. Following the death of Col. Liscum at the head of the Ninth Infantry In China, there were criticisms from sundry sources of the so-called recklessness of United States officers under fire. Gen. Miles, how ever. denies emphatically that the officers are reckless. He says the regulations re quire them to use all precautions for their own preservation, and to avoid needless exposure. Our officers are as valorous as any in the world. They go wherever duty demands, and do it fearlessly; but they are not foolhardy in their bravery, since more harm than good, comes of foolhardi ness. The position of a colonel, near the colors, is one of the most dangerous in ihe service, and the sharpshooters of the enemy take him for a target whenever they can. Gen. Miles says the records will show that the percentage of colonels kill ed is greater than that of any dther grade of officers. Next to the colonel the man in the most dangerous position ia the color bearer. The general recalls that at Antie tam he saw twelve men successively kill ed with the colors of a regiment. If the Queen of England ar.d the Prince of Wales may dress to suit the tempera ture, why may not untitled humanity do the same? "For years," says the Philadel phia Press, "we have dressed in summer not as the climate called for. but as the manufacturer and tailor, who based his fabrics and styles on foreign fashions and foreign climates, determined? When, therefore, we have had a week of temper atures which would be normal for Ind a we have all been invariably overdressed.” And the consequences has been seen in the heavy death ra es, the heat prostra tions and the general dise mfort of the populace. There is bound to come a re action against irrationalism in summer attire sooner or later. Indeed it begins to appear as if It had already b-gun. The agitation in favor of tropical clo hing In tropical weather has spread all over the country. PERSONAL. —Jesse Holdom of Chicago is said to be the firs* foreign-born lawyer to be presi dent of an American State Bar Associa tion. He was born an Englishman, but hae spent his whole active life in Illinois, and has Just been chosen head of the Il linois Bar Association. —Miss Grace C. Strachan has been elect ed associate superintendent of the Depart ment of Education for Brooklyn. In the World’s Fair she visited this city with a party of six teachers and here met Prof. Hooper, director of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Subsequently he suggested her appointment to the position which she now holds. —Seven young woman students of the ■Massachusetts State Normal School of North Adams have gone to work as ser vants in a big hotel at Patchogue. Their reasons for the step, as given to a reporter, are as follows; “Sea and air,” Miss Wood; "exercise,” Miss Southworth; "travel,” Miss iladdow; “society,” Miss Conion; "woman's rights,” Miss Case, and "need of mohey," Miss Young. BRIGHT BITS. —His Chirography.—“lsn’t the armless wonder original?” “In what?” “Why, when he gave me his autograph, he want ed to know if I didn't think he wrote a handsome foot."—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. - —Taking the Census.-Uones—Great Scot! has that man been in an explosion or a railroad wreck? Brown—Neither. He's a census enumerator who showed up a smaller population in his town than it had ten years ago.”—Detroit Free Press. —A Double Distinction.—Cassidy—Who are yez going to name him after? Kelly- Well, we're going to name him Patrick! Partly after St. Patrick, who drove all the shnakes from Oireland; and partly .after Pat Connolly, who drove all the Re publicans out av th’ Sixth ward!—Puck. CURRENT COMMENT. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem) says: "A daughter of the American Rev olution writes to the New York Herald and suggests that the property of all the Chinamen In the United States be eonfi ecaled. The Idea that confiscation would prove a salve for wounded honor and that filthy lucre would wipe Cut the stain of blood is not a very creditable one, but it Is by no means rare among certain purse proud people. What would we think of a parent who should say, ’my son has been slain by the Indians, and in order to as suage my grief and dry my bitter, blind ing tears, I think I will go out and rob somebody who had nothing lo do with the killing.’ " The Cincinnati Inquirer (Dem.), says: "There is a way lo arrest the evils that have arisen from the abdication of Con gress. Let the political complexion of the House of Representative* be changed. Even If the Btnate should remain adminis tration and the Hanna reign In the White House should be continued, the co-oper ation of a Democratic House could not be obtained.” The Philadelphia Record (Dem.). nays: “All the reports from Kansas, Nebraska and other states of the great West concur In describing abundant crops and increas ing prosperity. This, of course, Is one more of the achievements of Republican administration and policy.” The Washington Post (Ind.), says: "We very much fear that ihe usefulness of the Hon. Charles Emory Smith as a cam paign orator will be very much lmtalr*d by the fact that his appearance will tend to remind his audiences of the Cuban ova ial ter vice.” Stories From South Africa. In his article in Scribner s on "Pretcria in War Time.” R. H. Davis tells some curious stories of the Boers. He says that ulng a reconnaissance from Ladysmith and when the burghers were firing upon them, a couple of deer ran from the hills back of the Bom position. Instantly al most every burgher wheeled about and opened fire on the deer, the English mak ing a considerable advance during the di \ ers on. The war which drives the Eng lish crazy in London, makes the Dutch men yawn ir. Pretoria. They go on fight ing because they have to, but they would much rather hunt Mr. Davis gives some cxtarordlnary figures as to the dlspar.ty of forces engaged. A kopje would be held securely by 10 or 20 men. At Splon kop the attack was made by 40 Boers. An Engl sh colonel surrendered, and when the little hand cf Boers emerged from cover he threw down the white flag and cried, "No, we'll not surrender.” and fired. Such an incident on the other side would have provoked a great explosion of wrath and contempt In London, but the Boers said tranquilly that this treachery” was probably a mistake. Mr. Davis concludes ihat in actual battle the proportion of Boers to English has varied from 1 to 10 to 1 io 20. and he adds that the probable i exults if the Boers had been in force is something the nations next meditating go ing to war with magazine rifles should weigh deeply. Medicine in Wrong Bottle. On one occasion while in hospital, says a physician writing in Chambers’ Journal, I was sent for to a white man who was very ill; he was comatose, and his black Krooboy servant thought he was dying. As I had been very liberal to them with tobacco, they had a strong belief in my intelligence in matters beyond their per sonal knowledge. So, "master being ill too much,” they requested me to go and see him, "Has he had any medicine?" I asked. "Yes,” said Brass Pan. "What?” said I. ’’Two teaspoonfuls,” he replied. "It is an undertaker that is wanted here,” I said, "not me.” "Go one time.” “Get me hot water, salt, mustard and oil.” I had no stomach pump, but had the next best thing ready rapidly, and the patient had It, too. In a short time he was better and sensible, so I saidi “Have some more?” "No,” said he. “Do,” said I, but I will omit his ob servation; it was firm and all his remain ing strength was in it. “I do not want to frighten you, sir, but after the poison you have taken it is ne cessary,” I said. “What poison?” he said. “Well,” said I, “Brass Pan says you have had a little out of this bottle.” “Oh,” he said, "that's my last remain ing lot of Enos fruit salt. It's own bottle got broken. Have you been giving he this emetic for that?” ”1 have,” said I. "and it serves you right for putting medecine in wrong bot tles. and, at any rate, it is a mercy the emetic did you good.” I need not relate further details. The mail got well; he is alive now, and re mains insufficiently convinced that he owed that emetic to his method of keep ing medicine in wrong bottles. Mr. linine'g Plume and Spear. Ex-Goverr.or Stone of Missouri tells a story of an experience he had with a Wes tern politician whom he met on the train on his way from the Kansas City conven tion, says the Washington correspondence of the Baltimore American. Hot and worn out by the week spent in the Missouri town, Ex-Governor Stone sought rest and quiet in a seat In the car next to an open window. Just before the train started a typical Westerner got In ar.d took the seat beside him. The train had hardly started before this man began to try to open a conversation with Ex-Governor Stone, and began to talk politics. The Democratic leader from Missouri had had enough pol itics during Ihe convention to last him for some time, and he did not encourage his companion to talk. But. nevertheless, the man ran on in his conversation, and from his talk Ex-Governor Stone soon found that he was a great admirer of James G. Blaine. "Did you ever see Mr. Blaine?” asked the Westerner, and when Mr. Stone re plied thnt he had, his companion said: “The greatest disappointment of my life was that I never saw the great man from Maine. I'd just give anything in this world if I could have seen him walk down those halls of Congress, wearing that white plume." Governor Stone was so astonished at this remark that he roused himself long enough to turn to his companion and siy: "Why, Mr. Blaine never wore a white plume.” But this seemed to make the Westerner indignant, and he replied: "Oh, yes, he did. Did you never read nbout him being the ’plumed knight?’ Why, I have heard that whenever he walked down those halls of Congress he not only wore m white plume, but carried a spear. Just lire any other knight.” This settled it, so far as Ex-Governor Stone was concerned, and he settled back in his seat to let the man babble on in his talk unheeded. The Martyrs of Pekin. S. B. Kiser in the Chicago Times-Herald. The little one looks in her mother's eyes While the wild mob howls without: “Oh, why do they starve us?" the little one cries, "And what is the trouble about? What have we done, that they seek us to-day, t Vowing to capture end torture and slay— And why do the nations let us wait In hunger and danger and doubt? - rp i- , “And why do we hide?" the child de mands, “>nd what have the guards to fear, Since they that besiege are but savage bands. Armed with the bow and spear— Since they that defend us have deadly guns; Why do they flee from the clamoring ones— Why do they close and bar the gates— Why are we starving here?" "We hnve sold them guns,” the mother replies, "Of the best that we have In store. And our agents are seeking to civilize And teach them and sell them more. Forever, where Civilization goes She hurries to arm and equip her foee With the engines of war she builds In the shops where her fires roar.” "And why do the nations hesitate?" The child exclaims aghast; "Why must we suffer and starve and wait, And when shall the siege be past? Have not the Powers been made aware Of the fate we fear and the woes we share. And will they not send their ships With conquering hosts, at last?" “At last!—ah, yes;" the mother sighs, "They will come to avert the wrong— They will come when the last defender lies Defiled by the savage throng? Eut ere they come they must take the map And mark for Briton and Russ and Jap And Gaul and German Ihe zone That to each shall, at last, belong!” ••• i * , On the wall* hang many a martyr's head, Waiting the reckoning day! Where they fall, the ground is accursed and red. And ihe stains will not wear away! From ihe reeking ditches in which they The nones of women and children cry For the vengeance the nations owe— Xfia debt that the world must pay. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —A Cleveland Judge has decided that “Any woman is Justified in scolding her husband if he comes homo drunk and ill treats her and the children.” —Among other signs indicating that a man is insane it has been recently dis covered by specialists In nervous disor ders that irregular eyebrows are entitled to consideration. —Farmers in Kansas and Colorado gen erally agree that the Russian thistle. If cut when young, may be turned to good account as fodder. Buttermakers find it good feed for cows and sheep take to it readily. A crop of thistles coming after grain make excellent winter fodder for cattle. —Giraffe skins have become extremely valuable because of their scarcity. Ten or fifteen years ago it was common enough for a hunter in South Africa to kill forty or fifty of the animals in a day. At this rote they were rapidly being exterminat ed, and now a giraffe skin is worth any where from *2O to *3O. —Mrs. Thomas Swain, aged 65, has died at St. Clair, Pa., of starvation caused by contraction of the stomach. Several months ago the curious malady developed and grew worse until It was impossible to force food into her stomach. Previous to her death the sufferer had nog tasted a morsel for twenty-three days. —Food and supplies for the new ocean iiner Deutschland are estimated to cost *,50.000 a year and the salary list for each round trip is about *IO,OOO. Although a first-class passage at this season costs *l6O, with a slight reduction for slack times, the owners do not expect more than 4 per cent, interest on their invest ment. —ln Ihe past year, according to author ity, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton. Pennsylvania and Cornell universities ex pended *304,213 on athletics. In view of tile superiority, of American athletes, as demonstrated in the international con tests in Paris, perhaps the authorities of these universities may be inclined to re gard the money as well spent. —The following cruel remark has been made, summing up exactly the impression made by the maiden speech of Count Bont de Caslellane in the Chamber of Deputies at Paris the other day: “Small is his per son small is his voice, small is his speech, an<l when he is finished one concludes that the amount of good sense that he posses ses* is smaller still.” —A curious discovery was made last month at Damendorf. in Schleswig. Some workmen, while digging peat, found a well-preservfd corpse in the peat, cloth ed in a coarse wool n material, with red hair and with sandals on the feet. Dr. bplieth, of Kiel, who was at once in formed of the discovery, estimated the age of the body at about 1,503 years. A few years ago several coins were also round near the same place, which were believed by experts to belong to the first centuries after Christ. A recent number of Literature contains some interesting figures concerning the remarkable popularity of the writings of Maurus Jokai, the Hungarian poet and novelist. In his own country no less than round two milli'ns of his hooks have been sold. Of translations of his works there have appeared 140 in Germany, 4S in Po land, 30 in Russia, 22 in England, 16 In * 'bland, 18 in Sweden, 16 in S rvia, 7 in Italy, 7 in France, 6 in Denmark and 4 in Holland. Another translation is Just announced from England under the title of “Debts of Honor.” —lt has frequently be n asked what be comes of many of the carrier pigeons that do not reach their intended de-tina t.on nor are even heard of. An answer to this question has recently b,er> found by a farmer of Rhoendorf, opposite Bonn on-ihe-Rhine. who had gone out bl ding and, allowing himself to be lowered by a rope from a projecting rock at the riv erside, discovered a pigeon hawk's nest wi h three cal ow birds n it and between S ?< V t n '. and e:th,y oarri.r-pgcon feet win foot rlnss, besides a number of P geon wi! gs, bearing the stamp of some homing society. —A Bordeaux tradesman who had gone to Paris with his little daughter of 5 went into a sideshow at the exhibition, where °wu° f .. the item * was Eastern dance Why, exclaimed the little girl, "there's mamma!” pointing to one of the Oriental dancing girls on the stage. The voice reached the ears of the "Oriental dancing girl, who hurst into tears and rushed from the stage. The Bordeaux visitor promptly made his way to the Commis sary Of Police and laid the matter before him; the commissary sent for the Bor deaux's tradesman's wife, who hal eloped some time since, been deserted by the man she went away with and had to re sort to dyeing and dancing to get a living. A reconciliation took place and husband and wife left together. —The extreme near-sightednese of Ca mille Saint-Saens, the well-known French composer. Is illustrated by the following story, given by the Liverpool Dally Post. Being asked to play something at a party in Paris he extemporized for an hour in the most brilliant fashion. Then some of the guests began to leave, and after two hours the rest took their departure The hostess retired to bed, and the master of the house alone remained In the room but still Saint-Saens, lost in his musical rev erie, and not perceiving that the guests had departed, played on. At last, about 2 a. m., seeing Saint-Saens playing with more ardor than ever, the host, complete ly overcome with fatigue, became des perate and said; “I beg pardon, my dear sir. but pray are you not a little fatigued?" Saint-Saens replied, without leaving the piano, "Not in the least!" and, to show how fresh he was. struck into anew im provision with wilder enthusiasm than ever. The host gave it up, stole out of the room and went to bed. At daybreak Saint-Saens rose, gravely bowed to the tables and chairs and went home com pletely ignorant that the chairs and tables had been for hours his only audience. —A great change has taken place within the last few years in the methods of French business houses as regards the practice of working on Sundays. Most houses of any importance now close en tirely on Sundays, says the Paris Dally Messenger, and among smaller trades people even Ihe grocers close at 12 o’clock, and at the latest at 2 on Sunday after noon. But Ihe postal service* on Sundays, which was settled at a time when Sun day opening was much in favor, provided In the beginning for the same service ae on week days. In 1890, however, a regu lation was made for the closing of post offices at 6 In the evening, which hour was advanced to 4 o’clock in 1894. The minister of commerce, M. Mtllerand, and the Un der Secretary of State for Postal Tele graph matters. M. Mougeot. have Issued a circular inviting an expression of opin ion from Chamber' of Commerce as to the advisability of closing postoffices and stopping the work of postal employes at 12 o'clock on Sundays, provided, of course, that the telegraph offices always remain open and that arrangements are made for Ihe sale of stamps and postcards at the telegraph counters. The morning delivery of letters would take place as usual, but no further delivery would be made during Sunday The Chamber of Commerce of Paris, to which the question waa sub— <- ted. strongly supported the pro—of the ministers and adopted a -solution in favor of the stoppage cJ th postofflce work at 12 o'clock on B>-raays on the con ditions mentioned oove. The proposal finds favor amor* business house* gen erally, as they Consider that the present system is longer Justified by the re quiremed! of commerce, and there is ever*- likelihood that at an early dole the r */orm will com# !At force. 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