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M*rmlu4s News Uuilrila~. ►vnnnah l U<v
THU RSDAY, Jl L.V 2(1, 1900.
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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
tor showers, with southwesterly
winds; and for Eastern Florida local
rains, with light to fresh southwesterly
winds.
Fusion in the Northwest this year
e&eros to be a matter of melon for the Pop
ulists and rind for the Democrats.
The Japancjse truope refrained from loot
ing in Tien Tsin, while the European
troops “were having an orgie." Is the
"effete East" to become the schoolmaster
of the West in civilisation and decency?
* *' * i
A contemporary predicts that Mrs.
Lease will soon lie on the stump making
Republican campaign speeches at so much
per speech. Not much. Hanna has been
in politics long enough to know a ' hoo
doo” when he sees one.
The police of Danbury, Conn,, have rap
tured the blue-ribbon juvenile burglar. He
Is twelve years old. D.spiie his tender
years, he has committed ten burglaries In
two weeks He says he learned his busi
ness frsm reading dime novels
Russia and Fiance appear to be deter
mined to control the lines of transporta
tion from the sea to Pekin. Those two
countries are acting together, Russia hold
ing the railroad and France manipulating
to get control of river transportation.
Their notion is suggestive of unpleasant
complications with Great Britain, Germa
ny and Japan. Probably nothing would
please China more than a breach between
the Powers on the transportation ques
tion.
That Chicago “corpse trust," which was
discovered trafficking In dead bodies for
the purpose of defrauding Insurance com
panies, was composed largely of women.
The whole gang, by the way, seems to
have been of merry temperament. When
ever a body was successfully snatched
fr*m the Potter's held and palmed oft on
an Insurance company, the members of
the trust wou’d go to some swell restau
rant and enjoy a fine dinner at which
both champagne and wit sparkled.
Officer* in Manila write lo their friends
in Washington that they expect to come
home heavily in debt, owing to the high
prices of practically all necessaries of life.
Those officers who have their wives with
them are finding It very hard to get
along on their salaries. Bet f costs $1.74) a
pound, lard nearly 55 cents a pound, mut
ton 75 cents a pound, eggs $1.&) per dozen,
hens $1.25 each. col Tee SO'cents a pound,
and other urtlcle;- of food in like proportion
to prices In this country. Houses for ftnall
families rent for from S4O to S6O ptr month.
Gov. Dole of Hawaii Is a partisan of
the kind to moke glad the hearts of llan
os and his assistant practical politicians.
Under the lows of the islands It devolves
upon the Governor to appoint several
hoards of registration ond election. It was
the intention of the framers of the laws
that the boards should be bi-partisan if
not nnti-partisan; but Gov. Dole has filled
all ot them with Republicans, with a single
exception. That he permitted one Demo
crat to get on a board was probably an
oversight. There is a good deal of kicking
amotuK the Democrats at Hawaii, but Gov.
Dole Is running the machine for the bene
tit ut his party.
LI HUG CHAXG’B THREAT.
L! Hung Chang practically tells the
Powers that the foreign ministers will not
be given up until an understanding be
tween the Powers and China is reached
respecting their differences. If he speaks
authoritatively very little weight is to be
attached to the dispatches sent out by
i Director General Sheng, from Shanghai,
to th* effect that it is the purpose of the
Chinese government to send the minis
ters to Tien Tsin under a strong escort.
According to Li flung Chang every white
man in Pekin will be kilted if the allies
at Tien Tsin move on the Chinese capi
j ?al
■ This looks as if the Chinese government
. regards Itself in a position to make its
! own term?. It does not believe that the
| Power? will tak* the risk of having il9
ministers killed. It thinks that they will
i make almost anv concessions in order to
'
| save their m nisters.
The* terms which China proposes to offer
[ have b**en already pretty fu ly stared by
Li Hung Chang. They are that the mis
sionaries and foreign business men shall
! out of China at the earliest possible 1
moment, and in consideration of their go- j
Inp China will consent to pay any reason- j
able indemnity.
It is hardly probable that these terms, j
if they should he offered, would be ac- j
cepted. The Powers are not going to get I
out of China, and they will find some
way to save their ministers, assuming
that they are still alive Li Hung Chang
hints that if the Powers show a deposi
tion to deal harshly with China the
southern provinces w’hich are now quiet,
wiil join the rebels, and he intimates that
the Chinese empire, if fully aroused, will
be able to make a surprisingly strong re
sistance. Evidently the Chinese govern
ment thinks that it has a friend in the
L'nited States. No doubt they are friendly
to China, but the President makes it very
clear that the United States will not ex
tend to China a helping hand until the
safey of the ministers is assured. It Is
not certain that they would be able to
assist China very materially even if sat
isfactory assurances of the satety of the
ministers were given. The Powers may
not consent that the United States shrill
act as mediator. If they should not, it is
pretty certain that the United States will
not insist upon occupying that position
They are not desirous of becoming en
tangled in vexatious complications with
the Powers of Europe. Asa matter of
fact they have hut one object in view in
sending troops to China, and that la the
rescue of their citizens connected with
Uteir legation at Pekin. There is not much
doubt that they will find a way to accom
plish that.
the Avri-TRiyr issue.
It Is not yet clear what the Issue of the
campaign is going to lie. It Is known, of
course, what the great parties are going
to try to make the issue. The Republicans
are saying that silver will have the lead
ing place while the Democrats are Insist
ing that anti-imperialism is the Issue that
will attract the most attention. But what
is attracting more attention now than
anything else. Is the very little Interest
that is being manifested in the antl-lrust
issue.
Only a few weeks ago the newspapers
were full of attacks on trust. Now they
seldom have anything to say about them.
Is this because everything has been said
about trusts that there is to say, or is It
because it Is becoming apparent that there
Is not so much In the trust business for
either party es It was supposed there
was?
It is a rather remarkable fact that
there are now appearing in many papers
articles going to show that there are
things in the world than trusts—
that there are some very good features
connected with them. It Is also pointed
out that all trusts are not prospering.
Many whq owned independent Industrial
plants, ana were induced to enter a great
combination with the hope of increasing
the income from their capital, now
regret having done so. They believe
that they could have done better II
they had kept their plants fas separate
Institutions.
There are no doubt instances where con
solidation into trusts has not proven to
be wholly satisfactory. The net earnings
are not as great as they were before the
consolidation was effected. It is also a
fact that a number of trusts have gone to
pieces recently, and those who held stock
In them were heavy losers.
But because there Is very little being
said about trusts at this time it does not
follow that the anti-trust Issue will play
no part tn the campaign. The campaign
has not been fairly begun yet. When the
speech-makers and the (tarty organs get
seriously at work trusts no doubt will
come In for a larger share of attention
than they are getting at present.
Much has appeared in the public prints
during the past month with respect to
the effect the disturbances in China hate
had or will have upon the American cot
ton goods trade with that country. A few
days ago it was alleged that orders for
cotton goods for the China trade had
been countermanded and that shipments
tiiat had gone forward to the ports had
been ordered held up. A leading mer
chant of New York, who is in the China
trade, was asked a day or two ago by the
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
about the matter. He declared that he
knew of no cancellation of orders, nnd
only one instance in which purchasers
had asked for a delay in shipments. On
ihe other hand lie said he knew of one
house that had Just received shipping In
structions for seveial thousand packages
of cloth, to he forwarded as quickly as
possible. Shipments to Shanghai direct
during the past two weeks, he said, have
comprised 16.409 packages.
It has been brought out in the Hous#
of Commons that more than 12,000 troops
have been sent to South Africa since the
capture of Pretoria. Meanwhile the cost
of the operations ugaiust the Boers has
been steadily increasing. The London
Speaker has almost reached the conclu
sion that Lord Tweedmouth's pessimistic
estimate ot (150.000,000 ss the cost of ths
war will not be far out of the way.
The prospects arc said to be good for
Texas to harvest this year the largest
crop of pecans in her history. The trees
are reported literally loaded with nuts.
The peean Industry Is assuming consider
able proportions In Mississippi, also, and
In that state the outlook u said to be ex
cellent, ,
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY; JULY 26. 1900.
GOOD ADVICE BY A PARTY' ORGAN.
The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky
is now in the very best standing possi
ble wlfh i’.s party and it 1* giving the
i Kentucky Democrats some good advice
in respect to the Goebel election tew
The party. in its convention recently, rec
ommended that the Goebel law be modi
fied so that there could be no ground
1 for finding fault with it. It seems that
| some of the party leaders are inclined o
j wait until the regular meeting of the
! Legislature to act on this recommenda
tion. That would be too late to meet
j the requirements of the November elec
tions.
The Courier-Journal takes the position
j that an extra session should be called at
i once to act upon the recommendation.
It points out that unless that is done
the Republicans will make the law the
issue of the campaign. It is an issue
that the Democrats cannot very well meet
because, by recommending its modifica
tion, they admit that it is not an alto
gether Just law. The only way they can
meet the issue is to so change the law
that every party will have representa
tion at the polls and at the ballot boxes.
Under the law as it stands the party in
power has the control of the elections.
If the Courier-Journal is correct in the
view It takes the Republicans do not
want the law changed before the elec
tion. The law as it stands is worth
many thousands of votes to them. There
are said to be hundreds of Democrats
in every county who will refuse to vote
the Democratic ticket as long as the
Goebel law Is in force. It would seem
to be the part of wisdom, therefore, from
the standpoint of good politics, to modify
the law as soon as possible.
Among the Democratic leaders there
are pome who insist that the law shall
remain just as It is. Such men are not
safe leaders. At the election last year
the Democrats lost the state mainly be
cause of the Goebel law. There were
Democrats who objected to Mr. Goebel
because he was the author of the law.
Besides, they did not regard the law as
right. These same Democrats will be
against the party in November unless the
objectionable law is repealed or modified
so as to meet the approval of all fair
minded men.
It Is true that there was opposition in
the State Convention to the resolution
recommending a modification of the law,
and If an extra session of the Legisla
ture were called the same opposition
would manifest itself. But the. real lead
ers of the party should take hold of the
matter and force action in harmony with
the recommendation. If the presidential
election should be held under the law as
it stands at present, the legality of the
election might be questioned. It is cer
tain that if the Republican party needed
the electoral vote of Kentucky In order
to win the election, it would not hesi
tate to attack the election law In that
state, and In doing so it would have the
support of many Democrats of Kentucky
of unquestioned standing.
A REFORM THAT IS SPREADING.
Mr Harrtman. chairman of the board of
directors of the Union Pacific railway, has
Issued an order prohibiting employees
from smoking cigarettes. The order applies
to the directors when attending board
meetings. Within the last year several
railroads have made similar orders respec
ting employes, and it is safe to say that
other railroads will follow their example.
It iB a fact that railroad companies will not
now employ men who are known to be
even moderate drinkers of Intoxicating
liquors. The time is not very distant when
neither cigarette smokers nor drinkers of
alcoholic beverages will be able to get em
ployment on railways. There will be plen
ty’ of men seeking these place*, and the
railways can take their pick. They will
select men W’ho neither smoke cigarettes
nor use intoxicants habitually.
It may seem a little hard that a mas
shall not have the right to drink and
smoke as he pleases, without interference
from his employers, but when the matter
is viewed in all its bearings it will be seen
that employers have some rights in the
matter. It is claimed that a cigarette
smoker is not nearly so capable as the
man who does not use cigarettes, other
things being equal, and it Is certain that
a drinking man is, as a rule, unreliable.
The railway business requires a clear
brain nnd steady hand, and the cigar
ette smoker and the drinker of intoxicants
have neither. No doubt many of the act i
dents on railroads and to employees are
traceable to either cigarettes or whiskey.
Accidents are costly—so costly that rail
ways are justifiable in taking every possi
ble means to lessen the number of them.
Railways and corporations can do
more towards checking the cigorette and
drinking habits than political parties or
prohibitory laws. The tendency to employ
men who have neither of these habits is
steadily becoming stronger. This Is a mat
ter that is worthy of the most thoughtful
atlention of youths and young men. If
they are wise they will acquire neither the
drink nor the cigarette habit.
Why this exceeding haste to get the na
val siation away from Port Royal? Is it
the purpose to get Ihe station securely an
chored "at or near" Charleston before an
other session of Congress comes along,
for fear that that session might reverse
the action of its predecessor? The govern
ment would be taking a big risk In order
ing the removal begun at once. Charleston
hasn't the fresh water for a naval station
—a fact which she doesn't pretend to deny
—and the time Is not yet in sight when
she will have an adequate supply. There
Is. to be sure, some talk of bringing water
from the Edlsto river, thirty miles away,
but strong opposition to the scheme has
cropped out, and It Is by no means cer
tain that 11 will he consummated. This Is
a cose In which the government would do
well to make haste slowly. If Charleston's
advantages are what she claims them to
be. her case cannot be prejudiced by a few
months' delay.
"Socltless" Simpson of Knnsns. who was
turned down, day before yesterday, by hi*
former party friends, Is now rated as one
of the richest men In his county; and 11
Is said that he made all of his money
out of politics. When he was first elect
ed lo Congress he t< so poor that he had
not money enough to buy a railway tick
et and bad to borrow his fare to Wash
ington. Now he owhs real eqatc worth
$40,0)0, besides large herds of cattle. Jer
ry said In the beginning that Populist
politics would abolish poverty. And he
has proved It The difficulty Is that every
populist cannot go to Congress,
The New? and Courier of Charleston
published the following in Us issue of
Wednesday. July 25;
If the Savannah Morning News do not
object, we w ish it would inform us as to
the result of its inquiries touching the
infamous report as to an epidemic of ty
phoid fever prevailing in the city of
Charlesron. which was placarded in one of
(he hotels of rtavannah at the time that
•he National Educational Association was
holding its convention in Charleston. We
do not wish to be impatient, but we
should like to have our contemporary find
out who it was that gave currency to such
a slander, and why there should be any
body in Savannah so evil-minded as to
seek in this way to do injury to Charles
ton.
The foregoing is a most remarkable par
agraph. It assumes that the Morning
News made Inquiries touching n report
that there was in epidemic of typhoid
fever in Charleston about the time that
the National Educational Convention was
in session in that city. In the first place,
the Morning New.? never made inquiries
respecting any such a report. In the sec
ond place, it never heard such a report,
and. in the third place, if any such a re
port was placarded in a hotel in Savannah
the Morning News knows nothing of it.
The News and Courier will have to re
strain Us impatience until it can get the in
formation it seeks from tsome other soree.
The Morning News hasn't time to devote
to running down alleged reports injurious
to Charleston or any other city. Un
founded reports are usually set afloat by
people of no consequence. Therefore,
w'nat'e the use of bothering about them?
If there was any such report as the
News and Courier refers to at one of the
hotels here, it was probably set afloat by
someone stopping there who came over
from Charleston.
PERSONAL.
—Gov. Grace of Massachusetts does not
put much faith in formal reviews of the
state militia, and, therefore, surprised the
Massachusetts troops by appearing in
their camp the other day unannounced
and ordering an impromptu review.
—Great preparations are being made
for the Sultan’s silver jubilee on Aug. 31,
w'hen he will have been twenty-five years
on the throne. Poets and historians are
busy writing accounls of all his pious
works and the great things he has done
for his subjects. These will be trans
lated and published in all languages.
—Gen. Y. Fukushima, who is In com
mand of the forces which Japan has aJ
landed nt. Taku, is a distinguished
tidier, traveler and scholar. During his
junior year in the army he traveled from
Berlin to Vladivostock—all the way across
Siberia. He later visited Persia, touring
• hat country thoroughly. The General
is an excellent linguist. He speaks
French, German and Russian fluently.
—Lord Tennyson, successor to the name
and title of he late poet leaureate of
Great Britain, has advertised his beauti
ful Surrey home at Blackdown to rent
for a period of three years. Lord Tenny
son will be absent for that length of time
in South Australia, of which he was re
cently appointed Governor.
—John Fowler, the United States consul
at Che Foo, China, has been in the gov
ernment service ever since reaching man
hood—for twenty-one years. Beginning in
18<9 as a clerk in the Washington navy
yard, where he stayed two years, he was
later ran?ferred to the Tallapoosa, and
stayed on her until she was wrecked, in
1885. Ten years ago he wo? appointed
consul at Ning-Poo by President Harri
son, w'henoe he was transferred to Che
Foo by President Cleveland, in 1896.
BRIGHT BITS.
—As Adveriised—Don’t you hire any s r
vants at all to keep this hotel clean? My
room is in an awful thirty condition!”
complained the victim of the summer-ho
tel “ad." “That is the fault of the Wind!”
declared the proprietor, blandly; "you
know- we advertise) 'Swept by ocean
breezes!' "—Brooklyn Life.
—"X,” said the gentleman who had fair
ly prospered, "am humbly proud of the
fact that I took 'Get thee behind me, Sa
lon.' as my motto when I began business
life ” "There is nothing." said ihe second
gentleman, w'ho had measured business
wits with the first gentleman, “like hav
ing good backing."—lndianapolis Press.
—Lighter—McPhatters—I see you are
still buying the anti-fat medicine. Does
It seem to have any effect?
Hefty—Yes, indeed! 1 notice a decrease
In weight every time we get on the scales
McPhatters—We? What do you mean by
T.*2?'
Hefty—Myself and my purse.—Harper’s
Bazar.
—Hotel-keeper (who has let his "Assem
bly-room” for a concert.)—"Well, sir; I
ope you found the arrangements in the
'all satisfactory last night 0 "
Mr. Bawllngion—Oh, yes; everything
was all right. There was only one thing
lo object to. I found the acoustics of the
building not quite- ”
Hotel-k'eper-No, sir; excuse me. What
you smelt was the stables next door!”
Punch.
CI'RHKXT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
"In a letter to the Philadelphia Pres®,
Booker T. Washington speaks very en
couragingly of the treatment of colored
people hy their white neighbors in the
South. He says, among much else that
is of Interest: Tn any case I have not
seen a single colored man who had se
cured intellectual and moral properties,
and had a high character, who did not
have the respect nnd confidence of the
white people where he lived.' On the
whole, it has been long observed that well
hehawd colored men are much bctor
treated In the South than in 4he North.
The negroes will be treated better still
In both regions when they shall cease to
be used as mere voting cattle by one
party at the expense of the okher.”
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) ways:
"The Southern states of the Union are
far behind those of the North in all the
textile industries, nevertheless, progress
U being made in all departments. The
South grows all the cotton; the South
produces much of the wool, tvhile the cli
mate and vegetation of the Southern
states are admirably adapted to the cul
ture of silk worms. The day will come,
without douht, when the Southern states
will he pre-eminent In all sorts of spin
ning and weaving; but lime will be re
quired for its consummation.”
The Providence (R. I.) Journal (fnd.-
Rop.) says; "When the President de
scribed the Democratic party's policy
abroad ns one of ‘scuttle’ lie came near
to giving his enemies a term for his
own Chinese policy. The President con
demned himself out of his own mouth
with ’plain duty' and ’backward step.’ lie
should beware of 'scuttle,' "
The Portland (Me.) Argus (Rep.) says:
"The European greed tor grab is at tin
bottom of ihe troubles in China. But tve
live in a gloss house and cannot afford to
throw stones ot the Powers. Our own
greed for grab Is at the bottom of all
our troubles In the Philippine. ’We are
tn that transaction for the money there
A* la It.' "
The Rich Merchant and the Kaleamao
One of the proprietors of a big depart
ment; store decided tne other day to find
I out how customers were treated in his es
tablishment, says the Chicago Times-Her
-1 aid. He is so seldom seen around the
place that few of the clerks know him by
sight, hence it was not necessary for him
to assume a disguise or formulate an elab
orate plan for the success of his undertak
| ing.
Going into the shoo department he sat
down to be waited on. A clerk who had
been in the store only a few weeks hur
ried forward and asked:
“May 4 show you a pair of shoes?”
“Yes,” the merchant said, “I would like
to look at some, but I don’t know as I’m
! ready to buy a pair to-day.”
"Very well,” said the clek, “we’ll see
what wef can find.”
Then he made some inquiries as to tho
style his employer preferred and the size
j lie wore, and began taking down boxes,
One shoe after another was fried on. but
i rhe customer could not he suited. The
toes were not right, or the shape was
wrong, or it didn’t fit, or there wag some
thing else about every shoe the clerk pro
duced that was not as it should be.
Three or four times the proprietor said
! he guessed he would have to give it up
I and try again at some future time, but the
! clerk always persuaded him to wait a mo
ment. Then he would get another pair and
make anew effort to suit the gentlemen,
setting forth as eloquently as he could the
merits of the shoes and expressing confi
dence in his ability to find what was
wanted sooner or later.
At last the merchant looked up at his
employe nnd said:
’You don’t seem* to be worried over
the fact that you have wasted an hour
here with me.”
“Oh, I don’t think I’ve wasted the time."
the clerk replied. “People are invited to
come here and do business if they see
what they want. If they can’t be suited
they ought to have as much right to com
plain as we.”
“Still you have left it all to me. Don’t
you think you ought to know- more about
it than I do? You sell shoes every day,
you know.”
“I sell shoes every day.” the clerk said,
“but I can’t wear yours for you and I shall
not try to persuade you to buy something
you don’t want.”
The proprietor went out saying he might
return at some future time and try again.
After he was gone the head of the shoe
department went over to the new clerk
and w’hispered something to him. The lat
ter turned a little pale along the sides of
his nose and said:
“Then I suppose I may as well begin
hunting around for another job.”
On the following morning the manager
of the store called the saddened clerk into
the office and said:
“The president of this company went to
the shoe department yesterday to get a
pair of shoes.”
“Yes, I know' it,” the clerk replied.
“He couldn’t get what he wanted.”
The clerk gave a long sigli and looked
at tho floor.
"You told him you were not anxious to
sell goods if people didn’t show proper ea
gerness to buy,” the manager went on.
The clerk nodded that it was so.
“Well, do you think it would pay us to
keep a. man like you in our shoe depart
ment?”
Feeling that it would profit him nothing
to be abject, since he was to be discharged
anyway, the miserable clerk replied:
“I suppose not. But if I had it to do
again I would do as I did yesterday.”
“Very well. We need a man to take
charge of our clothing department, end
Mr. wishes you to have the place
because you were kind enough to give him
credit for knowing what he wanted bet
ter than you did.”
Wales’ Faith In Science.
One of the most honored and conspicu
out figures in the public life of Gregt Brit
ain during the last half-century was Lord
Playfair, of whom a sketch appears in
the North American Review, says the
Chicago Journal. The vast sanitary im
provements which have taken place in
England within thirty years and the evo
lution of the whole system of scientific
and technical instruction are due to Play
fair more than to any other man.
He originally suggested the adoption of
open hlf-i>enny letters, now known es
"post-cards," and he was largely instru
mental in suggesting the basis of an equit
able agreement between Great Britain
and America when President Clevelands
Venezuelan message had brought the two
countries into dangerous antagonism.
Among Playfair's students at the Uni
versity of Edinburgh was the Prince of
Wales, of whom a curious anecdote is
told:
"It was while the Prince of Wales was
living in Edinburg, as Playfair's pupil in
the application of science to industry, that
an interesting incident occurred. The two
were standing near a cauldron containing
lean, which was boiling at white heat.
'Has your royal higness,' asked Play
fair. 'any faith in science?'
" 'Certainly,' 'was the reply.
"Playfair then carefully washed the
Prince's hands with ammonia to get rid
of any grease that might be on them.
“ Will you now place your hand in this
boiling metal and ladle out a portion of it?’
said Plafair.
" 'Do you tell me to do this?’ asked the
Prince.
“ ‘I rto.* was the answer.
"The Prince instantly put his hand into
the cauldron and ladled out some of the
Ivolllng lead without sustaining any In
jury. It is a well-known scientific fact
that the human hand, if perfectly clean
ed. may he placed uninjured in lead boil
ing at a white heat, the moisture of the
skin protecting it, under these conditions,
from any injury. Should the lead be at a
temperature perceptibly lower the effect
would be, of course, very different.”
New Old Jokes.
"Is-there any new joke under the sun?"
asks George Augustus Saia, an English
journalist and special correspondent, who
died a few years ago, says the Youth's
Companion.
"I doubt there being one very gravely,”
he answers, and tells two anecdotes to
support skepticism.
An intelligent Greek, who acted as Mr.
Saia's guide, while visiting Athens, re
lated to him as a modern Greek Joe Mll
lerism, the story of a lawsuit. A deaf
plaintiff sued a deafer defendant before
the deafest judge in all Greece. The plain
tlfT claimed so many hundred drachmas for
rent that was due. The defendant plead
ed that he never ground his ctom at night.
The Judge, tn giving judgment, observed:
"Well, she s your mother, after all; you
must keep her between you.”
"When 1 got home I found," writes Mr,
Sala. "this apparently up-to-date triad of
ludicrous non-sequiturs in a collection of
ancient Greek epigrams."
There used to be told a story of Sheri
dan Knowles, the dramatist, who was a
first-rate hand at Irish bulls, meeting one
of twin brothers, and asking him: "Which
of ye io the other?”
Mr. Sala compares this with the slory
of that very ancient jester, Hieroeles:
"Of twins, one died; Skolastlkos, meet
ing the survivor, asked him: Was it you
wiio died, or your brother?’ ”
Allah, Not tlie EnurllMli,
I remember some fivo years ago, says
a writer tn the London Nt ws, I was up the
Nile, away from big towns, and had a
long talk with larioue sheiks ard om
('chs of villages. I was the only (Western
er present, and we all knew and trusted
ench other In a way. I a-kel If taxci
were llghler. "Yes." was ihe answer. "Is
water fairly distributed?” "Yes.” "Are the
so!d:ers paid properly?” ”Y<s." "Can you
git Justice against a pasha?' "Yes.” "And
who did all thi<?“ I nnal'y asked, expe :t
leg to be told it was ihe English. There
was silence; they are never in a burry.
c T hen an old sheik answered: "Allah.*
Jos. A. Magnus & Cos.,
CINCINNATI, O.
LUI. Of HOPt RY andTxTrt
SUIEUIth
For Isle of Hope. Montgomery, Thunder
bolt. Cattle Park and West End.
Dally except Sundays. Subject to change
without notice.
. ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. City for I. of H.j Lv. Isle of Hope.
6 30 am from Tenth ] 600 am for Bolton"
7 30 am from Tenth j 600 am for Tenth
8 30 am from Tenth J 7 00 am for Tenth
9 15 am from Bolton j 8 00 am for Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth |lO 00 am for Tenth
12 CO n'n from Tenth |ll 00 am for Bolton
1 15 pm from Bolton |ll SO am for Tenth
230 pm from Tenth J 2 00 pm for Tenth
3 30 pm from Tenth | 2 40 pm for Bolton
430 pm from Tenth 300 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth 400 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth 600 pm for Tenth
730 pm from Tenth | 700 pm for Tenth
830 pm from Tenth | 8 00 pm for Tenth
930 pm from Tenth ; 9 00 pm for Tenth
10 30 pm from Tenth ilO 00 pm for Tenth
111 00 pm for Tenth
MONTGOMERY.
Lv city for Mong’ry. | Lv. Montgomery;
8 30 am from Tenth j 7 15 am for TOnttT
2 30 pm from Tenth | 1 IS pm for Tenth
6 30 pm from Tenth j 600 pm for Tenth
cattle park!
Lv city for Cat. Park( Lv. Cattle Park. *
6 30 am from Bolton ; 7 00 am for“ Bolton
7 30 am from Bolton j 8 00 am for Bolton
1 00 pm from Bolton | 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton ! 3 00 pm for Bolton
7CO pm from Bolton 730 pm for Bolton
800 pm from Bolton | 8 30 pm for Bolton
THUNDERBOLT.
Car leaves Bolton street Junction 5:30
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m. and
every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, for Bolton street Junc
tion.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL" CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves west side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all intermediate points at 9:00 a. m.,
1.-00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m., 11:00 a. m., 2:40 p. m.
WEST END CAR,
Car leaves west side of city market for
West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40 mlnutea
thereafter during the day until 11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. and ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o’clock midnight.
H. M. LOFTON, Gen. Mgr.
SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL NORMANDIE,
Broad wax & 3STR axe., new york.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY
Located in the ilvelieat and moet inter
esting part of the city; twenty principal
places of amusement within five minute#
walk of the hotel
CHARLES A. ATKINS & CO.
Summer Resort— Ocean Hotel, Asbifry
Park, N. J. GEO. L ATKINS A SONS.
BLOWING HOCK.
GREEN PARK HOTEL.
Summit of Blue
ery and climate unsurpassed, so say globe
trotters. Hotel first-class in every respect.
Only house on mountain with plastered
walls; excellent livery; 45 miles turnpike
roads on top of ridge; large ball room,
band and other amusements. Postofflco
and telegraph in hotel. Opens July 1.
Write for leaflet and rates to
Green Park Hotel Cos., Green Park, N. C.
White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
WAYXESVILLE, N. C.
50 acres beautifully shaded lawn, wonder
ful mountain views, cool nights, freestone
Iron and noted sulphur springs. Fine or
chestra dally. House remedeied and newly
furnished this season.
COL. F. A. LINCOLN, Proprietor.
Greenbrier White Snlpliar Spring!,
West Virginia.
Representative resort of the South. Open
June 15. $40,000 in Improvements. New
sewerage, plumbing, lights, private baths
and toilets. Orchestra of 16 pieces. Fam
ous Sulphur baths. New 9-hole golf
course, 2,700 yards. Professional in charge.
Write for illustrated booklet. HARRING
TON MILLS. .Manager.
IN THE COOL MOUNTAINS.
The Swannanoa Hotel, Ashevll.e, N. C.
Under new management. A high class
family and commercial hotel, with table
of superior excellence. Casino, music and
dancing. Centrally located; good beda;
cool rooms; rales moderate. Write to
BRANCH & Y’OUNG, Proprietors.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
Location beautiful and sanitary. Hotel
comfortable and homelike. Rates from
$7.00 to SIO.OO per week.
MRS. GEO. E. PURVIS,
Lookout Mountain, Tenn.
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
July dally rate $3. Unsurpassed scen
ery. Railway fare reduced. Station*, Otia
Summit and Kaaterakill.
CHAS. & GEO. H. BEACH. Mgrs..
Cat,kill, N. T.
SEA GIRT. NEW JERSEY. "
Beach House, right on the boach. Al
ways cool. Fine accommodation:, Dining
room service first-class Rates reasons,
ble. Send for booklet. Sea Girt Is the
first stop made on the coast by express
trains from Philadelphia to Asbury Park
and Long Branch. COAST COMPANY.
OK ANl> ATLANTIC HOTEL,
Virginia ave and Beach,Atlantic City.N.J.
sth year. Most central location; highest
elevation, overlooking ocean; 350 beautiful
rooms many with baths. The terms are
reasonable. Write for booklet. Hotel coach
es meet all trains. CHARLES E. COPE.
BRENNAN BROS^
WHOLESALB
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc.
J3 bay street, w.m.
Telephone ill.
Ocean Sieainsiiin Go.
-FOR-
NewYork,Boston
—AND
the east.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations ah
the comforts of a modern hotel Elects
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets includ!
meals and berths aboard ship. '* o ®
Passenger Fares irom Savannah
TO NEW YORK-FIRST CABIN iw
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP *3O
TERMEDIATE CABIN, *ls; INTERS,*'
diate cabin round trip i"
STEERAGE, 110. ’ **•
TO BOSTON FIRST OARIN
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP & 5 ;
TERMEDIATE CABIN, *l7; INTERMf
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP s?®"
STEERAGE, $11.75.
The express steamships of this line ar.
m, 80,1 from Savannah, Central
(90th) meridian time, as follows
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bure
FRIDAY. July 27, at 5:00 a. m. S ‘
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asklns, SATUR.
DAY, July 28. a 6:00 p. m. B
OF augl 'STA. Capt. Dagceit
MONDAY, July 30. at 7:00 p m. *
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, TUESDAY
July 31. at 8:00 p. m. •
KANSAS CITY’, Capt. Fisher, THURS
DAY, Aug. 2, 9:00 am. KS *
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bure
SATURDAY, Aug. 4, 10:00 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Asklns, MON
DAY. Aug. 6, 1:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Dagr.n
TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2:00p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Cap*. Smith, THURS
DAY, Aug. 9, 3:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, SATUR.
DAY, Aug. 11. 6:00 p, m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burr.
MONDAY, Aug. 13. 7:00 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Asklns, TUES
DAY, Aug. 14. 7:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
THURSDAY. Aug. 16, 9:00 a. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, SATCR.
DAY, Aug. IS, 11:00 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher. MONDAY
Aug. 20, 1:00 p. m. ‘
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg.
TUESDAY, Aug. 21, 2:00 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Asklns, THURS
DAY, Aug, 23 , 3:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
SATURDAY. Aug. 25. 5:00 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY.
Aug. 37, 6:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUES
DAY, Aug. 28 . 7:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg.
THURSDAY, Aug. 30, 8:00 a. m.
NEW YORK TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, MON
DAY, July 30, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI
DAY, Aug. 3, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage, WED
NESDAY, Aug 8, 12:C0 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage. MON
DAY, Aug. 13. 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI
DAY, Aug. 17, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, WED
NESDAY, Aug. 22, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Cap 4. Savage, MON
DAY, Aug. 27, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage. FRI
DAY, Aug. 31, 12:00 noon.
This company reserves the right to
change 14 sailings without notice and
without liability or accountability there
for.
July sailings New York for Savannah
daily except Sunday’s, Mondays and
Thursday*. 5:00 p. m.
August sailings New York for Savannah
dally except Sundays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, 5:00 p. m.
W. G. BREWER, City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent, 107 Bull street, Savannah,
Ga.
E. W. SMITH, Contracting Freight
Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R. G. TREZRVANT, Agent, Savannah.
Ga.
WALTER HAWKINS, General Agent
Traffic Dep't, 224 W. Bay street, Jack
sonville, Fla.
E. H. HINTON. Traffic Manager, Sa
vannah, Ga.
P. E. LE FEVRE, Superintendent, New
Pier 25, North River, New York, N. Y.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS
TRANSPORTATION CO.
STEAMSHIP LINES.
SAVANNAH TO BALTIMORE.
Tickets on sale at company’s offices t#
the following points al very low rates;
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
BALTIMORE, MD. BUFFALO. N. T.
BOSTON. MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL. CLEVELAND, O,
ERIE, PA.
HAGERSTOWN. HARRISBURG, PA.
HALIFAX, N. 8.
NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK.
PHILADELPHIA.
PITTSBURG. PROVIDENCE.
ROCHESTER.
TRENTON. WILMINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
First-class tickets include meals an 4
elate room berth. Savannah to Balllmore.
Accommodations and cuisine unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful hail
dling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sal) from Savannah to Balti
more as follows (standard
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Billups, THURS
DAY, July 26, 4:00 p. tn.
TEXAS, Capt. Foster, SATURDAY, July
28, 5:00 p. m •
D. H. MILLER. Capt. Peters, TUES
DAY, July 31, 6:00 p. m.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, THURSDAY, Aug.
2, 10:00 a. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Billups, SATUR
DAY, Aug. 4, 11:00 a. m.
TEXAS, Capt. Foster, TUESDAY, Aug.
7, 1:00 p. m.
D. H. MILLER. Capt. Peters, THURS
DAY. Aug. 9. 2:00 p. m.
And from Baltimore Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at 4:00 p. m.
Ticket Office, 39 Bull street.
NEWCOMB COHEN. Trav. Agent.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent.
Savannah, Ga.
W. P. TURNER, G. P. A
A. D. STEBBIN6, A T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
FRENCH LINE
COIM6HIE GENERfILE TRUkIHTim
DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE—PARIS (Fracca)
Sailing every Thursday at 10 a ra
From Pier No. 42, North River, foot Morton st
L'Aquitaine Autj. 21La Lorraine,. . Auf
La Touralne Au*r D L’Aquitaine. Auk so
La Bretajjne Aug. lfl La louralne ..Sept •
Paris hotel accommodations reserved for
company's passengers upon application
General Agency. 32 Broadway. New York
Messrs. Wilder A Cos
COMFORT
For your stock. Tbs fly season Is now oO
us and tbs time to use
Tough on Flies,
a lotion when applied will prevent you*
horses and cattle from being paster*!. Try
It and be convlnoed. __
HAY, GRAIN. BRAN, COW FEED,
CHICKEN FEED. etc.
T. J. DAVIS.
Phone 223. - us Bay street, west
OLD NEWS! NPERS. 100 for * can**
Businas once Morning Vm