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4 gfbe JHafning M*rmlu4s News Uuilrila~. ►vnnnah l U<v THU RSDAY, Jl L.V 2(1, 1900. at the Pos'office in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published •vary day i.* the year, and i* l served to auhscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month $4.00 for :?ix months, and SS.OO for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, times a week (without Sunday’ issue), three month? $1.50; six months $3.00, one year st>.u). The WEEKLY NEWS. 2 issues a week, Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year. $2.00. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or registered letter. Currency pent by mail at risk ot Benders 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-* (9 the standard of measurement. Contract rate? and discount made known on appli ration at busineep office. Orders for delivery of rhe MORNING News to either resktence or place of business may be made by postal card or throu§rh telephone No. 210. Any' irregular ity in delivery' should tv* immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed “MORNING NEWS," Savannah EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row. New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. ISDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Solomon's Lodge. No. 1, F. and A. M.; Zerubbabel Lodge, No. 15, F. and A. M.; Landrum Lodge, No. 48, F. and A. M.; Clinton Lodge, No. 54, F. and A. M ; Merchant* and Mechanics’ Land Company. Special Notices—Mantels, Grates and Tiling. Andrew' Hanley Company; Plas terers’ and Masons’ Supplies, Savannah Building and Supply Company; What Rev. Father O’Brien Writes of Suwanee Springs Water; Levan’s Table d’Hote; Ship Notice, Strachon & Cos., Consignees. lousiness Notices—Harvard Bear, at De Soto Hotel Bar; E. & W. Laundry; Branch’s Diamond B Health Brand; The S. W. Branch Company; The Discrimina ting Purchaser, Hunter & Van Keuren. Grape-Nuts—As Food. It’© Perfectly Heathenish to Wear Black Shoes 'Ais Kind of Weather—Byck Bros. Steamship Schedule—Compagnie Gener ate Thanratlantique. Black Velvet Ribbons—At the Bee Hive. Wmalcy—Old Crow Rye Whisky. Salt—The Perfect Table Salt. Cheroot*-Old Virginia Cheroots. Medical—Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Pills; Hood ? Sarsaparilla: S. 3. S.; Cas toria; World’s Dispensary Preparations; T’jit’s Pills; Pond’s Extract; Dr. Hatha way Company; Bar-Ben. Cheep Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sate; Lost; Personal: Miscellaneous 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