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FRIDU, JULY 27, 1900.
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The Weather*
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for local rains; cooler on the coast; light
to fresh northerly winds; and for Eastern
Florida, local rains, with light to fresh
southeasterly winds.
James Creelman declares that "Mr.
Bryan's three great attributes are deliber
ation, decency and honesty." A man of
ability possessing these virtues could not
be out of place in the presidential chair.
Lori Roberts wants more horses and
mules. Horses and mules are. wanted In
China. The slock raisers of Missouri and
Kentucky are able to find mitigating cir
cumstances in connection with the wars.
The Populists of Texas are humorists.
In their State Convention the other day
they passed a resolution providing that,
as "past experience has proved that Pop
ulist platforms are tempting to Demo
cratic politicians." the platform adopted
should be copyrighted before the Demo
cratic Convention meets on Aug. 8.
During the past two years Danny Swee
ney of Hazleton, Pa., aged 8, has fallen
twenty-five feet from a roof, been knock
ed down twice by trolley oars, run over
by bicycles six times, thrown from a
freight train once and knocked off the
track by a yard engine once. Yet Danny
Is as sound as a dollar and mischievous
as a kitten. Probably Fate is reserving
Danny for a case of the measles.
A picturesque feature of the campaign
will be a full-blooded Indian chief on
the stump as a speaker. Tull Beaver, of
the Comanche tribe, is a Democrat, and
be proposes to dresp in the costume of
bis people and take the stump for Bryan.
It is probable that he will include the
South in his itinerary. Tall Beaver is an
educated Indian, and is regarded by his
people as a marvel for his eloquence.
The Union Pacific Railway has a rule
which prohibits all employes from smok
ing cigarettes. The rule has beetj sanc
tioned hy the board of directors. George
Gould is a member of that board. The
other day the board held a meeting in
New York, with Chairman Harriman of
the executive board presiding. George
Gould came in with a cigarette between
his lips. "Drop that cigarette,” command
ed Mr. Harriman. "I mean it," he con
tinued, as Mr. Gould hesitated with a look
of inquiry upon his face. "There Is an
order forbidding employes of this road
from smoking cigarettes," went on Mr.
Harriman; "you hare sanctioned that or
der, with the others of us. Y'ou are an
employe, since you get $lO for attending
this meeting. Cigarettes make men
‘dopey.’ Please throw your cigarette
away." And Mr. Gould threw it away,
and look his seat.
_
The "New Man," the man in the shirt
waist, it is pointed out by the New York
Sun, must la* on the hither side of middle
life, and must not be fat. As the average
man approaches his fiftieth year he is apt
to become art expansionist. In a sense; bis
waist gets out of line with his chest:
Then it Is better that he should be dress
ed or. Impressionist lines; otherwise, keep
his coat on. The Sun, by the way, ad
vances for consideration the following in
teresting solution of the summer costume
problem: "It the coat must lie left off, it
would be better probably If the shirt
should be extracted wholly from the waist
band of the trousers, let fall in obedience
to Its natural weight and then cut, nil
buttoned tip before, into the semblance of
the disc irdcd coal The shirt-coat would
preserve all the formality and dignity of
Ibe usual dress and still compel man to
wear no more thicknesses of stuff than
When he is in ‘shirt sleeves.' •*
XORTH CAROLINA’S SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT.
Considerable feeling is being shown be
tween Democrats on one side and Repub
licans and Populists on the other over the
slate election which occurs next Thursday
in North Carolina. The Chief thing at is
sue is the proposed constitutional amend
ment for limiting the suffrage. The
real purpose of the amt ndment is lo close
the ballot box to negroes. The amendment
is practically the constitutional amend
ment that has been adopted in Louisiana.
It prevents any one from voting who can
not read and write any section of the
constitution in the English language, and
who has not paid his poll tax for the year
j preceding the one in which he offers to
register, but it permits any person who
had the right to vote in any state in the
Union on Jan. 1. Is>7, and any lineal de
scendant of such person, to register and
vote, provided he has paid his poll lax.
The latter clause is called the "grand
father clause*’ and is Intended to open the
way for illiterate whites to vote while
shutting out illiterate blacks.
A letter was addressed to tho President
| the other day by leading Democrats t harg
ing that the United States officials were
showing pernicious activity in the cam
paign, and were doing all sorts of un
1 scrupulous work. From all accounts these
officials have made themselves liable to
dismissal. It is doubtful, however, if the
President will take any steps looking to
the ousting them from office.
It is a matter worth noticing that the
leaders of the National Republican party
do not seem to be very much interested
in the outcome of the election. It may be
that they think the Republican party of
North Carolina will fare better without
the negro vote than with it. They are
well aware that under existing conditions
the negro vote is of no benefit to their
party. The Republican party In the South
does not furnish any representatives in
Congress nor does it elect any of the
presidential ele tors. It may be that
the Republican leaders are disposed
to see whether the Republican party in
the South would be any better off with
the negro voter eliminated. They . have
been told that the South will remain sol
idly Democratic just as long as the negro
has the ballot in the. Southern states, but
that if he should be eliminated from poli
tics the chances are that there would soon
be a strong Southern Republican party.
In the present contest In North Carolina
the Populists and the Republicans are al
lies. The Democrats are opposed to them,
but there are a good many white Repub
licans who are going to vote the Demo
cratic ticket next Thursday. They are
business and professional men who are
convinced that the state would be far
more prosperous if the negro were shut
out of politics
It seems to be the very general opinion
in North Carolina that the amendment
will be adopted. In the event that it is,
it is probable that the question of the
legality of the amendment will be que
tioned soon in the courts. The weak part
of it is the "grandfather clause.” It looks
as if that clause- were such a clear dis
crimination against the negroes that the
United States Supreme Court would hold
the amendment invalid. However, it will
be time enough to meet that question
when it arises.
A feature of the campaign that is at
tracting very general attention is the in
difference of the negroes to the result of
the election. They do not seem to care
whether the ballot is taken from them or
not. They have made such bad use of it
that it is probable that they have come
to the conclusion that the loss of it would
be a good thing for them, until they are
better prepared for it.
GOLD MINING IN GEORGIA.
It would not be surprising if the output
of gold in Georgia within the next ten
years should amount to several millions
of dollars annually. The reports which
are being received from the gold bearing
section in Lumpkin and White counties
are of the most encouraging character. In
our dispatches yesterday from Washing
ton, Wilkes county, there was a statement
that there had been found a gold field in
Lincoln county, and that one man had
been offered $280,000 for a tract of forty
acres by New York parties. Lincoln anl
Lumpkin counties are wide apart, indicat
ing that the gold-bearing section of the
state is extensive. t
A large amount of money has been
placed in gold mining in the Dahlonega
section. And the returns, It is said, more
than justify expectation. It Is reported
that the Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany, which is capitalized at $5,000,000, but
which has invested, so it is claimed, only
about $500,000, will make this year fully
$1,000.1X10. There are other companies which
are doing so well that their stockholders
are more than satisfied.
Of course, full reliance is not to he
placed on newspaper reports ns to what
the mines are doing, because the news
papers have to depend largely on wlnt
they can pick up. Naturally the com
panies which are being operated are
averse to making known the details
of tlirir business. If they are mak
i' g money and are not seeking to dispose
or stock they will maintain secrecy re
specting the gold prospects. Doubtless
they have their prospectors out all the
time and ore keeping their discoveries
to themselves. If there Is gild bearing
land to he had they want it. The loss
said about the output of the miner the
better their chances will he for getnng
gold-bearing land at a reasonable price.
It b- said that some of the ore yields
at Ibe rate of $18.50 per ton. That is a
very large yield. Much of the ore. that
is worked in Colorado does not yield over
$3 per ton. If the ore in Lumpkin and
White counties Is ns abundant and as
rich as it is reported to be, Georgiu will
soon be classed as one of the big gold
producing slates.
It would be interesting to know whether
or not the great trust octopus is still ford
ing in Texas, despite tlte stales anti
trust law. It appears that there are about
4,000 corporations doing business in Tex
as, each of which has filed an affidavit
ut Austin saying ihut It Is not a trust
anti has no connection with any trust.
Among these corporations, It appears, are
some of the largest concerns in the coun
try which nre known as trusts elsewhere,
whether they are trusts in Texts or rml
It is intimated that the Attorney General
will institute suits to zscertaln whether
the filing of an affidavit is all that is
necessary to change a man-eating trust
Into a harmless corporation, ard if not
what can be done o a trust lor false
swearing.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY,' JULY 27. 1900.
DECISION OF THE GOLD DEMO
CRATS.
The decision of the National Committee
of the Gold Democrats not to call a con
! vention to nominate a presidential ticket
' is a wise one. The impression gained from
! published interview* with Gold Democrats
' in different parts of the country, is that
i Gold Democratic ticket is not desired by
the great majority of those who supported
j Palmer and Buckner.
Asa rule, Gold Democrats have made up
I their minds to support either Mr. Bryan or
Mr. McKinley, it is safe to say that four-
I Fifths of the Gold Democrats of the West
will vote for Mr. Bryan. In the East a
; majority of them probably will cast their
j ballots for Mr. McKinley. It is not a mat
j ter of much consequence how those of the
i South vote. It is certain that the electo
i ral votes of all of the Southern states will
go to Mr. Bryan.
In the West the silver question is look
ed upon as a dead issue. It is not be
lieved that Mr. Bryan, if he should be j
elected President, would attempt to ob- '
struct the operations of the gold stand- j
ard law, or that it would be possible to
1 secure the repeal of that law i during Mr. j
Bryan’s term of office. Having no fear of j
the 16 to 1 idea Gold Democrats will go i
j back to the regular Democratic organiza
! lion. e
The real fight in the Presidential cam
paign will be in the states of Indiana.
Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin. Mr. Bryan
is sure of all of the Southern states and
there is not much doubt about his getting j
most of the Northwestern states. Mr. I
McKinley will get the New England and |
Middle states and the Pacific Coast states.
The fight will be for the states of the j
Middle West. Both political parties un- j
derstand this. It has already been an
nounced that Mr. Bryan will make some
speeches in Ohio early in the campaign.
The Democratic leaders have good rea
sons for thinking that he can carry the
President’s 6tate. With no Gold Demo
cratic ticket and many Republicans vot
ing with the Democrats on account of
their opposition to imperialism, the out
look for the election of Mr. Bryan is very
bright.
■
A Q 1 ARANTINK DISAGREEMENT.*
The disagreement that has occurred be
tween the health boards Louisiana and
Alabama respecting the existence of yel
low fever at Port Limon, Costa Rica, em
phasizes the necessity for uniform quar
antine Jaws. The inspector at Port Limon
for Louisiana reported there was
yellow' fever at that place. The Louis
iana 'Board of Health quarantined against
it. The inspector for Alabama at Port
Limon took the ground that the fever at
that place, reported as yellow fever, was
some other kind of fever. The Board of
Health of Alabama therefore refused to
establish a quarantine against the sus
pected- port. The result is that the fruit
ships that have been going to New Or
leans are now going to Mobile, and there
is not the best of feeling between the
two cities.
There ought to be uniformity in quar
antine regulations. The precaution taken
by the Louisiana Board of Health will
be of no practical benefit to Louisiana if
it be a fact that there is yellow fever at
Port Limon. The fever, if it should reach
Mobile, would be introduced into Louis
iana almost as readily from that city
as from Port Limon. Mobile is only a
short distance from New Orleans, and
railroad communication is very close.
There are several quarantine bills pend
ing in Congress, each of which has some
good features. No agreement has been
reached with respect to any of them, how
ever. because health authorities in vari
ous ports of the country are not disposed
to accept a compromise measure. But
if there is to be quarantine legislation,
there will have to be a compromise. Hav
ing once secured a national quarantine
law. it would be an easy matter to amend
it in accordance with the needs of various
sections of the country.
A national quarantine law is n necessi
ty. If yellow fever should appear in any
part of the country, there would be put
in force at once all kinds of quarantine
regulations. The wheels of commerce
would be blocked, and the losses that
would be incurred by business interests
would amount to millions of dollars. The
differences which have cropped out be
tween Alabama and Louisiana are indi
cations of what would occur if yellow
fever or cholera should make its appear
ance in any one of our cities.
It is reported that a Pennsylvania
chemist has invented a gunpowder that
is not only smokeless, but noiseless. At
a private exhibition given a few days ago.
"a shell loaded with the powder was fired
at a target fifty yards away. The only
sound indicating the explosion was the
falling of the plunger on the shell." The
bullet pierced a plank of seasoned pine
an inch thick. What great possibilities for
this powder there are in warfare! "Snip
ing” with such ammunition would be like
striking a man in the back with a dirk
in a dark alley. In battle the army pro
vided with noiseless and smokeless pow
der could iie hidden and decimate the
enemy before they could discover whence
the bullets came. There would be no
more pleturesqueness In the. armed en
counter. The "smoke and roar of bat
tle” would give place to a graveyard still
ness while the silent messengers of death
sought liter lodgement. What would
be the effect of noiseless powder upon
the nerves of soldiers? In Innumerable
Instances faltering and fainthearted sol
diers have hei n given courage to fight like
lions hy the noise of the firing. With the
new powder there would not be that au
dible stimulus to the nerves, but the men
would have to go against an unseen, un
heard and to them absolutely intangible
danger.
The New Jersey authorities have on
hand an abstruse problem to tie solved.
There ts a little child a year or two old
in the slate prison, lie is with his mother,
who is under sentence for or;mo. The
mother is believed to be beyond reforma
tion. What to do with tlie child, a par
ticularjy bright and promising tot, is the '
question. There Is no legal authority for
keeping him in the prison. His moiher
objects to giving him up and the officials
are not willing to turn him into the
streets. To permit him to remain in the
prison with the woman would be to leave
him under Influences which would probably
ruin hie life. If a respectable family were
to adopt him. against the protest of the
mother, she would probably make trouble
after the expiration of her sentence. The j
Governor Is giving his attention to the j
matter. J
Dr. Bradford of Cedartown, is right
when he says that small school girte ought
rot robe required to debate such ques
tions as. "Resolved, that the American
system of .trial by jury should be abolish
ed." The question is entirely too ab
struse for youthful brains. It is one
fit to engage the best minds of adults of
mature years. It might well enough be
assigned to a class of young men. but it
Is totally unsuited to young school girls.
A great difficulty in many schools is that
the teachers do not select the subjects for
debate or essay with a view to accommo
| dating them to the pupils. They endeavor
to force the pupils to accommodate them
selves 10 the subjects. The consequence
is that the children do not understand
what they are apeaking or writing about,
their Jit tie brains become muddled with
respect to the subjects, and the time is
worse than wasted. It requires intelli
gence, as well as education, to make a
successful school teacher.
The report of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow on tho Cuban
postal frauds, shows a degree of rotten
ness in that service under Rath-bone and
•
Neely that is astonishing, disgusting and
humiliating. It is almost incredible that
Neely and his accomplices should have
been able to systematically rob the postal
service for several months before they
were suspected of wrong doing. It eeem
that the Washington authorities ought to
have been able to discover that some
thing was wrong before the thievery
amounted to more than $130,000. Mr. Bris
tow’s report, by the way, seems to call
for some sort of explanation from Post
master General Smith respecting the
“pull" exercised by Rathbone, and by
means of which he succeeded in getting
the Postmaster General to allow him an
income greater than that of a Senator of
the United States, and approximately as
large as that of a cabinet secretary.
A Turkish journal says that His Majes
ty. the Sultan, is "greatly affected'by the
barbarous acts of which the Chinese have
recently been guilt j. The New York
Times wants- to know how the Sultan is
affected; whether it is sorrow or jealousy
that he feels. The slaughter by the Chi
nese certainly has not been greater nor
more horrible than the massacres of
Christians in the Sultan’s own country,
which were, it is generally believed, pre
cipitated by his own orders.
PEIISOXAL. *
—At a luncheon given by Mr. and Mrs.
Blow in London last week to the commit
tee of the hospital ship Maine, each guest
received as a souvenir a little figure of a
Chinaman with a halier around his neck.
Rider Haggard, the author, in a pub
lic address in London the other day, said
that athletic training was a most desira
ble preparation in the life of a missionary,
because nothing in a missionary impresses
/he savage so much as to find himeelf
equaled or surpassed in strength and agil
ity by the stranger.
—On the fiftieth anniversary of the dis
covery by Johann Rebmann of the Afri
can snow mountain Kilimanjaro, a large
volume describing it from every point of
view has been published- in Germany.
The author is Dr. Hans Meyer, who has
spent years in exploring the mountain
sides, especially at the higher elevations.
BRIGHT BITS.
—"T speak for the ‘Solid South,’ ” cried
the Democratic orator. "On election day
Bryan will have all the whites with him."
"And the next day," cried a voice in the
crowd, "he will have the blues.’’—Philadel
phia Press.
—Surprising information—Old Lady
(pointing to elevated railroad)—"Where
do them cars go to?" City Man (hur
riedly)—"Almost anywhere you want,
ma’am." Old Lady— Sakos! I
thought they had to stay on the rails."—
New York Weekly.
—The Golf Fever—"So you can’t play
with me on the 20th," said one young golf
ing man to another over the telephone.
"Don’t see how T possibly can, old man.
But, I say, leave it open for a couple of
days. Between you and me, I have an
appointment to be married on that date,
but she may be willing to make a change,
so that I can have a round with you."—
Tit-Bits.
CCIIRENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Record (Pom.) says:
"What chiefly concerns Senator Hoar is
the fact that his term will expire on
March 4 next. As the Republican Legisla
ture of Massachusetts will elect a sena
tor next winter, he knows full well that it
will choose no opponent of McKinley
and his administration. This is what in
clines Senator Hoar so strongly to the
belief that ‘he and the Republican party’
will secure to the Filipinos local self-gov
ernment, notwithstanding the evident pur
pose of the administration to govern the
territories outside of the constitution.
There is nothing that a man tbolieves so
easily as that which he has a great inter
est in believing."
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says: "The
indications are that the tight for white
supremacy in North Carolina will be won
on August 2, when the proposed constitu
tional amendment to restrict the suffrage
will he voted upon. The registration of
w’hite voters has been very heavy, which
is a promising sign. North Carolina has
gone through trying experiences during
the last few years, with which we in this
state can sympathize fully, and now that
she is' alK)ut to throw off the burden we
will encourage her ip the effort and re
joice with her in her accomplishment.
Alno, if she should need nnv help a call
across the border would bring it.’ 4
The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) says: "Dem
ocrats will not rely for success on any
class of voters*, but will draw support
from all classes. Yet it is not impossible
that the presidency may be determined
by German voters, Republicans in 189'i.
who cannot stomach imperialism and mil
itarism. New York. Ohio. Indiana. Illin
ois, Wisconsin and Minnesota may be de
termined ns to their electoral vote by Re
publican Germans who now repudiate Mc-
Kinley."
The Troy (N. Y.) Press (Dem.) says: "It
is said that war makes money plentiful.
Temporarily, Just ns it dors for a in,in
w ho owns a tine house and slaps a mort
gage on it. lie can revel In the luxuries
for a season, but when the time to pay it.
plus interest, rolls along—well, that’s dif
ferent Fool Is he who imagine- that the
wanton and enormous destruction of prop
erty and young men tends to enrich the
world. Reason repudiates this frightful
fallacy."
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal (Dem.)
says: "Those distinguished gentlemen
who are condemning the government for
not rushing ships and soldiers to China
for the purpose 'of relieving or rescuing
American citizens, with one side of thT*
mouth, and w ho declare it criminal to en
list or leave this continent for the purpowe
of drawing blood, with the other side of j
the mouth, are gems of consistency." J
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—A Detroit business man says that dic
tating .to a stenographer has ruined his
spelling. He cannot write an ordinary let
ter now, he says, without making gross
errors in orthography.
—A Bulgarian journalist named Sangoff
recently wrote an article in a Sofia paper
on the subject of the relation, of the nose
to character. After discussing the va
rious shapes he came to the conclusion
that persons with long noses are often bad
characters. The public prosecutor regard
ed this as a case le.se majeste, because
Prince Ferdinand has a long nose. SangofY
was arrested, tried, and sentenced to three
days’ imprisonment.
—Trolley lines are likely to be prominent
as freight carriers in a short time. In
addition to the large company that has
been formed to take freight and express
packages in Brooklyn, some have been
formed in other states. In Michigan a
road is to be built between Saginaw, St.
Charles and Durand, to convey fuel and
the sugar-beets which are grown in im
mense numbers in that section of the
state. A similar road has been projected
in the northern part of Illinois. It is
more than likely that the express com
panies will suffer, but, on the other hand,
the dwellers in suburban districts will be
the gainers, and any large movement
in the direction of companies to carry
packages in this way vyiil lead the express
companies to adopt the eystem, and thus
benefit all concerned.
—Consul General Lay, at Barcelona,
Spain, writes to the state department in
regard to the electric tramway system.
He says that a line fobr miles long is to
be built in that city by a Belgium com
pany. He reports his inability to find cut
what other roads are projected, but sug
gests that those interested write to the
Societe Anonyme d’Kntreprise Generate de
I ravaux, Liege, Belgium. The company is
now engaged in building the four-mile
road, and has built many other lines in
Europe. The consul is also informed ihat
American agents in Barcelona have lost
sales because they do not keep a large
enough stock on hand, buyers preferring
to take the English or German goods rath
er than wait for the better American
made articles, which take so long to get
there from the United States.
—Various theories are advanced to .ac
count for the deposit of carbon on the in
ner walls of incandescent lamps in the
course ot time. J. Stark, in. a German pa
per. doubts Moissan’s hypothesis of a slow
evaporation of the carbon of the filament,
because the deposit does not depend upon
the degree of exhaustion. The idea ad
vanced by Berliner is also opposed, on
the ground that the deposit is the same in
continually glowing lamps and those which
are often relighted, which disposes ol the
idea that gases are occluded in the fila
ment and escape with explosive rapidity
when incandescence sets in. To meet the
occasion Herr Stark says the disintegra
tion of the carbon is due to vagrant cur
rents between various parts of the carbon
filament, which traverse the intervening
gas, as in a Crookes tube. He gives, as a
proof of this, an "aureole” between the
arms of the filament, which he declares is
nothing but the positive glow of a gaseous
discharge*.
—“.Talk about watchdogs!" said a man
who lives at Clifton Heights, according to
the Philadelphia Record. "Dogs are not in
it with guinea fowl. I ought to know, for
I have a flock of them at my country
place. All day they wander about, but at
sunset they go to roost in a pine tree at
one side of the house. There is no danger
from burglars with these birds around,
They sleep up in that tree summer and
winter, and they sleep with one eye open.
They hear every little sound all over the
place. The family can talk and laugh and
walk about in the evening without dis
turbing their peace of mind in the least,
but a stranger they detect at once, if it’s
only a stray cat or dog. We’ve had peo
ple walk quietly over the lawn just to test
the birds and they never once failed to
raise an alarm. They use judgment, too.
hen we’re all about they content them
selves with a subdued cackle, enough to
attract attention; but later, after things
have settled down for the night, a noise
makes them break out in shrill cries suffi
cient to wake the dead. It’s rather annoy
ing at times, w r hen one gets home from
the city lute, and doesn't care to have the.
whole family aroused by his arrival, for
instance. But consider the comfort with
which one can go to sleep at nights! Give
me guinea fowl for watchdogs every
time."
Few vessels have had more narrow es
capes in as short a space of time as the
United States transport Grant, says the
San Francisco Call. The last round trip
to the Philippines has been a succession
of narrow escapes, and it is only due to
the vigilance of the officers that the trans
port finally reached port. iSoon after leav
ing San Francisco one of her 'inlet valves
became clogged and the water rushing in
filled the engine room until the fires un
der the lower boiler were drowned out and
the engineers and firemen were working
up to their waists in water. While the
run to San Francisco was under w*ay the
man on the lookout ran up against a mi
rage. He thought land was straight
ahead and so reported it to the bridge.
The officer on watch saw an outline loom
ing up and, as it was apparently capped
by a light, he gave the signal to stop the
ship and sent for the captain. The Grant
was in the vicinity of Reed Rocks, the
position of which is doubtful, their place
on the chart of the globe being followed
by a query mark. When, therefore, the
fog bank took on the appearance of the
Farailone Islands and the morning star
showed up like a beacon on its peak the
lookout thought the land was dead ahead,
so tlte engines were stopped and reversed
and the ship was going full speed astern
when Copt. Buford reached the bridge.
It did not take long to discover the mis
take. and in half an hour the Grant was
once more on her course. Reed Rocks
have not been seen since 1868, when the
ship Yankee nearly ran them down. They
had always been classed as “doubtful,”
and the chamies are that the old Yankee
skipper was fooled by the morning star
and a cloud, as was the lookout of the
Grant.
—Opinions of many scientific men and of
imaginative writers as to how the world
will end are gathered together In Pear
son's. Lord Kelvin predicts that the world
was doomed to die of suffocation; Nikola
Tesla thinks that*we may set fire to the
atmosphere with our eieetrical discharges;
11. G. Wells conceives that intense cold
will end life on tlie world; Sir William
Crookes think- our food supply will fail,
and others have predicted the end of the
world through collision w'th a comet or
the supremacy of the best creation over
man. cine of the most novel theories dis
cussed is that of M. X. Startler, the, cele
brated professor of geology, who puts for
ward the idea tltai mail will die of thirst.
M. Startle! allows that the Idea of man
kind dying from thirst seems paradoxical
w hen we consider the seemingly inexhaus
tible Supplies man possesses in the oceans
and seas which cover three-quarters of
the surface of Iha globe. Sill) there Is
some danger of this vasi quantity disap
pearing, In the past the terrestrial c rust
has absorbed large quantities of water;
this action is still going on and likely to '
assume greater proportions in the future I
On account of Its weight water tends to
descend into deep holes; while the center
of the globe remains In a fiery condition
this absorption Is slow, but as the cooling
of the interior rocs on the surface water
will penetrate more and more and will
enter into combination with the recently
solidified rocks in the heart of the earth, \
which are specially absorptive by reason
of their metallic composition. “The
oceans." prophesies M. Stanler, "will grow
smaller mid sntullei; the rains which nour- \
isli the continents will become rarer end
rarer, while the deserts will enlarge their
boundaries and graduallyy absorb the fer
tile plains.”
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
SThe Quaker Herl
Tonic is not only a
blood purifier, but a
Blood maker foe
Pale, Weak and De
bilitated people who
have not strength
nor blood It acts as
a tonic, it regulates
digestion, cures dys
pepsia and lends
strength and tone to
the nervous system.
It Is a medicine for weak women. It Is a
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and ali diseases of the
Blood, Stomach and nerves soon succumb
to its wonderful effects upon the human
system. Thousands of people In Georgia
recommend It. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM is the medicine
that the Quaker Doctor made all ot his
wonderful tpuick cures with. It s anew
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia,
Toothache, Backache. Rheumatism.
Sprains. Pain In Bowels; in fact, all pain
can be relieved by it. Price 25c and 50c.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price 10c a cake.
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vege
table ointment for the cure of tetter, ec
sema and eruptions of the skin. Price
10c a box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
S.. T. SI. OF HOPE R Y AND G. S & R’Y.
SCHEDULE
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt, Cattle park and West End.
Daily except Sundays. Subject to change
without notice.
ISLE~OF~HOPE.
Lv. City for I. of H.J Lv. Isle of Hope.
630 am from Tenth | 6 00 am for Bolton
730 am from Tenth | 600 am for Tenth
830 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 0) n'n from Tenth jll 00 am for Bolton
1 15 pm from Bolton jll 30 am for Tenth
230 pm from Tenth | 2 00 pm for Tenth
330 pm from Tenth | 240 pm for Bolton
4? 30 pm from Tenth j 3 00 pm for Tenth
530 pm from Tenth | 4 00 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth j 6 00 pm for Tenth
730 pm from Tenth j 700 pm for Tenth
830 pm from Tenth | 8 00 pm for Tenth
930 pm from Tenth j 9 00 pm for Tenth
10 30 pm from Tenth jlO 00 pm for Tenth
• |ll 00 pm for Tenth
MONTGOMERY.
Lv city for Mong'ry. | Lv. 'Montgomery
830 am from Tenth | 7 15 am' for Tenth”
230 pm from Tenth | 1 15 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth j 6 00 pm for Tenth
CATTLE PARK.
Lv city for Cat.Park] LvTCattle Park.
6 30 am from Bolton I 7 00 am~for Bolton
7 30 am from Bolton j 8 00 am for Bolton
100 pm from Bolton j 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton | 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 00 pm from Bolton j 7 30 pm tor 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 ENT) CAR ‘
Car leaves west side of city market for
West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter during the day until 11:?0 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. nd ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during t(je day
until 12:00 o’clock midnight.
H. M. LOFTON, Gen. Mgr.
SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL N ORfWI ANDIE
BKOALWAI & 38TH STS., NEW YORK.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
COOLEST HOTEL IN 'JEW YORK CITY
Located in the liveliest and most inter
esting part of the city; twenty principal
places of amusement within five minuteW
walk of the hotei,
CHARLE3 A. ATKINS & CO.
Summer Resort—Ocean Hotel. Ashury
Park. N. J. GEO. L. ATKINS & SONS.
HOTEL DALTON,
DALTON. GA.
Popular summer resort. One of the
most popular summer resorts in North
Georgia; climate delightful, beautiful
drives, brick hotel, hot and cold baths on
each floor; elevator, electric bells, good
tables. Special rates to families. Further
Information given by D. L. Dettor, Prop.
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.
GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL,
Virginia ave and Beach,Atlantic City.N.J.
sth year. Most central location; highest
elevation, ovetlooklng ocean; 350 beautiful
rooms, many with baths. The terms are
reasonable. Write for Irooklet. Hotel coach
es meet all trains. CHARLES E. COPE.
BUCK’S
Fj dyspepsia
yU§U: Y Tablets ♦
iij . N°t only OMtruly r*!i*v
Induction. Bloat* nt;
t . , . V. ,n *" r,ntlon ‘ Tl,l ‘ o,,9ne *" l‘al
tnt ®“oct a permanent euro.
Promote the Appetite
V Put Flesh on Thin
/ People. All disorder* of the stomach and
bowolfl can h cured hv their
** o eat ' r ' ,mT, ' lc, ‘ *• be earned in the pock
■ *t Prim 6ft, ’ per ho* At all (li-niwiatl
111.
BRENNAN BROS.,
WHOLESALB
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc.
BAY STREET. West.
Telephone BSS.
COMFORT
For your stock. The fly season It now oa
us and the time to use
Tough on Flies,
a lotion when applied will prevent your
horses and cattle from being pestered. Try
It and be convinced.
HAY. GRAIN. BRAN. COW FEEIX
CHICKEN FEED, eta
T. J. DAVIS,
Phone 23. - Bay street, west
Ocean Steamship Go.
-FOR-
NewYork, Boston
—AND—
the east.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. Alt
the comforts of a modern hotel. EL ms
lights. Unexcelled tabje. Tickets ir.c>
meals and berths aboard ship.
Passenger Fares lrom Savannah.
TO NEW’ YORK-FIRST CABIN r O .
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP $ 3 ‘ L?'
TERMEDIATE CABIN. sls; INTFRmV
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP '
STEERAGE, $lO. ’ *” 4 ’
TO BOSTON - FIRST CABIN
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP *3ti -v
TERMEDIATE CABIN, sl7; INTERMF
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP , £
STEERAGE, $11.75. '
The express steamships of this line a. r #
appointed to sail from Savannah, Centra
(90th) meridian time, as follows.
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt Burg
FRIDAY, July 27, at 5:00 a. m
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins, SATUR
DAY, July 28, at 6:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
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 a m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bure
SATURDAY, Aug. 4, 10:00 p. m
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, MON
DAY, Aug. 6, 1:00 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2:00p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Cap*. Smith, THURS
DAY, Aug. 9, 3:30 p. m.
KANSAS t CITY, Capt. Fisher, SATUR.
KAY, Aug. 11, 5:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bure
MONDAY, Aug. 13, 7:00 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, TUES
DAY, Aug. 14. 7:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett,
THURSDAY, Aug. 16, 9:00 a. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATUR.
DAY, Aug. IS, 11:00 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY,
Aug. 20, 1:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bure,
TUESDAY, Aug. 21, 2:0) p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, THURS
DAY, Aug. 23, 3:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett.
SATURDAY, Aug. 29, 5:00 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY,
Aug. 27, 6:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher, TUES
DAY, Aug. 28, 7:0f) 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, 12:00 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. Capi. Savage, WED
NESDAY. Aug. 22. 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Cap*. Savage, MON
DAY, Aug. 27. 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage. FRI
DAY, Aug. 81. 12:00 noon.
This company reserves the right to
change is sailings without notice and
without liability or accountability there
for.
July sailings New York for Savannah
daily except Sundays, Mondays and
Thursdays, 5:00 p. m.
August sailings New York for Savannah
daily except Sundays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, 5:00 p. m.
WU G. BREWER, City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent, 107 Bull street. Savannah.
Ga.
E. W. SMITH, Contracting Freight
Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R. G. TREZEVANT, 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.
r. EsLE 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 M
the following points at very low rates:
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
BALTIMORE, MD. BUFFALO, N, Y.
BOSTON, MASS.
CHICAGO, ILL. CLEVELAND, O.
ERIE. PA.
HAGERSTOWN. HARRISBURG. PA.
HALIFAX, N. S.
NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK.
PHILADELPHIA.
PITTSBURG. PROVIDENCE,
ROCHESTER.
TRENTON. WILMINGTON.
■WASHINGTON.
First-class tickets include meals and
stale room berth. Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodations and cuisine unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful han
dling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to 6aii from Savannah to Balti
more as follow* (standard
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. tn.
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. C A ROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
W. P. TURNER, O. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINS, A T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md
FRENCH LINF
COKPfIGNIE GENERALE TRAMIM
DIRECT LINK TO HAVRE—PARIS (France-
Sailing every Thursday at 10 a. ra.
From Pier No. 42. North River, foot Morton se
L Aquitaine Auj. -2]La Lorraine.* Auk I*
La Touraine Auk. D L*Aquitaine Aug M
La Bretagne . .Aug. 16 1 La Touraine. ..Sept 6
Parti hotel accommodations reserved for
company's passengers upon application
General Agency, 32 Broadway. New York.
Messrs. Wilder A Cos
®CUSE YOURSELF!
tlflo Til* for unnatural
lisrharges* inflammations*
rritatioDß or ulcerations
>f mucous membranes.
Painless, and not astno*
, guut or poisonous.
Sold by I>rnmrista*
or sent in plain wrapper*
by express, prepaid, for
•l.no. or 3 bottles, £.75.
Circular aent on reuaafi*
SODA WATER.
Soda Water, Ice Cream and Sherbets
made of the beat fruit and cream by a
professional dispenser. Sent to any pan
of the city. 3 unlay orders solicited.
Cream and sherbets 5 cents.
DONNELLY PHARMACY,
Phone No. €7B, No. 421 Liberty #t, e**t,