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4 §lljc llnrning fjeto£ HonitDg Nrwi Building, Savannah, Uli TIIMIAY, JI'LY SI, 1900. Registered at the Postofflco IQ Savannah. The MORNING NEWS Is published every day In Ihe year, and is served to subscribers In the city, or sent by mall, at Wc a month. *4.00 for six months, and *s.oo for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mall, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, *1.60; six months *3.00; one year *6.00. The WEEKLY NEWS. 2 Issues a week, Monday and Thursday, by mall, one year, *I.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mall at rlek ol senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in depth— is the standard of measurement. Contract rales and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING News to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dreseed ‘MORNING NEWS,” Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. INDEX TO KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Foreet City Independent Club. Special to Suptrlor Court Jurors; Flats and Houses For Rent; Estate Salomon Cohen; Houses to Rent; Estate Salomon Cohen; What Mr. W. J. Lindsay Says of Suwanee Springs Water; Doors. Sash, Blinds, Andrew Han ley Company; Fancy and Re-pressed Brick, Savannah Building and Supply Company; Dissolution of Copartnership, Strauss & Cos.; Teas of Merit, A. M. & C. W. West; Levan’s Table d'Hote; Re moval Notice, Dr. J. F. Former. Business Notice*I—Harvard 1 —Harvard Beer at Royal Music Hall; *550 For a Lot, C. H. Dorsett; A Woman's Purse, Hunter & Van Keuren. Auction Sale—Administrator’s Sale, by J. McLaughlin A Son, Auctioneers. Whisky—Old Crow Rye Whisky. Diamond B Goods—The S. W. Branch Company. Do You Know It?—Palmer Hardware Company. Legal Sales—Chatham Sheriff's Sale For State and County Taxes. Runabouts—Cohen-Kulman Carriage and Wagon Company. Educational—Bethel Military Academy, Virginia. Financial—Banking House of O. Over ton Paine, New York; Incomes Grow, C. E. Mackey & Cos., New York. Salt—The Favorite Table Salt. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Medical—Pond's Extract; Lydia Pink ham's Vegetable Pills; Castoria; World's Dispensary Preparations; Hood's Sarsa parilla; Coke Dandruff Cure; 8. S. 8.; Mother's Friend; Hereford's Acid Phos phate; Tutt's Pills; Bar-Ben. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia to-day are for showers on the coast, with light to fresh south to east winds; and for East ern Florida, local rains In northern por tions. and light to fresh southeasterly ■winds. There is some little speculation as to whether the lady will now sign herself Mrs. Churc-hili-Cornwallls-West or whether she will drop all of the hyphenat ed part of the name and sign plain Mrs. George West. However, that query Is not eo Interesting as what the style of her name will be after the divorce. In Reading. Pa., the glrla have an ‘'Old Maids' Club," and the young men have a “Bachelors' Club." Recently the bach elors have been attracting more atten tion than the “old maids,” which has made the latter real angry. The other day, therefore, the "Old Maids’ Club" held a meeting and adopted the follow ing: "Resolved, that the bachelors are the mealiest things on earth." The vote was unanimous. The young Duke of Marlborough, who is only a few days back In Ixmdon from South Africa, is being lionized more than any of the commanders, with the proba ble exception of Lord Roberts, will be when they get back. Marlborough never did anything of any moment In South Africa; never misted a meal, and came through without a scratch or a day's ill ness. Nevertheless his title and the fact that he went to war are all sufficient to aet the swells howling, and the howls swelling. "Use your weapons,” said Emperor William to his soldiers, “so that for a thousand years hence no Chinaman will dare look askance at any German." Thai will be rather rough on ths Celestials. Does the Emperor mean to kill every Chinaman who dares to look at a Ger man? For they cannot look otherwise than askance, out of ihetr oblique eyes, can they? It Is no fault of (heirs that their eyes are not fashioned after th same full round plan of the Teutonic aye. Not even an expert oculist would be able to take ihe askant look out of a Chinamans eye. It is now .*ia to lie an open eecret that Mrs. Potter Palmer Intends to secure the decora lion of the legion of Honor before she leaves Parle to return to her home in Mrs. Palmer hasrs her claim on she bus for the expo- The French government aeldom admits women Into the Legion, Florence Nightingale and Rosa Bonheur being the notable exceptions. The other women of the United States contingent at the expo sition will endeavor to prevent Mrs. Pal mer from securing the coveted decoration; but when a handsome, brainy American woman with millions of dollars makes up her mind that she wants a certain thing ■he In mighty apt to get It, NO EXPLANATION OF THE MYSTERY. There la no explanation yet of the Pekin mystery. The viceroys protest against the movement of the allied armies on Pe kin, and yet they refuse to furnish the information that would at once check the movement. There Is some ground now for thinking that the ministers are alive. The Chinese government sends messages to Its representatives in other countries, that they are alive, and from private sources there come confirmatory state ments. Why Is It then that the Chinese government will not permit the ministers to communicate directly with their re spective governments? That is something that the representative at Washington of the Chinese government and the Chinese ministers at the capitals of Europe can not or will not explain. It has been said that it Is the inten tion of the Chinese government to hold the ministers ns hostuges—that, In fact, it has already removed them from Pe kin to a point far in the Interior. But, assuming that its purpose is to hold them as hostages, hoping by that policy to be able to secure a settlement with the Powers much mope favorable than It could without such means at Its com mand, what objection can there be to letting the world know, by means that would be satisfactory, that the ministers have not been murdered, and that they are well and safe? By pursuing such a course it would come much nearer getting favorable terms than by the course it is pursuing. . The Powers wiil not accept the state ment of the Chinese government respect ing the ministers. Unless they receive communications from the ministers them selves their armies, which are now gath ering at Tien Tsin, will march on Pe kin. That the Chinese understand the situation there can be no doubt. Why then will they permit the start for Pe pin to be made? They know that if they offer resistance bloody battles will be fought, because the allies will not permit ordinary obstacles to obstruct their prog ress. Can It he that the Chinese government Is not able to communicate with the min isters? Are the ministers under the con trol of the Boxers, who are so strong that the government is not master of the situation? Is this the situation or ere the ministers dead? And yet. If they are dead, how can a government that has any respect for itself, continue to assert officially to other governments that the ministers are alive? Not only has It as serted that they are alive, but that they were on their way to Tien Tsin, under an escort of Imperial troops. There hus been time for the arrival of the minis ters at Tien Tsin since that asserton was made, but there has been no announce ment of their arrival. The allied troops will begin the movement on Pekin within a very few days unless in the meantime this Chinese puzzle is solved. TOW'K'S REWARD. Until !t is determined whether Mr. Towne, the Populist candidate for Vice President, ts to withdraw or not there will be all sorts of rumprs respecting the mat ter. It is a question whether Mr Towne himself knows at this time whether he will withdraw or r.ot. It is certain that ho Is willing to do what the Democratic and Populist leaders think It advisable for him to do. He Is not anxious to retain the place he has on the Populist ticket, but he will retain It If it is the opinion of the managers of the fusion ticket that he should do so. Soon after the Kansas City Convention It was the understanding that he would withdraw. Then It appeared that many Populists were dissatisfied with Mr. Stev enson and threatened to support the tick et of the Mtdd.le-of-the-Road Populists. A report was current that to satisfy those Populists Mr. Towne would remain on the ticket. No doubt it will be determined in the near future whether he is to remain a candidate or not. The Journal of Minneapolis announced in Its Saturday’s issue that Mr. Towne had decided to withdraw, and that he had been promised a cabinet position In the event of the election of Mr. Bryan. If that paper had contented Itself with say ing that Mr. Towne would withdraw, Its statement might have been very generally accepted, but Its assertion that he has been promised a cabinet position in the event of a certain happening, throws doubt on its entire statement. Those who know Mr. Bryan are satisfied that he Is not making the mistake this early in the campaign of promising cabinet positions. No doubt Mr. Towne will play a very conspicuous part in the campaign. He is a high-grade public speaker, and will he in demand. The only danger In giving him free rein Is his Inclination to talk about nothing but silver. He understands, how ever, that the paramount Issue la antl lmpertallsm, and It Is probable that he can talk a* well on that subject as on the tiresome one of silver. ■ a i ,i A notoble function occurred In London on last Friday, the occasion being the en tertainment of about fifty leading mem bers of the legal profession In the United States by the judges and lawyers o' England. The banquet was served in Middle Temple Hall, and was attended by all of the luminaries of the British bar. with the single exception of the Lord Chief Justice, who was too ill to be pres ent. Among the guests was Justice Lump kin of Georgia. Col, P. W. Meldrim and Col. A. R. Lawton of this * city were among those who received invitations to attend the meeting and banquet. Am bassador Choate, after the conclusion of the festivities, said the occasion was one of the greatest compliments ever paid the American bar. The story which comas front Shanghai, to Ihe effect that an American Intrigue has been revealed by which It was hoped to place the Chinese maritime customs tn the hands of an American missionary named Ferguson, who Is alleged to be "an active oily of Siietig In the latter’s en deavors to hoodwink the world with re gard to events in Pekin," is probably not worthy of oredt nee. In the first place it may be doubted that this government would at this time content to the appoint ment of an American as Inspector general of the cos tome. In the second place It Is most highly Improbable that an American missionary would co-operate with Shen* to conceail atrocities practiced upon his own countrymen and upon converts to hta own religion. It must be borne In mind that the Chinese are not the only prevari cators who are working (hs wires out of Shanghai, THE MOKMNG NEWS: TUESDAY, 1 JULY 31, 1900. AN INTERESTING QU ESTION. The remarkable growth of the export trade of the United States Is the wonder of the world. It hus been the subject of newspaper comment for many month*. It Is being discussed in the magazines and in political speeches. The United States are not only Increas ing their exports to all markets, but are all the time seeking and finding new ones. The production of their fields and the output of their mills are Increasing po rapidly that it Is absolutely necessary that the volume of their exports shall In crease. All of their breadstuffs and pro visions and their manufactured goods can not be consumed at home. Unless a mar ket for the surplus were found the num ber of acres cultivated would have 1o be reduced and mills would have to be closed part of the time, or else prices would faM below the profit line. In either case there would be financial distress and suffering among the bread-winners. But these enormous and steadily increas ing exports must etenvually threaten trouble to the nations with which the United States come in competition. What about these nations? What has the future in store for them? Let us notice for a moment the Increase of our exports to the United Kingdom and Germany. In 1870, to the former they were valued at *243,316,828 and to the lat ter nt *41,250,580. In 1899 to the former they were valued at *505,668,925 and to the latter at *153,205,513. The increase In our exports to some of Ihe other countries has been even greater, though to no other has the amount of exports annual ly been so great. The total amount of our exports In 1899 had th® enormous value of *1,252,903,987. Avery large per centage of these exports were manufac tures. While our exports have been increasing enormously, there has been but a slight Increase In our imports. In 1875 we Im ported *18,737,728 worth of merchandise more than we exported. In 1899 we exported merchandise of the value of nearly *500,000,000 more than we Imported. The value of the pro ducts which we are selling Is now vastly in excess of the value of those which we are buying. That Is the reason the nation is getting rich so rapidly. But how about the nations with which we are trading? How long can they con tinue to buy of us a great deal more than we buy of them? We are not tak ing from the United Kingdom now much, If any, more than we did a quarter of a century ago, while it Is taking twice as much from us. Thus far, that country has been able to continue Its large pur chases from us because of its immense foreign commerce with countries other than this, and because of its profits on its carrying trade, but the United States are gradually taking this foreign com merce away from it, and, besides, they are preparing to do their own carrying trade. When the United Kingdom shall have been deprived of a very large part of its foreign commerce and a large share of its carrying trade how will it be able to pay for what It needs from the United Elates? That Is a very Interesting ques tion. Judging from the activity In the cotton-growing and Iron-producing states of this country in the building of cotton and steel mills, it is safe to say that if will not be so very many years before this question will be receiving the atten tion of a greater part of the civilized world. The income of the United King dom must be equal to its outgo or else it will go into bankruptcy. It may get along without taking any considerable amount of manufactured articles from the United States, but It must take breadstuffs and provisions from them or get them from some other source. At present there is no other source from which they can be obtained in sufficient quantity and so cheaply. THE STREET CAR SERVICE. The proposition of the street railway company to Improve its transportation fa cilities has the hearty indorsement of all who patronize the street cars, but especial ly those who live a considerable distance from the business center of the city and to whom rapid transit is a necessity. Although the street ear service, since the consolidation, has been greatly im proved in some respects, the people feel that the facilities for getting to some parts of the city are not as good as they were when there were three street railway companies competing for patronage. In remodelling the street car system, and consolidating the several lines, changes were made which are not to the best Interests of the railway company, though they may have appeared to be so at the time, and In some case# they are certainly detrimental to those who are obliged to use the street cars. It ts pro posed now to remedy some of the defects Of the system by double-tracking Barnard street and making that line a double belt In connection with the Abercorn street tracks. Also to put tn switches on Whit aker street and run cars north and south as was done before the consolidation. It was claimed at the time the change was made on Whitaker street that it would be beneficial to that thoroughfare. It is now generally conceded that while the switches might have been objectionable to a few, the present plan of running cars only southward on that street is an incon venience to hundreds of regular patrons of the road. It will be a source of general satisfac tion to see the proposed changes made, and the only condition that should be Imposed by the city council, if any. In granting these privileges, is that the improvements should be made without delay. Senntor Clark of Montana, with charac teristic frankness, admits that he has sent *IOO,OOO to the Democratic National Com mittee to be used In the campaign. “I contributed to the Demoeratie campaign fund.” he said, “because I think that the election o( Bryan and Stevenson would be a great benefit to the counlrj’. The cam paign committee will need funds for print ing and circulating literature.” It Is said that, In addition to hla contribution to the National Committee, Senator Clark has agreed to furnish all the money the Mon tana State Committee may need. His friends say that be would be willing to put up *606,600 If by doing to he could pre vent the electoral vote of Montana going to McKinley and Roosevelt. The widow of the late Ward McAllister has sold the McAllister farm near New port to Bishop Harkins, of the Catholic diocese of Providence. The farm contain ed about forty-six acres, and has been the scene of many fashionable social func tions under the leadership of Mr. McAUls. Iter. There is said to be little Bryan money to be found in New York by those who want to bet on the election of McKinley; but there seems to be some of it out West. A Chicago man has made a bet of *I.OOO, even money, that on the pop ular vote in November, Bryan will have a plurality of 384,700 votes over McKin ley. Some large real estate owners of Indiana have placed a number of acres of land with a Arm, to be bet on the election in a novel manner. Deeds for certain lots of land are to be made out and placed In envelope*. The person who takes the other side of the bet is to put up the market value of the land In money, which will be placed In the en velope containing the deed to the lot se lected. The envelopes will be then lock ed In the vault of a bank. If Bryan wins the deed goes to the purchaser, and the money to the former owner of the land. If McKinley wins both deed and money go to the purchase*-. In other words, if Bryan wins, a land sale will be effected; while if McKinley wins, the land will be given away. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's daughters Annie and Carrie are at present In Parts. The other day they were the guests of honor at an entertainment, given by the royal Prince Suriyea of Siam. It Is alleged that the Prince has been paying many attentions to Miss Annie Whee]e*r recent ly, and some of the writers for American newspapers have been making foolish paragraphs about the possibility of the little woman wearing a coronet. But the writers of such stuff evidently know very little about the Wheelers of Alabama. No daughter of “Joe" Wheeler would marry a man not of her own race, even if he ruled half the world, and had diamonds to throw at the birds. It se-ms to be Baden-Powell’s fortune to be shut up In towns and besieged by the Boers. He ts now in Rustenburg with a strong force of the enemy surrounding him. It would be a hard fate if, after his. brilliant defense of Mafeklng, Baden- Powell should have to give up to the Boers who are now pressing him. PERSONAL. —A particularly daring young London matron recently asked the Prince of Wales “whether it was really true that he had fallen out with Mr. Astor.” “My dear madam,'’ the Prince is said to have replied, “I really think you had better ask Mr. Astor about that.’’ —Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is pre sumably fond of the military element. Fro-m quite a small child she has been clever at palming, and larterly her chief models “from life" have been the guards on sentry at her own palace. From one of the windows these are easily sketched and, being on duly, they are, of course, conveniently posed in readiness. —The Princess of Monaco is unique in that she is the first Hebrew to sit on a European throne. She was a Miss Heine, and was first married 10 the Duke of Richelieu. Her present husband has also been iwic® married, and his first wife was Lady Mary Hamilton. When the cares of slate do not demand his pres ence in the principality, Prince Albert Is generally on his yacht, which has been specially constructed for the purpose of the study of marine biology. —ln the last five years that b? has been in office Lord Salisbury has created thir ty-six new peers, and of these ten have been taken from the ranks of the lawyers. They are Lord James of Hereford, Vis count Liandaff (11. Matthews), Ixvrd Rathmore <D. R. Plunkett), Lord Kinnear (a Scotch judge), Lord Ludlow (the late Lord Justice Lopes), Lord Brampton (Sir Henry Hawkins), Sir R. Webster, Sir P. O'Brien and Lord Morris, an ex-lord of appeal, who is now made a peer in the United Kingdom. BRIGHT HITS. —The Gold One.—Huskinby—“l tell ye, I don’t believe Hiram Graball wuz ever in New York in his hull life.” Hayrake— “But he wuz; he showed me the brick!’’ —Puck. —Explained.—“The British nation seems to be taking the Pekin horror In rather stoical fashion.” “Yes. They are afraid of stirring up Alfred Austin.’’—Cleveland Plain-Dealer. —ln the Lunatic Asylum Keei>er—"This poor fellow used to be a famous musician." Visitor—“Ah! and now' he’s a wandering mintstrel.’’—Philadelphia Evening Bulle tin. —■Cyril (aged five) —“I shall never get married, mamma!” Mamma—“But I thought you were so fond of Ethel?” Cyril—“Yes;but she believes in fairies, and I don’t!"—Punch. —Mr. Gump (to teacher)—“No, I don’t want you to teach my son any grammar. Not a bit of it." Teacher—"But—but— this is unusual, sir. May I inquire your reasons?” Mr. Gump—“l intend that he shall be a writer of popular songs.”—Bal timore American. —“This letter of the Emperorof China to President McKinley,” began the Observ ant Boarder. "I have read it,” replied the Cross-Eyed Boarder. “Wasn't it writ ten by the monarch who had been killed several times'.”’ "Yes.” “How do you ac count for it?" “There Is quite a demand for posthumous literary works nowadays." —Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. CIItHK.Vr COMMENT. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.) says: "Mr. Bryan will he under no delusions this year, owing to the size of he crowds that listen to his speeches. He Is an ’old campaigner.’ In 1896, as he afterward said, it was vain to ‘rely upon sentiment gathered from the rear end of a railroad train.' When the election was over, ‘I found that 1 had carried netrrly every state In which I did not .sjteak, and lost every state I visited.’ ’Rear-end’ campaigning is likely to he at a discount this year, and let us all rejoice because of It.” The Cincinnati Enquirer KDem ) says: "The Ohio Republican platform omits .the civil service subjects. The Philadel phia resolutions treat It in a half-heart ed manner. President McKinley, who used to embrace every opportunity to ex ploit virtuous, cast-iron phrases on re form, hHS long since thrown the civil ser vice open to the political necessities of Mr. Hanna. Gov. Roosevelt, who used to be the model civil service reformer, has abjectly surrendered to the 'spoils sys tem.’ ” The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says: ” ‘Make way for liberty.’ cried Arnold von Winkelrted several centuries ago, and the world has applauded him. If the Austrian oppressors had understood re partee and had retorted, ’Give way to civilization,' Arnold would have been overwhelmed, wo suppose.” The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) says: "There Is a good fighting chance that the Democrats wiil carry the next House, and there la nothing In the pros pect that ts Injurious to the great In terests of the republic; but on the con trary, much that Is good.” A Street Car Incident. A portly, well-dresesd man, carrying a small package, boarded a Thirteenth street summer car at Walnut street yesterday afternoon and settled back comfortably on one of the front seats,” says the Phil adelphia Record. As the car bowled rap idly along cool breezes fanned his heated brow, and before lortg the portly roan was nodding. A few more blocks and he was fast asleep. Then a weird sound came from the package. “B-r-r-r—bllng-a-llng-jip bling-a-ling-a-ling-llng-Ung B-r-r-r-r-r!" The portly man awoke with a start, and hurled the package Into the street. It bit the pavement, burst open, and an alarm clock was disclosed. "B-r-r-!’’ called the clock after the car. Very red In the face, th# portly man made a flying leap from the car. “Go ahead, conductor,” he called over his shoulder. “It was my street,any how !’• _ -jt “STing the Wark." “I notice,” said an old editor, according to the Youth’s Companion, looking over the manuscript of anew man on the staff, "you use the phrase, ‘Heaven save the mark!' Do you know exactly what that means?” “No, sir,” answered the new reporter, "although I have a general idea of the meaning I intend It to convey.” “It may be remarked, In the first place, that the correct form of the expression is 'God save the mark.’ But do you know what the ’mark’ Is?” “No, sir.” “Do you know what you want It ’saved’ from?” “N-no, sir; not exactly.” “Do you know why heaven should be eaUed upon to save a ‘mark’ you know nothing about from some calamity or danger of which you are equally igno rant?" “I do not.” “Then let us not use the phrase,” said the Old editor, drdiving his pencil through it—and this reporter never used It again. But within n few days another reporter brought in an article which, singularly enough, contained the expression, ”God save the mark.” The editor, after looking over the manuscript, called In this repor ter in his turn and interrogated him: “Do you know exactly what that phrase means?” "I think I do, sir,” answered the re porter. “Ah? And what is the ‘mark,’ then?” “It is an object or target aimed at, os in archery. “But what do you want it saved’ from?" “From an arrow, sir. ’God save the mark!' is an ejaculatory phrase expreg sive of irony or a humorous sense of the extraordinary. When an archer shot well he was accustomed to say, "God save the mark!’ meaning to express a desire that the mark should not be hit, and his arrow displaced by someone coming after him. Ironically, it was said to a novice whose arrow falls wide of the mark. In this case it signifies ” “That will do,” said the old editor. "I see you have been reading Brewer. In consideration of the fact that you fully understand the expression we will use it this once.” How Egbert Helped Out. Before Mrs. Wimbley’a friends, the Parkers, came from the East on their long-expected visit, she took an after noon off end gave her little son a series of instructions calculated to improve his behavior at the table, says the Chicago Tlmes-Heraid. Egbert had been In the habit of resting on his elbows while eat ing. This his mother told him was one of the worst offenses against good man ners that people could commit. “You must never put your elbows on the table when we have company,” the boy's mother said, “but If you do I will wink at you. That will mean that you must take them down. No gentleman ever rests his elbows on the table and no boy that does so can hope to grow up to be a gentleman.” After the Parkers had finished their first dinner in the Wimberly flat, the men got to discussing the trust question, and. while the ladles were sipping their coffee, the talk drifted around to the Boers and China. Mr. Parker leaned for ward, put his elbows on the table an<l rested his chin in one of his palms. Little Egbert was worried. He made a “whist!’' at his mother and pointed at Parker, but she pretended not to hear and went on talking as hard as she could. Then the boy said: “Mama, mama!" “Hush, darling, hush! Run out in the library.” “Well, why don’t you wink at him?” The men were busy talking and didn't notice. Egbert waited a moment and then said: “Mama, he has them on!” "Egbert, dearest, go out and see If you can’t find your top." “But why don’t you make’ him take them down?” "Do be quiet, darling. Run into the hall and start the music box." “You said you would wink, didn’t you’" Mr. Parker's interest had finally been attracted, and, turning to Egbert with a smile, he asked: "What's wrong, little man? Didn’t your dinner agree with you?” "Yee." Egbert replied, "but mama says people that put their elbows on the table can t ever get to be gentlemen, and she knows you have them on, too, because I sow her look.” The Shirt Wnint Man. From the New York Bum Behold me, Coat less and cool; I am the shirt waist man And If I don't Take the rag off the bush I take the coat Off my back And fling it In the face of conventionality. What do I care If Fashion Piles ihe persplra'lon ’. Up knee deep On the backs Of coated men? It doesn’t monkey with me, For I yank off my coat And Fashion Chases itself out of n> Neighborhood, And leaves me Cool Asa cucumber. N Of course, t My siilnt waist Isn’t cut according To the rattern Of the lady shirt waist And it lacks Fluff and puff And furbelow And has a Superfluity of narrative Perhaps, But It gets there Just the same. And I am comfortable While those, Coated with conventionality. Sweat and swear And kick holes In the Weather Bureau And loee th-lr tempers In an overflow of lemperntura. The shirt waist man Isn’t a recognized Institution Just yet. But he’s the coming man And the hot weather Brings him out As tt does the tassels On a field of corn, And soon the streets Will blossom with him. Not altogether A thing of beauty, But verily a joy During the heated term. That’s me. The shirt waist man, And a* Icng 4 As I keep cool Conventionality y May go to thunder, . — W. J. I* ITEMS OF INTEREST. —The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has decided that flowers are a necessary feature of a funeral. The case under consideration was an action brought by a Boris* against the administrators of the estate of a deceased citizen, who had re fused to pay the plaintiff for flowers fur nished on the credit of the estate. Thfe court Justified the expenditure, remark ing that "the custom of having flowers at funerals is well nigh universal in this country, and that when not abused by extravagance or unseemly ostentation It Is certainly to be commended as giving appropriate expression to our feelings of reepec* and love for the departed.” —A Nebraska correspondent of the Chi cago Record says: "Wind mills are get ting to be as thick in Nebraska as In Holland. There is at least one at every farm house to pump water; often another at the barnyard, and sometimes several others at the different corrals or feed ing places for cattle. In the (owns clus ters of wind mills rise above the roofs and give a quaint and picturesque ap pearance to the landscape. They differ from the Dutch wind mills, however. They are open wheels of wood, while in Holland the wheels are usually made of canvas fastened to long arms, which re volve very slowly and In a dignified way appropriate to the Dutch character. The Nebraska wind mills whirl with great en ergy ot the slightest provocation, illus trative of the character of many citi zens of this state, and some of them creak and croak In a most melancholy manner like other citizens that might be describ ed. People who live In the neighborhood soon get used to ihls disagreeable noise and do not mind It any more than the In dustrious and progressive elements mind the croaking of the 'mUfortunisls.'" —Apricots stand second to oranges as a money-making crop in California, and more of this fruit is grown on the Pacific slope than in all other states and coun tries. Roughly estimated, the present apricot yield Is worth *2,250.000 to the state, and the same estimate has it that there are between 40,000,000 and 46,000,- 000 pounds of apricots In California this year. Small apricots are grown in a few sheltered places in the Eastern states, and there are small ochards of the fruit in the South of France, in Italy, and In Turkey, and larger ones in Japan, but nowhere in the world are apricots grown cn the wholesale plan of California. The product of this fruit tn California is more than treble that of all the rest of the world. In five or six years more, when the thousands of young apricot trees now growing in the state come into full bear ing, it is likely that the annual yield of apricots in California will be upward of 100,000,000 pounds, and that the product of the rest of the world will be insignifi cant by the side of it. Apricot trees are "shy” bearers, and with all that science and the arts of horticulture may do they cannot make the apricot a steady bearer year after year, like the fig, the orange, lemon or plum. —China can usually find a double for anything Europe possesses. On the stage they have an Irving, though not In name. In the study they have even had a Shakespeare—or, at least, they say so. The stage in China is, as in ages past, closely allied to the temple, and a play often extends over a full month, in a severely plain and simple place of amuse ment, devoid of ornamentation of any kind, the writer had the pleasure of see ing Fon Chong Mai, the Sir Henry Irv ing of China, act the leading part in a play etitled "Ching-Won-Bohow." The plot of this play contains nothing new to an Englishman familiar with Shakes peare. There is scarcely an incident or proverb in the piece which does not re call the work of the great poet. Fon Chong Mai Is a popular man and a great actor. For over 300 years his family has been Identified with the actors’ art, and when he acts he Is often attired in a costume which an ancestor wore two cen turies ago on the stage. He is a man of the keenest perception, highly educated in Chinese arts and sciences, and should he by any misfortune be obliged to quit the stage, he could earn his living In al most any business or profession. His memory is prodigious, and he possesses a repertory which Include all the great re ligious plays of the mandarin dialect, seme, of them filling scores of volumes. Like his great British contemporary, he is a splendid companion. —The London Lancet says that Dr. L. Sambon and Dr. Low. the two medical men ln.trusted | by the British government with the perilous task of testing the pts s:bility of guarding against malarial In fection in the Roman Campagna, have found a favorable place for their purpose. They have selected a spot about two milai distant from Ostia, between Castel Por ziana and Castel Fusano, and within five minutes' walk of the latter place. The site of their hut is on the edge of a “stagno," or swamp, forming part of the royal hunting demesne of Castle Fusano, and left undralned in order to preserve the wild boar, water fowl, etc., which fre quent it. The hut will stand close to a canal containing a luxuriant growth of algae and other aquatic plants, and with in a stone's throw of a clump of pine trees. The few dwellings near are Inhab ited by peasants who constantly suffer from malaria and are Infested by mos quitoes of the anopheles variety. Situat ed thus in .the heart of the swamps sur rounding the mouth of a large river, among the haunts of Innumerable mosqui toes of ihe malarial variety, and in a lo cality notorious as one of the most dead ly of the fever-stricken centers of the Ro man Campagna, this spot appears to offer ideal conditions for the experiment. The two investigators have he n studying ihe animal and insect life of the Campagna, collecting and examining frogs, lizards, pats, spiders, mosquitoes and the like. K*ng Humbert has manifested much in terest in their trial, and has assisted them tn many ways. —When we told the story of Leo, the suburbanite dog who knows and an nounces by barks and leaps the moment when hi* master in the city takes the train for home, Ihe tale was received with cold Incredulity for the most pari, and our request for other anecdotes illus trating the possession by other dogs of similar telepathic powers, while It did not go quite without response, elicited nothing of exactly the same sort, says the New York Times. Still, the power exists, and though Lo's case is an un common one, it does not stand alone. We find, for tnstance, In an English kennel journal an account of a pointer who lived in Rustchuk, on the Danube, and who manifested precisely the ability shown by Leo. This dog's owner Is quoted as saying; "I was In the habit of taking Journeys of several days’ duration and uncertain length. Usually I was not able to inform my family of the day of my return. Sometimes the difficulties Of traveling made It Impossible for me to Judge myself when I might return. My ilog always knew. I used to return home by steamer from the other side of the river. My wife always knew from which steamer I should land by fhe dog's man ner. Shortly before the steamer on which I wss about to cross was timed to leave the station on the opposite river bank, the pointer became restless and excited, and would go out Into the garden to watch the steamer come arrow to our landing stage. My wife used to say to the children: 'Papa is on the steamer. The dog never made a mistake, although I might have come by sny of the steamers leaving during the day.' There >■ no hazard or guesswork in the dog’s pro ceedings. Simply he knew the moment his master set foot on the steamer, and showed that he knew It.” The source and form of this narrative combine to lend It credibility, and the oioeeness with which, though coming from such a dis tance, tt parallels the achievements of our own canine telepathist Is a matter Of intense satisfaction to us, i Jos. A. Magnus & Cos. t CINCINNATI, O. DOCTOR greatest known nerve ionic and blood purifier. It creates solid Hesb. muscle and strength, clears the brain, makes the blood pure and rich, and causes A general feeling of health, power and manly rigor. Within 3 da s m after taking ths first dose you no tice the return of the old yim. snap and energy you hare counted as lost forever, while a continued, judicious use causes an Improve ye meat both satisfactory and last* K* lne. One box will work wonders, p Ksix should perfect a bo cents $5 Ha box, 6 boxes for $2.5“ For sale B ■bp all druggists everywhere or will $3 Hbe mailed sealed upon receipt of H n price. 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