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Tlip Wenther.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair and continued warm
weather, with light to fresh southerly
winds; and for Eastern Florida generally
fair weather, with light to fresh north
easterly winds.
Messrs. Bryan and Stevenson will to-day
learn officially that they have been nomi
nated by the Democratic party for Presi
dent and Vice President of the I’nlted
States.
Maurice de Floury, an erudite French
man, eays that the term, “love sick," Is
not an empty phrase. According to him,
love is a malady of the mind, to be class
ed among the most distressful of disease*.
What are these foreign scientists going
to leave us In life that Is sane? Nordau
eays genius Is Insanity, Lombroso says
crime is Insanity, and now this other man
comes along and says the grand passion
of the heart is insanity:* Must man be
as unimaginative and as unemotional as
a clam to be classed us normal?
Dudley Township, Haskell county, Kan.,
came Into prominence four years ago as
the only township In the country to give
a. plurality for Palmer and Buckner. Dud
ley township comes forward again this
year, with a paramount Issue that Is en
tirely outside all of the platforms. James
Bradley, Republican, and Willis William
son, Democrat, are suitors for the hand
of Miss Kincaid. She has Informed them
that she will marry the one that carries
ths county for his candidate for Presi
dent. The electioneering that they are
doing is said to be something wonderful
to behold.
Meetings have recently been held in the
provinces of Tacna and Arica, Peru (or
Chile?) tn which it was resolved that an
nexation to the United States would
sought unless Chile speedily restored <he
provinces to the Peruvian government.
In Bolivia, which country is threatened by
Chilean aggreseion, there Is a good deal of
talk about annexation to the United
State*. Recently a leading journal of
Switzerland openly advocated the annexa
tion of that republic to the United Slates.
What a magnificent scheme of empire all
of these suggestions must open up to the
mind's eye of the Republican bosses!
An evidence of the Increasing importance
of New York as a money center is to he
seen tn the heavy subscriptions to the
new British war lonnol £10,000.000. Already,
It is estimated, more than one-half of the
total loan has been subscribed for in this
country. A few years ago the
floating of any considerable part of a Eu
ropean war loan in the United • States
would have been unthought of. Now, how
ever, American financiers have so much
money at their disposal that they are al
ways in the market for first-class securi
ties. domestic or foreign, even if the secu
rities offer low Interest. There are good
reasons for thinking that the lime Is not
far distant when the financial center of
k the world will not be In Europe, but In
■ Wall street. New York,
CHINESE OFFER CTROKG RE
SISTANCE.
It is evident that it is not going to he
an easy task for the all lea to reach Pekin.
It is a question whether they can reach it
at all without large reinforcements. The
meagre accounts of the battle that ha
been fought on the road to Pekin show
that the Chinese are prepared to make
very strong resistance. If it be true that
the killed and wounded of the allies num
bered I.HOO, it would not require many
more such battles to make them halt and
waif for assistance.
No doubt the loss of the Chinese was*
far greater than that of the allies. Sup
pose it was five iimes or even ten times
as great! They cculd stand many such
losses. They could lose an army of 100,000
and scarcely mies it. Hut every man of
the allies is needed. The allied army is a
small one, and it has a dangerous road of
seventy-two miles to travel in order to
reach its destination. And when It
reaches Pekin it may encounter a great
army—an army of perhaps 300,000 men.
It is fair to assume that the Chinese
have not been idle since it became known
U was the purpose of the Powers to send
an army to rescue the ministers. No
doubt they have been collecting their sol
diers from all pa its of the empire with
the View of inflicting a great defeat on the
allies. If the invaders should be driven
back, and put in peril at Tien Tsin, there
would be an uprising of the whole Chi
nese people. They hate foreigners, and
they would assume that they could drive
them out of China and keep them out if
they should force the allied army to re
treat to Tien Tsln.
If those in authority ot Pekin really
wanted peace they would have given up
the ministers when the demand for them
was first made. If the ministers did not
desire to risk themselves and families
with a Chinese escort, the Chinese would
have permitted a small force of the allies
to come to Pekin and take them to Tien
Tsin. It is clear that there has been no
Intention to give up the ministers except
on terms made by the Chinese authorities.
It would not be surprising if among the
terms would be one that all foreigners, in
cluding missionaries, should get out of
China and stay out, and that all territory
ceded by the empire in recent years un
der compulsion to European Powers
should be restored.
The statement made by LI Hung Chang
that the minister# were sent to Tien Tsin
several days ago is not credited, even in
China. It is doubtful if the Chinese gov
ernment will give up the ministers until
It is compelled to do so.
A TASTE OF IMPERIALISM.
Here and there evidence is crop-'
ping out that the people are becoming dis
satisfied because Congress has failed to
repeal the war taxes. It Is asserted by the
administration that we ore at peace with
all the world, and yet the war taxes are
still being collected. It may Ire said that
we are having trouble in China, and that
the cost of sending an army there is very
great. The trouble In China had not Ire
gun when Congress adjourned. Hence the
Republicans cannot say their refusal to
reduce the war taxes was due to expendi
tures in China.
While we are not at war with the Fil
ipinos we are doing a good of fight
ing In the Philippines, and It costs a vast
amount of money to maintain the 60,000
soldiers there. The Indications are that
even more soldiers than are there now
will hwve to be kept there for many years
if the policy of holding the islands as a
permanent possession prevails.
The money spent in holding the Philip
pines Is giving the people a taste of im
perialism. To rttie people without their
consent a large army Is nedessary, and a
large army means heavy taxes. No ar
gument that Mr. Bryan or any other
orator will make during the presidential
campaign will have so much Influence
with the people as these war taxes which
they are now paying. They cannot see
that the Philippines will ever be of much
benefit to this country. But they know
that they are costing n great deal of
money and many valuable lives.
Some of the Republicans are claiming
that we have the Philippines now and
we cannot honorably get rid of them—that
we are under obligations to the whole civ
ilized world to hold on to them and pro
vide them with an enlightened, liberal and
stable government. If that is the case
then the Republican party ought to be
turned out of power for Insisting upon
having them. The main reason why It
Insisted on having them was that It
thought It would gain great glory by
adding so much territory to the republic,
and that the popularity thus acquired
would be sufficient to give it a long lease
of power. It did not forsee that the Isl
ands would be a costly possession—that
an army would be necessary to hold them
and that their commerce would not he
sufficient to offset in the smallest degree
the sacrlftce* the American people would
have to make to rule them.
The Republicans are saying that im
perlalsm will not cut much of a figure
in the campaign. It Is beginning to look
as If the people would give very little at
tention to anything else.
The New York Commercial, philosophiz
ing upon plantation labor and the educa
tion of the negro, reaches this conclusion:
"A negro cotlonfleld 'hand' with a good
education ought not to be any more of an
anomaly than a 'hired man' on a New
Hampshire farm, who can demonstrate a
problem In algebra during the nooday
lunch, and he Is by no means uncommon.”
This presupposes the mental equality of
the negro and the white “hired man” of
New Hampshire; in which premises the
Commercial fatallyorrs. Whetherornot the
negro "with a good education” "ought not
to be” an anomaly as a farm hand, the
fact remain* that such farm hand Is not
only an anomaly, but Is Lon-exlstent.
There are many educated negroes In I hie
country, but non* of them Is to he found
as a "hand" on a farm. It Is the negro’s
Idea that as soon as he acquires an edu
cation. even if It be only a superficial one,
that he must enter one of the professions
or hold a political office. With his educa
tion he takes on too much dignity to work
with his hands. Ho looks upon the ability
to read, write and "cipher" as an "open
sesame” to all of the good things and soft
snaps of life. He must he a preacher, a
teacher, a lawyer or a politician, or he will
be nothing at all. There is no such thing
as the dignity of labor in his lexicon.
Booker T. Washington has frequently re
marked upon thle characteristic of the
race, and he Is doing hts beat to counter
act It; but ao far the fruits of his efforts
ore Dot visible.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 8. 1000.
A MISTAKE* VIEW.
Some of the Republican papers are say
ing that there is no freedom of speech
and discussion in political matters in the
South, and they base this statement on
the fact that the electoral vote of the
South will he cast solidly for Mr. Bryan,
notwithstanding the belief of Southern
business men that his election would not
be for the best interests of the country.
There is no doubt, of course, that the
electoral vote of the South will be cast
for Mr. Bryan, but it is not true that
there Is no freedom of discussion of polit
ical matters in the South. Neither is there
any substantial ground l for saying that
the business men of the South think that
the election of iMr. Bryan would be inim
ical to the best interests of the country.
It is no doubt true that many Southern
business men favor the re-election of Mr.
McKinley, and it is probable that they
will vote for him. just as they did in 1896.
That there is no effort to suppress the
discussion of political questions, or to pre
vent a division of the people into political
parries, is shown by the fact that the
Populist party became strong in every
one of the Southern states. It
still has considerable strength in each one
of them. The most of the Populists, how
ever, have returned to the Democratic
party because the principles of that party
suit them better than those of the Pop
ulist party.
Rut what the Republican papers mean
when they say that there is no
freedom of opinion in political mat
ters in the South is tha4 the
white people do not feel free to
join the Republican party. They are free
to join that party If they want to, but
they do not want to. And why? Simply
because it is against their interest to do
so, end the Republican party has made it
against their Interest. That party under
took to control the South by means of
the negro. It attempted to do an impos
sible thing, namely, to put an inferior
race over a superior one. The white peo
ple, in self protection, were forced to act
together. By acting together they got con
trol of their political affairs, and by re
maining together they retain control of
them. The Republican party failed In its
attempt to get the Congressmen and elec
toral votes of the South. For the sake
of getting the Congressmen and the
electoral votes the Republican party
would have turned the South over to negro
rule. *
That party therefore has no ground for
complaining that the electoral vote of the
South will go solidly to Mr. Bryan. It has
been the chief agent in making it solid
for him. And it continues a policy calcu
lated to keep the South solid. Every Re
publican President fills the principal Fed
eral offices in the South with negroes. If
the ballot had not been given to the ne
groes. or given to them only as they
showed themselves fit for it, the chances
are that there would be a strong white
Republican party in the South now. But
there will never be a white Republican
party In the South as long as there is an
opportunity for the negroes to exercise
great political power.
Thes.e same Republican papers complain
of the movement in the South to disfran
chise Illiterate negroes. Why shoukl they
complain? When that movement is com
plete there will be a better opportunity
for the Republican party In the South than
there is now. With the negro vote out of
the way the political division of the white
people will become more marked.
The Republican party gets nothing from
the fiouth under existing conditions. It
may get something after the disfranchis
ing movement has been completed, though
it is probable that the Democratic party
will always he dominant in the South.
The Republican party made a mistake
when It attempted to force negro rule on
the South and it would make a mistake
if It should oppose the movement to dis
franchise illiterate negroes.
ENGLAND'S FINANCIAL CONDITION.
The Boer war Is causing uneasiness in
financial circles in London. It was stated
In our dispatches a day or two ago that
the English governmetn was seeking to
borrow JjO.OOO.OOp New York. It Is un
derstood that the bonds that are offered
there will be taken. Therefore some of the
gold of the T’nlted States will go to the
Bank of England. But the rate of inter
est that England is now compelled to pay
for money Is very close to 4 per cent. The
government of this country had no trouble
in getting all the money it asked for at
the beginning of the Spanish-American
War at 3 per cent., and these 3 per cent*
now command a premium of about 9 per
cent. English consols arc offered at 9714.
It Is not surprising, under the circum
stances, that there Is uneasiness in Lon
don's financial circles.
The Boer war has proven far more ex
pensive than It was thought It would be.
It has already cost over $300.(100.000, and
the end Is not yet In sight. England has
an enormous debt. She Is rich, of course,
but her resources are not Inexhaustible.
In fact they are steadily becoming smaller.
This country Is cutting Into her commerce
In a way that is making her merchants
and manufacturers extremely anxloua In
steel products Americans arc underselling
English manufacturers in the London
markets. If they are underselling them
at home what must they be doing In other
markets In which they compete with them?
If England feels the financial strain of a
little war like that in South Africa what
would be her financial condition If she
should become Involved In a great war? A
great war growing out of the Chinese sit
uation to which she would be a party Is
not Improbable. It Is not to be wondered
at that there are anxious faces among the
statesmen and leading business men of
England.
These are halcyon days for anarchists.
Lucchenl, who assassinated the Empress
of Austria, Is serving a life sentence In
Geneva, because there Is no death penalty
in Switzerland; young Sipldo, who at
tempted the life of the Prince of Wales
In Belgium, Is at large through a miscar
riage of Justice, and it transpires that
Brescl, who killed King Humbert, cannot
be executed for the reason that capital
punishment has been abolished In Italy.
As long os these men live they will be re
garded by others of their class as heroes
and an Inspiration to similar deeds. It Is
worthy of remark In this connection that
(here are in this country five states in
which the President might be assassinated
without the murderer suffering capital
punishment. These states are Colorado,
Rhode Island, Maine, Michigan and Wis
consin In each the death penalty Is for
bidden by law.
Richard Harding uai’ia went to South
Africa decidedly pro-BritfteJi. He has just
returned to New York, and it appears that j
while he is not exactly bubbling over ■
with contempt for the British army officer,
he is pretty close to it. It is to be borne
in mind, however, that the American
army officers in Tampa, just prior to
invasion of Cuba, earned the lasting dis
pleasure of Mr. Davis by attending to
their own business in their own way and
paying precious little attention to him.
Probably the failure of the British in
South Africa to fully realize the im
portance of Mr. Davis, at his own valua
tion, had a good deal to do with Mr.
Davis’ opinion of the British officers. At
a!! events, he says the English soldier is a
loser of the worst possible sort. Lord
Roberts, according to his view, lacks a lot
of having the hardy Dutchmen beaten,
and the worst part of the war is yet to
come. He says the English stories of the
Boers having used poisoned bullets is all
stuff. The Boers greased their cartridges,
to make them work smoothly, and where
the tallow and the shell came together a
“green stuff formed, just as a green stuff
will form in a brass candlestick.’’ An
English soldier, who had one of the Boer
“poisoned” cartridges, showed it to young
Consul Hay, and complained of the bar
barism of the Dutchmen. Hay placed the
bullet In his mouth and scraped off the
“green stuff” with his teeth. “Bring me
all of these you can get,*’ he told the
Britisher, “I like to eat this thing on
them.’’
Thirteen of the battleships enumerated
by the British Admiralty as belonging to
the “first line of defense,’* a similar class
ification to the American first-class bat
tleships, are said to be armed with large
guns that ore in no essential different
from the gun# with which the Victory
was armed in 1805. They are old, muzzle
loading pieces, awe-’nspiring to the sight,
but of little consequence if pitted against
the modern rapid-fire, breech-loading ri
fled cannon of rruch smaller caliber. The
best guns of this fleet of thirteen battle
ships, it is said, became obsolete thirty
years ago. Many Englishmen are coming
to a realizing sense of the fact that a con
siderable proportion of the boasted Brit
ish navy is deplorably weak in both armor
and armament, and that some of the
heaviest nnd most formidable looking of
the old battleships would fall easy prey
to the modern swift and powerful cruisers
that have been recently added to the na
vies of other countries.
Dr. Harper, president of the University
of Chicago, is going to make the experi
ment of living on an expenditure of 15
cents ri day for each member of his fam
ily. He will do this for one week. Can
he possibly demonstrate any useful propo
sition by any such experiment?
PERSONAL.
—An American woman. Miss Harriet C.
Fay, is chaperoning a party of eight young
Mexican women, lately graduated, who
are making a tour of the United States
for the purpose of examining the schools.
Th state of Vera Cruz pays all the ex
penses. They have visited St. Louis, Chi
cago, Buffalo, New York and Boston.
—Gen. Alexei Nicolalevich Kuropatkln,
(he Russian Minister of War, is probably
the most trusted, most powerful and most
faithful servant of the Czar, says the Chi
cago Times-Herald. His rise to rank and
power was gradual but sure, and In IR9S
he was made absolute master, under the
Czar, of the armies of all the Russia*. He
began his military career in Turkestan
when a youth, and has served with distinc
tion In all Russia's wars for many years.
—Gen. Chaffee, who is now in command
of our forces in China, bears the odd
Christian names of Adna Romanza. Adna
i from the Hebrew and signifies pleasure,
while Romanza is derived from the Ital
ian, Romanza. and In English is applied,
in music, to a tender sentiment—a song
without words. It would be Interesting
to know how Gen. Chaffee's parents, who
were plain farmer folk living in prosaic
Central Ohio, came to give their son there
peculiar names. This stern, matter of fact
man of action would seem to have a name
quite out of harmony with his character.
—The Philadelphia Press says: “The
will of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, a rel
ative of the French Emperor, who resided
in France, though a native and citizen of
this country, has been put on record by
Register of Wills Haekett. The testament
devises to his family his estate of $1,000.-
000. with the exception of a few small leg
acies to servants. The will requests that
at the widow’s death she shall give and
bequeath all pictures, busts and other ar
ticles connected with the family and In
the nature of family souvenirs or heir
looms to the children or their descend
ants. In the event of no descendants
surviving him, the heirlooms, of almost
priceless value, are to revert to his broth
er, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, or issue of
the latter.”
CIHIIEXT COMMENT.
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) .save:
"Mr. William W. Rockhlll has been ap
pointed a special United States Commis
sioner to China. Just what we want with
a special United States Commissioner now
has not been explained Possibly he goes
as a part of the commission habit of the
administration. His principal duty will
be to keep away from those parts of
China where there is information to be
obtained. If he shculd go to these for
bidden places he might be gobbled up.
and our country might be obliged to go
to war to get him out of pawn. In -the
places which will be accessible to Mr.
'Rockhlll there are now plenty of repre
sentatives of the United S ates capable
of giving information to the government
at Washington.”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem ) says;
"Doubtless it was 'fun' for John W.
Gales, the head of the Wire and Steel
Trust, to throw silver francs from the
top of the Eiffel tower to the sctambling
Frenchmen below, but many people in
this country find displeasure In reading
of his vulgar performance. Moreover,
there are workingmen who were forced
into Idleness to promote the speculative
scheme* of the trust, and these may be
prone to think that by good right the
scattered francs were theirs.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.),
discussing the North Carolina franchise
amendment, says: "The Southern whites,
however, ore Rot entirely confident that
the grandfather clause will survive the
crucible of the courts. It Is understood
that the North Carolina amendment is
not made operative until July 1. 1992. In
the hope that changes In the Supreme
Court by that lime will render that body
more favorable to the amendment than
It is feared the present court might be."
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) says: "Every now and then a
bishop say* that the China tragedy "Is
simply a plowing of ‘the field for the gos
pel." Bishop Moore of ths Methodist per
suasion strongly holds to this theory. It
will have to be said, however, that the
Chinese are now killing off the native
Christians much faster than the mission
aries can convert them."
A Valuable Book.
It waji an open car, says the Washing
ton Star. A man of years and sedateness
eat next to a young man who was con
sulting a dictionary. By and by,
and without any premonitory symptoms,
the sedate man said;
“It’s in there. I was looking overdone of
them books yesterday and I picked out
the very words.”
“What do you refer to?’’ asked the
young man.
“To w hat a woman up my way called
me when I askel her to marry me.”
“And what was it?”
“A concave cataleptic semi-annual old
id ot. At first I didn't exactly know
whether she meant to say yes or turn me
down, but after looking in the dietlcnary
I mad© up my mind that she was dot for
me. Mighty handy, these diction irlcS are,
when you g<t stuck on a hard word, eh?’’
Prince Remembered Playmate.
Ten year's ago when the crown prince
of Japana was in his thirteenth year, his
highness rpent a summer at Futamigua
ra. Ise, says the Cleveland Leader. While
cut on the water one day the Prince no
ticed a fisherman’s boy of about the same
age as himself, whose skill in swimming
drew forth hi* admiration. The lowly
youth, whose name was Yei, was present
ed to the Prince, and there sprang up a
friendship between the two. His highness
was once more back at Ise the other day,
on his wedding tour, and the Prince
thought of Yei. He wanted to see his old
friend, and, after a good deal of trouble,
the order was conveyed to Yei, now
grown a sturdy young man, tut still poor
and lcwly. In high delight the Prince ta fe
ed freely of the past and then allowed
Yei to take leave of him loaded with va
rious presents.
A Clever Use of Strategy.
An English paper records the following
instance of the ingenuity of Col. Frank
Rhodes when the relief column was mak
ing its way to Mafeking and Plumer and
Baden-Powell had sent messages asking
for details as to numbers, guns and sup
plies. It was impossible to trust a
straightforward answer to the risks of the
road, and so the native runners were sup
plied with this ingenius reply:
“Our numj>ers are the navel and military
multiplied by 10; our guns are the number
of sons in the Ward family; our supplies
the O. C. Ninth Lancers.’’ It would have
puzzled the Boer intelligence department
to find out that the Naval and Military
Club is at 94 Picdadilly; that the house
of Dudley has six sons, and that the offi
cer commanding the Ninth Lancers is Col.
Small-Little.
Won 111 n’t Give up the Button.
There is a good story told of a ma
gician who has passed the great divide,
says Spare Moments. He was a world
traveled player, and his wanderings set
him upon cne occasion in far-away New
Zealand. It was arranged that he should
give an exhibition of mirid-reading before
the King of the Maoris.
After some parleying it was decided
that the king himself should conceal the
article which the magician was to dis
cover. The mind-reader left the room,
and aft r a time was brought back blind
folded, as is the custom in such perform
ance*. After some time the magician de
clared that the hidden article, was in the
king’s mouth. His majesty shook his
head savagely in the negative. The ma.-
gician insisted upon his point, and de
manded that the king's mouth be opened
wide. The king refused. The magician
insisted, and the excitement became very
great, until at last the dusky king re
luctantly opened his jaws. The article
was not there!
The next instant, however, the king was
taken with a violent fit of coughing. He
bad tried to swallow the lost article, a
button, but could not, and was compelled
to cough it up. The Maoris were up
roarious with mirth. They did not know
which to admire the more—the wisdom of
the magician or the heroism of the king.
Ploknrd and Pickard.
There arc two ministers in Cleveland who
bear the same surname, says the Cleve
land Leader. The yare Rev. Ward Beech
er Pickard and Rev. 'William 1.. Pickard,
time ago Rev. W. B. Pickard was
sitting in his study at his home on Fourth
avenue when his wife brought him a
daintily scented envelope. She said that
a man in evening ajttlre and who looked
to be a blushing groom, had given her
the trackage.
Mr. Pickard tore open the envelope and
found a gold eagle. He guessed what it
was for and for whom It was meant, so
he forwarded It to Dr. W. L. Vflckard.
Another funny incident happened. Dr.
W. L. Pickard was conducting Sunday
school meetings in a small town. After
the services an elder came to him and
said that a poorly clad man was wailing
in the, ante-room to see him. Dr. Pickard
went into the room and confronted the
stranger. The man stammered and halt
ingly said that he wanted to see Mr.
Pickard. The minister replied that his
name was Pickard, and asked, “What can
I do for you?”
“Well. I wanted to see Mr. Pickard, as I
am a friend of his, but if you are half as
good a minister you will lend me a quar
ter.”
He got the money.
Ahead of Poe.
Two hundred years before Christ a Chi
nese statesman and poet, Kla Y 1 by name,
anticipated Edgar Allen Poe's master
piece, says the New York Post. This
we have on the authority of the Book
buyer, and Mr. J. Dyer Ball's "Things
Chinese” (Scribners'), In which the Chi
nese “Raven” reads as follows;
THE FU-NIAO. OR BIRD OF FATE.
'Twas in the month of chill November,
As I can very well remember,
In dismal, gloomy, crumbling hall,
Betwixt moss-covered, reeking walls,
An exiled poet lay—
On his bed of straw reclining.
Half despairing, half repining;
When athwart the window sill,
Flew a bird of omen ill.
And seemed Inclined to stay.
To my book of occult learning.
Suddenly I thought of turning.
All the mystery to know
Of that shameless owl or crow,
That would not go away.
"Wherever such a bird shall enter,
‘TIs sure some power above has sent her,
(So said the mystic book) to show
The human dweiler forth must go”—
But where, it did not say.
Then anxiously the bird addressing,
Ann my Ignorance confessing,
“Gentle bird, In mercy deign
The will of Fate to me explain,
Where Is my future way?"
It raised its head as If 'twere seeking
To answer me by simple speaking,
Then folded up ltf sable wing.
Nor did It utter anything.
But breathed a “Well-a-day!”
More eloquent than any diction.
That simple sign produced conviction.
Furnishing to me the key
Of the awful mystery
That on my spirit lay.
"Fortune's wheel Is ever turning,
To human eye there's no discerning
Weal or woe in any state;
Wisdom is to bide your fate;”
This is what is seemed to say
In that simple "Well-a-day.”
This is not very good poetry, but It Is
a “Raven” poem without doubt. We
know that
"Ther n'ls no newe guise that it n'as
olde.”
But w# should be glad none the less to
know more of the euphonious Kal Yl, to
I see the original Chinese, and to be aa-
Igured of the translator'* candor,
)
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—A Missouri paper, driven to despera
tion, offers cash for the remains of cam
paign poets, but stipulates that certifi
cates must accompany all consignments
showing that death was not due to nat
ural causes.
—The largest halloon ever constructed,
and capable of lifting over six tons, wl 1
asct nd ftom Berlin shortly to make mete
orological observations. It will be sup
plied with provisions for several weeks
and with two beds.
—Proximity to a fire engine house dees
not insure one against danger from flames.
A woman in Chicago recently moved near
a west side engine house, and the very
next day her gasoline stove blew up and
set fire to the house, which burned to the
ground. *
—To prevent the destruction of the vast
areas of forest land in the northern part
of Ontario the Canadian government has
issurd a card of instruction to campers,
telling how and where to build fires and
how to prevent damage, an ounce of pre
vention being apparently properly va'ued
in that region.
—The maria for riding on railway trains
is now known as chuchuitis. A physician
in Chicago has invented a word to des
cribe a patient whose mania Is riding
upon the trolley cars. He calls him a trol
liac, which is a very expressive term. Ths
doctcr siys that trolleyitis is becoming
very prevalent in Chicago.
—lt is not generally known, but the
name Kearsarge, applied to the mountain
and the warship, is not of Indian origin
at all. An officer of the hydrographic of
fice says that it is a combination of let
ters formed from the yankee name Heze>-
kiah Sargent, an old farmer, who lived
near the New England peak.
—Pearl fishing is ©aid to be falling off.
In Ceylon, a short time ago, it was found
that immense banks of oysters had abso
lutely disappeared, and now at Mergui,
across the sea from Madras, the Mergui
pearl fishing is reported to be declining,
because returns in the shape of valuable
pearls art decreasing, while, on the other
hand, the cost of pearling is greater than
it was.
—The pay of the Chinese soldier indi
cates that he must be an even more eco
nomical person than the New Zealand
bushman who was able to live on £4 10s
a year (on w r hlch he kept a horse and en
tertained). The Chinese private, at £2 8s
per annum, is extremely inexpensive com
pared with the Englishman at £77, the
Russian at £4B and the Italian—the cheap
est of European soldiers —at £4l.
—News of a rich turquoise find comes
from Cerrillos, N. M. The strike was
made in the mines of the American Tur
quoise Company at a depth of 300 feet.
Experts pronounce the gems the largest
ever found, as well as possessing the
greatest purity, with the most beautiful
tinting*. Most of them will easily polish
to the size of small hens' eggs, which
easily ranks thejn as the largest in the
world.
—Needles are made by machinery. The
piece of mechanism by which the needle is
manufactured takes the rough steel wire,
cuts It into proper lengths, files the-point,
flattens the head, pierces the eye, then
sharpens the tiny instrument and gives it
that polish familiar to the purchaser.
There is also a machine by which needles
are counted and placed In the papers in
which they are sold, these being after
ward foldtd by the same contrivance.
—“lf a spray of liquid air is applied
to the skin,” says Omega, “the part at
once becomes anemic and perfectly color
less. If the application is made only
for a few seconds, the color as quickly
returns and the skin is congested for
some minutes thereafter. Wtthln much
less than a minute’s time, by means of a
spray, the pert Is frozen as hard as ice,
but, strange to say, in a few minutes cir
culation returns without injury to the
tissue, providing the part Is not in the end
of some extremity. There Is no pain In
the application excepting at the very be
ginning; but there is a slight burning nr
tingling. It also completely anesthetizes
the part to which it is applied without
freezing it solid.”
—The acceptance by Dr. Pritchett,
superintendent of the Coast Survey, of
the presidency of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, is an instance, we
are reminded by the Popular Science
Monthly, of “the fact that the only pro
motion possible to men of science or uni
versity professors Is an executive posi
tion. The type of the German Gelehrte,
still cut rent in literature and on the stage,
is not common in America. The modern
methods of advancing science—the labora
tory, the observatory, the museum, the
expedition, with their complex equlpmeht
—demand administrative ability of a high
order. Science has been able to supply
presidents, not only to the great techni
cal schools, but also to Harvard, Johns
Hopkins, Stanford, and other universi
ties. Still, it Is unfortunate that the man
of science can not look forward to pro
motion in the direction of his own work."
—David Iks wick, formerly of Philadel
phia, has Just returned from Tlen-Tsln,
where he went some time ago to set up a
woolen mill at the invitation of a Chinese
mandarin. "I greatly regret the troubles
that have arisen,” he says, "for I saw a
bright futrue there for American capital
and skilled labor, especially mechanical
and civl engineers. Tien Tsin, with mills,
would become a great manufacturing cen
ter, because from there are shipped vast
quantities of wool, much of it to this city,
for making carpets. At present it is one
of the main shipping ports of China, some
of its products besides wool being hides,
peanuts, br'stles, and furs of all kinds. I
found the natives lo be a very intelligent
people and splendid Imitators. The cli
mate is cold and healthy, well suited, lo
Americans. Living is very cheap. Duck.
wild boars, deer, pheasants—in fact, all
game—is the cheapest kind of food, while
mutton, beef and canned goods bring high
price*. Theie are no factories north of
Shanghai except the one I ran. Ido not
yet knew win ther to go back. The causes
of the uprising are so complicated that no
one can defne the real origin of the
trouble.”
—A remarkable escape from death is
chronicled by a correspondent to the En
gineering News from Tacoma, Wash.: "In
some manner the clothing of an engineer
at the Olympic Iron Works of that city
was caught In the revolving shaft of the
engine and his body Instantly drawn In
and whirled around with the machinery.
After a short time (variously estimated
aj from one to five minutes), the engine
was stopped and the apparently lifeless
body taken down, practically denuded of
clothes and bleeding from many wound*
on the face and on other parts of the
body. Almost immediately, however, sign*
of recovery were shown, and before an
ambulance arrived the man was able to
sit up and even to walk, with assistance.
The remarkable feature of the accident
lies In the fact that the man was whirled
around with sufficient speed and force for
his feet and legs to strike the floor and
split one-inch boards, without breaking
tiny bones or even badly straining or
bruising them. As the shaft was revolv
ing over 100 revolutions per minute, and
the distance from floor to shaft is about
three feet, his feet were traversing the
circumference of a circle of six feet In
diameter at a velocity of approximately
2,000 feet per minute. We are all familiar
with the phenomenon of shooting a candle
through n board without damage to the
candle,'but that n human being can be
caught by the shoulders and made to split
kindlings wl*h his heels without damage
to the aforesaid heels seems well-nigh in
credible."
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
§The Quaker Herl
Tonic le not only a,
blood purliier, but a
Blood maker foe
Fale, Weak and De
bilitated people who
have not strength
nor blood It acts aa
a tonic, it regulates
digestion, cures dys
pepsia and lends
strength and tone to
the nervoirs system.
It ts a medicine for weak women. It la a
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and all 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 *I.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM Is the medicire
that the Quaker Doctor made all of his
wonderful quick 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 HEADING SALVE, a vege
table ointment for the cure of tetter, ec
zema and eruptions of the skin. Pries
10c a box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
S., 1.81. Of HOPE R’Y AND C. BS. RT
SCHEDULE
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 tor I. of H.| Lv. Isle of Hope.
630 am from Tenth | 600 am for Bolton"
730 am from Tenth I 600 am for Tenth
830 am from Tenth j 700 am for Tenth
9 15 am from Bolton | 8 00 am for Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth |lO 00 am for Tenth
13 00 n’n from Tenth |ll 00 am for Bolton
1 15 pm from Bolton |ll 30 am for Tenth
230 pm from Tenth | 2CO pm for Tenth
330 pm from Tenth | 2 40 pm for Bolton
430 pm from Tenth | 3 00 pm for Tenth
530 pm from Tenth | 4 00 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth | 6 GO 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 (10 00 pm for Tenth
MONTGOMERY. '
Lv city for Mong'ry. |" Lv. Montgomery'
8 30 am from Tenth | 7 15 am for Tenth"
2 30 pm from Tenth | 1 15 pm for Tenth
6 30 pm from Tenth | 6 00 pm for Tenth
_____ CATTLE PARK.
Lv city for'CatTPurkj Lv7 Cattle Park.
6 30 am from Bohon | 700 am for Bolton
7 30 am from Bolton j 8 00 am for Bolton
100 pm from Bohon | 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton ! 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 OO pm from Bolton | 7 30 pm for Bolton
800 pm from Bolton | 8 30 pm for Bolton
THUN DERBOLT.
Car leaves Bolton street Junction 5:3®
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 wesi side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all Intermediate ftoints at 9:00 a. m.,
1:00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Marke* 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 minutes
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.
B. B. Neal, F. P. Millard,
President Vice Prasldeat
Henrt Bunt, Jr Sec’y and Tress
NEAL-MILLARD CO.
Builders' Material,
Sasb, Doors and Blinds,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Class and Brnshes,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE,
Limp, Cement and Plaster,
■* aag Whitaker Street*.
UlUlil, flu.
| AFever]
L dumb ague and A
MALARI A jj
SARATOGA.
THE GRAND UNION
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HOTEL VICTORIA
Broadway, sth avenue and 271 h st., New
York city. Entirely new; absolutely fire
proof; European plan. Rooms, SI.OO per
day ar.d upward.
ROBERT T. DUNLOP. Manager.
Formerly of Hotel Imperial.
ROCK LEDGE,
ASHEVILLE, N. C„
In the Mountain*. The p ace to spend
your vacation. New house, cool rooms,
modern conven cnees; on Battery Park
till), near postofflee. Free from noise and
dust; excellent table; moderate rate.
MRB, L. COLE.
UNION HOTEL.
West Broad and Harts streets,
opposite Central Depot.
Modern appointment. Convenient to all
street car lines. Hates $1.25 and $1.50 end
$2.00 per day. Single meal 23c.
<M. J. PATERSON, Manager.