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4 §% |Hofnitio tfotnmg News Building, Savannah* Un SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1900. Registered at the Postoffice in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month, $4.00 for si* months, and SB.OO lor one year. The HORNING NEW'S, by mail, si* times s week (without Sunday issue), three months, (1.00, six months $3.00; one year SO-00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 issues a week, Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mail at risk ol senders. Transient advertisements, other than apecial column, local or reading noticea, 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 rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. 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Auction Sale—Administrator's Sale, by I. D. Laßoche, Auctioneer. Our Coffee Department—At Munster's. Saturday, Aug. 11.—At the Metropolitan. Last of the Season—Auctumn Vacation pleasure Tours, via the New York Cen tral. Legal Sales—City Sheriff's Sale. Publication— RamDMcNally Dollar Atlas of the Worid. at the Morning News. Corsets—Thomeoti's "Glove-Fitting” Cor set*. Grape Nuts Food—Postum Cereal Com pany. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Baking Powder—Royal Baking Powder. Legal Notices—Citations From the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary. Medical-Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Pills; Tutfs Pills; Dr. Hathaway Company. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent, For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Wt-nther. The indications for Georgia to-day are for generally fair weather, with light to fresh southwi sterly winds; tjnd for East ern Florida fair weather In northern por tion; local rain* In southern portion, and light to fresh southeasterly winds. Those persons who four years ago were calling Mr. Bryan a man of one idea are now In a position to see that they were wrong. After the row in the Texas convention over the oil trust had quieted down, It was found that there was a dead Hogg in the political pen, while Joe Bailey stood with one foot upon the prostrate form triumphantly waving his snickersnee. The Sultan of Turkey the other day de clared that he was profoundly moved to hear of the Boxer atrocities upon Chris tians In China. It would appear from the advice* from Bitlis, published yester day, that th 6 manner in which the Sultan had been moved was to imitate the Box ers. Not less than 200 Armenians, the re port says, have lately been massacred by the Sultan's troops. Some years ago a wise man, whom no body remembers now. Invented what he cnlied a universal language, which he named Volapuk. Nobody ever used it, and nobody ever will. Now another wise man, who resides in Paris, has Invented another universal language, which he calls Bolak. He claims that one can learn to read it in three minutes, trans late it in three hours and speak it In three weeks. The chief difficulty with this new "language” would probably be that when one had learned It, he would have to teach It to the foreigner with whom he wished to employ It in conversa tion. American eagerness to subscribe for the new British war loan is explained by a contemporary by the fact that these se curities, offered at 98, run three years, draw 334 per cent., and are not subject to taxation. On the other hand, the British treasury was willing to allot one-half of the issue, or *25.008000, of the bonds to American bidders for the reason that that was the easiest and most natural way o£ securing gold to relieve the British mar ket and avoid an abnormal discount rate. It was purely a business transaction, on both sides. The Americans desired safe securities offering a fair rate of interest. * and the British wanted gold for their war. A queer rumor, purporting to give one of the "political reasons” Involved In the removal of the naval station to Charles ton, Is wafted across the river. It js fo the effect that Senator Tillman I* offer ing Charleston the naval station as the price for keeping his friends In office. Ac cording to the story. Tillman says to Charleston. In effect: "Elect Martin sher iff. or I will withdraw my support from the removal scheme and work against It.” At a public meeting one night not long •go, it Is said, Capt. Jervey was Intro duced as "the next sheriff," when a voice In the audience cried; "If we don't elect Martin we won’t get any naval elation!" Bog rolling with naval stations is a pon derous buMncs*. THE SUGGESTION TO CHINA. It is probable that the Chinese govern ment will act favorably on the third sug gestion in the President's letter to the Emperor of China—the letter cent on July 23 if it finds that It is not able to resist the advance of the allies. But if it should succeed i.i arresting the:r advance the suggestion will be rejeettd. The suggestion is that the government put itself in com | municatlon with the relief expedition and co-operate with it in the effort to get the occupants of the legations safely out of Pekin. It Is evident that the government Is afraid that if It permits the allies to ad vance to P< kin, even under an agreement to retire as soon as they get possession of the occupants of the legations, the Powers will make exor bitant demands for indemnity, and will refuse to 1 ave the capital until these de mands are c mpiied with. If that is Its reason for hesitating to accept the Pres ident's suggestion its hesitation might be overcome by an understanding that only American troops shall advance to Pe kin to reoeive the ministers and those de pendent upon them. The government understands very well that the United States ate not seeking Chinese territory and are not unfriendly to the Chinese people. It has every rea son to believe It can trust the Americans. It is probable that the United States will make a demand for Indemnity of some kind .because their minister has been at tacked and his life and the lives of the members of the American legation have been put in Jeopardy. It is also probable that some of the defenders of the legation and a number of American missionaries have been killed. The government has grossly violated Its treaty obligations to the United States and it no doubt ex pects it will have to make reparation of some sort. Nevertheless, it knows very well that if the United States agree that their troops shall retire from Pekin ns soon as the occupants of the legations are delivered to them the agreement will be faithfully kept. Still, as already stated, it Is probable that the government will not accept the President's suggestion unless It becomes convinced that ll cannot check the ad vance of the relief army. It never con cedes anything except under the pressure of force. The Chinese are suspicious of the sug gestions and promises of the Powers, and they have some reason to be. Ever since the Powers gained a foothold in China they have treated the Chinese brutally. Their chief aim has been apparently to despoil them. Forcibly they have taken possession of about all of the harbors of China, and in some instances they have taken adjacent territory. It is not to be wondered at therefore that the Chinese hate foreigners, and do not trust the Powers. Evc-n the United States have not at all times dealt Justly with them, but they have never despoiled them of their territory, and, In the main, they have ful filled their treaty obligations. There is no reason why Chinamen should hesitate to trust them. It will certainly be fbr the best Interest of China for the govern ment to accept the President’s suggestion and get the ministers out of Pekin as quickly as possible. It is evident that the ministers will not accept the government’s suggestion, namely, to go to Tien Tsin under the escort of Chinese troops. If the government cannot protect the ministers Inside of the fortified legations, they cer tainly cannot protect them outside of them. JOY 18 KANSAS. The Kansas people are happy. It is all on account of the state’s big wheat crop. The state papers do not tire of telling about it. Accounts of it from local corre spondents are appearing in many of the Northern and Western papers. It is as serted that it will take 100,000 cars to can-y it to market, and the railroads are wondering where the supply of cars is to come from. ( The people are beginning to indulge In luxuries. Farmers who have been con tent to ride in springless wagons are noW figuring on rubber-tired carriages. Girls and boys who have been expecting noth ing better in the way of education than could be obtained in the district school are now preparing to go to college. The farmers’ daughter® no longer attend church in calico gowns. They have some thing better. They are now studying the dress patterns in the fashion periodicals. Evidences of the farm mortgages are dis appearing from the county records. Tho rate of Interest has fallen until now ■money Is freely offered at 7 per cent, a rate that has never before been known in the state on farm property. Some remarkable stories are told of suc cess In raising a crop. It is said that in Bloomfield township, Mitchell county, a man named Duncan leased a firm of 190 acres last fall, the rent being one-third of the crop. His family consisted of a daugh ter of 16 and a eon of 14 years of age. Soon after moving on the place he was taken ill. The girl and hoy ploughed the land, put it in wheat and then, during the winter ar.d spring, attended school. At harvest time they hired a man to drive the self-binder and they themselves set the sheaves in shock®. It was threshed a week or two ago and yielded 4,000 bushels, worth in the local market $2,400. There are stories of phenomenal yields and of farms paid for with this year's crop. Kansas is prosperous and has reason to be glad. Probably every person who has ever rid den on an open street car in rainy weath er, with the exception of the managers of the company, has wondered why the water from the roof is permitted to pom off the caves and down the backs of pas sengers as they get on or off, and down the back of the conductor as he moves along the footboard *0 collect the fares. One car company in Hartford has at lenglh been able to see and appreciate the point, and has remedied the evil. It§ open cars are. now provided with eive ttough*. The troughs run from end fo ond of She cars. Just beneath the edges of the roof, and the water is carried to the street through pipes. The arrangement fs so simple, so cheap and so effective that the wonder la that l has not been adopted all over the country. Tit* Republicans are putting out a cam paign button on which Is u picture of McKinley having under it the legend, "For a Full Dinner Pall." Presumably those idle workmen who have been thrown ou of employment by the shutting down of the mills of the steel and wire trust and the Bcesemer steel trust, will be among the first to don those buttons. THE MOKNING NEWS: SATURDAY,* AUGUST 11. 1900. LOOKING FOR CAMPAIGN FINDS. It was announced in Thursday's New York papers that Chairman Hanna and Mr. Bliss had gone to Boston to talk w*h the Republican leaders of that state. In this, connection it was stated in some of the Republican papers that the Repub lican National Committee was feaful that "over confidence will work harm to the national Campaign." What the Republican National Commit tee is afraid of is the apathy which is apparent among those who are supposed to desire the election of Mr. McKinley. The partisan Mail and Express is crying out to Republicans at the top of its voice, "Wake up." Still, there does, not seem to be much life among the Republicans. The truth is, many of them don’t like the imperial policy of their party, and they are not disturbed about the money issue. They do not believe that the Dem ocrats would attempt to overthrow the gold standard in the event of the elec tion of Mr. Bryan. They regard Mr. Bryan's silence on the silver question, when he delivered his notification speech, as an admission that he does not consider the silver question of great importance in this campaign—that he looks upon that question as practically settled. Feeling that way, it is going to be very difficult for Mr. Hanna to arouse any great amount of enthusiasm in his party. He will need a great deal of money to arouse the sort of enthusiasm that the Mail and Express wants. And it is probable that the reason for his visit to Boston was to find out what the prospects in that city are for cam paign funds. The heads of a number of great corporations live there and hereto fore they have been liberal contributors to the Republican campaign fund. No doubt they will be liberal with their money this year. The corporations, al ways want something in the way of leg islation, and they expect to get what they want from the Republican party. The Republican papers are throwing out the idea that as much money will not be spent in this campaign as there was in that of 1896. They are not sincere. If the money is not forthcoming Mr. Mc- Kinley will run as far behind Mr. Bry an as Mr. Bryan ran behind Mr. Mc- Kinley in 1596. If the Republicans did not expect to get and spend, vast sums of money they would not have kept Mr. Hanna at the head of their National Committee. He is not a popular man, but he knows how to get money from millionaires and trusts. It is pretended by some of the Republican leaders that Senator Hanna is wanted as one of the speakers of the campaign. Sen ator Hanna may feel flattered by this, but it is not likely he will appear n the stump. He would lose more votes for his party than he would make. SUfftß CANE IN GEORGIA. At the meeting of the State Agricultural Society in Dublin on Thursday, Prof. H. E. Srockbridge, director of the Florida Experimental Station, delivered an address on the cultivation of sugar cane In this state that was interesting and instructive. The Morning News has davoted a good deal of attention *0 the subject of grow ing sugar cane in Georgia, because it be lieves that if the cane is handled proper ly it is a profitable crop in any of the counties south of Macon. There ought to be a sugar refinery in Savannah, in order that the Georgia cane growers might have a sure market for their cane crops— a market in which remunerative prices could be obtained. No doubt a refinery will be erected here as soon as capitalists become satisfied <hat it would not excite the hostility of the sugar trust. In the meantime farmers can cultivate cr.ne with profit if they observe a rule laid down by Prof. Stockbridge for mak ing syrup. Heretofore It has been a diffi cult matter to get a price for syrup that yielded a fair profit. One reason that a bet ter price is not obtained, is the difficulty in keeping the syrup sweet. Prof. Stock • bridge told the farmers how he handled syrup so that it would keep sweet for years in open barrels. His method is a very simple one, and is within the reach of every farmer in South Georgia. It is this: Fill a barrel with the moss that grows on trees and run the cane juice through it before cooking. Prof. Stock bridge stated that he has kept syrup thus treated sweet five years, unsealed. He also made Ihe statement that he had recently sold syrup in barrels at 60 cents a gal lon. That is certainly a remunerative price. Most cane growers in this state think they are fortunate if they get 25 eenie. But they have not made the kind of syrup that commands the best price. It is In their power to make such syrup, how ever, iand,* if in future, they fail to do so, it will be their own fault if they do not get more than 15 or 20 cents a gallon for the product of their cane fields. A syrup refinery is to be established in Baxley. That is a move in the right direction. That it will pay a big interest on the money invested In It there is no doubt. It will be the forerunner of other similar factories. Such factories will as sist the cane growers of South Georgia greatly. It wiil insure them a good mar ket for their cane crops. South Georgia can produce enough high-grade syrup to supply the entire country. One of the silliest stories that the Hong Kong prevaricator has yet manufactured is one which albgts that the Filipino jupta had receive i with great pleasure the news of Bryan's nomination, and would proceed lo raise a fund of $5,000,001) for the Democratic campaign. "This fund," says tire story, "would be regu lated by the pledg s that they (the mem bers of the Junta), would receive from Mr. Bryan in regard to' the disposition of the Philippines." The yarn goes on to say that there a-e In Heath ns that an un derstanding has already been arrived at between the Democratic campaign mana ges and the Filipinos. Chaitman Jonea says the story is not a Joke, but a "lie,” and Treasurer Dunlap of the National Committee adds a big D to the char acterization. In Ihe case of Ferguson vs. Moon, re cently decided by the Supreme Court of Tennes.ee, the court held that an attor ney making an argument before a jury ha.l a legal right to shed tears If he so desired. In effect, the court sal.l that if the tears wrre available. It was not only permissible for the counsel to shed them, but it was hits duty to do so on the proper occasion. In the case under considera tion. tears had been shed by counsel for the plaintiff In a breach of promise suit, and counsel for the defense had objected on the ground that the jury hud bceu un duly influence^ An American. Dr Knopf, recently won the prize for the best es<ay on the treat ment of consumption, in a Berlin compe tition. The Philadelphia Ledger learns that the essay was not on the cure of the disease, but wholly a plea for its preven tion by means of right living, the proper course of which is pointed out in the pa per. "This,” says the Ledger, "is the common sense way to treat the subject, sir.ee an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, hut it w 11 not he so popu lar with patients. They want to live as they please and have the doctors cure them when they get sick as the result of their own Imprudence.” That, indeed, is the way of human nature. The probabilities are that the case of Roland B. Mollneux, charged with the murder by poison of Mrs. Adams, in New York, will cat up a pretty substantial fortune before the end of it is reached. It is estimated that the prosecution will cost the county of New York not less than tl 0,(00, whi e it is sure that the de fense will cost a big sum. Among the big bills that have been presented on the side of the prosecution are those of some of the experts. One expert’s bill, for an alyzing the stomach of the alleged victim and that of Barnet, who died about the same time under suspicious circumstances amounted to SIB,IOO. The controller has held it up. Rear Admiral Watson, who has arrived at Gravesend on the cruiser Baltimore, is quoted in a London dispatch as express ing the opinion that Aguinaido is dead. He has i ot for several months seen any thing to indicate that the Filipino leader is a,ive; and Aguiraido is not a man to remain in the background if he were alive. If it Is true that he is dead, Admiral W'atson believes the fact will go a long way towards putting an end to the in surrection as soon as it becomes authori tatively known. He thinks the Filipino leaders are trying to keep the matter se cret and thus prevent the collapse of the opposition to the United States. The comments on Mr. Bryan’s speech and Mr. Stevenson's are in about the ratio of sixteen to one. PERSONAL. —Queen Victoria’s knowledge of every detail not only of the various houses, but also of the parks and gardens connected with the many royal palaces, is said to be wonderful. Within a very few hours of the court arriving at Osborne the Queen makes a tour of those gardens which are close to the house, her first visit generally being paid to the lovely myrtle planted by the Prince Consort in 3858 from a sprig taken from the Empress Frederick's wed ding nosegay. The sprig flourished, and is n'ow a tine bush, and during the last for ty years it has supplied innumerable pieces of myrtle for the embellishment of royal bridal bouquets. —The dean of the colonial representa tives in London is Lord Strathcona of Can ada. Next to him come3 Gen. Sir Andrew Clarke of Victoria, Australia, noted as a soldier, statesman, administrator and en gineer. Sir David Tennant, the represen tative of Cape Coionoy, was speaker of the Cape Legislative Council for twenty-two years. Sir Walter Peace, representing Natal, was formerly a merchant in Dur ban, and is thoroughly posted as to the needs of the colony. Sir Julian Calomons of New South Wales, is a keen and bril liant lawyer, in the prime of life. W. Pember Reeves, who represents New Zea land, began as editor of the Canterbury Times, has written some creditable verse and Is a good cricketer. Sir John Alex ander Cockbum of South Australia, was a physician before he went into politics, and is a keen imperialist. Sir Philip Oakley Fysh of Tasmania was formerly premfer of the colony. E. H. Wittenoon of West ern Australia, began life as a "squatter," and ended by becoming premier. Queens land’s representative is Sir Horace Tozer, who, at the head of 2,000 men, suppressed the great maririme and shearers’ strike in Queensland in 3896. BRIGHT HITS. —An Angel.—“Do you think I will have any difficulty in learning to float, George?” she asked. "No. indeed," he replied, en thusiastically. “Why, with a little prac tice, I'm sure you could fly.”—Philadel phia North American. —The Boston Boy—of Course.—Little Girl—“Oh, goody! I know something I sha’n’t tell." Harold Meredith Bean— Quite likely; we ail acquire knowledge that we are prone to keep concealed in the confines of the mind. "—Judge. —A Boy's Appetite.—“Aw,” said the boy, “I don't see why you won't let- me eat as much on Sunday as on the other days of the Week ” "My only objection,” said the dyspeptic and unsympathetic father, “is that you want to eat as much on Sunday as on all the other six."—lndian apolis Press. —He Felt It Keenly.—Elderly Spinster (horrified)—"Little boy, aren't you asham ed to go in bathing in such a public place with such a bathing suit as that on?" Small Boy—"Yes’m; but me mother makes me wear it. I'll take it off, though, if you'll promise not to say nothing to her about it."—Leslie's Weekly. —Giving Her a Chance.—Mrs. Hojack (reading)—“The. new British postal regu lations permit a foreign letter to be of any weight, provided it is no: over two feet long by or.c foot wide and two inches thick. ’ Mr. Hojack—"That ought to give room for the postscript to a woman's let ter.”—Harper's Bazar. CURRENT COMMENT. Mr. Bryan's acceptance speech has been well received by the Democratic and in dependent press of the North, as the fol lowing editorial excerpts will show: The Philadelphia Times (Ind.) sayS: "It is. in substance, a broad application of the spirit not'bnly of the Declaration of Independence, but of all American his tory to tho present relations of the United F’atos to the territory wrested from the dominion of Spain.” The Washington Pos (Ind.) says: "Mr. Bryan’s speech is long, but it is worth reading. . It is the ablest, most logical, and thoughtful, as well as the most adroit and plausible, presentation of the ques tion of imperialism which has yet been submitted to the American people.” The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says: "Mr. Bryan’s Indianapolis speech should con vince all whose minds are open to con viction that Ihe greatest calamity which could happen to this country would be | the adoption of the Imperial policy advo | cated by McKinley and Hanna." The Philadelphia, Ledger (Ind.) says: "Tile address of Mr. Bryan wa3 earnest, forcible and undoubtedly sincere, and he made ns dear a presentation as is possi ble of the Democratic attitude upon Ihe acquisition of. ultrn territories.” . The New York World (Dem.) says: “Mr. Bryan has done well in confining his first formal speech to this 'burning issue,' and in udopting a moderate, reasoning and truly patriotic ton*." Taught Mr. Bryan Oratory. The man who first taught William J. Bryan gesticulation, inflection, and the test, is in Lincoln, says the Kansas City Star. Hie name Is S. S. Hamill. For many years he was professor of oratory in Illinois College at Jacksonville, and twen ty-two years ago had Bryan as a pupil. The professor long since gave up the ex- of his old position, and now does institute work and gives private In structions to a few pupils. Mr. Hamill is a slenderly built, rather tall man, with snow white hair and mustache. Prof. Hamill called upon Mr. Bryan. The moment the presidential nominee saw his old teacher he rushed toward him with outstretched hands. "Why, my dear professor,” he exclaim ed. ‘ Your hair was black when you taught me gesticulation, but your face is as young as ever." "That was twenty-two year wgo,” said the other, apparently much pleased. Then the two began calling up old memories and going over old experiences. i remember well the local oratorical contest when I first declaimed ‘Bernardo del Carpio,’ ” said the Democratic candi date. I never liked the dramatic, but you persuaded me to try it. I remember that oration yet,” and settling back in his chair Mr. Bryan declaimed the following ilnes: ''The warrior bowed his crested head And tamed his heart of fire." Prof. Hamill sat listening with a remi niscent smile on his face. "But Baker did me up that time," con tinued Mr. Bryan. “He did well that nighi, and deserved his victory." "I never did agree with the decision myself, ’ commented the visitor. “You de served the prize." 1 Ills called up some more reminiscences, the three contestants were Baker, Bry an and Gaines. Baker won first prize, Bryan second and Gaines third. Neither of the two could recall what had become of Baker or Gaines. u Mr ‘n, Brj ' an turned to the reporters. Mr Hamill arose. "Sit still; don't go, pro wfw r '.s CC L mm9n<led Mr Brjan - "I'll see what the boys want, and then you must /l"; 1 see “V den and meet Mrs. Bryan. The poor ye have with ye al ways, he added, nodding at the report ers. who wondered whether he meant to use "poor" as an adjective. Costly Fly Specks. “I once knew a couple of fly specks to cost nearly $2,00), to say nothing of a mans life, in a poker game," said a New Orleans turfman, talking about big gam fa log in the old days, according to the Philadelphia Times. "It was in '69 or ’7O - forget the exact date-and the game was played in a clubroom on Roval street There were four men at the table—a mer chant, a railroad superintendent, a St Tammany planter and an ex-Judge all pretty well to do, except possibly the rail rottder. The judge had three eights and dis carded an ace and a queen; the plantef had-four fives and drew one card as a blind, and I forget what the others held. , he cards they were playing with were indicators.' with maiks on the corners and as there were several spectators in the room the Judge held his hand verv close together and looked only at the in dex finger on the edge. He saw that he had caught another eight in the draw making four. Then the betting began in earnest, and pretty soon the railroad man and the merchant dropped out. In throwing down his hand," continued the story teller, “one of the men who passed out accidentally turned over the cards, exposing a king-high straight. The judge got a glimpse of it, and, having dis carded an ace. he naturally concluded that his four eights were invincible, straight flushes not being play-ed at the time. "That at least was the way he told us afterward he figured it. and he was on the point of laying down; but there was a pos sibility of a bluff, and finally he pulled out s'oO in currency- and called. One of the on lookers was standing right behind the judge, and as >1 said before, he never look ed at anything but the indicators in the corners, keeping his hand bunched to gether. ‘I have you beat,’ he said, tossing the cards, face down on the table; -I have four tights.' ‘They're good,' said the planter; 'it serves me right for being a fool;' and he began to turn them over, one by one. What this?’ he exclaimed sud denly, as he uncovered the last card. There were three eights, a trey and a four-spet. * The judge glared at the pasteboards with a face as black as thunder. 'This won’t do!’ he shouted at the same time slapping his hand over the money. ‘l'll take my oath I had four eights!' Mean ing to imply what?’ said the planter.very quietly-, but rising frem h s chair. What might have happened niborty can say, but the good horse s nse of the railroad su perintendent rose to the emergency. 'Gen tlemen,' he said, 'we are not swindlers or poker sharps. There has been some mis take. Now let's keep cool and find out what it was.’ "That calmed things down, and an ex amination of the cards showed clearly how the blunder arose. One of the register marks in the corner of the tray looked ex actly like an e'ght, owing to a couple of fly specks in the open space of the fig- Ur€3 ’” f MISS LUCY. From the Boston Transcript- Miss Lucy -was a modern child, Extremely up to dote. No superstitious trash defiled Her most superior state. No fairies hovered round her cot. No giants barred her way. Old Santa Claus was quite forgot. With all deceitful play. / Her food was modulated milk; With graham bread and rice; Her underclothing was of silk, That cost a pretty price. Her governess from Paris came. Her nurse was German born; At F.nglieb words they cried, "For shame!” And treated them with scorn. She never went in car or shop For fear of catching germs; She could not near a beggar stop. On any sort of terms! —fr And now a very curious thing I must perforce relate; And list, ye parents, while I sing Of poor Miss Lucy’s fate. At twelve years old she went to school, And there, oh strange to say. She seemed a little like n fool. In some mysterious way. ,1 She could not read, she could not spell. Her tongues were Jumbled so; ’Twould weary any one to tell The things she did not know. And though no giants crossed her lot. Or ghosts to cause her fear, She trembled sore, lest by her cot A microbe should appear. At last one very windy doy. While walking with the maid. In spite of all her allk array She caught a cold ’tls said. O poor Miss Lucy! Microbes came And sat down in a row. And germs, and things without a nama That all refused to go. For many a weary day and night They had their wicked will; ’Till nurse and doctor won the fight By patient C3re and skill. Ah, in the mils I enlightened scheme* Somo difficulties lurk; So not amiss, it sometimes seems, To watch how they may work. —lsabel F. Bellow*, ITEMS OF INTEREST. —A bill is to be presented to the Indiana Legislature requiring that electricians be licensed before they can become eligible to work at the business. This Is to guard against improper wiring of buildings. —The state of Vera Cruz is paying the expenses of a party of eight Mexican young wemen teachers who are touring the United States for the purpose of exam ining our schools. They have visited St Louis, Chicago, Buffalo, New York and Boston. Artificial stone steps are said to be glowing in popular favor In Germany. A design in imitation of a staircase carpet, in any color, is pressed into the steps while they are still soft. The figures penetrate to a considerable depth and last as long as the steps. —The fate of famous horses is some times a sad one. Mansour, the animal w hich tan third in the Paris Grand Prix of 3891, coming In only a length behind a horse which sold later for $45,000, is now drawing a public cab in and about the Ex position city. —A 12-ycar-old recruit has passed the doctors’ examination for the Imperial Yeomanry. He had served twenty-eight years in the Black Watch, the Gordons and other Highland regiments, and has six sons serving in the army, four of them at the front in South Africa. —A resident of Wichita, Kan., who is now- at Ca;;e Nome, recently wrote a let ter to a relative at home from which the following is an extract: "Here lies the roll ing sea; lowering above that are the ice green mountains, and towering above the mountains is the price of grub.” —The question is frequenriV asked why it is Fortress instead, of Fort Monroe. The difference consists in the fact that a fort Is designed to contain solely the gar rison and attendant munitions, while a fortress is often a city with many none combatant Inhabitants. France, for exam ple, has a number of important fortresses on her frontiers,^.,, —They tell in New York of a wealthy citizen, name not given, who for twelve years past has teen importuning presi dent of the United States to appoint him to office. He assures each occupant of the White House that he will under no circumstances accept. All he warns is "the privilege of refusing," as he wrote to President Harrison, but so far no chief magistrate has cared to take him at his word. —After a series of tests on coal with the Roentgen rays it was decided by a number of experts in Germany that the process was valueless for ash determina tions. A tier many experiments it was found that samples tried showed great difference in regard to their permeabil ity, the hindrance to the passage of the rays being in direct proportion to the amount of iron present. As the practical use of the Roentgen rays must determine the exact amount of ash present in the coal, the method is not likely to be used. —The fourth big company operating at Redlands, Cal., has just been organized, and the place seems to be a center of elec trical organizations. The new plant Is to be placed above Kerrville, on the Kern river, where an effective fall of 800 feet is available at the point where the power house is to be built. It is expected that at least 20,000 horse-power wiil be -devel oped, and 15,000 delivered at Los Angeles, oyer 125 miles of wire, with a loss of 35 per cent. The preliminary work of sur veying will take about six to nine months. —The International Electrical Congress which Is to be held at Paris is to meet at 10 e. m. cn Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Con gress hall, mar the Alma Bridge, In the exposition grounds. Later meetings will be held at the well-known scientific head quarters, No. 11 Rue de Rennes. Mem bers’ raids will give free admission to the exposition while the Congress lasts, a pe riod of probably eight days, until Aug. 25. A long programme has been sketched out, covering every topic of interest to elec trical engineers and physicists. The secre tary is Paul Janet, No. 14 Rue de Steal, Paris. —A saw mill run by electricity began op erations last month in Oregon and seems to have been successful. The electricity is generated by water power, the water being flumed from a small stream which runs a tifly-horse-power whater-wheel, in connection w-Mh which is a dynamo to generate the current to run the mill. Wires are strung from the power house to the saw mill and are attached to the saws and other machinery of the mill. A feature of the electric saw mill Is that the carriage Is above the log and carries two saws, which are so fixed as to cut both ways, making two cuts at the same time. This arrangement allows the saws to cut going both ways and obviates the necessity of having to bring the carriage back and begin cutting at the same end of the log each time. It is claimed 'that the mill will cut any lumber or logs at one-half the cost of other mills. —The State Railway Commission has, in its report of its investigation into the subject of hand and electric brakes, re commended that except In special cases where the liability to accident is very re mote. the ordinary hand brakes now In use on street cars should be replaced with those worked by,electricity, says the New York Post. The cemmissirn in its report dees not recommend any particular make or type of brake, but states that In order of merit an electric brake stood first in the tests, friction brakes next, a hand power brake next, and air brakes last. The commisson states that it was led into the Investigation by the alarming Increase in the number of accidents hap pening on the sirett roads throughout the s ate. which the heard believed to he due to a great extent to the inefficient brakes in use. The report notes further that to day there are electric street cars In ser vice on various lines that weigh as high as twenty-three tons complete and have a speed capacity of over fifty miles an hour, while in ihe larger cities those gen et ally used we’gh from ten to seventeen ions, and are operated at a maximum speed of twenty-five miles an hour. Now that the commission has decidfd that the e’ectric brakes are necessary it is likely that some action will be taken to bring about the change and thus reduce Ihe possibility of accident to pedestrians. —The following curious statistics con cerning the P.thle ore said to have been compiled by the Prince of Granada, heir to the Spanish throne, during his life im prisonment in the Palace of Skulls, Madrid: The Bible contains 3,586,489 letters, 773,693 words, 31,173 verses, 1,189 chapters, and 66 books; the word "and” occurs 46.277 times; the word "Lord" occurs I.B*B times; the word ’reverend" occurs but twice, In the ninth verse of the Eleventh Psalm. The middle verse Is the eight verse of the one hundred and eighteenth psalm. The twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of Ezra contains all the letters of the alphabet, with the exception of the letter "J." Perhaps the finest chap ter for a rhetorical reader ia the twenty flfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. The nineteenth chapter of the Second Book of Kings, and thirty-second chapter of Isaiah are alike. The ninth verse of the elshth chapter of Esther is the long est. The shortest verse Is the thirty-fifth verse of the eleventh chapter of <St. John. The twenty-fifth verse of the first chapter of the First Hook of Chronicles is the shortest verse in the Old Testament. The eighth, fifteenth, twenty-flrat, and thirty first veraes of the one hundred and sev enth Psaim are alike. All the verses of the one hundred and thirty-sixth Psalm end alike. There are no words or names of more than six gylables. And lastly, the one hundred and seventeenth Psalm is the middle and least chapter of the Bible. Last of the Season Hulun Voeilion Pi In -VIA- The New York Central Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and 2, 1900. ADIRONDACKS. THE GREAT NORTH * WOODS. New York to Paul Smith's and re turn only s ß g(, New York to Saranac Lake and re turn only g gj New Y’ork to Lake Placid and return only 10 30 Tickets good for return until Sept. 10. ALEXANDRIA BAY', THOUSAND ISLANDS. New York to Clayton and return „ ° n >y $8 33 New York to Alexandria Bay and re turn only gQ DOWN THE PEERLESS ST. LAW RENCE. New York to Montreal, via the Thous and Islands, running the Rap ids to Montreal, returning ■through the Adiron-dacks. only $E ofl Same o Montreal, returning through Lake George, 0n1y... .sl3 00 New York to Montreal, Quebec, same route, returning through the Adirondack?, only jjg oq Same returning through Lake George, only sl7 oO New York to Montreal, Quebec, Chi coutimi, the famous Saguenay, returning through the Adiron dacks from Montreal, only S2O 50 same, returning through Lake George, only s2l 50 New Y’ork to Montreal via Thousand Islands and the Ridcau Lakes from Kingston to Ottowa, thence Ottawa river, running the Lachine Rapids, returning through the mountains, 0n1y..536 00 Same, resuming through Lake George, only 17 o<J Same, including Quebec, re turning through the Adiron dacks, only 20 00 Same, including Quebec, re turning through Lake George, only 21 00 Same, including Quebec and the Saguenay. returning ■through the Adirondack*, only 24 50 Same, returning through Lake •George, only 25 50 Tickets good for return until Sept. 11. NIAGARA FALLS AND TORONTO, leaving New York on Sept. 1 or 2. New Y’ork to Niagara Falls and re turn only $ 9.23 New York to Toronto and return, with stop-over at Niagara Falls, all rail, only II 83 New York to Toronto and return, with stop-over at Niagara Falls, thence via Lewiston and steam er, only 10 51 From Niagara Falls, tickets good re turning to Sept 4. From Toronto, tickets good retuminj to Sept. 5. The above recreation and pleasure tours will be strictly first-class in every detail, affording at the very lowest rates choice of the most delightful trips in America; the season being the most delightful fen pleasure-seekers. For fishemen, an op. portunity of a few days sport among th Canadian lakes and rivers. For teachers, rest and pleasure before commencement of school. For reservation of space in sleeping 01 parlor oars, rooms at hotels, berths on steamers, and further information, ad dress MILTON C. ROACH, General Eastern Passenger Agent, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Cos., 1216 Broadway, New York, i t. xi, WmWmrsUi SCHEDULE For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder bolt, Cattle Park and West End. Daily except Sundays. Subject to changt without notice. ISLE~OF~HOPE, Lv. City fonl. of H.| Lv. Isle of Hope. 630 am from Tenth pS (,<) am for Bolton 730 am from Tenth | 000 am for Tenth 830 am from Tenth j 7 00 am for Tenth 9 15 am from Bolton | 8 00 am for Tenth 10 30 am from Tenth |lO 00 am for Tenth 12 CD n'n from Tenth |ll 0U am for Bolton 1 15 pm from Bokon |ll 30 am for Tenth 230 pm from Tenth | 2 CO pm for Tenth 330 pm from Tenth | 2 40 pm for Bolton 430 pm from Tenth 300 pm for Tenth 830 pm from Tenth 400 pm for Tenth 630 pm from Tenth 600 pm for Tenth 730 pm from Tenth | 700 pm for Tenth 830 pm from Tenth | 8 00 pm for Tenth 930 pm from Tenth |-9 00 pm for Tenth 10 30 pm from Tenth |lO 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 | 600 pm for Tenth CATTLE PARK. Lv city for Cat.Rark| Lv. Cat tls Park/ 6 30 am from Bolton f 7 OO am for Bolton 7 30 am from Bolton | 8 00 am for Bolton 100 pm from Bolton | 1 30 pm for Bolton 2 80 pm from Bolton | 3 00 pm for Bolton 700 pm from Bolton | 7 30 pm for Bolton 800 pm from Bolton |B’ SO pm for Bolton T H UNDERBOLf; Car leaves Bolton street junction 6:SB a. m. and every thirty minutes thereaftel 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 passenger* 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. op. 11:00 a. m., 2:40 p. m. WEST END CAR. Car leaves west aide of city market tot West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minute! 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. SEED RYE/ TEXAS HED R. P. SEED OATS. HAT, GRAIN, FEED, FLOUR, KTC. LEMONS. Vegetable* and Produce. New C rop B. E. and Cow Pem* W, D, SIMKINB & CO. SUMMER RKgOaTl. TTthFcOOL MOUNTAINS. Tile biiAsiei, Awivh., X*. v. Under new management. A high ci* family and commercial hotel, with tabli of .uperior excellence. Casino, music n * dancing Centrally located; good beds; cool rooms; rntos moderate. Write U> BRANCH & YOUNG, Proprietors. "hotel victoria Broadway, sth avenue and 27th si.. New York City. Entirely new; absolutely A**' proof; European plan. Rooms, SI.OO P*s day and upward. ROBERT T. DUNLOP, Manager. Formerly of Hotel Imperial-