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FBrDW, AUGUST 17, 1900.
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Cos.; T. W. Jackson of Sandersvllle, Ga.,
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partment.
Seaboard Air Line Railway.—Eighth
Annual Mountain Excursion to North
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Children’s Slippers.—Byck Bros.
Remnant Sale at One-Third Their Val
ue.—P. T. Foye.
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yon's Inhaler; Castorla; Dr. Hathaway
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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for local rains in northern, fair weather
In southern portion, with light southwest
erly winds; and for Eastern Florida, gen
erally fair weather, with light southeast
erly wind©.
Though Mr. Bryan may not make so ex
tended a campaign tour as he did in 1896,
there will be plenty of op|>ortunity to hear
him. phonograph lea 11 y speaking. Doubt
less, the phonograph cylinders- at which
he recently talked portions of his Indian
apolis speech, or copies of them, will be
plentifully distributed throughout the
country.
The governor of Missouri has become
the subject of some curious comment be
cause of his action in respiting one Brad
ford, a condemned murderer of Poplar
Bluff, on account of the fact that thecon
demned man is threatened with blindness.
He has not satisfied the public curiosity
with hie reasons, end it ie being asked
whether the governor thought the afflic
tion would follow the condemned man in
to the other world, or considered, per
haps, that blindness is a worse punish
ment then death.
The boycott is not anew thing among
exclusive social sets, but a boycott upon
royalty by society is undoubtedly some
thing in the way of a novelty. The new
Queen of Servia, however, once plain
Mme. Braga Mas chin, but royal now by
reason of her alliance, finds herself in the
position of the boycotted, not alone by
Servian society, but by the foreign am
bassadors and ministers at the Servian
capital. Her principal crime seems to tave
been that as an ordinary mortal she has
allied berseif with a king.
The movement to make Controller Bird
8. Coler of the city of New York the
Democratic nominee for governor of New
York state is growing in strength among
the conservative members of the party
there. It is now stated that Croker, who
has been a strong opponent of the Coler
movement, has decided to give in and will
support him. Coler's unpopularity among
the politicians has arisen from his fear
less opposition to their questionable
schemes and his exposure and defeat of
plane which appeared to have been form
ed for the purpose of looting the public
puree.
So far as human nature Is concerned
there is no difference between New York
and New Orleans. Tbe ink that told the
deplorable story of the troublG in New
Orleans scarcely had time to dry be
fore there comes from New York an ac
count of the same sort of an affair—the
Indiscriminate attack by a mob upon in
nocent negroes in a spirit or revenge. To
the credit of New Orleans, be it said, how
ever, the police of that city did not Join
In the work of the mob, as was the case
in New York. Critics of the South should
find much food for moralizing in the New
Y'ork affair.
Webster Davis puts Oom Paul Kruger
in an entirely new light. We have been
accustomed to hearing of him as a man of
millions who carried a large part of It
with him in gold whenever he sought an
other kopje. In denying very emphati
cally the report of President Kruger hav
ing made a contribution to the Demo
cratic campaign fund, Mr. Davis putß
the fameus South African statesman in
the light of a poor mail, asserting that
he has spent all the money he could roko
and scrape for years In putting In a sup
ply of arms and ammunition for the in
evitable war with Eugiuud. Though that
may be true, |t is hardly likely that
■•Uncle Paid" is taking any chances on
the poor house.
THE AXTT-IMPERIALIST MOVEMENT
The rength of the anti-imperialist
movement and the prominence of the men
in it are causing uneasiness In the ranks
of the Republicans. It is becoming clear
er every day that the paramount issue
of the campaign is Imperialism. The Lib
erty Congress of the Anti-Imperialist
League at Indianapolis 1s having a tre
mendous effect in drawing the attention
of the people to that issue. The leaders
of that league are among the most promi
nent men of the country. Many of them
were supporters of Mr. McKinley in 18%.
When the Republicans see such of their
own party as Ex-Gov. Boutwell of Massa
chusetts, and such distinguished Gold
Democrats as Bourke Cockran of New
York, supporting Mr. Bryan on the Im
perialistic i*sue, they are apt to wonder
whether, after all, imperialism is not the
great issue of the campaign.
The Republicans are making every pos
sible effort to get the people to give th*ir
attention to the 16 to 1 issue, but thus
far they have met with no success. Their
illustrated papers continue toprlnt pictures
of a dinner pail, alleged to be full, and
their organs continue to Insist that Mr.
Bryan la hiding the real Issue—the issue
of 16 to I—under the mask of imperial
ism. but as far as can be seen the pub
lic is manifesting interest only in imper
ialism.
The fact is. the people have heard oil
they want to hear about silver. They are
no longer afraid that the country would
be put on a silver basis if Mr. Bryan
should be elected. Besides, they are gen
uinely alarmed by the imperialistic ten
dencies of the Republican party. It may
be said that the republic is in no more
danger of imperialism from the Repub
lican party than from the Democratic
party, but the people know that the Re
publican party favors making colonies of
the Philippines, and that colonies mean
government without the consent of the
governed, and that that means imperial
ism.
They are aware also that they ore al
ready feeling the weight of imperialism.
An army of 65,000 men is being main
tained in the Philippines at the cost of
$10,000,000 a month. They see no benefit
from this immense outlay. They realize
that an army will have to be kept in the
islands for years, and that the commerce
which the United States will get from them
will not begin to pay the salaries of the
office holders who will be sent there,
much less the cost of supporting the army
there.
The Anti-Imperialirt League draws its
strength from Republicans and Gold
Democrats. All of its members were sup
porters of Mr. McKinley in 1896, and they
are representative men. Each one of
them exerts a powerful influence in his
community. Under the circumstances the
Republicans will find it impossible to
make much headway in their efforts to
get the people to think about the silver
question.
C01.1.1S P. HUNTINGTON'S RECORD.
Collis P. Huntington, whose funeral
takes place to-day, was one of the mighty
men of the nation. He was a builder and
a developer. His works will remain long
after those of most of his famous contem
poraries are forgotten. The newspapers
and periodicals have given much space to
his biography. There have been comments
in which a great deal was said in his
praise, and here and there it has been
hinted that he did not always gain his
ends by methods that could be approved
from a high moral standpoint. The ref
erences were, of course, to the methods
by which he is supposed to have secured
legislation necessary for the success of
some of his numerous enterprises.
The question which presents itself in
this connection ie this: Could he have ac
complished what he did if he had not re
sorted to the methods employed by the
lobbyist? It is said of him that he under
stood men. He knew how to deal with
them and get from them what he wanted.
It may be that if he had depended wholly
upon the merits of his undertakings for
the legislation that was necessary to
make them successful, he would not have
accomplished what he did. Would it have
been better to have abandoned them than
to have made use of the weaknesses of
the men with whom he had to deal?
The lobbyist is severely condemned—that
is, the lobbyist who secures legislation by
the use of money or promises of rewards.
Still, if w r eak, corrupt men were permit
ted to stand in the way of great under
takings, the world would have to wait for
some of Its most valuable Improvements.
Unfortunately the methods of the lobbyist
are often used to obtain legislation that is
Injurious to society—that Is intended to
get something from the public and to
give nothing in return. If lobbyists had
only the public good in view there would
not be such wholesale condemnation of
them.
No doubt Mr. Huntington, assuming
that he got legislative concessions by
means that were not wholly legitimate,
was working for his own interests in all
that he did, but the fact cannot be over
looked that In promoting his own inter
ests he advanced those of the public. He
built railroads and established steamship
lines. The transportation facilities which
he created made the setllement and de
velopment of vast areas of country pos
sible. They promoted agriculture end
commerce and gave employment to tens
of thousands of people.
Is he, therefore ,to be condemned if he
got legislative concessions in the only way
that it seemed possible to get them?
Would he have been able to accomplish
what he did if he had had a different sort
of conscience? Would the country have
been a gainer or a loser if he had stood
upon a higher moral plane in seeking
grants, charters and other concessions
from legislative bodies? That is a quen
tlon to which there is not likely to be
given much attention at this time.
In all probability Frank Swan of Utica,
N. Y , will vote for Bryan, no matter
what his politics have been heretofore.
While out boating the other day with a
party the craft capszed and Swan was
the only one of the party who could not
swim. There was a large framed picture
of Col. W. J. Bryan on board and when
the boat went over Swan grabbed it. This
kept him up until he was able to reach
shore and lie will, no doubt, now be dourly
devoted to the Democratic candidate.
There Is another thing beside the pos
session of a Russian title to make Populist
Candidate Wharton Barker Ineligible for
the presidency—the fact that he would
not be able to come anywhere near get
ting enough votes.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY; AUGUST 17. 1000.
quarrelling among the pow
ers.
The United States are the only entirely
disinterested one of the Powers engaged i
in the effort to rescue the ministers and
other foreigner© besieged in Pekin. Great
Britain, France, Germany, Japan and
Russia are apparently forgetting the ob
ject of the landing of troops on China’s ,
soil, and are figuring how they can gain
material advantages or prevent each other
from gaining such advantages in China.
Russia, it seems, has landed troops at
Newr Chwang, the entry port of North
China, and has taken possession of it.
nn<l is collecting the customs. It is claim
ed that she has not kept faith with* the
other Powers, It being the understanding
that until she ministers were relieved
there should be no attempt to seize Chi
nese territory. Great Britain, fearful
that she will not get her share when the
time comes for grabbing territory, pro
poses to land troops at Shanghai. Ger
many, being in doubt as to Greet Brit
ain’s purpose, is preparing to land troops
there also. Japan objects to the course ■
that Russia has pursued, and France ob- !
jects to the proposed course of Great
Britain. All of these Powers are concern
ing themselves more about material in
terests in Chinn than about the welfare
of the ministers end their families im
prisoned in the legations at Pekin.
The United States have set them an
example that ought to put them to shame.
Japan, however, should be excepted from
condemnation. She Is not seeking terri
tory. She is standing shoulder to shoul
der with the Unite*] States in the effort
to prevent a great tragedy at Pekin. She
is protesting against the, occupation of
New Chwang by Russia, because it is
against her interest for Russia to extend
her rule over any considerable part of
Chinese territory. She understands that
the. purpose of Russia is to exercise do
minion over the. whole of North China.
It will be remarkable if the Powers get
out of China without a fight among them
selves. The European Powers are so
greedy for territory that each of them is
prepared to take almost any risk and to
break almost any obligation, however
sacred, to get a share of the Chinese em
pire. If the United States are wise they
will keep clear of nil land grabbing en
tanglements. They have all the land they
will need for several generation©, and
the genius end energy of their people are
sufficient to insure, them a full share of
the world’s commerce.
“1 HE GOOD ANGEL OF PORTO
RICO.**
The Spanish-Amerlcan war brought in
to notice many very noble women. The
names of only a few of them, however,
ever became known to the public. Among
these few are Miss Annie Wheeler, daugh
ter of Gen. Wheeler, Miss Anna Boulingy
of New Orleans, Miss Helen Gould and
Miss Margaret Livingston Chanler of New
York. If they had not been either rich or
connected with distinguished families it is
probable that the public, would not have
heard so much of them.
Miss Chanler recently claimed atten
tion by her report of the condition of af
fairs in the government hospitals in Ma
nila. She informed the Surgeon Geenral
ol the army that tine re was a great lack
of many important things in that hos
pital. Her statements stirred up the med
ical department of the army as it has
not been stirred since charges, thick an l
fast, were showered upon it d-jrtng the
war.
Miss Chanler has voluntered to go to
China and help nurse the American sol
diers wounded in the battles fought in
the movement on Pekin. She is a Red
Cross nurse and an excellent one. She
was in Porto Rico during a part of the
time of the Spanlsh-American war, and
she did her work so well that she was
caPed “The good angel of Porto Rico.’’
Miss Chanler is a Red Cross nurse
from choice. She is a granddaughter of
John Jacob Astor and is connected with
many of the old families of New York.
She has an income of $35,000 a year, to
gether with a house in New York city
and a cp.iplo of country places. She has
forsaken a life of luxury and ease be
cause she believes it is her duty to be of
use In the world. The greater part of her
large income she spends in good works
of one kind and another. With several
other noble women she was voted a
medal by Congress for her services in
the Spanish-Amerioan war. The country
cannot have too many such women.
Columbus, Ga., furnishes an interesting
example of the throttling power of the
trusts. A few months ago the Southern
Wadding Mills were incorporated in that
city with a capital stock of $23,000, the
promoters all being prominent business
men of that city. Their idea was to utilize
the waste from the cotton mills of Colum
bus and other points In Georgia and con
vert them into batting and wadding. It
seems, however, that the Columbus busi
ness men made a miscalculation—they for
got there was such a thing as the batting
and wadding trust. After a conference be
tween several of the stockholders in the
Columbus enterprise and officials of the
trust, the former decided to abandon their
plans in consideration of the payment of
a certain sum, and they now find them
selves with a half-'flnlshed plant on their
hands. It was either do that or be ruined
by the trust, and the Columbus business
men decided to get out of it in the most
convenient manner that presented Itself.
The remarkable run of the Hamburg-
American Line steamship, Deutschland,
from New York to Plymouth in five days,
eleven hours and forty-five minutes, puts
her in the front rank of ocean greyhounds,
for she has broken every record for fast
traveling across the Atlantic but one, an,l
that was only a day's run of the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosso, in which the. latur
vessel made 580 miles. It is claimed r.ow
that the Deutschland Is entitled to the
distinction of being the first "five-day
liner" for if she had gone over the usual
run to Queenstown her record would have
been several minutes less than five days.
But even the Deutschland's magnificent
record cannot be called the limit, for a
rival company is now having a vessel built
guaranteed to keep up twenty-four knots
an hour, faster by three-quarters of a knot
than the Deutschland, and thus will the
race of the great ocean rivals continue
perhaps to the end of time.
With the buyer taking the long chance
and paying the Florida orange grower
$1.50 per box for the fruit on the trees
thus early In the season, as is reported
from several Florida points, and w.th th
largest crop since the freeze in sight, lh>
outlook before that state Is by no means
unpleasant on*.
The pinnacle of pugilistic fame is evi
dently not an “open sesame” to resi
dence among, much less to association 1
w r ith, the exclusive set. The resident©
of Rensonhurst, the exclusive section of a
New York suburban resort known as 1
Bath Beach, are much perturbed over the
report that one Robert Fitzsimmons of
fistic fame has bought a residence there
through an agent and that he intends to
occupy it. The party who sold the house
new threatens to apply to the court for
r annulment of the contract before ehe
will permit the Fitzsimmonses to mingle
in Benson hurst society.
The Chinese disturbance calls to mind j
the fact that John E. Ward, a Georgian
and Pavannahtan, once mayor of this j
ci y, was the first minister ever accredited j
by the United State® to China, and the
first foreign envoy extraordinary from
any foreign power to enter the Chinese
capital. Mr. Ward received his commis
sion in that capacity Dec. 15, lv r B, and re
signed as president '■‘f the Genrgin Senate l
to go on his long but interesting journey, j
Mr. Ward Is row’ a resident of New York, j
aid though 83 years old is ©till hsle and
vigorous.
PERSONAL.
—ln order to give merchants and their
clerks an opportunity to hear the lec
tures on political economy. Prof. Kinder- j
mann of Heidelberg delivers his talks in
the hours fregn 12 to 1. when they art at
leisure.
—Kuno Fischer has served Just a hun
dred terms as instructor and professor at
Heidelberg. Though he celebrated his
seventy-sixth, birthday on July 34. he still
gives six lectures a week on the history
of philosophy and on Goethe.
—The German actor Carl Sonntag. who
recently died in Dresden, had left orders
that his death and the hour of his funeral
were to be kept secret. He explained that
he took tihs measure because he was con
vinced that only a few persons would sin
cerely mourn his demise.
—The engagement of Dona Maria de las
Mercedes, the Princess of Asturias, heir
ess presumptive of her brother, the present
King of Spain. Alphonso XIII. and eldest
daughter of the Queen Regent, Dona
Christina, to her distant cousin. Prince
Charles of Bourbon, member of the royal
house of Naples, is unofficially announced.
The Spanish government apprehends some
opposition to the contemplated marriage
both in the Cortes and in the press. The
Republicans of every shade have already
announced that they will not allow the
royal communication to pass unchallenged
in the Lower House, and they propose to
invoke the ordinary rules of Congress to
move and second a motion which will en
able them to discuss at length, and to
force others to join in debate upon, the
expediency of the marriage of the Princess
of Asturias with a Neapolitan Bourbon
who is the second soti of a quondam Car
list general.
BRIGHT BITS.
—An Old Model—The new minister has
a decidedly slow delivery. “Mamma.” ex
claimed Beth after the service, “I wish
they’d sent us a higher-geared speaker.”—
Judge.
—Well Tnformrd-'Ts the correspondent
of that publication a well-informed man?”
“I should soy so,” was the answer.
“Half the time he’s the only person In the
world who knows whether what he tells
is true or not.”—Washinton Star.
—Her View of It—Papa—“What Is your
objection to Mr. Hevvy? He’s a fine fel
low. He pulled in the Yale crew.”
Agnes—“l don’t care if he did. I read
in the paper about a New’ London police
man who pulled In nearly the whole uni
versity.”—Harper's Bazar.
-Uncertainty—4The palmist was positive
that I should have the degree of LL.D.
bestowed upon me 137 times. All the lines
indicated this. “But whether you are to
be ambassador to England or a mere sa
vant I do not know!” said the palmist,
frankly.—Detroit Journal.
—An Inquiring Mind—A little East End
girl who had hash for breakfast the other
morning looked at the. last mouthful of
her share long and earnestly, as she pois
ed it on her fork. Then she passed it out
of sight. But the mystery srill engrossed
her mind. “Daddy,” she said, “what was
hash when K was alive?”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Columbia State (Dem.l, thinks there
is somewhat of a breach between Gov.
McSweeney and Senator Tillman, though
they are supposed to be pulling together.
It says: “In his speech printed in The
State yesterday Gov. McSweeney declar
ed that In Charleston “the state authori
ties have done everything within their
power to enforce tne dispensary law" and
bis headlines over this statement affirm
ed that It had been enforced there “with
vigor and fearlessness.” In other speeches
the Governor had insisted that the law
was being enforced in Charleston by him
as fully as it had ever been enforced.
What did Tillman say to this? He said:
"The law and the constitution are both
against the sale of liquor now, and yet
there are to-day open barrooms in
Charleston and Columbia. There is now a
law' against open bars, yet they are run
In Charleston and Columbia, as will be
told you." And he has repeatedly assert
ed that when he was governor he kept
Charleston free from blind tigers. Here
are distinct issues of veraelty between
McSweeney and Tillman, and Tillman is
“rubbing it into” the governor as hard
as anyone. Yet there are McSweeney men
who persist in refusing to believe that
Tillman is against their candidate.”
The Pittsburg Post (Demi, says:
•'Federal employes have again been In
formed by the civil service commission
that it is a punishable offense for any
political leader to demand campaign con
tributions from them. This is cleverly
evaded by Republican managers by simp
ly requesting “voluntary contributions,"
and though failure to comply cannot un
settle the position of any employe, num
berless ways are usually found to make
him so uncomfortable that he finds It
convenient to resign. The proper way to
make the civil service law effective ie to
prosecute those who ask for such con
tributions.”
Jacksonville Is evidently after a lot of
good things. The Jacksonville Times-
ITnion and Citizen (Dem). says: "We
never. slip lower while struggling for the
top of the ladder. Jacksonville has set her
eyes high, and she is working manfully
to become the capital of the state, to
clear the Bt. Johns of all obstruction, to
make herself worthy of her business and
keep herself so. Her sister cities may op
pose her in some things, because they are
right In trying to get good things, too,
but they must admire her pluck and push
and glory In her growth, for, are we not
all in the same family?"
The Philadelphia Record, (Dem i, says:
"The Republican newspapers hardly know
what to say about the Silver Republican?
who have come out for Mr. McKinley.
To credit them with a return of reason
would be lo admit that Free Silver is
dead: and to own up to the latter fact
would be to encourage Gold Democrats to
support Mr. Bryan. However, there are
scarcely enough reformed Silver Repub
licans to make the question Important.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Judge Harmon of the Essex county,
Massachusetts, probate court has held
that John W. Hutchinson, the noted vo
calist and old-time abolitionist. Is not in
sane, and has refused to appoint a con
servator for his property, as he considers
him competent to care for it properly.
The petition for a conservator was filed
by three of his children.
—A sail r nam'd Wilson, who was on
the Oregon w’hen she grounded on the
rocks recently, is authority for the state
ment that after she hod stuck there three
days a big modern Chinese cruiser hove
in sight chased by the Russians. As she
approached the Oregon she ran up an
American flag. Her officers claimed the
protection of Capt. Wilds and got it.
—According to a report recently Issued
by the Rhode Island State Board of Ag
riculture, which is also a catalogue of the
farms for sale in the state, there are 2T>l
untilled farms with buildings, and '*B
without buildings, making a total of 349
farms in the little state which are without
any sort of tillage. The total acreage of
there i:n:llled farms in 30.313; tillage, 12,044;
pasture. I.HR; wood, 16.751. The total price
or valuation of these 30,313 acres is $313.90^.
—Says “Memorial Diplomatique,” Paris:
A curious legend is current among the
fishermen of Corfu. It is recounted that
the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, in h<r
great grief at the loss of her son, retired
to the Villa d’Achillean. There she col
lected all the pearls which she had worn
since her marriage, and, enclosing them
all in a small box, threw them into thesea.
The fishermen never put out in their boats
without booing to recover the box some
day in their nets.
—A curious instance of the irony of fate,
remarks the Bombay Gazette, may be
witnessed ju£t now at the Calcutta docks,
where hundreds of Chinese carpenters,
etc., ere busily at work preparing the
transpets to carry the enemies of their
own country to their destination at Hong
Kong. John Chinaman, however, is pro
verbially indifferent to things outside his
immediate view, and it is quite possible
that these Celestials have never even
heard of a Chinese crisis.
—There is quite a mild excitement just
now at the Bank of England, says the
London Chronicle, because of an innova
ton at that venerable and conservative
institution. A flags;aff has actually been
placed above the building, and many are
shaking their heads at the sudden giddi
ness of the Old Lady of Threadneedlo
street. The suggestion has been made in
all seriousn*ss that numbers might well
be placed on the flagstaff and the bank
rate Indicated from time <to time by the
hight of the flag on the pole.
—An effort Is to be put forth, says the
London Pcpu’ar Phrenologist, to make
this year’s congress in November a really
imposing gathering. A large number of
prominent p rsons, M.P.’s and others, who
are known to be favorable to phrenology
are to be irnited to the gr at public meet
ing in the evening, end it Is hoped that a
notable personage will preside.. Phrenol
ogy s everywhere should, by their pres
ence and otherwise, help the council in the
su, r rc*me effort to compel a recognition of
phreno ogy by the highly educated and in
fluential classes.
—Many yearsago, relates the British To
bacco Trade Review, Mr. Kruger bought
from an old half-breed woman peddler a
meerschaum pipe, to which she : -ribed
the power of foretelling the future. The
old woman predicted that three important
changes in his life would be foretold by
accidents befalling the pipe. Early in
the year 1881, before the independence of
the Transvaal was modified, the stem
came to pieces; a little before the Jame
son raid he chipped a piece off the bowl;
and just before his departure for the
Bloemfontein conference last year the
pipe fell to the ground and was smashed
to fragments.
—The smallest and oldest republic in the
w'orld, San Marino, a little country of
thirty-two square miles, lying in the Apen
nines, has tw T o Presidents, each of whom
exercises power for six months. The mode
of electing the.se officers is extremely cu
rious. Every six months the members of
the Chamber of Deputies, which is the
popular house of the Legislature, nomi
nate six of their own number; three bal
lots are then given to every voter, each
with the names of two of these six. The
polling place is the Cathedral of San Ma
rino, the capital of the country. Tile
ballot-box is placed on the high attar, and
after the ballots have been placed in the
box a child draws one at random. A
prieit then anounees the name on the bal
lot, and the person thu6 named becomes
the President of the republic.
—A department store, the main purpose
of which will be to elevate the negro, wlli
be established next fall in Chicago by
the Rev. J. M. Townsend, of Allen M. E.
Temple, a colored church, who has been
elected field secretary of the African
Methodist Episcopal Mission work, with
headquarters in Chicago, says the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. "I maintain,” he said
to-day, “that the great need of the ne
groes is employment in something more
than menial lines. The negro problem is
not one of the race, but of the individual.
In connection with my church work in
Chicago, I will run the department store,
and I have the capital in view’. White
end colored will have employment on the
basis of ability. The money power will
raise the negro as it has the Jew. who
was once as much persecuted as the negro
is now.”
—The beet sugar industry is attaining
wonderful proportions in various sections
of this country, says the Phila
delphia Record. A few years ago
in some sections of central New
York the peppermint oil crop was the
leading feature, and brought more money
Into the hands of the farmers than did
the apple crop. But now the peppermint
crop is mostly a thing of the past in that
section and the mint stills are kept In
operation by the crop of a few acres near
them. The beet sugar crop has driven
the mint crop westward, for the farmers
find it more profitable to raise sugar
beets. Ten years ago every community
in central New York had a resident who
was getting rich by stilling mint, but
these same mills are now falling into dis
use. Lyons, N. Y., was the center of the
mint market of the world, but that honor
is now among the claims of distant West
ern cities. The fame of the Wayne coun
ty oils was known near and far and took
the world's prize at the Columbian ex
position in 1893. The Pan-American ex
position will bring n new locality Into
similar prominence in all probability.
Thus, the peppermint crop, like the march
of civilization, has gone westward.
—HarrydeWindt, a young explorer, who
has already traveled 950.000 miles over the
surface of the globe, will start out next
month on the longest trip he has ever un
dertaken, says the Chicago Tribune. He
has been commissioned by a syndicate of
Paris bankers to Investigate the possi
bility of building a through railroad line
from Paris to New York, taking advan
tage, of course, of the lines already built.
He will travel over the great Russian
Transslberinn line to its terminus and
will there take a slenge, which will event
ually carry him to East Cape, the easter
most point of Asia, which In the winter
time is separated from the most wester
ly Alaskan islands by only six miles of
open water. And In the center of this six
mile stretch stick up two big rocks,
which It Is possible might he useful If
the project of hridglng the straits Is ever
carried out. It is argued by the promot
ers of the apparantly wild project that
the discovery of gold In Alaska makes
it certain that railroads will eventually
he built connecting that country with the
United States, and that when the Trnns
slberlnn road is completed there will he
only a comparatively insignificant stretch
of road to be butlu
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B. B. Neal, F. P. Millard,
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C. The 62d year opens Sept. 26. 1900. Cata
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Send us your orders. Soaps. Patent
Medicines, Drugs, Rubber Goods, Per
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—AND—
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Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All
the comforts of a modern hotel. Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
meels and berths aboard ship.
Passenger Fares Ironi Savannah.
TO NEW YORK—FIRST CABIN, s>o
- CABIN ROUND TRIP, $32; IN
TERMEDIATE CABIN, sl6; INTERME
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP, s2i
STEERAGE, $lO.
TO BOSTON - FIRST CABIN. $22-
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP, $36. IN
TERMEDIATE CABIN, sl7; INTERME
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP. S2B 00.
STEERAGE. $11.75.
The express steamships of this line ar,
appointed to sail from Savannah. Central
(90th) meridian time, as follows;
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith. SATUR.
DAY, Aug. IS, 11:00 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY
Aug. 20, 1:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
TUESDAY, Aug. 21, 2:00 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, THURS.
DAY, Aug. 23, 8:30 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
SATURDAY. Aug. 25, 5:00 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY
Aug. 27, 6:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY', Capt. Fisher. TUES
DAY, Aug. 28. 7:00 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
THURSDAY, Aug. SO. 8:00 a. m.
NEW YORK TO BOSTON.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage,
DAY, Aug. 17. 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, WED
NESDAY, Aug. 22, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, MON
DAY. Aug. 27, 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI
DAY, Aug. 31, 12:00 noon.
This company reserves the right to
change its sailings without notice and
without liability or accountability there
for.
Sailings New York for Savannah daily
except Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays,
5:00 p. m.
W. G. BREWER. City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent. 107 Bull street, Savannah.
Ga.
E. W. SMITH, Contracting Freight
Agent. Savannah, Ga.
R. G. TREZEVANT, Agent, Savannah,
Ga.
WALTER HAWKINS, General Agent
Traffic Dep’t, 224 W. Bay street. Jack
sonville, Fia.
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager, Sa
vannah, Ga.
P. E. LE FEVRE, Superintendent, New
Pier 25. North River. New York. N. Y.
MERCHANTS AND MINERS
TRANSPORTATION CO.
STEAMSHIP LINES.
SAVANNAH TO BALTIMORE.
Tickets on sale at company's offices tea
the following points at very low rates.
ATLANTIC CITY'. N. J.
BALTIMORE, MD. BUFFALO, N. Y.
BOSTON, MAS*.
CHICAGO, ILL CLEVELAND, Ok
ERIE, PA.
HAGERSTOWN. HARRISBURG, PA.
HALIFAX, N. S.
NIAGARA FALLS. NEW YORK,
PHILADELPHIA.
PITTSBURG. PRCWIDENCE.
ROCHESTER.
TRENTON. WILMINGTON.
WASHINGTON.
First-class tickets include meals and
state room berth. Savannah to Baltimore.
Accommodations and cuisine unequaled.
Freight capacity unlimited; careful hau
ling and quick dispatch.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti
more as follows (standard time):
D H. MILLER, Capt. Peters, SATUR
DAY, Aug. 18, at 12 noon.
ITASCA, Capt. Diggs, TUESDAY, Aug,
21, at 3:00 p. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Fostor, -THURS
DAY. Aug. 23, at 4:00 p. m.
TEXAS. Capt. Eldridge, SATURDAY,
Aug. 25, at 5:00 p. m.
And from Baltimore Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at 4:CO p. m.
Ticket Office. 39 Bull street.
NEWCOMB COHEN, Trav. Agent.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
W. P. TURNER. G. P. A.
A. D. BTEBBINS. A. T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
Genera! Offices, Baltimore, Md.
SUMMER RESORTS.
CHAR7VSINC RESORTS
For health and pleasure along the line
of the Tallulah Falls Ry Cos. To those
seeking summer homes attention is in
vited to the delightful mountain resorts
along the line of the Tallulah Falls Ry>
Close connections are made with all
Southern Railway trains. You can leave
Atlanta 7:50 a. m., 12 o'clock noon, and
4:30 p. m. Comfortable and convenient
hotels and boarding houses are located
at Demorest, Clarksville, Nacoochee Val
ley, Turnersville, Tallulah, Tallulah
Falls, and in Rabun county. Any of
these places con be reached in a fhree
hours* ride from Atlanta. This is one
of the most beautiful and picturesque
sections of the South. The climate is
cool and salubrious and the water the
purest and best in the world. For fur
ther information apply to
SAMUEL C. DUNLAP.
General Manager, Clarksville, Ga-
HOTEL VICTORIA
Broadway, sth avenue and 27th st., New
York city. Entirely new; absolutely fire
proof; European plan. Rooms, SI.OO per
day and upward.
ROBERT T. DUNLOP. Manager.
Formerly of Hotel Imperial.
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JOHN G. BUTLER,
—dealer i->
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and Builders' Supplies, Plain and Decora
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Cements. Lima. Plawter and Hair.
Agent for Abesflne Cold Water Paint.
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