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6 Ityc lUofning Morning ew liuiidiug sntxnnAh, Grv SI XDAI, A I'd.’ST IR. 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 six months, and s*.oo for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year $6.00. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 iseues 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 tenders. Transient advertisements, other than special column. local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal ro one inch square in depth— is the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING News to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be Immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should he ad dressed “MORNING NEWS,*' Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row. New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. TWENTY PACES INDEX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Special Notices—Cool Rooms at No. 38 West Twenty-first Street, New York; Ship Notice, J. F. Minis & Cos., Con signees; Mrs. Annie Reden, ©tall No. 15; Notice as to Plumbing, P. E. Master®; Green Grocery, P. E. Masters; An Oppor tunity, Electric Supply Company; A Great Inducement at Hotel Tybee, Charles F. Graham, Proprietor; Notice to City Court Jurors: One Corner Left, C. H Dorsett; Thomas M. Murphy of Macon, Ga., Writes of Suwanee Springs Water; Wall Paper, Paper Hanging. Savannah Building Sup ply Company; Suwanee Springs, Fla.; Around the Horn Sunday; gloat’s Vege table Bitters; Malt Mead, C. H. Monsees, Grocer; Joyce’s; Gardner’s; Auction Sale of Bicycles at Thomas' Bicycle Empo rium; Levan's Table d’Hote; Knight’s Pharmacy. Laundry—E. & W. Laundry. Financial—Lewis C. Van Riper, New York; F. A. Rodgers & Cos., New York. Our “King'' Harness for Light Driving— Leo Frank. Cut in Shoes—A. S. Nichols. When It Comes to Fruit Jars—George W. Allen & Cos. The Higher the Temperature the Lower the Prices—Daniel Hogan. The Gas Range—Mutual Gas Light Company. , Publication—Rand-McNally’s Dollar At las of the World at the Morning News Office. Desk Ornaments—Thomas West & Cos. Limes—W. D. Simkins & Cos. The Ribbon King—M. A. Stokes. August Sale of Remnants—Walsh & Meyer. Kodaks and Sparklets, Etc.—At Living ston’s Two Pharmacies. The Next Ten Days—Will Be the Last of the Great Removal Sale—P. T. Foye. Now Is the Time to Think About Stoves and Ranges—Wm. & H. H. Lattimore, The Bee-Hive—N. Schutz. To Be Comfortable In Shoes—Go to Byck Bros. Our “25 Off” Sale—B. H. Levy & Bro. The People Appreciate Merit—At Eck stein’s. Hot, 50 Off—At Levy’s. Closing Out Sale—At Gutman’s. “Laird’s Rose Blush’’—Gen. W. Laird & Cos., New York. Postum Coffee—Poet um Cereal Company. A Cool Sensation—At Leopold Adler's. Certain Elegance Yoked to Sensible Carriage and Wagon Company. We Are Still Selling $5 and $6 Tan Shoes at $3.75 a Pair—Chas. Marks. Medical—Peruna; Munyon’s Blood Cure; S S. 8.; Coke’s Dandruff Cure; Hood’s Sarsaparilla; World’s Dispensary Prepa rations; P. P. P.; Dr. Hathaway Com pany; R. R. R.; Tyner s Dispepsia Rem edy; Smith's Chill and Fever Tonic; Soma. Cheap Column A<fvertipemente—Help Wanted; Employment Wonted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia, to-day are for local rains and cooler In northern portion, fair In southern portion, with light southerly winds; and for Eastern Florida, local lain*, with light variable winds. ■- ■ t Miss Lillian Clayton Jewett In her role of Joan of Arc will not have to march ■o far as from Poston to New Orleans to settle alleged race troubles. New York will furnish a far more advan tageous ground for her experiments In that direction. The Superior Court did some goo<l work lest week. Within two week* two mur der* had been committed in Chatham county, the criminals had been indicted by the grand Jury, the cases had been tried, and one of ihem sentenced to the penitentiary for life, while the other will go to the gallows. So prompt an admin istration of Justice cannot fatl to have Its pood effect upon the community. It Is a lesson which wiil exert an Inevitable influence in the suppression of latvless **•. Potter Palmer of Chicago, who ha* Just returned from Paris mak*** a timely and appropriate criticism upon the Americans who have been and still are visiting the exposition lie says they ajs-nd mors money and spend more of It foolishly than do any other people. In moat Instance* It 1* money they have worked hard to earn, but the love of lavish display aeotps to get the better of them In their d<tre lo outdo everybody else. This unneces sary and foolish extravagarive Is by no means to their credit, and it mskea It rather disagreeable to say the least, for otUeta with whom they come In oontaot. NATIVE CHRISTIANS IN PEKIN. One of the tremble some questions which the Powers will have to settle with China is that of protection for the native Chris tians. According to the dispatches the foreign ministers insist that those in Pe kin shall have all the protection the allies can give them. They say if these native Christians should be left in Pekin without protection they would be massacred. No doubt the native Christians did all they could to aid the ministers whiie they were besieged in the legations. It would be an act of gross Injustice and even in humanity to abandon them to the fate that would be theirs if they should fall into the hands of the fanatical Boxers. It has been stated that there are about 3,000 native Christians in Pekin. Will they be taken to Tien Tsln, if the allies and the ministers retire to that city? That is. apparently, the only disposition that can be made of them. But what 1s to become of them eventually? There are tens of thousands of native Christians scattered throughout the empire. They cannot be brought away from China. There is, In fact, no place for them except their na tive land. They cannot come to this country. Our laws bar them out. There is no room for them in Europe. In the settlement that will be mad* with the bhlnese government it will be provided, no doubt, that the native Chris tians shall not be molested in any way. But is the Chinese government able to protect them against 4he Boxers? The feeling of hostility against them by al! Chinese who are not Christians is now so bitter that it will be difficult for them to engage in any business or occupation with a prospect of success. They' will be per secuted in so many ways that it will be a matter of wonder if they adhere to their faith. The Powers gave them protection up to the time of the beginning of the Boxer movement. Since that movement began the Powers have not been able to protect them, and hundreds of them have been massacred. What sort of protection will the Powers be able to give them In the future? It Is evident that their protec tion will be of little avail unless they take possession of the entire empire, practically, and maintain garrisons in every city' and village. That would mean the overthrow of the Chinese, government, and it Is certain that the, United States are not prepared to take so radical a step as that. The question of protection for native Christians may be the most troublesome that the Powers will have to deal with. It may be made an excuse by the Euro pean Powers for dividing China among themselves. It is evident that Germany and Russia would not want much of an excuse to adopt a policy looking to the dismemberment of the empire. Thus far, since the trouble in China began, very' little has been heard about the native Christians, but they may' play a leading part in the negotiations that are to come. THE CAMPAIGN IV MAINE. The state campaign in Maine will be gin to-morrow amt end on Sept. 10. It promises to he an intensely interesting one. The Democrats do not, of course, expect to elect their ticket, hut they do expect to cut down the Republican ma jority. The normal Republican majority is about 20,000. In 1896, however, it was 48,246. In that year the Republicans were out in force and the Democrats were indifferent as to whether they got out a full vote or not. The silver plank in the Democratic platform was not popu lar with the Democrats of the Pine Tree State. Many of them, therefore, stayed at home. The Republicans are very much afraid they will not poll their normal majority this year. They are. therefore, sending out campaign literature, giving reasons why a big Republican majority need not be expected. They understand that the Democrats are not as afraid of free silver this year as they were four years ago, and that a great many Republicans are against the Republican party on account rf its imperialistic policy. If, therefore, the Republican majority should fall as low as 15,000, there would not lie a great deal of surprise among the politicians. But what would be the effect on the presidential election If the Republican majority should not be greater than that? Would It not be to dishearten the Re publicans and give the Democrats confi dence? It certainly would. Such a small majority would he evidence that the Gold Democrats were back in the Demo cratic party and that the Issue of Im perialism was an excellent one for the Democrats. It would be almost an as surance of Democratic success In the presidential campaign. It would be ar gued, and Justly, too, that such a reduc tion In the Republican majority in the great stronghold of Republicanism meant that the doubtful states—'the states in the Middle West which hav slender (Republican majorities—would go Demo cratic in November. It Is conceded that the Maine state elec tion is always an indication as to how the country Is going in the national elec tion. Therefore. If the Republican ma jority In that state this year In the state election Is below the normal, the Demo crats will claim, and rightfully, that the tide of public spntiment is running strongly in favor of Mr. Bryan. On the other hand. If tho Republican party car ries the state by anything like the ma jority by which It carried It In 1896, Re publican managers will Insist that Re publicans are standing by their party, and that the Gold Democrats will cast their ballots against Mr. Bryan. The progress of the campaign In Maine, therefore, will be watched with unusual interest, and the result will bo awaited with Impatience. It is admitted that both parties will put forth extraordinary efforts to get out all of the voters. The campaign will be so thorough that It Vlll amount practically to a house-to-house canvass. The slory which comes from Japan of tlie assistance rendered the stranded bat tleship Oregon by the Chinese cruiser Hal Chi, Is an Interesting demonstration of the fact that the United Slates and China hove not been at war. At that time the Oregon was bound on n mission lather hostile to China, and the United State# troops which had landed, were preparing for their attack on 'J'len Tain. It was due to the fad, no doubt, that the commander of the Chinese crultaer hud received a Weatern education, ami knew how to understand and appreciate the alt uatlOA. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY,’ AUGUST 19, 1900. BECOMING MORE TOLERANT. The Northern pap* ra, as a rule, are gracefully " aking a doe- of their own medicine’’ in the matter of the New Ycrk rot if Welnesday n ght Even the most rabid of the Souths critics are disposed to upon the attack on the negroes, almost in Broadway, as an outburst of passion that is liable to occur almost any wh re. under certain conditions, and they are awaiting, as one of them says. “South ern comment on thi- incident.” It is safe to siy, however, that “Southern com ment" will be confined to calling attention • o the facts that such outbursts of feel ing are not confined to one particular sec tion, and that when such affairs have oc curred in the Sourh the authorities have always, instead of aiding, done their ut most to suppress them. The New York Mail and Exrre=s, which awaits “Southern comment,” and which has been one of the most violent of the South’s clitics, very frankly says- “N-w York is to-day a* the m rcy of New Or leans. The race riot precipitated by an army of white men in the very heart of this city lasi night finds m parallel :n local history' since the hi ody days of ’63. when New York was placed under mar (ial 1 w It was a < rvirg dis race to <h3t civilization width analgns Southern treatment ef the mgro; a humiliation to th** first commurd y in the land, where the civil and political rights of the colored man have for a g neration been jealously' defended. It was a performance so as tounding as to be well-nigh inconceiva ble “ The Mail and Express, however, makes the mistake of imagining that such an outbreak is “weilnigh inconceivable,” beeau.# it happens to be in New' York. It is no more inconceivable in New York than in Louisiana. The New York Evening Pos>, an inde pendent journal, seems to understand the situation when it says; “It was a dis credit to the city, and New York w-ould undoubtedly be disgraced by far worse race riots if the negro element were as large a factor in the population as It is in New Orleans.’’ , The New York Commercial Advertiser, a Republican organ, in casting around for some argument in palliation, thinks that “the negro quality had lit tie to do wdth it If the murderers had been Italians rhe rioters would have assailed all “da gos" with no less fury. Imagine.” it re marks, “what would have been that fury if (he aseadants had been Chinamen!” The Philadelphia Ledger is. very prop erly, of the opinion that “the race riot in New York on Wednesday evening was as fierce and unreasonable as any that have occurred in Southern cities.’’ “A lesson in tolerance,’’ is the way the N*w York Journal heads its comment, and as serts that the riots will teach “that there is only one general type of human nature in America, not two typ* s divided by sec tional lines.” The New York World also eees in the riot “an object-lesson to b oad mindedness.” There is ona exception to thesa candid expressions on the part of the Northern journals, many others of which comment on the same lines That is the New York Tribune which has been one of the most rabid of South-hating newspapers. The 'rrihune says prnoticelly nothing, prob ably because it sheepish. It dismiss es the affair editorially wdth this queer paragraph: “A real, live 'nigger hunt’ in New York! What a swret boon to the thugs, thieves and pimp* of the Tender loin! The morbid lust for blood, charac teristic of degenerates of the ‘Jack the Ripper’ type, was gratified to gorging.” The Tribune’s statement would indicate that New York has a class that is some what worse than is found in any other part of the country. However, the lone of Northern com ment on the New Ycrk riot indicates that the Northern critics are beginning to rfec things In the proper fight, *ml to real ize that, while lawlessness Is to be con demned wherever found, there is no par ilcular section which is afflicted with a surplus of It. ) A SENSATION Ale STORY. It will turn out on investigation, In all probability, that the sensational story that fourteen anarchists were chosen by the eoclety of which they are members in Europe to come to th's country and assassinate President McKinley, is with out substantial foundation. It is doubt less true that anarchists were arresied on shipboard on their arrival in New York recently, and detained by the authorities until they could be sent back to the country from which they came, but it is questionable if any ether part of the story Is true. Why should anarchists in Europe or elsewhere want to assassinate President McKinley? He Is not a permanent ruler. He may become a private citizen within the next seven months. Even If he should he re-elected his official life would last only four years. Besides, of what b nefit woujd the as sassination of President McKinley be to the cause of the anarchists? In the event of Ills death the government would go on Just as if he were alive. The Secretary of S ate wou.d take his pla e. and If he should he assassinated, anoth r cabinet minister would occupy the presidential office. It must be admittrd that the anarchists are b-cemtng very aggressive. It is prob ably true that ail of them are meitall.v unbalanced. The cnly way to cure them of iheir mental impairment Is to deal with them severely. They are crazy people and therefore ought to lie confined, so that it would he Impossible for them to do any body tiarm. An ordinary asylum would not answer for them. They should he put behind walls so strong that it would b Impossible for them to eary out their programme of ridd tig the earth of gov ernments and going back to barbarism. Prize Fighter Bob Fitzsimmons has added to hla Interesting accomplishments that of post-prandial oratory. At a din ner given lit his honor the other night b> a young Philadelphia millionaire, An thony J. Drexei Biddle, *he pugilistic guest of honor responded very gracefully lo a toast proposed to him. and delivered a few verlral solar plexus punchee that caught the crowd. It I* said his friends are now talking of arranging for him an after dinner bout with Chsunccy De pt'w. lion. Pope Brown's forthcoming an nouncement of his candidacy for Gov ernor In 1903 Is being awaited witli much Interest. With a farmer and an editor in the race, It will, no doubt, be breezy enough (or everybody. ; VERDICT IN THE POWERS CASE. The verdict of guilty in the case of ex- Seer tary of S ace Caleb Powers, tried as an ac'essory to the murder of Kentucky’s Governor, William Goebel, announced in tnls morning s dispatches was i fi fthly a great sunrise and a shock to the friends of the defendant, who had look ed forward to nothing worse than a mis trial. Judging from the many exceptions to the rulings of the court tak** by the defense, there wil! be a 1 nj end s üb i.ornly fought legal battle before they rormit their client to serv*e a life sen tence. The chances are that the case .will not be concluded until after the elec:ion. The evidence present-d during the trial was v*ry much against Powers, and peo p e generally will not be greatly surp bed at the result. It is difficult to understand why the people, as a rule, desert Tybee so early In the season. Northern resorts, Atlantic City. Cape May and others, retain their popularity in full tide right up to Sep tember, while Tybee’s is on the wane be fore the middle of August. It is true some people remain until September, but they are comparatively few, and the num bers who visit the island for a day’s out ing are growing smaller and smaller. It is as healthy at Tybee now as anywhere, and there is little or no danger to he ap prehended from storms in August, for their movements are so carefully follow ed that warnings are now’ given in time for everything on the island to be moved before they strike. The South Atlantic has no better resort than Tybee. and it is a mistake, to desert it on account of groundless fears before the season ends. PERSONAL. —Richard Henry Stoddard, the blind banker and poet, has given up dictating much of his copy and writes most of it. In spite of his blindness, he writes a remarkably clear hand. —Lieut. Gen. Sir Alfred Gaselee, the commander of the British forces in China, first entered the army at the age of 19- in 1863—and won the order of the Bath in the Hazara expedition. —James S. Barker of Missouri is the sole survivor of the expedition formed in 1847 for the relief of Gen. Zachary Taylor in the City of Mexico. He rode on horseback from Missouri to Austin, Tex., #o enlist in Col. Haye’s regiment. —ln the British royal family there is more than one member who is clever in the histrionic art. and most people have heard of he talented acting of the Prin cess Henry of Battenberg, who is also famous for her skill in arranging theatri cals and in selecting who shall play the various roles. Her Royal Highness would have made an excellent actress or manager of a theater had her lines lain in other plains, and as it is her talents have often given the Queen herself and the other measures of the royal fam ily great pleasure. —Gen. Stephen D. Lee, president of the Mississippi Historical Society, has issued an address to the public asking for as sistance and co-operation in the work of gathering information bearing upon the history of that state. The address is pro mulgated in conformity with the act of the last Legislature authorizing the ap ix>intment by the president of the His4ory Commission to aid the Historical Society in making a full and exhaustive examination of all sources for materials and manuscript relating to the history of Mississippi from the earliest time and providing for the publication and preser vation of such records. BRIGHT BITS. —Charitable Old Lady—“ Poor woman! And are you a widow?” Beggar—“ Worse than a widow, ma’nm. Me husband’s liv ing. an’ I have to support him.”—Glasgow Evening Tlmfe. —Much Needed 1 — First Girl—“l thought (hat young man was going to be here two weeks.” Second Girl—“Oh, he’s coming back. He’s only going to town over Sun day to get a little rest.”—Harper's Bazar. —That Boy Again—“ Papa,” said little Willie Askitt. "Well, my son?” “In the days of kings, and knights, and nobles, did they have to put postage stamps on their shirts of mall?”—Baltimore Ameri can. —Too Much—Poetic Son—“Ah! father. Poets are born, not made.” Father (an grily)—“Look here, you! Write all that dern rot ye want, but don't go blamin’ mother ’n’ me fer it. We won’t tand it.” —Puck. —“Oh, my friends,” exclaimed the earn est old man who was talking, “think of the future! What will you be doing fifty years from now?” “Waiting for news from China,” conjectured a reckless young person in the group.—Chicago Tribune. —His Metre—Mrs. Floodyer—“Oh, Mr. Batts, how I enjoyed your lovely volume of poems!” Batts— “You’re very kind, in. deed! Do you like the Alcaic metre!?” Mrs. Floodyer—“Alcaic metre! Oh, I see you want to change the subject. Modesty is the crown of genius. But really I can not say. Does it save much gas?”—Brook lyn Life. CURRENT COMMENT. The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.) says: "If the Republican leaders and newspapers are anxious to unify Demo crats* in all sections In favor of Mr. Br>*- an let them continue tj print evidences of his opposition to pendon grabbers and of his opposition to outside Interference with the In ernal affairs of the states. Our si le welcome s that kind of campaigning.” The Columbia State (D m.) lias this to say of Charleslon: "Truly, as a corres pondent intimates, Charleston's political position is equlvoe*al one! humiliating; but no argument can change it. The blind tigers seem to want McSweeney and the News and Court r seems 1* solved not to oppose Tillman while the naval station matter Is unsettled—and that Is ‘practical politics.' ” Tho Chicago Dally News (Ind.) says: "With the advent of Americans in Manila that capital of the East was soon over run by that climbing and c'lngirg flower of American civilization—the saloon. Now John Bull, beginning to fed at ease In the Transvaal affair, lias star cel up an Immense brewery at Cape Town. Only give Europe and America a little time an,l they will always make their civilization felt In benighted lands." The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: "The venerable George 8 Boutwell, of Massachusetts, who was Secretary of the Treasury under President Grant; Bourk*: t’oekran, the eloquent ex-Representa'lve in Congress from New York; Edward M. Shepard, the leading Independent IVntO erat of Brooklyn, and Perry Belmont, of the distinguished Democratic family of that name all voted for Mr. McKinley In 18441. and all of them announced on Wed nesday Us: their intention to sunpor: Mr Bryan Wednesday seems to have Ison a big day for sue h ann run e*m* tits, in v)eV of the fict 1 hat cm th* fame dite the who!** of an t-lmi>eri IUU in Indian* hj oils Indicated th<ir purpo* to u|f> rt Bryan Instead thro win*: awjy th**r votta on * third candidate for (he | real dtney.*' “ Storyettea. Moitke’s reticence was so proverbial that, as the King’s birthday approached, there used to be bets among the officers and the general staff as to how many words Mcltke would use in proposing rhe toast of the day, says the Chicago Daily News. Some backed a nine-word speech, others put their money on eight word®. Moitke’s habit was to say: “To the health of His Majesty, Emperor and King;” or, "To his imperial majesty’s health." In 1884 an oyster breakfast was staked on the marshal’s not using more than nine words But, because he began with he word "gentlemen,” the bet was lost. The loser comforted himself by say. ing: “He's aging, is Moltke; he’s gettting loquacious!” While "Uncle Dick ’ Oglesby was gov ernor of Illinois the second time a state senator opposed to him charged that the money in the "Governor’s fund" had been illegally used. The "Governor’s fund" contains usually about SIO,OOO to meet the incidental expenses of the office for the purchase of stationery and auch things. Soon after this charge was given cur rency the Governor was in the next coun ty to the senator making a speech, and he referred to the charges thus: "There a little senator over in the military tract who says I have misuse! the money of the ‘governor’s fund.’ It’® a lie." That was al! the explanation or refutation he •ver made, but it was enough. Proli, bly no man was more keenly in ic esied in the recent total edpse of the sr.n than Dr. Edward Everett Hale. The eminent New Englander is now 78 years old, yet he recendy journeyed from Boston to Hampton Roads to get within the belt of the totality in order to enjoy anew experience, says the Saturday Evening Post. The scientists watched him w r ith delight. He was as excited and enthusiastic as they, and his first question after ir was over was: "When will there be another?” They told him the next eclipse would oc cur in Sumatra, in the Island of Java, and would last about seven minutes. He at once announced his intention to at tend the event, saying it was worth the thousands of miles of travel to go through the keen mental sensation. Dr. Hale told the group of scientists with him a char acteristic anecdote. He said w’hen he was a child his father delighted in tell ing a story to point the greatness of Ex eter. N. H., his native town. Hundreds of country people from Hampton, a near by village, came to Exeter to view an eclipse. His father mot many farmers he had known in the village and asked them what they were in Exeter for. “To see the eclipse,” they answered. “But why not stay in your own town?” ho asked. “Oh,” they answered, “we heard so much of this great eclipse and wanted to see it. We were afraid it might skip Hampton, but we w’ere certain it would never go by the academy town.” “That was eighty years ago.” added Dr. Hale, “and things ore oddly reversed. Here I have journeyed from Massachu setts to Hampton to see an eclipse, for I knew it wouldn’t skip Hampton.” Miviag Up Messages. “I see that the War Department is growling because Gen. Chaffee’s telegrams get mixed up in transmission,” said a New Orleans steamship agent, according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat. ‘‘Mr. Root will probably become used to that sort of thing if the Eastern situation is pro longed. The telegraph lines in China are ail owned by the government and oper ated by natives, and the way that a Chi nese telegrapher can muddle and mangle the plainest English message amounts to positive genius. Very few of them apeak our language, and they simply pick out (he letters as best they can and tick them off mechanically, which Is bound to result in all sorts of amazing blunders, particularly if the cablegram Is ‘relayed' through different offices. In that connec tion, an English friend of mine tells an amusing story. He is a partner In a big machinery house that does a good deal of business in China, and some time ago it became necessary to cable their foreign representative some special information in regard to an Important contract. The agent was at Foo Chow, and the message was sent to the consul there, via Hong Kong, being relayed, or repeated, about midway, at Amoy. It ran thus: ‘‘Teil Day (the representative) to close first bkl.” That seemed clear enough; but the Hong Kpng operator must have given it some astonishing finishing touches. Any how. it was received at Foo Chow In this shape: ‘Tuesday glucose fur bed.' Of course both Day and Ihe consul took it for granted that the thing was in cipher, but when they tried to figure it out by the mercantile code, 'Tuesday' meant ‘w.ll leave for home by next steamer,’ and the word ‘fur’ Blood for 'exchange hatt risen Vt to 1 per cent.’—Two Interesting pieces of detached information but scarcely ger mane to China or the machinery business. Neither ‘glucose' nor ‘bod’ were In the book. They puzzled over the message for a week, and finally gave it up as a bad Job, and, in the meanwhile, the contract went by the board. The firm has both the original and the transmitted message-i handsomely framed, hanging in its London office as an Oriental curio and a warning to have nothing to do with the Chinese lightning slingers. If Mr. Root could feast his eyes on that ornament for awhile he might become more philosophical in re gard to slight Inaccuracies in Chaffee's communications.” Hanna’s Wit Saves Him. A young woman, handsome, of distin guished appearance and fashionably at tired, reached Republican national head quarters yesterday Just as Senator Hanna and Treasurer C. N. Bliss were preparing to leave for the day, says the New York Times. She espied them and hastily ap proaching, she grasped Senator Hanna by both hands, regardless of his cane, and exclaimed: "Why, Senator Hanna, how do you do?” Mr. Hanna seemed astonished, but quickly recovering himself, said: "Really, madam, you have the advan tage of me.” "Why, Senator, you don’t know me? Why, I am Adele Marie Rique, not a palmist, but an art anatomist, and you promised me at the Arlington Hotel in Washington that you would furnish me with a cast of your hand to study." ‘‘Oh, yes, I remember,” replied Senator Hanna, with resignation. “Can I get it now?” “No, not now,” replied Mr. Hanna. "I am In a hurry’ und I am not feeling well.” “('an I get it to-morrow?” “No, I shall be very- busy to-morrow." "How about Friday ?” “Oh, I shall be busier on Friday than to-morrotv. But you try Bliss; he has the softest hand and softest heart of any man I know.” "Oh, stop that,” said Mr. Bliss. “Yes, you have. Bliss, and you know it," rejoined Mr. Hanna. Mme. Rique looked at Mr. Bliss appeal ingly’ and then Senator Hanna, as he en tered the elevator, remarked to her: “Come on Saturday. I won’t be there." Mr. Dereiuleelr, Human l"nra<lnx. Paul Deroulede, the French rol'l'lan, is a mass of apparent contradictions, say’s the Philadelphia Post. He Is an agnostic who contributes generously to the church charities, a Republican who desires to overthrow the republic, a pence advocate who favors riot and Insurrection, a free trader who upholds prohibitory tariff, an l a democrat who even aids Ihe royalist party of France. His contrariety Is well llliustrateel by u recent story. He was discussing the Boer war with a number l of friends, and after a fierce diatribe against England, said very earnestly: "I pray that the British will be unmer cifully beaten." Why, I thought you disliked the Dutch," Interrupted a fricnel. "Dislike them? I ptay that they will he exterminated,” he declared with genuine fervor. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —Dancing is not an amusement monop olized alone by the young and frivolous. Mrs. Phoebe Crabbe of Norwalk. Conn., is 103 y- ars o and and she is suffering from rheumatism brought on by that amuse ment. Uncle Billy Kippcrly of Fort Scott, Kan., who is 93, broke his leg recently while doing a hornpipe. —A jury compo.-ed of Messrs. Jean Paul Laurens, Dagnan-Bouvere*. Augustus St. Gaudens and John W Alexander has re cently awarded to Mr Sandor L. Lan d au one of the priz s in pain ing offered by John Wanamaker to he American Art Association of Taris. The subject of the ricture, "The Annunciation to the Shep herds,” was suggested by a prolonged slay and studies in Palestine and is full of local atmosphere. —The clothes worn by Oliver Cromwell when a baby, consisting: of three shirts, one top shirt, one knitted vest, four caps, one skull cap. and a lace hood, were sold in London recently. One of the caps is work and in fine n ed e.work with the woris, “Sw r eet bab; don’t cry,” and the date 1599, the year of Cromwell's bir.h These relics came into she pes es-ion of the late Mrs. Jarman direct fr m the Cromwell family, with which she was connect and. —Some time, ago the proprietor of one of the magazines wrote to a number of nows dealers, asking them to find out why people bought the magazine and why they didn’t; what they liked and what they didn’t like; and here are some of the answers he got: (1) Confederate veteran, found inaccuracy in war story. (2) An swered an advertisement on the back pages and go swindled. (3) It ha,s too many pictures. (4) It hasn’t enough pic tures. (5) It contained a story that made fun of the Irish. (6) Ir never prints any thing about New Orleans. (7) It refused one of my jokes. (S) It comes on Friday, and am afraid it gives me bad luck. t 9) Our preacher says he didn’t think much of it. (10) It has ’too many love tales; can’t get it away from the women folks. (11) Don’t like the color of the cover. —A recent issue of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt said “The army authori ties own two large meat preserving plants—one at Spandau and one at Mainz. We do not know whether the navy ever received provisions from these factories; how’ever, at the time of the occupation of Iviao-Chau considerable comment was made upon the fact that American can ned meats were largely used in supply ing the German navy. It is known that canned and preserved meats are indis pensable in supplying the army and navy, and it is no less plain that our plants in Spandau and Mainz are far from able to furnish the requirements. There is an urgent necessity for creat ing new plants and extending the old ores to such a degree that the provision ing of the army and navy can be accom plished by the home industry alone.” —ln Belgium anew railroad is to be constructed which will unite Brussels with Ghent; it forms the prolongation of the existing Ghent-Ostend line and is to be laid out with the most recent improve ments. Its length will be about (hiTty miles. The new road will permit the dis tance from Brussels to the coast to be covered in seventy-five minutes; it will be operated at first by steam, but is con structed so that electric traction may be substituted later if desired. Tr will run ir. a nearly straight line from Ghent to the suburbs of Brussels, without grad* crossings or intermediate stations. The construction of the road will not cost mor- a than SIOO,OOO per mile, and the thirty miles will thus cost below $3,000,000. A project has been recently under consideration for a direct line on the electric system from Brussels to Antwerp, in w'hich the train® w’ere to have e normal speed of sixty miles per hour without stops between the cities, but ofter considerable discus sion it was decided to abandon the pro ject for the present. —’Noiseless car wheels are one of the luxuries promised for the future. The Chicago Times-Herald says: “Passengers over the Wallace avenue and Center street line of the City Railway Company's tem who traveled on car No. 2239 had a novel experience yesterday—they could hear themselves talk without shouting. This was the effect of new sets of wheels tried experimentally—noiseless wheels furnished by the Wells-Freilch Car tVheel Company, the invention of I. Hogeland, a resident of this city. The secret of the ab sence of noise was in the layer of paper placed between the tire and the wheel proper, very simple but exceedingly effec tive. Moreover, when the tires get worn out it is not necessary to press them off, but they arp unbolted from the paper connection or ring on the outer rim of ihe wheel. The wheels are made of chilled steei, and the feature of the device is that anew wheel is made by the replacing of the tire and five pounds of new' paper. The weight is the same as the usual wheel; the tires are secured by twelve %- inch machine bolts and a 30-inch wrench then riveted. A summary* of the official report made by the British admiralty, showing the name, tonnage and sp ed of every* vessel employ* and to convey troops, horses and mules to the Transvaal between July* 1 1899. and March 31, 1903, shows that the various transports made 215 voyages from England and the Mediterranean, in which they carried 6,663 officers, 170,185 men and 30,101 horses, says the New York Tr bune. Of the horses 1,543 were lost in transit. In forty-rine voyages from India the trans ports carried 417 cffleers, 10,592 men, 2.352 followers, 7,3 4 horses and 1156 mules; of the letter 98 herses and 3 mules were lost on the voyage. The colonial contingent were taken to the Care in transports making twent.v-ni*e voyages and carrying 486 officers, 8 630 men and 7,7.12 horses. In addition to the above, thirty-three voy ages were made by vessels employed so’e ly in taking, mules to 8, util Africa These shits conveyed 31 503 mules, of which only 671 were lost en voyage, and other vessels made twenty tour voyazes in conveydng horses and cobs from Atts'ralia and Ar gentina. These* carried 13,896 animals, of which only 148 were lost. —There was once a fussy old fellow whose dally task it was to write a col umn, more or less, of s ml-edllorial para graphs for a newspaper, says the New York Times. This old fellow-doubtless as penalty* for his sins—had acquired, early lit his career, the notion that no para graph should beg n with the word “the." What he really objec ed to, presumably, was the beginning rf too many of them with that worel, wlih the* resulting mon otony of appearance, and to avoid the extreme of excess he w nt to the extreme of absolute abatenslon, Just as the tem perance people do. Now. ns anybo ly* will discover by looking at a nmst any book or paper. It “comes natural" to use the werd “the” much, very much, often*r than any other w rd in beg lining to write on any* snb’cct, and (he establishment— and observance—of a rule against such beginnings means the taking of a lot of trouble. The old felltw In question took this troub'e f, r years and years before he thought of asking llms. 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