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4 gffje Mofning Moritlns; News T. uDdi u~. G/v MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1900. Registered at the Postoffice in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and it> served to fcuh&cribers in the city, or cent by mail, at 70c a month, $4.00 for six months, and |*.oo for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a wfeek (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year $6.00. 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 oi Genders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents n 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. 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 bo immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed “MORNING NEWS,” Savannah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row. New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. IKDEX 10 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ©pedal Notices—James C. Brewer on Curative Value of Suwanee Springs Water; Original Anniston Lime, Andrew' Hanley Company; Fancy and Re-Pressed Brick. Andrew Hanley Company; Le van’s Table d’Hote. Business Notices—Show Cases, Henry Solomon & Son. Amusements —Una Clayton, in “Miss Roarer.” at Theater To-night. Washing Powder—Pearline. Steamship Schedule—Merchants and Miners’ Transportation Company. Auction Sales—Monday’s Auction Sale, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer. Mineral Water—Saratoga AJrondack Water. Medical—Hood’s Pills; Castoria; Hostet ter’s Bitters; Dr. .Hathaway Company; Horsford's Acid Phosphate; Mother’s Friend. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia and Eastern Florida to-day are for fair weather, with light south to west winds. The allied forces in China should take warning fro-m the experience of the Unit ed States troops with Aguinaldo in the Philippines and not attempt to chase the Empress Dowager and the Emperor. “Capitals” in China tare even more num erous than they w’ere in Luzon, and there Is no telling what sort of a hole the hunt would end in. It is a healthful sign to note that the government seems to have decided upon the deportation of anarchists coming here from foreign countries. That law less element has given the United Stages no little trouble in the past, and while perhaps *it may mot do to exclude immi grants on suspicion alone, there is no reason why notorious anarchists should be permitted to find in this country an asylum in which they can concoct their murderous plots. The anarchists should be kept out. Chicago has a “Two Million” Club whose object is to establish the fact that Chicago's population is 2,000,000 people or more. They are determined not to ac cept the census figures which are proba bly considerably under that. In fact they figure 'that the population of the Windy City is more than 2.600.000, and they want official figures somew’here in that neigh borhood. It begins to look us if the of ficial census is going to give a lot of dis satisfaction in Northern as well ns in Bouthern cities. The push and enterprise of the people* of Valdosta will undoubtedly insure the success of the Georgia State Fair, which they have undertaken this year. Valdostq is fortunate in the opportunity which she has secured of extending her fame and reputation, and the State Fair manage ment is also to be congratulated, for the work is in good hands. The people of Valdosta have gone to work with energy end they will demonstrate that South Georgia can equal, If not surpass, any part of the state in displaying Georgia's resources. Speakers at a large mass meeting of representative Cubans in Havana Ihe other night, freely made the statement that Cuba was not yet ready for a Re publican form of government. The better class of Cubans exclusive of some the politicians are undoubtedly appreciative of the advantage the protection of the United States has been (o the island, and now that the time appears to be ap proaching lor an independent government, many of them are loath to give that pro tection up. The United States will see to It, however, that no section of the island is given over to disorder. The New York Tribune of rabid anil- Bouthern proclivities, has at last spoken wVtta reference to the recent work of the mob in that city. The Tribune claims to llikl this point of difference between the New Y'ork riot and (hat in New Orleans: “Not a single word has been said by any reputable citizen of New York in defense of the rioters or in palliation of their (s.” Tills is a remarkable discovery on the part of the Tribune which appears to conclude that the rioting in New Or leans and race troubles which have taken place in olher sections of the South, have been sanctioned by reputable citizen*. The Tribune knows, or should know, (hat such is not the case. It knows that repu table citizens of the South at nil times deplore such lawlessness and condemn the violators of the law. it would appear therefore as If the Tribune's statement is Homowhu't of a wilful perversion of the truth. CAMPAIGN KI NDS NOT FORTHCOM ING. Senator Hanna, the chairman of the Re publican National Committee, is not in a very happy frame of mind. It is re ported that his health is not good. His ailment is mental rather than physical, in all probability. It is pretfy well un derstood that his committee is not meet ing with much success In its efforts to get campaign contributions. The business men and manufacturers who subscribed so freely in l now seem inclined to keep their closed. They tell Mr. Hanna and his committee that there Is no use in spending money; that there Is no danger of Mr. Bryan’s election. The fact is, they know his chances for being elected are excellent, but they don't feel any uneasiness on that account. In 1896 they were genuinely alarmed by the prospect of his success. They believed that his elec?ion would be followed by legislation in favor of the 16 to 1 idea, and they were willing to part with (heir money freely to defeat him. Now' they do not fear silver legislation. They do not be lieve that the gold standard would be dis turbed even if Mr. Bryan should be elect ed. Besides, at heart, many of them are against the imperialistic policy of their own party. Under the circumstances it is not to be wondered at that the begging committee is not meeting with encourag ing success. Unless the Republicans get an abund ance of money they will not be able to conduct a very enthusiastic campaign. Their orators and workers must be paid. They are in politics for what they can make out of it. They know that the trusts exist because they are protected by the Republican party, and they are not willing to work for their welfare with out compensation. Mr. Hanna and his Committee will have to find money, there fore. if they expect to conduct a vigorous campaign. Tt is asserted that one of the most gen erous givers to the Republican campaign fund was the. late Collis P. Huntington. If the stories current are to be credited he promised to turn into the Republican treasury this year as much as $1,000,000 Of course he did not intend to give that large sum himself. He expected to col lect the larger part of it from his rich friends and (he great corporations with which he was connected. His death must have begn a heavy blow to Mr. Hanna and his begging committee. The scarcity of campaign funds is not the only' thing that is worrying Mr. Hanna. Many announcements are ap pearing in the public prints giviftg the names of prominet supporters of Mr. Mc- Kinley in 1896 who are going to vote for Mr. Bryan this year. The issue of im perialism is taking hold of the people in a way that is surprising and dishearten ing to the Republican campaign man agers. THE POST OF A CAMPAIGN. Most parsons probably know that It costs a pretty considerable sum of money to elect a President of the United States, but few of them have any w r ell defined idea of the size of that. sum. It may be doubted, indeed, that the financial agents of the great parties themselves are able to state precisely what the expenses of a campaign are In 4ho total, since there are so many sources of expense and payment that do not come under the jurisdiction of the national committees. Leaving out the sums expended by pri vate Individuals and corporations in the interests of their favorite candidates, it is estimated by a writer in the New York Herald that the cost of the campaign of the present year to the national and state committees will be not less than $25,000.- 000, and probably more than that. This is an enormous sum to be disbursed in less than four months; but a presidential campaign moves rapidly, and there - is always a place to put every dollar that c omes into the political treasury. It is claimed by political workers that but lit tle money, comparatively speaking. Is used in bribery and other criminal and dirty practices. There are in all cam paigns certain voters who seek to be pur chased, and the probabilities are that they are taken care of. But that element is relatively very small. The great, the overwhelming, majority of American voters are honest, nnd cast their ballots from principle. The corruption funds, therefore, are not large when compared with the total of campaign expenditures. The chief Items of expense are speak ers and literature, together with clerk hire and postage. It Is estimated that each of the great parties will send out from national headquarters no less than 5,000 speakers during the next w T eok or two. nnd they will he on the stump for eight weeks. To the 10.000 speakers from national headquarters must be ad ded about 50,000 speakers from state head quarters. The cost In salaries and ex penses of these speakers the Herald\pays will be approximately $11,000,000. Then there must tons and tons of literature printed, stamped and mailed. That in volves the employment of an army of printers, clerks, wrappers and other work ers, ond a big bill for postage. Further more, no campaign could be successfully run without brass bands, torch-lights, banners, public halls for meetings, and the like. And all of these things coot money. Upwards of 14.000.000 votes, it is estimated, will be cast for Bryan and McKinley next November. To reach and influence, as many of these votes as pos sible is the task of the campaign man agers. It Is a gigantic undertaking, ne cessitating a great deal of hard and in telligent work and the disbursing of a large amount of money for legitimate ex penses. It Is believed by the Herald’s writer that the Republican National Committee will have $3,000,000 or better to spend in (ho campaign, while the Democrats will spend more than $2,000,000 through their notional organization; and for every dol lar spent by the national committees (here will be four spent by the state com mittees. That would bring the total cost, through committees, up to the $25,000,000 mark. Maryland’s Legislature hns mode pro viion for reaurveying Mason and Dixon’s line and the restoration of the landmarks, many of which have been removed. The loss of these landmarks has left the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania in doubt in many places, and it is for this reason that the resur vey is to be made. The work has no idea in it of perpetuating any of the hit ter memories with which that famous “line” was at one time eo intimately con nected., THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 20. 1900. THE WAY TO WIN IN KENTUCKY. The Democrats of Kentucky are going to make an effort to amend the Goebel election law. The Legislature has been called to meet on the 28th of this month for that purpose. There is no doubt that the Governor has acted wisely in calling an extra session for the purpose of amending (he law. The Democrats should not attempt to adopt an amendment that would still leave room for the charge tl*at the law was unfair. Nothing would be gained by a policy of that kind. What is needed is an absolutely fair election law*. If the ! Democrats should propose a law of that kind and the Republicans should success fully oppose it, the responsibility for a continuance of (he present law would rest upon them. It Is the understanding that the Repub licans wiil oppose any action by (he Leg islature. They are afraid that if the law were made satisfactory to fair-minded men, those Democrats who ore now act- ; ing with the Republicans, because of the unfair election law, w'ould return to the ; Democratic party. They ‘want to keep l the two factions of the democracy of the state apart. There are some Democrats who are against amending the law, though it is not clear why they should be, except that the charge will be made, probably, that if it had not been for the unfair law the Republicans would now have control of the state. But it is better that such a charge should be made than that an un just law should remain in force. In com menting on the call for an extra session the Louisville Courier-Journal says: "No party can prosper by a lajy which carries even a semblance of unfairness into the voting booths and the canvassing boards. The Democrats only want a law which wili secure an honest ballot, in the moun tains as well as In the lowlands.” It Is true that no party can prosper by un fair means. It may gain one or two suc cesses by such means, but as soon as the people are satisfied that it is not honest they will desert it. The election in Kentucky this fall will he one of the most Important ever held in the state.* The Democrats cannot af ford to lose It. And if they carry It there muse be no grounds for contesting it. If the presidential election should turn on the election in Kentucky the Re publicans would not hesitate to attack the election law, should the present law remain In force, and should it ap pear that there w r as something for them to gain by attacking it successfully. The sessions of the Legislature will be watched with interest throughout the country. They will have more than a local interest. It Is within the bounds of probability that they w ill have an import ant bearing on the presidential election. POLITENESS IN’ BUSYNESS LETTERS. The Haberdasher, a trade publication, proposes a “reform” in business letter writing. It wishes to dispense* with the “Dear sir.” with which such letters are begun, and the “Yours respectfully,” or “Yours truly,” with which they are con cluded. “Suoh phrases,” It says, “arc admittedly absolutely meaningless*. They are ‘soft words,’ and they ‘butler no pars nips.’ Little by little the forms of ad dress have been condensed until such old echool phrases as ‘Mv dear and respected sir,” and “Your humble and obedient ser vant,’ are obsolete. Why not continue the good work and reform It altogether? Why not adopt the following sensible, straightway, businesslike form: ‘John Smith & Cos.: We wish to order, etc. T. Brown & Co.’ That is what we mean. Why not say it nnd stop?” There are certain amenities of conversa tion and communication which cannot be dispensed with without offending good breeding; and the person who attempts to brush them aside as superfluous, pro claims himself a boor. Because a man chances to be in business is no reason why he should 1 take it upon himself to address hie correspondents In an abrupt, brusque manner for the sole reason that a few short, sharp words would express his ideas more quickly than o fuller, better rounded and more courteous sentence. Brusqueness on the part of one party is more than apt to breed contempt on the part of the other. “Why not say what we mean, and then stop?” asks the Haberdasher. In other words, why not sacrifice good manners to commercialism? Why not quit assur ing one’s correspondent of the respect and friendly interest felt for him because it takes time nnd effort to write the few words necessary? In our mad rush to make money we have already sacrificed a l.urge proportion of that nice courtesy and deference which formerly charaote.- ized even business correspondence, be cc.use it took time. Having so small a stock of it left, can we afford to dis pense with that which remains, nnd write oureelves down a nation of brusque nnd boorish money seekers ready to lop off any evidence of refinement that stands in the way of ?r>eed in rushing through business? Furthermore,, the courtesies in addresses and conclusions of business letters are largely machine-made, and hence cost little. They are put in by the lady typist or the gentleman stenographer, hence take none of the “boss’ ” time. Nevertheless the “boss” gets the credit for the sentiments, and his correspondents think the better of him for them. It would be a small and unbecoming thing to eliminate the-" Dear sir” and the "Yours truly” from business letters. The effect of the disease known as “brown rot,” which caused so much de struction in the orchards of the state this year, has been felt seriously by the Geor gia fruit growers for the first time, and this fact has led the state experiment station to make a study of that fruit malady with n view to preventing such a great loss in future fruit years. The dis ease was spread rapidly In the peach orchards during June and July by the heavy rains, and there was scarcely a grower who did not suffer seriously. The work being done by the experiment sta tion has in view the application of a safe and effective remedy for this disease, and it is to be hoped it will be successful in preventing suoh a disaster another year. ' 1 1 t A salmon famine i* promised this sea son according to reports from the Pa cific coaat. The American catch is con servatively estimated as being I,ooo*ooo cases short, and the shortage will not be ' materially reduced If Alaska reaches the 1 maximum. With this state of affairs tt ought not to be u bad year for the cod fish and the mackerel catcher* “down -Cat. M v Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia seems to be continually in hot water. The Wan arr.aker incident had scarcely disappeared from the public print before he went away from his post leaving the city gov ernment in the hands of a state officer. He has reappeared after an absence of six weeks to find many of the city depart ments, particularly that of the police, up set by n kind of political debauchery which the prohibition of the law does not seem to have deterred—the attempt in many assembly districts to control the legislative elections in spite of the wishes of the people. The worst of it is. it is said, that it is all being done in Mayor Ash bridge's name, but so far he has had nothing to say either one way or the other. It is the opinion of a great many people in Philadelphia that their city government needs anew official head. The work of repairing the Middle Geor- j gia Military and Agricultural College at Milledgeville, for which the Legislature mkde provision, is nearing completion. The interest in this work lies in the fact that this building is Georgia’s old Capi tol. a landmark which has withstood (he elements for a hundred years. The his toric, casile-like old edifice bids fair to las! many years more before its ruins will have to be removed to make way for an other structure. Gov. Roosevelt and Lieut. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff chanced to meet the other day in the middle of the street car track at Broadway and Twenty-third street. "Get out of the way, you lobsters. Do you want to tie up this road?” was the greeting 1 of the motorman who was com pelled to stop his car to prevent running over them. It is interesting now and then, to gel at the ideas of the common people with reference to the big Republican leaders. As well as Lord Roberts has handled the ( situation in South Africa, his troubles are by no means over. It notv seems that he has lost the Boer General DeWet and that "small remnant” of burghers, who ate not Britten prisoners. DeWet has been in the habit of getting lost, and Lord Rober.s is now put to the necessity of again getting out his posse and scouring the woods. Ihe little kingdom of Greece is going to pay u a friendly visit. For the first time in the history of that country a Greclan warship, the second class cruiser Kauarchos Mlaulis, wiil cross the Atlan tic, and she i expected to drop anchor in New York harbor early in September. America will be glad to entertain the representatives of King George's domain. Florida should be proud of the Paris Exposition medal for the best wrapper tobacco, awarded to a firm of growers at Quincy. It means more to that state than it does to the fortunate firm that received it. It means that there are latent possi bilities In Florida's soil which may yet be converted into millions. —; ♦ persona l. Count Leo Tolstoi's health is much improved, and, instead of expecting death almost any day, as was the oaae with him last spring, his physicians now 1 say he may live ten years to come. —Prince Oscar Bernadotte, the second son Of King Oscar of Sweden and Nor way, recent# 1 returned home from his tour of inquiry into the welfare of the Laplanders. Twice a year he makes this trip, accompanied by a clergyman of the Lutheran Church, and carries on active religious propaganda within the Arctic Circle. , —lt is said that Sir Francis Grenfell was chosen commander of the British forces in China for other reasons than those con nected with his military distinction; for he is almost too elderly and too portly to undergo the rigors of a campaign in the Far East. He is a diplomatist of considerable reputation, and it is ex pected of him that he will keep on good terms with the other generals of the for eign contingents rather than direct any of the actual fighting himself. CI RHENT COMMENT. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Tnd.) has this interesting comment on the New York riot of Wednesday night: "As for Justification there was none in either case, but, when that has been said, it Is only fair to brand New York as more wanton in its savagery than New Orleans. The negro murderer in the Southern city killed three policemen, in stead of one. The black race down there is about half the entire population, and rare antagonism has been developed through social and political agencies since the days when the blacks in New Orleans were slaves. In New York the colored population is Infinitesimal in the whole; as a social and political factor it has always been too insignificant to be seriously considered in the city's life. Yet the New l York mob was at work within a month after the mob at New Orleans and was fully equal to it In in discriminate, ferocious assault upon inno cent, peaceable citizens, whose only of fense was the color of their skins. "It is Idle to condone the New York outbreak on the ground that the riot ers were for the most part hoodlums. The rioters in New Orleans were for the most part hoodlums. The truth is that hoodlums generally possess all the pas sions and share all the prejudices which fill the heart of a community. In race questions especially they feel the same antagonisms that the 'better element’ feel, the chief difference being tha't the hoodlums have less seif control. When riots like these occur a whole city is guilty.” r The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says of the future policy with regard to China: "The history of conquest of alien peoples by European nations affords no warrant for the belief that any foreign Power, im bued with ideas of modern civilization, could find political or commercial ad vantage in exercising nominal dominion over vast areas of the Chinese empire. Such an undertaking would be an exper iment unprecedented in the world’s an nals, and fraught with grave responsibili ties and possible dangers. The Chinese could not be exterminated, like African tribes or American aborigines, nor could they be set against each other in tribal antagonisms, like the hordes of India. Pecuniary, not territorial, indemnity would be a wise choice at this Juncture on the part of the Powers.” Florida's convict lease system is pro voking much adverse eomrrfnnt. The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun (Item.) says: "The people of the whole state are interested in the convict question, and it is not wonderful that there is a general kick along the whole line In opposition to the system now In vogue. The best way to reform the system Is to wipe it out root and branch. No man who will not pledge himself to vote to abolish the disgrace should he sent to the Legislature. The patience of the people has been severely taxed and the regret Is well nigh uni vernal that the convict labor lease shame cannot be done away with previous to Ihe .meeting of the next Legislature,'V Dealing With False Prophets. The Chicago Times-Herald publishes the following "dispatches”: Grand Ripple, 0., Aug. 6.—Two men who came to this town a week ago and began preaching that goats have souls were pelted by a crowd of leading citi zens here to-day, and might have been lynched but for the timely arrival of the sheriff and a posse who were pursuing a horse thief from Canal Fulton. One of the men lost an ear and the other escaped with a broken arm. At a mass meeting in the town hail to-night resolutions were adopted denouncing the Chinese Boxers for their fanaticism and calling on the civilized powers to put down Mongolian intolerance forever. Wingate, Ky„ Aug. 6.—Several weeks ago a strange man appeared here and engaged a room at the leading hotel. He spent his time looking over the country hereabouts, but said nothing until last Saturday, when he began posting up in public places the following notice: Heaven is not os some people believe, a beautiful place of which the sky is the floor and into w'hich men pass through a son of trapdoor that cannot be seen from the earth. I don't know where heaven is, or what It's like; but I have good reason for believing that the sky is not a blue plane composed of some kind of a solid substance that serves as a found ation for paradise. The sky, as we see it, is nothing hut space. If we could rise to what now seems the sky It is probable that we should find ourselves in mere emptiness, with no imcedlate danger of bumping our heads againsi anything. This is my honest opinion, and I am will ing to defend It against all comers. Ohadiah Renfrew. Shortly after the notices appeared lead ing citizens began to congregate on the street corners, and before long a proces sion started toward the hotel. Some of the people were armed with clubs, many of the women flourished brooms nnd roll ing-pins. and not a few of the cooler heads carried shotguns. When the mob reached the hotel Renfrew was dragged out and ducked in the miilrace. He was then carried out of town on a rail and warned that he would be lynched if he ever permitted himself to be seen in Win gate again. There is some talk of raising a company here to volunteer in China against the unreasonable Boxers. Smythesylvania, Ind.. Aug. 6.—A mis sionary of the Fnkerfiux sect was burned at the stake half a mile south of this city last night. The UnkerfluxMes believe the stars are inhabited by the souls of the people who have died on earth, and that after n man has passed to the first star on the route he starts in to live there very much after the manner in which he lived here. The length of time he lives on the first star corresponds to the mental greatness and refinement of soul he at tained here on earth. Then he dies and passes on again to the next afar, living there as long as his conduct on the first star warrants, and so progressing until at last he. reaches a star where he can live forever in sublime perfection. Some people never succeed in reaching the highest star because of their shortcom ings here on earth or on accounts of misdeeds on intermediate stars. It didn't take the people of this sec tion long to decide that they would have no TTnkerflux teachings spread among their children, hence very short work was made of the missionary. The Smythesyl vania Debating Club has adopted resolu tions denouncing Chinese intolerance and bigotry, hut praying that the Boxers be humanely treated, when subdued, because they know 1 not what they do. Depends on the Election. Miss Mary Kincaid is the prettiest girl in Dudley Township, Haskell county, Kan. Miss Kincaid has two ardent ad mirers. and she has been trying for more than a year to decide between them, says the Chidago Tribune. She likea them both, and, as nearly as she can determine, she likes them equally. The other day the three, James Bradley, William Wllker son and Miss Kincaid, were talking to gether about the coming election. Brad ley is a Republican and Wiikerson a Pop ulist. Sudddenly, os the two men discuss ed the claims of their respective parties, a bright idea struck Bradley. "I tell you what,” he said, "suppose we let the result of the election in Dudley Township decide which one of us shall marry Mary?” Wiikerson agretj, and Miss Kincaid also gave her consent. The proposition was put into writing and all three signed it. If McKinley carries the township Bradley is to lead Miss Kincaid (o the altar. If Bryan gets a majority of the votes Wii kerson is to take hla place as bridegroom. In Case of tie the two men are to draw lots for Miss Kincaid's hand. Dudley Township is the only township in the United States which went for Palm er and Buckner in 189 G. At that election only six votes were cast, three for the candidate of the Gold Democrats, two for McKinley and one for Bryan. Since that time two new voters have moved In, one a Swede, who announces that he will vote for Bryon. and the other a negro, who has proclaimed his allegiance to-the Re publican ticket. Bradley and Wiikerson will devote most of their attention to the three men who voted for Palmer and Buckner four years ago. All Enterprising Italian. On a recent excursion to Milwaukee by steamer one of the attractions for the crowd was an Italian with a hand-organ and monkey, says the Chicago Times-Her ald. Suddenly Mr. Monkey disappeared, and everyone wanted to know what had become of him. They did not want the music without the monkey. "De Monk is seeck—de monk is seeek!” said the agitated and perspiring descend ant of the Caesars, as he plunged wildly about the deck, stacking up boxes and bundles and everything he could get his hands on. and sheltering the unfortunate monkey among them. The wretched lit tle object was genuinely and humanly sea sick. and sat shivering a picture of mis ery, hut concealed from the eyes of the crowd, which was lauding the kind at tentions of its master. Then Mr. Organ-Grinder, grinning at the conceit of the thing, pinned a card on the impromptu hospital which read: "Five centa to see the sick monk. Mooslc free.” No Exception. A lecturer on prohibition tells an expe rience he had in North Carolina, where the religious ideas that are otherwise rigid do not exclude the free use of mountain whisky, eavs New Yorl. Life. He deliv ered his lecture in a church, and, warm ing up to his subject, declared that the Bible prohibited the drinking of alcohol. Immediately a long, lank member inter rupted: "There ain't no such thing in the Bible," he said. "Read it from Genesis to Revela tion, from klver to kiver, and you can find only one man who ever asked for water, and he only wanted a single drap, and what’s more," declared the mountain member in peroration, "ho didn't git to heaven." The Safety Razor. He is one of the safer salesmen in New York, never making a mistake until Tues day, when he. sold a customer a safety razor, says the New York Press. I met him at the door, shaking a if with an ague. "Whal'a the matter, my dear fol low; you seem agitated?” "Pm worse than that." he replied, holding up some thing that looked like the fingers of a mowing machine. "I've Just sold a coun tr>mnu a safety razor and forgot to wrap up the safety /part. He'll cut his throat and I'll feel guilty of murder. 1 don't know his address, and there's no way of reaching him.” His distress was un feigned. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —During the last season the exports of tea from Japan to the United States and Canada amounted to no less than 39,631,239 pounds. Of this amount 25.94V030 pounds were shipped from Yokohama, and the rest from Kobe. —Many of the state governors Interlard their proclamations with scriptural quota tions. The Governor of West Virginia in cluded fifty such extracts In his document of last Thanksgiving and about twenty in his proclamation of Labor Day. —According to a medical authority there is now in the United States one physician to every 600 people—proportionately twice as many as in Great Britain, four times as many as B'rance has, five times as many as Germany has and six times as many as Italy has. —A new industry which has now as sumed considerable importance in Italy is the manufacture of carbide of calcium, which is used chiefly for making acety lene gas. The United States and France occupy the first and second places as pro ducers of carbide, Italy coming next. —The Secretary of the Interior has is sued an order withdrawing from entry at the land office 300 square miles of terri tory in New Mexico. The section in cludes most of the more Important cliff dwellings thereabout, the intention being to make of it the Pajarlto Cliff Dwellers' National Park. —According to reliable information, there are in the whole of European Russia only 779 newspapers and periodicals pub lished. Of these 631 are printed in Rus sian, 65 in Polish, 42 in German, 11 In the Estomanin language, 8 in French, 6 in Armenian. 2 in Hebrew, 6 in the Caucasian language and none in English. —ln Colorado it is not necessary that judges of county courts shall he law yers. The result has been that decisions of such tribunals, when appealed, are re versed in almost half the cases. It is found that in nearly all cases county courts get at the equity all right, but err as to technicalities, and it is suspected that more or less unscrupulous lawyers lay traps to bring about just such results. —Mexico seems anxious to get back the sons and grandsons of her former citizens who are now citizens of the United States, living in California, Colorado. Ari zona and Netv Mexico. In a colonization concession recently made the government stipulatedi that all colonists must be from foreign countries with preference for those of Mexican origin now In the states and territories above mentioned. —The importation of felt hats into the land of the white elephant is steadily increasing. They come chiefly from Ger many and Italy. Better qualities are im ported from England and France. Straw hats are also extensively imported from Switzerland and Germany, whilst Pana ma hats qome from France. The latter are much liked by the native population, and high prices are paid for them—up to 10 ticals each, or $3.25 gold. —The silk industry in Northern Italy is making steady and considerable prog ress. Lyons firms of dyers are even open ing branches in the neighborhood of Co mo. The exports of silk goods from Italy rose from the amount of $6,567,899 In 1898 to that of $9,453,254 in 1899. New silk mills are almost constantly being erected and there is little doubt that the city of Como wili some day become the most important‘silk manufacturing center in Europe. —Diamonds, considered by Lincoln deal ers superior to those from South Africa, and valued at from 25 to 50 per cent, higher than those found in that region, have been discovered at the diggings up the Maznruni river in British Guiana, ac cording to a letter to the state depart ment from United States Consul Moulton at Demarara. Concessions of land for diamond mining are being made and the industry promises well, as the stones al ready found are pronounced fuliy equal in quality to Brazilian diamonds. —Two golf enthusiasts in Pittsburg dis puted as to the possibility of making a course over certain city streets in 150 strokes. They finally bet $2,000 a side. William J. Patton offering to make the course (four and a half miles) and Henry R. Rea betting he could not do it. The game was begun at 5 o'clock in the morn ing, starting in California avenue, in front of the Allegheny County Club. The play er crossed two bridges, hit two men and one dog. lost ever so many balls and fin ished in two hours, having only made 119 strokes. —Chief among the assets of Italian ho tel-keepers, merchants and railroads is the money le,ft with them annually by tour ists. This will aggregate about $75,000,00), and the individuals named have just tak en steps to cultivaie the traveling foreign er with the view of encouraging him to spend still mere. A Congress has been held in Rome under the leadership of Signor Di Ferrari, a former member of the cabinet, who in his address to the delegates said: "We propose to organize all the forces of Italy which rel&te to the cultivation of this Industry.” —The engineer of the Olympic Iron works at Tacoma had an experience last week which he eou'dn't forget even if he wanted to remember the Maine. He be came entangled with the revolving ehaft of the engine and his body was instantly drawn in and whirled around with the machinery. A minute later tha engine was stopped and his friends took out his nak ed and bleeding body. To the amazement of all ho recovered. The strangest part of the st-ry is the fact that he was whirl ed around so rapidly that his feet struck the floor with such force that they split the cne-inch beards without breaking any bones or straining the muscles. It is es'i ' mated that his feet were traversing the circumference of a circle six feet in diam efer at a velocity of 2 000 feet a minute. —The annual gathering of thouranrte of martins for their flight southward is now taking place at Coin Island, near Jeffer sonville. Ind. The soil is covered with a shaggy growth of small bushes, but there Is not a tree six feet tall on the island. An hour before sundown the birds begin to appear, and at times the. sky is black with them. By the hundreds they alight on the small bushes, and bear thorn down to the ground, so numerous is the winged army. Nearly all the martins that take up their home on the island come from almost due east. And they are as familiar with the roo ting place as if di rected there by signboards. Persons who have made a study of the birds say they begin arriving on >he day the August moon reaches the first quarter, and they continue collecting untH the third quarter is reached, when they are seen no more until next season. —Rye is the characteristic food crop of Germany and Russia, millet of India, and wheat of France, while corn is pre-emi nently an American crop, over three fourths of the world’s consumption being produced in this country. The crop re porter for August contaiss good news in regard to the outlook for corn; name ly. that the demand for it abroad is rap idly increasing. Until witMn recent years, Euroiw failed to recognise the superiority and economy of corn as a cheap food for animals, hut they are sow awakening to that fac*. Indeed the Increase in the ex port of corn observed in the last five years has been the most stirring feature of our foreign commerce, the increase ob served during that period being equal to about 254 per cent. 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