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4 ffjs joining 2Jetei£ Morning >evr# Hull ding; ►jiTtiunah, tmt\ TUESDAY, AUG IST 21. 1900. Registered at the Pos.toffice in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or eent by mail, at 70c a month, *4.00 for six months, and *l6O for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week i without Sunday issue), three months, sl.6#; six months *3.00; one year *6.00. The WEEKLY NEW’S. 2 lseues a week. Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, *I.OO. Subscriptions payable in advance. Re mit by postal order, check or registered letter. Curiency cent by mail at risk ol tenders. Transient advertisements, other than special coiumn, local or reading notices, amusement* and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one Inch square in depth— is the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING News to either residence or place of business may be made by postal cord or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re- I 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. 15DEI 10 BEI ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Lafayette McLftws Camp 398. U C. V. Special Notices—Notice to City Court Jurors; Maple Syrup, made by Curtice Brothers, at A. M. & C. W. West; T. E. Murphy, of Macon, Ga., in Verse on Su wanee Springs Water; Doors, Saehes, 'Blinds, Andrew Hanley Cos.; Look. Sa vannah Building Supply Company; Prizes for Conte**s at Hotel Tybee; Levan’s Table d’Hote. Business Notices—E. & W. LaunArjs Fresh from the Mill, S. W. Branch Com. pany. Amusements—lira Clayton at Matinee to-day;"Kelley's Kids," at the Theater Aug. 24. Call to See Our Cheap Negligee Shirts, etc.—B. H. Levy & Bro. Hide® Wanted—R. Kirkland. Foods—Grape Nuts. Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship Company. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroots. Medical—Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Pills; Pond's Extract; Dr. Hathaway Cos.; Hood's Sarsaparilla; Tutt’s Pills; World's D'spensary Preparations; S. S. S.; Cas toria; Coke Dandruff Cure. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost, Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The Indications for Georgia to-day are for local rain and cooler weather to-day, with light to fresh southwesterly winch*; and for Eastern Florida local rains and thunderstorms, with light variable winds. Now the report comes from Wisconsin of a "negro hunt” in that staid old West ern state, the negro’s ofTenee being that he wounded a deputy sheriff. It is Massa chusetts' turn next. Negroes of New York have decided to employ ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed to prosecute the police of that city for their part in the recent riot. The first thing the man from Maine knows he will And him self getting back Into politico. The population of six large cities of the United States which has baen announced by the census shows an average gain in inhabitants since 1890 of 31.34 per cent. It is not likely that that average will be maintained everywhere, but making suffi cient allowance it would Indicate that the country’s population will go considerably over 80,000,000. In discussing a "Bryan cabinet,” the Springfield Republican leads the list of those who are considered available for Secretary of State with the name of Sen ator A. O. Bacon of Georgia. In the event of Mr. Bryan’s election, Senator Bacon would undoubtedly take a promi nent part In the administration, qualifica tions for which have been shown in his leadership In the Senate. The trouble between the whites and the negroes in Liberty county appears to have been very much exaggerated in some quarters. The negroes of that county are. as a rule, peaceable and law-abiding citi zens and have given Utile trouble in the past. The chances are that when the re cent affair is sifted to the bottom, it will be found that only a few of the lawless element of that race were responsible for It. I 0 , t Senator Chauncey Depew's after dinner French is evidently not so good as his post-prandial English. He nearly had himself carried to a Paris police station a few days ago for trying to explain to a Parisian mademoiselle that he had found her pocketbook. She misunder stood him and called a policeman, but when finally the matter was satisfactorily explained, she gave the senator a good French hug and honors were even. J Juror Porter, the only Republican on the Jury that convicted Caleb Powers ns being an accessory to the murder of Gov. Goebel of Kentucky, went upon the Jury convinced that there had been no con ■pirucy to murder Gov. Goebel and that Caleb Powers was Innocent. "I have heard the evidence." Juror Porter says, "and I am convinced he (Powers) Is guilty.” Perhaps the evidence has proved equally convincing 4o some of Powers' friends who simply refuse to admit It. I A Louisville (Ky.) special In the New York World says that the verdict of guilty In the case of Caleb Powers, will, In the opinion of the Kentucky Republi cans, enable their party to sweep the state in November. It la but natural that the Republican* should express an opinion of that kind. What do the Brawn Demo crats think rf the verdict? Will they still act with the Republicans against the tegular Democrats? That Is s more Im portant matter ,han the opinion of the Republicans as to the effect (ha verdict will have on the election. CHIKEBK BEBKIYG FB.ifß, It Is pretty cHear that the real situa tion in China has not yet bee matte known. If the government was free to do as it pleased it Is difficult to see why it did not accept the propositions made by the t.’nited States. Had it done that It would not have suffered the humiliation of having its capital occupied by a hostile army. It muet have known that it did not have the tnoan to prevent ihe advance of the allies. It should, therefore, have accepted the proposition of the United States and arranged to permit a relief force to ad vance to Pekin and receive the ministers and other foreigners. There seem to be reasons for thinking that the government has not been a free agent—that the leaders of the Boxers have been directing affairs. It Is hardly probable that the United States will respond promptly to the ap plication of the Chinese government for the appointment of an American com mission to put n Ftop to hostilities and to restore peace. It is to be assumed of course, that this application has been made only to the United States govern ment. In that case it shows that China puts greater in the United States than in any other Power. There is no reason known at Washing ton why hostilities should not cease at once. It is difficult to understand why fighting was continued at Pekin after -the ministers and other foreigners had been rescued. With their rescue the object of the relief force was accomplished. Prob ably, there existed a condition of affairs there which, in the opinion of the com manders of the allies, required the ap plication of force. What that condition was will, doubtless, be made known within a day or two. The United States will hardly re ply decisively to the application for the appointment of an American commis sion until it consults with Che other Pow ers interested in bringing about a settle ment of the tremble. They may not be willing that the various questions that must be passed upon finally before the Powers will consent to withdraw their armies and fleets from China shall be submitted to an American commission. They know that the United States are against despoiling China of any more of her territory and it may be the purpose of some of them to demand territory in settlement of damages they have sus tained. For instance, Germany demanded and received, for the lives of two mission aries who were murdered in a riot, one of China’s most Important ports, together with a large amount of contiguous country. What, then, will she demand for the life of her minister, who was murdered in the Chinese capital? Russia is almost cer tain to demand territorial concessions. It is certain that the American people do not want their government to become entangled in schemes the Powers of Eu rope may have for annexing portions of the Chinese empire. As far as it is possi ble to ascertain rt their wish is for the United States to withdraw-' their army from China at once, If they can do so without violating any obligations to other Powers and without sacrificing any of their interests. POLITICAL SITUATION IN NEW YOU K. The political situation In New York presents a curious study. There Isn't much doubt that if Mr. Bryan should carry New York he would be elected, and it Is believed by some of the shrewdest of the Democratic leaders that he would carry that state If th© Democrats were to nominate Mr. Coier for Governor. It is a fact that the Republicans are afraid the Democrats will nominate him. They ore saying that he does not want the office, that he wants to be Mayor of New York city, and that if he were to be nominated for Governor he could not gef the full TammAny vote. In fact, they are doing all they can to prevent his nomination. And why don’t the Democrats agree to nominate him? Simply because Mr. Croker is against him. If Mr. Coier should be elected Governor he would not submit to dictation from anybody. He would not sign bills that were intended to fill the pockets of politicians or to advance the interests of any party or faction. He would consult the interests of the people only. .It is reasonably certain that the Repub licans will nominate a machine politi cian—a politician who. if elected, would use his influence to advance the interests of corporations ar.d trusts. A man who will stand up for the interests of the people cannot get the Republican nomina tion for Governor. Mr. Platt will control the nomination, and he stands in with the corporations and trusts. The reason he urged Gov. Roosevelt to accept the nomi nation for Vice President was that he wanted to got him out of the office of Governor. It is said that he told him thut he had better fake the vice presidential nomination because he would r.ot be re nominated for Governor. Gov. Roosevelt has too much independence for the New York boss of the Republican party. But if Mr. Croker objects to Mr. Color and defeats his nomination for practically the same reason that Mr. Platt objected to Gov. Roosevelt's having another term as Governor, he is no bettor than Mr. Platt. It is true that Mr. Color may be nominated in spite of Mr. Croker. But it might not be wise to nominate him against the wishes of Mr. Croker, be cause he would have to have the full Tammany vote to be elected. Mr. Croker might make it a p* ini not to bring out a full Tammany vote. The situation seems to be one in which the people are in the power of the political bosses. Count Ron! de Castellane. the impecuni ous husband of Anna Gould, has found it necessary to employ the services of the auctioneer. Count Boni s country home. Chateau du Marais, near Dourdun. France, including it* magnificent furnish ings, family plate, paintings, well stocked wine cellar, horses, carriages and all, went upon the. block yesterday, the object be in* to satisfy some of the little count’s most impatient creditor.-. It is raid that the countess wept when told that the magnificent chateau was to be void. How ever. In view of Count Boni s Ineffectual effort to tap the Gould barrel a refcond time, it was, doubtless, inevitable. The assertion that it is not the min but atmospheric conditions which are re sponsible for the intense heat Is a very pretty theory, and correct# a long stand ing libel against the god of day. Now we want *.wneone to tell us -whit Is rjsponzl. ble for the atmosptn-rlc conditions end It may (* possible after awhile to gel at * xctnedj wild eradicate the oil, THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY; AUGUST 21. 1900. SBIV YORK’S PdnULATIOV. The people of New York city, Judging from what that city’s newspapers say. are very well satisfied with the work of i their census takers. Greater New York has a population of 3.437.2*2. This is a gain of almost i.000.000 in ten years—a train of 37.9 per cens. It Is stated that within a radius of twenty miles of New York there Is a population of 4.323.702. At the present rate of increase New York will have over 6.600.000 people within ; twenty-five years. If London grows no j faster than she is growing now. New York will be ahead of her at the end of ! that period, and will be the mote popu- I lous city in Ihe world. It seems that the census gives Chi cago only 1,695.000 inhabitants. She is very much aggrieved, and is demanding a re count. That she will not get unless it can be shown that the work of her cen sus enumerators was done so badly that a large percentage of the people was missed. She had a police census taken a little while ago, and she claims it sows that her population is 285.000 more than is shown by the United States cen sus. It is probable that the United Spates enumerators missed a few thou sands of her people, while her police enumerators guessed at the population of whole districts. There is no doubt tha? New York is having a wonderful growth. People from every part of this country and from many other countries are going there. How they nil find ways for making a living is one pf the strange things to which there is no satisfactory answer. Thousands of them are crowded together in narrow lit tle rooms in the tenement districts. The most thickly inhabited block in the city contains 3,987 people. It is bounded by Sixty-first and Sixty-second streets and Tenth and Eleventh avenues. The most populous block in Chicago has about 3,500 inhabitants. The reason the census in New York was taken so thoroughly Is said to be that the enumerators were excepgionally con scientious and intelligent. Not only that, but the people seemed to take a pride in helping the enumerators in getting the names of all the citizens. Hundreds of people who were in other countries took the trouble to send for blanks, fill them out and return them to the census super visors of their respective districts. There were very few cities in which so much local pride was shown. In this city, for instance, some of the leading citizens did nog seem to care to put themselves to any trouble to see that the enumeration was a complete one. The supervisor of the census for this district had good reason to complain of the In difference shown by many citizens as to whether or not the city made a good showing In the matter of population. There are some grounds for thinking that the number of citizens who were missed in the enumeration was quite large. - a- i GEN. GHOfl HONOR'S PREDICTION. The reason the country heard nothing from Gen. Grosvenor, the Republican lead er of the House, for many weeks was that he was In Europe. He arrived in New York on Saturday, and soon after his arrival he said to a repoter that he and Senator McComas of Maryland had figured it out on the steamer, on the way over, that the election of Mr. Bryan would mean the passage of a 16 to 1 free coinage bill. In the course of his talk Gen. Grosvenor said; "I have concluded that if Mr. Bryan were elected he could call Congress together and immediately Introduce a bill authorizing the free coin age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, and it would pass the Senate by a majority of two.” This is a very remarkable statement for so high an authority to make. What has become of all of the statements to the effect that the gold standard was safe for at least six years that were so freely made by Republicans at the time that the gold standard bill was pending in Con gress? According to this statement of Gen. Grosvenor, there was no truth nor sincerity in tliose statements. The truth is, the Republicans are get ting alarmed at the political outlook, and are trying to scare the people into the be lief that they must elect Mr. McKinley if they want to prevent the opening of the mints to the free coinage of silver. It is doubtful if any of the Republican leaders believe that a free silver bill could be got through Congress in the next four years, even if a Democratic House as well as Mr. Bryan should be elected. We have pointed out a number of times that the majority of the Kansas City Convention was against forcing the silver issue into prominence, believing that that issue was practically settled. A Democratic House would, 111 all probability, take about the view of the silver question that was taken by the Kansas City Convention. The two things which are worrying Ihe Republican managers are that the peo ple will not accept the silver issue as the paramount one, and the rich Republicans and the trusts seem to be Inclined not to contribute liberally to tile Republican campaign fund. It is not to he wondered at, therefore, that they are trying to make the people believe there Is danger of sil ver monometallism. The person of the President of the United States, from all accounts, is guard ed as closely almost as that of a Europ ean monarch While lie is not surrounded with a retinue of soldiery or followed here and there by an armed and uni formed bodyguard, there are detectives, secret service men and police stationed all around the While House, forming practically a dead line for cranks, who are even more feared than anarchists. Whenever the President travels he is ac companied by secret service men. one of whom is his valet. So far as Is known, however, no deep conspiracy has ever been formed against the life of President McKinley. The sensational stories with reference to Ihe anarchists who came front Italy with the intention of killing the President have been positively denied by the secret service agents who handled the matter, and the anarchists were de tained for deportation because they ore undesirable os citizens. The Increase in the number of cranks, however, make* It necessary that Ihe President lie sur rounded wilh the proper protection. t Savannah has been remarkably ,free from fatalities due to the heat this sum mer. In spite of the caloric intensity. There have been only one or two pros trations and no deaths a I all attributable directly to th heat, a fact which Is due no doubt to the excipuotiablo good health , of the community, We have heard of cyclones tearing up trees and buildings, and of earthquakes making all sorts of cracks In real estate, but it remains for Bridge ton. N. J., to furnish one of the most extraordinary phenomena on record. Speaking of a recent electric storm there, a Bridgeton dispatch tn the New York Journo! says; “Chunks of Ice felL break ing windows, uprooting trees and over turning small buildings." An analysis of •he foregoing proposition would seem to indicate that Bridgeton Is built about half-way upside down. Now that the foreign governments have begun 10 shower decorations and rewards upon their victorious leaders in China, it is eminently fitting that Gen. ChaiTee, commander of the American forces there, should be properly remembered with a brigadier generalship in the regular army, as has been suggested. 1 was undoubt edly the determination nnd pluck of the American soldiery, led by Gen. Chaffee, that hastened the work of the relief ex pedition and aided in carrying it forward so quickly to success. PERSONAL. —At one time the Kaiser called Victor Emmanuel 111 "the wandering royal en cyclopedia." —President Hadley of Yale Is an expert with the foils, and is said to be a better fencer than anyone in his coilege. Sir George White of Ladysmith fame, now Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar, will be promoted to the rank of general in October next. —Prince Tuan (pronounced Twen), who , has been reported as dead, poisoned, in sane and. again, as absolute ruler of Pekin, is the first cousin ct Kwang Hsu. th* Emperor, and father ol Po Ching, the heir apparent to the Chinese throne. —Prof. Felipe Valle of Mexico City, rn astronotner of reputation, officially con nected with the Taeubaya Observatory, is on his way to Europe, where he will rep resent the Mexican government at certain professional congresses, to be held during the Paris Exposition. To Conan Doyle is attributed rather an original taste in the matter of critics. ”1 want a boy critic,” says he. "The boy who will start a story and then chuck it down and say ‘rot,’ or who will read a book straight through and say "ripping.’ That’s the person I want to criticise my work.” —Prince Oscar Bernadotte. King Os car’s second son, recently returned home from his tour of inquiry into the welfare of the Laplanders. Twice a year he makes this trip, accompanied by a clergy man of ihe Lutheran Church, and carries on an active religious propaganda within the Arctic circle. —The present Empress of Russia, as Princess Allx of Hesse, was particularly fond of acting, and shared the tastes of her brother, the Grand Duke of Hesse, in regard to acting, music and dancing. She was particularly clever in arranging en tertainments, in which she took part, and there is a beautiful picture of her, with powdered hair, leading a minuet at the residence Schloss at Darmstadt. BRIGHT BITS. —"The men are all alike.” This is supposed to have been what Eve said when her spouse tried to lay all tile blame of that apple upon her.—Bos ton Transcript. —"I hear she’s writing a story about the Georgia*‘Crackers.’ ” "Yes; bu* she’s getting so awfully Eng lish lately she insists upon calling them ’biscuits.’ Philadelphia Record. —Time, 2 a. m.—Husband arrives from lodge (second meeting in one week). Wife: I’m Jist past speakin’ tae ye! Husband: Od! JeAn, I’m g-g-giad tae hear that. I’ll ken whan (ae come hame after this.—Glasgow Evening Times. •Bess—" They say Maud Goody kissed a man at the Jonses' lawn-party the other night.” Jack—“ That's true." Bess—" How do you know?" Jack—”l had it from her own lips.”— Philadelphia Press, —Stage Name.—Tess: So your friend, May Giddle is going upon the stage. I suppose she expects to make a name for herself. Jess: She did think she’d have to. but she found a lovely one in an old society novel.—Philadelphia Press. —A Fortunate Fellow.—Kelly: Who was it hit ye? Cassidy: Shure, Oi dunno! 'T was In a crowd! Kelly; Thin ye are in luck! Now ye won’t have to get licked ag’in thrying to lick th’ fellow .hot hit ye!—Puck. —Jones: Going o send your wife to the seaside this season? Galey; No; can't afford it. Jones: Why, she isn't extravagant, is she? * Galey: Not the least; but last year while she was away I spent £IOO in racing Tit-Bits. CURRENT COM3I ENT. The New York World (Dem.) says: "Perhaps on the whole the best maxim of the late Coliis P. Huntington was: " ‘Don’t watch the clock.’ “No matter how hard a man may work, no matter how prompt and dili gent he may be, success is not for him if he makes of his labor a task. And the fact that most men do make a task of their labor is the explanation of the vast preponderance of partial and complete failures. How often is a man's success due fully as much to the neglect and carelessness and incapacity of his fel low-workers as to his own assiduity and intelligent persistence?" Speaking of ihe proposed new line of steamers from Philadelphia to Ihe South, the Atlanta Journal (Dem.) says: "It is proposed to establish a first-class line of steamers between Philadelphia and Ihe chief South Atlantic ports. Such a line would be a good thing both for the South and Philadelphia. How well-founded is the complattn of Philadelphia against .lie railroads we are not prepared to say, but It is gratifying to see that great city determined to become a more active competitor for the trade of the South." The Fitzgerald Citizen-Leader says: "A most commendable spirit has been man ifest among the business men of Ihe city recently to let no obstacle defeat their purpose of pushing the city steadily lo the front. The most difficult part of the fight Is now won and victories which were ae|l-nigh impossible hut n short time ago will he 'won hands down' In Ihe future. Determination among the business men of a city will well-nigh work miracles.” Commenting on the verdict in the Ca leb Power* ease, the Louisville Courier- Journal (Dem ) says: "Thus Is the first step taken to bring to punishment the perpetrator* of one of tho greatest crimes that have ever blackened the pages of history That It Is only the first step those who are yet uneonvlcted may make up their miserable mind*. The world Is I too small to enable such culprits to *- i gape the penally of their misdoing*.’’ i Trials of an Inventor. A Detroit man who has made a good deal of money out of improvements' In agricultural Implements tola u good s oiy in the St. Char’cs cafe recntly about the tribulations of an inventor, says th© Ntw Oceans Times-Democrat. ”1 had many a hard struggle in my younger days." he sad "but mv worst experience was in Ntw York city. I went there on the prom is: of a Job which I didn’t get. and. af ter a week’s un.-uccssful hustling, founl myself reduced o almost my last cent. I oidn’t know a soul in town, my clothes were geteng shabby, and continued bad u-k was seppirg my courage Every af ternoon I to go and sit a while In Union square, breeding over my predica ment ar.d word ring vaguely what was B ing io become of me Finally my affairs cam© to an absolute cri-lt, and as i sat down one day on my accustomed bench I was obliged to admit that th© situa ion was desperate. I had exactly 6 c©n:s in my pocket: 1 had teen evicted from my lodgings that morning; my appearance had become so trampish that I couldn’t have obtained a job if one had turned up, and I began to think the river was the only soiut.cn of the problem. Just then 1 happen and to gianre at the tall buildings opposite and t o ic and ihe sign of a bi firm of loekmakers. which reminded me suddenly of anew form of sirgle-tumbler padlock I had figured out several years before, but n v. r c ns’derdd worth doing anything wi h. The thought popped into my mind that I might sell the idea for a few dollars, and, mrved by despera'ion. I walked across the street and asked to se? the head of the firm. He was eit s 'oreed in a magnificent office, with sev eral stenograph'rs at his elbows, and s ared l aid it my disreputable make-up I old him I had a little invention I want ed to submit, and rapidly sketched the device on the ba k of an envelope He grasped the idea in a twinkling. ’Where is your patert?’ he asked. 'I haven't any," i r tli and; the hing is simply In my brain. I’d like to sell it to you,’ I added, ' f it’s worth anything.' He pursed h's lips, thought a while, and then pr-ssed a desk button. Tell Mr. Mcßae to come he e,’ he said to a clerk. Mr. Mcßae was ih - mechanical expert of the firm, and they had a whisp red consultation. ‘This ilea may b, woith 'fifty thousand.’ said the presid nt at length ‘and it may not be worth a copper. We'll give you $lO9 for it as a gamble.’ T had expected $lO at the outside, and nearly fell off mv chair. However, I controlled myself sufficiently to sign a receipt, and walked out with the cash in my pocket. How did I feel? Well, the reflpciion that I had been sit ting there in the park, day af er day, hun gry and forlorn, with a ss;-> l*c lying in my brain made me sore. I felt like Mark Twa n’c bandit, who large ished 18 years in an Italian prison, when it occurred to him one day to open the window and walk off. He hadn't known it was unlock ed." An Honest Man. “One of our city credit men had a fav orite customer named O’Brien,” writes Mr. Harlaw N. Higinbot! am in the Sat urday Evening Post. "He was a man of sterling worth and admirabi© force of character. He had been born in the atmosphere of a saloon and his earliest business training was in a disreputable place of this kind. Finally, when O’Brien married and became the father of several keen ami attractive children, his eyes were opened ard ho determined to leave bis old life behind him and bring up his children ameng associations of a far dif ferent character. " Tn pursuit of this manly and pro gressive policy ho went into the general merchandise business in the vicinity of 'The Dump’ and became one of the most respected and substantial men in his enm munWly. And he was more jealous, per haps, of his standing in the esteem of his neighbors than if he had always en joyed their fullest confidence. "After many years of prosperity and in fluence O'Brien came to the credit desk in a state of excitement which rendered him almost incoherent. He declared that he was immediately going to the store of a competitor to give that individual a beating that would send him to thehos pital for the season. ‘He’s been telling my neighbors that I’ve been a liar, a thafe an’ a scoundrel,’ said O’Brien, ‘and it’ll be getfin’ to the ears of the Childers soon, I’m thinkin', unless I stop his mouth with my fist.’ The credit man, in the attempt to calm and assure him, said: “ ‘But why pay any attention to his slanders?—he can’t prove them.’ “ ‘Ah! that’s Just th’ trouble! He can do ail that! Didn’t he know me in the days when I had as bad a place as could be found in the neighborhood of the Yards?’ "It was useless to argue against such candor, but he was at last persuaded to go bark to his store and leave his repu tation in the hands of his neighbors, who knew the rectitude and honor of his daily life. The pacific plea of the credit man unquestionably saved the competitor a terrible beating and O’Brien a public scandal. But the ingenuousness of his confession has passed into the traditions of the credit department." Mr. Carrington's Yarn. Sir Frederick Carrington, who is now In Rhodesia, is well known as a kindly, jovial compctnlon, who was formerly something of a bohemian, as well as a brave and experienced general. When in Ixindon he would often attend' the Savage Club, and there his stories of adventure in ninny parts of the world were listened to with delight. But one of his most amusing yarns dealt with a London ex perience. Sir Frederick is a most skillful per former on the piano, and, by his story, it appeared that on one occasion, when a younger man, he attended a party—a sort of go-as-you-please sing-song—at which were some brother officers and a good many theatrical and music-hall people. Most of the member* of the party did something to amuse the rest, and, finally someone called in request the services of a celebrated contortionist and "bender"— a being who tied himself into knots, and who at the time had created a sensation— upon which the latter whispered to Car rington. who was at the piano, and then gravely addressed the gathering as fol low*: . ‘‘Gentlemen, I ain't any particular good at singing, but in order that I may add to the ’armon*’ of the evening, I shall have great pleasure in putting my hips out. A bit of music, please, Mr. Pianist." And then he "harmoniously" contorted himself. Wmtril Some of the Seed. Samuel H. Ireland, a lawyer and racon teur—by choice the latter—of Washing ton, D. C., Is responsible for this story about a genial and Ingenuous old pre siding elder In the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, who was a townsman of his back in Kentucky, says the Chicago Journal, When he appeared in Mr. Ire land's offices at Washington one day the lawyer was cordial to the old preacher, took him to all the Interesting places of the capital, nnd in the evening had him to dine at the home of a lady in the offi cial circle who would rather decorate her tsble with quatnt homely character* than tvllh notables. Spaghetti was one ot the dishes served, nnd the old man took to it with amazing celerity. Put very much at hi* ease by the graelou* ways of hi* hostess, he asked for nisi polished ofT another plateful of Ihe Italian paste. Sighing contentedly as he finished, he remarked: "1 wish, ma'am, you'd tell me what’s Ihe name of that dish I’ve Just been eut- IngV ■'That'* spaghetti, elder,” said the hoe tees, "an Italian dish.” "Ho?” said the elder. "Welt, it’* real good, and 1 wish before I go you'd give me wan* of the seed Chances are .fijt we can grow the (tuff in Kentucky.’! - , ITEMS OF INTEREST. —England is preparing the medals for th© South African war. They will be of silver. Five rresses with a daily output of 160 m.dels will be used in issuing them. —lt Is said that owing to the introduc tion of electricity for the manufacture of cigars, cigarettes nnd tobacco several thousands of hands will soon be thrown out of work. One machine is said to pro duce 180.000 eigareites and 5,000 pounds of cut tobacco a minute. —A celebrated Chinese dancing master, Hung Foo Choo, announces in a Chinese paper that he is to hold a religious ser vice, to which he invites everybody, in honor of the one tboueandh anniversary of the death of his ancestor, who was the first of the family to take u;\ the pro fession. —A beggars’ league in St. Petersburg mutilates children and cripples them to arouse sympathy from the benevolent when they are sent to beg in public places. Th© chief of this gang, who is a wealthy man and has posed as a philanthropist, receives 75 per cent, of the money begged by the unfortunates. —A German firm has recently brought out a type of incandescent lamp wtAch can be set in advance to burn a given number of hours and then automatically extinguish itself, say* the Electric Re view. In the base of the lamp is fixed a copper tube containing a central part of copper wire and filled wit?) a solution a sulphate copper. A current is ar ranged to pass through this solution from the wire to the tube, so that a con tinual electrolytic solution of the wire takes place. As soon as the wire is all dissolved, the current is broken and th lamp goes out. The size and length of the wire may be set foe any given num ber of hours, and the lamp thus becomes automatic in its action. —One of the prominent jewelers of New York said the other day that his firm re cently finished and delivered a watch to a New Yorker which cost $20,000. He said, in answer to questions, that the movement in this timepiece was not better than that to be found in any S4OO watch. It was simply the best that could be made. What gave added value to the $20,009 watch was the fact that the case was encrusted with magnificient diamonds, with a su perb ruby, almost as large as a pigeon’s egg. forming the center of the ornamen tal design. In further conversation the jeweler said that there were many $5.(00 and SIO,OOO watches parried by New York ers. but he would not tell the names of any of the owners of these precious "tur nips," because, were he to do so, the owner would be the target of all the sneak thieves, pickpockets and burglars in the city. —ln a German psychological journal Prof. Van Walsem gives a short descrip tion of th eheavteet brain on record. The possessor of this ponderous organ was an epileptic idiot, who died at the age of 21. He began to walk at 4 years of age. never attended school, and was received into the Institution at Merrenberg at his four teenth year. He was an idiot of low in telligence and of changeable but good humored disposition. The senses seem'd good and the muscular system well devel opend. He suffered from epilepsy, during an attack of which he died. The brain weighed 2850 grains, and seemed to be a general enlargement. The cerebellum was regular in form. The spinal cord seemed slightly larger than usual and the spinal nerves bigger. On microscopic examina tion the ganglion cells of the brain seemed rare, the layers indistinct, the pyramidal layer scanty, the nerve-fibers everywhere distinct. Neither the cerebral vessels nor the neuroglia were altered. —The Income or earning capacity of a sleeping car is considerable, says the Kan sas City Journa’. Take the run from New York to Chicago, 1,000 miles. Every roid in the United States pays 3 cents a imi!e for the privilege of hauling a sleeper and contracts to return sa'd car in as good shape as it is received and to pay for all damages. The journey on the limbed ex press to Chicago is made in twenty-four hours, therefore, the car earns S3O a day for travel. If It is *u!l, which is generally the case t receipts from berths, sections and staterooms amount to $lB5, making a total revenue of $215 a day. Out of this must come the wages of the porter and conductoi—the latter, however, usually having charge of several cars—the towels sheets, soap, ice, etc., the whole amount ing to but a small sum. Then there are the wear and tear and general deprecia tion, the daily cleaning, the annual refit ting and repainting. Set these charges down at 10 per cent, and give the ear three trips a week of 1,000 miles each, and we have its earnings at over $60,000 an nually. Some cars earn a great deal more. -The Cossack troopers are fearless horsemen. They handle the untamed an imals of the steppes In the most dare devil fashion and when they have broken them tant Wen que mal, they fondle them into friendship, says the Saturday Re view. The Cossack cares for his horse as for himself, and is never to be tempted to tamper with the forage. Russia lias almost inexhaustible breeding grounds to draw upon, and If it pays to send Eng lish horses to St. Petersburg, it is olT ]y because there is some demand for high bred animals. The horses of the Asiatic steppes are low, though tough and wiry, but they are the better iitled for cam paigning that, before being caught at three years old and upward, they have been acclimatized to rough weather and accustomed to fend for themselves. Those brought from the wide plains bordering on th© Don and the Dnieper are almost equal ly hardy, but in better condition, for they are helped with forage through the sever ity of the winter anti are given some sort or shelter. In all of them Capl. Hayes detected a strong Infusion of Arab blood. In more Northern regions (he breeds have been Improved by the importation of foreign sires and the heavy cavalry is chiefly mounted from Lithuania. Many wealthy land owners have also done much in their private haras, and Capt. Haves has given a favorable report of what he saw In one of these establishments which was managed by American*. —There Is now in course of construction the largest watch that the world has ever held, says the Chicago Dally News. So enormous will this timepiece be that room will be found within it for spacious gal leries wherein a number of people will be able lo perambulate at ease, and il is further stated that a small restaurant, equipped wilh waiters, cooks and other paraphernalia, will form one of ihtj at tractions of the watch's interior. ” The diameter of the gigantic article will be nearly seventy-live feet, while Its height will exceed forty feet. Tiny staircases will be scattered throughout the watch and the wheels will be so protected that no person can be Injured thereby or even sustain damage or soil his clothing. The wheel known ac the "balance wheel” will actually.weigh a ton. while the so-called "hair spring” will be considerably thick er than a rolling pin. Approximately two minutes will he consumed by the swinging backward and forward of the wheel afore mentioned, which will be pivoted on two huge agate blocks Needless to say, the mainspring of this extraordinary watch will l>c enormous. Three hundred feet will hardly cover Its length and It will be made of ten spring steel bunds, two inches thick, bound together, as It would be lmpoettihle to roll so large a piece, either In thickness or length Finally, it may be said that the watch when con cluded will recline on It* hack and wtll possess a polished metal ease similar to ordinary watches*of smaller dimensions. People will be able to walk between i.he moving wheels ami thus enjoy an entirely novel srNisntl.ai This attraction, certain ly unique In the world's history, will form ona of the principal aide shows at tire forthcoming St. Louis exhibition to 1903. • Jos. A. Magnus & Cos., CINCINNATI, O. WATCH EVENTS IN CHINA. 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