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IMX 10 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Georgia Sawmill Association
and Concatenation of Hoo-Hoo jtt Hotel
Tybee. Aug. 28.
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Tire Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for unsettled weather, showers and thun
derstorms. with light to fresh southwest
erly winds; and for Eastern Florida, lo
cl rains and thunderstorms in northern
portion; fair in southern portion; light to
fresh southwesterly winds.
Mayor Woodward's fancied grievance
against the Atlanta City Council for Its
alleged insention to sell the city water
works system. Is rather peculiar in view
of the fact of his heretofore apparent op
position to the use of that system’s
product.
Georgia's healthy increase in property
values In the last year is a subject for
congratulation. A gain of $20,000,000 In
the returns is evidence of a growing pros
perity, and it appears to be pretty well
distributed throughout the state. Geor
gians should strive fb have their state
show such an increase every year.
The advocates of the argument that
where the American flag once floats it
ahouid float always, are confronted now
by a rather peculiar situation, for the
American banner Is fluttering in tho
breeze over the imperial palace in Pekin.
We are. scarcely ready to annex the Chi
nese Empire, as a colony, state or terri
tory, so they will have to suffer the
humiliation of seeing it come down and
that, too, in the very near future.
It would appear that Chairman Hanna
feels that the Republican party is in des
perate straits. In his speech at Asbury
Park the other day, opening the cam
paign in New Jersey, he sounded the note
of warning and announced that it would
not do for the Republicans “to take any
thing for granted or miss a trick.” Chair
man Hanna evidently realizes that the
tide has turned. There is no doubt that,
the Republican party has before it the
light of its life.
Peninsular Florida appears to be
particularly blessed in her summer cli
mate. While other sections have been
sweltering In hot days and nights, the
Gulf and sea breezes have been sweeping
across the peninsula, and keeping things
comparatively cool. The seacoast resorts
have been crowded, and it Is said that
another year additional accommodations
will have to be provided to take care of
the increasing immlrer of guests. Truly,
Florida is fortunate.
It is said that President McKinley has
derided to accept the challenge of Mr.
Bryan s Indianapolis speech, and will de
vote nearly all of his letter of accept
ance to the question of imperialism. “To
dodge or not to dodge,” Is the question
that confronted the President, and he
appears to have decided wis-ly to take
the only safe course Though It is not
difficult to anticipate President McKin
ley’s position, his answer to the chal
lenge will he read with deep interest.
Since England was so successful in bor
rowing nearly $lO nao.uoo of our gold some
of the oftier nations have their eyes on
our stores of ihe yellow meta 1, It Is now
said that Riwln Is in a tight place finan
cially, and that the Czar Is thinking of
borrowing $150,000,000 from our rich insur
ance componie*. Japan also want* to
1 car row ilo.Coo, yOO. Th war In China has
been a heavy pull on her yeasury and she
1* thinking of asking imme of Uncle
Boms folk* to float a loan for her. It
seems the nations have not been slow In
finding out tliat we have cash to spars.
They will take all ve will lat them have,
hut we ought to bo auro the security 1,
gUt-edged.
Mil. BRYAN’S TOPEKA SPEECH.
Mr. Bryan's Topeka speech was await
!ed with almost as much interest as was
| his Ind anapol a speech, because it was
i thought it would be a rather difficult
matter to respond satisfactorily to the
no location that he had hon nominated
by the Populists for President. It must
i>e adra cted that he acquitted himself
with great credit. The speech, however,
will not make as profouni an impression
on the country as the Indianapolis
speech did. because in the lat er sp ech
subject of imperialism, which is the
paranro: it i se in the campaign, was
dealt with exhaustive] . Resides. Mr
Bryan Goubtless felt that there were Pop
ulists who were not altogether satisfied
wi ll the withdrawal of Mr. Towne from
the Populist ticket as a candidate for
Vice President, and were looking out for
an excuse to desert the Populist National
party and join the Mi ldle-of-the-Road
I opulists. It will le* agreed by thos* who
give the sjw-ech careful reading that it is
an admirable production. Mr. Bryan gave
considerable attention to the money ques
tion, but not enough to justify an asser
tion that he considers the silver question
as important as that of imperialism.
The most of his speech was devoted to
imperialism. He pointed out to the far
mers how miliiari.'-m, which i.- a part of
imperialism, would increase their b ird ns
without giving rhem anything in return.
He was particularly happy in the state
ment that every step of shis country in
the direction of imperialism meets with
hearty approval from European govern
ments Those governments do not like
republics, lecau.e they u:e a menace to
monarchies, and because the liberty,
prosperity and happiness which the peo
ple of a republic <njoy keep the peoples
of monarchies in a perpetual state of un
rest.
Mr. Bryan handled the prosperity argu
ment of the Republicans very adroitly.
That argument is that the prosperity
which the country has been having for
the last thiee years is due to Republican
policies and the Republican administra
tion, and lhat, therefore, the Republican
pariy ought to be retain*d in control of
the government, Mr. Bryan showed why
the country has been prosperous fox three
years or more, and made it very clear
that the Republican party is not entitled
to credit for the prosperity. Moreover, he
pointed out that prosperity is already on
the wane, although that party has the
President and a majority in both houses
of Congress. If the Republican party
brought prosperity why dees it not re
tain it? Why are factories closing and
business languishing?
Mr. Bryan made some s r;ng points in
respect to trusts and the tariff. Many of
the trusts depend upon the tariff for the
enormous profits they enjoy—a tariff from
which the fa:mers g*t 10 benefit (what
ever. The farmer has to pay whatever
prices the trusts demand for their goods
while the prices of their products are
fixed in foreign markets.
The speech was an adroit cne. and will
help the cause of Democracy. Mr. Bry
an is the prince of campjigners. There
is no danger of his making blunders cal
culated to injure his party. In this he dif
fers from Gov. Roo-eveit widely. Mr.
Croker said the other day that the more
speeches Gov. Roosevelt made the better
the chances ofi the Democratic party would
be. Some recent developments, if reports
are correct, have led the President and
Senator Hanna to take the same view.
GRIEVANCE AGAINST ATLANTA
FOLKS.
The grievance which Valdosta has
against some of the promoters of the At
lanta fair seems to be a valid one. It b
that in the literature which is being sent
out by promoters of that fair expressions
are used that are calculated to give the
Irvpression that it ie to be the regu
lar state fair. It ought to be very well
known, and doubtless is, that Valdosta
has the state fair this year, and is ar
ranging to make it a great success. The
Valdosta people are putting money into it
liberally, at least it is said they are, and
there is no reaeon to doubt it. Valdosta
ia the center of a very rich agricultural
section, the people of which take a deep
interest in fairs. Unless all predictions
fail, the state fair this fail will be the
best in years.
We hardly believe that the promoters
of the Atlanta fair have purposely sought
to give out the impression that the fair
that le to be held in that city is the state
fair. Expressions conveying that impres
sion have, in all probability, been used
inadvertently. That Being the ease, it is
probable that ihere will be no further
cause for complaint.
Atlanta |>eople are so in the habit of
claiming everything, that they naturally
think if their city is not chosen for
all the fairs and conventions it ought to
be. As (heir (own gets older and less pro
vincial, they will get over that habit.
No doubt Ihe Atlanta people are pre
paring to lend Valdosta a helping hand in
the matter of the fair. If they are not
they are guilty of ingratitude, for Valdos
ta contributed a great deal to the state
fair when it was held in Atlanta. And At
lanta should not feci the least hit envious
if Valdosta gives the people a better slate
fair than she did. Valdosta is capable of
doing It. •
Though Georgia's convict system is un
questionably the best the state has ever
hud. It appears there Is still room for
abuses to which the authorities should,
and will, no doubt, give prompt and ef
fective attention. Within few weeks
two white convicts have died after re
ceiving corporal punishment, and there Is
evidence that the punishment had some
thing to do with their death.
Tho last case was that of a
white convict at the Elbert coun
ty camp a few days ago. He was
found dead chained to a tie-’, a short
time after a whipping iiad been adminis
tered. Such abiues should be made Im
possible in Georgia’s convict camps.
The ’’jiggcrnv’rlg” shirtwaist Is not pop
ular lit the Bt. Lihorius Parish, St.
Louis, preaided over by Rev. Father G.
A. Reis. It Is the open network shirt
waist which Fath r Rets has tints class
ified. and he con-Icier a it "entirely too
vulgar.” “The young ladles cf tills lo
cality,” he said in his Sunday’s sermon,
"will have to quit wearing those ’Jigger
merlg’ wais s with th funpy hit sin esc
around the arm* and should rs, or I will
refuse to serve them Communion" Tho
yourg ladle* of “Jlggerm*!lg" j ro divide*
might do well lo join issues wh the
shirtwaist man, and perhaps Father Rein
veuid r*l*Bt somewhat.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1900.
WHAT ARB THEY GOIMG TO DO
AHO IT IT?
The extraordinary riot at Akron, 0.. an
account of which appeared in our dis
patches yesterday, ought to go a long way
towards convincing the Northern people
that prejudice against negroes is not con
fined to the South, and that under like
conditions a negro is just a? likely to be
lynched in the North as in the South. In
fact, the prejudice against the negro is
greater in the North than in the South,
and if he were as large a factor in the
population of that section as he is In that
of this section, there would be more ne
groes lynched there than here.
We undertake to say that no such riots
as the one in New York last week and
the one in Akron on Wednesday could
have occurred in the South, because, in
both of them, there was clearly shown on
the part of the white people a bitter haired
of the negro. When a negro commits a
heinous offense—the offense for which a
negro is generally lynched—in the South,
the criminal is sought, and he alone is
deal! with. There is no indiscriminate
war on the negro race. In the New York
riot negroes were attacked simply because
they were negroes. Many innocent ne
groes were brutally beaten, even by the
police. The police and the populace seiz
ed the opportunity to vent their pent-up
hatred of the black race.
In Akron, the negro criminal would have
been lynched if he had been caught. If
the mob had caught any negro, however
respectable, it would have lynched him.
It wanted a black victim, and because it
was? cheated of its desire it destroyed a
great deal of public property and killed
several white persona and wounded a
number of others.
The New York Sun, in its issue of last
Tuesday, commenting on the riot
in that city, said: "The Southern pa
pers may reasonably demand that the
North clear its own skirts of social dis
crimination against the negroes before it
begins to accuse the South of the same
injustice. The race prejudice is really
stronger here than there, and undoubtedly
the negro has a better place in the field
of labor in the South than in the North.”
It is a source of satisfaction, that at last
it is beginning to be recognized that all
the race prejudice is not in the South—
that in fact, there is more of it in the
North than in the South—because, as long
ns the North insisted that only in the
South was there any prejudice against the
negro, there was no probability of a hrff*-
monious effort being made to solve the
race problem. Now that the Northern
people are being made aware that they
could not get along with the negroes as
well as the Southern people do—that they
would lynch them for the crimes for
which they are lynched in the South, and
that they would not submit to having them
occupy the chief public offices —it is prob
able that there will not be a prompt at
tempt to punish those Southern states
which have disfranchised the negro or the
states which may disfranchise them.
The truth is, the race question is a great
question. Jt is also a troublesome one. It
is going to be more troublesome. The
two races having equal political and civil
rights cannot get along together. The
superior race will not submit to any domi
nation of the inferior race.
It appears that the whole story of the
accident to the battleship Oregon off the
China coast, was not told in the of
ficial reports. According to a letter from
ore of the Oregon's petty officers to rel
atives ill the United States, the rock
upen which the Oregon run made a rent
in her bottom on the port side twenty-live
feet long and about three fret wide. The
water-tight compartments failed to work
and the baitl ship was pretty well flooded
from one end to tire other. The pumps
proved Insufficient and pie;’erations were
made to abandon the ship. Finally the
hole In the bottom was partially patched
by a wrecking company, and after sev
eral ineffectual efforts to pull her off, the
Oregon floated off without help only to
smash right back on the same rocks
harder than before. As before it was the
high tide which floated the great battle
ship eft the 1 rocks though sev. rai steam
er.- had been tugging at her In vain. The
repairs to the Oregon have not yet been
completed and from the account given,
there Is some doubt whether it would
have been safe fer her to have joined the
fleet at Taku in that condition, as Capt.
Wilde suggested he could do, if called
upon.
The variegated supply of “bait for suck
ers” seems inexhaustible. The United
States mail seems to be the most at
tractive medium for the speculative swin
dlers who are hunting the man with a
little money who wants to get rich quick.
Various devices are employed for getting
around the law against using the mails
to defraud, and one of the most inter
esting has just come to light in New York.
A sort of love letter from “Carry" to
“Harry” prepared on the typewriter and
telling what a good thing the firm has
in the way of making money, is sent
out, apparently to the wrong address, but
as a matter of fact It falls into the hands
of the very "sucker" that the alleged
firm w.tnta to catch, and when he sendu
tn his money he parts with it forever.
It is said the government law cannot
reach this ruse, but 14 is a safe plan for
the recipient of the letter to ignore the
advice that “Carry” gives to "Harry” atnl
keep his mone*' in his pocket.
The petty objections that are being made
hy some of the Grand Army camps to
the fact that Mr. Bryan will visit Chicago
during the Grand Army encampment, are
rather uncalled for and out of place. It is
understood that Mr. Bryan ia going to
Chicago as the guest of that city and not
of the Grand Army, and that he will take
no part In any of the Grand Army func
tions. In fact Mr. Bryan specifically de
clined lo go to Chicago on the day of the
Grand Army p iratic because of his desire
to offer no possible embarassment to
President McKinley, who will be there at
that time. It is not likely that anyone
save Ihe posts that threaten to slay away
will be hurt by their action.
Tiie weight of opinion Is against the
President taking any further action in tho
Chinese muddle beyond having the Amer
ican forces now there escort the members
of the American legation and citizen* of
the United State* In China, safely out of
the country. When that Is done *ll that
there Is Immediate need for will have been
accomplished and any further action
should properly be by the authority of
Congress. Hirltap* Ihe administration
think* it see* a chance for a grandstand
olay juat prior to the election.
The Illinois Central Railroad has re
turned to the old custom of allowing each
stockholder, even if he holds only one
share, a free rl*de once a year to ami from
the annual meeting. That was a privilege
long enjoyed by the stockholders of the
Georgia Central Railroad, and one
which they lost only after th?
.’■■‘‘organization. It is still in
vogue on Southwestern and Augusta
and Savannah branches, though the ride is
a short one. With the Illinois Central
affording a good trip to Chicago, however,
and Us stock a good thing as an invest
ment, the number of its shareholders is ,
liable to increase.
There is a bad state of affairs in Re
publican ranks. Mr. Joseph Manley,
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, rpys that in the twenty years
he has been connected with the Repubii- ;
■ an organization in Maine, he has never
before witnessed such apathy a* now ex
ists in the Republican ranks. Mr. Man
ley thinks this condition of affairs is ;
due to overconfidence. May it not b%
that the effort of the Republican leaders
to change the republic into an empire has
simply paralyzed the Republican voters? j
PERSON All.
—Maj. Gen. Wheeler has been asked j
to deliver during next winter a course of
lectures on the great battles of the world j
before the department of history of the I
University of Chicago. •
—Christian DeWet, the famous leader j
of the Boers, according to the St. James’ j
Gazette, was a wrangler at Cambridge,
and is said to have gained golden opin- !
ions from all during his ’varsity career. I
—A festival is to be held in Poland in
November in honor of the author of "Quo
Vodte.*’ and it is expected that enough
money will be subscribed to buy him a
fine country estate. It can hardly be
4b.it Sienkiewiez is in need of money, for
it is reported that in addition to the sales
at home, 1,000.000 copies of "Quo Vadis”
have been sold in the United States, 40.-
900 in Italy, and 150,000 in Germany, while
in France its boom is just beginning.
—George Ferguson, who has just died
in the Kings county almshouse, dug
graves for his board for fifteen years,
and in that time buried over 8,000 bodies
of New York paupers in potter’s field
there. Ferguson became an inmate of
the almshouse years ago, and the poor
house authorities soon discovered that he
possessed considerable executive ability
and placed him in charge of the burials.
It was a position of responsibility, and
he filled it until his death to the entire
satisfaction of his official supervisors
only in the end to find a grave for him
self beside the thousands that he buried.
He received no pay beyond his board at
the almshouse and his clothing.
♦
BRIGHT BITS.
—ln Idaho—She—l think, if I ever killed
a man, his face would haunt me as long
as I lived.
He—Wrl', even so, ma'am, I’d rather
have h m haunt me than have to start in
hauntin' him!—Puck.
—“I wonder why some people are down
on the theater?” "Well, I suppose it's
because there are so few good plays that
the iegular thea'er-geers are bound to
go to the bad.”—Philadelphia Evening
Bul’etin.
—"Fern better days of course?” sar
castically asked the lady of the skillets.
“Oh. yes," said Dismal Dawson, cheer
fully, “hut I've also seed w ss ones.,
Sometimes I hit a house on wash day.”
Press.
—His Blank Despair—“ Speaking of the
races, wasn’t it the two-mile dash free
for-all that Binks lost all his money on?”
"Yes. Why?” "Nolhing, only I remember
he used about a two-mile dash in ex
pressing himself after it was over.”—Chi
cago Tribune.
—Campaign Arguments—The Democrat
—Did you notice that the steamer M. A.
Hanna went ashore a few days ago?
There’s an omen for you!
The Republican—Omen, nothing! It
merely showed that the M. A. Hanna
wanted the earth.—lndianapolis Press.
—Beaker—Tlppins has a peculiar mem
ory. It is so capricious, you know.
Hollis—Capricious? In what way?
Beaker—Well, you see, he never forgets
that I am one of the fellows he borrows
firm hut lie inevi ably fails to remember
to include me among those whom he
pays.—Boston Transct lpt.
f'l Itltr.vr COMMENT.
Speaking of the trip to China of Count
von Waldersee to take command of the
allied forces, the New York World (Dorn.)
says: "As an Indication of his intentions
he has taken with him his headquarters
tent, or house, especially designed hy
himself, and consisting of seven room*,
including a completely furnished ltnth
room. This looks as if the German com
mander had planned an extended visit
to China. It indicates a purpose of be
nevolent assimilation; and, of course,
wherever the German imperial flag is once
floated it should never be hauled down.
By virtue of his military rank Count von
Waldersee will he in command of any
allied army which may be quartered on
Chinese soil. He should be allow
ed to control the movements of a single
American officer or soldier.”
#
The Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.) makes
tills criticism with regard to the admin
istration’s seeretiveness as to Philippine
affairs: “It seems clear that the United
States has a very difficult and costly
task before It in the Philippines, nnd
the large army now on the islands does
not appear to be lorgc enough to ‘pacify’
the natives. The Philippine enterprise Is
sheer folly; hut even more foolish is the
stupid attempt to mislead the public hy
making fnlso statements about the sit
uation. with the expectation that the
Amerlcnn people will remain in Ignorance
of the actual conditions in our new ilo
mains. There has been a reprehensible
lack of frankness on the part of the
authorities in dealing with the people
during the whole Filipino business, which
only creates distrust.”
The New Orleans Picayune (Drro ) says:
"Hi’ would I)*' a daring man, Indeed, who
would attempt to give an estimate of the
probable cotton yield ot this early date,
as the reeult will depend upon too many
things yet to happen. The most that
er.n he stated with any confidence is that
conditions which have prevailed from the
start do not favor even an average crop.
Should the crop prove ail average one it
will be In spite of thg weather rather
than because of the meteorological con
ditions. According to ail indications pro
ducer* are likely to again dictate prices
I during the coming season, and the entire
i South profit hy the contingency which lias
made such dictation possible."
The Springfield Republican flnd.l *avs:
“Imperialism comes high. Japan's en
trance Into tin- partitioning ’concert’ Is
now followed hy a report that it seeks
an additional loan of slti,oUo,<kto and is look
ing to the New York market to tnkc It.
We might finance the who.e outfit, hut
I can we do It and join In the partitioning
, serntabl** wn-li? A* miu*r* are now
going, we shall have loan* of our own
‘do take cere of.”
Hnntington Knny to Interview.
"The late Collis P. Huntington was an
easy man to interview." said an old re
porter last even'll?, according to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, "but at
the same time lie was exceedingly cau
tious and never talkrd at random. My
first *ncounter with him was in Saa
Francisco I was sent to ask him about
some rai.road connect! ns that he was
supf o ed t o lave In contemplation, an!
wf e i I was i.neiiy ushered into his. pri-.
vate office 1 found him seated at a table
dicta irg !c*tt< rs to a couple of stenog
raph r-. "1 can spare you only ten min
utes," he said pleasantly, but we’ll try !
to muke lhat cover the ground What a
your first question?’ I put it in as cun -
L a form a possible. ‘U-m-m-m,
sail M Huntington, musingly; ‘let’s
have tii* second.’ I took that, of cours \
as a refusal to answer the first interro
gation and passed to ?he next point. ‘All
right.’ he said; ‘now for the third.’ That
was dis o rag n? but X gave it to him as
briefly and ’clearly a* I could, and, to
make ti long stoiy short, he comp eujjy
exhaust- and all my inquiries, one after the
other, without giving me a single reply.
You may well b dieve I was thor ughly
depressed at and disheartened and was
about to beat a retreat, when, to my
great surprise, one of the stenographers
handed over a memorandum which he
had been quietly taking of each question,
and Mr. Huntington proceeded to answer
them s-eriatim. He wanted no words, but
covered every point with the utmost nice
ty and precision. When he concluded, I
lead over my notes at his request, and
he pronounced them all right. ‘Mr. Hun-,
tington.’ I said, glancing at my watch,
’I see we have still nearly half a minute
I- ft, and, with your p rmissaon, I’d like
to ask you something on my own ac
count ’ ‘What is it?’ said he. looking sur
prised. ‘I am curious to know,’ I replied,
‘why you made me ask all my
before giving me any answer.’ The old
magnate smiled—and, by the way, he had
a very genial smile, puckering up a thou
fund little writ kies at the corners of his
eyes and seeming to relax all over. ‘That s
tasi'y explained,’ he said. ‘I wanted to
find out what you were hadirg up to be
fore I commi tf and myself.’ ”
Won Hid Ilet.
In some manner the cheeky man gained
admittance to the senior partner’s pri
vate office, says the Chicago Daily News.
"Don’t want any books, brooms or
soap,’’ said the senior partner, without
looking up.
‘“Sir!” exclaimed the cheeky man, "I
would inform you that I am no ped
dler.’’ „ .
■ .A. 9 . <JH um. iA
"Then who are you?"
“A sporting gentleman, sir.”
"What business can yout have with
me?”
“I wish to make a bet.”
“Look here! I am no—”
“Of course you are no gambler. This
is a gentleman’s bet. I bet you, sir,
that I can hold up my thumb and after
I lower it you will leave the room.”
The senior partner threw down his pen.
"Five dollars that I will not leave the
room.”
“Done!”
Up went the cheeky man’s thumb.
"Wait!” called the senior partner, "this
is so easy that I would like to make it
$10.”
“Make it S2O if you like.”
"All right, it is $20.”
The cheeky man raised and lowered his
thumb.
“You don’t see me leaving the room,”
said the senior partner.
“No,” admitted the cheeky man.
The senior partner labored with his pen
for thirty minutes.
"I’m still here."
“So I see.”
Fifteen minutes passed.
"You’d just as well pass over the $20."
"It is early yet.”
Ten more minutes skipped merrily.
“Look here!" said the senior partner,
suddenly, “when is the time up?”
“There is no time limit, sir. If you
remain in this room the money is yours;
when you leave I win. This evening, tef
morrow, next week; it makes no difference
to me.”
Then the senior partner gave in. “Take
the money!” he roared, “but if it wasn’t
for catching the Oak Park train I would
slick you out and win.’’
Made Some Queer Wagers.
Gtn. Francis V. Greene's story of the
queer bet made by officers at Gettysburg
recalls other strange wagers, says the
New York Telegraph.
Harmon, at the Stanwix Hotel in De
troit, several years ago, bet he could
hold his head submerged in a bathtub
for 125 seconds without taking air Ha
won.
In Philadephta some years ago a gen
tleman made a wager of SICO that he
could Jump Into water eight feet deep
and undress himself complete. Any one
who has ever made the attempt to
remove his clothing after being thor
oughly drenched to the skin, even when
standing on terra flrma, with plenty ot
room to “hop around on one leg." will at
once realize the difficulty of accomplish
ing the feat while in the water. How
ever, it was done in the instance noted
A chap named Curtis, in Berkshire
county, Massachusetts, for a wager of a
hcr.-e, ran five miles In forty-one min
utes, and wound up the race with a
jump of 11 feet 6 inches.
An Englishman named Head won $5 000
by walking 600 miles In ten days, but
the exertion so used him up that he
never walked much afterward, either on
wagers or otherwise.
Hot Tomales.
“Much defends up n your point of
view," said the man who travels for his
health, according to the Chicago Tlmes-
Herald. “There was a rarty of us went
down South last winter for the first time,
and we were keenly alert for oil the tvpl
leal Southern things of which we had
read and heard. We tvere on a buffet car
when we entered Alabama, and when we
wore served with hoi tomales you shou and
have seen and heard us.
“Now we know we are in the South!”
“The dear things arc wrapped in a
sheaf of corn!”
“No vi r tasted anything so good in my
life!"
"Tie North l<nl In it w.th the South
for delicatessen.”
We ccnirlbuttd a lively fee to the wai
ter an I thtn asked him where he man
aged to secure them.
“Dry * on de bill of fare, sah.”
"No! Where? ’ ,
Sure enough there they were, and an
nounced as sie ally manufactur. and by n
prominent Chicago canned-meat firm, and
warranted not to spoil in any c iniate.
And the ciy of “hot tomales” had no
charm for us when we htard It ip the
stree’s. for the romance had been com
bi rciul y ki led.
Am She Was Spelled In Iloaton.
“Every Bostonian who went to Paris
this summer,” remarked a gentleman
who had Just returned from there, tc
cordlng to the Boston Transcript, “was
not satisfied until he had done one thitg.”
"What was that?” was the query.
"Insrected the model of Greater Bos
ton, which was made hero and sent on
with so much care. If a little more care
had hern exercised In the Inscription
marked upon it, it would have reflected
greater ctedlt upon the Alliens of Amer
ica. Imagine my surprise when 1 read
i ’Topographical model of ths Boston met
rop 11 inn district, horizontal scale 1; it .
d.O, virileal scale. 1; 2333.’ That ’virtlc.il’
loomed up as Impos.ng as the Elff. I
tower, hut 1 though! tlint It was only a
sir g! slip and so I w ent around to the
m xt side to tit.il the looa ion of my house
ii was tiler* and with ir another ’vlrtt
. cal.’ In short, the error was repeated
1 four times In bright, glided letters.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
—There are 8,000 carrier-pigeons, all well
trained, in use in the German army.
—There is in New York a bright young
ster who makes a living by sharpening
pencils. He has a long list of customers
whose pencils he keeps in order and who
also purchase new ones from him. He has
a patent sharpener, and visits the offices
of all his patrons daily. Though he only
works four or five hours per day, he
makes between $5 and $7 a week.
—A reward of 1100, says a London ex
change. has been offered at Kima, British
East Africa, to any one who kills the iwo
man-eating lions which have been terror
izing (he district for some time past. No
married men aie allowed to try for the
reward. It was one of the same lions
which, early in June, killed and carried off
from a railway carriage Mr. C. H. Ryall,
a superintendent of f>ollce, while he and
two companions were watching at nignt
for the beasts.
—Margherita, the Dowager Queen of
Italy, once said to the Prince of Wales:
“I can overlook many faults of a man and
make allowances for his shortcomings.
One fault, however, I cannot overlook, and
that is—his not smoking. When my hus
band, the King, is annoyed I give him Ills
pipe; when he is good-tempered I give him
a cigarette; when I want him to do some
thing particular for me I give him a cigar.
With a pipe I can console him, with a ci
garette I can delight him. but with a cigar
I can lead him anyhow and anywhere."
—ln Novidades of Lisbon appears the
following: We note as a curious and touch
ing fact that at the present moment, unit
ed by the same grief, five widows of (he
House of Savoy are weeping round King
Humbert’s body. The first is Queen Mar
gherita, the virtuous and inconsolable
companion of the murdered King. The
other four are the Queen Maria Pla of
Portugal, widow of D. Luiz I; the Princess
Clotllde, Prince Buonaparte’s widow; the
Duchess of Genoa, widow of Ferdinand of
Savoy, and King Humbert’s bother-in-law;
and Princess Loetieia, widow of Amaden
de Aosta.
—ln a very little while there will be di
rect telephone communication with steam
ers in the port of New York. People will
be able to call up the Deutschland or the
Oceanic as they lie at their piers. The
first test of the plan has just len made.
When the Auguste Victoria of the Ham
burg-American Line reached her wharf a
wire was run ashore, and in a few min
utes a telephone pay station on board was
doing a rushing business. The wire is
passed through a porthole and connected
by a plug with a line leading to “cen
tral.” It is likely that all the big passen
ger steamship lines will adopt the tele
phone system.
—Here is a readable lament (with a les
son in it) from English Country Life: In
the only heart of the country left to the
home counties, so far from the appurten
ances of town life that the rattle of rail
way trains can only be heard faintly when
ihe wind ia in a certain quarter, or the
night very still, you may find, even yet,
genuine rustics. They are old folk, full
of old wltjciom and old civility, and they
dwell among a younger folk full of new
information, and infinitely less civil. It
is strange and unreasonable that after a
few years' study of the primers of the
board school, harmless enough little books,
a man should find it derogatory to give
you a civil “Good evening” as you pass,
but he does.
—United States Consul Skinner at Mar
seilles, says in his last report: “French
farmers are disposed lo abandon the cul
tivation of olive groves, as in recent
years the prices obtainel for the oil
have not been satisfactory. Pure oiive
oil for edible purposes is at present prac
tically unknown in any important market
and if it w re offered for sale it is doubt
ful whether it would be accepted by the
public, except as an inferior article, as
the average consumer at the present time
prefers the neutralized tas e of a mix
ture of the olive and vegetable o is, and
would mistake the fruity flavor of the
rure juice of the olive for an adulterated
product. For some domestic purposes, and
lat tlculariy for frying vegetable*, ara
chice oil—or peanut oil, as we call it—is
considered, even In Fiance, the heme of
the olive, superior to any other product.
—Deep in the coffers of one of the Lon
don banks near the Houses of Parliament,
says the I,ondon Mail, there has rested
for a decade the scrip for nearly a million
pounds sterling. It is ihe Deiagoa Bay
Railway scrip. About £IOO,OOO of it be
longs to an American citizen and his as
signs. and the rest to the English share
holders. It was placed in the bank's
coffers when the Deiagoa dispute was
handed over to the arbitration tribunal at
Berne as a consequence of the seizure of
the railway by Portugal in 1889. The
United States ambassador was made cus
todian of the bond*, and Mr. Choate will
preside over Ihe great distribution. The
Berne award was made a few months ago,
and the arrangements as to the amounts
to he handed to the various bondholders
are being concluded. There is good reason
to hope that the million will be ready for
division in a few weeks.
—Undoubtedly the greatest surprise
which the figures of Gen. Merriam, the
director of the census bureau, will have
for the country will be those which deal
with the growth of its cities. In 1790, the
year in which the first national census
was taken, the proportion of the people
who lived in cities of 8,000 population or
over was 3.3.7 per cent, of the aggregate
population of the country. This proiKirtion
has grown steadily ever since, except in
ihe ten years between 1810 and ISIS). It was
79.20 per cent, of the aggregate in 1890.
From the rate of growth in the ten years
ending with 1890 the population in 1900 will
prohahly be fully 35 per cent., says Les
lie's Weekly. There were only thirteen
towns in the United States in 1790 which
had enough population to put them into
the list of cities at the 8.000 classification.
There were IIS such towns In 1890. There
are likely to be more than 500 In 1900.
Philadelphia was the largest of American
cities at the time the first census was
taken. 110 years ago. and New York was
second. Boston was then third. Charleston
fourth and Baltimore fifth. St. Louis did
not appear in Ihe list of towns of 8,000
population until 1810. Chicago did not come
into the list until 1850. Albany, the oldest
town in the I'ntted States which figures
in the list of cities, which was incorpor
ated in 1(180, was twenty-ninth on the list
in population in 1890.
—There was intense excitement in
bachelor elides yesterday morning, says
the London Mall, when the news of the
approaching arrival of Mr. Porter, of Cal
ifornio, without a buttin to his cloihes,
became generally known. Mr. Porter be
lieves that we shall be better and happier
men without our button--, It b possible
that an invention like Mr. Porter's may
make many cheerful, happy homes. Ii
might even save the country the expense
of Sir Francis J-unc-’s sa ary. A sympa
thetically inclined Mail reporter looked In
yesti relay on u well-known tirm of tailors
to condole wfih them upon the Impending
revoution of their business. He found
them calm and not afraid. "Buttonless
clothes?” said they. "Why we huve been
making what are virtually buttonless*
clothes for centuries, almost. Dinner
jacke , for instance. are notoriously not
rreant to button Frock ooats are often
cut not to button. In fact, it is our cus
tom to ask beforehand whether such
o at* are reejutr. and to button or not, an 1
we cut the do h accordingly. Ihe buttons
ate merely ornamental. One of our cua
t itif-rn has bis waistcoats made to lace,
though certainly the practice is not cswn
n on. And as for trousers—well, we should
like to l-a-.e as inanv sovereign- s w ,>
have mad- , airs of bu.tattle* strouscr*.
They ate made with elastic* on the aide-.
Uke old men s hoots.” '
The Quakers Ire
Honest People,
The Quaker Bert
. Tonic is not only t
blood purifier, but 4
fig -*(<■., . Blood maker
TjjrSm I’ale, Weak and De.
billtated people who
/ jpr have not Strength
if* -'SB* JBr_ . nor blood. It acts a*
1 •'‘J'-rjNyj --TrtfeT a ,onlc . *t regulates
digestion, cures dvs.
■ pepsia and Lad,
1 VQr/ ■*/ strength and tone ta
SjfcjiPf the nervous system,
it Is a medicine for weak women. It is a
purely vegetable medicine and can bs
taken by the mod delicate. Kidney Dis
eases. Rheumatism end all diseases of the
Blood, Stomach and nerves eoon succumb
lo its wonderful effects upon the human
system. Thousands of people in Georgia
recommend It. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM Is the medielro
that the Quaker Doctor made all ot his
wonderful quick cures with. It s anew
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia,
Toothache, Backach*. Rheumahsm,
Sprains, Pain In Bowels; in fact, all pain
can be relieved by it. Price 25c and iOc.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price JOc a cal’.e.
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vegs
table ointment for the cute of tetter, eo
zema and eruption* of the akin. Prlo*
10c a box.
FOR SALE KT ALL DRUGGISTS.
1 1.81. Of HOPE HI AND G. 8 S. RI
aUiknict,
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park and West End.
Daily except Sundays. Subject to chang#
without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE. ' ’
Lv. City for I. of H.j Lv. Isle of Hope.
6 30 am from Tenth | 6 uo am for Bolton"
730 am from Tenth | 600 am for Tenth
830 am from Tenth | 7 00 am for Tenth
9 15 am from Bolton j 8 00 am for Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth |lO 00 am for Tenth
12 00 n’n from Tenth |ll Ou am for Bolton
1 15 pm from Bolton jll 30 am for Tenth
2 30 pm from Tenth | 2 CO pm for Tenth
330 pm from Tenth ] 2 40 pm for Boltoa
430 pm from Tenth 300 pm for Tenth
530 pm from Tenth 400 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth 6CO pm for Tenth
730 pm from Tenth | 700 pm for Tenth
830 pm from Tenth | S 00 pm for Tenth
9 30 pm from Tenth | 9 00 pm for Tenth
10 30 pm from Tenth !10 00 pm for Tenth
|U 00 pm for Tenth
MONTGOMERY.
Lv city for Mong’ry. | Lv."Montgomery'
830 am from Tenth Y 7 i5 am for Tenth
-2 30 pm from Tenth | 1 15 pm for Tenth
6 30 pm from Tenth | 600 pm for Tenth
CATTLE PARK.
Lv city for Cat.ParkrLvTCattle Park -
-6 30 am from Bolton | 700 am for Bolton
7 30 am from Bolton | 8 00 am for Bolton
1 00 pm from Bolton | 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton | 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 00 pm from Bolton ! 7 30 pm for Bolton
8 00 pm from Bolton | 8 30 pm for Bolton
TH UNDERBOLT.
Car leaves Bolton street junction 5:38
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at G:00 a. m. and
every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, for Bolton street junc
tion.
FREIGHT AND PaTScEL CAR. ~
This car carries trailer for passenger*
on all trips und leaves west side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all intermediate points at 9:00 a. m.,
1:00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and ail intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m., 11:00 a. m.. 2:40 p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of city market for
West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter during the day until 11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. and ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o'clock midnight.
H. M. LOFTON, Gen. Mgr.
a. BUCK’S
Wi Xtyspepsia
Curt
rfe Tablets <|
i ?*'ct only quickly raliv I
Indig*#tion, Gs, Blot.ng ■
Constipation.Biliounes*. l’al- B
citation of th Heartland kindred disorders, B
out effect m purmsnont cura.
jSr Promote the Appetite
y a.nd Put Flesh on Thin ■
/ PeODle of the stomach and B
* * bowels can ba cured by their B
fif use. Neat, compact, ran be rarriod in the pock B
B •* Price 50c per box. At all druggists
B LOU BURK & CO., Bleomtwpton, IH. J
SIMMLII rS.
CHARiViiNC RESORTS
For health and pleasure along the line
of the Tallulah Falie Ry Cos. To thos*
seeking summer homes attention is in
vited to the delightful mountain resorts
along the line of the Tallulah Falls Ry.
Close connections are made with all
Southern Rahway trains. You can leave
Atlanta 7:50 a. m., 12 o’clock noon, and
4:30 p. m. Comfortable and convenient
hotels and boarding houses are located
at Demorrst, Clarksville. Nacoochee Val
ley. Turnersvlile, Tallulah, Tallulih
Falls, and in Rabun county. Any of
these places can be reached in a three
hours’" ride from Atlanta. This is one
of the most beautiful and picturesque
sections of the South. The climate is
cool and salubrious and the water the
purest and best in the world. For fur
ther information apply to
SAMUEL C. DUNLAP.
General Manager, Clarksville. Ga
HOTEL VICTORIA
Broadway, sth avenue and 27th st.. New
York city. Entirely new; absolutely fire
proof; European plan. Rooms, SI.OO pel
day and upward.
ROBERT T. DUNLOP. Manager.
Formerly of Hotel Imperial.
SCHOOLS AMD COLLEGES.
sTI^SEPFSACADiMY
For Youi--* Ladies, Washington, WiUes
county, Georgia, admitted to be one ot tM
most home-like institutions in the count
try. Climate healthy. Extensive, lawn*
Course thorough. Terma moderate. Music,
Art. Physical Culture, Elocution, Stenog
raphy and Typewriting. Address
MOTHER SUPERIOR.
EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL,
L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A.. Principal.
For Boys. Three miles from Alexandria
Va.. and tight from Washington, O-
C. The fiCd year opens Sept. 26. 1900.
loguo sent on application to the principal
at Alexandria.
J. D. WEED ft CO
BAVAMMAMf GL
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose.
Agent* for NEW YORK RUBBER
BEfLTINO AND BACKING COMPANY.
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