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4 ehc ilornimr ftlorvtne NfW Buildtu; SuvKiiauh, G\ FRIDAY, AUGUST 24. 1000. Registered at the Postoffloe in Savannah. Tha MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is served to subscribers in the city, or sent by maii. at 70c a month. $4.00 for six months, and ss.oo for one year. The MORNING NEWS, by mail, six times a week (without Sunday issue), three months, $1.50; six months $3.00; one year st>.oo. The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 i.seues 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 senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 30 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square in depths is the standard of measurement. Contract rales and discount made known on appli cation at office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING News to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. letters and telegrams should be ad dressed "MORNING NEWS," Savannah, Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row, New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. IMX 10 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Georgia Sawmill Association and Concatenation of Hoo-Hoo jtt Hotel Tybee. Aug. 28. Special Notices—Prizes at Hotel Tybec This Afternoon; Vegetables. Etc.. A. M. & C. W. West’s; W. H. F. Donnelly. Druggist, on Suwanee Springs Water for Dyspepsia; Wall Paper, Paper Hanging, Savannah Building Supply Company; Su wanee Springs, Suwanee, Fla.; Money- Saving Specialties for Friday and Satur day, John T. Evans & Cos.; Levan's Table d’Hote. Business Notices—E. &W. Laundry. Official—Proceedings of Council. Baking Powder—Royal Baking Powder. Bargains in Second-Hand Wheels —At Lattimore’s. When This Independent Little Chap— Byek Bros. Great Penny Sale—Leopold Adler. Medical—Evans Chemical Company; Munyon s Dyspepsia Cure; Burk’s Dyspep sia Cure Tablets; Woman’s. Friend; Hors fords Acid Phosphate; Hood’s Pills; Ccke Dandruff Cure. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. 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. Sons YQUaSELFI f!n TJlff €il for unofttarsl iii" lmr/;c, iuttaini*tiou, .muttons or ulrr*t it in uuu ii i i’wnlM*. ami not uuia* , gent oi poimoua. (fold by BrugrffM*. or wot In plain wraW. by .1 pro.., iiripaM. W Ji.nn, or :. bntflMi. $. 7*. Circular r**t "•*