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6 gtfjc IHofning Morning >ews linilriint:, mvnnnah, ti.'V SUNDAY, AUGUST J, lfoO. Registered at the Postoflßce in Savannah. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in the year, and is served to (subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, at 70c a month, $4.00 for six months, and 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 The WEEKLY NEWS, 2 lseues 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 riek ol senders. Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type-—equal to one inch square in depth— is the standard of measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at business office. Orders for delivery of the MORNING News to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should 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. TWENTY PACES ISDEX 10 SEW SDTEMISEIEIIS. Special Notices—Robert M. Hull Re lieved of Jaundice by Suwanee Springs Water; Suwanee Springs. Fla.; Notice. B. Cohen; Electrical Supply Company; Practical Cleaners. Savannah Steam Dye Works; At Joyce's; Sacred Concert at Tybee To-<lay, at Hotel Tybee; Devan's Table d’Hote. Business Notices —Savannah Steam Laundry; Hunter & Van Keuren; Out ot Sight, Out of Mind, R. D. Clancy & Cos.; Sterns’ Bicycles, R. V. Connerat. Footwear, All Kinds—At the Globe Shoe Store. For Vehicles and Harness at Right Prices—Cohen-Kulman Carriage and Wagon Company. Daundrv—E. & W. Baundry. Black Velvet Ribbons —At the Bee Hive. Wool, Hides and Wax, Etc.—D. Kirk lond. Importers. All Kinds Gin and Rollet Coverings—l.eo Frank. * The Only Exclusive Family Llquol Store—Behringer & Cos. Badies' Oxfords—Byck Bros. A Drawing Card tor August—Walsh A Meyer. An Extraordinary Ending—P. T. Foye. In Time of Peace Prepare for War— Leopold Adler. Good Quality Shoes—Gell & Quint. Badies' Summer Shirt Waists, Etc.—At the Bee Hive. How Easy to Strike a Match—Mutual Gas Bight Cos. Auction Sales—Contents of Grocery Store, Etc., by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer; A Fine Investment, Good Eocation, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer. Skirts at a Sacrifice—At Eckstein's. Bast Week of Our Great Shirt Waist Sale—At Gutman’s. The End of the Big Value—B. H. Bevy & Bro. Financial—Jacob Berry & Cos., New York; F. D. Rogers & Cos., New York; Betvis C. Van Riper, New York. Good Quality Shoes—Gell & Quint. Paste—Stearns’ Electric Paste. Bibbey Cut Glass—Thos West & Cos. Fruit Jars—Geo. W. Allen & Cos. Such Prides as Exist—Daniel Hogan. Bast Chance—Chas. Marks. Take a Book at Our Stock of Second- Hand Wheels—Wm. & 11. 11. Baltimore. Educational—Greenville Female College, Greenville, 1 S. C. Whisky—Wilson's Whisky. Beef—Blebig’s Extract of Beef. Postum Coffee—Postum Cereal Cos. Medical Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy; Peruna; S. S. S.; Coke Dan druff Cure; World's Dispensary (Preparations; Hood’s Sarsaparilla; Cu tlcura Remedies; R. R. R.; Woman's Friend; P. P. P.; Munyon's Guarantee; Dr. Hathaway Sloat’s Bitters. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Dost; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Wenther, The indications for Georgia to-day are for local rains, with light southwesterly winds; and for Eastern Florida, local rains and light southeasterly winds. The currency question in the shape of campaign contributions ie still a very live issue with the Republican party. Booting Pekin appears to be the first step toward the instruction of the Chinese in the benefits and advantages of mod ern civilization. * • ■ Shanghai Is evidently bent on making a reputation in the tvay of fabulous re ports that will surpass those of Mole St Nicholas and Borenzo Marquee. The health officer's pronunclamento against the rank weeds is something like an impelial Chinese edict—it’s a very good thing on the face of it, but the powers that be lack either the Inclination or the authority to enforce It. The evidence accumulates. A negro kill ed a while waiter In Now York City on Thursday. "Lynch him!” wan the cry fiom a hundred throats. He was saved from Immediate destruction by the police with diawn weapons. Next! Louis Wormeer of New York, Is to con fident of McKinley’s eleotlon that he has bet $40,01(0 to 110,000, B. A. Cooper taking the Bryan end of it. it may be that some t me In November Mr. Worm hot will be iiderlng how Mr. Cooper nought him for auch a ‘good thing.” The New York 'l lim* in speaking of the Akron, Ohio, dleturiiunec, puts forward, "and doubt )n Jest, the tentative theory of a mb rots, that breeds riot.” Tile Hot li’ flit,;. uiaier vulture m the Northern 'lime, has gnen eiUleie. of trill lad Ihit it I* eonmderaMy MOf* dangerous than i<i its uit’.-gu natural bnnding ground. TUB PRESIDENT'S CHINESE POLICY Our troops are not to be withdrawn from Pekin immediately. Gen. Chaffee has recommended their withdrawal just as soon as the foreigners in Pekin have been pent to places of safety, and the very general sentiment of the counlry sus tain.** this recommendation. It seems that the President thinks that Gen. Chaffee and the people do not understand the condi tions in China-—that is the political condi tions—and, therefore, he will follow his own judgment. He may be right. No doubt he Is aiming to do what he thinks is for the best interest of the country. There is nothing for him to gain, from the standpoint of politics, by keeping troops in Pekin. Besides, he runs the risk of making a mistake, and a mistake into im portant a matter would be very injurious to his administration and Ms party. The chief reason why the feeling throughout the country is in favor of # an eariy withdrawal from Pekin, is the de sire that this country shall not become en tangled in any of the schemes which Eu ropean Powers may have for the dismem berment of ihc Chinese empire, or for the grabbing of Chinese territory. It is al most eeriain that the present good feeling between the Powers respecting Chinese affairs will not be maintained very long. Already there are signs of trouble. If our troops are withdrawn from China we shall be out of the trouble when it comes. It may be th.it the President thinks our interests will suffer if we are not on the ground to protect them. There is some thing, of course, in that view, but would it not be better to take the risk of our in terests suffering a little rather than to take the chances of becoming engaged in i a conflict with European Powers over pol icies in. respect to China? It is certain that our government will not take the view of the situation in China that Russia and Germany will take. It looks as if each of them is preparing to insist upon the adoption of its view. Russia. Is sending a mighty army Into China, notwithstanding the fact that there is no need of an army there now, and Germany has a large force on the way there. The latter power took one of China’s best ports and a large slice of continguous territory as indemnity for the lives of two missionaries. Bhe may want half of the Chinese empire as indemnity for the assassination of her minister. The only good reason, that has been ad vanced for keeping our troops at Pekin I until a settlement is reached is that the Chinese would construe our withdrawal as a retreat, and would refuse to grant us as good terms in settlement of our claims as if we had soldiers in their capital. The Chinese minister at Washington, however, would be able to make his government un derstand that dur withdrawal was In the Interest of peace, and for the purpose of hastening a settlement favorable to China. It is safe to say that if our troops are not withdrawn soon their stay in Pekin will be a much longer one than is now thought probable. Negotiations are likely to be long drawn out, with the danger of trouble between the Powers ever present. If the President should act in harmony with the very general feeling of the coun try in this matter it is doubtful if he would ever have cause to regret it. LABOR NEEDED IN COTTON FIELDS. According to reports from Southern Georgia a very considerable percentage of the cotton crop of that section is likely to be lost because of the inability of the farmers to get sufficient labor to pick it. The wages offered are high, but not as high as are paid by the lumbermen and turpentine operators. In all of the towns of the state there are many unemployed colored men and women who Could make good wages in the cotton field. Why do not the cotton farmers make an effort to get this unem ployed labor? It is true there would be some inconvenience in handling it on ac count of the lack of sleeping and eating accommodations near the cotton farms, but it is probable that this difficulty could be overcome. During the poach season hundreds of laborers go from the towns to the peach orchards and assist in gathering the peach crop. In the wheat section of the northwest thousands of persons go from the towns and assist in the harvesting. In this city there are, it is safe to say, a thousand unemployed colored men and women who could make good wages in picking cotton frym now until the picking season is over. Not all ot them would accept an offer to go to the country to pick cotton, but it is probable that very many of them would. Some of them might turn out to be comparatively worthless In the cotton field, but, out of the number obtained, it Is probable that several hundred might be secured who would render good service. If efforts were made In each of the towns a supply- of labor might be obtained that would be of very great assistance In saving the crop. The cotton farmers are having a pretty hard time of it this year. The rains and the drought have cut the crop short and it is almost Impossible to get sufficient hands to save what there Is of it. The only satisfactory- thing in connection with the crop is the price of cotton. The price Is good, and If the crop were only a good one the cotton farmers this year would feel rich. ABOLISH TIPPING. The custom of tipping the waiters and employes in hotels and restaurants, sleep ing cars and other places of a public character has reached the point of ex treme aggravation. Every now and then it is the object of denunciation, but it continues, usually with the connivance of the employer of the help which ex ports and demands the tip. It Is money In the employer's pockrl when the cus tomer aids In paying his servant's wages. It is said that the wages of sleeping car potters are actually fixed on a basis to give them a certain amount per month Including tlie lips which it is estimate.) they will receive from (he passengers. There is no doubt tlmt the wages of employes in hotels and restaurants are much lower than they would lie were not the tipping custom lu vogue. In Bondon, particularly, the system lias been carried to a ridiculous extreme, and Instances aro known where the employers, instead of paying them wages,actually exact from •he employes a part of their “nike-off” from tIM patrons. To such on extent lute the evil been curried there that the waiters have decided to organize mid enter protest against the system of tips. Whether the waiters no actuated by a de. least, 111 the bnesunt received |i'vi or Horn higher uivUvsa, as THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 20. 1900. i they assert, cannot be stated, and it is Ia matter of Indifference, for they have, ; unquestionably, the best of the argument. Waiters and employes in hotels in Bon don are very poorly paid, and are ex pected to make up their necessary living expensce out of their tips. Now they de mand that the tipping system be abolish ed altogether and that their wages be i -i .They assert that the system de grades their calling, and that it em barrasses a large portion of the public | whose pocker-book is not commensurate with the desire to live up to the cus tom. It would be well if just such a move ment could be started in the cites of the United States .in nearly all of which the tipping system has become, perhaps, more of an evil than it is in European countries. It is true that in most Eu ropean countries the waiter demands his tip while in America he usually aesumes an attitude of expectancy and does noth ing more than look sour if he does not get it. At the same time It is also true that the average tip in America is far larger and more out of proportion to the service rendered than is the case in the countries of the old world. In France for instance, a waiter is satisfied with two sous for a simple service; in America the smallest tip is five cents, and so it increases in proportion. In American cities sometimes the amount of the tip Is SO nr 100 per cent, of the amount of the bill. All of this is an outrage upon the Ameri can public, especially that portion of it whose real ability extends only to paying for the service sought. The average Sa vannahian who fakes a two weeks’ trip in the summer to some Northern resort may easily calculate upon spending any where from $3 to $lO on tips alone during that time. And the only service received for it is that for which he has already paid full price, together with a smile in stead of a frown from the porter, the bell boy and the w-aiter. The American public should see to the abolishment of the custom through their disapproval of it. If it cannot be abolish ed altogether, at the start, the size of the fee should be made more in keeping with the service rendered and the amount of the bill to be paid. OVER-ZEALOUS MISSIONARIES. Statements are appearing In the public prints which seem to justify the conclu sion that some of the missionaries whose of labor is in China are over zeal ous. They are saying that the Boxer movement was the best thing that could have happened for the cause of Chris tianity in China, because the Powers will not accept any settlement of the attacks on their ministers in Pekin which does not include the most ample provision for the protection of the missionaries while pursuing their work of Christianizing the people. Their position Is that in future the Chinese will be afraid to make any op position to missionaries, and that the missionaries will he free to adopt any methods they please in carrying on their work. No doubt the Powers will undertake to enlarge the liberty which missionaries have heretofore had, and will insist upon their having greater privileges and the most complete prolectlcn, but will the placing of hard conditions on the Chinese assist in fitting them for receiving the Christian religion? Would it not be a mistake to undertake to force the Chris tian religion upon them? It is suspected that more than one of the Powers have used the missionaries as a means for acquiring territory. They have not cared for the success of the missions so much as for the material ad vantages to be gained by means of them. No doubt these same Powers will insist upon concessions to missionaries In the settlement with China that will have a tendency to irritate the Chinese, and thus open tie way for further territorial de mands. Missionary work must, of course, go on In China, but it ought to be c-nlucted along lines of the least resistance. The Chinese ought to be led to accept the Christian religi n because it is the best religion, and not because of the armies and navies behind it. It seems to us that those missionaries who are rejoicing that ti e Boxer outbreak has brought about an exhibition of the power of the Christian nations that will make the Chinese afraid to show any resistance to the propaga tion of the Christian faith in their coun try are making a great mistake. They are lacking in the kind of spirit that Chris tian workers should have. A QUESTION OF HEALTH. I* is too late this season to test in the courts the question whether the city has the power to compel the owners of vacant lots to cut and remove the weeds from them. The city has no ordinance on the subject at presenit, and would have to pass one if it undertook to compel lot owners to clear their lots of weeds. If such an ordinance were passed no doubt lot owners would resist the enforcement of it. It might take months to get a final decision of the matter. In the meantime the weeds ought to be removed. The Health Officer says they are a menace to the health of the city. That being the ease there ought to be no hesitation in having the objection able weeds removed. It seems that in other years their re moval has cos* considerable money. It is pretty safe to say that If the city should advertise for bids for the work it could get the weeds removed for much less than it wopld cost it to remove them with its own labor. Some of the farmers of the county who have mowing machines and teams would, doubtless, be active bid ders for the Job. No risks should he run in the matter of the city's health. Lots nnd premises should be put in good sanitary condi tion for the early fall. It Is to be pre sumed that the sanitary inspectors are attending closely to their duties, and are j compelling compliance with the eanltury | ordinances. If they are not they ought to ho called to account at once. The health of the city Is a mutter of prime importance. A state census of Kansas Just com plet'd. shows the iMHiulallon of that slate to l>e 1,414,705, an increase of only 19,588 in habitants over the lnst'censns, or 1.37 per rent. Tills showing In most unsatisfac tory to the people of that stale, in view of Its material prosperity, but the stati offi lols will not m ike a re ourit. Kun mis, however, is humiliated by the fart . limt tier lip lease In population even fails ! below th** average kutMas in th* United , {jutes by births, which is 1.7 per sent, The will of the late Colli* P. Hunting ton, an account of which his been pub lished in thi dispatches, considering the fact that 4t is the testament of a multi millionaire, is a rather unsatisfactory and uninteresting document. It gives no defi nite insight into the actual value of the estaie which has teen variously estimated at from $20,000,000 to $70,000,000, though the indications are -that it is nearer the for mer than the latter eum. The education al and charitable institutions which were expected to benefit from the late mill ionaire’s estate, have been disinherited so to speak, and the bulk of his property seems to have been left to his nephew who i to take up his life work. True, he gave SIOO,OOO to a negro college in Virginia, and $25,000 to a charitable in stitution in New York, but for Mr. Hunt ington that was like cutting off a legiti mate heir with a dollar. His legacy of $1,000,000 in trust for life to the Princess Hatzfeldt, can hardly be looked upon as an indication of any unbounded confidence in, or exalted opinion of the Prince. In addition to demonstrating how to put frills on lynching bees and race riots, Ohio has given the South a lesson In he lightning administration of justice. It was heralded as quite an achievement recent ly when a negro was tried for the ‘‘usual crime,” convicted and sentenced to the gallows In Marietta, Ga., in nine4y-five minutes, but Akron, 0., has made anew record, and one that, perhaps, it will be impossible to eclipse. The trial, convic tion and sentence to life Imprisonment of the negro Peck at that place for a similar crime, within five minutes, is an unequaled achievement In the annals of modern courts. The state scarcely had time to do more than put the defendant’s appearance in evidence and ask the jury for a verdict of guilty on the strength of it PERSONAL. —Chris Magee of Pittsburg, who is prominent in Pennsylvania politics as mi opponent of Quay, is in Atlantic City. He is afflicted by a malady, which, though not likely to cause death, saps his strength, and makes it obligatory upon him to avoid all exertion. —Robert Russell, the superintendent of education for Natal, has just completed his thirty-fifth year of colonial govern ment service, having left Edinburgh Uni versity in 1866 to accept the appointment of head master of the Durban Govern men College. Mr. Russell’s work on •‘Natal: The Land and Its Story,” has been extensively quoted during the South African war. —lra D. Sankey is to sail for Europe on Aug. 25. He will be In London the second week in Sep4ember, after a few days spent in Ireland. A great public wel come will be held In Exeter Hall Thurs day, Sept. 13, under the auspices of the London Singers’ Union and an influential committee, this being the silver jubilee celebration of the London chorus formed by Mr. Snnkey in 1875. % BRIGHT BITS. —"That old fellow coming was carried from the railroad accident all smashed up, and’ he wouldn't even acknowledge he was hurt. Must be a Christian Scien tist.” "No. President of the road.”— Life. —No Good for a Frost.—“ When I told her I had something laid by for a rainy day, I thought T would! win her.” "And you didn't?” "No; whqt I’d laid by for rain was no protection* from frost.”— Chicago Evening Post. —An Attraction.—McJigger—“Never met Madame Capilla, eh? Ah! there's a wo man of whom it may truly be said, ‘her face Is her fortune.’ ” Thingumbob— "Professional beadty, eh?" McJigger— “No; she's a bearded lady.”—Philadel phia Press. —Communism.—Communism raised lis hideous head. "Golf for the million,” it shouted. Society in the Belter Sense shuddered and grew sick at heart. "Gov ernment links! Public caddies! State ” But here Society swooned and heard no more.—. Detroit Journal. CURRENT COMMENT. The New York Mail and Express (Rep.) is one of the few Republican papers that, recently, are taking a liberal view of race troubles. It says of the Akron, 0,, affair: “The city of Akron, 0., has succeeded in putting the South to the blush in the mat ter of lynch law detail. A negro is sought in Jail by a great mob, for an attempted crime of the customary class. Result, public buildings damaged by fire, several persons killed and a considerable number wounded by bullets, the community panic stricken, the militia called from neighbor ing towns for protection, and—the crimi nal all the while safely bestow’ed in jail many miles distant from the place where he was sought. If anything more un reasoning, more cruelly gratuitous than this sanguinary performance hosoccurred in recent years in (he state of Ohio, we do not know of it. At this rate, and not for getting recent events in New Y’ork city, we may begin shortly to w’onder whether the country is not topsy-turvy, and the Gulf of Mexico where the St. Lawrence has been accustomed to flow," The New York Evening Post (Ind.) thus comments on the action of the mob at Akron, O.: “The riot at Akron, 0., last night, following so closely the one in this city last week, is an impressive illustra tion qf tliefact that human nature is much the same ot the North as at the South, and that race troubles would be quite as serious here as there if the conditions were the same in the two sections. We do not recall a more determined attempt on the part of a white mob to wreak sum mary vengeance upon a black villain than that which raged for so any hours in tha little Ohio city, and culminated in the de struction of the City Hall and some other buildings by dynamite, after collisions be tween the crowd and the representatives of the law, in which two lnno.:ent children were killed. It is evident that only the precautions of the authorities in rushing the criminal out of town before the mob was organized prevented one of the worst lynchlngs ever known in the North." The New York World (Dent.) says of the Akron, 0., riot: "The two deplorable oc currences, however, may serve to impress on the communities In which they took place a lesson which seems to be needed— especially in Ohio—in passing judgement on those Southern communities in which the same mob spirit 1 occasionally in flamed by similar causes. With two such outbreaks in the very centers of thickly populated, intelligent and well-|x>!leod Northern cities It can no longer be ar gued that i lie spirit of lynch law is pecu liarly a reproach to the people of the Southern states. If It manifests itself more frequently in those slat s it is only be cause the exciting causes occur more fre quently.” "Tha Ohio Race Issue” is the way the Baltimore Bun hernia Its editorial on the Akron, €)., riot, In Which it says: "The mob outbieak at Akron, O , originating in an attempt to lynch a negro, coining so soon after tin- riot in New York, seems to suggtul that there is a wide field umth ot Alston and Dixon's line fur inis>lun,irv work loi Mlts Jewett and other* of her class. Knocks Himself Out. One of the latest attractions in China town is a man known 06 “Bill,” who makes e punching bag of himself for (he benefit of sightseers, says the New York Bun. 3111 first made bis appearance there about two months ago. He had been with a vaudeville show, but he said luck was against him and he went to the dif ferent resorts an Chinatown and did i couple of turns nightly, such a® buck dancing and singing. The profits did not amount to much and Bill decided *o shake the place. He reappeared a couple of weeks ago, saying that he had anew sketch which would take the people by surprise. On the following Saturday when the largest one of the resorts was well filled Bill announced' that he was ready to go ahead, and asktd that the floor be cleared so that he could have plenty of room. Hiu request was granted. Bill took his stand and said that his new sketch was a cor rect imitation of the McGovern-Erne fight and after a short speech, he wound up by asking the spectators to kindly refrain from passing any remarks. Bill is a talk er and owing to this fact the people pa.d great attention to what he was saying. He then placed two chairs in opposite corners for the supposed fighters to sit on. Xux( the referee was introduced and the fighters were called to the center for instructions, Bill 'being fighters, referee an l everything else. Then the mock bat tle began. From the start to the finish of the first round Bill hammered himself in the face. h< ui and abdomen. The second round v**as pretty near the game as the first, only Bill was working a little harder and he went to his corner looking much the worse from his own punches. His face was beginning to puff. Before com ing up for the third and last round ill mode it known that he would represent Erne and that his heavy smashes were supposed to be delivered by McGovern. Bill got at himself and smashed away until he was reeling around the floor. He went down for the second' time with blood coming from his nose. He staggered to his feet, as Erne did, only to go to the floor again after hitting himself a hard blow in the face. He lay there long enough for the supposed referee to count him out. After Bill got through andi nad fixed himself up he went around with the hat and received enough money, as he eaid later, to pay for a week’s board. Of late he has been going through his mock battle only once a week, as he is afraid the people will get tired of it and he hasn’t been able to think of anything new. The Frog (nine Back. The firemen at Tenth and Arch streets, Camden, are mystified at the sudden re appearance of a large bullfrog, weighing two pounds, that was kept and petted by them for several months, says the Phila delphia Telegraph. The frog was kept in a large Bquarium, in which sunfish and carp were also kept, but because scientific men told the firemen that the presence of the “rena esculenta” caused the stagna tion of the water and consequent ck*ah of the fish, the firemen decided to kill the frog. Whether the frog, by mental teleg raphy, became cognizant of his approach ing execution or not is not known, but in less than fifteen minutes after his fate was decided the frog disappeared and was found in a water trough three blocks distant. There the firemen fed him with crumbs until about a month ago, when he again disappeared, and was supposed to have been killed by boys. Yesterday he reappeared. While the firemen were polishing their harness they hoard a guttural ‘‘Ker-wuh! Ker-wuh” and observed the frog hopping from the gutter toward the firehouse. He seemed to recognize his former friends, jumped past them into the room and hopped di rectly lpto the aquarium. The fish, In stead of being scared at the Intruder, man ifested their delight by swimming near and disporting themselves close to him. Where the frog was during the inter vening four weeks is a mystery, as is his recollection of his former friends. Staked Hl* All anil Won. The coatless young man and his young woman companion meandered into one of the swell restaurants and sat down at a table, says the Indianapolis Sun. The young man had met the young woman whm he had not expected to. That ex plained the absence of his coat. The wai er took their orders. Then he went over to the proprietor. Then the waiter returned. "Sorry, sah, but we can't serve shirt evaist gen'lemen in the presence ob ladies, sah.” The young man favored him with an 1 y stare. So did the young woman. Then they started out, but the young man fell behind the young woman long enough to press the fourth part of a dollar into the wader’s hand and whisper; "Your kindness and that of the pro prietor will never be forgotten. My lady friend insinuated so strongly that she was hungry that I was actually forced to ask her to dine. I have not got money enough to pay for the simplest kind of a lunch. If you had served us, I wouid have had a fit. I staked my all and won. God bless you!” Talented Families. The unmusical members of a musical family will appreciate the following con versation, says London Tid-Bits. "Do you play any instrument, Mr. Jimp?” “Yes, I'm a cornetist.” “And your sister?” "She's a pianist.” “Does your mother play?" "She's a zitherist.” “And your father?” “He's a pessimist.” This reminds us of another fragment of contemporary talk. "Don’t you think,” asked the young girl graduate, “that Miss Spring is a charming poetess?” "Waal,” said Uncle Solomon, with de “You know,” onco said this member of liberation, ”1 think she is a mighty sweet poetess! I’m sure her cousin. Miss Chal mers, is a charming palntress, and her aunt, Lucrece, ts an excellent sculptress and her mother used to be a capital dlsh w-asheress. It’s a talented family, hers is." Painful Inference. "Don’t trifle with me, Miss McCurdy!” pleaded the young man, desperately, ac cording to the Chicago Record. "Wait till I have finished. Do T need to tell you. af ter all thrs weeks, how completely and absolutely your image fills my heart? Have you not seen? Do you not know? Have I not betrayed myself by my looks, by the tones of my voice, by the eager Joy that lights up my features whenever you appear? Must I put in words the feelings I can no more disguise than I can ' "Mr. Whitgood," interrupted the young woman, “are you in earnest?” "Glycerine McCurdy," he said, drawing hims If up with Injured dignity, "do ycu think I’m doing this on £. l*:t?” A Story of Mottlien Arnold. Matthew Arnold, next to Whistler, was perhaps the most colossal egotist of Ills t ine, says lie New Word. After Ids return to London from hs first lecturing lour in America, he vl Ited old Mrs. Proctor, widow of the poet "Barry Cornwall," and mo'her of .Ade laide Proctor. Mrs, Proctor, who was then SO years old, in g.vlng Mr. Arnold a cup of lea, asked him: "And what did they say üb.ut you In Ann rlca?” "Well,” ia<d tlie literary auto rat "thry raid I was conc.lt and, and they si,,| my olotlus did nit fit me. 1 "Will, now,” .aid the el l l td.,, * j t.ilnk liny wer mistaken ia to lit* glothsa” ITEMS OF' INTEREST. —Some Idea of the importance given to athletics in colleges and universities may be had from the fact that Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Princ-ton, Pennsylvania and Cornell spent $304,243 for that purpose last year. —Experts who have examined rye straw are of the opinion that a very high grade of papqr, suitable for books a9 well ns for newspapers, can be made from that material. Louisiana produces thousands of tons of rye straw which is now dis posed of as a waste product. —Oxford has among its undergraduates a married Lancashire mill hand. 25 years of age, w ho worked his way into the uni versity by studying after factory hours, with the helf of free libraries and univer sity extension lectures. He has won a scholarship worth £BO a year. —A portrait of the late Walter Q. Gres ham, Secretary of Slate under President Cleveland, will have a place of honor in the galleries of the Emperor of Japan. This is to be done as a tribute to Mr. Gresham’s services in negotiating the treaty between the United States and Japan, which wns adopted during Cleve land’s second term. Frank M. Peebles painted the portrait. Upon opening a car laden with hay in a Chicago freight yard, the other day, the consignee was astonished to find two valuable horses inside, while nearly one third of the hay had been devoured. How tha animals had got into <he car and how long they had been there no one seemed 1 to know. Their stomachs were so much distended from overeating that both animals had to be killed. —ln spite of repeated urgings from their pastor, some female members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Knights town, Ind., refused to remove their hats during service. Then he directed that those who persisted in wearing their head gear must occupy reserved pews in the "amen coiner.” Now these pews have regular occupants and there is a prospect that they will increase in numbers, for most of the women want to wear their hats, although many yielded to the pas tor’s wish. —An old Dominican friar, who had serv ed his church for forty years in the Phil ippines, was asked by his fellows to write a book describing the characteristics, habifs and customs of the Filipino people. To this he agreed, with the proviso that no one should see his work until after his death. When he died In Manila this year the book was found among his effects. On the. first page was the title and all the other 300 pages were blank except the last, on which was written: ‘‘This is all I know, after forty years’ study, of the Filipino people.” —A great change seems imminent in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. The well known Baden aniline and soda factory has patented a most imiortot.e improve ment in the production of this substance. By this new process there is an immense saving in fuel, and the expensive piatlna apparatus is no longer necessary. Mora important still is the fact that no soP peter is required by the new process. Salt peter is of such enormous value for agri cultural and technical purposes that any economy in its use must be 'welcomed, the more so as the saltpeter fields will, in the course of time, be exhausted. —The New Y’ork harbor tug B. Bueken bach has started on a voyage to San Francisco around the Horn. The tug, one of the fastest and stanchest; is scheduled to make the passage in forty-five days, record time for a tug. . Much difficulty was had in finding fifteen men who would make up the crew, as the dangers that the little vessel will encounter will be enor mous, even for an ocean-going tug. Only three or four tugboats have made the trip around the Horn, the best record of sixty three days having been made by the G. W. Pride, which successfully navigated the Southern seas eight years ago. —An unusually large number of foreign immigrants appear to be settling at pres ent in some parts of the New England states, where they obtain work in the cotton mills and in connection with other industries. Lately, it Is said, in Connec ticut and Rhode Island the preference has been given to Greeks, while in the Fall River mills a large number of Por tuguese and Poles have found employ ment. Of all foreign nationalities the Portuguese are found the most docile and faithful. The French-Canadians are more difficult to manage, being more inclined: to move from mill to mill and town to town. —The Hartford Courant tells of a strange sight witnessed by some of the American soldiers in the Philippines during a church service recently held in their honor. The interior of the church had been bedecked by the natives in, red, white and blue, the masterpiece of decoration being a painted eagle on a shield hung over the image of one of the saints. On the banner which streamed from the eagle's bill was this legend: "The Old Reliable Condensed Milk.” It seems that the artist who painted' the eagle hod copied it. inscrip tion and all, from the label on an old milk can, believing that the banner bore the American, motto. —An artificial stone has recently been introduced from Belgium into France, which is said to have four times the force of resistance of French free stone, and which has nearly all of -ihe properties of Cohestang granite. It has been tried in the Malines Arsenal, and was found to be to the action of cold, and to absorb only 6 to 7 per cent, of water, even after a long dry spell. This arti ficial stone is manufactured at Uccles, near Brussels. It consists chiefly of dry coarse sand and hydraulic lime, cooked under a pressure of six otmosoheres the temperature being maintained’at 165 de grees. The most varied colors are given to this stone, and Hs manufacture costs only 2 cents per cubic foot. —Bruce Benner, of Coffeyville, Kan., has made a small fortune during the past few months by exhibiting a so-called "feathered and g” in various parts of the Sunflower state. So far es the f, atheri were concerned the animal was, of course a fraud, as has just been dlacovere 1 through the enterprise of a country newspaper. The deg had been complete ly covered from nose to tail with a tight fitt.ng coat of t anion flannel on which pigeon fcath rs had been so skillfully sewn as to seem like a natural giowih A reporter who had been and tailed to visit Benners show plucked a handful of featheis from the animal's back unob served, and the dog never winced. The fraud was thus expost and. ami B nner fled from the Kansas jurisdiction. —Chile is much disliked by the neigh boring republics. The elongated country on the western slope of the Andes has been at variance with Argentina for years and both are now buying arms and am munition for a possible squabble, which will probably be the worst war In South American history If it should ever break out. It i- also said that Chile has de signs on territory belonging to Bolivia and Peru. Chile has already helped her self to some of the choicest hits of Peru bin Is not satisfied and wants more. Rol Hvia Is busy trying to suppress the little republic of Acre, which tvos recently es tablished on the bordir beiween her terri tory nnd Brazil, but has not succeeded While thus engaged she 1- apt to awaken some morning to tlin fuel that Chile has rais'd Ist Mag over Bolivian territory South American countrle* rnniiot mix iri the gt ner.il war 111 China, nor have they much Inter, si In the, struggle lu South Africa, but ihe sub-equatorial nation* ire busy with their own affairs, nnd will probably engage In several war* us ihe ♦ exult of present complication*. Ocean Sieamsnio Ga -FOR- NewYork,Boston —AND THB EAST. Unsurpassed cabin accommodation*. Ail the comforts of a modern hotel. Electric lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets ibcludo meals and berths aboard ship. Passenger Fares irom Savanna TO NEW YORK—FIRST CABIN* S S . FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP s3"' ;v‘ TER .MEDIATE CABIN, sls; INTEKME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP $24. STEERAGE, $lO. TO BOSTON-FIRST CABIN s*">• FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP, S3B IN.' TERMEDIATE CABIN, sl7; INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP, J-‘ S M . STEERAGE, $11.75. The express steamships of this line ara appointed to sail from Savannah, Central (90th) meridian time, as follows; SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK, NACOOCH.EE, Capt. Smith, MONDAf Aug. 27, 6:30 p. th. KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUES DAY, Aug. 28, 7:00 p. m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt Berg. THURSDAY. Aug. 30. 8:00 a. m. TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SAT URDAY'. Sept. 1, 9:00 p. m. CIT'Y OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett. MONDAY. Sept. 3, 11:30 a. m. NACOOCHEE, Capt. 6mlth, TUESDAY, Sept. 4, 12:30 p. m. KANSAS CITY, Capt Fisher, THURS DAY, Sept. fi. 2:30 p. m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Berg, SATURDAY, Sept. 8. 4:00 p. m. TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, MON DAY, Sept. Id. 5:30 p. m. CITY* OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett, TUESDAY, Sept. 11, 6:30 p m. NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, THURS DAY, Sept. 13, 8:0) p. ni. KANSAS CITY*, Capt. Fisher, SATUR DAY, Sept. 15. *10:00 p. m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Berg, MONDAY, Sept. 17, 12:00 noon. TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, TUES DAY, Sept. IS, 1:00 p. m. CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt Daggett, THURSDAY, Sept. 20, 2:30 p. m NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, SATUR DAY, Sept. 22, 4:00 p. m. KANSAS CITY', Capt. Fisher, MONDAY, Sept. 21, 5:00 p. m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Berg. TUESDAY, Sept. 25, 5:30 p. m. TALLAHASSEE, Capt, Askins, THURS DAY, S-pt. 27. 6:30 p m. CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett, SATURDAY, Sept. 29, 8:00 p. m. NEW YORK TO BOSTON. CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, MON DAY. Aug. 27, 12:00 noon. CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI DAY, Aug. 31, 12:00 noon. CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, WED NKSDAY. Sept. 5, noon. CITY’ OF MACON, Capt. Savage, MON DAY’, Sept. 10, noon. CITY* OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI DAY, Sept. 14, noon. / city OF MACON, Capt. Savage, WED NESDAY, Sept. 19, noon. CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, MON DAY, Sept. 24, noon. CITY* OF MACON, Capt. Savage, FRI DAY, Sept. 28, noon. This company reserves the right to change Its nailings without notice and without liability or accountability there for. Sailings New York for Savannah dally except Sundays, Mondays and Thursday, s:oo*p. m. W. G. BREWER. City Ticket and Pass enger Agent, 107 Bull street. Savannah, Ga. E. W. SMITH, Contracting Freight Agent. Savannah. Ga. R. G. TREZEVANT, Agent, Savannah, Ga. WALTER HAWKINS, General Agent Traffic Dep't. 224 W. ■Say street, Jack sonville, Fla. E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager, Sa vannah. Ga. P. E. LE FEVRE. Superintendent, New Pier 25. North River. New York N. Y. Morton’s School for Boys. The fifteenth session of this school which Is the largest and best equipped private school m this city, commences Oct. 1. Thorough Instruction In all de partments. Students from this school en ter the State University on Principal s certificate without entrance examinations. Special Instruction for those wishing to enter the U. S. Academies. For catalogues or other information ad dress, J. R. MORTON, M. A. Principal. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. ad emy~~ For doling Ladies, Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia, admitted to be one of the most home-like Institutions in the count try. Climate healthy. Extensive. luw: Course thorough. Terms moderate. Music, Art, Physical Culture, Elocution, Stenog raphy and Typewriting. Address MOTHER SUPERIOR. hit. St. Agiies' College for Women, M. Washington, Md. THOROUGH ENGLISH COURSE. Lec tures delivered. Degrees conferred. MT. WASHINGTON SEMINARY FOR BOYS under 13 years. Primary and Preparatory courses. Both institutions conducted W Sisters of Mercy. Preparatory School for little girls. Address MT. ST. AGNES’ COLLF.GE. EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL, L. M. BLACKFORD, M. A., Principal. For Boys. Three miles from Alexandria, Va., and eight from Washington, l>. C. The 62d year opens Sept. 26. l'JOd. Cata logue sent on application to the principal at Alexandria. SCSI HER RESOATS. 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