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The Wralkpr.
The Indication* for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair weather, with ItKtit o
freah easterly wind*; mid for Eastern
Florida. local showers. with fresh eaeter
iy winds.
Evidently the people of Spain have not
lost faith In the inland of Cuba, except
possibly from a political point of view.
Hundred* of Spanlah Immigrants are ar
riving in the Island every week, and 10.000
of them are scheduled to arrive before the
beginning of the new year.
Com Paul Kruger of the Transvaal at
one time believed that railroads were an
Invention of the devil. The first time he
ever rode on a train was upon the occa
sion of a visit to Cape Town. It took a
great deal of persuading to get Mm
aboard the coach, but finally he got on.
In much trepidation. And all the way to
Cape Town. It Is astd. he sat with Bible
In hand and prayed that he rmglM esca|>e
destruction for having thus recklessly
tempted Providence. He knows more
about railways now. and maintains hla
capital In a passenger roach.
The political campaign In Virginia will
be actively Inaugurated to-morrow. One
of the features of the canvass on the
Democratic side will be the appearance
on ibe stump of Hobert E. Lee. Mr. Lae
la the grandson of the greet Confederate
ohleftaln whose name he bears, and tha
aon of Gen. W. H. F. Lee. for aeveral
terms a member of Congress from the
Alexandria district Young Mr. Lee Is
said to bes gentleman of considerable
culture and oratorical ability. Bearing the
nime he does, Virginians will no doubt
turn out by the bundled* and thousands
Ur hear him.
ROOSEVELT'S I’REtllfTltlN*.
Evidently Gov. Roosevelt think* ha la
a greater prophet than Mr. Bryan In
Ihe speeches he Is making In the West
he Is teliing Ihe people how false Ihe pre
dictions which Mr. Bryan made In tot
turned out to be. and Is predicting what
will occur should Mr. Hryan lie elected
this fill.
He Is predicting that In Ihe event of the
election ot Mr Bryan there will tie such
a money panic as never ha* been seen
In this country, and that factories will
shut down, workmen will starve and
farmers will not gel enough for their
crop* lo pay their taxe* It take* some
thing more than a column lo contain the
accounts of tha dreadful things which
Gov. Roosevelt says will happen If Mr
Bryan Is elected
It really looks a* If he had suited out
on a speech-making tour with Ihe de
tornslnatton lo scare the people Into vot
ing for Mr McKinley and himself. Tile
prople. however, know that he la a very
cmoltonal young man. and the percentage
of them that will take what he eaya ser
iously Is noi large. They will he amused
rather than alarmed hy his predictions
that a terrible condition of affairs would
follow the election of Mr. llryan.
Asa matter of fact. Mr. Bryan did milt"
some predictions In lkh> which did not
come true, but Ihe Republican |rty I*
not entitled lo credit for the good lime*
which came. The good times would have
tome even If Mr. Bryan had been elect
ed. Times had begun to be better before
Mr. McKinley was elected, and they
would have been just as good with Mr.
Bryan a* President a* they have been
under Mr. McKinley’s administration.
But because Mr. Brynn made eome
mistakes In hi* predictions In IM It
doesn't follow that the predictions of
hard limes In Ihe event of hi* election
which Gov. Roosevelt la making will
come true. On Ihe contrary, the chance*
are (hat the latter's predictions will prove
to be further from the truth than Mr. Bry
an'* were.
The truth la, politician* and candidate*
are no better qualiAedto peer Into tho fu
ture than other people. In fact. It la
doubtful If they are ao well qualified, be
cause there Is a selfish motive connected
with their predictions.
There la no reason, therefore, why there
should be any uneasiness on account of
Mr. Roosevelt's prediction*. Hl* reputa
tion as a prophet la not well established.
Indeed. It la doubtful If It would be pos
sible to find a more unsafe man to fol
low. What he saya the business and In
dustrials conditions of the country would
likely be under a Democratic admin let ra
tion Is not worth a passing thought.
THEV HIT WAIT TOO LONG.
The English cofion spinners waited too
long laat year before making their pur
ehaaea of cotton. Depending upon the re
port of Mr. Neill, that the crop would be
a large one. they expected to get cotton
at about their own price. They made a
very great mistake— mistake that cost
them dearly.
The Knglleh spinners are sure that the
price of cotton la too high—higher than
they want to pay for It. Hence, they
have decided to shut down their mills for
awhile—that I*, the Manchester spinners
have—with the view of forcing down the
price of cotton by scaring the cotton
growers Into rushing their cotton to mar
ket.
We cannot say of course whether or not
they will succeed In accomplishing their
object, but the chances are they will not.
The cotton growers know the condition of
the cotton market. They are well aware
of the fact that on Sept, t there was less
cotton to he had than at any previous
time for many years. They receive the
cotton crop reports not only of their re
spective states, but also of the general
government. They know, therefore, that
the outlook Is for a short crop rather than
a big one. The estimates by the best
authorities do not place It above 10.000.000
bales.
Being In possession of all the facts—
facts which Indicate that there will he as
much of a scramble for cotton before the
season Is over as there was last year—lt
Is hardly probable that the edtion grow
ers will he very much alarmed by the de
termination of the Manchester spinners to
shut down Ihelr mills for HWhlle with
the hope of knocking down the price of
cotton.
We do not undertake to advise rotton
growers not to accept ten rents for their
cotton. They must he their own Judges In
that matter, hut we have no hesitation In
raying that they are not likely to he
dtsturbed by the efforts to get their cotton
for a lower price than the existing condi
tions seem to warrant. If they did not
know the prevailing conditions respecting
the cotton supply thoroughly the Man
chester tactics might have great Influence
with them.
The great majority of the cotton grow
ers are In a flnanci.il condition which en
ables them lo hold Ihelr cotton. The good
prices they received last year put them
out of debt. Their credit Is good, there
fore. and It Is pretty safe to say that
they are not without cash resources. Of
course no one Is In a position to say what
the price of cotton will be a month or two
months hence, but Judging from what Is
In sight now It looks as If Ihe Manches
ter spinners would gain nothing by their
determination lo buy no more spot cotton
this month.
Senator I'or.iker of Ohio, sinrted out
Saturday morn Ing on a speaking tour,
which I* to last practically until election
day. Friday night a reporter called upon
him. "I wish I had never heard of |ioll
tlcs." said the Senator. "I am sick ond
disgusted with the whole business. I'll
tell you one thing. Pd Just nlout as lief
go out to Spring Grove Cemetery as to
go speechmaking in ihl* campaign.'* Is
It odd that Foraker'g mind should run to
cemeteries in connection with this cam
paign? The Ohio man evidently ha* not
his heart In the work which ha* been laid
out for him by Boss llanna. He Is not
especially In love with the administration.
In addition to which he probably correct
ly Judges the drift of public opinion.
g t t
Mr. Olney give* excellent advice to
voters, but It transpire* that he l* him
self not a qualified elector. He haa not
been on the voting list In five years. It
Is claimed, by Republicans, that he ha*
not voted since IRC.
At all events, the people of Porto Rico
have some compensation for their S5 per
cent, clttxenshlp. Gov. Allen has Intro
duced golf into the Island. If the natlvn>
are not unappreciative, therefore, they
ought to be buppy.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY,’ SEPTEMBER 9. 1900.
THE OYSTER SKAMR.
The fallacious chestnut that oyater are
"good" during every month that ha* an
R In the spelling of It* name, ha* been
t-penslide for many w ache and doc
tor's bill 8o universal haa become the
b lief In the R as the marker for the oys
ter season that many conauroera—even
• plrurea—could not be induced lo taate
an oyater on May I, notwithstanding they
ate of lh< m heartily on the night before.
And, by the name token, those who pin
their faith upon the efficacy of the R de
mand oyster* on the ttrst day of Septem
ber It seem* that they regard the R a*
a divinely appointed Institution, set up as
an Infallible guide for oyster-loving man
kind. That Is all nonsense, of course, hut
no amount of argument, probably, would
serve to eradicate the It superstition
from the public mind.
The simple fact Is that the oyater Is not
"good." and la out of season, during Its
reproduction period Just when that pe
riod begins and ends I* chiefly a matter
of climate, and not at all of what letters
enter Into the spelling of Ihe name of the
month Reproduction begins with Ihe be
ginning of the warm days of spring. In
Georgia about the latter part of April or
the first of May. and continues until cool
day* come again, about the latter part of
September or the flrst of October This
applies to Ihe mature oyster. Maturity Is
reached the third or fourth year. Oysters
under three year* old. while they may be
small, are probably wholesome the year
around If they have been well nourished
A "milky" appearance In the oyater de
notes that Ihe reproductive season la on
Then It should not he eaten. The "milk"
or "white,” which later changes to "black
•pat," Is really the eggs of the oyster,
packed In the gills and mantle cavity.
And there are literally hundred* of thou
sands of them It has len computed by
a sciential. Buckland. that one oyster will
produce ftom 270,(w0 to K9.(x> egg* He
liken* the "black spat" or secondary alage
of ihe eggs to slate pencil dust, and the
emergence of the young from the mother
to a puff of smoke from a railway engine.
Prof. Mohlus, a German scientist, as
serts that l.flrtl full grown parent oyater*
will produce 41t.01t.000 embryo* annually.
But *o great I* the mortality of the em
bryos. from the raid* of hungry marine
creatures and other cause*, that of these
440.000,000 only about 421 Individual# will
come to maturity. Having In mind the
wonderful fecundity of Ihe oyater. It Is
not to be wondered at that parent* are
not In a condition to be eaten during their
hu*y search.
It I* the custom to associate the advent
of Ihe oyster with the first day* of Sep
tember. with the return home of the sum
mer swallows, with the opening of the
theatrical season, and the disappearance
of the straw hat But the wise oyater lov
er, In this climate, waits until the forest*
are liberally colored with red and gold,
and It begins to feel comfortable to draw
the blanket up at night, before Indulging
,too liberally In the bivalve*.When Ihe flrat
froat falls and the early morning air la
nipping, then the oyster* of Georgia ate
fully "ripe," and there are none more
delicious and healthful In the world.
A NntOHII.YN UimKE.
It Is staled that Mr. H. H Rogers, the
president of the Btan.lard Oil Company,
refused to permit Mr. Hryan’s private car
to be attached lo a regular train from
Parkersburg lo Wheeling, on Ihe Ohio
River Railroad, on lost Thursday night.
The request was made by National Com
mitteeman McOraw. It was such a re
quest as would not have been refused to
any rallroud man In the country.
The refusal la construed as Indicating
an Intention on the pari of Ihe Standard
Oil Company not to show any courtesies
to Mr Bryan. No doubt the feeling en
tertained for him by every trust In the
country Is the same as that of the Stand
ard OH Company.
The great monopoly could have made
no greater mistake than It did In refusing
the slight courtesy asked for Mr. Bryan
The refusal did not annoy Mr. Bryan In
the least. In fact. It is said he was
rather amused at It. II was Ihe opinion
of many of thowe twesent that the Inci
dent would make thousands of votes for
the Democratic <Undldate. because It
clearly Indicated the side on which the
trusts are In Ihl* campaign. They are
on the side of Mr. McKinley. II Is safe
to aay that a similar request from a na
tional rommltteeman of the Republican
party for Mr. McKinley would be Instant
ly granted.
In his Wheeling speech Mr. Bryan the*
strong grounds against trusts. He stated
the remedy lie would apply If Ihe oppor
tunity to do so should come to mm. L*t
Congress provide, he said. that, when
ever any corporation, organised In any
stole, wants lo do business outside of
that state. It must go to the Frdlml gov
ernment and get a license. But, It must
comply with the law* of each stale In
which It does business. Mr. Bryan fur
ther, said that he would squeexe all of
the water out of the sto.k of every trust
so that the people would not be taxed to
pay dividends on watered stork.
No doubt It Is Ihe strong position that
Mr. Bryan Is taking against trusts that
caused the Standard 011 president to re
fuse to extend any courtesies to him. If
the oil magnate had the thing to do over
again It Is probable that he would be
governed by his Judgment, rather than
his temper.
Five hundred policemen eseryrtlng a
parade of twenty-two negroes was rho
ludicrous sight at which New York
laughed a few day* ago. The El heron
Club, (colored), notified ihe chief of po
lice that It wished to parade, and naked
for a permit. To deny the permit would
have seemed to be a show
ing of prejudice on account of
the color o( the club's membership, while
to grant It would hare been to risk
renewal of the race rioting. However,
Chief Devery gave the requisite permis
sion. and ordered one of his Inspectors to
provide sufllclent police protection. Five
hundred men. including the pick of the
Broadway squad, were turned out, and
escorted the twenty-two negroes from
their hall several blocks to an elevated
station.
■ o • *■
The dtles of Ihe Buulh are showing
up well in the new census enumeration.
The average Increase in population of
those whose returns have been complied
Is about 25 per cen. That 1s quite a
substantial gain. The next ten years,
however. wiU be more than apt to #how
larger gains. Manufacturing enterprises
are being planted all over the South, and
these may be expected to considerably
swell the urban population.
Some day* ago a "prayer chain - ' was
started In Indiana, for Ihe purpose of coro-
IwMtlng the downfall of President McKin
ley. It must be that the friend* of the
President became alarmed, for they have
started to work to forging another "pray
er aham" which ahull pull the other way;
that Is, to uphold Ihe President. Now.
If ihe human link* lo the*.- two chains
shall all prey with faith to removt moun
tains, what will the outcome be? It *
a nice problem lo calculate the resultant
of the pull of two opposite "prayer
chains," l**th being manipulated with
equal earnestness of purpose.
A letter from China say* H I* a mil
ler of much doubt If any Chinese almanac
will be Issued this year. The almanac la
a monopoly owned by the Emperor, and
la printed In Pekin. Million* of copies of
11 are published, which arc circulated
throughout ihe kingdom, going Into the
l.'iml* of ihe mandarin and the poorest la
borer. The almanac not only predicts Ihe
weather, hut notes the days that are
supposed to be lucky or unlu ky for be
ginning any undertaking, (or taking med
ic tie. (or marrying and for burling.
PERSONAL.
—Dr John 11. W Chestnut, of Phila
delphia. who dl*d at Dutch Harbor, Alas
ka. on Aug &. while temporarily resiling
there, bequeathed 43,000 to the Presby
terian Home for Widows and Mingle Wo
men tn Philadelphia for a memorial room
to his parenta.
—The bile King Humbert got through
much of hi* work while the majority of
hi* subject* were Ml 111 asleep. Even tn
wlnit r ihe monar -h was up at S. and after
n cold shower hath, followed hy a cup of
coffee, he settled down to hi* work., hi*
confidential secretary having already
marked the more Important letters and
telegrams arrived during the night.
—Prof 8. A. Knapp of Louisiana, who
was *enl as official expert hy the Depart
ment of Agriculture to examine the agri
cultural resources and posnlbllltte* of
Porto Rico, and lo arrange for the estab
lishment there of one or more agricultu
ral experiment station*, reports earnest
ly against any attempt tn linrease the
area In sugar cane In the Island as great
ly against the Interest of Porto Rican*.
—Senator Vest has a story he some
times tells to Illustrate Arkansas char
acter of Ihe Hourhon mowsback type. Ac
cording lo the narrative the Senator, In
the ilay* following tho Civil War, was on
a wild country road, which had been
blocked by a huge tree. The native* were
trying to drag It out of the way as a
whole when Senator Vest arrived on Ihe
scene, looked al the tree and at the help
less crowd of Arkansas native* and then
said: "Why don’t you cut the tree In
two at the middle and haul the ends out
of the way?" There was a moment of
silence, broken suddenly by one of Ihe
crowd, who reached for his gun and ex
claimed: "Yankees hy gum!"
BRIGHT HIT*.
—SIMer-in—Law—How like hi* father
•he baby Is!" Mother—He’s certainly like
him In some way. He generally keep*
m* up half the night!—Punch.
—HI* Libera! Policy.—"l believe In tak
ing some things for granted.” "Ye*; when
you lent me the novel you said was so
delightful. I noticed the leaves were not
cut."—Chicago Record.
—HI* Reason.—Coatlgan—Casey hasn't
drank a dhrop since he look out She 'ac
cident policy. Cassidy—Whoy? < "ostlgrtn -
He sex he's noticed lhoi It's always so
ber men Ihot gits hurled.—Judge.
—Different. —"Dwodler plays golf so
well ha ought to be a professional.”
"Yes, 1 suggested It to him, h*t4 he say#
nothing would Induce him lo work so
hard In hoi weather."—Detroit Free
Press.
—Biding Hl* Tim#.—Wunn—So you have
change-1 your mind about deserting your
party this year, have you?"
Ye*. There are so many Hoppers that I'm
afraid I wouldn't l>e noticed. 80 what’a
the uee?—lndianapolis Press.
—A Wife's He volt—"Harr.el. I mtil
have another glass of lee water.” "Well.
Ilcnry. telephone the doctor for yourself
before you drink It; I'm not going to move
mil of this hammock for anybody this
hoi night."— Indianapolis Journal.
—Old-Fashioned—McJlgger—l sec Mr.
Hampaws, (he circus man. was married
the other day. That wn something of a
comedown for him. Thlnguml>ob— Why
so? McJlgger—The wedding was noth
ing buY a one-ring performance.—Phila
delphia Pres*.
CtiHHEYT COMMENT.
The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says: "Mr.
Olney Is a good Democrat, who sacrifice*
none of his convictions In urging the elec
tion of Mr. Bryan. The success of Ihe
Democratic party In the presidential elec
tion this year he regards as absolutely
.asar.ttal tc the welfare cf the natten. As
Secretary of State during Mr Cleveland's
*e< ond administration. as the trusted
friend and ailvlser of the last Democratic
President, as a man who weighs hi*
words carefully nnd who 1* not entirely
In sympathy with either the platform or
the candidate of his party. Mr Olney ha *
delivered a message to tne American peo
ple. especially to Cold Democrat*, which
should bring every thoughtful ond pa
triotic man to the support of Mr. Bryan.
No man who reads his letter can plead
Ignorance hereafter of the Issues Involvtd
In this crisis In American polities."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says.
‘•Fighting Joe Wheeler Is to retire from
the regular army on B- pt. 23—Just In time,
according to an official announcement
from Republican slate headquarters at
Chicago, to take the stump for McKinley
In Illinois. But Cen. Wheeler himself says
that he will do nothing of the sort, and
that the announcement Is absolutely gra
tuitous and without foundation. The de
nial I* scarcely necessary Fancy the old
Democratic war horse silting on a plat
form from which rip-roaring "Teddy." the
Rough Rider, was denouncing (!• n Wheel
er's political associates of a lifetime as
cowards, trultors and scoundrels!"
The GrcenvHle (S C.) News (Dem ) says:
•Bishop Turner of Georgia, the well
known negro divine, has offered his ser
vices to the Democratic National Commlt
te. an<l they have ben accepted. He
will stump several states for ltryan. A
Southern negro making campaign speech
es In New England for the Democratic
party would be an eient calculated to
make Charles Sumner turn over In his
g'y."
Th* Montgomery Advertiser (Dem)
says: "Senator Stewart's deserilon .and
his denunciation of Mr. Bryan cannot (lo
much harm. It Is well known that he fa
vored free coinage because be was a
large owner of stiver mines, and knew
that a system of free coinage would en
rich him Being that r.uch a condition
Is Impossible he goes back where he be
longs."
The Washington Post (Ind.) has this
comment: "By Inducing Grover Cleveland
and Benjamin Harriaon to act as arbitra
tors. the administration doubtless feels
that It would be safe to go right ahead
piling up material Jo r arbitration."
( arelrss Pro* peel or*.
"Fortunes rave clipp'd through man's
Anger* In very curious ways out In the
mining country," according to the New
Orleans Ttmee-Democrat. "You remember
of course. Mark Twain a atory of tha bo
i.unxa that he and his partner lost In
Virginia City because each depended on
the other to record the title. I dare aay
that yarn was founded on fact; at any
rat# it reminds me of a singular episode
for which I am able to vouch personally.
"In IV7S an old proapeclor named Joe
Dixon discovered a fine outcropping of
'horn silver' near Carbonate, Col. In or
der to hold a claim under the mining law
as It th-n stood It was necessary to 'stake
It out'—that Is to *ay, drive stakes at the
corner* with nama and date written on
one of them, and sink a shaft at least
ten feet deep during the flrst year. Dixon
and a i<artner who was with him at the
lime saw they had a good thing and pro
ceeded to do the nece-sary work. Thry
had an old tape-line which had been given
th< m by a surveyor, and used !t In meas
uring the depth of Ihe shaft. As 'he dig
ging was pretiy hard they stooped as
soon as ten feet was reached In Ihe meas
urement, and feeling secure as to Ihe
property, went off to Investigate another
prospect, miles away. In Ihe Aspen uis
trlct B afterward turned out that Ihe
-on'lnual use of Ihe old tape-line had
word It at the end. and the surveyor had
clipped off Ihe flrat a xt— n Inch'*, mak
ing It n-arly a foot and a half short.
"Neither of the prospectors had observed
this deficiency, bul some months after
ward a practical geologist came along,
saw at a glance lha! the claim was Im
mensely valuable, discovered that the
shaft was not full legal depth, and at me
minute after 12 o'clock on the following
New Yeer's night he 'jumped' the proper
ty. Boor Dtxon and his partner were half
ciaxy when they heard about 11, but Ihe
proof was dead against them, and the
mining commlaaloner laughed at -heir
protean The other fellow sold ihe claim
for tl2S,fnr cash Being something of a
humorist, he presented Dixon with a tine
new metallic tapeline tn a silver case."
Chaffee's Deathbed.
Gen. Chaffee'* post as commander of
the American force* In China recalls to
Mlsslsslpplan* the fact that he was sta
tioned In that state during the Civil
War. says the Si Louts Globe-Democrat.
He was In command of the Federal
troop# In Mlseissalppl.
For awhile Gen. Chaffee was at Oxford,
but as the situation around Jackson be
came more Irving he took up his posi
tion there. in a short while he was
stricken down with an attack of yellow
fever, that he and hi* friend* were con
vinced would prove fatal. An Episcopal
minister. Rev. Mr. Carnahan, was sent
to make the dying soldier's peace with
the world.
The minister read several scriptural
passages and then knelt by the sick of
ficer'* cot In prayer. At that Juncture
several soldiers outside the tent engag
ed In a quarrel and became so boisterous
that the minister's Invocation was Inter
rupted. The supposed dying soldier rais
ed himself on one elbow, and. ripping
out an emphatic oath, demanded of one
of the subalterns In waiting that he
maintain quiet while Ihe parson was
praying. Rev. M Carnahan had been
scarcely as much astonished by Ihe noise
as he was hy the robustness of Chaffee's
oath. The minister flnlshed hi* prayer
and. receiving the thanks of Chaffee, left
him. apparently dying.
Rut the gallant officer did not die. H#
regained his health and made a host of
friends among Ihe beet cttixens of Mla
slslppl hy Ihe Justice and fairness of hi*
course.
As Order for Htba.
"Just lo think!" said young Mr*. Tlghe.
according to Ihe Chicago News. "Dave
will be home tn a few minutes end there
Is nothing In the house to eat. I sent
an order to that butcher this morning
How stupid some people are!"
Then she went nut In the hallway to
the telephone. Connections were made
and a deep masculine voice called:
"Hello!"
Mr* Tlghe tiptoed and responded:
"Where are those Mb*?"
"What rib*?”
"The rib* I ordered this morning."
"Did you order any ribs?"
"Yes. and you promised to send them In
lees than an hour. Here K I* "
'Who It this?"
"Mr*. Tlghe. W 0 Indiana avenue."
"One moment, please, and I will In
quire."
In a few minute* he was hack.
"Hoes say* he didn’t receive any order
from you."
"He did. He took the order himself."
■■Hlrange! How many rib* was It, mad
am?"
"Seven or eight. I guess "
"Well. 1 don't know what to do whom
"Rut I want the ribs for dinner. Dave
Is coming now."
"For dinner?"
"Certainly! For dinner."
what do you think this place
"The butcher’a. of course."
"No. madam, tht* |* an umbrella fac
tory.
A Midnight Catastrophe.
From the Denver Evening Post.
A tomcat sat on a moonlit shed and war
bled a song to the night,
A gray old singer of plebeian birth, but
the hero of many a fight.
And a alnful man In whose wicked soul
no love for harmony dwell
From Me bed arose In his red night
clothes. giving voice to ihe rage he
(*lt!
He a bootjack selxed In his vengeful hand
and hurled It out Into space.
And a smile peeped out through the dry
war gears of the veteran tomcat's
face—
" Never touched me'" he cried. In tri
umphant glee, and a laugh of derision
menu wed!
And the madmen swore till the stars
went out and the moon hid Its face
In a cloud!
Again did the tomcat raise Its voice In a
song to Ha sweet Marie,
And the echoes quivered like current Jell
In the thrill of the melodee.
And the man In the window a shotgun
seised, and It belched forth a rain of
lead.
And ihe tomcat sank In the throe* of
death on the roof of the old wood
shed!
With a grunt of triumph the murderer
sought the embrace of his couch
again.
And the tomcat raised up It* ahot
plereed head and Irom II shook out
Ihe pain.
And said: 'T've been slaughtered Just
lour times now! I've had trouble to
beat the band!
But though slightly disfigured. I'm still
In the ring, and I've five more live*
on hand!"
having Fortr Cents n nay,
Who say* the Pennsylvania Railroad Is
not an eleemosynary Institution? It throws
in the way ol the oppressed an easy and
perfectly legitimate way ol defeating the
surface and elevated railroad lines of this
city In their Infamous attempt to force the
payment of ten cent* for transportation
the round trip between Twemy-thlnl street
and Cortlandt. aay* the New York Pres*
It took a Florida Cracker to din-over how
to get down town and back for six cents
with two Invigorating marine Journeys
thrown In. He boards a Pennsylvania boat
at Twenty-third street for three een's.
land* at Jersey City and crosses to the
foot of Cort'andt street without a-tdlilon il
fare. In the afternoona he returns by
boat from Cortlandt street to Jersey City
and thence lo Twcnly-lhlrd street—all j or
Urns ictus,
ITEM* OF ISTKMK9T.
—Boston has an annual hand organ ra
dial. On a certain day all tha hand or
gans In tho city are gathered at one
place, and* each organ grinder In turn
plays for the benefit of the cenaor. If
the mualc la up to the Boston standard
a llcenae la granted to the organ grinder.
If it be of the wheesy, aqueaky variety
he gete no license.
—ln 1700 the sweet-pea wax Introduced
Into Great Britain front Sicily, and on
July 30 and 21 an exhibition and confer
ence wan held at the Crvutal Palace In
London to celebrate the bicentenary. By
eome English authorities It wae claimed
that two forme having n general relation
ship to each other were Introduced, one
fj.Mw 01. tty an*! ih> other from Cevlon.
The hletory and earlier development of
the flower were discussed, and a paper
read describing its culture and develop
ment in the United Ktatra.
—Thee are tte provisions of the new
method of reckoning tlcne In Spiin. to
take effect on Jan 1: First. In all Will
way. mall (Including tal* g aph), tehpnone
and steamship service In 'h*- peninsula
and the Balearic l*:xnd*. and n ill the
public works, time shall he i • gul.it <1 by
th time of the Greenwich Observatory,
commonly known as western European
time. Second The computation of the
hours In the above mentioned services
will be made from the hour of midnight
to th* following midnight In hours from
1 to 24. omitting the words tarde (after
noon) and nche (night), heretofore In
ms omary uw Third. The rour of mid
night will be de Igr.ated as 24. Kotin *l. I he
Interval for instance, between midnight
(24) and 1 o’clo k will be designated c
0.06, 0.10. 0.6$
—The ehip Discovery, whi h la to be
used In the explorations of the National
Antarctic Expedition sailing from England
next year, la now under construction at
the >ard of the Dundee Shipbuilders’ Uom
|tany. The vessel was designed by W. E.
Smith, one of the chief constructor** of
the Admiralty, and Is to b* - hark-rlgg'l
and have three decks. The length of Ihe
vessel t* 172 feet. Its beam 34 feet, and
depth S4 feet. Oak wMl.be u.-ed for the
timbers and inside beam*, while the
planking will be of \merlcan e'm and
pitch-pine. There Is lo be a heavy stem
of the Ice-breaker type, but for a con
siderable radium Amidships the knees anti
fastenings are to be entirely of naval
brass. In order to have as little effect as
possible on the magnetic and other scien
tific Instruments on board. The vestal
will be driven by engines having an ag
gregate of 460 indicated horse-power, and
should It be found necessary to pits a
winter In the Ice. a heavy awning of felt
Is to be provided.
—ln tccord.'ince with the estimate of
Postmaster General Smith, the acting di
rector of the Bureau of Engcgving and
Printing bos been authorised to prepare
for the next fiscal year, subje t to requisi
tion* from time to time, the following
described postage Mumps; 1-cent, 1.075, J HI.-
000; 2-ceiit. 3,109,834.000; 3-cent, 84.100.000; 4-
eent. Si.jf/O.ono; .Went, 62.200.000; Went,
9 MO,000; Went. lt,Brt).oof>; 10-cecit, 26.100-
000; IWent. 8.500.000; 80-cent. 70.U0Q; l-to|-
lar. 40*000; 2-dollar. 8,400; .Vdollar. 4.000;
10-cent *|Mv*iai delivery, 7.860.000 The fo
ra lof ordinary stamp** Is 4.384.M7.0M0.
ngalnrt 3.93*’*.422,000, estimated for the pres
ent year. Postage ctia* ef am pa—l-cent, 6.-
500,000; 2-v*nt. 14.160.000; 8-cant, 800,000; S,-
ceni. 1,800,000; 10-cent. l.OOO.CWO; 80-cent, 4.-
nrm, 60-cent. 2 -* The tot.il Is 24.6i6.fw*.
acalmt 36.676.(1*0 for this year. <v>mp<red
with lint ><-ar there is h large Increase
In the number of be primed. At this time
last year the bumu was orderod to prim
*75 000.000 Is at id 2,900.000 2‘s. The number
of special delivery stamps t* also largely
Increased. A year ago the ertimut* was
6.024.000.
—Recent Investigations attribute an even
closer connection between rats and Ihe
propagation of the plague In the Kast.
In a Bombay rotton factory, where a
number of dead rat* were removed by
some of the coolies. Il was found Shat
about half of the number were taken
with plague In the course of three days,
while none of those who had not touch
ed the rat* contracted Ihe disease. Other
similar Instance* are quotas), and It Is
suggested that the plague ran also be
communicated by the fleas natural to the
rats It Is well known that a perfectly
henlthy rat will- harbor few fleas, a* the
animal Is particularly expert In remov
ing them, but when the rat I* sick, the
fleas are very abundant. After death
the fleas leave the rat's body, and on
reaching another rat or a human being,
they may Inoculate the bacilli they ac
quired by Ingesting Ihe blood of their
former host. In an experiment In sup
port of this theory. It was found that If
sick and healthy rats. In separate cages,
were enclosed In a glass Jar. the healthy
animals did not become Infested when
Ihere were no flea* present.
—London Is complaining of an extraordi
nary ond unprecedented scarcity of clerks
and ofllce boys, merchants saying that no
amount of advertising and Ihe promise of
good salaries are able to till the many va
cancies. Those who have looked Into the
matter say ttiat there Is nothing unex
pected In It, because for several tsars
past It has been becoming more dimeult
to get good office help, but now the pinch
Is only beginning to be really felt. One
of the explanations offered as to the
shortage of office boys is that they lire
beginning tc realise that they car. make
much belter wages In factories than In
offices. The average pay for an office boy
is from six to eight shillings a week and
the same boy In a fa t i t . m get all the
work he wants at an average of fourteen
shillings, and at the same time can tic
learning a trade. Another reason for the
shortage Is the increased exodus of the
poor Irom the central port of the city to
the suburbs nnd the out districts, vaulted
by the general pulling down of the old
city tenements to make room for business
building*. In this case the question of
railway fares enter* into the calculation
of the boys who do not see their way clear
toward |iendlng most of their wages In
going lo nnd coming from the city. As to
clerks, the experts say. the reported
shortage only means that the supo'y 0 f
"capable*" ha* not kept pace with Ihe
constantly growing demand.
—Count W aldersee, who his Just sailed
for China Is, like many other German
nobles, descended from a morganatic al
liance betwe<n reigning sovereign and
a non-royal gentlewoman. True, there was
a noble famdy of Wilders .. which flour
lahed not far from Deaaau at the lime
of the crusades. but .arly in the four
leenth century, a terrible Inundation of
the Blyer KU* swept both the castle and
the village of Walterses out of exist-no,
and whan n few years la er the WahVr’
see landa bramc extinct, the reigning
Duke of Anhalt-Itessau used the Wtlder
see lands to endow the Church of Bt.
Marls, at Dcs au. and Incorporated the
W aldersee . mortal bearing. | n his own
coat-of-arm*. Early In th. e'ghteenth cen
lury Duke Leopold of Anhalt-Dmaau con.
tracted a morganatic l Ime With the
lady of his court, the widow, and Baroness
Neltschutx hhe h. re him a son. and the
bitter was, created by bis royal father a
Baron Wallers e The youth was promot
llam II of Prussia on the occasion of the
coronation of the latter, and was at the
same time authorise It„ assume the ar
morial hearings of the Waidersee. of the
rusader era. He died . grand master
the Dessau court In I*2l and was the
grandfather of the Field Marshal Welder,
see who has just been appointed to the
supreme command of the allied armies
In <1 Ina. The fl Id marshal has LnTora
the same blood In h i veins as that ia
rnou. old Prln.- of Deaaau who was the
fan? 0 * 1 ° r "i 1 ,he * en,r l of Frederick
the Orest, and who was noted for his ex
traordinary mixture of devout piety and
•ppallmg profanity. “ t,d
WATCH
EVENTS IN
CHINA.
Ten ran do It, too, with aattat*, ,i oa
If yon ronault
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The fifteenth session of this school
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