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6 2ljr Itlormnfl JV'ctns. Metallic >rw. Huilrtloc noh, U*. aiNDAV, MrTItIUIM . IIKKI. Registered at lha Po!offic In Savannah. Tha MORNINU NEWS ia publlehed avary clay iu U>e year, and la served lo lutoiiibaa in tha city, or aant hy mail, at 70c a month. *4 00 lor at* tnoctha. auU UOO (or on® year. The MOMNINO N HWB, by moll, at* times a tree'll (without Sunday tasuai. three month*. ILto. al* moailha *4OO. one year I* to Tha WEEKLY NEWS. 2 laauaa a weak. Monday and Thursday, by mail, on* yoat. MOO Subscription* r>*hl* In advance. Ra mil by postal order, check or registered (altar Currency sent by mail at riak ot senders Transient advertisement*, other than special column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column. 10 cent* a line. Fourteen line# o( agate type—equal to one Inch equar# In depth— i* the standard o( measurement. Contract rates and discount made known on appli cation at buslnesa office. Orders (or delivery o( the MORNING News to either residence or place o( Business may be made by postal card or hrough telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity In delivery should be Immediately re ported to the office ot publication. Letler* and telegrams should he ad dressed "MORNING NEWS.” Savannah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row. New York city. H C. Faulkner. Manager. TWENTY PACES HQ It) It* IDVUIISHUIS. Special Notice*—Suwanee Spring* Ho tel). Hun a nee. Kbr ; Fancy and Re-Press ed Brick. Savannah Building Supply Com pany; Robt M Hull on the Merit* of Bu wanea Springs Water; The Savannah Conservatory ot Music; K It'* Nice. We Have It. Hardee A Marshall; Malt Mead. Geo. Meyer; Get Your Meals at George Schwars's; *> Stearns' Hlryrle*. R V. Conneral; New Goods Just Received, Ber nard Brady; Experienced Traveling Sales man Wanted; lairgcst Wholesale and Re tail Dealers. Oohen-Ktilman Carriage and Wagon Company; Good Meats, Jas J. Joyce; Carriage Repository. Mark Apple; David Clark. I'pholsterer; Special Sale of Wheels. Thomas' Bicycle Emporium; Cream and Sherbert, Masonic Temple Pharmacy; Savannah Steam Dye Works; Elegant Residence (or Rent, J. E. Fulton A Son; Ship Notice, Straohan A Cos., Con signee*. To the Public and My Patrons, Daniel O. Holland. Amusements—Royal Mualc Hall. Business Notices Our Repair Depart ment, Theus Bros.; E. A W. Laundry. Foye's New Store—P. T Foye Snaps Ragtime. Snap-U H. Dry A Bro. Price# to Attract You—At tha Bee- Hive. Children'* School Needs—At Gutman's. Every One Interested tn House Furnish ing—Walsh A Meyer. . A Bargain In Bhk—Eckstein A Cos. "n* Near October—Mutual Gas Light Company. The Gifts for a Wedding—G. W. Allen A Ce. Some Good Things Very Cheap—Daniel Hogan. They Look So Innocent—Byck Bros. The Highest Points—Globe Bhor Store. Extensive Lines of Harnees— Leo Frank Postum Food Coffee—Poetum Cereal Cos. Railroad Schedule—Central of Georgia Railway. It Has Begun In Earnout—Leopold Ad ler. Another Week of Surprise*—J. L. Mor rison. Whiskey—Mgtrray Hill Club Whiskey. Fruit Jar* and Jelly Tumblers—Thoe. West A Cos. Financial Statement of the Condi tion of the Cttixens Rank. Savannah; J. Overtoo Paine, New York; John Berry A Cos.. New York; Mitchell A Cos.. New York city; F. A. Rogers A Cos.. New York. Now I* the Time to See Lattlmore's. The Ribbon King—M. A. Stoke* Comet* Thomson'* "Glove-Fltllng" Corsets. Paste—Stearns' Electric Paste. Beef— Llrhtg'* Extract of Reef. Medical—B. 8. 8.; Dr. Pierce'* Medical Thacoverv; Tvner'* Dyspepsia Cure: P. P. P.; R. R. R.; Mother'* Friend; Munyon's Guarantee; Hood’s Sarsaparilla; Lehord's French Pill* Female Regulator; Dr. Hath away Company; Prrtina. Cheap Column Advertisement*—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Hale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous. 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 RAND-McNALLY BUM Ml OF THE WORLD. 91 COLORED MAPS. 97 PAGES OF READING MAPER. And you'll have It ready for AI.L nTH ER WARH If they lake place unymtitrt else ON TUIB BIG EAlllTl. A Big Little Thing Convenient lu alae and arrang*. ni.nl. Will help to Hit fbe nti'hea in your geographical Lnun leilgr. Will lake hut a auiall apaee on your desk or ahelf. Hut will ibun ukat >os want. This Dollar Atlas CONTAINS MATS of every State, Territory, roe. tAn-nt, Canadian Province, Fo-eUn Coun. try. Our New Posie*ak>n#. M x,co. Cen tral America, etc. All from new plate#, handsomely ,*• graved and printed PRINTED MATTER relatln* to Hi.- lory. Area. Physical Feature.. 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