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a The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair, continued warm weather, with
light east lo sooth winds; and tor East
ern Florida, partly cfeurtv meat her. with
showers In eastern and extreme southern
pontons, and {rash easterly winds
The next time Charleston will see to M
that there Is an excursion In town when
the census Is taken.
With cotton at ten cent* a pound, the
fanners of the South do not care who dis
cover* the North Pole.
The Gordian knot which formerly tied
cotton, wheat and silver together seems to
have been severed by supply and demand.
ft Is an anomaly of poMtlrs that the Re
publican party, the party of proiertlon. Is
now making love to the free-trade Brit
isher*.
Atlanta does not believe In one-man
poster, therefore she ha* placed It in the
power of two m<-n to say whether the
Mayor shall continue In office to the end
ot his term.
A Chicago paper soys that Russell Bare
1* so certain of the re-election of Pres).lent
McKinley that he doe* not feel called upon
lo contribute his customary M cent* to
the Republican campaign fund.
The European troop* in China seem to
make It a point to secure for themselves
these quarters In captured elite* In which
richest loot D to be had The quicker Co
de Bam savers rotations with those ma
rauder*. the better opinion he will have
of himself.
Thor* may be a Held for tha disfran
chised negro.* of the Carolina* In West
Virginia. A Chicago exchange says that
Senator Elkins; alarmed by the trend of
white sentiment towards Bryan. D Im
porting Southern blacks by the hundred
and colonising them on his Standard OH
satate tn andcipatten of election day.
Sailors have • superstition that the first
vessel to enter port with a certain kind
of cargo foretell* the death of aome per
son connected tn some way with the ves
sel The American ship Eraklne M Phelps
arrived st Ihe pori of Manila the other
day with a cargo of coal—the first cargo
of the kind to arrive at Manila In an
American merchant bottom. The ship wo*
built at the yard* of Arthur Bewail In
Maine. Within a few days of th* nine of
her arrival In port. Mr. Hews!] died: and
now Mr. Phelps of Chicago, for whom
the vesiel wa* named, ila* critically 111.
The eallor man 1* never a: a iocs for facta
with which to back up his pet supersti
tions.
A Pittsburg dispatch say* that the rea
son Mr. A M. Moreland wished recently
to resign his office a* secretary of Ihe
Carnegie Steel Company wa* to avoid
the necessity of writing hi* name 54.000
time*. Th# comt any ha* Ju*t issued 54.000
bond*, worth 1160.000,000. Each of these
lnd must be signed by the secretary
Of the corporation. Mr Moreland viewed
the Job of signing those bond* with de
cided displeasure, and tried to shift Ihe
work upon a clerk, but that would not
do. Then he trV and to resign, but failed
In that, and finally had to tackle the big
ptls of bonds After be had been writing
his name on them steadily for a week,
more man half of tbe pile remained un-
MhMi -
AN IMPAHOI’P CHAMK.
' The Republican leaders ar* resorting fc
unscrupulous methods *o elect Mr M -
Kailey. They are circulating th* charge
| (hat lire Democratic .coders are respon-
I ;Ne for the movement of the miners in
I ihe anthracite coal region to inaugurate
a *rr*ai strike In dispatches from th# coal
region, published tn Republican papers,
the statement is made that Dem
ocratic agents have bran among the
miner* for week*, urging them lo strike,
pointing out n. them Hut toe... acre cer
tain grievances which they ought to have
adjusted at once, and that now la tae
time to hove them adjusted to their *alia
ise t ion The statement is also made tn
these dispatebev that these same Demo
cratic agitator*' tried to Mart a strike in
the bitum.auta ouui region of the West
and failed
ll is outrageous that the Republicans
should set afloat such a charge unless
they have proof of ft. and they have ot
tered no print John Mitchell, president
of the National Executive Hoard of the
l'railed Mine Workers of Amertra. save
that he doe* not believe there as any poli
tics in th* purpose of the miner* to inau
gurate a strike He hia not heard that
agents of ihe Democratic party or any
other party have been among the miner*
urging them to strike. If there had been
he would no <loubt have heard of them.
The Republican hauler* say that It 1*
generally admitted that the great Home
stead strike beat Gen, Harrison when a
candidate lor re-election, and that th*
Democrat* think that by getting up a big
strike, and fermenting labor trouble* of
uch a character that the services of th#
National Guard will he necessary, they
will he able to defeat Mr. McKinley for
re-election. It te safe lo say the Demo
cratic leader* never thought of such an in
famous scheme. The naan or set of men
* k,c would advise a course of action that
would bring suffering, and probably want,
to 150.000 laboring men ond to their fami
nes, with the hope of winning a pohiical
' oof ret, would be flt subjects for the peni
tentiary. There are of course plenty of
vtle men who are ready to do any job
for money, but men to advise such a
scheme are not to be found among the
Democratic leaders.
Besldr*. tt would be Impossible to get
the miner* of a great section of country
lo go on a strike unless they had a real
grievance, no) tf they had a grtevan -
they would strike, In all probability. If
they could not get an adjustment, without
any urging from political agents. Th*
truth seem* to be the anthracite coal
miners bnvo a grievance. In fact, they
have several grievances. Their main ones,
however, are that the prtces of powder
and ill of the necessaries of life have been
steadily advancing and their wages have
been at a s’and edit, amt that they have
no representative ameng the weigher* of
the coal. They ore paid by the ton. and
they claim that the weighers of the coal
operators cheat them out of several hun
dred pounds on every ton.
They have asked for arbitration, and
the operators have refused their request.
They have dor.# everything they possibly
coukl—t least It Is said they have—to get
a satisfactory settlement of the things of
which they complain, but without success.
The only thing left for them to do to to
fight for what they cDim to be their
rights. Justice Is sought not the success
of a presidential candidal*.
Tin; UALVEITOir CALL MITT.
It Is a sad. n beart-Ti-ndlng aiory which
comes from Galveston. Saturday morn
ing Ihe diy was a bustling, prosperous
community, alive with energy and hope.
Sunday morning It wa* a torn, bleeding
wrack, with death and destruction upon
every hand. Th# work of the hurricane
had been pitiably thorough. Wind and
waves combined in their fury to carry
devastation throughout the little island.
Building* were blown or beaten to pieces,
and their lnmalce who escaped being
crushed found themselves surrounded by
the angry water*. The earliest reports
sent out of the dlsaetcr said the casual
ties would approxltn.ii* 2.009; and It seems
the csilmalt; war not overdrawn. Indeed,
when the final accounts are at hand It is
possible that Ihe total may be above that
figure. That would make the Galveston
calamity one of th# greatest storm hor
ror* of Ihe century. The property loss
will mount up into Ihe millions; but ii
Is not a lime now to give much attention
to the money side of the tooses. That
can wait. The first thing to be considered
la th* relief of the surviving victims.
Their condition must be something pitia
ble. The fresh water supply of the city
has been destroyed. The provision supply
is probably ntau ruined, from the soaking
with both aea and rain water to whl'h
It has been subjected Thera are thou
sands of persons, including frail women
and lltlle children, who are without homes
or sheiter. Many of them have been be.
reft of their means of support, and must,
ai least for a tin**, be dependent upon
charity for their sustenance. And that
charity ought to he quickly feepomdve
•o their distress. The War Department
will send what aid It can Immediately.
Ira efforts ought to be. and no doubt will
be. supplemented by liberal contributions
from all sect to*-* of the country. If ihe
country Is proirou, the occasion ha*
arisen for It to show Its gratitude lo prov
by be-rawing eomn of the fruits of
its prosperity upon a sadly stricken peo
ple.
The mayor of Wllkesbarre, Pa., Is mak
ing a reputation aa a second c'olomon.
The other day leu* women were before
him for the purpose of having settled
wome disagreement between them. Both
wanted to laik at the same time, and
each tried to talk louder than the other.
After suffering under the verbal cross
fire for half an hour, the mayor ordered
the two women locked In the s.ime room
"until they had fully expressed them
•elves." At ihe end of three hours the
women had quit talking, and not only that
but they had themselves made up their
difference and came out of the room ihe
best of frlands.
Jeffries, the cbrimpton prise fighter, will
now proceed to elevate the stage. The
playwright ha* been kind to the slugger
He will not have much talking to do. He
appears as "Bilenl Bam," whose business
tt Is to keep his mouth shut, and to rush
on Ihe Stage at such opportune times as
th* heroine has must need of him to save
her from the villain, who get* his pun
ishment In the shape of various right and
left swings and upper-euls It used to he
on* ot the most amusing things on the
stage to see John L. Sullivan making
love; and they say that Jeffries Is even
a worse actor than Budivon,
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY? SEPTEMBER 11. 1900.
VTtUill KWI 4KI> THE IHIIB OF
COTTON.
There was a phenomenal rise In the
price of cotton yesterday. Il wa* canted
| liy the new* from Texas Th* great
j aiotm. which wrought such destruction
j tn Galveston aju) caused auch a heavy loss
jOf life there, swept through ihe colton
belt of the state and did a great amount
[ of damage to the cotton.
No esimate of the loss that could be
made al thi* time would be worth much.
It i.v believed, however, that th* damage
Is large. According lo the reports Ihe
opto cotton waa completely beaten from
the bolls In many localities and In other*
the stalk* acre blown flat to the ground.
It Is probable that (he total loss through
out the state will not be a* great as It Is
now believed It will. The first reports of
damage to crops are generally overesti
mated. Beside*, speculators are Intertat
ed In exaggerating th* loos.
Btt;i. In view of the fact that It was be
lieved before Ihe storm that the colton
crop was a short one. the loss of even
a small per cent, of the crop tn Texes
I* certain to have a sirenghtenlng effect
on the cotton market that will last
throughout the season Th* great rise
of the market yesterday may not be main
tained when estimates of the damage that
are regarded as reiDble are received, but
the price of colton will be higher through
out the season because of the storm.
The English mil.* which have shut down
because of the high price of American
cotton find nothing In the situation that
Is calculated to lead them to believe that
they acted wisely, ll begins to look,a*
if the. longer they waited lo buy cotton
the more they would have to pay for it.
ll i* probable that the Southern cotton
mill* which sold their icons of cotton
last summer at what they thought a good
price, expecting to get a supply at a re
duced price when ihe new crop was mar
keted, are ktenly disappointed. There Is
no Indication that they will make money
by the operation.
Il Is alto Mild that many farmers, be
coming alarmed at th# r*|g>ria that an
Immense acreage was being planted, and
believing that Ihe price of cotton would
drop lo 6 cents or t cents a pound, sold
their cotton at price* ranging from m lo
TH cent*. It is safe to assume that they
are not gathering their cotton with feel
ings akin to Joy.
Guesses a* to what the price of colton
will be before the season it over are not
worth a great deal, but It Is sate to say
that It will be high enough lo make II
worth while for the farmer* to pick every
bit of cotton they can find In their fields.
urn AN*.
Gen. Fltghugh Lee, military commander
of the Department of the East in Cuba,
who Is now In this country on a short
leave of absence, says that the feeling In
Cuba against the United Hsates Is ex
tremely bitter, particularly among those
Cuban* who wer* In the army during the
Insurrection. Th* s.- ex-eoldlera are dissat
isfied because they have not been per
mitted to lake entire coeitrol of affairs.
From this It would se,m that they were
not lighting so much from patriotism and
to free ihGr country from Ihe yoke of
6pa In. a* tp get Into a position where
they could live o*i the people.
What they are afraid of now Is that
they will not have control of the govern
ment when It Is established, and there
fore may not get the full amount of what
they claim for their services while fight
ing Spain. What they have been expect
ing Is that a government would be estab
lished tn Cuba that would bond the Isl
and for an Immense sum. and distribute
the money among those who constituted
the Cuban army.
The fact (hat the United States require
that the constitution which the approach
ing constitutional convention will adopt
shall be submitted for approval to Con
gress. alarms them. They are afraid that
the I’nlted State# Congress will not ap
prove a constitution that gives (he Cuban
government authprlty to lasue bonds to
pay the enormous claims of ex-soldiers.
The chances are that they have good rea
son for their fears. Cuban bonds could not
he sold except at a ruinous discount, unless
guaranteed by the Unlttd States, and It Is
certain that they will not be ao guaran
tied. The United States do not Intend
that Cuba *hal! be burdened with an Im
mense debt—a debt that would make the
people so dissatisfied that they would wel
come revolutions.
The Cuhan* who are'dlasaltsfied with the
United States have nothing, and do not
count for very much. They might make
trouble for awhile, but with the senti
ment of the property holding and thrifty
elements against them they would be soon
starved Into submission It ha* coat the
United States a good ileal to free Cuba,
and It will coat them a good deal more
befoig they have a stable government es
tablished In the Island They are not.
therefore, going to he Influenced In the
least In the work they have mapped out
hy the dissatisfaction of the men who
composed the Cuban army.
ilillll. CITY THEM AA'.ANTED.
The Park and Tree Commission of this
city had Its Inception In u general desire
that there should he a systematic piuti
followed for th* beautifying of the public
parks and the preserving of the tree*
whl 'h have me-*- kavannsh known far
and wide a* the Forest City. The old
Prtde of India, mulberry, water-oak and
other treea that had aided In giving the
city Its reputation had hcn sadly used
by the severe tropical storms which swept
up Ihe coast from tin Caribbean sea. Very
many of them. Indeed, had disappeared,
and there was a gradual denuding of Ihe
streets and parks of forest growth. At
(hi* Juncture the Park and Tree Commis
sion was created;, and It has done much
and intelligent work to restore the beau
tiful native tree growth within the cor
porate limit*.
But the Commission, from lack of funds,
has been unable to go Into tree planting
upon anything like a comprehensive seal*.
There Is a large area to which the Com
mission has not been able lo give Ihe at
tention It deserve*. During the next tree
planting season, which Is now abou’ at
hand, the effort* of the Commission
should be supplemented by those of land
owners and householder*. With co-opera
tion on the pari of the** Interest*, a year's
work would show most surprising and
gratifying result*. Every owner of a lot
should take steps to see to ll that his lot
was bordered by tree# If th* Commission
cannot plant the trees, the owner should
plant them himself. The coal Involved
would be Infinitesimal In comparison with
the benefit and pleasure that would be
derived from the trees In after years.
The Commission might fa.dltatq the
suggested co-operation by addressing a
circular letter to the lot owners, suggest
ing to them what trees to use, how to
idant and car# for them, and the prob
able cost. The snood* around Savannah
are full of beautiful, healthy, vigorous
young treea, of hardy and quick-growing
varieties. In nearly. If not quits, all In
stances these young trees may be had for
the asking, hence th#" removal and trans
planting of (hem would be the only ex
pense Involved.
If this project wer* taken up at once
and pushed vigorously, II Is not taking
much risk to say mat within a year or
two there would be trees In front of about
every lot between tha business section
and Twelfth street. A little encourage
ment and information will get the lot own
er* Interested. By th# adoption of the
scheme outlined above Ihe Park and Tree
Commission could get an immense amount
of help in ita work of beautifying Ihe city
from private source*.
There Is considerable doubt as to how
she bubonic plague wa* Imported Into
Glasgow, but there Is no question that
•he outbreak occurred in one of Ihe dln
lesi sections of the city and that th# dta
easo has been confined to those places
where sanitary precautions are moat
wanting The first caaa wa# found In a
dilapidated old tenement In Thistle street.
In which a number of families were
crowded, each family occupying one room
and a kitchen. And the spread of the dis
ease ha* been almuet wholly among sim
ilar houses. The authorities agree that,
while the plague may sometimes elude
the most vlgdang sanitary cordon. It muss
have dirt tn which to germinate. Th# heel
safeguard against h, therefore, D clean
liness.
Beginning next Thursday and lasting
until the following Monday the Indiana
of tha Rosebud and Sioux agencies in
South Dakota will hold a Presbyterian
camp meeting at Buffalo Lakes; 8. D.
There I* now a Presbytery of twentydive
Indian churchee In the Dakotas, having
sixteen native preacher*. 1.416 converts
and tu7 pupils In Sunday schools. Last
year the Indiana contributed over JS.'Ou to
missionary work.
PEHMSAL
—Prince Arthur of Connaughe ha* en
tered the Royal Military College. Hand
hurst. as gentleman cadet on the terml
natkNVyOf the summer vacation. He will
pursue the usual military studies.
—One of ex-Presldent Harrison’s an
cestors wa* th# Thomas Haralson who
served under Cromwell and signed the
lealh warrant of King Charles. On the
Restoration he was executed In 1660.
—Several Chicago men, led by Charles
F. Gunther, have promised to contribute
generously to a fund for reproducing In
marble one of the arches which ornament
Ihe city in honor of the Grand Army vet -
erara.
—John Hnye*. who opened the first cop
per mine In this country. Is still living In
Cleveland. Thai was on Ihe shore* of
Lak* Superior fifty-six year* ago. Hl*
wife, who I* aleo living. Is believed So
be Ihe first white woman to look upon
Irak# Superior Two year* ago the out
put of copper in Ihe I’nlte,l sTalea waa
19.241 ton*, valued at 56a.12t.u47.
IIIIIGHT BITS.
0
—"I can’t go to that church again; the
pastor doe* not believe that people go to
hell." ’’Ohl Don't say that; he believes
that seme go-" ’’Well, that Is better than
nothing!"—Hiooklyll Life.
—The Professor's Scheme—Henderson
(who has Just bought anew pipe)—Can
you tell me, professor. If this amber Is
genuine?
Professor—Oh. that's easily determined.
Biak It In alcohol for twenty-four hours,
tf It's u genuine It will then have disap
peared."—Glasgow Evening Time*.
—A I-lberal Authority—She—Don’t you
ihlnk my chap, rone I* delightful?
He (a war correspondent)—Very. There
Is no 'press-censorship' about her!—Puck.
Not so Perilous—The boy stood on the
burning deck Quoth he; "This is no Josh!
But It's not a party plat form, so It might
be woreb'gosh!"—Detroit Journal.
—Corrected—City Editor—Evidently you
didn't get a very close view of Nookash’s
summer place.
Reporter—Not very close. Why?
City Editor—Yon refer to It as ‘a mag
nificent marble pile,' whereas It’s a frame
house.
Reporter—ls tt? Just cross out ‘msrble’
then and Insert 'wood.'—Philadelphia
Press.
CIRREXT COMMENT.
The WMhlntton Poet (Ind.) doe* not
Mnid Hanna, Platt and Depew as the
proper tutors In politics for young men.
It say a: "Young Cornelius Vanderbilt I*
a delegate to the New York Republican
State Convention at Saratoga The fact Is
taken to Indicate his intention to enter
politics actively. If that he true It Is to
be regretted Mr. Vanderbilt has Invented
a most clever locomotive firebox. He has
been considered an estimable and useful
cltlsen In other respects. He should be
content to let his reputation rest upon his
mechanical ability and Ms social qualities,
tf he gets Into politics he will be templed
to associate with Thomas C. Platt. Mark
Hanna and Chauncey M Depew. He Is
old enough to know that that would mean
moral ruin. He should desist befors It
Is too late.”
The Charleston News and Courier
(Dem). commenting on toe President's
letter of acceptance, says: "The Presi
dent's theory seems to be that the will of
the American people as expressed by the
President and his administration should
be the law and gospel to all people whom
we ran buy or conquer, and that It Is an
unpardonable sin that the Ptllptnos. whom
we have bought, will not allow us to con
quer them and convert them to our own
ways of thinking and acting.”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem > says:
•‘That Secretary tinge's alarm over the
consequences of a Bryan victory to the
gold standard la for campaign use only Is
shown quite conclusively by the fact that
less than two months ago he made this
statement to the Washington correspond
ent of the New York Journal of Com
merce: 'I am satisfied that the new law
establishes the gold etandard beyond as
sault, unless It la deliberately violated.' "
The Chicago Tlmes-Herald (Rep.) nays:
“Mayor Harrison’s brother Preston says
the Porto Ricans are mud at the United
States because they all expected to be
made rich as soon as their Island was an
nexed. It Is evident that the Porto Ri
cans have a good deal of human nature
like that possessed by the man who found
a lie bill and cursed his luck because It
a-aan't S3O. '
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem I aaya:
•‘The race question I* drawing unpleas
antly near to CMcago. Several times of
late conditions on the public highway have
seemed to be rife for an outbreak similar
to those at Akron and New York, flood
luck may not always Intervene In the In
terest of order and our good name.”.
What He Would Gel.
Rome year* ago the-Prlnc# of Wales vis
ited a factory where a large number of
men were employed, soya Tlt-Blta. The
Prince asked one of the workmen, who
ww* perfectly ignorant as to the Identity
ot ihe etranger who was addressing him:
"What wage* do the men have hero?"
"Well," replied the hornet workman,
lespectfully scratching hi* head and par
tially lifting hi* cap with the same hand,
'•that depend* on what they Is. A tha;>
Uke you would get about 19 bob a week."
The Prince often relates the story with
a nmlllng face.
A Smart Heply.
Ixitiis XVIII was one day engaged In
eome business ot stale with hi# mmDter
of finance. When they both were abour
to take their seal* at a targe table, cov
ered with u multitude of papers, the min
ister, absorbed in thought, mechanically
placed hi* snuffbox and handkerchief on
the loNe. The King, on teeing this,
gond-hunioredl.v observed:
"Why, you ate emptying your pockets,
cry dear. F."
"Sire," replied the ststeeman, quickly
recoil*-,'ting himself, “R is better a min.
iwer should empty bis pockets than fill
them."
Maw They Changed Shirts.
The Outlook tells this story Ulustratlve
of the fussy, amateur generalship which
has coet the British so dearly tn South
Africa: “Notice waa received In the ve
nous camp* that on auch and such a
morning every msn In tlen. - ■’ army
must change his shirt. The Imperial Light
Horse, who formed perl of the command,
had only one shirt apiece, and Ihnt wa*
on their hacks, so a messenger wa* dis
patched to headquarters to explain. But
(Ten. rose at once to Ihe question.
My orlera.' he remarked grandly, 'are
imperative. If the men of Ihe Imperial
Light Horse have not got a second shirt,
let them change shlrie with each other.' “
A Mining Camp Hrratos.
"Jim Wardner of Wardner, Idaho,"
gives the following mining camp sermon:
"Brother* and sisters. I come to say
goodhy. I don't believe God loves this
church, because none of you ever die. I
don't ihmk you love each other, because
I never marry any of you. I don't think
you love me. because you have not paid
me my salary. Your donations are moldy
frud and wormy apples, and 'by their
fruit ,ye shall know them.' Brothers. I
am going to a better place. I have been
called lo be chaplain of the penitentiary.
Where I go ye can not now come. I go lo
prepare a place* for you. and 'may the
Lord have mercy on your souls.' "
Not a Good Remedy.
There Is a lltlle settlement of New
Hampshire people |n Kiowa county, Col
orado. Among other things, they brought
with them the New Hampshire aversion
to using any nore word* In conversation
than are absolutely necessary- Two of
them met on the road re.-ensly and in
dulged In the following dialogue:
"Mornln', Si."
"Mornln'. Joeh."
"What'd you give your home for bots?"
"Turpenllne."
"Mornln'."
"Mornln'."
A few day* lifer the m*n met again,
and her*’* the way n hard luck story wu
told in mighty few words:
"Mornm'. Si.'"
"Mornln’, Joeh.”
i*Whal'd you say you gave your horse
(or bora?"
"Turpentine.”
"Killed mine.”
"Mine, too.” * *
"Mornln'.” - -
“Mornln'.”
A Knimlni Old Pali Parrot.
Some remark* in th Newcastle Journal
about aged parrot# have produced a let
ter (nun a Novoc.islrlan. aay the London
Time*, tn which the writer relate* the
following anecdotes: A few years afto a
vcnemblc-looktng stranger was saunter
ing along the street, when he time to
a window, outside of which hung a cage
with n parrot In It. As the stranger
came up, the bird suddenly broke out
into crying: “Coal*! Coals! Coals!"
Neither the people of the house nor the
neighbor* had ever before heart! the par
rot cry "Cools!" and quite a tittle crowd
gathered to bsten and express surprise.
The aged wtriitker. In contemplative mood
looked on, and at length addressed the
oystandera tn these words: "I am a na
tive o. Newcastle, nnd when a boy 1
served a . oilman here. While my master
carri.d In the bags of coats, my duty was
to watch the horse nnd keep crying
•Coals! Coals! Coal*! - This parrot was
here then; 1 remember her well. One
aml-wlxty year# 1 have lived In America,
and am now here on my first visit since
I left Old England. This parrot Is the
only soul that recognized mo In Newcas
tle.”
Their Vacation In the Woods.
"My husband has always said he wanted
for once to spend his vacation far, far
away from telegraph lines and post of
fices." said Mrs. Bronson, according to
the Chicago Tlmes-Herald, “and so this
year we planned to go up Into the woods
somewhere instead of to a fashionable re
sort. Before we started Henry said he
wanted to get Just as far awny from civ
ilisation as he could. He didn’t want to
have to answer a letter or see a newspa
per while we were away. Bo we went to
a place about a dosen miles from No
where. and I never put In such a miser
able. lonesome time In my life. Just imag
ine being left alone day after day In a
dready hut. nearly a day's Journey from
the nearest village. I positively thought
I’d die of loneliness.”
••But your husband? He was there to
keep you company. It seems to me that a
woman who loves her husband ought to
be happy with him even If they were on
a desert Isi >'•
••Oh. I'd have been happy enough If he
had only been there with me. but you
see he had to go \o rhe poMoffl.-e every
day to see If he couldn't And somebody
there with a city paper that he could buy
or borrow'
A Mother’s Neserle.
George Birdseye In Boston Transcript.
My baby boy upon the pillow He*.
Wonder forever old. forever new;
And a* I gate, he opens wide his eyes.
Like violets kissed by dew.
They seek my face with love and rapture
filled;
That look of tenderness how well 1
know—
The same hi* father wore, whose life
death stilled
Only • year ago.
Ah! will hts boy be like him when he
grows
To be a man. nfsr from home's caress'
Will he he nobler, braver when he knows
Hl* father's worthiness?
Hl* work Is not begun: may he decide
On one true Guide to lead him through
life's days;
Oh, may he stand the test when souls arc
tried.
And follow virtue's way*.
Am! yet I dread the hour when manhood
calls;
He wIB no* be as now my little child
So guar,led by his dear home's hallowed
walls
Where love and mother smiled.
But now. while he I* mine And only mine. !
I’ll fold him closely In warm arms of
love.
And feel the Joy the world, ere I resign.
Can never rob me at
# *■ —i i •
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—I. is now estimated that the urban
population of the country, as shown by
the new census—the population. ttuK is.
of paces containing B,<W) Inhabitant* or
over—will reach 3J per cent, of the total,
a# egalnsi 29 per cent. In 199 b.
—So successful ho* been inoculation
against cholera among coolies employed
by tea planters in India that the native*
are no* eager for th# simple operation.
Th# planters have clauses in their con
tracts culling for Inoculated coolie*.
—Tle Minneapolis City Council has re
fused to give ihe Popullat# representation
or. the election boards of that city. The
UroMlxUonlata ore accorded the third
I dace, as that party caac a larger vole
tbun the PopuMsts at tha last election.
—lt I* said that many French medical
men are abandoning the uae of tobacco,
owing largely to the government monop
oly of that oramaHlty. According to the
physician* Ihe cigar* of the "Regie"
(those made at the government factories)
are so uniformly bad and the tax on all
other brands la so prohibitive that the
only sensible thing to do la not to smoke
at all.
—ln the ctounly of Kent. England. It has
long been usual for farmer* to lose Im
mense quant Hie* of fruit for tick of rail
road transportation They now engage
automobile cars, which they load In th#
evening and lake to lavndon during the
night The arrangement t* working well
and railroad official* are busy devising
plane to head off what may develop UMo
serious rivalry.
—A cTusade against pralrl* dog* Is to
be made In Northwestern Kansas
Strychnine and cyanide of potassium arc
mixed with wheat and put around the
hole of the ixalrie dog When this Is done
a couple of lime* the prairie dog Is no
more. In the prairie dog neighborhoods
there are an average of 150 hole* on every
WO acres of land. A hundred and fifty
prairie dog families will play havoc with
a crop;
—Since 1961 the total vote at each suc
cessive presidential election has shown an
Increase over the vole of the preceding con
test. From 1561 lo !*W the gain was 1.700,-
009; from 1868 lo lE2. 70.0*; from 1*72 to
1*76. 2.999.0)0. from 1*76 lo I*. Kno.tsn; from
I*9o to 15*4. 909,000; from ISM to 1889. 1.J0U.-
000. an abnormally targe increase, not ac
counted for by the admission of new
states: from 1*55 to H 92. 100.909. and from
1*92 to 1*96. 1.600,600. This year the prob
able total popular vole la estimated at
16,000,000.
—There wan rather en odd weddmg over
In Dinsing, Mich., last week, when J.
A. Oreenough was married for the second
time to the came woman. Twenty-five
years ago. Immediately after hie first
marriage, he started for the Black Hill*
to seek gold. After n time he ceased to
write home and his wife, sfter securing
a divorce, married B. A. Timmerman,
who died three years ago Last spring
the widow learned that her first husband
was still alive, correspondence ensued and
now they have been Joined in wedlock
once more.
—Another mode of treating th# drink
habit is said to he In successful opera*lon
in I’sris. where ihree physicians—Dr*.
Rapelier. Thebanet and Broca-announce
(hat they have discovered anew serum
Of flfly-eeven casts* treated thirty-two
were cured and fifteen were improved,
only ten falling to show Improvement.
The serum la obtained from homes that
have been dosed with alcohol until their
system* are drenched with th* poison
When administered to patients the serum
revive# natural repugnance to alcohol,
which continued use ha* broken down.
—Seldom has anyone shown such pres
ence of mind as was exhibited by William
T McCracken, who was fatally Injured
While repairing a broken telephone wire
Ir Kansu* City. In some way the line
became crossed and McCracken fell writh
ing to Ihe sidewalk. "Don't touch me,"
he cried lo a bystander who hurried up.
••you'll be killed If you do. Gel a dry
board and stand on It and wrap your
bunds in a felt hat, then you can get
the wire off without hurting yourself."
The man dawned off tn search of the bjard.
but before he came back McCracken was
dead, the wire still grasped In his charred
bands.
—A mountain of copper has been discov
ered at Howe Sound, within thirty miles
of Vancouver. Assays from all over the
mountain have been taken and the ore
runs 5 per cent. On the Daisy claim,
the chief showing In the group, nature ha<
-lone what a gang of 200 miners could
not do in five year*. A stream of water
has worn away the soft chlst and ex poped
cliff of copper oro 429 feet high. Sur
face openings have also been made with
powder which exposes the big quarry of
copper for lAM feet. The tremendous out
crapplng i, less than half a mile from
he famous Britannia group of nro-oec*
•* -.1 IZZTtZ
- "Down la Guatemala." *iy a * man
quoted by the New Orleans Tlmes-Demo
”,h*' fvor “* weapon of the native
bandits and desperadoes ta a awc.l-rr
mutxle-loadlng ahottun of th* blunder
buss patem, and when Ihey run short of
huchshol they sally out to the railroad
and steal a few dozen seals, which ar
Simply disk# of soft lead alxnit the s|„
rhe‘ 1U " r, u r * '‘' , ,n 'o rough! halls
thej make projectiles by the side of which
a Dumdum Is *n angel of mercy, sn d when
one of their blunderbusaes goes off It an
-rally kill, everything
man directly behind It l, was a hlndfu*
of car seal slugs that laid out \| a j ' A ,'
I-aland*, the Guatemalan chief of pollrr
who came here for surgical treaim-ni
*h° U h a w y '“ r He got five C f Hi.-m in
‘ ,,Vl h °* • urvlv *‘i >• mra
.toklne thlneV’, m °' l
f.>oKtn* thin** I mk. urn* nf tha
slugs had lodged under his collar boo*
and was cut out by Dr Mata*. When La
land* got out of the hoapltal he had a
gold ring pm m one lump of lead and
™ ore "** * " ,a,ch charm The other four
he carried around In his vest pocket md
di wt-h “.h u" 1 Wh *' h * wa * * oln *
(ta at h the collection he said he Intenl
ed to hand them back to Scnor Ros , wh-n
he returned home. Honor Ro,a thf
tom Tp* P ' r,or, ' M * hlm 1-aland* killed
him with a saweU-ot, shotgun about a
month afterward."
-The question whether dumb animal*
.have any appreciation of pictures has oc.
cupled the attention of a great many na
turalistg. aaya the Philadelphia p r *e*
fateful observation* have shown the „nl
tna * of many species do at least recognise
ot ""’""five* and other animals
Alexander von Humboldt showed his lit
tie lame Orinoco monkey some colored
pictures of wasp* and grasshopper* The
2!" 1 * * * r,t ' ,I>r ,h " Insects w||h
t h |,te ,h " *" M * m Intention of
call hlng and eating them Bid*
ly recognise their reflection* m mirror.
A tame starling which was allowed in
fly at will about the bouse always perched
on lhe table of a pier glees and sang his
hU . co, * n, * rf1 t PMaentment Cals
and chamois also recognUc -heir reflect
e.l Images The hehnvlor of .logs when
before a mirror varies greatly with the
Individual Home dogs show violent on
llpnihv for the Image, while other* rub
their noses against them The behavior
of dog* toward pictures I* some:lm •*
amusing A rat terrier that found tta way
Into an art gallery In Schwerin was scared
Ur.?*! 11 * Tk* b> * Pointing of a
l *rge *!o. The t*rrt#r howIM with fright
and ran Incontinently out of the room'
A hound that wandered Into the studio of
. Mun,eh - r * n yelping around
a large picture of a medieval hunting
*aie and made frantic but fruitless ef! I
caovgiai J<>m ,l> * P * ek ot houn<l • * **• !
Scrofula
THE OFFSPRING
OF HEREDITARY
BLOOD TAINT.
Scrofula is but a modified form of Blood
Poison and Consumption. The parent
who is tainted by cither will see m the
child the game disease
manifesting itself In
the form of swollen v \
S'sndsof the neck and J
roat, catarrh, weak Cel ‘
eye, offensive goresiaßLn/w
and abscesses and of
trntime* white gwell- !
Ing sore signs of 'JJVeceJJJEV¥ ,
Scrofula. There may \J (
be no external signs for f IF*' ■*,
a long time, for the disease develops slow! v
in some cases, but the poison is in the
blood and will break out at the first favor
able opportunity. 8. S. S. cures this wast
ing, destructive disease by first purifying
and building up the blood aud stimulating
and invigorating the whole system
J. M. Sesls. i is Public Sqasrv. Nashvitu Tt-na
"Ten fan ago my dsaghlet fell tad cat
her forehead. From this wound the gland; oa
Ihe side of her face became swollen and hunted
hots* of the best doctors here and elsewhere
■ttended her without any beaefll We decide)
to try 8. *. 8, aad a few bottles cured her Ta.
tirety"
wmffi iJJk, make* new and pur*
blood to nourish and
strengthen the body,
and is a positive aad
aafe cure lor Scrofula.
It overcomes all forms of blood poi>u U(
whether inherited or acquired, aud ao
remedy to thoroughly and effectively
eleanses the blood. If you have anv
blood trouble, or your child has inherited
aumc blood taint, take 8. S. S. and get
the blood in good condition and prevent
the disease doing further damage.
Send for onr free book and write our
physicians about your case. We mske no
Charge whatever for medical advice. -
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