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4 2% Morning Mornmc Smw Hmidinc Mißnth (*\ MW\bH, CM TOIIIH 15. I VMM)* K|;i(rnJ mi (he Poa;oßli In .savaniMiU. The MOMNINQ NEWS i> published tvr> d> in Him yaai, (•• >• atrvod to auhacnoet* In the city, ii en( b> mai#, el ?tc m month HOC lor mix monthu, nnJ h* ** (or on year. The MORNING NEWS). by mail. sis e meek <Without BunUay ia*Lc>;. • hta month*, %1 to, mil mutiihe 9300, one year |* <*/ 'Ahe WLEKLT NXWB, 2 laeuee e wtck, Elotihe> aim! Thu/Nley. by rnaiii. one yeai. Il.tO &üb*cripticn ivUe In adven e Re mu Ltj poetal order, check or letter CurrttHjr #•**;'. by mail at rtek of mender* JniißKm other than tpeolei column, local or reading notice*, •mu eincnte end cheap or want column. 11l cere* e line Fourteen line# ol type- <quai to one Inch nquare in depth— i* the Hetuiard of meaaurement. Contra- t natee and dtacount nude known oo appll emtien at butta***) otti e Order* for delivery of the MORNING Newe to either reMdtree or place of LtMlrifsa may be made by fioatal card or Uireuih telephone No 210 Any irregular ity In delivery should be Immediately re* lotted to the oSlce of publication. Lellen* aid telegrams should ba ed dreaMod MORNING NEWS," Savannah. Oa. LAffTERN OFFICE. 23 Pork Row. New York city, 11. C. Faulkner. Manager. LNDti 10 m ADVtHTISEMEHS. Sjedal Notices—N*rvoue Dyspeptli and Riadder Trouble* Cured by Suwanee •Sprtr-g.- Water, 4 *>|*rtner*hlp Notice, .iohnion. Moore Ar t'o.; Ship Notice, tltrai'han a Cos. <’on* time***, Utnc, Cement, Piaster, Andrew Hanley Com pany; Wail Paper. Pale r 11 auxin*. Havau nali Hull ling Supply < <mp.ir y. Savannah Ltctun* Cuurve, <v*t. 16, L*‘\an' Cafe. tlualnesM Notices—K At W laiundry. Beers—Black end Tat). Anhctiser-Buach Brewtiiat AsaocUttlcM). liLcult. Etc.—The National Biscuit Company. Cleveland Bicycles—Wm & H. H. Bal timore Fumigating Furnace—McGuire's Porta ble Fumlgulng Furnace. Proposal*— Sale of l\ 8 Vessels Nan* t nekni arul Cheyenne. Amuaecunts— Robert Downing at Thea ter, Matinee and Night, Oct. Ik. Medical—llcMtrtter'a Btomarh Ritters; I load's Pills; Castor la*. Ayer’s Pills, More ford’. Acid Phosphate. Dr. Hathaway Cos. Cheap Column Advertisements—^Help V**antel; Employment Wanted; For Rent. For Male; leO*t; Personal. Miscellaneous. I In- \V *‘mtier. The Indications for Georgia to-day or* for fair weatfeer, with light, variable winds; and for Eastern Florida, gen* rally fair weather, except rain In ektreme !**ulh. *rn portion, with light, variable wln<H r r • Cot Bryan is beginning to g**t at the heart of Ohio. He Is finding inure Mon* itetts as he progrreae* through the state. The walking cam* Is the latest fad for the .-manly dre--d young woman. New danger*, it appears, or** constantly be setting the one-time sterner sea. Gov. Kooaeveli 1* learning som* thing a >out the statue In Kentucky lie tuts found, to far as he has Imho, that It la ivot exactly * Roosevelt state The Re publicans, nevertheless, have the audacity to claim that tiu- blue Grass state Is in the doubtful column. Former **nthu.*daati* udmlnistration cr gaue are now dubbing President McKin ley the "leeser evil." and that Is the only ground on which they continue*. In :i half hearted way. to support him They will find before they have gone much further that they can. with good grace, substitute the adjective "only" In place of *'lssuer." Of course former Gov. U-ury of Guam is n Imperialist. Why should In* not b*- As one of th** bencfldurle* of the adminlstru tloo. and having experienced the* enjoys manl of absolute authority over one of our Utile prtncipalttltx*. then Is nothing left for him to do but swullmw the whole ImpartsßstM policy. The repontment aroused In W ishlfigton by the attack of Thomas Nelson Page upon the society of Newpor* and high society in general. Is said to hive caused the noted author and hi.** family to aban don their social plans for the winter and to prepun* for a European tour. The au thor a friers is deny the report. The chances are that neither Mr. Page nor high society are finnding any sleepless lights on account of the .iffair A cablegram front Lsrndon says a dis patch front Rome a! a tew that a* cording to advkts from St Petersburg informa tion contained In a dispatch (torn t'he F*ao. coming by way of Shanghai at which • Pekin. probably by Jlnriksha from Hhen SI. was to the effect that the Empress I.kiwmk* rof China Is dead Well. It I* her turn now since Emperor Kwang llu has been doii.g all the dying for the royal family for the last two or three years. The striking coal miners have demand ed very' little more In their count cr-prop oMttoti to the operator* than what ban already been off* rtl them, and they' have akud for arbitration to cettle the differ ence in the* proposal*. As arbitration with their employes mi individual has alre ady* been offered by the operators, and the miners have not chmarakd a recognition of their union, there P no apparent reason now why th** coal strike In Pennsylvania should t.ot b* brougnt to a ape*dy M'ttle* meat. Republican papers that are disposed to be fair, are making no effort to cone a the fact that ex-President Harrison's re fusal to go on the stump for McKinley ts agitating th** Republican leadr* of Indiana io no small axten*. They *re in thla (he toss of much of the imJetminat< vote In thAt state on which they had counted in th* t-ndsavor to hod the state for McKinley. Many Indtanlans cannot assent to Ihe Presidents attitude on the Poru Rican tariff and other quest tons re lating to "our ooionle*." p in evident the RopubiioMits in Indiana have seen lue mi th wall. % v;w % itoii rioytiiAT. The probability that Pongress will tsk* Up <nd pars a n* w congressional >ipi<h i:onmnt bill during Hie coming winter - kH'lng ril*i nssetl at Wuthkntflon. I’tuh r th** present npportlonmint ther* la repr.ei.tatlve to each 1T3,t01 of popu lation according to the i nsus of lib 1 To * vuitlnu* the pr*• -*ill basis, assuming the new < • nsu • to show a to* | of 7*. 'Ohui, would I- to muk* a Ho-js*- of •bout TT members A body of j h fin* w<iiUl Im- too larg*' aitd unwieldy, hence It Is believed the basis for m representative will Ih ln r i*d tj about 2ttotio of i-0p..- lation. This e uuM give a House ol iiM members. hkitiic tltr.e ago tht* Louis Republic published a isti'i )• ho wing what the up i orttonmert wool I b* i*l lng the f**t *1 *t pol ll.ilion at 7*i.otr* *m, and the basis lira repr* (H-nfatlvt ut of popula tion TTds table, giving previous appor tion in* ut*. ,s its follows. jJS||( | 1 | | HTATEb Siiii itSiS Main. t rTTTTTTI N H ... i 4 i t :t . . I 2 4 Mm. . 17 13 U 10 11 10 11 U 13 14 M. litl.l ..*3*3333723 V. rniont 0*43*33232 N Y'K .. 17 34 4.1 34 33 31 33 34 21 *> i*onn. .. . 7 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 N J y .... 0 * 053&77H9 Ftfiina. ...1*Ma24*342728*0 32 l)*l. . ... 111111111,1 MU 9930t>3Ht>t>6 Va a t* 21 U 13 11 9 10 M 11 N. C. 12 13 13 V H 7 X V 9 t*.C7 b 4 5 7 7 7 (la ..4 7 s k 7 9 10 11 13 ky l2 13 !u 10 lO 11 11 11 Tend. 3 l3 11 10 k 10 10 10 10 Ohio 14 1 21 21 1 3) 21 21 22 I ni ....... .. 33 4 4 5 0 0 K 0 li.U 3 7 10 11 11 13 13 13 13 Mlm> 124630777 111. . 1 3 7 U 14 1* 20 X' 24 All 2 6 7 7 S M a 10 Mo . 1 2 & 7 9 13 14 16 10 Ark 1 2 3 4 6 0 7 Mirh 3 4 6 a 11 13 13 FU. 1 1 3 2 2 2 tow. 2 0 9 11 11 12 T-ia* 2 4 0 11 13 14 ''at 33 4 7 Minn 2 3 6 7 k Or* ‘1 1 1 3 4 K*i 1 3 7 k 9 W. Va 33 4 4 4 N.v 1 1 1 1 1 N*b, 113 0 6 Col 11 2 2 H l> 3 2 N IJ 11 Mom ~ 1 l \V:h 33 I.la ho 1 1 Wyo 1 1 Utah It ""Total Ml 212 240 as 254 241258 135 3'.7 ill A< ronling tu thl* • !>'.# th n iln* wru!<l b* an follow* M.i'ii(hui**tt 1. N v w York 2, New Jerxey 1. Penmylvanlt 2. Virginia 1, OvorgU 1. Ohio 1. HUnoin 2. Alabama 1, Mtaxourl 1, Arkansas 1. Mich igan 1. loan 1. TANARUS Uh 1, WiHoiuiln 1. Cal ifornia 1. Mir.nt-Mjia 1, OrgfKXi 1. Kannaa 1, Washington 1 ami Ft.ih 1. It (has ap pears that th* K*ft-rn Hiafta wouM gam *lx nw im mlri'ni, ih<* H<utheni Mate* mt. ami the* Wtiirm state* lw*lv*. Georgia l* n* of iho Mat** 'rtvllt*l with an i*d ditiofial Th<p < u!rulation, of roun**. L built upon what 1* largely gut.* work, but vtiiic It |* now known that •he total imputation will rloaely approx imate th figure* u*ri for thf calculation the fable beomr. of lntrr*i. When th#* ap| orllonm- nf bill come* be fore Fongre** it I** pinbrtble that an effort will t* made In Hepublican quarter* to reduce th** r<*rre*ent.illon of certain Southern stale*, making as fh#* but!* for apportionment the number of qualified voter* In tho* *tatr inuti ad of the num ber of population Any such law a* that would, of course, oertotialy reduce the repr**entdtion of Igouletana. Mlsl*kiql. North ('urolina ami South ('arollna. where law* have been enacted that disqualify . ctinaiderabl* number of colored volar*. Th ak'htme I* Hcetioi.al and pariioan. it will b** ably fought, and ll may he doubt ed that It will Im- Mice***fol; nevertheless It ha* the support cl many of the Be publican !ea#iis who atand close to the administration. Meanwhile the im.-MMl tty of the con m mat ion of this proposed robinry of the South of her Just propor tion of power in the legislation of the t'ounfry ami voice in the selection of rreoklenta, 1* a menace which should nut b* underrated. THE USN Of I'OHTO Hll 11. El-Gov. I’nttlaon of Pennsylvania has rei’inlly roncludH a lour of f*orto Rico, where he ha* been studying the results of our "benevolimt assimilation" under the Republican substitute for "plain duty." tie regards our domination or (he Island as being so far "a sequence of failures." "The Island," he said to Phllmtelphta Ttme* reporter, "la to-day nothing more (lain a wilderness of poverty and misery In the Inttulor of the Island thousands ate actually starving to death Whole vil lages are being depopulated. The gr> attwt Industries of the eountry are simply at a standstill. the coffee and tobacco fields are deserted because the people have not the strength to work them and cannot ob tain th food necessary for their susten ance. The only Industry that has survived the period of distress Is the sugar crop, which will be exceptionally line this year. There !> some small consolation In that fact." He found poverty and mendicancy on every hand What Is the cause of this con dition of affairs In a tropical, fruitful Isl and. where plenty should prevail? "Tho real cause,” says the ej-Oavemor. "Is that the Inhabitants want, and must have, acme dctlnltc knowledge of-the manner In which they are to be governed Another reason Is this Nearly nil the plantations have always been operated on tmrrowei capital The proprietor mortgaged his land for money with will h to operate it. When there was a market for his products he could pay the Interest on his mortgage and still have a profit. If he did not pay the mortgage was foreelos<sl, and the plantation again let out. Then when Gen Henry cam* and suspended all fore closures. every cap.tails! held lightly to what money he had If he could not fore close his mortgage he could not enforce payment of Interests, and. consequently, everything came to a standstill The lend ers cannot collect, the borrower# cannot pay, the penniless owners cannot lie re placed by new owners, and so the poorer classes can do nothing hut starve "Rut the main reason Is that of gov ernment Home definite announcement must be made at once by the administra tion. as the people sre getting more bitter every day In regard to the fine promises which wore made at the time of the Isl and'# conquest and the manner In which those promises have been fulfilled, it Is ridiculous to say that the natives arc ry THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY,' OCTOBER 1.5. 1900. i <-ap*bt* of wlf-aovrrnm-nt. Ju*t oio In i nanre will x.r-v* h. In (hr Provlnrr j of A.ljontar, a canvao, nhowr<l (hat out lof pn|>ulatlon of 13'. mnrr than 70 prr < *o.t. (hr nrcniarf qualinra i Horn. f voirra. whl< li la a vary gratify | itik wvrraa*', lndt'rd. H. lf-aovrrnmrnl or ■ incorporation ur a atatr la what l*wtt 1(1’o rnu-t have '* Under the rule of Hiwln. notwtthatand | in* the alleKed tyranny and the heavy tun. the Porto Itiean bnd*<t almoat tn vurUbly ahowed a surplua The propi were fairly |*rorf> roue and r.aaonahly happy t'mler Amerl. an rule. If ea-Oov. Patllaon'a view, ir<' .’orrect. the p*rople are mlaerahlr. and the government dotlolt I, very heavy. Thl* American colony Is not a et. tn ink ample I M* 44411(4% (III.IC KI.FI'HU:. The North h.ie r. irfah’l llberalty 4o •trl. ken a cry for help. The .-Ity of New York alone ha oontrlbulod nu.re than *mn,■> lo the relief fund Thai tlalYenton tippr.- latca thla yeneroaliy la mvl- [■!.ln |n a recent elpr*eeton of (lor, layers of Texan After a meetti.* of t .. burim men of t.alvexton, tlo. Si yen. e. nt teleyram to N’.w York I want you to lake thla mens ie fr.an me. u> (eov. rtM.r A- loruc ax we live, u- lonir ae our children live, and a lon ns our children * children live, never will we forget your kin.Jnee.H arid the conft drnce you rnjKixe In the petplt of (lal v.-ton " There I* w .rnv-hearted, xlnrere itmtllude it. tlw. in. -• ige. and H voice* the eentl memx of the tw-nefl. .arlc* of the contribu tion*. Hot how t* tlte exprevlon re* eeiv.xl In Ihe North* It t mtter of much regret Ao note that there tire some Internet a in New York that think they ‘lalit to get a return |n dollar* and cents lor Ihdr "charity “ The Marine Jour >Ml lx nvltkntly no organ of thexe tieineh mtereet*. In It* laeue of Oct. 4. It lava xtre** tlpntt the goodnex* of the North townrd* the South in of dleaaier. . mphaelxing the fact that the North hos locoed It* purxn-ofrtnaa for the heneflt of . l.i I vex ton in dlxtreex. <'omm*ntlng cn thl* I* xayx: Poe* the Mouth fairly reallie thl* an.l meet It In a perfect xplrlt of fraternity* 1-rt ux take the attitude of tlte South, nnd t.alveeton in particular, on the xhlp plng hill The North l deeply Inter extel In thl* treasure It t. undtntbtedly. a flier that a mijority of the believe that It will be of great lieneflt to . otnmrice and help many line* of Indue try otitklde of xhltibulldlng Ilut there hardly noie of evmpathy with thle prox>ee<l teglxlatlon anywhere In tho South New Orlean* otipoae* It. Oalvex lon oppoeex It. and ao It goex But for the lark of help from the Mouth the shipping bill would surely hove been pa*- ed by emigre** I .** winter. An estimate of force ahotvid the danger of gotng to it vote with the bill, and xo it went over. It I* Imporelblo to conceive of any more unworthy nnd n irrow-mtnded exhibition of Kelflxhrwwe The xhlpptng bill, (the Hanna-Payne ahlp xulately bill), ix oppose.) b\ the Hoxith. Inclieling Oalveoton. Mien principle. It doee not Iwlleve that Con grexa hon the right to take the people'* money out of the treasury and give It to u favored few oorporatlonx and Individ ual*. upon the epecloux plea of "footenng an infant lnduatry." 14 doe* not believe in xprcMl privilege*, even to the mm\ed Interextx. it .lo*-* not believe In taxing the people for the xtill further enriching of wealthy it.amxhip cor|inrntlon It tkien no* h* Hove In government grutultl**. morn eepeclally where rxme are needed If tho North had .-ontrthuttd It* money lor the relief of tialvianon In the hope or expectation of bribing Oalveaton arxl the Mouth to forego their prlnelpie* and nmoth er their oon*.-lenee*. w would have been letter had the North kept ll'x eaxh In tt'a XMirxe. However, we do not believe any thing of the kind of the North. We pre fer to he.llcvo that the North has given Irom the purest and most .11*1 ntcreel.*) motlvmt. without thought of return. That being the cane. 4he Marine Journal'll ex prexrion .* reprexentatlve of nothing *.ve a email coterie of nelfloh jn-r**.n*. who hoi>e to get their linger* Into the public tre*ury. ar.d axe >ngry la.xnixe the Mouth poxltlvelv and abxolutely de clines to aid them In fhelr purpose. tiKN. KVA** TO HF7I IHK. Gen. Clement A Evan*, eomnvindsr-ln ehltf of tho Georgia Division, I'nltrd Confederate Veterans, has Issued a elr eul.ir to the comrades In the division no tifying them of hla Intention and desire to turn over the command to some other comrade on the occas ion of the coming reunion In Augusta Gen. Evans feels that ha should retire after ten years of active work as <orn mander-ln-chlef, though he announces It as his purpose to occupy with the other i omr.itles. "other fields of usefulness In our work, until time shall release us from our Confederate obligations" He gave this notice far In advance of the reunion that each camp might have full oppor tunity to consider whom It would desire to elevate to this position of distinction and honor when the time for the election trrlves. Georgia veterans will deeply re gret this determination of Orn. Evan*, for they appreciate to the fullest extent what has been accomplished under his a Imlnlstrallon of the command The Georgia Division has grown and prospered until. Icvfrad of twenty. It now numbers m cnmi Tex i- alone excels llßtn num bers and as Gen. Evans rays, none can surpass It In efficiency. The veterans re alise and will recognUe the debt they owe to Gen. Evans for his active snd promi nent part In the accomplishment of this great work. Senator Hanna Is using a man of straw to explain away his utterance about the non-existence of trusts "A true* Is combine," eaal the senates- In t'hlragn the other day, "In which the sliarenolder Is given a certificate mid has no voice in the management. We all know that no such combination exists In this coun try " In the first place, as tten.itor Han nu must know, that Is not the true ac ceptation of the term true*, and even If It were It Is well known there ore few i-omblncs of the trust kind in the country In which the majority stockholders do no* do nLJ the squeexlng tin y have an opportunity for. There Is a chance- for several more for tunes In the Georgia peach, and some per sons are preparing to lake advantage of It A million more trees will be put out this fall, but that number could he dupli cated every year for ten years without '(auger of over-stocking the market. Th orchard men are rapidly learning how to uee the surplus crop to the best advan tage by t(ie erection of ounraroua cauniag lactone*. Thsr* s***m* to bs s suspicion In some qosrisrs thsi Br Thomna Upton hss cor ! thf pork market In the I'nlted .Hiatus In onier to that cup out of us Hlr Thoores tslU have to try sn ot In r equ*f*. PKNiOKAL —Th* Euf**n> Field Monument Commit* te* bovf nearly <onit *ct#-i their task of miski| th fund whirh they Htli iivUle bstwtFn th family of the lovu! un*l ia merited |mxi and humorist and the erec tion of the monument -The will of the Ist** Charles K. Or me. of FMladelptiis provide#* that u|*ai th* iJ*ath oi nwrrlaK* of his wuk/ta his *•• tate of IBh.tWS shall r*v*r to th* WtfH*ro pal Hospisl in that city, to he uim*! for the inainteruince of free be#!* —Adtzilnsl Cirevitro has be*n appointed by Kina ICfiiman iel 111. to travH to England ird announce his srr> ***Kn to Ihe Court of Ht Jam* - A.irr itkii Canevaro will visit Queen Vi torin in the middle of Novemlser. being ntrodti*| by the D.illan arnhsesador Th* Admiral rum nwi -krtl the Italian fleet at Crete, and holding senior rank, had mu< h to *k> mith th* ousting of the Turks from that i.-tnn<>. —1: is sai l that sir John Murray, of the Challenger, who recently left England for the purpose of visiting Christmas Island. Intends, before returning to go to Java Ui order to Join I'rof. ffae kel in his ex pU*rationn m the volcanic lepn*4#t on that island, under*aken with a view to bring ing to light further r*miin>* of the missing link between man arul the n|>es, tne ex istence of which was first discovered in Java six years ngo, by Dr. Eugene Du bois, a Dutch army surgeon. —loOrd Rollers is but the third of all the British field inarnnals pas' arul pres ent. to la appointed to th* command of apv army In the field after attaining that rank The Duke of York held U when piaerd at th* hwid of th* llaldar expe ditkxn in and the Duke of Wellington had been held marshal nearly two yearn when h* assumed •■ommand in the Water loo ('ampolgn Two of our held marshals received the baton while in command be fora the enemy—the Duke of Wellington in th* Peninsula tn IMT and Lord Raglan M th* Crimea In lftftt M Gabriel Vlcaire. one of the small iand of cont*m|Mirary French poets, has died In Faria in hi* fiftv-second ytmr. He was perhaps, besr known for hia "Deli qitoecFnce*. .* sort of "Dunclad." or Ilk* Heron's "Engiiah Haris and Scotch Re viewers." In this poetimi production, which appeared In !*& M Vlcaire. writing an "Adore Fioupette.' aatirise<l th* poets of th* decadent end symbolic schools 81range 1 y enougrt, the satire or parody was first taken by some of the critics as a serious production, an#) it ecor**! u great success. M Vlcaire wrote severe! vol umes of Idyl Ho verses and obtain# and the prlx* for the exhibition cantata of 1889 BRIGHT HlT'*. Fair Flayer—-Well, I'm the most un lucky person (hat ever played golf! Fir-t 1 struck Mr. Phumplv In the mouth ih'Mi the ball atrurk Mr Freshly in the eye. and now I've broken Mr. Softly * bes* stick —Life. —*Tm broke," exclaimed the worn-out shoe. •■Ayr worxr than that. Ah dm! I'm on my tipiwrx. for I vc lost My sole etipport. you xec " —PhlladelßhU Prr*a —Mr* lli^bblowcr—Don't forget, my dear, that In eonvrrrailon tha Intrrcrt mut not l>c a Mowed to flax C ara-Hut Urn *ll rx Ido my l>cl. mama. “MaytM- *o H'.n while ihr ptanlxt wax playing I thought once or twice, that I dviectrd you Hxtrnlng to him •'—Life. k irxt ( tttxen.—"Mike O'Conoloxue xava h ha* got you rtx*l xure for Tim M ir phy " Second t'ltlien—"Hr'x j liar. No man can control my voir Brxldaa, Con tty O'Shane'x commutre have prom r <1 me a tine )oh with no work In II If I vote for Conny "—Boxton Tranxertpt. —Her Dlxbellef —"He ray* he Is from New York." xatd one younir woman. "Y#*," anxwered the other. "I ran't tw llevr It." "Why not’,' "He talked with me five minuter without neyinir anything *“> ‘flenV or ehariK-terlxtng anyboily a* a lobster. 1 "—Washington Star. -Modest Man— Bragg* "What’ Ml*, rtomanx? No. she - * not for n\ She toll me Ihe olher day that the man she mar ries mutt be h.mdsoire rather than weal thy " Brlggx—"Well, you're certainly not wealthy, hut—" Briggs—"Of rourw Thai's Just It. I hete to have a trtrl throw herself at my head that way.*'—Philadel phia Urrse. —He—There are 26606 more women than men In New York city. She—No wonder the New York men are so sapay.—Detroit Free Press. —ln the great corridor of Ohacnrlty two men faced each other “Give tne the wall." said one. "I. sir. was once vice president." The other laughed a derisive laugh "Nonsense he exclaimed. I take pre cedence here. 1 am ihe husband ol an a u t hore m. "—Life < I It Hi:VI ( OHMKU. The Philadelphia Tim** <l>cm > wiy of the attitude* of ex-President* Cleveland and llarrlaon "Thin* are only two rx- Fpiildent* living In the United States; on#* a Hf uuhll' an aiwl on* a Democrat, and noth have stubbornly maintained *t!enc* In the t'amiMitaii until within a few days. They have finally said somethin* and they may he summed up in about this way —Cleveland and Harrison would both Ilk** to see their own party candidates defeat ed. but don't want to say that the other party sliould win. Hurh Is about the polit ical teachings of our ex-Presidents In thl* campaign They seem to be about In the position of the hoy at the cross-roads, who told the Inquiring traveler that It didn't make any difference which road he took, he wouldn t go far until he wish ed he’d taken t other, or, ilke Hooker's bull, described by Lincoln, that got fast on the fence and couldn’t gore In front or kirk behind. '* The Philadelphia Ledger find > says "Emperor W illiam's picture of Oermany as a great world Power, such ms Horn*- was, shows what Is In his heart; but. though he is at Hi a comparatively young man. He Is not likely to see the dream fulfilled. On the contrary, his use of the figure only calls attention to the really subordinate position (Irrmany occupies among the "world Powers** inferior to Great Britain, the United States and even Hussla " The Baltimore Bun (Dent i aays: "Fa thers with sons who will shortly be start ing out In life may well ask themselves XVhal chance I* there coins to b* for th* boy*? What are they to do nnd how can thy possibly carve their way to Inde pendence If the open door for all. with equal opportunity for rlrh man'* non and poor man'* non. t* lo hr *hut In thatr fare* and bolted tlcht by trust-made and truat-ewned government ?"' ThP Chicago Dally Nrw* aay: ‘ftlr Thoma* Dipt„ admit* It* control* all the pork In the Called States. Perhaps that* ih* rPaon why thrrr I* *o llttlp pork with an order of bean*. Sir Thoms. t hould Ip, up How arp wp to attain lo thp Boston standard with n mtarrosooplr plaoe of pork to Matnn the dial of ul twral** Me Didn't Huy a Saw. When the man with the red mustach • started down the stairs hi* wife ran to the door ami called him back, says th* New York Sun. "Donald." she said. "I warn you to go into a hardware store to-day and get . saw Don't forget It. please. We need one badly. 4 ' Being an accommodating person the m in with the red mustache, said he’d get It. He chose the luncheon hour as the most op portune time for tnak.ng his simp** pur chase. He was in a good humor and h* smiltd blandly when he went bustling into th* store and said. "I want a saw. please '' Th** clerk who had com* forward to wait on him had a merry twinkle In his •>** und the twinkh overflowed ut the ques tion and spread all over his face in dim ples ‘ What kind of a saw?" lie asked The prospective purchaser began to |er celve what an intricate business the buy ing of a saw really is. Wn>." sat#! he. I don't know Just a saw Any kind will do. I suppose." The clerk sighed. "If you only kn*w what you want to use It for. perhaps 1 could advise you," he suggested "What I want to use it for?" echoed th man with the red mustache * Why. I want to saw, of course. At least, my folks do " ’Haw what?" asked the clerk "I don't know." admitted the non-plus*- ed shopper. The lerk brightened up again and led the way to the r#*sr of th* stor- "I will show you a few of the ilifferent varieties of saws we have on hand." he sal !. "Ob servation and an explanation of their uses and price* may assist you In making a decision Here's a metal saw It Is the hardest saw thcr* t It Is mad* of highly tempt red steel .and will aaw iron, copper, lead and all manner of metals. It D small In atie. and sells for frcn 12 to $2 50. according to the style of ih*- handle, which tomes in brechwood and oak. the latter tetng more exp* naive. Is that the kind of saw y#u want?" The man with the re#l mustache was sorely perplexed. "No." said he. "I don't think so. We hive no metals a our house to work on as I know of." "Perhaps you would Ilk* a meat saw*" suggested ih* clerk. BuH In these ia of hardly so high a grade, and I could let you have a good one for a dollar But you're not butcher?" The man who warned a saw shook his head mournfully, and the clerk continued "There Is a regular kitchen aw. for general utility purposes, which will cost you only M cents. How does that strik#' you* No? Then here'* the cabinet mak er* saw I can give you a very goo#l one for $3 Then I have over here plumber's ew fhe fine delicate saws used by all manner of nrtlflcee. and the ordinary wooil saws which will cost you anywhere from 60 cents •< 94. In that back room we have still other varieties— the two-man ten-foot saws, bugs saws and circular saws If you want to pay a big price you'd lwdter take one of the latter. 111 give you m good one for s&**. Would you Ilk*- to see them"" The man wMh the red mustache looked about him wonderlngly. "No, thank you." he said. "I never dreamed that there were so many different kinds of saws. I guess I won't take any till I find out Just what kind I want " Th** clerk bowed affnbly "I regTet be ing unable to moke a sale." h* said, "but 1 really think that the wiser plan." Thl* One End* Dllterenlly. A wetl-dre-xed, rotund and kindly ap pearing old gentleman happened to tss a vacant lot on North Twenty-fourth Street while n lot of nmall boys were en xagd In playing a match game of base ball, say* the Omaha World-Herald It wax a game between the Parker street llohunkers and the Blond.* street Gecwlill llkers for the championship of the election precinct, and a warm gam*- It was. The old gentleman watched the game with great Interest, and applauded every goo*) plav. “That's the stuff I" he shouted, as the nohunkers' catcher nailed a base runner at second. "I,e.id off! Lead off!" he shrieked, as Ihe Hohunkerw* base runner on third show ed a disposition to hug the base "Ginger up! Ginger up! Now you're off! Blid*' Slide"* "You're quite a fan.” remarked a young man who was also watching the game "You bet!" said the old man "I used to catch for the oM Peoria Red Bock* In '72. und I guess I wasn't the poorest that ever happened Say. I've got a re<*ord as a backstop Ding mlf I ain't going to ask the boys lo let me catch an Inntng " The Geewhllltkers kindly consented to lei the old gentleman catch an inning for the Bohunkers and he grabbed a mitt and stepped Into position Of course, you who have wasted valu able time In reading thl* little story are prepared to elclalm "The old duffer got the ball on the kiss er. Ihe first flip out of th* box " Well, that's Just where your thinker <k>n't track. The old man (rose fast to every curve shot over the plate, slummed the l>all down to a. <otul anil caught a twee runner by ten feel and made n long .print and nulled a imp-up foul that look ed like K was going to d*op outside the lot "I pin* I ain't lost my old catching eye yet,” he exclaimed, as he laid down his milt at the end of the half Inning and made a run for his car ttrangrr Than Fiction. On* of lho*p rontrripmpa which the avpracn reader I* Inclined to charge lo pome writer* Imagination act unity oc curred very recently In Detroit, euy* the Dptroit Free Pres*. There were two wedding* listed for the same afternoon. Of course, the father* of Ihe respective brides had to make es pecial preparation and the universal mis chief moker rent them to the same tailor for troupers. The** necessary article* of wedding utttre were sent out on the forenoosi of the fateful dny and both of the f.lthere were too busy to do more than shout an ordsr to have the pant* hung up so that they would not wrinkle When the tall thin man hurried into hi* purchase he had to grab to locale himself. They were big Enough for two of him and fit about like the skin of an emaciated hippopotamus, lie rushed down to the telephone a tel ripped great Immoral rips In the osone when the friends of ths family laughed at him When he got through calling Ihe tailor a blanke’.y blank allot he was not as far from the truth a* when he started In. The tat man dove Into his trousers and found himself In tight* with no chance of getting u meeting at the waistband. He violently rent the seam* as he struggled out of the pants and hetwsen subsequent pants told his wits what to aay to that tailor Bven th* modified message was a scorcher and rendered Ihe poor man to tally helpless hefora he had a chance to recover from the other dressing down. The thin man gave awav his daughter In n perfectly proper pair of trousers that h" happensd lo have In commission, but ths fat man did Ih* same service in a pair of "Ice cream" panta that bagged at the knee# and had bl* gr.isa stain from the lasi picnic. He hud th* tall* of his frock coat gathered with a safe ty pin and after the reception he w.r* busy until after midnight cleaning his revolver. —ln Ih* face of th* clock of th* Parish Church of St. Matthew. Bethnal Qreen, London, are two small holes, which from Ihe pavement do no, appear large enough lo admit even a lny bird. Yet these aper tures have been chosen by sparrows as nesting places, and the birds can ba fre quently S*en flying to and from their strange abode. Th* operations of the spar rows do not appear to have affected the covs-keeplug accuracy, of the clack, —- ITEM* OF IfITMIB9T. —For several yesrs past, a store in Cornish. Me., has been biirgallxee! reg ularly in the spring and fall, a complete outfit of clothing shoe* und hat being tuken on each occasion. semi innull visitation has Just taken place, with the usual result. —lt Groat Brtialn. only a few years ago American petroleum had almost u monopoly. From Jan. 1 to Aug 1. 19W the imports were 3.02b.00h gallon* of Amer- In and 2.*40.060 gallons of Russian petro leum Th* reason for t i* said to oe the (aci that large Russian oil fields nave r>een acquired by Englishmen. —An electrical mac hine iiaf been devised which is capable of registering extem pore composition* on the piano. The ar rangement can he attached to any ordi nary Plano, and it IS reports! that the machine has taken #lown .• tarantella played at the rate of 2.000 notes a minute. The atla* foment, it is tai*d, dot* not In terfere with the touch. A Paris store has 4.000 employes. The smallest kettle In Its kit< h-n contains 100 quarts and the largest 606. Each of 80 roasting pans i- big mongk for cutlet*. Every dish for baking potatoes hoi#l 225 pounds. When omelets ar*' on the bill of far* 7.800 eggs ar* used t once For cooking alone €• cook* *inl 100 a*si fonts nre a.ways at the ranges. —Th*- Connecticut Supreme Court will soon be called upon to deckle os to the validity of n clause in the will of one Hall, who bequeathed 910. bin for the pur pore of combatting the fundamental ChrD rlan rkesrin* that the soul is Immortal- Natural hells contest the Will, raising no question a* to the testator's roundne*.- of mind, but declaring that it would be con trary •* public policy to ullow .-uch a will to stand. —During the first six month* of thl* year th** export* of German brushw and sieve* readied 91.661.316. an increase of 9 2 per cent, a* compared with the exports for the same period of the year previous. Great Britain took 46.3 per cent, of the exports, tho Enited States 4.9 per cent.; Holland VI per cent ; Argentina. 4.7 per <et.; Swltxeriand. 4 3 p r cent.; Austra lia. 3.5 per cent.; Austria-Hungary*. 2.6 per cent —A member of the Board of General Director* of the Royal Saxon Railways bn# invented anew device for the con sumption of smoke rlven off by Ivomo. lives. He clulms that it is a}m#>9t per fect. whether tho locomotive ie moving or standing still. A locomotive using this r. w Invention and being w*orked to its utmost capacity saves in one month 28- pound* of coal To equip a locomotive with the device coats about 925. —Next to bread, a Klondike cook strive* to gchleve distinction by his doughnuts This may appear frivolous at first glance, and at aecond, considering the materials with which he works, an Impossible feat, says Harper's Bazar. But doughnut* are all Important to the man who goes on trail for a Journey of any length. Bread freeies easily, and there Is less grease and sugar, and hence less heat In It than In doughnut*. The latter do not solidify except at extremely low temperatures, and they are very handy lo tarry In the pocket of a Mackinaw Jacket and tnundi *s one travel* along. They are made much after the manner of their brethren In warmer climes, with the exception that they are cook'd In bacon grease—the more grease the better they ate. Sugar is the cook's chief stumbling block If It Is very scarce, why, add more grease. The men never mind—on trail In Ihe cabin?—well, that's another matter: besides, bread t* good enough for them then. —The following method of treating wood to give R tile appearance of metal Is published by the Monlieur de la Uhot graphle. The wood Is soaked for three or four days, according to harilnest*. In a wohnion of caustic .ilkali at a tempera ture of 76 (o 81 degrees f. it |s (hen transferred at once lo a bath of hydro sulphite of ■ ulcium. to which a saturated solution of sulphur in caustic potash Is added after a lapse of twenty-four hours The woo*l should remain In thtw hath at a temperature of 36 tu So degrees (’. for about 48 hours Finally It should be soaked for iilwu* thirty to fifty hours In a solution of acetate of lead at a tem perature of 36 to ifl degree* C. The*** stnceaalve baths take some time, but the effect is surprising After the wood has been dries) at n moderate temperature. It may bt< polished wllh a burnisher of hard wood, sand acquire* a brilliant metallic lustre which may be hlghlteud by pre viously rubbing the surface with a piece of lead, tin or zinc ansi using a glass or porcelain burnisher. The wood then re xs mhles a metallic mirror, and II la very hard and strong. —A South Side man residing In a big apartment house has been robbed two or three mm s In the past year and Anally grew ilresl of It and set about devising some means of warding off the robbers which woual not necessitate soms one re maining In the fl.it every evening, says the Chicago Chronicle. Not only does he leave the gas lightest, but he ha* purchas ed a phonograph which talks In loud and resonant tone for a time and then thrown out a few remark* In a sleeper voice, ac companies! by much laughter. The rec ord is that of a conversation between two n4en anil wa- mads to s>rder. The listen er outside the door of the Hat would swear two large, burly men were In Ihe room, •nil. aa the conversation I* a long one r. lative to the ease with which one of the m**n threw two other men downstairs a few nights before. It Is calculated to make a burglar pause and rert-ct A megaphone horn Is attached to the ma chlns. which Increase* the volume of the voices, ansi when Ihe owner of the sievlce wishes to take his wife to the theater he sets the reps at switch, which will repro duce the conversation us long us the bai ts r> lasts, turns on the ma.hlne and goes blithely away. He has not been robbed • Inc* he Invented the device. —When a man or woman goes Into u Shop In Chin* a clerk, with much cere mony. bring* fragrant lea. which is served Ir. line alyl*. siys th, s*n Francisco Ex aminer Thr < ompliments of the season are exchanged, there are Ulka about ihe weather—in fact, every kind of evasion Is employed to keep away from the real reason of the vls.lt. which Is to buy some thing The proprietor solemnly watches Ihe*e proceeding* from afar The style of compliment Is of this order "In what Celestial country did your exaited excel lence purr-base the superfine garment* upon whl.-h I feast my eyes? Hurely in no miserable and unworthy land like our own'' When the tea and talk are ex hausted. the little pipe bearer, who al ways attends hi* master or mistress out of doors, lights a pipe for his rmployer Thr re are orly a few whiff# in each pip*, to!, so the proreo* has to be frequently repeated Then business begin* The shop. ,or asks ths price of the required article and nicks* an ofTer for It that Is much lower This Is promptly refused In lan guage that Is courteous and pollt* bs vond description Then the posalbls pur chaser departs with great dignity and le gitice. When a bargain Is com plated the purchaser never pay* for It himself. The chief Steward It called, notified that the <! ' I'.l; com... i rthe "hoy settle* It, giving an account quarterly to his master of money disbursed for th hoiMahold. Mon ey, as we have It. la unkonwn In China There are no silver dollar*, no fractions of dollars, as quarter* and 10-oent pise** no pai M, r bank note*. There la a colli call-d "cash" with a hole punched In th.* middle, that I. used for small transac tion*. Cash can be strung like beads on a string It takes 100 piece* to equal in* va,u* of on* standard cent. Oold I* oqjy used for ornament# m China, navar f*r current coin. The Quakers Are Honest People, §6 ■ . Hri uTTu . atrxnrth „.1 th wv'x xv.t.^ It lx x BMdlctnx for xrxak women. It w . purely vfgctablx tnexllclnr and can tw (akrn by lha moxt dxlicatx Kidnxy tx. rxxxa. Rhrumatlim and all dlra, of .s, Hloo.!. Stomach and narxra auon xuccumk lo Ita wooderfu! rffectx upon th* human xyxtam. Thousand, of paopl* tn (.aorgla itcomnxnd It. Prtc* 21.00. QUAKER PAIN BaLdl lx thx md!(-r that the Quakar Doctor mad* aU of hn wondarful quick curaa with. It * at and wonderful aardklna for Naur*.,u Toothacha, Backacha. Rhrumxttxrs. Spralna. Pain In Bowla. In fart, all p* a can be relieved by It. Price 2hc and mu. QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAk * medl.aied aoap for tba akta. acalp *ad complexion. Price 10c a cake QUAKER HE AEI NO SALVE a -XV tabla ointment for the cure of (ett<r, xe. tema and rrupttoM of Ota akin Prloo 10c a box. FOR SALE PT ALE DRUGOIST* Ocean Sieainsnin Cos. -roR- New York, Boston —AND— THE EAST. Unaurpaxxed cabin accommndalior.x All tha comforta of a modarn hotel. Eiactne U(hta. Unexcelled table. Tlckau Inclui* meals and bertha aboard ahlp. Passenger Fares from Savannah. TO NEW YORK-FIRST CABIN. El. FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP. 232. IN TERMEDIATE CABIN. 216. INTERME DIATE CARIN ROUND THU'. U. BTEERAOE. 210. TO BOSTON - FIRST CABIN. G; FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP. 3* IN TERMEDIATE CARIN. 217; INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP. 2AA STEERAGE. 211 75. Tha expreaa ateamxhlpa of thla llna an appointed to aall from Savannah. Central (90(h) m-rldlan time, aa 'ollowe: ■ AVA.MAM T’O SEW YORK. TALLAHASSEE. Capl. Aaktna. TUES DAY. Oct. 16. 11:00 a. tn. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt THURBDAY. Oct. 16, 1 00 p m NACOOCHEK. Capt. Smith. SATURDAY, Oct. 30. 3:00 p. rn Kansas city .rapt Fisher. Tues day. Oct 23, 4 30 p m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. B'r*. WEDNESDAY. Oct 24. 5:00 P m TALLAHASSEE Capl ArklnX. THURS DAY. Oet 25. 6 30 p. m CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daxrett, SATURDAY. Oct. 27, 7(0 P m NACOOCHEK. Capt Smith. TUESDAY. Oct. 80 10 (10 p. m NOTlCE—Steamahlp Cltv of Rlrn-ln*. ham will nol earn - r.a*xrn*cr AKM YORK. TO UOhTOM. CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage. WED NESDAY. Ocl 17. noon. CITY OF MACON. Capt. Bavage. MON DAY. Oct 22. noon. CITY" OF MACON, Capt Savage. FRI DAY Oct 26 noon CITY OF MACON. Capt. Bavae, WED NESDAY. Oct. 31 noon. Thta company rea-rvex the r!*nt to rhxntr* Itx xatltngx without nptlce ahd without liability or accountabUlty there for. _ Satllnax New York for Savannah Tuex da ya Thuradaya and Saturd.iye SCP p m W. O BREWER. City Ticket and P.a enxer Aaent. 11/7 Bu)l street. Savannah. E. W SMITH. Contractlnx Fraiiht Apent, Savannah. Oa R O. TREZEVANT. Ajent, Savannah. Ga. WALTER HAWKINS. General A*nt Traffic Dept. 234 W. Bay street. Jack sonville, Fla E H. HINTON. Traffic Manager, Sa vannah. Oa p. E LB FEVRE, Manaper. Naw Pier 35. North Rlvar. New York. N Y Merctionls 8 Miners Traiisporlotisn Go Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Philadelphia Ticket* on Sale to All Point* North *wl West. Flrxt-claxx tickets Irelude meaD *t' ! * bertha Savannah lo Baltimore and I’hilx delphla Accommodallonx and culaia* unequaled. The elcamxhlpa of thl* company are ap pointed to call from Savannah as folio*’ (Central Standard Time): TO BALTIMORE. ITASCA. Capt. BUlupa, TUESDAY. Oct -16. 1:60 p. m. DORCHESTER. Capt. James. THURS DAY. Ocl. 18. 2:30 P m _ TEXAS Capt. Eldrodjte. BATI RHAT, Oct. 30 4 p. m. Sailing* from Baltimore Tuesday*. Thursdays and Saturdays at 4:60 P tn. TO I*4lll. ADS7L.PH IA. ALLEGHANY. Capt. Foster. MONDAY. Oct. 15. 12 noon. BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan. FRIDAY, Ocl. 19 3:36 p. m . . Salllnpx from Philadelphia avery day* at 3 p. m Ticket Office No 113 Bull atreel. J. J. CAROL AN. Agent. NEWCOMB COHEN, Trav. A*l - Oa. W. r TURNER. O. P A. , A D. STEBMNS. A. T M J. C. WHITNEY. Traffic Manager General Office*. Baltimore. i!U LOADED AND EMPTY SMELLS. AHnUNITION. CANVAS HUNTING GOODS. GUNS, RIFLES AND REVOLVERS. EDWARD LOVELL’S SONS. 11.1 Broughton Street. Wsa.