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6 §JI)r IJfofning |feto£ IM . Iking >f*l Holldlac Smanmli lira •I'XDAY. OtTOIMJI M, IMOtr. Registered At tbs I‘oatoOce in Savannah Til* MORN INO NEWS !■ pubu!>*4 •vary day In lb* year. and ia aerat'd to •übscriber* In tba city. or sent by niail. at Ibe a mooih. M<* for au inonUi*. autl MOD law on* > ear Tba kuH.VIXaI NBWB. by mall. *l* time* a wsak (without Sunday i**u*y. three moiuha, (1 1)0. era ma*.tb* Ml*, one year M uv Tna WEEKLY NEWS. 2 laauea a weak. Mot.day and Tburtday. by mud. on* yaat. *l.o®. ■ubscrlptione payable In advance. Re mit by poatal order, check or rcgtelerd tetter. Currency aeni by mail at nak oi •endara. Tran-lent advertlaemenla, other than apectal cotumn local or reading noitcaa, amuaementa and cheap or want column 10 cane* * line. Fourteen tinea oi **> type—equal to on* Inch equare In depth la the aiantlard of measurement. Contract rate* anti discount mat!* known on appli cation at buslneew oßlc*. Order* tor delivery of the MORNING Newa to either reskL-r.ee or place of feuatnrea may be made hy poatal card or through telephone No. 210 Any irregular ity In dellvory should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegram* should bo ed dreased "MORNING NEWS." Savannah. Ge. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 rark Row. New Tork city. H. C. Faulkner. Manager. ~~ 24 PACES. INDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Meetings—Prumiil Vnlon nf Anuriev; Meeting of Cltlxen* and Parent* ue to af ternoon School*. Special Notice*— Schwar*'* Cafe; Paint* aii.l Houae Painting. Savannah Hull I tng Supply Company; Itrlrk. Andr. w Hanley Cos; Electric Supply Com pany; Spec ail Notice, W. C. Prlpp A CO.; Ilor*o Clipping. Jamea F. Furlong; •pc, ul Notice. Former Plumhln* Inspe - tor rvatrorf; The South Side lianefttx Academy; W iiman's Kxchai g"; II K..hl 19 York Street, poet, Maionli T. mrl f pharmacy; Hoyal Music llill; Notice to Ladle* of Savannah a* to Agency for Sa vannah for "Queen Qualify Khoa; Tho mas Special Salea of Bicycle*; S oil & Havla; navid Clark, upholalercr; Tribune Bicycle*. M. V. Conneral; Holmkma Cafe; Tha Bed Heart Cincinnati Beer; l"ark Avenue Pharmacy. Al Joyce’# To inoriow; J. W. Hook Bualner* Notice* —Fine Cordial* and Liquora, The S W. Branch Cos.. Damon la. Hunter A VanKeuren. Dry C.ood and Mllhnery-At Gutman * Auction Bale* Wharf Property, by You ■nan* A Dcmmond. Auctioneer*; Hand •ome Dining Hoorn Furniture, by C. H. Domett. Auctioneer. Auction Sale, by S*- vannuh Auction Commission Company. No Better Wheel Value* In Savannah- Win A H. H. Baltimore. Cigar—Huml*>l<!t Oa* r - Fishing Tackle —Edward Bovell'g Kona. Tilt “Elk" Umbrella —H. H. Bevy A Bra Baundry-K. A W. Bnundry. Trunk*—Southern Trunk Frlory. Shoe* for Ctorreet Dreeaei*—Globe Shoe Store. Our Choice Slectlon*-Cohen-Ku!num Carriage ami Wagon Company. Harnett ami Ka.Vilet—l,eo Frank. Financial—Jacob Berry A Q.. New York; F. A. Roger* A Cos.. New York. Our Opening. Nov. I.—B. If. Bevy A Bro. Begat Notice—Notice to Admiralty Brig antine Pablo. The Smartest flood*—At Watah A ■layer'*. But Well—The Fa moo* Rat Well Gela tine and Salad Pressing. Foot Wear Fashion—Chat. Mark*. Attractive Price* at Headquarter*— George W. Allen A Cos. Bike' Street Fair and Grand Carnival, Savannah. O*.. Nov. 5-17—Dow Hate Kx curidon Ticket* Via Central of Georgia Railway. Tha Noweat Fall and Winter Noveltlea— At the Ree lltva. Men Are Buying Good Clothing—At the Metropolitan. Price Dial—This Week—Al Morrlaoa'a. The Economy of the Gaa Itangc—Mutual Gaa Company. When You Are All Tired Out and Your Feet Hurt You Go to— Ryrk Hroa. Statuary—Tho*. We*t. A Cos. Two Dree* Goode Bargain*— Foye A Eckstein. The Completeneaa of the Four Depart manta—At Hogan's. Fashion. Bike Nature--Al I-evy'*. A Better Store Then Ever—Bcksteln'a. Poetum Food Coffee— Pwtum Cereal Cos. Beef—Bleblg’a Extract of Beef. Medical—Dr. Hathaway Cos.; Hood's Sar saparilla. Bydta Pinkham * Vegetable PHI*; S. B S ; Blood Balm; P. P. P ; World'a Dispensary Preparations; Peru ra; "77" for Grip; Munyon'a Blood Cure. Cheap Column Advertisement*—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted. For Beni; For Sale; Dost; Personal; Miscall.ineoua. The Ui'Hlbrr, The Indication* for Georgia to-day urn for ruin. fresh to brisk northeasterly winds possibly becoming dangerous no Uin coast; and for Eastern Florhla. partly cloudy weather. with fresh north to Port h**t winds. A- nrdlng to a story from flyraruse. N. T , tort, the defaulter of tha First Na tk I'ank of Nr w York, was not thr first o his family to so wrong In that manner Forty-one year* a so. It Is elated, 111* father. Cornelius Alvord. Sr., was ac cused of embers.in* fityt.orn from the Salt Sprints Bank or Hytacuse, though he >■< hot prosecuted because hie relatives and bondsmen made the deficiency pul • s The treat host of the friend* of Judge Robert Kaltlgunt, distributed throughout the state, would be more than pleased to see him the successor of (Jen. Clement A. Evans as commander of the Georgia I>l- Tialoti of United Confederate Veterans Judge Palllganr* record, his, attainments and Ills genial, charming personality, would make him on Id- .it commander of the Georgia survivors of the Ixmm Cause. It would be a graceful thing for the con vention to tender bun lbs offi.s uuani- Lptows./. ' V *OT (OMQI’BtBD VET. ftom# month* *ro the British by proc- I* mat too (krlarftl the Orange Frw f*taie i part of their fmp re end on Friday by th* earn** pot? of r*-rrmvny th* Tran*- Mini wti# dac lured lo be pert of their rm l*4re Hut th© wir In Houfh Africa 1# no* yet over Th* Hoars re Mill hopeful of winning their Independence, . ..©y #r© carrying on a guerilla warfare that b* worrying th#* Itrittih * great 4ml. Wr Hleyn. ex -I'resident of th© Orange Frw fl’ute, decinre* that Kourfeshurir I# the c ipiml of thikt #t te. and he In do ing hi* utmost to re aptur# the *!•© from the British. If dor* nof of rourw look a If he would be Ktj' f * oful, but something muy hopp*n to aid the cauM he repre sents. The British have possession of the capital of the Trinnaiil and nio*t of the Transvaal territory, but It require* m pretty big army lo hold it* The Bor* p how no signs of yielding Then* t* ground for saying that Preei* dent Krueer h# Mrnrig hope* that lie will • omplUih In lv trope something for hi* country. There r© Irvllcttiona that he * ill bo u.irmly welcomed In Fran'** nt'.d *otne of the o’her Kuropean roun trie From one #r more of them he ni-> Mirffel In !?<•■#frig i**i*lgnce, though. **• fhi* time. f doe* not look •* If h* would. He in however, a man of Indomitable will ti l iHifDMci rrmeh morn than ordinary ability n* * dtplomAtlit. Tf> Ho* r* have made * brave fight for independent e and deeorvo iu>methi g bet ter than unconditlonitl gurronder. It I* • ertaln, however, thot If ony ntlon ehouM extend them * bolping hand It would Nromo Involved In a costly w r with (lrf.it flrltafti. flesidr*, the ntten tion of about ll of the I’ow'ors of Kuropo la now #* *uplel with the conditi on of af fair* in ('hma. and it M*omii to b* the policy of (in .it Hritain to keep them o engaged. There |p . thing upon which to ba* an opinion •** to how long th* Iloem inl#md to keep up th* fight. They il> not *eem lo lie dlentiyed by the gloomy pruiprct that O; "i* up befor** them. While It doe* not *eem proS.ibl* thut they can win their independent* they may purreed In forcing the ftritlxh government to grant thetn b**tr tegrm* than It now e#*m* dlvposed to and. Though the lioam hava receive*! nj rmiteri.il old fixm any onr of th# nu tlon* they know they hn%* tlr* t#*t wiahe* of lllerty loving peopl* the world over for th#dr aucce**. rOTTOM l>*l It l\( K* It dre# not seem to u* that the re .l yon* gb <*n for a higher rate of inauvwnc# on exjiort cotton at lot* |**>rt ere eatlufac tory According to what Mr J. M Bar nard Mid In n Interview. pubUnhed In the Morning N#*w ydateriUiy. ** large a percentage of th# rot ton-laden ve**el from N*w Or I# ana touch .it Norfolk for cool a* there doe# from thl# port, and 8 ilp# get out of our harbor with a# much fa llity n# the haibor of New Or leans). It may he tlia *t New ) *rlAan* cotton 1* ntowd a llttlo l*etter than here, hut of thnt there I* a question. There ha* Iwen n gre.it ad\ance In this roapect here In recent years. A* far ith wo can nee. therefore, export er * here have ample ground for miking a vL'drou* protect ugitlnst the dlwrunlna■ tln In favor of Now Orleans In tha met ier of Insurance. Ina.#**! of (taring h *ix (♦i*nth of n rent n*re .% hundred for tri urnrce, they ought to Ie paving that much le-*. It I* certain that th* riek from N* w Orleans to Kuropean (xwts In very much gr# a ter than from thl* i*ort to thoee por!*. Thoa w are tntereited In this matter ought to take It up nt once, and make 4i vigorous e ffort to hav# the rat* from thl* port reduced. They cer tainly have good gr>un<! for complaint If they do nothing the present rat* will continue to be exacted. It 1* certain that the insurance companle# will take ull they can get. Th* |H*ople of thl* city outM* of th* cotton Inter l- :rr> also corM erned In thl* matter. au the high rat* of Inaur ance undoubtedly keep* some cotton from coming to thl# |H*rt f<r shipment. Kven now the rallroa<le have to make great com-cNion.* to bring rol on h* r • from point# a* distant 11* Memphis. In order to build up the commerce of our port we must have great advantage# a* com peting |>oris Will our cotton merchant* lake this matter up or will they continue to ruhmtt to the discrimination against them 1 * % *r.W ! F1.1.11W FKVKft THEORY, The'doc'tora nro trying to mak* the vn*s quilo out a terrible little Inecvt that not only annoy* people dreadfully with hi* ringing and biting, but also carrier around with him Ungerou# little germ* of p*r nl' kiu #n*l lcadly fever*. Iteccnlly they have been emlcavorityp- 'to fbow be yond a rhadow of a doubt that If It were not for th* mosquito there would rot b* *0 many caeca of mal.irial fever- that. In fact, the malarial fever germ would t* unable to get out of lli<* ewamp* and other damp pa* ee and make people ill. Dr. Walter Reed, #urg*on in thq United State* army, haa gone h *tcp further than other do tor* In th* **fTrt to make it appear that th* mosquito I* a deadly enemy of the human ra t*. In an article In the current number of the I'hlkidel phla Medical Journal he urMlcrlake* to •how that the jnsky ftnaect l largely re •ponslble for th* eprc.td of yel)>w' fever Hi* tnveatigationa were mail* thl# fall nl Columbia barracks, Qucma*lo#. Cuba. Moequltoe* that had bitten yellow fever paticnU wire turned loon* on U Individ ual# who were non-immunoi. Of thl* number 3 were Infected, and suffered from severe it'e) of yellow fever, and 9 show ed no result whatever It I* staled In I>r. Reed * paper that most of the 9 who were not Infected were bitten by mosqul i.m-w thut had been In contact with very mild ernes of yellow fever. The J who were Infected were bitten by mosquitoes wfrih had bitten |erMns who were suf fering from severe case* of the fever I)r. Reed's paper shows that hla investi gations were thorough *n<l painstaking Ills in*c*rWy Is apparent in what he write*. He Is confident that th* mosquito Is a carrier of the yellow fever germ, or If there Is no germ, then Ihe >el!ow fever poison. One thing appear* cegtafn. and that I* that if the doctor* tominue to insist that mosquitoes and flic* spread diseases peo pl* will ho *0 afraid of th* Insects that they will ins's! upon going around Incased In tnonquito and fly protector*. The “peace'* In South* Africa seem s'"*to be somewhat similar to that in the Phil ippine*. In each eat® “the tagmjr" con unuta to win victor!#* M THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY,’ OCTOBER 28. 1900. HITftJHY FOB omC‘Et(. A completnt that attracted much a**en tlon at the organisation of th* I#egi*la tur- m mat th* northern se< rlon of the state trr ibhed all of the office*. An app* l | from the southern #ection for one little nffle* w unheeded The northern see. lion i f.ot wholly to blame for tnU The politic ;■>* of that tlon h*v* th* and *lr* for office eo atrongly devel* p*d. that whenever an office 1* tn sight they cannot re-let Ihe temptation 10 grab it. Re sides. they stand together arid help each other. They hav* had ’he Mg offices and the tilt!* office* *0 long that they begin to think they are entitled to all of them Hav* we no? In the southern |#ir of the state any po.mcianit shrewd enough to get #n office from the legislature once in n while or get th* governorship or a Fnlted Hfate* Sena’crshlp** Th* next Governor ought to come from a oouthern county If the right sort of an effort la made 4 man from the southern *e tloil can get It. norwithi-tandlng the Im 1 shat a rihii dcil of political work for the nominatival will done during the present session of the J#eiit*lAttire. There*l not a fair-minded man in the •date, who will not admit that the north ern part of she state bad hnd th* gov ernorship without interruption Raig erough The people could rndly lie con vinced th#' they wo ial but In- doim? Jus tice to select the next tJovernor from t .la section. Would it not be well for 4h** pro pie, who will nltend th* Mate fair *t Valdosta thl* week to talk this martyr over*’ Th'-y nr* giving the state the best fair It ha* hnl for a long time, and R It certnln that they could select from *>me one of tho southern count!** a mnn who would do as much credit to th# gubernatorial off! e an any on* v. ho has occupied th# poeitkoi In ro *m yeara. MVhl) BY % \IGMTTMIHT. With the advent of Imperialism we shall, of hav* a nobility, with conta-of arm* and all that sort of thing. Upon the shield of Melklejghn of Nebraska now Assiatunt Secretary of War. there will, or should. I** rmblaxoned a flaming and biasing nightshirt. The thistle, it is said, became the emblem of Hcotland becaus# on one occastovi it save 1 th* country. UkewiM* the nlghtshir# will be com* the emblem of M**lkle)ohn. because It once saved the life of the first person of the mime known to fame. The story of the adventure and the hero ic part in It played by th# nightshirt la Interring The Hon Oeorge I. Mol klejohn. Assistant Reoret irv <f War. was in hi* native state spetibinding for Mc- Kinley. meanwhile leaving hi* office In Washington to b* run by a clerk. Upon the memorable day in point Meiklejohn wm Journeying from one county to an other to deliver apeech. Ncbrxski im of the distance# are magnificent, and m whs a distance of ihia class that M* iklcjohn l-.id struck that day. Before the Journey had been half concluded a * tor in burst In It# fury u|xn the and voti*l head of the x sfffdlhind< r. It wa# n regular gully-washer nntl stone-mover. The prog ress of the buck board was #0 seriously lmpil*d that "hen tho darksx*t>s of night dotal in, Mctkbjohn was still far from hla ohJec#(ve point. Meanwbli#* ihe rain wo* descending and the water rushing In sluice*. The states man of the buck board was wet, cold and tird. Rut his native genius never de serted him for one moment When the darkn*** hecam# Cimmerian, and the stumbling of the horse* nt and the roar of rushing water* admonished 4 he campaign er and his-driver that a crisis was at hand, the Melklejohnl.m genius got in a piece of Its finest work. A less ready and brilliant wit would hove been over whelmed. but Meiklejohn wasn’t even plmswd Knowing that a light wa* the one thing meat needed. 4 he Asolat.int Sec retary of War art about to make one. In his grip was a muslin nightshirt and a hottl* of oil for hi# throat, ond in the driver # hum! r whip. Quickly wrapping the nightshirt about the stock of the whip and knotting it sacuraiy. Meiklejohn poured the contents of Ids oil bottle upon the fabric mop. Then quickly draw ing one of th* three matches he had left over She only dry spot on hi* tronr rs. he applied tha tiny flume to the nightshirt, and had the satisfaction of seeing It burs: into a beautiful and brilliant, although Im provlsed tlnmhenu. And now the thrill cornea In; for just six fee#, four Inches and u quarter from the horses* front feet there rushed a torrent tomethlng bigger than Niagara ond some thousand* of fee? deep. Into which the hon#* must Inevi tably have plunged, with th* blackboard and 14* precious freight, but for the lllum inntlon of th# nightshirt hy the genius of Meiklejohn Thu* for the first time in the political history of th* country since the day* of Tuber Is the nightshirt celebrated in new* and editorial columns, and for th# reason state*! must the Meiklejohn coat-of-arms ttear a flaming nightshirt upon a field of ebon hue nuns nopvFs the tri st pkoim em Th* Ro lalists of Philadelphia were made happy on Thursday hy Kttgvvi# V ivhs. their candidate for pres dent Ho addressed them In the Academy of Muatc of that city, and told them how the trust* would he got rid of lie sail that the only vital Issue of th# c.im-Mlgn had not tc#n touched ui*a hy either of the greit parties. This vital Issue he said, spring* from Ihe private ownership of the meirs of production. lie declared th.it tho BofUtllsta welcomed trusts, because the trusts would •; !** om* of all the mean* of pi sluctloo. which the Hiit‘l.ll - would th u take themssrlvca for the common ue of all. No doubt Mr !>ela was heartily cheered for this solution of the trust p ob cm. The only drawba**k to the Joy of his au dience was doubtless that the time had not already come to take the possessions of the trusts Mr Del# nlso tod hts au dience that under the Ho l.ilatic pr> griiinm** no more would be produced than could be cctnsutnevl at home, and that therefore foreign market* would not be needed If ha could have prorneel his listeners that th* doctrine he pretched would pre\ail within a >tar or two they wtiual liave been far more demonstrative than either McKinley or Bryan* follow ers ar* when their respective leaders make public addrewses. Bx-Her ret ary of War A’ger I* said to he engaged tn writing a lwvk of hi* |*olttl.a| rein In t seances. It I# safe to say that Ocn. Alger knows a great tinny thing* that would prove highly . Interest*! g reading Whether h will writ# them U aaothex matter, v In another column we print a state* ment hy Mr John Hkeiton William# as to why he wall vote the Republican ticket In that statement Mr. Williams #.*>’• h* rep n *ent* ’’KB (jhu employed men < f th# best lass of American < frisen#.** It is difficult o underat ad how Mr. Williams can • ium* to represent the employe* of the Be aboard Air Lin# In so far ns vote* arc .*i 'rued Being American cit lxens. they are at liberty to think and vote a* they please. What Is the matter with Chicago? Is she no longer to keep step with New York'* .Several d*>> have elapsed since New York man w.*s and t< ('l in a fticft of (iOO, and no Uhl- ago man ha** yet heen found who ha* lately stolen SW*.ROO Are th# Chlcngo thieve# going to let the (hievi# of the effete East bent them? M n m 1 —■ -** FKRfIOX %I*. —Mr* Potter palmer ha* bought aev *r * 1 paintings while in Paris The#e are mc-fl> l> iM -dern French artlat# ari®l will decorate th* dining-room of Mrs- I*al tnT s Uhl ago home. —Dr J \V Faeley. profemor of ph vales and geology lrv Well* Coilega, Aurora. N. Y ha* been appointed acting president in fh*' I*l l4 eof I>r W. E. W ater#, who re cently resigned. —lt 1* announced in London that Henry Jam* tl.** novelist, has finally deeided 10 cr 1 hl> long residence In hnt ty an 1 return t* this country. It is ad ied that lie will live somewhere In M*s*achu#ctt* Krt * • t Be tor*-Thompson has he*n In vited to deliver a course of lectures be fore n number >f societies in Oxford, Birmingham and Edinburgh. nd will probably go abroad enrly next spring —Mark Twain protest# that h# Is by no nrv-sn* the travH-Jovtng person he 1* generally represented to be. He says thaf of his thirty-four kwig Journeys thir ty-two were mad# only because they had to be mode —Prof. metaphy*lrn and lecturer In logic and pni; • ophy in the University of rtt An drew#. ha* been appointed to the chair of moral phtloeophy In the University of A v **rdcen. —lt i* rumored that Dr Adam* wld not resume hi* duties ns president of the University of Wisconsin, but that Dr. F A Blrgc, profi .sor of xoology. and re w acting pr j-b nt, will aoon be Install. *l acting president. -Soon after the rescue of Gen. Bnden pnw * I frwu Alufeking he received at least a dor *n offers of marriage from nlng-ie or wslowed women In Etu:hind, win* were desirous- of partners Two or three of realised that they woukl not l>* the ot ly women who made offer# and te|e graplied him in order to get their ofUi* In first. t hhk.ih hits. To civilize the Philippines, At lea,t tn r.‘oh|y Iry, t r hasten to those warlike scenes With stacks of pumpkin pie. —Chicago Record. —Thoroughly Modern.—VlM tor: Is thl* an old hont*>-U'ad. or a mal rn limtnt.on of antiquity? Tcnunf Oh, It's new. brand new. Ttw rrof i.ks In forty places.—New York Weekly. Merciful on Both Sides —Dol'y: Oh. dear* My summer candy bill Is |4'j! Folly: <kx>dntaa! What will your fat iter say? I tolly Well, Irn going to tell It to him |j at a time.—thick. -Mr# Partleigh— I ought to ask Tittle ton. I know*; but I'm afrakl If he comes herr- once ft* 'll be coming all the time P.iriielgh \\o oulil ask him some even ing when Bertha I# doing her piano prac tice.—Boston Transcript. “A Warm Reception —"Bo Ilronner Is the only one In your neighborhood who has hbj ,0 1 Itk fh?** “]'***. arid we tell him he’ll hav* to give a hous* -warming by and by ural Invite u* all Irx. ‘—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. —An Unfortunate Occurrence— Eu lnda —What etahted de row at de station?*' Melinda I>at vulg ih Jim Johnslng went a little too fail. I.u<in*la flow's dat? Melinda—Why, h* frowed a hull rlca puddtu' at d© groom?-Puck. —An old lady who I# very much of a bore paid a visit to a family of her ac qualntanc She prolonged her stay, and finally wild to on© of th® children: "I'm going away directly. Tomnyy. an.i I want you to go part of th© way with me." "Unn't do It. Wr arc going to have dinner >’* soon aj you leave,” replied Tommy.— Tit-tilts. Mr G Ormandlser struggling to car\*e the first turkey hi# wife has ro*r cooked) * Hoy. Mary, the bone# in thl# bird arc thicker than a shad * Ju.-t hear tho knife grit " Mr#. G. )rmandixcr (almost crying with anxiety)—"You must he against the shells. John." "Bhclls?" “Yes. John, don't you remember that you asked mq to stuff the turkey with oysters?* -Brooklyn Life. —Feminine Diplomacy—“ How do you get on with your n* w neighbor#?" “Very nicely," answered Mr* Blyktn#. “We pur sued our usual programme, and a# soon as they moved In pent over and ssked to borrow their wash-tubs, flat Irons, ga>- slovc. and baby grand piano." “But you have all such thing* yourself '* “Of course. What I wanted to do was to head them off."—Washington Star CtKItKVr 4 OIUBK2IT. The Greenville (P. c ) Dally New* (Drm ) says: *'l9oo will be remembered In Houth Carolina a# a m -rrgage-raising year. A few* more years lik* this would get our farmers clean out of debt. "And they can haye just*ns many of thl# Kind of years a# they want If they will only exerrtas wisdom and common •en# —plant plenty of wheat and oats and ra!© their own *hog and homlnv,* and make their cotton their surplus crop." Th# Nsshvlll# American (Dem) says: ' From the way government employes of low nnd high degree are sailing over the country making political speeches and aiding In the work of the Republican campaign, the query naturally suggests Itself, what rea**n 1# then* for their ex istent* at all? If th force can be cut half in two during elections, why not all the year round?" The fjoulsvlllo Courier-Journal (Dem) savs: "Compulsory arbitration has been, by a unanimous vote, condemn* and by th- American Federation or labor. Thl# Is bewildering new# to those of us who have read so much recently from enthusiastic labor champions about the supremo value of compulsory arbitration In th* *lrr©- I resslble war of labor upo4i capital.' " The New York Commercial says: “In ventive emlti# ha* already made the oc cupation of the bank burglar practically a *!ot art.’ It cannot he that the pre ponderance of skill In professional *c. rountat:f.-hlp must remain forever on th* I side cf the thieves who somahow vnauagt 1 to get atnployment ou tho inaldt.A Mark Twnln's Kindness. “I see that Mark Twain has reiumol after his long abseuc* abroad.'' rermrkwl an oid reporter last right, says th© New Orleans Tim#*-Democrat, “but I am sorry 10 not** that he h.;f changed his mind about coming B**.th to I* ture. I hoped *o have a < ban* © to Interview him and Inc dentally, to thank him agiln Ur a big favor N* did me a g‘‘od many years ago. Jt w is* rather an *ed exporitn th* old r i* rtmt wen: on. * 1 was yo nt and green St th# lime and hal Just se cured * trial Job' on a newspaper In De troit. when Mr Clemen* came to the city 10 deliver a I*-a un* It so hap, e #vl th all our ber-t reporters weie off that nifht on a local muubr sat km, and the rtty editor called me up. \ory rductantiy, as 1 thought, and a-s.gne 1 me to have n talk with th* great humorin'. I had step ped out of the office, but was still wl hin ear-shot when the night editor came In. 'Who ha\e you got on the Piemens inter view" I h 1 K 1 ask Thai tew f*l low. the city editor rej lied ‘Oh. #*! the night editor That brief remark filled rm* with mingled amotion*. In which wrath. mort libation and apprehension w* 'e present In about quai quantities I found the humorist stmn ling before the fireplace smoking a briar pip* aid atiltel In a suit of pajamas. His appetrince *tar:l©d me, for I didn't dream that he had time to undress, and I |*romptl> lost toy few remaining shreds of self-p es*s slon All m> questions flew out of mv br.nn like a scattering covey of quail and absolutely the only thing I could think of asking him was how he liked the town. He looked at me quixsleolly. ‘Consider ing that I arrived after dark,' he drawled, 'and wa# driven direct to the theater aid then direct to the hotel, my lmpre*s'or* are favorable. 1 think you have .1 v ry good quality of nrght# In Detroit.’ he ud 3ad altar a p fully equal to th* nights I hav# encountered elsewhere.' That wa* * capital lend but I was too badly rattl-d 40 take It. 1 stumbled through n few idiotic common places, and realising, evi dently. that there wa* no use wasting any more fun <n such a chump, ho an* w* din weary monosyllables. In u few minutes I gave up in dewpair. ’Now. don't make too much of this.' h* remarked as I stortc*! for the door, nnd while the 'motion wa# no doubt prompted by fear that I would write something phen*me nilly stupid It had the rffe t of putting me SiidrWnly at my •-.wo* 'Don’t worry aiiout tht. Mr Clemen#.' I replied. Tm n'* going to write anything at all. ex cept mv resignation.* are! thereupr>n I told him briefly the Mory of my aesigumen4 As I had by that time fully determined to throw* up my Job nnd was no longer apprehensive. I supi<o*e I told it easily and naturally. At any rate hi* eye* twinkled. rd when I rime to the part about the night editor he threw* back hlf h* id and roared with laughter. 'Hold on!* he exclaimed when he caught hi# breath. ’w'd hav* to turn the tables on that fellow, wire* Just sit down there with your j*per and I'll wee w ieth*r I 1 can’] die taste sometiiing ' I ol>eyel in a suri of dare. nr..J h Ih can striding up and down 4he room, puffing his pipe and | running hi# finge rs through hi* bushy htilr. In half an hour he had given me ! a column monologue about his experience* on the train coming In. The road was notoriously ramshackle affair, and he 'roasted* K in his happiest vein. 'Now, >ou must cut that up Into paragraphs,' he said when he got through, and wllng In a fiv questions here and there 40 make it look dlaloguy. Ttirn I think you'll have about wht want.* When I turned in my copy the city editor nearly fell out of hi* chair. 9 His astatDlimen* pleased me more than a raise in s nary, lut I was a lit#l© disappointed In ihe and nipinor of the night alitor. I expected j he would look #hurn-d and remorseful, hut he didn’t He merely remarked that appearances were deceptive* which I t took os unkind." The Host. From the New York Tress An Angel walked the battlements afar in God s great Glory. And beckoned in the saintly Prayers that up the spacas cam# Each mounted swift on vlolat wings to bear P# snow-white story Up ner the Throne where Mary sat W’Mliin a tender flame. Each holy Prayer a being was that stayed a day in Heaven— Idk.’ p ent I .* little children ar, so pure and sweet were they— -1 And each unto an Angel host, for the sun's round was given. To entertain and bid it speed upon Its homeward way. Now. one there came that had a hue of purple and of ararlet; Its lisping wings w©r* crimson-veined. Its heart was beating red; It bore th* Mark upon its brow that God put on the harlot. And on the radiant rarn|>art the watcher veiled his head . It lay hofora th*- Vlrjtln'a Throne; her lt form phrank un.lcr. It folded up !:* rainbow win,* and Mlthwi ami Itowrd u. facr; And all tha allrnt prayar-soul* nnsod round tn <-urimi wonder. And marveled al tho wonderment that mazed Iho rhlninic place. Not ye; know F'aradlrc a (rrlf, ainra Go.I tho Falhrr wouhi not, f For rin can never enter where the brlpht sword flamea and veer* And all the Angela were afraid and would have wepi, hut could not (No! knowing name of Badness, naught knowing they of tears). And II eohhod. above the soiur, a cry went up In Heaven— A cry that shrilled alonir tha bars and wavered o'er the pit— ’’Oh. *lve to me the crimson Prayer, to cherish till ihe even. For I am Mary Magdalene, ye who wot not of It!" —Post Wheeler. Bhe atuok In the Family. One of the sterlea that the late Senator Palmer was fondeat of telling had lo do with an aged Rentlewoman besriiiK Ihe same name as himself, who live* some - down on the eas'em shore of Vir ginia. In the county where Senator Pal mer's itrandfelher * bom. saytt tho Waehinßion Post. One of the Senator's tVashlnston friends haiipened to meet the old lady down there, and naked her If she were not a kinswoman of his. She did not know, hul Ihouirht perh.tp.t she might be The Bentleman was of Virginian descent, was he not? And In the Fnlted Stales Senate? Yes, she wtts quite sure he was a kinsman •'Was he In Ihe army?" she asked "Yes," answered the Senator's friend, "he w.i ra the army and a yener.il '• The old lady was positive ho was a re lation. "But," went on the friend, "he was a' (general 111 the Fnlon army.” The old lady's face fell, but she rallied bravely. "Well." she said, "yo \ know there * a black sheep in *ry family.- Planelble. A llttlo boy fell out of Ihe bed at his home In Idlewlld some nights a*o, says the Memphis Scimitar, and when hla mother and some of the other members of ihe family teased him about it he felt | very much as If he had done something ! dlsgrieeful. anti cried as If hts little heart | would break. Hla mother saw that she was on the wrong tack, so she ceased to tease him | and made the other* quit doing so. nl made a show of sympathy by asking; "My child, how on earth did you come | lo fall out of Wf "I don't know, mother." he replied, ("unless I went to sleep right where 1 got SORE HANDS Red, Rough Hands, Itching Burning Palmsand Painful * Finger Ends ONE NIGHT TREATMENT Soak the hands on retiring in a strong, hot, creamy lather of CUTICURA SOAP. Dry, and anoint freely with CUTICURA, the great skin cure and purest of emollients. Wear, during the night, old, loose kid gloves, with the finger ends cut off and air holes cut in the palms. For red, rough, chapped hands, dry, fissured, itching, feverish palms, with shapeless nails and painful finger ends, this treatment is simply wonderful. 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No other soap ever compounded ts to be compared with It for preserving, purifying, and tieautlfrlng the sktn, scalp, hair, and hands. No other foreign or domc'ttc toilet soap, however expensive, ia to be compared with It for all tha purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Thu# It combines In owr. Soar at Oxc TfUCB, vis., Twenty five Cents, the best skin and complexion soap, the bast toilet and best baby soap In the world. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor, eiiTiniOA <’asisns* Cctic ** #o*r f3tc .lo eissns* h* sktn of crust* •n-1 aesim sa<l ntiw the rue ifuehn#4 rirttsto, Cm< • •* OtsvatT <j#e t. lo ‘r.atßHtiY uu? ttrli'fig ss4 'mu**a sad ** •noP),ndh*sl.ad*.'vti*raA v*V ty* t.io tool *a<l clmam tfer blood- Sol#thrwab> •1*25 outUi.ffiwu ferns Data as# Casa-Cssr . *>i Props . Bmioo. ITEM* OF INTEREST. —Extreme frankness characterlies et least one business man of Ottervlile, Mo. Ho closed up his store and left thl* police stuck on the ilook: "Gone to the street fair al Sedalku Will be back when I get ot>er —At the birth of a Japanese baby n tre- Is planted, which must remain untouched until the marriage day of the child. Winn the nuptial hour arrlve-s the tree l* cut down, and a skillful cabinet-maker tran-t --hirme the wood Into furniture, wll h I* considered hy Ihe young people as the most beautiful of ell ornamenta of the house. —An enormous and !nerea*!ng amount of burlap la used In this country'. VU.'iO,. tso yards a year. It Is ald. Burlap l used for making bags. It figures In coal linings, among other things, and Is even entering. In a dre*srd-up state. Into wall co\erlngs Rut It Is chiefly used for packing and wrapping, and with our Increasing export trade great quantities of It are demand ed. —The Hawaiian board of health has rul ed that no politicians can go lo the leper s* ttlements to address tho patients there on questions of the day. An aigrllcatien from National Committeeman C?ornwell of the Democratic party to send three rep resentatives there was turned down by the board and the general rule mmle that no spell-binders would be allowed al the settlement. —By order of the London school board Ih* teacher* In all the aehnols of that clly have tested the sight of the children un der their rore. Over 22 per rent w-re found lo have defective vision. Th e chil dren were given notice* In which the an nouncement was made lo their parents that Ihe pupils were suffering from se rious defective vision and that their eyes should bo treated by ocullsta without de lay. —Mrs. Ruth Shaffner Etnlrr. the flrsf woman superintendent of schools In Forlo llteo. w ho Is spending a short lime al her home at New-vllle. Penn., ray* that the educational progress of the Island Is gratifying "I'hapciVMis," sits adds, ‘ rule tho social life and show no signs of step ping Into th* background a' Mis Colum bia 4 * approach, but lovemaklng proceed a right under their eye. The matron sits In Ihe room and Isn't even asked lo linn her head aside at the m->et sentl-nental moments. I observed this accidentally through the window of my horn.-, which looked aero-' the street a few f.el wit* Into Ihe residence of one of Ihe th-'.uat families of Porto RICO If a cavalier Is not accrpiahle to ihe father he room opposite his sweetheart's dwelling nnd they converse with signs for a few hours each elay. When there is a de* h even the babies wear mourning. Minora arc turned lo the w all, and the women of the family are not seen outside their homes for six momhs " —Dr. Edgar James Rtnk. recently Foiled Slates Consul at Bagdad, ha* b-, n chosen director of the pro|cd expedition lo excavate Mtighelr, which la supposed to he Fr of the Chaldee, where Abraham and Korah were l>orn A meeting wra held In this rltv Ihe other dav to arrmxn for raising Ihe necessary money. The ex pedition Is under the susplees of Fre.d dent William ft Harper of the University of t'hlcago, as president, with the follow ing as vice president*: Bishop* Potter and Hurst. W. F Whitney nnd F N. Pelouhet, of Massachusetts. R. It, McLeod, leld r Rtrau* and Beproo-ntatlvc Hill. "Tho work." say* Dr. Hanks, "which th* ex pedition 1* urglertaklnjr ha* received the approval of Ihe Piate D< paidmenf. will h has requested -*b Turkish lmerrm.nl to grant permission for the ex. atatlon* lo be made. A careful estimate of the ro*l of the work for one year, with a staff of two American* and a force of one hun drd native workmen, is R3MO. ThL sum. trifling In comparlwon with Ih.- results which It may yield. I* being ntl-el with the hope ihal the excavation* roav begin before ihe end of Ih* present year." —Mr. Hogarth, the director of the English school at Athens, lies recently re lumed to England and gives an account of Ills excavallorw in Ihe of Zeus among Ihe Fretan mountain!, about 2.UUU feet aliove the level of Ilk- sea This c ave Is sacred to Zeus, because he I* sup. |MMI to have been hidden therein hy hi* mother. Rbcsi, to save- him from hi* fath er. who was addicted to rnnnihallsm. For teveral year* post discoveries of ancient relics have been mad by ihe natives. Mr. H.igart therefore, determln.el lo system atically explot* the cave, rays the 8, lentlf- Ic American, ond for several month* past he has been employed in this task, mak ing many remarkable dlScAiverle* During ihe excavations one day a laborer rested hla candle In a little niche, with ihe tm m*. I kite result that a sclnlllllatlng bril liancy • emitted from some object be hind It Examination proved It to be an offering pl.t.ad there over 2.0fi0 years ago In other r.lohe* of the stalactite# ptltnr* were unearth*.! w<at>on*, needles nnd many olher similar curios, valuable relics of whal hud been offered to Zeus. To en able Mr. Hog art to carry out hi* work with complete thoroughness women were employed to explore Ihe Gave, sin'* lh*lr eyes are sharper than those of men They withdrew the Iresoures from their secret hiding places hy small Iwerxet* and were extretrelv zealous In the work, for Ihe simple reason lhat Mr. Hogarth hand somely remunerated them for everythin* 'hsy discovered So successful have been the researches Ihal Mr Hogarth estlmalss that It will occupy him seven years to ,tudy and ciatalfy th antiquities. Ocean Si!iio Got -FOR- New York,Boston -AND THE EAST. Unsurpassed enbln sccommodallcna. AU th# comforts of a modsrn hotel. Lisctn# lights. Unexcelled tabls. Tickets Liclud* tneais and berth* aboard ship- Passenger lares irom SavaaDil TO NEW YOKK-FIRBT CABIN. *. FIRST CABIN ROUND TKIR. (32. IN TERMEDIATE CABIN. *l4. INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIF. (24. STEER AO E, (10. TO BOSTON - FIRBT CABIN. (22; FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP. (M IN TERMEDIATE CABIN. 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