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KAHTUIK OFFIhC, 3 IDrk R**w.
New York city. II C. Faulkner. Manager
SMI lu IEW IDVEITISEIEITSk
Meetlnpr—Becond D.srt t Club; Fourth
District Reynold# Out>; Oeorgla Chapter.
No. t. H. A. M.
Special Ndu ee—Jap per villa lord and
Improvement Company, fthip Notice, J.
V Mima 4k 00.. OoniWgn©©*; Suwannee
Rpring* Water; Notice to Huperior Omtrt
Juror*. Hhip Notice, Btrachsn At Cos., Con
eiym-e*. What the Jar of Pea# at Geil 6c
Quint# Booth Contained; State and Coun
ty Taira. 1W); Froioi at
* Cafe, The Annual Hop of Hi*
viuon No. 4. A. O. H . Nov. 12; Notice
for B*-e led Fid*. W. W. S* arr. Coramo
dor© Savannah Ya©ht Club; Dr. W. W.
Owen* R©eume# Practice,
liueivreea Noli —E. Ar W. laundry.
Geo Stove*—Mutual .ai Light Com
prry.
Auccoxi Bale*—Sal* of Flanoe, ate., at
A. Wlnerlght. Auctioneer,
Soap—Hico
CVreal Food Coffee—Foatum Cereal Com
pany.
Beamahip Schedule—Merchant#* and
Miner* Taantportatloo Company’i Steam
ahlfai.
Bwuco—Lea A Perrin’# Worceatenthire
Banc#.
IW*f—lJeMgs Bx*r®'# of Beef.
Bay, Young Man—Byek Broa.
Com*! a— Thomson# "Glove-Fitting"
Cor eat.
Mineral Water—Hunyodi Janoa.
M-d al—Wrimer'ii Bate Cure; Munyon'e
Kidney Cure, Btuart'e Catarrh Tablet*;
Hood a FUla; Ayer's Pills; Ca^toria.
cheap Ooturwi Advert Iwoienta-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted. For Rent;
For Ki ; Lost; lYrsonwl; Miscellaneous
The Mmilirr.
The Indtrationa for Georgia to-day arc
for rain in the northern, fair in the
southern portion, with fresh to sooth
wind*: nrd tor Eaotern Florida, fair
• rather, with fresh e*t to south winds.
There nr- reasons for thinking that
grandchildren of tha preoent generation
will live to see the conclusion of the
Creene and Goynor case,
Sam Jones' brother Joe. who Is also a
preacher, has leers cured of acaeroa by a
chantfe of religion. Ha had the skin dis
ease for twenty years while a Methodist,
but when he joined the Baptist Church,
ha says, the baptismal waters heal'd him
at once.
Nine young color™! candidates for holy
orders were turned down by Ilishop Tan
ner. of the African Methodist Church. In
Memphis, the other day because they did
not know tha date of the flood, (light of
them fatted to make any reply whatever
to tho question. The ninth said ho
thought the Galveston flood occurred this
year.
Philadelphia, like Savannah. puffer*
from the waste paper nuisance. The olhet
day It occurred to the Philadelphia po
lice that a good way to stop the scalter
lng of paper on tha street* would be so
arrest the eeatterers The plan. It l* said,
work'd beautifully. Maybe It would work
aa well In Savannah as it did In Philadel
lilila.
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A dispatch from I-Incotn. Nch., to the
Herald. announce* that Mr. Itryan will
do no more gnmiitoutf talking or writing
for 4ha newspapers. Whan he writes *n
futur* it will !• for poy. An 4 Mr. Bryan
la right. He ha* a* much right to d‘-
tnari'i oompenrallon for the fruit* of hia
brain a* any other writer. If what he
wilted Is valuable. It ahouUl Ik* p.iui for.
Astronomer* have quit watching for the
leonbla They now le-ileve that the orbit
of the little wanderers In space has veered
to such a degree that they will never
again strike our almo-pher*, provided of
course that the orbit docs not ebang*
again and bring them hack to us. The
present outlook, however, Is that the an
cient Novrmlwr meteor showers have de
parted for gool.
The town of Grafton. HI., ts undergoing
an epidemic of black diphtheria. Physi
cian* believe the disease was communi
cated to person* by rshbtts. The lltsle
animals have been quite plentiful In the
nelghborh-iod tht* fail, and many of them
have been eaten. Recently numbers of
dead rabbit* have been found In the
woods Microscopic examinations showed
tha* they had died of diphtheria, which
furnish*■* strong ground for tha belief that
the epidemic In the town Is due to them
Creased trousers are no longer the cor
ns? thing. To he in go**l form now, on.-
must have wrinkles In bis trousers legs
Item the knew dossil. The Prince of
Wales wear* hts that way. Photographic
testimony of the fact hoe reached New
York, and all of tne chappie* are busily
ngaged accumulating wrinkle*. Now. if
hla Royal Highness will kindly make I*,
popular and correct to wear trouser* Bias
bag at tha knees, millions of mao will
fig* mt sad coil blot bleated-
IBNC44BIU TMF C ITlK*’ 111 IIDFW
Be agree' with Mayor My*ra tha* t •
eft**'t of the hid to tu franchise* h> the
•i v* wil. he to Increase the burden **:
taxation in the cliie* without lncr*'a*ine
It in th rural district#. l*rop *• j ir .*
:tiee i* are idy for more h- avi * n- I
then in th* country-*that i? for state at* .
county purpose*—a re I it pay*. bc*de.< a
very heavy tax for municipal purp*ee#
The rae of taxation in the rltie* • of
cxHirse th# aim* •* it t* in the crountry
but the a*.**'*m*n<a re much e.rrr the
a.dual value of ti e prop*n ThU l* be*
rn ui># in t * tty I* taxed almost
o the limi: of Hu vniue for city purp*ee*,
arul the tax re< eivera for the 'at* foiiow
th# valuation of t >e u seseors for the
cities.
It li worthy of n *:i e that during the
hard tins**, be*we* 1 n * and the state
a*s<^sement* f* . off over litO.OQO(*©. But
w* t rr- Kny r- ! . 100 in the afxe>unt of
property returned in ta ci:le? We have
no; tl < fa ta before u*. but it is a safe
•r r. that re value of the city a*-
. /.-nv*nta was about as large during the
tar i times us It w ■ a w;ien the state
ixa* pr* . porous. T at war be iue the
• tty a --editors kept up the iiKurnenii tn
t:*• . ;11* .*ti th- lax receiver* pro- icady
accepted their figures.
According to rep>r;a which have ap
peared In the pubM. prints. In many of
the counties property I valued for tr e
l>urpo*e of taxation at less than oue-ha f
of its actual value—that leas than half
wj*4t It would bring ut a pub.l * salt . A
ummg that these reports aro oorr* t.
the cities are already paying the state far
more than their fair proportion of the
taxes.
This movement to tax franchises Is an
effort to fird new sourr.a of revenue. It
Is well understood that the pr***nt sources
•r- not f*uttl<i lent, uni* s th© rato of ;ax
stlon Is Increcised Tli© purpose of th.-
Legistilure is t> reduce the rate below
what it Is now. Indeed, the Senate has
already |<ufe4 a bill providing for a con
*tituthx<al am* ndno nt limitli g the rate
tn© face of th© fact that at the last state
el* tion an amendment to the consti ution
was adopted that will increase the pen
sion appropriation fully Ili-G.flid a >ear
Evidently th© Legislator© exi>ecta that
this additional amount of revenue that
will be needed will be paid by th# cities—
by taxe* frrxn franchises which are le4og
ualixed In the Okies.
THb ItH.ll RULItUH.
It I* nearly aivtwva the high roller who
away wtih the ra*h of the bank. It
w.h so In the came of Alvord. tha New
York thjef. who robbed tho bunk
with which ho w a* connected of nearly
|7<*ooo, and it was mj In the ca*e of
iimwn, the H-<*tf!*nt cashier who robbel
4he Newport, Ky.. bank. Aivord. a vxml
lng to reports, fambin). kept fast hour*
iHal lived extravagantly. i<<l Brown, It
I* *all. often spent in a tingle day more
than the amount of his ealary for a year.
What w ere tho (lire* (OT4 ami other
liiiiik officers tkt.ng that they did not
know that Brown was living beyond hi*
maana? Burtly in u place like Newport,
Ky., a man cannot eperwl money lavishly
without (wuslng comnintt, imrticularly If
1: Is not known that he posses*** baric**
means. The truth pmiaftbly 1* tii-at 4i
directors. the president and the cashier of
the bank w*r© far from Ik*trig m care
ful tn the discharge of their dutie* a* they
ought to have been. Will the time never
ome w en l ank directors will feel tha4
they have other bank duties than simply
to lend their nams to the Institutions
with which they are connect ml, and to
l> e# upon certain kinds of appik atlons
for loans? Aw a rule they are men who
art* pretty w .1 n< quaintcd with wnut is
colng on In their respective towns, and
mar of the men who an? supposed to lx
i >(*enUng more than their Income*. It
j -ectn* that it was quite well known In
.Newport tht*4 Awkiant (’ashler Brown
was Jiving be yon* I his means. Why Is tt
that not *ie of the other officers of the
hank heard that he was a high roller?
And is It not strange that he was able
to carry on hla peculations for o long
t% time without being discovered? It It
had not been for a jealous w*mn he
might have stolon not only all of the
lank's funds, hut the lank vault as well.
tefore the directors and president would
h ive known anything atout the matter.
Trie explanation given of the manner In
which he managed 4o conceal hla thefts
doss not appear to be re.isonable. Accord
ing to the newi’qmprr accounta he was
away from the bank fur quite awhile last
summer. Why is It that the hank's losses
were not discovered then? A* a matter
of fjot the hank appears to have run
along without anybody iwving any |*n
tlcular attention to I*. Those are the sort
j >r bank*, usually, that are easy victim*
o' diilHXiMt employe*.
H MI.HO til HI HOIt?.
There doe* not appear to be much foun
dation for the rumors of railroad con oi
blation that are floating a rout Wall
street and rinding their way Into this past
of Ihe oounlry. One rumor I* th.it (be
Southern has purchased the Seaboard
Air I.lnr, and another I* that the Penn
sylvania has obtained con (no? of the
Southern, or has made an offer for It
the offer being# to lease It tor '.OS ye*r*
and guarantee .iv, per cent, on the pic
ferervt stock It Is stated that Ihe
stockholder* warned 5 per cent., and that
a compromise may lie made un the ba
st* of v ier cent. How much truth the.e
Is tn these rumors It I* Impossible to - ay.
but tho chance* are there Is very little.
Ktoi k speculator* are all the while In
venting rumor* with the view of aff<vtltig
one way or tin other the market valu
of certain railway properties.
The Southern Is n very fine ptop-rty
and It H steadily growing In value Tho
owners of It arc not llkclj' to part with
It without the>' get not only Its pre-cot,
but a fair part of Its prospective, value.
A sale of II tn the Pennsylvania I* h r l
ly probable. As for the fteahoard, il*
owner* have hardly got acquaint*d with
It. It appears to have a bright lutuie.
There Is no reason therefore why It should
be sold, except upon term* that wou and
yield s very large profll to those who
have organized It Into a sysl* tn.
~1 . * : * i
augural* 1 as Governor of New Y’ork. nev
ertheless announcement* are being made
alth respect to the thing? that he will
and will not do. It Is stated, for one thing,
that he will not be a candidate for re
election. Oddly enough all of these state
ments a? to Odell's poll y are traced to
Thomas C. Platt. Odell himself does not
know what he will do uuUl utter Plait
has made up Ids mind, ,
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 21, lfO\
oak nowro* PiPtn Mtisfifd.
... jioeton Evening Record. In rom-
M .ntir.g on the Colorado Jynchlng says:
aU bve nothing more to say jn
t and to the lyn nge m te South
;?e deliberate. *u door mid-dav burning
fa negro in Colorado, yesterday, put*
an end to any 1> us* n on that aub
. *t. Henceforth, the n* gro in th*-* coun
try woo be* rnmm.rtcd murder can treat
;* is rnaf’-r nf gxo<l lu k if h© e<-
• apes the stake *'
We have been trying for a long time
■* nuK tie* Boston ptogda understand
that under a im*<ar condition of affairs
mere would leas many lynching *
in th© New La.g.and 9 tit ©a a? in the
Southern mri* It* fore ;h© Colorado af
fair. every time there was a |yn< nlng in
tne Bout.a th* newspapers of New Eng
i.ind. from t - nre t.< to Maine, would
omment on th© barinirlty *>f the people
of th© tiouih. Jn la* t in about every part
of th© North th*r- were many narrow
mtfttjr.i people wl*o looked upon the Bouth
ern paopl* as little better than savage.*
It la i>* w nc riK to Ouwn oi the Northern
peo|de that they are not different from th*
Pf<i ,© of th** Bo xh—that when th© occa
sion arise* they tire Just as quick to re
port t<* lyn* h law as th© .Southern people
are. The r *eon t.iere r© so many m<>r**
lynching© in tim Booth Is that pretty
nearly ail of tne r.*grocs of th© country
a ner©. Most of she nrgroes In the
North hav*- a staniard of inteill
genc© and moroie. By that w© do not
tn* an that the great majority of the ne
groes* of th© South are illiurat© and im
rn al. \N < k m;>ly n< an that •• per
centage of tho- who r© bad arnl vl* iou.-
n large. l*r* tty nearly all of th© crimes
for which negroes ar© lynched are com
muted by negroes of a low order of ln
teUlgence and low at indard of morality
It the r.*gro |e>p>uiaUon of Georgia or
South Carolina wore crowded into Ma*a
* .iiisMts there w'ouid l© as many lynch*
li es In shat atate aa there is in either of
th© Southern states mentioned.
It is gratifying to find that mere Is on©
80-ton pul* r that Is willing to ainiit t/iat
it has been laboring un*l©r a mlsappreaen
smn all the time, th© mleappr©
lienalon being Inat th© New England peo
ple wa re more highly civilized t:mn 4hja©
of the South, and that under no circum
stauc* * Wkiuid negro©© b© lynched any
where In th© North, no matter htv hein
ous the often*©* committe*! by them.
Now that th© Norfti and the Bouih are
getting to understand each tih-r better,
:h© North conceding that it was mistaken
in assuming that it stood upon a higher
plan©, th© Northern tmd Southern peo
ple may be ah|© t* work togr*th*-r hnr
moniouely to bring about a satisfactory
solution of the race problem.
him. c i.ahk m: ißit.tronr
There 1* no doubt that Mr. Clark of
Montana will riptky for a seat in the Sen.
ato with credentials whleh cannot be dis
put* I. There will lw no such objection
raised against lh*m a* there wa* when
ho appilnl for admission last winter. Very
nearly *IIA*r the newly ele ted l#rgl*iatuie
of Montapa urn hi* friend* and support
er*. amt they will give him a majority that
will not be questioned.
Anl hi* bttterest enemy, the nun who
tva* chiefly Instrumental In lue[ilns him
out of the Senate at the In l scsrlott of
Congresa, Is dead. It Is doubtful If lh
friend* of Marcus Paly will caro to keep
up the tight ag ilriKt Mr. t'iark.
Hut tbero la a r*-x>rd which Mr Clark
may flml some difficulty In explaining to
thp satisfacilon of ihoso Senators who
felt a great sjiuput hy for him when.a **Mt
In the Senate wa- practically denied him.
but who. afterward*, dl-covend that their
sympathy was wasted. Tho charge of
bribery was made against him. If that
i hargn be sustained would it he stiff!.lent
to keep him out of Ihe Senate again un
der another election? It I* doubtful If the
old charges will be brought up again t
him. but If they should be. It would Iw a
pretty difficult matter to get a majority
of the Scnnte to vo’e against titan.
It I* probable that Mr Clark hasn’t
many ncrupte* In politics, but It may be
recalled by the Senate that he hail a
pretty bant crowd to flglu when he re
el re. I an election to the Senate the first
time Many of the member* of the Icgl*-
lature which elected him did not have to
he m>proached. In ail probability. The
chances arc that they had their prices fix
ed and approached the candblate*. The
bribing of legislators Is of course to be
condemned In the atrongest terms, but It
1* probable that the Senate would deal
more leniently with a man a ho secured hla
election by bribing those who wanted to
be bribed than with one who held out
tempting bribes to legislator* and was ac
tive In corrupting them. The chances of
Mr. Clark gelling hi* seat are very good.
Fapt. Bowman II Mci'aila'e rapacity
for getting himself Into trouble doesn't
seem to have been diminish.*l In the
least by the stirring scenes of Ihe pant
few years In which he bus taken a con
spicuous and Imnorahle purl. Tbs pres
ent charge against him I* that of "irra
tional and bad management and lark of
dhi'lpllne" obv his >hlp. the Newark. Bonv<
years ago fnpt. McCalls was court-mir
tla led an.l degraded for striking a sailor
on the old Enterprise. In t?lvc service,
however, he proved himself a* brave a*
* lion and as level-headed as could h.
oeslrrd. Ills services in the Cuba cam
paign were *uch a* lo win highest praise
ii.d promotion ami h personally com
manded Ihe murines In Admiral Kcymnur'a
recent remaikablo expedition against Pe
kin.
The Populists of Kanwis. |t Is said, are
Inking steps to form anew party. John
VV. liriudcnthal a> at the head of the
movement. The platform. It Is said, will
be broad enough "to catch all of the
reform elements, and also the Democracy
of she Fotith and Want. 1 * It Is not likely
that the Democracy of the South will be
again "caught" by the Populism of ihe
West. Hereafter tbs* Democracy of th*
Bouth and that of the North will proba
bly be found acting io<?her. since their
Interests are together. If ihe West wishes
to rome along also, well and good.
Nov. 17, or Is t Sunday, was the one
hundredth annlver-ary of she first meet
ing of Congress In Washington The meet-
Ing was the second session of the Sixth
Congress The first session adjourned In
Phllad* Ipi.la on Maj- 14, lb*>. after having
directed that Its next sesvlon should be
held in the city *>f Washington, which
had been **iecl as the permanent seat
ef government. A celebration of the cen
tennial anniversary of the transfer of the
government will be held In Wavhlnston
un Dec. 12. Two years agq Congress pro
vided for tin celebration.
The v. rtter in China ut desuned to l-e
cne of deep*'rat hard-h.ps to the native*
>f the norihern proriivr*©. Owing to the
divta^bcr.r©a th©;r croj<- have b**en n©,;-
le t* U or d* atroyed, <u**i the uaual tttp
j*ije§ of fuel have no been provided
Titer© will ha atarvatsai and suffering
fr-xr told. Nevertheless the Chinese era
said to look forward to the coming of
severe wew.her with plewsurt, since the
i end bop snow* ai‘ {©it a -lot* to the
activity of the allies, whose punitive ex
ledition* are robbing, hurtling and
**u tig it* e ring.
Tf© uccess of the new Philadelphia-
Savannah steamship Une has l*©* , n little
short >f ph*r. m*rul Already there is a
demand for more freight room, whk'h the
xnpany will speedily supply by putting
on another ship Th© commerce between
the two i-orts give# good promise of be
coming much larger, so that still other
ship# mn>* have to be added to the fleet.
The quick success of this enterprise
shows what publicity, backed by merit.
r a ompdfh To the l'hllad* Iphfa Re
cord Is due much of ih credit for th**
a chlevement.
An eft *rt was receiitly ntad© in New
York to have th© next international yacht
r' © saifcd off Newport, for the reason
that September winds off Bandy II- ok arc
fitful and often dtait*'>intlng. whereas
the Newport waters can usually be de
pend'd upon for a spanking breexe How
ever. Blr Thoms-* Li( <*n has squ<-lch*Hi
the movenu nt by expressing hirnaeif in
favor of tne old Bandy Hook course. H* a
wains to •Tiff the cup upon the earn©
ourae whr© It has been so often suc
- ewsfully defended. He is a sportsman of
the right sort.
Richard Yates, the Governor-sd**cl of Illi
nois. Is quoted as saying that he dvtna It
the high* ft honor conneciel with hia
camjk*ign and election to be able to take
back hia aged mother to tha executive
man-ion. where she nursed him as a suck
ling
Pennsylvania Is a pretty prosperous and
progressive state; r* vertheb-.-a Georgia
beat her In percentage of gain of popula
tion during the past ten years. Pennsyl
vania's gain was 19% p* r cent, wail©
iStorg a'a was 20.6.
nsHMUAL
—The Isir Henry Vlltard gave away a
great deal of money during hi* lifetime
In addition to numerous hem factions be
stowed on European charitable and edu
<at lona | Ins* Hut ion*, he contributed lib
erally to Ihe following Amer.> an object*:
The Oregon and Wo-tilngton Rtate Vnl
versl'le*. Harvard, t'-dumtua. the Metro
politan Museum of Art and tho Natural
History Museum In Central Park.
—Ambassador Joseph Choate Is going on
H round of visit* to variou* conns ry houses
In England und Scotland This seem* to
he the regulation IhUig for our atnbas
sslor at the Court of S. Jam's', for
every autumn the people of the nobility
offer their most cordial hnapltaltty so our
dl*tliigul*n<*l representative*. Mr. Choate
tin* Just left laird Salisbury's coun
try house at Hertfordshire, oral 1 now
v,siting laird Roar be-y at his country sent
at H.ilm< ny l'urk, Edinburgh.
—Frederick P To; |ien, presklent of the
Gallatin National Hank of New York,
hi* been In Wall street for tlfty year*
and feels* n young 4* he <IJ.I In the day?
when he tv.** a specie clerk. The other
day. stun Mr Tapiwn wa* celebrating
the rounding out of hi* half century "on
the r-areef." ltureell Sag*. who I* ui the
same cla-a a* to age and speed, was
guilty of what Is believed to be his first
attempt at fun lb gent around bat con
d.'ten • * to Mr T ippcn. sympathising
with the l itter on hi* uee and the grow
ing Infirmities incident thereto.
BRIGHT HITS.
—When a well-known actor was ask'd
at an amateur play which performer ho
liked heat, he replied: "The prompter,
for I saw lea* and heard more of him than
any one else."—Tlt-Blt*.
—Extravagantly Beautiful ''Mias
Frocks Is u very presty girl.” said Mr.
Hunker "Pretty?” repeated Mr. Spalls.
"Ml** Frock* l* handsomer than her own
photograph.”—Harper's Bazar.
—Bridal Present* a* Hcvenge—"One of
my rivals played me an awful mean
trick" "What sis il?" "He gave cm
a lamp which burn* a half gallon of coal
oil every night."—lndian a polls Journal.
Naturally Made Him Suspicious—"Fve
given a little attention in (hat new clerk
•>f yours." remarked Ihe man who wanted
to do the clerk a favor, "and I want to
say that I consider him a youth who will
sue .1 I notkk lie la tho kind who put*
something aside for a rainy day." “Dear
roe! and Pve missed two umbrella* al
ready," returned the merchant. "Much
obliged for y.ur tip. I'll watch him."—
Chicago Evening I'ost.
Cl It RENT COMMENT.
The t#oulsvlll Courier Journal (Dem).
says: “While Ihe members of the British
Parliament receive no pay. the minister*
receive high salaries. The dominant
l>arty there docs not seem Indifferent to
the opt>or!un!!lcx thus afforded The Cab
inet ha* been Increased lo twenty, nil un
n-iislly large number, while an old salary
has been revived for lr*l Halt*bury,
who will receive, altogether. *3.5.000 a year
This, to be sure Is less than Is paid to
the President of the United States, but
the other officers of the soverrment,
many o: whom .ire not In the Cabinet,
usually gel salaries In excess of those
|stid to official* ,if corre.-pnnilng dlfn ty
and respotislbllty tn th United S ates.”
Commenting on the Colorado lynching
the Hprlrigfleld .Miss.), Republican (Ind 1.
tuiys: "We shall not hear anything raid
by the North against the Bouth on this
score for some lime to come. lrde*d, the
Northern mouth has been i?o cd ever
since the anti-negro outbteaks In New
York Inst summer and the 'kill-ati>-nlt
ger' riot at Akron. We have here given
some little detail of Ihe Cidorudo affair.
In the hope that tt may disturb a trifle
tlm coanptaccn y of current church con
gresses aitd omferenee*. with their uno<
talk of our superior Christian civilization
and it* m:**U>n of armed conquest and
benevolent assimilation of Inferior p*o
pie* throughout the world."
The M* mphls Commcrcl il-Appeil
(Dem 1. say*: "We would suggest tha'
those Den** rat, who wanted to drop sil
ver four >e.*r ig.* are entitled to fratc
nlze once more with tho*e Democrats who
dropped * liver in the recent campaign.
All this talk .ibout * stiacl m Is tmwa -
ranted A irolltical organization tha' can
I.vfirale populists Slid Silver Repu >iicms
nerd have no hesitation In taking tuck
Gold Democrats."
The Nashville American (Dem.). rays:
"The r* medy for tho pension evil is to
prosecute a lew pension attorney*. Th*y
are ihe one- that work up the ***** We
know of several nokfter* In the Tei nes
-*-e regiment* that hail not minted home
before they tecelvfd letters from pen-ion
attorney*, a king permUMhut Vo hie p.n
>wu claims for them,"-
Where lle*d Send Her.
Dr. Btubba. the Bishop of Oxford, was
once Importunrd by a woman who. know
1 g hit experience of the Holy Land, kept
on asking him wnat places she ought to
Malt, a© she ws eurtlng on a trip to
Palestine After answering topographi
cal questions without number, he was
again a.-k©d: But. really, what plso
would you advise me to go to’ To
Jericho, madam." said the Bishop sweet
ly.
• Only lu Fan.
They were seated In the drawing ro©m
She was a lovely maiden, he a brave man.
a hero In the eyee of •■'© r*r. bwikle him
says th© New York Wor! !
Bikr.ce had r*igr.e*l supreme for aom©
time, when fi • der.ly h© slipped onto his
kn**©s ivewide her and said:
‘Darling, 1 love you. Will you be my
wife?"
Bh© blushed as she laid her head on his
shoulder and said
"Are you sure dear, that you
and are rot in fu ‘
He pr par©! * vow love, but before
h© could ©peak the infant in the flat above
com me in ©1 a he tlthy ye H tried •*>
Rpeak. but could not t*© heard for the
howling up above. Then h rose, took
up hia hat and ©aid;
**Mlss Bmlth. I was in fun. Thank*,
very much. Good-right."
A f'onrt-llous© * harlty.
L. 8. Chanler. a brother of William As
t*r c hanler. the African explorer, who is
rich, spend* n good deal of hi- time in
tne Criminal Court building, .ooking out
for th© intends of person# woo are
brought there by sheer misfortune, and
not guilt, say# th© New* York Evening
Poet. In a cas© night Henry AIF
sltoe. who had been shut u| In the Tom’>s
slnoo O* t. !< was charge*! with assault
upon Patrick Murphy. Both men are
truckmen. Th© Jury acquitted Allshoe,
on th© ground that he a*el In self-de
fense.
When he was ar last free. Ail-hoe, who
had in |Sa * of a coat and waistcoat, on y
a thin cotton Jumper, had to face a sharp
wind, and a. flurry of snow. Mr Chanler.
seeing the man's i*redtcament. took off
his own overcoat and put it on Allshoe
*T can’t wear this over* oat. elr." wild
Al.shoe. #, T* flntt |wr.-*in see* me will say
I stole it; it'a l* g>sl for m<*."
"Never you mind that," said Mr. Chan
ler. putting a bank knot© into the mans
h ind, go home, and if you arrested
on account of that coal, you know* where
to <-om© for help."
Mr Chanler hurried horn© in a cab.
Haunted by a tat'* Ghost.
There |* a min at the Columbia who
ha* seen and played with a ghoat of a
cat, say* the Denver Time*. Hi* name I*
Clarence Duvall an I he halla from l.ne
Angeles. As ho started from hi* room
tht* morning to the elevator a cat cross
ed his path. Ho mule a ru-h for the fe
line and a merry chaae began down the
corridor toward the stairway, Up to the
next floor he ran in hot pursuit. Toe <at
redoubled her effort* to e*ca|>e. but Du
vall caught ber a* she dodged into the
bathroom for protection When Chi f
t'lerk Banks, who wltiie*~*d the chase ar
rived on Ihe econo Duvall wa* kls-lng the
< it's rone with great affection, while *h
wa* classing at hts lie and disarranging
hi* hair with reeklea* disregard for wha:
he thought about tt.
"I couldn't help It." he said In exp'a
natlon after the clerk had released the
cat and cooled him down a bit.
"What In the name of common *ere
did you wunt to kls* a cat for?' a-ked
the clerk. "I tell you I couldn’t help It
replied Duvall, almost savagely, “I
never will I** able to help It. Did you
ever hear that a cat had nine lives?"
"Well, I—er l think I remem '*
"Well, IP* all a darned lie 1 know
what I'm talking about. Pat- don't have
but two lives. 1 had a rat ten year* ago
and It used to crawl up on my lap and
irnrr nt me. One day she fed ' own a
posthol at i ‘cdte her leg. so I kl'h-1 I r
Next day she showad up again and I
broke her neek wllh club. I wa* ll
tlng In an armchair the following night
when the same eat walked In and climb
ed Into my lap. I grabbed at her and got
a handful of pant* Instead. Mr band
w>nt clean thiough ber lody and she
never moved. She Just aat I here winking
at me. I gra - I -it her a* titat and see
' i> n
coat to my shoulder an 1 bit my ear-*™-
the Sear I thought If *h could bite
there ought to be something substantial
nbOUt ber. but tnere wasn't. I could no:
grab enough cal to make a blufT at a
two day’s old moil**'. Then she lavaii to
kls* me and an Irresistible Impa ne led
MO to kls* her In return. Bite ham.: m
yet qt times and whenever I see at cat
I obey that old Impulse and chase the fe
line until 1 get a kls*. 1 tell you. It's aw
ful "
•Ye*. It Is." SM the rlerk. sadly.
Duvall 1* a trifle eccentric. He ha* bren
In the mountains for hi* health and ex
pects to remain In Denver until be re
covet* In Ihe meantime the house eat s'
the Columbia will put In It* time wishing
Duvall would stick to hla ghost Mel let
her continue hc peaceful way.
lie Bird o' Toradlse.
From l.esile'* Weekly.
Fossum meat am mighty wet; ’talers
sho' am fine:
Punkin-pl'* am better dan de melon on
ile vine.
Pork-chop*, fat on' grea*y, slier# hit*
die nlgfcer right.
An' sausarges am temptin' an a very
pleasin' sight.
Mincemeat-pie* am glorious, an ao am
apple-tart.
An' gib a nigger chicken ef yo' want io
tech he heart.
But <lar am one t'lng heat* dem oil—de
tukkev fat on' nice—
De big Tnankssrivln' tukkey am de bird
o' Paradise.
Raek-eoon In de black gum swamp, wink
he eye at me;
Squirrel lie look ea*y climbin' up de
hlck'ry-trec
Rabbit in and briar-patch, he shake he
hushy tall;
Boaslln'■boats in de white folks' pen am
mighty peart an' hale.
All and. m critter* sho' am good, templin',
an" sublime.
But den a nigger's appetite am changin'
ell de time.
An' roun' about Tbntiksglvln' d*y don't
cut no sign o' lee,
'Cause tukkey am de critter Cum d*
Itn' o' Paradise.
Hear de glnny cacklin'; hear de rooster
crow:
Hear de hen a-scratchln' fer de worrum
In de snow.
Hear de ole gray gander squall—de goose
am squallin' back,
An' hear de ole mlscovy duck, a-quackln',
fpinck, quack, quack!
Dey kin make a lot o' fuss, an' raise a
Mg alarm:
Rut somehow dev music don't pertest dr
happy charm
For dar dm music sweeter den de *oun'
oh erapptn'-dice;
De ewers enticin' cobble of de bird o'
Paradise.
Come, you ruty niggers, now, an' cast
aside de hoe;
Fetch de tam'orine an' bring de fiddle an'
de bow
Rig up in yo' Sunday-chHhes, an' wear
yo' beaver bats,
An' don't forgl; to shine yo' boot* an' tie
yo' white cravxts.
Hear de big plantation-bell a-ringtn* loud
an' sweet;
See de white folks coin' In de dinin'-room
to cat.
Hurry up, you niggers, 'cause Pa hongrv
fer a slice.
An' longin’ fer so rased wld de bird o'
Paradise.
.■•■lgiwreoca Forcher Heel,
WILD WITH ECZEMA
And Other Itching Burning
Scaly Eruptions with
. Loss of Hair.
Speedy Cure Treatment $1.25.
Bathe the affected part* with Hot Water and Cuticura Soap, to elesansa
the surface of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle.
Dry, without hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Ointment freely, to
allay itching, irritation, and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and
lastly, take Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood. A
single set (price. $ 1.25 is often sufficient to cure the most torturing,
disfiguring, and humiliating skin, scalp, and blood humors, with loss
of hslr, when all else fails.
This sweet and wholesome treatment affords instant relief, permits
rest and sleep in the severest forms of eczema and other itching,
burning, ami scaly humors of the skin, scalp, and blood, and points to
a speedy, permanent, and economical cure when all other remedies fail.
Th©agonizing itching and burning of the skin, as in eczema; the
frightful scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crusting of the
scalp, as in sealled head; the facial disfigurement, as in pimples and
ringworm ; the awful suffering of infants and the anxiety of worn-out
parents, as in milk crust, tetter, and salt rheum all demand a remedy
of almost superhuman virtues to successfully cope with them. That
CrricußA remedies are such stands proven beyond ail doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that is not justified by tire strongest
evidence. The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate
relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, the absolute safety
and great economy, have made them the standard skiu cures and
humor remedies of tire civilized world.
Pmn. Thi S*t, #1 JS, mn.i.Ungof Oticcba P ur. lie.. OmcOTU Oiktbist, 60.,Crw
CTHt IiRSOITXAT “f. hold tl * -U|fh *it the W.*rU. I’UTTXJt Dxlu tux*. Cour.'boie
Frops., Boston. •• ilow to Cure Every Humor," free.
ITEM# OF IMEHEfIT.
—At * m©etlnir ©f the Valley
For*# National Park Association in Phila
delphia il was tier bled t*x li*ll a meeting
in that city of ail *x’ietl**s intere*t©l in
preserving th* hieloru* camp site. Tw**n-
IV-three organisations have vlffrilttal their
intention to extern! financial ami other
aup!>ort to the project. Nine United
States #pn.itora und thirty-six
men will also lend their Influence, and it
Is ex pc led ttiat * veml othr nu*mf*era of
Uongrc** will Interest tkemaelvea In the
matter.
—At* old sailor, incapo<Mtated for era
duty by ago and long year# of rough ser
vice, was recentiy appoint**)! sexton of the
chapel at the Naval Acad, my at Annai*-
ollh. Th© Bureau of E|Utpm*nt and Hup
plies at the Navy Department in W ash
ington furnishes iKioki* a** well, aw coal
wild "salt horse" to the sailors, an*l the
new sexton applied there for a Bible.
There ware plenty of them tn the pews
of the chu|>e2, but he wanted on© for hia
personal use. and wpeciAed In his appli
cation that It should he "a good religious
l ib:- "
—The crew of the British lark Invor
cauld had a rtrange experience en the
voyage from Etverpool to New Knuh
Wale* A* *oon as ihe custom* laun.'h
ran alongside when the Invereauld n
-tered Ihe |>rt of Sydney, the c:ow
shouted for water to drink, and. havlnc
*lak>xl their thrlst, tol I their t ile. After
rounding the Cape of Good Hope they
encountered a northeast gale, an I the
***** broke utnard so vlobn l 1V an 1 to
<mntlnuou*l>' that the fresh water sup
plies were rendered undrinkable Ther--
remained only one source of liquid re
freshment on board, an Inexhnudllde car
go of stout. Intended for colonial con
sumption. For twenfy-three day* they
drank stout whenever they drank any
thing.
—"Apropos of funeral*." write*'a lon
don correspondent of the Boston Tran
script, “I noticed In llolborn a show case
full of atrange-looking picture* I'pon
Inspection they proved to be photogrih*
of cadavers, lab! out In full mortuary
splendor! t'nderneaih rtn the legend.
'Economy In funeral*. Trj' our thr e
guinea respectable Interment. One Iral
only asked! Scarcely less grow some was
the display of Mr Smith, surg,-on ibßil-t.
a few door* beyond. A small show cas •,
Inclosed a complacent skull, grinning per
haps to think til* dental trial* were over,
set with an Impo-ing array of pink c m
med artificial teeth, at 15 shlllinxa the
*e* Over the top of the case were paln’-
ed these alluring word*. 'Pl*colored and
decayed teeth made white and stopped.' "
—Science, prompted and urged by the
commercial tnstlnel, say* the New York
Pro**, has demon**rat.d that cogeln, from
ordinary cow*' milk, is quite as good 'or
baking as the !!ne*t hen eggs, arid a
company with s*.loi.ihO capital ha* been
formed to manufacture out ef It a * >b-
Mttute for the "fresh" an I "t trl Iv
fresh" product of the poultry jard One
pound of casein ts equal lo six doz n
egg* August Belmont Is a large stock
holder In this *or|*>ration, which already,
though only un infant, put* out about
1,200 pound* a day. the’equivalent of **.-
g 1 egg*. The hen'* only remaining ad
vantage lie* in the unhatehat ler.ea* of
the rival product and H* Incascment In
a box Instead of t shell. She alone cm
be the mol her of broods ar.d floekjs of
chicken*. Casein omnot deprive h* rrf
that cherished privilege. The aril elal
egg Is arrived, but not the artificial Prob
er, fowl, roaster, etc.
—■nil* I* :i 1 . ••r 11 . •'
plaintl>7 * attorney Indorsed as n "Petlon"
against the “Illinois eentrral Hi.ill Road
Companey": 'll the plaintiff m—T—. who
sues for as next frlenle of W— ft—. who
!a under J 1 years of age and her Son and
his father Is d-ad .'nd says that sold de
f> ndany hy its agents and servants or irn
plovee* to wit, one mr Taylor (lid on or
al>out January 15ss arrest or have arrested
and fouler ley Imprrtslon. and for him sold
\V— 8— Severs! days and Knights In the
Princeton Jail County of Oalwrll Ky. 3
days said Companey by its egent or ser
vants or Implovec of said Companey or
defendant Illinois renteral ftaall Road
Companey did nave Whiskey t>> bald Hoy
W— ft- and ntnde him Drunk or.il un
eotnaious and helpless nnd While In this
condition put Soi l Hoy in said Jail de
priving him ot^ his free tight of IllM-rty,
end thereby In the damage to the Plaintiff
In the Some of Nineteen hundcred dol
lars"
—X-rays have been ttlbjrcitd la a novel
purpose at Calcutta. A thief was supposed
to hove stolen a diamond north 10.-aws ru
pees and to hate elTeetually secrete*! It on
hla person by swallowing It. Kxprrt
thieves In India temp, rarl y se-rete small
valuables of tills and -erlptli n In the throat.
It Is called "pouching," and the thieves
ulidergo spcel.ll training In order te> ren
der them proflehn' In the art The plan
Is simple. A small pie. .- of lead is at
tached to a thread id tills the tseiphyts
swnl.ows, then by t'..< a. iton of his tongue
he guides the lead to the orifice of the sac
In the throat. The pupil Is prevented
from completely swallowing the lead by
the pleves of thread which the teacher
holds. When the man lias become skill
ful In the act of .wallowing, the leaden
pellet Is coet-d with lime, whlrli has the
f'tT*- •! of * nl.irgir.i* fhtf 93c mi that l( b+-
comes capable of retaining latge articles
In ttie c.is of Calcutta the 110-ntgen ray*
revealed the presence of tome obstacle In
the throat but Ua p IW .Ue Identity couhJ
not be gathered*
1 1.51. Of HOPc FT AND and 5 1 R 7
m uzui u;
For Islr of Uo|>. Monitomry Thunder
holt. Cattle I’ark and West End.
I>aily except tiundays. Subject to ch*n.
without aotlce
ISUE OF HOPE.
I.v ( liy fur I of II L.v. l.le of Hope'
6) am from Ttnth iXOu am for Bolton
730 am from Tenth j ti Ut) am for Tenih
8 ) am from Tenth i 7 uu am for Tenth
S* Ham from Bokea Ham for Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth It* uu am for Tenth
13 IB ti n from Tenth ,11 ot> am for llolton
1 15 pm from liolton It 3j am for Tenth
3 311 |>oi from Tenth j 2 UU pm for Tenth
3So pm from Tenth | 24u pm for Holton
4 30 pm from Tenth ; 3On pm for Tenth
5 pm from Tenth j 4 (*0 pm for Tenth
63n pm from Tenth ( 6 00 pm for Tenl i
7 3') |>m from Tenth 7 01* pm for Tenth
830 pm from Tenth S0" pm for Tenth
S3O pm Irvtu T. nth j • t4* pm for Tenth
lu 3u pm ftom Tenth jlOO*pm for Tenth
:11 uu t>m for Teuth
HOWTO* > M ERT: ■
I . . It* for M "!< )j : l.v. Uontgomer)'
- •) iiii Irom Tt nth |715 am for T j
2M pm Horn Tenth , 1 15 pm for Tenth
t> M pnt from Tenth j 6 OUpm for Tenth
CATTLE PARK. ~
Lt citj I ' ' it. Park Lv Cattle Peak
ti >i am from liullon . 7 Uu am for Bolton
i 3U am lioni Holton | 1 uu am for Bultoo
1 UO pm from Holton | 1 3n pm for Bolton
l 3u pm front Holton j 3 uu pm for Bolton
7 UU pin from lielton ; 7 3U pm for Bolton
t uu pm from Holton j S 3u pm for Bolton
THUNDEJiUOLT.
Car leave* Holton street Junction IN
a. ui. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until ll.jup. m.
Car leave* Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m. and
every thirty mlnutea thereafter until
l—Gu midnight, for Holton street junc
tion.
fhkTuirr and parcel car
Thla rar carries trailer for passenger#
on all trips and leaves west sid* cf city
market for Isle of Hope. Thunderbolt
and all Intermediate points at 0:00 a. m,
1.00 p m . 500 p m
lrfavc* Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all Intermediate points
at 6.00 a. m , 11:00 a. rn , J.*i p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of city marker for
West End 6on a m an*l every ♦> minutes
thereafter during the day until 11:J0 p m.
Heaves West End at 6:30 a m and •rr*
cry 10 minutes thereafter during the dty
until 12:C0 o'cloek midnight
M. leOFTON. Gen. Manager
Tis a Fact
We are opening a great dlsplsy of
handsome goods. Including RRAM
VASES. ECTOTHIAN WARE
WHITING'S 801-ID BIEVER.
We sell cheaper here, and you :•
sure to get Ihe best. |
PURITAN HEATERS, the kind w
recommend.
HOT BTFFF STOVES.
11UEIDAY and WEDDING GIFTS.
Geo. W. Allen & Cos.
The Wcddin* Preseots Specialists.
H R Nazi. r. p Mtu-XBD.
President. Vice Prasldev’-
lU.VHT Hi m. Jr Sec y sad Trees
NEAL-MILLARD CO,
Builders' Material,
Sasb, Doors and Bilals,
Paints, Oils, Yaroisbes,
Class and Brushes,
Et’ILOERS* HARDWARE,
Lime, Cement and Plastei#
•vy an# Wkllaket Mroatm
UfAMAd, d*
JOHN G. BUTLEK,
—D HA LICKS IN—
•Paints, Oils a n.l Ulaa. Sash Poot*
Jlllnd* and llulidars - Buppllea. IT*in and
Decorative Wall Paper. Foreign a P.v
mestlc Cements. I-lme. Plaster snd H-df
Bole Agent for Abeattn# CoM Water Pa oh
Ml Congress alreet. weal, and 1* St. Juil* 0
afreet, acsk