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THI’IISDAY. MARCH 14. 1901.
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ISDEX 10 KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Zerubbabel Lodge No. 15, F.
en3 A. M.; Savannah Lodge No. 188, B.
r. O. Elks; Moss Meeting at Masonio
Hall.
Special Notices—Spring Exhibition of
the Charleston Art Club; Andrew Hanley
Company; Savannah Building Supply
Company; O. C. Oelschig, the Florist.
Business .Notices—Hill Refrigerators,
Henry Solomon & Son, Sole Agents;
Harvard Beer, Henry Solomon & Son,
Sole Agents; Think of This, A. M. & C.
W. West; The Weddings of Lent. Hunter
& Van Keuren.
Auction Soles—The Merchants' and Me
chanics' Land Company Sale of Lots at
Thunderbolt, by John L. Archer, Auc
tioneer.
Jupiter Pluvius Rained, But Dame
Fashion Reigned Also—Leopold Adler.
Legal Notices—ln the Matter of J. F.
Miles & Son, Bankrupt; Barnetta Hannah
vs. Henry’ Hannah, Libel for Divorce; In
the Matter of Edward F. Bird, Bankrupt;
In the Matter of James M. Madden,
Bankrupt.
Cigars—George W. Childs Cigars.
Amusements—Phil and Nettle Peters
Company at Theater. March 15; Gorton's
All White Minstrels To-night.
A Public Reception This Evening—At
Foye & Eckstein's.
Grape-Nuts—Postum Cereal Company.
Whiskey—Yellow Label Whiskey; Mur
ray HIU Club Whiskeys Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskey.
Medical—Castorla; Abbey; Effervescent
Salt; Mother's Friend; World's Dispen
sary Preparations; Lydia Pinkham's
Vegetable Pills; S. S. S.; Peruna; Dr.
Kflmet’s Swamp Root; Dr. W. N. Van
Brederode'e Malaria, Fever and Ague
Cure; Stuart's Catarrh Tablets; Planta
tion Chill Cure; P. P. P; Dr. Hathaway
Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair weather, colder In
western portion, southwest to northwest
winds, brisk on the coast; and for East
ern Florida occasional showers, with
colder in central portion, winds becoming
northerly, fresh to brisk on the coast.
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The Parks Committee of London is go
ing to raise butterflies, to add to the at
tractiveness of the public gardens.
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Gen. Joseph Wheeler denies the report
that he is once more a candidate for Con
gress from the Eighth Alabama Dlstriat.
He says his ambition has been satisfied,
end that he desires no office within the
gift of the people. Notwithstanding all
of which, the politicians of the Eighth
Alabama will tremble every time a
Wheeler candidacy rumor finds Us way
Into the newspapers.
"Willie” Schtieber, the young cashier
who some months ago stole more than
1100,000 from a country bank in New Jer
sey, has been heard from In California.
Only a few days ago he cashed some of
the stolen bonds in that state. Sohrleber
Is a stutterer, and has other characteris
tic* which would easily Identify him to
th police. Nevertheless he retains his
freedom with as much apparent ease as
If he were a retired capitalist.
In 1873. when the famous "crime” was
committed, the per capita circulation of
money in the T’nited States was 318.58.
Last year it was 330.60, according to the
statistical abstract of the Fnited States
for 1900, just issued. There was never so
much money in circulation per citizen os
now. The net public debt in 1868 was 367.10
per citizen and the Interest charge 33.t8.
whereas the net debt in 1900 was J 14.52
per citizen and the interest charge ft
cent*.
The Tennessee Legislature has killed a
bill prohibiting the selling of cider on
election day. The Nashville American op
piauds the action as being in the line of
progress. This- thing of compelling the
unwashed voters to drink nothing but
branch water on election day. It says, la
archaic and should not be countenanced
in civilized communities. "Ginger cakes
and cider are as necessary to the faith
ful discharge of the elective franchise
duty as ballots."
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Tom L. Johnson, the single-taxer and
anti-monopolist, who wishes to run for
mayor of Cleveland, 0., Is somewhat dis
concerted bedause his name ap|>earw In the
Brooklyn directory as a r<sldent of that
city. An inveatlxatlon, however, shows
that that la nothing uncommon. The
tiam of Baron Fava, Italian auilmss.olor
to the United Hinto, is in the New York
directory, as are also the names of half
a dozen nr more United Hints* senators
from other elstei w ho make N w Ifork
then li* jquariet* (or buslpcft or plea*-
DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT HARRI
SON.
The death of ex-President Harrison will
be universally regretted. He was a man
of positive character, high ideals and
firm convictions. A* chief executive of
the nation be surrounded himself with
able men, and gave the country a clean
administration. While he never professed
or displayed partiality towards the South,
he treated this section fairly and justly,
as, indeed, he did all of the other sec
tions. He was a strong Republican,
even a partisan white in office; neverthe
less he did not permit his partisanship
to interfere with his sense of duty to the
public. Asa statesman (len. Harrison
mode a reputation in the Senate, which
ho added to while in the White House.
His fame as a lawyer was achieved prin
cipally after he left the presidential of
fice. He was known before that time as
a good lawyer, but few persons looked up
on him ns n great one. When he left the
executive mansion, however, there were
demands for him in Important cases, and
the probaballties are that he received
some of the largest fees ever paid to an
American attorney.
PREDICTING AN EMPEROR.
Something which Mr. Hadley, president
of Yale University, said in the Lenten
sermon he delivered in the Old Soulh
Church in Boston last Supday is the sub
ject of a great deal of comment. If the
same thing had been said by a compara
tively unknown minister it is, probable
that It would have passed unnoticed.
What Mr. Hadley said was in substance
that unless the people gave more atten
tion to those personal virtues which alone
could produce a public Opinion capable
of resisting the power and greed of orga
nized and unscrupulous wealth, the coun
try might find Itself under (he rule of an
emperor within twenty-live years. Of
course he was speaking from the pulpit,
and was seeking to impress upon the con
gregation the need of certain personal
virtues if the republic was to be main
tained In Its strength and greatness.
It is of course impossible, to predict
with any degree of certainty the kind of
a government the great railway and in
dustrial combinations will consider in the
near future to be to their interest, but it
Is a safe assumption that they will hold
their own interests to be of paramount
Importance. If It should seem to them
that an emperor would be better for them
they would not hesitate to push the coun
try along an imperialistic path until an
empire was reached.
But there is nothing as yet to indicate
that an empire would suit them better
than a republic. There is no hint any
where that trust magnates are looking
toward an empire. This talk about great
combinations of capital bringing about an
empire n’as heard long age>—as long ago
as when the first combination of rail
ways In this country was completed. Anel
there Is nothing connected with these
combinations that would justify the sug
gestion that their tendency Is in the di
rection of an empire. It is true they have
Immeasurable greed and vast power, but
it does not yet appear that their greed
and power would hove greater scope un
der an imperial government than under
a republican government. Still, it Is im
possible to forsee the political tendencies
of these vast aggregations of capital, and
therefore it la better to be prepared for
any situations that might be brought
about by them. In this view of the matter
it cannot be said that Mr. Hadley’s warn
ing was without reason. If the people
cultivate right thinking and right living
there will be a public opinion that will
keep the republic on a solid foundation,
even though the tendencies of trusts
should be In the direction of an empire.
EXHIBITS AT CHARLESTON.
Indications are cropping out which Jus
tify the opinion that the fair at Charles
ton will be a very satisfactory one. There
may be some who think that the failure
to secure a government appropriation will
cripple it. If so they are likely to find
that they were mistaken. Philadelphia
lias announced her purpose to make an
exhibit, and there is no doubt it will be
a good one. Baltimore has also signified
her Intention to be an exhibitor. Both
cities have large business interests in the
South, and they are going to see to it
that their interests are strengthened. No
doubt there are other cities that will
follow the example of Philadelphia and
Baltimore. The country is Just beginning
to take an interest In the fair. In the
course of two or three months Charles
ton will be able, in ail probability, to an
nounce that all of her space has been
taken.
Doubtless Savannah would be repre
sented by an exhibit if it were not for
the fact that she Is going to have a fair
of her own. It is not of ctourse quite as
ambitious a one as that for which
Charleston Is preparing. Still, It will
take all the money Savannah can spare
to moke It worthy of the empire state,
of the South. Georgians are looking to
her lo give them a fair of which
they will be proud, and In doing this she
will not have time to give atten
tion to outside fairs. While, therefore,
she wishes Charleston every success It
is hardly probable that she will be among
the Charleston exhibitors.
The funeral reform suggested hy the
Rev. Mr. Cook—that of keeping the head
covered at the cemetery during funeral
services—is wise and reasonable. It fre
quently occurs that attendants upon fu
nerals return from the cemeteries with
severe colds, contracted from baring
their heads In damp and disagreeable
weather, and shortly thereafter have
themselves to b taken to the cemeteries.
It Is no disrespect to the dead to take
precautions to safeguard the health of
the living. Another needed reform is in
the mutter of mourning. Many u wo
man's health has been ruined by the
heavy black crepe veil which widows af
fect; nrul yet women will persist In wear
ing those health-wreckers because they
fear the criticisms that would he pus-ed
upon them by other women were they
not to cover themselves from erown to
toe witli heaviest black. Kxpcnslve fu
nerals 111 [Kjor families should be dis
couraged. They do the dead no good,
but often entail struggling under u load
of debt upon the living members of the
family.
11l Texas a law has been passed making
It unlawful to play cards for money. To
play cards for gain |n any form Is pro
hibit'd, In all pi*' * s except |iiliate is sl
detjees not commonly usurp and lo for the
purpose of gamblii'ii
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1901.
BRYAN’S RECEPTION IN NEW YORK.
Some of the Republican papers in New
York appear to be mightily pleased be
cause the politicians, particularly the
Tammany politicians, did not ru6h In a
body to greet Mr. Bryan on his arrival
In that city the other day. His recep
tion was of course far different from that
which he received there just prior to the
presidential election. But the situation
was different. Then Mr. Bryan was the
presidential candidate of a great political
party and a popular orator. It was believ
ed that he had an excellent chance of be
coming President. It was but natural
therefore that he should receive a greet
ing that attracted attention, because of
its heartiness and the number participat
ing in It, from the whole country.
Now Mr. Bryan Is only a private citizen
with no Immediate prospect of becoming
anything more. Naturally the politicians
do not run after him. They run after
Only those who have favors to grant.
Tammany politicians are notoriously sel
fish. They do not put themselves out to
be civil to those who cannot aid them in
any way. Therefore they did not bother
Mr. Bryan when he arrived in New York.
Those of them he wanted to see he had
to hunt up. He called on the Mayor and
received a hearty welcome. It may be
that Mr. Bryan was a little disappointed
because the Mayor did not call upon him,
and that other Tammanyitcs did not show
him some attention. If he was he made
no sign. He 13 not the sort of a man to
complain when he feels he has been neg
lected.
But why should the Republican papers
of New York express satisfaction be
cause Mr. Bryan's visit to that city at
tracted no attention? He has always
been courteous to them. Do they think
that because Tammany has apparently no
further use for him there is no probabil
ity of his coming to the front again?
They may be disappointed. Mr. Bryan
has wonderful staying qualities.
SEEKING STATEHOOD.
When Mr. Cleveland checked the effort
to overthrow the Hawaiian government
and make Hawaii a part of the United
States, it was freely predicted that if the
plotters in Hawaii against the govern
ment of the islands succeeded in carry
ing out their programme they would nev
er be satisfied until they had made the
Islands a state in the American Union.
It will be noticed that the movement to
make a state out of the islands has al
ready begun. In our dispatches yester
day it was stated that a bill had been in
troduced into the Hawaiian Legislature
asking that Hawaii be admitted into the
Union. The men who are back of this
bill are no doubt the same persons who
were instrumental in overthrowing the
native government of the Islands. They
will never rest until they have accom
plished their purpose.
They are after the high officles which
would be created with the admission of
Hawaii into the Union. It is doubtful If
they care particularly for the welfare of
the native Hawailans.
It is hardly probable that Hawaii will
be made a state as soon as Congress has
an opportunity to pass upon her applica
tion. There are some very interesting
questions which will have to be decided
before her application will be given se
rious consideration. Among these ques
tions Is this one, namely, will it be the
policy of the United States to govern
their insular possessions as dependencies
or to admit them into the Union?
The answer to this question may depend
to some extent on the Porto Rican and
Philippine cases pending in the Supreme
Court. Hawaii of course is upon a some
what different basts than the other in
sular possessions, but it is not at all Im
probable that they will all be dealt with
in accordance with the same general
policy.
A prominent New York banker talking
to a newspaper man a day or two ago
declared Andrew Carnegie to be the rich
est man in the world who had his fortune
capitalized. There are, he said, perhaps
one or two others whose incomes are larg
er than his—John D. Rockefeller, for In
stance. But these men are In active bus
iness, and their great Incomes depend, in
large measure, on the degree of attention
they devote ito their affairs. In. Mr. Car
negie’s case, through the consummation
of the steel deal, he has succeeded in cap
italizing his colossal fortune. Mr. Mor
gan and his associates relieve Mr. Car
negie of the entire burden of business
cares and give him securities to the
amount of $210,000,000 on which he will
draw 5 per cent, interest as long as he
lives. This means an income of $12,000,-
000 a year, independent of his outside in
vestments, which are very large. “No
other man in the world Is so fortunately
situated as this,” concluded the banker.
“Twelve millions a year and relieved of
every care! Twelve millions a year, and
all the time he wants for golf and coach
ing, domestic joys and the founding of
libraries!"
At a meeting of Methodist ministers in
New York a few days ago the news
paper press was severely criticised and
charged with being responsible for the
heavy falling off in missionary contribu
tions. The missionaries in China, it was
declared, had been grossly misrepresented.
“They are not bloodthirsty," said one
reverend speaker, “and they have not
helped to collect indemnities many times
in value the amount of money losses.”
By publishing the stories from China, it
was said, the newspapers had “poisoned
the minds of tlie people" against the mis
sionaries ami contributions for missionary
purposes had fallen off.
Rev. pr. R. S. MacArtliur of New York
has invited Wu Ting Kang, the Chinese
minister, to speak in Ills church nt an
early day. Minister Wu Is what Pr.
Mae Arthur culls a heathen. He does not
believe either in Christ or the Christian
religion; yet lie is Invited to occupy a
Christian pulpit. Would Pr. Mae Arthur
have extended a similar invitation to the
kite Col. Rotiert 11. lngersoll? Would he
Invite any American or English atheist,
agnostic, infidel or other disbeliever to
occupy Ids pulpit. Of course lie wouldn't.
When all promotions In ttie regular
army under the reorganization bill have
been made there will remain about Sun
vacancies lo he tilled. The law provides
that these vacancies shall Ire tilled by
selecting persona who Iwve served in the
volunteer service since April ID, laps. Tills
• lints out strictly civilian appointments.
Nevertheless Washington Is lull of num
bers of congress who are inu> or tuning
the president to appoint MM who have
I never bi.cn Us the a any at any time,
When the canteen was abolished at Fort
Sheridan, Chicago, In compliance with the
recently enacted law, a dozen whisky
shops immediately sprang into existence
around the post. Last week the soldiers
at the fort were paid off, and their wages
went straight into the tills of the keep
ers of the groggeries. Officers at head
quarters express the opinion that the re
cent rioting at Highwood, near the fort,
during which a number of soldiers were
injured, was due to the abolishment ot
the army canteen. Gen. Otis, commandant
of the department, was at first opposed 'o
the . iiUqpn. but after he saw its working
he gave It his endorsement. The cold
water reformers succeeded in having theli
so-called temperance law placed upon the
statute books, therefore they feel that
ithey have won a signal victory. Mean
while the men suffer from its operations.
The canteens were comparatively harm
less. The gin mills that have taken their
places are very harmful.
The anti-trust law just enacted In North
Carolina is said to be similar to the new
law upon the same subject in Indiana. Its
purpose is declared to be 4o restrict anil
punish combinations in restraint of trade
or to fix the prices of commodities. Con
tracts made in violation of the act shall
he void, and infractions of the law shall
be punished by a revocation of the right
to do business in the state, and the "for
feiture of SIOO for each day of violation
to the person suing for the same.
Notwithstanding “Gas” Addicks of Del
aware has been defeated for the United
States senatorship three times, he an
nounces that he Is still a candidate and
intends to remain one until he has ac
complished his purpose. Mr. Addicks’ per
tinacity of purpose may in a measure ac
count for the fact that he is a million
aire; and the fact that he is a millionaire
may account for the pertinacity of his
purpose to break into the Senate.
The mayor of Pullman, Wash., is urging
his city council to pass an ordinance pro
hibiting the playing of marbles "for
keeps.” He says it is a most pernicious
evil, and that when small boys play mar
bles they are being educated to become
faro dealers and general gamblers.
PERSONAL.
—Wherever the German Emperor goes
he Is accompanied by a shorthand writer,
Herr Engel, chief of the Reichstag staff
of stenographers. He has reported all of
the 700 speeches made by the German Em
peror since 1889.
—Among the distinguished Englishmen
who expect to attend the Young Men’s
Christian Association Jubilee Convention
in Boston on June 16, are Lord Kinnaird,
Howard Williams, a son of Sir George
Williams, the founder of the association;
John McCall, of Epson; Richard Cory, of
Carfdiff; W. B. Mason, of Leeds, and A,
W. Churchill, of London.
—When Victoria gave up paint
ing on the death of the Prince Consort,
she presented her paint box to the late
William Corden. Mr. Corden was then en
gaged in making drawings of some of the
Prince Consort's rooms in Windsor Cas
tle. The paint box, which Is made of
japanned tin, is in the form of a cylinder
with a folding palette and a novel ar
rangement for holding water.
—The Count von Zeppelin, whose experi
ments in aerial navigation on Lake Con
stance last year attracted a great deal
of attention, has spent about $300,000 of his
own money on his airship and the trials,
and the corporation which backed him
supplied fully SBO,OOO more. The King
of Wurtemberg was a liberal contributor
to the latter sum. The company has now
been dissolved, and the count can have
the airship at Friedrichshafen on pay
ment of $30,000.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Lodger—This week I shall have to owe
you my rent.
Landlady—That is what you said last
week.
Lodger—Well, didn't I keep my word?—
Tit-Bits.
—No Rival—Mr. Blinks—Who has been
here?
Mrs. Blinks—No one.
Mr. Blinks—Huh? Who's been smoking
these cigars you gave me last Christmas?
Mrs. Blinks—No one. my dear. The lamp
was turned up too high, that's all.—New
York Weekly.
—The Improved Plan—“Do you read a
novel as most women do?” asked Ardent
Admirer; “read the last chapter and then
tho rest of the story?” "Oh,” said the
Loveliest Girl, “that sort of thing is out
of date. We now read the last chapter
and then go to see the dramatization.”—
Indianapolis Press.
—Placing the Blame— "My dear,” said
the meek Mr. Newllwed, "I don't like to
complain, but this omelet you made ”
"What’s tho matter with It?” she In
quired. "Well—er—it's rather hard to cut
It, and ” “Gracious! I was afraid that
man would send me tough eggs. I’ll stop
dealing with him.”—Philadelphia Press.
—Somebody down in North Carolina has
called tho editor of the Charlotte Ob
server “an intellectual nuisance.” The
editor must have been worrying the fiery
Inhabitants of his own state with his in
cessant "Why do a rabbit wobble its
nose?” and "When do a pup become a
dog?” If he doesn't stop this sort of
thing, the gobbelins’ll git him, sure.—Nor
folk Landmark.
CI HIIEVT CO>IMIJ\T.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) soys: “The director of the experi
mental farm in Louisiana, Dr. W. C.
Stubbs, pronounces the negro as a la
borer to he a growing disappointment
more shiftless and unreliable than ever
Italian labor Is being introduced in that
part of the state for farm work, with
satisfactory results. Dr. Stubbs cites as
one of the causes of the demoralization
of black labor, the consuming desire >f
the negro of the country to get into the
city and “see the world,” which shows
that he docs not differ materially from
his white brother of the time.”
The Sparta (1".a.) Ishmaelite says It is
only a fool editor who will “take up the
quurrels of his friends and roast their
enemies In prim." To this the Montgom
ery Advertiser adds: "And yet there are
thousands of newspaper readers who
Ihink it the duty of an editor to do what
they themselves are too cowardly or too
mindful of tin Ir own interests to undei -
take.”
The Cincinnati Knqulrer (Dem.) snys:
“Kx-Bemitor chandler bus bean appoint
ed a member of the Spanish Claims Com
mission. He would be forgiven for every
thing If lie qnuld gel back that money
Spain euchred us out of for Mia I'Mllp
plne goods, which have never been de
livered.”
The Memphis CommercUl-Apiiegi
(Dem.) says J, Plerpont Morgans fs
Voritr d< H.ales-an Is corned bed and cab
bage do this )* the nest upon tablet
our uusi Caveat doth feed,”*
A Freak of the Memory.
"In my profession the memory often
plays us queer tricks,” said an actor who
was in the city recently with a road com
pany, according to the New Orleans
Thnes-Democrat. "They are a sort of
protest, I presume, against overwork, and
of all such mental antics I know of noth
ing stranger than the way we are uncon
sciously affected by association! Along
that line, by the way, I can tell you a
curious little story. Some time in the
early eighties I was a member of a com
pany that was putting on a series of old
time dramas end melo-dramas at one of
the theaters in Philadelphia. Asa matter
of course we produced that good old
stand-by, 'The Ticket of Leave Man,’ and
I was cast for Hawkshaw, the detective.
The first night we put the play on I
was not feeling very well and was con
siderably worried about my lines, which,
for some reason or other, I had experi
enced great difficulty in memorizing. I
went down to the dressing room mutter
ing them over, put on my costume and
made-up mechanically, and answered the
call boy with my heart in my mouth.
"As luck would have, it, however, I
stumbled through without any serious
break, and was resuming my street
clothes after the performance, in rather
an elated mood, when I suddenly missed
my watch. It was a beautiful timepiece
that had belonged to my father, and I
valued it so highly that, as a matter of
precaution, I generally carried It witn
me on the stage. But what I had done
with It this particular night was more
than I could say. I remembered looking
al it on the way to the theater, so I evi
dently had it on my person when I came
in, but the rest was all a bltink. My mind
bad been so occupied with those con
founded lines that I had gone through
the preliminaries of dressing and un
dressing like a mere automaton. I search
ed high and low, everybody else did like
wise, and wo continued to ransack the
place for days, but not a sign could we
find of the missing watch. At last I gave
it up and dismissed It from my mind.
“Three years afterward,” the actor
wont on, “1 happened to be again em
ployed in a stock company at the same
house, and in our repertoire, as usual,was
the ‘Ticket of Leave Man.’ When the
time came for Us production I mention
ed having played the detective before and
was accordingly assigned to the part; but
I had forgotten all about having been in
that character the night I lost my watch.
So, as a matter of fact, I was thinking
about something entirely different the
first evening I dressed for the role, and
I was just completing my make-up when,
without warning or apparent connection
with my train of thought, the solution
of the mystery darted across my mind.
I suddenly remembered, clearly and dis
tinctly, that I had placed the watch in a
little recess behind a loose plank at the
further end of the dressing room, In
tending to get It out again when I came
from the stage. In two bounds I reached
the spot, pulled back the plank, and there
lay my heirloom ,a trifle dusty but other
wise none the worse for its three years
of seclusion.
"I am no psychologist,” added the ac
tor, "and don't pretend to offer a scien
tific explanation for the incident, but it
seems reasonable to suppose that some
little detail of my make-up, possibly some
chance gesture, started a chain of asso
ciation and aroused the dormant brain
cell that held the missing link. At any
late those are the facts, and if you can
suggest a better theory you are wel
come to do so.”
Conlil Not Spell If.
Ex-Congressman Tim Campbell of New
York, is figuring prominently In the news
papers again, having resumed intense po
litical activity, says the Saturday Even
ing Post. Mr. Campbell Is one of the
picturesque characters of the crowded
East Side of the metropolis and one of
its great statesmen.
During the several terms that Tim serv
ed in Congress he was always prominent
before the House. One of his colleagues
from Manhattan was Colonel “Jack” Ad
ams. Mr. Adams Is a lawyer, but while
he and Mr. Campbell were in Congress
together he spent most of his time work
ing off practical jokes at the expense of
the East Side statesman. Tim had been
in and out of Tammany Hall several
times, those changes depending on wheth
er his claims were recognized or repudiat
ed. t
Avery hot political canvass found Tim
one of the stanchest adherents of the
hall. Colonel “Jack” had had a falling out
with the powers and was just as strong
on the other side. Tim took this very
much to heart, as his admiration of his
fellow congressman was very strong. He
concluded that where all others had fail
ed to bring Colonel ''Jack” back Into the
fold, he, Tim. could succeed. In the coax
ing tone cultivated during years of polit
ical activity on the East Side, Tim went
at his work.
"Now. Jack,” he said Insinuatingly,
“what do you want to go and fight the
mayor for? Sure, he’s a fine young fel
low, bright and enterprising, and one of
the best educated men in America.”
‘‘Educated!” exclaimed Colonel "Jack”
contemptuously. “Educated, did you
say?”
"Sure; he’s one of the very best educat
ed young Fellows in this city.”
“Educated!” reiterated Adams, putting
an extra dose of contempt into his eyes.
"What would you say, Tim. if I told you
that he was so little educated that he
spells 'if' with only one ‘f?”
“Does he do that?” responded Tim In
a heartbroken tone.
"He does.”
“Well, then. I have nothing further to
say. I don't blame you.”
Joking Supereme Coart Justices
Justice Brown and Justice Brewer, are
probably the most popular members of the
bench in fashionable society, says the
National Magazine. They dearly love to
tell jokes on each other. Not long ago
they were guests at the same table, at a
dinner. Justice Brewer was first given the
floor, and launched Into witticisms re
garding the embarrassment to which he
was often put by the fact that their
names looked very much alike when writ
ten. carelessly by people. He played upon
various phases of the dilemma, and finally
Justice Brown had a turn.
"I have been subjected to the same em
barrassment,” replied Justice Brown.
"Sweetly scented notes Intended for my
brother on the bench come to me. But
more than that. Some time ago In a le
gal ease a decision written by my brother
was quoted as an authority and credited
to me. I can well sumblt to receive
Brother Brewer's sweetly scented mis
sives; I even could bear up under paying
some of his bills; but I cannot—l certainly
cannot stand for his law.”
A Wind Tbnt Blew.
"You call this a stiff March wind?" re
marked my friend, Dan . Weyrlch, the
other evening, says a writer in the Al
bany Journal. “Why, this is nothing.
This Is a Southern spring zefliyr compar
ed with what Wo used to get when I was
a boy. We were living then over on the
farm. Our house wus set In n very ex
posed place on a small hill. When the
March wind blew she rocked that bouse
like u small skiff In a gate at sea. I
slept then In a bed on rollers. Many a
night 111 MaiAh I was awakened by the
rolling of the bed all around the room.
It would bang against nil four walls,
making u< h a nol-c that sleep was well
nigh imtaisslble."
“What did you do then?” I ventured to
ask.
“What could f do,” said Dan, "but
sleep on Hie floor and hang on to ths
bed to keep it from rolling. It waa
sleeping under lilfllrUltles, I'll admit, but
then wt didn't lisvs many night* like
that,"
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Premier of Canada has declared
that it is not the Intention of the gov
ernment to make May 24, Victoria’s birth
day, a statutory holiday. While the Queen
was alive the celebration of this day was
dear to Canadians, anfl much disappoint
ment Is expressed over Us non-perpetua
tion as a holiday.
—ln connection with the Illness and
death of the Queen the telegraphic work
at Cowes was extraordinarily heavy, up
ward of 870,000 words of press dispatches
and thousands of ordinary telegrams hav
ing been successfully handled during the
period of pressure. In addition a large
number of foreign official messages were
dealt with, besides a considerable amount
of press work for Germany, Holland, Bel
gium, France and America.
—One thing the Pan-American move
ment has done—lt has persuaded Buffalo
nians that they have not been forgotten
by outside relatives and friends,” says
The Buffalo Commercial. "Letters are
being received from those who have not
written for years to their Buffalo connec
tions. This sudden strengthening of fam
ily ties is one of the results of the
effort Buffalo Is making to bring before
the continent an opportunity for seeing
the resources of this splendid city.”
—“Something scandalous is always
coming out about the State House,” says
the Topeka (Kan.) State Journal. "The
latest complaint is that the custodian
some time ago removed two carloads of
fertilizer from a Kansas City packing
house and stored it In a vacant room In
the basement of the capitol. All the
members of the Legislature and state of
ficers have been suffering from the un
speakable odor. It Is also made known
that Topeka thieves have been stripping
the copper from the roof. The other
day some boys were found tearing up the
copper, and it was seen that sheets of
that metal had been carried away. Is
it impossible to take proper care of the
main public building in the state?”
—Mrs. Upton, In "Our Early Presidents,”
says that it was not the original Inten
tion of Thomas Jefferson to inaugurate
the regime of "Republican simplicity"
without pomp and display. She adds:
"Mr. Jefferson himself, like Washington,
was fond of horses, handsome equipages
and handsome dress, despite what had
been said of his Republican simplicity. He
may have ridden horseback up to the
Capitol for his inauguration, as goes the
myth, but he meant to have a fine coach
and four for he occasion—only Jacky
Eppes did not get to Washington with
them In season. He may sometimes have
been carelessly attired; but often he flash
ed out in contemporaneous record, in his
white ebat, scarlet breeches and vest and
white silk hose, fit to figure on a Wat
teau fan.”
—A dispatch from St. Petersburg, says:
The streets remain covered with a hard,
even white coating of snow. Only a few
of the rich use wheeled carriages. One
may see perhaps a dozen in a day. The
20,000 “izcoshchiki” long ago abandoned
their odd little four-wheelers for narrow
cutters. They are about as wide as the
"hug-me-tight” type of American bug
gies. and this name would fit them ex
actly. It Is an almost universal custom
for men driving with women by day or
night to place a protecting arm around
their waists, presumably to keep them
from falling out. Two modes of crossing
the Neva lend a characteristic touch to
this city. Electric street car lines traverse
the ice at three different points. Paral
lel to many of the boulevards there are
smooth ice paths, at each end of which
one finds a crowd of peasants shod with
skates, who eagerly bid for the privilege
of pushing one across for ten copecks,
about five cents.
—Of course, it Is known that moderate
changes of pressure, such as occur in
water passing through a pumping en
gine, for instance, are survived by bac
teria with little or no injury, says the
Engineering News. It does not follow,
however, that higher pressure might not
prove fatal to these organisms. The hu
man body, for example, endures with lit
tle difficulty an increase in atmospheric
pressure of ten or twenty pounds. As
the pressure increases injury begins, and
a limit Is soon reached beyond which one
cannot go and survive. Similarly fish and
plants in the ocean are known to be sen
sitive to the pressure at great depths. To
investigate the effect of pressure on bac
teria an apparatus was devised which is
remarkable for having produced what is
probably the greatest hydraulic pressure
ever reached, over 450,600 pounds to the
square inch. The particular object of
these experiments was to determine
whether the bacteria in milk might not
be killed by hydrostatic pressure, so that
it would keep a longer time without sour
ing. Moderate pressures were first tried,
but appeared to have no effect. The
pressures were then increased and 1 nota
ble results were obtained. Milk subjected
to pressure of 70 to 100 tons kept from
twenty-four to sixty hours longer without
souring than untreated milk. The degree
to which the keeping qualities of milk
were improved appeared to depend as
much on the time for which the pressure
was maintained as upon the actual pres
sure reached. Pressures of ninety tons
per square Inch maintained for an hour
delayed the souring of milk from four to
six days. Complete sterilization of the
milk, however, was in no case affected,
even at the highest pressure, and the
milk in many cases acquired peculiar
tastes and odors in keeping, indicating
that certain species of bacteria were killed
while others were not.
—“Pain is a great mystery,” remarked
a physician of this city who has a fond
ness for the recondite side of his profes
sion, soys the New Orleans Tlmes-Demo
crat. “It Is claimed by certain theo
rists that people who are placed under
the Influence of an anaesthetic for surgi
cal operations really sufTer everything
they would otherwise, but forget about
It when they return to consciousness and
a good many ingenious arguments arc
advanced to support the proposition. It
is rather a ghastly idea, and I am glad
to say that the real evidence is oil the
other way. but It is a pretty well estab
lished fact that certain anaesthetics—
ether, for instance, and nitrous oxide gas
—will sometimes prevent suffering with
out destroying consciousness of pain.
"That sounds like a paradox and is some
what difficult to explain without becom
ing more paradoxical still. The effect if
the anaesthetic, in the strange cases to
which I refer, Is to render pain pleasant.
While apparently insensible, the patient
is fully conscious of everything that
is going on and the nerves respond as
readily as ever, but instead of producing
physical discomfort the effect is exactly
the reverse. I have encountered several
anomanes of that kind and one quite re
cently. The subject was a middle-aged
man whose foot had been injured In an
accident. I had to amputate the two last
toes, and the operation, which was under
ether, lasted about twenty minutes. When
the man recovered from the influence of
the drug, he tried to tell me about hts
sensations, but although he struggled
hard, ho could find no words in which to
• xpress them. 'I felt all the pain,' he said,
'but somehow It didn't hurt me.’ 'Then
it wasu't pain,' said I. endeavoring to
draw him out. 'Oh! yea It was,’ lie re
plied, earnestly, 'but l liked It; I didn't
want you to stop.' He repeated a num
ber of things that had been said during
the operation und It was evident that
he had been conselou* all the while—at
least conscious of hls surroundings. The
Ollier patients seemed to hava had prac
11| ally tliu same experience and eta-nun
'.sped tha sum* dlfficultlea In making
ihemaelvea understood. They were trying
to express the Inexpressible. Much In
stance* are, of tour**, rare, but they ate
familiar to *lolo*l every surgeon Iri gen
eral practice. Explain them? I don't gt*
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SCHEDULE.
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park and West End.
Dally except Sundays. Subject to
change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. City foMTof H.l Lv. lele of Hope. -
630 am from 40th 600 am forßoltooT'
7 30 am from 40th 6 00 am for 40th
8 30 am from 40th 7 00 am for 40th
9 16 am from Bolton 8 00 am for 40th
10 30 am from 40th jlO 00 am for 40th
12 00 n'n from 40th 111 00 am for Bolloa
1 15 pm from Bolton 11 30 am for 40th
2 30 pm from 40tb 2 00 pm for 40th
3 30 pm from 40th 2 40 pm for Bolton
4 30 pm from 40th 3 00 pm for 40th
5 15 pm from Bolton 400 pm for 40th
5 30 pm from 40th 6 00 pm for 40th
6 30 pm from 40th 7 00 pm for 40th
7 30 pm from 40th 8 00 pm for 40th
8 30 pm from 40th 9 00 pm for 40th
930 pm from 40th 10 00 pm for 40th
10 30 pm from 40th 11 00 pm for 40th 1
MONTGOMERY.
Lv. city for Mong'y.j Lv. Montgomery. "
830 am from 40th |' 715 am for 40th '
230 pm from 40th | 115 pm for 40th
630 pm from 40th j COO pin for 40th
' CATTLE PARK. '
Lv city for C.. Park., Lv. Cattle Para.
6 30 am from Bolton; 7 00 am for Bolton
7 30 am from Bolton; 8 00 am for Bolton
1 00 pm from Bolton; 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton! 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 00 pm from Bolton[ 7 30 pm for Bolton
8 00 pm from Bolton; 8 30 pm for Bolton
THUNDERBOLT.
Car leaveß Bolton street junction 5:30
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, for Bolton street junc
tion.
FREIGT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all Intermediate points at 9:00 a. m.
1:00 p. m., 5:00 p. ra.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m., 11:00 a. m., 2:4Q p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of City Market
for West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40
minutes thereafter during the day until
11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. and ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o'clock midnight.
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