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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair weather, fresh north to east
winds; and for Eastern Florida, fair
weather, variable winds, becoming freEh
northerly.
When it'was proposed to turn the ne
groes as servants out of the Union
League Club, New York city. It was an
ex-Confederate soldier and a Virginian
who stood up for them and prevented
their expulsion.
Havana Is a badly crowded city. It
occupies less space than any city in the
United States of equal population. There
ere only 95.000 dwellings In Havana, to
’ 250,000 population. That gives nearly len
persons to each house. And most of tha
houses are one-story affairs, having poor
accommodations for numbers of persons.
The crowding is believed by certain of
the. health authorities to be responsible
largely .for the. prevalence of consump
tion.
Leopold, King of the Belgians, Is known
as the "merriest monarch In Europe," not
withstanding his grey hairs. Oleo de Me
rode, the actress, proposes to lead him a
dance through tho courts, with a suit for
damages. Cleo says that at his instiga
tion she gave up a lucrative theatrical
contract to embark in enterprises sug
gested by the King, and for which he
promised financial backing. One was the
opening of an Exposition theater In
Farts. When tho time came for Leopold
to put up the cash, he failed to make
good, with the result that Clco’s enter
prises failed and she lost money.
Last December Gen. Nelson A. Mile*
recommended that the size of the stand
ing army be 76,000 men. His Idea was
that the army should be established up
on a flexible basis, so that It would grow
with tho increase In population. Ho made
his unit one man for each 1,000 popula
tion. The announcement the other day
that the President and Secretary Root
had determined upon an army of 76,000 Is,
therefore, an approval, in part, of Miles’
recommendation—and about tbs first ap
proval that has come the lieutenant gen
eral's way since McKinley has been Pres
ident. Adjt. Gen. t’orbin Is said to have
stood out for an army of 80,000; therefore,
for, on* time at least, Miles has the hast
of his enemy in the bureau.
It will be five years, at beet, before
New York can secure her proposed forty
foot channel. Nevertheless, there is al
ready an agitation on the tent of the ves
sel owners for the abolition of compulsory
pilotage in anticipation of the greater
depth of channel. Tha light of shipown
ers against pilots Is porenniul; neverthe
less the underwriters do not lose sight of
the fact that while harbors are growing
deeper, so are also the bottom- of vessels.
Five years hence, or whenever the forty
foot channel shall have been completed,
the keels of the ships of that day will
cotnc as close to the bottom as do the
keels of the big fellows that go in and
put of Nsw York now.
Senator llannu has a game leg. One
Of tho stock stories about Washington
Is that one day, after laboriously climb
ing the long flight of stairs to the Presi
dent's office on the second floor of the
White Ilouae, the Ben# lor said; "Mr,
President, why don’t you have an ala-
VStor put In tiers 7" to whldh the Presi
dent Is allaged to hava lepltaxl: "You
seem to gel here wlihout one" Wet,, the
story la soup u> t<* umiled, If the lufor
(nation Is correct, The Whits House Is
!o have on elevator The other day Pi:,
•lor Hanna was latioelhg up the steps,
and stopped midway to rest t ailing it*
staler Maker to hlsi *i< ordered "You have
an sit valor put la this house during to#
ftHtasd, and gaud Ike trill to m '*
THEY WANT FREE HYiIH.
From some things which Gen. Wood,
Governor General of Cuba, has said since
his arrival in this country to introduce
to the President the members of the Cu
ban Constitutional Convention who went
to Washington for the purpose of having
a talk about the Platt amendment, it is
Inferred that while the Cubans are stand
ing out for absolute Independence, they
will accept that amendment on condition
that Cuban sugar and tobacco are admit
ted Into this country free of duty.
Of course the President can give the
committee no satisfaction in reference to
sugar and tobacco. The most he can say
Is that he will use his influence In favor
of having Cuban sugar and tobacco put
on the free list, provided he Is In favor
of that policy. It is for Congress to de
termine whether our tariff laws shall be
radically changed for Cubit's benefit.
It is practically certain that Congress
will never consent to let Cuban sugar and
tobacco come into our market free of
duty. Our own sugar and tobacco inter
ests are too great to permit of anything
of that kind. It was the tobacco Interest
of New England and Pennsylvania that
brought about a reversal of the Presi
dent's policy respecting Porto Rico. It
will be recalled that the President said
that it was "our plain duty” to admit
the products of Porto Rico free of duty
after that island became a possesion of
the United States. But the "plain duty”
policy didn't stand. The tobacco Inter
est was powerful enough to have It re
versed. So, if a effort Is mode to have
Cuban sugar and tobacco came into our
market free of duty there will be such
powerful opposition that It will fall. The
beet and cane sugar interests will unite
with the tobacco interest, and the com
bination will be sufficient to prevent the
opening of our markets to Cuba's prod
uct*.
Asa matter of fact, Cuba can produce
enough sugar and tobacco to supply our
market—at least, Cuba and Porto Rico
together can. If our markets were made
free to them our beet sugar farmers,
sugar cane planters and growers of to
bacco—that Is, for cheap cigars—
would have to go out of business. It is
not reasonable to suppose, however, that
Congress is going to ruin any class of
producers in this country for the purpose
of helping the Cubans. This country has
spent enough money and sacrificed
enough lives already In helping Cuba.
It is true that Cuba might close her
markets to us, by putting the duties on
American goods so high that the entire
Cuban trade would go to European mar
kets, but there Is very little probability cf
her doing thut. The best we can do
for Cuba is to favor her as much as we
can without injuring interests of our own
people.
As for the Platt amendment, that Is
really for the benefit of Cuba. Without
It Cuba would stand a poor chance of
having peace. She would be harrassod
by European countries whoso citizens
holds bonds issued by Spain on Cuban
revenues, and she would be in danger
all the while from internal dissensions.
It may be that the Cuban committee will
return home convinced that the Platt
amendment Is for the good of Cuba, and
that its adoption ought not to be made
to depend upon a settlement, satisfactory
to the Cubans, of certain economic ques
tions.
A FAINT-HEARTED DEFENDER.
It seems that Mr. Carol Norton, doctor
of Christian Science, and member of the
lecture board and general authority upon
the cult, is not a fighting defender of
Christian Science. Upon occasions, when
that faith has been attacked and stood
in need of a defender, Mr. Norton has
been put forward to present the aide of
the Christian Scientists. It cannot be
said that on such occasions he has made
himself well enough understood to satis
fy doublers, however much he may have
pleased those who have accepted bis
views.
The Nineteenth Century Club of New
York city has members of an Inquiring
turn of mind, and they wanted to hear
what could be said for and against Chris
tian Science. There Is every reason to
think they were sincere. Therefore the
club invited Mr. Norton to discuss Chris
tian Sclnce with the Rev. Dr. Buckley of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, North,
on last Tuesday evening. Mr. Norton
accepted the invitation. The Rev. Dr.
Buckley had already accepted. Indeed,
he was anxious to meet in debate Mr.
Norton or any other defender of the
Christian Science faith.
But the club was not to be gratified.
The Rsv. Dr. Buckley was on hand, but
Mr. Norton, ill a nots, excused himself.
He said that it was impossible In the
time-allotted to him to do Justice to Chris
tian Selene®, that in a forty minutes'
address he could hardly touch "even the
hem of the garment.” *
The olub management undertook to get
some other one of the Christian Science
leaders to take Mr. Norton's place, and
failed. The members of the Christian
Science organization, who were present
on the Invitation of the club, were great
ly dlsapjiointed at the refusal of their
champions to be present and defend their
faith. They were mortified by the Jeers
with which Mr. Norton'* note, declining
to be present, was greeted. It wa*
openly sutd by club men that the Christian
Scientist* were afraid to meet an oppo
nent of their faith In debate.
It Isn't true probably that Christian
Science le lacking in defenders, but Mr.
Norton's failure to meet Rev. Dr. Buck
ley, In accordance with his agreement,
cannot fall to Injure the cause of Chris
tian Science in New Y’ork city, where
there appear* to be great Inquiry con
cerning It at present.
If It 1* not the policy of the Christian
Scientists to defend their faith in pub
lic debate* Mr. Norton ought to have said
so when requested to meet the Rev. Dr.
Buckley. Inate*d of doing so he seem
ed eager to participate In the debate. It
was only at the last moment that he de
cided to camwl hi* engagement. Ap
parently he lost confidence In his ability
to meet the doctor'* argument*.
In Texas the law makes provisions for
the sale of public land* to anyone who
ahall locate thereon a Hahn to mineral*
tn the ground la |etroleurn a mineral?
Tb question la of Intereat, b*< auso the
data m boot fund owns lands In the heart
of Mi, Beaumont oil *litrt> t. A daring
spei ulator has hroughi suit to < ntii;,ei
Mm Mat- to sail him soup of Mils land,
under the port lslow# of fit* law lettered
I* Tha court will therefor* 1* eat led up-
I >r, tq determine a question tha* has been
' •d*ru*s*-d with gie*a Interest by *• tent lets
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, APRIL 26, IDOL
A SHIPYARD COMBINATION.
There appears to be foundation for the
report, which has been circulated for sev
eral days, that at least four of the lead
ing shipyard* of the country are to be
consolidated. In our dispatches yester
day It was stated that Rear Admlr.il
Bowles had been offered a salary of $50,-
000 a year to manage the consolidation.
He is now connected with the construc
tion bureau of the navy department, and
Is, doubtless, a naval constructor of flrst
elass ability and an excellent business
man, or he would not be offered the po
sition. According to the reports the ship
yards which will be consolidated will
have an understanding with the other
shipyards, so that all of them will work
In harmony.
The leader of this movement to con
solidate shipyards says that It is not the
purpose to form a trust for putting tip
prices, but simply to enter Into an ar
rangement by which the plants can be
worked to better advantage, if It were
the purpose to destroy competition the
fact wouldn't be made public.
If the shipbuilders still hope for the
passage of a shlp-ijubeldy bill they are
making a mistake in consolidating their
interests or in making any combination
that looks like a trust. Last winter,
when the ship-subsidy bill was being con
sidered by the Senate, it was stated by
those who were supporting the bill that
It was practically impossible to build
ships In this country as cheaply as they
can be built in the shipyards of England
and Germany. The arguments which
they advanced to sustain this statement
did not seem to be conclusive, however.
Asa matter of fact all of the shipyards
seem to have all the work they can do.
It may be that they are engaged in the
construction of ships that are to be em
ployed In the coasting trade, and there
fore get bigger prices for them than
ships, Just as good and in every other
respect just as satisfactory, built In for
eign shipyards command. But it does
seem remarkable that while our manufac
turers of steel and our builders of loco
motives are sending their products to all
of the markets of the world our ship
builders complain that they cannot com
pete with those of Europe.
It may be that if all the shipyard* of
the country combine it will be possible
to build ships In our shipyards as cheap
ly os they are built elsewhere. If tlyey
should accomplish that, there would not
be much complaint of the shipbuilding
trust, provided, of course, ships for the
home market were sold at the same
prices obtained for those built for for
eign demand, and, provided also, that no
request were made of Congress for sub
sidies.
BABCOCK STILL TALKING.
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin,
who put many of his Republican friends
on the anxious seat just before the ad
journment of the last Congress by
bill to take the tariff off of steel products,"
is back in Washington, and is still talk
ing in favor of repealing the tariff where
it Is no longer needed for protection.
The fact that he Is chairman of the Con
gressional Republican Committee gives
what fie says more significance than the
talk of an ordinary Congressman has.
When lie Introduced his bill some of
the Republican leaders and newspapers
that are in close touch with the steel in
terests undertook to bulldoze him Into
withdrawing It, but he had the courage
to stand firm, and he seems to be glad
now that he did. He says that since the
adjournment of Congress he has been
over a good part of the West, and that
everywhere he was commended by both
Democrats and Republicans for Introduc
ing the bill. The sentiment, he says, is
In favor of taking the tariff off of any
article which Is produced In this country
for less than it is produced In any other.
There is no reason why these great com
binations of capital should be permitted
to charge the home consumer for their
products more than they charge the for
eign consumer. Steel Is now made In this
country at a less cost than in any other.
There Is no reason therefore why steel
products should be protected. An article
that is produced for less In this country
than it is produced abroad brings In no
revenue through the custom house. There
Is no reason therefore, why there should
be a tariff duty on that article.
There is no dubt that the position that
Mr. Babcock has taken is the right one,
and his party will have to back him up
in it or else the people will turn it out
of power. If It stands by the trusts
rather than the people the people will
put some other party in charge of the
government— a party that will look after
their interests rather titan those of the
trusts.
Prof. Marrienberger of the University
of Berlin delivered In Chicago the other
day a lecture on "Woman." He believes
this country will be sent to smash by the
women, if we are not very careful. He
cautions us against Riving them too much
voice it public affairs. They are not con
stituted for politics and public offices, he
declares. Man judges with hie head,
woman with her heart. History shows
that countries are always such as their
women are. “When Rome had the ma
tron* of home as heroines, Rome loved
liberty. But when women who had power
and ambition ruled in Rome—women auch
ns Tullia, Masalina and Agrippina—Sallust
tells us Rome could be bought for
money.” Upon the whole, the learned
professor was quite sure that unless we
were very careful In giving power to wo
man, she would run our ship of state
upon a rock or Into a mudbank.
A young man presented himself In
Washington the other day to take a SSO
--month Job, for which he hud passed the
civil service examination. When he had
been told what his duties would be. he
asked the official Inducting him Into office
where he was to board. "Anywhere you
please," he replied, "the government has
nothing to do with that." "What!" ex
claimed the young stranger, "don't the
government throw In board with Its
Jobs?” "No," "Then I don't want the
jot*. Where 1 came from we get to much
and board."
Prof M lehr-ion of Franca wlstnd to
study social condition* In Chicago. M
<nought the position of a butler would be
a (l on* to tk* fur the i*ut(**•■. lie
advertised, and got lots of itithe* But
everywhere thay wanted film to ehddi <>ft
hlq moust*i he Prof Mb h*ion eared
llteere feel hi* Inooelerhe than lot hi* In
vest (gallon*, ewe be tr yet no bod) * but
We reproduced yesterday from the Co
lumbus Enquirer-Sun an item stating
that Mr. Will Mitchell of that city, who
entered the class of 1902 at West Point,
wouid be graduated from that institution
In June, 1902, with first honors, and that
"by so doing he will be the first South
erner in all the history of the institution
to achieve the enviable distinction. He
will also be the first Southern student
who has finished the required course of
study In four years.” It seems that our
contemporary was not correctly inform
ed with respect to this matter. In the
class of '9l, Spencer Cosby of Kentucky,
John S. Sewell of Kentucky and James F.
Melndoo of Maryland were graduated re
spectively first, second and third, and
each completed his course In four years.
In the class of '93 George P. Howell of
North Carolina, a four-year man, took
first honor. In the class of '95 Edward H.
Schultz of West Virginia stood first and
Harry Burgess of Mississippi second, both
finishing the course In four years. In
the class of '96 Edwin R. Stuart of West
Virginia stood first, a four-year man.
Among the Southerners w-ho graduated In
the class of ’95, all of whom took only
four years, were Wheeler of Alabama,
Pritchard of Georgia, Fleming of Ken
tucky and Brooke Payne of West Vir
ginia. The last three cadets appointed
from this district, Lawrence J. Fleming,
G. B. Pritchard, Jr., and Hugh A. Rob
erts, took four years to complete the
course. While therefore the work of Mr.
Mitchell of Columbus is praiseworthy, it
is far from being unique.
Mr. Milllon-Dollar-a-Year Schwab, pres
ident of the Billion Dollar steel trust, is
already following In the foosteps of his
friend and benefactor, Mr. Carnegie, in
dispensing a part of his fortune. Mr.
Schwab’s benefactions, however, do riot
go to libraries, but to hospitals and
schools. He has lately given snug sums
of money to several schools in Pennsyl
vania.
PERSONAL.
—A Boston dispatch to the Chicago
Record-Herald announces that Mayor Car
ter Harrison of the "Windy City” has
been prowling about the streets of the
Hub incognito for the purpose of study
ing Boston mettlods of suppressing vice.
The Chicago official has discovered that
Boston saloon-keepers obey the law to
the letter.
—Thomas T. Lloyd of Missouri recently
told the following story about himself in
the cloakroom of the National Capitol:
"A minister of the gospel was a
in the home of one of his members near
Shelbyvllle, where I live. In the course
of a conversation between the minister
and the lady of the house she expressed
herself In strong terms in opposition to
lawyers, reflecting severely upon their
character and reliability. In fact, she
went to the extreme of declaring that
lawyers were neither truthful nor tvonest.
Later on my name was mentioned, where
upon she spoke in very complimentary
terms concerning me. This surprised the
minister, who exclaimed, 'Why, Sister
So-and-So, I thought you had no confi
dence in lawyers?’ To which she quickly
and naively responded, ‘Oh. Mr. Lloyd la
not lawyer enough to hurt.’ ”
BRIGHT BITS.
* ‘
t —Took Him at His Word.—Mother—
"My dear, how could you refuse him? He
may never propose again." Daughter—
"But, mamma, he said he would."—De
troit Free Pres*.
—A Bad Mistake.—EkMtor—"This story
of yours won't do." Author—:"Why not?"
Editor—" You don’t have the heroine
•dressed in a gown of some soft clinging
stuff.’ Harper's Bazar.
—Bobby—“He made faces at me, teach
er.” Willie—"l only tried to show him
how he might improve hts own face,
teacher; I Just gave him a few samples;
that was all.”—Boston Transcript.
—Stubb—“l hear that Falcon is going
to stop writing poetry.” Penn—“ Yes;
the position in which the paper brought
out his sonnet discouraged him.” Stubb
—"Did they run it on the ‘children’s
page?’ " Penn—" Worse than that.. It ap
peared in the puzzie department.*’— Bhii
3delphoa Record.
—Professional Courtesy.—First M. D.—
"I see you occasionally take a patient out
for a drive.” Second M. D.—" Yes, I
think it does them a great deal of good.”
First M, D.—"But it isn’t professional.
I never do it.” Second M. D.—“l know
you don’t. When any of your patients
go for a ride the undertaker accompanies
them."—Chicago News.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) says:
"Writers on the subject claim that every
war of any consequence derctly affects
practically all people on earth, no matter
how far distant they may be from the
scene of the conflict. Thus, during the
Civil War, for Instance, the cotton mills
of England were cut off frdm their sup
ply of raw material, and, as a
there was a “cotton famine” In Lanca
shire, which took on the proportion* of a
national calamity. Asa direct result of
the Civil War, it has ben estimated that
100,000 workmen tn England, Germany
and France were kept out of work con
tinuously for more than three years,
with much misery and starvation as the
result. The brief statement of a single
war which lasted four years can give but
a faint Idea of the terrible destructive
ness of war in every age, and it brings
to mind the well-known expression of
Gen. Sherman on the subject, that "war
is hell." And still the destruction goes on,
since the nations of the earth have, not
yet reached the idea that the peacemak
ers are blessed."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says;
"Ex-Senator Butler, who has been bowled
out of South Carolina politics, once more
advertises himself aa a supporter of the
policy of the administration—lmperialism,
steamship subsidy and all. He says that
steamship subsidy would tepd to greatly
Increase the sale* of Southern cotton
goods; there may possibly l>e man
ufacturers in South Carolina who believe
so absurd a thing. The talk of ex-Senator
Butler is one among many Indication*
thut the steamship subsidy lobby Is al
ready reorganized to make a formidable
demonstration upon the next Congre."
Writing of the Texas oil boom.the Balti
more Bun (Dem.) says: "New wells are
spouting all over the land and the Em
pire Btute of the South la wild with de
light. Kveryliody seem* to be so happy
thut no thought I* given to the Standard
Oil Company'* uptiearance on the scene
u* an Investor In Texas real estate. All of
which suggest* that Lcgfalaturea may
bleak and may shatter tha truats if they
will, but tha latter have a* many lives as
a cat and requtii constant watching."
Tli J/oul*vllle Courier-Journal (Dem.)
•rys: "Mpeaktng of Aguliiahto'e eairreaslon
of good faith since taking the oath of al
legiance a Manila correspondent tele
graph* that "thus* ShU bate tree 11 hts
constant companion* sin e hi* capture
**> that Its t* aheert." It la vary rasy for
people of Agutnaldo'e race to tie entirety
sinners one way tr day end just as atn
uii aotue way to aaorrow-
An Evangelist’# Love letter.
An evangelist named Walker the other
day gent the following letter to the post
master of Omaha, requesting him to for
ward it to a woman who recently receiv
ed a legacy of $10,000: '‘Dear Sister: As I
read this article I took you to be a widow.
If you are not please excuse me. I beg
pardon of you and your husband. If you
are a widow and don't wish to live alone
and would like to marry a good Christian
man with no bad habits and a good traid
and with some property, I would be glad
to talk to you through the malls. You
will see the business that I am in. I rep
resent a science that heals the soul as well
as saves the sinner. I know what I am
talking about. I am proving my words by
my works. The bible says, 'Ask and ye
shall receive; ask anything in my name
aud It will be given.’ The bible says; 'lt
la not well for man to be alone.’ I sup
pose that it is his fault that so many of
them is living alone. I wish it was the
custom for women to propose. There
would be more mareying for women is
more prompt and more capable, of pro.
posing. lam 50 years old, 5 feet 10 incheß
tall, weigh 150 pounds aud am the picture
of heattn. yours, Evangelist Walker,
Eva ns’ Experience With Snakes,
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, when a
young officer, was on the Indian station
in the Delaware. With several others he
set up a bungalow on shore. He tells, in
"A Sailor's Log,” published by the Ap
pleton’s, what happened to p. snake
charmer that came along:
"The unfortunate thought came to one
of our men that it would be a good idea
to get the Mohammedan drunk to see
what he would do; so he prepared a "Bose
for him that was very effective. He
poured a good stiff drink of brandy into
a beer glass, and then tilled it with gin
iijstead of water. The charmer took
kindly to the drink, and in a short time
rolled out of his chair on to the floor
very drunk, and was soon fast asleep.
The bag of snakes had not been thought
of up to this time, but it also fell, and
the inhabitants quickly spread over the
floor. In the meantime five American
officers took to the table, and drawing
their feet up carefully, remained there
until the snake-charmer off his dose.
He snared quietly while the snakes
crawled over and around him,
but it was a long time before
he finally came to himself, secured
his pets, and took them away. We did
not repeat that experiment.”
Rules of Health.
Who is that sad, disconsolate-looking
fellow?
He Is a man who has made a study ot
rules of health, says th.e Chicago Post.
Whose rules of health?
Everybody's rules of health. That’s the
trouble with him. He has been trying to
live up to them.
What does he do?
Everything that he is told to do, and
when he isn’t doing anything else he wor
ries because the rules are so conflicting.
And is It undermining his health?
Sure. It would undermine anyone's
health?
What are some of the rules?
Well, here are two of them: "Eat only
a light breakfast," and “Breakfast should
be the best meal of the day.”
What are some others? f
“Run or waik two miles before break
fast,” and "Never attempt to do anything
on an empty stomach.”
Any more?
“Take a cold bath the first thing in the
morning," and "Remember the shock to
the system of suddenly encountering heat
or cold Is very injurious.”
Anything else?
"Never uee a pillow” and “The most re
freshing sleep is had when the head Is
somewhat elevated.”
Is that all?
Oh dear, no. There are hundreds of
these rules. For instance: "Do not get in
the habit of sleeping in the daytime,” and
“Always take a short nap in the after
noon;” "Eat only at meal times” and
"Eat whenever you are hungry;” "Eat no
meat” and “If you woqld be strong eat
plenty of fresh meat, “Get up at 5
o'clock every morning" and “Sleep until
thoroughly rested, no matter how late it
is.”
I’m not surprised that he looks haggard
and sick.
Neither ie anyone else who knows
what he is trying to do.
More Than a Dream.
From the Denver News.
Live up to the highest that’s in you.
Be true to the voice in ydur soul, .
Let love and your better self win you,
And follow them on to the goal.
Afar in the path of Endeavor
The temples of Happiness gleam,
They stand as a promise forever
That heaven is more than a dream.
We fall in the moments of weakness,
Borne down by the passion for sin.
Acknowledge the error with meekness
And strengthen the guard from within.
The lusts of the brute we inherit
Must cower and shrink from the light
That flows from the throne of the spirit
And shows us the path to the right.
I Know not what creeds we should cher
ish.
Or if they may all be astray,
I only know nothing can perish,
That nothing is taken away.
I know not when earth-chords shall sever.
How much or how little survives:
I know not If spirits forever
Move on through a cycle of lives.
I know not the kingdom immortal.
Yet feel in my innermost soul
That Death’s not a wall but a portal,
Through which lies an infinite goal.
I know not the glory supernal.
Nor paths that the angels have trod;
Yet something within Is eternal
And grows in the sunlight of God.
I know not the realm where my spirit
Sojourned ere I came into birth;
Yet know in my heart I inherit
A memory not of the earth;
And by some interior vision.
Beyond the dark river X sea
The hills of a country elysian
I'll tread In the aeons to be.
I know with the wisdom of Sorrow,
The lessons I’ve gleaned by the way;
The fruits that we gather to-morrow
Are grown from the seeds of to-day.
Life’s page we have blotted and checkered
No power on earth can restore.
We write an indelible record,
To blight or to bless evermore.
With voices seraphic and tender
Our loved ones are calling afar
With light that is golden in splendor
Truth shines like a mystical star.
The veil of the Silence is riven,
The banner of I type Is unfurled;
And Love through the portals of heaven
Illumes the night of the world.
It cfleet lons of n llnehelor.
From the New York Pres*.
Ibsen makes the heart go flounder.
(No?)
.Popularity is a very deceptive thing
You can nfever be sure who paid for
the flowers.
A man never works half as haul (o get
a woman to marry him as he del when he
was a boy and curried water tor tbs ele
phant.
An Imrgliiative man Is moat sure to
gat into some terrible trouble when Its
tries to amuse the baby.
Just as lllu-ty as not a woman who
makes her husband's life wre ultra! be
es use he ewears wlil get a lot of aatlsfao
lion t/u< of slamming the door
--’’lt's issy to ire a go at no* Hie* now
adays The last work is always the last "
"Vay, it u 4 to be 11***1 authors died,
and (Uit work* ll*ai kv tt*> authors
lies and tha Works die ' -Life
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—lt has been held by a Jury in lowa
that ander certain circumstances a bank
cashier must make good money taken by
robberß. In March. 1900, a bank in North
wood was entered by burglars who rifled
the safe. O. F. Ulland, owner of the bank,
brought suit against Burr Payne, his
cashier, for $2,500, claiming that Payne
left the burglar-proof safe unlocked and
that he had kep more money there than
he was supposed to. The Jury awarded
Mr. Ulland $823.50.
—The Czar of Russia’s income is It,-
800,000 a year, says an exchange. Next
to the Czar is the Sultan of Turkey, whose
‘ appropriations” come to £1,260,000. Next
inorder in the list comes the aged Em
peror Francis Joseph of Austria, who has
£900,000 per annum paid to him, and the
Kaiser is given £700,000 by the fatherland.
The King of Italy receives a trifle under
£BOO,OOO, and/£IOO,OOO less is the Shah's sal
ary. It ia at this point that Great Brit
ain comes in, seventh on the list. If
countries were ruled at so much a. head,
the calculated results would be very strik
ing. Reckoned to the nearest penny, the
Shah gets Is. 3d from each of his subjects
per year for himself, and the Sultan of
Turkey, as in the other list, comes sec
ond. his figure working out et 9d per
Turk.
—One of the latest ghastly fads Is em
balming dogs. Those emotional persons
who could not bear to give up their dar
ling pet even after the animal was stiff
in death, and so had it stuffed, have
abandoned that process In favor of em
balming, and now have the Fido standing
on the hearth rug posing a greeting when
they return, even if he cannot frisk as
in life. Embalming is supposed to have
advantages over stuffing, in that the vic
tims are thought to look less stiff. Also
those persons to whom money is no ob
ject, and the preservation of their dar
ling is much, must pay a little more for
this method, and that is apt to make it
more desirable in their eyes. It costs
from S2O to S3O to embalm a dog according
to the latest process, and he is warrant
ed to last indefinitely. It is reported
that when thoughtful owners leave town
for the summer, Fido, embalmed, is se
curely packed away in camphor from the
moths, but barring that little detail he is
no trouble whatever.—New York Tele
gram.
—A curious custom prevails at funerals
in some parts of Wales, says the New
York Tribune. K poor person is hired—
“a long, lean, ugly, lamentable rascal”—
to perform the duties of sin eater. Bread
and beer are passed to the man over the
corpse or laid on it; these he consumes,
and by the process he Is supposed to take
on him all the sins of the deceased and
free the person from walking after death.
When a sin eater is not employed, glasses
of wine and funeral biscuits are given to
each bearer across the coffin. The peo
ple believe that every drop of wine drunk
at a funeral Is a sin committed by the
deceased, but that by drinking the wine
the soul of the dead is released 1 from the
burden of the sin. In some places it is
the custom to send to the friends of a
family after death a bag of biscuits with
the card of the deceased. These funeral
biscuits, often small, round sponge cakes,
were known as arvei bread, arvel meaning
ale. When arvel bread is passed around
at a funeral each guest is expected to
put a shilling on the plate.
—No single feature of our commercial
expansion is more striking than the in
crease in the per capita revenues of the
Postoflice Department. Our Washington
correspondent, says the Ne.w York Jour
nal of Commerce, has given the proceeds
of the sales of stamped paper for twen
ty years, but rapid as the growth has
been, expressed in annual totals, the
rapidity of the growth does not fully ap
pear till we compare this evidence of the
se made of the postal facilities with
the population of the country. In 1801 the
sales of postage stamps of every variety
amount to 67 cents for every inhabitant,
old and young. That was a year of
great prosperity; the resumption of
specie payments and enormous exports of
wheat to Europe gave an impetus to bus
iness thnt lasted till the financial disturb
ances of 1884. The year IS9O was also a
year of prosperity, though not nearly so
marked as 1892. In 1890 the sales of pos
tage stamps amounted to very nearly 85
cents for every inhabitant: In 1900 it
amounted to a little over $1.33. The rev
enue from stamp sales was practically
three times as large as it was nineteen
years earlier, though the population in
creased not quite 50 per cent, and the
proceeds of stamp sales per capita was
very nearly twice as great 1900 as It was
In 1881. At the earlier date, too, letter
postage was BO per cent, higher than it
is now, and the maximum weight for a
single rate of postage was one-half of
what It is now.
—Samuel D. Babcock formerly held the
reputation of being director in more cor
poration* than any other man In New
York, says the New York correspondence
of the Philadelphia ledger. His income
from director's fees is said to have
amounted to thousands of dollars a year.
But he no longer holds that distinction.
He is still director in twenty-three insti
tutions, but more than twenty other New
Yorkers now break thait record. The
greatest directors in this city and prob
ably in the world are Senator Chauncey
M. Depew, William K. Vanderbilt, Jsd
ward D. Adams and James Btlllman,
president of the National City Bank. It
doe* not always follow that because a
man’s Interests are very important and
his power extensive that he is a mem
ber of many boards of directors. The
richest man in the world. John D. Rocke
feller. is director of only three companies,
the Standard Oil, the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Company and Chicago Ter
ninal Transfer Company. Andrew Car
negie, who mtv be said to rank next to
'Mr. Rockefeller, serves in only three
boards, blit, then, he is “out of active
business” now. Mr. Rockefeller’s less
rich brother, |Villlam, whose son was
married to James Stillman's daughter. Is
a director in twenty-two corporations. H.
H. Rogers, another Standard Oil man,
is a member of twenty-five boards. John
Jacob Astor Is a member of sixteen;
Geo. F. Baker of thirty; Wm. H. Baldwin,
Jr., of twenty-one: Milo M. Belding cf
twenty-six; August Belmont, of thirty
two; ex-Secretary Bliss, of eight; Antho
ny N. Brady, of thirty; George Crocker,
of feixteen; Thomas Dolan, of twenty; W.
L. Elkins. Jr., of eight; ex-Secretary Fair
child, of twelve, and Charles R. Flint,
"the father of trusts,” of twenty-two. A.
R. Flower is a director In twenty-one in
stitutions; George J. Gould, in thirty-sev
en, Hnd his brother, Edwin, In twenty
two; Clement A. Orlsoom, in eleven, H.
O. Havemeyer in thirteen, ex-Mayor
Hewitt in sixteen, John D. Kennedy In
eleven, ex-Secretary Lurnont in twenty
two. and ex-Secretary Lincoln in ten. D.
O. Mills is a member of thirty-three
hoards. J. Pierpont Morgan is a direc
tor of thirty-one corporstlofts, but his In
terests are inueh greater than that fact
Indicates. The New York Central offi
cial* are tig directors; President Callo
way figures In thlriy-lx companies, H.
M- K Kworably In twenty-eight. K. V.
W. Roller In thirty-one and F. W Van
drrldlt in tlllrty-flv*. Russell Sage Is
sought for as * director by other corpor
ations than those in which he Is inter
ested, snd he te u member of twenty
els >*ourd President N'asli of the Corn
Ex* hange Hank I* u member of thirty
boards Thomas P, Ryan ! twenty-two.
Jacob H Sc hi ft In fourteen, J. Edward
Himnwina In eleven snd Hamuef Sloan In
tlhlry-two Hut iheae re-ord# appear in
■ iei.in> su< beelde those of the (our high
est men named. According to tne Dire*,
lory of Directors leauml tv-day, and from
which this information Is • utiutei g*i*s
lur laies la a ilrauta in no laas Has
Save*Hl ms UMHHuUorir to thism If Vsta
rter bllt, it* forty eight Edward D Alfcsms
In forty-Hi rat and J*uJk natation in for-
O -woe.
MUNYON’S
DYSPEPSIA
CURE
When Prof. Munyon says his Itvspepala Cnr
will cure indigestion and all forma of stoma. T
trouble he simply tells the truth. It will cure a
stomach that has been abused by over-ea-ina and
ever-drinking. It will cure a stomach that ha.
been weakened by old-style drugs. It will do mut „
toward making an old stomach act like a sound one
At all druggists as cents. Fifty six other cures
Munyon, New York and Philadelphia. *
HUHTOS’S INHALES CUKES CATARRH.
Ci s l of hope: in mo &THF
SUlbOlbh.
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park and West End.
Daily except Sundays. Subject te
change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. City Tor I. of ri.j Lv. Isle of HopeT~
6 80 am from 40th 6 00 am for Bolton"
7 30 am from 40th 6 00 am for 40th
8 10 am from 40th 7 00 am for 40th
9 16 am from Bolton 8 Ou cm for 40th
10 So am from 40th 10 00 am for 40th
UOO n'n from 40th UOO am for Bolton
1 15 pin from Bolton 11 3o am for 40th
2 SO pm from 40th 2 00 pm for 40th
3 30 pm from 40th 2 40 pm for Bolton
4 80 pm from 40th 3 00 pm for 40th
6 16 pm from Bolton 4 00 pm for 40th
6 30 i m from 40th 6 00 pm for 40th
6 80 pm from 40th 7 00 pm for 40th
7 30 pm from 40th 8 00 pm for 40th
8 30 pm from 40th 8 00 pm for 40th
530 pm from 40th 10 00 pm for 40th
10 30 pm from 40th 11 00 pm for 40th
MONTGOMERY.
Lv. city for Mong r y7j Lv. MontgomeryT"
830 am from 40th | 715 am for 40th
230 pm from 40th | 1 15 pm for 40th
0 30jim from 40th | 600 pm for 40th
~ cattleTparil
Lv city for C..Panc ' Lv. Cattle Pari.~
6 30 am from Bo,ton; 7 UO am for Bolton
1 30 am from Boltoni 3 00 am for Bolton
1 00 pm from Boltoni 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton; 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 00 pm from Boltonj 7 30 pm for Bolton
8 00 pm from Boltoni 8 30 pm for Bolton
THUNDERBOLT.
Car leavee 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 juno
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. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all Intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m . 11:00 a. m.. 2:40 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.
LUCIEN McINTYRE. Pen. Manager.
mgtcdodis s JHiDGfs TroDsponofioD 60
Steamship Lines
Ti Baltimore & Philadelphia
Ticket* on Sale to All Point* North and
West.
First-class tickets Include meals and
berths Savannah to Baltimore and Phila
delphia. Accommodations and cuisine
Unequaled.
The steamships of thl* company are ap
pointed to call from Savannah at follows
tCentral Standard Tlmejt
TO BALTIMORE.
D. H. MILLER, Copt. Peters, SATUR
DAY, April 27, at 1:00 p. m.
ITASCA, Capt. Hudgins, TUESDAY, April
30, at 3:30 p. m.
HUDSON. Capt. James, THURSDAY,
May 2, at 5:30 p. m.
TEXAS, Capt. Eldredge, SATURDAY,
May 4, at 6:30 p. m.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Foster. FRIDAY,
April 26, 13 noon.
BERKSHIRE, Capt. Ryan. TUESDAY,
April 30, at 3:00 p. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Foster, SATUR
DAY, May 4, at 6:30 p. m.
Ticket office No. U 2 Bull street.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent.
NEWCOMB COHEN, Tr*v. Agt.
Savannah, Ga.
W. P. TURNER. G. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. M.
J. C. WHITNEY. Traffic Manager.
General Offices. Baltimore. Md.
Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo.
MAY 1 TO NOV. 1, 1901.
“Picturesque Pan-American Route to
Buffalo” Is a beautifully illustrated and
comprehensive publication issued by the
"Grand Trunk Railway System,” giving
accurate information of the BxhlMton
with plkfi of the grounds, also map giv
ing complete information of Buffalo, and
will be sent free on receipt of two cents
postage.
Those planning a trip to Buffalo an i
Pan-American Exposition this y** r
should make arrangements to take in one
of the popular side trips offered by the
Grand Trunk Railway to the most beauti
ful and healthful summer resorts, situa
ted In the “Highland* of Ontario,” loca
ted 1,000 feet above sea level,# few hours'
run from Buffalo. Good hotel accommo
dation, magnificent scenery, perfect im
munity from Hay Fever; a place where
Health and Pleasure go hand in hand
The Highlands of Ontario include the
following well-known and, popular dis
tricts: “Muskoka Lakes.” “Lake of
Bays,” “Magnetawan River,” “30,(W
Islands of the Georgian Bay," “Kawar
tha Lakes" and the region around “Lakes
Bimcoe and Couchichlng."
Illustrated descriptive publications,
maps and all Information can be "had free
by applying to FRANK P. DWYER,
Eaatern Passenger Agent, 280 Broadway,
New York.
Heiskell’s
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