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Tlie Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for generally fair weather, except show
ers in extreme northern portion, variable
winds, mostly light southeasterly; and for
Eastern Florida, generally fair weather,
variable winds.
Practically all of the inhabitants of St.
Thomas. Danish West Indies, are colored.
It is the exception to see a white face
there. St. Thomas Is one of the Islands
proposed to bo purchased by the United
States from Denmark. Should we take
over the island, we would get another race
problem with it.
Senator Towne of Minnesota is in Beau
mont, and Is negotiating for the purchase
of fifteen acres of land in the oil district.
It is reported that he has $1,000.000 to be
put into Texas oil. With Towne. and
Bailey, end Hogg in oil, it would not be
surprising to hear of Mr. Bryan taking a
flyer into the same business.
Echoes of the recent Richard Olney
boom come back across the continent from
San Francisco. The Call of that city
thinks he would make a good candidate,
and run a great race; at the same time
It is not satisfied that George Fred Wil
liams would take kindly to the idea. The
-Call seems to think that George Fred is as
big a thing in Massachusetts as the Sa
cred Codfish.
The Bnnk of Yokohama, Japan, has
sent a representative to Louisiana for
the purpose of Investigating the rice in
dustry. The Intention of the Bank of
Yokohama, it is understood, Is to send a
coioney of Japanese to Louisiana for the
purpose of raising rice for exportation
to Japan, and to erect distilleries for
making the native Japanese beverage
known as "sake.”
In Chicago the other night a hurglnr
got tired of bis chewing gum Just as he
was in the midst of ransacking a house.
From force of habit he took the gum out
of his mouth and carefully placed it on
the mantlepiece, where he forgot it. The
next morning it wa, found by the detec
tive. Imprinted on the gum was a clear
impression of a peculiarly shaped broken
tooth. "That looks like Arch Jackson’s
tooth.” said one of the sleuths. Another
agreed, and they went off and arrested
Arch, and found they had the right man.
The moral of the tale, at course, is that
burglars should either give up chewing
gum or be sure that they patronize the
dentist.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania pro
nounced bis political valedictory in Phil
adelphia the other night, at a dinner given
in his honor. He gave It to be under
idocd that he hoped not to die soon, and
had no intention of resigning his seat in
the Senate; also that there were certain
matters pending before the Legislature
that he hoped to see through according
to his liking. But, the foregoing ex
cepted, his political race wa* run. He
would never again be a candidate for any
political eftii e nor accept any political
position. The Pennsylvania boss is now
getting along in years, und he has run
the machine for quite a long while. It
will be observed, however, that he has
given himself a plenty of time In which
Only recently he wse elected
Senate feu six years.
THE SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL AS
SOC! ATION.
The convention of the Southern Indus
, trial Association, which will take
place in next month, be
! ginning on the 11th and ending on the
Hth, inclusive, promises to be largely at
tended, and to be productive of results
that will be beneficial to the South. There
is one thing that is certain, and that is
that the merchants of Philadelphia are
going to do everything in their power to
make the convention a success. They
want trade from the South, and they do
not Intend to spare any effort to get It.
On the other hand the South wants cap
ital. She wants Northern men to invest
their money in her lands and mines, and
help her build factories. There are cer
tainly Inducements in the South for the
Investment of money.
If Philadelphia wants Southern trade
let her show an interest in Southern en
terprises. She cannot expect that the
Southern merchants will trade with her
unless she does something in Now
the greater part of the trade of the South
goes to New York, because that city is
the great market of the country, but there
is no good reason why Philadelphia should
not have a share of it. There was a time,
and it has not been so very long ago,
when Philadelphia had more of the trade
of the South than New York. That time
was Just before the Civil War. Then the
relations between Philadelphia and all of
the Southern cities was very close.
Asa rule there Is very little done at in
dustrial conventions that is productive of
results. Speeches are made and papers are
read, but neither the speeches nor the
papers contain much, that is practical.
Why not make the Industrial Convention
that is to meet in Philadelphia a practical
meeting? Why not have a committee of
the delegates appointed for the purpose of
presenting some practical plan by which
Philadelphia and the South will be able to
get closer together, and be mutually help
ful? If the only purpose of the conven
tion is to listen to speeches and papers
containing facts relative to the South’s re
sources and Philadelphia's willingness to
supply the South with certain kinds of
manufactured goods, It can be foreseen
what the result will be. The merchants
of Philadelphia are well acquainted with
the South's resources, and it is certain
that those who will go as delegates from
the South to the convention are well in
formed respecting Philadelphia. There
fore it would be a waste of the time of
the convention to discuss these subjects.
It will be fir better for the convention to
set about finding out at once what Phila
delphia can do for the South and what
the South can do for Philadelphia, and
what each is willing to do ior the other.
SOME PEACH GROWERS MAKE
MONEY.
There is money in' growing peaches in
Georgia, or else statements made by
peach growers are misleading. A few
days ago we called attention to some
statements made by peach growers in
the Marietta section. In a recent let
ter in the Atlanta Constitution from the
Dalton section it was stated that one
grower sold last year sixty-five carloads
of peaches for which he received $71,800,
and that he paid in commissions and
freight $29,550, leaving him $41,950. This
same grower said that on land for which
he had paid $7.50 per acre he cleared last
ya*r S2OO per acre. In his opinion there
is not an acre of land In Georgia—that is,
land that is tillable—that is not worth
SSO.
It is certain that he has shown the far
mers of North Georgia how to make their
land profitable. Many of them in his im
mediate section who were not able to
get more than a bare existence from their
farms before his appearance among them
are now living in comfort, and have
money to their credit in the banks of
their nearby towns.
The truth probably is that there are
ways of making farms pay that most
Georgia farmers know nothing about.
For instance, there is a section of Geor
gia where the celebrated Albemarle pip
pin—one of the most highly prised ap
ples—ls grown to perfection. An orchard
of twenty acres of this fruit would be a
fortune. There is always a market for
it at a very high price. Georgia ought
not only to produce all the apples need
ed by her own people, hut she should help
supply the needs of other states. Here
In Savannah about all of the apples con
sumed come from the orchards of the
Northern states. What Georgia Is do
ing in respect to peaches she can do In
respect to apples. It is a matter of
wonder to those who think of it that the
mountainous sections of the state are
not covered all over with apple orchards,
producing the very best kinds of apples.
They will be some day, Just as other sec
tions of the state are dotted with peach
orchards.
It seems that Mr. Andrew Carnegie's
idea of establishing free libraries was not
altogether an original one. Many years
ago when Mr. Carnegie was a working
boy In Pittsburg a large-hearted gentle
man of the name of John B. Anderson
opened Ills library of 400 volumes to the
poor boys on Saturdays. Mr. Carnegie,
and his brother and Mr. Phipps, after
wards his partners, were among those
who took advantage of Mr, Anderson's
kindness. So much did Mr. Carnegie en
joy the Anderson library, he says, thnt
he resolved at the time if wealth ever
came to him he would build a bigger
library where poor boys might get books
to read. A few years ago Mr. Carnegie
built a memorial library In honor of Mr.
Anderson at Emporia College.
A Philadelphia physician who has made
a long study of nicotine and Its effects
upon the human system is quoted as say
ing that the harmful effects of cigarette
smoking come, from the practice of inhal
ing the smoke. "The poisonous gas
formed while Inhaling smoke prevents
the air ceils from carrying oxygen to
the system," he said. Continuing he said
that he regarded they pipe as the most
Injurious method of smoking, "by reason
of the inability to keep It clean. The ac
cumulation of nicotine would poison a
weak system In a short time."
The expense gceount of Ferd W. Peek,
Commissioner to the Parle exposition. Is
still receiving the attention of the audit
ing department In Washington. The other
day the auditor decided that the govern,
inent should not pey tolls on A Thanks
giving Day cable of felicitations from the
Commissioner to the President. This has
been followed by a ruling that the ex
penses of Commissioner Peck> valet be
strloken from the government's account
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THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1901.
THE CRENSHAW LETTER.
There seems to he on unnecessary
amount of newspaper talk about the let
ter which Mr. T. C. Crenshaw, chairman
of the Georgia Railroad Commission,
wrote to Senator McLaurln of South Car
olina, commending the position the lat
ter has taken on political questions. As
a matter of fact Mr. Crenshaw is not in
favor of building up a white Republican
party in the South, and he did not say
he was. What his position may be in fu
ture is another matter. Just now he is
against what is called Bryanism, and that
Is about all he says in bis letter.
He declares that although he supported
Mr. Bryan in 1896 and in 1909 he did not
do so willingly. In 1900 he wished for the
election of Mr. McKinley, because he
thought it would he for the best inter
est of the country.
There is no doubt that all through the
South there were business and profes
sional men who thought the same way.
How many of them actually voted the
Republican ticket will of course never be
known, but the probability Is that the
numbet was not so large as many thought
it was. More of that class of voters stay
ed away from the polls than voted for
Mr. McKinley.
Democrats who were not In full sym
pathy with Mr. Bryan at the last presi
dential election will not have the same
excuse at the next national election for
not voting the Democratic ticket that
they had at the last election. The indi
cations are that the silver question will
be pushed into the background, and it is
probable that the Kansas City platform
will be modified in some other important
respects. The two wings of the Demo
cratic party will get together before its
next national convention. Mr. Bryan is
still a great leader of the party, but he
will not he permitted to dominate the
next national convention as he did the
last one. Unless all signs fail there will
be no occasion for any more letters like
Mr. Crenshaw's.
TO THE JUDGE'S CREDIT.
The action of Judge Speer in advising
the creditors and debtors of the Tennllle
Cotton Mill to get together and settle
their differences, and thus avoid bank
ruptcy proceedings, will be very generally
commended. The Judge has been criti
cised in some instances for hasty action
on petitions asking for receivers and for
allowing what were thought to be exces
sive fees in receivers’ cases. As to
whether or not the criticisms were just
is not now a matter for consideration, but
it is certain that no one not Interested
in the Tennille mill can find fault with
the course he pursued In that case. His
aim was to save the property for the
stockholders, most of whom are residents
of Tennllle. They invested their money
in the enterprise with the expectation
that It would yield them a good return.
The fact Is the mill is not yet in opera
tion. The hard times in the textile trade
came on and Interfered with; the plans of
those having the enterprise In charge.
If Judge Speer had acted in accordance
with the desire of the creditors there
would have been nothing left for the
stockholders after legal proceedings had
ended and the creditors had obtained their
money. Under the advice of the Judge
it Is probable that an understanding will
be reached and the mill put in operation.
It may be some time before the creditors
will get their money, but there is no
doubt they will get it, and the stock
holders will have their mill. It is the
understanding that some of the stockhold
ers are people of small means and ‘.he
loss of their stock would have been a
quite severe blow to them. Not only that,
but the movement in the direction of fac
tory building so noticeable all over the
South would have received a severe set
back in that section of Georgia. The
building of cotton mills near the cotton
fields Is going to be a great source of
wealth to the South and should be given
every possible encouragement.
THF. INF.GHO AT THE YOUTH.
Philadelphia doesn't know what to do
with her negro population. Some of her
lending citizens held a meeting recently
for the purpose of devising ways for edu
cating negro glrle to become cooks and
house servants, and for teaching negro
boys occupation of one kind and another.
At the meeting a good many opinions
of more or less value were expressed
and some complaints were made. One of
the colored citizens present complained
that Philadelphia philanthropists were
Iberal In giving money to assist negroes
in the South, but would not give anything
to help negroes in their own city.
That citizen hit the nail on the head.
The average Philadelphian doesn't want
anything to do with negroes. He would
be glad If there were none in h!s city.
There are more there now than can cam
a decent living, the number being about
60,000. And it Is increasing. The negroes
from Virginia and North Carolina seems
to think that the Quaker City is the place
where they can get the most Comforts
with the least work.
Nowhere In the North does the ncgTO
find a welcome. But the Northern people
ere always ready with abundance of In
dignation when there appears in the pub
lic prints a hint that there Is
a prejudice against the negroes in
the South. They will give money
to educate negroes in the South
because they want them to remain In that
section, and they give the Southern peo
ple a great deal of advice as to the treat
ment that ought to be accorded to the
negroes, but they are very careful not to
Invite them to migrate to the North.
The negroes are beginning to se® that
rafts prejudice is stronger in the North
than In the South. Money can ba raised
in the North to keep the negroes in the
South, but none can be had to assist ne
groes In the North.
Massachusetts recently passed a latv
substituting the electric chair in place of
the gallows for the infliction of the death
sentence. The Constitution of the United
States prohibits the infliction of cruel
"and" unusual punishment. The consti
tutions of the states generally follow the
wording of the national document. In
the Massachusetts constitution he prohi
bition roads cruel "or" unusual punish
ment. Whether thta was a clerical error
or not will probably be passed upon by
the Supreme Court of the state, since an
appeal to that court has been taken In a
murder case. The ground of the appeal
Is that the law Is unconstitutional, since
the constitution prohibits "unusual" pun
ishment, end electrocution Is "unusual"
since no state except New Vork haw put
U Uuo practic*
Minnesota is very much agitated over
the question of the passage of the pro
posed Chilton law to regulate marriage.
The pending bill provides that every can
didate for marriage must undergo a thor
ough physical and mental examination, for
the purpose of establishing a sound body
and a sound mind, before a license will
be issued. Opponents of the measure de
nounce 11 as being sumptuary and tyran
nical , legislation, and assert that thou
sands of young persons, physically per
fect but sensitive, would decline to un
dergo such ordeal, and would give over
the idea of getting married, or leave the
state. On the other hand, it is being
argued that some such legislation is nec
essary for the preservation of the race;
that continuous unrestricted marriage will
inevtably result in the decay of mankind.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy was
asked Ihe other day who would
oe her successor in leading the
Christian Scientists. Her reply was
characteristic, and as plSin as her
theology. She said: “The manhood and
womanhood of God have already been re
vealed in a degree through Christ Jesus
and Christian Science, his two witnesses.
What remains to lead on the century Is
the coming era that shall reveal the full
reflection or image and likeness of the
Father-Mother God; in man, the generic
term for mankind.” In interpreting this,
one of Mrs. Eddy's Boston followers said
it meant there would be no mortal suc
cessor to the present head of the cult.
Desertions from the American army
have been relatively few since 1890. The
average for the past year, according to
a War Department official, is less than 2
per cent. In ten years the highest per
centage has been less than 8 per cent,
per annum. Shortly after the Civil War
the desertions were heavy, running in 1871
to 30 per cent. The punishment for de
sertion now is much lighter than for
merly, hence it is not so much the fear
of the consequences that keeps the men
In ranks.
Mrs. Gage, wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury, is said to be very ill, from over
exertion in attending to social duties In
Washington. It is quite likely that the
social demands of the White House had
much to do with the breaking down of
Mrs. McKinley.
PERSONAL.
—Several years ago a pension was grant
ed by the government to former Represen
tative William R. Morrison of Illinois
ns a veteran of the Mexican and civil
wars. He had not applied for the pen
sion and returned it to the bureau. Now
Mr. Morrison has Just been granted a
pension of $8 per month, to date from
Sept. 14, ISB7 (when he became sixty-!wo
years old). He resigned a colonelcy in
1862 to enter Congress.
—Mme. Pauline Lucca has written to a
Vienna newspaper, thanking those who
congratulated her on her "sixtieth birth
day,” buit saying that she will keep all
letters, telegrams, and cards till that
event really takes place, three years
hence. It seems that M: e. Lucca is her
self responsible for the mistake, as, when
she entered the chorus of the Vienna op
era, she said that she was fifteen, instead
of twelve, fearing lest she might other
wise be rejected.
—Lord Howard de Walden, who became
of age on May 9, is one of the wealthiest
of ail the English barons. He owns about
one-half of (lie late Duke of Portland's
vast estate, the present Duke of Portland
owning the other half. (Between them
they own Ayrshire land worth from $250,-
000 to $300,000 a year. The late Duke of
Portland bought It with the money he in
herited from his maternal grandfather.
Gen. Scott of Balcomie, who is said to
have made most of his immense fortune
by gambling.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Strong-Willed.—Kind Lady—"lt must
be hard to get along without working?"
Tramp—"lndeed It is, ma'am; yer have
no idea how strong de tem'tation ter go
to work is, sometimes."—Brooklyn Life.
—A Life-Long Treasure.—" Clara, that
is a hideous vase.” "Yes, it is; It was
one of our bridal presents'—but we never
have any luck getting ugly things broken
when we move.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
—A Tender Point.—"l am surprised
that a man like Basso Should have mar
ried a girl who had no music In her at
all.” "Nothing surprising about it. Sho
was willing to listen to his singing.''—
Town and Country.
—Rase Tilt Percentage.—Miss Musyck—
"Do you think Wagner leads Liszt?” Mr.
Pittsburg— “I'm positive. I was reading
recently the National League batting
averages, and Wagner leads the list.”—
Judge.
—Mrs. Innocence (finding poker chips in
her husband’s pockets): Dear me! isn’t
George too thoughtful for anything! I
told him to buy something to amuse the
baby, and here he has brought home those
pretty colored disks.—Philadelphia Record.
i ntRENT comment.
The Ralttmore Sun (Dcm.) says: "Now
that the United States has captured the
numerous steamers of the Dryland
Steamship Dine and many more steam
ships are said to bo about to be added to
our merchant fleet, where Is the ship sub
sidy biil to come in? What need have we
to encourage people to Invest In seagoing
steamers by giving huge bounties out
of the taxpayers' pockets when we wee
them acquiring fleets of 600,000 tons and
over without bounties? Senator Frye is
said to be refurbishing his subsidy bill
for the next session of Congress, but re
cent events make his little Joker ridicu
louw. Surely Mr. Morgan, the Steel Trust
and Standard Oil are rich enough to buy
all the ships they need without help."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
"Reluctance in Congress to grant rights
of statehood to the three remaining ter
ritories within the original bounds of
the Union has been due altogether to
political considerations. Rut Oklahoma,
with nearly 100,000 population, presents a
claim to Independent government that
rises superior oven to partisan considera
tions. It will lie difficult to find reason
able grounds for denial In this Instance
of the right of local administration, how
ever strenuous the clamor of party exi
gency."
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says: “Mc-
Kinley te not the first President to whom
objection was made as recipient of a Har
vard honorary degree. The same opposi
tion was experienced by Andrew Jackson
In 183,1. And both these Presidents were
denounced as would be Emperors. But
one was a Democrat and the other Is a
Republican, which shows what a queer
people we are."
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.) says:
"The growing prevalence of lynch law la
apparent on all sides and In every state
of the Union. The cause of It is not In
the people, hut In the public officials,
whose public acta have done so much to
destroy public confidence in the official
administration of Justice." ——..
An Parthrinakp in San Salvador.
"I was in San Salvador, staying with
an American friend,” said the returned
tourist, according to the Philadelphia
Press, "when one summer's night, as I
sat in a chair on the veranda and he re
clined in a hammock, there came a rum
bling and quaking. I instinctively knew
it for an earthquake, but I said to my
friend:
“ 'Jim, aren’t we in for a calamity of
some sort?"
“ 'Oh. I guess not,’ was the lazy reply.
“ ‘But that was a shock, wasn’t it?’
"‘I guess it was.’
“ ‘How’s the house?’
“ ‘Pretty solid; no need of worrying.'
“There came a second shock after a
minute, and that veranda wabbled around
under it till my head swam. I heard the
servants running and yelling, and I was
pretty thoroughly scared as I said to Jim;
“ 'Don't you think we’d better get out
into the garden, where all is clear?’
” ‘Not yet. The ground out there might
open and swallow us.'
“ ‘But another such shock will bring
the house down over us.’
“ ‘Hardly. That’s only the second shock.
The third won’t be mHch worse, but the
fourth will be a buster, if there is one,
we’ll take a walk in lime.”
“The third shock did make things rat
tle. The house seemed to be picked up
and shaken like a rat. I was not only
seasick, but frightened to death, as I
said:
“Don’t you think it’s time to move,
Jim?’
” ’Not yet; may not be another shock,
and we must keep our dignity before the’
natives. Just listen for a far-off roaring.'
“In about two minutes we caught it
and left the veranda for the garden, and
we were only clear of the house when it
collapsed, with every other building on
the place. The earth heaved up as if
rolling in waves, and as I was Hung down
1 seized the grass and held on. The
shock was over in a, minute, and as I
sat up 1 called out:
“ ‘For God’s sake, Jim, is this the last?’
“ 'Sure, Mike!’ he laughed. ‘We never
have to exceed four shocks at once.’
" 'And is the house destroyed?’
“ Toototally busted, as you see.’
“ ‘And what—what ”
" ’Oh, nothing,' he interrupted. ‘lt’s a
derned nuisance, of course, but I’ve got
to go to work and build up again. It’s
the seventh time, and enough to bore a
man, but left, look for the whisky and
then And a bush 'to sleep under. Ho—
hum! Why can’t things let a feller alone
when he’s dog tired and half asleep?" ”
Hard Ducks to Kill.
The sreaming Walloon is a hard duck to
kill, says the Baltimore Sun. Its hide is
very tough and is thickly covered with
feathers and down. Besides the bird is a
great diver; one of the kind that used
to “dive at the flash” when hunted with
the old arm that flashed when tired. It
is of very little value for table use, be
ing so tough. The only way to manage it
at all is to skin it and parboil it in a big
pot with plenty of water. The negroes
make caps of Walloon skins.
“They are great ducks for diving,”
says a weil-known Tred Avon River
progger.
“They can dive quicker, go dovrn deeper,
remain under water longer and come up
farther away than any other duck that
lroquent our waters. I remember once I
succeeded in killing a Walloon, and being
Short of game for the table I determined
to cook my bird. I got a negro to skin
it, giving him the hide for his trouble.
After being cleaned we put it in a great
pot full of water anij under it kindled a
hot fire. After a while I wanted to see
how the cooking of my duck progressed
and lifted the top off the boiling pot, but
there was so much steam escaping I
could not sec into the pot and struck a
match over it. The blamed Walloon, sir,
dived at the flash of the match. It dis
appeared and has never been seen since.”
Mnrk Twain a* a Bnok-Bnycr.
The recent combination of the Publish
ers’ Association to prevent, if possible, tho
cutting in the prices of books, has re
vived an old story told at the expense
of Mark Twain, says the Youth’s Com
panion. One day. while Mark was con
nected with a publishing house, he went
into a bookstore, and, picking up a vol
ume, asked- the price. He then suggest
ed that as a publisher he was entitled to
sft per cent, discount. To this the clerk
assented.
"As I am also an author,” said Mark,
’’it would appear that I am again en
titled to 50 per centl discount.”
Again the clerk bowed.
“And as a personal friend of the pro
prietor,” he modestly continued, “I pre
sume that you will allow me the usual
25 per cent, discount.”
Another bow from the salesman.
"Weil,” drawled the unblushing humor
ist, "under these conditions 1 think 1
may as well take the book. What's the
tax?”
The clerk took out his pencil and fig
ured industriously. Then he said with
the greatest obsequiousness:
“As near as I can calculate, we owe
you the book and about 37*4 cents. Call
again.”
Respectability's Drtirhsrki.'
An extensive owner of city real estate
was called upon at his office one morning,
says the Youth's Companion, by a stran
ger, who asked him:
"Is this Mr. Philpot?”
“Yes, sir,” he replied.
"You own the property at 575 Bumble
thorpe avenue, X believe.”
"Yes.”
"I am told you are trying to sell it."
“I am.”
"I should like to buy it, if your price is
reasonable enough.”
"May I ask who you are?”
“I am Professor Goodkind of the uni
versity. I have bought the place next to
No. 575 on the south, for -a residence, and
to be frank, I don't like the kind of ten
ants you rent your house to. I wish to
buy it and select my own neighbors."
"No, sir!" answered the owner of the
property. "That puts a different aspect
on the matter. I <fon’t care to sell the
place now. I shall keep it, and raise the
rent on the ground that the neighborhood
is improving.”
Barrymore and the Bngllohmnn.
Maurice Barn-more, the unfortunate ac
tor who has entertained tens of thou
sands In his time, hut is now hopelessly
insane, had a fund of anecdotes with
which he never wearied of entertaining
his friends, says the Chicago Chronicle.
One of the last stories he told at the
Lambs’ Club was of a wordy encounter
between himself and an Englishman who
believed, as do so many Britons, in the
entire superiority of everything English
to what i American. “You outstrip us
In only one particular.’* said Barrymore.
“In England there ore better English
men.”
The foreigner then spoke of differences
in the spelling of words. “For Instance,"
he said, “the word ’honor’ should be
spelled h-o-n-o-u-r, but Americans spell
it h-o-n-o-r."
"Yes,” replied Barrymore, "when we
spell ‘honor’ we leave ‘you’ out.”
Reflections of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press.
It is probable that even the Innocence
of an angel would pale before that of a
little dog.
If It Is so that matches are made in
heaven, the good girls are mighty impa
tient.
It is the irony of fate that makes some
men how-legged and gives some women
beards.
Heaven Is probably a place where a
man will be able to do all of his business
while he is away on pleasure trips.
I wonder what all the Greek statues
would have looked like if the women had
worn straight-front corsets In thoee day*.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—An incident which suggests a moral
lesson for society leaders has occurred
to a young lady in Berlin, who wore a
fox’s head at the end of her boa. A dog
was seized with the delusion that he was
"up against a good thing,” got into full
cry at once. nnd. after an exciting run.
made, a good kill of the dead fox, the
young lady being so much mauled that
she was nearly in at her own death.
—The preparation of a simple and cheap
artificial stone is becoming an important
German industry and likely eventually to
supplant brick-making. The ingredients
are only lime nnd sand in the proportion
of from four to six parts of r the former to
between ninety-six and ninety-four parts
of the latter. The materials are thorough
ly mixed and shaped Into blocks of the
desired size. The latter are then put In
a boiler, which is sealed, and submitted
to a steam pressure of from 120 to 130
pounds to the square inch. • This opera
tion gives a flinty character to the blocks,
making them very hard.
—People of a superstitious turn of mind
who believe that ill luck is associated
with the number 13 may perhaps derive
confirmation of their opinions from a
study of the history of the Irish Hunt
corps, which formed part of the Impe
rial Yeomanry. The Hunt corps was mo
bilized in Dublin on Jan. 13. 1900. On
March 13 it sailed for South Africa and
on arrival at the Cape was attached to
the Thirteenth Battalion of the Impe
rial Yeomanry. On the occasion of their
first encounter with the Boers thirteen
men of the corps were killed and the rest
were forced to surrender. *
—ln the chief room of every Japanese
house built by rule there is a slightly
raised dais, which is sometimes so ar
ranged that it can be entirely shut off
from the rest of the building. This is a
sort of "holy of holies,” where the Em
peror would sit if he ever hortored the
house with a visit. It is not so very many
years ago since it would have been un
lawful to look upon his Imperial Majes
ty's face, and he would have sat entirely
shut off from view, his food being served
thfbugh a side opening, so arranged that
no one would obtain a glimpse of his
sacred countenance. Even nowadays no
subject must look down upon the Em
peror, and therefore the raised platform
is still a necessity.
—The United States Supreme Court
holds on to precedents and traditions of
the past with more tenacity than any
other body 'in the country. This fact is
shown in little as well as in great things,
says the Washington Star. The court kept
up the practice of filling its official snuff
box longer than did the United States
Senate, and the Senate held on to the
onoe-poptilar drug long after it had
ceased to be used. The love of the old
way is shown in the Supreme Court ev
ery time that august body meets by the
array of quill pens distributed over the
desks. When the quill was the only pen
instructions were given to have a cer
tain number of them placed on the desks
for members of the court. Very few peo
ple now use the quill, and those who do
would get along very well with a steel
pen. But no one has ever dared to in
terfere with a custom once established,
and the quill pen doubtless still has a
long life in the court. The Supreme
Court holds cigarettes as an abomination,
though it gives a respectful place to the
custom of smoking tobacco. In the clerk's
room there is displayed a large notice—
“ Cigarette smoking prohibited”—but ci
gars may be freely used.
—The collection of Assyrian and Baby
lonian records at the British Museum has
revealed more of the domestic life of peo
ple who lived 5,000 years ago than is
known In the case of our own country
men 1,000 years ago, says the London
Chronicle Such was the opinion express
ed by Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen when
he explained these relics to an interest
ed audieuec recently. The clay bricks and
cylinders berieath the glass cases were
covered with characters testifying to a
completely organized system of justice,
marriage, divorce and commerce. The
bookkeeping of 5,000 years ago was shown
to be wonderfully accurate. A curious
form of record is that preserved in the
form of baked clay tablets, which were
inclosed in clay envelopes, also inscribed
with the terms of the transaction, so that
a double record provided against the pos
sibilities of damage. The “open and closed
evidence” spoken of by Jeremiah is sup
posed to refer to this system. The prac
tice of recording on a brick the name
of the King, of the building and of the
city in which it was being erected has
had the advantage in modern days that
an odd hre’ may become the means of
disinterring a city hitherto unknown.
—At Hoogstraelen, a small Belgian
town, a Bald-Headed Club, to secure ad
mission to w-hich a calvous area of 21
.square centimetres, or 814 square inches,
is imperative, has lately been founded,
says the Golden Penny. Its antithesis ex
ists in the Long-Haired Club, of Ghent,
Whose members must wear either a beard
of 30 centimetres (one foot) or hair of 20
centimetres (eight inches) in length. "Lew
100 kilos,” a Parisian- club, for which no
one weighing less thari 100 kilos (18 stone)
is eligible, is ;r striking contrast with
"Les 50 Kilos," of Marseilles, to Which
entrance is alone permitted to such as
are over 170 c- n l met res (5 feet 7 inches)
In higlit and wider 50 kilos (8 stone) in
weight. I-'or several years the president
of this club was a M. B , who, though
nearly six feet, weighed less than seven
stone. Two years since, however, he took
unto himself a wife, under whose solicit
ous cave he so rapidly gained flesh that
in less than twelve months he was com
pelled to resign his membership. Berlin
boasts of a Big Mouth Club. In the club
roam Is keot a v.cedeu bull, as large as
a medium-sized orange, which every can
didate for admission Is required to insert
in his mouth Lefore hL name can go for
ballot. In the same city, too. there Is a
One-Handed Club, composed only of
such as have suffered the loss of a hand-.
—The modern sprinkling wagon is very
different from the old-timer, says the
New York Sun. The chief improvement
is In the spray head, which enables the
driver to control the flow of water much
better than the old style. Thus, whether
it Is a dirt or a macadam road, or a
stone-paved or asphalted street, there ehn
be supplied from the modern street sprin
kler just the amount of water required
to lay the dust in it. without waste. The
spray head on each side has its own valve
rod running to the driver's seat, with a
step there for the foot. The driver can
operate both heads at once, or he can run
only one head; he can shut off or open
either one at pleasure. With this sort Of
wagon the expert driver leaves behind him
dry crosswalks with perfectly defined lim
its, and when he comes to a carriage or
a street car, upon which he doesn’t want
to throw water, he shuts off the flow on
that side and keeps the other going.
Sprinkling wagons are made in various
sizes, ranging from 150 gallons to 1,900 gal
lons capacity. There are twenty sprink
ling wagons sold in this country nowa
days where there was one sold only a few
years ago. This great increase in their
use is due in large measure to sanitary
reasons, to the great extension of good
roads and to the common desire for com
fort. Sprinkling wagons are used nowa
days commonly In many smaller towns
and villages, where they were never
thought of some years ago. And Ameri
can sprinkling wagons are now found all
over the world wherever sprinkling wag
ons are used. They are exported to Aus
tralia, Cuba. Porto Rico, South America,
South Africa and Europe. The modern
sprinkling wagon that the traveler
chances to see in Paris, or Berlin, or
Hamburg, Amt very likely from the same
factory as -the one he saw here before he
left home, going through hi* own home
street.
MUNYON’S
COLD
CURE
Nearly everybody seems to be taking Prof.
yon’a t old Cure whenever a cola appears. It
relieves the head, nose,'throat and lungs so quickly
that a cold need no longer be a forerunner of grippe,
diphtheria or pneumonia. A vial of the Cold Cure
is like a life insurance policy. Every one of his
remedies is as sure. Mostly 25c. vial. Guide to
Health free. Munyon. New York and Philadeluhia.
■ UNION S I VHM.EE CURES CATARKtf.
HOTELS AND SI MMER RESORTS.
HOTEL EMPIRE
BROADWAY AND 63d ST., N. Y. CITT,
—ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF.-
MODERATE RATES.
From Grand Central Station take Broad
way and 7th ave. cars, 7 minutes to EM>
PTRE.
From the Fall River boats take the 9th
ave. Elevated to 59th street, from which
hotel is one minute’s walk.
Within ten minutes of amusement and
shopping centers. All cars pass the Em
pire.
Send postal for descriptive booklet.
Allenhurst Inn,
AND COTTAGES,
“From Lake to Ocean-’*
ALLENHURST, N. J.
A delightful combination of
OCEAN. LAKE AND WOODLAND.
Finest Golf Course in America—Varden.
Both hotels under the management of
W. JOHNSON QUINN.
Hotel Normandie,
Broadway and 38th St., New York City.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.
EUROPEAN PLAN.
Located in the omusement and shopping
district, the liveliest and most interest
ing part of the city.
Twenty principal places of amusement
within five minutes’ walk of the hotel.
Family and transient hotel.
CH.AS. A. ATKIN’S <*■ CO.
Summer Resort, Ocean Hotel,
Asbnry Park, Jf. J.
OLD POINT COMFORT,
VIRGINIA.
A CHARMING HUMMER RE
SORT. SPLENDID BATH
ING, SAILINGJAND FISHING.
Adjoining Fort Mon
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CHAMBERLIN J*** *“ ‘M. s.
_________ Masino s Famous Band
FINE GOLF LINKS.
HOTEL CHAMBERLIN "
open until July Ist. when nYuCtA
It closes for improvements. MflTPl
Hygeia Hotel, now under- nuiCL
going repairs, opens July U—__
Ist for summer season. Special ratea
by the month. GEO. A. KEELER,
Manager, Fort Monroe, Va.
THE WINOLA.
This modern hotel is beautifully sliuo
ted with full lake View on an eminence
of ground overlooking the main body of
water 150 feet away. Pine grove of large
trees surrounds hotel. Orchestra will
furnish music at stated intervals during
day and evening. Cuisine first-class;
rates reasonable. Located on the direct
route to the Pan-American Exposltloh.
Illustrated booklet and other information
on application. C. E. FREAR, Prop.,
Lake Winola, Pa.
Mountain Hark Hotel,
HOT SPRINGS, N. C.
The healthiest place in America. Re
duced rates for summer—July 1 to Oct. 15.
Mineral baths. The medicinal virtues of
its waters are unexcelled. Swimming
pool, riding, golf and tennis. For booklets
address JOHN C. RUMBOUGH, Prop.
WARM SPRINGS,
Bath County, Virginia,
are now open for guests. For circular*
and terms address
EUBANK & GLOVER,
Warm Springs, Bath county, Virginia,
THE CLIFF, No. Scituate, Mass.-
Largest and most popular hotel on South
Shore, 24 miles from Boston on Massa
chusetts Bay. Modern house, electrlo
lights and bells, bath rooms, cuisine un
surpassed; livery: beautiful walks and
drives; deep sea fishing, casino, golf
links, tennis courts, splendid beach for
bathing. Address M. R. CUSHING, Prop.
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