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MONDAY. MAY 120. 1001.
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liNDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meeting—Stockholders Savannah, Flor
ida- and Western Railway.
Special Notices—Savannah Building
Supply Company; Andrew Hanley Com-
Jjan'y.
Business Notices—E. & W, Laundry.
Watches— Waltham Watches.
Pearline—James Pyle & Sons, New
I'ork.
Amusements—Vaudeville at Thunder
bolt Casino This Evening.
Biscuits, Etc.—National Biscuit Com
pany.
Legal Notices—ln the Matter of C. N.
JRaybon, Bankrupt.
Medical—Hostetter's Stomach Bitters;
Heiskell's Ointment; Castorla; Dr. Hath
away Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
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The Weather,
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
for clearing weather, with lower tem
perature on the coast, variable winds,
mostly northerly; and for Eastern Flor
ida, showers, variable winds, mostly light
fcoutherly.
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A Chicago court has affirmed the legal
ity of the black-list, tinder the decision
one Arm may black-list an individual and
thus exert pressure upon another firm to
prevent the latter from giving him em
ployment. The matter will be carried to
the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has
banded down a decision In which It holds
that a 6treet railway company, as to its
passengers, is not liable for negligence In
attempting to operate Its cars during a
Strike, unless conditions are such that it
ought to know, or to reasonably antici
pate. that it cannot do so and at the same
time guard Its passengers from violence.
Prof. J. ft. Clark of the Northwestern
University, Chicago, has no patience with
the modern society girl. He told his class
during a lecture the other day that the
aoclety girl “Is a parasite,” and also that
"the man who marries one of them ties
millstone around his neck." The figures
are a little incongruous, nevertheless it
Is easy enough to understand what the
Professor means.
C<junt Bonl Castellane has served at
least one good purpose. It hag been shown
upon him that It Is not necessary to use
the knife In every case of appendicitis.
Boirl had that complaint. The doctors
gave him the oil treatment, followed by
the use of the compress. His recovery
has been complete. Dr. Terry of Utica,
N. -Y., claims that In almost every case
the-oil and compress treatment would be
found effective.
Tfce “reformers" of Buffalo are seeking
to have the police commissioners of that
city removed from office because the
cpnimissioners have determined that the
grounds of the Exposition shall be opened
on Sundays. The Exposition Is an educa
tional Institution. Persons of Independent
means can, of course, visit It six days of
the fijeek, but there are tens of thousands
of working people whose only chance for
seeing this great museum of the world
is on Sundays.
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A Chicago dispatch says that Mrs. Pot
. _ , a^mpoae 1 - eel e
ter Palmer
■treeta and lanes in "her ward.'' "Her
•ward." of courkt, means that which is
represented ir/dfy Council by her son.
Sf women could be made official Inspec
tors, there is no doubt that streets would
be kept cleaner than they now are. And
street Inspection would give many so
ciety women an opportunity to expend
their time in a more useful manner than
the/ ere In the habit of doing.
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Benator Beveridge of Indiana Is off
•gain on a foreign trip to study economic
conditions. This time he Is going to Rus
sia. When he gets back he will probably
wubmtt his manuscripts (o Benator Han
na lor revision before attempting to
make a speech from them In the Senate.
Zt is rather disconcerting to advertise
ones speeches for a long time In advance,
and then at the last moment have a party
boas some along and cut the manuscript
of it to pieces with a blue pencil.
The chances for Sir Thomas Llpton to
Win the America's cup are regarded as
being very small; nevertheless John Bull
has the satisfaction of knowing that he
la the best boat builder and sailor In Eu
rope. He has just won the International
cup race between English, Italian and
Freach one-lonners. Tha race eras on the
fieine. and the Italian and French boa is
were beaten hands down. The trophy Is
net, of course, to be compared with the
America's tup, nevertheless it should be
eame eatlslacticHi to John Bull to know
ho ie the beet on his side of the
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A CARTER HARRISON BOOM.
It Is asserted In, some of the public
prints that a couple of politicians who
are understood to be In charge of the po
litical fortunes of the Honorable Carter
Harrison. Mayor of Chicago, have ar
ranged to give a great picnic in June, at
which they will start a boom for Mr. Har
rison as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President. Having given
j the Chicago people a chance to view it
' they will. It is asserted, start on a tour
at the South with it. There is no doubt
it will attract attention In the South.
There is scarcely any part of the South
in which something is not known of the
young Mayor of Chicago. If he has not
been heard of his chief henchman, Bath
house John, has.
Of course it is rather early for presi
dential booms, but no doubt Mr. Harri
son thinks it better to be early In the
field. But why he should exhibit his boom
In the South before taking It to the
mountain states of the breezy West or
to the crowded states of the dollar-chas
ing East is a question that it is difficult
to understand.
pt course he will be given a cordial
welcome in the South, but it is doubtful
if he will receive sufficient encourage
ment to make him glad. There seems to
be a feeling among the Southern people
that It is about time that the South fur
nished the Democratic party with a presi
dential candidate. Anyway, the South
will not likely be in haste to pledge her
support to Mr. Harrison or any other can
didate. As the party cannot get along with
out her she can be a big factor in naming
the next ticket and making the next plat
form, provided her leaders get together
and decide upon a course of action. It is
about time the South was making her In
fluence felt in the party. There Is no
good reason why she Bhould continue to
follow other sections to defeat, election
after election. She should organize for
leadership and victory.
THE LONG-STAPLE COTTON SUPPLY.
The New York Commercial has some
doubts about the long-staple cotton sup
ply of the world being equal to the de
mand, within a few years. It may not
yet be tinje for the manufacturers to
concern themselves over the question of
a sufficient supply to keep their machin
ery in profitable occupation, says the
Commercial, but the time is coming when
the world's area suitable to the growth
of cotton will have to be taken Into con
sideration. "For the growth of the ma
terial for the finest manufactured cotton
products there are only two districts in
the world that have shown any natural
capabilities for producing a fibre that
possesses the length and fineness requi
site for the spinning of the finest num
bers of yarn; and these districts are found
along the coasts of South Carolina and
Georgia and Florida, and in the north
ern part of Egypt. It is for the supply
of such cotton that the greatest solicitude
may be had by manufacturers in their
efforts to keep up with the progressive
demands of the popular taste for finer fab
rics, such as the Increased wealth of
the world will allow to be gratified. It is
doubtful if the region along the sea coast
of the South Atlantic states will permit
much of an increased supply of long
staple cotton such as is now grown there;
and this makes of especial Interest the
efforts now being put forth in Egypt for
increasing the cultivable land of that
country for the growth of cotton.”
It Is well enough to remark just here
that It la an qpen question whether the
long-staple cotton acreage of Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida can or not
be considerably increased. It Is possibly
true that the sea Island acreage cannot
be Increased to any appreciable extent;
but sea Island Is not the only long staple
ootton. although It Is the best. The
Egyptian product Is Inferior to sea isl
and. It may be that In the states men
tioned a considerable acreage will be
opened up to a cotton that will equal the
Egyptian. All over the three states there
are vast areas of what is known as "flat
woods” land. Last year Mr. D. H. Ar
nold of Oglethorpe county, this state,
planted five acres of “flat woods" In a
long-staple cotton. The yield was con
sidered very good, and the staple was
of such texture that he was able to sell
it at 4 or e cents a pound above the
quotation for middling short-staple. Mr.
Arnold was so much impressed by his
experiment that he has increased his acre
age for this year, and is looking forward
to the production of a staple that will
be second only to the sea Island. His
last year's experimental crop was better
In grade than the long fibre cotton of
Texas. Should It be demonstrated that
these "flat woods” are adapted to the
growing of a fine grade of cotton, a great
acreage will be made available. The lands
are now very low In price, much lower
than the average farming lands.
To revert to the Egyptian cotton area,
the Commercial estimates that, with the
Irrigation schemes that are now going
forward, there will be added to the cot
ton area not more than 1,060,000 acres.
Under ordinary conditions, therefore,
Egypt cannot be reckoned upon as being
able to supply, even when her irrigation
systems are In full operation, more than
2,000,000 bales of cotton of 600 pounds each.
American producers of long-staple cotton,
therefore, have no cause to feci uneasy
with respect to Egypt.
There seems to be some doubt as to
whether Charleston's request, for the old
Liberty Bell, In Philadelphia, will meet
with u favorable response. Charleston
wishes the bell for her Exposition, and
there does not seem to be any good rea
son why she should not have It. The bell
was loaned for ‘the expositions at New
Orleans, Chicago and Atlanta, and thus
the precedent of sending it out of Phila
delphia was established. Asa relic of In
dependence. the old bell is something of
a national heirloom, especially among the
"original thirteen," of which South Caro
lina was one. Charleston, therefore, has
a better claim upon It than Chicago had.
That the bell was badly handled In the
latter city Is not a good reason why it
should not be sent to the Carolina me
tropolis. As the custodian of the bell,
Philadelphia ought to send It South with
out hesitation and accompany It with in
exhibit that will he a matter of pride to
all the Quakers.
Some time ago a bill was introduced Into
the Massachusetts Legislature to comp'd
the railroads of the state to sell 600-
mlle books at 2 cents per mile. While
the bill was pending the railroads, with
out waiting for a vole, put such books
on sale. The proposed legislation has.
■therefore, been abandoned.
THE MORNING NEWS: MON DAY, MAY 20, 1901.
FLOWERS FOR MARKER.
It Is said that In the little state of Con
necticut there are more than 800,000 square
feet of glass devoted wholly to the grow
ing of flowers for market. No doubt
other states of the North give proportion
ately as much space to flowers for com
mercial purposes, besides which there are
tens of thousands of private hot houses
and conservatories in which millions of
flowering plants are grown. In the North
the warm season Is only long enough to
give plants a bloom in the open air,
therefore they must be protected under
glass for a long time. Nor is the North
capable of growing all of the flowers It
makes use of. About Easter time, which
comes North before the frost is well out
of the ground, there is a big demand for
flowers, especially lilies. Bermuda an
nually receives thousands and thousands
of dollars for the Easter lilies which 3be
sends to New York, Philadelphia, Boston
and other Northern cities. Why should
all of that money be sent to Bermuda,
when It might as well stop in Florida?
Florida Is growing Bermuda onions, Ber
muda potatoes, etc.; is It not reasonable
to suppose she couldi grow Bermuda lilies
as well? Asa matter of fact lilies as
fine as can be produced in the world are
already being grown In Florida, but so
far nobody seems to have gone Into the
business regularly for supplying the
Northern markets. Florida lilies might be
shipped to a Northern destination in
shorter time, and arrive in better shape,
than Is possible from the island of Ber
muda.
The semi-tropical climate of South
Georgia and Florida is especially suited to
the growing of flowers. The floral wealth
of the Peninsular State, indeed, gave it
Its name. Oddly enough, however, the
most of the flowers are grown In the
North. Down here we pay little atten
tion to their commercial possibilities. In
cold Pennsylvania and New York, and
colder Michigan, several men have be
come millionaires in the seed business,
notwithstanding they were under the
necessity of providing expensive glass
covers for their young plants. In South
ern Florida there would never be neces
sity for covering young plants. Bulbs for
hyacinths, tube roses and the various
other bulb-plants could be brought prac
tically to maturity in Florida in time for
shipment to the North to catch the early
spring warmth and delight the North
erners with strong, perfect, early open-air
blooms. It seems there ought to be
money In the bulb and seed business In
South Georgia and Florida to those who
go about the business Intelligently and
are willing to give time and patience to
the work of building up a reputation.
AS TO THE SWEET POTATO.
The art of cooking the sweet potato
Is the subject of a pamphlet recently Is
sued by the Department of Agriculture,
at Washington. The bulletin ought to
be given wide circulation at the North,
where few persons who were not born
and reared In the South know anything
about the sweet potato, and still fewer
know how to cook one. Most Northern
persons who have tasted the sweet po
tato, in the North, have found it to be
rather poor food, because it was spoiled
in the cooking. Southerners visiting
Northern cities have frequently been dis
gusted upon ordering sweet potatoes to
be served with something the like of
which they never saw before. The cook
didn't know his business when It came
to sweet potatoes. He' had tried to add
sweetness where none was needed, and
to get through the Job In too great a
hurry.
The government's potato cook book puts
stress upon the fact, which every South
ern housewife and negro knows, that the
potato cannot be hurried In the cooking,
if good results are to be obtained. It
requires time, and a plenty of It; but
it is a grateful tuber, and gives back
good value for the time expended upon it.
Meanwhile It Is sometimes vindictive, es
pecially If It Is newly out of the ground,
and will give cramps to the person who
Is foolhardy enough to make quick cook
ing and quick eating of Iti Thoroughly
cooked, it Is soft, sweet, nutritious, whole
some and easily digested; half-cooked, It
may be the source of some unpleasant
quarters of an hour.
There are fifty ways of cooking a sweet
potato, but there is only one best way.
That is by baking, preferably In the old
fashioned brick ovens, now unluckily al
most extinct. The old brick ovens are
passing away with the old-fashioned
colored mammies. The two were com
panions and friends, and the delightful
dishes that they turned out by mutual
efforts were solaces to epicures. A stove
oven, however, will bake a sweet potato
well, provided the heat is not too high.
It requires at least six hours of mod
erate heat to bring a potato to perfection.
The skin should be left on the potato,
of course. At the Vxpiration of six hours.
If the potato Is of good quality and has
been out of the ground long enough to
have ripened, that Is for the sap to be
out of It. It will be found soft through
out and delightfully sweet. It may be
served hot or cold, with butter, meats,
gravy or milk, or It is very good to be
eaten without accompaniment of any sort.
After baking, roasting Is the next best
method of cooking the potato. It Is the
habit of the darkies of the South to bank
potatoes In the hot ashes of their fire
places and let ‘them remain over night.
The next morning they are found to be
done to a turn. This method brings out
the flavor practically as well as baking,
though It sometimes results In one side
of the potato being burned. It Is ob
jectionable because the skins are leas
clean when cooked In ashes. Steaming
will cook a potato In a shorter time than
cither baking or roasting, and the
steamed potato Is not at all bad eating;
but it makes the meat somewhat watery
and less sweet. The same applies to
boiling. There are those, however, who
prefer the steamed or boiled' potato to
the baked or roasted.
There are, of eourse, many dishes to be
made from the sweot potato, such aspics,
"pones.” croquettes, etc. With most of
them, however. It In like spoiling an ex
cellent thing only to produce something
that Is no better. The government's pam
phlet contains a number of potato re
cipes. If the publication shall have the
effect of Inducing even a limited number
of persons t the North to investigate
the sweet potato, and to cook them right
and long enough, and rat them right -
not smothered In all sorts of fancy fix
ings—the department will have conferred
a boon.
Northern communities are now offering
> aome striking examples of the mob spirit.
There was some commotion in Buenos
Ayres recently. The report had reached
the city that certain Argentine citizens
had seen a large number of heavy guns
being unloaded from a Chilean
ship near Punta Arenas. The con
clusion was Immediately reached
that Chile was taking steps to
fortify the Straits of Magellan, and the
Argentine authorities taw a distinct men
ace to their government in the act. It
transpires, however, that what was sup
posed to be guns was merely a consign
ment of large water pipe, for the water
works at Punta Arenas. The Argentine
government, therefore, is breathing easy
once more.
It seems lo have been established au
thoritatively that the first cotton gin was
operated by Eli Whitney on Rocky Creek
at a point near Augusta, Ga. A number
of business men of Augusta have formed
themselves into a club for the purpose
of building a memorial to the great Inven
tor on the spot where he first put his In
vention to the practical test. The organ
ization has taken the name of the Eli
Whitney Country Club, and its purpose
is to erect on the Rocky Creek site a mod
ern and perfectly equipped country club
house.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. Bryan of the University of In
diana has accepted the presidency of the
central normal and trade school of Ma
nila and expects to take thither with him
twenty teachers, mostly graduates of the
University of Indiana.
—Second Assistant Secretary of State A.
A. Adee is said to be better versed In the
language of diplomacy than any living
American. He writes nearly all the state
papers intended for foreign reading. Mr.
Adee is at present making a thorough
tour of Germany.
—The British embassy to Washington
has taken for the summer season the
Derham cottage, Bellevue avenue, New
port, and will be removed there early in
June soon after the departure of the am
bassador, Lord Pauncefote, for England.
During his absence Gerald A. Lowther,
first secretary, will be in charge.
—Joseff Hoffman Is going to London af
ter a short slay in Paris to meet the pro
moters of a Company formed to'put on
the market one of the pianist's inven
tions. This is an engine which is de
clared by experts who have examined it
to be a remarkable achievement. Most of
the money to advance his Interests came
from New York admirers.
—Geronlmo, the noted Apache chief
whose bloodthirsty career as a raider in
the Southwest was ended years ago by
his capture, is now 80 years old and lives
near Fort Sill, Ok. Tourists who wish
to photograph him must pay $5 for the
privilege, and the old sinner, before fac
ing the camera, always gets himself into
war paint, strikes a ferocious attitude and
looks as fiendish as possible.
—Rev. E. Emory Beetham of Cadiz, 0.,
has sailed for South Africa to found at
New Umtali, Rhodesia, a school for the
education of the children of Englishmen
In South Afrlcla. Mr. Beetham is a recent
graduate of Drew Theological Seminary.
He was chosen for the work in South Af
rica by Bishop Hartzell, under whom all
the work of the Methodist Episcopal
Church In South Africa Is moving.
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BRIGHT BITS.
—Took Himself Seriously—" What did
Gobang do with the money he earned by
writing articles showing how lo get ricJh
raising chickens?” “He lost it running a
chicken farm in New Jersey."—Town and
Country.
—How It Looked—Farmer Greene—
“ What’s old man Perkin's son studying
fer to be at college?” Farmer Axle
grease—“A missionary, I guess! He keeps
touching the ole man up fer ‘indemnity’
every week or two.”—Puck.
—The Difficulty—Manager—"l am sorry
that you wish to resign. What is the
trouble?” Star—"lt is too much of a
strain on me to try to live up to the salary
your press agent says I get.”—Baltimore
American.
—Mr. House—"lt doesn’t seem to me that
our new cook is a great success.” Mrs.
House—" Not as a cook, I grant you; but
she has lived in nearly half the families
in town and her conversation 13 so enter
taining!"—Boston Transcript.
—A Neighborly Disturbance.—First
Neighbor; Well, my daughter doesn't
play the piano any worse than your son
writes poetry.
Second Ditto: Perhaps not, but it can
be heard so much farther.—Detroit Free
Press.
—A Record-Breaker.—Subbubs: See here,
you said that house we bought of you
was a stone's throw from the station.
Agent: Well?
Subbubs: Well, I simply want to know
who threw that stone.—Philadelphia
Times.
—Greening (shopping with his wife)—
"Here is something that will make you
a nice dress.” Mrs. Greening—“Oh, no
body Is wearing that this season.” Green
ing—“ Well, what's the matter with this
piece?" Mrs. Greening—"Oh, that's too
common. Everybody is wearing it.”—Chi
cago News.
CIRRENT COMMENT.
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
“The Cuban committee on relations re
ports that ‘owing! to explanations made
by Secretary Root to the commission we
advise the acceptance of the Platt amend
ment as a basis for future treaties with
the United States.’ This action puts Sec
retary Root Into anew class. He is the
great ‘explainer’ of the administration. In
future when anything appears at all darit
or doubtful to our subjects In the colonies
send for Root. If there i a famine riot
in Porto Rico Root can explain to the
natives how absurd they are aud all will
be well. As an explainer Root stands
alone."
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
"According to the New York independent,
the people of the South are tired of the
Rryan brand of Democracy. True enough;
but we take exception to the Independ
ent's opinion that the McLaurln brand is
the kind needed to 'vitalize' the party In
the South. Mr. McLaurln Is jut an ex
treme on one side as Mr. Bryan is on the
other. What the party In the South
needs, and what we think It Is going to
take, |s anew grip on the Wade Hampton
brand of Democracy.”
The New York Times (Dem.) says: "Mr.
Conger believes In the 'open door' In Chi
na. The way to get It Is to press the
policy of freedom of Intercourse with all
the resources of the government, and at
tha same time offer to our men of means
and brains (he aid of open markets at
home. With a fair Held and a chance for
unfettered exchange, our people may be
relied on to get all that la worth get
ting.'’
The Birmingham Age-He|ld (Dem.)
say*: "Count Esierhazy puts out anew
confession of villainy, but av#n a second
confession does not lead the French Re
public to do full Justice to Dreyfus,”
She Owns a Safety Deposit Box.
The girl philosopher had an air of pride
and well being that lifted her chin and
gave her head a proud tilt, says the Chi
cago News.
"You act as if you had become sudden
ly rich or found a dollar’s worth of post
age stamps,” the matron observed.
“Would you mind telling us the reason
for this grinning joy of yours?”
"I wasn't grinning,” the girl retorted,
“but I don't mind admitting that I feel
affluent and happy. All my life I have
wanted to rent a safety deposit box. 1
have always longed for one of those little
cubby holes that I could call my very
own—and at last I have one.”
"Have you got anything to put In a
safety deposit box?” the dental student
asked with on Insinuating air.
The girl paid no attention to this re
mark. “To-day.” she went on. "I found
that I had $3 that I didn't have to squan
der on the vulgar necessaries of life, apd-,
I concluded that I would realize, jay.;
dream of owning a safety deposit box. So
I wended my way to a bank and descend
ed the marble stairs that led to the safe
ty deposit vaults. I felt like a regular
Aladdin. When I got to the bottom of
the stairs I saw a fat and venerable man
immured behind plate glass crossed by
heavy Iron bars. I addressed a few re
marks to him through these obstructions.
He gibbered at me from behind his prison
bars, but we weren't making any progress
toward an understanding until a special
officer took me by the arm and led me
around a corner where I could talk with
the venerable man face to face.
"I was positively awed by my surround
ings. Everything was shining steel and
white marble. Large, dignified gentlemen,
conversing in low tones. I think they
had just finished cutting their daily cou
pons. The venerable prisoner in the iron
and plate glass cage asked me what I
wanted. I replied that It had long been
my dream to rent a safety deposit box.
He replied that I could realize this dream
by putting up the price and giving my
real name. I said that I would first like
to look at the $3 boxes.
"The venerable prisoner let himself out
on parole, and we passed through a door
way set in a steel wall and entered the
inner vault. A red carpet covered the
floor, and the walls were made of little
drawers. I saw one woman pull out her
drawer and take a small vial from It.
Something gray and fluffy filled the bottle.
The woman wept as she looked at it, and
I am sure that her husband's ashes were
in that vial. Touching Idea, wasn't It?
And I saw a man who was sifting dia
monds through his fingers as a child
plays with sand, and another man who
lifted a magnificent tiara from”—
"Would you mind restraining your Imag
ination until we have locked the door and
looked under the couch?” the dental stud
ent asked.
"And,” the girl said, without noticing
this interruption, “I picked out a very
enug little box which the venerable pris
oner said I might have for my very own.
We again withdrew to his cage and I
stood without while he took my name and
address. Then he said that I must make
up u password, which I would have to
give every time I came to my box. Doesn’t
that sound mysterious? Finally I settled
on Popocatapetl as my password. The
prisoner gave me two keys, so that I can
lose one any time and not miss it, and
a certificate showing that I had paid $3
for the rent of safety deposit box 1.232.
I was all ready to leave when I happened
to think that I hadn't asked what would
happen if 1 should get married and change
mv name. ‘Could 1 I still get to my box
if I got married?’ I asked. The old pris
oner—he was secretary, too. It seems
looked quite offended. ‘Madam,’ he said,
'we do not confiscate your property if you
marry. So let the good work go on.’
"So that Is why 1 feel so happy.” the
girl philosopher said. ‘T have a safety
deposit box and it makes me feel affluent
and opulent and all the other synonymes
for that wealthy feeling.”
"And what did you have to put in your
box?” the matron asked.
The girl hesitated.
"Well, that was my only difficulty,”
she answered. “The only things I have
found to put in so far are some earrings
that I don’t wear any more ar.d my brok
en padlock bracelot and the diploma that
shows that I graduated from the West Di
vision High School, and my fountain pen
that won't write, and my last will and”
“Why didn’t you have a rummage sale
Instead of putting your things into a
safety deposit box?” the dental student
asked.
"Because,” the girl replied with dignity,
“it has always been the dream of my
life to rent a safety deposit box—and t
am sure that to have a password like Po
pocatepetl is alone worth $3 a year.”
Stole a Dead Ook'k Tag.
A pathetic incident of an ungraded
crossing accident out in the northeastern
end of the city was the tragic death of
a dog, which, before it could utter the
faintest wail of protect was caught un
der the grinding wheels of the locomo
tive and crushed to a shapeless mass, says
the Detroit Free Press. There were many
expressions of pity for the fate of the
poor dumb brute, and one sympathetic
lady had been almost moved to call the
coroner, when a heavily built man advanc
ed to the body of the animal and pro
ceeded to make a critical examination.
"Good, kind man,” said one of the wo
men bystanders, "perhaps he's going to
give the poor thing a respectable burial.”
Suddenly the man shocked the sensibil
ities of the spectators by whipping out
his knife and cutting the collar from the
dog's neck. The first presumption was
that he was the owner of the deceased
dog, and that he wanted to save the tag
for another dog, but Hie disabused this
speculation by remarking as he walked
away:
"Well, I’m certainly a lucky cuss.
Things comes to me Just like finding 'em.
I was goin’ down to the license collector
to-morrow to buy a tag fer me drawg, an'
now I’ve got one fer nuttin’.”
Sentiment had no part in that man's
make-up. , *.
Mr. Vanderbilt Was Surprised.
A Brussel's correspondent tcllß an
amusing story of a recent visit paid by
Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt to the Museum
of Ancient Brussels Laces.
The sight of such priceless treasures
in charge, apparently, of a single person,
inspired Mr. Vanderbilt with an Ameri
can idea as to the possibilities.
"What would you do,” he queried, “\t
we were all to set upon you?"
“Monsieur can try,” replied the man
quietly, and almost on the Instant six
stalwart men appeared at the door, sum
moned by an electric button which the
caretaker had pressed.
Finally, as Mr. Vanderbilt and his
friends absolutely refused to leave the
building without being allowed to buy
something, a number of lace handker
chiefs were quietly got from neighbor
ing shop.
The low Bells of Columbia.
From the Columbia State.
O, the tingling and the Jingling
Of the cow-belt in the spring,
While the old milch-cow is grazing
And the flies begin to sting.
1
I have heard it, you have heard it;
Mow it fills our memories still,
W hen it sounded, sweetly sounded,
"Tlng-a-ling” o|>on the hill!
O, the memory of the bell,
The old, old bell we used to hear
When we sat on the dewy hills of youth
And heard the milch-cow drawing near.
But those days have all departed
I .ike vapor on a summer mom,
And the old cow-bell Is silent—
But Us music lingers on.
—J. Gordon Cooglrr,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Princess Waldemar of Denmark
was recently photographed in the uniform
of the fire brigade of Copenhagen, in
which her royal highness takes a very
practical interest. The Princess is an en
thusiastic amateur, fire-woman, and the
members of the fire brigade are said td
adore her. Her highness, who was Prin
cess Marie d'Orleans, was married to
Prince Waldemar. youngest brother of
Queen Alexander, in October, 1885, at the
Chateau d'Eu.
—One difficult Item which King Edward
now has to deal with is the huge quanti
ty of souvenirs and mementoes of every
description which had accumulated dur
ing the lifetime of the late Queen, most
of them interesting in themselves and
possessing some sentimental associations,
but otherwise of no intrinsic value. Some
sort of classification has already been
made-of tbeecs mementoes, and it is prob
able thaj rqqms will be set apart in which
311 the personal souvenirs dear to the late
ueen will be carefully preserved.
—There hre certain prawns along the
coasts of England that change their color
at least twice every 24 hours, in order to
harmonize with the stronger or the weak
er light near the surface or in deep wa
ter. As night comes on they lose their
distinctive day coior and take on a trans
parent azure hue. The change is an inter
esting and beautiful process. First there
is a reddish glow, followed by a green
tinge, which melts gradually into blue.
It is said that the change has become so
habitual that specimens kept wholly in
the light or wholly in the dark undergo it
regularly.
—At a time when the King's civil list
ie so much discussed in England it is in
teresting to get an idea of the civil lists
of other reigning sovereigns. The Czar
of Russia is said to be the richest sov
ereign in the world, owning vast estates
and forests and much cultivated land. It
is computed his civil list is over $15,000,-
000. The Sultan of Turkey has $4,000,000;
the Kaiser has $3,500,000; Austria-Hungary
runs to $1,500,000; Italy, $2,500,000; Belgium,
$660,000. The Queen Regent of Spain re
ceived on behalf of the child king, a civil
list of $1,400,000. King Oscar of Sweden
gets $575,000. while the iWiah of Persia has
an allowance of $2,400,000.
—An ingenious mechanism has been de
vised by an Englishman, by means of
which a submarine torpedo can be steer
ed by ether waves transmitted as in wire
less telegraphy. The torpedo, in addition
to the usual explosive apparatus, carries
a Marconi coherer, in circuit with a re
lay and battery, and this is so arranged
that it governs the movement of the rud
der. A fine wire attached to a metal float
keeps the torpedo in communication with
the air, and, consequently, with the ether
waves. By means of a transmit
ter the apparatus in the torpedo is act
uated from the shore or from a ship, and
the torpedo's movements are con
trolled.
—A London scientist recently gave to
the Royal Institution the results of an in
vestigation to determine the comparative
number of dust particles, and bacteria in
the air. He used Aitken's dust
and found in an open suburb of London
20,000 dust particles in every cubic centi
meter of air, and in the heart of the city
500,000 particles in every cubic centimeter.
In the open air of the city he found an
average of one micro-organism to every
38,300,000 dust particles, and in the air of
a room one micro-organism to every 184,-
000,000 particles. These facts show that
the air has very few microbes, even when
it is very dusty’. They do not live long
because they cannot withstand the in
fluence of dessicatlon and sunlight. Dessi
cation, or drying up, he says, ts one of
nature’s favorite methods of getting rid
of bacteria.
—James A. Hamilton of Chambersburg,
Penn., told this story at the meeting in
Philadelphia on Wednesday of the officials
of sixty-five Pennsylvania towns to dis
cuss the tramp’ question; “Three years
ago we thought we had the tramp ques
tion in Franklin county settled for all
time. We started out to make them work.
We bought several hundred carloads ot
stone and had it hauled to the yard of the
county jail. We invested in a good many
suits of blue jeans, and laid in a slock of
hammers, and ran quite a bill for pro
visions. Then we sent out after the
tramps. We didn't have to send far; the
woods were full of ’em—sent down, I sup
pose, from Scranton and Allentown. The
whole county was interested in the pro
ject, and the first day r of -the experiment
we had 600 to 800 people turn out to see
the tramps work. We had a band of mu
sic, too, and altogether it was a great
day’. We had corralled thirty or forty
tramps, and in the forenoon they worked
first rate, but after the midday meal they
complained of the food. In the afternoon
they gathered in little groups of three
and four and did a good deal of talking.
Next morning after breakfast there was
a strike. They wouldn’t work, and we've
never been able to make them work
since.”
—A curious natural phenomenon was ob
served in St. Gallen, Switzerland, on the
morning of March 17, says the Philadel
phia Record. In the veiled and clouded
sky the sun shone dimly. Over it was
a half halo in faint rainbow colors. To
the left and to the right and over were
somewhat colored halos, and on both sides
were seen two long streaks, cone-shaped
in form, drawing upward somewhat. A
short curve in rainbow colors was closed
with the upper mock sun and the ends
of the curve going upward. A little dis
tance over the curve was another half
halo In faint colors, and over this another
curve, the most rich-colored of all, with
its ends drawn upward. The spectacle re
mained unchanged for a half hour. The
formation of these encircling halos Is duo
to the refraction and reflection of the
rays of light by the presence of minute
snow crystals in Ihe upper strata of the
air, and they usually occur where cirrus
or cirro-stratus clouds exist. The ice or
snow crystals being hexagonal In form,
sometimes produce a double refraction,
and then the large and small halos are
seen at the same time; and, reflection
taking place from the surfaces of the
crystals, additional halos, or parts of
halos, are formed. At the points of In
tersection of the halos images of the
sun appear. They are called parhelia,
or mock suns, and are often accompanied
wit!) flaming tails.
-Singapore, the tropic Island where, In
the shelter of the great palm-edged bay,
the royal yacht Ophir recently stopped on
her voyage round the world, Is a verlta-
Garden of Eden, says the London Sketch.
It is a land of alternate sunshine and
showers, for the average of rain Is about
an hour a day. The climate is not a very
hot one at any time, and it Is never cold.
If the thermometer rises about 85 de
grees at noon, the day is universally de
clared to be hot, and If at night the mer
cury drops below the 75 degrees, and the
blanket which lies folded at the bottom
of every bed has to be pulled up, the
weather Is considered bitterly cold. Veg
etation Is profuse. The mangostlnc, pulled
In the early morning from the tree and
kept In the Ice-box till luncheon time. Is
one of the most delicious fruits of crea
tion. It tastes like a mixture of grape
and peach and plum, and is so delicate
that even the short voyage to Madras or
Calcutta spoils It, except in very rare
cases. The dorian Is a fruit which many
of the dwellers in Singapore delight in
and which the Chinamen especially give
very large sums for. To me, the taste
was that of cream thrust through a dirty
gas pipe, but I was despised by the do
rian esters as a man of no taste. Along
all the borders of the roads are beautiful
wide stripa of emerald turf, and the Bot
anical Gardens, in tha midst of which Is
preserved large patch of tha primeval
forest rival those at Kandy Id beauty.
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From the Fall River boats take the 9th
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hotel is one minute's walk. .; t
Within ten minutes of amusement and
shopping centers. AH cars pass the Em
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Send postal for descriptive booklet.
Allenharst 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,
Broidway and 38th St., New York City.
AHSOLITELY FIREPROOF.
El ROrEAN PLAN.
Located in the amusement 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.
CHAS. A. ATKINS A CO.
Summer Resort, Ocean Hotel,
Anbury Park, N. J.
OLD POINT COMFORT,
VIRGINIA.
A CHARMING SUMMER RE
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FINE GOLF LINKS.
HOTEL CHAMBERLIN
open until July Ist, when HYuEIA
it closes for Improvements. HfITFI
Hygeta Hotel, now under- no ICL
going repairs, opens July
Ist for summer season, special rates
by the month. GEO. A. KEELER,
Manager, Fort Monroe, Va
THE WINOLA.
This modern hotel is beautifully situa
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 Exposition.
Illustrated booklet and other Information
on application. C. E. FREAR. Prop.,
Lake Winola, Pa.
Mountain l J ark 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 circulars
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, electric
lights and bells, bath rooms, cuisine un
surpassed; livery; beautiful walks and
drives; deep sea fishing, casino, golf
links, tennis courts, splendid beach for
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