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24 PACES.
Mil 10 hi.lV JDVERUSEMIS.
Special Notices-Flfty Bicycles to Be
gold, G. W. Thomas; Notice, A, B.
Girardeau; Savannah Building Supply
Company; Andrew Hanley Company; Gilt-
Edge Securities For Sale, Platshek &
Cos., Brokers; Special Notice as to Picnic
of German Club; Notice to City Court
Jurors; Malt Mead at S. W. Branch Co.’a;
Auction Sale, John L. Archer, Auction
eer; Royal Music Hull, Commencing June
3; A Trip to the Salts on the Eulalia; One
Bay and One Sorrel Mare Lost; Notice,
Masonic Temple Pharmacy; Roast Ham,
Mrs. Norre's Delicatessen; the New York
Dye Works; Savannah Steam Dye Works;
Steamer Wilmington for Wilmington and
Warsaw; To Our Customers, Dr. M.
Schwab ft Son.
Business Notices—Birthday Stone for
June. R. Van Keuren & Cos.; Electric
Supply Company; Graduation Gifts,
Theus Bros.; Stylish Runabouts, Cohen-
Kulman Carriage and Wagon Company;
Ramble and Ideal Bicycles, Daniel A.
Holland.
Eyes Examined Free of Charge—At
Sternberg’s Jewelry Store.
Greatest Black Goods Sale of the Sea
•on—Daniel Hogan.
Graduation Necessities—At Eckstein ft
Co.’s.
A Summer Carnival—Leopold Adler.
Ice Cream Freezers, Etc.—Thos. West
A Cos
Columbia Wheels—T. A. Bryson, Co
lumbia Agent.
Picnics—Emmet Rifles’ Picnic to Tybee,
June 6; Annual Picnic Division No. 1, A.
O. H , Tjrbee Island, June 11.
Van Dyke Court—West End, Atlanta,
Ga.
White Satin, Black Satin, Black Velvet
Ribbon*. Etc.—At the Bee-Hive.
Our White Lawn, White Wash Chif
fons, Etc.—*At Morrison’s.
Young Men All Prefer—Byck Bros.
Auction Sales—Magnificent Island
Property, by I. D. Laßoche, Athctloneer;
Auction Bale, by John L. Archer, Auc
tioneer; Monday's Auction Sale, by C.
H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Laundries—Savannah Steam Laundry;
E. ft W. Laundry.
Soap—Magnolia Soap.
Open To-day—The South End Restau
rant and Pavilion on Tybee.
Sporting Goods, Etc.—Wm. ft H. H.
Lattlmore.
Wire Poultry Netting—Edward Lovell’a
Sons.
A Walking Oxford—At the Globe Shoe
Store.
Our Great Sacrifice This Week—Geo. W.
Allen ft Cos.
June Invitation—Foye ft Eckstein.
Financial—OH Review Free; Lewis W.
Johnson, Investment Broker, New York.
Annual June Sale—Jackson, Metzger &
Cos.
The Gas Range—Mutual Gas Light
Company. ,
Tough on Flies—T. J. Davis.
Cigars—-White Knight Cigars.
Whiskies—Old Quaker Rye Whiskey;
Murray Hill Club Whiskey.
Postum Food Coffee—-Postum Cereal
Company.
Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Medical—World’s Dispensary Prepara
tions; Munyon's Remedies; S. 8. S.; B.
B. B.; Stuart’s Gin and Buchu; Mother's
Friend; R. R. R.; Cascarets; Abbey’s Ef
fervescent 8alt; Pyramid Pile Cure; Dr.
Hathaway Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The "Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair weather, variable winds; and for
Eastern Florida, local rains, variable
winds.
A New Jersey woman has Just married
a man whom she raised from the age of
six years. If she has not secured a model
helpmeet in every way, It Is her own
fault.
The Charleston Post states—and not In
Its funny column, either—that the people
of lhat city are complaining about being
annoyed by the smoke from manufac
turing plants. For our part, we would
like to see a good many more manufac
turing plants making smoke in Bavan
nah.
Whether or not Gov. Moflweeney has
the power to decline the resignations of
denature Tillman and McLaurtn, hla ac
tion In the matter will be apt u> have
the effect of strengthening hla own can
didacy for o renatorrhlp a year hence.
The people •*> not want a campaign this
summer, and MoHwrrney has done what
be can to keep one from being thruet
upon them a faet that will have freight
with tbs farms**
WASTE IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.
In the current number of the Saturday
Evening Post ex-Presldent Cleveland dis
cusses in an interesting manner the sub
ject of waste In public expenditure. He
points out the steady and rapid Increase
in the ebst of carrying on the govern
ment, and shows that this increase is out
of all proportion to the Increase In the
wealth and population of the country.
What surprises him is the Indifference of
the people to the extravagance of the
government. They seem to And some sat
isfaction in the fact that the appropria
tions of Congress are approaching a bll
licr. dollars annually, since it affords an
cpportunlty to speak of the country as a
■’blllion-dollar country.”
Mr. Cleveland calls attention to the va
rious ways In which the public money is
squandered. He speaks particularly of the
appropriations for pensions, pointing out
how the generosity- of the people in pro
viding for those who have become Inca
pacitated In the nation’s service Is abused
in the Interest of designing politicians.
One reason why the people do not in
sist upon greater economy in public ex
penditures Is that the public revenues are
raised In so Indirect and stealthy a man
ner that they do not feel the burden of
taxation, and another is that there Is a
feeling that the country Is so rich that
there Is no need to fear that the govern
ment will ever be In a position where It
veill not be able to meet its expenses.
There seems also to be a feeling that
there must be a certain amount of waste
and extravagance in public expenditures.
While it is true that our strength is
prodigious and our resources are seem
ingly beyond the reach of misfortune, yet,
Mr. Cleveland asks "where in reason or
history do we find a warrant of security
against the natural and unrelenting pen
alties of reckless waste and extrava
gance?"
What Mr. Cleveland says In respect to
the waste and extravagance of the na
tional government applies with equal
force to county and municipal govern
ments in every part of the Union. It is
difficult to find a municipal government
that is administered economically and In
a business-like manner. Municipal author
ities seeVn to think they are at liberty to
take care of their political friends at the
public expense. They Increase the num
ber of offices on the slightest excuse, and
they put men In office who render scarce
ly any service for the money they re
ceive. Of course there will be an end of
this sometime. It may be years before
bankruptcy is reached, but waste and
extravagance are as certain to bring a
nation or a city to bankruptcy as they
are to bring Individuals there.
TROOPS WILL STAY AWHILE
’ LONGER.
When the Cuban Constitutional Con
vention adopted the Platt amendment
with certain explanatory additions the
other day one of the leading papers of
Havana. La Diseuslon, said: “Now for
immediate Independence.” Our dispatches
yesterday stated that there was great
disappointment in Havana because the
President and his cabinet refused to ac
cept the constitution which the conven
tion had adopted.
The disappointment was natural, but
not reasonable. The convention must
have known that the President and cabi
net would not underbake to modify the
action of Congress. The Platt amendment
was enacted by Congress, and there Is no
authority outside of that body to change
It. When the convention added an ex
planation to the amendment, giving it an
interpretation perhaps not Intended by
Congress, It must have doubted that Its
work would not be approved.
It may he said that the majority could
not have secured the adoption of the
amendment in any other way than by
attaching to it an explanation of its
meaning—the explanation being, In sub
stance, what Secretary Root had said
was Its meaning when the committee ap
pointed by the convention visited Wash
ington. That may be so, but It doesn’t
follow, for that reason, that the President
and his cabinet should overstep their au
thority. Congress said that the President
might do certain things when the amend
ment was accepted. It has not been ac
cepted yet. It has been accepted only
on condition that it means what tihe con
vention says it means.
There does not seem to be any doubt
in Washington that the amendment will
be accepted. The longer Its acceptance Is
delayed the longer the independence of
the island will be delayed. It is not prob
able that Congress will modify the
amendment in the least. Indeed, If It
should have a chance to consider It again
the probability Is It would add some
things to It that would be lees acceptable
to the Cubans than it Is in Its present
shape. If the Cubans are wise, therefore,
they will not undertake to get Congress
to change it.
ANGLO-SAXON JUSTICE?
In hls opinion the other day In the most
Important of the Porto Rlean cases, Mr.
Justice Brown said that it might be
argued that If Ihe constitution did not
fellow the flag Into our newly acquired
possession, there would be nothing to
protect the Inhabitants of these terri
tories from the tyranny of a selfish Con
gress. In answer he said that Anglo Bax •
on Justice would ever be a barrier
to any sort of Injustice or oppression.
In this connection It Is worthy of notice
that recently an eminent English ethnol
ogist declared that after the moat
scorching Investigation he had conhe to
the conclusion that on the surface only
were the English Anglo-Raxons. In blood,
and In all essential racial particulars thoy
were of the Latin race—that, In fact, the
"so called Anglo-Saxon is the modern
Roman.” The American being of English
stock must therefore also be a modern
Roman. Does Mr. Justice Brown think
that the justice of the modern Roman Is
ail that is necessary to protect the Inhab
itants of our new possession from Injus
tice and oppression?
The sorrows of the Transvaal are not
preventing old man Kruger from keeping
his eyes open for any good things in ihe
way of Speculation that may come along.
He Is alleged to hnve made a pile of
money on the recent sharp flurry In
American railway securities. The story
Is that h* began buying American slocks
shortly after bis arrival In Amsterdam,
and the osher day when Wall street went
wild and atocks shot up. he sold out at
a big profit on all of hts purchases. It Is
remarkable, by the way, how the atatea
nrien out of Jobe gravitate towards the
speculative market*,
THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1901.
COOKS AND HOUSEKEEPERS.
The question of household help Is be
coming about as acute In the South as in
the North. As long as the supply of col
ored servants trained before the war be
tween the states held out, we had no se
rious servant problem. The supply Of
help was abundant, efficient and cheap—
the cheapness being in so far as the indi
vidual wage was concerned. [*he cooks
knew their business thoroughly.
The housemaids were tidy, painstaking
and conscientious in their work. The
cheapness of this help, however, was only
In the size of the wage paid to the indi
vidual; In the aggregate the cost was of
ten quite large. For Instance, in the
Southern household of average prosperity
there would be found Betty the cook,
Sallle the housemaid, “Old Maufn-a" who
looked after the children and her daugh
ter who "nursed” the baby, and "Unde”
Dick who kept the yard clean, chopped
wood and cared for the family horse.
Thus the servant contingent consisted or
dinarily of five hearty eaters, each of
whom looked out for one or more mouths
outside that wore fed from the employer's
table. In the aggregate, therefore, the
grocery bill took on large proportions as
a consequence of the appetites of the ser
vants and their dependants or hangers-on.
Nevertheless, the old-fashioned servants
were faithful, loyal and efficient. If they
were not thoroughly honest always. It was
often because they acted upon the princi
ple that whatever belonged fo the family
belonged to them as constituent parts of
the family, therefore they took what they
wanted.
But the old-timers are about gone, and
the survivors are yearly growing fewer.
In their places has come a young colored
help that Is Inferior, unreliable and un
satisfactory. The young colored women
are poor cooks and worse housemaids.
They do not know the business, and do
not seem to care to learn. The same is
to be said of the young men who apply
for servants’ places. It seems to be the
purpose of each Individual among them to
get a living by rendering the least possi
ble value In return, and to do no work
that can possibly be avoided.
What seems to be needed Is a system
of training schools that will teach young
women how to be good cooks and good
housekeepers. There should be such
schools for each race. Young white wo
men need to know more about housework
than the great majority of them do. As
a matter of faot, every woman ought to
know how to cook, keep house and sew,
so as to prepare herself for the duties of
lifa. It may be that she will never be
trailed upon to put her knowledge Into
practice for the purpose of earning a liv
ing; but there can be no assurance of
that. The mutations of human life often
bring about unlooked-for conditions.
There are hundreds of young women In
this city to-day, who, if thrown upon
their own resources to-morrow, could not
earn the salt that goes Into their daily
bread. They are not competent to make
homes for, or to properly supervise the
homes of the men they hope to marry.
Being raised in idleness, they devote their
whole time to trashy novels, beaus, Billy
gossip and "parties.” Becoming wives,
they soon develop into dead weights, upon
their husbands; nn<l many unhappy house
holds have resulted from the unfitness of
the women to make and manage a home.
In, this matter, parents are largely to
blame.
The organization of schools of domestic
science in Southern cities, for the proper
training of household! help, would be more
beneficial politically and socially than
many of thfe so-called patriotic societies
that now have such vogue. An "Ameri
can Society Of Cooking Dames," Or an or
ganization of "Daughters of Cookery and
Housework," could find an abundance of
opportunities for work of a character that
would conduce to the health and happi
ness of the human race.
AN EXTIIA MISSION NOT PROII V RLE.
The question of an extra session of
Congress w-as not it seems discussed at
Friday's cabinet meeting. It Will not be
discussed until the government finds out
Just what authority it has in the Phil
ippine**, as defined by the recent decis
ions in the Porto Rican cases. The At
torney (ventral has been requested to
furnish the cabinet with a statement
showing what bearing the Porto Rican
decisions have upon the question of a
tarlfT between the United States and the
Philippines, and the authority of the
government In the matter.
Ordinarily there Is little difficulty in
determining the purport a Supreme
Court decision, but it seems there
Is still doubt as to the exact mean
ing of the decisions In the Porto Rican
cases. Eminent lawyers in different
parts of the country are giving their in
terpretatlons of them, and It ta notice
able that there is want of agreement
among them.
This Is not to be wondered at. The
five Judges who rendered the majority*
opinion of the court, In the moat impor
tant of the eases, arrived at the same
conclusion by different routes—that is
the reason* on which they based their
derision wrre different. In subsequent
cases, and even In the Philippine cases, j
this disagreement as to reasons may i
change the majority of the court into a
minority on tha vital point that was ;
decided In the Porto Rican cases.
It Is harly probable that the Attorney
General will make a statement that will
lead the cabinet to advise the calling of
an extra session of Congress. The Pres
ident and Republican leaders do hot want
a meeting of Congress before the regular
teas ton In December, and at present there
does not seem to be any necessity for
calling Congress together. A few con
gressmen who are Inclined to be sensa
tional in their public expressions, have
thrown out the Idea that the nation is
threatened with a great danger of some '
sort, and that a sessloh of Congress Ist
needed at once to avert it. By the time
the Attorney General ig ready ,to
advise the cabinet respecting the scope
and meaning of the Porto Rican cases
the talk of an extra session will have
ceased.
The Springfield (Muss.) Republican says;
’The discoverer of the first great oil
well at Beaumont, Tex., A. F. l.tieaa, Is
now possessed of about g5.000.0u0.000. A
few months ago he was a poor conduc
tor on the Central of Georgia Railroad.
Still, hla ease, aa compared with the
Rockefeller*’, show* that It la better to
Hand t the public consumption end of
the pipe line than at the ground end."
The Republican has mixed those Lucases
up. of course, but Its conclusion is i#v
erlbeless correct. |
After having kicked up a beautiful row
and gotten his name into all of the news- !
papers from Maine to California, Mr.
Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, has
climbed gracefully down from his high
horse ar.d consented to conform to the
rules of the New York Yacht Club In i
order that his yacht may be eligible to I
qualify as the cup defender. Mr. Law
son is sometimes a tiresome sort of per
son, nevertheless the public will Be
pleased that his boat Is to enter the pre
liminary races. She was designed by an
able man and built by people who know
their business, therefore the belief is
common that she is a craft of great
speed and power. The way is now open
for her to prove that the good opinion
formed of her Is not erroneous. The best
American yacht will be the defender of
the America’s cup.
The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon recently
wrote a book In which he dealt with the
servant problem from a rather Eutoplan
point of view. The sum and substance
of' his argument was that the employer
ought to permit the servant to have equal
privileges with the family. Now It
chanced that a servant girl In the house
hold of Mr. Sheldon, at Topeka, read the
book, and the other day she demanded
the privileges. She wonted to eat at the
same table with Mr. and Mi-3. Sheldoh,
and have the use of the parlor to enter
tain her company. Mrs. Sheldon kicked,
and told the girl to go. The girl referred
to the book and Its lessons. “I am not re
sponsible for my husband’s opinions,”
said Mrs. Sheldon.
The Presbyterian General Assembly at
Philadelphia the other day resolved that
the “entire influence” of the War De
partment was being “exerted on the side
of the brewers and their beer.” If the de
partment were disposed to resort to the
“tu quoque” style of argument, it might
reply that the anti-canteen agitators were
uslrtg their,entire influence on the side of
the distillers and their whisky. The can
teen sold no whisky. Its displacement has
been followed by the opening of a large
number of whisky saloons at places con
venient to the soldiers’ barracks.
PERSONAL.
—King Albert of Saxony, who is now
in his seventy-fourth year, is the sole sur
vivor of the group of royal generals who
took part in the iFranco-Prusslan war.
—Sir Edwin Arnold’s health continues
to fail rapidly. He is altogether blind
and goes out driving only about once a
week, but continues his literary work by
means of dictation.
Howard Gould intends to build at Sands
Point, Long Island, on a bluff overlook
ing the sound, the largest country house
in America. It Is to be modeled after
KHkenttey Castle, in Ireland.
—Andrew Carnegie's first gift of a
library was to his birthplace of Dunferm
line, Scotland ($40.C00). He said at the
time that it was a good place to begin,
“because the first public library the little
place ever had was the collection of three
weavers, one of whom was my father.”
—Cardinal Ledoehowski, the prefect of
the Propaganda Fide, had become com
pletely blind. The Po|>e at first refused
to believe the diagnosis made by the phy
sicians, and sent his own oculist, Prof.
Martini, to see the Cardinal. After a
prolonged examination Mr. Martini de
clared that the operation which had been
suggested for the removal of the cataract
would be useless, as the Cardinal’s optic
nerves were permanently paralyzed.
BRIGHT BITS.
—A Pretty Good Sign.—" What makes
you think she’s in love with you, Tom?"
"Oh, she called me ’You horrid, mean
thing!’ last night.”—Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
—Mother—“Harry Tucker is the worst
boy in school, Tommy, and I want you
to keeip as far from him as possible."
Tommy—“l do ma. He Is always at the
head Of otir class.”—Tit-Bits.
—That Simple Problem.—“ Now that I
have a few minutes of leisure,” remarked
the alderman reflectively, "I believe I
will solve the down-town traction prob
lem. just to be in the swim, as it were.”
—Chicago Post.
—Rupid Transit.—Pasengor (to South
eastern Uuard)—"How long have you
been on this Ifne?” Guard—‘‘Ten yeafs,
sir." Pasesnger—"Oh, I suppose you catne
down from London? I only joined the
train at Maidatone.”—Glasgow Eevening
Times.
—‘‘Between the Lines.—Percy—“l shall
treasure for ever every word of endear
ment you write me, Pauline.” Pauline—
“ Oh. no; my love-letters are not neces
sarily a guarantee of good faith; they
are only for publication.”—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Louisville CoUTler-Journal (Dem.)
aays: “It is nonsense to talk about im
mediate free trade with Porto Rico un
der the Idorakcr act. That act provide**
that the present Porto Rican duties shall
expire next March, unless before that
time the Porto Rican Legislature shall
notify the Presldeht of the Pnlted States
that the island is raising tts own revenue.
When he shall at once proclaim the ab
olition of the. duties. A revenue law has
been enacted by the Porto Ricans, but
lt adequacy can be proved only by trial.
It Is not likely that until such trial has
been matte Gov. Allen will call the Leg
islature In extra session for the purpose
of passing the resolution of notification.”
The Philadelphia Ledger of May 31
says; "Yesterday the Ixslger copied from
the New York World figures showing
that, although 39,783 murders were com
mitted in this country from 1896 to 1900,
only 597 of the murderers were judicially
executed. The new* oolumns of the
same day contained a report of the burn
ing of a murderer at the stake in Flor
ida, and said that the awful punishment
was Inflicted calmly, deliberately and as
if of settled purpose, the whole commu
nity joining in it either actively or pas
sively. Do not the two statements seem
to have a strong relutlon to each other?”
The NOW York Tribune Is worried. It
says: "Disquieting reports come from
Georgia, the chief watermelon producer
of ‘the world, that the crops will be
smaller hereafter than in earlier years,
because the melons exhaust the soil. New
land must lie planted season after sea
son, and the available melon nertos are
diminishing in number. If the Mouth Is
to f ill off extensively in the raising of
melons It is to be feared that many es
timable colored persons will seek new
fields In Liberia or elsewhere.”
The Nashville American (Dem.) say*:
"It is somewhat anomalous to think or
speak of McKinley ns a non-partisan
President, hut he Wore nearly approaches
that standard, hi the sense of neultalng
that ho I* President of nil the people,
than any of Ills predecessors. May hb
successor, whether tie be Republican or
reo< mile let iis hope he will be Ihe
letter bt equal,; as brood and liberal i
■**••*
Alarming the Vomg Man.
It was the second time that the hero
of the story had accompanied the young
lady home, says Tit Bits. She asked him
if he wouldn't come in. He said Be
would.
Sarah took his hat, told him to sit
down, and left the room.
She was hardly gone before her mother
came In, smiled sweetly, and, dropping
down beside the young man, said:
”1 always did say that if a poor but
respectable young man fell in love with
our Sarah, he should have my consent."
The young man started with alarm.
"She has acknowledged to me that
she loves you,” continued the mother,
"and whatever Is for her happiness is for
mine."
"I—l haven’t ” stammered the young
man.
"Oh, never mind; make no apology. I
know you haven't much money, but, of
course, you’ll live In my house.”
"I had no idea of ’’ he began.
“I know you hadn’t,’ but It’s all right,”
continued Sarah's mamma, reassuringly.
"With your Wages and what the boarders
will bring In we shall get along as com
fortably as possible."
The young man’s eyes stood out like
hat-pegs, and he rose up and tried to say
something.
“Never mind about thanks," she cried;
“l don’t believe in long courtships. The
20th of Muy Is my birthday, and it would
be nice for you to 'be married on triat
day.”
"But—*but—but—" he gasped.
“There, theic! I don't expect any re
ply," she laughed. “I’ll try and be a
model mother-in-law. I believe I’m good
tempered and kind-hearted, though I did
cnee follow a young man a couple of hun
dred miles with a broomstick for agree
ing to marry my daughter and then back
ing out of the engagement.”
She patted him on the head and sailed
out.
And now the young man wants advice.
He wants to know whether he had better
get in the way of a locomotive or Jump
off the nearest bridge.
Got His Desserts.
A day or two before his marriage to
a sweet little country-bred maiden, says
tlio Edinburg Scotsman, a parsimonious
young merchant grudgingly agreed to the
construction of a triumphal arch, which
was designed to bear this legend, “Suc
cess to the Bride and Bridegroom.” But
he particularly charged the old gardener
who undertook the Job not to exceed the
sum of $25.
“H you do," he said, “it will be at
your own risk. I don’t Intend to pay a
farthing more.”
The gardener promised Implicit obe
dience, and on the day of the wedding, to
the secret amusement of the guests, he
put up a pretty floral design which wish
ed success to the bride- only, without
making the slightest allusion to the
bridgegroom.
“You, old Idiot, what sort of tomfoolery
do you call this?’’ he indignantly de
manded of the gardener when the cere
mony was over. “I toid you to put
’Success to the Bride and Bridgegroom’
on the arch, but you've left me out In
the cold altogether."
"Nobody's to blame for that but your
self, sir" replied the old gardener, cool
lyrtlipping his watering can Into the rain
tub. “Ye wouldn't let me spend more
than five pun' on flowers, and try as 1
•votild I couldn’t make ’em spin out fur
ther than the brkle. It would have token
at least another sovereign’s worth to
moke a bridegroom!"
Simon Bolivar anil the Prince.
Asa fitting Introduction to the story of
the origin and scope of the Pan-American
Exposition, Success has a brilliant contri
bution frpm the pen of Williams Carlton
Fox of the Bureau of American Repub
lics. on the life of Simon Bolivar, the man
who freed five republics from the yoke of
Spain. Speaking of Bolivar’s youthful
days, passed as a law Student In Madrid,
where he was, practically, a courtier, the
writer tells this charming little story:
In this, connection an interesting story
is told of bis being engaged, on one oc
eutlon. In the game of hattledoor and
shuttlecock with the Prince of Austuilas,
afterwards Ferdinand the Seventh, when
a drive from Bolivar’s bat landed the
feathery sphere upon the head of his royal
playmate with such force as to knock off
Ills hat. One of the bystanders Is said to
have called out td the Prince, "Look out!
he will knock off your crown, next."—Si
non e vero, e ben trovato! Only a few
years thereafter, he crushed Spain’s pow.er
In Venezuela, where independence was
declared July 5, 1811.
Discovered.
The passengers scarcely gave them a
passing glance as they entered the car,
says the Ohio State Journal. He took a
seat by the window just like a long-time
married man, while she sat on the aisle.
It was the part of a shrewd plan. After
two stations had been passed he began to
read a newspaper, and let her ask ques
tions twice before he answered. This
was a strain, but they were trying to
establish a record.
Suddenly he jerked forth his handker
chief to mop his brow, and with It came
many, many grains of rice. Some fell
In the aisle and some fell on the |ws
sengers about them. In an instant the
couple became tbc targets of hair a hun
dred searching eyes. She blushed prettily;
he looked like a sheep.
The careless flirt of the handkerchief did
the business, and, as further simulation
became useless, they held each other’s
hands during the remainder of the Jour
ney.
Why He Woliln’t Pay.
Governor MacUorkle, of West Virginia,
Is fond of narrating fbe following story;
"A colored man was telling a white
friend about another negro who owed him
$2 and absolutely refusedto pay the
debt. The creditor dunned and dunned
him, but all to no purpose. Finally the
creditor went to his white friend, who Is
a lawyer, and poured his tale of woe
into his ear. ’Well,’ said the lawyer, ‘lf
he positively refused to pay you what
reason dM he give?' ‘Well, boss,’ said
the colored man, ’he said he had owed me
dat money fo' so long dat de Interest had
dun et It all up, an’ he didn’t owe me a
cent.’ ”
Reflection* of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press.
A man's beat friend la his mbit foolish
enemy.
Probably ihe real trouble was that Jonah
had been giving tracts out to the sailors.
Marriage to a woman Is the dividing
line between the suppression of ex pres-,
slon and Ihe expression of suppression.
If every couple really went crasy when
they first fell In love with each other,
none of their friends would ever know
the difference.
What a horrible thing It would have
been for the world if the Lord had made
Eve flrst and had let her go ahead and
create her Weal of a man.
The modesty lhat a man has la only
bashfulness In a woman.
Kisses are like mushrooms; they all
look alike, but some of them aren’t.
The average girl Judges a novel by
whether It Is nicest to read In a hammock
or In bed.
A "womanly" man Is probably one that
doesn't like a sponge aa well as he does
a wash-rag.
You can make any woman like you by
being gentle with her. but you have to
be a brute to make her k>vc you much.
—The Cause.—dreu* Manzgar—"What'a
all that row In the dresing-rootn?" At
tendant—" Oh. the man who walks bare
foot on swords ran a splinter In Ms foot."
—Ohio Slat* Journal.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The London Express says that during
Lord Curzon’s tour through India the
Vfceroy was greeted by the Nawab of
Jungadadh with a gorgeous procession of
steeds, including a pair of harnessed rhi
nocerl ridden by postillions. Many East
ern potentates keep such beasts, for they
frequently figure in the accounts of In
dian spectacular fights between wild
beasts; though it Is recorded that as a
gladiator the rhihoceros Is apf to be dis
appointing, preferring to look about the
arena for food to attending to the busi
ness in hand. The only thing which he
is always ready to attack, when allowed
to have his way, is man.
—Seattle has secured ownership of a
tract of 100 acres, with a view to con
ducting a municipal cemetery, in imita
tion of a project successfully carried out
in Cleveland. There a level, finely situ
ated tract of land has -been acquired by
the municipality, and burial plots are sold
without regard to location at the uniform
price of 75 cents per square foot. This
price includes the actual maintenance of
the plot at the expense of the city In per
petuity. The maintenance includes grass
seed, sowing, mowing and a general care
taking. Flowers and shrubs, when re
quired, are, of course, charged addition
ally. The purpose is to defeat speculation
In land for burial places, and to insure
perpetual care of the graves. In Cleve
land the enterprise is self-supponfng, al
though the charges are very low.
—One of the most unique lines of bus
iness, and one which is followed by but
few persons in the United' States, is that
of buffalo farming, and near the little
station of Cochrane, Wls., Is located one
of the moet extensive farms of this sort
in the country, says the Minneapolis Jour
nal. The ranch is operated by Huber
Bros., and they have a large herd of this
species Of animals. Twelve years ago C.
Huber went to Thief River Falls, where
he secured two buffaloes that were own
ed by Indians. These, with a few others,
were taken to his Wisconsin farm, and
formed the Nucleus of a herd that now
numbers 42 full-blooded animals. Huber
Brothers have sold specimens to various
parks in this country, and one animal
was sent to the London Zoo. Recently
Burghess & Hanson, of Laana, lowa, pur
chased a herd of eix from Huber Broth
ers, with which to stock their ranch. In
cluded in this lot were Old Tom and
Lincoln, the kings of the herd. Tom has
lived in captivity for years and was cap
tured without much trouble, but when
an attempt was made to corral one of
the cows, a partly tame animal, she ran
against a fence and sustained injuries of
such a nature that It was found necessary
to kill her. Huber Brothers also sold two
animals to a Mr. Knapp, of Rockford, 111.
At present the Huber herd numbers 26
full-blood andl a large number of cross
bred animals.
—The Department of Agriculture has
been working recently upon what seems
to be a very interesting discovery—name
ly, that ail objects In nature are covered
with a very thin coating of liquid air. It
appears, according to this idea, that the
walls of our houses, the furniture Of our
rooms and the very ground over which
we walk are spread with a film of air in
this interesting and highly concentrated
state. Any solid has the property of
condensing upon its surface gases or the
vapor of liquids, such as the water vapot
of the atmosphere. If you touch the
wall of a room your finger encounters not
the wall itself, but a film of gas that cov
ers it. It is not really one gas, however,
but several, the molecule® of which have
adhered to the surface. In addition to
water vapor, there are oxygen, nitrogen
and carbonic acid. Taking them all to
gether, they go to make up something
which would probably, if one could ana
lyze It, be indistinguishable from liquid
air. These gases, together with more or
less water vapor, compose the air of the
room. Their molecules are darting about
In every direction, and, as they come in
contact with the wall, some of them ad
here to it. Count Ires numbers of them
together form the thtn film described. The
discovery here referred to is said to have
practical usefulness, and the fact that
carbonic acid gas tetids to form a coating
over every exposed solid is actually being
utilized In certain experiments which tht
Department of Agriculture is now making.
It is found that a soil which has been
deprived of ite normal proportion of car
bonic acid may be recuperated in this
respect by simply turning it over and ex
posing it to the air, so that the needed
molecules may settle upon it.
—Though the eagle Is obviously more
decorative than the hen, and therefore,
justly enough, more of a -favorite with
both poets end painters, says the New
York Times, we have our doubts about
the wisdom of the eminent Mrs. Alice
Stone Blackwell in advising 'American
women to make the mother eagle, rather
than the mother hen, the representative
of their aspirations. “The hen,” said Mrs.
Blackwell, "can do no better than cackle
and scratch." Now, the hen never does
those things without a good reason for
the one and a high, or at least innocent
and practical, purpose In the other. More
over, the hen can do many things besides
cackle and scratch, and she does them
all well. The world owes a lot to hens,
and though, from patriotic reasons, wo
are reluctant to speak severely of eagles,
we really don't know of anything the
very best of them have ever done for any
body except themselves—except, of course,
what they accomplish by the habitual as
sumption of a tierce and haughty air that
Is spectacularly and aesthetically effec
tive. We have read that eagles, among
themselves, have always practiced those
domestic virtues and customs to which
humanity has only very recently attain
ed, but they have no regard whatever for
the rights or property of other birds and
beasts, and, for all their grand airs, do
not scruple to live by the robbery of
creatures weaker than themselves. The
hen, on the other hand, is gentle "and
good. Her notions are not advanced and
she is content with a share of her lord’s
affection instead of the whole of It, but
she never criticises the opinions or steals
the dinners of other birds.
—A public house is one of the last places
one would expect to be used as a place
of worship. The inhabitants of Twyford,
a village near Winchester, would not con
sider this at all a novelty, because for
several years past the Phoenix Inn has
been used Sunday for religious purposes.
The room In which the religious services
are held will comfortably hold about 200
people and opens at the back on a pretty
tea garden. The most remarkable feature
of the services Is that tney are often con
ducted while the public house Is open for
business purposes, and the customers can
Join in the singing if they arc so dis
posed. There are two or three Instances
of public houses which have been convert
ed Into churches, and there are also two
or three theaters which arc now places
J of worship. The Fen district possesses a
eanaybout church. There are n large num
; her of people who live some distance
away from any church, and the canal
boat church travels from place to place
for the benefit of such folk. The boat
will seat a congregation of about 100.
The old chapel of ease at Tunbridge
Weils has a unique situation. It stands
In two counties and three parishes. When
| the clergyman leaves the vestry.be comes
j out of the parish of Frant of Sussex. If
ho Is going to officiate at the altar, he
walks Into the parish of Tunbridge, In
Kent, tf, on the other bad, he Is going
to preach the sermon, he walks from the
parish of Frant to the parish of flpeM
hurst on his way to ihe pulpit. The
chapel of Milton Bryant Is altuated in
the village iK>nd. The reason for the se
lection of this strange sits was because
no landowyier would grant any other po
sition. The "windmill" church, near Rei
gato, Is familiar to London cyclists. Not
so familiar Is the underground church at
Brighton. Owing to some "Ancient Lights"
difficulty, the authorities could not ’’build
I up," and as the site was a good one they
| decided to "build down.”
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HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF!
PARK AVE. HOTEL,
Park Ave. (4th ave.) 32d to 33d St.,
NEW YORK.
One of the Coolest Hotels In New York
city, having a beautiful
COURT GARDEN WITH FOUNTAINS,
FLOWERS AND MUSIC.
Travelers from the South take 23d street
cross-town cars and tiflnsfer to Fourth
avenue cars direct to the hotel.
American Plan, $3.50 to $5.00 per day.
European Plan, SI.OO ..tb $4.00 per day.
REED & BARNETT, Proprietors.
Miller’s Hotel,
37, 39 and 41 West Twenty-sixth Street,
NEW YORK.
This house Is located between Broadway
and Sixth avenue, one block from Madi
son Square. It is In the very center of
the shopping, amusement and hotel dis
trict. The Broadway and Sixth avenue
lines of electric cars, with their transfers,
connects with all ferries, railroad depots
and other parts of the city. The house Is
fitted up with all modern conveniences,
and for years has been the home of
many prominent people from both South
and North.
Rates—Single rooms, with board, from
$2 to $2.50 per day. Double rooms, with
board for two, from $4 to $6. Special
terms for a stay of two weeks.
W. M. HAIGHT, Proprietor.
Thousand Island House, Alexandria
Bay, N. Y., among the far-famed Thous
and Islands, will open for business on
June 22. For booklet and terms please
send two 2-cent stamps to STAPLES ft
DeWITT, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.
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
“van dyke court."
WEST END, ATLANTA, GA.
Rest Cure and Private Sanitarium. An
ideal resort for those seeking rest, recre
ation and restoration to health under
medical supervision. Delightful cli
mate, spacious park, mineral water,
trained nurses, scientific therapy, care
ful dietary. /
REBECCA C. BRANNON.
Physician In Charge.
Greeiner wniie suipnur springs,
WEST VIRGINIA.
The representative resort of the South.
Open June 15. New lights, sewerage ano
private baths. Also sulphur. Turklsn.
Russian, and spout baths, In charge
professional. Orchestra of 15 P**®** -
Write for Illustrated booklet, Address,
until June 1, Harrington Mills, Mgr.,
Grafton, Wash., D. C.
Fouler lime suinnur springs, Virginia.
Open June 15. Elegant modern brick
hotel and cottages, with baths and sani
tary plumbing. Fine livery, golf l |n **j
boating and fishing. Large. W* 11 ”
grounds; good orchestra. For bookies
address, E. B. MOORE.
The Savoy. Washington, D
Mountain Park Hotel*
HOT SPRINGS. N. C-
The healthiest place in America. Re
duced rates for summer—July 1 to Oct i ■
Mineral baths. The medicinal virtues
its Waters are unexcelled. Bwlmr.nh*
pool, riding, golf and tennis. For bookie
address JOHN C. RUMBOUGH, Pr°P
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS. "
Die Favorite Summer Resort of
THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.
Twenty-ninth Consecutive fkstson una
the Management of
PHIL F. BROWN.
Til? (tacea of tbc Monniains.
PORTER SPRINGS, GA,
Open June Ito Nov. I. Board $2 Pi
month. Hacks up Tuesday, Thursday/*
rtatorday Fare $2. Bout hern Bell
phone Office in hotel. Dally mall A"™
MRB. FARROW, Porter Sprmky
or H. P. FARROW, GalneavtU*. <*•