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INDEX 10 SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Landrum Lodge No. S, F. and
A. M.; Savannah Council No. 1, Order of
American Firemen.
Special Notices—The Annual Election
of Citizens Bank of Savannah; Basket
Picnic of Christ Church Sunday-School at
Warsaw Saturday, June 8; Notice, E. G.
Eden; A Very Attractive Home for Sale,
C. H. Dorset!; Ship Notice, Strachan &
Cos.. Consignees; A Great Sale of Lota, C.
H. Dorsett; Levan's Cafe and Restau
rant Table d’Hote; Special Notice As to
Tax Digest, Marcus S. Baker, Receiver
of Tax Returns.
Business Notices—E. & W. Laundry.
Legal Notices—Citations From the
Clerk of the Court of Ordinary.
Legal Sales—Sheriff's Sale for Taxes;
City Sheriff's Sale.
Auction Sales—Administrators’ Sale, by
Robert H. Tatem, Auctioneer.
To-day (Friday) Is Remnant Day—At
Gutman's.
Summer Resorts—Hygeia Hotel, Old
Point Comfort, Va.
Independent Early Closing—Foye &
Eckstein.
iPearltne—Jas. Pyle & Sons, New York.
Whiskey—Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
Watches—Waltham Watches.
Medical —Cascarets; Castoria; Munyon's
inhaler; Mother’s Friend; Helskell’s Oint
ment; Hostetter'e Stomach Bittera; 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, preceded by showers
near the coast, fresh winds, becoming
variable; and for Eastern Florida, local
rains, variable winds.
i T r -
Th English Derby was won by am Amer
ican Dorse with a Russian name ridden by
a, German jockey. Doesn't that make It
an international affair?
The Salle law of succession to the throne
prevails in Italy, Austria and Russia. A
daughter cannot inherit the crown. That
Is why there was so much disappointment
In Italy the other day on the occaelon of
the birth of a daughter to the Queen.
The emperors of Austria and Russia are
without heirs in the direct line, as well as
the King of Italy.
The late James A. Herne, the eminent
actor, left instructions directing that his
body yhould be oremoted. This method of
disposing of the bodies of the dead comes
very, very slowly Into favor. It ia the
most sanitary method possible, but for
some reason tbere Is In tbe average mind
a horror of burning up one's dead that 1b
difficult to eradicate. The number of ere
(nations ia steadily increasing year by
year, but the percentage of bodies so
treated la still exceedingly small.
t
The Hartford Times thinks an agita
tion in favor of the annexation of Cana
da ought to be started at once. Under
the recent decision of the Supreme Court,
It says, It is perfectly feasible to annex
Canada and still collect duties on every
thing the Canadians eend across the bor
der. It will also be possible to govern
the Canadians without giving them any
representation in our Congress. Tile New
York Sun, for yes-x the foremost advo
cate of Canadian annexation, ought soon
to be heard from again on this line.
And now w have the preventive Inocu
lation feature of the mosquito theory of
yellow fever communication. Dr. C. E.
Finley, who a mosquito expert, thue
discrWies It: ‘lt is on the same principle
•a vaccination. We fake a moeyuito of
the oulex species and place it in a room
where a patient Is suffering from yel'low
fever. The lnaect bite* him. and then we
put the mosquito Into a bottle. When
we w tali to inoculate a healthy person we
uncork the bottle and let the mosquito
■ting the subject. A mild casa of yellow
freer follows end than the subject Is an
immune. Tt's very simple.”
1 —■ .
The Chicago and New York dispatches
report another rise In the price of beef.
The better cuts are not affected by the
Increase, as yet, only the inferior cuts be
ing advanced. Thu* It 1* the poor men
who first feels the rapacity of the trust.
At this Juncture comes the announcement
from Cincinnati that a genius of that city
declare* he has discovered a process by
means of which, employing electrteity, he
can make any cut of beef as tender and
Juicy aa porterhouse steak That twin*
tru*. It la to be hoped ha will apendlly put
his invention on the market, and that It
will be within the reach of persona of
medofstn means, if M-eont "chuck" oan
bemud* as go at, lander. Juicy and whole
eoiu" aa B-ceirt porterhouse, maiilfosUy
thai la a pot of looney in the invention
lor the OlntumtsU man. bssidss lots of
Busiutbit, ( comfort la it tor the poor.
THE CARFETHAGGER IN EVIDENCE.
If this government wants peace in the
; Philippines it will discourage carpet
bagger there. It will fill the offices in the
civil government that is being established
by the Taft Commission with natives, to
as great an extent as possible.
There are capable native men In the
islands—men of education, and adminis
trative and executive ability. If the places
are given to carpetbaggers there wiil be
abuses of ell sorts and the natives, be
lieving that th* offices of honor and protit
should be given to their own people, will
be dissatisfied. They will be not only dis
satisfied. but they will manifest their dis
satisfaction by maintaining a hostile at
titude towards the United States.
Of course there will be an immense
pressure brought to bear on the admin
istration for appointments in the Philip
pine government. Politicians will want all
of the best places for -their relatives or
political heelers. If the President is able
to resist them, and has the courage to
select the very best of the natives for the
offices, there may be peace and prosperity
in the Philippines, but if he fills the of
fices with carpetbaggers—the class of
men who got the offices in the Southern
states in the days of Reconstruction—it
will take am army of 50,000 or more men
to keep the natives from revolting.
In Hawaii, at this very time, there is
high excitement over the action of the
government in Ailing the offices with car
petbaggers—men who have no stake in
the islands, but who had sufficient influ
ence in Washington to get good offices
there. The trouble is mainly between the
newcomers and those who upset the law
ful government of the natives and turned
the islands over to the United States.
This latter class expected to hold the of
fices for the remainder of their lives, and
because their claims have been ignored
to a very great extent they are greatly
dissatisfied and are trying to make the
position of the newly-arrived carpetbag
gers as uncomfortable as possible. Of
course the natives ought to have the of
fices—that is if there are those who are
capable of filling them—but there is little
prospect of their being remembered. Tbe
President has too many hungry applicants
on his list of offlceseekers who must be
taken care of in order to hold the grand
old party together for native Hawaiian*
to be remembered.
Hawaii, however. Is not likely to give
the government much trouble. It is too
insignificant. But there is opportunity for
trouble In the Philippines, and there will
be trouble If carpetbaggers are sent
there to fill all of the best offices and to
prey upon the people, The President has a
chance to show the qualities of a states
man in dealing with the islands. Will he
improve it or will he undertake to
strengthen his party by putting the heel
ers and followers of Its leaders In the
offices which are being created in the
islands?
THE WOOOBIRY-EDDY C tSEL
There is doubtless great rejoicing in
the camp of the Christian Scientists over
the failure of Mrs. Woodbury to make
out a case against Mrs. Eddy, the founder
of Christian Science. The case did not
reach the Jury. The court held that the
plaintiff, although showing that the pub
lished matter complained of was Übeious
if it referred to any particular person,
had failed to prove that the alleged libel
ous matter referred to her.
The fact that the case oame to an end
without a thorough inquiry into the merits
of Christian Science was a great disap
pointment to the public. It was ex
pected and hoped by the enemies* of Chris
tian Science that it would be made to
appear that there was no solid founda
tion for that cult and that those who be
lieve implicitly in Mrs. Eddy are de
ceived. Nothing would have given the
attorneys for Mrs. Woodbury so much
satisfaction a* to have had Mrs. Eddy
on the witness stand. They would have
liked to cross-question her on the tenets
of the religion which she teaches. On
the plea of ill health, however, she was
permitted to have her testimony taken at
her home before the trial began.
A witness that caused a mild sensation
was William G. Nixon, who, at one time,
was an ardent, Christian Scientist and
Mrs. Eddy’s publisher. He does not
believe in the cult now, and is disposed
to talk slightingly of It. He claims to
have withdrawn from the Christian Sci
ence Church aigj from the position of
publisher of Mrs. Eddy’s writings because
he came to the conclusion that she was
misleading the people. He was so con
scientious that he could not continue to
publish her writings, notwithstanding the
fact that he was prospering. He says
that Mrs. Eddy must be worth $2,000,000,
the same being the proceeds of her writ
ings and of her lessons to students of
the religion she founded.
Tt is stated in the dispatches that it Is
the purpose of the attorneys for Mrs.
Woodbury to carry the case to the higher
courts, but It would not be surprising
if they should come to the conclusion
that there was nothing to be gained by
pursuing such a course. The probabilities
are that the last has been heard of the
famous libel case. There does not seem
to be much room for doubt, however, that
some Christian Scientists who heard the
letter Mrs. Woodbury complained of
read In the Christian Science Church be
lieved that Mrs. Woodbury was referred
to. Whether the case is to be carried to
a higher court or not it will be very
generally admitted that Mrs. Eddy is a
shrewd and long-headed woman
A modern Dlogencc, In aklrts, ho* ap
peared in Chicago. In lieu of a lantern,
however, she has SI,OOO which *he offer*
to any business or professional man In
Chicago who can show that he ha* car
ried on his work for a month without
lying or stealing. This woman is not a
pessimist with the Idea that all men are
dishonest, but she believes it is impossi
ble to live a strictly honest buelne** or
profession el life under the present condi
tions of soAety. ghe ha* In mind the
publication of a book —ehe is a publisher—
m which It will be held that every busi
ness or professional man Is obliged to
play the part of a respectable liar and
thief to eucoeed In business. The busi
ness man lies to hie competitors and pa
trons. and steals from his employes or
from society at large. "I do myself."
soys the woman, “because to live at the
present time 1 am obliged to take advan
tage of society as It exists." The pub
lisher does not think ehe will lose the
ll.goo. If ehe does, she is quite certain
the honesty of the man who gets It will
have reduced him to such poverty that
be will need lb
THE MOKNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1901.
McKinley and the tariff.
There is a prevailing impression that
the President is no longer the high pro
tectionist he once was. In fact, on sev
eral occasions recently, be bas intimated
as much. Mr. Hanna, however, will not
admit that the President’s views on the
tariff have undergone a change since the
time he was chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee and brought himself
into notice by advocating a high protec
tive tariff. But it may be that Mr. Hanna
has his reasons for not -wanting it to ap
pear that the President's tariff views
have undergone a change. He is looking
out for the next national campaign.
Mr. Hanna says that what the Presi
dent mean* by saying that his tariff views
have undergone a great change within
the last few years is that trade conces
sions must tbe made in certain directions
to gain access to new markets for our
surplus of manufactured goods. If the
President is so favorably Impressed with
tlie policy of making trade concessions,
how is it that he did not give more en
couragement to the making of reciprocity
treaties? It will be recalled that there
were half a dozen or more reciprocity
treaties pending in tbe Senate when tbe
last Congress came to an end. As far as
the public knows the President did noth
ing to encourage the ratification of these
treaties. Although they had cost a great
deal to negotiate them no effort was
made by the administration to have them
ratified. That, certainly, does not look as
if the President was favoring trade con
cession in order to advance our commer
cial Interests in countries in which we
have not a firm commercial foothold.
What the President had in mind, in all
probability, when he declared that his
views on the tariff had undergone a great
change In recent years, was that some
thing would have to be done to prevent
the trusts from charging higher prices in
the domestic market for their products
than in foreign markets. He sees that if
the trusts are permitted to get rich out
of home people while conferring their fa
vors on tbe people of other countries the
people will want to kaow the reason why.
If a satisfactory answer is not given
them the party responsible for the high
tariff will likely be driven from power.
While therefore the President's views on
the tariff may not have undergone any
radical change he may be in favor of
a lower tariff In certain oases in order
to save his party from losing its hold
on the people.
MERE RACING MACHINES.
The challenger and the defender In the
America’s Cup contest are mere racing
machines. There is no question about that.
The breezes by which they were partly
wrecked were not severe ones. They were
such breezes as they are likely to en
counter in the contest for the cup. Indeed,
it Is not Improbable that they may en
counter much stronger breezes. Therefore
If the new masts with which they are
to be fitted sre not a great deal stronger
than those with which they were orig
inally equipped there is likely to be an
accident at the races that will prevent a
contest that will be satisfying.
The question which presents Itself Is
this: To what further extent can tbe de
signers of racing machines of this kind
lighten the hull and increase the area of
the canvass? It looks as If the limit had
been reached, If not passed, already, un
less It can be shown that the mast pf the
Constitution and. also that of Shamrock
II were defective. If they were as strong
as It is possible to make them without
Increasing their weight the limit of light
ness of equipment has already been
reached. It will be said probably that
the mast In each case was defective, yet
no proof of that has yet been presented.
The Inference is that a mast of the
strength of those of the cup contestants
is not capable ot sustaining the strain
of carrying such large canvasses in a
stiff breeze.
If the limit of lightness tn proportion
to the amount of canvass carried has
been reached, in what way is additional
speed to be gained? It is apparent that
the danger point has been reached. The
boats built this year may be a little fas
ter than those which took part tn the
last contest, though that has not yet been
determined, but. if so, it seems to be
evident that it will not be possible to
build boats that will be faster than those
of this year, unless some other method
of acquiring speed than making the boats
lighter and the spread of canvass greater
Is discovered. That being the case, is it
not likely to be a good many years before
a British boat will capture tbe cup. If
the cup U not captured this year?
In most parts of the country industry,
self-respect and self-reliance In young
hoes thrown upon their own resources are
Virtue* that are highly appreciated. In
New York, however, it I* different. A lit
tle Chap of flrteen years was some days
ago discovered to be earning not only his
own living, but providing for hta two
smaller sisters. His Income, derived from
his own efforts, amounted to about W a
week, with which he paid the rent and
bought the food. He did the cooking ano
washing himself, and sent the little girls
to school. When It was discovered that
he was doing these things, In an honest,
courageous and straight forward man
ner. what should the authorities do but
arrest the little chap and his sisters, and
carry them to a police court. The little
girls were given Into the care of a so
ciety, and the boy was held by the mag
istrate for several days—for the heinous
offense of working for the support of
himself and his sisters! And Anally the
magistrate declined to let any of the men
who wanted to employ the boy have him,
but sent him off to the care of a charita
ble Institution. They cither have stupid
taw* or stupid police magistrates in New
York.
There Is a suggestion of retributive Jus
tice In an accident that occurred In a
baggage coach on a New Jersey railroad
the other day Anew. smart looking
trunk was among the baggage If there is
one thing above another that a "baggage
smasher" hate* It Is anew. clean, atrong
looking trunk. The "smasher" attached to
the coaah la question grabbed the offend
ing trunk, gave It a swing and dashed it
to the floor. He bad hoped and expectad
to see some of the corners give ’way and
a strap or Iwo snap. Bat lnetead there
km a blinding flash and a deafening
t'*r, and a bullet struck the "smasher"
In the leg. The trunk was the property
ef a sixteen-year -old hoy who, going to
tha country, had taken along some ex
plosives with which to pass away the
Urns
The present Governor of Guam, Capt.
Seaton Schroeder of the navy, Is well
known In Washington as a society man
and a graceful dancer. It was something
like a shock to his friends at the capi
tal, therefore, to read in the Governor's
recent official report that he had been
forced to make his inspection trips over
the island astride the back of a bull. Al
most any man may look heroic on a horse
of the right <wrt, but no man can' look
heroic on the back of a bull of any sort.
Capt. Schroeder ought to 'take the bull
by the horns and demand that the gov
ernment send him a horse to ride. If it
had occurred to Capt. "Dick" Leary dur
ing his administration that a horse was
wanted, he would have talked horse to
the people of Washington by every mail
until he got It. He talked them out of
an ice plant that way.
The Chicago Chronicle, one of the lead
ing and roost Influential Democratic news
papers of Illinois, reads both Tillman and
McLourin out of tbe Democratic party.
“Neither Tillman nor McLaurin is a Dem
ocrat,” it says, "for both are Republicans.
Tillman is a Populist, and Populists are
ex-Republicans. McLaurin is a pupil of
McKinley and Hanna, -favoring tariffs,
subsidies, privileges, bounties and colo
nies. Tillman is a radical and destruct
ive Republican, and McLaurin is a con
servative and monopolistic Republican.”
This will no doubt surprise the good peo
ple of South Carolina, who have all along
been laboring under the impression that
they were represented in the Senate by
Democrats.
Colleges of "Science and Healing” In
which "mental therapeutics” are taught
do not go in North Carolina. The au
thorities have just refused to charter a
college which proposed to educate and
graduate its students in the “science of
treating disease without the use of med
icines or surgery.”
PERSONAL.
—•Gen. Lew Wallace is hard t work
upon his autobiography, and recently
made a trip to Kentucky to confer with
some veterans, from whom he gathered
data for a description of tbe battle of
Shiloh, which will be included in his
work.
—The Right Hon. Arthur Balfour will
preside at the banquet to he given In
honor of Sir John Tenniel on June 12.
Politics, painting, music and the drama
will all send their most conspicuous rep
resentatives, and the acceptances already
received promise that the after dinner
speaking will be of a high quality.
—Prof. H. F. Osborn of Columbia Uni
versity has left Colorado and is now in
Wyoming, en route to the Band Lands in
South Dakota for the purpose of locating
fossil beds, to be worked during the com
ing summer by expeditions from the
American Museum of Natural History
and the United States Geological Survey.
—Stephen Sinding, the Danish sculptor,
is the designer of the monument to Ole
Bull recently unveiled at Bergen, in Nor
way. The violinist is shown listening to
the music of a water nixie. A cascade
falls over the strings of the harp held by
the nymph, and is thus supposed to give
the keynote or inspiration for which the
artist waits.
—The father of Florence Nightingale
was William Shore, who assumed by let
ters patent the surname of Nightingale
In 1815. The name, together with the fam
ily property, came from old Peter Night
ingale. against whom Arkwright, inven
tor of the spinning jenny, brought in 1776
one of his actions for infringement of
patent rights. Lea Hurst, the home of
the Hfightingales, in Derbyshire, is only
two mile from Cromford, where Ark
wright set up his mill, and the adjacent
manor house of which he purchased from
Nightingale.
BRIGHT BITS.
—After Her Share—Mrs. Galey—"Percy
Gadsby has had dreadful luJk at bridge,
lately." Mrs. Inswymm (eagerly)—“You
don’t say? Dear me! I must invite him
up before it changes."—Puck.
—Minnie—“Bo you are really going to
marry Fred? Did he tell you you were
the only woman he ever loved?” Esther—
"No; he told me that I was the only wo
man he never told that to."—Boston Tran
script.
—No Work There—Towne—“l hear our
friend Boulger is working how.” Browne
—"Oh! No.” Towne—"No? I was told
the Mayor gave him a place In the City
Hall." Browne—"Well?”—Philadelphia
Press.
—A Misfortune—" What Is the matter,
Tommy?” asked the mother of the small
boy in tears. "I’m lonesome. The other
boys wouldn’t play fair.” “What was the
game?" "We were playing United States
Senate. I resigned, and the other boys
forgot to coax me back."—Washington
Star.
—Poor Tacticians—Ryan (gleefully)—
“D’yes moind. Moike? It tuk six polacle
man t’ git wan folghtin’ Oirish mlmber
out av th’ British House of Parlymint.”
Shea—" Huh! Shure, wan av thim moight
hove done it dead aisy.” Ryan (warmly)
—"lndade! An* how?" Shea—“Phwy. be
sthandin’ outside av th" dure an’ callin’
th' Oirlshman a lolar.’’—Brooklyn Late.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The New York World (Dem.) says:
“The President's schemes to shut in our
unfortunate wards or subjects or vassals
behind the Dlngley tariff wall as to for
eign countries, and then to shut them in
still further by denying their goods free
access to our markets and our goods free
access to their markets, offend every
American Instinct of Justice and generos
ity, That he should persist by a tricky
evasion which is not even plausible, per
sist when the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States has commanded hltn to stop, is
another evidence of the malign influence
of thle costly erase for colonies. Deplor
able Indeed Is the spectacle of the Presi
dent of the United States setting such
an example in a day of too little respect
for law."
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says:
"The late James Russell Lowell laid It
down as an axiom that ‘the right to be
a ous*d fool’ *u not open to dispute.
But Mr. Lowell died before McSweeney
was elected Governor of South Carolina
and undertook to convince the two sen
ators of that state to the contrary."
The Washington Post (Ind.) says: "The
Navy Department will precipitate a
touching scene when it presents Admiral
Schley with a Santiago medal bearing the
profile of Admiral Sampson. It will be re
called that Admiral Schley participated In
the battle and ie entitled to wear one of
the medals."
The Philadelphia North American (Ind.)
says: "The Boers are atlll picking up
stray yeomanry In hunches of a few hun
dred end sending them back to Kitchener
without their arms. Probebly the Beers
ere doing more serious damsge then that,
but they have no lues* egchta in these
days, and the VrPieti are provokiagly reti
.MM*."
Sure Way to Beat Races.
"Haw'd the ponies at Nashville run to
day?” asked a St. Louis barber as he pro
ceeded to trim a customer's hair, says the
St. Louis Republic.
The man in the chair replied in a. low
tone. The barber's happy f&ce immediate
ly told that the information was good
news. Then he remarked:
"Well, then, I am SBO to the good on that
little tip I will have to go around early
in the morning and cash in.”
Now, one touch of the. “ponies" makes
the whole world kin, and so the row of
"nexts” began proposing schemes for the
spending of the SBO. One man hinted that
a hair cut free of charge to every person
in the shop would be an agreeable way of
celebrating the event. Another suggested
something about the "line.” But to all
the free advice the barber turned a deaf
ear. remarking that he had a better way
to spend the money. Then he explained:
“Now, all you fellows know that I am a
fiend on the subject of races,” he said.
"There was one summer that I had such
good luck that I threw up my job. I was
getting $lB a week then, and had been
making so much on the side through tips
of my customers that I decided work was
not in my line.
"During that summer my rabbit’s foot
stayed with me, and at the end of the sea
son here 1n St. Louis I was about SI,OOO
to the good. I was chesty. You know
what happens to a man when he gets
that way. It happened to me when 1
started to play the Eastern tracks by
wire.
"In a month my little wad was gone. I
am not telling what my wife said, al
though there is no denying the fact that
she made some pointed and forcible re
marks.
"When I acknowledged that I couldn’t
keep from playing the races, my wife said
she would consent on one condition. The
household expenses were to be paid first.
After that I could bet to my heart's con
tent, provided that every cent I won went
into the bank to her name on a time cer
tificate drawing interest.
“Maybe you won't believe me, but in one
year I have saved over S9OO, and every
cent of it is in the bank drawing 4 per
cent. Of coure, I have fair luck. My cus
tomers help me out a good deal. By the
end of summer I expect to have about
$1,500, and then my wife and I are going
to buy a house and lot somewhere in the
West End.”
"But suppose you lose?”
"My wife isn't in on the losses. They
come out of my spending money. I think
that I have the best system on earth.
Just knowing that I can pick the horses
once in a while is all the fun I want out
of it, and the way my wife greets me
when I tell her about the winnings is
enough to compensate for all the good
times you can propose. So I guess I won't
take your advice.”
And the “nexts” didn't blame him.
Why gome Men Keep Doga.
It is not always the breed of a dog that
makes him valuable to his owner, says
the Washington Post. John Finlayeon,
who has just opened his new place in
New York, tells a story in hit own fam
ous t.ay of going one night with another
man to a resort in Third avenue known
as "Pig’s Knuckles.” Seated in a re
mote corner was a fat old German smok
ing a pipe with a stein before him. Un
der his chair was the most remarkable
specimen of a dog that John or his
friends ever had seen. It had the ap
pearance of a pug, with rough, red hair
and -a long tail. It was impossible to re
sist laughing at the placid old man and
his nondescript dog. John was prevail
ed upon by his friend to question the
old man about his faithful follower.
"What kind of a dog is that?” said
John.
“j don’t know,” was the reply.
"1 suppose you use him for hunting?”
“No.”
"Is he good for anything?”
“No.”
"Then why do you value him so?”
"Because he likes me,” said the old
man. still puffing his pipe, and the ex
pression of the dog as he looked up from
under the chair fully confirmed the state
ment.
Many a man keeps a dog for no other
reason.
Joke on the Old Man.
A young man threaded his way slowly
among the Chestnut street crowds on
yesterday afternoon, says the Philadel
phia Record. He was tall and well built
and wore a silk hat, a frock coat, patent
leather • boots, gray gloves and a gray
cravat. It was not his really elegant
costume, however, that caused so many
persons to look at him and smile. It was
the white card, pinned on the back of his
coat between the shoulders, that read:
’’Kick me." An aged philanthropist, with
long white whiskers, overtook the young
man and detached the qard. "Here, sir,"
he said, holding It out to the youth, "some
one has been making a fool of you.”
“Thank you," the other answered, and
he turned over the card and save it
back to the old gentleman. “You keep
it. won’t you?" he added; as he hurried
away. The old man read on the card’s
reverse side: "For i deserve to be kicked,
since 1 do not buy iny clothes from Blank,
the people’s tailor.” The youth, mean
while, had disappeared tn tlve corridor
of an office building. When he emerged
again another “Kick me” card was pin
ned on the back of his coat-
Modern Sermons.
Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
The truly modern preacher
Discusses every fad
That comes to public notice.
If it be good or bad.
He speaks with graceful accent
On “Should Our Hair Be Dyed."
Or tel!* his congregation
“The Proper Way to Ride.”
He wails "The Curse of Checkers,"
Or "Why We Leave the Farm;"
Rut none has used this topic,
"Turn In a Fire-Alarm.”
He talks on ’’Modern Writers.”
Or “Can Our Votes Be Bought,"
And sometimes he’s Just lovely
On "Thoughtlessness of Thought."
Borne day an Innovation
Will suddenly be sprung—
Borne conscientious preacher
Will turn his silver tongue •
To words of hope and heaven, 1
And grace his voice will All.
And we'll get more religion
And less of vaudeville.
Reflection* of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press.
No woman is ever companionable when
ehe has company.
A woman who won't tell a secret ie
about as rare as a kitchen sink that
won't spatter..
In rite days when husbands were allow
ed to whip their wtvea by law there
weren't any new women.
In all probablllty r ßve took up with the
enake because she thought he had "such
expressive eye*.”
For the first week after a girl has pro
posed to him a man reads every suicide
story in the paper with a dreadful fear
at his heart.
There are three things that own always
get the bevt of a woman—politic*, pickles
and punctuation.
Every man know* how to stare at a
woman he doesn't know so ehe won't have
the heart to act Indignant at him.
• The look of dread on a girl s face at
her wedding is generally about a* big aa
a fly drowning In a hogshead of molasses
A woman will forgive a man for break
in# her heart, bul when he once com
pelled her to change her mind she will
hate him forever.
if the average woman stood as much
from her husband as she doe# from her
hired girl, all the world aeh heaps would
aprout Maroohai Nay roses.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—An Italian has recently elaborated
upon refrigerating methods on warships,
and if future experiments should demon
strate the practicability of his system
tire re will likely be less need for crews
to continue the long and monotonous'diet
of salt pork, salt beef or canned meats
on long cruises. For a long time the
only freezing machines on British war
vessels were provided for making ice for
the sick, but they were known to pro
duce chiefly extremely heated language
and profuse perspiration among the peo
ple who manipulated them. For a few
years ships have been fitted with refrig
erating plants to enable carrying fair
supplies of fresh meat for the crew, but
they are hardly sufficient yet. The ad
vantages of fresh and wholesome food for
the health of crews serving on shipboard,
especially in the tropica, cannot be over
stated.
—ln the beginning of October Khartoum
will once more, in fact, be the capital of
the Boudan. About that time the offices
of the government will be transferred
across the river from Omdurman, al
though It Is questionable whether the
trade of Ihe latter town will migrate
along with the officials. Omdurman has
a present population of about 80,000 souls.
Its trade is extensive, and a large portion
of it is in the hands of native merchants.
The new city of Khartoum is said to be
quite a model from a sanitary point of
view, and in time will no doubt draw
the merchants from Omdurman, which is
said to be in a very filthy condition, but
it is wet! known that the native is hard
to move from his oldtime grooves, end
that sanitation plays no part In either
his private or public economy. This may
change, however, when everything is in
working order at Khartoum, and the new
city may become in comparatively few
years the greatest Central African center
of civilize tlon and trade.
—As there is reason to believe that a
syndicate has been formed for the pur
pose of floating a limited company os
tensibly for the commercial utilization of
liquid air, one or two observations on this
interesting substance may be timely, says
the London Express. In the judgment
of the most prominent authorities on the
subject, the commercial use of liquid atr
is not an economic possibility. It is true
that a large number of suggestions have
been made pointing to its adaptability
for different purposes. It has been pro
posed as y.n explosive, and liquid air
cartridges have actually been used (with
indifferent results) for blasting. Mr.
Tesiai has been credited with its employ
ment for increasing electrical conductiv
ity, and thereby transporting electrical
energy for thousands of mi tee without
loss. Liquid air, too, has been- suggest
ed ad a motive power, a preservative, a
caustic for medical purposes, and for a
variety of other singular employments.
It has to be borne in mind, however,-that
liquid air for power purposes costs 200
times as much as steam, requiring 200 de
grees (Fahrenheit) of frost for its pro
duction, and that in any case it is ex
pensive to make and most difficult of
preservation. No doubt it excited great
hopes on its entry into the world as a
manufactured product, but the better
informed now regard it as destined to re
lapse Into a position of mere scientific
curiosity.
—One one of the islands in Lake Mae
lar, called Adelso, there is a tree which
enjoys a curious reputation, says the Lon
don Globe. It is an aged fir stump stand
ing quite alone on high ground, far from
any dwelling, and is an object of super
stitious reverence to peasants and wood
cutters. There are three holes in the
stump near the ground, and in one of
these holes treasure of some kind is con
stantly to be found. Sometimes it is a
few copper coins, sometimes a piece of
jewelry—nothing, perhaps, of any great
value; but if you put your hand into tbe
sawdust and rake about you are certain
to And something. The person who sends
me this information went in October, 1900,
with the owner of the property, to look
at the tree, and found four pieces of
money in tbe hole. It is well known to
the peasants that if money or jewelry
is taken away there is certain to be more
a few days after. How do these things
get into the hole? According to the peas
asts, the thin* is very simple; they are
put there by spirits. The island and those
adjacent to it are covered with old grave
mounds, sepulchres of forgotten chiefs,
and ancient valuables are often discov
ered. Quite recently a woodcutter was
felling a tree, which fell over on one side
with half its roots sticking out of the
ground. On one of them glittered a gold
snake armband. The man received a
large sum for it from the National Mu
seum of Stockholm, when the Jewel may
now be seen.
—A man who was popularly known as
“the human chronometer,” died the other
day at Anvers, says the New York Her
ald. His name was J. Ritchie, and for
many years he hud been a money broker.
The peculiar thing about him was his ex
traordinary regularity and his defiance of
custom. His whole life, indeed, seemed to
be regulated toy a ohronometer. So far as
M* neighbors could Judge he never show
ed the slightest emotion, but invariably
preserved his natural imperturbable in
difference. On one occasion a destructive
Are broke out in the house which he was
occupying, yet he walked as calmly out
into the street as though he were taking
an afternoon stroll. In matters of dress
he was equally eccentric. Thus be was
never seen without a black cravat, and
he wore the same hat for ten years and
the same coat for twenty. One day, when
he was a young man, he entered a hotel
and said he would lifce to board there
for sixty-two years, and it was there that
he died. The hotel changed hands several
times during this long period, but the ec
centric broker took no heed of such
changes, so that In time each proprietor
came to look upon him as & sort of fix
ture. and handed him over with the lease
and furniture to his successor. Though he
never enjoyed rofocst health, this strange
man lived to be DU years old, and those
who knew him well are now saying that
his long life must surely be attributed to
the perfect case end serenity with which
he bore himself during his career on
earth.
—The sun It about 92.000.000 miles off,
says the Imperial. The only way of meas
uring the distance of a fixed star Is by
parallax, and scarcely more than half
a dosen can be estimated that way. Sup
pose the sun Is here, in space, on Jan. 1.
On July 1 he will be 181,000,000 miles over
there. This Is the base of measurement.
The observer who wants to estimate the
distance of, says, the star A Centurl,
notes Its position with regard to the next
star. In six months he note# again, and
If they are separated by a different dis
tance. a so-called parallax Is established,
and some calculation can toe made of the
distance of the nearest one. In the most
favorable cases this parallax is extremely
slight. What Is the sun made of? The lines
of the spectrum give an Idea of his chem
ical properties, tout toeyond that all is
hypothesis. His substance, as a whole.
Is of much lighter material than the
earth, but yet there may be * bard and
heavy fiery pudding Inside, for there Is a
light and thick outer coating, named the
photosphere. Outside this, again, refining
away to an unknown distanced* the chro
mosphere, of hot air. so to speak. The
spots are rifts through the photosphere,
coming and going, and some are so large
that our whole earth could be shot right
through, with a thousand milts to spare
all around. When a total eclipse covers
the sun. flames to the bight </ thousands
of miles are seen out of the photosphere.
The sun Is !• times larger than the
earth, an eaay thing to aay, and yet our
sun la believed to b< a rather small one
For instance, Utrius is at legit nine times
s big.
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS.
HOTEL EMPIRE
BROADWAY AND 63d ST., N. Y CITY
-ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF—
MODERATE RATES.
From Grand Central Station take Eroad
way and 7th ave. cars, 7 minutes to EM
PIRE.
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 3Stii St., New York City.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.
EUROPEAN 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 & CO.
Summer Resort, Ocean Hotel,
Asbary Park, N. J.
REST—RECREATION.
Old Point Comfort,
Virginia,
HYGEIA HOTEL.
Fronting on the famous Hampton
Roads and adjoining the largest
military post in America.
Summer rates $17.56 per week up
ward.
SURF BATHING, FISHING, GOLF.
GEO. A. KEELER, Mgr.
1 1 -
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 &
tie WITT, Alexandria Bay, iN. Y.
Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
WAYNESVII,LE, N. C.
Situated in the beautiful mountains of
North Carolina, on Murphy branch of
Southern Railway, 28 miles west of Ashe
ville, N. C„ and about 700 feet higher, one
half mile from Court House at Wynes
ville, N. C„ the highest railroad town east
of the Rocky Mountains. Nearly 3,000 feet
above sea- Fine mineral springs, hot and
cold Sulphur Baths. The hotel and fur
nishings are new and modern, and in all
of its appointments Arst class. The ser
vice end table are unexceptional. Sea
son opens May 20. For rates, etc., apply
to J. M. COPELIN, Proprietor.
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 Arst-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.
HOTEL DALTON,
DALTON, GA.
/One of the most popular summer resort*
In beautiful North Georgia; Ane drives;
brick hotel, hot and cold baths on each
floor; elevator, electric bells, good ta
bles. Climate delightful. Special rates to
families. D. L. PETTOR, Prop.
Mountain Park Hotel,
HOT SPRINGS. X. C.
The healthiest place in America. Re
duced rate* for summer—July 1 to Oct. IS.
Mineral baths. The medicinal virtues of
Its waters are unexcelled. Swimming
pool, riding, golf end tennis. For booklet*
address JOHN C. RU.WBOUGH. Prop.
MELROSE, NEW YORK.
18 MADISON AVENUE, corner 28th *.
Rooms, with or without Board. Rooms,
with Board, 17 per week. $1.25 per day
and uwards. Send for circular.
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Jjfjjlr <mriN skin diMjaße*B Get
BjP%y it from j<mr drugjrnt. 60c*
ySfaF box bj mail, postpaid.
W BEXSKBWS SOAP V
5/ xnakr* a beautiful complexion. 25 eta. Vj
F JOHNSTON. HOLLOWAY A CO.. I
I 631 Commerc* St., Philadelphia, Pa. I
•■I have found year Oinlment the beet f nr tok I
lap off ptrnptee. " — Word Jfuneter , Jeanette, Pd. |
Tough on Flies
for the protection of btock.
Poultry Supplies. Bone Meal,
Nitrate of Soda.
Hay, Grain and Feed of all kind*.
T. J. DAVIS,
Phone 223. Ufl Bay street, west.
ok'* Duchess Tablets are suee**ff" 1 >
used monthly by over 10.000 ladles. Prio*
By mail, it Oi. Send 4 cent* <"
W. r ears pi* and particulars. Tbo Oook US
r kM Woodward*v#.,l>#troa, Bk'h.
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