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The Weather.
Tile Indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather, rising temperature,
light to fresh northest winds on the
coast and for Eastern Florida showers,
light variable winds.
There were $3,235,158 worth of needles
and pins manufactured in the United
Btates in 189$, according to the census
report. Now, what goes with all of the
pins?
The War Department has received
Information to the effect that the
Apaches of Arizona are becoming
troublesome and may go on the war
path. Here, then, is an opportunity
for Miles. The department has lately
been turning him down on matters re
lating to the army, but it is very well
known that Miles is “all right” when
it comes to fighting Indians.
Once more there is a little war cloud
In South America. There is a quarrel
between Brazil and Bolivia over certain
leases in the province of Acre. Brazil
has threatened to break oft diplomatic
relations with Bolivia unless the latter
comes to the former's way of thinking.
A fight between the countries would
be attended with comic opera features.
Bolivia is not even a feather-weight
among the nations.
The Illinois Democratic platform de
clares: “The tenets of anarchy have
no plac* In free American Institutions.
Ours is a government of law admin
istered by the people’s representatives,
and we condemn all resorts to violence
for redress of grievances, real or fan
cied.” That Is a good plank. It em
bodies good Democratic doctrine and
will have the support of the vast ma
jority of the American people. The
New Jersey Democrats ought
It In big letters in their platform and
make a fight along that line. The state
is sadly in need of strong anti-anarchy
agitation.
The trial of “Al.” Adams, the “poli
cy king" of New York, has developed
the fact that the winning numbers in
policy are never drawn, or rather ar
ranged, until after the numbers and
combinations on which bets have been
made are received at the central office
of the policy gang. That is, the policy
men fix the winning numbers to suit
themselves, and only permit winnings
to be made when and where they
please. In short, they play no game of
chance, f>ut a sure thing for them
selves. It is probable that policy is
conducted everywhere in about the
same manner, yet it numbers its dupes
by the thousands in every city. It is
the most villainous of all “games.”
Mr. W. W. Astor Is going to give a
series of "coronation'' dinners. He
does not stand near the throne, and
will not get even a look-in at the
great event personally, since the King
does not like him; nevertheless he pur
pose* to do what he can to make the
coronal 100 one of the sweiiest events
of the century. A London cable says
that his dinner s are to be “so fcplertdid
•ud costly that they are tempting
many aristocrat# to accept his in vita
tJou," despite the King's well known
aversion to the aejf-e*pe trie ted
Aanerl* ao. At on* erf tbe Astor din
•*•* sloii)y to o given not l*e* man
•Mr(Ao will Ire paid for the service* of
four or tvt famous allege i* and cieu
“ic tana who uui aut*it**t# the gmeta
e* (bay OUeS
THE COST OF THF PHILIPPINES.
Our possession of the Philippines hag
been costly, and there is reason to be
lieve that they will continue to be a
burden to us to the amount of many
millions of dollars a year. In the state
ment that Secretary Root sent to the
House on Thursday It appears that
our total outlay in connection with the
islands, from the signing of the treaty
of Paris until the present time, has
been about $170,000,000. Of course the
lives which have been sacrificed in sub
duing the Filipinos are not taken into
account. In his speech on the Philip
pine civil government bill In the House
on Friday Representative Jones said
that it was probably a fair estimate
that 100,000 Filipinos and 10,000 Ameri
cans had been killed in the war ig the
Philippines.
The actual fighting In the islands
Is about over, but the people are not
subdued. They are not accepting
American rule willingly. The testi
mony of the ex-insurgent leader Mal
var that was given in the Major Gar
dener Inquiry in Manila last week must
have astonished the members of the
Philippine Commission and the army
officers there. He said In effect that
In the province of Tayabas, in which
he operated, the Filipino officials of
the various municipal and other gov
ernments which had been established
by the commission, were at all times
in full sympathy with the insurgents,
furnishing them with supplies and in
formation, notwithstanding the fact
that they had taken the oath to be
loyal to the American government and
were receiving pay from the commis
sion. This would seem to indicate that
though we may have conquered the
Filipinos to the extent of forcing them
to abandon their fight for Independ
ence they are no more friendly to us
than they were the day the war be
gan.
And it is doubtful if we shall ever
be able to make them feel that our
rule would be better for them than
their own, and that our chief >aim is to
benefit them. If they remain sullen,
unconquered in spirit, looking all the
time for an opportunity to resist our
authority, never appreciating anything
we do for them, it is evident that the
task we have undertaken in the Phil
ippine Islands has been scarcely begun
and that the cost thus far is small in
comparison to what it will be.
We are now about to pay $5,000,000
for the friars’ lands, simply to gratify
the Filipinos, but it Is doubtful if that
act will advance us much if any in
their good will. Looking at the situa
tion from all points of view there is
no good reason for doubting that the
policy of the Democratic party for
dealing with the Filipinos, namely, to
announce to them that they are to have
their Independence as soon as they
have a stable government, would be
better for them and for the American
people.
IRON AND COAL.
Some idea of the industrial activity
that has engaged this country during
the last three years or so may be had
from a glance at statistics of the
Iron and coal production, practically
all of which iron and coal have been
absorbed by consumption. The stocks
at present are very little If any great
er than they were four years ago. As
a matter of fact, they are smaller than
the manufacturers would like to see
them, especially In the case of coal.
So limited Is the supply of coal that
uneasiness is beginning to be manifest
ed lest the Btrike should be prolonged
until industries are seriously crippled.
And yet the country produced 8 per
cent, more coal last year than it did in
1898.
The production of iron ores shows a
phenomenal leaD In three years. The
data of the Geological Survey show
that in 1901 the Iron ore production
was 9,453,768 long tons greater than
the production In 1898, a gain of 49 per
cent. The aggregate of production was
28.887,479 long tons, a figure leading the
productions of Germany and Great
Britain by more than 10,000.000 tons
each, as shown by the latest available
official statistics from those countries.
The red hematite mines gave a little
better than S3 per cent, of the produc
tion, and It is gratifying to note that
the South is rapidly coming to the
front as a producer of red hematite.
Minnesota and Michigan gave the
greatest output, in the order named,
and were followed by Alabama in third
place. But red hematite is not the
South’s only iron ore. Brown hematite
plays an important part In the iron
business, and of this ore the two Vir
ginias combined gave out more than
any other section, followed by Alabama
and Tennessee. Considered by states,
Minnesota contributed nearly 38 per
cent, of the iron ore production of the
United States in 1901, Michigan about
27 per cent, and Alabama 10 per cent.
Pennsylvania holds fourth place, the
Virginias combined fifth, Tennessee
sixth, Wisconsin seventh, New York
eighth, etc. Georgia and the tw'o Caro
linas combined produced nearly 216,-
000 long tons of iron ore during the
year.
The country’s coal output last year
was 292,240,758 tons. This is nearly 20
per cent, greater than the total of
Great Britain’s production for the same
years and 80 per cent, greater than
that of Germany. It is seven times
the production of Austria-Hungary
and eight times that of France. Penn
sylvania, of course, led the list, fol
lowed by Illinois and Ohio. West Vir
ginia stood fourth, Alabama fifth, In
diana sixth, Colorado seventh, lowa
eighth, Kentucky ninth and Maryland
tenth. Coal and iron mining In the
South are comparatively young indus
tries. The development of the South’s
mines has been one of the wonders
of the industrial world. Their re
sources, however, have hardly more
than been touched. These mines are
destined to play a still mote import
ant part in the world of manufact
ure*. m
A Populist politician of Kentucky,
who boys he believes In the initiative
and tei< iei,duui (m fined SIOO the oth
er day tor kissing a girl without her
consent. Ilia Initiative may have been
all right hut in*atnu< h a* the girl did
tart rutify it the court said he aouid
hava to pa | up Will women lie eat
*•## poiitp a and uu light* of the
plain people v
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. JUNE 23. 1902.
A BRIGHT PIIOSrECT.
In a recent article we commented on
the growth of the city of Savannah,
drawing especial attention to present
and prospective improvements in the
way of business buildings and blocks
and private residences. A correspond
ent writes to suggest that we might
have pointed out more clearly what has
already been accomplished and direct
ed attention to the fact that in twenty
five years the city has grown on the
south from Gaston street to Estill ave
nue, and on the east and southeast to
the Waters road, to say nothing of
the building up of the westePh section.
All of this, however, has been referred
to time and again by us, and the ob
ject of the article to which the cor
respondent alludes was only to call
attention to what is going on at pres
ent and what Is In prospect for the
Immediate future.
Savannah is steadily growing, and
the growth will be continued. In the
early seventies the Morning News pre
dicted that before the end of the cen
tury the city would have over 50,000
population. Some of the croakers in
quired where the people would come
from, where they would live, and
what they would do for a livelihood.
Well, the 50,000 people, with 10,000 add
ed to those counted by the federal cen
sus enumerators a couple of years ago,
have arrived; and they have better
homes to live in as a rule than those
who were here thirty years
ago; they reside in a better
city, and have more of the
good things of life. Their houses are
on lots that cost them per lot as much
as the ‘land thirty years ago was sold
for per acre. And people are still com
ing. Thirty years hence, at the same
rate of growth, Savannah will extend
well towards Thunderbolt and Isle of
Mope, and there will be 150,000 and pos
sibly 200,000 persons within its limits
and suburbs.
There are young men growing up
who belong to Savannah and know her
wants. They will do more for their
city than their forbears were able to
do, though the latter wrought well.
These young men are becoming firmly
grounded in the belief that there is no
better city in the world than their
own. and they are right. It differs in
some respects from other cities, to be
sure, but it has many and manifest
advantages over all of itß neighbors.
Believe in your city, young men of
Savannah. Stand up for it always. It
is good and great now; it will be bet
ter aijd greater. Its prospects are
brighter to-day than ever before. It
will reward the faith and works of its
people.
THE HAVACES OF PNEUMONIA.
At the recent annual meeting of the
American Medical Association at Sara
toga pneumonia was the disease that
received most attention. Writing in
the New York Journal. Dr. James J.
Walsh says: “We hear much of the
ravages of diphtheria, the whole coun
try is disturbed by the thought of
small-pox, blit at their worst these dis
eases are only trivial factors in the
death rate of our cities and pneumonia
is responsible for about one in seven of
all deaths that occur.” This gives an
idea of what a ravaging monster pneu
monia is, and with what dread it
should be regarded; and yet very little
progress has been made in its treat
ment in fifty years. There is no drug
that will check or cure the ailment,
and the best that can be done is to give
the patient careful and unremitting
nursing past the crisis.
In the popular mind pneumonia has
been regarded as a winter disease.
Medical men know that It occurs at all
seasons, though more frequently in
winter than in warm weather; and,
whatever the season, the mortality
from the complaint is as high as one
in five. It is clear, then, that the study
of the disease and the means of its
prevention is a matter of the highest
importance.
At the Saratoga meeting the doctors
seemed pretty well agreed not only
that pneumonia is a germ disease, but
that it is contagious at least to a limit
ed extent. Consumption, the authori
ties say, is contracted by the breath
ing in of tuberculosis germs, in the
form of dust, hence the edict that has
gone out against spitting, especially in
public places. Dr. Walsh says pneu
monia must be combatted in a similar
manner. The sputum of the pneumo
nia patient must be burned or steril
ized. It must never be allowed to be
come dry so as to be blown about as
dust. “It seems to be a very preva
lent opinion,” he says, “that dust is an
important cause of pneumonia- By
this is meant not the coarse dust of the
streets, but the fine, impalpable dust
that occurs in houses. This contains
organic material on which the germs
of pneumonia may live for a long time.
They are so common in the atmosphere
that most people have them in their
mouths ail the time, even when they
are in good health.”
The dust of theaters, public halls,
closed street cars and other places of
public gathering is said to be especially
germ-laden, and numerous Instances
have been noted in which pneumonia
developed within a few days after the
patent had been in a crowded place
for some time. A means of prevention,
then, is to secure cleanliness in houses
and public gathering places. Spitting
on floors should be regarded as noth
ing short of criminal, and an unremit
ting war should be waged against dust
and dust-catching carpets and uphol
stery.
An organization was effected In New
York the other day for the avowed
purpose of building a boulevard to con
lie't th Giles of New York and Chi
cago, It is the Idea to have a good
roadway, suitable for driving or auto
mobliing, the whole distance of H'AJ
mile* Both sides of the road are to
be lined with trees. It is stated that
400 mile* of good roads have already
been constructed between the two
cities, hence practically half of the
work has been a< • otnpiiebed Tire Uuem
bers of the o<et,net>on iryforM
large swum of money and ere said >•*
I# & C 4j fs* p |JMr || WU)
***s# ill ismitjt tit It* <&•*
It has not been many years since
the peach season in the United States
was only four or five weeks long. The
crop for the markets came almost
wholly from Maryland and Delaware
and as not matured until August.
Now there Is more than four months
of peaches. The season starts in Geor
gia in June, with the delicious Elber
tas following In July, and moves north
ward gradually until it ends In Canada
in October. The outlook this season Is
that the crop will be very fine in qual
ity in all of the peach sections, though
not so large as was expected some
weeks ago. "The Georgia peach,” says
the Philadelphia Press, “has done much
more than to put money into the pock
ets of the growers and to tickle the
palates of the consumers. It has helped
to close the bloody chasm between the
North and South. It made it easy to
believe there is much good in a region
that can produce the Elberta peach.’’
The peach acreage has been largely
increased within the past few years,
but there is room for thousands more
trees and their fruits.
I. W. Turner, formerly postmaster at
Lyons, N. Y., has been* convicted and
sent to jail for kicking a small boy in
the face. Turner became notorious
a few years ago by the man
ner in which he secured his appoint
ment as postmaster at Lyons. The
cemetery was badly in need of atten
tion. The fences were down 'and the
place was overrun with weeds. Tur
ner got up a petition in favor of clean
ing up the cemetery and placing It in
good order. Everybody signed it, in
cluding two candidates for the post
mastership. Shortly thereafter the list
of names turned up In Washington ap
pended to an endorsement of Turner
for postmaster. He was given the of
fice. The people, however, made it so
hot for him that he was obliged to re
sign.
It Is predicted by railroad men that
within twelve months trains will be
run between New York and Chicago
in the schedule time of eighteen hours.
The time now, as established by new
trains recently put on by the Pennsyl
vania and New York Centra! Rail
reads, Is twenty hours. Improvements
that will cost $5,000,000 are being made
on the tracks of the two roads, and
when these improvements have been
completed still faster time will be pos
sible. Mile-a-minute schedules are like
ly to become common within the next
five years.
Robert Goelet of New York got into
SSO worth of trouble in Boston the oth
er day. Opinion is divided as to
whether it was for driving his automo
bile too fast or calling a Boston police
man a “copper.”
PERSONAL.
—Field Marshal Lord Wolseiey re
cently wrote to a friend in this country
that he "always quotes the American
army as being, to my views of soldiers,
the best army in the world.”
—Edward Lauterbach, who is men
tioned as a candidate for lieutenant
governor of New York state, has two
sons, who are extremely proud of him
and who talk a great deal about him.
“You would think,” said a friend of
the family the other day, “that those
Lauterbach boys were saying a con
tinuous prayer. They begin every
other sentence with ‘our father.’ ”
—Many complaints have been made
recently to Mr. Vreeland, who manages
the New York street car system, of in
solence and carelessness on the part of
conductors and ojher employes. Mr.
Vreeland now makes the surprising
statement that on an average he dis
misses 200 men a month for the causes
mentioned. He also claims that all the
conductors who have been in the com
pany’s employ for a few years are po
lite and well-behaved.
—Editor Richards of the Wellington
(Kan.) Mail has been exploring the tax
list of that town and is roused to in
dignation by the fact the leading bank
of the town pays taxes on SBO worth of
personal property, while a barber who
runs a shop in the basement of the
bank pays on $l2O worth. Editor Rich
ards concludes that something must be
wrong and hints darkly that the bar
ber must be rich as Pluto or Plutus —
he is not sure which.
—Under the law every contestant for
a seat in Congress is allowed $2,000 for
expenses, provided the contest is regu
lar. and it is remarkable that in nearly
every such case the contestant finds
that his expenses foot up just the
$2,000. Congressman Tompkins of the
Twelfth Ohio district, whose seat was
contested by John J. Lentz, is a not
able exception to the general rule. Mr.
Tompkins sent in a bill for $1,999.06,
positively refusing to charge the gov
ernment a penny more than was right.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Nashville American (Dem.)
says: "The South, which has been Mr.
Bryan’s warm friend and loyal sup
porter, has had enough of him. It
will follow him no longer. While it
has no apologies for its past course,
it has given indication that it will
no longer follow an impractical leader
on dead and hopeles sissues.”
The Washington Post (Ind.) says:
"Democracy has never been weak save
through its timidities. It has never
been undignified and futile, but be
cause of its untoward and sinister al
liances. Defeat in a square fight
could not injure it. Confusion and
shame afflicted it only when its skirts
had been fouled by ignoble and un
worthy contact. The Democrats, with
clean hands and indomitable hearts,'
have their opportunity in plain view."
The Hartford (Conn.) Times (Deni.)
says: "By his allusion to ‘dangerous
and un-American experiments,' Mr.
Cleveland undoubtedly refers to the
foreign adventures of the party In
power and especially to what is going
on in the Philippines. But In point
ing the way to party revivification
he does not place the question of the
Philippines uppermost. On that issue
Democrats are already substantially
united, and therefore he did not feel
it necessary to speak more specific#!-
ly in regard to It. Mr. Cleveland’s
speech contains no word that can give
offense to any genuine Democrat,"
The Philadelphia l-*dg*r (Ind ) saya:
"Thel* was nothing nairow-minded
• bout Henstor Morgan’s final action
on the isthmian canal bill. Though
‘onv|need in his own mind that th
N’n arsgua tout* was lit* latter of the
Im o under consideration, he chang' and
hi* vote alien h* sen his Ideas could
taevsil, and voted lor the Panama
route rather • ran as* the ahoie an
lerpttae fail To him It ass mot* <m
pui 'ant that • ehlp renal should la
roti#tiu‘ i*d then the! II *b/ui4 ha s•*
* Ad in one paitPuier piece, end no
•hast else 1 hat • ataiaamattahip “
Rule, Brittanla!
The Daily Chronicle says: Our cas
ual suggestion that street boys should
be tested in the words of “Rule, Bri
tannia!” has instantly been adopted
at a Brighton board school, with sur
prising results. One boy wrote down as
the first line of the chorus, “Royl
Brick Tanner, Brick Tanner rules tfie
Way.” Another began “Rore Britaln
er.” A thi’-d thus adjured his oounjry
“Rail Briltanil, Briltanil Ralls the
Way,” doubtless thinking of the Cape
to Cairo project. A fourth, more am
bitious, gave a whole verse, thus: “The
nations not so blest has he but still
In stern but still stern to God most
ell this was the Chelter the Chelter of
the Stall and God In Angels sang the
Strang Bulbiatanva biatarflga woves
the waves for Brltains never will be
slain.” “Bulblatanya” has a fine South
African tang about It.
Tlie Vk oea n( Jane.
A dear little boy whose winter home
Is in the Oranges in New Jersey, and
whose summer home is at Glen Summit,
Pa., but whose identity shall not be
further disclosed, attended a dame
school last winter -and, on an occasion
when visitors were announced, took
part In exercises in their, honor, says
the Brooklyn Eagle. The exercises
comprised recitations by the brighter
children, and among them this dear
little boy was called on. He recited in
perfectly good faith the following,
which he had learned or caught from
an indulgent nurse with semi-poetical
instinct:
Jane ate cake and Jane ate jelly,
Jane went to bed with a pain in her—
Now don’t get excited,
Don’t be misled.
For what Jane had was a pain In her
head.
When the youngster told of this to his
entirely surprised and somewhat shock
ed parents they asked him. “What did
the teacher say?” He replied: “She
said nothing. She just turned around
and looked out of the window, hut the
scholars and the visitors wanted me to
say it again.”
My Bulletin Service.
The editor of a rural newspaper was
in Philadelphia during the week follow
ing the shooting of President McKin
ley, and noted with surprise the
promptness of the newspapers there to
bulletin board the hourly reports of
the President’s condition. He deter
mined to adopt the idea on all import
ant events when he should return
home. Soon afterward he was told one
morning by the local physician that
Deacon Jones was seriously 111. The
deacon was a man of some distinction
in the community; so, the editor post
ed a series of bulletins as follows:
10:00 a. m. —Deacon Jones no better.
11:00 a. m.—Deacon Jones has relapse.
12:30 p. m.—Deacon Jones weaker.
Pulse falling.
1:00 p. m.—Deacon Jones has slight
tally.
2:15 p. m.—Deacon Jones' family has
been summoned.
3:10 p. m.—Deacon Jones has died
and gone to heaven.
Later In the afternoon, a traveling
salesman happened by, stopped to read
the bulletins, and, going to the bulletin
board, made another report concerning
the deceased. It was:
4:10 p. m.—Great excitement in heav
en. Deacon Jones has not yet
arrived.
Little ’Willie’s Base lilt.
He had been hanging around my girl
for some time, and I saw that unless
something was done before long, he
would soon become a member of the
family, says the fond father, In the
Detroit Free Press. I had frowned up
on the matter right from the start, as
I didn't think he was good enough for
my daughter. But from the beginning
I simply constituted a hopeless minor
ity, as my wife thought he was a per
fect paragon. I thought I knew bet
ter, and when, one Sunday, I saw’ him
at a ball game, I was sure of it.
I am a great lover of the American
game, and Sunday is the only day I
have time to atttend. I have alw’ays
been very careful to keep from my
wife the fact that I ever attended a
game of ball on Sunday, as she is a
very strict church member, and views
with horror any one who seeks pleas
ure on the Sabbath. So, when I saw
the young man there at the game, I
thought I had found a way to bring
her over to my side, know’ing full well
that if I did, his chances of becoming
a member of the family were mighty
slim. 1 hadn't the slightest idea that
he had seen me there, and I thought I
could startle an admission from him
that would show him up in his true
colors, and without danger to myself.
So when he called the other night, I
said suddenly:
“Young man, where were you last
Sunday?”
“Oh, I just sat two rows ahead of
you,” he answered easily.
That threw explanations back on me.
and left me gasping for breath.
“Fine sermon, wasn’t?” he added a
moment later, coming to my rescue like
the trump he is.
“Oh, you dear fellow, did you go to
church and say nothing to me about
it?" cried my wife. “How lovely! What
was the text?”
I was simply Incapable of answering,
and again that young man filled the
breach.
“Ninety and nine,” said he.
The score wasn't quite as bad as
that—almost, though. Say! he’s the fin
est young man that ever drew breath,
and he can have anything that belongs
to me.
Policeman anil Little Girl.
From St. Nicholas.
“The nicest man I ever saw,”
Said Little Nan to me,
“Is the one who stands outside our
school.
When we’re let out at three.
“He’s dressed just as the soldiers are,
He wears gold buttons, too,
And he stands up so proud and
straight,
The way the soldiers do.
“He always says, ‘Come, little kids,
I’ll take you cross the sitreet,’ and
I guess ’cause I’m the littlest girl
He always holds my hand.
“And all the cars and horses stop—
He’s so big they don’t dare
To say ’Get up,’ and drive ’em on,
Because he’s standing there.
“He makes believe to chase the boys.
And shakes his fist, and then
He laughs and laughs, and they ail
come
A scampering back again.
“Sometirfier. he pats me on the head
And say* ‘Ho! little girl.
You going to wait till Christmas comes
To cut me off that curl?’
"And one time when it rained, the
street
Was muddy, and I cried;
11* picked tne up and carried me
Right to the side.
"The nicest man 1 ever saw,"
Hu Id Little Nan to me,
“Is the one who stands outside our
school
When we re let out at ibrae."
—’Theodosia I'li k>ilng Garrison.
—Hal*#noin—"Here's the mim bonk
In a fine binding |t i. half rail."
Mrs. Humtiwarth- "truly h)f g|f? i
suppose that* baiauae of the fie*f
Trust Out I i*o uffoid whot* islf
I ahowid fast aahamad t* have a book
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Among the crowns preserving the
ancient form more than any others
now worn is the so-called iron crown
of Lombardy, which is the most treas
ured national possession of the Ital
ian kingdom, says Leslie’s Monthly. It
is of golden “plaques,” or panels rath
er longer than they are high, but small
in size, so as not to rise above the tp
of the head. They form, indeed, only
a jointed band of foliaged, embossed
relief-work, and one narrow wire of
Iron binds them together in the inside
—this wire having the repute of being
hammered out from one of the nails of
our Saviour’s cross. It was the en
largement of these panels in other
crowns which led to the cross-band or
“closure” of the crfjwn. Look at the
German crown andjthe Austrian, both
adaptations of of the old Emper
ors of the “Holy Roman Empire.”
The "arch of empire” became the re
sult In the crown of the necessity for
fastening panels for protection for the
head from any stroke from above de
livered in war.
—Making wills is serious business in
Minnesota, for the courts there make
short work of the foolish ones, on the
theory that when a man is dead he is
dead, and his crotchets and notions
die with him, says the New York Post.
There will be no lack of sympathy with
the court in the latest instance, at any
rate. A man named Scott, living in
Minnesota, grew to hate his relatives
as he waxed older, and he made a will
leaving his property, all in government
bonds, to the county, to help out the
taxpayers. But as he advanced in
years his hatred grew more and more
far-reaching. From confining them
merely to his relatives, he began to
hate his neighbors, and finally all the
people who were associated with him
in any way. Then he hit upon a
scheme. He tore up his first will, and
constructed another, directing that the
bonds he burned,- thus causing the
value of them to remain forever in the
United States Treasury. If he had
lived long enough, this scheme, too,
would doubtless have seemed unsat
isfactory, but he died soon after. The
court quickly disposed of the will, and
now the Immediate heirs are enjoying
the property.
—A test of guns vs. armor plate, re
cently held at Eskmeals, resulted In
a decided victory for the quick-firing
Vickars guns and the Johnson capped
projectile, says the Engineering News.
The plates were Krupp process cement
ed steel, 6 and 12 inches thick, made
according to British admiralty specifi
cations. The first attack was on a
12-inch plate, and the first round was
from a 6-inch gun with a Johnson
capped projectile and a striking ve
locity of 2,799 feet seconds. This shot
completely perforated the plate, though
the projectile was broken up. The sec
ond shot—without a cap, penetrated
only 3% inches; the third shot—an ex
plosive shell, was buried deep in the
plate. In a second trial, a 6-inch cap
ped shot again went through the plate;
while one without the cap was broken
up. A test, on May 23, w T ith 6-inch and
7.5-inch guns, with capped projectiles,
again showed victory for the guns; both
projectiles passed through, the 7.5-inch
explosive shell being bedded In a sand
heap beyond the target; a 6-inch shot,
without the cap, made no impression
on the plate. The Johnson cap used
is an American invention, and is sim
ply a cylindrical fbrged steel cap, with
the bottom bored out to fit over the
nose of the projectile. It is put on by
hydraulic pressure, and thus forced
into a groove cut around the point,
with a nick in the groove to prevent
rotation.
—The adaptability of the gasoline
marine engine to special environments
can be no better illustrated than by
citing the conditions in Bocas del
Toro, United States of Colombia, says
the Engineering Magazine. This town
is surrounded by a number of bays
and lagoons which are lined with ba
nana plantations. No fresh water is
available except that which is caught
on the roofs of the houses, and salt
water being ruinous to steam boilers
a steam launch may be operated for
only a short time without being laid
up for repairs. About eight years ago
two gasoline engines were introduced,
and they proved themselves to be so
well adapted to the conditions that at
present there are over forty gasoline
launches employed as tugboats for
towing banana lighters to central
points where the fruit is transferred
to ocean steamships. An enterprising
planter secured an expert from one
of the American factories and in
stalled a complete repair shop especial
ly adapted to gasoline engines. These
tugboats are employed going from
plantation to plantation gathering up
the fruit, which, on account of its
perishable nature, must be transferred
i,-. the shortest possible time to the
ships. There are at present thirty-five
of one make of gasoline engine in use
in this district. The gasoline is shipped
to the tug owners in 210-gallon drums,
and the small space occupied in trans
port is especially in its favor as a
fuel since there is no coal obtainable
in the market and all of it must be
shipped from the United States.
—What German soldiers may have
to put up with without a murmur
of disapproval was shown by the trial
of a non-commissioned officer in a pon
toon-bridging regiment stationed at
Riesa, Saxony, last week, says a Ber
lin letter in the London Leader. This
man, whose name is Beyer, tyrannized
over the men who were unfortunate
enough to be his subordinates in an
almost incredible manner. He made
them work until very late at night
and then compelled them to get up
at 2 o’clock in the morning to dress
and show that their uniform was in
perfect order. The meals were brought
in warm, but he made the men wait
until everything had got cold, and he
tormented the men in dozens of other
ways. Beyer had taken a special dis
like to a private named Stemmier, and
it was proved in court that he never
ceased ill-treating this man. For
mere amusement he boxed his ears,
pushed him down, kicked him, pulled
him about by the nose, pinched him
and paid him many other such atten
tions. Finally Stemmier was driven to
despair and ended his troubles in the
Elbe. The court discovered that the
deceased had informed his sweetheart
that he intended to commit suicide,
as he could no longer put up with his
superior's treatment, and ten of the
men's comrades swore to the cruelties
that had daily been inflicted on him.
The court-martial came to the con
clusion that Beyer was indirectly the
cause of Stemmler’s death, and sen
tenced him to eighteen months’ im
prisonment and to degradation.
,, — ° np °f the oddest undertak
ings ever taken in hand in
British Columbia aas that suc
cessfully carried out in Koote
nay, when a steamer was transported
from one river over a mountain divide
to another, says an exchange. Of late
years trade for steamers on the Koote
nay river has become demoralized, and,
ns a result, the steamer owned by a
private company has had little to do
On the other side of the airshed
(lowed the Columbia, and Into this rlv
er the •t.-srnei was taken The course
of the two rivers is pei ullar, and at
one point, at iMther a high altitude,
tiiey iiona i l*e together. Horn* years
#*o the govtrnrneiit undertook to build
a canal, but it waa not a rurusg*. and
the unuaed lock a have Nlln. |„m ,
Mate of d.arenal, It w„, by this
■ out** that tfu bo # , taken by
means or niaaelvs derrbks The abort
frr." ****""—*kiir •i**g*.i and
ivgay (be aUsmer H making a profit
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS
HOTEL EMPIRE
Broadway and 63d St., New York city
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF
RATES MODERATE.
Excellent Cuisine Modern
Efficient Service Exclnslv*
Extensive Library Aeceibl,
Orchestral Concerts Every Evening
All Car. Pass the Empire .
From Grand Central Station tak.
cars marked Broadway and 7th avem!.'
Seven minutes to Empire. *■
On crossing any of the ferries t=k
the 9th avenue Elevated Railwky 7*
59th str., from which it is one minute’,
walk to hotel. 5
Send for descriptive Booklet
W. JOHNSON QUINN, Proprietor.
The North Carolina Hot Spring.^
Mountain Park Hotel, Hot Springs N
C.—New ownership, new management'
house entirely made over, thoroughly
modern and In every way desirable
New and modern bath house, new casi’
no lor rainy day amusements. Do you
sutler with rheumatism, gout, sciatica,
nervousness, sleeplessness and indlges
tion? For these and such troubles our
hot mineral waters and baths are un
surpassed in the world. In the Great
Smoky Mountains, grand scenery, de.
lightful climate; 100 acres of beautiful
park; magnificent golf links, horseback
riding, mountain climbing, bowling
tennis, crouqetlng, and ping ponging
No more delightful summer resort in
the world. Illustrated booklet Writs
us. HOWELL COBB, Prop.
Hotel Dalton, Dalton, Ga.
One of the most popular summer re
sorts in North Georgia. High altitude.
Climate cool and delightful. Large
brick hotel, hot and cold baths on each
floor. Elevator and electric bells. Splen
did service. Beautiful country drives.
Special rates to families. For further
information address
D. L. DETTOR, Prop.
ON MOUNTAIN TOP.
HOTEL KAATERSKILL*
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS.
Always cool. 3V* hours form New
York city. Direct railroad access from
New’ York to Kaaterskill. Address H.
E. EDER, Savoy Hotel, sth avenue
and 59th street, New York.
SPRINGS HOTEL
DILLSBORO, N. C.
In the heart of the grandest moun
tains of the South, offers better accom
modation than ever this season. Ad
dress R. H. JARRETT & SONS.
Savannah Electric Cos.
Schedule Daily Except Sunday.
In effect June 14, 1902.
Subject to change without notice.
~ ISL EOF HOPE~LINET
Leave 40th Leave
and Whitaker. Isle of Hope.
A M P M P M A M P M PU
630 100 63 0 600 12 30 730
730 200 700 700 130 800
830 230 730 800 230 830
930 300 800 900 300 900
10 30 330 830 10 00 330 930
11 30 400 900 11 00 400 10 00
6.30 10.30 6.00 12.00
6.00 11.31 6.30
_ LOO
MONTGOMERY LINE
Connecting at Sandfly with Isle of
Hope Line.
Leave 40th Leave
and Whitaker sts. Montgomery
AM PM AM PM
2.00
10 30 3 00 *5 50 Si 45
11.00 . 8.53 4.53
1 a 7 05
11.85
‘Connects with parcel car to city.
fConnc-cts with parcel car from city.
MONTGOMERY AND THUNDER
BOLT LINE,
Via Cattle Park and Sandfly.
Lv. Thunderbolt. Lv. Montgomery.
A M P M A M P M
7 22 4 22 \ *5 50 51 4!
8 22 5 22 650 *2 53
922 638 753 353
.... 738 853 453
•Connects at Sandfly with parcel car
for citv.
SConnects at Sandfly with parcel car
for Isle of Hope.
THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino, via Bolton
Street Junction.
Beginning at 5:45 a. m., cars leave
City Market for Casino at Thunderbolt
every 15 minutes until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction ’
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 5:53 a. m., cars leave
Casino at Thunderbolt every 15 nu n '
utes until 12:08 midnight._
COLLINSVILLE LINE,
(Fair Grounds and Dale Ave.)
Beginning at 6:00 a. m., cars_ leave
Bolton and Ott streets every 15 min
utes: returning, cars leave Estill ave
nue and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. an
every 15 minutes thereafter, connects!
with cars on Thunderbolt line, '
ginning at 9:00 p. m., cars run every *
minutes until 12:00 o’clock. —-
WEST END LINE.
(Lincoln Park.) . .
Car leaves west side of City Alars
for Lincoln Park 6:00 a. m. and every
40 minutes thereafter until 11:30 P :
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Mar*
6:20 a. m. and every 40 minutes ther
after until 12:00 o’clock midnight.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAB-
Leaves east side of City Market
Thunderbolt. Cattle Park. Sandfiv.
of Hope and all Intermediate point
9:15 a. m., 1:15 p. m.. 5:15 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sanann >
Cattle Park, Thunderbolt and all m
termediate points—6:oo a. m., H :W
m., 3:00 p. m. „
Freight car leaves Montgomery
5 50 a. m. and 2:53 p. in . connecting
Sandfly with regular parcel car *
city.
PHrcel car from the city rarrw
freight to Montgomery on each "'P
Regular parcel car carries ,rß “‘‘ r
each trip for accommodation of P*
engera.
Any further tnfoimatlon ref*™**
passenger schedule or freight
can be had by applying to
G. O NAGLE, Manager _
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