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MU 10 NtW ADYERTISKMNTS.
Meeting—Zerubbabel Lodge, No. 15, F. &
A. M.
Special Notices—Ship Notices. Paterson,
Downing & Cos.; Notice to City Court
Grand Jurors.
Excursion—Steamer Gov. Safford for
Daufuskle Beach To-day.
Amusements—Grand Double nt South
End Hotel. Tybee Island, Aug. 13.
A Great Sale Indeed—®. 11. Levy & Bro.
An Umbrella Ripple—B. 11. Levy & Bro.
It Would Take 200 Degrees of Heat—Mu
tual Gas Light Compnay.
Steamship Schedules—American Line;
Red Gtar Line.
Hot Stuff For the Hot Season—Appel &
Schaul.
MedicaJ—World'a Dispensary Prepara
tion; Cuticura Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Treasurer St. John appears to be some
thing of a blunderer. His alleged A. P.
A. talk the other day was held to be a
blunder, and yesterday he gave out 600
tickets for seats on the platform of the
Madison Square Garden, although there
were but 350 seats. Such little blunders, If
continued, are likely to bring him Into dis
repute.
The Saturday Review of London, re
ferring to the recent populist convention,
says "It nominated a southern nobody”
for Vice President. This will be a cup
of mingled sweetness and bitterness to
Tom Watson; sweet, because the British
ers have been forced to take some no
tice of him, and bitter because they
have had the temerity to call him a "no
body.”
It has been decided that Bourke Coek
ran's speech "in reply" to Mr. Bryan’s
speech of acceptance at the Madison
Square Garden last night Khali be deliv
ered In the same hall on Tuesday evening
next. Congressman Perry Belmont will
preside. It Is one of the anomalies of
modern politics that a democrat should
feel called upon to reply to the acceptance
•peech of the nominee of his party.
It Is refreshing to hear that Senator
Quay made it his business, as soon as he
arrived in Florida, to knock on the head
one of the factions of the republican par
ty In that state. Just how many factions
of the republican party remain in Florida
could not be accurately stated without the
taking of a census of local republican
leaders. But at all events, there is one
less faction than there was a week ago.
Mrs. Lease made a political speech In
New York the other Right. During the
course of it voices all over the hall kept
calling, “Go It, Mary Ellen!” "Sock it to
’em, Mamie!” “You’re the stuff, Eliza
beth!” "Dey ain't no flies on you, eh,
Mary, “Aw. come off, not’s a-eatin’ yer!”
These remarks are reproduced for the
benefit of the fin de siecle sisters who
Imagine that they would like to be oam
pafgn orators and mold public opinion
from the rostrum. How would they like
auch remarks addressed to them?
Presumably the “political camp meet
ing,” an example of which the populists
are giving the state at Alpharetta. Is the
logical result of the evolution of the po
litical picnic, which the alliance politi
cians instituted some four or five years
ago. In alliance days a meeting of one
day’s duration was deemed sufficient, but
now it takes three days for the expound
ing of the populistic faith. That the gath
erings should be called "camp meetings"
Is a reflection upon the good old Methodist
and Baptist religious meetings that are
held in the woods for the promotion of
the gospel of Christianity.
The mystery of the snake monument Is
eolved. The tomb was that of a pirate, a
human snake, who had been snaked off
the earth with a noose. He was supposed
to have had a box of doubloons. Some med
dlesome folks got to prodding his bones
in a search for the treasure, when the
spook of the pirate In a single night rais
ed up a monument upon which was plainly
writ in snakes the pirate’s history and
the fact that the doubloons were not
there. What became of them was indi
cated by the snake’s tail pointing down
his throat. It is also possible that the
spook wrote In snakes by the way of ex
pressing his opinion of persons who crawl
Into graveyards at night.
I'roitrc*! of Ku*ion.
The western populists are not paying
much attention to Mr. Watson, their can
didate for Vice President. In Kansas,
lowa and Nebraska they have already
fused with the democrats, and will vote
for Bryan and Sew ail electors. There is
little or no reason to doubt that In all the
western states the populists will support
Bryan and Sewull. and it is in those states
that the democrats need the assistance of
the populists.
In the south the Bryan and Watson
ticket will get the populist vote, but what
does it matter what becomes of the pop
ulist vote IA the south? The democrats
can carry the southern states.
Mr. Watson probably could not consist
ently pursue any other course than the
one he has adopted. He was asked wheth
er or not he would accept the Vice Pres
idential nomination when the populist
convention was In doubt what to do, and
having answered in the affirmative and
been nominated he feels bound doubtless
to remain true to those who nominated
him.
Mr. Watson, however, will not deprive
Bryan and Bewail of any electoral votes.
He knows that probably as well as any
body. The western populists are not go
ing to vole for Bryan and Watson, but
for Bryan and Sewull. All the satisfac
tion Mr. Watson will get out of the cam
paign will come from the knowledge that
the southern populist supported him. That
will not be very great satisfaction. Still,
it Is lietter than nothing.
It is assumed that Mr. Watson desires
Mr. Bryan’s election. That being the case
the fact that no Bryan and Watson ticket
will bo seen anywhere except in the south
will not cause lilm to be afflicted with in
somnia.
Quite a Difference.
The difference in the estimation In which
the offices of President and Vice President
are helu is clearly shown by the receptions
Riven Mr. Bryan, the democratic nominee
for President, and Mr. Sewull, the demo
cratic nominee for Vice President on their
way to New York from their respective
homes. Mr. Bryan’s trip from Lincoln,
Neb., was one continued ovation. In all
the large cities and at all the small sta
tions he was greeted by crowds of peo
ple. The demand for speeches and the
privilege of shaking hands with him was
so great that he was pretty nearly worn
out by the time be reached his Journey’s
end.
How different was It in the case of Mr.
Sewall. Nobody but his immediate fam
ily knew when he left his home at Bath.
Me., and nobody paid any attention to him
along the route. No committee met him
on his arrival In New York. He reached
his hotel unhearalded, and would have re
mained there unsought, and uncared for
probably, until the day of the notification
meeting if a newspaper reporter had not
seen his name on the hotel register and
published an interview with him.
Such indifference to the democratic can
didate for Vico President was not of
course due to any lack of regard for Mr.
Sewall. Before the Chicago, convention
he occupied a much more Important posi
tion in Maine than Mr. Bryan occupied
in Nebraska. He was a leading citizen
and at the head of a great industry. He
had accumulated a large fortune and was
an active promoter of a number of enter
prises. Before the Chicago convention he
would have commanded much more at
tention in New York than Mr. Bryan.
What a remarkable change in the esti
mation in which the J\yp men are hold
was wrought by the action of the Chicago
convention! Mr. Bryan is-the lion of the
hour. Everybody wants to see him, hear
him speak, and take him by the hand. And
Mr. Sewall is practically neglected and
almost forgotten.
The Georgia Technological School.
The fall session of tho Georgia School
of Technology begins Sept. 3. This ad
mirable institution is under the direction
of Prof. Lyman Hall, one of the ablest
educators of the country. It offers su
perior advantages in mechanical and
electrical engineering, and its mechanical
equipment Is unequaled anywhere in the
south.
The southern people are behind those
of other sections of the country In tech
nical education. The time has come when
special efforts should be made to train
the men who are to lead the way In de
veloping the resources of this and other
southern states.
The day is certain to come when the
south will he noted for her mines and
factories, and she should be ready to
meet the demand for the trained men
who will be needed for tills now condition
of affairs.
The inventive genius of the-south has
already given to the world some of the
most valuable discoveries. With such in
stitutions as the Georgia Technological
School, where the Georgia youth have ev
ery advantage for the development of
their talents, what may we expect in
the line of inventions?
The institution Is a state establish
ment, and Prof. Hall la always ready to
give any information in regard to it that
is desired.
Naval stores operators who contemplate
attending the Savannah meeting on Aug.
26, could probably put in some of their
time profitably between now and then by
evolving some scheme for the enforcement
of a resolution to reduce the output, in the
event of such a resolution being adopted.
It Is about as hard to get turpentine oper
ators to reduce their cutting of boxes as
it Is to get cotton planters to reduce their
acreages; and for very similar reasons.
Teller of Colorado and Pettigrew of
South Dakota have formally severed their
connection with the republican party. But
nobody has heard anything about either of
them sending in his resignation as a mem
ber of the Senate, to which the republican
i party elected him.
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1596.
(tilin'* Prospect* Brighter.
The proclamation Issued by the Presi
dent a few day.- ago. warning citizens of
this country not to violate the neutrality
1 laws by giving assistance to the Insur
gent Cub.: ns was a pretty good Indication
that Spain is very nearly at the end of
her resources In her efforts to put down
the Cuban insurrection. Finding that her
chances for forcing the Insurgents Into
subjection are diminishing Spain would
like a pretext for a war with this country
so that she could let go her hold on Cuba
with less loss of national pride than if she
were compelled to admit that she was
beaten by the Cuban Insurgents. The
President, however, doesn’t Intend she
shall have any such a pretext. He has done
his utmost to have the neutrality laws
enforced, and there Is no doubt they have
been enforced. In fact, the Spanish gov
ernment admitted only recently that there
was no ground of complaint against the
United States. Still, the attacks which
public men in Spain are constantly mak
ing on the United States indicate very
clearly that they Intend to have a war
with this country If they ran. They would
rather have it said that Spain yielded to
a great power instead of a lot of badly
armed and poorly disciplined insurgents.
The insurgents are stronger now appar
ently than at any time since the insurrec
tion began, while Spain Is much weaker.
Her treasury is pretty nearly empty and
she Is not able to furnish many more sol
diers. Campos accomplished very little and
Weyler has accomplished even less. Thou
sands of Spanish soldiers have become the
victims of theCuhan climate and the ranks
of the Spanish army will be still further
thinned by the fever during the next
month. The riotous demonstrations in
Spain show that the Spanish people are
about tired of sending their sons to Cuba
to become tho victims of fever and of be
ing taxed to sustain a war which does not
promise to be successful.
The prospects for Cuba's freedom are
brighter than ever before. Spain cannot
carry on the war much longer, while the
insurgent forces can be kept In the field
for a long time yet. Spain will not be able
to find a pretext fora war with this coun
try that would bo recognized iby other Eu
ropean countries as a valid one, and, con
sequently she will have to acknowledge
her inability to put down the insurrection
and retire from Cuba. It looks as If such
would be the outcome of the war In Cuba,
and such an outcome may not be delayed
very long. ,
Ingnir* Benson.
Ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas Is now on
the stump In his state supporting Mc-
Kinley. Not long ago he was for free sil
ver coinage. He wants to go to the Sen
ate again, and hence finds It necessary to
face about on the monetary issue.
In explaining his change of position he Is
picturesuqe and interesting. He says: “I
declared 1 would stand on any platform the
republican party might make, even gold
monometallism, because there Is one curse
worse than alleged gold monometallism,
and that is the curse of democracy. I en
dorsed the platform before It was writ
ten, and I climbed upon It before It was
constructed. I have stood on too many
platforms—the republican party could not
make a platform I would not stand on.”
There are a good many democrats in tho
south who are supporting Bryan and Se
wall and the democratic platform because
they regard the curse of republicanism
as worse than free silver coinage. Sen
ator Ingalls, therefore, in this campaign,
it not the only man whose political course
is determined by what is regarded as the
lesser of two evils.
The suggestion that fire drills should be
instituted in the public schools of the
city is a good one, and should have the
attention of the authorities. Every day
that the children are In school there is
danger of fire and panic In the buildings.
The danger is not imminent, It Is true,
but It exists, and should be anticipated
in every manner possible. Fire drills
are a feature of the school exercises in
probably all of the larger cities, and
their good Influence upon the minds of
children has been demonstrated often In
times of excitement and danger. The
papers only a short while ago contained
an account of how a brave boy in a Mich
igan school averted a panic and saved
the lives or limbs of his mates by seiz
ing a drum and beating the regulation
j fire alarm when a fire was discovered in
1 the building, and the teacher had run
screaming out of the room. Except for
! the drill and the boy’s presence of mind,
a horror would have been recorded.
It would seem from the reports in the
South Carolina papers that the question of
who shall be tire next United States sen
ator from that state hinges upon whether
Evans accused Tillman of “feathering his
nest out of the dispensary,” as Duncan
says ho did, or whether Duncan "cannot
tell the truth," as Evens alleges to bo the
fact. Judge Earle, the third candidate,
does not seem K> be in the race at all.
Duncan’s strongest argument for prefer
ment seems to be that Evans is not a good
friend to Tillman, and Evans' strongest
argument seems to be that Duncan can
not prove It. Tho joint debate, as It
is going, however, Is to a degree valua
ble. It is to the other states a horrible
example of the effects of Tillmanism.
A meeting of theatrical managers was
held in New York ten days or so ago.
There were some thirty or forty managers
present, among them being Mr. Green
wall, of the Savannah theater. At the
meeting the situation was thoroughly can
vassed, and it seems to have been the
opinion of the managers that after the
election business would boom, whether Mc-
Kinley or Bryan were the President-elect.
This opinion was reflected tn the Interview
with Mr. Weis, Mr. Greenwall’s represen
tative, in the Morning News yesterday,
it is to be hoped that the proverbial intui
tion of the theatrical foiks will not fail
them in this instance.
The weather crop bulletin for the state
of Georgia, for the week ending Aug. 10.
shows that the condition of cotton at that
date was not nearly so good as when the
bulletin of the week before was issued.
The hot and dry weather has caused the
cotton squares, or undeveloped bolls, to
drop, the plant to turn yellow and the rust
to spread. Matured bolls are opening rap
idly. and the harvesting and ginning of
the crop has begun. Under these condi
tions the crop promises to be a “short
horse soon curried.” No section of the
state Is excepted in the unfavorable re
port.
If the populists of the state are really
anxious for their gubernatorial candidate
to meet some democrat on the stump In
joint debate, let them put him up against
Mr. Moses P. Wright of Floyd, his
brother, who announces that his services
are at the disposal of the democratic ex
ecutive committee. Such a Joint debate
would not be unique. It has not been a
long time since the Taylor brothers of
Tennessee were on the stump together as
the champions of opposing political par
ties.
Ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas says that
In a poltlcal career of thirty-five years
lie has been for and against about every
Important Issue that has been before the
country during that time, but he congrat
ulates himself that he has never been for
"political prohibition.”
PERSONAL. 2 ”
—Lady Burton, who died recently In
England, expressed an earnest wish that,
before committing her body to the grave,
her doctor should pierce her heart with a
needle.
—Five years ago Mrs. Katherine G.
Reed of Sisterville, W. Va., was a poor
widow, her only posession being a farm
considered worthless. Oil was unexpect
edly found upon it, the flow was immense,
and she has Just died, worth over $1,000,(WO.
—Thirty years ago Arthur Smith, now
one of the best and most highly respected
farmers In Cowley county, Kan., register
ed a vow never to cast a vote for a presi
dential candidate until a man west of the
Mississippi river was nominated. He will
vote for Bryan this full.
—Senator Voorhees is 72 years of age,
and while he may live through the pending
winter, says the Philadelphia Press, his
voice is hushed publicly for all time wheth
er in forsenic debate in the Senate or on
the political rostrum, all reports to the
contrary notwithstanding.
—Capt. Jonathan Norton of East Lee,
Mass., celebrated his hundredth birthday
last week by reciting to a gatering of
friends some original verses which he had
written for the occasion. He has lived
most of his life within a radius of ten
miles of the village where he was born,
and has lieen In turn a farmer, a weaver,
lumber dealer, a match manufacturer and
a soldier. For many years perpetual mo
tion has been his hobby.
—An American who recently saw Max
Nordau in a cafe in Paris says of him;
"No wonder he abuses everybody, for he
Is the very quintessential figure of gall
and bitterness. He is small and malic
ious, and as hairy as a monkey. His eyes
are large, and when he is not glaring at
, Isben. Wagner and Maeterlinck they are
- hnc and rather sad Jn expression. He is
a remarkable linguist, and lias an excel
lent practice as a physician. He is at
work on his new book, said to be entitled
How to Le Decent, Though in Paris.”
BRIGHT BITS.
—lt is told of a wealthy New- England
man who recently bought a country place,
which he intended to stock with wild ani
mals, that he Instructed his agent to or-
I,alrs Welsh rabbits.—New
York Irlbune.
—Facts Given—"Mamma, the rector ask
ed me why rou didn’t come to church."
‘‘What di4 .yqu .toil him, Bobby?" "I
said you was a-keeptnq all vour good
clothes olegri ter go u. th’ seashore.
Chicago Record, i
—First Amateur—“ There Is such a dif
ficult scene in the second act." Second
Amateup-‘"W hat Is it?” First Amateur—
’The hero tells me that he never loved
until he met me, and I have to look as If
I believed him.”—Tit-Bits.
—Brain-racking.—Mr. Wickwire— "There
are 635,013,559,600 possible whist hands.
Just think of that.” Mrs. Wlckwire—“l
won tdo anything of the kind. It Is
enough bother for me to think of the
trump, and there are only four of them.”
—lndianapolis Journal.
In the Art Gallery.—Peasant woman
(noticing a man copying one of the old
masters) —"Why do they paint this pict
ure twice?” Her husband—“ Why, that’s
obvious. When the new picture is tiono
they hang that on the wall and throw the
old one away.”—Fliegende Blatter.
An Indication—No, said the young man to
his friend at the summer resort, “you
needn’t trouble yourself to Introduce me
to Miss Seeranbrown. She must be very
homely.”
"Have you seen her?”
"No.” but every one who knows her
speaks of her as having ‘a lovely dispo
sition.’ "—Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
‘•Poor Tom'* n-Cold.”
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
Tom Watson has not received a word
from his running mate since he received
his nomination. It looks bad for Tommy.
The Amenities of Politic*.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.).
“The Boy Orator of the Platte is fittingly
named, according to a correspondent,”
says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "be
cause the Platte i3 about 2,500 miles long
and only six inches deep.” And the Globe-
Democrat has about as much dignity as a
clam.
Badly Tnngled.
From Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun (Dem)
With some populists indorsing Bryan and
Sewall, others indorsing Brj-nrt and Wat
son, some gold democrats Indorsing Mc-
Kinley and'some free silver republicans
indorsing the democratic nominees; with
populists and republicans fusing in some
states and democrats and populists in oth
ers, this campaign promises to be a puz
zle. The fellow who can figure out the
exact result now has a chance to make his
mark.
The Humor of the Cnmpnlgn.
From the Hartford Times (Dem.).
Georgia cannot be counted upon as safe
ly for Bryan with a separate populist tick
et in the field and a sound money demo
crat ticket which would draw many thou
sands of voters away from Bryan. The
same Is true of Delaware, North Carolina,
Alabama. Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana.
Kentucky, Maryland. Missouri and Wis
consin, and more active campaigning to
keep them in line will be required than
-was at first anticipated.
Hr I ilea room Wanted Spot t'aiih.
For seven months or more Morris Ro
maine. wholesale butcher and pro-luce
merchant of Nos. 72 to 7*> Ridge street,
was engaged to Miss Kndlce Ruddiman.
of No. 67t Osborne street. Brooklyn. It ,
was arranged that they should be married i
in Metropolitan Suenger Hall. Brook
lyn. yesterday, and they were, after much j
unheard-of difficulties, says the Baltimore
Sun s New York letter. The bride wore a
necklace of pearis. Her father is a pro
duce merchant and is reputed to be worth
SJSO,OOfI. Everything was going on swim
mingly when, at 4 o'clock, the high con
tracting parties presented themselves for
a life union before Rabbi Winchinsky. of
Brownsville. The bridegroom, however,
had a rabbi of his own from New York,
and the Brooklyn man retired with a
smile.
"Now.” said Mr. Ruddiman, father of
the expectant bride, “that this latter ob
stacle has been surmounted, will you kind
ly proceed with the ceremony? The
weather is very hot.”
"Excuse me, Mr. Ruddiman," said Mr.
Romaine, “but before the thing goes any
further I would like to have that financial
affair settled."
"Sir." said Mr. Ruddiman, “you insult
me. Is my word not as good as my
bond?”
“I'm sure it Is," said Romaine, "but
your bond is more convenient Just now.”
Mr. Ruddiman stepped aside and sat
down at the rabbi's table. He took a
blank check from his pocket and filled It
out, payable to the order of Morris Ro
maine for $5,000.
“That.” he said, throwing down the
check, "will satisfy you.”
But it didn’t. Romaine turned the
check over and over and then handed It
back.
"I would like spot cash,” he said.
'This is an insult,” said Mr. Ruddiman,
"and the marriage is off.”
This announcement had a grave effect
on the friends of the bridegroom and bride
and invited guests generally. According
to the Morning Advertiser’s description of
the scene, the bride threw herself into the
arms of her maids and, sighing deeply,
fainted dead away. When the bridegroom
saw this his heart smote him and he rush
ed to her rescue.
"Stop, sir!" shouted the prospective fa
ther-in-law; Vouch her not on your peril.
She is not yours.”
Then the bridegroom sank into a seat,
and from the seat to the floor. The con
sternation that followed was fearful. The
bridesmaids swooned, and many excitable
young men present followed their exam
ple from sympathy. The rabbis, who had
'been hitherto gazing at each other ask
ance, came together, and in the excite
ment of the moment thought it good pol
icy to call in the police. Acting Captain
Velsor arrived in short order with two
detectives, but on realizing the situation
withdrew, saying that the afTair was none
of his business.
"But,” said Mr. Ruddiman, “see, Ro
maine is leaving the hall. He Is leaving
mv daughter a widow.”
Tan't help it," said the acting captain
over his shoulder as he retired.
Romaine went out and jumped into a car
riage. Great confusion followed.
"I will give $20,” cried Mr. Ruddiman, “to
the man who win bring him back.”
Joseph Goetz, a cabman, gave chase to
Romaine in his cab and overtook him near
the base ball grounds. He jerked him from
his carriage to his own. took him back,
and Mr. Ruddiman having paid over $350
in cash and $4,050 in good Checks, the cere
mony proceeded, and Brownsville never
witnessed such a wedding feast as follow
ed.
The lintton Settled It.
Pearson’s Weekly prints the following:
“I was thinking, sir,” he said, as he hes
itated at the door of the old gentleman's
private office, “that I'd like to marry your
daughter.”
“A noble girl,” said the old gentleman,
reflectively. "I don’t know how I can spare
her, but I suppose I'll have to some time.”
"Yes, sir; quite right, sir, and I’d like
•to have her—except—except—you know,
I'm not rich, sir.”
"I know it,” replied the old gentleman,
"but you are drawing a fair salary, and
I don't require wealth.”
“I am glad of that, sir; but I was think
ing that—that she isn't experienced in
househould matters."
“She isn't,” said the old gentleman, “but
she's a wonderful observing girl."
'Yes, sir, and 1 think a great deal of her;
but If I take her to a home of her own
I'm afraid it would be hard—very hard.
She was educated for a rich man's wife,
and wouldn’t ”
“You're partly right,” interrupted the
old gentleman. “But let me tell you some
thing about that girl. She went to my
chest of drawers a couple of days ago to
got something, and there was a pair of
trousers inside.”
“Yes. What of it?”
"One of the buttons was gone.”
“And she—she—"
The young min was so agitated he could
not finish the Sentence.
"She noticed it,” said the old gentleman.
"Noticed it herself?"
“No one had said a word to her about
"But she—she didn't—”
“Yes, she did. She sewed the button
on.”
“Please, sir, say 'yes,' ” pleaded the
young man, "and—and if she’ll have me
let us name the day in the near future.’
And grant me one other favor.”
"What is it?”
“Don’t please, don't let any other young
man know about the button until after
the wedding. I don't want to run any
risks.”
Some Details Overlooked.
Of course, she was not anew woman,
or It never would have happened, says
the Chicago Post. At any rate, that is
what the new women will claim.
She had met an old school friend for
the first time in a good many years, and
she was telling her husband about it
“You see, she's married, and living in the
city now, so we ”
"What’s her husband's name?"
"Dear me! I forgot to ask her. Never
mind. I'll find out to-morrow when I go
to see her.”
“What’s her address?” he asked.'
“Why, I—l—l don't believe I know,”
she faltered. “I must have forgotten to
ask her. I'll have to look it up in the
directory.”
“Without knowing her husband’s
name?"
For a minute or two she seemed ready
to give up, but you can't defeat a really
resourceful woman.
"It was very thoughtless of me,” she
said, "but it doesn't make much differ
ence, after all. I shall simply wait for
her to call on me.”
"You gave her your address, then?”
“I—l don't believe I did, now I come to
think of it, and—and I don't believe she
knows who I married either. I—l ”
As she left the room she told him he
was "a mean, hateful old thing,” and that
appeared to be all of which she was abso
lutely certain at that time.
Rose Fancies.
From the Pall Mall Magazine. j
I know a garden full of roses . ■
In a hollow, by the sea;
Where the soft west wind reposes
And the murmur of the bee
Lulls one to a dreamy sweetness :■
Full of fancies, vage and free.
And the fancy that possesses
All my heart, this summer hour.
Is that one fair presence blesses
Every leaf and bud and flower.
Giving life In its completeness
To this happy hidden bower.
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If I seek her, will she vanish
Asa star that fades at dawn,
Asa mist—that sunbeams banish—
Asa dream that dies with morn?
Should I win her by my fleetness?
Should I wait and sigh forlorn?
Patience! Love must learn discreetness.
There's no rose without a thorn!
—Lawyer (to buteher)-JSee here now,
I've traded with you for five or six years,
and you have never employed me once.
Butcher—l know; but if I had employed
you 1 shouldn’t have had any money to
carry on my own business with; then
where would you be when you wanted a
butcher? —Boston Transcript.
ITEMS OK INTEREST.
—ln an eastern fish market not long
ago a specimen was discovered with a rub
ber band round its body, says an ex
change. The band had been put on the
fish when quite small, and stayed there
In spite of the rapid growth of the wear
er. The fish's body under the band did
not grow, which caused a depression in
the fullgrown body of about three inches
in depth. The depression was covered
with a healthy skin in np way unlike that
on the rest of tha body. The flh meas
ured in length 14 inches, diameter of body
each side cf the dapr.sat >n 7\ inches,
diameter of depressi(WMifh,'hes. The fish
was undoubtedly in a healthy condition,
and the bard was sound and could be
stretched like any other band. p
—The water famine in the east end of
London has developed into a great calam
ity, says the New Y'ork Sun’s cable. Water
is supplied to 1.250,000 people only from two
to five hours daily. There being no cis
terns or other means of collecting a sup
ply. grave evils have arisen and are rap
idly spreading. The death rate has ad
vanced above thirty per thousand, and
dirt diseases are almost epidemic in some
districts. The cause, in spite of all de
nials, is the avarice and inefficiency of the
local water company. The same condition
of things existed a year ago, but it is pre
tended that the unprecedented drought is
the cause. Unless rain in great abund
ance comes soon there will be such whole
sale sacrifice of human life that, perhaps,
public opinion will grow strong enough
to insist on the government assuming con
trol of the water supply of all London.
—Some interesting letters by Capt. Ab
ney on color vision have been published
In England, and among other points
treated Is the frequently observed fact
that, as twilight comes on, red objects
lose their color sooner than others, fin
ally appearing black while other colors
are yet visible. When the luminosity Is
gradually reduced the various colors In
great measure disappear, a person with
normal vision passing through a stage
of red blindness as the intensity is di
minished, before he arrives at absolutely
monochromatic vision. Capt. Abney
shows that the curious color of a moon
light landscape is entirely accounted for
■by this fact. White light sometimes be
comes greenish as it diminishes in in
tensity, and the reds, blues and yellows,
being reduced or absent, are not reflected
by surrounding objects; hence moonlight
is cold, while the sunlight is warm, ow
ing to their presence. Further, the loss
of colors in flowers as night draws on
may be easily followed; thus, orange
colored flowers may be plainly distin
guished, while a scarlet geranium ap
pears black; green grass will be gray
when yellow flowers may be just visi
ble.
—lt will be remembered that the last
Ohio legislature passed a measure which
went into effect on the Ist of July, le
galizing electrical executions in that
state. The making of a law is one thing
and fulfilling its requirements are an
other, says the Electrical World, as the
Ohio penitentiary officials are discovering,
to their dismay. They are experiencing
unforeseen difficulties in securing an al
ternator to carry out their deadly work.
That the various manufacturers of the
necessary electrical machinery have no
desire to sell their apparatus for such
purposes is evidenced by the fact that
no response was received to the invita
tion for bids for the death-dealing out
fit. When electrocutions became lawful
in New York state the penal authorities
encountered the same difficulties, so that
It was only by resorting to considerable
strategy that an alternator was secured.
It is not unlikely that the Ohio officials
will be compelled to seek the same means
to attain their end. The objection of
manufacturers to selling electrical ma
chinery for the purpose of killing human
beings is not one of sentiment alone. It
is no recommendation to apparatus of
any kind to have it used, even by the
constituted authorities, for the purpose
of taking human life through Us Instru
mentality.
—The astonishing statement is now seri
ously made that there are, under certain
conditions, typhoid bacilli in hens’ eggs,
says the New York Journal. Experiments
have been made recently in German la
boratories with a view to getting some de
finite facts regarding this matter. It is
found that typhoid germs have no difficulty
in making their way through the porus
shells of eggs and that the Introduction
of such microbes may be accomplished
naturally in several ways. The important
experiment was made by placing a hen s
egg in a perfectly clean glass vessel after
washing and brushing it with soap and wa
ter and sterilizing it with a solution of
bichloride of mercury. Thus treated It was
necessarily free from germs of any kind
A fluid culture of tpyhoid bacilli was then
poured over the egg, Which was permitted
to remain in It for some hours. Then the
egg was taken out and broken and Its
contents were examined. They were found
to contain the microbes of typhoid in near
ly every instance. It is not improbable
that sometimes microbes of various kinds
made their way from outside Into the ovi
duct of the hen. The shell of the egg is
not put on until within twenty-four hours
of the time the egg is laid. Thus any germs
in the oviduct would have a good chance
to get into the substance of the egg
through the soft membraneous covering. °
—Soma time ago the Youth's Compan
ion said that most animals are special
ists, having been developed In some par
ticular direction. Thus, the tiger is a
champion still hunter, and the chamois
is a mountain climber. A tiger advances
on its prey stealthily, a hawk swoops
down with a rush that scares its victim
l ° Inactivity, the shrike lures small
birds to it by imitating their love songs
wolves tire the deer out, foxes act on
the curiosity of the birds they wish to
capture, house cats wait beside the mouse
hole with consummate patience. The
mocking bird is a song specialist that
has several feeble imitators. The blue
Jays gather in flocks to torment their
enemies. Crows and many other birds
as well as manuals, gather In flocks under
leader. The Baltimore oriole builds a
beautiful nest, and the cowbird lays Its
eggs In the nests of others. Turkevs
flush grasshoppers by advancing In a line
whiie blackbirds are unorganized rmr
suing the insects as Individuals. The
owl catches Its prey at night, when mice
and moles come to the surface of the
oM? U m ’ t nakes sei L rch 'ho rodents
out In their burrows. Toads and frogs
. the !nsects to come within reach
of their tongues and jaws, but the swal
lows pursue the Insects here and there
through the air furiously, and by main
strength. Ravens are found in the deep
woods, ruffed grouse on the borders, and
quails are in the fields. Ants are con
fident and open In their doings, trusting
to their numbers. The skunk Is self-con®
fident. and investigates unusual things
the deer and bear flee when a twig cracks'
The chipmunk waits to look again where
the rarfblt buries itself In a brosh heap
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Special Terms per week and season.
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