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IKDEX TO KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Great Sale of Bicycles—At Leopold Ad
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Medical—Hood's Pills; P. P. P.
Cheap Column Advertisements Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; ''Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Mr. Watson has now been retired. The
retirement was accomplished without the
slightest effort on his part.
Now the statistical fiend will begin to
get in his work, telling us how much the
election cost, how big the man would be
If all the voters were rolled Into one mau,
how much shoe leather was worn out yes
terday in walking to and from the ballot
boxes, and like delightful and instructive
things.
The Information Is that Charleston Is
to have an electric railway. The News
and Courier would probably do well to
publish for the benefit of Its townspeople
that it Is not safe to attempt to get oft
an electric car in motion by facing ana
jumping in an opposite direction from the
way the car is going.
A committee of distinguished French
men of letters has been formed to ar
range for a solemn festival to glorify
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt As the climax
of the festival the gifted and attenuated
actress will be crowned queen of the
French drama. Victorlen Sardou is on
the committee of arrangements.
'• * •
It Is asserted in Berlin that the German
government has not even thought of dis
ciplining Prince Bismarck for the publi
cations of the Hamburger Nachrichten
with regard to a secret agreement between
Germany and Russia. Again, it is assert
ed that the czar himself encouraged Bis
marck to make the disclosures, in order
to dampen French enthusiasm for the Rus
sians and to correct the German emperor's
leaning toward the English. There are lots
of queer things in European diplomacy.
The price of bread has been advanced
in Constantinople, the political agitation
continues, and there are reports to the
effects that the Armenians have deter
mined to poison the water supply. The
city, therefore, is intensely nervous, and
panics occur almost dally* Some of the
best political doctors of the day give it
as their opinion that Constantinople, ana
the Turkish empire, will not recover from
their nervousness until Abdul Hamid, the
disordered vermiform appendix of the em
pire, is extirpated.
The chaplain of the House of Repre
sentatives at Washington receives a sal
ary of S9OO a year. A western evangelist
named Cuddy announces his candidacy
for the chaplaincy of the approaching con
gress, with the understating that he is
not to receive one cent fdr his services.
He thinks the congressmen need salva
tion as badly as any set of men in the
country, and he Is willing to preach to
and pray for them without fee. Mr. Cuddy
believes the evil one is firmly Intrenched In
coup -ess, and that it Is his especial mis
sion to ciutee hicn out.
Itesnlt ot the Election.
The republicans are victorious. It can
not yet be stated how great their victory
is. They have elected their cahdidate for
President, and It looks as If they would
have a good working majority in the iiex*.
House.
It is not necessary to explain the rea
sons for their \lctory. They are appar
ent to every one. The people don't want
silver monometallism and they refuse to
condemn President Cleveland for enforc
ing the laws of the United States, as he
did at the time of the Chicago riot in
1894. They condemn Altgeld and uphold
Cleveland. The men who shaped the Chi
cago platform and swung the democratic
party away from safe moorings mis
judged the American people.
While we followed the party to the ex
tent of supporting Bryan and Sewall—a
course we could not ivell avoid taking, In
view of the fact that we were Just enter
ing upon a heated state campaign—we
are glad to say we never approved the
Chicago platform. We are confident the
democratic party will never adopt a plat
form like that again, and we seriously
question whether it will ever again ac
cept as leaders the men who were chiefly
Instrumental In making It.
We look upon free silver coinage as a
dead issue. It will never be resurrected.
It is laid in its grave along with the green
back Issue. The best money Is none too
good for the American people, and that
is the kind they intend to have.
It will be said, and perhaps Justly, that
it was better to meet the silver issue
squarely and have done with it, but that
does not excuse those who led the demo
cratic party away from its time-honored
principles and to defeat, because their
purpose was not simply to put an end to
the silver agitation. They Intended to
establish free silver coinage. They might
well have left that to the populists, and
thus saved the democratic party from
disruption.
The democratic party, however, will
survive this defeat, as It has others. It
will be more careful of Us leaders in fu
ture. Its factions will reunite and battle
for the principles with which It has won
so many glorious victories in the past and
with which it will win other victories in
years to come.
The Armenians to Blame.
Mr. F. Hopklnson Smith, who is well
known In this city. In an Interview In last
Sunday’s New York Herald, gave a very
Interesting talk about the Armenian out
rages, which are the cause of so much ex
citement In England and this country. Mr.
Smith does not sympathize with the Ar
menians, and he thinks they are to blame
for all the outrages on their people which
have been committed In Turkey.
Mr. Smith knows whereof he speaks. He
recently spent considerable time in Tur
key, and while In that country he made a
study of the Armenian question. He was
In Constantinople last summer when Ar
menians took possession of the Ottoman
bank and brought on the riot in which a
great many Armenians were killed.
Mr. Smith says that in every instance,
as far as he could discover, In which Ar
menians have been massacred by Turks,
the Armenians were the aggressors, Just
as they were in the Constantinople affair.
His opinion of the Armenians is summed
up In the following paragraph:
"There are 100,000 Armenians In Constan
tinople alone, and every one of them is an
anarchist and a plotter at heart. We are
the only people who open our doors to
them. We do not know them. They shouM
either bo kept ont, or sent back as fast as
they arrive. Few of them deserve our
sympathy. I do not speak lightly. I know
for a fact that they themselves have been
responsible for every so-called outrage
committed against them in Turkey. For
years they have plotted and schemed and
sent out false reports against the Turk
ish government. The Roumanians, their
nearest neighbors, know them and will
have nothing to do with them. They are
not allowed to land in that country.”
The Armenians, according to Mr. Smith,
have a revolutionary committee, whose
business it Is to stir up strife. Their ob
ject Is to get the governments of Europe
to Interfere In the affairs of Turkey, thinn
ing that in case of interference the sultan
would be deposed and that Armenians
woifld be given control of the country.
This revolutionary committee encourages
the throwing of bombs into Turkish hous
es and into crowds of Turkish people for
the purpose of stirring up the Turks to
commit, outrages. Reports of the outrages
are sent by this committee to the English
newspapers, and in every instance the im
pression is given that the Armenians are
inoffensive, and that they are the victims
of Turkish brutality and fanaticism.
Mr. Smith denies the stories that the
Turks attack the Armenians without pro
vocation and that the Armenians, men,
women and children, are the victims of
horrible outrages. The Armenians begin
the troubles and generally get the worst
of them.
The English and American missionaries
are in hearty sympathy with the Armen
ians, and encourage them In the course
they are pursuing. If it were not for them,
Mr. Smith thinks, the number of the out
rages would be far lefes, The missionaries
detest the religion of the Turks and that
Is one of the chief reasons why they can
see no good In the Turks.
The sultan has not encouraged attacks
on the Armenians. On the contrary he has
done and Is still all he can to pre
vent. them. He has no prejudice against
the Armenians as a race or as Christians.
The fact that fully half of the office hold
ers of the empire are Christians, shows he
hasn't. All that he asks of them is that they
will be loyal and attend to their various
occupations. If they would do that they
would not be molested and would have r >
cause to complain.
Mr. Smith believes the outrages w ill con
tinue as long as the Armenian leaders
think there ts a chance of Inducing Europe
and this conn try to interfere in Turkish
affairs and depose the sultan. They don't
seem to care how many riots may result
from their lawless acts nor how many of
their people may become the victims of
Turkish wrath so long ae they think they
see a chance of accomplishing their pur
pose.
If the people of this country and Eng
land could see the Armenian situation as
Mr. Smith sees It they would have much
less sympathy for the Armenians and
would cease their efforts to Involve their
respective governments in a war with Tur
key.
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, IS&6.
Savannah's Commerce.
We cannot help thinking that the ar
rangement which President Comer of the
Central has made for securing lower
ocean freights from this port will result
In a great benefit to our commerce. We
have lost a great deal of cotton this sea
son. By this we mean that many thou
sands of bales of cotton from Savannah's
legitimate territory has been shipped
j through the ports of Charleston, Port
Royal, Brunswick and Norfolk.
The ship agents of this port have con
tended that the loss of this cotta® was
.due to the fact that railroads leaiffiig to
other ports have granted rebates, or have
made arrangements with ship agents by
which they accepted less than the au
thorized rates for hauling cotton. Mr.
Comer has held to the view that there
has been very little rate-cutting by the
railroads—that cotton, which should have
been shipped from this port, has gone
to other ports, because more favorable
ocean rates were offered at those ports.
It will soon be possible to determine
whether the ship agents have good
grounds for the position they occupy. Tt
they have Mr. Comer, no doubt, will take
steps to put the Central on an equal foot
ing with other roads that find freights in
Savannah’s territory.
The arrangement which Mr. Comer has
made cannot be otherwise than helpful
to this port. When it goes Into effect
neither Norfolk, Charleston nor Bruns
wick will have any advantage over Sa
vannah. If cotton and other freights that
belong here do not come here it will be~
because of the lack of enterprise here.
At least, that Is the Impression we get
from what Mr. Comer says.
Another thing the new arrangement
will do. It will encourage the shipment of
grain through this port and will bring
imports, intended for southern and west
ern points, this way. The outlook, there
fore, for a steady and great increase In
Savannah’s commerce Is very promising.
With all the railroad, river and banking
facilities we have It would be reflection
upon the capacity of our business men
If our commerce were to decline instead
of increasing.
will Gomes Attack Havanat
It is pretty well established by authen
tic reports from Cuba that Gen. Antonio
Maceo crossed jthe Spanish trocha near
Artemisa something like two weeks ago.
He succeeding In forcing the line by a
brilliant stroke. He fired the town and
began a bombardment of it, and during the
excitement ...at resulted, marched his
men across the military line with compara
tively little actual fighting.
It is learned by the correspondent of the
New York Herald in Cuba that this move
ment by Maceo was a part of plan formu
lated by Maximo Gomez, having as Its ob
ject an attack upon the city of Havana.
It is also learned by the correspondent,
from a Cuban lately In communication
with the Insurgent commander-ln-chief,
that "an attack upon Havana ■will be
made within sixty days.” Maceo is un
derstood to be now In the province of Ha
vana, and In direct communication with
Gomez. The allied forces of these leaders
now number some 20,000 men, all complete
ly armed, with an abundance of ammuni
tion, with some artillery and two dyna
mite guns, and a tolerably well-stocked
commissary. The movement against Ha
vana, according to the report, has been
delayed for the purpose of giving Gen.
Weyler time to distribute his newly ar
rived troops throughout the Island. It
seems to be Gomez's purpose to strike
where Weyler least expects a blow—ln
his very stronghold.
Towns In the very outskirts of Havana
have already been attacked by the Insur
gents, with some success, and not long
ago they made a partially successful on
slaught upon the city's water and gas sup
ply conduits. These incidents are thought
to show that the city is not by any means
invulnerable, and may be forced by a well
planned siege. It Is believed to be the
Insurgent plan of campaign to make a
great demonstration In the province of
Pinar del Rio, about the time that the
attack upon Havana Is to be made. The
Pinar del Rio campaign will be under com
mand of Gen. Rivera, one of MacePs
most trusted lieutenants. In order to
check Rivera’s operations in Pinar del
Rio, It Is thought Weyler will rush troops
from Havana 10 that province. And when
he moves tlv troops, Maceo and Gomez
will strike directly at the capital city.
So many false reports are sent out that
It is Impossible to say which reports are
false and which are true. This report of
the plan of the Insurgents may be cor
rect, and yet it Is difficult to understand
how they could hope to hold the city, for
even a day, if they were to capture it.
They have no navy. They could not pos
sibly capture the Spanish fleet, which
would turn Its guns upon the city the mo
ment It fell into insurgent hands.
The Philadelphia Ledger prints a some
what discouraging report concerning the
sea-going qualities of the New battleship
Oregon, recently tried In Pacific waters.
The Oregon had heavy weather on her
trial trip, and Is said to have rolled *o
badly as to endanger not only the safety
of her men, but even her own. Apparent
ly she is topheavy, and when a ship is In
that condition there Is always danger that
she will “turn turtle” in heavy weather
and go to the bottom. When one of the
great iron and steel floating forts of the
modern navy founders, she goes down so
quickly that the chances are greatly
against any of the crew escaping. It is
suggested that the government will not
accept the Oregon from her builders until
the top heaviness Is corrected. Whether
the defect can be remedied without vir
tually rebuilding the ship has yet to be as
certained. A matter to be considered In
connection with the acceptance or rejec
tion of the vessel is the fact that she was
built upon government plans and under
government supervision.
The report, sent by cable from London
a few days ago, that Mary Anderson
would soon return to the stare, Is author
itatively denied. After the death of her
first child, some two years ago, ehe was
a bit restive and there was some talk In
the family ot a temporary return to the
stage in order to take her mind off her
loss. But since the birth of her second
child, nearly six weeks ago, all such ideas
have been permanently set aside.
There Is unanimity of the newspaper
press of Georgia in demanding that poli
tic* shall not predominate in the selec
tion of Judges for the new places on the
supreme bench. The Barnesville Gazette
believes that political "tricksters" are try
ing to secure places for themselves or
others, and enters a vigorous protest
against any such thing. The people did
not create these places to become bones
for the politicians to fight over, but for
their own protection ahd benefit.
Nebraska voted on about a dozen
amendments to her state constitution yes
terday. Ordinarily when there is more
than one amendment to be voted on under
the Australian system the voter is oblig
ed to make his mark opposite each sepa
rate amendment. This time, however, the
Nebraskans were permitted to bunch
their amendments and vote a straight
ticket with regard to them by making a
cross mark opposite “yes” or "no” at the
top of the ticket.
The fighting is over. The defeated mi
nority will this morning gracefully accept
the will of the majority as expressed at
the polls, and the country will flourish as
it has done in the past. If there are for
eigners who have watched this contest in
the expectation of seeing internicine strife
after the voting, they will be disappointed.
This is merely a little family incident
which ha* been closed.
Reports of largo sales of Alabama Iron
to parties In Europe have frequently ap
peared In the press dispatches lately.
Alabama will continue to make such sales
abroad. And when Savannah’s new di
rect line of steamers goes into operation
much of the iron sold by Alabama will go
out through this port. Tibs port is the
natural outlet for the iron of Alabama.
It Is to be hoped tfiat at least the money
won on election bets will be at once put
into circulation. If all of the successful
bettors would immediately buy or build
something with their winnings It would
start a small boom that would be a bene
fit to the country.
PERSONAL.
—David; Coulter, a Kansas prisoner,
charged with murder, has Invented a corn
husking machine.
—The late Col. Walter Raleigh Gilbert,
chief constable of Cornwall. England, was
a descendant of Sir Humphrey Gilbert.
—Tha Sultan of Turkey is constantly
attended by a eunuch, who will be be
headed If the sultan should die of poison.
—Lord Downshire, a young nobleman.
with a strong taste for mechanics, has
, ~
had a complete hallway, a mile and a
half in length, laid down in his grounds
at Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland.
—An old woman of Liverpool named
Bridget McMullen Is rivaling the record
of London's Jane Cakebread. She has
been brought before the police court 355
times for intoxication and has spent half
her life in prison.
—The Empress of Austria has the finest
head of hair of any royal lady in Europe,
and yet It Is neves washed. Every day it
is brushed through, while a lotion (of
which the recipe Is jealously kept) is em
ployed. Seven brushes are used, one after
the other.
—Bishop William David Walker, of the
missionary Jurisdiction of North Dakota,
who has been chosen bishop of Western
New York, is the tallest man in the
House of Bishops. When Phillips Brooks
was bishop of Massachusetts he was next
In episcopal stature to the giant of North
Dakotai " t
—The Duke of Orleans, who is to marry
Archduchess Marie Dorothea Amelie in
Vienna on Nov. 5, has conceived an origi
nal idea In wedding souvenirs. He has
ordered 300 medals to be struck off, some
In gold and pink enamel and others in sil
ver, which will be presented to his friends
at the wedding. The medals, besides con
taining profiles in bas-relief of the
bride and bridegroom, will be ornamented
with the blazons of France and of Haps
burg-Austria-Lorraine.
—By order of the czar, anew bell will
soon be sent from St. Petersburg to the
Church of St. John the Evangelist, at
Chatellerault, France, where, shortly be
fore the death of the Emperor Alexander
111, 500,000 rifles were manufactured for
the Muscovite army. The bell Is called
the Alexander Nicholas, and bears the fol
lowing inscription; "Ritig in peace and
fraternity among tne nations." Above
this are the words: "Gift of His Majesty
Nicholas 11, EflOPtror of All the Russias,
to the Church of St. John the Evangelist,
at Chatellerault."
CURRENT COMMENT.
True, More's the Pity.
Frotq the Washington Post and.).
That Georgia senatorial fight comes
very near treading on the heels of Judge
Crisp's funeral procession.
Peace and Prosperity.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dent.).
There Is going to be peace under either
Mr. Brysn or Mr. McKinley. When the
result of the election is known business
will be resumed, and everybody will pro
mote peace.
Will Ben Force.
From the Macon Telegraph (Dem.), Nov. 2.
Bryan Is full of what the common peo
ple call “grit,” and It )e a quality which
challenges their admiration. If he Uvea
he will continue to be a force in this
country, no matter what Is In store for
him at the polls to-morrow.
A Lesson From he Campaign.
From the Boston Herald (Ind.).
A religious contemporary, observing the
remarkable endurance of Candidates Mc-
Kinley and Bryan in the matter of cam
paign oratory, asks how It ts that these
men escape clergymen's sore throat. It
answers its own question by stating that
the campaign orator* do not make their
sermons too long and they don't holler.
The fervent clergymen should make note
of this. _____ •
Georgia's Senatorial Rare.
From the Chattanooga Times (Dem ).
It ought not be concluded that, because
none but second and third-rate men have
entered for the Georgia senatorial race,
therefore the state has no flrdt-rates. In
fact, Georgia has a lot of big, broad
gauge men of national reputation for
statesmanship, able leadership, learned In
the law and In the public business. There
are such men as Henry G. Turner, Nat
Hammond, W. J. Northen. F. O. dußlg
non, Thoman O. LaWsob and Hoke Bum,
to choose from. But this Is Georgia's
day of small men
His Fatal Venture.
One of them had a real foot ball head ot
hair and wore a sweater, while the other
wore a carnation in his button hole and
could with difficulty see over his own
collar, saj-3 the Chicago Tribune. And
the girl who sat immediately back of them
on the grip heard what they were saying:
“You didn’t seem to get on very well
with that college girl at the dinner last
night,” said the youth in the sweater: “did
she want somebody else to take her in?”
"She seemed well enough pleased at
first,” said he of the oollar gloomily.
“Then how did you happen to fall down? ’
“Well, she said she despised people who
pretend to be what they are not.”
“And you agreed with her?”
“Well, I saw no reason to disagree with
a girl whose father is worth $2,000,0000 and
who is good-looking enough for a girl with
out a cent to her name.”
“Good old boy. What did she say then?”
“Said she was glad to meet one person
who was willing to pass for what he real
ly was and not affect to know more than
he did. After that we got on like a house
afire.”
“That must have been before I caught
sight of you.’’
“Perhaps it was. Then we got to talking
about a book we had both read, and X
made use of a Frefibh phrase which seem
ed to describe it better than anything
else.”
"And wasn’t she pleased with that?”
”1 guess so. but that was the end of it.”
“Pshaw, you’re off your base. How could
that end It?”
‘lShe said: ‘Oh! you speak French, don’t
you? How nice!’ and began to rattle it
off like a steam engine.”
"Well, but you—*—’’
“I had said the only French phrase I
knew."
A Particular Man,
“You know Jones?”
“Why, yes, I know Jones, of course,”
quotes the New York World.
“Know what a particular man Jones is?”
“I always knew he was very neat and
precise In his nabits. But what of It?”
“Well, it’s all right for a man/ to be
neat, but, hang me, there is such a thing
as carrying yieatness too far.”
“What's Jones been doing now?”
“You know, I came.over with him on
the Hibemlp.—got In last Saturday?”
“Didn’t know it, but I congratulate you
—on getting in safe. Heard the boat had
a mighty rough passage.”
“That’s Just the story. Only two days
out when we had the worst storm I ever
was In. It came at night. Passengers all
scared to death. Thought we were going
to the bottom each minute, and we came
precious near it. Boats were got ready.
Somebody said there was a hole stove in
the side. Turned out to be a fake, but It
frightened us all the same. The men were
fighting and the women praying and ev
ery mother’s son and daughter of ’em get
ting into a life preserver!”
“Well, and what's that got to do with
Jones?”
“Oh, yes—Jones! Well, he took down a
life preserver, looked at it and then call
ed to the steward. Steward came—half
dead himself, poor devil—but thought
Jones didn’t know how to fasten It on.
’Steward,’ said Jones, ‘here, take this and
d'ust it oft for me; I can’t wear it in its
present condition!’ Particular? Well, I
should say so! A man that wants to be
dusted oft before he’s drowned! Partic
ular? Huh!”
They Meant Well.
They were barnstormers and were play
ing "Richard III.,” says the Chicago
Post. The advance agent, manager, general
director, stage manager, scenic artist, and
prompter took part of the king, and was
dependent for his “supes” on such Devon
shire yokels as he could engage in the vil
lage they ntormed. On this occasion he se
cured two and instructed them about as
follows (he loved art and high art, too, for
art’s sake, of course).
"Now, understand, you two come In at
the end of my long speech in the third act
and say: ‘My lord, we’ve captured the
jukes of Rochester and Buckingham!’ But
mind you don't show your bloomin’ faces
before then, and don’t open your mouths
except to say that—you understand?” The
varlets vowed they did. During the second
act our friend, now Richard 111., had oc
casion to make a somewhat lengthy har
angue. He did it to his best and was lost in
the sound of his own eloquence and the
splendor of his dramatic effect when he
“was aware of a princely pair,” or rather
of the two yokels, shuffling across the
stage (?) toward him, pulling at their
locks and signifying respect as they
came—they were dressed as best as he
could clothe them. His signalled to them
furiously to go back; in vain—they no heed.
A painful pause then.
“My lord,” they stuttered together,
"we've captured the jukes of Buckingham
and Rochester.”
“Oh, you ave, ’ave you?” was the crush
ing reply. “Then you’ve gone and spoilt
the ’ole bloomin’ play,”
How to Prevent Shipwreck.
A certain young woman on the North
side teaches a class In a mission Sunday
school, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
She has a difficult task imparting scraps
of religious instruction to her young
charges, and often amusing answers are
unconsciously returned to questions which
she asks. On one occasion she asked her
pupils:
“What do the high priests do?"
And received the reply;
“They burned Insects before the people,”
by which the youngster, of course, meant
incense.
But one of the funniest experiences,
which well shows the queer Ideas which
the children receive in their lessons, was
given when, after a discussion of ship
wreck which followed a lesson three or
four weeks previously on the well-known
story of Jonah and the whale, she hap
pened to ask:
“Suppose a big storm arose at sea and
it looked as though you were going to be
drowned, what would you do?”
“I would throw a man overboard for a
whale to swallow," was the reply.
—lt Is a curious thing, the power which
some human beings have over animals,
says the Lowell Star. There Is in Lowell a
boy, differing In no respect from his com
panions, who has this power in a marked
degree. Every stray dog or cat In the
neighborhood knows him and loves to be
in his company. A vicious horse which
the stablemen can with difficulty handle
will stand like a lamb while he harnesses
and unharnesses him. The doves fly
around him, and In the woods the wild
birds apparently regard him as a friend
and ally. The most remarkable exhibition
of his power, which has long been known
and commented on by his friends, was
given the other day. A large and vicious
rat was captured in the stable in one of
those traps which permit of easy ingress
and no egress. The men who were look
ing at the animal were afraid to go near
the trap, the animal showed such terror,
but the boy when he beheld the Imprisoned
creature fearlessly put out his finger and
stroked Its head, the rat manifesting as
much pleasure as would a cat or a dog.
Several days have passed since then, and
the stablemen are still afraid of their cap
ture, but he has grown so tame and fa
miliar with the boy as to allow him to
take hlme out and put him in the trap,
will come at his whistle,, and manifests
every appearance of Joy at his presence.
There seems to be no question but what
the boy could train that rat to perform
almost an/feat within the power of such
an animal.
ITE.Ih OF INTEREST.
—One north school in Maine had
to close on accotkt 0 f bears.
—Tides in the river carried a
floating island of \fty acres of floating
hyacinthes up and \wn stream past Or
ange, Tex., for a Wek.
—Thirteen postal cAds delivered at one
time to the chief of pol-e of Kansas City,
Kan., were found to iS the first part or
a letter, the balance oftvhich, on twelve
more cards, came to hlnftn the next matt,
written by some woman tho thought situ
was being Imposed upon,’
—The largest oak cut and
hauled In that section to Pln
ney’s saw mill In StockbriL e , Mich, re
cently. It measured 4,100 felt. It lacked
but a few inches of being si\ faet across
the butt. It was drawn in four places,
making four good-sized doublet earn loads.
—A circular saw, fifty-four flches in di
ameter, at Buck’s mill, at Jacksonville,
flew into pieces while at full spi-d and cut
things up in a way that shockedlne hands,
says the Philadelphia Press. Sane of the
fragments split their way through the roof,
one piece cut a 6x12 timber in twland an
other bit hurled against a block of steel
was welded by the impact.
—Alfred Ayres, one of the of the
Standard Dictionary, In a talk on the
“Common Errors in the Use of idglish, -
in New York last Thursday eveniig, told
his audience that to understand thi gram
mar of the English language thei must
study that of an ancient or some fcodern
language. “Grammar is the same.in alt
languages," said Mr. Ayres, “bu\ the
English grammar is too simple. Gd-mar,
is one of the best modern languages to
study for the grammar. We know bottl
ing of the dative case before we siudy
German grammar, and yet we have the
dative case in English.” Mr. Ayres pvt
dently does not object to sentences los
ing with a preposition. He did not men
tion that as an error, and in speaking he
ended every other sentence with to er of.
—Dr. Calmette, the director of the Pas
teur Institute at Lille, France, and dis
coverer of the anti-venomous serum treat
ment for snake bites, seems to have dem
onstrated that in their essential toxicity,
all snake venoms are identical, whether
taken from vlperine or colubrine snakes,
says the New York Tribune. All are
equally destroyed by alkaline hypochlo
rites and by chloride of gold. And finally,
which is, perhaps, most important of all
In practice, the serum of animals inocu
lated with graduated venom, from a
particularly deadly snake, such as the
cobra, Is perfectly antitoxic against the
venom of all other snakes and also of
scorpions. Some indubitable cures of
cobra bites are reported, and there is
strong reason to believe that anti-veno
mous serum obtained through cobra In
oculations will prove a specific against all
snake bites.
—The late Alvin Clark of Cambrldgeport,
Mass., discovered ini 1862 that the star
Strius had a far less brilliant companion.
Continued observation for nearly thirty
years proved that this second body revolv
ed around the first one in an • elliptical
orbit, at a distance as nearly as great as
the planet Neptune from the sun. But in
1890 the companion disappears! from view,
having reached a point in its track so near
ly in line with Sirius that its faint light
was overwhelmed by the dazzling efful
gence of the Dog star. During the last
six years It has traveled far enough to
become visible once more. Dr. T. J. J.
See. of the University of Chicago, tempo
rarily at the Lowell observatory, Flag
staff, Ariz.. rediscovered the satellite on
the other side of its primary a few weeks
ago. The peridd required for one complete
revolution Is now estimated to be about
fifty-five and one-half years.
—Baroness Von. Zedlitz, who was a
guest of Mme. Adelina Patti at Craig-y-
Nos last summer, has published, in a Ger
man review, an account of her sojourn at
the singer’s castle. Among other things,
she writes concerning an album contain
ing the autographs, over words of admira
tion, of many musical celebrities of the
last half century. Among the singers are
Mario, Tamberlik, Niemann and Capoul,
who express thier admiration for the great
soprano in graceful, flattering verses.
Grisi, Albonl and Christine Nillson. Bars
of music, accompanied by words, have
been written In the album by the compos
ers Rossini, Meyerbeer, Auber, Gounod
and Bizet. Verdi has written the names of
the three prima donnas who, to his mind,
have best interpreted “La Travi&ta.” The
maestro signs his name to the following:
“D’abord Adelina, ensuite Adelina, et en
core Adelina.” Finally, on a page, almost
yellow with age, in microscopic charac
ters, the pen of Hector Berloz once trans
lated these two Latin words, “Oportet
Pati!" which means ’’One must suffer,”
though the facetious ecclesiastical friends
of Mme. Patti say it means, "Bring on the
pate.” Her musical friends construe it,
“Patti Is necessary to us.” The mistress
of Craig-y-Nos is said to prize this page
more than all the others.
—France is about to honor with a
statue the man who did not invent lucifer
matches, says tho Chronicle. In 1830, it
seems, M. Nicolet, professor of chemistry
at Dole, In the Jura, was Illustrating be
fore his class the explosive properties of
chlorate of patash, when It struck one of
his pupils. Charles Sauria by name, that
a combination of phosphorus with the de
tonating chemical might furnish a far
more satisfactory means of kindling a
fire than the old flint and steel. He set
to work upon the problem, and his ex
periments and those of his friends were
attended with success. A year or two
afterward M. Nicolet visited Austria, and
gave the discovery away to German
manufacturers. Without wishing to rob
M. Sauria of the posthumous glory which
appears to be the only reward of his in
genuity. patriotism compels us to claim
the merit of being the real inventor for
one of our own nation. Mr. Walker of
Stockton, by the use of chlorate of pot
ash and sulphide of antimony, was mak
ing friction matches as early as 1829.
Young Sauria very likely never heard of
h!s process, but the Germans certainly
did, and It was from his original Idea
that their trade sprang up and fructified,
until the composition of cheaper wood and
labor and of Improved maohinery drove
them out of the market.
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Highest Honors—World’* Fair.
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