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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Homeseekers' Mutual Loan
Association; Catholic Library Association;
Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 231, F. &
A. M.; Georgia Lodge No. 151, O. K. 9.
B. ; B'nai Brith Jacob.
Special Notices—Prepare for the Big Cy
cle Parade, R. D. & Wm. Lattimore; No
tice to City Court Jurors; Ship Notice,
Wilder & Cos.; Annual May Ball of Mrs.
Nichols’ Misses and Masters' Dancing
Class This Evening; Notice. Lieut. W. G.
Cann. Chairman Committee.
Legal Notices—Citation from the Clerk of
the Court of Ordinary of Chatham Coun
ty.
Trousers for Ladies Have Not Reached
Our Stock Yet—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Mineral Water—Aponta.
Dressing Up the Whole Town—Metro
politan Clothing Company.
Railroad Schedule—Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company.
Educational—Summer Law Lectures Uni
versity of Virginia.
Bicycles—Rambler Bicycles, Fred My
ers, Jr.. Agent.
Auction Sales—Sale of Oil Paintings and
Pictures, by R. H. Tatem, Auctioneer.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
It is getting to be the policy In all cities
to Increase the bicycle police force as the
number of bicyclists Increases. It is about
time Savannah's bicycle policemen were
getting in trim to run down some of the
persistent Bull street scorchers.
The clerks of the pension department
are very much worried over tho report
that the office is to be reorganized, and
that with reorganization will come many
changes. What is more needed, however,
4s a reorganization of the pension lists.
The navy department has ordered the
cruiser Marblehead to Puerto Cortez,
Honduras, to protect American Interests.
The chances are, however, that a majority
of the few Americans there are looking
for a slice of the pie when the revolution
terminates.
August Busch, 77 years old, and Anna
Galhman, 79 years old, ran away and got
married at Shelbyvilie, lnd., the othet
day, despite the protests of the bride’s
children. When two young hearts are
bent on wedlock there is no use for the
family to attempt to Interfere.
Senator Wolcott, one of the International
monetary commissioners, expressed him
self before sailing as full of hope that the
other governments would meet the bi
metallists half way. Perhaps so. But
be Is likely to And & wide divergence be
tween his own and the European idea of
what half way is.
The action of the Chicago and Alton In
reducing Its dividends from eight to seven
per oent. is taken as an indication of bus
iness depression in the west, as the rate
of eight per cent, had been paid since 1881.
There is no doubt that what the west
needs is a little less Kansasism and a
little more good democracy.
Two more Englishmen who took a trip
to some of the islands of the South Pa
cific for the purpose of trading with the
natives have been killed and eaten by
them, according to advice* received at
Astoria. Ore. It might be said that the
natives hardly gave the traders a square
d< a! when they made of them a aquare
ineal.
It is encouraging to not# the continued
movement from the northwest of immi-
S rants to Southern Georgia, started by the
I itxg.rsld colony. It Is an evidence of
the success and still greater possibilities
of the movement to learn that 10,000 acres
of land In Wilcox county, about sixteen
miles fiom Fitzgerald, have been pur
chased for the same purpose.
1 ho tax of J 1.44 per barrel on beer seems
an odd figure, and many people have ask-
i why it was not made an even $1.45 or
I! itt. lit* Inttir figure baying been
look' and for. The reason Is a simple one,
The numla-r 111 is a multiple of t.
*• I** and 12 which are
the divisions used by brewers In
the sale of beer, and the tax was made
lor the convenience of calculation, the use
of fractions being thereby avoided. The
B< nate no doubt had the poor overworked
internal revenue coileclor In mind when
thia figure was bit upon.
Cn Minim's Visit to ( aim.
It is a little difficult to understand pre
cisely the nature of the mission of Lawyer
Calhoun In Cuba. He is going nominally
to assist Consul General Lee in an inves
tigation of the case of Dr. Ruiz, who is al
leged to have been murdered in the Caba
nas prison. From all that can be learn
ed. however, Mr. Calhoun is not to inves
tigate the affair as a Judicial officer, but
as a "confidential agent." So far as we
are aware, this will be a unique proceed
ing. The Spanish authorities have once
investigated the death of Dr. Ruiz and
reached a decision. Consul General Lee
was not pleased with the decision, and
the Spaniards offered to re-open the mat
ter and Investigate it again. But Consul
General I-ee declined to takjcpart ih the
second inquiry. That, it seems,' settled
the case of Ruiz. It may have been a
murder, but Gen. Lee could not get at the
facts, and was compelled to abandon the
matter.
Now. how the Illinois lawyer, not as a
judicial officer, but os a “confidential
agent,” is to get at the facts, passes un
derstanding. It is not believed the treaty
with Spain provides that "confidential
agents” of this government shall investi
gate criminal charges in Cuba, which have
been once passed upon and decided by the
Spanish authorities. A paper published
in Mr. Calhoun’s state, however, prints an
article which may throw some light upon
his mission. “His principal duty,” it
says, “will be to inform himself of the gen
eral situation in the island, the starvation
resulting from Weyler’s military edict, the
sacrifice of American interests, and the
general prospects of ( the insurgents for
ultimate success." Is he to go under false
pretenses, then? Is he to go as the com
missioner of the President to ascertain
what the Insurgents are doing, an.l not as
a representative of justice, or even a con
fidential agent, to investigate the death of
Ruiz? Whatever his instructions may be,
we do not expect that he will bring back
any report which will result either in the
punishment of ihe possible murderers of
Dr. Ruizg or cause this government to
change its attitude towards the insurgents
and their alleged government.
Col. Gautt Demands Light.
It Is becoming apparent that Col. Larry
Gantt, formerly of Georgia, is preparing
to have some fun In South Carolina, his
adopted home. Col. Gantt, we believe, was
wet nurse to the South Carolina dispen
sary. He took it over from Georgia with
him, and got Tillman to adopt It. Lately
it has been giving some trouble; at least
the people who have been in charge of it
have been giving trouble, and Col. Gantt
is going to have an investigation. lie has
got out his snickersnee, has sharpened it
on the sole of his boot, and Is going to hew
to the line, even if the heads of some of
his personal friends happen to protrude
on the wrong side of the line. Lately he
has left off drinking bouillon with Mc-
Sweeney of Hampton, hence his eye is
clear and Ills fighting arm Is in good shape.
Recently, It seems, Col. Gantt made some
efforts towards "controlling" tho dispen
sary establishment, In the Interest of cer
tain of his friends, and certain of his
friends’ friends, notably among the latter
being a whisky firm in Atlanta. A letter
written to a gentleman in Atlanta for the
purpose of aiding in the scheme for secur
ing the desired control fell Into the hands
of the Philistines, and got Into the papers.
That was precisely what Col. Gantt want
ed. He had Intended all along to publish
it, he said. The very object of his letter
to Atlanta was to provide for a big bluff,
in order to scare oft an objectionable dis
pensary employe. And then he was going
to turn the Headlight upon the whole
business. To Judge from what Col. Gantt
suggests, Beckroge’s trunk could not hold
all of the crookedness that has been going
on at the dispensary. He hints at rebates
—big rebates— which the state did not get
“during the time of the Traxler adminis
tration.” And then he suggests something
about taking out search warrants and
finding “sample” bottles of whisky In the
houses of numerous state officials. He has
In his own house several "samples" which
were given him by the dispensary officials.
He Is willing to give them up. if the au
thorities think he ought to. Hut “there
arc others," who have been receiving sim
ilar favors. Col. Gantt says he knows lots
of things which he proposes to tell, and
which will astonish folks. And he pro
poses that others shall tell, too.
He wants ex-Gov. Evans to do
some talking. The ex-governor,
he thinks, might be able to give
the Investigators a tip about the rebates
which the sta’e did not get “under Trax
ler." Tillman was governor then, and
Evans was in the legislature.' Then there
are various other matters—a sack of cof
fee. for instance—which went Into the con
traband room and disappeared. Col. Gantt
wants to know what went with them, and
declares he will find out. "Turn on the
light,” he says. And the people echo the
demand.
It seems that Col. Gantt has enjoyed
the dose personal friendship of the offi
cials at Columbia, as indeed the wet nurse
to the dispensary should. Hut some of
those fellows, it seems, made the mistake,
which other fellows hnve made, of *upi>os-
Ing that the colonel could not see through
a Philadelphia pressed brick.
Americans were furnished another ex
ample of the Chinese system of doing
things by proxy the other day, when Id
Hung Chang planted a tree at the old tomb
of Gen. Grant. The actual planting was
done hy Minister Vang Yu, but It was
nevertheless LI Hung Chang who did It.
President McKinley might icarn a valu
able lesson from ihe Chinese, if he could
make his appointments by proxy, he might
be able to the same office to several
applicants. The drawback of course would
be that there could not be any ma.terl.il
proxy for the salary. But what office
seeker cares for thst?
Boston and Cleveland appear to have
joined issues on the 3-cent car fare ques
tion. Both are collecting Information on
the subject, and the movement Is looked
upon as the first step toward a union of all
the large cities of the country In the rause
of lower street ear fores, ttnv.innuh could
no doubt furnish some Interesting data
on the aubject. There are many arguments
in favor of the three.cent fare, the prln
clpal of which, no doubt, Is that with this
fare It would cost the people less money
to rid*
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 11,15D7.
Florida’s Railroad (ommlanlon.
Gov. Bloxham registered his protest
against the Florida railroad commission
act when he permitted it to become law
without his signature. It has been assert
ed that the law amounts virtually to state
ownership of railroads, except that title
to the property is not vested in the com
monwealth. But, in so far as the man
agement of the roads is concerned, the
owners of the property are left very little
voice. The probabilities are that that is
an extreme view of the case, taken by
those who were defeated when the act
was passed. The new law Is no doubt ob
jectionable. But It is possible to mitigate
its objectionable features.
While the governor could not approve
the act. he must he the executive of the
law. The law directs him to appoint thre£
commissioners to administer the affairs of
the railroads. Whether or not the new
statute shall prove of benefit or detriment
to the state will depend ui>on these com
missioners, whom, it is expected, the gov
ernor will appoint this week. The commis
slonerships are regarded as official plums,
and there Is a rush to secure them. The
pay Is $2,500 a year—a sum sufficiently
large to attract a few first-class business
men and a host of politicians. The gov
ernor will probably have some good mate
rial to select from among the avowed
candidates, though, as a matter of fact,
men competent to fill such places are not
to be picked up on the streets t any mo
ment. The future development of the
state, for a number of years at least, will
he in the hands of this railroad commis
sion. Should it evince a hostility to rail
road corporations, the effect would be to
scare capital away from the state. On
the other hand, liberal and just treatment
of the railroads would reassure capital
seeking investment in other enterprises,
and the state would go on increasing in
wealth and importance.
It would be impossible to over-estimate
the benefit of the railroads to Florida. If
there is any state in the union which
should feel under obligations to the rail
roads. that state is Florida. They have
made Florida the "Riviera of America;’’
they have made her rich and prosperous,
and her swamps to bloom and bear fruit
as a garden. They have pushed civiliza
tion Into the fastnesses of the everglades,
and have made her the gateway to the
Antilles. They have changed waste
places into valuable properties, and built
cities where there were formerly hamlets.
The benefits which the railroads have be
stowed upon Florida are a thousand and
one. It is true they may have had their
own profit In view; they were not working
for love or patriotism. Nevertheless, the
good to the state was none the less real
and lasting.
The railroads, of course, should not have
undue privileges. But they should be
treated liberally and justly. They should
not be oppressed because they are owned
by corporations and certain demagogues
are making a great hue and cry against
corporations. The demagogues would
never in a thousand years do for Florida
what the railroads do in one season.
The law provides that one railroad man,
one lawyer and one farmer shall be ap
pointed on the railway commission. The
classification was probably made as a
concession to the demagogues. However,
that may be passed) over. The governor
should be able to stick to the letter of the
law and select throe men who would be
broad-minded enough and courageous
enough to defy the calamity howlers and
administer the office with fairness, justice
and moderation. It is possible that he
might have to go outside the list of can
didates to find such men. In that event,
he should not hesitate to turn down the
politicians. He should put only the best
men on guard, since the commissioners he
will appoint will make precedents and es
tablish rules of procedure which will gov
ern probably as long as the law remains
upon the statute books. The governor’s
responsibility, therefore, is great. It is
sincerely to be hoped that he will make
no mistake.
'People do not generally enjoy
having another look so like them
that it is hard to distinguish
between the two, but President McKinley
has a double In the person of John L. Blt
tlnger, editor of the St. Joseph, Mo., Her
ald, who is likely to profit well by the fact
of his resemblance to the President. When
the President was making speeches In tho
west during the campaign of 1892, Mr. Bit
tinger rode on the car with him, and they
took turns making speeches at tho differ
ent towns they passed through. Nobody
knew the difference. Now Mr. Bittinger
is said to be slated for consul at Montreal,
a position usually claimed by New York
state. If the resemblance is so striking,
the President might use Mr. Bittinger to
better advantage In securing him to en
tertain the office-seekers; and then, too,
he would make a good substitute when
Mr. McKinley takes his little trips on the
Dolphin.
It seems that Turks are scarce in New
York. Secretary of State Sherman, at the
suggestion of the Turkish minister, wrote
a letter to Gov. Black asking him to see
that the Turks in Now York city were af
forded ample protection from uttack by
ihe Greeks there. Inquiry brought out the
information that Chellk Bey, the Turkish
consul general, is the only Mohammedan
Turk In the city, and he was very much
surprised that such a letter should have
been written. According to all reports,
the ease where the Turks need protection
is an exceptional one In these days, any
how. The Greek Is the man who needs It.
The repeal by the Transvaal Volksraad
of the Transvaal Immigration .aw, which
has been considered all along the bone of
contention between that country and Eng
land, haa had no effect In stopping the pre
parations for war on the part of the Brit
ishers. The repeal of the Transvaal Re
public is what John Bull is after, and he
will probably not be satisfied until It Is
an English possession.
It takes but a straw to show the way of
the wind. Lord Salisbury ha* Joined In a
royal quarrel and la prolesting against
Ihe action of the Princess of Wales in sub
scribing to the fund for the relief of the
Greek sick and wounded. Lord Salisbury
Is said to be treating the present situation
In Thessaly In a humorous light. It |a
no dou >t pleasing to him. But then moral
ob.igalioriN and financial Interest* are
somewhat heterogeneous element*.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Trentanove, the sculptor. Is on his
way "to this country from Florence with
the finished bust of James G. Blaine,
which he modeled in Washington last
summer.
—Queen Victoria is said to possess two
of the oldest watches in the world; both
have silver dials, ar.d are about the size
of half a crown. xJnoiU a blind man’s
watch, and the oth- r a repeater.
—The oldest ah tor in -the world recently
celebrated the 93d anniversary of his birth
in England. He is Janies Dowell, and
still lives in Plymo; dfrand boasts of un
impaired mental f* ikties.
—Mr. Brendlsh, the survivor of the two
telegraphers who sent the historic mes
sage- from Delhi announcing the outbreak
of the Indian mi: y, has just retired
from the Indian te laph service.
—A nephew of the King of Siam is a
military cadet at Woedwjeh, England, and
one of his sons, who is preparing to enter
the British navy at Greenwich, has won
his way to the heart of the English by his
skill as a foot ball player.
—George D. M. Peixto of Cleveland is
painting a portrait of Lyman J. Gage.
He will also paint three portraits of Pres
ident McKinley, They will be placed in
the. Union League Clubs in Chicago and
New York, and the Inion Club of Cleve
land.
—This is the year of Cabot celebration,
John Cabot having sailed May 3, 1497, from
Bristol. England, in the ship Matthew, on
the voyage during which he discovered
the continent of North America. Though
he was a Genoese by birth, and a Vene
tian by adoption, hi? crow of eighteen men
were all Englishmen but two, a Burgun
dian and an Italian barber. The Royal
Geographical Society of England has cel
ebrated the anniversary by listening to
a paper on Cabot by Sir Clements Mark
ham, its president. The Royal Society of
Canada will, in June, place a Cabot tablet
in the legislative halt at Halifax. The
Newfoundland Cabot committee will erect
on observatory, a,t S;. John’s, and improve
the signal station there.
Hiti I*l ■ i’ BITS.
—lmperishable.—"l find it impossible to
kill the nerve," exclaimed the dentist in a
troubled tone. “What can it mean?"
“I’m a drummer." with a ring of pride
in his voice.—Detroit Free Press.
—A Check—“ How do you stand on the
financial question?”
“I think I shall stand pat. At least,
when I went to the hank I was told I could
not draw.”—lndianapolis Journal.
—At the De Styles’ Dance—" They say
that it takes at least three generations to
make a gentleman.” "Dike one of these?’’
“Yes, I suppose so.” "Humph! It doesn't
seem worth the trouble.”—Truth.
—“ls Miss Straitlace circumspect?”
asked Miss Pert.
"Circumspect’” cried Miss Caustic;
“why, she won't accompany a young man
on the piano without a chaperone.”—'Tit-
Bits.
—A New Safeguard.—“ Why are they
putting that glass front in the savings
bank?”
"So that the depositors can see how
homely the president's typewriter is.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—A Master of Romance.—"Bosworth
would have made a fortune as a novelist.”
“What makes you thik so?” ”1 was with
him the other evening when he was tell
ing his wife why he happened to be so
late in getting home.”—Cleveland Leader.
—When a man is a failure he lays it to
bad luck. When he succeeds it is good
judgment.—New Haven Register.
—Much More Important.—'"ls that a
war map?”
“War map nothing! That’s the bicycle
route I’m going to take next vacation.’’—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CLHHEIST COMMENT.
The Jones Hill.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem).
The "Jones bill” will do well enough as
a title for the Seriate tariff bill, at least
until the conferees shall have got a whack
at it; but the Dingleyites are persuaded
that it ought to be called the "Jonah bill.”
A Possible View.
From the Washington Star (Ind.).
It would be a brilliant and probably sat
isfactory arrangement if this administra
tion could make j,he revival of business so
complete as to cause numerous trusts to
spring up for purposes of mutual annihila
tion.
Hanna's Eight for Life,
From the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.).
Now, honestly. Senator Hanna, are you
not sorry that you didn't take a nice, quiet
place In the cabinet, with a well qualified
assistant to take most of the labor from
your shoulder*? This thing of the party
premier having to fight for his official life
before the administration Is three months
old is ■ distressing spectacle.
Key to the Opposition.
From the Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
"That Is the last of Grover Cleveland."
exclaimed n democratic senator In glee
when the vote was announced. “We have
now wiped out the last vestige of his ad
ministration and it is a good riddance.”
Hatred of Cleveland! That is the key to
the whole opposition. And Vet how fu
tile! The treaty is Cleveland’s and It will
be remembered to his honor when the
names of the senators who opposed it are
“washed in Lethe and forgotten."
Arkansas Proposition.
Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.).
A Kansas man proposes that non,non cit
izens of the Grasshopper state contribute
$1 a month each to the cause of Greece,
arguing that the world expects this of a
state which did so much to bring about
the abolition of slavery- If he will amend
this by proposing to send over 500 Kan
sans of the Llewelling and Bookless Simp
son types, or even that fairest (lower of
Kansas femininity, the peerlessly loqua
cious Mary Eilen, the rest of the United
States will applaud, and the Turk will
flee.
Chapman's Snmptnons Cell.
From the Springfield Republican (Ind.).
Pictures of the cell In which Broker
Chapman will serve hla sente-nee In the
Washington Jail for contempt of the Sen
ate are not calculated to discourage the
crime—and perhaps it ia well, considering
the evident character of th® Senate. The
''Cell” is n sumpt4ioualy furnished room,
connected by special wire with Wall street
and provided with a stock ticker. His
Imprisonment under these circumstances
will be a lucky hit for Chapman, for an
other senatorial sugar bargain seems to
be on the Itoards. and he will he In a tine
position to transact Wall street business
for the bargaining senators.
A ( ape Cod Hunter’* Luck.
The people on the shores of Cape Cod
are much afflicted at the autumnal season
with hunters who come down from Bos
ton and tramp through ail the region bor
dering on the bay, looking for birds, says
the Youth's Companion. Sometimes these
hunters are "greenhorns'' of the rarest
type. They come not alone in the fall,
but also in the spring, for at that season
wild geese and certain other wild fowl
may lawfully be shot.
"Come in the spring?” said a farmer In
Sandwich, repeating a traveler’s question.
"Bless your soul, I guess they do! And
some on ’em is the all-firedest lunkheads
that you ever see! Kind o’ dudes, that
never knowed anything, and oome down
here with leggins laced up their legs iike
women’s shoes. .
“Well, a feller that looked just like them
chaps come down here last spring lookin’
for wild geese. He couldn't And no wild
geese, but out in Uncle Sim Nickerson's
paster behind the barn he found Uncle
Sim s old sow. He was crossin' over from
the ma’sh to the road, an' fust thing he
knowed he run right a’most onto that old
sow, an' she hoi a litter o’ young pigs,
an' she was crosser’:: all git-out. Well,
sir, she made right after him, roarin’ as
fierce as a lion, an’ he. must ’a’ ben scairt
most to death, for he up an’ shot fter—
both berrels, plumb right in the head an’
face.
"Result was that the sow was killed; an'
of course she was no use for pork, an’
that young dude he was arrested by Obed
Sears—he’s constable, ye know—on a war
rant that Sim Nickerson swore out; an’
that dude he paid for the sow right on
the spot ruther than have any more trou
ble. Sim taxed him sl2 for the sow, an’
I guess that was. a pooty fair estimate
on her.
"Well, sir, what does Sim Nickerson do
then but demand pay for the six pigs.
Says he, ‘They’re too young to take care
o' themselves, an’ they'll die on my
hands.' I think myself that Sim went a
little mite too fur then. They was little
pigs, but they was plump an' fat an'
lively, an’ I guess they would’ve et swill
all right. But I guess Sim he sees a
chance to get pay for the pigs an' have
the pigs, too.
"But that dude he spoke up, an’ says,
says he, ’How much are your pigs wuth?’
’Well,’'says Sim, ‘I culd ’a’* got $2 apiece
for ’em as soon as they was old enough
to wean, but I won’t charge ye more’n a
dollar an’ a half for ’em now.’ Obed
Sears, he give a kind of a whistle, as
much as to say. ‘Ain’t you cornin’ a little
strong?’ But what does that dude do but
whip out $9 in addition to the sl2 he’d paid
for the sow.
"That made s2l that his huntin’ that
mornin’ had cost him. Sim, he was lookin’
out to see how he was goin’ to take care
of the pigs, an’ he turned ’round to see
the dude feller go away, when that dude,
says he:
“ ’Now, Mr. Nickerson, I guess I’ll take
my pigs.’
‘What?’ says Sim. a litle surprised.
‘‘Well,’ says the feller, ’I suppose the
pigs is mine, now’t I’ve paid for ’em.’
" ‘Yourn?’ says Sim. He kind 0’ couldn’t
get over his surprise that that feller
wanted the pigs.
“ ‘Yes,’ says Obed Sears, ‘the pigs is
hisn, of course.’
“Then what does that dude do but go
over to the grocery store an’ get a pack
in’-box for a quarter, an’ put a little hay
into it, an’ he gethers up them pigs an’
loads ’em into the box and nails some
slats over the open end o’ the box, an’
hires me fer a quarter to haul ’em down
to the depot, an’ off he goes to Boston
with the whole outfit. An’ less'n month
afterward John Phinney, that works up to
Boston to the market, he comes down
here, an’ he says that that feller wa’n’t
any real dude, but bis father is a big
provision man in the market there, an’
that youngster sold them live Cape Cod
fat suckin' pigs to hotels, to roast whole,
for five dollars apiece! That let him out
on the whole transaction with a clear
profit, countin’ all expenses, of about
eight dollars.
"An' Sim Nickerson! We hsin’t got
done laughin' at him yet ’bout how he
took advantage o’ that greenhorn—or any
way, how he thought he did.”
Tlie Prudent Wife,
By dint of much economy and denying
themselves the theater and expensive din
ners and fine clothes, and young South side
woman and her husband had accumulated
a few hundred dollars, which was draw
ing interest in a bank on La Salle street,
says the Chicago Times-Herald. The pru
dent wife. a.armed by the stories of bank
failures, thought it best to draw out the
little hoard and invest it in a large woolen
stocking, but her husband argued other
wise. They discussed the matter every
day, and finally the little woman was seiz
ed with a great inspiration; she would
talk it over with the banker. But she said
nothing to her husband about this resolve.
Bright and early Monday morning she re
paired to the bank, had an extended con
sultation with the cashier and returned
home radiant and happy. When her hus
band returned to dinner she announced
that she had determined to leave the
money in the bank.
"Well, what has come over you to cause
this change of mind?” he asked.
“Oh, I'm sure the money Is quite safe
there, and I do not want to lose the in
terest."
"\Vhv are you sure?”
“I went down to th*> bank to-day and
hail a talk with the cashier, and he toid
me they were not going to fail.”
”Oh, he did, did he?"
"Yes, he did, and he was so nice about
it. I Just asked hint right to his face If
the bank was going to fall, and he laugh
ed at me and said it had no such inten
tion.”
"So you did not draw out your money?"
"Why, certainly not. I did not even
take my pass-book.” .
’’l'm mighty glad of that. If you had
drawn the money you might have bought
a gold brick on the way home, providing
the vender had assured you that It was
all right."
■‘George, you talk like one possessed.
What in the world do I want of a gold
brick, although I read in the papers that
gold was always good and—now what are
you laughing at?—you are always poking
fun at me.”
But George did not explain what excited
his mirth, and the poor little woman has a
suspicion that he Is smoking too many
strong cigars.
Ills lluly Hint llecn Hone.
The only people who are positive they
are fitted to bring up children In the way
they should go are very old gentlemen
and maiden ladles, says Judge.
An amusing little scene. In which the
"helpful old gentleman" figured, occurred
the other day at the Grand Central sta
tion. tsult a family party wero assem
bled, of the class that believes In making
the most of a free country, to await the
arrival of an expected guest. Children
were there galore, playing tag around the
old gentleman’s feet, falling periodically
over his canvas bag. spealing wildly its
they ran Into passengers, and retreating
in heaps as a "cop'’ approached.
The “helpful old man” stood it as long
as he could conscientiously—then, looking
over his spectacles, said, severely, "Stop
that racket—you children!"
“Wall. I like that.” answered one of
the mothers, In a loud, angry tone.
But If she did, the old gentleman didn't,
ami faced the woman as he continued:
"Now. look here, tnsdame; I've raised
three families of children, and not a Him
gle child was ever allowed to annoy ny
neignbor*.’’
"Well," replied the Irate lady, "If you've
raised three families, you’ve certainly
done your duty, and I’ll thank you to al
low me to raise mine.'*
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Harvard class of '72 will celebrate
the twenty-fifth anniversary of its grad
uation this year by presenting a $6,030
clock for the tower of Memorial hall. The
gift is especially appropriate, as practi
cally all college men know the value of
“time” in making their purchases.
—lnteresting results of an investigation
of the effect produced by a railroad train
on the air through which it moves were
presented at a recent meeting of the St.
Louis Acamedy of Science by Prof. F. E.
Niper. It appears that motion is commu
nicated to the atmosphere many feet
away, eo that a large amount of air is
dragged along with the train. A peculiar
danger arises near a swift-running train
from the tendency of the moving air to
topple a person over, and at the same time
to communicate a motion of rotation to
the body, which may cause it to roll under
the train.
—The department of agriculture, through
the division of entomology, has investi
gated the rumor that spider raising is
quite an industry in certain districts of
France and in Pennsylvania, and reports
that this is actually the case, says the Phil
adelphia Record. The chief use of the
spiders is to produce cobwebs, and the
principal use of the cobwebs is to begrime
wine bottles and defraud the buyer into
believing that the cobwebs are an indica
tion of the age of the wine. The species
raised are epeira vulgaris and nephila plu
mipes. They retail for $lO per hundred,
and are used to stock wine cellars where
they are introduced.
—English investors have had a sorry ex
perience with flashy "Kaffir" speculations,
says the Philadelphia American. An offi
cial statement has been made showing
the shrinkage of gold mine share values
during the past eighteen months in forty
one of the leading companies. At the pe
riod of greatest inflation these companies'
shares had a maximum market valuation
in round numbers, of $610,000,000, but to-day
they are only worth $215,000,000, a loss of
about 65 per cent. Turning now to explo
ration and finance companies, the decline
is even more marked. The shares of the
four principal companies were worth in
1895 $183,000,000, and this year only $43,500,000.
The political outlook is dead against, any
substantial improvement, for a year to
come, at least. We have not by any
means arrived at the end of Transvaal
complications, nor even at the half-way
house.
—Apropos of the recent talk about an
airship, Arthur T. Nettleton of New Mil
ford, Conn., writes to the Newtown
(Conn.) Bee, saying that a history of Con
necticut, published in London in 1781,
chronicled the appearance of an airship in
Connecticut in 1646. The people of New
Haven had sent a ship to England that
year to procure a patent for the colony
and a charter for the city. Some time
after the vessel sailed a storm arose, and
a day of prayer and fasting was observed
in the hope that the safety of the ship
would thereby be insured. At the close
of the day the people looked up in the
sky and saw their ship under full sail,
and the sailors steering her from west to
east. She came over the meeting where
they had fasted and prayed, and then was
met by a Euroclydon, which rent the sails
and overset the ship; in a few moments
she fell down near the weathercock on the
steeple and Instantly vanished. The peo
ple all returned to the meeting, where the
minister gave thanks to God for answer
ing the desires of his servants, and for
giving them an infallible token of the
loss of their ship and charter.
—The bicycle hand is again heard of, this
time in Connecticut, says the New Y'ork
Sun. Miss Mary McCarthy, an expert
wheelwoman of Seymour, is reported to
have suffered severely from the malady,
one hand being greatly swollen and the
fingers doubled under. The trouble be
came so bad that a doctor was called. He
found it necessary to sever a muscle be
tween the thumb and fore finger in order
to restore the hand’s usefulness. Last
year the bicycle hand caused a good deal
of inquiry among New York wheelmen.
Riders were found who complained of
numbness of their fingers, and pain at
times. The affliction usually lasted only
a few hours, but, in some instances, it
was of several days’ duration. A professor
of nervous diseases attributed the unnatu
ral condition of the hands to the improper
methods of holding the handle bar. "It is
possible,” said the specialist, “to produce
true paralysis by gripping the handle bar
of a bicycle unduly for a long time; and by
doing so any one’s fingers are liable to
become insensible to the touch. Numb
ness, however, is the only disorder of the
hands I have ever heard of as resulting
from the wheel.” It should be said that
the worst cases of "bicycle hand” that
have come to light do not seem to belong
to new riders, who are naturally ignorant
concerning the details of wheeling. The
most serious example of the sort heard
of last year was afforded by a wheelman
of five years’ experience. If cyclists will
remember that the handle bar should be
held lightly, and not gripped like grim
death, the case in Seymour may be made
the last, as well as the first, of the year.
The bicycle hand is not a necessary con
sequence of cycling.
—Grant Allen enlarges on the modern
discovery that the soil Itself—the layer of
soft mold which clothes the surface of
the earth in all cultivable districts, and
from which vegetation springs—is actually
in great part a living layer, a confused
mass of tiny plants and animals, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. In
short, while the air Is an ocean of floating
germs, each inch of soil is a teeming col
ony of microscopic organisms. We think
of the soil as dead, as mere mineral mat
ter; and, of course, It is true that its sub
stratum is composed of the worn debris
of rocks, and that many grains of sand,
which, under a lens, look like miniature
rocks and bowlders, are freely scattered
through its vital |>ortion. Still, the truth
remains that the soil, as a whole, and es
pecially that part of it which Is of Impor
tance to agriculture and to plant life In
general, consists of a vast complexity of
living organisms—a huge antheai< so to
speak; a subterranean forest of molds and
mildews. It is made up for the most part
of matter which has once been alive, and
Is now more or ley dead, yet minutely in
terramifleil and devoured by countless
myriads of small carrion-eating plants and
tiny animals. Earthworms may play an
important part as producers and maintain
ed of this living layer of vegetable mold.
Darwin showed the three different ways in
which these creatures, made long since,
now maintain a large portion of our
cultivable soli. In the first place, they
open the ground for air and roots to pen
etrate, while the adds they aecrcte act
chemically upon the layer of rocks beneath
in such a manner as to slowly disintegrate
them. In the second place, they crush in
their gizzards small fragments of stone,
and thus grind and liberate their mineral
elements, such as lime and soda. In the
third place—and this Is by far the most
important consideration—they drag down
Into their burrows countless numbers of
leaves, which they ent and digest, anil
then carry up the refuse to the surface
as worms casting*. No less than 53,000
worms on an average Inhabit an acre of
garden soil. These worms pass through
their bodies in a year ten tons of mate
rial, and throw It up as mold at the rate
of one Inch deep of surface In every five
years. Most of this mold Is a rich com
post of decayed or decaying leaves in a
paste of finely divided minerals; it is mix
ed up with fragment* of other fallen haves
that drop on It from the plants above,
and It Is permeated hy the roota, bulbs
and tubers, by .less small animals, and
by still more countless hordea of parasitic
Or carrion-fcedlng bacteria.
SALT
RHEUM
Most torturing and disfiguring of itchicg
burning, scaly skin and scalp humors is ia!
stantly relieved by a warm bath with Crri
ci-ra Soap, a single application of Ct net R 4
(ointment), the great skin cure, and a full
of Cuticcka Resolvent, greatest of blo,>a
purifiers and humor cures, when all else fai j
(uticura
Vitold throughout the world. Pottu Duro xtd Chiu
Cobp., Prop*., Boston. “ How to Cure Silt Rheum," r re '
FALLING HAIR Cured br Cciicct* Sulf?*'
DON’T
THAT OUR
Dress
Goods
De partment
CONTINUES TO
Shower Bargains
On the Good Ladies.
DON'T PUT UP AN UMBRELLA
TO KEEP THEM OFF, BUT
COME TO THE STORE AND
SEE JUST WHAT SPLENDID
SAVINGS ARE HERE. NEW
GOODS EVERY DAY.
BIG DRIVES FOR THIS WEEK
LOWER PRICES THAN EVER
KNOWN RIGHT IN THE SEA
SON. ALL DESIRABLE, AU
GOOD, ALL CHEAP.
SEE-
Linen Grass Cloth, 30 Inches wide, at
very cheap at 45c and 50c.
Just received. 25 pieces French Organ
dies in latest designs and colorings, price
this week 35c; very cheap at 45c and 50c.
Handsome Black Striped Grenadines, for
this week only 9714 c; reduced from $1.25
and $1.50.
50 Silk Waists, this season's importa
tion. 50c and 60c a yard; cheap at 75c ana
SI.OO
Elegant Japanese Silks, a full yard
wide, at 75c; reduced from $1.25.
Exquisite Foulard Silks, 28 inches wide,
this week’s price 89c; reduced from $1.56!
A CHANCE FOR THE MEN.
50 dozen Gents’ Negligee Shirts 50 eachj
former price 75c and 85c.
FOR SUMMER COVERINGS.
50 pieces fresh Canton Matting, ranging
in price from 20c to 50c.
Don’t fall to visit our store this week.
We can interest you and save you money.
Daniel Hogan,
The corner Broughton and Barnard sts.
NAPHTHA LAUICH
FOR SALE.
The Boat for Summer Cruising or
Fishing. Sails and Steams Well.
Naphtha launch, yawl rigged, length 71
feet, beam 7 feet, draft 3 feet 4 inches;
lead keel weighing 2,700 pounds, and bal
last hold. Cabin 5 feet 11 inches by 4 lest
8 inches by 4 feet 6 inches. Engine l-borsa
power. Bow enclosed. Commodious
cock-pit, lockers and small Ice locker.
Brass locks and fittings; hard wood finish.
Commode in cabin. Full inventory as tal
lows:
1 set sails, mainsail, jib and jigger.
2 anchors and ropes.
1 boat cover. t
1 awning. ,
1 set sailing lights
1 cooking set. ,
2 water bucket*.
2 flags.
I set of cushions
6 life preservers.
Dust pan and brush, oil can, hatchet
hammer, eaw, monkey wrench, strainer,
screw-driver, sailmakers’ palm, pump, etc-
Built by the Gas Engine and Poser
Company. Is as good as new. Every
thing on board In best order. Ready W
a cruise at a moment's notice.
Can be seen at my place at Isle of Hop*
J. H. EBTILL, Savannah, Ga
FLY, RAT, ROACH
TRAPS.
Step Ladders,
Carden Tools,
Fluting Machines.
FOR SALE BY
EDWARD LOVELL'S SONS
IF YOU WANT GOOD MATEIUAjj
and work, order your lithographed
printed stationery and blank book*
Morning Nows, Savannah, Ga.