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ISLfcX TO EW ADVERTISEMENTS
Meeting—German Friendly Society.
Special Notices—What We Said, T. A.
Bryson, Columbia Agent; Savannah Con
servatory of Music, 11l Perry street, west;
A Good Collector Wanted; Hotel Tybee, C.
F. Graham, Proprietor; Scott & Davis'
Green Grocery Re-opened; Typewriter Sup
plies at Rock Bottom I’rlcts, ilie B. F.
Ulmer Company; Very High Class Bicy
cles at It. D. & Wm. Baltimore's; Ladies’
Pierce Bicycles, Savannah Cycle Company;
Notice to Property Owners, Ernenwein &
Dooley; Notice Sunrise Social Club; First
Annual Family Pkstiic of Sunrise Social
Club, Aug. 11; Notice, James McCorker,
President Original Sunrise Club.
Business Notices—Smoke Be Panto Ci
gars; E. & W. Laundry; The Life of Your
Linen, Savannah Steam Laundry.
Excursion —Excursion to Duufuskie, Sun
day, Steamer Alpha.
Hotel—South End Hotel, Tybee Island,
W. M. Bohan, Proprietor.
Commencing Monday Morning—At Gut
man’s.
Hammocks, Etc,—At Gardner’s Bazar.
People Appreciate Good Values—Metro
politan Clothing Company.
Green Grocers and Vp-to-date Butchers—
Scott & Davis.
Seed Rye, Coast Raised—T. ,T. Davis.
Steinway Pianos—Budden & Bates.
Summer Necessities—Walsh & Meyer.
That Car of $5 and $0 Gas Ranges Is
On The Go—Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
To-morrow “The People's" Day—Leo
pold Adler.
sl-50 Crash Suits at BSc.—At Eckstein's.
The Sliced Dollar—At Levy's.
Lots of Sale Cheeks—Byck Bros.
Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Delivery Wagons, Etc.—H. H. Cohen.
Plain, Honest Figures—Daniel Hogan.
Medical—Dr. Sanders; Cuticura Reme
dies; World's X>isi usury Preparations;
Hood's Sarsaparilla; Lydia l’inkham's
.Vegetable Pills; Pe-ru-na.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; I-oet; Personal; Misvellaneous.
The announcement that Spain has ac
cepted the terms of peace proposed by
President McKinley would indicate that
Gen. Weyler is becoming somewhat of a
Back number. Weyler and his followers
are about the only outspoken advocates
of the continuation of hostilities left in
Spain.
The shooting of Col. San Martin for
evacuating Ponce, Porto Rico, without of
fering any resistance to Gen. Miles, Is
but another illustration of the erroneous
Spanish idea of warfare. San Marlin,
nevertheless, was doubtless a hero, for
knowing the fate- that awaited him he took
the step that saved the lives of his men
though it cost Dim his own.
A correspondent of the New York Sun
asks why cannot the release of the Span
ish prisoners at Ceuta and Fernando l'o
be included In the terms of peace. That
is one* of Spain's own affairs, there being
no Americans in either of these prisons,
and yet on humanitarian grounds there
Kims to be some reason in the suggestion.
This may yet become a feature of Spain's
reorganization plan.
Gen. Aguinaldo, insurgent i< ador of the
Philippines, say telegraphic dispatches,
has got down off his high horse, and in
stead of making demands is now request
ing permission to do this ami that,' from
Gen. Merritt. He only asks now to be al
lowed to march his army through Manila,
in an orderly manner, aftir the city has
been captured by the Americans. If he is
real good boy in the meantime, perhaps
Gen. Merritt will grant his request.
A teaspoonful of whisky once a day and
no tobacco, is Russell Sage's receipt for
longevity, of which, having Just passed
his eighty-second birthday, he is a re
markable example. The multi-millionaire
is said to have celebrated the event by
working just u little harder than usual.
The receipt Is not altogether a difficult
one (O follow, and if he would give one as
easy lor accumulating fortunes, lie would
doubly kitiu the gratitude ol his fcliosv-
UttU
\ short IVi*i* With Big Results.
The war with Spain has come to an
end much sooner than it was generally
expected ii would. There was never any
doubt in the minds of well informed peo
ple in this country, or in Europe, out
do of Spain, that our demand In regard
to Cuba would have to l-e complied with,
but it was not exacted that Spain would
be forced to sue for peace in so short a
time.
Our superiority in wealth and popula
tion ia of course Immense, but when the
war began Spain, as far as her actual
fighting force was concerned, was supe
rior to ns. In the number and class of
warships her navy was pretty nearly
equal to ours, and she hail a well drilled
Stray, equipped with Mauser rifles, of
more than 4U0.0U0 men, while we had an
army of only about 27,.'-00 men. It was
ex pi cl- and that it would take uh six
months, at least, to put a force in the
field capable of making headway against
the trained and superbly armed soldiers
of Spain. We had no doubt that our navy
would render a good account of itself
whenever and wherever it should meet
the squadrons of Spain.
Only a little more than three months
have elapsed since the war was begun,
and yet our terms of peace have been
accepted. Spain has lost Cuba, and I’orto
Rico, and if we hud insisted upon tile pos
session of all of the Philippines site would
have been compelled to yield. Her navy,
which was her pride, itas been practically
destroyed. The warships which she has
li ft are not of greut value. Nearly 25,000
of her best soldiers in Cuba are our
prisoners.
The naval victories which we won at
Manila and Santiago were so great as to
entitle th<m to a place among the great
est in the naval history of the world.
Indeed, there was never l fore a naval
victory to complete, so fruitful of results
end with so little loss to the victor, as
those which we won in our war with
Spain.
And the victory of our army at Santiago
was scarcely less notable. It was the
final blow that compelled Spain to sue for
peace. There was never greater valor
shown by any troops than that shown by
ours, both regulars and volunteers, on the
hills around Santiago.
It is a source of satisfaction that the
war Is ended. The glory we have won
on sea and land is sufficient to satisfy
our national pride. We have gained im
mensely in territory—territory which will
contribute lo our wealth and greatness—
and we have convinced Europe that we
• greatest Power In the world. We
ate not going to adopt n ■ foreign policy
offensive to other nations, and we feel
quite sure that no nation will adopt a
foreign policy offensive to us. In future,
no steps will be taken by Europe to
wards changing the map of the world
without first finding out what our wishes
in the matter are.
Tlie Troop* 11 list Respond.
Savannah has seen little of the troops
that have been called out for service dur
ing the present conflict, since her tw2> bat
talions and battery of artillery departed
In prompt response to their country's call.
To-day, and the next two or three days
are expected to tiring within her gates,
two and perhaps three, regiments of in
fantry, Southern regiments, one of them
recruited almost wholiy within the slate,
and in part from this city, on their way
not to tit,- scone of battle but lo police a
conquered district from which the con
quering army must return because of sick
ness and disease.
It is one of tlie duties of a soldier who
enlists in his country’s service to respond
promptly to any call that may be made
upon him without questioning the wisdom
of the command given, and the command
has been given to the Third and Fifth
United States Volunteer Regiments to go
to Santiago. Humanitarian motives un
doubtedly prompted Senators Bacon and
Gordon when they wired to Washington
urging the authorities to countermand the
orders for the Third United States Vol
unteer Regiment to go lo Santiago. The
Third is composed principally of Geor
gians, and many of Ms officers and men
are from prominent families of this, state.
The senators shrank, therefore, from the
idea that these men must go to police a
district from which an army has been
recalled because its ranks have been
weakened by prevalent maladies.
But there is another side to the question.
A soldier cannot always go win re h wants
to go nor where his friends and relatives
would have him go. Troops must be kept
In and around Santiago, and these regi
ments, which were so erroneously calk'd
immune regiments are looked to for this
duty. It appears that In their organization
it was contemplated that they should be
assigned to some such duty ns this. Cos!.
Uav of tiie Third Regiment, who knows
and understands the duties of a soldier,
has protested against any revocation of
orders to his command and says that his
men all join him in the protest. It is the
duty of himself and his men to obey or
ders without questioning their wisdom or
propriety, and this seems to bo undoubted
ly his purpose. There are many other regi
ments which might have been assigned to
this duty, but with regard lo any of them
these same objections might have been
raised. Tile 1 idled Slates Volunteer regi
ments went into the' army on tlie same
footing with the state volunteers, and as
tho others, must of course expect lo re
spond to whatever duty is aligned them.
It is doubtful if any protest against tills
service will bo heard from any member of
the Georgia regiment.
Savannah will welcome these soldiers
within her gates, and with their depart
ure on their far away mission, one fraught
perhaps with danger and hardship, will bid
them Godspeed, and will recognize in each
as great a hero as were those who went
before to face the Mauser bullets of the
Spaniards.
American money is somewhat of a vacil
lating article in Porto Rico, according to a
dispatch from Gen. Miles. When he first
arrived there it was at a premium of 125
per cent., but fell in value us compared
with Porto Rican money, presumably be
cause only the latter was received in pay.
OK-nt of customs dues. Gen. Miles has or
deted that it lie received in payment for
customs dues at a premium of hi per cent,
until the definite comparative value can be
arrived at.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 189S.
Problem* Mailing Solution.
1 In iho speech which he delivered when
he was renominated a few days ago,
I Speaker lt>ed said;
j “The problems after Ihe war will be
I most troublesome and will demand the
| most <- irnest efforts of us all. For my
| part, I hope that all those problems may
; tie worked out consistently with our time
honored and dearly bought institutions
at and with the traditions of our wise fore
fathers."
Spain having accepted ihe President's
terms of peace, it will not be long before
the probit ms to which Bp- aker Reed re
ferred will be requiring the most earnest
attention. The people will be profoundly
Interested in them, because they will la?
called upon to choose those who will bo
charged with the duty of solving them.
When Congress decided that Spain must
withdraw from Cuba the question as to
whether or not it would be an easy mat
ter to provide that Island with a govern
ment which would have tin- approval of
our own people, as well as the Cubans,
was not given much thought. Those who
considered it at ail were confident that
the task would not be a difficult one. The
Cubans, it was believed, were desirous
of a government like our own, and there
was no doubt that they would giadly ac
cept a government of that kind. Nothing
has occurred to change that belief, but it
is apjiarent now that it will require pa
tience and judgment to establish a re
publican form of government in Cuba un
der Ihe prevailing conditions there.
There is some sort of a republican gov
ernment there nowq but it exercises no
authority, and the men at the head of it
haven't the full support of the better
classes of the people, nor do they repre
sent apparently a majority of the inhab
itants. But they have the support of the
Cuban army, such as it is, and there are
good reasons for thinking that they will
endeavor lo obstruct our efforts to es
tablish a government if we do not give
them assurance* that they shall have 'lhe
important position in it. The purpose of
these men were rfiade very clear by Gen.
Garcia's action at Santiago. He thought
that he and his army should have been
put in possession, of that city when the
Spaniards surrendered to us, and when
that was not done he announced his in
tention to carry on a war on his own ac
count.
Owing to the bitter feeling between the
insurgents and those tvho have remained
loyal to Spain, It is evident that it would
not bo wise to put the insurgents in con
trol of the government established by us.
The insurgents, having the power, would
undertake, in all probability, to force all
who syampathized with Spain during the
w r ar to leave the island. They would at
least refuse to permit them, and all who
have been absent as refugees during the
troublous times of the last two or three
years, to have any part In the govern
ment. The result would be that the feel
ing of bitterness, which now exists be
tween the insurgents and those who have
sided with Spain, would be kept alive,
and would manifest itself in frequent out
breaks of lawlessness. Immigrants and
capitalists would shun the island, and
Cuba, instead of becoming rich and pros
perous, as she would under a good and
wisely administered government, would
sink into deeper depths of poverty and
disorder.
Many of the most responsible of the
citizens of Cuba desire to be annexed to
the United Slates, but annexation can
not Vie thought of at this time. We have
promised that Cuba shall have a govern
ment of her own, and that promise will
be kept, but if the Cubans wish annexa
tion after they/ have tried self-govern
ment, their wish undoubtedly will be giv
en the consideration to which it is en
titled.
It Is apparent from this brief state
ment that Cuba presents problems for the
solution of which the wisest statesman
ship will be required. They will be solv
ed, of course, and Culm will be made
prosperous and her people contented, but
a good many difficulties will have to be
overcome before that condition of affairs
is brought about.
There is no reason to expect that we
shall have much trouble in Porto Rico.
The great majority of the people of that
island are not only willing, bqt anxious
to live under the protection of the Ameri
can flag. A territorial government will
doubtless be provided for it, and in the
course of time it may be admitted into
the Union as a state.
All the indications are that the Philip
pines are going to he a source of trouble.
What a commission can do towards main
taining order there and establishing a
government that will be acceptable to the
people of the islands and satisfactory to
Spain and other nations of Europe and to
this counny Is not now apparent. That
Is a problem which will have to be care
fully worked out. If wo do not become
involved in complications with the Pow
ers of Europe before the task is com
pleted we shall be fortunate.
Influence of ilohxou'* Act.
The heroic act of Lieut. Hobson, in sink
ing the Merrtmac, is having a beneficial
influence in more ways than one. It is
not only Inspiring our navy with an uncon
querable spirit, but is creating In mothers
a desire that their sons shall 1*? ready to
perform acts of heroism whenever the op
portunity presents itself, and is showing
them that if they would have sons who
would reflect credit upon them and their
country they must lie good mothers. By
saying that they must be good mothers Is
meant something more than that
they must be kind. It is
meant that they must train up
• heir sons properly. They must make them
God-fearing men with high ideals of the
duties and obligations of life. Lieut. Hob
son was fortunate in having u good moth
er—a mother who made it possible for him
to he what lie is. In on interview, in Now
York a day or two ago, Mrs. Hobson gave
her views as to how a boy should be train
ed. In the course of her talk she said;
"Teach boys first to fear God and serve
Him. Teach them lo bo upright, honest
and to do their duly always and to be
frank and amiable. A moiher should lie a
companion to her sons. There’s a great
deal in that. By companionship with him
a mother keeps her boy's confidence. Give
him the best books to read—books that will
cive him high ideals, high purposes; books
tii.it will stimulate him and leach
never to fall short of Ins most lofty pilT-
Ik’ies.”
t The foregoing should suik deeply in the
minds of mothers who have sons. The wish
of every mother who is worthy of the name
of mother is lliat her sons shall become
worthy citizens, and shall achieve success
of some kind. They can. In almost every
Instance, make or mar their careers. Those
mothers who follow the course marked out
by Mrs. Hobson are certain to be well re
paid for their trouble, by seeing their sons
become honored and respected citizens and,
in some Instances, called to high und re
sponsible positions.
Judge Addison Brown of the United
States District Court in New York has fle
cioed that there can be no proceedings un
der the new bankruptcy law until the Su
preme Court prescribes the rules and forms
of procedure. The Supreme Court does
not meet again until October, and there
fore the rules and forms will probably be
lacking until that time. According to
Judge Brown, since the law makes it the
special duty of the Supreme Court to at
tend to this matter, no rules and forms
fixed by other courts can be used in the
interim. There are many, however, who do
not agree with Ju Ige Brown's views of the
ease. Special rules and forms are regard
ed by many courts rather as incidental,
than as being absolutely necessary, and as
the law has been declared in effect, it is
probable that the majority of the courts
will proceed on this theory.
The sale of the Buena Ventura, the first
prize steamship captured by the United
States navy, in New York the other day
for $12,200 has led to the opinion that
Spanish bottoms are a drug on the mar
ket, or else somebody is making a good
thing out of the government and the cap
tors of these vessels. The Buena Ventura
w*as valued at SIOO,OOO. A similar experi
ence was had in the case of the Guido
valued at $400,000 which brought at auction
only $130,000. According to this the little
British steamship Adula of 372 tons val
ued at SBO,OOO by the appraisers, would
probably bring, if taken to New York to
be sold, something like slo,Of.X> to $12,000.
Her captors and the officers of the court
expect better things of her. In view of
these facts it would perhaps be of ad
vantage to them to have her put on the
block right here at home.
The liberality with which some courts
have dealt with lawyers in the distribution
of fees from the proceeds of a receivership
has led to expectations of remuneration
far surpassing the value of their services.
The old saying 'Give him an inch and he’ll
take an ell,’ has been abundantly illus
trated In the case of the Eagle and Phoe
nix Mills of Columbus, which have just
passed through the hands of the United
States court. The lawyers in this case put
in claims for $62,500, upon which they en
tered suit, and ihe four firms Involved
finally settled for a total of $25,800. It
would be a good thing for stockholderafand
for corporations generally If they fcould
have fixed by law something like a rea
sonable scale of fees for services in such
cases.
PERSONAL.
--Rev. TYilllam D. Pearsons, chaplain of
the Mount De Sales Academy of Visita
tion, near Baltimore, is claimed to be the
o.di st Catholic priest in America In point
of service.
—James TV. Collins of Philadelphia, who
was run over and killed the other day by
a train in Maryland, was known as the
“Tomato King” because of the extent of
his dealings in tomatoes.
—Capt. Eulate of the Vizcaya Is report
ed to have said recently: "Your Capt.
■Bob' E-vans, he gay to me—l cannot take
your sword. I have a right to only one
quarter of it. It take four ships to cap
ture it. Cape. E-vans he is one gen-til
mrn."
CURRENT COMMENT.
Imperialism and It* Advocate*.
From the Louisville Dispatch (Dem.).
The classes arc for imperialism, and
they all add their clamors to the pressure
of the Powers of Europe, but the masses
are irreconcilably opposed to such a policy,
ond they will resent it at the polls if the
President accedes to it.
The Army Mcdlcul Department.
From the Springfield Republican (Ind.).
The shortcomings of the medical depart
ment of the army will not be without ben
efit if they leach us what would have hap
pened in a more serious war. The trouble
is that this is one of the lessons that have
to be learnol over again every time. It Is
almost inevitable for officialism to run into
rots.
No Middle Course.
From Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
The only wise way. the only safe way. Is
to lake the Philippines absolutely and gov
ern them ourselves, or leave them abso
lutely with the excepiion of whgt ix>rt or
ports we may desire as coaling stations.
Any middle course, any attempts to turn
loose and yet hold on, to avoid direct re
sponsibility and yet exercise it through a
guardianship of Spanish incompetents,
will simply result in injury to ourselves
without benefiting anybody eise.
Another View of It.
From the Richmond Dispatch (Dem.).
Really, when we come to take a com
prehensive view of the situation, it ap
pears that our acquisition of southern ter
ritory will have a far-reaching effect. No
doubt the general result wi! be beneficial
to the country, but in the matter of fur
nishing winter resorts, and in that of com
pering with our fruit and beet growers, it
is easy to see that special interests may
suffer in a way that may not prove very
aeceptible to the persons most concerned.
Non it National Favorite.
From the Philadelphia Press (Rep.).
Five years ago a Georgia peach resem
bled a gaily painted marble nnd Its flat or
was more forbidding than Us shape. To
day it is one of the most sought after
fruits in the market, showing what ctihl
tation wiil do. The sizo of the crop this
year can be estimated from the fact that
about 2,000 carloads have !vn sent away
and enough more io fill hundreds of extra
have been left on the fields from the lack
of facilities for shipping them. The* return
to the stat • 'it money will be nearly $2.-
uOO.OUO. Annum crops like litis cannot lie ex
pected, but it is calculated that a good
nop once in three years pays the grower.
There is another side to the growing of
peach's than the material one. There is
no article of food more necessary to health
than sound, cheap abundant fruit, and
there is no more healthful fruit than tlie
peach. Tijc e xtension of the fruit producing
area then is s matter less of local than of
nauoiuU unpoiuuice.
His Opportunity.
One of them was discouraged, pays the
Chicago Post. The other one was not.
It frequently happens that the prosperous
man Is unable to understand why it is
that the unfortunate one is lacking in
cheerfulness.
“It will come out ail right in time,”
urged the prosperous. one. “There’s no
use being downhearted. You know, it is
said that a busin>t>s opportunity comes to
everyone at least once in his life. All
that is necessary is to watch out so that
you may grasp it when It does come. Pos
sibly you may have yours at this very
minute and not know it.”
The discouraged one's face lighted up
immediately.
“I never thought about watching for
the opportunity,’’ he said. “I guess per
haps you’re right. I may have a chance
right now.’’
“Why, of course.” returned the prosper
ous one cheerfully.
“You have reminded me of a letter I
got this very morning,” went on the un
fortunate one.
"Good!” exclaimed the other.
“Of course you know how hard up I
have been,” explained the discouraged
one.
"Of course.”
“Tramping around trying to get any
kind of a job.”
“Yes.”
“Couldn't even get to see the people
who employ men in most eases.”
“I know Just how it is.”
“Haven’t had enough money to pay
street car fare most of the time.”
“I don’t doubt it at all.”
"Well, just you keep alt that in mind
and then listen to this letter that I re
ceived this morning."
Thereupon the discouraged one read the
following:
Dear Sir—No doubt you have personal
acquaintances among men in the street
railway business in your city. I would be
pleased if you would And it convenient
to bring the matter of our car to their
attention, and on the first ten cars sold
by you we will allow you S2O on each
car, and on each car additional sls. If
you see your way dear to give this mat
ter your attention, I have no doubt the re
sults will be very satisfactory.
Then the discouraged one looked at the
cheerful one and the cheerful one looked
at the discouraged one, but nothing was
said. There is frequently a mockery in
fate that beats ail other known mockeries.
The idea of the friends of a man out of
a job buying street cars was one that did
not seem to call for any comment.
Samson Without the ”P.”
He was looking lank and lean: he wore
a threadbare suit of black and under one
arm he carried a volume: under the other
there was an umbrella, which had seen
better days, says the Detroit Free Press.
He entered so quietly that Dodson, who
was busy at his desk, did not hear him.
“I have here——” he began softly.
Dodson wheeled in his chair and took
in the situation. ‘‘l don’t care what you
have” he roared. “Don’t you see that
sign, ‘Peddlers and Book Agents Not
Wanted,’ or are you blind?"
“The life of Samson ” continued the
agent with an apologetic smile.
“Why didn’t you say so before?” said
Dodson, subsiding.
“In one volume, price $1.50,” continued
the long, thin man in black.
“I'll take it,” said Dodson, shortly.
“Good-day, sir.”
A few minutes later a friend of Dod
son’s happened in and picked up the vol
ume.
“Hello, old man,” said he, as he looked
it over, “I didn’t know you went in for
Biblical subjects.”
“I don't see the joke,” answered Dod
son, testily. “I believe that in limes like
these every patriotic American citizen
should familiarize himself with the lives
of our prominent men who are at the
front making history for this glorious
country. We neglect these things too
long. I propose to keep up with the
times.”
“You will have to hurry if you do,” an
swered his friend dryly. “This particular
Samson without the *p’ has been dead for
3,000 years."
The Parole H as Not Good.
Maj. George F. Barnes relates an inter
esting story anent Gen. Joe Wheeler, now
in Cuba. During the late war Maj. Barnes
was a major in the Federal army, and
Gen. Wheeler was lieutenant general in
the Confederate service.
At the surrender of Athens, says the New
York Sun, Lieut. Gen. Wheeler was in
the forces that surrendered, and desired
to get over and join some Other Confeder
ate forces. He and several of his staff
wrote out paroles aud started toward the
other camp. Maj. Barnes had his scouts
out. and they met Wheeler and his men
in the road and hailed them. Wheeler
said he was paroled and produced a parole
in the name of “Lieut. Sharrie.”
The sergeant tn charge of the scouting
party read the papers and said:
“These papers are not right.”
“You seem to doubt my veracity," said
Wheeler, feigning great indignation.
“Well,” replied the sergeant, “I hap
pened to he your prisoner two weeks ago,
Gen. Wheeler, and know you. You treated
me pretty nice, too, and I’m going to
treat you nice You’ll have to go with
me to headquarters.”
“They brought, him and his staff before
me, said Maj. Barnes, in relating the
incident, “and Wheeler laughed heartily
at his failure. He was a small man, with
tod hair and big freckles on his face, and
you could see the dare-devil in him from
his chtu to his scalp. I afterward wrote
him a parole.”
She Wanted Colmnbla.
She was young end decidedly pretty, and
the keen-eyed drug clerk observed that
she entered the store with a slight air of
embarrassment, says the San Francisco
Examiner.
“I want some lip salve, if you please,”
she said, demurely.
"Certainly, miss,” answered the clerk.
“Which make would you prefer?”
"Do you keep more than one kind?” she
inquired, in some surprise.
"Oh, yes; we have two now.”
“What is the difference between them?”
“Well, miss, one is our celebrated ‘Rose
pink’ lip salve, which for thirty years has
been the standard article in that line. The
cost of that is 25 cents a pot.”
“And the other?”
"The other is somewhat higher in price
an<l has only been placed upon the market
quite recently. It is known as the ’Co
lumbia’ lip salve. Its emollient properties
are simply wonderful, and it has been put
up especially for young ladies who have
been present at the departure of a volun
teer regiment for Cuba."
A deep crimson blush appeared upon the
girl’s fair cheeks.
“I will take ” she murmured, “two pots
of the ‘Columbia.’ ”
Believed in n Short Engagement.
At the big midsummer wedding, one of
the ushers, who is a good deal of a cynic,
was rather unfortunate in the phrasing
of his felicitations to his friend, the
groom, says the San Francisco News Let
ter.
"Now, old, boy,” facetiously remarked
the usher, who would rather have been
bending over his ledger in the bank than
officiating at a wedding, "I hope that you
will not find marriage a failure."
"I hope not, indeed." was the ready re
joinder, “for the chief reason I brought
the courtship to such a sudden close was
that the engagement would soon have
made a bankrupt of me,”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Gunpowder Is composed of potaslum
nitrate or nitre, sulphur and carbon in the
form of charcoal, the proitortions depend
ing upon the use for which it is intended.
For the United States military sercuce
there are seventy-six parts nitre, fourteen
carbon and ten sulphur; for sporting pur
poses there are seventy-e.ght of nitre,
twelve of carbon and ten of sulphur; for
bla.-ting purposes, sixty-two nitre, eigh
teen carbon and twenty of sulphur. The
process of manufacture, especially of mix
ing and drying the powder, is attended
with much danger and should not be at
tempted by those not familiar with its
technical details.
Reciprocity seems to be the order of the
day, in language as well as in commerce,
says the Youth's Companion. For years
there has been an incursion, or adoption,
of French words and phrases into English
speech. Now there is similar incorpora
tion of English expressions into the cur
rent speech and literature of France.
While we speak of "the beau monde,"
Parisians speak of “le high life;” aa often
as we mention a “soiree’’ or a “matinee,"
they tell of “une live o’clock tea;” and
when we pronounce a thing “very chic ”
they respond that it is indeed "tres
smart.” Is this an indication that the uni
versal language of the future is to be a
polyglot?
—The weight carried by our Infantrymen
in heavy marching order, says Capt. Har
ris in the Journal of the Military Service
Institute, is considerably less than that
borne by European soldiers, except, per
haps, the English, who carry 4*> pounds,
about the same amount as our men. This
is exclusive of the clothng worn. The
German soldier, including clothing on his
person, bears between 67 and 73 pounds.
At the latter weight he carries a coffee
mdl, hatchet and spade. The French
soldier, 67 pounds, including a camp ket
tle perched upon the top of his knapsack.
Russian soldier, 74 pounds, also Including
a camp kettle, fastened to the end of his
coat by the handle. The Italians, like
wise, are addicted to the camp kettle.
—The British consul-general at Frank
fort-on-the-Main describes a curious craze
now prevailing in Germany for sending
ii iends post cards with v’iews of picture
esque places that have been visited. These
caids are kept as souvenirs and many per
sons “collect’’ them. Albums are made for
such collections and ihey are “the rage.”
Recenily the government of Saxony offered
a prize for the best series of 20 post-cards
with views of Saxon scenery. Anybody
that climbs a h:l! and gets a good picture
must send it to his friend and so the pa
per-makers, manufacturers and the gov
ernment are all getting rich. Over a mil
lion cards were sent from Berlin during the
recent exhibition and 36,000 from Heidel
berg Castle. The Hamburg floricultural ex
hibition is credited with 572.000 cards. There
is money in it perhaps for American manu
facturers if they can Import the fashion.
—An exchange relates this queer story
from Berlin; A German landlady had a
physician for a lodger, and he owned only
one pair of boots, which one night disap
peared. The landlady was the cause of the
disappearance. Perhaps he owed her money
perhaps she was afraid that he would
shoot the moon, or that he would be low
ered, like St. Paul, in a basket. The doc
tor, remembering the famous worm, turn
ed; he claimed damages from her on the
ground of unjustifiable Imprisonment. She
had interfered with his liberty, even if she
had saved thereby the lives of his patients.
The court was called upon to decide this
question: “The bootless man,is he morally
or materially hindered from pursuing hi3
daily work and avocation?” The first trib
unal held the hindrance to be a material
one; “the second tribunal decided the boot
was what logicians call a separable acci
dent in the making up of man.” The doc
tor lost his case, which leads an English
commentator to observe: ’’He had not u
leg to stand upon, no need, therefore, of
boots to put them in. Q. E. D.
—Tinned meat still holds the record for
longevity, says an exchange, which cites
the case of that preserved mutton vouch
ed for by Dr. Letheby in his Cantor lec
ture, which had been tinned forty-four
years, and was still in condition at the end
of that time. Those tins had an adventur
ous career. In 1824 they were wrecked In
the good ship Fury and east ashore with
other stores on the beach at Prince’s In
let. They were found by Sir John Ross
eight years afterward in a state of perfect
preservation,having passed through alarm
ing variations of temperature annually—
from 92 degrees below zero to' 80 degrees
above—and withstood the attacks of sav
age beasts, perhaps of savage men. For
sixteen years more they lay there, broil
ed and frozen alternately; then her ma
jesty’s ship Investigator came upon the
scene, and still the contents were in good
condition. For neany a quarter of a cen
tury they had withstood the climatic ri
gors, and, as was hut natural, some of
them were brought home again, where
they lived on in honored old age, till they
were brought under the notice of Dr. Leth
ebv.
—The Mauser bullets which officers
stopped in Cuba and have brought back
to this country are proud trophies, par
ticularly in the eyes of the fair sex, says
the Washington Post. Surgeons say the
Spanish ammunition must have been de
fective, else the Mauser bullets would
have had much more force. These deadly
missies should kill at 3,500 yards, but
some of the bullets that hit American
officers at .500 yards failed io pass through
their bodies. At any rate, a very large
proportion of American officers were
wounded at Santiago and very many of
them have brought the bullets back with
them. Lieut. Winthrop S. Wood of the
Ninth Cavalry, who as the Post stated,
the other day, is a native ol the District,
and now registered at the Ebbitt, has
two of these trophies. He wounded
in the mouth on the first day of the fight
at Santiago, and the bullet that knocked
most of hts front teeth out is now in the
chest cavity, rear his heart. For fear
that it will work downward from riding
horseback, the physician will soon cut the
bullet out. Lieut. Wood already treas
ures one of these bullets, which he wears
attached to a string about his neck. It
struck him in the ankle after lie received
his first wound.
—J. N. Maskeiync, the English prestidi
gitateur, whose entertainments at Egyp
tian hall are familiar to visitors of Lon
don, appeared in court a few days ago as
the inventor of a trick that can hardly he
culled new, but which, if performed by on
American, would immediately be dubbed
“Y'ankee.” Among- Maskelyne’s illusions is
the familiar Indian box trick, which used
to be i>eiformed by Herrmann with much
claptrap, says the New York Times. A
man is locked up in a box which is then
securely corded. The box is hidden behind
a curiain for a minute and when opened
is found to he empty, while the man ap
pears from some unexpected place. Mus
kelyne offered £SOO to any person who
would reproduce his trick. Thereupon two
ingenious clerks employed in a brass foun
dry at Deptford made a box with which
they did the trick to perfection. They
claimed the tSOO, but did not get it, where
upon they brought an action against the
conjuror. Maskelyne’s contention was ex
tremely simple. The plaintiffs had done
the trick, but they had not done It his way.
Their box did not work by the same pro
cess as his, and therefore they had not dis
cov. red his trick, and were not entitled to
u single farthing. The jury, with gr.at dis
creton, disagreed. Maskelyne is wast
ing his genius on the stage. He ought
to be a war correspondent for a Madrid
newspaper.
Husband Had to Undress and
Dress Wife Like a Baby.
Doctors’ Medicines Drove
Her Almost Crazy.
First Application CUTICURA
Gives Perfect Ease in Five
Minutes, and a Night’s
Sound Sleep.
My hands were completely covered with
Eczema, and between my Angers the skin
was perfectly raw. I had to sit with both
hands held up, and away from the Are. I coul.i
get no ease night or day. I could not bear to
get warm, it would put me in a rage of itching.
My husband had to dress and undress melike
a baby. The best physicians’ medicines gave
me no relief, and drove me almost crazy. I
was advised to try Ccticura Remedies, and
did so, although m> husband had to go twenty
miles to get them. As soon as he got back, l
used the CcticchA (ointment), min.
utes after the first application I was perfectly
easy , and slept soundly all that night. I always
keep Cutioura Remedies in my house now,
and recommend them to everybody, because
of their wonderful effect.
AGNES M. HARRIS, Push, Va.
Speedy Curb Treatment mB Toettriico, D?s*
norm no Hi;mobs, with Loss or Haib. Warm baths
with CmcuHA Soap, gentle anointings with CoTicrtu
(ointment), the great skin cure, mild doses ot Cdtici ra
Kk solvent, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures.
Bold throughout the world. Pottbr D. AC. Cobp., Sole
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Hammocks, Pillow spreaders and 2
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Hammocks, 2 Spreaders and 2 ropes
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Croquet Sets, 4 balls, 73c.
Belts, Ladies’, 9c.
Shirt Waist, set pearl, 19c.
Ladles’ Skirt Holders, sc.
Safety Pins, papei l , 2c.
Hair Pins, box, 4 dozen, 4c.
Hat Pins, dozen, 4c.
Hat Pins, gilt, 10c.
Purses, 10c, sc.
Vaseline, bottle, 10c, 4c.
Machine Oil, 4-ounce bottle, sc.
Imitation Cut Glass Bowls, 21c, 12a
120 Sheets Good Note Paper, Bc.
Envelopes, per pack of 25, lc.
Box Paper, 24 envelopes, 24 sheets, 4c.
Rogers’ Shear Company Scissors, every
pair warranted, 23c.
'Pocket Knives, 50c, 35c, 25c, 10c.
Gardner razor, unexcelled in quality.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed.
Sole agent for Kimball’s Anti-Rheu
matic Ring, price $2.00. Every rheumatics
ought to have one.
B. SMITH,
Successor.
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