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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26


Where was 1? What had come there
to do? Who was my mysterious guide?
Questions unanswered. A long walk
In the night, iron doors opened and re-
closed with clang, stairs descending,
Ii seemed to me, deep into the earth
that Is all l could remember. had,
however, no time for thinking.
mo doubt you are asking yourself
who l am ?" said my guide. "Col. Pierce,
nj your service. Where are you? In
America, Mt Boston-in a station"
"a station?"
"Ycs, the starting point of the 'Bos-
ton to Liverpool Pneumatic Tubes COM
pany.'"
And,with an explanatory gesture, the
colonel pointed out to me two long iron
cylinders, about a meter and half in
diameter, lying upon the ground q few
PAGES off.
/ looked at these two cylinders, end
ing on the right in a mass of masonry,
and closed on the left with heavy metal
lie caps, from which cluster OF tubes
were carried up to the roof; and sud-
denly comprehended the purpose of all
this.
Had not a short time before read in
IN American newspaper an article de-
scribing this extraordinary project for
linking Europe to the New World by
means of two gigantic submarine tubesf
An inventor had claimed to have accom-
plished the task; and that inventor,
Col. Pierce, had before me.
In thought l realized the newspaper
article
Complacently the journalist entered
Into the details of the enterprise. He
stated that more than 1900 miles of
iron tubes weighing over1 10, 100000 tons,
were required, with the number Of ships
necessary, for the transport of this ma
terial-200 ships of 1000 tons, each max
ing 80 voyages. He described this Ar
NADIA of science bearing the steel to
two special vessels, on board Of which
the ends of the tubes were joined to
each other, and incased in "a triple net.
ting of iron, the whole covered with q
resinous preparation to preserve II
from the action of the sea water.
Coming at once to the question Of
working, he filed the tubes--trans
formed into sort Of pea-shooter o.
interminable length--with series o.
carriages, to be carried with Their trav
elers by powerful currents of air in thu
4 same way that dispatches aIr con
veyed pneumatically round Paris.
A parallel with the railways closed
the article, and the author enumerated
with enthusiasm the advantages of thu
new and audacious system. According
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
They We're Cnrght.

elias anybody here u corkscrew?"
spoke up a.sharp-nosed old gentleman
i'll the sleeping car.
II havel" was the ready response
from nearly every seat.
"Just as thought" shouted the old
gentleman, springing to his feet. "And
row who will be the first to sign the t.re.
tsrance pledge? '-Proyidenct Visitor
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
New Material for Wells.

A new fobric has been devised by an
English manufacturer for the making
of ladies' wells, the material having thick
threads Mt the edges and with other
thick threads in an undulating pattern
in the center. Loose threads are
threaded through the intersticesin the
fabric parallel with the fixed threads.
TO make wells the fabric is divided lon
gitudnally between the thick threads
and each half cut-into lengths. When
the loose threads are drawn up the veil
fits closely to the wearer's forehead.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
Ono Possible Exception.

Terrible coltl" cried Mr. Tucker,
man, as he met the minister; "every-
things frozen over at last, I'm GER
tain"
But the minister shook HIS head
doubtfully. "You mustn't make that III
excnse for staying away from church
any longer" he said, warningly.
And Mr.. Tuckerman was half way
down the street before he saw the ap
plication Of it,--Rockland Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
A Cnnsnsing Tongue.

Mrs. Vanderslang-Now, tell me,
,ount, how do you like America?
Count Parleyvoo-Abl chere madame,
your guntry ant your ludees are charm
nt-but your langweedge-your idi-
oms-I gan not at all comprehend. You
say, When your butter is goot eet ces
,resh, ant dat your leedle poy ecs yrcsh
vhen hee's spoiled. Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
No Question About It.

Bruder-Do you think the govern.
ment should own the railways?
Durrows-Well, / think it would bo
better than the present plan of having
the railways owning the government.
-Truth
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
Science and Frivoiity,

Old Prof. Stars What wonder and
blessing to us all is the change Of the
seasons!
Miss Giddy--Yes, indeed. About the
time one gets tired of icecream oysters
come inn. X, World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
WOMAN CHESS PLAYER.
Mrs. showaltor win Take Fart In tho
Coming International Match.

Mrs. Nellie Marshall Showalter, whose
portrait is given herewith, is perhaps
the most accomplished woman chess
player In the world. She was born,
says Ladies' Weekly, at Donerail, Fay
cite county, Ky, in 1872, and is direct.
ly descended from Chief Justice Mar
shall, of the United States supreme
court. She was educated in her native
state, and in 1877 married Jackson W.
Showalter, who taught her to play
chess. She has played many brilliant
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
AN OCEAN EXPRESS.
BY JULES VERNE.

AXE care!" cried
m y con ductor,
there's II step!"
Safely descend
ing the step thus
indicated to me, /
entered a vas t
room, illuminated
by binding cleo
trio relectors, the
sound of our feet
nlone breaking the
silence and soli-
tude of the place.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26

Baltimore, as well as Brooklyn, is
city of churches, each having greater
number in proportion to the popuission
than any other cities in the United
States,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
ACCLIMATED ORANGES

Reviewing recent article by that vet
eran hort!culturist, William Saunders,
in charge of the Government expert
mental grounds at Washington, the Cal
ifornia fruit grower says:
In paper contributed to Mehan s
Monthly he says that ''any variety of
oranges grown in California will have a
thicker SKIN than fruit of the same vari-
ETY. grown in Florida and he attributes
the difference to climate conditions.
1t is well known that no variety of ma
tive orange tree has ever been found in
California. All varieties grown here have
been acclimatized. Their habitat is in
countries quite different from even the
most favored localities in California. AS
MIR. Saunders says, 1.-The orange tree re-
quires long continued warm season to
perfect its fruit and the warmest climate
oranges are always the sweetest He
finds that 1.-THE average orange grown in
Jamaica is thinner skinned than that of
Florida while the best Florida oranges
grown along the Indian river are found
in sheltered groves well shaded with
palms and other native vegetation ~
Oranges grown under these conditions on
Indian river are, he says, 'soft and vel
vety, bright and clear, juicy and we'll fla
vored.n
Indeed, he says that ''no matter in
what part of Florida, if oranges are
grown under these favorable Influences
they are equally as good as the Indian
river oranges and may be classed with
them. But he says that on the other
hand oranges grown on cleared lands
within hundred yards of sheltered
groves will be rough skinned and more or
less blackened by rust, while one rarely,
II ever, finds any rusty oranges in shady
and we'll sheltered groves In a word,
the nearer we approach the climatic con-
ditlons of the countries where the orange
finds cOngenial habitat the greater the
value of the fruit and the more vigorous
and perfect the tree.
Overlooking these obvious conditions
some OF our orange growers not only ex-
| pose their trees to the dry and burning
heat of the sun in our clear atmosphere.
| but they even cut away the inner twigs
| and foliage of the trees that the scorchine
rays of the sun may penetrate every por-
! tion of the tree top, as if dry heat and
| fierce light were prerequisites in matur-
ing perfect oranges. In this connection
we are glad to note that this theory of
thinning and cutting away of the inner
| twigs and branches of orange trees has
| found at least one man to discard it, as
reported in the discussions at a meeting
of the Riverside horticultural Society.
| Our acclimatized trees evidently will
stand good deal of unskilled treatment
or such treatment as works with other
trees indigenous to this country, but il
certainly stands to reason that we should
| try to produce conditions somewhat more
in keeping with those found in the
| orange trees native countries
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
GREATER LONDON'S SIX MILLION
PEOPLE

The result of the census of inner Lon
don taken on the night of Sunday, March
~ last, shows that the population at
that date was AL ,2T, or some $4,000
less than had been estimated An ex-
animation of the returns shows that the
population, north and south of the
Thames, was thus divided: North of
the river, 2,76S, 40, and south of the
river, ,642, 1856. This census being un-
der the provisions the equalization of
rates act for 1894, was confined to the
administrative county of sLondon.
Greater London, however, includes all
the districts under the jurisdiction of
the metropolitan police. This outer
ring includes the county of Middlesex
and parts of the counties of Kent, Sur
rey, Essex of London. The population
of the metropolis in this larger sense is
estimated thus: Inner London, a, All ,271,
and outer London, 1855, 421, grand to-
tai of 6, 1877, 1872 Probably the next few
years will see greater change in the rel
alive population of inner and outer Lon
don. The development of the suburban
railway systems and the growing use of
the cycle help the movement which
makes the heart of London more and
more business center during the day
and solitude at night.-London Tablet.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
ANOTHER LIGHT ON SIBERIA.
The Russian Railroad Opening Up Ur
heard. of Lands of Beauty

The Russian Railroad Opening Up I'm
| heard of Lands of Beauty.
Pronounce the word "Siberia" in the
presence of the pupils of our primary
schools or of number of Frenchmen and
Immediately their imagination evokes a
most formidable heap of mountains of ice
and plains of snow, infested by gigantic
white bears; in fact kingdom of terror
| and OF death. But that, in reality. is
only the very smallest portion of Siberia
The rest of 1t contains the most fertile
lands in the world, with forests in which
all the people of Europe might 90 astray
and be lost, and mines containing treas
| ures compared to which those of Col
conda would be small indeed.
But this wonderful country has re.
manned up to the present time as little
know to the civilized world as If il were
In another planet, for it was no less in
accessible and impenetrable, practically
speaking, than the plains of Mars or the
mountains OF the moon. But great
change is near at hand. Before the end
of five CT six years. when the means of
communication which are now establish
lng shall be placed at the disposal of
science, labor and capital, there will be
revolution in the present economic
domain whose extent and CONSEQUENCES
nobody now can foresee. Certainly it
will produce great benefits, because it
will bring to the service OF the human
race incalculable riches and natural re-
sources which have lain idle since their
formation, but it will change so pro-
foundry the existing condition of produc-
ton, of exchanges, and of values that one
cannot measure the immense effect OF
such Il powerful cause
1t should be remembered that Siberia
is not the only region in the Russian en-
pire destined to bring out new and album
dant riches. Although infinitely sms Her
in extent, the region of the Caucasus will
certainly have its share in the develop
ment of Russia as soon as it is penetrated
and fully explored. This legendary land.
which plays so conspicuous a part in the
legends of antiquity, where chained Pro
metheus called Helois to witness the tor
lures that he endured for Justice.
presents in its formation the most varied
and highly colored flowers that can be
seen in any part of the Old World or of
the New. What may we notexpect f, ON
1T when its resources are developed bv
modern man?-Figaro.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
SECRET PHOTOGRAPHY.

One of the most ingenious methods in
the world for photographing persons and
keeping them in ignorance of the fact is
that of the Bank of France The bank
has hidden studio in the gallery behind
the cashiers desk, so that from signal
from one of the bank employees any susS
pected customer will instantly have his
picture taken without his own knowl-
edge. The camera has also become very
useful in the detection of frauds, word
or figure that to the eye seem completely
erased being clearly produced in photo
graphs of the document that had been
tempered with.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
JUMPED HIS BAH BOND.

Richmond Times: Mr. j. C. Horton,
passenger agent of the Southern railway
in Richmond, went up to Amelia Court
House Friday to be present at the trial
of the negroes who were arrested for kick
ing up disturbance on Southern rail
way train en- route to Richmond from
Danville few days ago w. II. Jones,
the negro who was charged with striking
Mr.. Horton, was fined So and costs. S.
Price, the other negro, who drew re-
volver on the passenger agent, was alb
sent. He jumped his bail bond of 500.
John Mitchell, the negro editor of this
city, was surety. 1t is not known
whether Price will be captured OF not.
His whereabouts are unknown at present.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
NEIGHBORLINESS
Love the Man Next Door as You Would
YOURSELF

Yourself.
In this day of modern improvements
one institution that could not be improved
upon is unfortunately being done away
with. Old fashioned neighborliness has
been succeeded by nothing better than it's
genial self. Still there are some traits of
neighborly consideration which all house
holders may observe. Even in town n
man may show himself unneighboriy by
keeping bowling dog in his backyard,
and in the country nuisances which are
not allowed in town may make whole
neighborhood uncomfortable. In town
the street in front of a mans house is
kept clean. In the country it is quite
possible for the prospect from somebody's
window to be ruined by the untidy door
yard of the opposite house. In the quiet
of village the best hours for work are
sometimes disturbed by the loud talking
of the next door neighbor, while ones
neighbors' children may become an annoy
ance quite unsurpassed by any city nuis-
ance. In town one may appeal to the city
authorities; in the country one is quite
at the mercy of people who live near him.
Perhaps country jewellers do not appreci
ate all this as they should do. The day
may have passed when neighborliness
insisted in sharing dainties with others,
in nursing other peoples sick, and in
watching by other peoples dead. But
the time Will never come when we do not
owe to our neighbors the duty of friendly
consideration, and when it is not sin to
make nuisance of ones self or of one 8
belongings. -Harper' Bazaar.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Chairman Hanna, of the Republican
national committee, has been to Boston
levying contributions for the Republican
party during the Presidential campaign
among the multo. millionaires of that city
and section. He did not ask for the
money at this time; but it is understood
that he will call on his friends early in
September for pecuniary assistance, and
that he was assured the amount asked
for would be forthcoming He talked
plainly to his friends; warned them
against over confidence, and urged upon
them the necessity of active work for the
Republican ticket. AS Major Mckinley
has also from his porch at Canton, Ohio,
warned his visiting friends against over
confidence, there must be weakness some
where. A certain amount of confidence
is necessary to success in almost any I'M
dertaking, and it is hardly probable that
the Republican candidate for President
and his right-hand man, Mr.. Hanna,
would warn their party against an mag
mary danger this early in the campaign,
simply to increase their efforts. Talk of
this kind is always attended with de-
pressing effect, and the most enthusiastic
Republican must admit that the pros
poets of party success are not so very
fiattering as to need liberal doses OF cold
water to temper the ardent enthusiasm
of the workers in that party.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

tions of the earth now held by this coun-
try. 1t is perfectly useless for Ameri-
cans to claim their country as the
greatest one on the globe when their
principal cities are'at the mercy of any
third rate power which may decide to
lombard and destroy them. A navy such
as this country is getting together now
will make even England, France or Ger
many consider long before attacking the
United States
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
MgAN AMERICAN MARRIAGE.


and Whitney which was brought about
Tuesday in the marriage of Miss Ger
trude, daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt
and Harry Payne Whitney, son of Hon
William c. Whitney, ex- secretary of the
navy during Mr.. Cleveland's first admin
istration, is much more pleasing to the
American public than the marriage of the
same young lady to French count, Il
German baron, or n British nobeman
would have been. 1t is true heiresses of
this country have right to marry whom
soever they and their immediate relatives
may decide upon, and the people cannot
say nay but in these as in other matters
they have opinions of their own, and
while they are not directly affected one
way or the other by such marriages, they
see in this fondness for foreign titles
dangerous tendency upon the part of
wealth, whose increasing powers, with its
accumulation in the hands of a few, may
eventually end in the overthrow of repub
lican institutions, and in monarchical
form of government. Where wealth is
united to wealth in this country there is
no loss to its material resources; but
when some inpecunious count or bank
rupt nobleman by marrying an American
heiress is BILE TO take away from this
country ten or fifteen millions of dollars
at once to replenish his exhausted fnan-
ces and afterwards in interest, or by
other acquired matrimonial rights, Ito
draw annually million or two, more
from this side of the water, the average cit
izen here looks on with disgust, and meu-
tally, at least, il not openly condemns the
taste of these pampered women of wealth.
who for the sake of coronct would wed
the puny scion of an effete European arts
tocracy, when natures noblemen, in the
form of a handsome and manly Ameri.
cans, are all around her. Such marriages
are seldom happy ones The manners,
! customs and associations of the i'll.
assorted couples are so entirely different
! that in the vast majority of instances the
| unhappy wives are only too glad to return
TO the land of their fathers, even when
| their freedom is purchased in the divorce
court by the division of IL large share of
| their wealth with the fortune. hunting
weaklings, who are as happy as their
| wives to be well rid of them, so that they
may enjoy their easily acquired wealth in
| idleness and dissipation. In the Whitney.
| Vanderbilt nuptials however, none OF
| these elements exist. A charming young
| girl has been married to handsome
young American of excellent business
| qualifications. The young lady, it is es
timated, will have in due course of time
| $50, 100000 at her disposal; while the
young man is worth about S15, 600, 600
and has business that will yield him M
| income equal to the same amount OF
money judiciously invested The parents
| of both have immense railroad interests
which the union will bring together into
one family; but business, it is understood
J had nothing to do with the marriage il
the first place, it being love match pure
and simple. Now, however, that the young
| people have come to this decision, the
| parents of both are more than satisfied
and their countrymen certainly have nc
right to complain.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27
This Date In History-Aug, OF.

166o-John Milton's books on government pub
licly burned by the London hangman
G4S-James Thomson, the poet died born 100
1S9-Hannibal Hamlin, statesman and vice
president born in Paris Oxford county,
ne. died July 4, 1891.
1Si7-Silas Wright, statesman and governor of
New York. died ut Canton, n. Y; born
1903.
IS5e-Leigh Hunt. poet and essayist and the
friend of Shelley, died at Putncy, England:
born 1854.
1SGSThc interior of the METROPOLITAN Opera
House in New York destroyed by fire.
fSL> disastrous collision on the Long Island
railroad at Newtown SO excursionists kill
cd and injured. A West India hurricane de-
vastatcd the Carolina and Georgia coasts,
causing an appalling loss of life.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Mr.. Watson, the Populist nominee for
Vice-President, is so much in demand in
his own State, Georgia, that the pro-
gramme assigning him to series of adj
dresses in Texas and the Northwestern
States will be considerably modified, it is
said. He will probably make a brief trip
through Kansas and Nebraska, but after
that will return to Georgia, where he will
put forth his best efforts for the Populist
State and national ticket. Mr.. Watson
is a lever of strength to his party down
in Georgia, hence the desire to hold him
to work in that State.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Maine Populists are opposing MI.
Sewall with considerable vehemence, but
are well satisfied with Mr.. Bryan as the
head of their ticket AS Speaker Reed $
late speech has probably turned Maine
over to the Republicans for this election
the objections to Mr.. Sewall in that State
are not likely to affect the result of the
Presidential election materially.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Henry Watterson is beginning to loom
up immensely in connection with the
nomination for President by the goldite
Democrats at Indianapolis in September
ment are simply to do everything posi-
BILE to defeat Mr.. Bryan, or rather to elect
Major Mckinley, there are many of Mr.
Watterson's former admirers who regret
to see him in the position he at present
occupies
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

The oddities persist in saying that
free silver coinage will reduce the value
of the silver dollar to fifty-three cents,
but in the very same breath they repeat
their old assertion that the silver mine
owners will double their profits by get
ting dollar for every fifty-three cents
worth of silver that may be carried to the
mints. The absurdity of such talk is Sc
apparent that all who run may read
Alexandria Gazette
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Ex-Governor Francis has been NOM
mated by the President as Secretary
Smiths successor, but the silver men in
the Senate may defeat his confirmation.
There's many a slip between the cup and
the lip, politically speaking, while Pres
idential campaign is in progress anyhow.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Mr.. Bryan and Senator David B. Hill,
of New York, have broken bread together,
but neither would talk of what was said
at the Senator's table. 1t seems to be
the general impression that some under
standing was arrived at between the
great Democratic leader, and that Mr..
Bryan's invitation to lunch with Mr..
Hill means that the New York Senator
will actively support the Democratic
ticket before the campaign shall have
progressed much further. Senator Hills
absence from the public reception accord
ed MIR. Bryan Mt Albany is not explaina-
BILE on that theory, however, it must be
admitted. He probably has his own
time and his own way for making known
his decision as to the part he will perform
in the pending campaign.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Boss Platt continued so persstently to
decline the gubernatorial nomination of
New York that Il great many of the Re
publican delegates tc the State conven-
ton concluded he did not want it