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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
ladies' Colurad Shirt Waists.
Mosquito Nets Soc

bad weather prevailed, and evidently the
old gentleman did not consider the porch
a comfortable place to sit in, under the
circumsta He did not appear. l was
patient and when the eth of April came
AROUND again l was at my post and on
the lookout. Sure enough, dmly al first,
there gathered out of nothing the famil-
lar form of my grandfather. seated on
the porch opposite. For a minute the spec
ter was very brilliant then faded away
as before, and so quickly that I had no
time to investigate the surroundings. The
following afternoon 1t appeared again. ono
minute later than on the previous day.
but did not remain so long.
I now became convinced that 1t had
some connection with the picture on my
wall, because the attitude was the same,
yet there was no window opposite the
picture. I took it down the next morn
ing, with the aid of a step-ladder, and re-
placed it with a water-cOlored one OF
Landseers famous dogs With the va
Ration of minute the dog
appeared, lying on the porch opposite.
Thus. after years OF fruitless search, l
had discovered that on the 9th 10th and
18th of April. the suns rays struck the side
bay-window, where reflected across from
the bookcase door to the glass Of my
grandfather's picture, and thrown from
there through another side window onto
the porch across the street. In three days
time, the sun could no longer strike al the
proper angle TO produce the effect and 50,
with bad weather. the sowing of this mys-
terry had been delayed for years.
sound Mirage.
AT another time while in the country, I
had a hair-lifting and most disagreeable
experience had gone, ahead Of he fam
Nv whom expected next day. to open our
summer residence. The weather was murky
and a thick fog had risen from the low
lands and settled in the valley. When l
retired to my room, / was especially
strack by the stagnant atmosphere, for al
though The window was wide open one had
the sensation of being shut in a confined
space. almost to the point Of suffocation.
Therefore I did not look upon the old
fashioned canoDied bedstead with APPROX
al. but threw myself down on the lounge
which was placed against the high rose
wood foot-board.
IL was well after midnight when / was
awakened I'm great fright, bus by what /
did not know Silence was everywhere.
iay on my back broad awake, with every
nerve ungling. suddenly heard smoth-
cred voice. within six inches Of my face
and riqnt on the lounge with me call me
by name. twice, and In an asoniz ng tone,
cry
sprang % and make a light, but the
room was empty the bed untouched ard
no tangible presence about While ! WAS
standlnq thus. dumbfoundcd. a quyerng
rroan rose up from the very spoi whore
| j had been sleeping / deliberately lay
/ DOWN ur0n che lounge. fe.t my hair stir
ana me cold sweat started from every
| pore ~ NY body. bat ] had perfect pos
/ session % my viii power ana determined
NOT 10 let fcar gee the upper hand.
- sunety. / heard the laborod breathing
OF some orc To- distress right alongside
/ Of Hs
"Oh. can't you belp mc7' This c'ose -
ny car. There Weis us ~ 40 s9DDing
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hung The clappor was still moving
slightly to and fro. The nurse who was
in the sick room was much annoyed
knowing that on account Of the extreme
nervousness of our patient notice had
been posted to that effect and requesting
that the bell should not be rung. She sup
posed someone had disregarded It. The
house was od and when | rented it had
been provided with only brass knockers
l had the bell put in and the wire crossed
the ceilings exposed its entire length;
therefore il was impossible that either rats
or mice could have caused IT,
The incident completely unnerVed the
nurse. She was convinced that the Dread
Angel stood without. As the time drew
pear for the patients medicine to be Civ
en-, / went down not wishing to trust the
somewhat hysterical woman. The pre-
scriptt0n had not been used for some days
the conditions not requiring It, Al the
medicines were kept on a tan chfonier,
in the ante-roOm, where ] went for the
desired drug. While crossing the floor
my foot came in contact with an object
which / found upon examination to be a
small cork. When ] reached for the bot
tie 1t was open and the contents frotf1ing
over the sides. / looked up and directly
over head the exposed bell wire ran along
the ceiling. fermentation had blown out
the cork which struck the wire, and pro-
ed, a supernatural manifestation.
A friend OF nine, on a hot summer
night, after retiring found Il Impossible
10 sleep, and concluded that a cold bath
might soothe his faded nerves and make
him more comfortable. He RETAINED from
striking a light not wishing TO add mos
quitoes 10 his already miserable condi-
ton. Besides there was enough came in
from the street lamps 70 make the OBJ
jects in the room dimly visible. He arose.
went into the bath room and after a re-
freshlng plunge, CROPPED his way back to
bed, when his eye was suddenly arrested
by the form Of man, seated at his pri-
waite desk, leaning over the open drawer.
Snatching O convenient knife, he eau
tiously crept up behind the silent visitor
and dealt him a tremendous blow IN the
body. Such thrust meant certain death,
but In this case. a ruined suit Of clothes.
an overturned inkstand. and deep and
vicious gouRe In the top OF the table. was
the only result He had forgotten that
The evening before. when his suit came
home from the tailor's, he had thrown II
on the chair 10 preserve # from wrinkles.
Pure imagination IS the cause Of max
ing commonplace, everyday occurrences
appear supernatural. / think all Of us have
been startled by curtain or simple shad-
ow, resemling some other object
A sDook Chair.
one night ] sat up into the wee small
hours, absorbed ln a book Of Wlkie col
line. The family had long since retired
ana our big black cat which lay curled
up asleep, on the fur mat az nay feet was
my only companion. The reading lamp
vas out OF order. ARD ! had lIgated lonr
burners in the chandelier. which produce 4
such "a FOOD OF light lt gnvn shadows or
dark receesfs no chnnce 10 exist ] had
just approached one Of those place in lhe
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27
Ladies' Muslin Underwear.

SECOND FLoOR).
10 dozen Ladies' Muslin Skirts, tucks
and rufie finished, with deep lace,
soc
1928 dozen Heavy Ladies' Muslin Draw
ers rufle of embroidery. bunch tucks,
Csc
70 dozen Ladies' Good Muslin Chemise,
stitched band, were &c,
15c
60 dozen % Styles, ladies' Muslin and
Cambria Gowns-Empire, V, round and
square necklace and embroidery trimmed,
value $50,
csc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-27

-"Theso." playfuly remarked the
fWlndlor as be filled the conventional TN
box with green goods "afo what you
might cal ltraD Tocksw-PuQk.
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Labor Unions Arc Trusts.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: Labor
unions and trusts are desirable and are in
keeping with the age. and it is in no spirit OF
opposition to the unions that call them trusts.
The ideas Of competition and cooperation are
common to labor unions and trusts Both seek
to prevent competition and to encourage CO.
operation but oil this is only the machinery
employed to carry out the object for which
they were created and to 60 back to the foun-
tain head.
A trust is an organization created to advan ce
the interests OF its member ny enabling them
to nrQiltably dispose Of what they have TO sell
whether u he transportation, manufacture or
other. labor union Is an organization created
to advance the interests OF It's members by en-
ahlinR them TO protitahy dispose of what they
have to sell, or lnDor. Both have the same end
In view. and. SO far as conditions warrant, em-
ploy the same or similar methods and is not
one as truly a trust as the other
One OF your correspondents has cOntended
that the trust benefits only those fortunate
enough to POSSESS shares in IT, ! do not fully
agree with him In this statement. for what
beneiits my neighbor indirectly benefits me
but in the snme sense the IA. or union benefits
only those fortunate enough to Ice members
The objects sought and methods employed
by labor organizations and trusts. sO called. are
so similar that opposition on the part of the
members OF either to tho other is inconsistent
and tends only 10 widen the gnp between labor
and capital thing to he deprecated
n [. 5. iELwoR
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A Bob to the Notification Kite.

The Republican party In Massachusetts
should send to the United States Senate
year after next no man who stands with
GROVER CLEVELAND. JOHN @. CARLISLE,
PATRICK COLLINS and BENJAMIN r. Till
MAN on the platform OF the Boston Anti
Imperialist League.
I. is only seven years-exactly seven
years next week--since the Hon. GEoBGE
FRIsBIE HoAR. then as now awaiting re-
election to the Senate, denounced GROVER
CLEVELAND and the Democratic party on
the grounds set forth In the following pas
cages from letter written from Paris to
the Chairman Of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee OF Massachusetts:
Our Democratic opponents, in unvonted
spasm of frankness have unveiled their real opinion
that the American people alone of all civilized
tons. have power to do anything for the
oouragement OF their own industries. and their pur
pose 10 act upon their opinion by repeating all laws
having that object in view. The States when they
adopted the Constitution surrendered this power. II
II does not belong TO the National Government, IL
exists nowhere for us.
Tho Democratic party has now fully and practi-
cally committed itref to the policy of Cslhounism
and OF the Confederacy. With CALHOUN It denies
the power to encourage American manufactures.
and would write in our Constitution what II eI.
pressed in the Constitution of the Confederacy, an
absolute prohibition to lay any duty for the protec.
ton OF any manufacture.
"GRovER CLEVELAND. in the felicitous phrase Of
wEBsTER 10 but bob to the notification Kite"
How times have changed! To-day the
Hon. GEORGE F. IIoAR of Massachusetts is
with GROVER CLEVELAND and JOHN q. CAR
Isle in the opinion that the American
people alone. of all civilized nations have
no power to do anything to meet the con-
ditions OF the present and the future, by
expansion on the lines Of the worlds prog
ress for the encouragement Of their own
Industries and for the nations greatness
and glory.
GEORGE F. HoAR In the fclicitous phrase
OF Mr.. WEBSTER, is but another bob to the
notification kite.
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tanned and how the investigation should
bo made and guarded against fraud or
collision, he does not provide. In
memorable case occurring few years
ago, the marriage Of a daughter OF
Bishop OF tho Episcopal Church was pro-
nounced void ab initio by a voluntary COM
inittee OF two or three neighboring Bsh-
ops, and the lady was married to another
man with the sanction Of the Church.
yet subsequent events seemed to prove In
dlsputably that the alleged cause for which
her original marriage was pronounced void
had no existence in fact.
II appears then, that there is a liability
TO mistake as to the matter. and that 1t
Is possible even to Bishops. The annul-
ment OF q marriage Is serious matter,
and contested cases OF the sort give rise
to many questions which Bishops and
clergymen generally may be wholly I'M
qualified to settle. Are we to under
stand that Bishop SEYMOUR meane that
the clergyman is to proceed on judg-
ment rendered by civil court. or is he to
determine for himself whether the marriage
was valid, or Is the question to be decided
by IN ecclesiastical court? Where is the
On what grounds Is it to be made voidable-
those established by the civil law or those
made sufficient by the old canon law II
these matters arc not precisely settled,
is there not chance that evils worse than
those charged against divorce may arise
under the latitude Of Interpretation OF
the marriage contract-under the ability
to go behind the record-allowed by Bishop
SEYMOUR Witness the case Of the daughter
Of Bishop to which we have referred. All
that Bishop SEYMOUR has to say on this
important matter is that "sll cases where
the marriage has been null and void from
the beginning will be guarded for specific
consideration as they offer themselves to
the Bishop or priest officiating" but how
and by what authority will they be con-
sdered thus? In the instance referred to
the specific consideration annulled a
marriage which subsequent facts indicated
was actually valid according to both civil
and ecclesiastical law.
The opportunity for fragrant abuses AZ
forded by the proposition Of Bishop SEY.
MOUR Is obvious.
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Under authority Of the Municipal Art
Commission there has been published a
summary OF portraits In the Governors
room Mt the City Hall, the last Of these por-
traits being that of Gen. JOHN A. DIX, OF
honored memory whose term OF service as
Governor expired on Dec. 81, 1874. quar-
ter OF century ago. With n view to
completing this portrait gallery the Board
Of Aldermen adopted last week resolution
calling on the Mayor to take steps to
that end Fortunately section 637 Of tho
Charter affords n safeguard against the
abuse of tho collection by including in it
specimens OF poor art, for 1t ordains that
hereafter no work OF art shall become the
property OF the city of New York, either by
purchase, gift or otherwise, unless 1t, or
the design for it, shall first have been sub
mitted to and approved by the MUM
cipal Art Commission; nor shall any such
work Of art, until SO approved, be erected
or placed in or upon or allowed to extend
over any municipal building or public place
belonging to the city"
The portrait OF SAMUEL j. TILDEN. who
succeeded Gen. DIX in 1875, ought mani
testify to be in this gallery as one Of the
most illustrious citizens of New York. So
nlso there should be included in 1t the por-
trait of his successor, LUCIUs ROBINSON,
who besides being Governor was for three
terms State Comptroller, and as such was
In charge of its financial operations during
the very important period from 1852 to
1866 and again from 1870 to1S7S. During
that time the financial policy OF the State
Government, splendidly sustained during
tho civil war; was further strengthened by
the adoption OF safeguards whereby the
public credit could not be pledged for pri-
waite enterprises, the borrowing power OF
municipalities was restricted, and the oppor-
tuntins for frauds upon the State treasury
put forever beyond cavil or assault. That
OF his successor, ALoNZo b. CORNELL,
needs also t9 be obtained. The reason
able prejudice against the exhibition of
portraits or statues OF living statesmen,
however distinguished, excludes the Gov
ernors who came later, but unquestionably
the collection should DO completed by the
addition Of the three we have named and
that OF Roswell P. FLOWER, so lately
laraoaaj
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Bishop SEYMOUR Of au Illinois diocese OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church announces
his intention to make an effort to induce the
next General Convention of that Church,
which meets at San Francisco in October
1901, to amend its canon concerning
divorce by forbiddinG the solemnization Of
the marriage "of any person who has a
divorced husband or wife still living if such
husband or wife has been put away for
any cause arising after marriage" He
would thus remove from the operation OF
the canon only "such cases of alleged and
legal marriage as are null ana void db mitiO,
or, in English. are in no sense a marriage, :
because of fraud, violence or ignorance"
vitiuting the contract.
The proposition OF Bishop SEYMOUR, Of
course, proceeds on the theory that mar
riage as a sacrament is indissOluhle, but it
permits the Church to go behind the record
OF tn" marriage to detcrmin" If, las before
Gop,' there was actually "a sacramental
union in the bonds of holy matrimony."
That is while ne would permit 10 divorce,
he would allow a marriage to hc annullcd;
but exactly on what grounds how the
proof OF it's inyaldity should be Oh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-18
The Logic of the Question.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-ST: T. K A."
In THE SUN denies that the existence OF God is
demonstrable because God can never be the
conclusion OF syllogism. You cannot" he
adds. deduce the infinite from the finite"
Permit me to say that this difficulty is as old
as the thirteenth century. at least. 1t appears
the third OF three objections which Thomas
AQuinas. the greatest philosopher since Aris-
totle. makes against the thesis that the ex-
istence OF God s demonstrable. (Summa
Theol. pars Ia Quaest Pa
The Angelic doctor answers the objection
and then in the succeeding article gives five
proofs OF the existence of God. which even a
busy man can read in five minutes and be con-
WINGED.
The infinite is not contained in the finite as
something is contained In a bottle. but the In
finite is logically implied in the finite and de-
BILE from the effect. The argument from effect
70 cause Ia the usual basis OF scientific demon
stration aud is as good i'll metaphysics as IL is
In medicine.
God can be tho conclusion OF a syllogism
He is the conclusion Of this one. for instance:
" The existence of,contng"nt beings supposes
the existence OF necessary one: but II is GER
Necessary being Exists. J. e. COD" The ' inte
liRent reader can easily develop the major and
ments for it at bottom the one which st.
PAUL a e, ihs eFeH psos2FRne in his
things Of God. from the creation Of the world.
are clearly seen. being underst God by the things
that are made: His eternal power also and
divinity, 30 that they are iEeXcusuble"
" j.. X. A" further SAYS: The power OF
choosing or the freedom OF the will is given
directly in consciousness. and "a it does not
need, so i does not admit Q: logical demon
stration." This is not complimentary to
Luther. Calvin and he Jansensts. who denied
the freedom of the human will. Although the
Catholic Church condemned their heresy, she
never had so poor an opinion of their intell-
gcnce a. l.. H. A" has. She has never cor
sidered the freedom of the human will a self
evident truth, but one proven by a syllogism
OF which the inner consciousness supplies the
matter The other sources or means of logical
demonstration are the external Senses. au-
thority and intellectual evidence. the criterion
OF all the others. Each has its own category OF
demOnstrable truths.
The existence of God and the freedom Of the
human vii are dogmas OF religion. the one
defined in the Vatican. the other in the Coun-
Gil OF Trent. As well truths Of the natural
order. | have not written OF the supernatural
faith required to believe them as dogmas
This Is another question admirably treated by
Cardinal MaZzclla who WAS formerly a Jesuit
professor at Woodstock. Maryland Every ono
who wants to know the precise meaning OF
faith and dogma should read his classic work.
De Nirtutibus Intusis"
HENRY A. BRANN. DID,
Rector st. Agnes's Church.
NEW YORK. July is.
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Cheap at Two Hundred Dollars.

Is there any force whatever in the con-
temporaneous criticism Of the Hon. VIII
LIAM j. BRYAN for demanding 5000 for the
speech which he has been asked to deliver
ut the annual convention Of the Fireman's
Association OF Western Pennsylvania, to
be held in August at Scottdale?
Mr.. BRYAN is in one sense public man,
the candidate of the great majority OF
great party for President of the United
States. Is 1t to be assumed, therefore, that
his time, his lung power and his genius for
oratory are gratultously due to any fire
man : association or other non-poitca or
gan2ation at Scottdale or elsewhere dosir-
ing to engage him rs a star attraction for
a special occasion?
Not u bit of it! Mr.. BRYAS's brains and
lungs are worthy OF their hire. He is be-
foro the people in two aspects, one az a
statesman and party leader, and the other
rs a lecturer and orator whose popularity
is unmistakable. He must live He must
provide for the needs of his family. Tho
orator and the lecturer must support the
statesman so long as the statesman re-
ceives no pay for devotlng his time and
mind to questions Of public policy. 1t is
trcman's association 5000 for a speech ut
an annual convention as 1t is to charge
client 5000 for an appearance in court; and
both charges would be entirely and abso-
lutely proper
We advise the flremen OF Western Penn
sylvania by all means to secure Mr..
BRYAN's services for their annual meeting.
II they want to make the occasion notable
and interesting they can hardly invest
5000 to bettor advantage.
There Is already some speculation about
the price which Mr.. BRYAN will charge for
n speech in this town on Labor Day.
That is his business; but our own opinion
is that as a statesman and a party leader
and campaign strategist Mr.. BRYAN could
even afford to pay for the opportunity, in
stead Of charging for attendance. We be-
lieve that he will surely come In the foot
steps OF HoGG to the cradle of the Van
Wyck boom. and that he will come gladly
and gratuitously
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-18
RARE SPORT IN BARNEeAr BAH.
A Veteran Fisherman Tells an AllurinE
Tale of Good Luck.

To THE Ep1roR OF THE SuN-Sir: few
days since read IN article in THE Bun de-
scribinR weakfshing In Jamaica Bay. ma'l q
few lines on the methods and catches OF the
BarneGat fishermen. For seventeen years l
have passed. more or less. and sometimes all.
Of my summers here. and have taken tons OF
fish with rod and reel. In all my experience 1
have never known the fishing to be az fine ms
at the present writing The bay is literally
alive with wcakfsh for miles. and they bite
ravcnously at all times Of tide. wherever there
is four or five feet Of water.
All kinds OF tackle are understanding tackle.
rods and reels, hand lines. with or without
floats and almost any kind or size OF hooks.
Last summer saw one Of the clammers como
IN and anchor near me on the fishing grounds,
He tied line to the end OF the handle OF his
clam rake and jcrkcd in the fish hand over
hand.
We usually take a crab net and q shrimp net
with us in the boat and push out on tho flats to
hunt bait. Generally IN a half hour or 40 we
pick up half dozen shredder crabs. a pint Of
shrimp and few hard crabs. which make good
chum and also furnish several good bait
for the b hook The tlsh are now biting freely
Within the last Two or three weeks
e%S s Ess1 Of out us Ssvo tnEsn %a r
q barrel oil, fish between 10 and o'clock. b.
o'clock the llsh were ICED. rpncked. and on the
scores of boats every day which bring In as
many or more fish
About three weeks ago ] rowed over to the
inlet with Capt. Joe Ridgway and one of his
boys and anchored inside the bar on, the ehb
tide. Two of his other boys came alongside
In skin and cast anchor within five
feet OF US. They had plenty of banker
chum and we commenced to take some nice
bluefsh After hauling in a dozen or 40. and
lust as the tide was Stacking. a school Of
Florida channel bass made their appear:
ancc. and in less than an hour we had
landed twelve which weighed from twentv:fve
tn forty pounds each. We lost several which
Earted our lines after playing them some time.
There. are lots, Of them still around the inlet,
and will probably ROMAN there all summer and
can be taken by cumming at any suitable
time OF lido
There are very few striped bass this season.
but have had some very fine sport IN this
ray. In one tide have taken thirty
seven bass md thirty-six. big tide-runner
weakilsh. Blu"ish have been very scarce
thus far all along the coast. Blacklist and sea
bass are plentiful. and fishing for tide runner
weakfsh Of three pounds or more IL fine in
the thOroughfures and channels.
BARNEGAT. y. J.. July -. l.. 7. d.