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The Western news., 1900-07-11
A CLEVER BEAT.
He Was Caught Dead to Rights and
Begged for Pity.

He Was Caught Dead to Rights and
Begged for Pity.
i've had variegated experience
with hotel beats In my time" said
veteran bouiface who was In town on a
visit the other day, according to the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, "but l
believe the funniest incident in that line
that ever came under my observation
occurred some years ago when l had
charge of house at sister city not q
thousand miles from New Orleans. One
rainy evening shortly after the arrival
Of the Eastern trains tall, good-look-
ing chap walked into the office swathed
from neck to heels In a long cape mack
intOsh. 1t was as handsome raincoat
as ever saw, and his fashionable hat
and the expensive alligator-skin valise
he carried in his hand completed the
outward picture of gentleman Of
means. He wrote his name on the reg
lister, and, remarking that he was thor
oughly fatigued and not feeling very
well, asked to be shown at once to his
room. The clerk assigned him to quar-
ters on the third floor, and one of the
bellboys picked up his valise and led
the way to the elevator. When they
got out the elevator man slammed the
door rather suddenly and kept on going
up to answer call in the next story.
1t so happened that the long skirt Of
the strangers macintosh caught on a
slight projection on the iron work of
the door, and as the car shot upward
1t stripped the garment or his back
very much after the fashion of skin
ming an eel, leaving him, to the blank
amazement of the bellboy, clad in moth
Ing but suit of red flannel underwear.
/ was coming down the hall Just as the
accident happened and took in the
situation at a glance. The fellow had
expected to gain his room without de-
lection, and in the morning would have
claimed that somebody had stolen his
clothes with heaven only knows how
much money in the trousers pocket and
probably gold watch in the vest.
anyhow, he was caught dead to
rights as the saying goes, and he was
taken so completely by surprise that he
couldn't invent any story to account for
his condition. He begged piteously not
to be arrested, and finally told him
to get out, but before he could leave
the house he had to have some clothes,
and he swapped his elegant vaiise for a
pair of greasy overalls and blue cot
ton jumper belonging to the engineer.
I heard afterward that he had caught
several big houses on the same game" "
The Western news., 1900-07-11
COL BADEN.POwELL.
His Defense of Mafeking Has Made
Him an Idol in England.

His Defense of Mafeking Has Made
Him an Idol in England.
Col. Baden-Powelrs gallant and sue
cessful defense Of Mafeking has en-
deared him to the popular English
heart and set him upon a pinnacle to
be pointed to as one of the great lead
ers Of the South African war.
Col. Baden-Powell was the most
cheerful person In the besieged town
and was the force that sustained the
weary and worn and hungry people.
His spirits never dropped. When
Cronje and his 1000 warriors invested
Mafeking on Oct. IL, 1899, they did not
know that there was in command of
the garrison man In whom never say
die" was a literal fact. They did not
know that Baden Powell produced the
opera of Patience" in Kandahar after
the siege; that his first act after reach.
ing India was to marshal around him
all the children he could find and teach
them to sing 1.-THE Girl Left Behind
Me-" that Baden-Powell had secuted
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take the place of speeches and in the
larger towns of the reading of the declar-
alton of independence, which had always
been feature Of the celebration. The
opening of trade with China brought in
the small frecrackers and American fac
tories soon found the means of making
big ones. Noise assumed the scepter and
has reigned ever since. There is a strong
desire on the part of many people to-day
to change the character of the celebra-
tion of Independence day and to make it
like unto that which it once was. All
sorts of plans have been suggested for a
more orderly and solemnly impressive
celebration of the republics natal day.
The effort to change the methods of the
days recognition are being exerted in a
virile way, and it may be that the pres
ent generation will live to find something
more in the Fourth of July than a picnic,
the explosion Of pack of crackers under
a tin pan or the rush Of Il rocket which,
The Western news., 1900-07-11
BARONESS BURDETT.coUTTs.
Enjoying Perfect Health at Seller
Young Husband.

Young Husband.
The famous millionaire philauthro-
pist, the Baroness Angela Georgina
Burdett-Coutts, of London, celebra led
her eighty-sixth birthday on April p,
says the New York Commercial Adver-
tiser. She is enjoying almost perfect
health, and says she hopes to live for a
century. 1t was in 1881 that the Baron
ess married native Of Philadelphia
who had become a British subject
William Lehman Ashmead Bal tett-
who had been for some time her private
secretary. The Baroness was then 67
years old and her young husband %.
In this marriage custom was le-
yersed. Instead of the brides chang
ing her name the bridegroom changed
his. By royal license, bearing date of
May 10, 1882, the Baroness husband
man Ashmead Bartlett-Burdett-Co -Coutts.
The Baroness is the daughter Of Sir
Francis Burdett, who married the
laughter of Thomas Coutts. When she
inherited her grandfathers vast prop
erty she assumed the additional sur
name of Coutts. In 1871 she was ere
ated peeress. The Baroness is one Of
the co-heirs Of the baronies of Scales
Latimer and Badlesmere.
Queen Victoria, it is said, never for
gave the Baroness for marrying the
American, and snubbed her at garden
party soon after the wedding. Mr..
Ashmead Bartlett Burdett Coutts'
brother is Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett.
Their mother died in London a few
years ago.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
Lost Brothers Voice in Phonograph

Lost Brothers Voice in Phonograph.
On the 14th of May, 1881, George
Remington, brother Of Peter Hem
lngton, of Galesburg, Mich, enlisted in
the regular army and disappeared.
Persistent inquiry failed to discover
his whereabouts, the only fact to be
ascertained being that Of his discharge
for disability soon after his enlistment.
Three months since Peter was in
Kalamazoo, where, by chance, he took
In an exhibition Of which a phonograph
formed part, Among other features
was a fragment from the play, "The
Three Guardsmen," during the render
ing Of which one Of the characters de-
veloped a peculiar and scarcely notice
able stammer. Upon the request Of
Mr.. Remington this part was repeated,
and that gentleman became convinced
that 1t was the voice of his long-ab-
sent brother, who had precisely SIM
ilar impediment in his speech. Since
the above occurrence the clew has
been persistently followed, and re-
Gently the two brothers were reunited
after nineteen years.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
Whrt Ran Across the Floor?

A Lake View father had impressed
his little son with the value of observ-
ing things and reporting anything that,
seemed strange and interesting
Though not more than 5 years old, hs>
had already taken his fathers advice.
although his reported discoveries of a.
halo around the moon and the manner
in which the hens scratched up the
early vegetables were more enthusias-
tic than valuable. The other day he
came running in to his father in great
excitement and said:
"Oh, papa, just seed something rum
across the kitchen floor!'
"Rats!' exclaimed his father i'm
amusement.
mo, it wasn't watts"
"CatsY'
mo, 1t wasn't cats. either"
"a dog-a bowwowY
"No," he continued. in great glee an
puzzling his father.
your
"No"
Brother Tommy
"No"
"Little sisterY'
"No. 1t was somelnlng that hasn't
any legs.
"A wormY
"No."
"a snake?"
mo, it wasn't a snake"
BY this time the boy had excited nlA
fathers curiosity. but exhausted hin
knowledge. So he had to say:
"What was 1t? can't guess"
"Why, papa. it was just some water
The Western news., 1900-07-11

A great auxiliary plant to the Union
Iron Works in San Francisco, CAL, is
to be established in that city on the
corner of Second and Folsom streets.
The Emperor Of Japan has issued an
order restraining emigration to the
United States which is practically pro-
hibitive.
The twenty-five strikers who were
arrested for rioting during the strike
at Croton Dam. Westchester. N. Y,
have been acquitted by the jury.
The Western news., 1900-07-11

court house at Colorado Springs, Colo,
are on a strike
During the month of May, 1900, var
ious railroad corporations and others
have placed orders in the state of
Washington for timber, principally
bridge timbers, dock stuffs and les,
amounting to over 25,000,0O0 feet.
It is now pretty generally believed
that President Henry Wade Rogers, OF
the Northwestern University, has been
forced out Of his position because Of
The Western news., 1900-07-11

Female boot blacks are increasing in
number in Paris. They dress neatly
and are coakingly polite when they ut
ter the French equivalent for "Shine,
sir"
Sweden is making rapid industrial
progress. Over 250,000 men are en-
ployed in the factories, about $4,000 in
the sawmills. 10000 in the mines, tex
tile factories and machine shops and
$4,000 inquarries.
Stonecutters employed on the new
The Western news., 1900-07-11
Instructions in Bread.MakiuS

Secretary Wilson has undertakes IA
teach the women Of this country how
to make good bread. He has prepared
and published a bulletin which win bsl
sent to all who apply to the Agrieultu-
raj Department for copies. 1t begins
with the kernel of wheat and gives
both scientific and popular descrip+
tion Of its properties and the way to
use II to the best advantage.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
LABOR NOTES.

All sectioon men on the Cincinnati
division of the Chespeak & Ohio Rail-
road are out on strike for higher
wages.
The trust manufacturing farming
implements laid OF 1,500 men indeh-
nitely.
The st. Louis Street Railway employ
ees have sent out appeal for financial
aid.
The Western news., 1900-07-11

The National Foundrymen's Associ-
alton has refused to concede an advance
Of wages to the moulders, and the men
in Chicago, Cleveland and Cincinnati
are threatening to strike. The wood
workers bosses in Chicago, who are
strongly combined, have unanimously
refused to increase wages and 5000
men may 60 out July /.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
like too many Independence day celebra
tiOns, ends in q 'stick."


1t is sometimes hard work and good
deal Of expense, especially in small and
not well-to-do communities, to get up q
Fourth of July celebrations; but every
gathering Of this sort pays the largest
kind of interest on the Investment in the
cultivation of the spirit Of patriotism and
the proper education of boys and girls in
the theory and practice of Fourth Of
July celebrations and similar observances
that shall mean more than a simple good
time
The Western news., 1900-07-11

Diamond Cutters In Amsterdam
There are nlnety-two firms In Ans
terdam registered a. diamond cuttsrnA
IN one $50 to 400 workmea are constan.
y employed.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
Good Reason.

Parson Goodman-Little boys, do you
know just why it is that you are shoot
ing off that cannon and those giant crack
ers?
Boy-Sure! The old slob wot lives in
that house hates boys and can't stand
noise and won't let US play ball in his
lot!-Puck.
The Western news., 1900-07-11

At what age In a woman Is It no
longer discourteous to entertain a sus-
picion that her teeth are too good to b.
natuIal1
The Western news., 1900-07-11

RAMS HORN eLAsT&
Warning Notes Calling tAs wscksA -
Repentanca.
~ ~ e N 20 Ml n A.
1xMT tions are but view
HLE points.
E@ NAE Your living
u HNA NNS speaks louder thaEa
I MM% all your logic.
/ fA " Washing o pig:
A9NA \M1SM will not make tf
klSSE4N W4N stop liking mad.
W4N WV Walking with
MA M5z s.: s.: IS: =: y. ':::':: ;'::':
What you are -
men depends on what God 10 TO you NJ,
: Only fool forgets his folly.
A cigar is usually bar-magnet
The nourished soul makes steady
nerves.
Every man is serving some kind a a
master.
He who loves folly may well listen t0
fattery.
Nothing can be done till the past u
undone.
Power with man proceeds from power
with God.
A man is never poorer for the ques--
tons he asks.
We are punished by our sins rather
than for them.
When the devil is sure of you he win
let you alone.
The stills of pride do not help in tho
walk with God.
A creed may be either compass OK
strait-jacket.
The saddest truth is less severe than
the merriest lie.
Conscience is the better man within
the best of men. e-s.r.r
The biggest coward is the one who In
afraid to do right.
The sun is always shining to the man
who walks by faith.
We all hate self when we see It CROP
out In somebody else.
Christ's rule is everywhere, but Hin
throne is In the heart.
| The Bible is the mirror Of conscience,
held up to mans heart. n3.
A short prayer will get to heaven
| quicker than a long one.
The harm OF creed is in converting
it from staff into club
The perfect man in Christ was before.
| the imperfect one in Adam.
No parent weeps over the fact than
the boy outgrows his clothes.
Every time you turn your eyes Oh
evil its shadow falls on your heart.
| The way to flee from the justice OF
| God is to flee to the justice of God.
| 1t will hurt you more to live day
| without prayer than to live it without
] bread.
| One reason why Job did not get en-
| tirely in the dark was because he kepk
looking up.
! 1t is better even to stumble along i'm
the right road than to step firm in thes
wrong one.
Many man fights for his creed who
| never thinks of carrying an umbrella
| for his wife.
Better the pessimism that persists
against odds than the optimism that
| makes no effort at all.
| 1t is the privilege of every Christian
to have a mountain moving faith, anh
yet how many grow faint at the sighf
| Of a mole hill?
The nation holds open the front door
Of the saloon while the devil tends th@
back door, that leads to the gutter. the
brothel and hell.
The Western news., 1900-07-11

South Carolina HOmicides.
Homicides in South Carolina have av-
eraged aver 200 q year for the last Ave
years.
The Western news., 1900-07-11


tional freedom and deplore as well the
fact that the rising generation speaks of
the coming Fourth rather than of ''In-
dependence day." name SO pregnant
with meaning. Perhaps the people who
''deplore" are right
One Of the signers on that famous
Fourth of July, 1776, declared on his
deathbed that he would like to sleep a
century, then wake up to find out how
future generations were celebrating Inde-
pendence day. If the old gentleman's
wish were to be granted, when he heard
the fish horns, the multitudinous snap
ping of John Chinaman red wrapped in
ventions, the reports OF the dangerous
torpedoes and dynamite crackers he
might be willing enough to hurry back to
the tomb.
When some staid New Englander finds
fault with the present method Of cele-
brating the nations birthday the noise
making small boy may with good grace
tell him that New England's patron
saint, John Adams, recommended that
the day be recognized by just such din
as young America is making. 1t is true,
howeves, that President John suggested
that the early part Of the day should be
given over to solemn acts of devotion.
Then he said the day should be commem-
Grated with pomp, parade, games,
sports, guns. bells, bontires and illumina-
tions from one end of the continent to
the other for evermore." OF the first
celebration of Fourth of July by the
continental congress Adams in writing to
his daughter said "'The people shouted
and huzzahed in way to strike utmost
terror to every lurking tory. There was
a splendid illumination and while a few
surly houses were dark the show would
have given King George a heartache."
Hessian Band Played.
On this first official celebration Of
Fourth of July by Congress that body Sc
cured music for the day and at the same
time afforded the people great chance
for amusement and laughter by forcing
the Hessian band. which was captured
by Washington Mt Trenton the December
previous, to play in the public square all
day long. There is on record fairly full
account Of an Independence day celebra-
tion which George Washington attended
as the guest of honor. The celebration
was held at the Spring gardens, near
The Western news., 1900-07-11
N1uM1.

Muffs were first used by doctors to
keep their fingers soft, and were adopt.
ed By ladies about 1850.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
Fourth OF July Nigh,

Mr.. Mulcahey-Begob, an thin Ro-
mans moosht hov loved excitement afe
they used thin things fer candlesi-New
York Journal.
The Western news., 1900-07-11

his sympathetic utterances in favor of
the poor and criticism of the rich.
The Western news., 1900-07-11
IN THE OLDEN TIME.
CELEBRATION or INDEPEND.
ENCE DAY LONG AGO.
Hessian Band Furnished the Music
for the First Official Jollification-
Noise in the Early Days Was Given
Secondary Place on PrOgram mme.

N ye olden time they eel
ebrated independence
day" and not the
"Fourth of July" The
change of name came
with the change in the
manner Of celebrating
the anniversary of the
signing of the declara-
tion Of independence.
Many people deplore the
present method Of show
ing AnnreciatiOn of ma
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-21

ghost stories. and. half laughingly ana
half reluctantly, the young chatelaine con-
sented. for she was OF a nervous temper
oment. and had a feeling that she was
tempting the supernatural \ few other
timid ones protested. but their objections
were ovcrruled. and they al gathered
around tho FIRE, while Tommy" a. their
hos;, put out the lights one by one. Just
az the last lamp was cxtiueuished there
sounded apparently out Of nowhere q pro
longed wall, like the cry Of a lost spirit"
as some one afterwards described "a. Ev-
cry one clutched wildly al his neighhor
one young woman schrieked. and as the
sobhing cry died away the Great Dane
who WIS chained to the kennel near the
front entrance gave long. mournful
howl. while the flames. which until then
had burned brightly and cheerfuny. turn
cd a CHASTITY blue. Again came the cry
from without as " borne on the wind. and
once more the dog gave his lugubrlous.
long drawn out. b'ood-curdling howl BY
THIS time the entire company was thor
oughly frightened. No ghost stories now
no fun, no laughter. The shrieking Young
woman developed case OF Mysteries and.
although the young men spoke rcassuring-
~ 10 the girls, Il was easy 60 see that they
felt anything but happy themselves.
When tho vail came for the fatal third
while the dog howlCd still more violently.
the entire party stampeded for the upper
g.ous. thankful 10 get 10 their CHEEKY
bedrooms. with their fires and light. OF
course. there wds much discussion tho
next morning about the mystery. Tom
p confessed. apparently very reiuc-
family. that before he had bought the
house there were some rumors about its
former owner a maiden lady, who. hav-
Ing been deserted by her lover. had com
mitted suicide. and afterwards haunted the
scene Of heg former existence.
But, OF course. that T. all nonsense"
he exclaimed. IL was only the wind we
heard last night No sensible person
could possibly believe that the sound We
heard last night could come from any
thing supernatural. Tonight we VIII
have plenty OF light and dance. and I
warrant We will hear no more OF the
ghost"
That evening there was no one eayer
than Tommy" About II o'clock he start
ed them an dancing and brought all OF the
candelabra and lamps OF the house into
the big hall and draWing-room. so that
the bower floor vas all ablaze with light
Nevertheless, everyone felt nervous. and
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-21

WORLD.

si-sis women. whether widows or maids.
,....ently md great difficulty In anding
- boarding places owing to the prcju-
a.. ~ the majority OF landladles against
,,-.s OF their class. says writer in
-. chicago Chronicle. As rule. accom-
.-.5l-ons OF a desirable character are re-
,.-sI for gentlemen only. one young
,o-in IN a neighborlng city undertook to
,,tat the root Of this prejudice the other
l,v aud started out on an exploring ex-
edition. And this is the reception she
s,8. as related by herself:
The advertisements were the hrst
shocks 30 my nervous system. with one
accord all those who had apartments 20
De- announced that they took gentlemen
orly
This qualification was so general that
finally one day venturod 20 invade a
house so posted and ask to see the rooms
TIE woman OF the house regarded me
scorufully.
we don't take ladies here she said
Why not?' asked. argumentauvely
'rm "a very busy person. | work during
ne day and l disturb no one. can give
you uusxceptional references. don't whis-
te so my room. or throw my clothes in
the corners, or smoke: nor am likely to
come To- intoxicated at oil hours. 1 really
can't see why / shouldn't be as desirable
o. lodgcr as n man.
AL this I said 70 induce her to divulge
the reason for this prejudice against wo-
men
We don't take ladies' she responded
dogFediy They quarrel about the sheets
ana pillow cases and find fault with che
towels and the way the room Is swept.
There's "a boarding house next door: per
haps they'll take you there
Shades OF my grandmother, Perhaps
they would take me- As though were an
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-21

Tribune. did you see tina, follow looking
az himself so admirinsly IN the glass
coming down? Hes the vainest man IN
the twenty stories. I've picked out all
tho passengers who like their looks the
best ana / know who is the champion
eiaea user on every floor. There are over
three hundred men ana q hundred girls
who ride up with me mornings The mon
have twenty-one nrst prizes for c0neeit
and the girls have only three. The eiris
never look IN the glass unless they are
sure I'm not looking II I was as pretty
a. the typewriter Ia 40s I would never 80
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-21

Confessional.
Lord God. whom we hesought 20 late.
Thou wouldst not suffer us forget
Thy Name and our weak human state
Have patience Lord. a little yet.
To-day no pomp OF empire fills
The wintry land, amazed and awed
We watch Thy elowly-grinding mills
Afete out 60 US our Just reward.
To-day By foemen sore heset.
Dismaycd we draw our destined LOT.
We prayed 70 Thee Lest we forget"
And. even as we prayed, forgot
with foolish, rash, vain-glorious words
And sorry self-sufhciency
We boosted. grinding on our swords
As those who lay their armor by.
wherefore the curse upon US lies
OF warriors ell unready found.
or braggarts blinded 10 dcspise
Their foe before the trumpets sound.
Humbly We call upon Thy Name.
Ere sounds once more the grim assault,
We do confess, Lord. with shame.
our fault. our very grievous fault.
Give back our fathers stern disdain
or idle brag and empty boast.
So shall We stand erect again
And face unmovcd The hostile host.
--Westminster Gazette.
We have often heard OF the matrimo-
Mai lottery. but a matrimonial raffie IL
not quite such q commonplace says the