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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
THE PRESIDENTS REASON.

Speaking of the decision of the President
not to call an extra session of Congress
the Philadelphia Times says: president
Mckinley has erred seriously in decfd-
ing, after a conference with his cabinet
that Congress should not be summoned
to deal with the exceptionally grave prob
lens which confront the government. II
is idle TO resort to hair-splitting on the
question as to whether or not we are at
war with China. We are actually involv-
ed in war. and the wise thing would be
TO call it by its right name and look the
appalling fact in the face. The fact that
the President has declined to summon
Congress gives a bad flavor to his atti-
tude before the country. 1t greatly
strengthens the accusations of his imper-
ial purposes and certainly impairs conf
dence among many who sincerely desire
10 support the administration -
II may be that the real reason the Pres
ident decided not 10 call Congress togeth-
er at this time is the difficulty there
would be in getting a quorum of Republic
cans. The Republican majority in the
House is a very narrow one. The Presi-
dent would not like to have Congress in
session at this time with the Democrats
in the majority. They might take steps
that would result in some decidedly I'M
pleasant revelations.
The most of the rich men in Congress
are Republicans. The Plutocrats are on
the Republican side of the House and SEN
ate, not on the Democratic side They can
afford to go abroad when Congress is not
in session. and it is the underst landing
that many of them are now iA Paris at
tending the exposition. 1t would take
quite long time to get them to Washing
ton. 1t is certain that the President
would not call Congress together unless
he were assured Of che presence Of a Re
publican majority, except there was an
emergency that admitted OF no delay. He
is not going to give the Democrats a
chance to make campaign speeches in
Congress while a presidential campaign
Is in progress.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
bright BITS.

Fair Painter-'I hope you don't mind
my sketching in your field?" Farmer-
Lord, no, missile! You keep the birds off
the peas better'n a ordinary scarce
crow. "-Tit-Bits.
-"Grafter must have turned over a new
leaf. He tells me he's working night and
day" Yes, that's the firm he's with
now" WHAT" knight & Day.
Philadelphia Press.
AT a Disadvantage. -"David was q
good fighter" said the professional pugi-
list, but he had some hard luck You
mean the David who slew Goliath?" Yes
he could have made a mint o, money out
that fight If moving pictures had only
been invented then. "-Washington Star
Preparatory. -Ethel-'Mamma, don't
you think women should know how to
cook so that they may be able to look
after their husbands digestion when they
marry? Mamma-"Certainly, DEAR
Ethel" Mayn't l go 20 the kitchen then
and practice making butter scotch?7-
Brooklyn Life
Higgins, I've come to you for ad-
vice. What ought man of nv capabi,-
tiles and opportunities TO do in order IN
achleVe the greatest success in ufe?..
Iurney, l wish you had come to me with
that question about five years ago T
could have told you all about il then. 7
bune 80
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
A SDecter Hand,

The ghosts which are said to frequent
the precincts of Hampton Court Palace
are more or less known bv reputation.
but their rankings have been promiscu-
Gus and uncertain, says the Golden PEN
ny. Great interest in their movements has.
however, been newly aroused by the
strange experience undergone by an ar
list who, during the past few weeks has
oeen visiting certain rooms of the palace
Tor the purpose of sketching the old Elem
ish tapestry on the walls
While engaged in the guard watching
chamber in broad daylight this gentle
man, Mr.. Haynes of Surbiton, positively
asserts that a specter hand, white and
delicate and richly jeweled, has persist
emily intruded between him and the tapes
Try At first he imagined the disturbing
element must be one of the many hands
so beautifully inscribed on the tapestry,
but the limb, he says. moved slowly from
one stage to another and pointed down.
ward. Mr.. Hayes was much agitated,
and told several friends of this curious
visitation. They, not unnaturally, per-
haps, advised him to dismiss the subject
from his mind and return to the chamber
and his work
But the hand reappeared before his
startled eyes; and on the last appearance
of the phantom the artist made a hurried
sketch of the outstretched hand, the
| rough outline of which depicts a brilliant
marquise ring on the forefnger The eff
feet of these continued visits of the SUI
pernatural on Mr.. Hayes is very visible
he is unnerved, and he has suspended his
sketching.
These are the plain facts but there is,
it would seem, a weird and historic con-
nection between this hand and the hand
of the Queen Catherine Howard, one of
the wives of King Henry VIII.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
TIE MESSAGE FRom coNGER.

There does not appear to be any good
reason TO doubt the genuineness of the
message delivered TO the Secretary of
State yesterday by the Chinese minister,
purporting to be signed by Mr.. Conger,
our minister 10 Pekin. 1t was " the
state department cipher. That cipher is
not understood by anybody In Pekin ex-
cept Mr.. Conger or members of our lesa-
ton there SILL, there have been so many
reports respecting the foreign ministers
and their families at Pekin that there will
be hesitation in accepting the truth of
this message signed with Mr.. Conger's
name until it is confirmed.
According TO the date of the message it
was sent on last Wednesday. and was in
response TO the message sent by Minister
WI. at Washington, at the request of Sec
rotary Hay. The statements made in
the message. however, are similar to
the legations at Pekln received through
other sources. Some of the messages. it
is true, stated that the members Of all of
the Legations had been massacred. and be-
fore being killed had been subjected to all
sorts of indisnities The most of them,
however, contained statements to the eff
feet that the foreign ministers and
ton, which was being bombarded, and that
all of them would be massacred unless
there was quick relief
If the message that came through Min
lister WI is genuine, why is it that the
Chinese soldiers have not been able to
ton long before this? And why is it that
the occupants of the legation were not
starved out long ago? These are questions
10 which there is no answer.
Again, it is remarkable that Mr.. Conger
was not permitted to communicate with
Washington until Minister Wa requested
message from him. And why was Mr.
Conser's message so short? The Chinese
government sent a message TO Washington
few days ago that contained many hun
dreds of words. 1t would seem as If Min
lister Conger would have been permitted
TO send as long a message as he pleased,
and that the ministers of other nations
would be permitted to send messages. The
power than enabled him 10 send a few
words ought to be sufficient to enable him
to send a full explanation of the situa-
ton. There is a great deal of mystery
in tire whole matter If ii were not that
the message received by the Secretary of
State was in the cipher of the state de-
partment there would be excellent rea-
sons for doubling its genuineness.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
a POINT NOT WELL TAKEN,

The New York Sun is trying to make a
point against Mr.. Bryan by quoting from
a speech he made in Madison Square Gar
den in 1885, in response to the formal no.
tifcation of his nomination for Presi-
dent. In that speech he said that the
paramount issue was the money question,
and declared that until that issue is set
tied, all other issues are insignificant"
That issue is not yet settled but the
paramount issue now is not the money
question but anti-imperialism. The Sun
wants to know how Mr.. Bryan reconc!les
his statement in 1896 relative to the money
question with his attitude now respecting
the issues of the pending campaign.
1t does not seem to us that the point
is well taken. What Mr.. Bryan meant by
his statement in 1896 was that silver was
the paramount question in the campaign
of that year. He could not foresee what
would happen before the next presiden-
tial campaign; hence his remarks had
reference only to the campaign which was
then in progress. If Mr.. Bryan could have
foreseen the Spanish-American war it is
probable he would have taken care to
make his meaning so clear that there
could be no doubt about it. No doubt he
said great many things in the last pres
idential campaign which the Republicans
VIII undertake to use against him. There
is very little that he said, however, that
can be so twisted out of its true meaning
as to do him harm
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
Personal.

Morton Russell Cotes of Bourne
mouth, England, has presented to the
United States, through Ambassador
Choate, a bust of George Washington
made of black basalt wedgwood. Pres-
dent Mckinley has requested Secretary
Hay to write to Mr.. Cotes thanking him
for the gift.
-Elwood Hofer who has made living
for many years as guide and hunter in
Yellowstone Park, has gone to Kadiak
Island, in the Gulf of Alaska, on a diff
cult errand. He has been commissioned by
the Smithsonian Institution TO capture one
of the monster bears which live on the
above named island none of which has
ever been taken alive. The animals are
of the polar variety, perfectly white and
when full grown are twice as large as the
ordinary black bear of the Rocky noun
tains The average Kadaik Island bear
weighs from 2,400 TO 5000 pounds, and
stands as high as a cow.
"A great deal has been heard ately of
Mr.. Gilbert's autocraic stage manage
ment of his own plays. He has a causdc
method with actors and actresses who DIFF
fer from him. The New York Tribune re-
lates that at a rehearsal of Trial by
jury in which the plaintiff has TO pro-
duce from her pocket a stocking, which is
supposed to form part of her trousseau,
the lady who represented the plaintiff OBJ
jected on the grounds of the improperly
of the thing. Very funny" Mr.. Gilbert
retorted; whenever any one shows a
stocking on the stage it is considered i'm
proper unless 1t has a leg inside it,
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Suwannee Springs Water; Dinner To-day
at Changs'; az Gardners; at James J.
Joyces; Doors, Sash, Blinds. Andrew
Hanley Company; Planters and Masons
Supplies. Savannah Building Supply Com
pany; If It's Nice We have II. Hardee &
Marshall; Residence for Rent Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company;
Fruits, Vegetables, Groceries, Drayton
Grocery Company; Hot Weather Special
ties, John T. Evans g. Co.: Steamer Cliff
ton, Around the Horn Sunday; John
Funk, City Market; Levans Table dHote.
Business Notices-Coffee Connoisseurs,
The S. w. Branch Company.
We Said See, Stop, Look-B. H. Levy
& Bro.
salt-The Favorite Table Salt.
Time to Eat Fruit-Munster's
Down Goes the Prices of Mems Fine
Shoes-At Byck Bros.
Grape Nuts Food-At the Groceries.
observation-disclosures College, Rome,
Ia. Ednlul Fatdutluyt wear OHullOtAcc-
Vile Va.
corsets - Thomson's "Glove-Fitting'
Corsets-
Mineral Water-A ppolinaris.
Medical-Lydia Pinkham Pills; DR.. VIII
liams' Pink pills; Hoods sarsaparilla
TUFTS Pills; Mothers Friend; Hosford's
Acid Phosphate; Bar-Ben.
Auction Sales-Elegsnt Property, by I
D. LaRoche, Auctioneer; Administrator
Sale, by C. H. Dorset, Auctioneer.
Legal Notices-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors, Estate Of John H. Smith.
Cheap Column INSTRUMENTATION
Wanted; Employment Wanted, For Rent
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
The sword at the Gate.

From the Baltimore American.
Oh, red with fire,
And hot with ire
Is the sword at Pekin gate.
And II chants a song;
Il will right the wrong"
But the sword is swung TOO late.
q
Lion and Eagle and Bear stand bv.
A-watch at the Dragons cave.
Lion and Eagle and Bear all cry:
our children we've come to save"
The Dragon writhes in his awful rage
And his sides with anger swell
His fangs, all sharp for the coming feast
Are bright with the CLINT of hell
Lion and Eagle and Bear, and all.
A-halt at the caves dark mouth
One claims the North to him must fall.
Another would have the South.
Another would bravely assail the Beast,
Could he have the treasures best.
And one would for plunder control the
East
And one would have all the West.
Another would none of the Dragons land.
And none OF the Dragons gold.
Another would have what the first had
claimed
Or nothing at all he'd hold
And the children wept, and the children
called,
TIL the Dragon stilled their cries.
Then Lion and Eagle and Bear, appalled,,
Left off from their talk of prize
And out from the cave reared the Ora
gems head
And he roared with his burning breath .
10! Under my claws lie your children
dead.
Come. battle me now TO my death"
oh. red with flame,
And hot with shame,
Is the sword at Pekin gate.
And it chants the song
OF avenging wrong
But the sword is swung too late
Josh Wink
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

The young man and the maiden were
standing together in the cleaning, says
London Answers
He took her nly-white hand in his, and
sitting on a rustic seat near by, drew
her gently toward him
My darling" he said, "can you guess
what is in my mind?"
"N-no," faltered the maiden, gazing at
her shoes. ''W-what is it, Dick?'
I'm sitting on wet paintr' he shrek
ed, springing madly into the air
The maiden gazed at him in horror.
Alas! now l understand what papa
meant when he said he would leave his
mark on YOU" she faltered. ''Oh, what
ever can 1 say 10 him, the wretched
MANI"
Her companion answered not, but strobe
sadly into the night. murmuring:
Whatever shall l say to the Wretcbe5
dresssuit agency?"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
& Painting of a SONG.

THE secret of true art" said the great
French painter Alillet. rs to paint what
one does not see"
On one occasion. says one who knew
him we'll, he put before a friend a canvas
he had just finished, says the Youth
Companion. What does that tell your
he asked.
1t was only the edge of country lane.
with A few dandelions and four-o' clocks
growing amid the grass. The friends, who
was also an artist, stood for some mo-
ments silent before this simple scene.
Presently he said
Il don't know what I see. but hear
the nightingale
And il was, in truth the song of the
nightingale that Millet had painted.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

The Textile World publishes sum
mary record OF textile machinery now in
the United States compared with what was
TO be found here ten years ago, II shows
that the growth has been very large The
per centages Of decrease are as follows:
Cotton spindles, 4S4; cotton looms. so .;
wooden sets Of cards, 10; worsted combs.
1865; wooden and worsted looms, 49, knit
ting machines 1916; silk spinning and
twisting spindles, 95.5; silk looms, 1871 Z.
Massachusetts still leads In the cotton
industry. While COTTON spindles have in
creased in the Northern states only 10 S
per cent. in ten years, the increase in
the Southern states has been 217 per cent.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

It begins to look as if Admiral Dewey
would be called on to accept a nominal
ton for President. Until within the last
few days il was not thought THAI there
would be a Cold Democratic ticket. It
is the understanding, however, that it is
the purpose of Gold Democrats to put a
ticket in the field. If those who will meet
at Indianapolis on July Is fail to make a
nomination Gold Democrats in New York
will do so.
1t was the Gold Democrats who ap-
preached Admiral Dewey sometime ago
on the question of accepting a presiden-
tial nomlna ton. At that time they were
quite sure they would make a nomna-
ton Sometime afterwards, however, the
opinion prevailed that Gold Democrats
would be left to vote as they pleased
either for Mr.. Mckinley or Mr.. Bryan
or no4 vote at all. For some reason or
other the determination has been reached
rather suddenly 10 nominate a presiden-
flal candidate.
No doubt Admiral Dewey would make
as good a run as any other man the
Gold Democrats could nominate but
there is no probability that he would get
as many votes as were cast for the Pal
mer- Buckner ticket. There is some hon
or. however, in being a presidential can
Dewey would be glad to have a chance
to be one of the presidential candidates in
she contest Of 1900.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

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The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
Forgot All About HIS Horses.

Congressman Littlefeld of Maine, the
successor of the late Nelson Dingley in
the House, who has twice distinguished
against the machine" majority of his
party there, was at the University Club
the other night, the guest of party of
New York friends, says the New York
Commercial.
There was little doubt of his nomina-
ton last summer by the special Repub-
lican convention that had been called, but
Littletield thought it best to look very
closely after his fences. So he shook
his Office and practice for about mont tn
in order to nail delegates During this
period he was travelling over the district
a good deal, and his family didn't see
much of him.
On the evening following the adjourn
ment of the nominating convention Little
field was besieged at his home by hosts
of callers, who came to congratulate him
While the punch was going around at the
liveliest pace and the room was blue with
cigar smoke Mrs. Littlefield appeared at
the door. She shook hands cordially with
all her husbands assembled friends and
nelghbors. and then, turning to the hero
of the hour, said:
We'll Charlie you got the nomination
did your"
Yes. 1t was more than unanimous 1t
was overwhelming. | really needn't have
fretted over the thing at ALL"
You are quite sure that you are all
through with politics for the present."
Yes"
Then, please, before you settle your
self in the Office again, go down to the
stable and water the horse. I've been do
Ing 1t myself for month back. whenever
l happened to think of il, and I'm tired
of itr'
1t was necessary to explain to the club
men who heard the story that there are
a good many thrifty people in Maine
owning elegant private "turnouts" who
never dreamed of the luxury of groom
or a goodman.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

The growth of the pineapple industry In
Florida has been little short of marvellous,
and ii is quite certain that the limit Of
its possibilities has not yet been ap-
preached. In our dispatches of yesterday
it was stated that pines grown from plants
raised at Orlando had been sold in Lon
don for fancy prices. 1t is within the
range of possibilities that a considera BILE
business in Florida pines in the English
market will be built up. Like the Florida
orange, the Florida pine is winning a rep
utation for it's excellence. How great the
money value of the crop of the season now
ending has been may be seen from the
statement that the production on the
Florida mainland ,has been about 1870 900
crates. and that the growers have Melted
for them about 50 per crate. There is
money in raising the fruit at such figures.
The crop of the next season will no doubt
be considerably larger, but there is little
danger OF Cutting the market The
Florida pines, being the best, practically
make market for themselves
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

Police regulations in Philadelphia take
no note of temperature and humidity. 1t
is the rule that the coats of policemen
shall be buttoned. and from that rule
there must be no departure. Several but
toned-up policemen have fallen on their
beats from the heat during the past few
days, and one has died. Nevertheless the
policemen are still forced 10 wear waist
coats and keep their coats tightly but
toned The authorities insist on a neat
appearance of the policemen, heat or no
heat.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

Five hundred years ago. according TO
Dr.. Haslep a returned missionary, II was
prophesied that sou years thereafter five
yang Sheep would come to divide China.
but that a tsoong (beaO would come forth
and devour them. Sheep" also means
foreigners. and bear means general.
The story Interpreted means that five for
eign nations would seek to divide China,
but that q general would arise and de-
liver the country. The time for fulflment
Of the prophecy has now arrived. and DR..
JIasltp believes that It is this legend or
superstition that is moving the CO ~ese
10 action.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

Not only was 1t a woman who first gave
man apples to eat, but it is said on the
authority of the federal Department of
Agriculture that il was a woman who
gave the United States seedless oranges.
These oranges were frsI produced in
Brazil An American woman travelling in
that country noticed them and wrote to
the Department OF Agriculture about
them, suggesting that they be Tried in this
country From that suggestion eventually
came the great seedless orange industry
of California and Florida.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21

ITO Shanghai" is a verb that is known
TO every deep sea sailor who speaks the
English language. 1t describes che process
Of getting a sailor drunk or knocking
him senseless, and carrying him off to
sea while in that condition. Will current
affairs in China give us other verbs to
describe the butchering OF helpless for
eigners. and the sending Of stupendous
and cruel falsehoods to the civilized world
as authentic news7
The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-21
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