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Practices in Supreme Court of the United States. And all Federal and State Courts and Departments. S.H.Hawes&Co. Dealer in COAL Alto 1 Lime, Plaster, Cement I RICHMOND, VA. Bohne's Book Store BOHNE & WILT, Props. Booksellers & Stationers 1328 DRYADE8 ST., Near Thalia. New Orleans, La. ease nail Goods, Fishing Tackle, and Periodicals and Religious Articles. New and Second-hand School Books bought, sold and exchanged. | CENTRAL UNIVERSITY Incorporated Sept. 23, 1896. Offers Courses In N. T. Greek; Hebrew Language and Literature, History, etc., etc. Rev. B. Moser, Ph. D., instructor. Ministers or others interested In Literary or Scientific work are Invited to write for circulars outlining coures for Home 8tudy leading to degrees. Students in every State. Strongly endorsed by 1 eh ding Clergymen and Bducators. Address, 8ecrstary Central University, Indianapolis, Ind. ; PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOI Secular News J At Home. A Statue of John C. Calhoun, for the Hall of statuary in the Capitol at Washington, has been completed and accepted by the _^mmittee of the South Carolina Legislature. It will be presented to the nation on January 19th. The State of Virginia has prepared two statues for the Hall of Statuary In the Capitol?one of George Washington, and the other of Robert E. Lee. There is objection raised by some to the acceptance of the latter by Congress, and some of the State officials are suggesting that the United States may have the choice of accepting both or of accepting neither one. The matter will come before Congress. It will be remembered that on his rppfint visit to Richmond, President Taft doffed his hat before the statue of Lee in that city. An Interesting Experiment shows that the bark of a dog proceeds from its larynx. A mild current of electricity applied to the throat of a dog that was dead caused him to bark or to howl. The Christmas Edition of The Atlanta Georgian is a remarkable paper of 108 full size pages. It contains admirable pictures of its leading citizens and excellent illustrations of the growth and development of the city in the years that have followed the civil war. The Georgian is a paper to be commended for its man agement. Last Sunday's Storm in the Northeast was both severe and peculiar. A furious gale (70 miles an hour), along with high tide, swept a billow fourteen feet high along the coast north of New Jersey. In New York City it filled the cellars along the East River. The snow from Washington northward was more than a . foot in depth, (in Uhiladelphia 16 inches) but in the streets and in railroad cuts it was from ten to twenty feet in depth. Telegraphy service was paralyzed and railroad trains were all stopped. The Growth of Atlanta. In the Christmas issue of the Atlanta Georgian we find a statement of the increase in bank clearings for seven years past. The increase is 175 per cent, a phenomenal record. In 1900 the bank clearings were $90,000,000. In 1909 nearly $400,000,000. The Postoffice Receipts of Atlanta in 1865 were $47,979; in 1900, $319,315; in 1905 they were $605,874; in 1909 they were $905,918. Mr. Chas. L. Warriner, the treasurer of the Big Four Railway, has been sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for his theft from the railroad of several W. H. BYRNE8, Pres. JOHN T. GIB Capital .... Assets .... HIBERNIA INI No. 300 C&mp Street LOSSES PAIE ITH December 29, 1909. hundred thousand dollars. The Young Men's Christian Association at Bowling Green, Ky.f has received a Christmas present of five thousand dollars from Mr. W. L. Burton. U. S. Senator A. J. McLaurin, of Mississippi, died December 22, at his home in Brandom. His death was sudden, due to heart failure, while seated in a rocking chair in his library in front of the grate. He had recently recovered from an mness due to ptomaine poisoning. The New Battleship, Utah, was launched at Camden, N. J., (opposite Philadelphia) last week. It is at present the largest and most formidable vessel of our navy. Two other ships are under construction which promise to be even more powerful. The Switchmen's Strike on the railroads in the Northwest is reported as having been brought to a happy conclusion through the intervention of Governor Eberhart. The Steel Trust has distributed to its emnlnvps nnrf nffiporo o ? ? ?r-_? ? w.M^vio a uuilUO KJL UVCi $2,000,000, out of the profits of the year 1909. Sixty per cent, of this bonus will be paid in cash and forty per cent, in stock of the company. Abroad. In Nicaragua the insurgent army has won a signal victory, and is now marching against the capital city, Managua. President Zelaya has abdicated in favor of President Madriz. It is reported that Zelaya has sought protection on board a warship of Mexico. In Denmark, the University of Copenhagen has passed upon the diary and . specifications furnished by Dr. Frederick Cook, in support of his claim to have reached the North Pole. The University has decided that the documents are not sufficient to sustain his claim; and it is rejected. In Siberia the Russian authorities are massing troops on the Korean frontier. The report is that Japan is getting ready to annex Korea, and that Russia is preparing to resist the movement. In Africa Kermit Roosevelt is reported to have Succeeded in shooting a sitatungas, a rare animal even in Africa. In Korea the Prime Minister of the Korean cabinet was stabbed to death by a young Korean who had been educated in the United States. The minister was an opponent of Prince Ito, and a zealous friend of Korean independence. In Roumania the Prime Minister was shot last week by an anarchist. In India the chief magistrate of Nasika in the Presidency of Bombay, Arthur M. T To/?lrann won ? .. ??vUUvU, >T uo aooaooiiiuieu uu uBuemoer 23, by a native. The motive is said to be revenge for a sentence of life imprisonment upon a kinsman of the assassin. BON?, Vice-Pres. P. B. BURKE, Sec'y. 9200,000.00 . 9402,446.54 SURANCE CO. New Orleans* La. PROMPTLY.