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mil TO SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Georgia Chapter, No. 3, R. A.
Special Notices—Cash, Cash, Is What We
Want, Adams' Drug, Paint and Oil Com
pany; If a Horse Could Only Talk, Savan
nah Carriage and Wagon Company; Ten
Young Men Wanted, Appel & Schaul; Post
ponement of Entertainment at Masonic
Temple, by the Forest City Dramatic As
sociation to Thursday.
Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Auction Sales—23 Head of Horses, Bug
gies and Harness, by C. H. Dorsett, Auc
tioneer.
Steamship Schedule—Ocean Steamship
Company.
Fat Men Made Lean—Meyere & Frank.
Taking Advantage of the Oreat Dissolu
tion Sale—<Appel & Schaul.
Children’s Suits $1.50.—8. H. Levy &
Bro.
We Speak For Your Trade—A. S. Nichols.
Foundery, Machine, Boiler and Black
smith Works—Wm. Kehoe & Cos.
Such Days As These—Mutual Gas Light
Company.
It Did Get Cold—Daniel Hogan;
Experience, Experiment, Expense—Lud
den & Bates.
Arrears of Ground Rent—John Power,
City Marshal.
Cottolene—N. K. Fairbanks’ Company.
'Legal Sales—Administrator’s Sale, by
Jordan F. Brooks, Temporary Administra
tor. Estate West Patrick.
Legal Notices—Application for Incorpor
ation of Savannah National Building and
Loan Association.
Medical—Hood’s Pills; Johann Hoff’s
Genuine Malt Extract; S. S. 8.
Cheap Column Advertisements— Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
"I predict,” says Senator James K.
Jones, “that In 1898 an overwhelmingly
free silver congress will be elected." It is
evident from this that Senator Jones' pre
dictions bureau came through the cyclone
without injury.
It is to be hoped that those who were
finding fault with the weather which pre
vailed up to day before yesterday, saying
tt was “too warm,” “unseasonable,” etc.,
are enjoying the cold, rain and slop. There
are some people who are never happy un
less they are miserable.
It is said that considerable feeling has
been stirred up in Suwannee county, Flori
da, by the preaching of several Mormon
elders and It is suggested that "steps will
be taken to rid the section of the unwel
come elders." The prejudice against Mor
monism Is because of that old tenet of the
Mormon faith which permitted a plurality
pf wives. So far as the information goes,
the elders that are preaching in Florida
have said nothing in favor of polygamy. If
they have not done so, then the feeling
against them must be based on a dead is
sue.
It Is said that a bill will be introduced
into congress at the approaching session
to create a department of mines, and to
make the head of the department a mem
ber of the cabinet. At the last session
Senator Frye Introduced a bill to create
a department of commerce, with a cabinet
secretary at the head of it. Without
touching in any manner upon the merits
of the propositions, it may be asserted
that they will have the support of a num
ber of patriots who recognize in every
office added to the list an increase in the
percentage of their chances to get a good
place.
The navy is in want of men. This should
interest young Americans who are out of
employment, and have something of a rov
ing and adventurous disposition. There is
no great career ahead of the sailorman in
the navy. Jack Tar never becomes a mill
ionaire from his labor, and seldom comes
to command a ship of the navy. But the
service is not excessively onerous, the pay
is fair, the food substantial and whole
some, and the opportunities for travel and
observation limited only by the bounds of
the sea. The training that a young man
gets on a man-of-war fits him excellently
for the merchant service. Many com
manders of merchantmen to-day are ex
tars of the navy. Bhould the young man
wlthou( th means for a complete educa
tion desire to adopt the navy as a career,
he may work himself up to the position of
* Petty officer; and some of these offices
pay very good salaries.
Not Enron raging for Spain.
The London Times, discussing the situa
tion in Cuba, says that owing to the in
capacity of her generals Spain has no
prospect whatever of winning in the strug
gle in the island. The Times further says
that owing to the strained condition of
her resources, Spain cannot much longer
bear the financial burden that is pressing
upon her. In conclusion, the Times says:
"We cannot exclude the probability of
intervention by the United States."
The important utterance is that which
relates to intervention by the United
States. Would England look with favor
upon such intervention? Did the Times
throw out that suggestion with the view
of testing English sentiment in respect
to intervention by this country or with
the view of finding out whether there is
not some sentiment in Ilngland with re.
spect to Intervention by that country.
The methods of diplomacy are mysteri
ous. They are not direct. Whatever
diplomacy does, it does in roundabout
ways. Therefore nothing can be inferred
from the dispatch in the Times as to
whether intervention by this government
would be satisfactory to England or not.
Asa general thing, it would be safe to
say that England would not regard with
favor intervention by the United States
alone, because of the fear that they
would take advantage of their position to
get control of the island. It may be,
however, that England is satisfied that the
United States are not seeking control of
Cuba, and that if they should interfere,
they would have no other end in view
than that of bringing the war to a close
and permitting the people to return to
their usual pursuits. If that is England's
view, she would not object probably to
interference by the United States, because
England is as anxious as this country is
to have an end put to the war, so that
trade could be carried on in its accus
tomed channels.
Much interest centers in the President’s
message. There is an impression that it
will contain something in respect to the
condition of affairs in Cuba that will tend
to bring on a crisis. We should not be
surprised, however, if those having this
impression should be disappointed. The
President will look to the interests of this
country before interfering in the affairs
of another, however strong his desire to
interfere might he, and it is a question
whether it would be to the Interest of this
country to become involved in a difficulty
with Spain.
Two Troublesome Customers.
There are two men who will give Mr.
MlcKinley a good deal of trouble in all
probability. They are Senator Foraker
of Ohio and Mr. Platt of New York. Mr.
Foraker wants to be recognized as the
great republican boss of Ohio. In order
to attain his purpose It is necessary for
him to have the control of the federal
patronage of the state. He has visited
Mr. MCKinley at Canton since the election
and has had a talk with him in Cleveland.
It is understood that Mr. McKinley is not
disposed to accede to his demand. If he
does not he may have an enemy of his ad
ministration from his own state In the
Senate. Mr. Foraker is In a position to
do the incoming administration a great
deal of harm and he is the kind of a man
to do it harm if his will is thwarted.
The whole country knows about Mr.
Platt. He is the great republican boss in
New York. He wants to continue to oc
cupy that position. He desires that all
the federal patronage that belongs to New
York shall be distributed through him. At
least that is the gossip that finds its way
into the public prints. There are some
small republican bosses in New York who
do not follow Mr. Platt. He wants to
show them of how little consequence they
are, and he will show them if Mr. McKin
ley will grant all his demands. But will
the Fresldent-elect grant them? He will
make a great mistake If he puts himself
in the hands of such men as Mr. Foraker
and Mr. Platt. They are politicians who
think only of themselves. They will use
Mr. McKinley if they can, but they will
not help him.
Better Outlook for the Schools,
The legislature appears to be well dis
posed towards the public schools. If the
sentiments of the finance committee of
the House are any indication of the senti
ments of the legislature in respect to pub
lic education, the public schools will have
$1,500,000 for the next school year, instead
of $1,100,000, as at present. That means
that in the country districts the schools
will be open about seven months in the
year. Instead of five.
We are heartily in favor of the proposi
tion of the superintendent of edu
cation, Mr. Glenn, namely, that each
county tax itself for the support of public
schools—the county tax to be in addition
to the money received from the general
fund. When the people tax themselves
for public schools they have a higher ap
preciation of the schools. They insist up
on good schools and see to it that their
children get the benefit of them.
The gentleman from Carroll who has in
troduced into the legislature a bill to pro
hibit foot ball is on the right track. What
In the name of common sense Is the use
of educating boys, if they are to be killed
or maimed for life even before they have
won their sheepskins in college? A re
spected former governor of Georgia called
out the state's army to arrest two north
ern roughs who, it was thought, were
about to invade the sacred precincts of
Georgia for the purpose of engaging in a
fight for a purse. His action was sustain
ed by public opinion. Y’et the game of foot
ball does more harm in one season than
professional prize fighting does in a de
cade. It is said that ninety young men
have been killed this year in foot ball
games. Probably before the year Is out
the number will be Increased to an even
one hundred. The sooner so brutal and
dangerous a game is prohibited by law,
the better it will be.
The end of the current session of the
Georgia legislature is almost 1n sight, yet
no orator has been developed, to spring
Into the arena and thrill his auditors with
burning words of eloquence. Why this
shortcoming? Do not the Georgia legisla
tors know that oratory commands a big
premium these days?
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER H, 1896.
Women In the Pulpit.
Women have gained a foothold In the
legal and medical professions and they are
making their way into the pulpit. As
lawyers and doctors some of them have
achieved considerable success. There Is
no good reason why there should not be
among those who reach the pulpit popu
lar and successful preachers.
A leading Chicago paper, in its issue of
last Sunday, printed pictures and sketches
of seven famous women who preach the
gospel. The sermons they preach com
pare favorably with those of men who
have won fame in the pulpit. They may
not be first-class theological students, but
they know enough theology to serve their
purpose. They know that which is better
than theology, namely, the means for
reaching the hearts of the people and in
fluencing them to lead better lives.
The names of the seven famous women
preachers are Dr. Mary 'Wood Allen, Mrs.
Lillian M. V. Stevens, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs.
Rounds, Rebecca Krikorian, Miss Agnes
Slock and Miss Greenwood. All of
them were present at the convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance Un
ion which met in St. Louis recently, and
all of them were prominent in the pro
ceedings. They not only like greatly the
work in which they are engaged, but
they are remarkably successful in it.
They were not the only women preach
ers at the ®t. Louis convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
There were scores of them there, and one
Sunday they occupied the pulpits of nearly
all the churches of the city.
How long will it be before women will
be actively contending with men for pul
pit appointment in several of the denomi
nations? This question is a pertinent one
in view of the progress women are mak
ing in getting not only appointments to
preach, but also all other kinds of Chris
tian work. They are of course meeting
with much opposition, but that does not
deter them from seeking the places for
which they feel they are fitted. The suc
cess of one woman as a preacher encour
ages others to follow her example. It
may be a long time before they become
as welcome in the pulpit as men. but there
are grounds for thinking that the time
will come when women will occupy a large
proportion of the pulpits of the country.
Cruelty ot the Spaniards.
The war in Cuba proves that’the Span
iards are to-day just what they were when
the Duke of Alva murdered the people and
burned the towns and cities of the Span
ish Netherlands, and when Cortez butch
ered the Mexicans. There is no discounting
the blighting qualities of the Spanish sol
diery in war or the courtesy of the Span
iards in peace. To their enemies or those
in their power the Spaniards are a merci
less people.
It might be thought that in this age of
civilization—this last decade of the Nine
teenth century—such a thing as the shoot
ing of prisoners to death two years after
they were pardoned or the enslavement of
educated and refined men was simply im
possible, but the execution of Colama last
week and the sending to painful servitude
and slow death of great numbers of Cu
ban prisoners show beyond a question
that the nature of the Spanish people is
now Just what it was in the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth centuries.
The people of the southern states of this
country know by experience that war
means destruction and death, and that
conquerors are brutal to the conquered, but
while there is many a blot upon the history
of the republic, placed there by the gen
erals who commanded its armies, there is
nothing in that history to equal the atro
cities that have been practiced lately upon
the unfortunate Cubans—both insurgents
and suspects—who have fallen Into the
hands of the Spaniards.
The Cuban war will place Spain in the
list of those European nations that have
not progressed in the past three centuries.
She doesn’t deserve to have friends among
the Christian people of the world.
A London cable says the news comes
from South Africa that the Transvaal re
public will claim an indemnity of 1,000,000
pounds sterling for the Jamieson raid. It
is estimated in London that the cost to
the Boers was less than 100,000 pounds
sterling. To put it into dollars, the Boers
want $5,000,000 In payment for a distur
bance that cost them about *500.000. It
will be remembered that the unfortunate
reform committee, which included Ham
mond, the American, had to pay a fine of
something like $1,000,000, which went into
the treasury of the Boers. It is evident
that Oom Paul’s people have determined
to turn the uprising to the best account
possible, and to make the Britishers pay
dearly for their little excursion if they
can. However, the opinion In London is
that the British government will decline
to come down with the $5,000,000.
It is reported that Drs. Pfelpper and
Kalie of Berlin, well-known bacteriolo
gists, have discovered a typhus anti-toxin.
The two doctors believe that exemption
from typhus germs, like immunity from
cholera germs, and other contagious dis
eases, may be traced back to the existence
in the blood of anti-typhoid substances.
It is said that Inoculations with the ty
phus anti-toxin can be easily and quickly
executed, and will prove of great benefit,
especially in times of epidemic, when the
need for a prompt and efficatious remedy
is most urgent.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia is
quoted as predicting that congress will
put Itself on record in favor of recog
nizing the belligerency of the Cubans
a week after it meets. Recalling some
predictions by Congressman Livingston
with regard to the recent election, made a
few days before the election was held,
and the correctness which predictions he
was able to demonstrate clearly with a
lead pencil and a scrap of paper, we are
forced to admit that our confidence In his
abilities as a prophet is not rampant
Flour is selling In Havana at $11.25 a
barrel, potatoes at *3.75 a barrel, and
chewing tobacco at 32 cents a pound, in
gold. These are “war prices," and are
regarded as being very high. But they
are not a marker to the war prices that
obtnined In this section of the country, in
| confederate money, thirty odd years ago.
Ex-Senator Walsh has temporarily sus
pended discussion of the problem of six
teen to one, and is engaged in elucidating
the merits of the Georgia potato as com
pared with the Virginia tuber, for the edi
fication of Col. Cowardin of Richmond.
The ex-senator has also something to say
with regard to the ’possum. When the gen
ial Georgian is engaged in discussing
sweet potatoes and 'possums, he is invinc
ible and charmingly eloquent.
The Orlando Reporter says the warm
weather of the past week or so "has start
ed the sap to flowing in the orange trees.
Budding trees are especially tender now.”
This being the case, there must be a good
deal of anxiety in the orange belt with re
gard to the cold snap that Is now on. It
would be a calamity if another big freeze
were to strike the groves, just as the trees
are about to begin bearing.
It is stated that “Bunch” Mcßee will
charge $3,000 apiece for Mr. Bryan’s lec
tures. The darkies of the rice Helds have
a proverb which runs: "It an’t what a
man wants dat dooes him good; it’s what
he gits.” t
PERSONAL. , I
•fcr— ’
—The Rothschilds of Paris, following
their usual custom at the beginning of
winter, have sent JOO.OOO francs to the pre
fect of the seine to be distributed among
the needy tenants in the twenty arron
dissements of Paris.
—C'nang Chin Tung, the viceroy of Hu
peh, China, who has hitherto obstructed
the work on the Hankow railroad, is one
of the pioneers of the netv manufacturing
industry in China. He owns ahd operates
ar. ithmense cotton mill in Wuchang.
—The Ameer of Afghanistan has become
a victim of the cycling craze, but as he is
averse to using the energy necessary to
propel a bicycle, a London firm has built
him a machine on which he can ride in
comfort while two attendants work the
pedals.
—James Payn, according to "Great
Thoughts," still remains an inveterate
whist player, though tie says he can no
longer deal the cards himself. His old
club friends visit him regularly twice a
week at Maida Vale and enjoy a rubber
or two with him. Mr. Payn now dictates
all his literary a.id journalistic work to an
amanuensis.
—When Dr. Watson first began to write
under the pen name of lan Maciaren, he
took every precaution to prevent his
identity from being known, and, in fact,
only his publisher knew who lan Mac
iaren was. But Prof. George Adam Smith,
Watson’3 friend and classmate, at once
decided from the style that Dr. Watson
was the author, and sent him a telegram
of congratulation.
—The death of Nicola Barlill, half
brother of Adelina Patti, reduces the im
mediate family of the great songstress, It
is believed, to a nephew, who lives in At
lanta, Ga. This is Alfredo Barilli, the
musician and composer. He is a compar
atively young man, and has won consid
erable success as a teacher and director
of music. Only last year he visited Alme.
Patti at Craig-y-nos, in Wales, and al
ways receives her when on her tours
through the southern states.
—'Miss Winter, the English governess
who has been for many years in charge
of Wilmelmina, the young Queen of Hol
land, has now returned to her home in
England, pensioned for life to the tune
of $2,500 per annum, her salary having
been $4,000 a year. Moreover, she has
been loaded with presents by both
queens, who really have much for which
to be grateful to her, the education of
a youthful sovereign being at all times
a most difficult and responsible piece of
work.
—M. Saint-Saens, the French composer,
is about to start on one of his long jour
neys that he so frequently takes, being
often absent from Paris months at a time,
leaving his friends entirely in the dark as
to where he is. He is going first to Lyons,
where his opera, “Proserpine,” and his
baiiet, “Javotte,” are to be produced, and
then will visit Barcelona and Madrid for
the first performances in those cities of
his “Samson et Daltla." After that he
will betake himself to the Canary Islands,
Where he expects to stay till late in the
spring.
CURRENT COMMENT. -
No Extra Session— Give Is a Rest !
From the New York Herald (Ind.).
Now that the American people have Just
safely passed through one crisis and are
emerging from the disastrous period of de
pression, for heaven’s sake don’t bring on
another by foolish talk of an extra session
of congress.
In Touch With ilie Public.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
The last issue of Tom Watson’s paper
explains the absence of the usual screech
ing editorial by the announcement that
the late vice presidential candidate is
“tired out.” This Is the first time Thomas
has been In touch with the general public
for some time,
Stnnthllng Block to Tariff-Rippers.
From the New York World (Dem.),
The annual report of the treasury shows
that in the fiscal year ended June 30 last,
the first full year of the operation of the
Wilson tariff, the receipts from the cus
toms increased $7,863,134. And It was a
year of business stagnation and largely
decreased imports of merchandise. What
answer can the advocates of tariff-ripping
and the opponents of retrenchment make
to this showing?
Wcyler’s Repudiation Order.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Captain General Weyler, in Issuing his
decree to redeem outstanding gold bills
by the Issue of $20,000,000 in silver bills re
deemable in sliver coin at the Spanish
bank after Jan. 1, 1897, does not go quite
to the lengths of the advocates of free
silver coinage in the United States. For
thirty days, from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, the
gold notes will be paid for on their sur
render al their par value, i. e., $2 in silver
notes for one of gold. After Dec. 31. how
ever. the gold bills will only be redeemed'
dollar for dollar in stiver. This is repudi
ation, with thirty days’ grace.
The South's Export Trade.
From the Nashville American (Dem.).
Heretofore cotton and tobacco have
been classed an the exports from the south,
but now the Immense exports of corn hav.e
to be included, and when to this are added
lumber, cottonseed meal, oil cake and va
rious other commodities, including ship
stulTs, It can be understood why the future
of the export trade is attracting so much
attention, and why so much is expected
from It. With the agricultural interests
thus benefltted It Is reasonable to con
clude that all industrial Interests will like
wise be the gainers, and that all the great
Industries of the south will bo improved
by this growing export trade.
Ate a Barrel of Eggs n Day.
“Do you like eggs?” was the question
that stirred up a ” ’49-er” to make some
talk in a Bangor store the other day. He
was an old man, says the Lewiston Jour
nal, and he straightened up to something
like the hight of his prime as he answered:
“I had a surfeit of them once. 'Twas many
years ago when I was on the way home
from California. We left the isthmus on
a good brig bound for New York but ran
into a coral reef in the Caribbean sea and
were wrecked. It was a patch of sand
just out of the water but you ought to see
the flocks of sea fowl that nestled on it!
They Had to move out of the way to give
us room to stay there and that was about
all they would do. Their nests were every
where and there were eggs in abundance.
We ate about a barrel of them every day
during the twelve days we were there.
Some of us got off in a boat and went to
San Juan, in Nicaragua, where we got a
vessel to go after those we left on the reef.
That vessel was commanded by William
Lawrence of Bath, who was killed by a
man named Wilkinson while he was a po
liceman there. We tried to get to the reef
but bad weather stove us up so we had to
set in for New Orleans, where we found the
rest of the men rescued by another vessel.
But eggs" the old man’s face took on a
peculiar expression.
• Service ala Bowery.
A waiter from “de Bowery” drifted Into
town the other day and got a job in a
Royal street restaurant, says the New Or
leans Times-Democrat. He was dressed
in a check suit, walked stiff-kneed, with
his chin out. and yelled out his orders like
a Mississippi mate. His first customer
was a gentleman of delicate appetite. The
waiter struck a prize-fighter attitude,
leaned his head slightly down toward the
guest, and said:
“Well?"
The guest looked up in surprise. The
waiter glanced down at him.
"Well, what can w’e do for yer, sport?”
Regaining his control, the diner said:
“Ah, I’d like something light, waiter.”
"Sumtin light? How would a fedder do
yer?" . ...
’ A what?”
“A fedder. Maybe you might get your
whiskers trou a lamp, or p'Faps a cup-Of
barber’s ladder might fit yer mug."
Having delivered himself of these pleas
antries the waiter smiled broadly, and
tapped his customer lightly on the chest.
“Dere, whiskers, don’t get yer peppers
on. Dat’s a Josh to git up yer appetite,
see? No strinin’, wouldn't an omelet suf
fiay tickle de cove in yer bread baskey?
Say, I can rush it into yer face before yer
finish gotn’ up against de pickles, see?”
The delicate gentleman nearly fainted,
and was rescued by the head waiter,
who gave him another attendant, and put
the Ganymede from wicked New York on
the dishwashing list.
The Sweetest of Memory’s Bells.
Frank L. Stanton in the Ladles’ Home
Journal.
Wild is the way through the woodland;
but there are the sweetest fields of
clover,
The sighing, sad pines, and the Jessamine
vines, and the rill that leaps laugh-*
lngly over.
The lilies that rim it—the shadows that
dim it—and there, winding winsomely
sweet.
Is the path that still leads to the old home
through rivery ripples of wheat!
And hark! ’tis the song of the reapers, and
I know by its jubilant ringing
There is gold in the gleam of the harvest
and love in the hearts that are sing
ing!
And still as of old the ether its music
mellifluous swells.
And the wind that sighs westward is
swaying the sweetest of Memory's
bells.
Let me pass through the wheat and the
ciover, O men and rose-maidens, who
reap!
I, who come from the sound of the cities,
like a child to its mother would
creep;
For through long years of tears and of
toiling, like harbor-bells over the
foam
Your voices far winging and ringing were
singing me—singing me home!
And here from the pain and the pleasure
—from the sorrow and,sighing, I flee,
As the birds when the storm winds are
blowing, as the ships seek the haven
from sea;
And I fancy the violets know me in gar
dens of beauty and bliss;
And do not the red rqses owe me the peace
of the prodigal’s kiss?
The sun is still bright at the portal; there
the love-light all radiant shines;
Heart! Heart! there’s a face we remember
in the tangle and bloom of the vines!
Far off the glad reapers are singing—far
off in the rivery wheat.
And the arms of a mother are clinging,
and the kiss of a mother is sweet!
It Wasn't a “Basting.”
The drummer always brings the latest
trick, says the Commercial Traveler.
Here it is:
Take a spool of white basting cotton.
Drop it into your inside coat pocket and,
threading a needle with it, pass it up
through the shoulder of your coat. Leave
the end an inch or so long on the outside
of your coat and take off the needle.
Four men out of every five will try to
pick that whole thread off your shoulder,
and will puli on the spool until it actually
does seem as though your clothes are all
bastings, and that they were unraveling
not only your clothes, but yourself.
“I was in to see Wilson Barrett in ’Clau
dian’ in 'Boston, recently,” said the trav
eling man. "It was Ifi the most interest
ing and pathetic portion of the play.
Everybody was rapt. I was sitting bolt
upright, and didn’t know or care to know
a soul around me, when suddenly I felt
sqme one tugging at that basting cotton
that I myself had clean forgotten. I
didn’t say a word and did not move. Foot
by foot it unrolled. Half glancing around
I saw a man—a total stranger—yanking
at the thread. His face was scarlet. He
had pulled out about ten yards, and was
now hauling in hand over hand. He didn't
care to stop, because he had decorated my
back and the whole aisle with basting
cotton. He hardly dared to go ahead, for
he didn't know what portion of my do
mestic Interior economy he was trifling
with. Rip! Rip! went the thread. Hand
over hand he yanked it in. The aisle was
full of it. ’For heaven’s sake, will it
never end?’ said he above his breath. I
sat perfectly still and ran the spool while
he pulled. How I wanted to yell. I never
saw anything half so funny. The whole
section of the house got onto it. They
didn’t know whether fc> laugh
at me or him. but sat and
looked on amazed at the spec
tacle. At last the stranger gave one fran
tic rip and yanked out about eleven yards
in one bunch, and as the cotton got
twisted around his watch chain, over his
eye-glassess, in his hair and filled his lap,
I turned around, and, producing the spool
from my pocket, said: ‘I am very much
obliged for your Interest, and very sorry
that I mislead you. You see I have about
124 yards left, but I presume that you
don’t care for any more to-night. I am
honestly sorry, but I can’t help smiling.’
"The man was a modest sort of gentle
man In appearance. His face was as red
as fire even to jila .ears. He-looked at me
and then at the spool. He changed color
once or twice, and when the crowd caught
on a big laugh went up.”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The prosperity of Belgium under the
reign of the by no means popular King
Leopold has been remarkable. In the
mining and industrial belt of which Liege
is the center the values of plant and out
put has been quadrupled since he ascended
the throne, while the commerce and trade
of the great seaport of Antwerp have aug
mented more than tenfold. And this is
said to be directly due to the personal
efforts of the farsighted Belgian monarch.
—A man of genteel breeding and intel
lectual force told the Boston Journal the
other day that he wears, sewed to hi3 un
dershirt, a card with this inscription: “My
appendix has been cut out.” And he gave
this reason for his action: “You see, these
are the palmy knifing days of the surgeon.
If a man falls in a fit or faints, or is dis
guised mentally by a drug, and is carried
consequently to a hospital, the surgeon op
erates on him for appendicitis without de
day.”
—Polyandry, the species of polygamy in
which the wife has more husbands than
one, exists in Thibet, interior of Ceylon,
among the Todas and Nairs of Southern
India, the Iroquois Indians and the aborigi
nal Tasmanians. In Thibet polyandry has
the peculiarity that the husbands are all
brothers, or, at least, very nearly related,
so that' the woman becomes the wife of
the whole family. It has been suggested
that the system arose in a state of society
where mein were forced to be away from
home for long periods, and where the duty
of protecting the family would fall on the
brothers in turn.
—Owing to the inclination of the war de
partment to make use of the bicycle in
the aqmy. a number of machines have
been invented for that purpose, the latest
being that brought out by a Pittsburg
man. The top tube of the frame of this
bicycle acts both as a member of the
frame and as a gun barrel. The tube is
provided with a cartridge delivery open
ing on the side and suitable spring me
chanism for quickly expelling. A knap
sack or baggage carrier is also provided
for, and is swung from the top tube, so
as not to interfere with the movements
of the rider. Brackets and grooves are se
cured to the frame for holding guns and
pistols.
—ln the western part of England there
are situated many places that go by the
name of gallows-traps. They are always
lonely spots in the ’fields, and are doubt
less remembrances of the old pagan days
when it was the custom to sacrifice human
beings to the gods. The gallows-traps
were set for the runaway child or strang
er that might happen to stray that way.
It was accepted as an omen justifying the
sacrifice, that the victim had been drawn
thither as the will of the deity. They owe
their origin to the fact that it sometimes
became difficult to supply subjects for the
sacrifice and an arrangement such as this
rendered the selection of victims easier
for those who had the business in charge.
—There is amonkey in the Bellevue zoo
logical gardens of Manchester, England,
that rides a bicycle, plays a violin and
bugle, though he does not extract much
music; sits at a table to eat, uses soap
and towel when making his toilet, and
shaves himself. When riding his wheel
he rings the bell almost constantly, not
so much to alarm pedestrians as because
he enjoys the sound. He smokes cigars
and cigarettes, and eagerly picks up a
.stump when he finds it. He is afraid of
the lire, and will not hold a match or
lighted paper to light a pipe or cigar, but
scratches a match and hands it to his
trainer. He has learned to box, and in a
fight with another monkey used his fists
like a pugilist.
—The Hartford electric lighting com
pany, says the New York Sun, is said to
have the largest storage battery in the
world. This consists of 130 cells, capable
of giving out a current of 10,000 am
pere. The Western Union Telegraph
Company has also become a great user of
these cells. In its larger stations outside
of New York it began putting in storage
cells about two and one-half years ago,
and it is said now to have 20,000 of them in
use. These have supplanted 70,000 of the
oid chemical gravity ceils, in which the
current was produced by using zinc plates
and blue vitriol. The cost is said to be 18
cents a year for each of the new cells,
against $1.75 a year for each of the oid
ones. The company has such plants in
Washington and Atlanta, and anew one
has just been added at New Orleans, In
which 861 of the new cells are used. Many
Pullman cars are lighted from storage
cells, and the coaches of the Intercolonial
railway of Canada are similarly supplied.
—To judge from the report of the Paris
mint, says the New York Tribune, this Is
an age of medals, and a large proportion
of the world’s medals are made in Paris.
At the beginning of the century the value
of the medals turned out from the Paris
mints was only 200.000 francs, or about
$40,000. Last year this amount had been
increased more than five times, and this
year over 1,000,000 francs’ worth of medals
have already appeared. Of last year’s
product, the largest number, as well as
the greatest value, were the silver ones,
of which there were 178,770, while there
were only 3,452 of the aristocratic gold
ones, a disproportion that should fill the
followers of Bryan with joy. To be sure
their value was half that of their more
numerous rivals, but, then, so many more
people were made happy by the latter.
This increase in the circulation of medals
is due in the main to the immense in
crease of late years in international and
local expositions. With a world’s fair al
most every summer, and with side shows
all the year round, It is no wonder that
the minters in Paris are kept busy. When
the climax is reached at the end of the
century with the exposition in Paris her
self, there will probably be a bear move
ment in the medal market.
—'Most people wonder how a knowledge
of things in the Arctic region can benefit
science; they think, perhaps, that it is
foolish to incur hardship and danger as
the explorers do. Here is what a writer
in the Popular Science Monthly says- To
ascertain with greater precision the shape
size and density of the earth, the astron
omer’s base of measures, and thus ren
der the science of surveying more accu
rate, ten pendulum observations near the
unknown extreme of the Arctic are worth
a hundred elsewhere. Observations on
magnetism, especially near the magnetic
pole, will benefit the thousands of ocean
vessels that largely depend for their safe
ty on the precision with which the com
pass can be interpreted. Observations on
the character and behavior of plants and
animals under the unique conditions of
the Arctic will give the student of organic
life a more thorough mastery of his prob
lems. To that end the hydrography must
be known (depth of sea, temperature.
JTIliJf S? 1 ? ve 7 le " t ’ Bea boUom , salinity,
light). The Arctic affords the beat facil
ities for studying one set of geologic
forces (glaciers. Icebergs, frost Assuring)
in their extreme manifestation. The con
dition of the earth in past geologic epochs
W e .s i y known un ‘H the si rata
of the Arctic lands have been mapped.
To the paleontologist the Arctic has al
m'fh. Vn'fu 3 ‘ valuable information
In the fossil evidence of a mild climate.
b OCkWO ,°' i Bralnard found the slope
of Western Grtnnell Land studded with
pe , t r' n f. d tr< “° tumps. These and
similar fossils, precious to museums or
geologic cabinets, can probably be reached
BOUnd ’ To the ethnolo
£ißt the LskimoH represent a phase of
human life without a parallel.
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4.oo—reduced to
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5.50- to
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LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREI>
ITORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-No
tice is hereby given to all persons havins
demands against Mary Proctor, late ol
said county, deceased, to present them to
me, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as to show their char
acter and amount; and all persons Indebt
ed to said deceased are required to main
immediate payment to me.
HENRY M’ALPIN.
Administrator Estate of Mary Proctor,
deceased.
Georgia] Chatham countt-
Whereas, Joseph F. Torrent has applied
to court of ordinary for letters dismissory
as administrator on the estate of Man
Torrent, deceased. ,
These are. therefore, to cite and •
monish all whqap it may concern to
and appear heme said court t 0 roa “
objection (If any they have) on or before
the first Monday in February, next,
otherwise said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Fernii.
ordinary for Chatham county, this tn
31st day of October, 1898.
FRANK E. KEILBACH.
Clerk C. O- C. C._
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA. CHATHAM
Notice U hereby given to all persons n
ing demands against Selena A. oppe
heimer, late of said county, deceased,
present them to me, properly made out
within the time prescribed by law, o>
to show their character and amount; a™
all persons Indebted to said deceased
required to make Immediate
me. SAMUEL CPPENHEIMER.
Administrator Estate of Selena A.
penhelmer, Deceased.
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