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WOMAN'S WORK AND WORRIE
TAI.MIGE DRAWS LESSORS FIU
HOI SEHOI.I* ( ARES.
•I*" Tfit Taken From the Stori <
she Home I. lie of Slarlhn ami Mai
An Tolil in Iho Tenlli rhapti'i
Luke—Woman Trouhlrd Aim
Many Thing* Wlit-rcas Christ I. .
Martha That Hut Clue Thing
Needful Old-Fashioned Relic
of Jenna Chrint the Only Thin
I hat Will Take ft Woman Hap© '
Through the Trlaln of Home lit
Washington, Jan. 2.—Dr. Talmas©'
mon to-day goes through home-life .
the tread of one who has seen all it -
partments and sympathizes with a
sees. and has words of cheer for all w
mothers, daughters and sisteTS.
1. ike 10:10: Lord, dost thou not ca.< >
my sister hath left me to serve u
J’.ii h A r, therefore, that she help me.
Yonder is a beautiful village hone 1
'file man of the house is dead, to.
widow is taking charge of the pro
This is thg widow. Martha of Bi
Yts, I will show you also the pet
household. This is Mary, the youm i ■
ter, with a book under her arm, to
lace having no appearance of an.v. ■
t are. Company has come. Christ
outside the door, and, of oours. . t
a good deal of excitement i
the door. The disarranged fin
is hastily put aside, and the hair i
cd back, and the dresses are adju i a
■well as, in so short a time, Mary an 11
tha can attend to these matters. T. I
not keep Christ standing at the do.a m
they were newly apparelled, or un
liad elaborately arrunged their
then coming out with their affe. l'
prise as though they had not In :d 1
two or three previous knocking- .
“Why, U that you?” No. Tin
ladies, and were always present ai -
though they may not have a!way I l 1
their best, for none of us alway
our best; if we did, our best would i
worth having on. They throw .>: 1
door, and greet Christ. They sa> •1 ■ ■
morning, master; come in and la- • i©u
Christ did not come alone; Hi .1 a
group of friends with Him, ami !i an
Influx of city visitors would thro.v any
country home into perturbation. I sup
pose also the walk from the. city ha.l n ■ u
a good appetizer. The kitchen depart
ment that day was a very Important de
partment, and X suppose that Martaa had
no sooner greeted the guests than sue tied
to that room. Mary had no worriment
about household affairs. She hud full
confidence that Martha could get up the
best dinner in Bethany. She . .m- In
say; "Now let us have a division of labor.
Martha, you cook, and I’ll sit down and
be good.” So you have often seen a great
difference lietween two sisters.
There is Martha, hard-working. t>ains
taking, a good manager, ever Inventive of
some new pastry, or discovering some
thing in the art of cookery and housekeep
ing. There is Mary, also fond of conver
sation, literary, so engaged in deep .pi
lions of ethics she lias no time to nitend
to the questions of household Kan It
Is noon. Mary is in the parlor with ('in Ist.
Martha is in the kitchen, it would have
been better if they had divided lie work
and then they could have divi.t I tin op
portunity of listening to Jesus; but 'Mart
monopolizes Christ while Martha swelters
at the fire. It was a very Import.ini thing
that they should have a good dinner mat
day. Christ was hungry and he did not
often hftve a luxurious entertah m m A; is
me! if the duty had devolved upon Murj
what a repast that would have bein', but
something went wrong in the kitchen. Ivr
h tps the fire would not burn, or the hr. i 1
would not hake, or Martha senlil- I her
hand, or something was burned black that
ought only to have been mai. brown;
and'Martha lost her patience, and forget
ting the proprieties of the otetc-i m, with
besweated brow, and perhaps, wi ll pitcher
in one hand and tongs In the other, she
rushes out of the kitchen into the presence
of Christ, saying: “Lord, dost Thou not
care that my sister hath left me to serve
alone?” Christ scolded not a word. If it
wepe scolding, I should rather have his
scolding than anybody els. - blessing.
There was nothing acerb. He knew Mar
tha had almost worked herself to and. ath to
get him something to eat, and so
he throws a world of tenderness
into his intonation ns he seems
to say; “My dear woman. do
not worry; let the dinner go; sit. down on
this ottoman beside Mary, your youngest
sister. Martha, Martha, thou art careful
und troubled about many things, but one
thing is needful.” As Martha throws open
that kitchen door I look In and see a great
many household perplexities and anxle
t ies.
First, there is the trial of non-apprecia
tion. That is what made Martha so mad
with Mary. The younger sister had no
estimate of- her older sister’s fatigues. As
now, men bothered with the anxieties of
the store, and office, and shop, or coming,
from the stock exchange, they say when
they get home; “Oh, you ought to lie in
our factory a little while; you ought to
have to manage eight, or ten, or twenty
subordinates, and then you would know
what trouble and anxiety are!” Oh, sir,
the wife and the mother has to conduct at
t{i© same time a university, a clothing
establishment, a restaurant, a laundry, a
library, while she is health officer, police,
and president of her realm! She must do
a thousand things, and do them well, in
older to keep things going smoothly; and
so her brain and her nervi s are taxed to
the utmost. I know tiler, are house
k‘ epers who are so fortunate that they can
sit in an arm-chair in their library, or
lie on the belated pillow, and throw off
all the care upon subordinates, who, hav
ing inrge wages and great experience, can
attend io all of the affairs o' tlie house
hold. Those are the exceptions. I am
speaking now of the great mass of house
keepers—the women to whom life is a
struggle, and who, at thirty years of age,
look as though they were forty, and at.
forty look as though th. y Ain fifty, and
ai fifty look as though they were sixty.
Th* fallen at Chalons, and Austerlitz, and
Gettysburg, and Waterloo are a small
number compared with the slain in ihe
great Armageddon of the kitchen. You
go out to the cemetery and you will see
that the tombstones all read beautifully
poetic; but if those tombstones would
speak the truth, thousands of them would
say: “Hero lies a woman killed by too
much mending, and sewing, and baking,
and scrubbing, and scouring; the weapon
with which she was slain was a broom,
or a sewing machine, or a ladle." Y'ou
ihink, O man of the world! tha; you have
nil the cares and anxieties. If the cares
and anxieties of the household should
come upon you for one week, you would
lie fit for the insane asylum. The hall
rested housekeeper arises In th© morning.
She must have the morning repast pre
pored at an irrevocable hour. What if
Hit fire will not light; what if the market
ing did not come; what if the clock ha
stopped—no matter, she must have the
morning repast at an irrevocable hour.
Then the children must be got off io
school. What If their garments are torn;
what If they do not know their lessons;
what If they have lost a hat or sash— they
must be ready. Then you have all Ihe
diet of tlie day, and iierliaps of several
days, to plan; but what If the butcher
ha* sent meat unnuigtlltabie, or the grocer
lias sent articles of food adulterated, and
wiiat if some piece of silver be gone, o r
borne favorite chalice be cracked, or the
iood’s
■ h m little; always tHr . D I
ffletent. sat isf ac- O„ |! *r,
vent a cold or fever, K 5 Y -?:t.
liver ills, sick head ■ fi # A
ndice, ronxtlpMion, etc. Pia-c . is.
- y Pills to take with MooU gar sat.. uU
.k, or tile plumbing fail, or an> • > e
ousands things occur—you nuei i>e
Spring weather comes, ami ii re
a revolution in the family ward
er autumn comes, and you must
* the northern blast; but wu t if
ill has preceded you Io tin i; j
during the year, th. children >, ,ve |
vn ihe apparel of last year; v.-hat
fashions have changed. Your hou-o
'ie an apothecary’s shop; >i
a dispensary; there mu.-. . m”di
r all sorts of ailments-some;..i..g
n the croup, something to < <>! the
something to poultlci the lnfiamtnu
■mething to shone, the j. aping
something to soothe ihe e.n he.
ast be ill a half a <!<;/. n f>] . . * at
me time, or you must attempt to lie.
h r al! this wear and tear of life,
i makes an impatient rush upon the
or drawing-room, he patient, he len
• ii, woman, though I may fail to-stir
appreciation in the souls of others
rd to your household toils, lyt me
you, from the kindlin'-s with which
Christ met Martha, that he appro
nil your work from garret to cellar;
at the God of Delx-rah, and Hannah,
i Abigail, and Grandmother Lois, and
" th Fry, and Hannah More is the
. f the housekeeper! Jesus was never
*d, (hat lie migtit be the especial
and confidant of a whole world of
ed womanhood. I blunder. Christ
iiarried. The Bible says that the
h Is the Lamb's wife, and that
■ me know that all Christian women
I right to go lo Christ and tell him of
, i anoyances and troubles, since by his
"t conjugal fidelity he is sworn to
e aihize. George Herbert, the Christian
■ . wrote (wo or three verses on this sub
j. ji.
' The servant by this clause
Makes drudgery divine;
V- ho sweeps ax-oom, as for Toy laws,
Makes this and the action fine.”
A voung woman of brilliant education
a : prosperous circumstances was called
ili'w n-stalrs to help in the kitchen in the
lie’nee of the servants. The door-beil
tinning, She went to open it and found a
vn th man friend, who said as he came in:
l thought that I heard music; was it on
•his piano or on this liarp?” She an
.- wi red: "No; I was playing on a grid
*,o"i wdth frying-pan accompaniment.
The servants are gone, and I am learning
bow to do tliis work." Weil done! When
will women in all circles find out that it is
honorable to do anything that ought to be
done? •
Again, there is the trial of severe econ
omy. Nine hundred and ninety-nine
households out of the thousand are
subjected to it—some under more and
sum. under less stress of circumstances.
Especially if a man smoke very expensive
( g ns. and take very costly dinners at the
restaurants, he will he severe in demand
ing domestic economies. This is what
kills tens of thousands of women—at
temitting to make $5 do the Work of seven.
A young woman about to enter the mar.
ri. l state said to her mother; "How long
and " tl)g,„honeymoon last?” The mother
answered: “The honeymoon lusts until
you ask your husband for money.” How
some men do dole Out money to their
wives! "How much do you want?” “A
dollar!" "You are always wanting a dol
h. Can’t you.do with BO cents?” If
Hie husband has not tha money, let him
plainly say so. If he has it, let him
make cheerful response, remembering that
his wife has as much right to it as he
lias. How the hills come ill! The woman
Is the banker of the household, she is the
president, the cashier, the teller, the dis
count clerk, and there is a panic every
few weeks! This*thirty years’ war against
high prices, this perpetual study of econ
omics, this life-long attempt to keep the
outgoes less than the income, exhausts in
numerable housekeepers. Oh, my sistei,
(his is a part of the divine discipline. If
it were best for you, all you would have
lo do would be to open-the from windows
and the ravens would fly in with food; and
alter you had baked fifty times from Ihe
barrel of the pantry, the barrel, like the
one of Zarephath, would be full; and the
sillies of the children would last as long as
the shoes of the Israelites in the wilder
ness-forty years. Besides that, this is
going to make heaven the more attrac
tive in the contrast. They never hunger
there, and consequently there will lie, none
of ihe nuisances of catering for appetites.
And in the land of the white robe they
never have to mend anything, and the air
in that hill-country makes everybody well.
There are no rents to pay; every man
owns his own house, and a mansion at
that. It will not be so great a change for
you to have a chariot in heaven ir you
have been in the habit of riding in this
world. It will not be' so great a change
for you to sit down on the banks of
toe river of life, If in this world you had
a country-seat; but if you have walked
with tired feet in tills world, what
a glorious change to mount celestial equip
age! And if your life on earth was do
mestic martyrdom, oh, the joy of an eter
nity tin which you shall have nothing to
do except what you choose to do! Martha
has had no drudgery for eighteen centu
ries! I quarreled with the theologians who
want to distribute all the thrones of heav
en among the John Knoxes, and the Hugh
La timers, and the Theban Begion. Some
of the brightest thrones of heaven will be
kept for Christian housekeepers. Oh,
what a change from here to there—from
the time when they put down the roliing
pin to when they take up the scepter! If
Chatsworth park and the Vanderbilt man
sion were to lie. lifted into the Celestial
City they would be considered uninhabita
ble rookeries, and glorified Lazarus would
be ashamed to be going In and om off cither
of them.
There are many housekeepers who eould
get along with their tabs if it were not for
sickness and trouble. The fact is, one
half of the women of the land are more or
less Invalids. The mountain lass, who has
neve** had .an ache or pain, may consider
household 4oil inconsiderable, mid toward
evening she' may skip away miles to the
fields and drive horn, the rattle, and she
may until ten o’clock at night fill the house
with laughing racket; but. oh, to do the
work of life with worn-out constitution,
when whooping cough lias been raging for
six weeks in the hous. hold, making the
i(Ha* sk • pit . th< daj that not
so easy! Per hat is t!d; bom. s after the
nerves have been shattered lv some be
iveincut that has 1. ft .1, solution in every
•
garret. !><•■ an t the occupant has been
hushed into a slumber which needs no
mother’s lullaby, oil, she eou'.d provide
for the whole group a great deal better
in she can car< !or a part of the group,
i. the rest are gone! Though you may
h T her God is taking care of those who
a . gone, li is motheriike to brood both
flacks; undone wing she puts over the
flock in the house, the other wing she puts
o\ it the flock in the grave.
There is nothing but the old-fashioned
religion or Jesus Christ that will take a
woman happily through the trials of home
li'. . At ilrst there may he a romance or a
m velty that will do for n'substitute. The
rr irriage-hotir has Just passed, and the
perplexities of the household are more
th in atoned by the joy of. being together,
and by the fact that wheh It Is late they
rin not have lo discuss the question as to
whether li is time to go! The mishaps of
t! .- household, instead of being a matter
ol anxiety and reprehension, are a matter
of merriment—the loaf of bread turned in
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1898.
to a geological specimen; the slushy cus
tards; I Jaundice or measly biscuits. It
i( a very bright sunlight that falls on the
cutlery and the mantel ornaments of a
new Home
But after awhile the romance Is all gone,
and tin n there Is something to he prepar
ed for the table that the book called
”( oakery Taught in Twelve Lessons” will
no- *< a h. The receipt for making it is not
a handful of this, a cup of that, and a
spoonful of something else. It is not some
thing sweetened with ordinary condiments,
or flavored with ordinary flavors, or
baked in ordinary ovens. It is the loaf of
dome.- lie happiness; and al! the ingredients
come down from heaven, and the fruits are
plucked from the tree of life, and it is
weetened tviih the new wine of the king
den and it is bak'd in the oven of home
trio'. Solomon wrpte out of his own ex
perience. He had a wretched home. A man
cannot be happy with two wives, much less
T.x hundred; and lie says, writing out of
liis own experience: "Better is a dinner of
herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
haired therewith.”
How great are the responsibilities of
housekeepers! Sometimes an indigestible
article ol food, by its effect upon a king,
has overthrown an empire. A distinguish
ed statistician says of one thousand un
married men there are thirty-eight crimi
nals, and of one thousand married men
only eighteen are criminals. What a
suggestion o' home influences! Bet
(he most be made of them. Housekeepers
buy the food they provide, by the couches
ihev spread, by the books they intro
duce, by the influences they
bring-around their home, are deciding the
physical, intellectual, moral, eternal des
tiny of the race. You say your life Is one
ol sacrifice. 1 know it. But. my sisters,
that is the only life worih living. That
was Florence Nightingale's life; that was
Payson’s life; that was Christ’s life. We
admire it in others; but how very hard it
is for us to exercise it ourselves! When,
in Brooklyn, young Dr. Hutchinson, hav
ing spent a whole night In a diphtheritic
room for the relief of a patient, became
saturated with the poison and died, we all
felt as if we would like lo put garlands on
his grave; everybody appreciates that.
When, in the burning hotel at St. Bouis,
a young man on the fifth story broke open
the door of the room where his mother
was sleeping, and plunged in amid smoke
and fire, crying: "Mother, where tire you?"
and never came out, our hearts applauded'
lhat young man. But how few of us have
the Christ-like spirit—a willingness to suf-
fer for others! A rough teacher in a
school called upon a jtoor, half-starved
lad who had offended against the laws of
the school, and said: "Ttike off your coat
directly, sir.” The boy refused lo take it
off, whereupon *the teacher said again:
"Take off your coat, sir," as lie swung the
whip through the uir. The boy refused.
It was not because he was afraid of th©
lash—he was used to that at home—but it
was from shame—he had no undergar
ment; and as at the third command he
pulled slowly off his coat, there went a sob
through the school. They saw then why
he did not want to remove his coat, and
they saw the shoulder-blades had almost
cut through the skin, and a stout, healthy
boy rose up and went to the teacher of the
school, and said: “Oh, sir, please don’t
hurt this poor fellow; whip me; see, he's
nothing but a poor chap; don't hurt him,
he’s poor; whip me.” “Well,” said the
teacher, "it’s going to be a severe whip
ping; I am willing to take you as a substi
tute,” “Well," said Ihe boy, "I don’t care;
you whip me, if you will let this poor fel
low go.” The stout, healthy boy took the
scourging without an outcry. “Bravo!”
says every man—“ Bravo!” How many
of us are willing to take the scourging,
and the suffering, and the toil, and the
anxiety for oilier people! Beautiful things
to admire, but hOw little we have of that
spirit. God give us that self-denying
spirit, so that whether we are in humble
spheres or in conspicuous spheres we may
perform our whole duty—for this struggle
will soon be over.
One of the most affecting reminiscences
of my mother is my remembrance of her
as a Christian housekeeper. She worked
very hard, and when we would come in
from summer play, and sit down at the
table at noon, I remember how she used
to come in with beads of perspiration
along Ihe line of gray hair, and how some
times she would sit down at the table and
put her head against her wrinkled hand
and say. "Well, Ihe fact is, I'm too tired
to eat.” Bong after she might have dele
gated this duty,to others, she would not
lie satisfied unless eh© attended to the
matter herseif. In fact, we all preferred
to have her do so, for somehow things
tasted better when she prepared them.
Some time ago, in an express train., T shot
past that old homestead. I looked out of
the window, and tried to peer thrdugh the
darkness. While I was doing so, one of
my o’d schoolmates, whom I had not seen
for many years, tapped me on the shoul
der. and said: “De Witt, I see you are
looking out at the scenes of your boy
hood.” “Oh, yes,” I replied, "I was look
ing out at the okl place where niv mother
lived and died.” That night, in the cars,
the whole scene came ba k to me. There
was th© country home. There was th©
noonday table. There were the children
on either side of the table, most of them
gone never to come back. At one ©nd of
the table, my father, with a smile that
never left iii.s countenance even when he
lay in ilia coffin. It was an eighty-fours,
years’ smile—not the smile of inanition,
but of Christian courage and of Christian
hope. At the other end of the table was a
beautiful, benignant, hard-working, aged
Christian housekeeper, m.v mother. She
was very tired. I am glad she has so
good a place to rest in. “Blessed are the
dead who die In the Bord; they rest from
their labors, and their works do follow
them.”
MONEY TIGHT AT BOVDOA,
Business On the Stock Exchange
small But th© Tone Firm.
London, Jan. 2.—There is th© usual
money pressure that comes with the end
of the year. About £10,000,000 has been
borrowed from tlie Bank of England, and
this borrowing resulted in a certain ease
in the market. It is believed, however, to
be only temporary.
On the stock exchange, business last
week was small, but the lone was firm and
the feeling : ,s lo the future confident. Uon
-ols have nson sharply and are about \
of a point higher.
Home railways ore better all round,
many sio dts Ling from one-half io one
point high r. ©n the belief that the gov
ernment dividends about to be released
w. 1 be invested therein.
American securities were in fair demand
and the market was sanguine, with but
few Changes.
(Pennsylvania railway shores have risen
one point, ami Atchison, Topeka und S 'n
(a I*V one point. Milwaukee and St. Paul
declined three-quarters, and Louisville and
Nashville one-half a point, i
Grand Trunk shores Improved on the
November traffic returns.
Atgentinc lailvtar shares were bought
freely. Continental Argentines rose one
and one-quarter points; Buenos Ayers and
Rosario one point and Buenos Ayres
Great Southern one-ha.l' joint. Argentine
funds also were in good demand, the 1886
loan having risen one joint, and the fund
ing loan at two and one-quarter joints.
A good business was done in Uruguay
ans, ©specially in the 5 per cents., which
improved three joints, and the 3'-y jier
cents, which have risen one and one-quar
ter.
The Sjianish securities dropped three
fourths of a joint.
<’hiiu*-e bonds continue to be sold.
AngiO-Ameriean TYlegrajth Company
K b ; ir, s tire in good demand, the iirefened
shares having risen two and one-quarter
point*
COMING EVENTS IN CONGRESS.
CIVIL SERVICE FI It ST TO ENGAGE
THE LOW EH JOl St-
Tlie Opposition to Making tin Appro
priation to Continue tlie < nmnils
ition Expected to Bring' Out tlie
View* ol All the Party Leader*.
Hawaiian Annexation One of th©
Matt©r* to Conte I p Early When
the Senate Get* Dona to Bn*ine**.
Chances of Favorable Action Ini
prox'od by the Grab Game in
Chinn.
Washington. Jan. 2.—The time of the
House this week after It meets on Wed
nesday, will probably be entirely devot' and
to debate on the civil service question. Pv
general consent the appropriation in the
legislative, executive and judicial bill for
th© maintenance of ihe commission, upon
which the debate will be based, w c r\t over
until after the holidays. Ii Is intended by
the opponents of the civil service law
that Ihe debate shall cover liie whole que -
tion, anti they expect to develop and ex
ploit some very interesting facts. The de
fenders of the law have mud© elaborate
preparations to meet these assaults and
some highly ihlvresiing, if not sensational
incidents are anticipated.
The records of individuals are likely to
be very much in evidence. It is not ex
pected that the debate will be concluded
this week, as Saturday has been set aside
for paying tribute to the memory of the
late Representative Wright of Massachu
setts.
Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio, who has been
one of tlie mainstays of the opposition to
the law, is very desirous of participating
in the debate, but owing to the senatorial
fight now in progress in Ohio, he will
probably not be able to return until next
week. It is not believed there will be any
attempt I© close the debate until he has
had an opportunity to make the elaborate
speech which he has prepared. No one
seriously believes, however, that the up
shot of the present debate will be the
striking out of the appropriation for tlie
commission. This proposition cannot by
any means command the full strength of
the opposition, the leaders of which think
direct legislation should be enacted to re
peal or amend the law. The debate, there
fore, will simply be in the nature of a
general airing of the views of the mem
bers of the House, the only practical ef
fect of which will be to place them on
record for the future.
The prevailing opinion among senators
Is that very litile legislation will l>e at
tempted during Ihe present week. The
fact that congress will not resume until
Wednesday is taken by the absentees to
mean that nothing will be attempted un
til the following week, and as a conse
quence it is doubtful whether there is a
quorum present in the Senate on Wednes
day, in which event there will probably
be an adjournment until tlie following day
and then an adjournment until Monday.
In any event. It is not probable any im
portant questions will be raised during
the present week.
The general understanding is, how
ever, tliHt the work of the session will be
gin in real earnest after this week, and
that henceforth there will lie no justifica
tion of complaint of the dullness of the
I pro-eedings. mu /
Among the questions that will engage
early attention are: The Hawaiian annex
ation question, Ihe claim of Mr. Corbett
to a seat in the Senate from Oregon, the
immigration bill and the financial ques
tion.
In all probability the committee on privi
leges and elections will meet during the
week and the chances are that an earlv
report on the Corbett case will be ordered,
though it may not be favorable. The re
j'ubliean side of the chamber will not be
a unit in 'Mr. Corbqtt’s inierest. Senator
Burrows of the committee, who has charge
of the case, is preparing an exhaustive
speech antagonistic to Mr. Corbett, and
the opposition are counting on the assist
ance of still others from that side of the
chamber.
It is not believed that there will bo any
serious antagonism to the immigration
bill, but there may be considerable time
consumed in speeches on the subject.
It is ptollable Senator Davis, chairman
of the Senate committee on foreign rela
tions, will make an effort during the pres
ent week to get a day fixed for the (ak
ing up of the annexation bill and there
is no apprehension of any ofijection to
naming a day in the early future. Th
plan of the supporters of the treaty' is to
take the question tip in executive session
on a resolution of ratification and to de
bate the treaty for a few days in execu
tive session, pursuing this course long
ergjugh to determine their strength and
commit those who profess to be with
them. If they find that they have tho
necessary two-thirds to secure ratification
they will press on to the end, but if they
discover themselves to be deficient in vot
ing strength, they will change their policy'
and take ut> the question of annexation
on 'Senator Morgan’s resolution to that
end. There is no doubt that, a majority
of affirmative votes can be secured and
that resolution of this character can be
Passed, if a vote can tie reached. Th©
present indications are that th© treaty, as
such, will fail of ratification by from two
to six votes, but the friends of the agree
ment have by no means lost hope that
they will succeed in securing the entire
sixty votes necessary to ratify. They
claim that they have been making head
way in securing votes during the recess,
and are hojjcful of still adding to the num
ber. They now assert that a solid vote
may be expected from the republican side
of the chamber and that members who
have been claimed by the opjiosition are
on the fence and liable to come to them.
The circumstance which has done most to
improve the chances of the treaty is th©
conduct of the European powers in aj>-
parontiy preparing for a partition of
China. Many senators feel that this is an
event which calls for jyrompt action on
the part of this country in the Hawaiian
matter, and there is no denying that this
view has made some impression upon sen
ators who have heretofore been classed as
doubtful.
Th<- promised explanation of Senator
Wolcott, of the result of his bimetallic
mission to Europ. is expected when made
to open ii|> the discussion of the attitude
of the administration on tho silver ques
tion. and the debale may oven lie sjirung
in advance of his speech. The pronounc
cil free silver advocates are determined to
secure a test vote during the session on
the silver question, and (Senator Toiler has
decided to introduce the Stanley Matthews
resolution of the forty-fifth congress, de
claring for the payment of bonds in silver,
with this end in view.
Senator Wolcott will, in all probability,
make a simple, straightforward stated
ment, avoiding all controverted points as
far as poislb.e, but there are other sena
tors who will not be content to allow the
matter to drop, and this week they will
seek to open the entire question of the j>-
sttion of the administration toward Inter
national bimetallism. Mr. Wolcott does
not exjiect to be able to present his state
ment before the 15ih of the month.
—Choice of Manufactures.—Young Co
hensteln—Do you iiee.elvo in maiging
Chrizmus j.resendts? Old Jaiitsuncoalskl
—Veil, 1 subbbose (lore's moneysh hi dot;
but 1 brefer to niaig clodlngs. mineselluff.
—Puck.
OHOI'RMK WILL BACK WALCOTT.
t beck for .V'i.U'.lU Put I p to Gnarantee
a Match With McCoy.
New York. Jan. ..—Tom O'Rourke, after
his return from Chicago, posted with Ihe
Police Gazette a certified check for £vJu*)
us a guaraniee for a match he wishes to,
arrange between Joe Walcott and Kid Mc-
Coy.
O’Rourke said to-day: "Any time Mc-
Coy feels inclined to do business he can
caver the 15,000 which t have posted, and
he will find me an easy man to make an
agreement with.”
MEETINGS.
GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The monthly meeting of this society will
b© held this evening at 8 o’clock at
Hodgson Hall. H. W. JOHNSON,
Recording Secretary.
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS.
Mutual Gas Bight Company, Office 7 and
9 Congress street, west. Savannah, Ga.,
Jan. 3, 1898.—Notice is hereby given that
the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Mutual Gas Bight Company of Savan
nah, Ga., will be held at the office of the
company on Monday, Jan. 17, 1898, at 12 rn..
for the purpose of electing directors and
officers for the ensuing year, und for the
transaction of such other business that
may come before said meeting.
JOHN W. GOBDKN, Secretary.
AIGISTA AND SAVANNAH RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
Office of Augusta and Savannah Rail
road Company, Savannah, Ga., Dec. 23,
1897.—The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Augusta and Savan
nah Railroad Company for the election of
officers for the ensuing year will be held
at the office of Hull & Lathrop, Savannah,
Ga., between the hours of 11 a. m. and 1
p. m., on Monday, Jan 3, 189S.
JOSEPH D. WEED, President.
MILITARY ORDERS.
GEORGBWICSSARsi
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 3, IS9S.
Orders No. 1— .
The troop will assemble
at headquarters this even- A
ing at 8:30 o’clock for drill.
Tlie regular weekly drills OSkEmEEL
will be held hereafter every J
Monday evening at 8:30 it? A /
o’clock WITHOUT FUR
THER NOTICE.
BEIRNE GORDON,
Captain Commanding.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
divjdeVlmnotTce:
Office of Augusta and Savannah Rail
road Company, Savannah, Ga., Dec. 30,
1897. —A dividend of two dollars and fifty
cents ($2.50) per share has been declared
upon the capital stock of this company,
payable on and after Wednesday, Jan. 5,
1898, at the office of Hull & Lathrop, Sa
vannah, Ga., to stockholders of record this
day. The transfer books of the company
will be closed until Jan. 5, 1888.
JOSEPH D. WEED, President.
DIVIDEND NO. 10.
The Germania Bank, Savannah, Ga.,
Dec. 23, 1897.—The Board of Directors have
this day declared a semi-annual dividend
of three dollars per share, payable on and
after Jan. 3, 1898. The transfer books will
be closed until that date.
_ JOHN M. HOGAN. Cashier.
DIVIDEND NO. 54.
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia,
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 28, 1897.—A semi-an
nual dividend of Three and One-half (3%
per cent.) per cent, upon the capital stock
of this bank has been declared, payabie
on and after Jan. 3, IS9B, to stockholders
as of record this date.
The transfer books will be closed until
Jan. 3, 1898.
_____ JAMES SULLIVAN, (’ashler.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Th© National Bank of Savannah, Dec.
31, 1897.—The directors have declared a div
idend of three dollars and a half ($3.59)
per share from the earnings of the past
six months, payable on demand to stock
holders of record this date. .
F. D. BLOODWORTH, Cashier.
INTEREST NOTICE
Interest for the fourth quarter, 1897, in
the savings department of the People’s
Savings and Loan Company is now due.
Depositors will please present their pass
books and get credit for same.
E. B. HACKBTT, Cashier.
INTEREST NOTICE.
Tlie Germania Bank, Savannah, Ga.,
Jan. 1, 1898.—Interest for the fourth quar
ter, 1897, on deposits in the savings depart
ment is now due and payable on demand.
Depositors will please leave their books
to be balanced.
JOHN M. HOGAN, Cashier.
ROWL AND JL ROWLAND,
GENERAL INSURANCE AND
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
114 BAY ST., EAST. Telephone No. 317.
REPRESENTING
New York Underwriters’ Agency,
Insurance Company of North America,
Philadelphia Underwriters,
Fidelity and Casualty Company.
N. B.—Telephone us when in need of
blotters or calendars, and we will send
you a supply.
HUAI.EII'S
CHRISTMAS PACKAGES
have arrived; also a large sup
ply of the regular boxes of their
unexcelled CANDIES.
The finest line of IMPORTED
and DOMESTIC PERFUMES
in the city. See Ihe new per
fume, "AUTOSPRAY,” a pleas
ant novelty.
SOLOMONS A CO.,
Congress Street,
and Bull and Char'ion Street.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
We have this day formed a co-partner
ship, under the firm name of Rowland &
Rowland, for the purpose of conducting
a general insurance and real estate busi
ness, and respectfully solicit a share of
the patronage of the public.
JOHN T. ROWLAND
CifAS. P. ROWLAND.
Savannah, Ga., Jun. 1, 1898.
SPECIAL NOTICE^
All bills against the Italian bark Orso
llna must be presented at our office before
12 o’clock m. this day, or payment thereof
will be debarred.
STRACHAN & CO., Consignees.
NOTICE.
All bills against British steamer Repton.
Drew, master, must be presented at this
office by 12 o'clock to-day (Monday), or
payment will be debarred.
GEORGIA EXPORT AIND IMPORT CO.
AMUSEMENTS.
QAVANNrtH THEATER.
Seats can be secured through the tele
phone No. 2195.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY' NIGHTS AND
TUESDAY MATINEE. Jan. 3 and 4,
THE NEW FARCICAL COMEDY,
“LOST, A BHIDE.’’
The much-praised laughing success of the
season. A strictly refined, up-to-date
comedy, with fascinating musical numbers
and specialties. Presented by a Genuine,
First-class Company. Seats on sale.
MATINEE AND NIGHT. JAN. 5.
MR. JAMES O'NEILL
and excellent company, in two magnificent
productions.
Wednesday Matinee "THE DEAD
HEART.” Played by Irving 200 times in
London.
Wednesday Night—" Monte Cristo.” Now
nearing its 4,000 th performance.
Seats now on sale.
Next Attraction—'Rosabel Morrison. Jan.
7. Coming—Jan. 8, Gorton's Minstrels.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
iroroiGiiiriWcEr
H OLD FASHIONED^
Tlii* wliisliy ha* thirty years' rep
utation, is endorsed by all lovers of
good liquors, Is unrivaled by any iu
prlee and quality. Orders for this
and other desirable kinds and
grades of AVliiskies, Brandies, Gins,
Rums and AA'ines Will Receive Care
ful and Prompt Attention.
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
Wholesale Liquor Dealers,
302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312 Bay street.
SPECIAL NOTICES. ’
"theYa^hTon^piTate^has^uirived
We mean in Bicycles.
It Is the Barnes White Flyer of the
IS9S model that is now absolutely
perfeet.
All admirers of first-class bicycles
are Invited to call and see the new
White Flyer—a perfeet wheel.
Improvements that nre now copied
and used liy various bicycle manu
facturers throughout the country
are abandoned by the Bnrnes people,
Who always rind something new and
leave old things to imitators.
We have a few jnventle wheels at
very elose prices, left over front
Christmas, and some good bargains
can be had for early callers. Coin©
at once.
/
Our leading wheels for 18i)S are
the Barnes. Wolif-American, Dayton
and Sterling. With this selection
everybody can be pleased. Call on
ns and you will save money, as we
are headquarters. ,
Oar line of Cooking and Heating
Stoves you will tiutl unexcelled by
nny one.
Onr Magic and Fidelity Ranges
have proven very popular, and we
can furnish scores of recommenda
tions from onr lady friends.
R. IJ. & WM. LATTIMORE.
NOT TO BE OVERLOOKED.
The most useful as well as ornamental
present you can buy for the least money
which will be appreciated Is a pair of
GOLD SPECTACLES or EYEGLASSES.
We are offering you a special Induce
ment for the holidays. A Solid Gold Spec
tacle or Eyeglass, with our best Crystal
Lenses, for $5.00.
The recipient having the privilege with
in one year to have their eyes examined
and lenses changed free of charge.
We also carry a fine line of Opera,
Field, Marine and Spy Glasses, Magic
Lanterns, Thermometers, etc., which are
suitable for holiday presents.
DR. M. SCHWAB & SON,
47 Bull Street.
NOTICE.
Jan. 1, IS9B.—Mr. R, S. Mell has this day
been appointed manager of our fire insur
ance business.
JOHN L. ARCHER & CO.
I have to-day associated myself w:th
John L. Archer & Cos., anil will have tlie
management of their tire insurance busi
ness, and request that my friends and the
public will grant me a share of their pat
ronage R. S. MELL.
RAW OR STEAMED,
FRIED OR STEWED,
THE PUNTA OORDA OYSTER
is sujierior to any other.
Only at
BECKMANN’S CAFE.
vTe are now HOOKING orders'”
for ROSES, HYACINTHS. CARNA
TIONS and VIOLETS for New Year.
Don't delay.
WOLF & CO., Florists.
’Rhone 634. ,
SCHOOL
SHOES,
There is a merry tramp, tramp, tramp
now in th© direction of the different
schools.
Let these eager little men and little wo
men begin properly equipped for the men
tal process at the fountains of knowledge.
We are splendidly prepared to supply
the best SCHOOL SHOES on earth,
which are our
HEEL AND SPRING HEEL
Steel Shod
SCHOOL SHOES. They are strictly re
liable. These shoes are made of the best
quality of leather. We, therefore, confi
dently believe no better wearing shoes are
made. Y’ou won’t need but one experience
with these STEEL SHOD SCHOOL
SHOES to count yourself a regular cus
tomer of ours.
Corner Broughton and Whitaker streets.
THE CITIZENS BANK
OF SAVANNAH.
Capital, $500,000.
Tru.isaets a general banking bus
iness. Maintains a Savings Depart
ment and allows INTEREST AT 4
FER CENT., compounded quarterly.
The accounts of Individuals, firms,
banks and corporations nre solicit,
ed.
With our large number of corrcs.
pondents in GEORGIA, ALABAMA,
FLORIDA and SOUTH CAROLINA w.
are prepared to handle collections
on the most favorable terms Cor.
respondence Invited,
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK, President.
M. B. LANE, Vice President.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN. Cashier.
THE CHATHAM Mi;
SAVANNAH, GA.
Transacts a general banking
business, maintains a liberal sav
ings department.
Foreign and Domestic Exchung.
a specialty.
Having a large number of lnterlM
correspondents, <we can handle col
lections at very reasonable rates.
Correspondence solicited.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
COTTAGES ON EAsI PAYMENTS.
COTTAGES slo* CASH. COTTAGES AT
$12.50 TO sls MONTHLY.
The CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY will erect
cottages on Anderson and on Price streets
eouth of Anderson, on the following
terms: Cash sl*o, balance, from $12.50 to
$lB per month (according to cost of cot
tages) for a period of ten years.
It is the company's purpose to meet
the needs of a frugal class of our people,
whose means will not permit them to build
more expensive homes. The site selected
for the erection of these !s most ron
veniently situated, well drained, and has
all modern conveniences. Apply to
M. J. SOLOMONS,
Secretary and Treasurer
No. 14 East Bryan street.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAPS,*
SO CENTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY BOUND IN CLOTH AND
STAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
For sale by
MORNING NEWS.
FURNITURE AND GENERAL MER
CHANDISE STORAGE
Can be had at the District Messenger and
Delivery Company's warehouse. 32 to 30
Montgomery strep*, on reasonable term*.
The building has teen thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and now offers un
surpassed facilities for storage of all
kinds, furniture vans, express wagons and
messengers furnished. Pianos and furni
ture packed for shipment and removed
with care. Telephone 2.
Central of Georgia Incomes.
Southwestern Railroad Stock.
State and City Bonds.
And other securities.
Bought anti sold.
Real Estate Loans Negotiated.
f AUSTIN R. MYREB,
22 Bryan street. East.
BEFORE PURCHASING
A Typewriter see the improved Reming
ton Typewriter, No. 6. it baa no equal
DEALING A HULL
Bole Dealers for Savannah.
• Drayton street.
TELFAIR ACADEMY '
OF
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Open to Visitor* daily, except Bunda
From 10 A m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 25 cenU. Annual tic**
-•til, SI.OO