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IK I)EX TO KF\Y ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Peace River Phosphate Min
ing Company; Landrum Lodge No. 48, F.
and A. M.
Special Notices—Can’t Keep ’em, T. A.
Bryson, Columbia Agent; Ship Notice,
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Auction Sales—Desirable Gwinnett Street
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Bracing Weather and Driving—Savan
nah Carriage and Wagon Company.
Boys’ Suits, Overcoats, Etc.—B. H. Levy
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A Hard Nut for Competition to Crack—
Falk Clothing Company.
JJp to Our Ears In Work—Georgia Steam
Laundry.
Cottolene—N. K. Fairbanks Company
Medical—Duffy’s Malt Whiskey; Hood’s
Pills; Cuticura Remedies; Dr. Charcot’s
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Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
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tice; Miscellaneous.
Senator Mason of Illinois would proba
bly be glad if "senatorial courtesy” reach
ed a little further and restrained the ho
tel help also.
yhe real friends of the antt-scalping bill
and the national quarantine bill should
be watchful lest certain too enthusiastic
friends of them load them to death with
amendments.
In Chicago the other day a man died in
the chair while a woman barber was
Shaving him; and now the paragraphers
are ringing the changes upon the old
Joke turning upon the talkativeness of
women and barbers. “Talked to death,"
they are saying.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat de
votes nearly half a column of its editorial
space to an article showing that the
steamship Ranza, from this port recently,
did not carry a larger cargo of cotton than
■was ever shipped from New Orleans. So
far as we know, no claim to that effect
baa been made.
The Orphans Court of Philadelphia has
decided that the fortune of the late Ar
thur Padelford shall be divided, between
his second wife and his daughter by his
first wife, who was Bettina Girard. The
little girl is now 10 years old. The estate
amounts to approximately $225,000, and
will be api>ortioned as If Mr. Padelford
had made no will, under the intestate
saws.
The speaker of the Ohio House of Rep
resentatives was elected to his i>osition as
an anti-Hanna man. The dispatches an
nounce that he is now giving the Hanna
men some of the best chairmanships of
committees In the organization of the
House. Evidently the speaker is deter
mined to do what he can to palliate his
offense against the boss and make himself
solid for future favors.
It is announced that the navy depart
ment will hold trials of a turbine steam
engine, similar to that used in the Eng
lish wonder, Turbinia, witli a view to sup
plying some of the new torpedo boats with
engines of that type. The Turbinia, it
will be recalled, has developed the high
est speed of any craft afloat. High speed
Is not only desirable, but essentially nec
essary in torpedo boats.
It should not lie-lost sight of that while
the Ohio Legislature elected Mr. Hanna
to thl hiril a blow “in
the neck” a few days later. It passed
the bill repealing the law permitting a
fifty-year extension of street railway
frapehises. This measure, it will he re
niembfrred, was introduced prior to the bal
lot for senator, and was understood to
be aimed at Mr. Hanna, who is largely
Interested in street railways in (he state.
Senator 'Platt of New York has Intro
duced an amendment to the navy appro
priation bill providing for tho subsidizing
by the government of privacy owned
dry docks large enough to accommodate
the ships of the navy. In view of the
many scandals which have attached to
the government dry docks, even those
who are opposed to subsidies of any kind
and under any circumstances will proba
bly be disposed to criticise less harshly
Senator Platt's proposition. It seems al
most Impossible to get a government dry
dock which will hold anything except
tide water.
Cuban Question in Congress.
The republican members of the House
do not intend that a resolution recogniz
ing the Cuban insurgents as belligerents
shall pass that branch of Congress at this
time. They are about unan.mous in hold
ing the view that it s better to permit the
administration to .leal with the Cuban
question at this time. It does not follow
that because the republican members ere
auainst the adoption of a belligerent res
olution they are wholly out of sym
pathy with the Cubans or that because the
democratic members are in favor of such
a resolution they alone are willing to ex
tend the Cubans a helping hand. In Con
gress among both the Democrats and the
Republicans the sentiment in favor of the
struggling Cubans is very strong.
The Democrats, being out of power and,
therefore, free from responsibility for
the acts of the government, run the risk
of losing nothing in demanding belliger
ent rights for the Cubans. In fact, they
have u chance for increasing their popu
larity. The Republicans, however, cannot
afford to show what sympathy they have
for the Cubans. The adoption of a bellig
erent resolution by Congress would result
In a war with Spain, in all probability.
Therefore, unless the Republican party
is willing to take the responsibility of a
war with Spain it would be poor policy
for republican congressmen to permit the
passage of a resolution granting bellig
erent rights to the Cubans.
The Cubans understand that the grant
ing of belligerent rights would be of no
material benefit to them. Such an act on
the part of this country would greatly
lessen their chances of getting arms and
ammunition from this country, because it
would enlarge the opportunities of the
Spanish cruisers for preventing cargoes of
war material from reaching them. Still,
the Cubans earnestly desire to be recog
nized as belligerents by the United States,
because they believe that if they were so
recognized war between Spain and the
United States would soon occur, and that
the war would not end until Cuban Inde
pendence was achieved.
The granting of belligerent rights to
Cuba, therefore, means war with Spain,
and it is doubtful if the Democrats in or
out of Congress are any more desirous of
war than the Republicans are. The pres
ent attitude of parties in Congress is sim
ply politics, not the result of sympathy
for or hostility to the Cubans.
linilroail Earning* for 1897.
The year 1897 was the best for a number
of years in railroad circles, irt point of
gross earnings, according to the figures
of the Financial Chronicle. Full reports
from all the roads are not yet at hand,
but the Chronicle has received such re
ports from 133 roads, and reports for 11
months from 68 other roads, making 201
roads from which the data are compiled.
These reports show the actual gain in
business for the year 1897 to have been
nearly $39,000,000, and the Chronicle ex
presses the opinion that there are the best
of reasons for thinking that when the re
turns are all in the amount of increase
will be found from $70,000,000 to $73,000,000.
The grand total of gross earnings for the
201 roads heard from is $1,037,502,518—a
most prodigeous sum, giving some idea
of the vastness of the railroad interests
of the country. The impartial returns
received show a gain of more than 6 per
cent, as compared with last year, and on
increase over every year since 1890.
The heaviest percentage of gains was
made by the roads which lead from the
East into the grain regions of the West.
The I’aclflc group of roads also made con
siderable gains. The business of the Penn
sylvania roads was to some extent inter
fered with by the great strike in the coal
regions, still the expansion of their bus
iness was large and encouraging. The
leading Southern roads generally made im
portant gains, not only over the years im
mediately preceding 1897, but many of
them have improved even over
their receipts for years as
far back as 1892. Some of the
minor lines report losses in consequence
of the yellow fever epidemic in the South
west and the ensuing paralyzation of bus
iness. Nevertheless the earnings were
more than $3,000,000 in excess of those of
1896. In the South the roads had the ad
vantage of a heavier cotton movement,
though this was tempered by a decline in
the price of the staple, the overflow of the
Mississippi river and 'the epidemic.
The outlook for - the current year the
Chronicle regards ns very encouraging.
There remains a large amount of grain
in the West, cotton in the South and other
products In various parts of the country
to he moved by the roads. Furthermore,
business generally Is in better shape than
it was at the opening of the year Just
closed, and the probabilities are that there
will be more travel on the roads this year
than there was last.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s manner of conduct
ing tho affairs of this country In Cuba
continues to win warm praise from even
rank partisan Republican sources. Mean
time one cannot help wondering what
would have boon the outcome if the Pres
ident had replaced Gen. Lee with some
less seasoned man in the early stages of
the administration. For instance, suppose
some diplomat of the Chicago pink cotton
brand, such as the President has recently
favored, had been stationed at Havana
while all of that rioting was going on;
would he not have lost his head, called
for war ships, and got this country into
more trouble in a day than it could have
got out of in a year?
The stockholders of the new beet sugar
factory at Rome, N. Y„ held their first
annual meeting the other day. It was
shown that the company had made a prof
it for its first year, which was considered
very gratifying indeed, considering all of
the circumstances. It is said the farmers
in the territory around the factory, the
most of whom are stockholders, have de
termined to double their acreage of sugar
beets for the coming season. The per
centage of saccharine matter in the beets
raised for this factory averaged nearly 14
per cent., which is much higher than the
the average of German sugar beets.
Senator Gorman's old guard is standing
by him nobly in the Maryland legislature.
It is a pity .that the guard is not a little
stronger, so that the great leader would
stand u fighting chance of re-election.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1898.
iur Army and Navy.
What is the truth about our army and
navy? That is what the people would like
to know. A few days ago, on the floor
of the House of Representatives, Con
gressman McClellan, son of the late Oen.
iicClellan, 'told the country, practically,
that our army was In a thoroughly disor
ganized condition, that it was neither
properly armed nor disciplined, and that
if suddenly called into active service it
would greatly disappoint the people. About
the same time Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt, In a report to Congress,
said that our navy was not nearly up to
the standard fixed for it—that some of the
cruisers were armed with out-of-date guns.
He compared the cruisers Philadelphia and
Baltimore with the Nanisva, a Japanese
vessel of the same class, and left the im
pression that in a conflict the Japanese
cruiser could easily have defeated either
of the American cruisers because her guns
were greatly superior—the guns of the
American ship being of old-fashioned slow
firing type.
Colonel McClellan and Assistant Secre
tary Roosevelt are bright, aggressive and
thoroughly patriotic young men. They
are thorough Americans, and are anxious
that their country shall lead in every
thing. YYhat they said about the army
and navy was not intended to attract at
tention to themselves. One of them is a
Democrat and the other is a Republican.
It is fair to presume, therefore, there was
no politics in what they said.
Assuming that Col. McClellan and As
sistant Secretary Roosevelt have made no*
mistake, it is time for Congress to give
both the army and navy a thorough over
hauling. It would be the height of folly
to invite war with Spain or any other
power if neither our army nor our navy is
fit to engage in a war with either a first
or a second-class power.
An Inquiry should be made by Congress
at once to find out exactly what the con
dition of our army and navy is. The people
should not be left to learn it when actual
war comes. The truth should be known at
once, and If there ■ are defects
steps to remedy them should be
taken at once. France, in her last war
with Germany, found to her sorrow, when
hostilities actually began, that her army
lacked about everything necessary for a
successful war. The humiliation she en
dured she has not yet forgotten. No such
humiliation is possible for this great coun
try. Still, in the event of war, if the crit
icisms upon our army and navy are just,
our foes might do us an immense amount
of damage before we could prepare to meet
them on anything like equal terms.
Better Time* for Coal Miner*.
Coal consumers may not realize any
benefit from the combination of the coal
mining companies which, it is said, has
been effected by J. Pierpont Morgan, but
the probabilities are that the coal miners
will. When the announcement was made
that a combination of the coal mining
companies of the whole country had been
brought about by Mr. Morgan the con
clusion was reached that it promised to
benefit only the coal companies and the
coal carrying railroads, but if it should
result in a decided benefit to the coal
miners there will be something to be said
in its favor.
It is stated that Mr. Morgan has in
duced the coal companies to agree to al
low the coal miners to share in the profits
of the companies. ' The plan is this: A
price per ton for mining coal is to be
agreed upon. That price the miners are
to have whatever the price of coal may
be. If the price of coal advances beyond
what it was when the price per ton for
mining it was fixed the miners are to have
at least two-fifths of this advance in ad
dition to their regular price per ton.
An arrangement of that kind ought to
be satisfactory to tiie miners. It makes
them partners of the coal companies.
When the companies prosper they will
prosper, but when the price of coal falls
below the profit line the companies only
will be the sufferers.
The reason probably that some such an
arrangement was not adopted long ago
was the impossibility of getting the coal
companies to act in harmony. It was only
when capital in sufficient quantities took
hoid of the cbal producing business that
a combination was possible. When a com
bination was formed the way to make a
profit sharing arrangement with the min
ers was open. If the arrangement is per
fected strikes of coal miners will become
much less frequent.
Senator Tillman may, at any and all
times, be counted upon to make a speech
and introduce a bill against the use of
railway free passes. Anti-free pass agi
tation was for years one of his “strong
holds" as a candidate, and as the Gov
ernor of South Carolina; yet it has been
a hundred times asserted In the public
prints and never denied that annual pass
No. 1 issued by D. H. Chamberlain as
head of the old South Carolina Railway
was In the name of B. R. Tillman, then
Governor. However, Senator Tillman
holds that he is Incorruptible, and hence
it Is all right for him to receive favors
which should be denied to ordinary mor
tals.
Florida Is said to be driving a brisk and
increasing trade with Cuba in beef cat
tle. The shipments are said now to aggre
gate Something like 1,000 head of cattle a
week, with orders increasing. Cattle
raisers In Florida, according to the re
port, either believe that the war in Cuba
will be continued for some time
to come, or are confident that
they will be able to hold their
own against Cuban competition In cattle
raising after peace shall have been es
tablished, judging from the numbers of
cattle they are taking from Georgia and
other nearby territory to their ranges.
An enterprise of interest to all Masons
is to bo undertaken at Buffalo. N. Y..
in preparation for a conclave of the or
di r to be held there before a great while.
It is proposed to erect for the purposes
of the meeting a Masonic temple on lines
corresponding to the Biblical description
of King Solomon’s temple. Every Ma
sonic body in the United States will be
invited to attend the conclave.
Unless “Bob" Taylor of Tennessee mends
his pace he will hardly make music for
the United States Senate to dance to dur
ing this century.
Capt. John D. Hart and Capt. Wiborg
of the steamer Laurada, were some time
ago convicted of filibustering, and three
days ago the Federal Circuit Court at
Philadelphia handed down a decision sus
taining the decision of the lower court in
Capt. Hart's case. The following day the
federal court at Wilmington, Del., ac
quitted Capt. Edward Murphy, of the
same steamer, of a similar offense charg
ed. So far as the lay public can Judge,
there was no difference betwen the expe
ditions under 'Wiborg and Hart and those
under Murphy; still, according to the find
ings of the courts, there must have been
a great deal of difference.
Ah, well, there are others! Georgia is
not the only state which is limping along
without a Governor these days. Connecti
cut is in the same fix. Gov. Cook of that
state is In Arkansas, where he has been
for two weeks, for his health. Mean
time the Lieutenant Governor is also out
of the state, and neither official left a
qualified substitute to act during his ab
sence. There is some question, therefore,
if Connecticut at present has a chief ex
ecutive.
PERSONAL.
—Miss L. M. Johnson, M. D., Baltimore,
has just been admitted as a student to
the Maryland College of Pharmacy. She
is the first Woman to be admitted since the
establishment of the college, in 1841.
—Mr.Brunetiere’s recent interview with
the Pope, according to the Paris Figaro,
lasted about three-quarters of an hour. It
is said that while his holiness received the
French critic cordially, there was a cer
tain reserve manifested on account of Mr.
Brunetiere’s Impressions—rather too vivid,
in the Pope's estimation—of the democratic
tendencies of the Catholic Church in
America.
—The Pope does his private writing
with a gold pen, hut his pontifical signa
ture is always given with a white-feather
ed quill, which is believed to come from
the wing of a dove, though persons who
have seen it say its origin must have been
a larger bird. The same quill has been
In use more than forty years. It serves
only for important occasions, and is kept
in an ivory case.
—At a New England Society dinner some
years ago Mark Twain had just finished
a piquant address when Mr. Evarts arose,
shoved both of his hands down in his
trousers pookets, as was his habit, and
laughingly remarked: “Doesn’t it strike
this company as a little unusual that a
professional humorist should be funny?”
Mark Twain waited until the laughter ex
cited by this sally had subsided and then
drawled out: "Doesn’t it strike this com
pany as a little Unusual that a lawyer
should have his hands in his own pock
ets?"
BIIIGIIT BITS.
—Cadger: Will you give me a few cop
pers for a bed, sir?
Isaac Moses: Certainly, mine frendt.
Vere ish der bed?—Tit-Bits.
—“How can you say such cruel things
of your antagonists in debate?” she in
quired. reproachfully of the statesman.
“Oh,” was 'the reply, “that's easy
enough. I keep a scrap-book, and when
my own give out I go to that.”—
Washington Star.
—A Sherlock Holmes.—Officer: There
seems to be nothing on the body to iden
tify the man. We do not even know
where he lived.
Bystander: Of course, it's rather indefi
nite; but just after the car struck him
he cried out that he was a citizen of
Greater New York.
Officer: Ah! A Brooklyn man.—Puck.
—The blushing bride-elect was rehears
ing the ceremony about to take place.
“Of course, you will give me away, pa
pa?” she said.
“I am afraid I have done It already,
Caroline," replied the old gentleman, ner
vously. “I told ydur Herbert this morning
you had a disposition just like your moth
er’s.”—Tit-Bits.
—Miss Easte End: They tell me you
naughty Chicago men always take advant
age of the tunnel when you ride through
it.
Mr. Bluster: Yes; I generally do.
Miss Easle End: And do you really
girls you don’t know?
Mr. Bluster: Kiss girls? I don’t kiss
any girls. I pass plugged quarters on the
conductor.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CURRENT COMMENT,
Time fcnongh to Fix Issue*.
From the New York World (Dom.).
There la time between now find 1900 to
reconsider and correct mistakes. There
Is time to adjust party policies to patent
facts. There is time for intelligent bimet
allists to heed the warnings of such lead
ers as Senator Wolcott and to present
their cause to the people in such a way
as to command popular support, or at
least to avoid public distrust and antagon
ism. It is after all a question of practical
common sense.
Not Unties, Itut Hroniler Markets.
From the Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.).
It is made indisputably evident by those
labor troubles that it is not higher duties
which are needed in the cotton industry,
but more and broader markets. Not only
are they wanted, but a material restric
tion of immigration is required. It is the
top and crown of folly lo place heavy
duties-on the products of cheap foreign
labor and lo invite cheap foreign labor
itself to enter our |>orts not only free from
duties, but with effusive welcome.
Ancnt Wolcott's Ileport.
From the New Orleans Picayune (Dem.).
Whatever benefits are to be derived
from the international restoration of sil
ver to an equal place, as absolute money,
with gold, wiil have to be postponed un
til all the great commercial nations shall
come to an agreement on the subject, and
that time will not come until France and
Germany, Austria and Russia, shall have
been imi>overishe<l and exhausted by war
in which all were defeated. Then they
will be glad to use any sort of money
they can get. T'ntil then, they must stick
to the gold standard as long as England
controls the world's finances.
Tle Free Seed Distribution.
From the Washington Post (Ind.).
This ridiculous extravagance has gradu
ally enlarged Itself from a modest begin
ning until It now represents an expendi
ture of J 130.000. that being the sum called
for in the agricultural bill before the pres
ent Congress. There is as much reason
why rile government should furnish farm
ers with their agricultural implements or
their domestic animals as there is for this
free distribution of seeds. We know of
nothing In the written Or unwritten law
of the land which suggests, even indi
rectly, such a custom. It Is paternalism
in its most vicious and demoralizing form.
Pensioners' 'Complaints.
A good many queer letters are received
at the pension office, nearly all of which
are tucked away in the files which contain
papers relating to a million cases, says the
Washington Star.
Some time ago a widow who had worked
hard to get a pension became possessed of
the idea that the postmistress of her town
was her enemy. Here is the letter she
wrote the commissioner of pensions:
“I wan tel ye how old sojers widows are
treted by our Redheded postmistris she are
only fourth class anyhow, and keeps a
stoar redenge all the postal cards & let
ters too, wich we cant not get our papers
tel she have the same red herself. She re
poarts to Com. Pensions that my husben
died of devilment wich are a lie he die of
the army an he war more piouser then our
Redheded postmistris.”
A Kansas man writes the pension office
the following:
“I see by the newspapers that you say
you are going to try to get Congress to
put a stop to the present opportunities
which the law offers to women to secure
pensions for life from the United States
by marrying an old soldier. What the devil
do you mean, sir? Do you want to lose
your scalp? Of course you will be opposed.
We were assured last fall that in ease of
McKinley’s election his administration
would lie friendly to the old vets, and now
you propose to deprive many of us of our
only chance of ‘helping to perpetuate a
race of heroes’ and the pleasure of event
ually being petted to death by a nice young
woman. Do you think the people will tol
erate such an outrage? .
"But, my dear sir, if you must recom
mend such a law, can't you make an ex
ception of old bachelors—that’s a good boy?
Two of my near neighbors and myself set
tled here in the wilderness at the of
the war, and when the country became set
tled ten years later we had ‘lost our grip.’
1 am 55 years old, and the other fellows are
past 50.
“And now, O comrade! do not, I pray
thee, attempt to deprive us of our only
hoi*-; of ever securing the consolation so
necessary to gladden our declining years.
For of course you know there is nothing
about old fellows Tike ourselves to induce
young women to marry us if they cannot
get a pension.”
He Could Not Believe It.
The lady in the railway car would have
claimed undisputed recognition as the most
overdressed person in any of the counties
through which the train passed had it not
been for her son, says the Washington
Star. He was one of the weary-faced,
scrupulously clad little people who afford
support to the theory that poverty may be
a comparative blessing to the very young.
He did not look as if a genuine good time
would fit him. The ambition to drill him
into unflagging self-consciousness had
met with obvious and pathetic success.
He sat with his neck stretched out to keep
from wrinkling his lace collar. The novel
which his mother read was one of the
most recent and ponderous. The title, in
large gilt letters, was turned toward the
aisle as she held it before her, turning the
pages with suspicious infrequency. A mist
had gathered on the pane, so that the boy
could not look out of the window. Instinct
was more powerful than culture, and be
fore he thought he had taken his gloved
finger and rubbed a round spot through
which he could look with one eye. His
mother fairly gasped with indignation.
"Henri!” she exclaimed.
“Yes. ma’am.”
“You bad child! How can you do such
things?”
He made no reply, but penitently turned
his back upon tho mental luxury with
which he had hoped to provide himself.
But his mother evidently prided herself
upon her achievements as a domestic dis
ciplinarian. In a loud voice she continued:
“Now, you sit there perfectly quiet, and
remember what I tell you. If you do any
thing like that again—”
As she paused to consider her threat the
child gazed into her face with tense ap
prehension.
“I’ll open the window and toss you out
and let the car run over you, so that all
the wheels will cut you up in little bits
of pieces.
His eyes grew big with dread, and in
tones of mingled incredulity and dismay,
he exclaimed:
“Mamina! In my new brown suit?”
An Emperor for a Steplndder.
The Emperor of Germany is an enthusi
astic sportsman, and does not like, as
other hunters do not, to see his game get
away, says the Youth’s Companion. An
incident which a German paper records as
of recent occurrence shows that he is ca
pable of waiving his dignity to prevent
that calamity.
Last autumn the Emperor was hunting
at Belleye, accompanied by his head game
keeper only. The Emperor succeded in
wounding a superb stag, which, after the
shot, threw itself into a reedy pond, where
it was out of rahge of the Emperor’s rifle.
There was no boat with which to go out
after the animal.
In this predicament the Emperor looked
about and saw a large oak tree which
overlooked the pond, and from which the
stag might be shot. But the Emperor’s
withered arm does not permit him to
climb trees, so he commanded the game
kepeer to "shin” the tree and shoot the
stag.
This the man tried to do, but he was so
heavy and clumsy that he could not get
up into the tree. He tried to do so two or
three times, and failing, was astonished
to see the Emperor stoop down like one
who is preparing to play leap-frog, and to
hear him say, “Climb on my back!”
The gamekeper mounted the Emperor's
back, alongside the trunk of the oak; the
Emperor straightened up, and the game
keeper was then able to reach the nearest
blanch and lift himself up into the tree.
The result was that the Emperor got his
stag; but he has since laughed a great
deal about the incident, averring that his
whole empire had never weighed so heav
ily on his shoulders as that gamekeeper
weighed.
The Latest lliirnnto Story.
It is said that when Mr. Barney Barnato
gave a picnic at the opening of the Johan
r.esburg water works, he related an inci
dent that had happened *o him in London
some time before, says the Westminster
Budget. A seedy-looking man, describ
ing himself as a journalist, called on him
one day, and offered lo cut out from pa
pers, etc., all the complimentary things
said about Mr. Barnato. The genial man
of millions saw that the man was “down
on his luck,” and engaged him on th
spot at a salary of £ls per month. This
was quite characteristic of "Barney’s"
sudden and irresponsible freaks. At the
end of six months the man, who had been
paid monthly, again called on Mr. Bar
r.ato hud presented a huge bundle of clip
pings from newspapers, asking whether
he should continue the work. “No,” re
plied Barney, "but I w'M engage you for
six months at the same salary to cut out
all the nasty things you can find said
about me.” Another six months elapsed,
and once more the indefatigable paper
clipper turned up and reported his work
to bo finished. "Well,” asked Barney,
“where are the results of your work?”
Here Barney assumed his gravest aspect
as he repeated the man’s reply: “I have
not been able to bring them In; there
are two cart loads outside!”
—"By the way, Majah, how much did
the Cunnel get lined for knocking that
fellow down with his fist?”
“The Cunnel was not fined at all, Rah.
He escaped punishment on the ground of
temporary insanity, sah, as he had a gun
in his pocket at the time of the trouble.”
—lndianapolis Journal.
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"THE LAND OF THE SKY,"
Asheville i Hot Springs,
Aiken and Augusta.
The winter season at these well-known and
wonderful resorts Is now opening and tho
many improvements in hotel facilities and
railroad service will draw a larger number
and more enthusiastic pleasure and health
seekers than ever before.
The schedules and service of tho
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
to each and all of them will be unequaled.
lie lei fen m fieri ihm
will again be operated, commencing
January 17, 1898.
WINTER TOURIST TICKETS
at low rates from and through Ohio River
Gateways go on sale Oct. 15, 1897. From
other points Nov. 1, 1897.
SIDE TRIPS
are made a feature by the Southern
Railway. Tourists and all patrons of
the Southern Railway have most care
ful attention at the hands of its many
representatives, who are fully In
formed on all subjects incident to
travel.
B. B. Neal, F. P. Millard,
President Vice President.
NEAL-MILLARD CO.
Bay and Whitaker Streets.
Dealers In
Pills, mis ii Yoitts,
Steamboat and Mill Supplies,
Sash, Doors and Blinds,
Lime, Cement and Plaster,
-AND
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE.
SAVANNAH, GA,
I 111 YOUR Id.
No one is better prepared to do
better repairing of tin, slate and
galvanized roofs, or to make
them new—out and out. Our
prices are also reasonable, and
our work guaranteed to be sat
factory.
E, C. PACETTI & SON,
’Phone 2202, 135 Whitaker st.
SAVANNAH UK SUPPLY Cl,
Congress Drayton Streets.
Brick, Lime, Cement, Wall Paper, Taints,
Glass, Mantels, Fireplace Fixtures.
BUILDING SUPPLIES GENERALLY.
Every stroke of the paint brush, every
broken glass replaced! every worn out grate
fixed means
Money Well Invested
You select the material, we furnish it and do
the work.
Happy New Year
will be all the happier if you don’t let
small things trouble you. Just telephone
or drop us a postal when you want oil or
gasoline and you will be surprised how
quick we will serve you.
SflV. OIL IND GASOLINE DELIVERY,
P. O Box 13. Telephone 46L
5-gal. patent tans best grade 0i1..65c
Second grade 50c
5-gallon patent cans gasoline,... 60c
J. D. WEED & CO. t
Agents Hoyt’s Leather Belting.
RAINBOW SHEET TACKING,
and ECLITSE SECTIONAL RAINBOW
GASKETS.
BEST RUBBER BELTING.
PEERLESS PISTON PACKING.
JAMES F. BUTLER,
louse, Sip 8 Ofiinii Puiuj
Graining, Kalsomining,
Paper Hanging and Picture Moulding,
Tlteao is. Mm. Hit W. Ceogrrsi.
Ocean Steamship Cos
FOR
New York, Boston
AND
THE east.
cabin accommciatiop.
All the comforts of a modern
Electrio lights. Unexcelled ta* e T
Include meals and berth aboard sh tet *
Passenger Fares From Savannah
J° T N f W YORK—Cabin; S2O; Excursl „
Peerage? m d ‘ ate> E “ Urßi ° D ’ 'S
TO BOSTON-Cabin, $22; Excursion {3B
- sl7; Excursion. S2B- '
age, $11.75. * * ’ s ’ eer *
TO PHILADELPHIA (via New Yorki
Cabin. $22; Excursion, $35; Intermejiata
sl7; Excursion, $27; Steerage, sl2. %
The express steamships of this lire
appointed to sail from Savannah cL. ,
(90th) meridian time, as follow ' **
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Can! n,.
FRIDAY', Jan. 21, at 5:00 p. m tSett>
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Cap- r,,,..
SATURDAY, Jan. 22, at sloo p m. Bur -
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, MONDAY
Jan. 24, at 7:00 p. m. ' Ar -
T e I^ AI ? A9SEE ’ Capt ’ As *tins, Tfi-o
DAY, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, WEDN'Pa
DAY, Jan. 26, at 8:00 p. m ES "
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith. FIIID4V
Jan. 28, at 10:00 p. m. AY ‘
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
URDAY. Jan. 29. at 10:30 p. m AT ‘
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Cant Rur,
MONDAY. Jan. 31, at 3:00 p. m Burs ’
SAVANNAH TO BOSTOX DIRECT.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage W l'n
NBSDAY, Jan. 26, at 10:00 a. m. L
Steamers leave New York for Ssvancah
6 p. m. daily except Sundays, and Boat,™
for Savannah Wednesdays a 12 noon
W. G. Brewer, Ticket Agent, bSu*
Savannah, Ga. et ’
E. W. Smith, Con’t Frt. Agt Sav r.
R. G. Treaevant, Agt., Savannah Ga
E. H. Hinton, Traffic Manager
Jno. M. Egan, Vice President
MERCHANTS ANO MINERS’
TRANSPORTATION CO.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
TO NEW YORK—Steamer and rail
Cabin, limited 4 days, $18.30. Cabin U n!
limited, $20.30. Excursion. limited i
months, $32. Second class, limited 4 days
$14.75. ’ '
TO BOSTON—Steamer—Cabin, limited I
days, $22. Excursion, limited 6 months $36.
Second class, limited 8 days, sl7
TO WASHINGTON—Steamer and rail-
Cabin, unlimited, $16.20. Second class
limited 5 days. $11.20.
TO PHILADELPHIA—Steamer and rail
—Cabin, unlimited, $17.80. Excursion, lim
ited 6 months, $29.00. Second class, llml
ted 4 days, $12.50.
TO PHILADELPHIA— Steamer-Cabin,
unlimited, sl7. Second class, limited i
days, $11.50.
TO BALTIMORE—Cabin, limit 3 days
sls. Excursion, limited 6 months, $25. Ini
termedlate, limit 3 days, $12.50. Interme
diate, excursion, limited 6 months, JJ*
Steerage, limit S days. $lO.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah to Balti
more as follows (Standard time):
D. H. MILLER, Capt. Kirwan, SATt'R
DAY, Jan. 22, at 6 p. m.
Steamship ITASCA, WEDNESDAY, Jan,
26, at 9 p. m.
ESSEX. Capt. Billups, SATURDAY, Jan.
29, at 1:00 p. m.
And from Baltimore every TUESDAT
and FRIDAY.
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent,
Savannah, Ga
W. F. TURNER, G. P. A.
A. D. STEBBINS, A. T. 11.
X C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices, Baltimore, Md.
For Bluffton and Beaufort, S. C,
Steamer Doretta will leave wharf foot
of Abercorn (Ethel’s wharf) street at S p.
m. for Bluffton daily except Sundays an!
: Thursdays. Wednesday's trips extended
j to Beaufort, leaving Bluffton Thursdays
at 8 a. m. Returning same day.
FOR BLUFFTON AND BEAUFORT
Steamer Clifton leaves from foot Bull
street Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at
10 a. m., city time.
H. S. WESTCOTT. Agent.
CITY AND SUBURBAN AND SA‘
VANN AH, THUNDERBOLT AND ISIE
OF HOPE RAILWAY.
Winter Scedule—Commencing Oct. 1, 1597.
Leave I || Leave I
| From | j Isle of | Into
City | || Hope. |
600 amjßolton St. || 600 amlßolton St.
700 amjßolton St. || 710 amjßolton St.
SOOamjSecond Ave.|| 8 10 amjSecond Ave.
10 37 amlßolton St. || 915 amjßolton St.
2 30 pm j Second Ave.|j 100pm|Second Ave.
400 pmi ßolton St. || 400 pmjßolton Si.
530 pm|Second Ave.|| 500 pm|Second Ave.
630 pmißolton St. || 630 pmjßolton St.
730 pmjßolton St. |j 730 pmjßolton St.
8 30 pm [Second -Ave,|| 900 pm j Second Ave.
“Saturday nights only 11 p. m. from Bol
ton street, cars leaving and arriving into
Bolton street. Passengers change at
Thunderbolt. ,
For Montgomery 9 and 10:37 a. m. 0”“
2:30 and 5:30 p. m.
Leave Montgomery 7:30 a. m., l-:20 3W
4:15 p. m. ,
For Thunderbolt cars leave Bolton s.r*
depot on every hour and half hour dutma
the day and evening.
JOHN G. BUTLER.
DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, and Glass, Sash Dood
Blinds and Builders’ Supplies, Plain *“
Decorative Wall Papery Foreign and 3 j
mestlc Cements, Lime, Plaster and ‘ “ j
Sole Agents for Asbestine Cold “ a
Paint. . .
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street, west.
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