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Special Notice —Ship Notice, Strachan &
Cos.; Special Notice to Our Lady Patrons,
B. 11. Levy & liro.; Fine Lunch To-night.
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Biann’s Cafe.
' Business Notices—Runnymede Club Pure
Rye Whiskey, Ilenry Solomon & Son,
Wholesale Agents; Artie 5-Cent Ciagr.
lee at 15c Per Hundred Pounds—Gorrie
Ice Manufacturing Company.
Our Suit Sale—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Amusements—Louis James, at Theater,
March 4.
The Biggest Slaughter Sale Ever At
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The Last Lay of Our Cash Valuation
Sale—Metropolitan Clothing Company.
Gold Dust Washing Powder—N. K. Fair
banks Company.
Medical—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; Ter
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Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
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For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Senator "Billy” Mason of Illinois has
been obout the quietest man in the Senate
during the last few days. It is to be hoped
that Wolcott and I,odge taught him a les
son that he will not soon forget.
A contemporary obliges an eager public
with the correct pronunciation of the
name of the Spanish warship, lately at
New York, und its meaning. Vizcaya is
pronounced us If it were spelled “Veeth
ky-yah,” and means Biscay, the name of
the province fronting on the Bay of Bis
cay.
’ Congress cannot afford to grant the ap
plication of the mother of Coal-Passer
Adams, who was killed on the Maine, for
a pension. Granting her application would
establish a precedent virtually placing the
government in the position of giving acci
dent insurance for an unlimited amount
to every sailor In Its service.
Hollidaysburg (Pa.) reports an ominous
portent of war. The other afternoon a
flaming cross appeared in the heavens. It
was of red color, upon a background of
blue cloud. Hundreds of people saw it,
and are firmly of the opinion that it fore
tells a war with Spain. Has anybody
keen anything lately of the locust with
the W on its wings?
The Democratic state committee of
North Carolina is the first to declare In
favor of a fusion of all the silver inter
ests—their own party, the Republicans and
the Populists. It may be remarked, by the
way, that the Democratic party of North
Carolina has been in a lamentable condi-.
ttpn of disorder and timidity for the past
four years or more. It seems to have lost
its backbone entirely.
If Mr. Watson delays much longer in as
serting himself, he may find himself rele
gated to the top shelf and his place taken
by Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, Re
publican and member of the Union League
Club. Mr. Barker is now preaching Middle
pf-the-Road Populism for keeps, flinging
hot shot into Marlon Butler and his fusion
schemes, and denouncing the Democrats
and the Republicans who stand by the
time-tried tenets of their parties.
The chaplain of the Illinois House of
Representatives prayed the other day that
trouble and bloodshed might be avoided:
but that if it must come, that the United
Shales would quickly wipe Spain off the
map. He designated Spain as a "barbarous
and bloodthirsty nation.'' He Is on a foot
ing with that parson who, in the United
States Senate not long ago, besought the
Throne of Grace to grunt that this country
nrght be “quick to resent insults.” What
queer apostles of the Prince of Peace!
Peter Waterloo of Pittsburg, Pa., Is a’
brave man. He formerly lived in New
Jersey, where he left a wife when he tv, nt
to Pittsburg. Hi found life in the Smoky
City rather dull, so he took him a wife
there. The other clay he wrote to New
Jersey for wife No. 1 to come to him. She
arrived on time, lie met her at the de
pot and took her to the home of No. 2.
“My dear,” said he to No. 2, "tills is
Mrs- Waterloo, whom I married before I
came here; and this,” said he to No. 1.
“is Mrs. Waterlog, whom I married in
tills city; I hope ypu will be friends." But
they were not friends; and Mr. Waterloo
Is now in jail for bigamy, despite his brav
ery, or nerve.
Autonomy n Failure.
Spain is willing to make even greater
concessions to the Cutons than she has
already made in her plan of self-govern
ment for them. The fact that she is will
ing to do this is proof that autonomy thus
far is a failure. The Cubans have re
ft:-"'! to accept it, and from all accounts
they are fully able to resist Spain’s efforts
to re-establish her authority In Cuba by
means of autonomy or by any other
means. f >
The questions which now present them
selves are, how long can Spain continue
the war if not interfered with by this or
any other country, and what prospect is
there for interferenee? No definite answer
can, of course, be given to either question.
There are good reasons for saying, how
ever, that Spain is rapidly approaching the
limit of her resources. Her army in Cuba
is being weakened by disease, by losses
ill conflicts with the Insurgents and by
<: Portions—the desertions being due to
dissatisfaction caused by her failure to
pay her soldiers. She is finding it diffi
cult to fill the ranks of her army, and
yet she Is just as much in need of a large
army as when the w-ar in Cuba began.
The insurgents appear to be as strong and
confident as they have been nt any time
since Ihe beginning of the war for inde
pendence.
There is a probability that the United
States will Interfere In the Cuban trouble,
but they will not do so unless the Maine
disaster shoukl assume a more serious
phase than it presents at present, or un
less Congress, influenced by the reports
of the sufferings of the Cuban people or
our steadily shrinking trade with Cuba,
should adopt resolutions which would pro
voke Spain to an act of hostility. There
is a very strong sentiment in favor of ex
tending a helping hand to the Cubans and
bringing the war to an end, anil Congress
is apparently in sympathy with it. Still,
the administration is so much opposed to
war with Spain that even if Congress
Should pa.-- a r< solution granting belliger
ent rights to the Cubans it is doubtful if
that act would be sufficient to disrupt the
friendly relations between the two coun
tries. But it would encourage the send
ing of supplies to the insurgents, who. If
they had plenty of guns and ammunition,
could, in all probability, force Spain lo
grant Cuba independence within a year.
While, therefore, the chances are that
the United States will not interfere In the
Cuban trouble directly, except In a way
friendly to Spain, unless the Maine dis
aster should furnish a reason for doing
so, the outlook is that Spain will be com
pelled by her owp weakness to release her
grasp upon Cuba.
Local' Option tti Favor.
It Is noticeable that local option Is
growing in favor as the best method of
dealing with the liquor question. It is said
that Hon. George D. Tillman,' In his cam
paign for the Democratic nomination for
Governor of South Carolina, intends to ad
vocate local option in that state. He Is
satisfied, no doubt, that the dispensary sys
tem is a failure. There have been many
scandals connected with it. and it hasn't
yielded the revenue to the staAe which
was promised by those who were instru
mental in securing its adoption.
An effort is being made to have local
option adopted in New York state. The
Raines liquor law does not give satisfac
tion. It cannot be enforced as it should
be, and hence fails to accomplish the pur
pose -for which it was intended. It has
been, and still is, the subject of a great
deal of complaint. With local option, the
majority would rule; and to rule of that
sort all would have to yield obedience.
Prohibition has failed, the high license
and dispensary systems have failed, and
the Raines law doesn’t give satisfaction.
In fact, of all the ways that have been
tried to lessen the liquor evil, local option
is the best. In this state it works .veil,
and It meets with approval wherever it Is
tried. It would not lie at all surprising
if it should be given a trial in both South
Carolina and New Y'ork.
Sum .Jones' Joke*.
Th<* Rev. Sam Jones’ joke was what is
called a practical Joke. He alarmed the
politicians greatly. They were very much
afraid he was in earnest when he announc
ed that he was a candidate for Governor.
They didn't feel able to make up their
minds what the effect upon the political
situation would be if he should be a can
didate upon an independent platform.
From their point of view, they thought
there might be a chance that the people
would elect Mr. Jones just for a joke, or
that the Populists, regarding him as an
available candidate, might indorse him,
just to beat the Democrats. If reports are
to to credited, they wore long faces for
a day or two. and were immensely te
lievcd when the sensation-loving evange
list announced that he was only Joking.
We doubt if the people would think se
riously of mttking Mr. Jones Governor.
There is no doubt that he Is smart enough
to fill almost any position, but, somehow
or other, the people think of hinv as a
man to amuse them. They don’t associate
him in their minds with a dignified place
like that of the office of Governor. He is
a first-class humorist, and in that capacity
the people like him best. It is probable,
therefore, that Mr. Jones will never get
nearer the Governorship than he la when
he is making It the subject of his jokes.
The tide of gold is now flowing into the
ordinary channels of commerce. The
banks of New Y’ork are paying out the
yellow metal for checks across their coun
ters. It Is announced that the banks have
all of the gold they want, and there is no
demand for It at tht> treasury, hence it
is passing into the currency In active cir
culation. Many persons, however, decline
to receive it, if they can iwsslbly get bills.
The Newt Y’ork Legislature ls consider
ing whether or not it should extend Its
prohibition of fraud to fake advertise
ments; the sort which promise something
for nothing, or solid gold watches for
52.98 each. A bill before the body proposes
that it shall be made a misdemeanor, pun
ishable with fine and Imprisonment, to
misrepresent goods or make false state
ments In advertisements.
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, ISOS.
War Preparation!*.
Because there is unusual activity in the
army and navy It is assumed' fly some
newspapers that the government Is ex
pecting war, and is making preparations
for it. It Is even said that the administra
tion has received information from
ana which justifies the conclusion that the
destruction of the Maine was due to de
sign. .j
The activity which is noticeable m th£
navy yards, and on the coast fortifications,
and at the army posts does not meat! that
the government expects war, but that .it
means to be ready for it if it should come.
It Is impossible to predict with any de
gree of certainty what the result of the
investigation of the disaster from which
the Maine suffered will lie, nor what turn
the war which is being waged In Cuba,
will take. To-day the probability Is that
the United States will not become involved
in the Cuban trouble. To-morrow the
whole situation may undergo a change. If
war between the United Slates and Spain
should come, it would come quickly.
Therefore the government is acting with
prudence in making preparations for it.
The preparations are not of course, on
such a scale as to be alarming or even to
Justify the belief that the government has
information respecting -the loss of the
Maine which It has not given to the pub
lic-information tending strongly to prove
that the destruction of the ship was due
to Spanish treachery. There is no ground
for thinking that the public Is not as well
informed as the President is in respect to
the Maine or any other matter bearing
upon the relations between the United
Slates and Spain, Therefore, the fact that
the coast fortifications are being put in
better shape and repairs to war ships are
being pushed forward vigorously is no oc
casion for uneasiness.
Future Naval Construction.
/
The loss of the battleship Maine is likely
to have important Bearing upon the ques
tion of our future naval extension;
whether we shall continue to construct
great floating fortresses of steel, which in
the twinkling of an eye almost may be
converted Into a gigantic metallic coffin lor
300 or 400 souls, or whether we shall limit
ourselves to building smaller, but no less
efficient, vessels for the defense of our
ports and harbors.
We have seen, during the past few years,
that the great battleship of the period 1
—the modern fighting craft, with
tremendous guns and an army of men on
board—is far from being invulnerable; and
when disaster overtakes a ship of the kind
it almost always amounts to an appalling
horror. The United States and other
maritime powers are constantly experi
menting with monstrous craft; building
larger and larger vessels, with more and
more powerful guns; still the element of
safety to those who man the ships does
not seem to be increased in proportion to
the size of the craft and the cost. On the
other hand, it would really seem that the
big vessels ore more a source of danger to
those on them than the smaller ones. Es
pecially is this true when It becomes nec
essary for the great ships to go into ports
or harbors. They are mases of immense
weight; they are necessarily hard to han
dle; they must move slowly when in a
space smaller than the wide and open sea.
When danger threatens they cannot shift
tholr position quickly to avoid it.
Within a comparatively short time we
have had instances of accidents and cas
ualties to great ships which have been at
tributed In the public mind to' inefficient
seamanship. The probabilities are that
the managers of the craft were not so
much to blame as the fact that they were
given mountains of steel and iron to nav
igate, instead of tractable ships. The
battleship of the period Is notoriously un
wieldy. The disadvantage of this was
shown in the late war between Japan and
China, and again when the Camperdown
rammed and sank the Victoria during the
evolutions of the British Mediterranean
squadron several years ago. In this lat
ter Instance, had the vessels been less pro
digeous in size and weight, the casualty
could, and no doubt would, have been
avoided.
The biggest and heaviest warship, there
fore, is not necessarily the best fighting
machine; and the heaviest guns are not the
most effective weapons. In the Yalu bat
tle of the Chinese-Japanese war, the
most fearful execution and damage to
the ships was not done by the heaviest
guns, but by the smaller and rapid-fire
pieces. The records show' that the Chen
Y'uen, w'hich was commanded by that he
roic American, Capt. McGiffen, suffered
most when the Japanese got their machine
guns to w'ork upon her. After a few min
utes of the fearful work of the rapid-fire
pieces, her decks were swept utmost clean
of men. and her upper works were made
a sieve.
A W’arship is vulnerable in proportion to
the size of target which she presents to tl e
enemy. Ships of the class of the Maine
and Indiana present a very large bulk to
be shot at, meantime carrying pieces of
ordnance which are probably no more pow
erful for coast defense than the guns of
the new monitors. The monitors, on tbe
other hand, sit low in the water and afford
n target of very small size, comparatively
speaking, and cost much less. The same
is true of the torpedo boats. It has been
said by an expert that a smart torpedo
boat, with not a gun on board and com
manded by an efficient officer, can do more
damage to a warship in two minutes than
the latter would be ap; to do to the torpe
do boat, with all of her big guns, in two
hours, Tlje small target presented by the
torpedo boat, and her ability to run and
turn and dodge, afford toller protection
than heavily armored sides.
Tbe question which will be discussed,
therefore, is whether we shall continue to
build great battleships, at enormous cost,
or whether we shall build monitors and
torpedo boats. In connection with the
question there will have to be considered
what Is to lie our territorial policy In the
future. If we annex Hawaii, and dabble in
Cuban and other foreign affairs, it may be
necessary for us to supply ourselves with
a large number of great battleships, cost
ing $5,000,04)0 or more each.
Work on the new battleships Kear-age
and Kentucky is now so well advanced
that their launching has been fixed for
March 28. It is the opinion of ex|>erts
that these will be the most powerful ships
of our navy, and quite capable of com
piling with anything of the kind in the
world. Each will carry four 13-inch and
four 8-inch guns, b ides powerful broad
side batteries. They will be nearer com
pletion when launched than any other
ships which the government has had
turned out. The contract calls for them
to be turned over to the government on
Jan. 1 next, but In ease of emergency
they could be gotten ready in a shorter
time. Armor for their sides is already on
the ground, and tbe work of putting it
on will be pushed as soon as they are
launched.
Some months ago Eflsign Stone of the
United States navy made himself a fool
about a young sqc.< ty women name Conde,
the daughter of a rich New Yorker. Young
Stone followed Miss Conde about over
the country, and had finally to be taken
in hand by his superior officers. It was
alleged at the tinr that the young lady
was really in love with the sailor lad. and
would marry him despite parental objec
tions. It now _ transpires that Ensign
Stone has been forgotten by the young
woman, who has engaged her&elf to a
young swell of her town who has several
barrels of money. Stone may now go and
sacrifice himself upon the altar of his
country. If he iikes.
Scnorita Beran, a belle of Lcrdo, Mex.,
longed for an elopement that would he
out of the ordinary; sensational, novel.
She got Into a trunk, which she had .ar
ranged to have shipped over into Texas,
where her lover was to meet and release
her from her imprisonment and lock her
in his loving arms. Before she got the
half of the way the discomforts of the
trunk got the better of her, ar.d she had
to cry out for. help. She was lifted out
limp and repentant, with ail of the ro
mance jostled out, and sent to a hospital,
while her lover was sent to jail for abduc
tion.
Should the postofflee authorities ever de
ckle that the pneumatic tube between the
central office and some of the sub-stations
in New York musi come out, the qppara- #
tun could probably he sold to advantage
'to some sausage maker. It appears to be
well suited to grinding up things. The
other day a number of letters were poured
into the hopper, or whntever it may be
called, for transmission. They were trans
mitted ail right, but when they came out
at the other end they were in fine hits,
as if they hntj, been run through a meat
mill.
The Maryland Legislature has before
it a rather radical street car bill. It pro
poses that the fare for adults shall lie
3 cents, while children accompanying
adults shall ride free, and that in in
stances where no seats are provided for
passengers, no fare shall be collected. The
"no seat, no fare” idea has become pop
ular in of the country
lately.
The most sensitive man lived on Long
Island up to a few days ago. H,e Ls dead
now. Ho took paris green, with eminent
success, because his wife had her hair
cut off and attended a prayer meeting
with a close-cropped cranium.
<1 PERSONAL.
—The originator of tlte famous three “r”
alliteration, “reading, ’riting and ’rith
metic,” was Sir William Curtis, a Ixtrd
Mayor of London. In 1795 he proposed
it as a toast before the Board of Educa
tion.
—There has beep recently published in
Washington a photograph of Mrs. Cleve
land writing in her den in the White
House. It is the only published photo
graph of her that was ever taken in the
executive mansion.
—Gerhardt Hauptmann, the German
playwright, who is declared by Gustave
Kobbe to be the “greatest figure in Ger
man literature to-day,” is only 35 years
old, and yet has produced nine dramas,
each of which Mr. Kobbe pronounces
great. Indeed, the critic considers that
the German poet a claim to be called
the leader of the poets now alive.
♦
CIMKENT COM MENT,
Of Ttvn Evils, Choose tbe Less,
From the Baltimore Sun (Dem.).
A colored postmaster may not be regard
ed with favor in any part of the South,
but it is immeasureably belter to tolerate
his presence than to resort to criminal
methods to secure his removal.
Fapt, Enlute’s Confidence.
From Louisville Cojtrtcr-Journal (Dem.).
The captain of tbe Vizcaya requested
the withdrawal of the guard which had
been placed around his ship in New Y’ork
harbor, saying that he W'ould trust to
American honor. The Captain can well
trust Amorienn honor, but there arc more
things than American honor in and about
New Y’ork, and the blatherskite press of
that city is doing its best to bring thorn
to the front.
The Cottoi* Prod action.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
In the course of time the large Southern
plantations will doubtless be broken up
and sub-divided among small planters,
who will he likely to grow a greater va
riety of crops, and produce at home the
provision supplies w'hich now come from
the West. Cotton will then no longer be
the main dependence, and production will
he more likely to k< ep pace with the de
mand. But it will be impossible ever to
successfully establish artificial restraints
on the production of cotton.
The YSaine Case in Law.
From the New York Times (Defn.).
Before a tribunal of law Spain would
doubtless tie held legally and morally re
sponsible if it should be proved that the
Maine was destroyed by any government
appliance in the b.rinds of a Spanish offi
cer, even though he were acting without
authorization; she would be held to the
payment of an indemnity if the act were
perpetrated by a private miscreant, were
he loyal Spaniard 1 or Cuban rebel; nnd
she would he held free of all blame if
the Maine were shown to have been de
stroyed by an accident on board.
ISni-netl i'll the Money.
' “There is a good story In the history of
Ithe Highiow National Bank,” said a di
rector of the institution, who was con
versing with a newspaper friends, ac
cording to the Detroit Free Press.
“Our organization of that institution
was looked upon as a somewhat ques
tionable experiment in practical finance,
but the event proves that we were equal
to the undertaking. One of the first
things was to create confidence. To this
end we interested as many solid, farmers
as we could, and then clinched the mat
ter by appointing the rural stockholders
to select a president. Asa matter of
course, he was one of their own number,
and notice of the honor conferred upon
him was sent as a Christmas token.
“This farmer president was ns honest
as the day Is long, but his special fitness
for the position open to question. We re
ceived from Washington a lot of bills,
which, as you know, had to be signed by
the cashier and the president. The cash
ier affixed his signature and then sent
the uncut sheets to the president, who
took off his coat, stirred up the grate fire,
and rolled up his sleeves preparatory to
the unusual task placed before him. He
scratched away for hours, and finally re
turned the sheets to the cashier. The
prudent official soon discovered there were
bids missing to the amount of about SSOO,
but inferred that the president had charg
ed the amount lo himself and said noth
ing. After waiting till the new year call
ed for a statement, the cashier directed
the attention of the president to the dis
crepancy.
'.Jest send me some more,’ said the
pres.der.t. ‘I made a bad list on some of
them bills and chucked them into the
fire.’ ”
How Chandler Was Converted.
Here is a story of the evolution of Sena
tor Chandler as a bimetallist, which is in
teresting, if true, say's the Boston Herald.
Shortly after his election to Senate in
1887 Senator Chandler heard John P. Jones
of Nevada making one of the cloakroom
silver speeches of which the Nevadan was
so fond at that time? Chandler listened,
and in a moment became a convert. He
had had no definite ideas on the subject
before then. In his impulsive way he rent
a note to Mr. Spofford, librarian of Con
gress, asking him to send to his house
any books he might have in favor of bi
metallism or free coinage of silver. Even
then the literature on the subject was
rather voluminous, and S;>offord sent
around a wagon-load of books to the sen
ator’s apartments, with a note saying lie
would send other wagon-loads on other
days. Even Chandler, who seldom sees
jokes at his own expense, said that it was
on him that time, and asked Spofford to
keep it qjiet. Instead of reading the
books, he got Jones to recommend h*m
some suitable literature on the silver si le
of the question, and Jones readily com
plied with the request, with results that
are obvious,..
Johnny, Get Your Gun!
Yes, Johnny, run along and get your gun,
says the Toledo Bee. Polish up your arm
or. Pack your haversack. Put on your
bullet-proof chest-protector and a few po
rous piasters. Get your corns trimmed
for marching. Load your canteen to tie
very neck. Kiss your sweetheart good
by and report instanter, if not sootier, at
the Blade office.
For the Toledo Blade has declared war.
Spain must come off the perch.
So get ready below there! Draw tt-e
draw-bridge! Let fall the portlc’.illis!
Close the windows and shut all the doors!
Hoist the poop-deck to the top-gallant
jib-jabber! Ship the rudder and make fast
ihe anchor to the hurricane hatchway!
Reef the roof, haul aft the belaying pin,
but let the flying jibiet stay!
Now r , every man to his hitching-post!
Let not a dastard duck or dodge! The
Blade has declared war. So, Johnny, get
your gun!
A Childish Habit.
In all child lore there is nothing more
curious than tbe way the growing, plas
tic mind will seize some word or phrase
and use it indiscriminately, says the New
Y’ork Evening Sun. In those first impres
sionable years sound has a way of making
itself vastly more attractive than sense. A
small boy’s composition upon Lincoln last
week contained the following: “Lincoln's
father was poor and shiftless.” The
teacher asked the boy what he meant by
shiftless. "Don’t know," replied the boy.
“I just put it in because it sounded nice.”
A small girl in writing about a poor oid
spring halty horse described the animal as
"weak and vasciliating." “Why vaseillai
ing?” asked the teacher. “Why, vascillat
ing?” asked the teacher.” ’Cause it always
says it,” was the answer. “I don’t know
what it means, but whenever the history
book says a king is weak,’ it says he’s
‘vacillating,’ too.” *
Excess of Caution.
The Nineteenth Century tells a story
about the sub-editor of an English paper.
He had been frequently warned by the
chief to avoid possible libel suits by re
fraining from categorical statements, and
so one day he turned In the following para
graph: “Alleged Mad Dog Scare at Hamp
stead—An alleged mad dog, said to be the
property of an alleged butcher named
Frost, of Atlantic avenue, is alleged to
have broken his chain yesterday afternoon
and attacked tiie alleged daughter of
Thomas Drewsbury, who claims to be a
tailor in tbe same street. The girl is al
leged to have been treated by Dr. Tupper,
an alleged local practitioner, for the al
leged severe bites on hands and legs. It is
further alleged that the alleged butcher
was last year sent to Jail for a week by
the magistrate of the Northwestern Policte
Court for not keeping his alleged ferocious
dog under control."
Sunday School Teacher Shifted the
Topic.
The 6unday school teacher had reached
a point in the lesson where she was dwell
ing upon the future reward of those who
behaved properly here, when the audacious
small boy, who frequents most Sunday
schools, spoke up and asked if all good
people went to heaven, says the Congrega
tionalism
"Certainly," replied his teacher.
“Well, has my grandmother gone to
heaven?” persisted the youngster.
"Surely she has, my boy, It she was a
good woman."
“No sho hasn't declared the fun-loving
youngster; "there she is over there!”
The teacher turned to other phases of
the lesson.
—Dumleigh—Y’es, I saw the play last
night; but, I don’t know—fact Is, I hardy
know what to think of It.
Synnex—Of course not, my dear toy.
You haven't seen the morning paper yet.
—Boston Transcript.
—He Explains.—Mrs. Brown—lt's a
shame the way the early settlers k!ll6d
off the Indians!
Mr. Brown—They couldn't get tlose
enough, my dear, to chloroform them
Fuck.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The two old men of the House. Rep
resentative John Baker of Illinois and
Representative Samuel Maxwell of Ne
braska. have developed a strong freind
ship during the present session.
—Dr. Fraser of London and others have
shown that the bile of snakes contains a
vaccine against their venom, and M. Phis
alix of Paris has recently made experi
ments which prove the virtue of the bile
to belong to cholesterine and other biliary
salts. When cholesterine is injected into
guinea pigs the venom loses its power over
them.
—After a long experience of typhoid pa
tients, Dr. Ussery of St. Louis regards
the banana as the best food for them.
The intestines are inflamed and some
times ulcerated in this fever, and ordinary
solid food is dangerous in his opinion. The
banana, though a solid food, is nearly
all nutriment, and of a soft nature. It is
almost wholly' absorbed bv the stomach,
easily digested, and very strengthening.
—The familiar rule that leap year is
every calendar year with a number divisa
ble by four will be broken in 190), w'hich
fact need not be regarded as an indication
that even then it will be time for a change.
This rule of the almanac may account for
the proverbial activity of the new woman
at the close of every century. Then there
is no leap year for eight years. February,
1930, will have but twenty-eight days, the
extra day not appearing from 1896 to 1904.
Centenary years are not leap years. That
rule will be broken in the year SoCO, when
the interruption may be regarded as an in
dication that it is time for a change. Cen
tenary years divisable by 400 are leap
years, consequently there were twenty-nine
days in February, and the same
number of days will be given to February,
2000, and again to 2100. The object of this
rule i-- to make the calendar year coincide
with the solar year, says an exchange.
—The attempts made from time to time
to produce substitutes for coal, wood, etc.,
in the form of solid petroleum for fuel,
have now assumed a more practicable
character in an article produced by G. H.
Fullerton, of Los Angeles, Cal., which is
claimed to lie free from the drawbacks
heretofore characterizing material of this
sort. By the use of certain chemicals and
a peculiar treatment of petroleum in its
crude state he makes a black, solid mass,
which in some forms breaks almost with a
fracture. It bums in the same manner as
coal burns, but without so much smoke
as is the case with ordinary coal, costs at
the present price of oil less than $5 a ton,
and may be depended on to give out be
tween two and three times the heat units
that the same weight of coal will produce.
The material may be made into any form
of brick, is much cleaner than coal in
handling, can be stored in the sun w'ithout
fusing or melting and has little of the
characteristic petroleum odor. _
—A recently invented bicycle tire con
sists of a continuous air tube so construct
ed as to form separate sections or com
partments. These communicate with each
other by means of short necks, or passages
between them. Around the exterior of each
of these necks ring of aluminum or
other suitable material covered with rub
ber. These rings keep the necks from en
larging under air pressure. Extending en
tirely around the tire, through these pass
ages between the comporatments, is a
small air tube, having a valve of its own,
and which, w'hen inflated, will act as a
valve at each of the passages between tbe
compartments, closing them and making
each of the said compartments air-tight in
itself. When a puncture occurs it is ob
vious that it will disable only one section
of the tire, and will not affect the efficien
cy of the tire in any appreciable degree.
The device may be used either as an inner
lube or as a single tube tire.
—Dukes seem to be regarded in Scot
land as little less than sacred, says a cor
respondant. The other day the presby
tery of Dunkeld wished to have access to
a charter said to be in the possession of
the Duke of Atholl, in virture of which he
holds the cathedral church of Dunkeld in
trust for the inhabitants of the parish.
The presbytery, according to the local
newspapers, discussed at vast length the
question of how they should “approach
his grace,” the solicitude expressed for
the feelings of his grace, and the extreme
anxiety displayed to eliminate from the
“approaching” deputation members
whose names might be offensive to him,
was downright marvelous. One member,
indeed, according to the published record
of the deliberations of the presbytery,
recommended that the deputation ap
proach "in a quiet, easy, gentlemanly
way, which he was quite sure would be
appreaciated by his grace, the duke.”
From this it might be Imagined that had
it not been for this obviously necessary
recommendation the members of the i>res
bytery might have been tempted to ap
proach the duke crawling along on their
stomachs.
—Prof. J. B. Hatcher of Princeotn Uni
versity has newly returned from a remark
able trip of exploration in a hitherto un
known region of South America—namely,
the wild interior of Patagonia, says the
Boston Transcript. He visited Washington
this week for the purpose of depositing
with the bureau of ethnology a rich col
lection of objects illustrating the mode of
life of the various tribes of aborigines in
that part of the world. These natives are
among the strangest und most picturesque
savages in existence, some of them lying
described as representing almost the low
est stage in the scale of human develop
ment. Their country, too, is moKg than
ordinarily interesting, being associated
since the earliest times with rumors of gi
gantic human inhabitants and an astonish
ing fauna. Quite recently some skeletons
of birds that had heads as big as those of
horses have actually been dug up. They
stood at least nine feet high, and had
short wings, clows like an eagle's and a
beak like a condor's. It is likely that they
attacked with success the largest mam
mals contemporary with thorn, being the
biggest fowls of prey that ever lived; but
they became extinct long ago. and so there
was no opportunity for Prof. Hatcher to
secure a living specimen.
—Civilization is transforming nature in
surprising ways, says an exchange. The
dehorning of cattle is an example, as this
practice is gaining favor so rapidly that
hornless cattle may be expected soon to
become the rule rather than the exception.
The first objections were that it is cruel
and unnatural. The early method of de
horning with a saw was undoubtedly slow
and painful, but specially constructed clip
pers are now used that often remove a
horn In a single second, and with so little
suffering that feeding is continued as us
ual and the operation Is really humane,the
frequent injuries in herds from goring be
ing prevented. The horns have become ut
terly useless, being no longer needed as
protection against natural enemies. In
calves less than three weeks old the em
bryo horns can be removed with one stroke
of a sharp knife, or they can be treated
with a caustic sufficiently powerful to de
stroy them. For three years the Maine ex
periment station has dehorned calves by
rubbing the horns four or five times with
caustic potash. In every case but one the
operation has been successful, the calf in
the exception having reached the age of 35
days before treatment, with the result that
dw'arfed horns an inch or am inch and a
half long were subsequently developed.
Skins on Are with torturing, diaflgurir -
itching, burning, bleeding, scaly, and pint; "y
humors, instantly relieved by a warm bath
with Cctici ha Soap, a single application of
CCTICIBA (ointment), the great skin cure
and a full dose of Clticura Resolyekt ’
(yticura
la told tnroughoat the wnrld. Pottir TV ft C Cor p a t
Froi>., Boston. ♦* How to r U rc Torturing Humors, ’ r r ,'. e #
BABY’S
8 P. SHOTTKR President.
J. F. C. MYERS, Vice President
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Happy New Year
will be all the happier If you don’t let
small things trouble you. Just telephone
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quick we will serve you.
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P. O. Box. 19. Telephone 46L
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Pine 75c; three cut 80c.
Mixed 90c; three cut 90c.
Oak $1.1)0; three cut SI.OO.
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NEW YORK.
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