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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings—Alpha Lodge No. 1, A. & A.
6. R.; Savannah Grove No. 1, Woodmen
Circle; Savannah Lodge No. 183, B. P. O.
Elks; Stockholders Brush Electric Light
*tnd Power Company.
Special Notice—Ship Notice, J, F. Minis
& Cos., Consignees; Ship Notice, Wilder
& Cos., Agents; Notice to City Court Ju
rors; Fruits for the Christmas Cake, A.
W. & C. W. West; Our Store Will Be
dosed. Estate S. W. Branch.
Business Notices— LePanto Cigars; R.
D. A Wm. Lattimore, Hardware and
Stove Dealers.
Bonds—ssoo3)oo Georgia and Alabama
Railway First Mortgage Consolidated 5
Per Cent. 50-year Gold Bonds.
Dutch and Chinese Bulbs, Etc.—At
Bhuptrine's.
Our Store Will Be Closed To-day from
8 to 5 O’clock—Leopold Adler.
Mineral Water—Apollinaris.
Our Store Will Be Closed To-day from
8 to 5 p. m—Levy’s.
Auction Sales—Old Hoss Sale, Central of
Georgia Railway and Ocean Steamship
Company; South Broad Street Property,
by C. H. Dorselt, Auctioneer; Adminis
trator's Sale, by I. D. Laßoche, Auction
eer; Administrator’s Sale, by R. H. Tatem,
Auctioneer; A Good Business Corner on
Jones Street, by C. H. Dorselt. Auction
eer; Administrator’s Sale, by C. H. Dor-
sett, Auctioneer.
Legal Sales—Legal Tax Sale Town of
Tybce.
Railroad Schedules—Plant System; Flor
ida Central and Peninsular Railroad.
Overcoats—M. S. Brown.
Amusements—Big Minstrel Festival at
Theater Wednesday, Dec. 7, Matinee and
Night; “What Happened to Jones,” at
Theater Dec. 8.
Legal Notices—Citation from the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
Medical—Johann Hoff's Genuine Malt
Extract; SchifTmann's Asthma Cure; Cas.
toria; Erie. Medical Company; World's
Dispensary Preparations; Hood's Sarsapa
rilla; Ayer's Sarsaparilla; Mother’s
Friend; Cutirura Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale! Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
If Agutnaldo is not careful he may find
a hempen tie around that golden collar.
The "bloody shirt" doesn’t wave any
more. It is the Star Spangled Banner that
floats to the breeze. But Senators Chand
ler of New Hampshire and Hoar of Massa
chusetts do not seem to know it.
'* When Gov. Tanner heard that he had
hern indicted by the grand jury, he laugh
ed. It was the way he took to express
contempt for the law. Later he said that
any sheriff who might come to arrest him
would be “kicked out’ 1 of the office. An
other expression of contempt for the law.
Presumably Mayor Smyth of Charleston,
being in Washington to cal! the attention
of the war department to certain matters,
including the Chester accident, will bring
to the attention of the department also
the Lobelia accident. It may be possible
to employ the plea in mitigation of the lat
ter that was used by a certain famous ac
tress; "it was such a little one;" only 19
teet draught.
There will be, it Is thought, another
Nicaragua canal commission. The conse
cutive number of It does not amount to
anything, since there will probably be still
others to follow. Still it is worthy of re
mark that, notwithstanding all of the
labors of all of the commissions that have
yet investigated the matter, the canal
problem does not seem to have progressed
a great way towards a solution.
Sirdar Kitchener's cure for drunkenness
mdeh more severe than that of Provost
Marshal Russell Harrison of the Seventn
Corps. Kitchener orders the culprit tog
ged out In full marching equipment, which
Is a matter of some sixty pounds. Then
the unfortunate Is given a llfty-pound bag
of shot iff each hand, and he is told to
walk. A sergeant and guard are put
over him to see that he does not stop
walking or drop the shot. Sometimes. If
t,ic victim shows a dis|>ositloii to kick, he
is kept at this “shot drill” for six hours
Marshal Harrison’s treatment, the col t
w.tier cure, lasts only a few minutes and
it. refreshing instead of extreme.y fatlgue-
Ing.
THE I’ilESintAT’S MESSAGE.
Avery considerable portion of the Presi
dent's message is devoted to the war with
9",tain, and the conditions which prevailed
In Cuba immediately prior to it and the
causes,which brought it about. It was ex
pected, of course, that the war and its
causes would receive a great deal of at
tention in the message, anti therefore there
is not liki iy to be any disappointment on
that point, but it is not improbable that
there will be a feeling of disappointment
hecause the message contains nothing in
tespeet to the adm iris' rat ion's Philippine
Itoiicy. There is no question in the public
mind as to what the administration's In
tention is in res-pect to Cuba. Indeed, the
President leaves no doubt on that point.
The Island will be occupied by our army
until there is a stable government there,
and ail reasonable assistance will be given
ihe Cubans in establishing a just, benevo
lent and humane government. It is clear
ly the purpose of the administration to go
as far as Congress wi.l permit it to go in
bringing about a prosperous condition of
affairs in Cuba. There is nothing in the
message that should cause any fair-minded
Cuban uneasiness. If the purposes express
ed in it are carried out. and the Cubans
prove th mselves equal to the responsibili
ties which will soon devolve upon them it
will not be many years before their island
will be on the road to fat" greater pros
perity than it has ever yet known. Every
thing depends upon the Cubans. If they
cannot agree among themselves, but divide
into factions always ready to resort to
force to get control of the government,
there will be no free Cuba. Our army will
occupy the island until a stable govern
ment is established so flrmiy that there
will be little prospect of its overthrow.
How soon such a government will be es
tablished will depend on the Cubans them
selves. In other words, it depends upon
the Cubans whether our slay In the island
will be permanent or of comparatively
short duration.
There is, of course, some force in the
reason which the President gives for not
discussing the Philippines at this time, and
the administration's policy in respect to
them. In his opinion these are subjects
w hich will not be ready for discussion until
the treaty of peace is ratified. Still, it is
certain that some discussion of {hem was
looked for. The wisdom of taking posses
sion of far distant islands, containing a
vast territory and a large population of
semi-barbarous people, is questioned by a
very large part of the American people, in
cluding some of the ablest of the nation’s
public men
The President doesn't make prominent
the fact that he was much opposed to war
with Spain, and that he held back from
taking a step towards war until he was
forced to act by the rising tide of public
sentiment. It is not to his
discredit, however, that he held
the country out of war as long
as he could. The war has resulied in
bringing great glory to our arms on land
and sea. but it may eventually prove not
to have been a good thing for the coun
try. There are troubles to come growing
out of the war. The sacrifices which we
have already made may be small in com
parison with those we shall have to make
before all the questions growing out of it
are settled.
The President calls attention to our in
creasing need for a canal joining the At
lantic and Pacific oceans. Our possessions
in the Pacific have become so great and
our commerce promises to increase to such
enormous proportions that Congress ought
to act promptly In the matter of the Nic
aragua canal. Still, the President does ret
think it would be advisable to take definite
action until all the facts bearing upon the
concessions for and on the construction of
the great work are in hand. It can. be
stated with considerable certainty tnat
nothing of a bindtng'character will be done
in respect to the canal by this Congress.
What the President says about our rela
tions with other nations and about the :ct
tlement which has been made of claims
against other governments are routine
matters in which the general public feels
very little interest. It is gratifying to
know, however, that our relations with
other governments are of the most pleasant
character. It is appropriate to remark in
this connection that it is not probable that
we shall be interfered with by other nations
in carrying out our plans and purposes in
respect to our new possessions. The exhibi
tion of marksmanship made by our navy
in the little affair with Spain is calculated
to create the impression qn the minds of
War Lords and others that the hands-off
policy is the wiser one.
The President thinks that we ought to
spend a million dollars at least in making
an exhibition of our products at the Paris
exposition. We shall be fortunate if wc
spend no more than that amount. We have
appropriated $650,000 already, and the exi*>-
sition is nearly two years away. The ex
position is a good thing, however, and mon
ey spent upon It will doubtless help us to
capture the trade of the world—an under
taking whch we think wc can accomplish.
The President doesn't recommend that
currency reform shall be attempted at this
session of Congress. He intimates, howev
er. that it ought to be undertaken at ;n
early day But he does think that steps
shoifld be taken at once to retire the green
backs. He says that having an abundance
of gold—more in fact than we know what
to do with—we should put aside some of
it and redeem greenbacks with It, and that
the greenbacks should never be paid out
again except for gold. That Is a beginning
in the dlrecton of currency reform. It is
evident, however, that the Republican
party Is not going to take a step that would
likely raise issues that might lose it votes.
From what the President says there will
lie a deficiency of at least $112,000,000 at the
end of the present fiscal year. Doesn't that
m. an either that there will have to be a
reduction of expenses or an increase of the
revenues? It certainly does. It looks, how
ever, as if expenses were going to la- in
creased instead of cut down. The Presid.-m
approves of the recommendation of the
Secretary of War that the regular army
be increased to 109,000 men, and also the
recommendation of the Kecretary of the
Navy that the navy be great.>- Increased.
He also suggests that steamship lines be
established between this country and or
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 0. ISOS.
new possessions. He means, of course,
ihat lines be subsized. He also proposes
that commissions be sent to Cuba to study
yellow fever. It is not at all improbable
that if al! of these rt-commend.tiions and
suggestion* are acted upon favorably rhe
deficiency at the end of the fiscal year will
exceed the estimate made by the Presi
dent. It can be safely stated that we shall
never again hear outcries against a billion
dollar Congress. We have gone beyond
Congresses of that class.
AIR. H'DOAnltiH'9 ANTI-POOL BILL.
Yesterday the Senate killed Mr. McDon
ough's bill making gambling punishable
by imprisonment on the chain-gang in
stead of by fine. The opposition to the
bill, as far as appeared upon the surface,
came from those who think that a law
prohibiting pool rooms under penalty of
the chain-gang would interfere with the
success of county and country fairs, In
asmuch as it would prevent betting on
horse races, which in turn would prevent
such races. Races, they say. are great
drawing cards at the fairs, besides which
•hey have a tendency to encourage the
breeding of fine horses. To strike a blow
at betting, therefore, according to their
argument, would be to strike a blow at
the horse breeding industry of the state,
and thus injure the agricultural element.
The reason last mentioned is ancient and
erroneous. The whole line of argument, it
seems to us. Is extremely Weak. If it
Is true that "playing the races" is a good
thing for the fairs and the farmers, then
It ought to be licensed; and not only should
pool selling and pool rooms be legalized,
but other forms of gambling should be put
upon the same basis and the whole govern
ed by legal sui>ervision as the liquor busi
ness is governed.
Under existing conditions the gambling
prohibition law is a legal! farce, the chief
fruits of which are fines and fees. The
tines operate practically as a license, for
something which is forbidden by the law.
The gambler is arrested, fined and re
leased, and straightway he returns to his
game. When a certain period of time has
elapsed he is arrested, fined and released
again, and once more he goes on with the
book making or the dealing. In this coun
ty the same parties have been carried
through the mill repeatedly, and doubtless
look forward to the time when they will
he grist for the legal hopper again. In
deed. it has been alleged that at one time
In this county when gamblers had not the
ready cash to pay their fines their notes
of hand, properly indorsed, would be ac
cepted and considered us a full vindication
of the majesty' of the Jaw!
Now, Mr. McDonough's bill, as we un
derstand It, was for the purpose of making
the anti-gambling law effective. If the
penalty were imprisonment in the chain
gang instead of a fine, the law would be
come effective immediately upon a con
sistent effort being made to enforce it.
If the object of the anti-gambling law is
to break up gambling, then it Is a travesty
to operate a fine-license system. If gam
bling is a good thing for horse breeding
and other farm Interests, then it should be
legalized, and gamblers should not be sub- 1 ?
Jected to the injustice of a SSOO or SI,OOO
fine each six months, but ail should lie
given licenses for a not too burdensome
fee. Mr. McDonough's Mil drew the line.
THE TREATY AND THE SENATE.
Representative Lester, just before start
ing for Washington, sold tha't it was by
no means certain that the peace treaty
would be ratified. It is not going to be an
easy matter to get t wo-thirds of the sena
tors to vote for the treaty. Still, it is
probable that the treaty will be ratified.
The House, of course, has nothing to do
with the ratification of it, but it will have
something to ilo.wlth appropriating the
$20,C00,000 which we are to give Spain for
relinquishing her sovereignty in the Phil-'
ipplnes. No doubt there will be strong op
position to paying that or any other
amount of money to Spain.
The arguments which will be brought to
bear in favor of the treaty and
carrying out all of its provisions ore of a
character that will most likely prevail
with Congress. Tlfe treaty will not be
ratified and the necessary appropriation of
money made without a long and perha'pa
warm debate. There Is a wide difference
of opinion as to the wisdom of taking i>os
session of the Philippines, and there is
very pronounced opposition to paying any
thing for them.
It will be argued, however, that to reject
the treaty svould be to Invite very serious
trouble—trouble that might cost several
times the amount which we are to pay
Spain. There would not, of course, be anjf
danger of further war with Spain, because
Spain Is not In a condition to engage in
war with us, but a refusal to ratify the
treaty would cause distrust in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. Our purpose to
establish stable governments in these isl
ands would give the discontented portions
of their populations opportunities for stir
ring up discontent from which outbreaks
of violence might occur. To restore order
might be a very costly undertaking.
Therefore it is probable that after the
treaty has beeu fully discussed it will be
ratified.
♦ . i
The report from London is that two
more American girls, each worth millions
of dollars, are likely to become members
of the British nobility through marriage.
One of them. Miss May Goelet, is indeed,
said to be almost upon the eve of entering
the royal set by becoming the wife of
Prince Francis of Tcck, brother of Eng
land’s future queen. No engagement of
the pair has been announced, but It is said
1 that affairs are tending towards such an
event. The Tecks are said to be poor,
and to need a few American (or other)
millions very badly. Miss Pauline Astor
Is the other American heiress who has a
foreign nobleman at her feel. He is the
Duke of Roxburghe, of old family, proud
title and slim purse. Why do so many
rich American women marry titled fore
igners? Is it because, having wealth and
all that wealth can purchane, they desire
In addition the d’stlnction of titles? If
that is the ease, then would It seem its if
our government would have to create a
few titles it) order to keep the girts ayd
their millions at home?
The Northern and Western soldiers do
not require much time to grasp the ra
cial situation; at least that is the way
i it appears from the story told of certain
| Northwestern soldiers now encamped in
this city. A colored washerwoman went
to the camp to get a certain captain’s
j laundry. U|On her first visit the orderly
. reported: "e aptain, there Is a colored
lady who wisn. a to ste you.” On the sec
| ond visit the orderly said: "Captain, that
colored woman wants your washing.” On
the third visit the formula was: “Captain,
that nigger is after your wash.” ,
The prize fight which is proposed to be
arranged between Sharkey ar.d Charley
Mitchell is palpably a “fake” of the worst
order. Mitchell is a back number of a
very ancient date, and never was much of
a fighter. If it Is Sharkey's desire to
bunco the public with some has-been of
the ring, he ought to give his owif na
tionality a show first. There are a plenty
of them available. There are John L. Sul
livan, Kilrain and Jim Corbett, each of
whom would probably not object to a lit
er hippodrome for a neat purse.
Artist AleCoteheon of the Chicago Rec
ord sends from Manila a cartoon illus
trating the "Americanization” of that
city. It shows a street scene, and on the
houses and shops appear such signs as
these: "American beer and cocktails;”
“Bar, lunch, beer, pies, home cooking;”
“Hamburg steak, no credit;" “Dewey Sa.
loon, iced drinks.” It is evident that the
new Americans are catching on.
PERSONAL.
—The Princess Therese of Bavaria is a
scientific writer of considerable merit. She
has already published one book on South
America, and is now at work on another
to get materials for which she made a
journey of exploration in the wildest parts
of Brazil.
—Donald B. McDonald, 98 years old, and
Margaret Ann O'Reagan, 84 years old, of
Reno, Mich., were married the other day.
McDonald had been married three times
in Canada, and is Ihe father of fourteen
children. The bride had been* married
twice, and is the mother of ten children.
The wedding was performed in the pres
ence of great-grandchildren of both bride
groom and bride.
—William Paine of Peakesvllle, Mo., was
married to Mrs. Mary Tringer at the lat
ter's home in Golden City, Mo., Thanks
giving night. The groom is 88 years old,
and the bride is 85. The details of the
match were arranged by mail, the groom
haring never been in Golden City before.
In order to live with the lady of his choice
’ the groom recently resigned the position
of postmaster at Peakesville.
BRIGHT HITS.
—Aggravating—She: “Where have you
been until this hour of the morning?"
He—“ You wouldn't know where Ihe
place is if I should tel! you.”—Cincinnati
Enquirer.
—The Day After—Grogan; “I’m feel
ing terrible to-day."
Horgan—“Congratulate you, old boy.
You must have had a mighty good dinner
yesterday.”—Boston Tran&crip^.
—Foreigner—"And why eez aet zat you
Americans have what you call ze
Thanksgiving? What ees ze—ah—signifee
canoe?”
Native —"It marks the end of the foot
ball season.”—Chicago News.
CURRENT COMMENT.
W hipping Post for 'Chicago.
the Cleveland Plain Dealer (Dem.)
There is talk of establishing the whip
ping post in Chicago, and, strange to say,
the papers up there seem to agree that it
is just the thing for the reformation of
franchise grabbers and swindling contrac
tors. Chicago has queer notions about fit
ting the punishment to the crime, as the
Mikado has it.
W hero Is He “At f”
From the Richmond Dispatch (Dem.).
Czar Reed will assume command in the
House. The public will be curious to see
how far he Is in accord with the adminis
tration on the imperialistic policy. He
has been talking very little of late, and
his views upon some of the most import
ant questions of the day are unknown to
the public.
* -v ——“
Seeking an Explanation.
From the Chicago Chronicle (Dem.).
The ladles of Macon. Ga:, are somewhat
discouraged at the failure of their public
prayers to secure victory for the anti
prohibition ticket last Thursday. They
can't account for the result, but there
doesn't appear to he any mystery about
It. Omnipotence was either not interested
in the prohibition question orVMn't care
To interfere with a free ballot and a fair
count. It may be, too, that the Infiite Be
ing doesn't shape his actions at the *im
portunlty of finite creatures, no" matter
how pious. There are several ways of
accounting for the Macon ladies' disap
pointment.
A* jn, Money Metals.
From the New York Sun (Rep.).
Another correspondent, befogged on the
currency question, writes to us in defense
of Director of the Mint Roberts. He says;
"Suppose, to-morrow, all the govern
ments of the world should say, ‘We will
coin no more gold. We will use platinum
and iridium.' Isn't it evident that the
value of gold would soon drop to one-half
Its present value, as one-half the demand
for it would tie gone? And would not
platinum and iridium immediately Jump
In price? And if silver had been chosen
Instead of n.atinum and iridium, would It
not jump in price?"
‘ Ail the governments if the world might
refuse to coin gold and it still would be
used by the people of the world as money,
and the demand for it diminish.
It was used for money long before gov
ernments coined it, and It will be so used
whatever they do. In the days when there
were no coining faculties in California,
gold dust passed by weight, as In China
silver does. Nor could any government
compel people to use platiuum and iridium
for money. Platinum cannot be melted,
and. as well ns Ir.dium, it is produced In
ito small quantities to supply the place
of gold. Nor can governments compel peo
ple to use silver for money exclusively.
In this country, the government has coin
ed 500.009,(XX) sliver dollars, hut has suc
ceeded In getting only 63,000,000 of them
into circulation. The depreciated legal
tenders, during the war. did not prevent
the continued use of gold nor make it
wurih any less than it was before they
were issued. Our correspondent exagger
ates the power of legislation, and disre
gards that of nature.
Jin. >lrlviikloy'* Wit.
Mr?. McKinley is saying some bright
things these days, says the Washington
correspondence of the Chicago Record.
The other evening the wife of a prom
inent gitizen of Washington, whfe visit
ing the White House, happened to men
tion that she ba>d received a basket of
mushrooms from an unknown source, and,
fearing that Jhcy might not be genuine,
had taken twin to the market where she
usually bought her vegetables and had
them carefully looked over before they
were cooked,
"What were you afraid of?’’ inquired
Mrs. MoKialey.
“1 was afraid we might be poisoned and
die.”
"I thought you were a Presbyterian.”
retorted the President's wife, "and that
Presbyterian* flever die until their time
comes.” % x
Sot l |> to His Part.
“Just came from St. louis,” remarked a
well-known commercial traveler as he
alighted from the train, "and had one of
the funniest experiences of my life on the
way up.”
“Relate It, and be quick,” replied Jtis fel
low drummed who Was about to catch a
train, says r/>e Chicago Chronicle.
"Well, you know Mandlebaum. the ticket
scalper,” repjeid the other. "Jtist as I
was about to board the train he came to
me and offered to sell a Hrst class ticket
for so low a figure ttjpt I was obliged to
lake it for strictly business reasons. My
time was limited and I neglected "to look
at the name of the original purchaser, so
1 boarded the train and took possession
of a seat in. the smoker. First came a
cigar, and then being thirsty, X took <Sut
that old flask of mfne from the satchel
and proceeded to quench my thirst in good
old-fashioned style.
"All the while the conductor kept his
eyes on me, and at times whispered to the
brakeman, who was sitting quite close to
me. They were both strange on the run,
and consequently 1 did not pay much at
tention to them. I then got mixed up in
a hot game of 'soven-u£>, and told one or
two stories which would not pass the or
deal of pressj,censorship. Finally the con
ductor came rtround at* whispered in my
ear. He asked me how the Sunday school
was getting on, and allowed that church
matters were brightening up a bit in my
section of the country. His talk was ail
Greek to me, but I managed to look wise
until we had reached Chicago.
"The whole business dawned on me then
He told me I should have been more cir
cumspect on the journey up, and warned
me against one of my congregation. He
said it was bad form for a clergyman to
smoke, play cards, and dr.nk whiskey from
a flask in full view of the passengers on
board a train. I asked him If he knew
who X was, gnd he pulled that scalper’s
ticket from his pocket and informed me
that I was Rev. Mr. Plfffteas Bascccn. of
Hannibal, Mo. I have made up my mind
never to buy another scalper's ticket from
Mandlebaum.”
!\ Steal Occasion for Trouble.
"That transfer ain’t no good,” said the
street car conductor, according to the
Chicago Tribune.
"What’s the matter with it?” asked the
passenger in the fur-trimmed overcoat.
“It’s a month old. That’s all.”
“1 cjon’t see how that can be. The con
ductor on the main line gave it to me not
ten minutes ago.”
The conductor winked slowly with his
left eye.
"What do you mean by that?” demand,
ed the passenger.
The conductor shrugged his shoulders.
“Oh. nothing,” he said, “only I guess
he didn't give you that transfer this morn
ing. Some other morning, wasn’t it?”
"No, It wasn’t some other
retorted the other, growing decidedly an
gry. “Do I look lift©, a deadbeat? Do I
strike you as a man who would try to
beat a street oar company out of a nick
el?”
The conductor shrugged his shoulders
again.
"I reckon you’d belter pay your face,”
he remarked, reaching for the bell rope.
By this time the passenger’s eyes were
blazing.
"You mean to call me a liar, do you?”
he asked. "I have told you I paid my
fare on the main fine s*nd the conductor
gave me that transfer Tf it isn’t good.
I'm not to blame for it.”
"I guess you’d better pay your fare.”
"You impudent scoundrel! If it .wasn’t
for the presence of -ladies in this car I’d
give you a thrashing you wouldn't get
over in a month!”
"You needn’t mind the ladies, sir.”
“I do, though. I’m more of a gentleman
than you are. Ring the bell and stop the
car all you want to. I’m not going to
pay you a cent, and I’m not going to get
off ”
”1 rather think you will.*’ ,
”1 give you warning,” said the passen
ger, standing up and confronting him,
“that if you lay your hand on me I’ll
whip you within an inch of your life. I
don’t care for the beggarly 5 cents, but I'm
not going to be Imposed on. It’ll soil* my
clothes more-than 5 cents’ worlh to mix
up with you. but you’ll need anew uni-‘
form.” ' ,
“You talk mighty big,” rejoined the con
ductor, apparently not at all scared. "But
you know you’re In the wrong. Look at
that transfer check. Will you? See ihe
date—Oct. 30? Think I’m going to take
that for a fare? Not by a blamed sight.
You'll pay your nichel or you'll get put
off. I don't care if you're as big us the
side of a—Ellis avenue!”
The cor stopped to let. a woman pas
senger get off. '
"Ellis ayenue?” said the man in the fur
trimmed overcoat, darting for the door.
“That’s my stopping place!"
"Well, get off, then!” roared the con
ductor.
“I'm getting off. and you're not putting
me off. either,” returned the other, step
ping down from the platform as he spoke.
Putting his hands in his overcoat pock
ets he started toward the sidewarlk. Feel
ing a slip of paper in his right pocket he
took it out and looked at It.
It was the check the conductor on the
main line had given him ten or fifteen min
uies before.
Then he remembered.
He had made that trip about a month
previously, and the conductor on the cross
town line had overlooked him. The check
which had so nearly cost him a fight had
been in the pocket of his Sunday over
coat since Octl 30. He had handed it ~ul
instead of the right .one.
By way of making a hasty apology he
took off his hat. waved It at he retreating
car, and held up the transfer check.
But the-conductor, standing on the rear
platform, understood the pantomime as in
dicating that his late passenger was ex
ulting because he had beat him out of a
ride and could work that check on some
other Conductor.
And he shook a large and bony flst ct
him. •
—“gome folks.” said Uncle Eben, "makes
dah thankfulness so kinder loud an’ mon
opolizin' dat it sounds like plain braggin.’ ”
—Washington Star.
—Simklns—"What makes your nose so
red, Timklns?”
Tlmkins— ”lt glows with pride, sir, at not
poking liself Into other people’* business "
—Tit Jill*. i
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
—What public opinion amounts to in
Russia may be gathered from the recent
census that empire, which shows that
in a population of 129.av.00t) there are only
713 newspapers, or one to every 170.000 peo
ple. Of these 589 are in Russian, 69 in
Polish, tl in German, 9 jn ‘French, 5 in
Armenian and 2 in Hebrew. No English
paper appears in the list.
—Sirs. Jennie Mickley of Fair Play. Md..
has been committed to Jail for ten days
as a common scold, under an antique stat
ute of colonial times that has never been
repealed. The prosecution was brought by
her husband, Charles Mick ey, a respect
able mechanic, industrious and sober, who
brought his neighbors as witnesses to tes
tify to her bad temper and unruly tongue.
—A correspondent of the London Daily
News notes the growth of the use of Eng
lish on the corttjnent. Wherever he went
he was able to converse with statesmen
and diplomatists in his native tongue. He
found that as a rule the governing classes
In Europe would understand and speak
English. In the Russian, royal family es
pecially, English is the familiar language
of conversation.
—There are some toll gates still in Phila
delphia, which leads the Telegraph of that
city *o say: “Even in the wilds of the
blue grass region of Kentucky there has
been a revolt against the survivor cf
frontier days, and, so determined are the
Kentuckians to be rid of the turnpike
nuisance that they have resorted to the
torch and the shotgun in the good old
Kentucky fashion.”
—The insurance companies doing a life
business in Canada have agreed hereafter
not to accept risks on the lives of tar
ried women unless they happen to be the
breadwinners of the family, or, in other
words, independent of their husbands. The
decision has been arrived at with a view
to lessening the crime of murder for in
surance, several cases of which have been
reported tvithin the last two years.
—A Russian shopkeeper recently posted
the following announcement in front of
his place of business: “The reason why
I rfiav© hitherto been able to sell my goods
so much cheaper than anybody else is that
I am a bachelor, and do not need to make
a profit for the maintenance of a -vife
and children. It is now my duty to in
form the public that this advantage will
shortly be withdrawn from them, as I am
about to be'married. They will, therefore,
do well to make their purchases at once
at the old rate.”
—There is a pretty little squabble going
on at a well known church in East Lon
don. The hard working vicar conceived
the plan of replacing the ph-.in glass east
window with stained glass, and got dif
ferent people each to give a panel. It all
wernt well until the work was nearly fin
ished, when someone formerly connected
with the church has come down upon the
vicar and threatened dire things against
him for removing the plain glass window
without a faculty, the objector claiming
that the said window was put up in mem
ory of his father.
—The father of a subaltern In the
English army says that his son,“after hav
ing had about $5,000 spent on his educa
tion at a public school and being cram
med for his examinations by various tu
tors. and about $1,250 more sepnt on his
uniform and Indian outfit, obtained a sec
ond lieutenancy, for which he receives the
munificent pay of 5s 3d ($1.30J a day. a
sum scarcely sufficient to pay for his
messing, washing and servant.” In In
dia this is increased to 202 rupees. A bal
ance is thus left on the wrong side, which
this British parent has to make good.
—Salt hay is used in winter for cover
ing various kinds of plants that grow
close to the d’arth. It has a long staple
and it serves this purpose well. Straw
with long staple still is used for bundling
up plants and shrubs having stalks. Salt
hay is used in cemeteries to cover up ivy
clad graves. The ivy is thus kept in bet
ter condition than if it were left exposed
to the blasts and the cold of winter. The
brown hay is laid length-wise upon the
grave in a covering of uniform thickness
all over it, which is held in place by bent
rods settled down upon it at intervals,
hoop like, and with their ends in the
ground on either side.
—A curious incident has just thrown
the palace of the King of Wurtemburg at
Stuttgart into a state of excitement. Dur
ing the absence of the King an individual
gained access to the palace by way of the
gardens and reached the first floor; where
he installed himself in an apartment be
longing to one of the princes. Here he
made himseif quite at home, taking off his
boots and placing them outside the door.
He then smoked a cigar, wrote several
letters on the royal note paper and finally
went comfortably and unconcernedly to
bed in the prince's sleeping chamber. The
next morning he was found wandering
about in his shirt sleeves in one of the
corridors and arrested. He pretends to be
of royal descent.
—A remarkable discovery of sodium car
bonate is announced as having lately been
made in Sonora, Mexico, two miles inland
from Adair bay, an indentation from the
Gulf of California, one hundred miles
south of the Colorado river. The deposit
covers art area of about seventy acres in
extent, in the center of which are several
flowing springs, the water being strongly
impregnated with the salts. This water
has spread over the surrounding area and
evaporation has formed a crust of the
crystaiized salts, one to three feet in thick
ness, beneath which is a foot or eighteen
inches of water; as this crust, which is
the product, is excavated and taken away,
the water from below quickly fills its
place, and very shortly by evaporation,
it is completely renewed, making the de
posit practically Inexhaustible, it being
estimated that there are fully 100,000 tons
of the material available in this locality.
—Adam’s Peak is one of the most famous
of Ceylon’s mountains, says the Christian
Herald. It Is an object of more than or
dinary intrest to the traveler, because on
its summit there is a gigantic footprint,
to account for which there are various
legends, and at dawn its elongated shad
ow, some four-score miles long, behaves
in the most mysterious manner. It is no
wonder the Cingalese regard the peak,
sometimes hiding its head in the clouds,
with superstitious veneration. But the
mountain is most famous for the fact that
the people believe It contains the foot
print of Adam. The so-called footprint is
a hollow, resembling the form of a hu
man foot, five feet four inches long, and
two feet six Inches wide. Its margin is
set with gems, and the Buddhists have
railed It off and erected a wooden canopy
over it. A priest is there to receive the
offerings of both Believers and unbeliev
ers. The temple at the top was’put there
in order that the footprint should not be
effaced by the hundreds of people who
visit it every year. How the impression
first got about that the great hollow in
the shape of a foot was made by Adam
Is not exactly known; but for centuries
the Mohammedans have associated it with
our first parents, a* they account for tb
footprint on Its summit by saying thai
Adam impressed it there when taking his
last look of Eden. The Hindus say the
impression was made by their god Siva.
ECZEMA baby
Whole Body a Mass of Sores.
Doctor Could Not Cure.
Tried CUTICURA.
Speedily Cured. Now Fine Hair
And Clear Skin.
Our baby at the age of four months wa
sickly, and broke out with Eczema on his fare
anil body. He was a mass of scabs. The doc
tor could not cure him. One day I saw yr, !r
advertisement in the newspaper, and I g, t
Cuticura Remedies at once. I used one iu
of Ctoxicpra (ointment), one bottle of Ctn
crEA Resolvent, and three cakes of Ct ri-
CCRA Soap, and he tens cured. He is now
seventeen months old, weighs 46 pounds, and
has the finest head of hair anil clearest skin
you would want to see. LOUIS BEXZIXGEK
Feb. 3, 1898. 2750 Bth Ave., New York City!
ECZEMA ONLEG CURED
BY CUTICURA
I had a sore on the upper part of my leg that
three doctors called Eczema. Such pain I
never experienced In all my life. I read in
the papers of CUTICURA Remedies, ami j
bought the Cuticura Resolvent, Cunt, ra
Soap, and Cuticura (ointment).
The first time I used them was before I went
to bed, and I slept more that night than I had
for two weeks before, and from that time on
it got better, and to-day it is entirely gone
Feb. 3, 1898. C. BUNKEL, Mount Joy, Penn.
(Qticura
Bprrdy Cfbe Treatment for all Skin*
and Blood Humors. Warm bath* with Ccttcora So i i*.
gentle anointing* with Cuticura (ointment), purest of
emollient akin cure*, and mild doaeaof Cuticuka Resol
vsrt, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures.
Fold throuehout the world. Potter Drug and C h em.
CoKP .Sole Prop* , Boston.
Jfcfr" “ How to Cure the Worat Eczema,” mailed free.
BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.
We make prices so inviting. This is a
season when room is needed, and in or ! r
to gain it we are willing to cut the figures
closer and help you as well as ours. iv,-?.
You know how desirable the HOG \N'
stock is. Nothing could be more attrac
tive, and go where you will you cannot find
finer or more stylish goods. In a word,
this store is up to the highest standard and
here are things correct, worthy and money
saving.
SPECIALS FOII THIS WEEK.:
BLACK SATIN DUCHESSE.
Black Satin Duchesse, all silk, grn,
grain, black and colored Taffeta, figured
gros grain, figured China, this week 59c.
CHINA SILKS.
27-inch Black China All Silk this week
49 cents.
SUPERIOR FINISH SATIN DUCHESSE.
24-inch Black Satin Duchesse, superior
finish, this week sl.lO.
COLORED SILKS.
500 yatds Colored Silks, some very and
sirabie patterns for waists and trim*
mings, this week 68c.
CREPONS.
50-inch Black Wool Crepons, in all th*
la lest patterns, this week 75c.
SERGES. .
50-inch Black Cheviot Serges, such as is
used for tailor-made suits and skirts, this
week 59c.
VENETIAN CLOTHS.
54-inch Venetian Cloths, in all the leading
shades, military blue, castor and garnet,
this week 98c.
ELANKETS AND COMFORTS
This week at special prices.
11-4 Superior Wool Blankets only $4.98.
11-4 Superfine California Blankets this
week $6.
COMFORTS.
Large sized, well made, from 75c to $2.50.
DOWN COMFORTS.
At greatly reduced figures for this week.
SILK PETTICOATS.
All the newest creations in these popu
lar garments. The new shades are all
here and the prices are exceptionally close
for such handsome and perfectly made
petticoats. These are the most desirable
articles for holiday gifts.
OUR LINE OF LADIES’
EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS
Is ready for examination. It embraces
every possible conceit in the handkerchief
world, and the prices are very low. An
early examination is requested, in view
of the near approach of the holidays.
CARPETS AT GIVE AWAY FIGIJP.ES.
The balance of our 10-wire Tapestry
Carpets, some lengths suitable for small
rooms, this week 50c.
JACKETS AND CAPES.
For the next two weeks we will sell ev
ery Jacket and Cape in the house at a
sacrifice. Our garments are ali well made,
and up to date in style .and finish. The
little folks can be well fitted in Reefers
and Coats. These goods range from $1.98
to $12.00.
LADIES’ DRESS SKIRTS.
Ladies’ Dress Skirts from 98c to SIO.OO.
All well made, tailor finish.
DOLLS AND FANCY GOODS.
Our regular Xmas display is ready. We
have made it more attractive than ever.
We request you to select now and let us
deliver later.
DANIEL HOGAN,
The corner Broughton arid Barnard ct*.
ifSTII
\arnishes.
Enamel Paints.
Brushes*
Wall Paper.
Picture Moulding.
Savannah Building Supply
Company,
OXORESS AND DRAYTON STRTETS
SCOTT & DAVIS,
Iff! IBS
And Fancy Grocars.
Tire best the uiurket aUordj at*
ways ia clock.
I’rmuonl attention circa to all o'*
fare.
*l3 HktlU ITHEICT, E/UT.
'raosß 2*l*o.
COFFEE
ROASTED DAILY BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.,
Coffee Importer* end Roaster*