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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
TWENTY PACES
Mil 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Meetings— Lafayette McLaws Camp 596,
V. C. V.; Savannah Council No. 1, Order
of American Firemen.
Military Orders—Orders No. 33, Georg ia
Hussars; The Merchants Association of
Savannah.
Special Notices—Good Grocery Buyers,
John T. Evans ft Cos.; 1900 Wheels, B. D.
& Wm. Laitlmore; Interest Notice, Ogle
thorpe Savings and Trust Company;
Announcement, Frank Hahne; raiute and
House Painting, Savannah Building Sup
ply Company; Brick, Andrew Hanley
Company; Ship Notice, Strachan & Cos.;
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provements, J. H. H. Osborne, Chairman
T. A. and R.; Notice of Personal Property
Returns for 1900, J, H. H. Osborne, Chair
man T. A. and R.; Public School Notice,
Otis AHhmore. Superintendent; Dividend
No. 26, the National Bank of Savannah;
Dividend No. 62. Merchants National Bank
of Savannah; Notice to Bondholders, Ogle
thorpe Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F.; To My
Friends and the Public, George Meyer;
Savannah Rifle Association Meet; New
Year Dinner, D. H. Bythewood.; Notice of
Dissolution, Kavanaugh & Brennan; New
Year's Greetings, M. S. Gardner; New
Year’s at Joyce's; Coal, Domestic Coal
and Wood Company; Men's Suits $9.16,
Leopold Adler; Men's Overcoats $9,18, Leo
pold Adler; Interesting to Ladles, B. H.
Levy ft Bro.; Fancy Groceries, Hotchkiss
& Nevill.
Amusements—“A Fool’s Paradise,” at
Theater Thursday, Jan. 4; 3900 Races, at
Thunderbolt Park; The Olympia Opera
Company in Two Nights and One Mati
nee.
Business Notices—Who Is Your Grocer?
Estate S. W. Branch; 1900 Columbias, T. A.
Bryson, Agent; Stearns Bicycles, R. V.
Connerat; New Year's Gifts, Theus Bros.;
“Just to Pass the Time Away," Hunter
& Van Keuren;
Four Now Specialties—C. A. Munster.
We Wish You a Happy and Prosperous
New Year—Hub Clothing Company.
Gunpowder—Edward Lovell’s Sons.
Closing Out Sale—Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Company.
■School ‘Books, Etc.—Gardner’s Bazar.
Laundry—E. &W. Laundry.
Educational—The Savannah Preparatory
School.
Publications—Paragon Monthly.
You Can Own Your Own Gas Range-
Mutual Gas Light Company.
For the Coming Weddings—Thomas
West & Cos.
1900 Happy New Year—From Gustave
Eckstein & Cos.
We Wish Our Friends and Patrons a
Happy New Year—Gutman’s.
Storm Over, Comes a Lull—B. H. Levy
& Bro.
Happy New Year—Walsh & Myer;
Savannah Farm Supply House—George
W. Parish.
Happy New Year Chances— B. H. Levy
A Bro.
Extraordinary Reduction Sale—Foye &
•Morrison.
Sorosis Shoes—Charles Marks.
Cigars—Cortez Cigars.
The Main Chance—Byck Bros.
Hecker’s Exhlblilon for the Ladies—
Jackson Metzger & Cos. ,
Beef—Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Medical—Pe-ru-na; Dr. Hathaway Com
pany; Sulphume; P. p. p. ; World's Dis
pensary Preparations; Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp Root; Coke Dandruff Cure; Moth
er’s Friend; Quaker Doctor; ’77” for Grip.
Cheap Column Advertisements— H!p
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mlecelaneous.
It would probably be a good Idea to ivT.
gin to-day to get famlilar with the tig.
ures, ”190 U.”
The most peculiar thin* in yellow Jour
nall-n Is the fact that no New York
■MWsraper has yet claimed credit for the
eete.u of the Br tlsh by the Boers.
IlfHides looking to us for mules, the
British government has been obliged to
ask ns to supply them with wygons for
' ’’'' *'‘Uth Afri'-an campaign. Jt ), r ,..
parted i hat 1,001 wagons sre wanted at
n "‘* ,or *bs campaign In sntalj shat
Pii'.ab manufacturers could ml form, ft
' m nbbln (be lime specified by the war
and I hat Ibe or.hr has beer, „e.
epted by a caopsny !u hsMeiiy,
ll(i\V LONG CAM THE BOERS HOLD
OITf
There is considerable speculation os to
how long the Boers can hold out against
ihe British. Naturally there is a great
difference of opinion in regard to the mat
■ ter. One thing that can be counted on
j pretty certainly is, that If the British do
! not show very soon that they are able
] io make headway against the Boers a sen
timent In favor of the Boers, sufficiently
I trong to give England trouble, will make
itself felt in this and other countries. The
spectacle of a little republic of less than
3(0.000 people fighting for Independence
with success against the greatest empire
in the world is one to arouse sympathy.
Besides, the cause of the Boers appeals
strongly to liberty loving people every
where.
It Is probable that the Boers can hold
out for a year, however great the
force may be which Great Britain sends
against them. It is asserted on what ap
pears to be good authority that they have
all the arms, ammunition and food sup
plies they need for that period. In the
battles which- have been fought their
losses have been light. They are able
to choose their own positions and their
generals are careful and capable. If there
is no Interference in their behalf they
must finally yield to superior force. Hav
ing brought on the war, Great Britain is
hound to conquer the Boers or lose the
place she holds among the Powers.
If it be a fact that Great Britain has
secured control of Pelftgoa bay by an
agreement with Portugal and a some sort
of an understanding with Germany, the
war will be shorter than it would other
wise be. It is probable that if the bay
has been secured the right to occupy the
Portuguese, territory back of It goes with
it. With the hay and adjacent territory
the British will be able to cut off all sup
plies from the Boers and also to attack
them to much better advantage.
It is staled that the British are not to
have possession of the bay until March.
It is also said that Gen. Roberts will not
begin his campaign until that time. The
inference is that the bay will play aii im
poktanl part in the campaign.
The greatest confidence is placed in
Gens. Roberts and Kitchener by the Brit
ish government, and there are good rea
sons why there should be, hut if they
have not profited by the defeats which
Ihe British have suffered during the short
time the war has been in progress, their
success at the outset will not bo what the
BVitfsh people hope for. The war can
not be ended by any such tactics as those
adopted by the British generals already In
the field. The new campaign must be
conducted In accordance with the experi
otice that has been gained in the battles
that ha,ve been fought.
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S VISIT,
Admiral Dewey will be In Savannah
sometime In March, probably the twen
tieth of that month. Lust October, when
the committee appointed to Invite him to
lie the guest of this city went to Wash
ington to discharge that duty, he accepted
Savannah’s invitation, but, owing to other
engagements, he was unable to say when
he would make his visit. After his mar
riage an Invitation was also extended to
Mrs. Dewey.
The Admiral was unable to fix even ap
proximately the elate of his visit until a
few days ago, when a letter was received
from him In which he stated that If sat
isfactory to the people of Savannah he
would visit the city at about the time
above stated.
At a mee'ing of the Executive Commit
tee held yesterday, Ihe letter of the Ad
miral was read and the work of preparing
for his reception and entertainment was
begun.
It is proposed to invite as guests of the
city, at the time of the Admiral’s visit,
many other prominent and distinguished
men, and make the occasion one
that will be in harmony with the
city's record in such matters—an oc
casion of enjoyment for the distinguished
guests and of pleasure for their entertain
ers.
FAVORS SHOWN TRYSTS.
Mr. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, lias
exposed himself to some very severe at
tacks by the favors which he has shown
to the National City Bank of New York.
To what extent he was Justified in ex
tending these favors it is impossible to
say without a fuller knowledge of the
facts. It is true he offers explanations
in respect to some of them, and to his
party friends they no doubt appear sa's
factory. The fact that the National City
Bank is dominated largely by the Stan
dard Oil Trust and the Sugar Trust would
seem to indicate that the trusts h ,vc
great influence wilh the administration.
Some of the secretary’s friends aie sav
ing that the attacks uiwn him are wh 1 y
unjust, and that they are made for poll:-
leal effect. It may be that the eis poli
tics back of them, but whether there Is or
not they are likely to prove very effective.
There is a suspicion in the pullic mind
that the President is favorably inclined to
trusts. It is a fact that In the Ohio cam
paign last fall Mr. Hanna, who Is closer
to the President than anybody else, said
many kind things of trusts. What th
President said In his message ngilnsi
trusts was so worded that it did not cre
ate the impression that he was an enemy
of them.
The Republican party will have to tak 1
a position either for Or against trusts.
There will be no middle ground In respect
to them in the presidential campaign next
year. If the Repub loan leaders expect
to accept trust money to assist in con
ducting their campaign their party will
have to defend trusts. It seems to be a
fair Inference from the course of the S. c
eetary of the Treasury, In showing ro
many favors to ihe bank In which the wo
greatest trusts In the country are inter
ested. that the Republican pnrty expects
sumo favors next year when the buttle for
the presidency Is taring fought.
No American has seen Agulnaldo for six
weeks. 11- Is In flight, or was. ai last
uiivlc- * Tin lack of Information respect
ing his wher. abou's gives the news fakir
* chance. Within the week he has been
reported at Vancouver, It. and nt a
port In Mexico, not to mention a story of
Irlij, arrival with hi* suite at Hong Kong
ll may confidently lie expected that Ids ar
rlvol and Hawllcstloii In Atlanta will Ig
iM-oMed within the nxi few days.
THE MOENING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31. 189a
DA A FORTH'S VIEWS.
The Republican papers seem to be tak
ing more interest in an Interview given
out by Mr. Elliot F. Danforth of New
York, respecting the feeling In the South
on the silver question, than are the pa
pers of the Democratic faith. Mr. Dan
forth was at the head of the Democratic
organization of New York in 1896, and ac
cepted the Chicago platform in its entire
ly. Recently he made a trip through tho
South. On his return to New York, he
stated that he was surprised to find so
little interest among Southern men in the
question of free sllyer coinage. He said
that he found many prominent Democrats
who thought It would be wise to ignore.the
silver question altogether in the campaign
next year.
Mr Danforth expresses the opinion,
which he thinks is shared by other lead
ing New York Democrats, that if the sli
ver question were side-tracked the Demo
crats would stand an excellent chance of
carrying New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey in the next national election. It
seems that he is disposed to do a little
missionary work, and try and get the
Democratic National Convention to drop
silver when it makes the party platform.
There is no doubt of course that Mr.
Danforth met many prominent Democrats
during his Southern trip wh* were against
sliver, blit it is probaido that the most
of them were against it in. 1896. There
were many in the cities of the South
against it •then, and they have not chang
ed their views on the Mi vet' question. The
stronghold of silver in the South is out
side of the cities, and it is probable that In
the rural districts, there is as much silver
sentiment now as there was four years
ago, although there is not as much talk
about silver.
It is doubtful if Mr. Danforth will suc
ceed in his missionary work. There will
be a silver plank in the next platform of
the Democratic party, though whether it
will he given as much prominence a* the
silver p.ank in the Chicago platform was,
is a question that cannot be answered at
this time.
Ol TI.OOK FOR GEORGIA F ARMERS.
It is with satisfaction that it is learned
from Mr. Stevens, the Commissioner of
Agriculture, that the material condition
of the farmers of Georgia IS a great deal
better than It was a year ago. He keeps
In touch with them, and knows whether
they are prospering or not.
One reason for their better condition is,
lie thinks, the fact that during the year
just closing, they gave more attention to
diversifying their crops and less to cot
ton. Another reason is that owing to the
shorjnes3 of the cotton crop they get a
very much better price for their cotton.
Having made food crops they are able to
live more cheaply and they made their
cotton at a less cost than usualX
To one point he calls particular atten
tion, nn<l that Is the importance of rais
ing food crops and cattle in order that
there may not Be so much dependence on
commercial fertilizers. Home made fer
tilizers are, in some particulars, better
than those manufactured, and they are
very much cheaper. Farmers who depend
wholly on commercial fertilizers in mak
ing cotton, ore in a very unfortunate con
dition when their cotton crops fail or the
price of cotton falls below the profit line.
The Commissioner points out the danger
the coming year of greatly Increasing the
cotton acreage. The price of fertilizers is
high, and if an enormous crop is produced,
the price of cotton is certain to be low.
The present price is of course a great
temptation to farmers- to plant as much
of their land in cotton as they can. It is
a temptation that ought to be resisted. No
greater acreage than that of this year
should be planted. When there is an
enormous crop the cotton producers are in
the power of the cotton spinners, but when
the amount of cotlon produced is Just
about what the world can consume at a
price that yields a profit to the producers,
the farmers are in a position to command
a good price fqr it. Besides, the cost of
raising a big crop is greater than that of
a small one, though not likely to bring
more money. Let the farmers diversify
their crops, raise cattle and make their
'own fertilizers, and they will be far more
prosperous than If they- plant more laud
in cotton than they can fertilize without
going deeply in debt, and more' than they
can properly cultivate.
The Commissioner Is deeply interested
in sugar cane cultivation in South Geor
gia. His observations while in Louisiana
recently, convinced him that the sugar
cane can be made an exceedingly valua
ble crop in this state. It is his purpose
to give every encouragement in his power
to the cultivation of it. It is his belief ap
parently that there will be a number of
sugar nulls erected in the cane growing
section in the near future. On the eve
of tile new year, the outlook for Georgia
farmers is very promising, and It will con
tinue to be so if they resist the tempta
tion to plant too large on acreage in cot
ton.
The President is said to be booked for a
(our across the continent next October.
By chance, of course, the election will oc
cur next November, a month after the
tot r. The desire of the people to hear tlfeir
(hlef executive will, of course, necessitate
some car-end speeches, and a little whoop
ing-up of the greatness of the administra
tion. And when San Francisco is reached
there will be the launching of the battle
ship Ohio, and other speeches on the card,
but these things are merely accidental oc
currences to be sure. The President
wouldn't think of electioneering!
Young Mr. Hay, son of our Secretary of
State, who has been appointed to the con
sulate at Pretoria, South African Repub
lic, Is to spend some time in London, hob
nobbing with the high officials and great
people of Great Britain. It is suggested
that President Kruger will refuse to re
ceive him, on account of this stay and as
sociations in England. His associations
according to the probable Boer view, will
Incapacitate him for taking a purely un
prejudiced view of alfalfa In South Africa.
A comemporury calculates, from data
supposed to be reliable, that the amount
of motley expended by the people of the
Untied Mater during the |a t twelve
men Ills for life Insurance was HHROOii.ooo,
and tliai Ihe amount exiiended by mer
chants and oilier business men for a*.-
veritslnc during the same space of time
was gju,uiu,uuu moie than that sum.
It has been said that the pte ent war In
South Africa is a “rich man's war." If
so, there ought to be a good deal of sacs
faction in knowing that soma of the rich
est and nobiest men In Great Britain are
volunteering to engage in the fighting. A
Rothschild. the Duke of Mari'orough and
any number of other rich men and grand
ees have offered their services. Ev.o the
Prince of Wales and Wtl.lam Waldorf
Astor have demonstrated their loyalty o
the crown.
The Board of Education of Atlanta will
shortly issue an address to the public
upon changes proposed to be made in the
public school system in that city. The
principal change will consist of the intro
duction of sewing, cooking and manual
training into the schools.
Twenty-five thousand soldiers of the
Spanish-Ameriean war are applying for
pensions. Seventy-five millions of people
in this country are wondering where and
how they were injured.
PERSONAL.
—Gen. Yule’s mother, though 80 years
old, reads all the leading London papers
every day so as to make herself thorough
ly well acquainted with her son’s move
ments.
—Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Sr., has the
reputation of having paid the largest sum
to any single singer at a private musi
cal*.' This was $1,500, and was paid to
Melba.
—Walther Hauser, the new president of
Switzerland, is one of the best classical
scholars in his country and has written a
learned commentary on the ‘‘Ethics'’ of
Aristotle.
—Walter Williams, a millionaire resident
of Columbus. Mo., edits two newspapers,
is president of the school board, trustee
of the Slate University and teaches a Sun
day School class of 150 scholars.
—William Dickey, who died the other
day, was anntmber of the Maine Legisla
ture for fifty-nine years, and Is believed
to hold the record for such service. Though
a Democrat, he always voted for Senator
Frye.
—Gov.-elect Nash of Ohio has appointed
as his secretary Frederick Links, the eon
of a well known Columbus, 0., banker,
who, kiSt summer, married Miss Thur
man, a granddaughter of the “old Ro
man."
—Col. William 1,. Prather, the new pres
ident of the University of Texas, is great
ly opposed to lynching, and in a recent
address to, the students of that university
said it was the greatest curse of the
South.
—Dorsey W. Shackelford, who has taken
Bland's 'seat in Congress, is a rich man.
He made his money in the large zinc and
lead mines of Cimden county,Missouri, of
the beat of which he is practically the
owner.
—Mr. Louis S. Cohn, a Jew, has Just
been elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool. He
has announced that he will accept no
public or other engagements which would
demand hi? time on Friday evenings or
S.i Mirdii'ts.
—John Morley has Just been unanimous
ly elected honorary president of the Ox
ford Palmerston Club. This post was oc
cupied by Gladstone from the club’s foun
dation in 1873 until his death, since which
time it has been vacant.
BRIGHT HITS.
—Maude—Have Bella and Jack had a
new quarrel?
Lena—Oh, no!—but they’ve patched up
their old one till it’s about as good as
new.—Puck.
"-[-"lntellect doesn’t amount to any
thing.” "What do you mean, Minerva?”
"The most intellectual woman In the world
can be squelched in three seconds by her
dress-maker.”—lndianapolis Journal.
—"New York theatrical agents are
scouring foreign markets for new dramat
ic attractions.” “They are? Well, they
would better stay at home and scour some
of the plays they have already secured.
Puck.
—Little Edgar—"Pa, what’s a lineal de
scendant?”
Pa—He is generally someone who is
trying to get through the world on a repu
tation somebody made before he was born.
—C.dcago Ttmes-Herald.
—Mrs. Casey—An’ phat was the strang
est thing ye see in Paris, Mrs. Rooney?
Mrs. Rooney—Frinch polacemln!
Mrs. Casey—And phat was there strange
about Frinch pdlacemin, Mrs. Rooney?
Mrs. Rooney—They was Frinch.—Puck.
—Teacher—Now, Tommy, can you tell
me what a mortgage la?
Tommy—Yes’m. It’s something the villain
forecloses on- ihe heroine's father at the
end of the second act, so he can marry
her.—New York Commercial Advertiser.
--Teacher—Now. Johnny, what is the
fiercest animal to be found in the polar
regions?
Johnny—Why, er—er—er—the—er
Teacher—Don’t you know? The po
Johnny—Oh, yes! The polecat!—Phila
delphia Press.
Cl RHENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.) soys: "If
Russia and France are really conspiring
to drive England out of China, as the
latest gwmoC'hasrß, they should not wait
100 long. The war in South Africa, so
far from crippling England, has only em
barrased her temporarily. It Is develop
ing her resources, and when It ends she
will be in letter condition to meet another
foe than she was to meet the Boers.
Japan, too. is increasing her strength, boih
military and naval; for the contest. If it
comes, will engage Russia and France
against England and Japan, and it will be
a mighty one.”
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) pays: "When it is remembered that
First Assistant Postmaster General Heath
has close relations with over <lO.OOO pos
tal employes, the impropriety of his hold
ing the position of chairman of the Re
publican Committee on Campaign Liter
ature is manifest. How can he find time
for the political work without neglecting
his duties to the government?”
The Indianapolis Sentinel (Dem.) says:
"There are some Indications that the ad
ministration is weakening on the support
of Quay and that the latter will have to
take another try before a Pennsylvania
legislature. Mr. McKinley is friendly
enough to the Pennsylvania boss, but he
has troubles of his own and he does not
want to r'wk additional odium. Quay will
be asked to stand aside.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem )
observes ih.it "Senator Jones of Nevada,
ihe brains of Ihe movement, ha*
gone i nek to ihe Republican party; and
■ his. too. at a time when the party him
tnk' ii its* strongest stand for the gold
standard.”
The Secret of Glamli.
“The old manor houses end castles
throughout England,” said Joseph Ferris,
of Boston, according to the New York Tri
bune, “have innumerable stories o' ghosts,
which the old colored •mammies’ used to
call ‘hants,’ attached to them. The most
famous of them all is perhaps the one con
nected with Glamis Castle, the country
seat of the Earls of Strathmore, in For
farshire. This Is the most ancient inhab
ited castle of Scotland, although of course
little of the original structure still sur
vives. It was here that Macbeth, one of
the minor kings of Scotland, murdered
Duncan, and, the principal scenes of
Shakespeare’s ’Maiheth’ are laid within
and without the castle walls. It came into
the hands of the Lyon family, the present
owners, about 1871, and from then on a
long series of tragedies marked the pro
gress of that family.
“The ghost that hovers about Glamis
Is a mysterious one, and the exact charac
ter of the manifestations is little known,
but the point that makes It of thrilling
public interest is the well known fact
ihat there is a family secret in the Lyon
family, whiA only three living people
share at the same time—the holder of the
title, the heir apparent, if he has attain
ed his majority, and the factor of the es
tate. Why the latter shares in the secret
is not the least part of the mystery. On
the day before the heir apparent attains
his twenty-first birthday (or if the then
Earl be sonfess, the heir presumptive) he
is solemnly initiated Info the mystery. The
opening of some hidden room or passage
is connected with this initiation, and this
has given rise to a legend in Scotland that
a certain Earl Beardle of past times play
ed a game of cards with the devil 'in pro
pria persona,’ lost the game and his soul
at the same time, and the sealed chamber
in Glamis is the one wherein the game
was played This is only one of many
stories which purport to account for the
mystery.
“As generation after generation has been
initiated into the dread secret it has be
come widely known and advertised, and
it is said in England that more than one
of the heirs, when on the eve of coming
of age, has promised his friends and cro
nies to reveal the mystery, but so far no
such promise has ever been kept nor has
any factor of the house ever proves! false
to the trust reposed in him.”
How anii Moody Met,
"When Bob Fitzsimmons arrived In Chi
cago fresh from his victory over Jim
Corbett in Carson City, tn 1897, he stayef
at the Auditorium Hotel, and (here met
the late Dwight L. Moody for the first an 1
last time, says the Chicago News.
Fitzsimmons was the guest of a wel -
known race-horse owner, and he. with a
party of men, was talking over the fight
with Corbett, when a sudden burst o’ mu
sic came in through the theater door lead
ing to the long hallway of the Auditorium.
"What’s the doing?” asked the prize
fighter.
“Moody is holding services, and lie's all
right,” responded one of the pariy.
“I would like to meet that chap, as I
have heard a lot about him,” said Fitz
simmons.
A few moments later the prize fighter
and his friends were walking through the
corridor of the hotel when Mr. Moody
came hurrying in from Michigan avenue
on his way to the service.
“That’s the big preacher,” said on- of
the party. Mr. Moody halted for a mo
ment on hearing this remark and smiled in
a pleasant manner. Promptly the lo se
owner led the prize fighter ur> to the fa
mous evangelist and said: "Mr. Moody,
this is Mr. Fitzsimmons, who has ju’si
whipped Jim Corbett out West, and he
wanted to meet you.”
“Mr. Fitzsimmons, how are you, sir?”
said the evangelist. "I hope we sha’l “ee
you at the meeting. We are having lous
ing good times. Come In. gentlemen I
believe you would enjoy It.” And, with
a wave of his hand. Mr. Mcody was off
down the hall, leaving the prize fighter
and his friends looking perplexed.
"Well, he ain’t half bad. is he?” re
marked the Comishrnan. “Let's call his
bluff and go In.”
Forthwith the party entered the theater
and occupied the seats in the rear of a
box. All but Fitzsimmons seemed to
weary of the sermon, but he stayed until
the last. A day later he again met Mr.
Moody in the hotel, and. interrupting the
latter while he was talking to a party of
friends, he said: “I was with you yeste -
day and I enjoyed the talk,” and Bob, like
a blushing school girl, hurried away.
“What a wonderful man he would ie f
he would bend his efforts toward fighting
for the Lord instead of fighting his fellow
men.” was the remark of the evangelist
as Fitzsimmons hurried toward the eleva
tor. •
Fought When the Trntli Was Told.
“When Gen. Grant was President,” said
Henry W'illetts of Washington according
to the New "W>rk Tribune, “a certain
friend of h’s came out of the West to
see him. One day, just after leaving the
White House, this friend fell in with a
fellow Westerner in the White House
grounds, and n heated encounter took
place, which suddenly terminated by the
General’s friend knocking the other man
down and out. The matter was hushed
up, but the General, naturally indignant,
called his friend to account, saying, ‘John,
you’ve treated me and the office I hold
with much discourtesy. Why did you do
such a thing?’ 'Well, it was this way,
General,’ replied the now thoroughly pen
itent one, ‘you know there was bad blood
between us, and he had set all sorts of
stories going about me. Just after leav
ing you I ran into him, and he as once
accused me of doing a certain thing. As
it was a lie. I only laughed at him. Then
he accused me of something else, and that
being also a lie. I jeered at him again,
but his third accusation was true, and.
by gad. sir, I couldn’t stand that, so I
knocked him down.’ ”
Mr. Moody on Illgrlier Criticism.
W. E. Curtis, the Washington corre
spondent of the Chicago Record, says:
"During the discussion of the Briggs
heresy case some years ago I sought an
interview with Mr. Moody on ‘higher criti
cism.’ ‘l’m not up to that sort of thing.’
he said, with a twinkle in his eyes. ‘You
see, I never studied theology, and I'm
precious glad I didn't. There are so
many things in the Bible that everybody
can understand that I’m go ng to
about them until they are exhausted, and
then, If I have any time left. I’ll take up
the texts I don't understand.’ ‘Aren't you
ever asked to discuss difficult passages of
Scripture?’ I Inquired. 'Mercy, yes,’ an
swered Mr. Moody, ‘almost every day.
but I always answer people just as i
have answered you, and tell them that
there ts satisfaction and consolation
enough in the promises of the Savior, all
that anybody can want. The single
verse. "Come unto me, ail ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest," contains all the theology and re
ligion that I need, or any other man or
woman.’ ”
—Joseph Jenson, a clockmaker of Rich
field, Utah, has Just completed a wonder
ful clock, which, In addition to striking
the hours, halves and quarters and show
ing the phases of the moon, tells Just what
time it is in every city in the world. This
is done by means of globe which re
\oves Inside a transparent globular glass
On this glass is marked a line which rep
resents 12 o’clock noon. As the globe re
volves this line is always over that part
of the world In which It ts noon at that
time, Qlh r lines represent the hour*, an I
In this way It is easy to get the exact time
la say- given place-.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—There was trouble at the Brooklyn end
of the big bridge the other morning at the
rush hour. Some new hands had been put
in to sell tickets and not being used to
the frenzied dash of the crowds going to
work they could not handle the rickets
fast enough. The mob became congested
and soon there was an incipient riot. Then
a number of impatient men made a rush
and carried the position. Ticket choppers,
guards and other attaches were thrust out
of the way and the crowd boarded the
bridge cars in triumph.
—ln Pennsylvania anew telephone
transmitter has been devised and is being
manufactured. It is so constructed that
the outer casing and mouthpiece may be
removed for the purpose of cleaning with
out disturbing the diaphragm and carbon
parts in an inner casing independent of
the outer shell. The diaphragm is held
In place by a threaded ring which screws
on the inner casing. It is, therefore, in
dependent of the adjustment of the mouth
piece or any other condition of the outer
casing. The manufacturers adjust the
instrnment, and no subsequent adjustment
is needed.
—Cadiz, 0., is the richest town of Its
size in the world, as a correspondent of
the Chicago Evening Post describes it.
With barely 1,600 inhabitants, and not a
manufacturing industry of any sort, It
has four national banks and four prosper
ous loan associations, with a combined
capital of $1,215,000. It has more financial
institutions than it has churches and
schools. The isolation of the place makes
its position as a money center all the more
remarkable. There is no waterway of nav
igable size nearer than twenty-five mi.es
and its connection with the world is by
a branch railroad to the main line of the
Panhandle. Figures concerning the banks
of this country village are Interesting. A
recent report shows that their combined
capitalization is but $300,000. while they
possess surplus and undivided profits of
$171,359. The deposits amount to $1,725,052,
and the discounts foot up $1,591,847. Con
siderable money, too. has been earned
for the stockholders since their organiza
tion. Counting (he undivided profits, these
hanks have earned for their owners more
than $1,000,000 on an investment of about
one-third of that amount. Leaving out
the four hundred colored inhabitants, the
deposits average about $1,500 for each per
son.
—The Lon ’on Lancet publishes an article
of particular Interest dealing with the ef
fects upon the wounded of the Mark XI,
the Mauser, the Dum-Dum, and the Mark
IV bullets. The article has been written
by Dr. Arthur Keith and Mr. Hugh Rig
by, respectively lecturer in anatomy and
surgical registrar at the London Hospi
tal. In summing up their article, the writ
ers Buy: “We tird that the destructive ef
fects of the Mark II bullet, the Mark IV.
tullet, and the Dum-Dum bullet stand to
the Mauser in the ratio of 1.7, 2, and 4.5 to
1. But this result applies mostly to flesh
wounds, the bone-destroying and explo
sive tendencies of all, and especially of the
op n-nesed, bullets being unnecessarily
great. We agree with Prof. Ogston that
Von Bruns has overstated the case egainst
the English open-nosed bullets. In the
first place, the Dum-Dum bullets which
he used wore muih-exag erated forms sec
ondly, the wounds which he figures in his
papers, dealing with the effects of the
Dum-Dum bullet and the Mark IV bullet
were such as we have been unable to pro
duce; and, thirdly, the wounds are great
ly exaggerated from the fact that dried
and wizened legs of cadavers were mostly
used. Bu lets are meant to kill; when they
fail and only wound, it is better that they
should produce an effect sufficient to dis
able temporarily without causing perma
nent damage, but unfortunately, no mod
ern bullet has yet attained to such perfec
tion. ”
—Breeding Belgian hares is anew
Southern California industry, in which a
large number of persons are engaged. So
great is the interest that pure-blooded
buck hares are quoted at from S3OO to SiCO
each, and a recent issue of a Los Angeles
paper contained seventeen columns pf ad
vertisements concerning hares and rabbit
ries. In justification of all this furor, the
Los Angeles paper explains that as an ar
ticle of diet the hare has advantages as
yet slightly understood in this country.
“The flavor of the meat is delicious,” it
says, "far finer than that of the best
poultry obtainable here. All of the flesh
is eatable, so that there is absolutely no
waste after the animal has been properly
dressed. From a dietetic point of view tire
flesh of the hare In invaluable. It lacks
the heavy, oily substances found in ducks
chickens and turkeys. The flesh, there
fore, while very nourishing, produces no
inflammation, ond may be taken with re
lish and profit by any invalid. It has
none of the strong, gamy flavor found in
the will rabbit, and is therefore accepts-
Die to the werkest stomach. The B-dgian
hare will dress a pound for every month
“f its age up to six or seven months. He is
good for food from about the tenth week
o' his existence. The fifth month is about
the profitable age to kill, If intended for
the market. He will seil for 20 cents per
pound, dressed weight, which Is the regu
lar market price of turkeys. A small rab
bitry to provide food nnd pin-money for
a family may be established on the rear of
a " y 'Z 11 beginning of five dors
and a buck it is safe to say that 300 hares
remain/’ year ’ an 4 ,he
Speaking about animals.” said Au
gustus Thomas, playwright, chatting with
a party at The Lambs, according to the
New York Times, “the queerest ones I
ever tame across are the mountain rats
one sees at the mines In Colorado They
are about as big as a wharf rat, but they
have a bushy tail like a squirrel, and are
pets of the miners. Whenever the lunch
eon hour comes you will see the feflotvs
come from their holes or nests or where
ever they live in the intervals between
meals, squat on their haunches, and sU
there until one of the miners shares his
dinner pall meal with them. Whatever
they get of the scarps of that meal they
The U mln~ J . UBt ° S 3 does
The miner doesn't exist that would not
share his meal with them. The rats are
inte.ligent and mischievous as thev can
wa an 'uh° me th6y always seemed im
bued with a sense of humor that T never
saw in any other animal. They are
thieves by nature, but their thievry is
peculiar. Now, here’s a yarn about one
of them or perhaps about a colony of
them. W hen I was in Southern Colorado
re,?!, 3 b ° X ° f tall(>B - indies In the
rough cabin where <he men slept We cot
up one morning and the box was empre
not a candle in sight anywhere, bur ™ P t he
box was a pile of sticks and rubbish of
all sorts. ’lt is the rates,’ said th miners
Z*°°r , 88 * h * y saw that rubbish, for
they Claim that one of these rats never
steals anything without leaving someth ng
in the place of the stolen article or
seenC: a, f th ° Cam,> expected m
see the candles again, but (wo days later
I give you my word, there was the whole
boxful of candles back again. The miters
sty that the rats brought them buck and
I suppose It must be true ai .nkrei.
time the rats made a raid on .
potatoes in the cook hott*e n <t “ u.
them an , mo the hut for
quarters. We tmlnd , h , m
all piled up much, .fter the fashTon ,h£
one used to see pyramid,,:
cannon balls tn the navy yards li re
days of the old-fashioned Und an " , n f
M-m A mountain rat will 1- " "
scraps of iron, end even the iron skewere
ca "‘ l eMicks Ihe m ners use. and when
th*\ ar** Htol'n h fei'ftw an if Mi
f ,? r ’ if thy 'll* there 'were
behind inX;’-‘f*
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