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4 €|t%PorTOflftos Moroluc New# liaildln* j'tst-ini h, SI.\DAY, DECEMBER 31, IMM. Registered at the Posvoflice In Savannah. The MORNING NEWS Is published every day in the year, and is served to subscriber* in the city, or sent Ly mall, si JOc month. st-W tor six months, and s&.<ki for one year. Tbs MORNING NEWS, by msll, six t>mes a week (without Sunday l>sue). three months. LaU; six months. $3.00; one year. $6.00. The WEEKLY NEWS. 2 Issues a week. Monday and Thursday, by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions payable In advance. Re mit by postal orders, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mall at risk of senders Transient advertisements, other than special column, local or reading notices, tmusemenia and cheap or want column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch square In d* pth— is the standard of measurement Contract rates and discounts made know'n on appli es t ion at business office. Orders for delivery of Ihs MORN’INfi NEWS to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card cr through telephone No. 210. Any irregular ity in delivery should be immediately re ported to the office of publication. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed "MORNING NEWS," Savannah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE. 23 Park Row. New York city, H. C. Faulkner, Manager. 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.; Consignees; Notice in Regard to New Im 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* We wish yea all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. . HUB CLOTHING CO. DON'T FAIL To take advantage of our Great Cut Price Sale. Prices cut on Heavy Clothing and Furnishings. 28 Broughton St., West. KttP WARM— tse ibis OIL SIOVE. New Year’s Gifts In great abundanea, GEO. W. ALLEN & CO., State and Barnard streets. GARDNER’S BAZAAR, 12 Broafthton Street, East. SCHOOL BOOKS. New and second hand. Miscellaneous 1 Books and Stationer}’. 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