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A Happy New Year! And may every
bright prospect And full fruition during
the twelve months.
Subscribers to the Morning News will
turn over new leaves every day dining
the year.
Snow in Savannah in the month of De
cember is altogether a novelty. Is th.
climate changing?
This is the day to make good resolutions.
There is no set day on which to break
them, but most of them will be brok* n,
just the same.
Some thousands of newspaper pira
graphs this morning; will turn, upon the
point, ‘Write it 1900." And the reminder,
though chestnutty, is pertinent.
The new 'century begins one year from
to-day. It is necessary for the nineteen
hundredth year to be completed before the
old century will bo rounded out.
The London Truth has been able to ex
tract three nice, warm little sunbeams
from the South African war cucumber.
The war, it says, subdues artificialities,
inspires contempt for luxuries and pro
motes fraternization.
The Timcs-Demoerat of New Orleans is
of the opinion that the Hanna-Payne ship
subsidy bill or some similar bill ought to
be passed by this Congress. There are
very few Democratic papers North or
South that favor this bill.
“The Teachers* 1 Problt m" was discussed
by the public school teachers of New Jer
ftey the other day. Just what the prob
lem is in that state wo d> not kno.v, but
in Georgia It is a problem with the teach
er's how r to get their wages promp.ly after
they have earned them.
Should Gov. Tanner of Illinois become a
candidate for re-election, it would be In
teresting to note how r the Republican
party will attempt to hold the negro vot
ers in line. It was Tanner who said r.c
would meet the negro miners from Ala
bama ar die state line and shoot them <o
pieces with Gatling guns.
The Washington Post, commenting on
our observation that Winston Churchill
failed to carry off with him a beautiful
Boer maiden to be Ills wife, says: "It
has been freely alleged that there are no
such things as beautiful Boer maidens."
Then, of course, that let’s Winny out
None but the fair deserve the brave.
It is asserted that there is no truth in
the r?port tent out from Chicago the other
day that Secretary Gage had decided to
resign on account of the attacks made on
him for alleged favors shown by him to
the National City Bunk of New York. The
at acks, however, must have made him
feel that a politicians life is not without
its troubles.
Prof. Scripture of Yale, at the meeting
of scientists in New Haven the day,
announced the discovery of anew anes
thetic. The anesthesia is pioiuetd 1 y
electricity, a strong current being ?un
through the nerves controlling the local
area. The method, the professor said,
wus not quite complete but he had been
oble to obtain most gratifying and prom
ising results. /
I. 1
NEW VSES FOR STEEL.
There is some speculation as to the
length of time the present high prices for
manufactured products will continue.
Whatever may be said respecting the de
mund for other products, there appears to
be foundation for saying that the demand
for steel products in pretty sure to be
greater than the supply for a long time.
This is especially interesting to the South,
because steel will soon be made at less
cost In Alabama and Tennessee than In
any other part of the country—at least
there are reasons for thinking it wi 1.
Only recently agents of the Rus.-ian gov
ernment were in this country for the pur
pose of purchasing an enormous quantity
of steel rails. It was reported that if
they could have hod their orders filled, in
the time they desired, they would have
left something like $20.000,000 in this coun
try. They found the American mills, how
ever, with orders that would occupy them
to their fullest capacity far into the com
ing year.
Russia, however, will have to purchase
In this country most of the rails she
wants. And the fact must not be over
looked that the raihoad building has only
begun in China. In the next few' years
an enormous quantity of rails will be
wanted in that country. Steel rails can
be mode in this country at a less cost than
in any other. That being the case, it Is
reasonable to suppose tnat China’s de
mand will b# supplied by American mills.
Steel makers, however, are not depending
wholly on the demand for steel rails to
keep their mills in operation. The manu
facture of steel cars hns begun. At. pres
ent there are about 1,000 tons of steel a
day going into steel freight cars. Fully
350,000 tons of steel have been used in the
manufacture of steel cars in the last year.
The amount that will be used for the pur
pose during the coming year will be a
great deal larger. Steel cars cost more
than wooden ones, but they are*cheaper in
the long run, because they last so much
longer. It ia the understanding that it is
the purpose of the Now York Central
Railroad to equip its entire system with
steel freight cars. How long it will be be
fore passenger cars will be constructed
of steel it is impossible to say, but it is
probable that the time is not distant.
A great steel manufacturer predicted
only a few T days ago that within a very
few years the railroads of this and
most other countries would have to sub
stitute steel ties for wooden ones. Wood
suitable for ties is becoming scarcer and
dearer all the time. A satisfactory steel
tie has not yet been made, but the oTxsta
e’es which have been encountered will be
overcome. There can be no doubt about
that. Some of the steel ties which have
been invented are regarded with consid
erable favor by railroad men, but a steel
tie that meets all requirements has not
yet been made.
With the new uses for steel that are
being discovered ail the time, the belief
that the demand for steel products for sev
eral years will keep fully abreast of, if it
does not exceed, the supply of such pro
ducts, appears to be w r ell founded.
HYPNOTISM \M) THE LAW.
Judge Anderson of the Criminal Court
at Nashville, Tenn., has ruled that testi
mony procured by means of hypnotism is
incompetent and inadmissible in a court
of justice. The case in which the ruling
was made is interesting. Two negroes, n
man and a woman, had been found guilty
of arson—the burning of a residence in
which they had formerly been servants.
At the time of the fire suspicion rested
upon them, but there was nothing posi
tive to show their connection with it.
Later a third negro, a youth, was found,
who gave direct testimony against the
two persons at first suspected. They were
tried, and upon his evidence convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary for long
terms. Later it was developed that the
testimony of the negro youth had been
suggested to him indirectly by a hypnotic
experimenter, and anew trial w’as asked.
It appears that previous to the trial the
youth had been taken into the presence
of a “subject” who was in hypnotic sleep.
This subject gave a circumstantial de
scription of the* fire and Its inception, go
ing on to recount certain conversations
between the youth and the persons sus
pected. After the hypnotized subject had
finished his story, the young negro, with
mouth agape and eyes dilated, declared
that it was ail true. And on the witness
stand he repeated the story virtually as
he had heard it from the “subject" of the
hypnotist.
The negro youth is a densely Ignorant
fellow, with all of the superstition and
reverence for the supernatural common to
his race. This fact is emphasized by Judge
Anderson in his opinion. It was only nat
ural. the Judge says, that the seance
should have made a profound impression
upon the mind of the boy. To his eyes
the strange spell that the “subject" was
under was nothing else than a manifes
tation of infallible supernatural power,
and to his mind every word that fel* from
the lips of the sleeper must inevitably
have been true. Ills own powers of in
tellect lapsed into nothingness undef the
spell, and he really believed that lie had
been a party to the conversations alleged,
and had witnessed ihe scene described
"To my mind," said the Judge, “ihe wit
ness is nothing more than the wall from
which the echo of ,the clairvoyant is
thrown into the case." In view of the
facts the Judge wisely concluded that
the witness' testimony was valueless and
ought not to be accepted; that the admis
sion of such testimony would be extreme
ly dangerous, since if the courts were
once to recognize such doctrines the Hfe
and liberty of no man would be safe
against the machinations of persons who
might employ hypnotism to manufacture
evidence.
The -announcement is made that Mr.
Hart well M. Ayer, editor of the Florence
Times, is a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor of South Carolina. Mr. Ayer has a
number of friends in this city who would
be much pleased to note his political pre
ferment. The Morning News would be
especially pleased to congratulate him,
since he was for a short time connected
with its staff. With McQweeney as chief
executive and Ayer as first lieutenant,
every newspaper would rest assured that
South Carolina wou'd have a government
that needed no blue-penciling at any point.
Both are newspaper men, who have been
through the mill from beginning to end.
THE MOKNIKG NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 1. 1000.
THE THAiHVAAL GOLD MINES.
Fears have been expressed that the i
Boers wiil destroy the Wltwatersrand
gold mines, which are believed by many j
to be the, cause of ihe war between the
British and the Boers. It Is a fact of
course that the British covet territory
where there is gold or diamonds. It is Said
that they grabbed the territory in which
the Kimberley diamond mines are situat
ed. If it had not been for the gold mines
near Johannesburg it is probable that very
few emigrants would have gone to the
Boer republic, and if emigrants had not
gone there, no questions relative to citi
zenship, for the British and he Boerfkto
quarrel over, would hove been raised.
There is no probability, however, that
the Boers will destroy the gold mines. The
mines are not being worked to any extent
now, because of the disturbed condition
of the country, and also because most of
the miners have gone to the war. Doubt
less the machinery of the vast plants will
suffer srine deterioration from lack of use,
and some of the plants may be injured by
the efforts of the Boers to mine gold for
their us-, but the mines will not be
destroyed.
Th“re Is no reason why they should he.
The great majority of the shares of the
mining companies, which own and oper
ate the mines, are held in Germany,
France and other countries of continental
Europe. Only a minority of the shares are
owned by citizens of Great Britain.
Of the richness of the mines there is no
question. They yielded about $75,000,000
in 1898, and if there had been no war
in the Transvaal they would have yielded
fully $100,1X0,000 this yehr. More than 25 per
cent, of the world’s output of gold comes
from the Witwatersrand, a section of
country that is adjacent to Johannesburg
and docs not extend beyond that city in
any direction more than twenty-five miles.
An estimate of ihe time it will take to ex
haust the mines, if *100,000,000 n year are
taken out of them has been mide, but it
is probable that little confidence is to be
placed in it.
PROFIT SHAKING.
A problem with corporations that emp'oy
considerable numbers of operatives is how
best to interest them in their work and the
success of the enterprise; for the average
employe of a corporation has not that
respect for and interest in the welfare of
the intangible "company” that he would
be likely to feel for an Individual employ
er. Many schemes to the end of attracting
the employe have been adopted in- various
parts of the country, by railroads, manu
factories and other corporations, with
greater or less success, and in some in
stances with flat failure. Two of the most
ambitious schemes of the k nd, involving
"model villages” and a considerable de
gree of paternalism in supervising the af
fairs of the working people, have collapsed
during the recent past. Meantime, the
plan of sharing profits upon an equable
basis seems to be regarded favorably by
some of the more progressive corporations.
They think It better for themselves anl
more satisfactory to their operatives to
give them a money interest in the profits,
pay them in cash, and let them do as they
please with what they get. The ordinary
American workingman is rather disposed
to resent being told what he shal. do with
the fruits of his labor.
To hit upon a fair and attractive plan,
of profit sharing, however, has been found
a rather difficult problem. The Milwau
kee Gas Bight Company has Just adopted
a plan which those who have studied it
say has much to commend it, and which
apparently pleases those who will be the
beneficiaries of it. The scheme, in brief,
is that the amount of dividends paid the
stockholders shall determine the sums to
bo distributed among the employes, the
payment to the employes to be made at
the same lime as to the stockholders.
Should the dividend be 6 per cent., the em
ployes are to receive 6 per cent, oh the
sum of the wages received by them during
the period for which the dividend was de
clared. Thus, if an employe’s salary was
$520 a year, he would receive as a bonus
$31.20, in addition to his regular wages. It
is provided, however, that the employe
shall have been In the employ of the com
pany for a full year before sharing in tho
distribution of pro-fits. It is easy to see
how, with the incentive of making the div
idends large, the operatives of this corpor
ation will give their best efforts to reduc
ing the expenses and making the bus,ness
profitable.
The Populists propose to hold their Na
tional Convention prior to the time of the
Democratic National Convention; to nom
inate Mr. Bryan, for President, and some
Populist for Vice President. The hope is
to force the Democrats to ratify the tick
et of the Populists. It is their belief that
the Democrats will attach little import
ance to Ihe vice presidency, and will ac
cept the Populist nominee for that place
in order to secure Populist votes for the
head of the ticket.
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The business managers of the adminis
tration are anxious ihat there shall be no
unseemly scramble for the second place on
the Republican national ticket. They
would like to have both President and
Vice President nominated by accamation,
and the ticket ratified In a whoop of en
thusiasm. The more nearly the National
Convention comes lo being a ratification
meeting, the better the bosses (and the
less the Southern delegates) will like it.
Ex-Senator Blackburn's active cham
pionship of Goebel may cost him the seat
in the Senate to which he aspires. It is
by no means certain that the Legislature
will sustain Goebel's contest; there are
many Democrats in that body who are un
alterably opposed to him and his methods.
And Blackburn’s partisanship is becom
ing offensive of these Democrats. Several
of them have already declared they will
not vote for Blackburn for senator be
cause of his connection with Goebel.
The old year went out in a blaze, not
of glory precisely, but of burning build
ings. During the past week there were
great fires in each of a dozen cities. It Is
predicted that the fire losses of the year,
when fooled up, will break the record by
a pretty considerable sum.
Nearly 2,C00 persons have been reported
’’missing” in the city of Fhilade'phia dur
ing the past year, wlih nothing to show
the cause or reason of their disappear
ance.
On last Friday the City Council of New
York adopied a resolution expressing sym
pathy wlih the Boers. It also adopted a
resolution of sympathy with the Filipinos.
The pro-B’ilipino resolution was quickly
recinded, however, through the efforts of
Stewart M. Brice, one of the aldermen.
It s ems from the account of the proceed
ings that the resolution was rushed
through and did not express the senti
ments of a major,ly of the aldermen.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
is being sued in Alabama for $lO,OOO dem
otes for the loss of a prospeclive wife by
a young farmer. The complainant al
leges that if a telegram he sent had been
delivered promptly the young woman in
the case would haVe married him. whereas
the message was unreasonably delayed
and she married another fellow.
PERSONAL.
—Ex-Speaker Reed and ex-Senator Car
lisle will shortly appear together in the
United Slates Supreme Court as counsel
for the interests *whlch are testing the
constitutionality of the war tax on inher
itances.
—William B. Gage, the Boston lawyer
who died the olher day, was a life-long
friend of Gen. Butler, and was prepar
ing material for a l.fe of Butler at the
time of his death. Mr. Gage represented
the defense in more murder trials and
was more often successful in such cases
than aimost any lawyer practicing in
Massachusetts.
—The fact that the Pall Mall Gazette,
William Waldorf Astor’s paper, failed to
allude in any way tp the death of the
Duke of Westminster has created some
talk in London, though no one appears
to have missed the news through this
omission. The action of tile paper is sup
posed to have been due to some disagree
ment between its propricior and the late
Duke at the time when the ex-American
purchased Cliveden from him.
—For the first time the speakership has
now crossed the Mississippi. Only twice
has it been held by Western men (Keifer
and Kerr, since 1869, when Schuyler Col
fax went out. Since then the East has
had three speakers, Biaine, Randall and
Reed; the South has had two, Carlisle and
Crisp. For the first time in this genera
tion anew speaker has been raised to the
chair almost by acclamation—without the
usual lively contest in the party caucus.
—The Pope takes as lively an interest in
the South African war as everybody else,
and his enthusiasm for news, despite the
obstruction of the censorship, continues
keen. It is generally believed that his
sympathies are with the Boers, and it is
said that to the question addressed to him
by Dr. Loyds, as to whether, in event of
on attempt on the part of Great Britain
to suppress the South African republics,
the Hoiy See would raise its voice in pro
test, the answer was in the affirmative.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Mr. Erdnuss (reading the newspaper):
Der baber says dose smart boys in der
teatrical pizness hef found nnudder play to
git money from der Christians.
Mrs.: E.: What is it?
” ‘Qbo Vadis.’
“So. Und what actor hef dey got to
play Quo Vadis?”—Life.
—“Do you know, dear,” remarked Mrs.
Homer, as her liege lord stumbled up
stairs, “that I’ve been awake for hours
waiting for you to come home from the
j club?”
“That’s just like a woman,” growled
! f llmitr. “Here I ’ye been at the club for
hours waiting for you to go to sleep.”—
Chicago News.
—Here the heroine fell upon her knees
at the feet of the villain.
“Oh. why do you leave repentance until
the eleventh hofir?” she implored.
"If,” replied the villain, at once, “one
is to be a star, one must needs ain till
i late.”
In the drama, It will be recalled, there is
| often difficulty in drawing the line be
; tween villainy and comedy.—Detroit Jour
nal.
—Little Phyllis was visiting her grand
i ma, the other day, and gave herself up to
serious considerations. After she had for
several minutes been looking very earn
estly at her grandmother she asked:
“Are you going to die pretty soon?”
“Yes,” her grandmother answered, “I
suppose I nm,"
“And am I, loo?”
“Oh, no; I hope you are not going to
die for a long time yet.”
“Well," the little one emphatically ex
claimed, ”1 don’t want to die even when it
is yet!”—Chicago Times-Herald.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.) says:
"When Paul Jones died, in Paris, in Au
gust, 1792, his body was placed in a leaden
coffin, apparently at his own request, In
order that it might be easily transported
to the United States, in case his country,
which he dearly loved, and for which he
had performed such important service.
| should send for it. With the proverbial
i ingratitude of republics, his country neg
lected this duty until 1851. when some
• effort was made to find the hero’s remains
i and bring them home; hut the place of
■ burial could not be identified, and the
’’search for them was soon abandoned. Now
a French'archeologist, M. de Rieaudy,
thinks he has discovered the exact spot
where Jones' l>ody was buried, and reso
lutions hove been Introduced in both
houses of Congress looking to its removal
and reinterment at Arlington. It is hoped
that, if the body can be found. It can be
identified as that of John Paul Jones be
yond a doubt. The coffin itself, if found,
will he a means of identification, and it
Is thought probable that some of the dec
orations which Jones was known to wear
were buried with him and have survived
in such condition as to be recognizable.
If the remains of one of this country’s
greatest heroes and most picturesque chflr
acters can be found, they should be
brought to the United States and a suit
able monument erected over them."
The Columbia tS. C.) State (Dem.) says:
"Cotton is rising again, and as usual Its
backbone is the Southern mill demand,
which gives firmness to the home mar
kets; but the long-delayed demand from
Europe, which we have been expecting,
and which Indeed was Inevitable,
lias come at last, and Is an important
factor. The South has shown nerve so
far. Let it continue courageous and con
fident and the last state of cotton will be
bettor than the first.”
The Nashville American (Dem.) says:
"How long will It (ake the Cubans to slide
back into the old grooves after the United
States government withdraws its protect
ing hand and guiding influences? The
habits, customs and modes of life, the
grupth of cenlurles, cannot be changed
in the brief space of a year or two."
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer (Dem.) says:
"Gen. Wood's first effort in Cuba Is to
give the unemployed work. But. unless
the Cuban nature is greatly maligned, he
is going to have serious (rouble in keeping
them at it.”
\ They Do Things in Chinn.
Queer and beyond comprehension are the
ways of “the heathen Chinee,” says the
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. A
story comes from Minnesota, of which
State Gen. Alexander C. Jones, the United
States Consul at Chinkiang, China, is a
citizen.
One morning the Consul entered the
Shanghfil Club of which he Is a dlstin
gu s eii m mber.
"What's up, General?" exclaimed a
gr up of friends near the door. What haß |
brought you down here?”
"Only a desire to please some polite riot
ers and incendiaries,” was the singular
response.
"Thai’s beyond us, General. Explain it.”
"With p’easure. In my consular district
a high Chinese official is removed only
w hen a big riot occurs In his jurisdiction
and the report of the affair gets to the
central government at Peking. The official,
of course, tries his best to suppress the
news when an outbreak tnkes place. This
is not difficult when the sufferer is a na
tive or a lot of natives, but is impossible
when he is a man of determination and a
‘foreign devil.’
"The people up here have found out this
fact and have come to know my charac
ter, Anew prefect arrived in our city not
long ago. and soon made himself so un
popular that'the citizens determined upon
a riot. A delegation called upon me and
expressed their regret that they would be
obliged to burn down my consulate this
morning. I thanked them for their court
esy. and said that I was sorry I could
not be on hstid to enjoy the conflagration,
as I should be in Shanghai to-dny.”
“Will you lose much?” inquired an in
terested listener.
"Hardly. The prefect will be removed,
ard will also be compelled to pay me the
value of everything injured, and a hand
some sum. sav *10.1)00. for the trouble of
ccming down here and spending a day or
two."
A Strange Trick With Cards.
“I saw a man do a trick with cards
once,” said Godfrey Ashton of Atlanta,
Ga., at the Giisey House, according to
the New York Tribune, "which, although
he assured me was wholly a trick and that
there was no second sigltt or mind reading
connected with it, has always rested in
an unexplained condition in my mind.
There were four of us at supper, and the
man in question sent for a pack of cards,
and, handing them to the man next him,
told him to select a card in his mind;
not to take it from the pack, but to tell
the other two men what card it was. He
was then to shuffle the pack and pass it
to the other two men, who were each to
thoroughly shuffle it. last man was
then to place it on the floor. In the
meantime a large napkin had been tightly
bound over the magician's eyes and his
dress coat hung over his face with the
tails tied under his chir, so that his head
was to all intents and purposes, in a bag
He, by his direction, was led to the pack
of cards and his hand placed upon it.
He. then proceeded to scatter the cards
about until they covered a rough circle
of three or four feet in diameter. He
called for a knife, and, bringing it sharply
down, drove it through an affixed one of
the scattered cards. Removing his head
gear, he asked what card my friend had
chosen. The answer being the ten of dia
monds, he turned the knife toward us.
and there, sure enough, was the ten of
diamonds transfixed upon the point. He
swore it was a trick, but for the life of
me I cannot see how it was done. None
of us was in collusion with him. I am
sure the cards were not a fake pack, and
I am equally certain that he was so blind
fold-led that It was wholly impossible for
him to see. Yet he accomplished it ex
actly as I tell you. Pray, how did he
menage to do it?"
She Bought Him Off.
"It’s one pair for 3 cents or two pairs
for 5, you know,” said ihe shoe-string fak
er, according to the Washington Post,
"and the profits are so small that but for
an or aslonal bit of luck I’d be hard put
for three meals o day. Just now, how
ever, I’m not worrying over the next two
wteks. The osher day a motherly looking
old lady bought two pairs of strings
frdm me. and then asked about my sales
and profits. When I gave her straight
goods she said:
" ‘Young man, are you ever tempted to
crime?’
’’ ‘Yes’m. I am.’ says I.
’’ ‘But you always resist the temptation?’
" 'I always have, but I can't promise
for the future. I’m getting tired of this
shoestring business."
“ ’Do you think you might turn burg
lar?’
" T do, ma’am. That’s what I shall go
into if I make a change.’
“ ‘How soon might you become a burfc
iar?’ she asked after looking me over.
" ‘I may begin to-night,’ says I.
" ‘Look here,’ says she in a whisper. ‘l'm
mortally afraid of burglars. I’m eolnw to
California with my daughter in about two
weeks, and I’ll tell you what I'll do. If
you will not turn burglar for a fortnight
I’ll give you $5.”
“ ‘lt’s a very small sum, ma'am, but
being i'’s you I’ll strike hands on it and
keep my word.”
"And she outs with a five,” laughed the
faker, "and hands it over, and If you hear
of any burglaries within the next few
days, you can he sure that I didn't have
a hand in the business. I’ll wait till the
old lady gets on the other side of the
United States."
Theatrical Limitations.
When Otis Skinner, the famous roman
tic actor, played an engagement in this
city recently, says the Memphis Scimitar,
his matinee performance of "The Liars"
was graced by the patronage of a bevy of
the season’s most attractive debut ntes,
who enjoyed the stage business immense
ly, and pronounced Mr. Skinner t:o love y
for anything.
After the curtain went down the popular
manager escorted Ihe debutantes back on
the stage, where they met and conversd
with the illustrious actor.
“We enjoyed everything very much."
said one fair lady, "but. do you know-.
Mr. Skinner, we could scarcely hear a
word you said?”
"Now. that’s certainly strange," re
sponded Ihe actor. "I could h ar every
thing you ladies said.”
The Pride of Manhood.
The happiest time in a bay’s life is the
day that he dons his first short trousers,
says the Memphis Scimitar. Mrs Pey
ser’s bantam cock, which imagined that
the sun rose every morning to hear him
crow, could not strut with more conscious
pride than did this little fellow, and he
felt the Importance incident to his first
pair.
Finally, he stopped in front of his little
sister and delivered himself of these Indis
putable facts:
"Sister, you can’t never wear pants! Sis
ter, you can’t never have a mustache!”
and finally, as a complete clincher: "Sis
ter. you can’t never bqa man, nohow!"
Overcome with the gloom of her future,
"sister” burst Into an uncontrollable flood
of tears.
One Grateful Descendant.
"This,” said the guide, "is the grave of
Adam!"
Historic spot! With reverential nwe,
nay, with a feeling of deep thankfulness’
says the Chicago Tribune, the wealthy
merchant tailor on his first trip to the
Orient dre-w near and cast a flower on the
tomb.
"Erring ancestor,” he murmured. “I
should be the last man on earth to revile
you memory; To your s.n I owe my
prosperity!”
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—“About a year ago,” says the Medical
Record, “a wealthy resident of 'Portland
(N. Y.) attempted suicide in the village of
McLean, but fail'd to accomplish his ob
ject, and. relenting, called in a physi
cian. The latter rendered all necessrry
services, both medical and surgical, and
saved the man's life. Later the pliy-i
--cian sued his patient for S=lo.' 00 claiming
that the man’s lire, which he had sav and,
was worth that amount. The claim of $lO,-
000 was not allowed, but the plaintiff w a s
awarded $900.”
—A learned German, who has devoted
himself to the study of physiology, anthro
pology and allied sciences, makes the rath
er start! ng a sertion that mustaches are
b;c ming commoner among women in the
present day Ilian in the past. He says that
in Constantinople, among the t:nvei|ed wo
men that ore to be met with, one out of
ten possesses an unmistakable covering of
down on the upper lip. In the capital of
Spain, again, tte proportion of ladies with
the masculine characteristic is said to be
quiie equal to that observable on the Gol
den Horn. An American medical man
states that in Phil adelphia fully 3 per cent,
of the adult fair sex are similarly adorn
ed. and probably the proportion would be
still larger but that many women take the
trouble to eradicate Ihe unwelcomed
growth by ihe application of depilatory
preparations.
—Science has lately made it possible to
obtain good wine from the apple, which
has always been devoted to sparkling ci
der. Experts have been deceived in
cherry, madeira and sauierne which came
from app!e juice instead of grapes. Juice
from the apple is fermented with yeasts
of different kinds brought from the grap -
growing districts of Europe to this coun
try. For instance, ihe flavor of shetry ;s
due not to the graj)e, but to the infinites
imal fungus germs that cause its fermen
tation. "rtie American companies impart
these germs from the district in Spain
where they flourish, inoculate the apple
juice and obtain a fine wipe. The same
process is followed with other varieties of
wine. These y< asts are obtained from
the sediment in the vnts of Eu'ope. They
are easily propagated, and the ony diffi
culty is to separate the differ, nt kinds. As
the quality of wine depends on these fungi
winemakers have, usually left to chan e
the kind of wine they proluce, dep. ndlrg
on the organisms which float in the air
and attach themselves to the grapes The
yeasts are sold bottled, and are much in
demand.
—Bacteria are now recognized as per
forming some of the most stupendous
pieces of eng neerlng in nature. It is curi
ous to find that an organism which is ad
mirable in one capacity should he so ob
jectionable in another. A case in point is
the disintegrating action of bacteria in
the disposal of sewage, by which offensive
matter is converted into simpler and in
nocuous materials. That a similar disin
tegrating action would be instrumental i
the breaking down of a stone wall would
seem hardly possible, yet such is now
proved to be the case. The gradual frit
tering away of the cement mortar used
in water-supply reservoirs is one of the
most serious problems encountered by
water engineers, and on which hitherto
they have been unable to grapple with
with any measure of practical success.
This aciion has always been supposed to
be the result of the solvent properly of
carbonic acid and other mineral substance
commonly present in a water supply. The
cement gradually crumbles away and be
comes a kind of mud, which slowly de
taches itself. This strange process is
now found to be due to the action of a
haeterium known as the nitrifying organ
ism. A microscopic examination of the
mud shows it to be teeming with these
organisms, which in the treatment of sew
age have such a purifying virtue. The
organism cannot flourish in the absence
of nitriflable pabulum, but In iis presence
nitrous acid is produced, which leads to
the disintegration of the cement lining
of the water reservoir.
—An o’d locomotive engineer, in reply to
the statement that 159 miles an hour was
one of the possibilities of future travel,
says that they may build the engines for
a 150-mile gait, but they can’t build the
engineers. The strain on the nerves at
very high speeds is something terrific.and
anything over lif.y miles an hour is a pace
which jars every nerve in the body. The
average engineer is apt to break down un
der the influence of many spurts at even
(5 miles an hour. After such an ordeal he
is completely unhinged, jumping when he
hears unexpected noises like a hysterical
woman. By those who have passed through
this experience it is believed that the
strain comes mainly through the sight.
The engineer has to look straight ahead!
but at th. same time, as it has been ex
pressed. “he sees things whizzing past
on both sides oit of the tail of his eye,
and it is as if something had hold of the
optic nerve and was pulling it out like a
rubber bond.” Shadows are the terror of
the locomotive engineer. A bird may flit
across the headlight nnd throw a shadow
down the track as big as a box car. Of
to irse it is gone In an instant, but in Just
that heart-beat 'he nerves of the engineer
have teen given a shock that they may
rot recover from in n week. The new elec
tric headlights are said to he the worst
kind of s ook-producers. They cast such
sharp shadows that a bug moving over the
glass will give Ihe engineer the impression
of a cow icing just In front of the pilot.
At very high speeds such an experience
conjures up visions of sudden death ar.d
gives a si dgi -hammer blow to every
verve center ir the body of the engineer.
Old engine, rs say that the speed of 109
miles an hour is beyond the sustained >n
duranee of ihe man at lever, and with a
si eed of 159 miles the human machine
would go mad in a week.
—Such of the innumerable readers of
“David Harum” as have not yet forgotten
that peculiar book, says the New York
Times, may get anew appreciation of its
humor from a few - passages of a letter
written by Its aflthor soon after his return
from Europe in 1895 “My itinerary"
wrote Mr. Westcoti “was a short one
shorter than t intended when I left home,
for I expected at least to go to England’
but when it came to the point I was too
much out of sorts to undertake the Jour
ney. In fact, pretty much all of the time
1 was abroad I was half sick, and much
of the time more than that, and while J
am at pres nt very much better in my
general con lition than when I started out
I do not find that I hav been as much
benefited as I hope to be,” Bad weather
combined with loneliness to increase the
Invalid’s woes, and lie says that "on the
whole I had a pretty dull time of it.” He
continues: "I was under the doctor’s cars
all the time in Rome, though not confined
and he kept me so long that my plans
were considerably curtailed. I was quite
alone there, and almost wholly without nc
qualntan.es, so that a good part of every
day hung pretty heavily on my hands.
Novels v ere my chief resources. I could
manage three or foW hours In the morn
ing among the relics of the past, but Ihe
mind which is nourished exclusively on
forums, amphitheaters, triumphal arches,
holy families, descents from the cross, en
tombments, Virgin Marys, saints and mar
tyrs In general, catacombs, bones, old
clothes, and ancient history, gets dyspep
tic after a long course of that sort of
thing, nnd has trouble to keep It on its
stomach I hope lam not more Philistine
than the majority, but I was glad to have
done wi h it, and turn my face toward
home." The letter Is preserved as a treas
ure beyond pries by Mr. Charles R, Bel
den of Hertford, who mode Mr. West
cott's acquaintance on the steamer that
carried them both to Italy.
ft A Mother’s
Blessing.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 29, 1899.
Prof. Dexter:
Dear Sir—My son, Robbie Maxwell Ea
son, now 4 years and 7 months of age,
who, when 3 years of age, fell down stairs.
At the timel did not think he had injured
himself. Six months after he was a help
less cripple, with hip joint Risease; the h:p
was swollen to twice its natural size, m l
he was obliged to lie on his back at nd
times; he could not set up of take a s:. |>
In this condition I placed him 1 . the T< i
fair Hospital, where he remained for six
months all told. Six weeks ago I took
him from the hospital and placed him un
der your care. 'He was then in a vety
low state of health. His hip and knee
could not be bent. His general health is
now perfect. He can bend his hip and
knee as well as any child. He now holds
up his head and can stand with both feet
on the floor, and has walked around a
chair numbers of times. He sits up all
day and wants to play with the children.
From a helpless cripple you are restoring
my child to perfect health. 1 am thank
ful for your great kindness in relieving
him, and you have a mother’s blessing.
Yours sincerely,
MRS. JOHN W. EASON.
2410 Montgomery street.
Office over Lyons’, corner Broughton
and Whitaker streets. Consultation free.
All diseases treated.
LEGAL NOTICES.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
Whereas Horace A. Crane has app.ied :o
Court of Ordinary for letters dismissory
as executor of ihe will of Mary E. Wil
liams, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and ad
monish all whom it may concern to be and
appear before said Court to make objec
tion (if any they have) on or before the
first Monday in January, r.ekt, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness, ihe Honorable Hampton L. Fer
rill, ordina: y for Chatham county, this the
30th day of Sfptemb-r, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY—
Whereas, Jordan F. Brooks has applied
to Court of Ordinary for letter dismissory
as administrator and. b. n. c. t. a. on the
estate of Cosmo P. Richardsone, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all whom ii may concern to be and
appear before said court to make objec
tion (if any they have) on or before the
first Monday in March next, otherwise said
letters will be granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferrill,
ordinary for Chatham county, this the
39th day of November, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GFJOROIA, CHATHAM COUNffK. -
Whereas, Isaiah M. Rosenfeld has apmted
to Court of Ordinary for letters dismissory
as executor of the will of Leonora j.
Rosenfeld, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all whom it may concern to be and ap
pear before said court to make objection
(if any they have) on or before the first
Monday in February next, otherwise said
letters will be granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferril’,
ordinary for Chatham county, this the
31st day of October, 3899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH,
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM
1 Whereas, Jordan F. Brooks has applied
I to Court of Ordinary for letters dismissory
j as administrator on the estate of Stephen
Overstreet, deceased.
j These are. therefore, to cite and admon
; ish all whom it may concern to be and
' appear before said court to make objee
; tion (if any they have) on or before the
first Monday in February next, otherwise
said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton 1,.
Ferrill, Ordinary for Chatham county, this
the 31st day of October, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH.
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY—
In Superior Court of Chatham county.
March term, 1900. Minnie L. Taylor vs.
John T. Taylor. Libel for total divorce.
The defendant, John T. Taylor, in tho
above stated case for total divorce, be and
he is hereby notified and directed to be
; and appear at the next term of the Supe
rior Court of said county to be held in the
1 city of Savannah, on the first Monday be
! ing the fifth day of March, 1900, next.
Then and there to answer the said plain
tiff upon the merits of the foregoing peti
tion for total divorce.
Witness the Honorable Robert Falllgant,
judge of said Superior Court this 17th day
of November, 1899.
JAMES L. MURPHY,
Deputy Clerk, S. C. C. C.
NOTICE TO DEBITORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
Georgia, Chatham County.—Notice Is
hereby given to all persons having de
mands against Othello Blue, late of sad
county, deceased, to present them to m ,
I properly made out, within the time pre
scribed by law, so as to show their char
acter and amount; and all persons in
debted to said deceased are required to
make immediate payment to me.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 28, 1899.
Othello Blue,
Administrator.
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