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COL ESTILL WILL ANNOUNCE.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. JM».—'While he
•till refuges to give out anything defl*
nlte, it Is known positively that Col.
J. H. Estill will announce for gover
nor within the next two weeks.
Col. Katlll, an Is well known, bag
practically been considered
date all along, but he has nt
an announcement one way o
i candi-
cr made
the oth-
arly to talk
or,saying that J» w,
| o'itlcs.
Close friends lo the editor, however,
who have also refused to discuss IiIh
candidacy, wera seen today and they
did not hesitate In.stating that It was
their opinion that his formal announ
cement was now being prepared and
would he made public probably some
lime next week.
in a letter published a few days ago
by Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Macon, an
nouncing that he would not ho in the
THE MINER’S INFATUATION.
Mrs. Hetty Green, "the richest wo
man Inthe world," Is mistress
more than a hundred millions, and
yet according to the New York World,
in order to accumulate more she de
nies herself all the pleasure of life
and foils daily at her office in New
York more than a hard-driven hack
At night sho crosses th* Hudson
sleeps in a mean apartment house
where her idenlty is not known.
She has no friends, no companions,
social life, it is stated that she e
tfashe
•r own clothe
grocer to nn\
id whanglf
Ilk'
thirt}
riche
alon#
• As Mrs. (
It Is evlder
tha
race, the Bibb county representative C relatives that she
she has no
tor. Yet it
stated that he was almost positive
that Col. Estill would make bis an
nouncement etyly in January.
It in known also that during the
lant few days several well known
South Georgia politicians have been
la Savannah and conferences have
been held with Col. Estill, which
lends color to the report that his an
nouncement Is now being prepared
for the press.
It is argued by Col. Entlll's friends
here that this Is a most opportune
time for a South Georgia man to get
into tho race for governor, and COD'
servatlve politicians In all sections of
the state have been urging him to
make the race. They believe that
with such a bitter flght on between
Smith and Howell, who are resorting
to all sorts of mud-throwing, a strong
South Georgia mao could come la and
win the race. It baa been said that
Col. Estill could carry even a leaa
number of counties than he did two
years ago and win the contest.
At any rate It is generally believed
In Savannah nnd elsewhere la South
Oeorgla that Col. Estill will be a can
didate and that his announcement may
be looked for now at any time.
8am Small has challenged Tom
Hardwick for a joint debate on the
negro disfranchisement Issue. Tom
is small enough now, but when Sam
Small gets through with hitn he wont
be big as a small piece of soap after
a days washing.
Col. J. 11. Estill, of Savannah, says
be will be a candidate for governor;
and will announce, and declare his
principles about January 15th.
There are hundreds of good people
over the state who will rally to his
support—Irwin Co., Courrler.
The South Georgian who shot nnd
billed seven negroes nnd wounded
•even more ns a protest against being
Tynched probably didn't have time to
attend to the eleven others.—Colum
bus Enquirer.
is for those very relatives that she
is saving and living on a crust. If
she was generous to herself and a few
real friends it would be possible to
comprehend her plan. We should not
call her a miser merely because she
does not maintain an expensive house
and open its doors to“society. M It
might never be recorded to her cred
it that she does not buy dinner for
sychophants to eat merely In order
to enjoy the wagging of their Ratter*
ing tongues.
But It is evident that her chosen
manner of life is not merely the re
sult of distaste for cheap gratification
to be found In the millionaire's five
hundred Insincere friends. The ac
count would Indicate that poor Mrs.
Green, who Is a genuine victim of
the hepless Infatuation of mlw who
although his toes may be cold and
his stomach empty, thrill with mad de
light as be handles his hoarded
gold.—Macon Telegraph.
Rov. W, R. Thompson, Division
Deputy Grand Master of tho Odd Fol
lows, has Issued a cal) for n division
snooting of all (ho lodges in tho Bruns
wick Judicial circuit to bo held at
Douglas on January 18 Mr. Thomp
son Is very anxious for a large dele
gation of tho members of the order
to be present on this occasion, and has
• A nt out an urgent appeal to all lodges
under hts jurisdiction. Every lodge
will ho expoclod to send a* many del
egates as possible to this meeting.
The Douglas lodge has appointed an
entertainment committee, and they
will be amply prepared to give the
visitors a pleasant and profitable time
eti the 18th.
Tht Hon. Joseph Hill Hall and the
Governorship.
Hon. Joseph Hill hall, the distin
guished Macon lawyer, who has won
auch renown during the past ten years
as leader of the "Reform" forces In the
Georgia Legislature, has decided thnt
he will not make the race for gover
nor.
This announcement which was pub
lished In yesterday's Chronicle, will
be regretted by more people than
vere surprised at it; because Mr.
fall has, undoubtedly, a great many
loyal friends and sincere admirers
throughout Oeorgla who would have
been pleased to have an opportunity
to vote for him for governor, and,
yet, who were compelled to recognize
the fact that his chances of election
vere considerably embarrassed. If not
ntlrely destroyed, when the Hon.
Howe Smith "stole hts thunder" and
jumped into the race as the self-ap
pointed "reform candidate" nearly a
year ahead of time.
With characteristic candor Mr.
Hnll, in his letter to the public, ad
mits that, with the "reform forces"
divided—"In the manner in which
Mr. Smith has succeeded In doing—
his own election would have been ren
dered doubtful.—Augusta Chronicle.
By Telegraph to The Herald.)
St. Petersburg, Dec. 28 — No algos
yet of an end to the civil war In Mos
cow is In sight, the revolutionists are
surprising the authorities by the de
termination which has constantly
been shown since the fighting began.
The most savage passions have been
shown, no? ony by the Co^acks, but
by the revolutionists an weJJ, and es
pecially by th*- women, v* j are fight
ing In the
shown
shown
lutionists ' and who
revolutionists and who
the greatest couraee. The number of
casualties unvng t:.o «-..*• has been
»-c:f.>e ? ‘.wing to ;• in their
tactics of fighting from houses in-
-Uffd of behind barracks. The cas-
it' s now number about 2'»i»
itille twenty-seven hous"* Is
-d as having been l-st»o>-d t
I cry in om* day. Two r.f ;h
I of the Moscow vovolt I
Yr >!i arrested. The police dlsror
hut a general uprising and revolt had
-'•on planned to take place in St. Pe
rt rsburg to support the Moscow in
•urgent*. Following the discovery
many arrests were made and the
movement in St. Petersburg has been
checked temporarily.
CHINESE SMUGGLERS.
chief
8t. Petersburg, 2 p. m.,
Advices from Moscow w
situation is graver than
hostilities have spread
Dec. 28 —
y that the
ever. The
to neigh
boring districts and the peasants are
responding to appeals *o arm them
selves.
Dan Styles, who billed Wilson Hill
Monday morning at George Manley's
restaurant on Parallel street, had a
preliminary hearing at the court house
today before Justices W. A. McDon
ald and R. P. Bird. Col. Leon A.
Wilson is representing the defendant,
and Col. J. Walter Bennett, an account
of the illness of Solicitor John W.
Bennett, looked after the state’s in
terest. A number of witnesses for
and against the defendant were intro
duced. After hearing the evidence,
S yles was held to answer to the
charge of murder at the next term of
e Superior Couit.
Telegraph to Tht Harald.)
‘ e*v York, Dec. 28.—James Haxen
' T railed this morning for Harve.
refused to pose for a photograph
• refused to be interviewed. He
I the newspaper attacks on him
* N come a persecution.
Hero Is a prophecy from an ex-
•**nTe that Is but the echo from many
t^wd observers whom we have
4 *xpr*M themaelvea: “Before
New Tear la nw week's old,
nos tor goverwor of Georgia wRI
between Hon. Clark Howell W
J. H. MULMMIb News.
Dr. Hus Folks yesterday entertain-
rd a number of bis friends nt a
•Brunswick Stew” and barbecue at
f>ls Waltertown - home. There were
about 35 in the party from Waycrosa,
most of them being members of the
Waycross lodge of Elks. A special
train furnished complimentary by the
Atlantic St Birmingham Railroad car
ried the party out about 1 o’clock yes
terday afternoon, and returned at 6
in the evening.
Dr. Folks has presided at tnanv oc
casions of a like nature, but none has
been more successful or more greatly
enjoyed than that of yesterday.
During the afternoon Dr. Folks was
handed a petition with fifty signers
requesting him to become a candi
date for the legislature before the
democratic primary next year.
Folks expressed Ms appreciation of
the compliment, and promised to take
the matter uader advisement
Hon. John V. Bennett, who Is a
member of the Board of Trustees of
the State (’Diversity, received a tel
egram this morning from Athens an
nouncing the death of Chancellor Wal
ter B. Hill, of the University, which
occurred this morning at 3 o’clock.
For several days Mr. Hill had been
battling with a desperate case of
pneumonia, and his death, while great
ly regretted all over Georgia, was no
surprise to those who have kept up
with tne daily newspaper reports of
bis condition.
Chancellor Hill was one cf the fore
most educators of the South. His
death is a great loss to the State of
Georgia, and to the cause of ecluca
It* a thirugbout the South.
Mr. Hill was about 17 years old, and
is survived by a wife and four child-
Say6 the China Mail: “Many and
various are the methods resorted to
by Chinese smugglers of opium to
get the drug either in or out of
Hongkong, but one that was exposed
there the other day had the distinc
tion of being extremely a>common.
Sergeant Carrot! had boarded a li
censed junk in search of goods that
he suspected to be on board and
while waiting for the Chinese to
bring them up from the hold went to
Itroke tome kittens that were in a
basket on deck. To his surprise he
found that the little animals were*
thickly smeared v.th a sticky sub
stance, which, on examining more
clot-ek, lie found to be opium. Oth
er kittens on board had also boon
treated in a similar manner, so that
they were the means of concealing
a fairly large quantity of the drug.
The owner of the junk was convict
ed.”
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
Postal Methods In Milan.
Postal authorities in Milan, Italy,
use mi automobile wagon in which
to t olled part of the mail. The cur
runs between the eentrul postoffice
and the brunch offices and boxes in
the different districts of the city.
The automobile is of large sire, on
the style of tin omnibus, and is fit
ted out so that the mail can be sort
ed by one clerk while the car is run
ning. The car stops at each letter
box to collect the mail, and between
the boxes the clerk sorts and stamps
the letters and pusses them in pack
ages to a second man, who puts
tiicm in a series of compartments
corresponding to each carrier’s
route. This car covers a route four
teen miles long and collects the mail
from all boxes in an hour and a
half.
Th, King of Tramps.
The "king of tramps” got a term
in » French jail the other day. He
said he was born of wealthy parents
and educated for the bar. He lost
money by gambling and to pay the
debt broke open his father’s safe.
“Turned out of doors, I became a
tramp and have been ever since a
terror to all honest folk. I have
toured France twenty timea and
have been all over Belgium, Ger
many, Italy, Switzerland and Spain.
I have been shut up in almost every
prison in Europe.” The magistrate
naving informed him thnt he would
have to go to jail once more, he
cried: "Hooray! I have scored my
century. I lmd been sentenced ex
actly ninety-nine times before by
magistrates nil over Europe.”
•uggostlons as to th. Prspsr Trsstmtnt
of Bedding.
Air your bedding thoroughly
every morning and you’ll not only
have better health, but the bed will
be fresher and more comfortable.
In addition to this daily airing put
the mattress, pillows, blankets, com
forts and puds out in the sunshine
at, least once a week and let them air
for half u day. If possible find
time to gently whip the pillows and
mattresses with a light stick or rug
beater, for some dust is bound to
collect during a week’s usage, and
this—which is unhealthy if allowed
to accumulate—in time breeds
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
Veung Lady’s New Experience at the
Telephene.
A young lady desiring to commu
nicate with a certain society'bean
was told to call him up by telephone
at his club at a certain Jgur. She
rang up the exchange, ga^Khe num
ber and waited. Presently a voice
•aid:
“Hello 1”
“Hello!” she called. “Is Mr. S.i
there ?”
"Mr. who?”
“Mr. S.”
“Mr. S.? No.”
“Are you sure? 1
“Yes.*6ure. We hare no record off,
of that name being here.”
germs besides taking elasticity from j any one ot tnat name uemg nere. r,
the feathers and making the hair j “Please look and see if he isn’t >'
somewhere about.”
“Thera’s no use looking, ma’am. >
Wc have ’em all down in the book.” X
“Well, it is strange. I was toldj*
that he would be there at this hour.”*'
“Say, look here, what number doL
you want ?”
“Why, 2085.”
“Olj, that’s the C’ity club. This is)
the morgue.” — Lippincott’a Maga- -
zine.
filling in t lie mattress dull.
Many housekeepers are careful to
change the bed linen and take pride
in keeping it snowy white, yet they
do not pull tiic t>eds apart often
enough. Careful women not only
daily air all the bedding, but dur
ing the weekly sunning the springs
are taken out. dusted nnd wiped off
with a damp cloth.
Bran In tha Bath.
If you don't use a bath bag in the
daily'self tubbing toss a handful of
wheat bran into the water before
you take the little plunge. The
bran will soften the water and act
as an emollient for the akin. Never
use alkali soap, because it is an effi
cacious enemy of grime. It isn’t
the thing for the bath, since it is an
efficacious enemy of the cuticle. Use
a soap that isn’t harsh. A soap that
makes the flesh smart is 6ure to dry
the skin and make it turn unlovely.
IJae the best soap distinguished with
vegetable oils.
Cleaning Felt Hate.
A black felt hat may be cleaned
with ammonia and warm water, but
light hats must be cleaned with oat
meal, heated and applied with a
brush. A white felt hat is cleaned
with equal parts of powdered pipe
clay and flour. Bub the powder
over every part of the hat and then
brash thoroughly. There is nothing
better for cleaning light colored felt
hata which are only slightly soiled
than dry cornraeal rubbed on with
a piece of clean flannel.
By Telegraph to The Herald.)
Washington, Dec. 28 —A lispatch
from Commander Mosley, at Solo
mon's Island, states that the drydocX
Dewey will leave that point late to-
or early tomorrow morning for
trip to the PbJJJlpJnes. Never be-
fore in the hstory’of the world ha* a
floating dry dock of this size been tow
ed such a distance as the Dewey will
■ to eovdr. The structure has
cost the United States Government
11,124,000
Waycrosa haa been relieved of a
hot municipal contest this boot The
Herald has helped to brine about this
mnch-to-b*d«rired result* but we don’t
charts m cant for smt sortiem
(By Telegraph to tha Herald.)
Victoria. B. C., Dec. 28 —The British
ship. Pass of Meiforth, Captain Cou
cal, was dashed to pieces in a hur
ricane on Christmas night with
crew of 25. The vessel was caught on
the lee shore in a terrific south
western gale raging off the coast of
Juan Defuca on the western coast of
Vancouver Island. She was destroyed
on Amphitrite Point among a monu
ment of wrecks, which is known as
the graveyard of the North Pacific.
The Pass of Meiforth was built In
Glasgow in lPOl.
Distress In 8outh Africa.
“South Africa is now Buffering
from u depression almost unparal
leled in its history,” writes a Con
gregational minister. “This is part
ly due to the late war. The introduc
tion of the Chinese into the Trans
vaal lias very largely contributed to
the present state of thiags, what
ever may he said to the contrary by
shareholders in the mining compa
nies. Thousands of natives go to
the Transvaal and return without
having found employment. If there
isj any one lo gain by the introduc
tion of Chinese labor it is only the
millionaires, who live in London,
Paris and lierlin. Those who live
and have to die here gain nothing.”
Pasts For Gorapbooke.
Scrapbook paste or cement is
thide with a piece of common glue
two inches square. Dissolve it in
water, adding as much pulverized
alum in weight as of the glue. Now
mix one-half teaspoonful of flour, in
a little water. Stir it in and boil.
When nearly cool stir in two tea
spoonfuls of oil of lavender. This
should make a pint of paste, which
will keep a long time if tightly cov
ered when not in use.
Rubbing It In.
Tess—I understand May Cutting
remarked that I looked so much lik<
Miss Hoamley-Ritch. Isn’t she aw*^
ful?
Jcbs—Yes; she’s always knocking
Miss Hoamley-Hitch because she’ff*
jealous of her.—Philadelphia Press.
Taking th* Credit.
Miss Goodley — I saw you with
your fiancee yesterday. She’s aw
fully sweet.
Kadley—She ought to be. I’ve*,
been buying her candy every week?
for the last three months .-Brook-]
iyn Life.
Things They Learn.
Teacher (to class in geog
What does a strait separata
Taylor?
Bobby Taylor (absently)—It aep-l*
antes his pile frum a feller if the ;
odder guy’s got a flush I—Puck.
L«t’« Hop. 8h» Wfrr* a Black Maok.
“Yet, air, that widow went to a >
masked ball the night after her hus
band’s funeral.”
“Well, that was goine
to gay with a vengeag
ville Courier-Journal.
mm grave;
J—touia-
Hla Statu*.
Digger Then We Knew.
When the boundary between Mich
igan and Wisconsin was drawn the
eurveyora were evidently in a bit of
a hurry, for now it turns out that
some 250,000 acres of land supposed
to have been included in Michigan’s
acreage are beyond it and belonging
nowhere. The territory in dispute
is big enough to form u fair sized
province in liussia, and more than
one bloody war has been fought in
Kurope to conquer a strip of land
smaller than the “derelict territory”
of Michigan. Here it was not miss
ed for a generation. The United
States geographic survey found out
the mistake of the original boundary
makers only the other day.
Vari.ti.s of "Quail.”
In San Francisco the other day
the fish and game commissioner
found a sack of owls on the counters
Softening 8pong«i.
Sponges that get into a decom
posed condition, hard and gelati
nous, may be effectively cleaned and
restored to their former condition
by being immersed a few times in
water in which sufficient slaked lime
has been added to make it of the
consistency of cream. Squeeze the
sponge dry after each immersion.
If leas lime is used the time required
will be correspondingly longer.
Cooking Hints.
Fried cakes made with brown
sugar will keep moist longer than
when made with white sugar. Never
wash raisins that are to be used in
•weet dishes. It will make the pud
ding or cake heavy. Boll nuts or
fruit in flour before adding to the
other ingredients in making a cake.
This util prevent them from sinking
to the bottom.
To Cloan V.lvoL
Velvet can be cleaned by rubbing
with a clean rag dipped in carbonate
of magnesia. Turn the rag as it gets
•oiled, and shake the article occa
sionally to get rid of the soiled mag
nesia. Afterward brush with a per
fectly clean brush.
Father (catching his son at the
tarts) — Now, then, Johnny, what
are you up to ?
Johnny—Up to tho ninth, pa, but
they’re awful amall.
m
Sur. of H«r Pow.r.
Dumley—I’m sure if you accept
ed me I’d make you a good husband.
Miss Brightly—That’s out of the
question, but I'm sure I’d make yob
a good husband if I accepted you.-*-
Baltimore News.
Lotion For Chilblains.
A simple lotion for chilblains is
made by combining one ounce of
glycerin, twenty grains of tincture
jounu a sacs oi uwis on me counters , , . ..—
» ol a commission house. The buyer ! ° f lod l ne * nd ‘*“‘7 of tme-
I-Iof a French restaurant was nego- ot ®P , “ n - Mix and agitate un-
tiating for their purchase. If the ' til thoroughly mingled. Apply night
Russell Sage was more aucceaeful
than Mrs. Hety Green in keeping his
Christmas benefactions a secret. The
tact has bees published thnt Mr*.
Green gave a
vaasah Hews.
trade had not been interrupted they j * nd morning,
would have been transferred into
"broiled quail” under the hands of
Made Him Fly. lit
Patience—They said if he m»r-
ried her she’d make an angel of him.
Patrice—Well, she accomplished
part of the contract. She’s made
him fly about a good deal.—Tor”
Statesman.
fonkers
Remedy For Hiccough*.
- , , „ . , Severe cases demand drastic treat-
an expert chef. One man m Frisco ment euch as hot mugUrd pluten
has mode a livelihood for several it • *- * ■
. ... ■ . ■ j ,« i laid directly on the pit of the stom-
years by shipping owls to tickle the , ch For - ldtr , aa ‘ e# cloth , dippcd
palate, of the ban Francisco ept- | ^ either hot vi brandyor
f, Ure8 ', ..TWround sqmrre , too, is whiikv ^ , am , tim * n ^ Te
“quail. Many sacks of these are rt Jj e {
received in San Francisco dailv. '
Salty Soup.
If too much salt has been added
to soup slice a raw potato and boil
it in tne soup for a few momenta.
The potato will absorb much of the
•alt
Gold In Abyesinia,
A British explorer recently re
turned from Abyssinia says that he
was for four months in* a region
hitherto unknown to white men.
Along the tributaries of tha Blue
Nile he found a mining population
MJMCtd in washing gold. He »
that there is an 'enormous mein on
~ Of gold in this region, in It make* th«
of natires werk. qtickly then they otherwise weuM.
Never ellow e cake of'fst to re
ts Was Very Thin.
“Aha!” exclaimed the villain’ on
the stage. “The plot thickens."
“Huh!” grunted the disguated
Sarah Kastie, in the audience. “Ill
bet a cookie it won’t jelh”—Detroit -
Free Press. ft
Papa’. Fairy Tala*.
Little Jane—Papa, don’t you know
any fairy stories?
Mamma—He knows • great many,
my dear, but they are all old end
preposterous.—Boston Transcript,
Nst For Publication. i *
Intimate Friend—Betides theXh-
S timate profits in your business
ere’t aome graft, iin’t there t
Trust Magnate—Graft? None to
(peek of.—Chicago Tribune. '<
“Billons sayi there’s nothing In
these get-rich-quick tchemes.” ‘
“Whet*, happened tohimN’-
“Ittokhe’lmuriedUe stingy
—Pittsburg Poet. !
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