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HOW CHINA'S YOUNG EMPESOS
STUDIED FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Toys From Other Lands Given to Him as a
Child First Attracted His Attention to
the Outer World.
Bible Given to the Dowaser Empreiis In lore* t eti Iflm-Affer That lie He
fu the Careful Study of It and All Manner of Foreign Hook*,
Which He Head Almod Constantly, Sending to Everyone Who
Bad Them for Freah Volumes Daily—A Florist Who In
structed the Imperial Ennnclis in t'hrlstittnity—The
Emperor’s Action in Abolishing Offices Is What
Led to His Downfall.
(By Prof. Isaac T. Headland of tha
Pekirr University.}
The Chinese Emperor Kuans Hou, de
posed two years ago by the Empress Dow
ager. Is in some respects one of the most
remarkable characters in the empire t
the present time. n e j 9 not what we are
accustomed to term n strong character.
Asa boy he was interested in ail kinds
®f foreign toys, and considered every
thing brought from foreign countries, from
■ railroad train, a phonograph, an elec
tric car or a fins Swiss watch, as a toy to
be played with. Like many other rich
children, he was indulged in every imagin
able want, and the populace regarded him
in the light of a spoiled child. The Chi
nese of the better clatj who were in
touch with those connected with the pai
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ace, either as eunuchs, servants or in offi
cial relation*, were full of stories about
hta bad temper, and looked upon him as
one who “ought to be spanked.” It was
*ald that his own private apartment was
a museum of all the most wonderful in
ventions, the most intricate machinery and
the most complicated productions of mod
ern art, science and invention that he had
been able to gathe. and that his will
roust not be crossed lr. any circumstances,
for he was juat as llt,ole to dash a fine
Swiss watch to the floor, breaking it into
a thousand pieces, as a peevish child is to
destroy its doll.
Knowing the disposition of the boy,
the offioia'.s sought out all kinds of Intri
cate and peculiar machines as presents to
him in order to enhance their official In
terests and prospects, and in doing so
they troubled us at the Pekin University
until we let them have our
to make os a present to his majesty.
Doubtless these toys awakened his inter
est in foreign affairs generally.
But as the child grew he began to de
velop other notions not less peculiar, per
haps, but more in harmony with his po
sition, duties and responsibilities. When
the ladles, both Chinese and foreign, pre
sented the Empress Dowager with a mag
nificent copy of the New Testament,
primed on the finest paper, with new type
specially manufactured for that book,
bound in silver, encased in a silver box,
which was again enclosed in a fine plush
case, the thing Interested His Majesty, to
judge from his conduct, more tiian it did
the Dowager Empress herself.
Studied the Bible.
The day after the present reached the
palace an order came to the American
Bible Society in Pekin, which attracted
the special attention of the agent of that
(society. The man who brought the order
was a eunuch. He seemed very partic
ular to retain the little slip of paper on
which the order was written, and insisted
upon Its return to him after It had been
copied. They then discovered that the
order was from the Emperor and that it
was for Bibles—both Old and New Testa
ments—such as the society was selling
to his people.
The society, of course, did not under
stand the Import of such a move on the
part of the Emperor, but It was not long
before we discovered what the young man
was doing.
I was personally well acquainted and
associated with a horticulturist and gard
ener who for many years went dally to
the palace with his flowers and vege
tables, and have received from him many
presents of flowers—large grafted chry
santhemums—such ns he took to the pal
ace. He discovered that there was a
change of sentiment among the eunuchs
pot only toward him, but also toward
•11 foregln and government and for
eign affairs as a whole. The eu
nuchs were constantly introducing the
subject of Christianity In their talks with
the florist, and, as he was n Christian,
they urged him to explain its doctrines to
therm and, in consequence, he often (tat
and talked with them for hours. Of
course, they discovered that this was con
suming a large amount of Ills time, and
fearing lest till* might lead him to lose
Interest In the matter and In them, they
of their own free will advanced him taels
r.no (300 ounces of silver! to Invest In hie
business, telling him they did not wish
him to pay It back, but that they would
lake it out in flowers and vegetables.
On one occasion, when they had kept
him longer than usual—and It is to be
remembered that all the time they were
conversing on subjects related to Chris
tianity—he made aeveral excuses to get
away, but waa unable to do so. He fin
ally said:
"But I must go. T have not yet had
my dinner, and It Is now late in the
day.”
“Oh, that is all right,” they answered.
“We can give you your dinner,” which
♦hey proceeded to do, and he remained
with them until evening, telling them
> about the nature of Christianity.
. During out ot these conversations ana
of the euruchs was especially Interested,
and In conversation with my friend, told
him that the Emperor dajly bad jfarte
of the Gospel of Luke written in irage
characters on sheets of paper and that
he thus studied them. This eunuch was
the Emperor's personal servant and stood
in the room all the time he was studying
the Bible. That this was true cannot
be doubted, for It was impossible for tin?
eunuch to know anything about the Gos
pel of Luke had he not learned it in that
way. The fact that he was able to tell
that the Emperor was studying the Gos
pel of Luke was proof that he was do
ing so.
Hl Interest In Foreigners.
It must not be inferred from this that
the Emperor was becoming a Christian.
One day three of the eunuchs called on
me with this same horticulrurist for the
purpose of seeing a foreigner, and to get
MAP SHOWING THE SCENE OF THE TROUBLE IN CHINA.
a view of his home and to talk with him.
One of them was younger than the other
two—in fact, a young man—and above the
average intelligence of his class/ A few
days later my friend told me a story
which illustrates one phase of the Empe
ror's character. He had ordered a num
ber of the eunuchs to appear before him.
but none of them save this particular one
materialized. As he got down on his
hands and knees to kotou or knock ids
head to His Majesty, the latter kicked
him in the mouth, cutting his lip and
otherwise injuring him, and my inform
ant added:
‘‘What kind of a man is that *o he on
the throne of a country, punishing those
who obey his orders?”
Of course, it Is a well-known fact which
has perhaps been, already reported a great
number of times that the young Emperor
began studying English about the same
time, and those who were getting books for
him came to our compound and secured
a small volume, which had been taken to
DURBAN. HALL, MAIN BUILDING OP THE PEKIN UNIVERSITY.
(Where thirty American missionaries and 300 Chinese students took refuge guarded
by thirty American marines, early in the present uprising.)
China by the roan who induced mo to go
to Pekin, as a text-book for his little
daughter. When the Emperor began the
study of English he departed from the us
ual methods of men In Iris position and
allowed his teacher to sit and leach him
Instead of forcing him to kneel In- his
ptesonce. I myself worked for some
time with the grandson of this teacher,
leaching him English, and in return he
taught roe Chinese.
The study of English, the study bf the
Blblo end all the foreign toys the Em
peror had played with, including the
great Inventions which mark the progress
of the advancing civilization of these last
years of the nineteenth century, were rot
lost on the young man. They could not
change his impetuous disposition, but they
did Inspire In him disposition to see the
world and to know more of what was
golpg on In It than had ever been known
by any other occupant of the Dragon
throne. He, therefore, began, buying all
kinds of books pertaining to foreign af
fairs.
llonght Books of All Sorts.
It was known to him that there were
various institutions of learning connected
with the missions of the various churches
and that each of these schools had trans
lated som* of the most Important text
books of the countries they represented
Into Chinese. They were Issued by tract
soeieltlea and societies for the distribution
of general and Christian knowledge; and
there were books prepared by scientists
and physicians and scholars of various
kinds, together with learned natives who
had put out volumes both In the Chinese
colloquial and the classical language of
the empire, and it was these which he
aought to obtain. He got the assistance
of foreigner* whenever he could and made
no distinction between the books ot any
THE MOFKING NEWS: SEN DAY, JULY 8, 1900.
sect or society, institution or body, but
with an equal zeal he sought them all. No
miser ever watched his gold with a more
zealous care than this young man exam
ined these books, so a eunuch told me.
One of the eunuchs from the palace
cam© to me every day for weeks to get
some new book for the Emperor, and al
most exhausted my patience with his per
sistence. He was willing to pay any
price, and he wouid nc* allow me to re
i use him any book which the Emperor
had not yet had, if it was to be got under
any circumstances. I was forced more
than once to give him some little sheet
tract of a single page, and at other times
to take my wife’s Chinese medical books
out of the library and turn them over
to him, for, the eunuch declared, whether
truly or not, I cannot say, that he dared
not return at night “without taking the
Emperor something new\”
He bought my wife’s bicycle and took
k to His Majesty, and it was afterward
reported that his queue caught in the
back w heel and he had a very un-Empe
ror-like fall. This led the Dowager to
deal severely with the eunuch. One day,
shortly after the coup d’etat, a man came
to me with his face scratched and his
head scarred and wanted me to “save his
life." He desired to join the church at
once, saying that he was a friend of this
same eunuch who had been banished for
buying all these things for the Emperor
and charging him double price for them,
and that he also was in danger of los
ing his head.
The Emperor set himself to studying
the books he had bought, and the more
he studied them, the more he became
convinced that China was on the wrong
road, and in dreadful need of a reforma
tion. The more he meditated the matter
the more he became convinced that there
was no hope of China, so long as she
was In the hands of the old conservative
party.
The Jonrney He Never Took.
He began to prepare for a trip to Tien
Tsin on the railroad. The home of Chang
Yun-mao, the present director of mines,
was fitted up for his reception, and It
was rumored that he might go as far as
Japan. Several Han Lins with whom I
was acquainted came to ask me If I
thought it would be- safe for him to go
that far away from home, and they were
as excited as he no doubt was—they all
made me think of a sixteen year o!d boy
just? about to leave his mother and sis
ters for the first time for college. These
men, who were so cool under all ordinary
circumstances, even In affairs of state,
had become transformed into school boys
because the Emperor was going to take
an eighty mile railroad Journey.
But the trip never was taken. He be
gan in anew line, not with the idea of
giving up his trip, but with the thought
of liberating his people from the yoke
that was upon them. On the 13th of June.
P9B, lv Issued a decree establishing a uni
ve;slty at Pekin, the design being to open
a way by which the young men of the
empire might ln-ome acquainted with all
the books he had been studying, and
might themselves be prepared A'o issue oth
er books of a similar character.
A few* days later he otdtred the foreign
office to report on the matter of encour
aging art, science and agriculture, at the
enmo time Old ring any of those who
were opposed to progress and reform to
appear before him and give their reasons.
He proposed that they adopt western
arms and w*esterti methods of drilling the
Tartar troops. He abolished the literary
essay as a leading part in the examina
tions for official distinction and subs'ltut
ed in its place a knowledge of political
economy and international law.
He then proposed the establishment of
agricultural schools in all iho provinces
for the purpose of teaching the farmers
better methods of agriculture, and that
the Lu-Han railroad should be completed
ns expeditiously as possible. He ordered
the establishment of patent and copyright
laws, that the military examinations
should be changed so as to conform to tile
proposed new order of things, and he
promised rewards to all those who distin
guished themselves as auihors or invent
ors.
Wliat Boused the Dowager.
He ordered the officials to do ell In
their power to encourage trade and as
sist the merchants. School boards were
established in every city In the empire;
a bureau of mines was formed; Jour
nalists were encouraged to write on all
political subjects. Jung Lu and Liu Kuti4
were ordered to consult on the establish
ment of naval academies and training
ships; schools were, ordered opened tu
connection with all the foreign legations
for the benefit of the Chinese living ill
| foreign countries; commercial bureaus
were ordered eetabUthed for the encour
agement of trade at Shanghai end- Hn
kow, and, in addition to all this, the
officials throughout the empire were or
dered to assist the young Emperor in his
work of reform.
Anyone uno is in the work
of reform for China may look over his
edicts in the most critical way they will,
and they will not fir, 1 a single one which
would have been anything but a benefit
to the country. He did more than issue
eitlcts, for the funds for the establishment
of the university at Pekin were at once
set apart and the university was estab
lished, and. in spite of the anti-foreign
feeling in the palace and the school since
his dethronement, they have not been able
to divert the funAs to any other channel,
however much they have tried to do so.
But it was his surgical operations that
caused him trouble. So long as he con
fined himself to the. making of new offices
there was no trouble, but as soon as he
began to abolish old ones and dismiss
viceroys and governors, there arose n
hor.l which reached the ears of the Em
press Dowager and the palace and the
throne of the young man wa ruthlessly
taken from him. and he, was confined to
an tsland in cite palace grounds under
strict guard.
It is certain that when the history of
China comes to be written the attempted
reforms of Kuang Hsu will be classed
among tßbse of the best emperors of the
past, and either he will be restored to his
throne to carry out his reforms or he will
be looked upon ae the first martyr for
liberty and progress among the emperors
oil the Middle Kingdom.
LOCAL PERSONAL.
Mr. E. E. Fulton of Atlanta ts at the
Pulaski.
Mr. R. L. Williams of Columbia Is the
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr. Miller O. White of Macon is the
guest or the De Soto.
Mr. L. V. Carroll of Brunswick ts reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr. George Muse of Atlanta ts regis
tered at the De Soto.
Mr. John S. Maloney of Augusta 1s reg
istered a the Pulaski.
Mr. George S. McLaren of Atlanta Is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. Bruce Twiton of Jacksonville Is
”?fegistered at the De Soto.
Mr. Harry Lubbock of Jacksonville ts
registered at the De Soto.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Desmand of Hagan
are the guests of the Screven.
Miss Speer of Macon was among the ar
rivals at the De Soto yesterday.
Mr. M. Guckenheimer left via the
Southern yesterday for Charlotte.
Mr. C. B. Roberts will leave via the
Plant System to-day for New York.
, Mr. E. C. Sate of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
registered at the Screven yesterday.
Mr. J. D. Mead and child of Jackson
ville are the guests of the De Soto.
E. M. Molletto of Thomasville, was one
of the visitors in the city yesterday.
Mr. W. W. Orr of Atlanta was among
yesterday’s arrivals at the De Soto.
Mr. T. R. Siappey of Hagan was among-,
the arrivals at the Screven yesterday.
Mr. C. S. Hensiee of Griffin was among
the arrivals at the De Soto yesterday.
Maj. W. A. Wilkins is a passenger on
the Kansas City for New York to-day.
Mrs. Meny of Jacksonville was in the
city yesterda'y. the guest of the De Soto.
Mr. W. F. Scherf and party left via
the Plajit System yesterday for Charles
ton.
Mr. P. T. Haskell and party left via
the Plant System yesterday for Charles
ton.
Mr. W. F. Hogan and family left for
New York yesterday via tha Plant Sys
tem.
Mrs. S. H. Cook of Jacksonville was
among the guests of the De Soto yester
day.
Mr. John F. Mulherin of Augusta was
in the city yesterday, the guest of the
Pulaski.
Mr. Thomas Martin of Bluffton was in
the city yesterday, the guest of the
Screven.
Mr. W T . E. Vinson of Guyton was In
the city yesterday, the guest of the
Screven.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kehoe were
among the passengers of the Southern
yesterday for New York.
Mr. W. Falk and family were among
the passengers of the Alleghany, which
sailed yesterday for Baltimore.
Mr. D. J. Morrison and famiyl were
among the passengers of the Southern
yesterday for Hot Springs, N. C.
Mrs. J. H. Jones, who has been visiting
the family of Mr. J. E. Prather, has re
turned to her home, in Augusta.
Miss Ruby Pritchard has returned home
after spending two weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Weller Scott Saft'old, at Guyton.
Mrs. Thomas Bailantyne, Jr., and chil
dren leaves to-night for the mountains of
North Carolina to spend the summer.
Dr. J. G. Bulloch, who Is in attendance
as Indian agent of South Dakota, at the
Educational Convention in Charleston, is
being entertained by McDaniel Ravenel.
Miss Elizabeth M. Sheehan leaves to
night by the Southern Railway for the
mountains of North Carolina to spend the
summer.
Mrs. D. J. Sturdivant, who ha* been
visiting her sister, Mrs. B. G. Gasque in
the city, has returned to her home, in
Thomasville.
Mr. William Kiernnn, Jr., left yesterday
for Bigbee, Miss., where he hos accepted
a position as bookkeeper for the lumber
Arm of Houston Bros.
Miss Annie Hafley, who has been spend
ing the past several months visiting her
aunt, Mrs. H. J. Middleton, on Duffy
street, left on the steamship Kansas City
this morning on her way to Boston.
Miss Mamie Cooley returned during the
week from Atlanta, after a short but
pleasant stay with Mr. and Mrs. George
W. Brine, on West Peachtree street.
Miss Clyde Hln-ly, a well known young
lady of Savannah, will be married this
morning to Mr. E. A. Wall at the resi
dence of her mother, on Park avenue. Mr.
and Mrs. Wall will leave for Columbia,
S. C., which will be their fu Lire homo.
The friends of Mr. E. A. Crane will re
gret to hear of his serious illness. Mr.
H. A. Crane, his father, received a tele
gram yesterday from friends in Graham
ville, where the young man is visiting,
saying that he was seriously ill nnd to
come to Grahamville at once. Mr. Crane
left on the afternoon train, taking with
him a trained nurse.
A lolly crowd of young men left the
Young Men's Christian Association build
ing Friday night for a bicycle run about
live miles out on the Eouisvhlo road, re
turning to one of tlie beef houses, where
a dozen of Georgia's best watermelons
had been placed In the cold stornge In the
morning. Every melon was perfect and
no unnecessary time was lost before they
were made to disappear. A shower hath
at tli* Y. M. C. A. completed the evening's
enjoyment.
STRANGE R AII.UO \D ACCIDENTS,
Some of the Mishap* That llefnll*
Train* Are J nncconntntilc.
.From tlie. New York Tribune.
"You see some unaccountable accidents
In railroading," said John Bundle of Bos
ton, at the Grand. Hotel. “Some years
ago 1 worked on the old Maine Central,
when Payton Tucker—God r.st his mem
ory, for he was a generous employer and
the best of tn ni—was manager of the
line. It was in the days when they wore
bringing the road up to data and nothing
was being spared in expense on roadbed
| THE CHANCE;
i To Bud i
sflMi DEMOTED ill
t Cheaper than Plain ;
> White. I
| Odd Pieces j
> Plates, Dishes, Fruit ;
> Plates and all the other ’
> Shapes at very LOW l
\ PRICES. :
; Dinner Sets j
;* <
At a reduced scale J
> all through the line. '
: Summer Goods Below Cost i
•The Best is Here Always*
: I* SiSI J 10. ,;
; 11 Broughton St., West. *
< r rolling" stock. One day the Boston ex
press ran inlo Waterville and after tle
regular ten minutes for refreshments
started for Augusta. She hadn’t gone fifty
yards before, easily, gently, even compla
cently, the engine went off the track as
calmly as though that was the way she
usually did ih.ngs. A hasty examination
showed that half of the flange on one
side of the forward wheels of the pony
truck had broken off. They sent post
haste for another jacked up the
engine and put it in place of the injured
one. and the train was soon cn its way
again.
Then they staried to find out the place
where the flange had dropped off. The
rea l runs across the Kennebec just north
of the railroad shops and from the shops
to the station it is a perfectly straight
track. It was suppled that the break had
occurred somewlure on that straight line,
as it seemed impossible for the engine to
hold the track on a curve with only ha’f
a flange on its front wheel. It wasn't
tluire, however, and a systematic search
up the line was ordered, and something
like thirty miles away, near 'Newport, it
was finally discovered by a track walk
er. Up and down steep grades, round
sharp curves and across a river had that
engine run in that condition, and finally,
after passing through railw’o-rk to make
a sound engine shudder, it had hopped a
straight piece of track when hardly more
than moving and when the only thing
destroyed or damag and was time. Th© fear
ful accident that might well have hap
pened, it has always seemed to me, must
have been averted by what the law would
term an act of God.”
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ATMJCTiON:
CEDAR PACKING CHEST, COTTON
TRUCKS, SCALES, FURNITURE,
ETC.
C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell MONDAY, 9th, at 22 Congress,
west,
5 Coffee Roasters or Army Stoves, pair
of large Platform Scales for hay. Bed
Springs. Refrigerator, Bureaus, Bedsteads,
Cedar Chest for packing, Matting, lot of
China and Crockery, 6 Cotton Trucks,
Large Stove and Cooking Utensils, Walnut
Wardrobe.
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IF YOlTw 1911 CON IDA’S ICE CREAM
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ART METAL STOOLS, CHAIRS AND
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ENGLISH FOLDING GO-CARTS,
something new, for the babies; can be
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INTERIOR DECORATING COMPANY,
113 Slate, west, agent for best metal ceil
ings for parlors, offices, etc.
HA M MOCKS, HAM MOCKSE CHEAP
ones; nice ones; fine ones; closing them
out cheap this week. C. P. Miller, Agent,
207 Broughton, west.
FINE RICHFIELD LAMB AT "BA~
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WE BE Y AND SELL REAL ESTATE,
negoliate loans on same at 5 per cent.,
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CONIDA'S PAD ACB Of SWEETS;
new addition; the choicest cut flowers for
sale; fresh every day.
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the market; one dollar box; sample and
particulars. 30c. Beard & Cos.. 2426 Olive
street, Louisville, Ky.
PAINTING - DONE BY BEST AR
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BERMUDA LAWN GRASS SEED, AT
Gardner's Bazaar.
JOHN LYNCH, WHITAKER AND
Taylor streets, Is headqarters for t\unny
Side Farm cream; fresh every day.
CASH BUYERS - PICNIC EVERY DAY
thl week; our large stock must be re
duced, and wo will exchange It cheap for
cash. C. P. Miller, Agent, 207 Broughton
west*
Burt & Packard $3.98.
Several lots of oar finest hand-sewed Shoes, in Blacks
and Tans, Vici, Patent Leather and Russia. Calf. None
better made.
$5 afnd th s6, A OSlgßifl
$3-98.Wp „ Wrt
See Window. iSsitss# SBB!!]|i
PERSONAL.
FOX DOES IT FOR LESS. RENO
vates mattresses, packing and upholster
ing. Baby carriages a specialty. 211
Whitaker.
DON’T - TURN YOUR NICE. ’CLEAN
furniture or carpets over to any one for
storage till you have seen how and where
they will store them; there is only one
regular storehouse in the city devoted ex
clusively to this business. Call up tele
phone 2, Savannah District Messenger
Company, 32 Congress street.
MILLINERY! MILLIN' E Ry! ALL
hats and shapes at greatly reduced prices;
flowers, trimming, hats trimmed, 25c;
cleaning, dyeing. Mrs. S. Britton, 136 Bar
nard.
■RING UP - 2104 IF YOtT WANT TO
have your furniture moved or packed for
shipment or storage; I guarantee prices
the same as I do the work that's given
to me. A. S. Griffin, 314 Broughton street,
west; mattresses made to order.
"IF ITS RtJGS YOU WANT. YOU CAN
get them cheaper from McGillts.
IF YOU ADMIRE FLOWERS, STOP
on your way, and look at Conida’6 for
fine roses; fresh every day.
PUT-LEY BELT BUCKLES."WORTH
50c, for 30c, at Gardner’s Bazaar.
BALD WIN DRY AIR REFRIGER A
tors, still in the lead; also full line of ice
boxes, from $3 up. C. P. Miller, Agent,
207 Broughton, west.
THE CHATHAM TRUNK FACTORY
has trunks and traveling goods at the
lowest prices. Broughton, corner Aber
corn.
"PAPER HANGING DONE IN BEST
style by Interior Decorating Company,
113 State, west.
MI LLE R’ S "AWNINGS GIVE SATlS
faction; you had better get our estimate
and let us put you up one at once. C. P.
Miller, Agent, 207 Broughton, west.
FOR FURNITURE AND PIANO
packing, moving or storing, telephone 2,
District Messenger Company, the only
warehouse in the city sepecialiy fitted to
care for furniture and carpets.
WATER COOLERS, ALL StZES, FROM
SI.OO up. C. P. Miller, Agent, 207 Brough
ton, west.
M r GI LLTS SELLS SIXTY-INCH RUGS
—Smyrna pattern., -for 69 cents.
" FOR" FLORAL DESIGNS, PLACE
your orders in time at Conida’s. ’Phone
597.
"wedding presents; SCHOOL
presents, presents of all kinds; large va
rieties at low prices. C. P. Miller, agent,
207 Broughton, west.
'LARGE LOT OF SECOND-HAND MA
chines on hand, cheap; good as new;
guaranteed; New Domestic and White
sewing machines, with ball bearings; see
the Rotary White; full line of needles,
parts and attachments for all machines;
repairs, specialty, guaranteed. G. O.
Penton & Son, Barnard and York; ’phone
eleven-seventeen.
SAVANNAH STEAM DYEWORKST'2I
York, west. Our numerous patrons tell u
that our work is superior to all others in
city. Our process of cleaning and fin
ishing ladles' and gents’ clothing being
up to date, insures satisfaction. 21 York
street, west. ’Phone 2202.
"HORSE - SENSE "SHOULD BE POS
sessed by all horse owners, and should be
exercised in the very important matter
of having their horses properly shod; ill
fitting shoes on a horse unfits the animal
for honest service, and very often leads
to permanent injury; I guarantee th* frt
every time, and all I ask is a trial. Mona
han, the horseshoer and fitter, Jefferson
street, near Liberty.
HATS, - RIBBONS, - FLOWERS”ETC.',
at cost; hat trimmed for 25c. Miss C. D.
Kenner, 117 York, west.
BEWARE or STREET CORNER COM
tractors. There are a few reliable painters
here. Taylor is one of the few.
M’GILLIS TS CHEAP ON RUGS, NETS,
lace curtains, hammocks, water coolers,
pillows, pictures, stoves, bedroom suites,
and furniture of every description.
"MOSQUITO NETSr"9B "cents, AND
up; all grades of American imported lace
with best fixtures, at reasonable prices.
C. P. Miller, Agent, 207 Broughton, west.
THE CHATHAM - TRUNK FACTORY
takes old trunks in exchange for new
ones. Broughton, corner Abercorn.
CROQUET SETS. 73c~ CROKINOLE,
$1.25, at Gardner's Bazaar.
M’GILLIS' LA erf CURTAINS WILL
beautify your parlor.
WHEN YOU SEE M’GILLIS' "SIXTY-
Inch 99 cents rugs, you will buy them.
Just can't help it; will sell In any quan
tity.
““FURNITURE MOVED WITH CARE,”
is a specialty with McGllils.
M'GrLLIS MOVES. PACKS. SHIPS
and stores pianos and furniture; best work
only; no "Cheap-John" prices—no “Cheap-
John’’ jobs.
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MEDICAL.
Pennyroyal Pills are the best. Safe, re
liable. Take no other. Send 4c. stamps
for particulars. "Relief for Ladles." In
letter by return mall. Ask your druggist.
Chichester Chemical Cos.. Philada.. Pa.
MORPHINE, OPIUM, LAUDANUM,
cocaine habit; myself cured; will Inform
you of harmless, permanent home cure.
Mrs. Baldwin. Box 1212, Chicago.
I HAVE FOUND A POSITIVE CURE
for drunkenness; can be given secretly:
will gladly tell you what it Is; don't send
money. Mrs. May Hawkins, Lock Box
L. H. 131, Grand Rapids. Mich.
SfS'L Fffif
Gentlemen who have stout, fleshu feet we ask to
kindlu call and examine our specialty for them,
Whu wear a clumsu looking shoe when we can
dress uour feet in a neat, stylish and same time com
fortable shoe at as small a price as uou pau for the or
dinaru kind? This is a special last ani must be seen
to be appreciated. No one else has it. Come to-day.
GEIL & QUINT
PHONE 62 jog BROUGHTON. WEST.
UMDWAh.
'^MORPHINe'aNIT^rTS~MASTERSb
“They have made many others happy ”
“And are justly elated themselves ov4r
their unbounded success here in pa*-
weeks.” Dr. F. W. Chitty & Cos., who so
Quietly came to this city three weeks ago
and without the knowledge of a single per
son except their patients, have painlessly
created and cured nine parties who were
addicted to the use of opium, morphin*
or whisky in one form or another They
use the original painless Syms or Heflin
remedy, and also the Stephens treatment
fhey have reason to be congratulated
having foiled In no case to cure, painl
lessly, effectively and quickly. They ,>r v
down no one’s treatment, and their pa.
trons are thoroughly advertising them
with just praise. Dr. Chitty & Cos. offer
to those using opium, morphine, cocaine
chloral or whisky, In any form, a guar
anteed painless cure in 5 to 12 days. Those
placing themselves under their treatment
are offered SI.OO for each minuto of pain
during treatment. They are liberal, hav
ing treated some cases free, who are de
pendent upon charity for sustenance of
life. Remember, they guarantee a cure in
every case or money refunded. They have
reduced the price of their treatment for
10 days only, to $50.00. This includes
board and ail other expenses. They em
ploy only best trained female nurses for
all lady patients. They have all the com
forts of home life. Or you An be treat
ed in your own home, without the knowl
edge of servants or other inmates. Dr.
C . hl ‘*y * c<> - Hlso se 'l a home treatment
at $2n.00 and $33.00. Parties desirous of
taking advantage of the reduced rates
must address, at once. Dr. F. W. Chitty
& Cos., general delivery. Savannah, Ga
or call on or address their representative’
Mr. Bamberg, at Room No. 56, Marshall
House, this city. All correspondence sa
credly confidential.
HOW ARK"voT7R - TOET7 ip YOUR
feet are troubling you, call on me and I
will give you relief; I cure ingrowing nails
corns and all diseases of the feet without
Pain; charges reasonable; can give the
best references in the city; patients treat
ed at residences; orders can be left at Liv
ingston’e drug store. Bull and Comrreae
streets; telephone 293. Lira Davis %ur
gear „M.v>r.odi*t.
HELP VVAiTEO-MALE.
"^A^^GOODp^ALI^ROUND^OUTSIDE
i man to work in the loan business; one
with some experience in Insiallment col
lecting and willing to work; this is a
good opening to tha right man. Apply
in own handwriting any day during ihii
week, E. L. C., care Morning News of
fice.
EXPERIENOED SALES
people for our various departments. Ap
ply to Gutman's 19 Broughton street, west.
WANTED, THREE GOODELEOf RlC
ians. Apply at 40 Drayton street, 8 o'clock
Monday morning. Savannah Blsotrlcal
Company.
“WANTEdTSMART - BOY ABOUT 15
1 years old to attend cigar stora Apply in
own handwriting, giving reference. Ad
dr, ss K., Morning News.
i WANTED, BOOKKEEPER CONVER
i sant with retail grocery business. A. B.
D., Morning- News.
WANTED; iSOLICITOR FOR CITY;
good line, commission; only those will
ing to work need apply. Address Solici
tor, News office.
WANTED, COOic; MALE OR ITBS
male, to go Wilmington Island at ones.
Apply at Launey Studio, 21 Broughton,
west.
wanted; traveling - man OVER
21 for Georgia; SSO monthly to start and
expenses; permanent position, if satisfac
tory; good route; addressed envelope for
reply. Manager Gillls, 358 Dearborn, Chi
cago.
WANTED. IMMEDIATELY FOR - 1
month, experienced stenographer, male or
female. Address L., Morning News.
ENERGETIC YOUNG MAN FOR
keeping small set, double entry books;
one understanding stenography preferred;
state salary, experience and give refer
ences. Address Energy, News office.
WANTED, A GOOD COACHMAN. Ar
ply Monday morning, mine to ten, 212
Waldburg street, east.
WANTED AT ONCE, DRUGGIST;
licensed. W., care Knight's Pharmacy.
GOVERNMENT POSITIONS, DON'T
prepare for any civil service or census
examination without seeing our catalogue
of information, sent free. Columbian
Correspondence College, Washington,
D. C.
HUSTLING SALESMAN WANTED
by well known house; natural ability and
aptness counts for more than experience;
give references. Box Three, Detroit,
Mich.
WANTED. BY AN ESTABLISHED,
well-rated firm, scheme or specialty men,
o sell an exceedingly attractive and sal
able line; special terms and unique in
ducements; high-priced men, investigate.
Box 432, Dotrplt, Mich.
WANTED, TRAVELING SALESMEN,
side line, 210 high-art calendars, fans, etc.,
for all classes of trade; big commissions
advanced: mention reference and other
line curried. Lawtoip-Ward Company.
Station U, Chicago.
WANTED, SALESMEN EVERY*
where; campaign money makers; Bryan
and McKinley steel plate pictures on
31x14 H4oek; finest out; big profits; sam
ple by mail, 10 cents. National Steel En
graving Company, 385 Dearborn street,
Chicago.