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4 gTfjc Jlrfning Jtfftog. Morning Nesr* Huildliii; ►*tnnnali *• 'V Till Hsim, nuvkmiii:ii N, IMHI, Registered ai th© I’uitollh# in Savannab. The MORNING NEWS is published every day in Ui >er. and i Mfvd lo subscribers in the city, or iwi by unin, u Too u month. U 00 tor mix nwiilw, and U lor one >or. The MoRKINd NEWS. by mail. six i.nun m wctk (without Sunday Issue), ih;e uiunUii, sl.*o, a nooiiu U‘Ai. one >sr k* o. 'inc WLKKLY NEWS. 2 Issues * week. Mm. Jay and Thursday, by ina.l. on® ytil, li-00. Sub rtpnone iyible In tdv*n*e Re mil by i val order, check or register*-*! Utier Currency eent by mail at ri*k oi traders. Transient advertisements. other lhan epe i column, local or reading not. .x amusement© and cheap or want column la cents a line. Fourteen line# of aKat* type- equal io one inch square In tiepin— I# the standard of Conlmrt i.e# and discount made known on appll* cation at bualnttei oflUe. Orders for delivery of tha MORNING New# io either retkki ct or pla of business may be m*de by postal card Of through telcjihone No. 2lv. Any irregular My In delivery should be Immediately re ported to tha office of publication. Letter* and telegrams should be ad dicaaod '‘MOUSING NEWS.' Savannah. Os. EASTERN York city, 11. C. Faulkner. Manager. LDLI 1U MW AD\ LRTISEMEXTS. Mrc tings—Zerubbabcl Lodge, No. 15. F. A A M Special Notice Nervous Dyspepsia and frustration Cured by Huwsnec* Springs. Water Business Notices Hn vard Tura Rear. Henry Solomon a- Bon. Now open- Savannah's Great Elks' Car nival and Ktr**et Fair. Cheroota—Old Virginia Cheroots. Legoj Noth Citation From ttie Clerk of the Court of Ordinary. W.iantng Fowd*T-I'*-arllne ' Soldier's Bmh the.irt.' at Matinee and " Friend*" To-night at Thea ter Auction Sale#—Singer Pianos, by C. II Dorsett An A r-er; Silver, C na, •<- K Etc., by C || Domett, Auctioneer. Kll ver ware, Furniture, Etc., by C. 11. IMr sett. Auctioneer. forqtmtry Floors Wood Morale Ca Eat well—Eat wall Gelatine. trap* Nuts—l'astum Cer* al Company. Whisky Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey; Yellow Isabel Whisky. Mtdxvil IVruna; 'storia; Ayer's Cher ry Pectoral 8 S A.. Hood’s Sarsaparilla, Mother’# Friend; Lydia Pink barn's Vege table 1*111#; Wortfl's Dispensary Prepara tions. Stuart’s Catarrh Tablets, lfors f* rd s Arid Phosphate Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Want*d, Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; I/at; Personal; Miscellaneous. The Weather. The Indirafions for Georgia to-day are Rr fair weather, with freak south to west njiMlt. ainl fr Eastern Florida, fair weather, with light variable winds. It Is nrw In order for the self-constl tuted cabinet makers to begin to recon* struct President McKinley's official house hold. The remainder of this week ought to prove profitable to the hat. cigar, umbrel la ami clothing stores, and other estab lishments that tlet! In commodltli* which flection tietinr* are f.eid or wagering with each other A doocti tniim nt Republican* hv© as ••rted positively that the re-election of McKinley would mean the kmn.-dute col* lip*’ of the Philippine Insurrection, We shall now set whether or not they were good prophets. Mr Bryan Is *llll a young man. und a vsry able i ntn Thar# Is po likelihood (bat b© will draj> out of the public #{ght Th* p<*ople of h4s sLita are devoiud to him ll may l*a that h© will play quite a large part in the Hatiats. Birmingham Is ambitious. Bh© wishes to he a big city, and la now dlsrusalng th© ftaalbllity ami adviMihllKy of annex ing Besaecner. The Bessemer people, h>w ©ver. are nos much atrtnk with th© scheme, snd are talking of anew county with Ihelr town os the enunty s et. Chile 1s going to ixxlure her navy. It ta report©*! that she will sell one rruiwr to Ecuador, one to Peru anl two t<>rp*)n boat destroyers to Jtipun. T/iat she wld enemy. s©*ma i© be pretty good ground for th© belief that they have settled their quarrel and ar© now good friends. With the political tanipaucn oui of th© way, tmvTi#* attention may now be given lo matters tarried over until after the elec lion Among such matters .ire th© prose cution of the postofffee thieves in Cuba, •he ire trust matter In New York, the ffi drmnlty due this government by th© Pub!feme Port© of Turkey, and the Pear# Indemnity claimed by the government against Honduras. Th© Bhah of Persia cut a w.d© swath In Paris during bis visit to the expoel- Mon Ha entertained lavishly, ami made a targe number of costly presents. Ills expense account during the few weeks of the visit U aakl to have amount**) to up wards of $2,501*000. Whlb he was in Paris "blowing himself." hi# people were suf fering from famine The feeling against the profligate Sruth is said to be Intense, but since the Persians l>elh*ve In the di vine tight of kings. It I* rux likely that His Majesty will su(T©r any dli* tmfort from th* (lisi;*uiKure of hi# subjet'ts. People who were preoccupied In watch ing the r< <nt polltk iU toiUeat did not ki ow it m wi.* Ijmh bad been pr©dieled for last Week, heru** they were not wor ried by the fr* iioilon. But the Second Adventists of Binghamton, N Y . knew of It and were prepared lo be "whirled Into glory" while the rewt of creation was liv ing cruMied by the collapse of tho -arth. M<*ny of th* Adventists gave away all of th©tr prof>©rty a# u (>art of the prepa ration for r celestial Journey, and now thwt they ha vs not boon whirled." they are reduced to comparative poverty. TUP HI .111 CEO MUOIITIRM. In only one or two of the states ire Mr. M Klnley's majoritbs anywhere rear* a-* lary* dr- they were in Iklsi. Ill** majorltv In Massachusetts is HmOQU Iras than it was four years ago and that In N* w York enow* a great billing off In a of t • New England Htates the majorttps r* vary much less than th* \ w* r** In tha first contest between Mr McKinley and Mr Bryan. What Is the meaning of th©#* rfdu* ed majorities • Do they mean that the fca r of /ree silver Is not so m ute .a Jt wis four years ago or that there Is a grow In a sentiment against nut and the tinmens*' expenditures of money and waste o i life In the Philippine*? Ever since the *Io e of the Spanish - Arm rt* .in war tlx people have be* $ beskging Congress to reduce the war tans*. Congress has b -dialed to listen to the demand for relief from ex eeasive taxation heraufs of the ©xtraordt nar ei|rn .h • in fed with the w r n the Philippines It may t- that the administration hav ing im • n i.-tniixd th** effort.* I prt' lfv tb* Filipinos will be more u * >aful. It has been tlnlmod tliar tlie Philippine policy iid VO' a led by Mr liry.in had the effr. f of rnokit.g the Ed ipi ho# re ist our rtiithorlty. It will now be seen whether or not this claim w.m well foundel. If It w.i • the Insurrection ought to <lla', -e e.i on *•. and the .-ituation ought to imp:ov )-<gr* ally that It will be pi lbl* to bring home vary soon the gi*u*r put <#f th holdur- new In gsrrtfons <oi the Islanl- The ItepuhllcMn party will have to b two thlnga If It wlahaa tc fsonpa very gen oral crKlrlfni Ii will have to reduce the war lax* und find - in* way lor restrain ing that class of trust?- widen are orf.it is* and for plunder. The Heput*li>an party was sustained In the election on Tuesday mainly 1> cu of It* |Hsliioi> on the money qin-ttl.ou Th* sliver iju* -tion is trow **ut **f the way fur* ver. Thci** i* no doubt *>f that Sil ver being no longer a source of dinger th* people will give more attention i taxes and trusts. Util*>s tha Republic n reduce the taxis and restrain trusts thay will very e*K*u find thenwflvca In the minority. v> Aid % vi’%<;e at m:\v oiii.kiaa. in discussion of inauranc*. rt*?* on ccaan i , otton freights in this city recent ly the argument was advanced tlwit New i irb-ans h - l*eper writer to th*- ‘ than Savannah. ml therefor*- can accommodate 1 larger steamers It *tns, however, (hat | New Orleans has no advantage over B i vamiah In this reaper!. When tha Jet ties at Che mouth of the Mississippi were built th© channel between them was *> le. t deep in the shnllowesK place, and !*) feet In the deepest. The jetties are not as effective, however, .ta |hay were when first constructed, in ’he c hant.et nxida by them mere I* onlv .’*; feet of m-iter in th* #halb>west places. *nd the ah>aliiig Is going on so fast that it Ims iH**ti found tmpoaalhla to maintain th** channel at even hat depth at alt time*. The efforts to Increase the scour ing fore# of the current by making the jelly channel narrower, have proven In effective. The volume of water paaekng through them has been diminished, a greater percn#age of water going out through Southwest Pass and Pas# ala I/utre. There Is now I iHopowltkm t*i abandon the Jetties I which are copMitructed in Houth ! Pium nnl construct Jetties In Bouthwest Ease, which le much larger than Houth pass, and promises a better channel. Hire .it we have 2fl f v e€ on the o* * an bar, and it does not undergo any change. That, as already stated. Is Just about tho *h*pth through the jetties at New Orleans. If the* 2A-foot project ehouid be- undertaken in Savannah s bar *or the o* *-an bar wnuhl of course have to be deepened. It Is the understanding that that could be easily accomplished It Is iianlly piolailde that if It should he de termined to Improve Boutnw*-st Pas# • deep* r channel than 25 f**et could be ae. cured. It appears therefore that New t>rlSHiis cannot now-. nI le not likely to in tli** future, accommodate larger steam ers titan Bavannah. A\ AIH-LISE RAILKOAD TO It. 4.1 STI. There Is some talk of an air line rail road lo Augusta. A short line ( onnectlng the !utsvilie and Nashvill** system with Savannah I © o)i that is need* and 40 | M *rfect this city’s control of th# comm crew of the South and Southeast An air lln road lo Augusta would b© a very short one— iot over a hundred mile# in 1* ngth. Such a line would be of great advantage to Augusta a# wel| a# to Savannah. For year# Augusta ha# been wanting a short line to tltc* ►■*, and it v-ould not be a bad idea for some of her enterprising clttxen* to ©4art the und* risking and enlist other# of th** ame kind in Savannah Savannah hn# laid a practical lllu.-tra tion of what anew railtoad can do for a city in the results which have Billowed th© building of th* South Bound Railroad (now a | *•• rt of ih* S**-thoaid Air Line) from Ibis rlty lo 4’olumbM. This railroad was built almot entirely by Savannah capita, and Savannah men. Without that radios*! the Florida Ofitral and Penin sular Railroad Irom Jacksonville to Sa vsnnah. would not have b*en built, and Savannah would not have had (he Hea- N>ar*l Air Lin© or It# t* rtnlnal© on Hutch inson's Island, or tlx additional tni!ue* which they have brought to this |*>rr There ar© now four great railroad sys tems which either make Savannah their txadquarti rs ur piincipa ©xj-irt port, and, with a short line road to Aug i-ta, it is reasonable n oncitul© that the latulsville ami .Nashville system would avail itself of th* advantages of thb |ff. Such a road would h*l*l greatly ti th© proanelity of Augustu by bringing It bearer to th© sea. A million of doidir* couM *• raised easily tn the two < It lew by a construction company to bund it It i atxjut th* only road rx tabxl to fully >atiif> the rallroa*) it©*lt* of Savannah and Aukum i ‘ Fool" election bt© are now die tu he paid The austere gentleman rolling $ i©-anut uphill with n toothpwk. :h© • •lid ciUxen whitewashing a ton of coal, and the dignified i*-l*leru rolling his op l>**n©nt about town in a will b© in evidence for th© next few days. Th© operation on the foot of Senator Davis of Mlnneota, reported in our dis patch©#. was rrs4*l * tx wsFary. it 1# said, by th© dy© from hla ho-* getting into ♦ut on n corn. 1* tn* at on** dm* f©.r.l that his foot would have to be tut off but there 1* now a good prospect of sav ing 1C THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 8. 1000. ( IIUKF.iI TO lilt I % V Evidently Mr. Crokiff fell on Tuesdny 1 rdght that was an explination du from him to Mr Hr van. because, as soon u* ft became vld*nt that his prediction .* • to tho r*- w ‘<ilt th** aleotton In New York city bad not been fulfilled, he hist, rnal t announce to Mr Itryan tha* "t are defeated but not dish* arfened.** To his snnoun ment of defeat he added h statement w i h. alth/High It might have made Mr. <’rok r feel that he hu*l not i*<r.c go badly -ifter nil, could not have been the sour e **f much satisfaction to Mr liryan Tfie I tt* r. of couraa, remcm bere| that Mr M K lev bad carried New York In 1 and did not tvtd to I>e re rnlr.drd of It What be wanted was news that he b and carried New York by h na Jority tha* would give him tne state New- like that c what Mr Proker Ist i promised *• irivo him. if the voluminmis ( r port** In the New York papers are to h* relied upon. Instead. Mr C’roker tent him a -t* ni*n? of what wonderful things h* (Prokeri bad done And Ii rntisl admitted that Mr. Pro kT lid very good work, lie did more thm any other min In New York could have done lie turned i majority of 2 f*r 5b Ktnh y in to i very onsidera bfe majority f*r Mr Hryan in ’■> If g-sxl Wi*ik had lw n done for Mr. Hry an In other parts -f th* o mty the re sult wo jM have been different. HUH. Mr PToker will bo charged pyoh ai*ly. With having sold out Mr liryan His friends will not credit It Ths .-lm l*le truth Ih Mr. Croker attemptefj the Im possible and failed. Mr. Bryan himself is toHiliinc for having lost New York lie ipM*ted ui*on * plank In the Demo cratic plttform which n majority of the voters of New York would not accept. The N* w York •UHiation at tha Kansan (’tv convention knew they would not accept it The h*w* ver, followed Mr. Bry an Instead of Mr. Hill Had Mr Croker been a* firm again* t silver at that contention as Mr. Hill was, Mr Croker might hove had the aatlafactior of sending a very different inr.-s******* to Mr. Bryan on th* flight of the election *E> \toh JnM'.v fiort.n i.M>a. An excellent characteristic of Senator Jones, < halt man of the Drmocf atlc Na tional Comtnlttee,is his ho, efulnes.-* As • IKdltlcjl manager he never give** up until everybody else acknowledges *lefent. H* holds the fort after all his generals nl his army have surrendcr*d. m the night of the election he refuted to give out any statement, ur to admit *l* feat lb* Mtnply .< ld that he bad rot enough fiu*t*i upon which tu bas* a statement, and therefore lie ploMtl his d< .k at.*l went to bed. ll** felt that there might lu u mistake In the return# som*wher*'- a mistake that would clumge the w hole sit uatux - anl he re garded It the part of wisdom to wait un til the returns were nil In l**f. re commit ting him *-!f rea| Hiding tha result. Mr. Jon**# l . very cautious man. ll* was Just as cautious In IW*> ns he showed himself to l- on election night. In that cumpuign h* claimed the election of Mr Bryan after It was admitted by every oth nr Democratic lead r of note that he had been defeated. Nothing Is lost, however, by being slow to admit of defeat In an election. No doubt this hopefulness aid cautiousness of Mr. Jones had some In fluence in keeping him .it the head of the national oinmltt*e of hi* imfty. It cannot l>e said th.it Mr. Jones made any tnl-takes In til* management of the impaign. Of course, he lost the battle, but mat was not his fault. He did not k * about the country making statements and charges like Mr. Il.mna did—a** l ® mints and charges which called forth m d’gnant denials, but which stirred up vot ers and brought them to the |M>lls. Ho stayed at his headquarters and conducted the rttmpaKn in a dignified manner. No doubt there are some who think Mr. Jonas l.i not enough of a hustler to !*• at the head of the national committee of his party—that ho Is not quite the m.n for manager of a national campaign but if i they were to be asked wherein Mr Jones failed th*y would not be ready with an inswer. HUH. It is dmihtful if h will manage another campaign for hi# party Georgia compliments Herator Bacon by a unanimous re-eleotlon to his seat In ih* B. rate; and the compliment is well be* stowed lie has served the state and the country with marked fidelity and ability, and occupies a position high in the coun cils Of "the most august deliberative body In the world " H* no tor Bacon’s ability Ms quickly recognised after his ad\ent Into th** Hctiste. and it w is comparatively a very short while until he became one of the leaders fh national legislation Home of the most important measures brought before Pongres* during bis term were originated anil introduced by him Not all of them were su essful. hut even his party opponents have acknowlelge<l the patriotism and s* t* manship of Ihelr author. , The government of Rtiesla Is so well pleased with the two warships recently built for It In this country that It has d* terminedV*o give an order for five other war ships to American builders. The or dcr. It Is add. will be placed within the next few* months Russia has Do during recent years purchased a number of loco motives In th.** country. Asa purchaser of locomotives, however, she is about to no out of the market. Russian shops have b* en built or planned having a capndty lof l niiv locomotives avid Ki.fKft cars per year. This 1- greater than the demand wlil be for some time Tllaha>-ee remains the capital of the state of Florida. Tlve voters could s*e no g**>l reason for saddling themselves with a large debt on account of the pro positi removal, when the present capital .ind capitol answer every purpose. The ! Governor p.*lnt*Hl out not U*ng ito that i the alleged necessity for a n*w enp’tol was nou-exlstent. and the people have Glow it that they agree with him H* v era I ambitious Klor'da cities will t>* din appointed because of the result of the election; but the public Interest I of , idgn*r Importan e than the cvnhltlwt) <l | any city. Quay is apparently ugaln on lop in Penn sylvania. notwithstanding John W .tra- I maker's fund of IBMwO put up for the ; t<ur|K> of proarotltm utnl punishing * rooked election sort It really seeim | that the vo;cr** of Pennsylvania itre f*n’.*l |of Quay and his methods. Ilis opponents • use him of about ail of the crimtHt in the catalogue, but somehow or dither toe majority of the Republicans urs usually found Handing with him. The N#w Yrk newi-patiers, particular ly the l!**raldl. broke the record in e|* - Urn 'timatea. The ll* raid's forecasts, tint only of ps city but the country, were practically verified by the actual result* 'i tils goes lo show, of course, that the Information gathered nl published by a gr*ar aid italepcndent n*-w fwper ta much more reliable than tha* disseminated from partisan sour es. • —— JT.HthML. • - Too Emperor of Austria has ordered a full-length portrait of himself which he sill present to Hir ll* r e Rumtiokl. tha retiring British Amb.i dor. —ramtllo Pavos. tv . did n 81. Peters burg ••* other day, wa* on** of tne fore mo* * of Rusal in JotirnHilsts and a pioneer n* w *ap* i man In that cuitntry. Imnlel-O. French fi nearly finished his model for the heroc etasue of Gen. James And* rron. whk i Andrew Pameglo is to give to tho city of Allegheny. Henry deWlndt, the explorer. has Marled on hie Journey through Htberla ID will cross the Retiring straits and then go by wav of th* M< k* nil© river to Win nipeg At the eenterinlal celebration of the Iletr ♦, of t'olumoix next month the rp akT* will be Hcnadors Daniel an*) M< - Coma and Congressmen Payns and Richardson. —The kite Prof Max Muller desired, all h*e youta. to become nuts: un but al tnough he had gr*at talent m that liree tlon. bo hnallv gave up the plea hecau*o deafness was hereditary In his family. Mr*- Josephine M Dodge, widow of Arthur M D*-It** and * blest daughter of the late Gov. Marshall Jewell of Conn*' 11* us. has presented u th* Wadsworth Afh* uoftim ut Hartford. Conn., Miss Harriet 110.-nier s statue of "Zenobis In Chains." —Rev. Ella Groendyke, sister of R**v. Montgomery Groendyke of ilartbird City. In*)., has Ndi s'-nt to Hlera where the massacre of the mlsslonar:*• occurred last year She hoe olrcwdv *pens four years in Afri* # and will tindertako to re* bull i the destroyed missions, III! 14.111 HITS. —"Very chargeable tran, isn’t he? I wonder what hl latest whim is." "Wall a I guess I am We re engaged " Brooklyn Life. -HH Hupl<lons Aroused—"Mimtru" said Johnny. "I don't believe this I# a health food ’ "Why not. son?" "It tastes good."—Chicago Tribune. —The Connoisseur—You don’t mean to ray that there was ever anything In na ture like that landscape** Art let Well. I should ay not I claim to b** original In my work. I'm not h copyist, I'd have you to know —Boston Transcript. —He—Do you understand tha language f flowers, dear? Hh* Oh, yes. a little "Do you know what those doxen roses I sent you last night mean. love?" "Why. yes; tbout ll’ 75, dear."—'Yonker* Statesman. "If that poet conus in tell him I’va gone to Kalamazoo,** *all the editor. "What’s up?" asked the aedst.'int ed itor "Ob' it’s the r%'mio*itr*r again," wald th** editor, wearily; "he made the poet say that a miss i as good as a lit ale."—Phila delphia Record. —"Jane earn** home to-day crying, and yol'l she was sure George no longer loved her with his whole heart. And they've been married only two months." "Jane s a goose. Anybody who looks at Georgs knows that his heart's all right. It s hi* liver mat > gone back on Jane."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wh**n King Solomon broached tho sub ject of matrimony, the Queen of Hheb# laughed merrily. "I have a parrot that swears and a monkey tha# < hew* tobacco, so what do I want of husband?" ahe ex *la lined, with an arh look. "Chestnuts!" roared Solomon, deprecat ing ly. "Th** Kina also r ailed Her Majesty’s at tention to th** fact that ..acro was not yet discovered, but the Queen wh* not to Ik* shaken in her determination ~l>*iroit Journal. 4IItME NT OMWENT. Tha Charleston New# an.) Courier fDemi soy* "What changes if any, Mr McKinley will rn<k* In bis foreign poll •*h *. In view* of the growing sentiment in th*- (Hiittry against thes policies, it is lmp.-*ible to i*r*dlct~-he has made some very remarkable changes in the past and is quite *.t|*al4* of lotng sudden and un a< coiintahle things One of th* most dll. flcuit problems, however, with which he w'ill have t .|*al will le how to control hie first assistant, the pirturcs*iue and strenuous |ersoQ who has been tlncit'd to tak hi* place in case of accident. If the exuberant Ibusevtlt is not running the xe utlve de|H*rtmen( of the govern ment blore the inaitguraflon ceremonies are well over, it will not be his fault, and bow the great OhUmn will be nhl# to reduce the Greater New York**r to a condition of ' • nevoU*nl aestmllatbai.* we annot even guess That Is why we are ?• f*nd *f Mr Ro<>a**\ It he may be of mu* h advantage to the Democrats after all." The Philadelphia find save: "When a business yielding considerably more than fintVooo,oo6 # year stl I shows fs <hmoo deficiency*, any bttslners man will say there must h-* something wrong with It* management. That Is the esse of the I ‘os t office Department. Its income. I *sl venr. amounted to 9162.5M.&79. and yet there was a deficiency if s4.fi*l.TlV which had to be made good from tMhcr sources. The trouble Is well known, it has been panted out many ttm**. It Is one which only Congress can remedy, and CoagriM persfaiantly refuses to apply the remedy. What a powerful pull the men int* rested In keeping the (vMal rate*© a? Fieir prei*- ent iit>surl nd agpenylve clnssttlcaiion must have " The Nashville American (Dem ) says: "Every city In the South reporting bank carings show** gillie with the exception of Galveston and Fort Worth. The gteat hurGcunc proisibiy accounts for Guives- KHi’s *le tin* Savannah shows th** gieat. >st gain. >i.*j per cent., but Augustn Lit tle Rock. M* mphls. Birmingham. N*rf Ik and Houston tmtk* excellent gains Nas vlllc’s total clearings for the ten months of tills year JIV. k 4:*,tfs. tn* t*orr*|tonling periot of ..*• year. * gain In percentage or • 1 Dixie * land is doing pretty well this > ir, thank you -and the laUtut of the *ountry leti’t doing bad." The Mobile tAI i.) RgUter (IVm.l says "Already the% are talking about presiden tial randldntes for IPM as if we hadn't had ei.o gl of it for tho pjes*nt. The •xaintrv s rntltled to a ret of at ’e tsi three years an.) we wish the pcltlictine would t,k* out an Injunctkui on them selves and r main quiet till wo can all ♦ t a K<od breath." The Atlanta Journal tlem ea\: "iLorgii F Justly ptoud of Ber.ator H<* *n. and we predict that hi second trim In tn** (!• nan will Increase the fame and usefulness which ho has already ac quired.’* % Home-Made Roorback. "Pa." said little Francis, "shit's a roorback?” • "Wall," Mr. lioodiesap replied, accord ing to the 4\v tiro Time*-Herald I don't know as I ran explain It so you'll under stand exa tly. but may r>e you can get ai> idea of whut It is from little story I’ll tell you About two weeks ago 1 n ’.'elves! a icM*r fr>m a lady who a-ked If I could g t her s half-fare ticket on a certain railroad Before answering her or taking any step* la the matter I thought 1 # would tell your mother about It. Ho. when I itne home :rom 4he oftl e thnt evening I * left to your mother, rays 1: "*M* mm i 1 got a letter from lady who want* nw* to get her a half rate railroad r k©r Hne knows I have Opportunities lo do Ihls. and I suppose she thought she might as well save the money ns not |f I would help her.* " Hriow me nat letter. Tom Doodle eai" your m*a4her demanded. I put it in * pig* on-iiole in my desk.’ I fold her. or else I threw' it In the waste basket I don't reim-mber which ' •Well. Francis, your mother was not armi**d. Hb** informal m** that the wonvtn who bad written #?• letter was a brasen thitig. an*i wanted to know If I had ever seen her I had I told your mother r*o. In fact, 1 hud known this woman before >our mother and I w*r* married. Frun cls Your dear, fond motner up arwi diwn several times, and said things to m that I am going to try to forg*: I n> not stii ceed in doing this, but I am going to try Bh told tne that If I had not encouraged he woman in some wxy sue never woukl have dared t* write to m<* hi she did. I pro#*'*ted that I na*l n* ver, to mv know ,edg*. given her a word of encouragement- at not since your m.imma and I have been hurband and tvlfe. Before shat I had tried to he kind to her—had. tn fat t. done al! In my power to win her favor I admitted this oiely. but M did not seem to strengthen or re new your mother* confWl* nee In tn-*. Hhe /lenounced tm as a sneak and a de - civ* r Bh# k*iiJ she didn’t believe l had told her half, imd flatly Informed nie Hint If 1 ever had any more* to do with this woman our I ippy home would go to •ma.xn like a cold storage egg upon the of a political candidate, or words to #ht effe<*i. " 'But my dear.’ I said to your mother, 'suppose t nut I get tne ticket and you send It to her? There would be nothing Im proper about that.' What!' your dear mot hex answered, "would von (Mill your wife down to this person a level! No! And you shall not get the ticket* You bring that letter homo to-morrow' You know where It *#, und you know too. that I# hasn't been put In the waste basket. Don't you come horn** to-morrow without It*' And' a>* I to your mother, ‘you won t reconsider about she ticket?* "I will not tepeat tha answer I re ceived, Francis. Your mother was firm In her decision that the lady must rs< ceiva no further consideration frm me, and so the matter was dropped untU the n**xt day. except that I received some kvoks which were calculated to make my e lot hex a great dial too big for me "Well, Francis, the next evening I brought home #he letter. It was from your Grandma Pmldleford. who wish***) to *ome am) pay u* a visit, and thought I might send her the half-rale ticket as w:i ms not. When your mother had read he latter she was up against about the nearest thing to a roorback that I nm able to describe.’* A Tale of Chivalry. Th© Knight, on his prancing st©ed, rodo up to tho cast I© gt©, and striking his hall*©rd upon hi# braxvn shield th© clang ing sound rang out upon th© r oraing air and echoed through the moated grange, says the Washington Btar Th© ever watchful B©n**chal upon th© outer wall Ix-.irtl the summon# of th© visit ing Knight and responded. Ho. there, calbd th© Knight In sten torian tones, "Ho." ' What wouldst. Sir Knight?" Inquired the Heoeschal. removing his helmet. "la*t th© port* iillU fall," ©aid the Knight. "I would enter th© Castle and see th© fair lady who ts Its mistress. Wait but a little," replied the Sen©* sf hal, ’ nrxl I will come ©gain." Th© Knight bowel, and the Seneschal, descending into the Castie, went into the grand hall where the fair lady sat upon u ralsecl dais beneath a canopy of crim son and g*ld and purple The Seneschal, intwing thrice, approach •*<l the hem of thg fair lady's garment. "What m©an# your presence h*re, var |et?” Inquired the lady. "A Knight 1# at th© gate of the Castle, fair lady." said the Beneschal. "What would he?" "To s*'e the mistress of the Castle.*' "Is it the Kniitht of Campntjrf* "No. fair lady.” "Then it must b© th© Knight of Ah©r* •lean," *h© raid, half io herself, and blush ing softly. "No. fair indy. It Is not," said the fteo eschal. Not he, varlet?" she exclaimed angri ly "Then who is It?" • I know not. fair lady." answered the trembling Sotx-.0h.i1; "but. Judging from his language. I should >ay it was the Man with the Ho." i Mulit In tli© City. James Barton Adams in Denver Post. The curfew tolls th© knell of parting day, The evening shadows blanket all the town. The w*aiy fhlc) husband homeward takes >i. way In fear bis waiting wife may call him down! f Behind th© billboards on the vacant lota The hold-up crouches with his bag of s ind. And rlurtered ro*rd the corpulent Jack pots SB anxious men with pictured cards In ban 1. And lovers stroll beneath th© starlit skies And feed each other's cars with honeyed lies. The nr-' lights spit and splutter overhead. The noisy tram cars roll along the street. Th© big policeman of the funeral tread Bwlpi:i peanuts from the stands along his bent. Within th© w-s*he© house the snowy f-hin With ©pr *v from pucketoi vno-ith Wun Lung**© wets. And prowlers ph k cigar stumps from th© dirt Which, later, we will gei in cigarettes. And o’er his fragrant, greasy, steaming can Of mystery ©lands the hot tamak* man. in moisture Joint# where glasses clink we hvitr, A© through the dimly lighted streets we walk. Men ©urs* expansion o’er their lager beer. With tongues expanded till they *crc© nm talk. A"d he*l©ra flush with cash of . andldat*- To drink wlih them th© red-nosed ra.indent pres#. And in their slangy eloquence dilate Hpoo the ballot© guarded facredn©##. And auk ih© biiiphier# to do all they can To land their pure, unspotted, honest man. The night creeps on; the tun kmen nt the call Their sleep banked eves with chilly Un gers rub. Then Nje.*d away with rmtllng wheels to haul Th© mn with tangl*sl legs home fr>m the club. The tir**d tmrke©irr# cloe© an*) lock th ir door s, Th© hums themselves to tso-cent beds hetak©. The weary cop In Wirkened hallway snores Ar.d dr* rrw of c ues he iu>es not when awake. The wi-ked town relinquishes Rs sin* To vutch * btlfrie iuv day bvguui If m or IWTERMBT. —According to the postal receipts of the fifty largest cities in the country, Boston makes the remarkable average of a trifle bss tpen pi to each Inhabitant, showing that either a vast amount of business Is done tn Boston by mall, or else the social correspondence Is much heavier thin else where Boston, with IflO/wi) less than half ttf many Inhabitants as Philadelphia, shows p etal receipts only 1211.660 leas than the latter. Boston’s receipts are fl.3Mo.fr” more than Ht Louis, although the latter city is the larger by K.OOO. —Home time ago a rural paper printed the following; "East week a lam In Buck county was struck by lightning, set on fire and burned to the ground This mske> the tilth case of Incendiarism In the dis trict this year." This remind* th** Ixndoi Daily Chronicle of an account published some years ago in a weekly Journal 'ii Hf'Otland of damage done to ths steeple of t parish church by lightning, a part of which read thus: "This, the act of a wise Providence that cannot err, might hav** been avoided if the steeple bad been provided with a lightning conductor, a.i It ought to have been " A story is recalled about Oen. Sher man when ha visited West Font some years ago for the graduation exercises He m< • omponled the commandant on his Sunday morning tour of Inspection of bar racks, und on entering n certain room he walked over to th* mantelpiece. Htoop- Ing down ho pried up a brick from th* middle of the hearth with his sword scab bard. and retealed a hollow (>•'• obout a foot equare. In which was nicely packed a considerable quantity of tobacco and Otb* r contraband article- Meanwhile the • <l*'li oc* upying the room stood by mute ly watching and wondering what sort of a man the General was to have been able to discover the only "cellar of Its kind In the barracks." Turning to the com mandant the General remarked "I have been wondering 1f that hole was still there. I made It when I was a cadet and llvrd in this room " —Perhaps China 1s not so far behind t hi Its Industrial development, af ter all. gays the New York Po*d We hatje before us an account of a cotton factory owned by LI Hung Chang. Rheng. and other Chinamen, with a capital of 12.006,000 tucis This mill would Ire enor ] poui In the United Htates. its huUdtng j are e.tld to cover acres, its employes to number .666, and tts product to ha l.ou j pieces of cloth and lo.ftJO pound** of cot ton yarn every 24 hours The factory is run day and night, each shift of work men work-ng eleven hours snd a half. Tn. mill has 66 looms ar.d fr.6nn spindle*, and tn as "up to date ns any Masichusetts ! factory." The cotton used In this mill Is ! grown in 4?hlna At present there are In operation In c'hina >7*.000 spindles, with 1 the prospect that many more wlfl le set ! tunning in the Immediate future. The fac tory* girls**rn the equivalent In our money lof about fourteen rents a day. The sc i count warn# Americans that they must Mulv the market if they are g dng to rotn|ete successfully with the Chinese and j Japanese cotton factories, as the peopl* have peculiar tsfetes. An American cot ton exi*orter sent over a lot of har.dker- hiefs with the Chinese character of good J luck stamped In the corner. These did not Mil. greatly to his chagrin—because th* Chinese have g certain reverence for th*lr good-luck character, which they thought r.as jut ton disgraceful urs. —The appearance of the little maid who goea to school has materially changed o' recent years, and M's all because of the parsing of the |dnafore At least that's vhat some observers decided the other day, says the Baltimore News. A short time ago, viewed from the standpoint of one who bar reached maturity, every girl * ne met with shining morning face going to school, not unwilling at all, hut quite as if she riiffltest of pinafore# It war a source of pride to her. this iipotles# apron, and It utdn't make much difference to her what ►ort of a frock she wore, so long as it was immaculate and much Not until the age of 14 or thereabouts was reached did the schoolgirl atop wear ing the apron on the street, and then she • iirrled It to school in a parcel and as sumed It when she was secure from pry ing eyes w ithin the walls of the academy ’’’he apron then went through a process ; of evolution. First the pinafore, then the btb apron, then the one without a bib. that was like mamma’#, and the small indy w ho appeared at school without an. one of these was often sent home for It, but now Mis# Ten years-old esteems her self too grown-up to be so protected "Pinafores are for babies." she says, scornfully. "I can iske care of my frock without one" And that’s the reason that the crisp white apron is so inconspicuous !,l the groups of lassies thn? one meets wending their way to school ihe.-o fine O* lober days. —Rtnce the ftory of WIMUm Tell has declared a myth and doubt has been cast upon Homer and Shakespeare as literary creators, it Is a satisfaction to know th*t Annl* Laurie was a living reality and not merely a poet's dream, says the Chi cago Chronicle. Hhe was the daughter of i Sir Robert and was hprn In Mx- I welton house, which stands on the famous I "braes" The St James’s Gaxettc Is ! authority for the statement that her birth Is re>onled In tho Harjorg MH "At the pleasure of the Almighty God my daughter, Annie was horn Ufon the 14th day of December. IH#*2 years, i about stx In the morning and wsa bapdzed 'by Mr George, minister of GJencalrn " ilt Is elngularihat her grave has remained i all these years without a head-stone, for In the long drawing-room of Max welton house her portrait is still seen and tha place echoes with memories of this win some girl. William Douglas of Kirkcud bright was her lover and author of the world famous ballad, bill whether Ann e Laurie anticipated the views expressed by Ibsen In his "I/we's Comedy" and was surer of holding her lover by not marry ing him or whether she was practical enough to marry a prosaic rather than a poetic husband, the fad remains thnt Annin Laurie married a country laird, her cousin. Mr Alexander Ferguson They lived at Craigdarroch house, five miles from Maxwefton. When Annie died ehe was burled In the beautiful glen of fh* calm. Lady Hpotriswoode. who died recently. Is resi*onsible for the modren version of the song —The German maskvnjnufarturersdOjMa me sheet of a specially prepared paper, wet R. and mold It by hand over a face form It ts lhen dried by artificial heat and stripped off After opening?* have been cut for the eyes, nose and mouth It is painted and decorated by hand. The price of the piper Is about JB cents per 4M sheets, and one sheet will make three common maks. To paint a gros# of cheap masks costs about 12 cent#, and Ibg molding costs about 14 cents To this is added the cost of packing which Is about 3 cents The completed article sells at about !.* h cents per ro*s leaving a net profit of 36 to 22 per cent The hair used for mustaches, etc.. co*t last year 15.5 to 17 cents a pound Wire masks are made by stamping n piece of wire netting about one f.mt squire over a face mo id In a large mm’hlni. Inclos’ng the rough wire < edges in a narrow strip of lead and paint ing a cording to Counatil O J I) Hughes, th** prices of ibe*e m id* have undergone little change during the Urt vear but an increase of shout 4 7 cens a dosen ta look ed for next e*spon. The present selling price of the cheaper mask is 47.6 cents a doaen The gauss mask Is made by molding over clay face form a double p'ec** of cheap linen g iuse that has pre* vlously been soaked In a starchy paste The sticky linen adheres to the form and is set on n stove for about twenty minutes io dry The linen |* n>*n taken off and openings are cut for the eyes. 1 mouth and noatrlle. after which It ts j painted. This makes one of (ha most i (racDcft! muki known. 4 The Quakers Are Honest People. §Th* Quaker Men Tonic ta not only , blood purifier, b u , , blood maker to, bale. Weak and I),. bllUaled prop • who have not atrensto nor blood It acta a tonic, tt nsuiaiM dljrer lion, cure* dva pepvla and lend, Itrengfh and tone to the nervoue eyatem. It la a madUina foe weak women. It tea purely vegetable medicine and can be (alien by the moet delicate. Kidney Die eaaea. Hheumatlam and all dlaeasea of th* Blood. Stomach and nerve# eon auccuent. to Ita aonderfu’ effacta upon the human • >stem Thousand* of people In Georgia I.commend It. Price It 00. QUAKER PAIN BAUM la tha medlelre that tha Quaker Doctor made all of hla aonderful <i-iicli curaa with. It a a nee and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia. Toufnache. Backache. Hheumatlam Sprains. Pain In Bowels, in fact, all pain can be relieved by It. Price Sc and to. QL'AKKH WHITE WONDER SOAP a medi- at.il aoap for tha sktn. scalp and complexion. Fr ee 10c a cake. QUAKER HEADING SALVE, a v*. table ointment for tha cure of tetter, ee sema and eruptlone of tha akin. Price 10c a box. FOR O*LE BY AI.T, DRtTOrjISTR Ocean Sieamsdin 6a -FOR- New York, Boston -AND THE EAST. Unaurpaaaed cabin nccommodatlona. ah th# comforla of a modern hotel. Eieetr i ■lfht*. Unexcelled table. Ticket, inclult meals and berths aboard ship. Passenger Fares irora Savaanau. TO NEW YORK-FIRST CABIN. Ut; FIRST CABIN MOUND TRIP. SKI; IN TKKMKDIATE CABIN. Ili. INTKKVU* DIATE CABIN MOUND TRIP. Mb bTEEUAUE. Jio. TO BOSTON _ FIRST CABIN*. 13; fikst cabin round trip. in termediate CABIN. sl7; INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP. *.A STEERAGE, sll 7$ The express (team-hips of this line are appointed to enll from rtavannah, Central doth) meridian ttm*. a *o!lowa: eAVA.wtu to imw yohk. NACOOCHKE, Capt Smith. THIT.S DAY. Nov. S. fi:00 p m KANSAS CITY. ( apt. Kleher. SATUR DAY Nov. It), 7.30 p m TAEDAHASHEK. (’apt Aoklna, TUFA DAY. Nov. 13. - . no. CWTY OF AUGUSTA. Capt Da*,*tt. THURSDAY. Nov t.Y It 30 a. m CITY* OK MIRMINGIIAM. Capt. Per*. Flt 11 Ii V N* v !>;. 1 $0 |>. m. NACOOCHKE, Capi. Stnilh, SATURDAY, Nov 17. 1 r.o p rn KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fteher, TUBS. PAY, Nov. 20, 3:30 p m. TAI.I.AH ASBKE. (apt. A kin A THURS DAY. Nov. a. I 30 p. nt CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daeett. SATURDAY. Nov 11. p. m NACOOCHEE c -t-t Smith. TUESDAY, Nov. 17 * 3# p en CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. P*nr. THURSDAY Nnv IT !O : tK a m KANSAS CITY. Capt. Flaher, THURS DAY, Nnv. 2S, to 00 n m r I*v of Blrilr ham will not carry rn-sercer-. MAV YORK TU IIOSTOY. CITY* OK MACON. Chipf. Savage. FRI DAY*, Nov. 0 !2:fl0 noon CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage. WED NESDAY. Nov. 14. !J:OOin. CITY f)K MACON. Cap!. Savage. MON DAY. Nov 1# 12 00 non. CITY* or MACON. Capt. Savage. KRI DAY. Nov. 2.1, at 12:00 noon, rum* OF MACON, r.pi Savage, WED NESDAY*. Nnv 23. 12 no nnnn. Tula rnmiwny rea-rvva tne right to rhangn Ita sailing, without notice en I without liability or accountability there for Balllnae New York for Savannah Tuce dava. Thurs-lave and Saturdays 600 p m. W. G BREWER. City Ticket and F*e rnger Agent, lif7 Bull street. Havanash- Oa K W SMITH. Contracting hretahl Agent. Savannan. On R O TREZEVANT. Agent, fievinnah. Oa WAI.TER HAWKINS. Oeneral Arent Traffic iwp’t, 224 YV. Bay street, Jeck snnvllle, Kin E II HINTON, Traffic Manager. Sa vannah. tin P E !.E KEVRE. Manager. NSW Pier 35. North River, New York. N Y Jlerclißitls J Miners Troßsuortßlion ft Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Philadelphia Tickets on Bale lo All Taints North *n4 Went. First-class tl* k u IrcKido mtab sn 1 berths Bavannsh to Ha'Gmora kid pMls* dslphls. A*'eommo<JatM>a# and cul#*n€ ufi©qualad. The slcamahlps c.f this compony ar** b* pointsd to soli from Sivsnnah as Foil (Central Standard Time): TO H AI.T 11IOHK, TFIXAfI. 4’apt Kldredgc, TIftTItBPAT* Nov. 8. fl p. m D 1! MILLRR. Capt. Ps©rs, SATI fl- DAY. Nov. 10, 7 p. m. ITASCA. Capt. Billups. TUKSDAY. IS. 11 a m. TO PHILADELPHIA. ALXgBGIIANY. Capt. rosier. FRH>A\ Nov 9. 7 p. m ipi-ramT BKIUvHM I UK. capt. Hymn. T 1 EBDAT. 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