The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, November 26, 1900, Page 4, Image 4

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Contract raiaa • i*J discount# road# known on appiUsa-lon a' buaifiaaa ofti s* Order* for delivery c.f ihe Mom *' New* to elth*r reildence or | lice of bulne can ba mad** by mall or by ela I hone No 210 Any Irregularity in deliv* cry ahouhl Ij# lmm#U*!€iy report# i letter* ar.d telegram# ahould be ad dr eased HoRMIQ !%:%%•* annah Ua i;AsTI,H> om<£. St P-*rk R-o. Naw York city. II C. Faulkner. Manaftr INDLX ID MW AD\ LRTISEMESTS. f*pto4*l Notice*—Maeon*' and Plasterers' Supplies SaMinr.ah Rull-dtr* Supply Com pent, Thanksgiving Turkey* Jam.* I Joyce. huwtnee Spring* Water. IIUMM. No' .r E \ \\ Laundry Jmiarmrrk*-"Town Topic* ' To-nlgnt a Theater K.lrot-Heam Company at Theater, Thanksgiving Malrien and N ht Bat Wctl- Is to llent. Steamer* .p Schedule —Meroh.tnts' ,n<l Miner,' Transportation Company', Steam er, for Baltimore and Pnlladdphl*. Over Stock of rueful Article*— Un.Uiy & Morgan. Rnm'-ihlng You Ar* Looking for—At Ho- K n> ln-er-aeat Patent l*#'ka*#—National Baoult < ’om pany. He. re— At. better r-Bu*e h Brewing Asso ciation Washing Powder—Pearlln# Medical—Dr. Hathaway Company Ayer'.- Pills, Hostetler* Stomach Hitter*; Hood'* Pl4l*. Horsford’a Acid Phosphate; W arner a Safe Cur*. Cheap Column Adverttoemt nta—Help Wanted. Fimployment Wanted. For Rent; For Sale. Dost. Personal. Miscellaneous. I !$• 44f mthrr. Th© Irwltratlnn# for Grfw'gl* iMiiy ar# far generally fair w©iih*r, probably pr#- c#kd by rain in th© morning In th# #x irem7 #at#rn portion, mu-n 4-ol4#r in TOllirn p<*rtion. fro#t# #t night, probably hravy, except In extreme Southern |or tlon. high wwt to norihw#t winds, and Imt ILi.^limi Floriin rain, except in ex treme Nootharn portion#, fresh brisk wrt to northwest wind*. A "John Bull* stuff-d with straw, hand cuffed and ridden on a rail would proba bly have made Frenchmen rhout Just as •oudly a* they have dmi* in ’’welcome" to * -#iii Paul. Thu cablea m>- that the laanltive ex- of the !*ow**rs In Ghlna are to he ditrontlrmeiJ Fvibntly the wither Is beaemlng’ too cool to m ike the picnicking among the ual tombe of North China altogether plea Mint. A chow of legal action ha# t>een made ogalnxt those (.‘olora<k> lyncher#. It may be 4|uum**G that any of the lynciier# will ever b brought to trial, hut should they b-" there Is little likelihood that they will ever be EHjnisned. An Ohio woman has sued for divorce because her husband wore a shirt waist In public last summer. The chance# are fh#t th- *am* wonutn could have seen "hubby” in golf costumes, or even 1n a lsathit.g soil, and thought him Just love ly. If U ia true that Mr Hryarr to Chicago on ttaturday to discuss the future of the democracy, htr* chose very queer conferees for the discussion Neither, Charles A- Town# nor Fred T. Du Hois has ever been as Democratic leader. From. Dec. 31. when his t*-rm as Gov ernor expires, till March ♦. wh#n h will become Vice I'resident. Theodore liooee velt will be merely a private citizen. Tt has been i-o long since he ha* occupied Ibzt posh km that the experience may aeem a little odd. An odd old woman huckster of New York, who was quite a character In her way, was known as ’’Apple Mary.** tak ing her aobriquet from her stock in trade. Ho well did she attend to buMne*#. about the public building*, that she accumu lated a fortune which new amounts to some t3o,ooi> The other day her will was hied for probate In the will she called hersalf "Mrs loevi I\ Morton,” whim name was permitted to stand In the rec ords What an unspeakable old Turk the Sul toA Is! Not only doe* he refuse to lie tMJlldosed Into paying that indemnity 9 lairn for thj instruction of church pro>- erty some five year# ago. but here he Is, In the face of the fact that one of our great tttle*hlp# la enrout* to Turkish waters, refusing to grant an exequatur to our consul at liarpnot. Will the Sultan l*e foolhardy enough to dare the Kentucky to marofc overland through his kingdom iml wtp# out hta measly million of troops? —i A Ihirlwn-ymr-old boy gambler ha* Leva eentenred (o the Juvenile asylum In Near York. l'r<n capital of twenty-flvo reatH the boy ba<l a< nmulttel over $250 al he>otlng rrape. Whan arraigned he wa* clr*Kj In the bight of faahion. The sti*llc before whom he wa* brought aug. gesled to him that tie ought to he trying to secure an education, "Aw, 1 don’t need It.” replied the young gambler. ”1 hear a plenty of fellow* talking about learning I am going to hire un* of them for my private aeoretery at $5 a week y< read to B>* " Th* swell young gambler wa* com uMtHd vatu ha arrive* at hla tuajorlty. 4 nift 4m%• v wtvrrn If !p **' Wlert from Mmo ***pvw/tlon of opinion by leading Hepubikwna which are Mppwannj; in thr public print*. that It wIU be the policy of fhe Republican* to h*va a much, larger regular army than the # waa before the outbreak of th hpinih war. The army now ocmarota of tt.600 r*n uiara and tt.OUf* volunteers, but a Her Jv*;y 1 next It wIU ron.dpr of only 27 (w> tre , iir,it*M there la additional army iella tlon before that ?!me It la evident that there will hi s to be military iegiekition by the present on* |r*-*a, or by a ape-* ial eeeaion of the next C'ongreßP. because tr.r country could not get alo* * with in army of 77 ors* men w th the Philippine w.r in prugre-a and afY t;r* in Cull atiil un** Tiled. Repreeei;rnive Hull, chairman of the C'ommittt. or MUi tar> Affair a of th# H*i-e. has 'ailed a meeting of that rom mittee tor next Tueeday. for the p irpoae of oJ.lining a n* w army bill There la onsMcrard* difference of notation a* o the kind *t legtei.tUofj that fc.o.ld be • na< ted One optrdon hs that the j*re* nt law 'hou >i l* f-xteft *-dwt >r two year Thar would permit of keeping the regular arm;, at 6.Y4Q0 nsn and the vo.unt.*ers at • * It peem*. however, that there Is • v*ry etrong aentim* nt anu>ng the Ke ane in favor of crtMtUm a petrai nent army ol 100.d men 1 i%e tntima* tiai Is thrown *wjf that the Preetdeni ap proves thla |ian. He is reported as he i againet any makeshift army legisla tion The lnfereMe from this u iht he does not feel certain that the Fhilipptnep will t* |.. ifieil within the n* xt two >< *i Thereiore he doe: not wish to ha placed In the po*i!ion of having to call on Con* greep again within a very short time for troop* to oanlith and maintain the authority of the Ihi ted Stateui in ihos** i#l*nda. fie interprets his re-elertlon to mean that It Is the wl*h of th* that the Insurrecr.on In the Fhllippm'W shall N* pail down and that our pv*****- ai<m of the Islands shall be Therefore, he want# an army large enough to enaole him to ac*omt>llsh those ob ject*. In order to bring home the volunte-rw in time for their discharge by July 1, the movement of soldier* from Manila w'lll have to be begun before the expira tion of the present Conrrcss. According to <*hairman Hull, it will be urged • h*i .* new army bill should be pa*Ned as a<xn aa possible, so that the transports, which go for the soldier* who are to be dis charged froai the service could carry to Manila the soldiers that will take their places. Thare is some talk in military circles in favor of enlisting Flllplnoe The Haft commission has given an opinion to the effect that at least IUDU> Filipinos cou and be enlisted without much effort Ba would they make reliable soldiers? That la a question about which there 1* likely to be a differem e of opinion. Ther*- ar* those In Manila and In Washington who hold the opinion that just aa much reli ance ran he placed upon them as Orest Brit air. placet tijavn native soldiers In India, and It la a well-known fact that among the best soldiers Great Britain has In her possessions in the ICast are na- tlve*. Thu* far. however. Ihe Fil ipino* have lam found to be very treanh emu*. They have been placed In civil position*, and In many. If not rooft Instance*. they have been disloyal to our government. It wrould not be surprising, however. If a trial of them a* *ol<li<*r In our army would h made The question will undoubtedly reme up In Uongreas, and will provoke a lively de bate But whether It I* decided to enllat Filipino* or not. It seems to he certain that the Republicans will mwke a at rung • ffort to have the permanent army great ly Increased. Mr. Bryan was not far wrong when he Insisted duitiift the cwro palgn that the aucceaa of the Republican parly would be a strong step In the direc tion of mllltarlMn DIVIDI3U rORTINDS BEFORE HEATH. * Many men spend their Uvea accumulat ing fortunes which, after their death, are largely waded In litigation and Anally find their way into the po**c*#lon of per son* for whom the testator* did not In tend them. The technical!!** of th* law and the elaatlclty of the language ap parently make II almoet Impossible lo drew a perfect and flawless will, which cannot be picked to piece* In the courts, provided there are rich fee* for Ihe law yer* of Ihe oppoeltlon In prospect , Not even *o astute w lawyer a* the late Samu -I J Ttlden could draw a will devising hi* own property that would stand the teat; and there are at present numerous eon teat* before various court* going to Il lustrate the point. The only way In which a rich man can he perfectly aure that hla fortune will pas* Into the possession of person* and Institution* of hi* own that the aged Henry Hart of New York has chosen Mr Hart was th* builder of ihe Third avenue railway, and I* tha owner of qutle a large property. He Is nearly tf not quit* 90 year* of age. Refi lling that In the natural course of event* he cannot survive many more years, he has set to work giving away hi* prop erty, signing with bl* own hand th* deeds of conveyance. In thl* manner he wHI dispose of the bulk of hi* w ealth. retain ing only a sufficient Income to meet hi* personal want*, and to erect a suitable memorial lo himself after he shall have passed away. Mr. Hart has been a careful and frugal man a.)I of hi* life. He has seen for tune* left by hi* friend* and bu*lr.e as sociate* melt away under 11’lgwtlon, ho has seen those dead friends proven to the satisfaction of court* lo have been. Imbe cile* and Ihe tool* of designing persons; he hae seen Ihe money they labored long end earnestly to secure diverted to un worthy channel*, through the failure of will*. These things he haa determined lo avoid Th* accumulation of hi* fortune dottbt le* gave him pleasure To ae* It dispers ed after hi* own Ideas, and In his own chosen manner, will afford him more pleasure. Thus he will have two-fold satisfaction from hi* life’* work Under the proposed army reorganixatlon plan. It will be necessary to provide 1.000 to 1.600 additional commissioned officers Mi the permanent establishment The** commissions will carry with them lifetime Job*. It is to be expected that there will be a scramble among politician* and oth er* to All the places with "Hon* of Som*- bodle*.’' Already. It to *M. the politi cians are beginning to tyll wire* and roll log* in behalf of lavorMta nod protege*. THE MOFMNG NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1. THE FHBM H tit * “ 4\U.%E." Home day* ago the Associated Tree* dispatches contained the Information that < apt. Isaa N Lewi*, awrcaary of the Hoard of Ordnance, had reported to hta iqiertora that he had obtained through friend* In Europe the plana of anew French non-teoollmg field gun, and requeued that he oe allowed C.ftn with which to build a gun of the am* pattern for tne Fnlted State*, agreeing that all of his information shou.d l*e ome tne property of the Fniied State* government. Imme diately upon this pur-li atkm there came fr.jm various quarters charges of betrayal of confiden* e. and almoj* of treason, and it was said that Krai, e was extreme!) annoyed by the disclosures References to the Dreyfus rasa wer* mad*-, snd army clrc.ea In Washington and Paris were worked up into or interesting fernunt From the teat obtainable It apt>ear that the trouble, or rather tne agitation for tn*t* to be no real trouble— arises our of the oid quarrel be tween factions In thw I’nlted State* army eftab.lshment (apt lywl* t* the friend and protege of Gen Mile* It was ujion Gen MUeW order that Lewi* went to Eu rope to pursue certwin Investigations w ith respect to modern ordnance. He ma I<* no secret of his purpose# and intention*. He to<*k letters of intnvluMion from Gen Mile# which gained him an entrance to th- Krupp work* at Essen, and put him in touch with artillery experts In Fran e How he a tuaily came into possession of tne Information respecting the partUu..if non-recoiling field gun in question l* not in evidence, nor does It api>ear to matter a great deal, since It la asserted that the same gun Is u#ed dally by the French forces in China where it Is freely offer ed for Inspection to all of the foreign offi- cer*. It appears however, that Gen Buffing ton. the head of the ordnan *e bureau. Is the inventor of a disappearing * ,,n r * r J rlage which has been used to a consider able extent of recent years Gen. Miles has aiwa.va been oppryted to this car riage. believing It wholly unauited to the work required of It The sur.vst of the non-recoidng French carriage wou.d. It li alleged, be * death blow to the Buffing ton disappearing gun arrlage The report of r a p lywiv a secret doc ument. was made to the r.ufflngiofi board Snortly afterwards it found it* wa> Into the public print* Gen Miles imme dlately sought to discover the terso% who was responsible th*- publbation of Capt Lewis’ letter, not only because It *p l>eared to be an effort to injure Capt Lewis, but because in his opinion It nar row,> escaped treason to make publh* the fact that the I'nlted States were in pos session of a French military secret Gen Buffington has denl*d his responsibility, or that he knows anytning about it. And thus the matter stands It Is probable that a Congressional Investlgatlon will be ordered The wum and substance of the whole matter, meanwhile, seems, from a disinterested viewpoint, to be grounded In the old quarrel between Gen Miles and certain of the military ring at Washing ton It Is unfortunate for the army that there apiwars to be no way of settling thla quarrel, for the good of the service AW I NKhPESTKO SITUATION. Senatorial candidate* are thick In Ne braska. The Republican* had no expec tation of carrying that state. For a day or two after the election It was po| thought that they had el- ted * tnijorlt. of the legislature. When It was certa n that Mr. Bryan had been defeated am* til hi* friends suggested his election to the Senate He made an announcement to the effect that he would not accept a senatorshlp because both senatersh p* had been promised to Nebraska lead rr of the Fuslonlst*. A* soon, however, a It became clear that the Republican* had captured the LegtolatuTe a <lo*en or more candidate* came to the front and put in tiielr claim. It Is not going to he an easy matter to make a selection. A deadlock I* already spoken of as among the probal-llltl. a Some of the candidates have not as clear a record as they wrould like At lei-t two of them are accused of having. In former senatorial contents, attempt’d to get into the Senate by nwiklng terms with the Fusion!*!* At present It look* as If Assistant Secretary of War Melkle )ohn ami D. E. Thonjpron. a rest-dent of Mr Bryan's town, w-oukl be the auccnss ful candidates. The Po(ul!*t. Allen, who wa* a; point ed lo nil the place lo which ihe late Sen ator Hayward wa* elected, will, of i-our-e. have to go. and It I* pretty sate to sty that hla departure will not he regretted He to a man of some ability, but he oocu pie* 100 much of the time of the S* nat with speeches that do not amount to much. And It I* doubtful If th* close of the aenatoitoi career of the other Nebras ka senator, Mr Thurston a R> punllran, will he greatly regretted New mat-Mlal wilt be Is-nellclal to the slate. If the Democrats and Fopultoi* had won the Legislature It I* probable that Mr. Bryan's friend* would have Insisted upon bla accepting one of the senator hips, notwithstanding the ( a ct that he an nounced. before it wa* known what th political complexion of the Legislature would be. that he would not be a candi date. There would have been such a de sire on the part of hi* admirers to sec him In th" Senate that a w ty wrould have been found. In all prot-wb.lliy. to over come hla objection* to accepting an elec tion. under the circumstance*, to a seat In that body The Republicans hatl g won. men of less mental caliber will be made senator*. The meanest man has been discovered. He live* In Ohio, and our dispatches ol yesterday told about hl*n He made an election bet with hi* sweetheart, hi* watch agalnet her hand The girl won. a rut I* holding Ihe watch She evidently expected him lo regain r#****lon of It by marrying her, but Inafead the mean fel low h* sued her for It and charged her with pocket picking 1 The girl ought to throw the old turnip at his head, and thank her siar* that *h* discovered hi* true character before becoming hi* wife Notwithstanding th. failure of the late Mr Pullman * "model town," and th* col lapse of various similar enterprises, a now "model town” scheme has been put on foot In Philadelphia The new town I* to be a manufacturing communktv. In which the corporation will look out for all of th* wont* of Its operatives, who arc to be It* tenants and the population of the municipality. In this tnstiinca. a in the Pullman case, capital la to take oaternai car* of labor It appears from the Fekln correapond en* e of the London Dally New* that, of al! th** allied forces in the Chinese capi tal. the iapan *- are gMttng along best wdh the natives In the quarter gar r> nel by the Jspane**- ha rifti goe on the same a* u.-ual Next to the Japanese, the Arneii *.l.- and then the Hrifish, are the most l.rarai and Just of the invading Lower.-, an 1 are respected b> the Chinese But in the Busaim and German sections ther. h a total cassa tion of husinev* "In Th* Huealan quar ter ' -ay* th*- <'orresrot!deni. "th*re is Mlltud*. not on sh |* it) a hundred 1* <T>*n. and no young woman appears on the street, for a at run,; r< taon an*! in obvious one In the <; rman quarter simi lar conditions prevail. I* it the terror is unite;m| in the Japanese, Amcrl in and British quartet the natives move a- out confidently, and nstderabla busi ness Is done Kx-Superintendent of Insurance lut* F I*yn of N* w York ha* a good, strong opinion of Gov. Rooeevejt. Me says: A Odfish Is a jjowerfui hKUre when he i in t.ie water, hut he don’t amount *o rr.u- h when h** is out on dry land for a while. Roosevelt will ;*** on dry land :n a **hort time ’* I’l* It WON % 1,. - Rev James Gray, formerly Presbyte rian minister in Pretoria, has been ap polnred by Roto>rt* acting librarian cf the library th* r- The reverend gen tleman * few weeks before Mu* outbreak of hostilitter. publ.rfy d* noun* ed Ktugr t!m from ?he pulpit anil had to flea to Durban in consequeoc*-. —-I>an Rice, once f imous as n circus - lown from Mnlne to California. ar rested w hile drunk in <Tt> innatl he other day. H m'*le no d**f* nee and the fohce justice sent him to tne workhouse for three months by way of providing for him durln#: the coming winter Rice Is now about 7b years old -A J Drexey Biddle of Philadelphia, wd > last winder was elected fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of nas received an invitation from the Pres ident and aecreiane of the Royal Mete orological Society Of Great Britain to be mo a fellow of that fungus organisa tion also —G*n. Juan Luis Bueron of Guatemala, who Is now In San Franci#r*o on i vis.t, was i lieutenant colonel on the staff of Gen John <\ Fremont when the Path finder made his second trip across the R*>*kles. He went to Guatemala In ir74. and has n once?*|on for a Itne of roa*l over th** Shuepache Mountains, anxind the great volcano of S.mta Maria, which is H.W)ft high. -Count Toßtoi divides hi* time ea< h day m exactly the same manner. He write* until 2 o'clock In the afternoon, the hour of dinner after which he take* a short re*t. followed by a w.tik and conversa tion with any visitors dapper i* serve*} it p rn and the Count doe* not redre to reM un* I rather o lare hour He has given up cycling. Almost every dav' he receive* visits from friend* and acquaint ances. BRIGHT It ITS. —"Y**." saltl Mr. Ih-npeq. "1. too. htve my-favorite flowers." "And what ro.iv they he. pray?" sneer ed his wife "They are the ones that ’abut up* at night.” he bravely managed to atlleula e —Harper's Koxar -’’l hope my explanation Is satisfac tory said Mr. Younghuaban.l. as he concluded a J>ng narrative as to why h • hod been and lay .*1 down town until 1 a. m " V 5 ell, vanned Mr-. Younghushmd "your excuse Is fairly good, hut |t- not * good as father used to make."—Boston Courier. —"I stand where my party stands!" shouted the min with cracker crumb- tn hi** u'hizkrm. "Well. It s Food thing your party doesn't stand where vou stand " *al.l th • barkeeper, "or thevd ill sand at the free lunch counter. ’-Baltlmore Ameri can. —Uncle George- Don't yon think It would be wise f,r you to put by some thing for a rainy day. Henry? Henry 1 don't know 1 always noticed Uncle George, that It Is the pl-iaarf days upon which a man usually solids the motti money —Boston Transcript. -A woodpecker pecked on a hickory limb, And a chuckle-head worm hurried out. For u strange curiosity whispered to him "Go n' See what that fool hint's ahnu'." Alas, for the folly that take* for ~ fc*; Every creature It don’t comprehend For It brings In thl* world. I am told, a- rule. A full pack of woe In the end. —lndl.tnapyll* Pr.s* t I It■ KVI’ | OMAIKXT. The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.i say* "The folly of antr-*l*ct|on prophecy I - shown in th# Philippine situation Republican orator* and editors predict t that the so-colled Insurrection would -.d laps* as soon a* McKinley was re-e|e. : I So far I* thl* from the truth that (i-n MacArthur Is Iteglnnlng iterations upon a larger s ale thin has before been known In the archipelago If the election has had any effe< i It has been lo silmulrt the Filipinos to stronger rrstotan c Ho much for Republican prognostication.” The Philadelphia Times (Dem ) aav*: "Hanna aubslAy Mil Is In harmony wllh the general trend of Republic in legisla tion In that it gives an Immediate gain lo the few existing steamship lines with out making It any easier to * Lbd h other* The r-unmlssloner of navigation thinks It will cause a large Increare of American tonnage but th* opinion la Insed rather on assumption than r* i ment. such argument ** he employs be ing that which Is familiar In the defense Of thl prott tlva tariff." . The Phlla lelphia Ledger (Ind.) r*’*: "On general principle*, everything ihtt will diversify the industries of the South Is to he welcomed, but th* new device of making paper from cotton seed hulls Is to be specially encouraged, as It n t only contributes anew industry tn that section snd enables It to utllltr a product that ha* hitherto bsen waste, but It will tend to spare the Northern fore-t, which are now being rapidly denuded by the paper makers." Mobile Register (Dem ) aay*. *Mr Veat speak* a solid truth whan he ds elaree that we hav# already hat ’too much groping around for alliance with people who hav# no tympethy with D-n -ocmllc doctrine* • True, every word of It. and when I>emocracy ceases tn form 'entangling alliances’ It will be in po,|. tlon to command th* respect and support of Democrats aU ovet the country." The Houston (Te*.) Post (Dem.) atya. "The Popuhat candidate for the presl deucy got only forty-aeven vote. In hi* home city. Philadelphia Evidently Han na* contract did not Include any com pensation for a showing Ut strong Rcpub >. • . ■ Corner la Msr**er Ho>*. Mr George Westing nouse of Pitts burg and Washington, the great brake muilonalra. has a small son and heir of nr hem n* is very proud, says the Satur day Evening Post. Thl* pnde m onl> a re ent deveiopmen The toy hae a.ways besn toe mother’* , ek>!. hut the father ha* till lately concen- j t*aiet nt* interest in life in hi* electric and rowhanicei appliances. Young We*t.ntrhouse was imusirg h.m- # self in hts playroom, one day with a train of an* when the father looked in on fc.m He aked he boy what be wouel Mke to he when he grew to a man. The voting*ter looke*l at the toy cvwii*- 'tng-pln he had ,n h.s hand rxl sai*i "Ait in%'entor or an engineer Imagine how- that del.* ted the father’ Since mat day the boy has often been *aken to the gres* VY>-tinghouse worki* and is allow*-*! to inv---*tigat** every pi-ce o* ma ninety with a faithful guide. Mr is now esitirety wrapped up in him T.ii-iturn ** he is to outa.dexs. he will taik to this hoy for hours, and never tire*, of showing b;m the uses of machinery Tney are great comrade* At the urproarn of he hoy’s birthday, while they were at Washington, he was asked by ms mother what he would like to do "Go to Pittsburg.“ said he. * and see me works Tne family left at once on*! took po*esau>n of their l*lttsburg home. The father went. too. and the night before the birthday he asked lit* von what he wanted for a gift the next •lay A great big party sir. he answered ”ln twenty-four hour*’ said the tnorh er. aghast. He shall have |t,” said the father, ai.d he ordered -hree sc refer ice to write m- words of invitation on the requisite visiting cards that night. There were over six hundred invitations, and th work was nr finished until too late for me mail so ifr Westinghouse went down town and hired every messenger boy In the city of Pittsburg for the dav. The invirat.one were delivered and the bid had the gre,ne*t party of the year, bur for all thar dav the rswi of Pittsburg '•ng ineir rail belts m vain Th-r~ was a corner in mesoenger bovs. and young v\ atinirh<vje controlled it absolutely. There Haa a Mistake. T think. ’ he began, according to the ashingion Post, as he halted a pedes trian. "1 think I made a mistake with the cabman who drove me to th* Corcoran Art Gallery. I am quite sure I gave him a Sin bill, but he must have mistaken it for a $2 bill.” Aj *1 you hope to find him again'*” a*kvd the man of the rtringer to the city Why. yes. I hive, hopes.** Well, you are about as green as they make f-n That xihmin deltberjely swindled you out of many dollar* ” I cen t hardly believe it. He looked so honest and truthful that I—I—" “That you ought to have asked him to hold your watch and the rest of your money! My dear old Josh from th© corn fields. let me say—” At that mtnute a cab rattled up. and the driver dismounted and said; ' Be~ here, old man. there 1s a mistake You prvbahly mean* to give me a U bill, and I thought it was one when I gave you a dollar m change ** "Burr think It was a slf>, my friend ” No. It wii a ISO. and I have been driv ing about for half an hour to find you and restore the money. Here It 1* ” And what was It you were going to eav to your dear old Josh from the corn fields?” aked the old man. as he turned to the wise person. But the wise person was there, no j longer. He was flying for & car as If run j nlng for his life. Mh > Happen Some Day. "1 can *ee a marked difference between the w*ay* of the North and the South.” lie said to the policeman w-ho had order "l him to move on. says the Washington Post. ”Po yon know what a New York i<o!icrman did for me only six weeks ago*”* "Run you In. probably.” was answered “I was asleep In a doorway, sir. and ho awoke me by clubbing me He felt It ! hi* duty to do so When I learned how h felt I had nothing to say in opposi tion. But. sir. before whacking m* with ; his club he carefuly rolled It tip In bis handkerchief and then struck me on the | back t the head, so as not to leave a i -pot to disfigure me.” ’’That certainly showed a feeling for j you ” ”!t dd. sir He not only did that. but. I licllcvlng me to be weary, he called a wagon and gave me a ride to the station. I Nex day the Judge said H would be n I relief for me to teei settled tor thirty day*, and he settled me. Can I look for any such outpouring of sympathy in this J cold-hearted city?” “Not by a blamed sight!” shouted the policeman, as he flourished hh* club, ’’and if you aren’t around the comer In seven Jumps I'll a.sl! you!” ’’officer.” quietly replied the man with bow. ”1 gcv~l haste)—l fly. Good-night to you. sir. and should you ever come to New York and I meet you on Broadway and you ask me where the Bow'ery Is and I recognize your profile. I will lick biases out of you In Just two minutes!” .Autumn A nice*. From th# New York Time* There* a wayward mood steal* o’er me. When I see the gathering sheave*. Come* a vagrancy compelling. With the falling of the leave*. I would h* abroad with Nature I would wander on the plain. ! would roam about the meadow. I would loiter In the lane. Tome* a rrv from our old Mother, "Son. I'm falling Into gray. Com* and see me. come and cheer me,!" And I rise and steal away. Comes A wall from brook and hillside, "Why are we neglected so? Brother come, for we are lonely. And I leave my desk and go. Comew a voice from Memory's chamber "Skies were chill and leave* were aere When you laid away your darling; it waa Just this time o' year." Come* the thought: "My life I* pasting. Spring and Summer I have seen " And 1 seem to And a kinship In the fields no longer green. Rlasted hopes and lost Illusion*. There's a fellowship for these In the moaning of the hreexe* Through the Mirren Autumn trees II irk th* said. Insistent voices! They are calling, calling st4ll. I am -omlng. voices, coming— Ho. the meadow and the hill! —G. Hembert Wesley A’lgorou* Alenauree. For a long time the favorite form of make believe" of little Fatih was that of "getting married." aays Harper's Maga itne For weeks he wa* a bride march ing down an imaginary stele to th* strain* of an Imaginary wedding march, m meet an Imaginary bridegroom At last, her mother becoming tired of It. she said "Faith, don’t you know that when you get married you will htsv- to leave m<- ’" This wa* a rude awakening and the game stopped Not long afterward the came to e*k the difference between "Ml.'*" and Mr*.’’ To mak* herself clear her mother Raid "Wall, when you grow up and become a young lady you will be Mies Butler, but If seme man should ask you to marry him "I'd call a policeman’" exclaimed Faith and her Inter**! wee at an end It 1* probably safe to say, however, tha: In a doaen yewt* from now the future man” need not eartoualy consider the chance* of arrest. ITEM* OF I\TERErr. —Enterprising merchants in New York have learned that a majority of the resi dents of the metropolis look down on the itre**ip from above and hence they are beginning to paint elaborate *lgn* on the top* of their delivery wagon* a* adver tisement* of theltvstore*. —The news of the recent flght between Fitzsimmons and Sharkey seems to hav% j*t reached Japan, and several papers in Tokio have printed long accounts of the fistic encounter The names of the pilnclpa!* uppear In th*’ Japanese account* as 'Fuitsuzuabimon ’ and “Shlyaker.” —Two of the old cannon which the Brit ish took from the French In 1745 and threw :nto the harbor of Loulshourg have be-n tifthed out of the water and sen* to Toronto, having been purchased from the finders by the Canadian government. Each . annon Is about nine feet long, and weighs over S.fino |iounds. —Argument* for small horse# in war Is one capable of almost mathematical dem onstration In every campaign horses have necessarily to put up with short ra tions. often with semi-starvation, an*! the | horse that can do with the least and worm food lusts the longest, and the 1 longest lasting wins If. then, a small horse can maintain himself where a big j one starves, doing equal or nearly equal the small horse Is demonstrably the better —lt la the rule of the War Department to grant honorable discharge# from the army to soldier* who desire to get into busline in the Philippines A large nim ler of officers and men In the volunteer regiments have already don*- so, and many other whose covnmi>*ion* or term* of enlistment expire in July next have made applications This I* consid ered one of the most effective method* of Afr.erieanu.ng the island * —The English and American Register, published Berlin. Germany, says (un der date of Nov 4> that the I’nlted States consulate# at Frankfort-on~Main. Stutt gart. Munich, Nurnberg and Bamberg tavc received subscription* aggregating 21.000 marks for the relief of th© victims of the Texas hurricane-flood. At the sug gestion of Vice Consul Hanauer. at Frankfort-on-Main. other T’nited State* Consuls in Germany made collection* for the Galveston fund and remitted th# same direct to thl# country. —During the past year the state of penn sylvania has purchased more than htt) acres of land to be used as a forestry reservation The policy of using la is! that is not adapted to agriculture for the pur pose of timber culture ha* been adopted by boih Pennsylvania and New York. he objects being io Insure a necessary meas ure of rainfall to preserve the purity ox mountain streams, to provide for the even flow of streams the power of which i* utilized by manufacture* and the like —“The French student who follows the traditions.” says an American who has Just returned from Paris. ’ weara his hair in the Venetian manner In heavy masses It lies on his forehead and cheeks, cover ing Me ears, and in the hack it is cut square a little below* hi* collar Hit soft felt hat has a brim live or six Inches wide, and the crown Is not creased, hue roncli ed up into a kind of cone He wears cor duroy trousers that are. tight about the r.kle. but so voluminously wide from there up that they fall in folds and pleats like the divided skirts of wromen He ha* a belt around hi* waist, with a dagger stuck In. In told weather he wears a S{*anih cloak, throwing the end o%*er his shoulder with the air of a grandee. In this dress the young man do* s not attract any comment in Paris. He it* merely one of a million there who are all got up in a manner equally odd.” —"According to tradition.” says the Philadelphia Record, "there was once an old woman who kissed her cow and said: ’Every one lo hla owrn taste.’ Out at Bus tleton ther- 1* a ’gentleman farmer’ who ■an give the aforesaid old woman cards and epad** and beat her at her own game He doc* not kl* his cow*, but doe* eome- Ihtog more remarkable. He actually scrub* their teeth with a large tooth brush! This man has many pecAillar Idea* about hi* live stock, and particular ly hi* cow*, which are of ihe very finest breeds. So cautious Is he about their eat ing and drinking that all the water the cows u*e I* distilled It Is said that he ha* a *• jsirate toothbrush for each cow. and, a* he cannot depend upon hi* men to do the brushing, he does It hlmeelf, using the very be*t Castile soap He feme mat tn adopting this course he is assured of pure milk, free from the possibility of microbe*.’’ —ln the way of Aranda! deals, says the Golden Penny, the Sultan has scored a f-w successes. Her# Is an amusing story on Ihe point: Some time ago he aent for a welldcnowiv Jewish bunker of Stamhoul to hear the latest goeetp of the exchange While Abraham was being conducted to the palace the court messenger begged him. snould the Sultan question him on the matter, to say that consols were at 30. ns His Majesty had beep so Informed by his mi,osier- Un*u*pe< ting Abraham saw no harm In consenting to the request Sure enough, during the audience, the Sultan inquired as to the st a( e of the fun.to. and the banker made the promised reply Abdul expressed himself delighted, and. to the horror of Abraham, handed him a large bundle of bonds and instruct ed him to sell at 30 They were only salable at 12. however, and poor Abraham to keep up the plot, had to make up ’he difference out of his own fncket. The whole "plan," moreover, was arranged by the Suiton himself. -If any one Is so lucky aa to And one of Ihe "shooting stars" which will fan m Ihe meteoric showets due the jam 14ih of ihi* month, says tha Washington Post, ho may congratulate himself on hrvlng captured a prlxe worth Its weight In gold Th- number of collectors of me teorites t* Increasing, and the competi tion between the different cabinets, pub lic and private, has caused a great ad vance in the price of rare specimens The largest and finest collection of me teoiite* on thl* s-de of the Atlantic to the one In the Harvard Mlneraloglcal Mu s-um In Cambridge. Reckoning European collections it rank, about fifth or sixth In th* worid The British museum ha* the l-cst collection, a* It ha* of *o many other things, and the cabinets In Vienna and Pune rank n-xt The principal part of the Harvard collection a* brought together hy one of the most distinguished of Amer irnn chemists, the lair J Lawrence Smith, of Louisville, Kv whose specimens were pur- ha**d bv subscription in 1883. Prof Smith himself being on of the subscrib ers. —"As a matter of fact,” aays a coura geous writer In the Boston Traneertpt, "th* common rat Is a vastly more intelli gent creature than the equtrrel or the average rat. lam more t ibn half con vinced that th# resources of the rat as a household pet wouie.. if fairly tested prove very greal The rat la undoubted ly capable of a higher and more Intimate form of domestication than that which he now commonly assign* to himself. He is at present a resident of our house* on unwelcome term*, and he makes him self. quite, natur illv. a* much an enemy of the household aa poaalble. Let th# rat be welcome,l and made a friend of the family, a* haa been don* in a few casea, and he become# a different sort of follow altogether No longer forced to steal hi* food, he becomes a playmate and a com pan Jon, The sleek and well groom ed gray rat to, barring th# ordinary bald ric** of hi* tall, quite as pretty and graceful a creature as the squirrel, and there la no reason why we should not Itecome so much accustomed lo th* ap pearance of hta tall that in tlm* we should regard It as quite ornamental'' Tiie Quakers Are Honest People, Tttnt* hav, not •t’r. nor t.lood it ~, ~ tonic. It r<*tru.,t., dlgetion, cur** ijy t . pepsU and fend# •trnth and t.m t, thti nrvou* >t*nx It la a mcl.elne for weak wtt*n. It j, , purely vegetable medicine atvl ran t„ taken by the moat delicate Kidney pj,. eaj.ee. Rheumatism a.id all diseases of tha Blood. Stomach and nerve* *oon aucctmttt to It* wonderful effect* upon the human ,y*tem Thousand* of peot>l In O-nrjt, recommend It. Trice II 00. QI'AKER PAIN BALM is the medicine that the Quaker Doctor made all of hli wonderful quirk rtrre* with. IPs a r.w ami wonderful medicine for Neuralrta, Toothache. Backache, Sprain*. Pain In Bowels; In fact, aj; can he relieve.) hy It. Price JS." and ,fc, QI'AKER WHITE WONDER SOAP , medicated soap for the akm. * alp add complculon Prtca 10r a cake QI'AKER HEADING SALVE, a vqw table ointment, for the cure ol tetter. i. ma ant eruption* of the skin pr;ca 10c a box FOR HADE RT ALL DRtW.ISTS Ocean SteamsniD Go. —FOR— NewYork 9 Boston -AND— THE EAST. I'liMirpas.-ed cabin accommodation* AJ the comfort* of a modern hotel. Eiectrl: liKht* Unexcelled table. Ticket* includ* meals and bertha aboard ship. Passenger Pares irom Savaanii TO NEW YORK—FIRST CABIN 13. FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP tt: IN. TERMEDIATK CABIN. 111, INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP, Bt STEERAGE. $lO. TO BOSTON-FIRST CABIN 12; FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP. IN TERMEDIATE CABIN, sl7; INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP M STEERAGE. sll 7S. The fxprev* steamship* of this ime it* appointed to sail from Savannah, CtatrU t9tith) meridian time, a* follow* SAVANNAH TO NEW lORK. NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, TUESDAY, Nov. 27, 8 30 p. m CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt B* THURSDAY. Nov, 29, 10:00 m KANSAS CITY. Capt Fisher, THURS DAY. Nov 29. 10 00 a m TALLAHASSEE. Capt A*ktna, SATUR DAY, Dec, l, 13:00 m CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. D*u, TUESDAY. Deo *. 3:00 p TO. NACOOCHEE. Capt Smith. THURS DAY. Dec. 0. * 30 p m Kansas city. rpt. Fthr. satuV DAY. Dec, 8. 6:ho p m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM Capt. B*rg, MONDAY. Dec. 10. 8:00 p. m. TALLAHASSEE Capt A*kma. TUES DAY, Dec. 11. 8:00 p nt. CITY OB' AUGUSTA. Capt. Dafiatt, THURSDAY. Deo. 13, 10 no a. m NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, SATUR DAY, Dec IS. 11:30 a m KANSAS CITY. Capt I-'leher, TUESDAY, Dec. 18, 2:00 p m TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Aakin*. THURS DAY. Dec. 20, 3:30 p m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt Ber*. B'RIDAT. Dec. 21. 3 00 p m CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Da*'t. SATURDAY, Dec. 22. 5:00 p m NACOOCHEE Capt. Smith, TUESDAY, Dec 25, 7:30 p. m. KANSAS CITY. Cap* Fl*her. THURS DAY. Dec 27. 9:00 p. m, TALLAHASSEE. Capt A*kln. SATUR DAY Dec 29, 11:00 p m NOTlCl3—Sieanuihtp City of Birniinf ham will not carry pa*en*ers steamship CITY OK MACON. Capt avae, will ply between New York and Bo*ton on the following whedule LEAVE NEW YORK FOR BOSTON (from Pier 35. North river, at 12 m noon) Nov 23. 28. Dee. 3.7, 12. 17. 21. 2ti, 31 LEAVE BOSTON FOR NEW YORK (from Lew* wharf, at 12 00 noon) Nov. . 30. Dec. 5, 10. 14. 19, 24, 28 Thl* company reaerve* the right • change It* *ailtnsa without retire and without liability or accountability there for Salllna* New York for Savannah Tue dav*. Thureday* and (Saturday* spm W G BREWER. City Ticket and P*- *enser Agent, 107 Bull alreet. Savannah. Ga B W SMITH, Contractlnn Fra*M Aent. Savannah. Oa R O. TREZEVANT. Afent. Savannah Ga WALTER HAWKINS. General A**et Traffic Department, 224 W Bar tre*. Jarknonvllle, Fla. ' E H HINTON. Traffic Mana*r, Sa vannah. Ga P E LBFERVE. Manaaer New I*ter SS. North river. Nw York. N T Merclioiils X Miners ironsporloiion Go Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Philadelphia Ticketa on Sain to All Point* North ael Waat. . Flret-claas ticket* Include meals •"* berth* Savannah to Baltimore and in * deipbla. Accommodation* aod <- u l unequaled ... Th* aieamshlp* of thl* company are; R pointed to *all from Savannah a* (Central Standard Time): TO BALTIMORE. TEXAS. Capt. EkJredac, TUESDA Nov 27. 10 a m _ _,,, nS- D H MILLER. Capt Peter*. TH' DAY. Nov 29. U a m. RnAT , ITASCA, Capt BUltip*. SAT R‘ Dec 1, 1:$0 p. m. <rt-wnAT. CHATHAM. Capt. James. Tt ES Dec 4. 4 p. m TO PHILADELPHIA ALLEGHANY. Capt. Fo*ter. MONDAT. Nov. 26. $ p. m. -otr>AYi BERKSHIRE. C *4>t Ryan, FiCD Nov 30 9 p. m ~.,r<tnAY. ALLEGHANY. Capt. Foater. Tt.ESD* Dec. 4. 4 p. m. Ticket Office No 112 Bull J. J. CAROLAN. Agent. u| NEWCOMB COHEN. TraV- Af • Savannah, G*- W. P TURNER, O. P A A. D. STEBBINB. A. T M J. C WHITNEY. Traffic Manager General Office*. Baltimore M l J. D. WEED % CO liTMUUR, 4U. Leitker Belting Steam Packing 4 Bose Agent* f NEW YOKE .DBBEI, I BELTING AND BACKING OOMKAtt*-