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4 Qiljr |Hornino iXctoa lit raiUß News Hutiiimg was amh. u Flint 43. kOI E 3481 H .Hi, IW- Registered at it e FoJtofE • i. Ha ir.r.ah i 111. 'Hill mm. mw* . • I-i . etery dai in the )' ar, and serial to inUcrlbiri *n oa city, or nut by roa... at 7y cent* at. ri H f r at* month-, ami b JO lor w i > tar. IHE Hull \ I \t, r:y mail, *l* Him i h- in alt bout Sunday lasae), Hire* n r. in*, 1: > . i-.x months, JJbO; urn )i r y '<• Till. Ul Ihi t M. 'ko tu-* * w~ek .Mur. and Thuradayl by mil., uni year. I. l* Subecript:ons p.yable In advance R*- m.i t moil*) order, check or racial red letter. Currrny i*nt by mall at rlk of tender. t Tier i*rt advertisements, otner than spe, ill column, local or rradlnf notices sm-.sem.nis and cheap or man* column. In cents a line. Fourteen lino* of aea'* t>pe>-*qu, to ©no U!'h In dpih—W :h' ssndsrd o t measurement fontrac" ra’oa *".<! discount, mad* knoan Wi aptiitcatton ' Uuelne** offl-e Order* for delivery of th* Mom nr N*ws to either reid*n<* or place of I . lrees ran he mi'li >y mall or - y t*l® phone No 21b. Anv irregularity In daiiv ♦ry should b immediately irporlal Letters and *:#*rarnt should h* ad dressed HOHMMi M;\3* ai nah Oa rjTI.BI OKfirK, 3 rark Roar. Now York city. If. <" Faulkner. Mat age SSU lu UV AD\LKIISEMEMS. .'fprcial Notice*—Susuncr Pilot Boy for f avarnah Beaufort, Charleyton. Buwa~ n*e Spring* Wain, State and County lair* ;>.i hurlr.i 11 Notices— T. A W Laundry. New Ptaylnc Card*—Anli*u**r-Bu*cn Erewlng Association. Bterult—National Biscuit Company, Steamship P-bedule*—Ocean Steamrhlp Company M' rrnarsts and Miner*' Trans f>r!aiion i mpany's Steamship* Medical Mnoyon'* Remedte*. Hood'* Pill*, Ifoeie'iera Stomach Bluer*. Ayer * nu*. Dr iiatbaway Company; Cadorla, Hor*ford * Acid Pho*pl,ate, Stuart * Dya- Itl <;a Tiablel* ("heap Column Adv retirement*-H*lp Mamed Employment Wanted. Foe Rent f or Sale. Poet, Personal, Mir *!lan*nu* The Weather. The Indtratlor* for Georgia to-day are for partly cloudy weather, with local rain* in eastern portion; fresh northerly wind*: and for Eastern Florida, fair weather, fr*b north to cart wind# Gov. Rooaeveli 1- now receiving several h tadretl letter* a day. Do the oflice-soek ' marine that "Ttddj" U going to ta the administration'’ One more the osteopathy bill roc* down Irt defeat Mewn'tmc there t* noth ing In the low to prevent any person from hating M* or her hone* rubbed. It Ir reported that anew "mammoth cava" ha* been discovered In Wisconsin. Tht* ought to he on Item of Interest to tha freak tat**men who were retired as a result of the recent election. Von W'aldereee carries to* house about, with him on hi* campaign# The Kaiser ' so** h m one belter." and * arrlea around hi* own private pulpit, front which he drllver* sermon* whenever the spirit move* Mm That ISPI will ha a "go den year" I* the firm belief of Mr. R Sorts, director of the mint A* <rdlr<* to hi* *<stiniate Ihe our gait of the yellow m*tsl next year will be in excess of lAei.'W.W, or more than JI.WKt.OUO per day. Gov Ural of Minnesota will appoint tin a<l-Interim Senator to fill tlie seat of th. iaie Ben .tor Mavis until the mealing of the Iggtsator*. (Jv. IJnd t* a iv-rn erat Thete It a probability tliat he will ap-. point ‘:**le* A. Towner Mr. Townc could* a* rve ot.iy a short while, but the appoint n.ei.t would give him the privilege of the floor of tit* Sei at * for life. A movement Is on foot In New Orleans and elsewhere to have cotton need quoted In the market, the same as cotton Is quo tail The New Orleans exchange will pro) abb adopt a regulation providing for such quotations The cotton seed industry lets now grown to be of so much Import ance that the need of some authoritative guide in prices Is seriously needed. In a New York Catholic church the other day, when the collections were counted It war found that 1,901 one-eent piece# had !>een dropped Into Ihe basket, ”1 n*> not forgetful of the widow's mltc and |t* blessing." said the priest, "While ] do not quesuon the spirit In which the contribution* were made. I do hesitate to believe that there are 1.9 M) widows In this building, or In thiv parish." "If reducing the war tax lx a good thing,” nays the HI uncmd Dispatch, •‘why would not itofhlnf the war and get. t ,ng rid of It all be Utter?" It would, un questionably Hut actually stopping the war la quite a different thing from pro posing that It be stopped. We do not t*e- Peve an Ignominious retreat out of ht I'hlllpplne* would be popular in any sec tlon of tht country— not even In Boston There to report. ! to be once more a .r cloud on llie Houth American horixot Uruguay and Brail! have a quarrel, wht h lias reached a somewhat acute stage trvd the Brail,lan minister at Montevideo ha tietn banded his passports Bolivia also. Is showing some feeling ag.ilnst Unix.l Hhuuld both of the little rrpubllc* take up arms agatnat the big one quite a warm encounter might result. Meanwhile. II to difficult to predict with any accura > what will be me outcome of a South American quarrel. The question of Porto Rican cltlienahlp under the conaUtutlon Is soon to come up again In anew form. The Treasury De partment has been notified that within a few day* a large party of Porto Rican who bava worked on the sugar plantation at home will arrive at New Orleans en route to Hawaii, where they have been engaged to work at their former em ployment. The question to be decided to. Will the Porto Ricans be permitted to en ter a territory Of the United States, a Hawaii has been proclaimed, under con tract to labor” If they are clttoer.a of me United gtato*, thay have that right •f tuurag. tmf. Bonn* nirosm r.Hr.n. It IS evident that the war tn South Af rl a 1* not yea ended. The Rrltteb g~v#m ment has been assuming for several week* that It was, and recently atepa were taken to call home a part of the South African army It waa said that there were only a few guerilla* here and there ard that ;i was a question of a short time when the Boer would accept Ihe term* of Greet Britain Apparently the British ovfrr.mer.f doe* not fully under* and tn# situation n South Africa In our dispatches yester day II wo* stated that Gen. Robert* bad .led for lam freati troop* That m- m* that the auerl'.A warfare Is assuming pro port len* wh en are .'.arming to the gen l in. mm.ti: In* • .1 of w. hdrawsng troop- from S.uh Africa Great Britain rr.as have 10 nd a good many thousand* more (here. It seem# i hit there Is avert strong anti-Br ■ te. hog m Cap® f'okmy. The Dutch •gr.-s* t .ere will met next week and there is apprehension that there w . be an Uprising of th peo. pie Th* cause of ihe antl-Hntlah Deling i tie pokey which Great Britain > . ■[••• 1 t<r .dinging i ■ It--era to u rn*. From the |®ih'.|.-h> >1 ercounis ihls (policy I* fully as cruel a* Ihu adopi* 1 t.v Gen W eyier In • iba i crush the Inaurrectkm In mat Is^nd. Gen. Kit. hener i- to he put In supreme nmnjaiid with In • ructions to crush the Insurrection *n any way he can The peo ple or® to t.e driven trom their cornea and ihe. country 1 *id wte. It le not improbnlv'e mat if the pew rr.silU"! of bi/r.ging the Boer* t te-m* Is arnrd Into *ff*.-t a* g n*rally a. It Is now understood that It wi 1 be. Pro Went Krimr may - .. eed In getting someone or more of th# Continental Power# to in tervene in taeir beha.l. It Is ap parent that France, while not willing to tek# any step in that direction without th* co-operation of someone or more of the other Powers, wnsrll like noth.ng twttcr than to be one of two or three Continental Power# to lend material aid io i re B*r.- There la undoubtedly <* great deal of simpathy for ihr Hoer. In Conllnenial Europe, and * bitter feeling again ! the British. If th* Chinese trophic were out of th# way President Kruger would s*nd n excellent . hat..e of g.tilng assistance of com® kind, and even in the face of that trouble ther. may be a European movement to help me Boers preserve their Independence. T.ie cruelty with which Gen Weyler treated the non- om hatant Chjhans was one of the thing* which led to the war between this coun. try and Sgsain. And, as lic.*dy stated, it ia the purpose of the British to deal a* harshly with the Boers as the Spaniards dealt with th® Cubans It 1# difficult, of course, to t.* any chalice for the success of the Boer cause, out If the Boer* hold out n few month* longer something may happen that will enable them to retain their in dependence. NEW YORK'S HATH ( LIBS. The two Demo rati.-, politic <->o<-iil cluh* In New York city are the Manhat tan and ihe Democratk The Manhattan was orgaruz- I for th. purfsie,- of promis ing Demo, raeic prln lplee. Ii became widely rind f."vcral.lv known, many of It* member* being reeidrn -of distant i ltle.- In laier yemr Ii w , housed in the St. w art mansion, suit, probably waa the most experts,ve club house in the re,untry. It <lld not pro per tlr.oncially tn ilia* place, though at r- ni'mtx-rrhlp kept up very well. In December 1897 Mr lYoker came io •he conclusion that there ought to b® a dl*t!m tly Democrat I dub In NVw York, it 1* probalde that h. wantet ~ club In which he could feel more at home and In which he would be the biggest toad in thi piekUe Therefore he eetsldtuhed a club further up on Fifth avenue, and named It lh® Democra t Club. The local Democrats: i-oltUciuns very generally Joined It. and It w., thought that It would draw *.. many members wnv from the Manhattan that ihe latter would la> wamped t-y It- debts. The Manlxittnn, however, give up It* expensive quarters end went Into the old Jerome house on Madison avenue, fronting the J’ark There M ha* prospered. It now ha* a very large and growing membership and it has got completely over Its finan cial trouble*. It 1* believed by some club men to la 1 in a more prosperou# condition than the Democratic Flub, It will cele brate It* thirty-fifth anniversary tome time during next month, and on that oc cation Ita officer# will report that It i* now tn a more flourishing condition than ever before. And th® Impression I* getting abroad in New York that hs In fluence will be thrown against retaining Mr Crok*r in the i-oettlon of dictator of New York cMy. William S Gilbert and the lat* Sir Ar thur Sullivan won fame together Oilbcri wrote the rhymes and Sullivan ret them lo music. At Ihe outset of ihelr careers they were the closest persona! friend*. Bur. as Is often the case when each of a pair gf friends is talented, they frequent ly quarreled. Their difference*, for sev eral years, were always quickly made up and their friendship seemed os strong as before. Finally there came a breach which refused to be healed On the other hand lime seemed only to embitter each toward* th other I* was though! the other day when Sullivan died that Gil bert would drop the feud, and pay a tri bute m the memory' of hts former friend and co-worker. This, however ho dc lliitd to do, carrying hts resentment be yond the grave. Representative \Vright's dispensary bill failed to get through the House and Into the Senate. It Is the first Important *- * ailed lemi" ranee bill for soon that has tailed lo get through the lower branch of the L-sMlamre. The meaning Is, of ourse. that Georgia Is well satisfied with her to al option law It Is working well Real reform I* nulling from It. Grad ually the. #t tie is be.ng brought under temperance Influences by means of It. There l* no good reason for tampering with that law. or burdening It with imtndmenta and half-measures. "Let well enough alone" Is a mighty safe rule in this Instance. • The mosquito as an Intermediate host of yellow fever ge: ms" Is receiving quite h lot of attention from the medical fra ternity. The report of Burgeon General ►iternberg of the t'nlted States Army teals largely with the subject, detailing xperlmeni* mad* in Cuba and which ar<- *l4 to show direct connection between mosquito bins and yellow fever infection In a number of cases. > THE MOKNTNG NEWS: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1000. REFORM Ik MME. Mrs Eitaaaeth Stanton'* Ilea* of r form do not stop at politic*. They #x t< r.d even to the name* of the men whom women marry. We mutt refuse." she • v speaking for her sex, "to marry met with obfe tlonahie cognomen*. A •-tueade along this bn* will work won ders for me happinesa of women All vulgar, flat and silly name* stiouM be abjured, and it rewt* wi'h women so do this work I repeat we must refuse to marry men with object ion able cognomen... ■i* ihey can be legally changed by a sim ple act of the l-egtelature. and me wive* and da tighter s thus saved from being mortified and rail yied ail fheir days a# Hoggs. Crabb* and Bulls Mr* Wanton hfbd* that a man us no right to ask n woman, no matter how much she may love h.m. to V'omr permanently a Poii, or a Kettle, or o Catf. and no woman who has regard for her future aerenlty of mind ought io contens u> being per petually saddled with any aueh name If th# man will not have m# name legally changed sin'# tt wa worn by eome hon <W‘-d old anre or. then, according to Mrs, Stanton. let the woman In ih care de cline to enter itrto the alliance. Mr* Btanton. by the. wav. uttrs a of warning against a religious regard of ltd family names If many a man proud of the name of hia ancestor, she says, would dig around the roots of the famuv tree he would strike snags. She had that experience herself. I'pon lnve igatlon she found that the "Cady" tn h#r name was really' a modification of "Cade.” and that the Infamous Ja k Cade was one of her fathers an-es'ors. "One thimhle iul of Jack Cad' s b.ood, filtered thr-vugli aeierai genera ions," say.- she. ' has kept m protesting ever since I began to see." For the take of argument It may he granted dnae Mr*. Btanton makes a good as# againei th# men. On the oiber hand, if tne women are going io ina.st upon the dignified surname, and in# r.ght of an indivtdiMi name th.,t will continue through life—and Mrs Blanton contend# for shat— ebould It rot te th# right of the man to contesid for a name for hla wife that h# would not be ashamed of In later life? If a young woman in.-uets upon be ing known as "Birdie,” or "Jewel." or "Msyme." or "Lilye," or "Ma.” all of wM-h are silly, h.- no a volld reason for raising any objectio, whatever (f th* man who asks her to marry him should Chance so be flamed "Potts." or Hogg?" Take for tnstan.* Birdie Hogg." Bet Birdie" live to b# forty-five year* old. become the mother of eight children, and weigh 2W> poundsi would no* the name which th* husband donaied to the estab la-hment b* more tilting than that which the w rim of the wife or the nonsense of her parents fastened upon her? If all men ar.l women were perfectly •-an* and evenly balanced, this would no doubt be f r4 ih, r dull world. The Idiooym ra. of personal nomen'-le lure are but an evidence of what may be • li#d the normal insanity which goes o make up th# \unetv md spj.., 0 f jjj,. A*wl medern baptismal or Chtisiun names are far more insane than surnames. Bur names originally- des.gnatcd cveupation, Mte, residence or some particular thing lor event that relate,! to Ihe person "Ro!.- •H Smnb was Robert the smith," r.d John John-on' was John the *<*! 0 ; John. Hut many modern baptismal names, es pe-'lall.v among the remale sex. nr e al moet meaningless. \v hiU dose ' Mae • hiean' Moot does "Pinkie" or "Rolls' elgnlfy? u> "*ke off our h.K to Mr. llogg and Mr Potts and Mr. K. ule an.l Mr. Co't and aro ready to believe .hat hey have good renson* for their surnames: but we ure not quite ready io wi-oortl the same distinguished eonslderaiton In the matter of baptismal names to Mrs Birdie ||og L - Jltw Jewel Potts Mrs Pearl Kent,. •Mr*. Pinkie Qktt. I'm in-. it tt Tio> m-it on*iDigi) Some of the Kemihllcan leaders who have arrived in Washington are saving that if their party is wise It will not In terpret Its recem victory „* meaning that the people are r.ady to Indorse whatever It docs, no matter how extravagant its action may be They take the p.sltion that there should be great moderation In legislation, so that the optsosltion will have no chance to crltl l*e and condemn, with any show of m-c-us. what the lie! pubilcana do li is probable mat ihey have In mind, among other thing*, -.he snip subsidy bill The Republican* suld noth •*<( specifically about this bill | n : . platform and barely alluded to It in t e campaign They were afraid apparently to discuss 11. Now. however. th.U they ate In power for four years, they chink they tan pas* It without doing their iwrty any great amount of harm. In foci those Repubh. can leaders who are back of It feel that If they can get It passed this winter it will be forgotten by the public before th* lime for another genra! election comes Thera ara other measures In which the Republicans are deeply interested which will be pushed with y-gor during the ap preaching session No doubt those of the Ira te. # w ho really think more of their party than of the suc cess of any blit, will do all they ran to keep she legislation pretty- close In th.- a propria tlt n bills. They will do she best they *-*n to keep In the background hill* that would likely lend to make the Re publican par’y unpopular One of the happiest men In New York slate It a I*oog Island plumber. Some months ago he did a Job for Russell Sure His charge was bu' the aged flnan 'lei beat him down to ll* Recently Mr. Bag* sent for him to do another job. The plumber s bill this time wa* Ui. After some kicking on the part of the mllllon alie Ihe plumber agreed lo u. ipt *.> Having goi his money Ihe knight of the soldering Iron tool his employer: Mr. Sag*. I could have done ihai Job for s2!> slid made IS. but knowing that you would beat roe down 1 added a little something lo the bill," The plumber now hat a mighty poor Opinion of ihore Pfflows In Mall street who permit Russell Sage lo gel ahead of thern. Thr Ck.tr of Russ.a ascended the throne in I**. upon the death of Ms father, Al txxmler 111. He Is thirty-two years old ills wife is a granddaughter of igueei Victoria. They have three children, all girl* The Russian succession Is through the male line only. Tha heir apparent t. the throne, therefore. Is the Czar's broth er. the Grand Duke Michael, agisl twenty two. An event shortly to occur in Ihe toy si household, however, may keep the sue. cession In Nicholas' line. I'ERWOkAU -Bits* Cirmn* favorite pasttm* ! walking, and the poet every year takes long rrampa through the wildest part* of America —The London papers report that W E Norris, the novelist, tw contemplating a trip to thla country to read tn public from his looks - Lord Dalmeny, the eldest son of Ij> rd Rosebery, shows im inclination for a po- Mti. il life and will probably enter the British army. Rlthop Potrer of New York be.leves In keeping up one's Intimacy with the -.assies, and not a day pane* but he rtads a great deal of both Greek and Latin. —Beniamin D. Btlllman Is not only the oldest practising lawyer In New York and tn* >ldea living graduate of Yakt, but is alto, m, far a* la known, the oldest Us ing college graduate in the world. —Former President of Veriexuela An drade. who was exiled after the last rev o.uttnn and ull of real estate and prof# rfy were confl* ated. la living In New Y-.ik vi ry quieely, but most proaperoufy -Mark Twain* daughter ha* become. In a limited degree, a firofcsMonal singer Her name ia Mi** Ciera Piemen* She h s -ludled in London and Berlin and her m. xxo-ie.pi ano la *aid to w rich and *trlk ins * —No fewer then three out of the four sot.* of Lord Dufferin have been In Soutv Africa during the war. and on,-. Lord Ava, way. it will b remembered, ki.led during the tiege of La>)'-ml:h. laori Basil Bio kwood la the ihtrd eon of (he Marquis of Dufferin, and. i miifh only a bt.rrltrr of three years' simding, he waa appointed Deputy Judge Advocal* in South Africa .ast April. —Emperor William# kindlin'*! of heart i* well known and recently a: the parade a> Stettin ne gave proof of It to • for mer sergeant of hit under whom h® had served when he wa* Crown Prince. He rtcognlge.t ihe veteran landing among ihe crowd of apectators and summoned him. For some minute* he chatted pleas antly with ihe man and then dispa eyed an orderly to bring a horse for hi* former *rg> ant fm the latter might be alee to ri # about and .-<* the review at hi* ease —Lord Curxon. the Vi eroy of India nat a ndoned iua comemplat'd hunt of the five or six lloti: now left In the Gir forest. "There r>- t> w inst.inre- of extinction.” M'< th" Saturday Review more re naarkabi® than the rated ancP eompleie disappearance of th* lion, w.iirh noi long ago overran most of India There are r,locatev m*n alive srl.i who have seen or alam setor* * of them It ! not forty vesta -me the Uft lion was kilted in l'p per India Tne arid deserts of Kith,wear v.ere probably at all time* their el- -f Hirdnghoid. an.l tn those parts a doomed rtmn.tnt sti.l lingers by virtue of careful preeervation The Vie-eroy ha- gra -eful.y deebied *o leave t,m undisturbed, and Utua set wn example which will odd '.ars to the existence of the race. " IIHICiHT HIT!*. —Frison Visitor—>ly poor man. how did year get In here’ ' onylcf—Hard luck 1 didn’t manage ,o steal enough lo engage a tlrst-clast- law yr to defend me;—Tit lilt * —Tlaes Difference—She— What's the dlf terenee between vaudeville and variety’ Go—Oh. you call it vaudeville wnen \ou I ! S rf ' get Ihe habit of going and are .1111 a little bit ashamed of It Indianapolis I Frews, ; —h hy lie Tramped—Housekeeper—l'd ! Just like to know- why you go tramping through the country’ | Mouldy >llk —W. ||. mum. I've heat | I t at these ere palace i are Is rather etuf ' fy. mum—New V ,k Weekly. i —Not Yet— 1 "Is yur *m a voter’’ asked the visitor. "Nope. • in.wared the Ken 'l:f l- tn "lie air; ' qu.le old enough to i participate rcjiulir In r e-ilons yet. All h can do I* to sit ..si) in the back vard ini shoot at a target "-Washington Btar —"Walking l*ad.v" (late for rehersslt— "'h. I'm so sorry to he late* I do hope you havn't all been waiting for me’" iM'iip Manager (Icily- My dear Mis* f'halmers, Incompetence I# the gift of I heaven; but attention to buslnes* may be i cultivate.!"'—Punch. —"Mo you think It *d|| take doctor’" I i*ked ihe fair young bud who was being vaccinated. "Well " rcp'i.d the gil.anl doc or. 'lf jit do* : n’t take on such a pretty arm as that I'll h ;W no respect for iscltir her*, after.’’—Chi ago Record. —For our deeds In this world we are no'dlled that Reparation hereafter Is given. 9o the woman who wears a large theater hat ill Will get a small halo In heaven —Phliadelph a Press ! —A Bc-ok ef Reference— Papa—Here' 1 to and you never to go tear that bookcase | witnout tr y i e mlst.on Willie—l ju-t want >ll look at the his tury of Fr.lic I Hiale*. Papa—Whui for? wu l -This pa tier says the Cblcasro* Was I ehan.pcens of the League In |*J arvl I \ don't tiellev* it Piilladetphta press | —Ready— "Why. Mrs. Parkinson, what- I *1 er In the world induced you to buy that dead black dress-puberti? Hurely, yoj ) don't think of giving up bright colors at 1 'our *• • "No. but It was u bargain, ; and I got :o thinking It might com- In handy t* *• My huaband'a going d* r-hunt mg In (h* Adirond.i ks."—Chicago Ttme.-- I Herald. t l Itßl.vr COMMENT. The Philadelphia Record (Demi say*: "Senator Morgan of Alabama has been chosen by (he Legislature of that slat* to succeed himself by a unanimous 'or - of the me ml era of loth houses Thl- l it rare compliment. But (lie whole conn ?rv would hat*’ been of th- tame mi: and. Tn*re art very many of Mr. Morgan a fellow citizen- who ttnJ It necessary n dl-agree with him In some essentials but there are non* who fail In respect for h grist abilities and his honorable de sire to serve ths country." The Riltlmor- Sun nays: "A coo'inr togc her of the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air l.tno Is d!< ussed. bu: Its realization is ier htp In the remote future." Oommentlnr -n ihl* ih< Rilcigh New* ami Observer .\s "The lntere-ls of the Kyuih l b** best advance*! if these three system* should *o tlnue .msolutely Independent, each making efforts for the traffic and the Improvement of the ro.n ry ihrough which tt runt." The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Democrat, (Dem.l say# "A* there Is a limit to the amount of money In the treasury . It Is already evident that ( some of the Job* waiting for a con ereeetonsi appropriation wilt not ■c provided (or this winter. Hanna's O. K. was too (rce.y distributed when ho was conceding cash for th* campaign ' The Minneapolis Journal (Rep) aays: "The (list duty of foreigners In any coun ry is respect for the beliefs, iunl'u 'ons. customs and traditions of the |> o .le ainoiis whom they go and this seems to have been In very many oases the last thing to which foreigners in China hiv given thought." Gasibler \% ho Knew How to Lose. ‘ The games! ioaer I ever ***'." said a traveling peissenger agent for one of h* Western railroads a.-cordlag to the W*ih ' ington Post. ‘an a sheep herder who didn’t look to have enough chara ter to ! him to stuff a gnat pelt. He was bunch ing h*ep on the Idaho aage range* tor u month and hi* grub, when an aunt in I Connectliut. wtiom he had scarcely ever heard of. much less seen died anl >ft Mu lU.Otd He dsin t have to come L ist to get the m<>ney. A lawyer handed i to him m a bundle in Po< atefio. He went -o Jim Granalorda lap* bank on.l told J:iu that he wanted to raoke n few i ,o.i.i:.d. I do.lar bete Grarsford toid him that he and better hang on to hia and mgh The nerd- - • •dd J.m ttX: the moo y waa io him for ihe act.un he rouid get on it. ! and that if he didn't get action ut Grans : foul a layout, wny. t ier* were others F • Gransford {leal mem Irom tn* box him self. with a ll.'>, Him' I saw tn# whot- I*y It lasted *.;>• foriy-flve minutes The herder wasn t in tt ai any stage •■( the route Coppered or open, he couidd't i .and right. It was ih* fiercest run of *v and iuck I eier saw a man have at faro bank When ih* herder had lost |:3.<K>>. Gran - - ford eakl io him You'd t>,*tley pit h oil t tt rema.nini 13 hoo. eon. g.ve yourse.f a i hane*.' You hand me out another boxful re plied the ntrder. 'When 1 get t.irough 1 11 quit.' 'Tn* man was perfectly >ool and eol- I*. ted. and he laid down h s las' five ll.iWi Ciil# without a tremor. He p: ked four s'ralght loser*. By that time Ihe box was out and Gransford nrled *m oral star * 1 anothu deal The h*rdr watched the ■ids lip out for a moment, and then he put h ~irt |1.o) bill on the king Thu kin* lost and he was trimmed. There .'■•Mi i a particle of a contra tion to hi* feature* a* h* molly struck a match nd (1 e cigar 1 think thru* who saw the p.ay feu a good deal aorrler for him than ;,ed *d for himaeif. Bud. said Granaford to Ihe herder 1 m no hog I'll Just *p'.tt the d.fterence with you. and he began io count out na.f the money he had won from the sheep man. No. you won't,* repi.ed the herder ocliv. 'but vou can give me a drink and a boit.e to put in my pocket.' •Better take a couple of thousand an.l run to Denver or 'Frisco and have a whirl ou' of it. anyhow.' persisted Gone ford " 'l've had my whirl.' was th* (nan’s re ply He wasn t *uiky at all and he dldn t try to look abused. He wis simply all snail and all game. " 'Where are you bound for now?" ask ed Gonsford. after putting up the drinks and handing the herder a quart bottle of old private stock. ” 'B"k to tn® o.d K-.' replied ihe herd er and h started for th# ranch an hour laier He had bought Ihre# blue flannel shirt*. pair of top-boot*, and a poncho, and that's all he got out of hi* (18,000.” "Another .lead gam® loser." said a Seri ate committee clerk who hells from the Pacific cos*t. "was Georg* Melrose, who ,n the iat# 70'# ran the two biggest gam bling house* on th# Slope, ~ f n San Fra nr taro and ihe other in Portland. He died rich in Melbourne, Austra.iw, about five years ago Melrose's rival In San Francisco was 'Puck' Stuurt, who had big faro layout on Kearney street. The two men didn't particular fancy each other. Stuart went up to Portland In the summer of '7S and bucked Melrose's bank (her* to a stardsilll. Me.rose . losed the Portland place. Then Stuart hrought hi* winnings down to Melrose's 'Frisco hank, and whh an a.most unprecedented run of It’ll, lasting -nor* than a week, he closed Melrose out Melrose realized about (80.- .*•> on his Californio investment, and book the lurch to Stuart * Kearney street pi a Stuart himself dealt. Melros. * luck seemed Io have deserted h:m. and It. itet every dollar of his (6b.Wi. }|* was broke " Melros* said 'puck' Sluart to him after the last turn out of the box 'l'll give you (20.(00 a year and percentage if you will run a No. 2 game here for me' " 'Much obliged. Stuart,' replied Mel rose, 'but 1 tt worked 100 long for my -.■lf to be iractablc In another man's cm plot I'm going to take a sail, anyhow ” 'Would 12." say. be of any use to you to make h siart?' Stuart asked him The two men. as I *ay, were'nt fond of each other, but they were very square and g.neroim chaps, for all that. " "Not giving you a short answer, Stu ar(. replied Melrose, 'we haven’t been on good enough terms for that,' and he strok ed out. An hour later he wus ehe most genial and collected man tn his rairty out •it the Cliff House A lot of hie friends offered to start him going ngaln In San Francis:o, bui he smlUnglly requested them no* to talk business during hours of diversion,. The next day he was on the si mcr bound for Australia, and he nev er returned to San Francluco. If is estate was Inventoried at half a million when he died In Melbourne.” Hotli of the Old School. There la a wealthy old lady In Detroit, as there probably I* In every city of any six*, who would rather have her own way than lo have her own fortune doubled, av* the Detroit Freo Press. With her Is i niece, put down as the prospective heir ■ nnd the young man whom s)i* wants l*. marry went lo ask for her hand. He was promptly Informed by ihe o.d lady that ho was useless generally, that he wa* u specious hypocrite, that he could not ► have Ihe niece, and that If they married without her consent the girl should never Inherit a dollar. Next day the young man's grandfather called on th* tyran nical aunt and profusely thanked her for what she had done We aie of the old school, you know." he said suavely "> have lived >o -.-*4 i lime when wealth has become all Im portant. but you and l cling to the senti ment that pride of birth I* far better. I know that you do from the fact of refut ing your niece to my grandson It was good of you. and I came personally io thank you I could have never hoen hap py again had he married beneath him " and he ha'krd from ihe room while she was trying to apuiter forth her over whelming Indignation. "I'll ahow him." after sh* had averted uroplexy. 'th# arlaiocrailc old pauper Never be happy again, hey? I'll see that he's not." and her per flew while she Nus lervd to herself "Thought I woul.ln t know how to avenge myself, did he’ The conceited old survivor of a crsxy preju dice." In answer to the note cam* the young man. hushed and expectant, lie could i>* married lo Ihe niece quietly that evening or give her up forever. Of course :he ceremony came off, and Ihe aunt was en joying Internal ecatacies over the way she had outwitted the old gentleman Utter the new nephew turned to h r and Inno cently remarked; "000 l old grandad told me he was sure he could get your undent, 'am 1 can't conceive how he did it." They revived her with smelling salts nnd helped her to bed. She was still there In the morning, but sect for ihe man ser vant and said emphatically: "If t h *t Blank dare* call here kick him out" Worklnu MU Page. It'a a wise boy who knows how to work his father, and In this precious ag* most boys are wise, ssy* the Omaha World- Herald. Louis' father work* In Omaha, but Uouls himself Itvee with his grandma In Western Nebraska. Like moat boy* do. Louis writes to Ms fond father only when j hg want* money cr somethin# new m wearing apparel. Last week he wrote, enumerating a number of articles he need ed Among other things, he wrote: "Please send me some stockings. You better send blcyclr stockings because they last longer than the o:her kind. Are you going to send me a bicycle on my birthday to wear with my bicycle stock ings?" ITEM' OF I ITER EFT. —ln the new BrHlah Parliament fifty five member* are directors of British rail way* and eleven are directors of colonial or foreign railways, while half • dojett •thert are large contractors for railway works —lt Is one of the curiosities of th* preti .tenilsl election that the banner republican i rownthlp should be located In North Caro lina In the Bheltou Laurel townahlp In ' t it state McKinley got 210 vote* and Br> an none. —The Union Traction Company of Phil adelphia promise* to run open car*, one In five, ail winter long, with no restric tions as to smoking. In the aummer smoking ts permitted there on only the three last reals of the open car* Be.glan tradespeople and hotel-keep ers who are lamenting a serious loss of trade owing to the late antl-Prltlsti man ifestations are now antagonising any dem ut -tratlve reception of ex-prf*tdent Kru ger should he visit Antwerp. —lce racing on ihe Hudson is to re ceive unusual attention during the coming s-asoii On* craft that has Just been lamed out will be a marvel tn lt wav It will carry 612 square fe#i of canvas •nd will yet b* so light that four men can easily lift a.id handle H. —The Pittsburg Church Federation hat taken up the work of theater reform A comenitte* on the subject ha* notified all tnir.agers that It will exert Its boat efforts | io prevent the presentation of any no •orious or demoralising p.ay at any Pitts burg theater. | —An invest.gauon on certain of the wood* of South Africa lias revealed ih* fa*f that the stlnkwood or Cape laurel. ! would prov* * va uable substitute tn Eng i ,r.d for tlje American walnut. The wood ts *4kl to he hard to saw. but pane* e*s ly ir.d .-an be turned and pollened with facility —At a special session of the Michigan ; LeglSMiura a constitutional amendment res pj;-*t which provide* that railway* mav be • ixe.l on the Value of all their i property In place of the present methol ■if speclß ' Mx**. based upon the annuli , income The vote will be taken on the amendment on Nov. . —ln add.ticn to being Ihe greatest oktt.e, : >he*p and hog market In the world. Chi ; "ego now become th® leading hor*. market During the tlrst nine months uf ! ;ii* current year H?.<YO horse* were re | telved and sold ihtre, and the higheet I former record fo a like period of time wav j broken by nearly 30/ro ! —At the New York automobile show | there waa an amusing sugg *'lvrne*a ; about the Juxtaposition of ihr e mac’ bus lon the main floor. Ranged in a row i hen' was a big truck hearing the wo .1 "Cham rwvgn." In Urge lettering an 1 the braid | hex: to it h i an ambulance and next to j It a iiolie* tatroi wagon —One of the mo-i frequent uses to which the telephone is put by French i country subscribers ! that of an ola m to wake them In in® morning Th who wish to be aroused at'a given hour I have only to advice the le’.ephon" admin '•ration the night before of the hour at which ihey wish to be rung up. —Half ei*e piano® are being made In Germany toi the u*e of children who are learning to pa*y. riecto:s declsro that much permanent Injury Is and ne to ;ho muacl-s e f the Anger.- by endeavertng tn stretch an octave or more, so th- new pianos are made with key* half the nc ial width In order to prevent euch Injury. —Police officers n1 attorneys of Port Huron, Ml It . have be*n somewhat stag gered by a d< Irion given by Judge At kinson. One John Wa.sh was brought Into court charged w ith being a common drunkard Hi* hot).a put o few questions •nd discharged me prisoner, saying a man Is never drunk mile-* he is uncon*<*loiM> —An Inventory h.'ia been tiled and *p proved in the estata- of the let® John Rock of Milwaukee showing die aggre gate value of the real estate and lTs>nai property at fL'al.Wl 59. The rl.dms agilns, this r 'ate amounted to only (2.W. whl’h is a rare c urrerc* In a ca*e like mis •Mr B b k was an t-x-Majror of M Iwauke* —Atteoatds will non be male by Cali fornia merchants u> put fresh rw*ra*u on the mark'* in London ar.d other placet in Great Britain The California navel oranges ar. growing In favor In England and at. being much appreciated. It is ex pocied '* . Callf.yrn - asparagus will com l et# with French asparagus, which 1* sent to England In large quantities. —The old home place of James K. Polk, located in Polk avenue, Nashville, Tenn Is being rapidly demolished and an apartment-house will be erected on the sl'e. Mr Polk il e| there The state Legldature has several times .onsrtdero] propo-i lons to buy the house for a gub. ernatornl mansion, but the hint has al ways met with negative action —A Chf’agoan just retu'ned from a trii fa.-’ so that the fossil wav to anger a Saratoga mon 1* to drink a not produced there. No re-ld*nt of F ri toga. ii ts said, ever think- of and l kn; the spring waters, but ha takes It a- an InsuU It a visitor Joe* not ami regarls a* an inetny the who ha* Ihe te merl'V to cider and pay for an Imported water. I —A special report received at the Tress i ury Department at Washington from kCapt W If Holiert of the revenue cut r er Manning tells of a remarkably i n* : cruise Just completed by that vessel. The Manning toft New York on Jar 8 of this vear and n continually on the go unnl the middle of October, and dudng the nine months she steamed a distance of •TfcQ miles -Knowledge must be sought for In the i most available sources, Piof. I*l leering !of Harvard I'nlveralty haa begun tha ! erection of an. observatory at Wood I awn near MarxievlUe, for his colossal tmeecope, He holes to take observations of the planet Ero* early In December and will, subsequently, undertake like oh* rvat on of the moon an t Mars. Important reiu.ti ure expected —Twenty-one persons died in Missachu j *ff last year aged 100 years or more. Six teen of the twenty-one were women ihre of ih sixteen never having been married Eight of the twenty-one were l orn in lit land. Hire* tn Canada and three in other foiegn couiurlea—leaving aevan native born. tlx of whom were of Masta. chusetta nativity. The o.dert w*a two ; month* over ltd year*. —One of the advantages derived from the use of Marconi telegraphic outfits on boats crossing the English channel la that rottce can lie given to cennerting rail ■v.iys regarding the number of passengers f. r whom *• toMModailons ar* require 1. | n such Instances the proper Information Is tiansmuteti to the port at which the steamer I* about so arrive. But a Belgian vessel demonstrate i another Interesting possthil.ty the other day. She left Oater.d for Dover In ar, exceptionally heavy gale, although she car’led a number of govern , i ti . of th.- -1 *t*m rtie 'wo porta are over | seventy ml e Yet until within a j few miles of Dover the steamer contin ued to report back to Ostend her progress and safety, besides dispatching compli mentary messages In cate a boat should bo disabled, It would lie even more deair i able to muiniam communication with her nwnvia than If unhormed The line to which this particular vessel belong* will n*>w equip Its whole fleet with Marco it! apparatus. The Quakers Are Honest People, §TVom* c' i . " nor blood !i - digestion, cur.-i strength and . * the nervous s It Is a medicine for weak woaner,. 1: purely vegetable medicine and can * taken by the moat delicate. Kidney tvj. eases. Rheumatism and all dteeases of Blood. Stomach and nerves *oon eur -a to it* wonderful effect* upon th s n V ‘tern Thousands of people In Georj;> recommend It. Price |i CO. QUAKER PAIN BALM Is th# m*d' that th* Quaker Doctor made a! „ wonderful quick cures with. It's a , * and womlerful medicine for Neur. r,. Toothache, Backache. Rheum., -m. Sprains. Pain In Bowels: in fact, *i n can he relieved by it. Price Jit and QUAKER WHITE WONDER h AI , medicated soap for the skin. *a p >t omplexlon. Price lik: a cake QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a . table ointment, for the cure of lett. zema and eruptions of the skin I, , !0c a box FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGIS Ocean SieamsDin Gi -FOR- New York, Boston —AND— THE EAST. L*murtossed cabin • *:ofnmo<lattons A. comforii of a modem hotel. iig ho. Unexcelled tabie. Ticket* Ui-.uk mejit and bertha aboard *hip. Passeoger Fares irora Saraaon TO NEW YORK-FIRST CABIN. R . first cabin round trip. r. in termediate CABIN *l2 INTEL M D1 ATE CABIN ROUND TRIP. 1-, . STEERAGE, 110. TO BOSTON-FIRST CABIN l—, FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP. 3s P TERMEDIATE CABIN 117 INTER'!' DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP, Ra ; STEERAGE. *11.72 The *xpr*s steamships of this line *r* vppointe.l to aail from Savannah. Central tFlthi meridian time as follows SAVAXNAH TO 'F.V\ YORK. KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher, THURS DAY. Nov. 29. 10.00 it. n TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Asklns, SATUR DAY, Dec. 1. J 2 00 m. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggn' TUESDAY. De- f, 3:00 p. tn. NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, TffURS DAY. Dec *, f.30 p m. Kansas city capt Fisher, satur DAY. Dec g. 6:00 p tn. CITY Of BIRMINGHAM, CapL Br MONDAY. Dec. 10, S:00 p. m TALLAHASSEE Capt. Askir.s, TUES DAY. Dec. li. soo p m. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett. THURSDAY, Dec 13. 10.00 a. m NACOOCHEE (apt Smith. SATUR DAY. Dec IS, 11:30 a m KANSAS CITY. Capt Fteher. TUESDAY, Dec. 18, 2.00 p. ni. TALLAHASSEE Capt. Aekuis. THURS DAY, Dec, 20, 3:30 p. ni. CITY OF tIHMINGHAM, Capt. Br* FRIDAY. Dec 21. 300 p. m CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Dag gci, SATURDAY. Dec. 22. 5:00 p. m "NACOOCHEE. Capt Smith. TUESDAY. D*. 25, 7:30 p m. KANSAS CITY. Capt Fleher, THUR DAY. Dec, 27, 0:00 p. m TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askln*. SATUR DAY. Dec 3. 11:00 p. m. NOTICE— Steamehlp City of Blrmtn; hem will not carry paenger* Steamehlp CITY OF MACON. Cap- Savage, will ply between New York anl Boston on the following schedule LEAVE NEW YORK FOR BOSTON (from I'ler 35, North river, at 12:00 , om Dec. 3. 7. 12. 17. 21, 26, 31. LEAVE BOSTON FOR NEW YORK (from Lewi* wharf, at 12:00 (loom Nov, 30. Dec. 6. 10. 14. 19. 2 A V Thl* company reaerves th# right to .-bang* He .-alilugs without notice at < wtthout liability or accountability then for Sailing* New York for Savannah Tu*- dav*. Thursday* and Saturday* spm W O. BREWER, City T.ckei and Tz* *enger Agent. 107 Bull atreet. Savanna* Ga E W SMITH, Contracting Freigh- Agent Savannah, Ga n G TREZEV A NT. Agent. Savannah Ga WALTER HAWKINS. General Agent Traffic Department. 21 W. Bay atree' Jacksonville. Fla E H HINTON. Traffic Manager. Sa vannah, Oa P E. LEFEVRE, Manager. New Pa 32 North river. New York. N. Y, MefMSl!rs!:onrig!ill9 ' Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Philadelphia Tickets on Sale to All Points North and West. First-class tickets Includo meals * n * berths Savannah to Bifltlmore and Fid * deiphla. Accommodations and cutr-aa unvqualed Th# steamships of this company are ap pointed to sail from Savannah as follows (Central Standard Time): TO BALTIMORE. ITASCA. Capt. Billups. SATURDAY, Dec 1. I SO p. m. CHATHAM. Capt. James, TUESDAY. Deo, t. 1 p nr TEXAS. Capt Eldredfe. THURSPA S Dec * p. m , „ D II MILDER. Capt. Peters. FATT R DAY. Dee. *, 7 p. m. TOTIIILtDEI.PHIA. BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, FRIDAY, Nov. 30. P m ALLEGHANY. Capt. Foster, TUEsDAd Dec t, 4 p m BERKSHIRE, Capt. Ryan, BATLRDAI. Dec *. 7 p. m Ticket Office No. 112 Bull street. J. J. CAROLAN. Agent. NEWCOMB COHEN. Trav As< Savannah, Ua, W'. r TURNER, a. P A A. D. STEBBINB. A. T M J. C WHITNEY. Traffic Manager General Office* Baltimore. Md. 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