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4 (£f)c fflor'nittg Jfrto& It* ralng N#w nuidiuf MtMimh. *%TI HUAY, DEC mill II h. IWm. Itegtatarad at lha Po*tf'ft' a In Ktun'mi iiik nohuiyu kw i pu every day til the y<ar. and Mfvtd to subscribers to lb# city, or aen L n.a.l, at it cent.! a month. H f o fur tlx months, ■ml H> 00 f t m e ■ ear. THb HOHIIVi M:\va, if mil, six time* ■ week (Without Sunday Dans), three months, 11 el. alx mor.lh*. $3.10, 0*1" > ear la ,0. Till. i\i:i:ki,l NEW* io fcima week (Monki> ami Thutaday) by mat., uf.f year S. 0. piyubl© In s4xac* R*- rn t t money order, eheck or risfflst r*d letter. Currency eent by mail at rUk of tender. Transient Advertisements other tun special rvlwmrv ioral or readlnir n ■tloea ©m*i*ntent and cheap or *ant c Imi . l‘> cent* e line Fourte n lines of • -** typo—equal to ot.e ir. h tn depth—l# th* f'lndurl of measurement Contrac* r.t e and 4l<xHmtp made knasn on app*Usatlon a' bueiiif e offl e Order* for delivery of the Mom n*r Nwi to either residence or piece of bualn©*© cm be male by mill or y lele phone No 210. Any IrrtfiUr I In dellv* j try should be immM! rdy rrporte-1 letters and u-letaane hjuld he ad dressed "NORMMI Miuy at nah Ga. kCAITBRY oi ll( K, 3 Pirk Ue. New York city. 11. C. Faulkner, Manage. LNDtI 10 kEtt ADUJttIStMLNTS. Meetings—Georgia Chapter, No. 3. R., A. M . Annual Meeting. National Back of Bavar.no h Speclil Notice*—lluaranee Spring* W. tar; Ship None, Walter Conwy. Con signee*; Ship Notice, Barnard A Cos., Agents. Fan y ami Repressed Brick. Sa vannah Building *uji|>iy Company; Bh’p Notice. B.i* nan & Cos., Coaialgnees: State and County Taxe*. lb; Venison ami Turkey. Jim.* J. Joyce; Christmas Goo.la. U S. Gardner; Rexular Christ maa Dinner* at San Kranclaco Restau rant . Pine Meats, tvott & Irevls, Mar ket; Pine Good* for Today. C. A. Dray toai A Cos.; John Funk City Market. Steamer Pilot Bov from Savannah for Beaufort and Charleston. Business Notices—Franklin Cigar* Sh.tperpcare Cigars, Henry Koiomon A Son. Kiga. The S TV. Hran< n Company Auction Sale—Administrator's Sale, Die mend* Jewelry, Music Box. etc., by I I*. laßo It*. Auctioneer. Grape Ntrta—Poatum Cereal Company. Eat Well—Won Firat Prtxe. Gold Medel at Macon Fair. leg Ml Notlcaa—Citations from the Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham County. Cheroots—Old Virginia Cheroot*. WMakey -Duffy a Pure Malt Whiskey Yellow le.ei Whiskey. Mineral Water— Hunyadl Janos Popular Publication—The Tribune, New York City. Amusements—Mabel Paige and tie Southern Stock Company In the “Captain a Mete.” Commencing- Dee. 10; The KiWni liearn Company in “The power of Gold," a- .Maitnee, and Kktnapped," at Night. Medtca)—Ayer'a Hair Vigor; Hood * Far sapwrill*. Mothers Friend; l.ydla Pink ham a Vegetable Pills; Warners Raft Ct:ne; Tutt j Pula, Stuart’s Catarrh Tab le ta. Cheap Column Advertisement*— Help Wanted; Employment Wanted, For Ren: For Sale, lean. Personal. Miscellaneous. The Weather. The Indies-ions for Georgia to-day are for rain, followrd by clearing ami coolri waather. brisk norinwsaterly wlmla; ami for Eastern Florida, fair weather, fresh not thwesterly winds. A total of 43.000 new spiixllea for colt an mllla In the South was piojected during the momh of November. Thi* 1* an in crease over the previous month. The country has had enough of lha Sampson-F-hley controversy. It will will ingly consent to both of them being made vioe-admlraia rather than have the con troveray reopened If a subsidy Is a good thing for the ehtpa. why Is It not a good thing la> for the rice grower*, the sea Island cot ton growers and other Southern product-re who have to meet foreign competition? It may be that Gen. Mercler’a plat) (or a French Invasion of England I* “hang ing Ilk* a sword of Damocles” over the head of England. If It Is. It !a safe to eay that England ia losing no sleep be cause of |t. It looks aw If “Hobs" would get the cream of the honor* from the Transvaal campaign, and leave Kitchener to do ihe teal hard and dlsagtreahlo work. Imrd Heberts Is to gt a dukedom. Isortl Kitch ener will probably receive the Queen’s thanks anti a medal. It ta not believed In Washington that the matter of the admission of Clark of Montana to a scat, on the appointment of tna Governor will be taken up by tne Senate during the present tension. I.u.k lly Clark Is not dependent upon hia sena torial salary for his living Meanwhile he has leased a magnificent home In the capital city. If brevity Is the soul of wit, ih# Queen's sp**'h to ratkuimnt. published y*#trr d*y, wiii *• •' record an on* or th wit tiest state papers ever written by the chief executive of a nation. In n single paragraph of sixty-seven word* the Qu#**n •old Farli.tment all that ah* expected of It. Will Uia time ever come when t Pres ident of the United Htatet will addresw Congress at Ita opening In a message of a atng.e fmragraph? Chicago Is overrun with tismps. buma and tough* of all kind*. Jaoob A Mils, the New York writer on social t onotny. hold* that Mayor Harrison of Chtcsgo la largely responsible for that condition of affaira. Iwi*t winter, an ording to Mr Hila. Mayor llarrlran madt a statement In which he said that he waa a friend of iha "hoboes " and that It waa “no crime to ha poor.” Rede ting the Mayor a sen timent*. the city government lwt been lax In It# treatment of tramp# and vagrants. Now toe city la full of able-bodied men who Infeat avary block In tha day time beggtng. and who go out at night and fcoM u|l ana rob Ut* c.lkctOb Ml T Tltr f mr.BI r.n r It looks as If the canteen would son* riare to he an Institution In the aimv { I ie temperance people are making a bit ter fight against It. and the llou-r hi put r clause In the nreny bill üboiisbi * id. Tl* majority against the canteen wa < i l.irgr one- so large that It Is a saf I prmllciion that th- Senate will agree- with tne House, so far as the canteen t- con i' rned It will be recalled that in t 1 last army bill It was provided that the : tantesn should be closed, but ti c A.lor- I ney Orneral found that t ■ pnrfs-se <.f Con*rca* was so on* -urety . xpre. *■ t that there was room for doutit ~ to w: •-ncr the eantr-n cou.d tot l.e r- Mined The • f*ouM wjs p©tt!©<l In ftivor of tho ran ! *©©n. The Hoti*# 1 ba* r.-*w epokm th© ntTi* übou; th© mmirr, n*l In Iw< rffp which mak© ftj mranlfiK' c!er j that th< ro in no room f.r doubt. I It I* a qurjit.on whether th rt- on it* own JiMlffm* r*t All of Abo tcftl j rirn> of army ofb*r* >' .n f..v >r f tbo j rantron Thoy pay thort; In lo*j drunken* • • * - wifh If tban t # would bo w • out it. bcnuio th* noidlor who w*nt intoxi tr would manajtf to grt fhrm. and bo If f Uf..iM# to f> tb* m openly wo iUS them Mirrfptitlouily. leiquor obt.unM in that way |* g*nrrilly taken in exeam. It U drunk bvbi wl.*n fhore Is no frr-Bt do *Jr* f>r It. Tt.#* ismprranr* rc >p> will not look at iio nutation, hrtwr ipr, in s practi' •l wav. Aj thvtr effort* ro not i.rr'td -di much to rivliht o!di*r from drunkrn i - a* to winning i victory over thoff w ho a(lv<y atf* th* r.int#*rn. Now *t t lli.ii-.- ha* ihm neither brer nor whimsy shall l<* in the arni\, will It not have to put lteli on record ngainstt the eeihng of intoxi f.inte In the Capitol ** If It Is wrong to sell H In th iirmy It ir wrotif? to sell It in the f'apjtol. An amemlment, prohibiting tho of hquor In the Capitol, was of fered to th© artny bill, but It wan ruled out on the ground tlt r Wi*> not ger mane to the bill. Hut there is nothing to hinder those who voted liquor out of the army to introduce a bill to prevent the >-*lJtng of intoxiienta in r.© Capitol. %1\ wo*iid eeerti that, in order to 4>* rondst • nt, thoee who ore the strong*’** oppo f • ntn of th© < mu leer, would have to take stepe against liquor aelling in the Capitol In principle* there le no difference *n fell r>g liquor at an .irtny io*t and In the Capitol. | '*> laBMFM V FOR Till: nol'IIV It eeme that tberr was little if any foun dation for th talk to the effeet thnt Htitleh government wan preferring to h*t tie Ifw dlfTerenees with the Transvualers •nd Free Htatere by Htatesmanehlp r*ath • r than by th* eword. and th.it the Itoer formers would be allowed rompen-ot<m for their ruined farms #nd for flie of stock The speech which !x>r I ftalls *tiry delivered at the opening of Parlia ment on Thursday leave* no room for doubt an to w hat the purpore of the Brit l*h government is Among other thing* e *ad that the p©>pi of th© Transvaal <r;d the Pree Htate ehouM understand that there f'ould he no deviation from the policy whleh had been already outlined Anything renemhllng Independenc** eould n©vcr be granted. The wrar must proceed o fh© Inov.Table Ihhuo Th© prmter fur ther said that he did not intend that a lired of the Independence of th© lioer* nould Is© left, and that It might be gen et atione before they would he allowed to have anything 1 k© ©elf government. President Kruger now knows w*hAt to 'Xpert from the ftriti*h. It ia their In tention to make tw* Transvaal .n*! tho Free State a part of the Blit In h Kmpire. to fill them up with Mritieh immigrant' • rid to pra< th ally a*Blmllat© th© lio©m, who will never again bo known ** an in dependent people if l„ord Ball ."bury ha* it* way, and It poem* that he will have It aw hU party was overwhelmingly vlcfo. rlous in the recent ©lection. The talk iliont laying the Hoern fr their ruined farm- or Allowing them to form anew re pul die In the north of th© Tmnnval did not emanate from iny authoritative source. VEHIHCT Foil t ill: WIDOW DOWD. J. !*lerp>nt Morgan ami William Hocke fidler ware jurors In a cue In New Yoik the other day, in which n money connll • ration was involved. The Widow Dowd had sut'd the Widow White for damage? Beth widows are scrub women. The Widow Dowd alleged that th© Widow White bud "made etioote" a: her. and ha* •’taken her good name away from her" with a word which the aforesaid Widow White had Ssid to her In the presence of other#. Making "snoots" wa# technic ally deacrlhed to the court an piecing the thumb to the nose *n) derisively fiddling the fingers In the dlredlOß of the obJe* t of fieri#ton For thece thing# the Widow Dowd naked damage* In the sum of $2,000 In her own behalf the Widow White de nied the "snoots" epi-nde. ami asserted that ahe had called Mr# White by “no ram* except he name she here* If with her own mouth and nobody else# told ria to mv very fare was the U st n.tnx Iter hustmnd ever had in hi# own month to give her” The testimony tra.i humor ous; so humorous that ten of the juror# 1 tughed Hut Mr. Morgan and Mr Ho* ke feller, knowing that a question of money •vms Involve*!, it #f (lately, without era- k Inga *mile through it all. And at the cone 1 union* the magnates of Wall street gred o a verdict of fctt for the Widow j Dowd. Gov t'lngroe of Michigan ha# pardone I • Jen. \V. 1. White and Uen. A. F. Marsh. f the National Guard of the at ate, up m i iitiique grounds. White waa quartermas. i ter general and Marsh Inspector general * t the state of Mictiigun They were con i vlrted * f having ccngiltf I, successfully, j with others, to rob the state on certain military clothing contracts, the amount l *f the stealings being upwards of s43,<w. Mine of the ef?V era had confessed, and I offered In mltig.ition the p!c. that hi ! Itad been over-per# uaded by other# who had shared In the profits. These "others,** jit appear#, are prominent clthpny of j KiUmatoo’ They have * v a|***t punish ! insist; and since they have escaped, Tin ! grse think# that the two officers might ■ not to suffer In ottici words, a cording to Flngrss. two individuals of a band ot ! thieves ought not to l>e punished unless | all of the other thieves of the band can j be apprehended and similarly punished Nobody has yet Informed me public j what hr r president McKinley tro|>o*- to | rect hi# throne In the While House of i the Capitol, or what room in either bulld- Itng w*uid b ike worn autialuv lor Ike (HiffOM, TTTFm MOHNTNG NEWS: SATT HDAY. DFmCEMBEK K 1000. AHIPR THAT AIIK I*BO FIT %Bl.fr:. The theory on which the *htp-üb?!dy bi. I? bared Is that our merchant marine built up witnout goverrment .. Ships built in thi* country, and *.w i• 1 and operated by American*. xm.ot compete u<ve*fudy with ahtpr built and oi* -rated hv Kuropeans. But > thi* theory correct? It wnl be retailed that Senator Fry©, in hi* speech ailing up the ahlp-suheld • bin th© other day. j.atd. tb answer to a question, that all <w th' ocean carrying tnoia of this country was don* In br* gn bottom#, with toe exception of about 9 fier cent of It. Now the quewUon arien. how Is it that .Vinerlean-built and owned ships doing per cent of our pc*an carrying trade manage n make a profit ? If the- Am* ii an ships an compel© auc cesifully e,!h f>reign-hulit and owned . •lip* why cannot more of them do ao? * Hie c*f the commercial papers of New York call- alt*. Mm to the fact ihat there are *4 engaged in foreign trade which are .wn*>.i by American firm They have not tli* right to arry ttu Ameri in ilag because they were not built in Atneti* if* shlpyari*. Bui. notwlth vtandlng that fact, they are Am* r| an eliip H j- not doubted that ail of them do a profitable bumc* A i muter of fa t all that It Is noces *ary to do in order to build up a m©r i inf marine in this country that would do th' country's carrying trade. If to l*ermlt Ameri in registry to for* ign-huiit Hhlps. At once It would appeur that #hlps •an he built In this country as cheaply a? they can be built In any other It D aborted that the figure* on which the ship subsidy bill Is baaed represent ihe root of hut id :ng a ship tn American shipyards at a time when ail kinds of i>htphuiiding materials were very much high* r than they ©re now. At the prea . r.t time such materials are cheaper In this country than they are In any other And. In estimating the <o t of running a ship, the far t that coal l. cheaper her** than In Europe must be taken into *on eldc ration. Mr Fry© ought to tell th© Senate wny It H that the ©hips that do 9 per cent. of our or* an carrying trade are not driv en off th© ocean. If. a* h© says. Amer an fdilp* <an not compete with foreign one? Mlitiout th© help of the government- When h© <lo*- that be will make friends for the shlp*subsldy bill. m %it k ferr aio i tTiovs foii ott> A .Southern product that is steadMy growing In value Is cotton seed. One Bmithern writer of prominence take© th© posit Inc * tha: th© time Is not distant when • aee<| ©f the cotton plant Will V*e \a.uahle tram the cotton. It Is i fa-t mat cotton seed in some localities this year has brought the planters gratifying ret urns. But notwithstanding the fact that the piodncta of *of ton ©eel are heoroinu more varlsd and more va.uahle, cottoti i Winter* are getting very little more for the seed Bom© seasons In some states they may g* t much more. but. as a general thing they are not get;mg th© full value of th© seed. Tha New Yoik Commercial ha© taken hold of the question of the in k of uni form My in the price of cot ton s**l. an.l points out tha* there ought to be •• re* ttlar niAiket for th*- seed. The only w*> to make such market Is to publish cotton ©*©d quotation* every day from every* part of the cotton belt. Toe n©ees i*ity to planters for stich quotations I* -howTi by th© an foment, made by the Commercial, that on on© day thi© season cotton seed was a©4Dng at t 22 per ton in South Carolina. SIT per ton in L#out*- Una mid Mississippi, and 110.60 i*er ton Iti some pi*rts of Texaa. On th© same ky the prl..*© of cotton was about th© ssmt In all of the©e tate?* If ther© had tecn on open market for .-otion seed, and quoiations. there would not have been ©u h a wide divergence in th© price of th© * r and. The price ki Texas would have been juat about what it was In .South Carolina. It is intimated by the Commercial th m t noo wlo deal In cotton seed are i. ■ anxious to have the seed quoted. Tic y prefer th© pcoont condition of aifuir* becaus© it liicroasaea their chsnca for get ting th© M©l at their own prices. 1 in for th© Intercut of th© planter, how ever, to have the seed placed on th© >am plane, tn tiie matter of .a market, as cotton, ami th© products of cotton seed should In* quoted Just as oirwr prod ucta of th© factory. The planter could then se© when th© seed was bringing siomewher© nrar its real value. Cotton exchange* ought to take thh* mailer up it hj *e with th© vl*w of at -Isllng cotton planters. Cotton oil com haiations have profited long enough h> tn© planter’s lack of information respect ii.g tha real value of his crop of cotton hv©d. A dud with rifle© for a woman’s hand was fought In lowa the other day. t the R over. It was u iery sensible jort of en i counter. Miss Anderson, the woman in i the cim. <ould not decide between young Mirxena and AUtot. she liked them both ■ and eouM hav© been happy with e.ther were t’other ©way. ’.Suppose you shoo* *t out,** she suggested; *T’II marry the | winner.** They quit kly agre©*l Each was I notcd as nit ex|*ert with he rifle Miss Anderson personally arranged the details. I Going out back of th© birn. the distance i was quickly stepped off. Hil l a target was set up The terms W‘*r© thM the man I who made the mod bulls©y©* tn a given • number of shot* should have the bride Alstot lost his head arid got only one hull-eye. while Mirxena plunked the hla < ?jot every Urn© h© pulled trigger. The loner, like a H|wri*rruih. shook hand- with tn© winner and th© prise, and w|shvl ilietn happiness M.rxerta has had his rtfl*- #iW%l and will hang It In his parlor. Th© town of Sing Ring. N Y Is I**- cc.njing a mamifaeturlng community of some Importance; but th© name of the trxvu Maci-d on an nrt i© Is satdl to ptej. udief Its sale, moat purchaser* associating the article with :h© state prison at that place, and believing It to be convtrt mod*. Tne nam© of th© town may b* changed. The m©s*iages of ?h© Presidents In cVeas© In proportion ss the ©xpendititt© of th© gov©rnmecit Increase Mr MeKin ley'a last n# 4i sic Is th© iog#t on r©*- ord containing Ti.hoo word*, and th© ap- I nroprlatlons at this session of Cdngww iwill likely be larger lhau those of any previous Congress. It seem© that the T©gUiattjr© of Mary* lari Is wi'hout n **opy of the Revised tltatutes of the Fatted States, or if It ban a eof> it do©* r.ot fOrtulT th© at *tiite as often as It ought. The Baltimore Sun ra * attention to the fa* t t!it n >:©■. it flxrd tha time for the meeting of the El© tor.il coileg© for the eh •.< n of I*r. s |deit ani Vice -Pr©s!det,t of th© TTnlted H’ate© on th© first \Y*dff l.iy sn D* ©m ber. following In this matter the F© leral statute of % It ent r f©d©rai stxtute of !RAT which required that the EDtdoral *g© of everv state, meet on th© *©< ond Monday tn January This la k of knowl©dtc<* of th© F©ktal s'atute? on th© fNtrt of th© Maryland I#egi>uture has caused sum© confusion among th* of ficials of #rat ©tafe. It seems to worry ©**m© of th© Repub lican newspaper* because Mr. Bryan and Chairman Jon©* do not look Ilk© m n who ha I ben through a eye-lon* or a tl resh ing machine .Apparently th*-.-* * w ia pt re thi ik Mr Hian - g i *• ; about on crul ties, with on© arm In a • i g and court p.u *r -’t , * -tu k hli over hi© eouniencnce. while Chairman Jones should never app* ar In public* ex cept in tags and tatter#, with black eye© and bleeding no*e. Th* fa that both mrn are who;© in bon© and and eon- Unu© to take an Interest in rife, appar ently fl.le th© Hepubi an pres© wuh as tonishment and r'#©ntmrnt Anew fre*’ adv©rii!*tr;g *• lemr : ias been •tru k by th© al pr©ss agent© ©i Near York, it j* th© foot poisoned from the silk stOi king. A e©‘o©d-rat© opr:.* singer has Just re et\*d several hundred dollar*' worth of itot.cty from her foet and b' r ilk .to king. Young Mr. Phillip;- who cornered corn in tho Chicago market . and mad© a for iifi© out of th© deal, a* r*©li©v©d to he now working for * corner In tne I>© cm her option. That young man Is monkey ing with a load©.) gun. IT.ftsi> \L. —Bret Mars© will probably return to Amarica r.**xi year, hut only for visit, as he m* rely Intends to mak* a tour of th© Weft to brush . his m morl* .- of that taction of th- . and valopmens. -Sir Michael Hick.* Beach, th© Eng llnh Chancellor of tne Exchequer !..* a horror of tobacco, ! never ta en in the 'rooking-room of th- llouhc. but l- it ways to be found in the members’ * i room. -General W. F. Draper, of Milford Mass, has received from Ihe King of Italy, th© grand cordon of th** order of S*;iMf* Maurice and Uu.tr< a* a token of tppreciutlon of th© former Amhi- adot'c servlesa during his mbion In Italy Th* grand cordon is one of th© highest decora tions eonferr©d by thr Italian Fours —ln accordance with th© will of th© late Marquis of But© th© employ©.-* of hi# ©Mat© In th© Dlai and of Bute, were paid n sum aqua! to a full year’s salary. Th© legacy a{ |!i*<! only to thiie© who had b**er> upward of swo years on the c.-t;t- u( th© t m© of Bute’s death Aboit I<* ment of various grad©** |ar?lcipat©d. The sum jii*l out at the estate offl* © amount 'd to acwit ffi.loo. lilt H. H I HITS. —Renoftt© of Intellectual Contact—**Dkl you have an interesting l|t*rary clu?* meeting, Ali* ©T* "Oh. yes; ©very woman there w© work ing on anew pattern of Battenberg la r." Indianapolis Journal. —After th© Defalcation —"T understand *ald th© reporter. that th© dot Milter’ method was very simple.** Very’" ©aid the bank official, with a sigh. "ll© Just took tho money!’ -Pu. k —Pardon*bic —Gentleman. B*'© here! I’m not going to pay *ny ©uch ratea us you charge. Do v*ou think I’m a ford T" Cabman (apologetically > What els© could 1 think, sir. when you to*>k a cub. instead of n afreet car?’’ —New York Weekly. —Despondent Fair One —"Do you know dear, I’m afraid I must be getting very 0.l ’ Consoling Friend Non-en©e, darling' Why !o you think ?** Despomleti'f Fair One; Because people are I*©ginnlnr to tell m how very young I am looking!—Punch. -Tii- Sultan of Turkey *as cro a* CO ltd lx . "I m we*ry of all this annoyance,*’ quoth he. "Perhaps I shall pay What I ow you, *om© day. If you'll Mi | making Thanksgiving joka© about m " —\\ asklngton Btai. —He was rich, but not attractive othor w Ise. ll© loved a pretty girl, but he was afraid she did not fancy him t>ti© night he took h©r out to K ipper and asked her if she would hav© ©ovne lob sters. “! am fon.l of loh?i< ra In evwjr form,”' rfp!!v<l thw <F.ir girl. Oh.” hv x-tatu~ally murtour-rt. “<han yon hkl rtin hope?"—Ctfivetaixl Plain Dealer. I I HRF.9T l OVI MENT. The Near Y'erk Dimmer ml (In.! ) “With an annual rielleit In the poet oft! e •lepaitment approximating J’* the country tannol affo;<l the luxury of a parcels ro*t We neJ at prfirm a more generally efficient po(al svatem—tmt oelly rxperlnienr.illon with fa'ls. An.l ihe merchants of the entire <•< untr' e toukl ru>: he for el io p.iy nny rart of the e\ pense of a r -heme shat woubl drive their irade away ail into the hig department tore* of the large cities. The Br. it armv of msidle-claea merchant# throughout the United Ht.it- ahoukl rise up and d-feat the project before It Is a month older.’’ The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dm i eny< If the Chrietlan ladles who ore non In session In \\h;ogton, and who are In such uncompromising opraad.ion lo .'■ army canteen, should lei Ihe President out on list ilni. It la lo be hoped that they will not omit to call on : irn to .\- tdalo the oondltlotif In the ffulu Dlan I* No that we wist: to einbarr the Pres ident. hut when people are "hewing to the line.’ oral all Ihat eorl of thing. It :.* not plewctrt to see dir rlmlnatlon as to who is hit liy t ie chips." The Pltishurg (Pa,l l*ost (pern ! rays. “The ship su .*ldy I*lll gel* the right of way In the Senate, having been taken up by a vote of 3H to 29. If this in.l.cat. .. Us strength m that branch. R Is e rtj*n to go through both Houses of Congre*- li only appropriate* j’jomo.om to n ik* m>re profitable and luorallva an Indnslry. that 1* row prospering li I* hacked i , the strongest lobby power Ihat has op prared In Washington since the day* ••t the Paclftc railroads and the credit mo biiler.” The Chattanooga Time* (Drm I siy* "It I* Idle vxpetidliure of force for fkmih ern editors to tight Oriimpa Were !*!,| to redis’e Bout hern congressiorail representa tion The thing was .lead before |( was Introduced m tue Uouaa.** laming a Colooiril lItSW. In Colonial ti*y% is was customary for betrothed young women to rUl© to th© nearest town, mounted on a pillion behind father **r lover, for the purpose of pur n* K their wedding outfU. says the Youths Companion One such proaj*ce • iv© brtd'. tne l**r hot quirk-Sempercd Nancy, went up to Boston with Eben, whom #h© was soon to marry, and th© pair achieved an ©xhatiHng but satls fa* lory day's shopping When, in th© cool of the ©:isly • vening. they started on th*lr twemy-mli" Jourmy home, they carried, •tow vd .mi ,y away about poek©t and saddle #ome doxt of their pr.ciou. prr chases. About half way Nancy ml#*©d a p#©k ag©. and w-h* i •*> turn t>*k ond |o**k f*r if dia whs sure l had been But Khen reminded her that .f th© mo ment of leaving tw< parcels had be*- n hastily combined into* one and assured h©r that wa lo't; she had mere ly miscounted. But sha was not con viruf and. •’There should h© thirteen!" she declar ed. ’’a baker’s <loxer. " ‘ Twelve only— ) !oa©n, but not n ba ker’s doxen." Eben maintain**! stoutly. Then Nancy |ot her imper. Sha vowed site w s right, and that she meant to re over she mi ng parcel Would h© rid© Ia kat om- Amiably, but decidedly, h© would no* It w .•* getting too lat© to waste time Very well, then, would b© '•top hi><i allow her to d-mount? ll© tould do as he i • .is©d him-**lf. low sb© was going b- k to look for rT pare©!. If she went ©lone and on foot' But he de clined to stop Then Nancy tempestousty flung down on© of b©r bundles on th© highway, and sar©attl* illy idling h m that this tlm© someshtng wa© missing be yond question, imperatively demanded that h© should ©top th© hors© But Khan, big. lagy and good tempered, was not without spirit wh©n aroused. *nd h** replied ’hat if she ho*© to throw tiirngs away In a tantrum, b© could not cop h©r but net*her would h© stop for her. In a fury *h© tossed away a ©©coni par* ©I and contimied to do so—on© at ©ach m'.leaton©—until th© Jourr.ev ended. When at length h© set h©r down on her own doorwton© sh© wa- sohbir.g and saorndng tr tv*r wrath w*hll© h** w* - ‘••ill to out ward appearance pla Id anl '©rene. On that snrtl© d*x>rsone th© t ext morn ing sh© four.d her twelve pare, is lying in i row ©a©h neatly numbered! H© had • * th©ir content© proved tha 4 h© was right, for nothing was mlsslnc ' 4 . very old woman Nanev used to *©ll this ta!© ag in*? herself so her great grandchildren ftlwav© cotu’luding with • And earved me right If inylwdy but your gr i n’t her b*<l married m**. Ivs doubts h© might have married • shrew." Ta Eben. however. I©‘al tradltlota, at # si >1 that ’ hot-tempered woman had proved an affectl*mat© a >i excellent wife. Ilr I on Id at© il th* Nulaware. !©>r Mo-.'b* ry. former Premier of Jre.it Britain, etirprised some of his be.ir- I of 1 re • V: he ring by referring to himself as an agrl* ulturist. says a Eon , ii ii M. ,m© > It i not g< ;* rafiv known even in Engl nd. that 1r- Hosetoery, atesman. .nit *r. .-{©*rtstimi . Is also * farm* t Hi> farm e* t Ment mors. *ai th© pc ndld .'t it© which am© to him on hi# mania** It * onJu t*l t:i© highest fi>j ’b. principles and Is *>*' of the torsi model fruit farm* in Eng land. Earg© qu ir t Mies of frul: *m * from Mentmor© to t • IBoai markets I>-rd I’.oscbery has also a dairy farm oi. fh© Mentmor© ©state At Diimnv hts a--vl.ition with th© w*rld of Industry is m th© form of ©hale min* s lying on n remot© (ortMT of hn ©etnt©. Now and in *ln th© vin*l hr.i t:- th© smoke and ■ melt of th** nut > up to tn© mansion. ani it w * this w ii**h provoked a visitor • remark >n t. © nuisance of having such tnmgs so * ton© by. "Ah. my fmnd. ’ mid la>rd Rose- Mery, however imp., aeant it may Ym to you, to m© it |e :h© smell of 2T* i©r cent. ’ <M! xidiml,© *f the Kaiser. Th© lat F*rofesaor Max Muller vns origir;l!y Jus* Muller, but b© added on© f his Christian names Max to his sur name and be am© Max Muller, says an English writer. 11 is* hang© of surname <r.l ..f na* .on. City did not add to his pop ularity in * Jermany, where hia former * om pat riots u©d t*> nay that "but tor his -• t !;u in England h© might h.ix*e become o| ." Conshlerable itmusem*nt was aimed a? Oxford a few year.- ago by th© Kaiser telegraphing the professor, upon the occasion of tome aquatic victory* My l*e*t wishes to you ami your gallant crew.** "Great Scot;*" tor its Sanscrit equiva lent) the professor D ©aid to- hive ex • !.'timed. "Just as if I were a ’coach* run ning along the bank with a trumpet." The point of th© Joke is that Max Mul ler dis iked ev* ry form of exercise is much a.- does Mr. Chamberlain, and used •o say that there was only one act of folly more egregious than looking at a f.v.ttvill game, and that was taking pari in on©. Prr.sperlly nnd Paupers. Mr. I.llbiirn Phelps, (-ounty attorney of fl :r . . and Mr Arihur Baugh. County Court clerk, two popular Reptjbllcans made some sp**. ches In Ihelr county he. lore Ihe el Hon for ’Vlsil liherlv,* soys Ihe Columbus (0.l New. At one of their appointments they dw*dt long upon lha prosperity of the coiimry. a*<l attributed the hnppy (oadlilon of ther f* low-man to th -a :mlnUtr.itlon of Republli'an priori |, j The . :-..ikers were given vlir-.- at leiillon by t!;elr hearere. fifteen or twenty in mam her, and closed at a ial** hour. Pur suing thur way t.oeneward. LUt.urn -all: ’ Arthur, do you know who we ware peem-hlnc prosperity lo to-night?" “No. ’ tel Arihur. ■ Wei . nearly every one of ihe voters were ir.m il> of *he ,Kv>rhotise.“ “W* I we will sav nothing about this sroaklng umil after the e.ectiun " They kent the agre. ment. and did not tell Ihe joke until after the returns were la A rsrsgnn. From the Chicago Ttmes-Herald. And he was o?e who never took Ad van tag. of hi* foe. W hex never deemed a fellow-man DDhoues' till the facts began To dearly prove him so. He never struck before he gavo Fair warning, alt he kn*w He told Ihe world and never sought To i aim importance he w.is not Index'd emit •; to. He never ke.l for favors where Hi- help had not before, In - sue fair way. l>een freely showie- All that he asked for was hU own. No Jot nor tittle more I sis him burled yesterday. There wee no weeping crowd— No mourner.- lingered <xi behind— Ah. but Ihe county slt l w<* kind. It fumlsh-sl him a shrou.l. _ —8- E. Klacr. klsr nnd I on. "He teems kind to his wife." “That In because he fears her.” For some moments, now. tnl tine old English story runs along in silence, saya \ Ihe Detroit Journal ”Tt.’ sad Gwendolyn at last, "if a n-an is cow'd I uppo*e he is klned. In a *ense: Ktne and cow ar. tit. ..me thing you know! Ha he!’ I ehnoee.l lo be sitting where J eould see the girl s gi.*rtou* face, and l knew bt the nusehievous llgtt tn h. r grew:, • ray eyes thal she wn* Jesting -Francis T. Bowles wi.l. upon hls ap. ' proa hlng appotntmnit. h. the y.stngrsi rear adm.tal to our navy. He it il years old. ' ITEM* OF WTHRWT. r*©nsus figures show that TVs Moines, with a population of C 2.13. ho* sixty eight saloons, while I>av©nport. with but Zit jM inhabitant* has wet g*J* cstab- Uihmits to the number of I&o. Reversing th© usual order of thing-. John Kiefer of Dayton. 0., has sued hi# wife for divorce and alimony, charging infidelity and uthful abaehca. Mrs. Ki©f©r owns ionaalcrablc property In her own right. Virginia Is experimenting with th© dispel, iry ftyefcm of selling liquor on ac count if th© state and town. Franklin havingHiten fe|©r*ted for th© experiment The commonwealth gets one-fourth of if.© pioflta and th© town the remainder. I’uder this system th© liquor is sokl in original package* and must not be- con sum** I on th© premises. —Cnlverslty chaperons are the latest Viennese novelty. In consequenc© of the r.otous and lueuiting l>ehavior of th© male students when the women tried to avail themselves of Ihe newly granted permis sion to attend lectures many mothers <f women student* have reg t* red for the university le* lures in order to accompany and protect, their daughters. —Excitement of the wild*' t character prevails in Warwick county, ln-lUmu,ov*T the discovery of gold and sliver nar Lynnvllle. The land w her© the or© his been found Is of th© poorest, but owners ar© paying up tax©* In the hope of r©a!txing handsom©ly. Hotels n*l res lauiardi' at© crowded * tit ©.rang* rs and many more ar* arriving daily. —lt was expeited In London that with th© collapse ©f th© Boer republic mould com© a boom in South Afrl an s. k?. or "Kaffirs." m© th©> ar© ailed Tins* eurlties remain stagnant, however. Inv* toiw realising that a heavy bill t ye* to h© paid for th© min© owner-' w ♦ and ther© Is r.o knowing Just hew much of it will be demanded of the go! I mine# —Th© Boston Medical and Burgiool J#uriial sav that a Boston priy.-icinn wa© recently called to a family which h© found In such destitute circumstance© that he gave, in ad hi ion to hls prescr iptlon, a IS bill. Happening in the next day. he discovered that hls gift had been thus pent Three dollar© •© th© priest, which, of course, was all right, and U to get anoth* r doctor. —Rev. L. 8. Ingram, a Protestant mis sionary, located at Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, went to I>are Lv Tex., to l © mar tied to Mis© Franc R.ittley of Eondon. who **ume to this country to meet h©r flan*'** The cervmony wo© performed by Kev. Mr of Doran. 11l Tn !*rWle travelevl f.ano miles, the groom I.2*** miles and the clergyman 1.500 miles to the place of meeting —Heathfleld. a village near Tumbrslg© Wells, ©ay© the lanfkdon t’hroni* le. ban **n looking for water, and dl over©*l ■ * I* wit ann<>un and #om© nm* ng * :nit the worknieti at the end of th** art* - Man tub© were astonished by a spurt of rus which. e*t being ltght©l. burn* and with v flam© several feet in htght. Tie r.l --w y (omiMiiy has a'c**pird tb*** uu©x pected gift of mature and applied it to the i.ghting of the station. —Dr. William B. Brook.-, director of th© Smith Observatory at G ne\ i. N. Y., ha©. I or.llng to fhe Setemilic Amer. a* mi--. * eeletl in photographing objects by the light of Venus alone The time was the darkest hour of the night, after tin* planet hA*l ri>* i and befor** * >*• opt>r>>a , >f lawn. The i* tinl • pro|*©rty of th- light from \ enu© was much stronger than an ticipated. the photographic plates being r- markably clear, linens© and fully tlm •*!. The xp* rimenia will b* ontlnued t y Dr Brooks un every clear night. -The Harvard Times prints a Liter from a Japan* ©© correspondent who h.- ' mething to say about the troubles In Dhlna At the tun* when th© foreigner* visited th© royal pnlace." h© says, "they ’•tele old eurtoeities and other valuable-, nd even took th© gold ornaments off ttu pillars with the jioint# of thHr sword# Th© special of m American newspaper found ©even chests. ©. h containing . r h#) taeD of silver, ami earred th m away **n horseback to Taku and ©alie-1 back to hls home country. Amid these outrages, the Japanese troop? alone behaved th* m #e!ve very creditably In obeilienco to the instructions of the minister ’ —Dr. E. Westcrmarck. the author of the well known l>ook on Human Marriage. ha* recently published n interesting ar ticle in the Journal of the Anthropologi cal Institute. Oh "The Nature of th.- Arab • linn." as indicated by the present b. Ilefa of tho people of Morocco "The Gnun, a* they are called in Morn. -o. form a special race of beings created bef >ro Adam They have no fixed form, but may assume any shape they like IMml *>’ I hey are hurtful to man. The ha l Gnun being always rea-ly io attack hu man beings, vuilnus means are used for keeping them at n distance. Tie Grain are afraid of salt ond steel, whleh are consequently employed a. < Itarme usatn-t them. Tne best praveastloo, howevav against their attacks Is the recital of passages from the Koran " —Any infraction of the rules at Girard College, says tho Philadelphia Record. Is Punished with twenty minute* on . stool of repentance. When Hie institution first adopted thi* scheme of punishment one St,sol was enough As the college .x --:>iu led •... Mooli mult pMod , .... „ no |e-* than sixfiv four-legged | M |nle-. Instrument.* of discipline are in more or less constant use | n a room devoted ex elusively to the punishment of tho-. who ha\e traiMjr©Kseii th© rules. Th©m ii* *t>- sotuMy nothing to the disciplining ,x --cpt Ihe order lo alt on a comforfable stool for twenty minute* ,nd ’think It over. Any of the lads wotrid sooner take a sound thrashing and have done with !t, but the stool of repem tnce has prov ed itself an Ideal punishment und It has com* to stay al G.rard College. -Mr. Carl Linde, who Is giving special attention to machines for the commercial production of liquid air. and who was ia Inventor of the ongtnal Lmdo apparatus on Which ihe liter liquid air ma tines have been modeled, describe# in a recent article n new furnace designed for an In genious application of this substance Th* rutnace I* intended to burn low-class fue is -such a* lignite and peal. Ti e .omhus tlon of ih'-e is Intensified and ma.b . om merelitlly useful by turning the gaseous mixture obtalre! by evu, •orating liquid air two Hie furnace This rnlxlur. owing to th* preliminary evaporation of the nl img.n. Is very rich In o*>g>„. containing ab..ut 6U jar .. ni of the Utter and hence very mu. n Intetudfte* the h.t of the fur tnaC.lm T h ' J’ ri .' ° f *“ "fixture i° I** al*out kl c©nis per I.QQQ cubic —The estimated increase of the wealth of th- United State# ln the last dread, fays the Baltimore Sun. Is IXOW.uqo.cmi. bringing the total wealth of the country up ioJM.toi i fl Wl ., This me.in iV#r . for **ch inhabitant of |] The average Increase of wraith between IMO l>tr lnhb *Unt, atvi the * u P*r inhabitant. The total wraith of Great Britain Is as t.mated a* or tl.mo per in habitant. The annual inccme of the p**o pi- t believed to iggregate about |5 auo - OW>, The amount wived yearly | s ' nu-. at It,NMAO,OIO, of which about 1374 Obi. • Hilda tta way Into Stock Kachan** in. veetment, Tire average annual eamtnm. per Inhabitant are iMlm.iied at *l,O. of which a!>ut on. .thiol | anted, making tne Inrreaee of wealth |-r decade for ('.real Britain nearly tU.Me.ono.otl) agalnet ot.tMO.MD.ta> in the I'tilted States. The ae ctiritle. domiciled | n are eatt maied at CS.Od'.tnio.iflO, o( which *7 <X>O ol> - <* are • gin-edked," Ocean SieamsUio Go. —FOR- New York, Boston —AND— the east. L'oiurtMssed cabin •ccomrno.la' , ~, th* com hurt aof • mretern n0,,; | . 1 ihtj. I'nudM labl*. Ti k>;G r.K<atß and berths aboard a alp. Passenger fares irom Savanmi lu NEW YORK—FIR.'T Ca ! n rvw FIRST CABIN ROUND TRH TKJtMRDIATB CABIN, I!.’, IV in- DIATG cabin ROI'ND TR ' STKKHAUI. HO. U *• TO BOSTON-FIRST CABI\ . IRST CABIN ROI’ND THU . v 1 ' it: CBDIATK CABIN. Ji; iw-v,.' ?^T.lSa W'\iU: huvnl> ■ © !n* i'Xprra steamship* of t Ir. *• appointed to .K.,ii rtom r, VHri , “* (Mthi morldlan tlm*. a, folio* • “ mvahnah to neh yoiik. KANSAS CITY. Capt n,hr. >ATVR DA\. Doc. f. 6.00 p. m. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. B.rt MONDAY. D*r. 10. *Ou p. m “"*• TADI.AHASSEE. Capt. At>*.:.a, TTY*. DAY. Dec. 11, 9.00 |i ul CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. D,rrCL THURSDAY. 1. . U. 10:00 ~ n , ‘ NACOOCHKE. Capt. Sml: , SATYR. DAY D.v 15. 11:90 a tn KANSAS CITY. Capt, Father, tcksday Dec. I*. 2:00 p m. ‘ TADI.AHABFEE C,pt Aek:r T!!“R. PAY. Dec 20. 3.*, p. n> CITY Of BIRMINGHAM, Cpt Bf _ FRIDAY. Dec 21. 200 p tn CITY OF AUGUST A. C.pt. Dm.,., SATURDAY. Dec. S. t(~ ~ m * ’ NACOOi’HEE. Capt. Smttn. TCESDAT Dec 2’.. 7:30 p m KANSAS CITY. Cape Flaher, thuri. DAY. Dec 27. 0:00 p m. TALLAHASSEE. Capf. Aakina, SATI'R. DAY De. 20, 11 Ou p tn NOTICE— Steamship City of Htrmlrp ham will not . :irrv pt*.en*et. Steamehip CITY OF MACON. Capt Savage, will ply between New t..rk ,'c Bo.ton on the following f.-he,lr;i LEAVE NEW YORK FOR I: >STOS’ thorn Pier IT. North river, at 12 ■ r.ooli Dec. 12. 17. U. 26. 1L LEAVE BOSTON FOR NEW YORK fftom la'Wla* wharf), at 12.00 t.oop [>, 10 U. 19. 24. 2*. Thi* company reserve* the rl*rht to chance Us •allinits without not,, t r.J wMhnut liability or accountability ther*. for Sali ne* New Y’ork for Savannah Tu. dn>*. Thursday* and Saturday* j p m \V G BREWER. Ciiy Ticket ami Pt*. eenyer Agent. 107 Bull street. Sawir.nU. Ga E \V. SMITH. Contractln* Frel,*it Ar-nt S. innah. Ga. R. G. TRIT/KVAN’T. Agent, Psvtrtrah, Ga \\ VLTER HAWKINS. General Ar*c t Traffle Department. 224 W Ra, tr,-. J a k son v llte Fl* W II PLEASANTS General FrelgM nnd r.c,nc<r Agent. New Pier?-’. No“ 9 RKer New York N V P r I.EFF.Vnr Manage-, V.„ p r 25. North river. New York N. T womsiiKrwpofiit] Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Ptiiladelpliii Tickets on Bale to Ail Points North tr. 1 W*st. First-class ticket* Include m©l tn*l herthp Sa\nnah |o Baltimore snd Ptt.a delphia. Accommodations ©ni cuuins un ©qua led. Th© steamship© of iht© cnmpsny r {>• rvlnt© l to sail fr*m Savannah •? follow* (Centra! Standard Time); TO BALTIMORE. IV H MIDLKB. Capt. Petars, SATT’R* DAY. Dec S. 7 p. m. ITASCA. Capt. Billups, TUESDAY. D**. 11. 10 a. m. CHATHAM. Capt James. THURSDAY, T>©.. 13. 11 © l TEXAS. Capt. Eldredge. 8A TURD AT, I>©<*. 15, 1 p. in. TO PHILADELPHIA. BERKSHIRE, (’apt. Ryan, SATURDAY, 1 ©<\ x. 7 r m AI-IaUGHANY. Capt Foster, WEDNES DAY. De v 'X 9 P m. BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan. MONDAY, Deo. 17 3 p. m T.eket Ofllce No 112 Bull street. J J. CAROLAN, Agent. NEWCOMB COHEN, Trav Agt. Savannah. Ga. W. V TURNER. G. P A A D BTEBBINS. A. T M J. C WHITNEY. Traffic Manager* General Ofllces. Baltimore, Md. IT’S ACEBTfIINn THAT Smith’s Chill Tonic A /D CO\ TRADE MARK. WILL CURE Dengue. Typhoid. Intermittent, Malaria, And All Forms oi Fevers. 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