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BUSINESS ON A SOLID BASIS.
IT IA UITHOIT
IPBCI I. ATI l 12 ACTIY m .
tmi 11 Volume of Nrw llu*ltin mi
Iron and Atael Crnkn Karnlhi*t
no <an mi* for Alarm— < **rrMlM l)-
Itiltli *trena<h for ltor First Tlmr
In HrfkM otlon Hrnialn* Firm,
and Rice l Brintfloa \ err <*ot
l'rlta.
Nnr York Dec. 7—R G Dun A Co/s
weekly Review of Trade to-morrow all!
Buitorri it progressing along emwrvt.
live liner It It without exilement tnl
without great speculative activity, but
with a confident undertone which it to Ue
iiftl.iKicil largely by the fact that kaO*
fr jr concerns in most of the great Indus
tri<a have onlei booked to employ their
machinery at nearly full capacity during
month* whan curtailment 1* ueual.
No n?t reduction m working fore# ha*
appeared in the tat: fortnight, and a r *-
adjustment of wage schedules In some
bran he* of the aieal trade It effected
without trouble.
Price* of com module* are generally
steady, and holiday tra*le it brisk at all
points. The Bouth It .particularly cheer
ful, with cotton firm and th** r;< e crop
coming In at very full price.*
Iron anil *tee| Trade.
There la no cause for alarm in the smalt
volume of n**w bufii* at Iron and tteei
centers With the flrri ign of higher
price# ther* came f*-r* rd a flood of con
tract a sufficient to keep mi.;* and fur
nace* at full caps ity fr months There
Is lest bidding for pr-sluct*. Fortunate y
quotation* sr** not forced up unreas.ii*
ably during the seeks of greatest activ
ity and now there i no sign of depri sitn
On the other hand, bar* are more firmly
held, mhl.e many Idle mill* have returned
In thlt department and sheet makers also
Insist on better term- Other form* of
finished material are steady, and at mo**
point* pig It unchanged, a.though con
cession* ar* made for Bessemer at Pitts
burg. Numeiou* bridges ar*- being erect
ed by the railroads and a heavy tonnage
of structural *t*el i* taken. Other tali
way supplies are in active demand, a Ith
rolling stock urgently nought. Business
In Iron i particularly brisk at Chicago
With * laht moderation In domestic buy
ing. more attention is given so exports
Aside from a further advance of 21* In
men a ktf> boot* #*nd firmness in grain
shoe* the market (or footwear has quitt
ed down, but with no disposition to re
cede from the generally higher range #-s
--tabilshed last week Makers have fewer
new orders, however, and heavy winter
footwear has been purchased for the sea
son’s requirements The customary holi
day demand has not ajqM-ared. though
retailers have full lines of fancy shoe*
and slippers.
Wool remains steady and sales are let*
than half last years. Manufacturers pur
chase carefully and the goods marker Is
unusually dull for the season
Cereals Are strong.
For the Jlrst time In many weeks th**
cereals exhibited strength, and some ad
vance waa to be expected after the ex ten
•lve decline. Wheat was started upward
by foreign markets and prompt respotis
here comie!lod covering of contracts
Nothing of importance was learned re
garding domestic condition* aside from
the heavy market,ng at Interior cities,
a* Indicated by Western receipts of 5,836.-
40. bushels, against 3.801.75* In the pre
vious week, and .'>.233.010 a year ag>
On the other hand exports at the Atlan
tic coast and ies w* re only 2.214 4<* bushel*,
ngflunst 3.338.677 In Ml More strength
was shown by corn, which brought out
receipts of 4.Ad*. 166 bushels, ugvinst 1,459,*
772 last >'ear, but foreign buy ng was bn.-k
even at quotations 7 cents higher than
last year. Atlantic exports for the week
aggregating 6.330.715 bushels, against 3,706.-
273 In 1M
( otlon was stubbornly held above 10
rents. Many reports from plantation*
suggest a crop larger than prevailing es
timate*. and heavy port receipts also dis
courage hopes of higher prices Traders
Impatiently owa t the governm* tw report-
Failures for the week were 2X7 In the
United States. against 221 last year.
A*te:illti H TO H UK CAItMV AU
Pnmlpr'i Capital ( Ity Will He Gat
I hrlMtitm Week.
Amerlrus, Os . Pec 7 —Amerleus h*
determined to have m carnival ami trade*'
and .splay Chrletms* week, which will sur
pass sunllar occasions here and elsewhere
In thin part of the state A eontrac with
an amusement company was practically
closed this afternoon, atwl the citizen*
have gn* to work determined to make
tha occasion a irrent success All the us
ual carnival features are promised. In
cluding Midway attractions without num
ber. Gov. Candler will b. Invited to de
liver Ihe opening address, and other dls
tlngu'.shed visitor* are likewise expected
to attend The ra.lroade promise cwrnt
val rate* and thousands of visitors will
spend Christmas week In Amerlcus
THE CHATHAM Mf'F. It PORT.
Ilrltl.h Steam.hlp Was Pulled Oil
the Nsr by Tags.
Pensacola. Fls . Dee 7.—Th* Rrltlsh
steamship Chatham. Capt Hill, arrived lr.
port to-day from Pascagoula after hav.
lng been aground alnce 6:9) o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon on the Caucus Bbon I*.
THE LITTLE SICKNESSES
Which Grow Into Illtf (inn.
A llllle cold In !he hud I* a trifle, bul If
reflected and It hang* on from week to
week and get* Into the throat and lungs
Kls no longer a trifle. It te then no
longer a slight cold, but the beginning of
chronic catarrh.
Do not make the mistake of thinking
you have no catarrh be -ause the head
and noae appear to be clear. If there la
cough, tickling In the throat, hoarseness
or a sense of oppression In the cheat, you
have throat and bronchial catarrh If the
appetite I* poor, natiaen. frigging und dla
guat for food, eepeclally In the morning,
you have catarrh of the stomach
The aureaa and safest treatment for
every form of catarrh la an Internal rem
edy. which acta eapeclally on the blood
and mucous membrane*.
Bucb a remedy Is the new catarrh cure
►old everywhere by druggists under name
of fbuart's Catarrh Tablets, a medicine
In pleasant, convenient aablet form and
containing til the best and lateat specific*
for enrrh. whether located In nose,
throat bronchial tube* or stomach
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are composed
of sangulnarta, gualaool, red gum and
(similar antiseptics, which destroy the
germs of catarrh In tha blood, and no one
who auffera from any form of catarrh
and Has seen the uselessness of sprays,
douches, snd powders, will ever go back
to them after once trying so convenient,
pleasant and harmless a remedy as
Piuart'a Catarrh tablets, and one which
4 i a I
Even In cases where catarrh has affect
ed the senses of smell and heating, these
tablets accomplish a cure hecauae the
blood being cleansed of catarrhal germa.
the mucous surfaces of the nose and
throat no knur r clog up the respiratory
passage with catarrhal secretions.
All druggtsUi sell full-sUed treatments
of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets for the nomi
nal price of S' cents, and the regular
dally use of them will effectually cure
this troublesome and dangeroua unease.
One Thousand Physicians Testify that
Hnnyadl Jdnos
U the best Natural Laxative Water Known to Medical Science.
IJr. William A .lllammunit. Srw t’nrk.
r,Af... . r ot of It- Mlij.l ss4 N-r. ,11. in th-l ot*,r.ll.of Ih, CUT "f
N- )■•>.(, writ,. • Th- nrclins to mr • ii>rin<-. th.
moot t-l-.unt o-t .Biri.nl . f oil pnr*ti tuiutiu ond I bv, no br.iutioo in
tocomßmiidinx It to lU- Mrrlieal i*ioff**ioti
For Constipation, Torpid Liver and Obesity,
No Medicine in the World Compare* with ~h l NYALM-JANOS."
Y _ AT Till I.AHHI. on Hnttlr, A* _ll For TAo Full Nmme
JLGOII Hlur ah Hrtl < entre runet. vail " HunymdbJAXo3.”
Oft* mi> to to* w'-*twary of the outer
buoy, off Pej *a la bar
The vessel times ><-v*meen f*e and
was ly ng in *welva feet of water Btotn
tug- were* sent (ram here and she w.s
fl<*uied with ut having to Jettison h*t
cargo fjril
TRIP OF IMF I IIMM i TORt.
Went Friti *f. Augustine to Miami
mil Will l*r 4 ila.
fit Augustine, Fla . Dec 7 -Two hun
dred passenger condu tors and their
families arm I he:** this #ft. moon in
-pedal car* from Chicago The afternoon
was spent sight sewing after which they
left for Miami From there they will fall
for Key West and llav.ui*- T** < >tiduc
tors are members of the Conductors In
surance Association of ttic United States
and Canada and the party 1n being t-er
serially conducted by W O. Beckby.
president of ih* order. They arc being
accompanied through the state by several
prominent railroad officials
Returning from Havana the party wll!
•ra v* . from Port Tampa up the W*
coaA over the Plant System to Mont
gomery', Ala., and then via th Missouri
and Ohio Railroad to Ht Louis
jt in;m:>T may.
Reason Uhl He Is Not Allowed to
l.eavc i.iiHirmiilM
Washington. !> % c. 7 —ln answer to his
instructions. Fnlted Htates Mlnlater Hun
ter at Guatemala City, * aided to the
State Dspartment that the American,
May, who was prevented from leaving
Guatemala, t* not in prison, but is pre
vented from leaving Guatemala under the
law forbidding n debtor to lc\e the re
publl without paying nis lebts or leav
ing his afTairs in charge of *<*nie respon
sible person A Judgment had !>een ob
tained against May
The department responded if* the mee
wage on the nafle of an affidavit filed in
he ,*>* with Mr Hunter, reciting (hut
May had undertaken to leave behind him
, (tower of attorney If this statement
is correct, then Mr Hunter I* directed ta
immediately demand that May be allow
ed to 4**ive th*- country.
%Y Alt'*llll*l4 T (Ml Mil TH.
Marry Order* I nntr mm • fVarprUo to
%dmirol Knuli.
Son Cm 1.. Dec 7. Admiral Kautft
received order* to-day to rail without de
lay to South America, and In accordance
w ith there In* mu Ilona, preparation* are
now bfinx made for both the lowa and
! hiladelphla to leave this port to-mor
row The cauee for thi hurry order wae
n t made public. Hut cami .1* •* gi>-* *ur.
priae to A Itnlril Kout/. id all nav of
,-r* here. Order- h.al i* cn k veii r nut
l. ton* if ctwi on hoard the fla*hip
for her crui.se aouth. hut this wan cat
crllisl to-day when the order had been de
livered
w %vr it \te 1 to hold on.
flnltlmore IlnalnrM Men I rgr Hint
to smr in aliftaet.
Washington. l>ec. 7 Pretldeet rotnr
ol the Hultlmor* clearing hour- and thir
ty other prominent builnei:* tnen, called
in body at the Treasury Department to
day. and unfed Secretary Oaae to accept
th# invitation of the President to remain
at the he.il of the Treasurt Depart mart
for another four year* The Secretary
r# plied by n*klnit the tenth men to uid
him h** their opinion* on hi* aid*, “if
h- rent lined here. <l* he hoped 10 do. for
worn* time to come, how long he did not
know *'
HI LT D TO Hl; lel \ : I HESTER.
Commander of the Kentucky to the
\lldlr Kloek.
ConManllnoftle. Dec. 7.—Lloyd C. Oria
eom. Vnlletl State* charge d'affalre*.
i'apt. Dolby M. Cheater. commander of
the United S'.aie* battleship Kentucky,
and the other officer* of the battleship
now in Constantinople, attended ihe Bela
m. to-day The Sultan sent expres
sion* of walcom* to ('apt Chester and
iia* invited him to prolong hie stay until
Monday when he will be received In
audience with Mr. Grlscom and hi* suite,
•lining at the pah* e in the evening.
Wat)eras* \rw* 'tca.
Wayeroar, Ga.. Dec. 7. —Mr J If r
Johnson ha* fold hi* mercantile huelne**
at Du Pont to Smith Pros., two young
men fr*m Mud creek. Mr. Johnson will
go into the turpentine business.
The Blackshear Manufacturing Com.
panjr at Blaekshear. wrhich was Incor-
I'orated In IMS to commence business with
slo.nno capital, desire to Increase *ane to
sl2-7 000. divided ir.eo share* of each.
M L I>ee h *ll hi* mercantile bus
iness .t Du Pont to c. C. and J L
Mr James K Thomas ha* *old his in
terest in the business of J H Thomas
& Cos., at Pstterwon, to the llenry Tyre
Company.
Ttiomusrlllr >esss Voles.
Tbomasvllie. On Dec 7—A. J. Shelter,
a voting man. died ut the home of J R.
Salter, his brother-in-law. In this city
Wednesday nigh*.
Miss I-ittie T Hambleton of this city
arid T J 'Villi* of Meigs were married
at the hom- of tin- bride s parents. Wed
nesday evening, ltev. T. A White offi
ciating
Miss Hattie Watkins daughter of Dr.
J. B. Watkins I B I' Iwteord of
Whlgham were married at he home of
the stride's parcr.tr. mar this city. ltev.
K. D McDougald iterformlng the cere
mony .
tram Hunted to Heath.
Waycroes, Da Dec. 7.—Hr J 11
Jones has Just t* reived word that Bimoii
Cason, a negro mar wis burned to death
Thuraday morning In a shanty near Lulls
ton. Cason. W'ho war about SO years of
age. was formerly n slave of Burrell
Jones, father of Mr J II Jones
I'opr's Its nlllt Is t■ (mkl,
Rome. Dec. 7.—The healn of the Pope
la excellent- To-day to- r-.-lved .it Ht.
Petar'a 700 pilgrims, Including a number
of marines from the United Btatea train,
mg ahip Dlilt-
jt smart piece of work ws re -en.ly
S'-complkdied on tie railway .• dtr.-.-t
--villt near ToionlO, where an od lirt.l.
was replaced by anew steel lattice airi
er bridge of ISO feet a|>a/i. the traffic
being Intel rupted lor forty minutes only.
THE MOUNLNG NEWS: SATURDAY. DEC EMBER fc. 1900.
% TIIOI SAM) (UK IIIL4A.
They ( •*nit**red fle Old Man When
One Bin lift ii k iinte Failed.
From tn- New Orl* an* Times-Tiemocrat
“A professional compromiser who tin
*tei stands hi* business Is a most valuable
man on the staff of any big rw'.irorsi, ’
-n.*l a New Orieans lawyer, apropos of
nothing in particular 'lt la a great
ur:.” he continued. and 1 had the fact
Impressed on trv by something rather
unusual net hr , ie , ‘*’d early in ray career
] had (>**# In practice only a year or so,
its I remember, when 1 wan engaged b>
a cwrt itn railroad company to repreoen.
It in .i damage huh brought by an old
f- lw who had been hurt t a croastnn
I got tnr job bwuuK the regular attor-
e\ ami i £ii.a: a-ale ant attorney w* r *
it of tow non bigg* r iiflnlr* and I
i w my If into a with unlimited en
thusiasm Ald le Investigation convinced
me, however, t.aat the companv didn t
have a hg to #Tata! on. an*l neither, f*ir
t/iat matter, did the claimant. both of ’em
having been broken above the knee n*>
1 .*<lvls*d a compromise. ar,l was told
t i settle It. If I could, for ll.AuO. That
fixed limit dlw ouraged me, because tie*
"ult had been brought for 320,00D, and 1
knew the opposition lawyers hwl been
filling their client with rosy hopes, bn
1 thought up a *<■ heme mat seeno and prom
'.ng The ciu.mant was an Ignorant old
fellow, wno had ls-en a laborer for yea r>
• inl 1 took It for granted tnat he had
never had as much a* |iho at any or.e
:ime in his life *|*i| Just hypnotise him.
I wild to myself, and, gitig to a bank. I
*,ot h brand new fl.iin bill Then I hur
ried off to his boarding house, found him
in a dirty little d* k room. anl ma*le
my proposition for settlement. Just *
I anticipate*! h- declined it In ligitantlv
Very well,* said I. pulling out the bill
with a studied oareb-ssnee*. *ln that ca*.
I’ll have to return this money . But. by
the day/ I added, and and you ever happen
to see a thousand .lollar bHI? It’s quite
handsome bit of paper!' To be candid
I was rather awed by the thing mte-,f
*iil **xp- him to flna*r it like a pier.
•>f the true cross, but to my aninzcment he
took It Indifferently, glanced at it with
•*> apparent interest, and hande<l |t bark
"It B verra pretty.* he #.d stolidly, and
went on smoking his pipe.
A few dty* nfter this dl*'otiragli.g cx
I'erienoe.*’ tlw lawyer went on. “Mr. An
drew*, tne claim agent of the line, hop
ftened to be In town and drr>(jH>tl In to
inquire about the raer He was it vet
eran hi the business, but he always Im
pressed me as being a man totally desti
tute of tact, and I never could understand
how he hold his Job. He chuckled when
he heard my story. *My *lenr boy.' he
-aid. ‘you simply overplayed yourself
You fxpwtfd (mi old man to drop dead
at ihe sight of a tnou.Mind-dollar bill
Why, bins your soul he didn't know
what It meant! It was beyond the out
poets of hi* imagination. He w.m like
you, yourself, when you hear an astron
omer talk a*oui ten htldon mile* Th
figure convey* no hlea to your mind. 1;
I* too big But come with me,* he add
ed. nnd I II give you an object le**<>n.
I whs **un rised and piqued, but I went
along, and the first thing Andrew* did
was to gel I.OuO one-dollar hill* at the
bank ll*- cut the slip* that held them
together, stacked them up in a loos
heap nd wrapped tnem In an wspsper
Then he went to the Hoarding house and
found the ok! man sitting mi ins lit:ie
back room, still smoking hi* pips. He
didn't seem to have movel wince I was
there before. Well. Connally,* said the
claim agent, after a few general remark*
'l've brought around that thousand dol
lars, and want you to sign a receipt >n
full.* The old man got angry immediate
ly. 11l not do it!’ he yell**), ‘p|l take
what 1 sued lor and not a cent less!'
You’re foolish.' said Andrews, calmly;
no Jury will give you over a thousand
and your lawyers will get half of that.
You'd better do business with me.* He
had been holding the package of bills on
his knee while he was talking, and just
then he made an awkward gewturr and
knocked It oft He grabbed at it Vild'y
11* it fell, and with one swoop scattered
the money all over the squalid little room.
It covered every thing—floor, chairs, ta
ble, bed. and some of |t even wait Into
the wawhbowl. ‘Doggone the luck!' ne
"homed ‘Here. Connolly, lend a hand
will you. and help me gather up this stuff:
The okl rpan made no repay, hut sat
speechlew* and transfixed, while his pipe
■Jowl) wild out of hi* mouth and fe 4
info his lap MaanwbHe Andrew* seized
a broom and organ sweeping up the bill*,
like dry leave*. ‘Saint* preserve us!*
w hispered Connolly at last, stdl g wring
stupidly at the litter, ‘how- much |s there?*
*Tae thousand you don't want.' snapped
*the claim agent. and kept o*l sweeping
In ten minutes Ive had collected the money
It. a big aeap on the newspaper 'Well,
I guess I'd better be going.' ne remarked
ab he bundled It up ‘Hold on a bit.'
said the old man. and. before I fully
realised what had happened. Andrews had
hi* aut>grwph on live receipt. The whole
thing had been done wo rapidly and passed
.‘ff so much like some well rehearsed scene
at s play that I was simply dumfounded
anl lacked language to express my ad
mit anon Andrew* was very modest
about It. though, and insisted there was
nothing remnrknb> in what he had done
‘When you undertake to spellbind a man
with money.’ he said, 'you must use
denominations that he can comprehend.' "
Mr. and Mrs. 11. T. Oxnard.
New York. Dec. 7 —The Work! says:
On the Deutschland which arrived her<*
yesterday, were Henry Thomas Oxnard
of San v ratirlsco. preld*m of the (w >
Ymeri. n licet Sugar Associations, and
his bride, formerly Mile. M.irie Pinchoo,
maid to Mr oxnnrd's sister-in-law. Mrs.
Hebert Oxnard. They were married In
l aris, Nov 5.. but the marriage was not
announced until the ivutHchlaml arrived.
Idhum May fonfrM.
Maysvllle. Ky.. Dec. 7—John Olhoon,
wno 1* rharged with kilting his J-year-old
-tep-daughter at Datlettsburg. Ky., tw>
W'—k* ago. I* breaking down, ami a con
c "ion from hm expected at any mo
ment. Kverything is quiet here su-nlght,
and there 1* no Indiestlon of a mob com
ing from Oatlottaburg, as was reported
early In the day.
—As the observers drew n-ar the *cen-
Tommy Tucker, with flushed face and
l*tich*l fists, was confronting another
’*>>- and tout.ting rapidly.
‘1 promised my mother,” fw* said—“six,
veti. oigh-t—l'd never get Into a fuss
with any other fcNer—nine. t**n. leveti,
twelve—till I'd counted twenty-live—thir
teen. fourteen—you dirty-faced, ugly,
jnwan, curly toothed scrub—flftean. *ix
isen, seventeen, eighteen-1 can lick you
In two seconds, and you kn.iw It—nine
cn, twenty, twcnty-oie twenty-two.
t went y-three, twenty-four, twenty-five—
-1 m
I And the fight was on.-Chicago Tribune.
tt. A A. ftTOC'K HOI.DEHR.
Annual Heeling of Ike Itutlroad Has
He* n v el for Next Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the Atocghokfens
of the Oerugi i and Alalwima Kaiiroad h is
been a-*ignei for next Wednesday In Ba
vannah. Twice the m*eur> ha* been
;iost(irired be ause of the failure to se-
I cure a quorum. It Is expected that Pres
ident Jonn Skelton Williams am! other
of t .. Nfrt ,ern directors of the Seaboard
Air Line will be here to a tend the
meeting.
Mr. W W. Mo, kali said yesterday
that the huslitest. to own* 1 before the meet
ing wiii lw of the usual routine character
it Is not ’noarhr that anything extraor
•l rary ivtll develop.
Mr \V H PcHjfhwirk of New York,
nprcecntlng the fttouington I-ine. and
M* 8 uthwp-k passed throuch Savan
nah yesterday en route to Florida.
iil\ Bit GY IT! CA.
In the Hecoriler’s Court yesterday there
were nin* hut none of any inter
est
The meeting of the ft.ivarnah Music
e I ii. p.>itp(>ne| on a< ount ©f the revt.ai
service* now tei*g held 1n tne loiwton
Memorial, tvlll he held Thursday nght.
Willie War*! colored, was ar rested ye*,
terdny afternoon by Patrolman Marchant
at the requ* * of Albert Harris, also ns
°red. who harg** the prisoner with fight
ing and biting him
Judge Norwood held his weekly crimi
nal eion in the City Court yesterday
tn*rning and several additions w.*re made
to th- county f->r **s on th*- ehalr.gang.
The case* w*-re few in number and tv#t
of pressing Urterrst
%\imt Ills*’ tin rur From lln krtipfey .
J L. Gay & Bro. of Faxgqerald. a firm
omposed of J. L. Jay and D B Jay.
tiled a |>etlt!on for a dlfcharge | n bank
rui* v in th** United Btat* D.strict Court
yesterday The petitioners show' that
tl*ir total llaMUtlrs ar*-
as#**fs IMS. AH of (he nsaets are claimed
under the ex*mpion laws of th© state.
The Itnyal (roll Degree.
A special convocation of Georgia Chap
ter. So 7. Royal Arch Maacns. will be
hcbl to-night at Masonic Temple The
ronvo a Mon :s callwd for % \l * clock sharp
The royal arch *legrM* will to* conferred.
i:\ttl.l*V NLANCi IN M Until,*.
“tirprblna Information In a Lexicon
4 1 If'il i>> 'Too (irrniant.
Fran the lx>ndon Mai!
If you wish to b#oont> thoroughly well
acquainted with the nicet.es ©f English
slar.g attend English classes In a German
state school.
Not satisfied w r fh teaching "Queen's
English'* alone, the professors of English
endeavor to g.ve their more advanced pu
pils a thorough grounding in "colioqulai,
, 'pulsr at -1 slang expressions, ns used
by th* Brit! her a? home.'
To this end, two German professors of
English have compiled an English-Ger
man slang dl tlonary (for the use of
h*ols. and this may be found at the
lr>ent time among the book* of every
fiftl and sixth form boy throughout the
length and breadth of Germany.
"According to this handy volume an
English 'mountaineer' Is known as a
swell,* while *h gerrtUmar, with money'
Is commonly called "an upper crust **
The word **spiffy’* do**s duty for "d*.
gaiit *or "tasteful, and thus a ‘ well set
up man * is a ludod to In England Is a
*r>iff. M
Shirty." according to the dictionary.
1- an adjective applied to "an uncouth
fallow,*' will* the substantive "shirt"
n.ay be Indiscriminately employed to d*.
note "a face" or "a quiet rest."
Qt rm.tne visiting Eng.and must, ac
cording to this l*o©k, come prepared to be
st > led "satiHages" by the brutal Briton,
while Insult ts a*kied to Injury by the
Brlron verb "to sausage" twhich mesins
to tver-ca* one's self)!
No flain." mean- "joking apart," and
the dictionary says that the adjective
"nobby" may mean "rich.*’ "Inflexible,"
"unpllant.** or even "insolent,” at w ,1!
A "mushroom" or "mush is the popu
lar expression for an umbrella, wnile
anything uncommon ©r extraordinary Is
kiv-wn to the Britisher as "thundering "
"A foot si*l*l er." the dictionary proceeds
40 siate, ' is nowaday* always called 'a
boh* (in honor of Lord Roberts.)*’
"Kissing trap.'* "ivory box" and "hatch
way" are nil words In common use for
mouth/* and "people of quality" are In
variably referred to n* "killers.**
"Jam * Is the popular English equiva
lent for the German word sweetheart,*
and there are other peculiar German ren
derings of the word.
• Head” Is given as meaning "boldness
or daringuess.” and "headless" therefore
means "cowardice.**
A "hard up." according to the compilers
cf the dictionary is *‘a collector of the
thrown away cigar ends.”
• a man who bites the earth" (falls
down).
"Bean" Is given o? a substantive mean
ing sovereign (twenty shilling plecei
hence "It Is not worth a bean." "I do not
care a bean for it" nu ana that the object
In question is valued at less than a sov
ereign hv the speaker.
"BoonT* I# given .is meaning "a noise
or disturbance," and a "boy" Is "a glass
of sack.”
Finally the student of English is sol
emnly informed by tha compilers of the
dictionary that should he wish to draw
attention to a funeral he must refer to
It as "that cold meat train!”
—Edgar Bre hit), the youngest son of the
famous German naturalist. Is dead at the
age of > With him the family has be
come extinct.
Bui tbe bl, b.U ipoi I. nol the
kind of a mark most men like.
Too many men in their twentiea
are bald. This is absurd and all
unnecessary. Healthy hair show*
man's strength. To build up the
hair from.!,
, isyiior
that word 1 ■ ■
And it cure* dandruff.
SI M • boillf. All fmiftetft.
“My bu*!!•" cxIU me out Among
pfranicerx m errat deal. I would Actualiy
feel uh.mvTr cry time I would toko off
my itat. my hiklr so thin ind tb lald
|M>ta Abfwed •** |>laiu)y. I l*e(rin the ti*a
uf yiMir Hair’• Ira-,'than t lire# ukouth*
l|o. Today I flr.d 1 hare aaflue A besd of
lutr na I ever had. I tell everybody what
1 uiNHi, and tay • It rnunt be a won
derful remedy.' n Uau. Ybaal,
Dec. 14, IW. Chicago, 1)1.
Wa bare n hook m The Hair and Aealn
which tf wiu srrMt free eeee reiwit. if
jigu (Jo not ohiain all Iho ueu< ftu yw •*-
nocted fr>-m t*ie u* of thw Vigor, write ttaw
about it, a>Mi
Da. J. C AUK, Lowell. Mas*
i,i Ol aVKKARD COMPOUND 1 Ml* ll dru*i.!
f. ' ■■ .. ’ for $! 00 a bottle fMx bottles S3 If you can’t get It of your
I IT PPPne THF RDAIV i druggist we shall N* glad to ship j-ou
I II > ecus me DKAI*I I Respess Drug Cos., Owners,
•- -- # Savannah. Ga.
TALENT II GOOD LI CK.
The Meeting at tle Henning* Track
Mill < lose To-day.
Washington, Dec. 7—The usual run of
luck by th© talent which has been char
acteristic of the fall of the Jockey
club at the Banning' rack was repeated
to-day when four favorites won. To
morrow the meeting closes. Summaries:
First Kara-. Handicap, two-year-olds
nd upward, seven furlongs Charentua.
9 to S. won. with Prince R.chard. 10 to !
second, and Isia, 12 to 1, third. Time
1 ft 2-6
flecond Race—Selling, two-year-old#, five
furlongs. <’berries. 6 to 1, won. with The
Rogue, 8 to ! second, and Kings Favor
ite. 16 to 1, third Time lA4
Th rd Race—Belling, one mile and fifty
yards Tvrshena. 7 to 10. won. with Judge
Magee, 12 to ! second, and Thermos, 30
t* 1 third Time 1:50 2-5.
Fourth Race—Two-year-old fillies, six
furb ngs Sadie 8 . 2 to 7. wort, with Beg
gar lady. 7 to ! second, and Queen Car
nival. 3 to 1. third' Time 1 16 2-5.
Third Race—Maidens, one m.le and a
sixteenth. Matchtm. 25 to ! won. with
Ix>fter. 8 to 5. second, and The Outcast.
23 to 1. thin! Time 1.64
Sixth Race—Selling, all ages, six fur
longs. Quite Right, 7 to 5. won. with Ra
hunta. 4 to ! second, and Pi
rate, 8 to 1. third. Time 1:17.
in i I* i vi .
ARREARS FOR GROUND RENT.
City of Savanna.l.
ontco City Treaauror, Do. 1. IWO
Th follow ins lo aro In arrears for
ground rent, of which owners art hereby
not tiled C. H Ha rdee.
City Treasurer.
Grown Ward—l.ot 51. 2 quartern
Calhoun War.) Middle >, lot 14. 2 quar
ter*. e,.it iA of weot lot 21. 2 quarters;
1< t 23. 2 quarter*: lot 24 2 quarter!, lot H.
2 quar ers; 1> t 4S. 2 quorters
Ct arln n Ward-Lot 1, 2 quarters, east H
lot 23, 2 quarters
Chatham Ward—Kast Vs lot 1. 2 quar
t.rs, mddle >j lot 12. 2 quarter*; east
|it 21, 2 q art ra. east S lot 23. 2 quar
ters east St lot 29, 2 uuars.ra
Columbia Ward —Lot IS, 2 quarters, east
f.art lot 21. 2 quarters, lot 23. 2 quarters,
l>:m lots 29 and 30. 2 quarters, west H or
t ast i art lot ,<p. 2 quarters
Crawford Ward—Wee* V* lot 6. 2 quar
ters. lot 33, 2 quarter*, lot 34. 2 quarters:
1 t 39, 2 quarters, lot 40. 2 quarter# north
west iwrt lot 68. 2 quarter*
Cranford Ward. Kast —Middle part tot
], 2 quarters. |*rt lot 15. 2 quarters; part
lot 15. 2 quarters, lot 16. 2 quarter*.
Elbert Ward—West lot 19, 2 quarters;
• <ast part lot 24. 2 quarters; east 3
'
Forsyth Watd-lxrt I*. 2 quarters
Franklin Ward-Lot 2. 2 quarters; east Vi
lot 27. 2 quarter*.
New Fmnkltn Ward—l Cast H lot 14. 2
quarters; west 1) lt 14. 2 quarters.
Green Ward—East lot 3. 2 quarters,
east port lot 4. 2 quarters; south H lot M.
2 quarters; northeast lot 28. 2 quarters
Jackson Ward—Lot 23. 2 quarters; met
•lie H lot 32. 2 quarters.
Jasper Ward— Lot 2. 2 quarters; west
lot 3, 2 quarters; lot 16. 2 quarters, lot 43.
2 quarters west Si lot 46. 2 quarters, east
Ik lot 46. 2 quarter*
latfayette Ward—West 'i lot 1, 2 quar
ters. west V 4 lot 6. 2 quarters; lot 44. 2
quarters
Liberty Ward-Lot 4. 2 quarters; lot 8.
2 quarters; lot 9. t quarters; lot 10. 2 qtiar
• rrs; .slot part lot 18. 2 quarters, east S
lot 26. 2 quortrrs; east ‘a lot 30, 2 quarters;
lot 33, 2 quarter*.
Lloyd Ward-West H lot 44. 2 quarters;
lot :2. 2 quarter*, west *d 1* 62. 2 quar
ters
Monterey Ward—Eaet 2-5 lot 10 2 quar
ters; let 27. 2 quarters; lo - 34. 2 qttarte'*.
Vu'laskl Ward—Lot 9 2 quarters: lot 18.
2 quarters, setith 4* lot 23. 2 quarters
Reynolds Ward—Trust lot 8, 2 quarters
Troup Ward—Lot 16. 2 quarters: west
part lot 26. 2 quarters: lot B'. 2 quarters,
north t-i lot 37. 2 quarter* east 4 of south
Si, lot 37. 2 quarter*, lot 40. 2 quarters, west
part lot 29, 2 quarters.
I Warren Ward -West lot 10. 2 quarters
lot 18. 2 quarter#
Washington Ward—F.ast lot 14, 2 quar
tet*: west H lot 14. 2 quarters.
Wesley Ward— Kast 4 lot 11. 2 quarter*
All persons having Interest In the above
lots are herehv notified that If the
amounts now due are not patd to the eltv
treasurer on or before Pee. 12th tnst., I
will proceed on the morning of Dee 14 to
enter according to law
JOHN POWER
City Marshal
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BRASS BEDS.
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•f even If >oo do not want to bay. Won't charge y on a rent to look.
DINING ROOM FURNITURE.
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eta, F.ifenalnn Tahirs and Chairs that yon will ever hare the chance to
look at ngnln.
\ Buck’s Ranges and Stoves.
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less than yon get the Inferior grade at other stores.
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