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Hole Agents; ‘‘ideal Bicycles,"' R. V.
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Ilmen' Transportation Company's Steam
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Toy Sewing Machines, etc.—Edward
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Amusements—" The Prisoner of Algiers."
nt Matinee, and "Jack's Sweetheart" ai
Night.
Gifts—Hunter A Van Keuren.
Whiskey—Yellow Isabel Whiskey.
Mtshoal—Lydia Plnkham's Vegetable
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Sarsaparilla; McEirec's Wine of Cardul.
Cheap Column Adverlleements— Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Kale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day ere
for rain; fresh to brisk easterly winds;
nnd for Eastern Florida, partly cloudy
Weather, with probably rain In northern
and central portions; fre-h easterly winds.
A New York man has written to the
Hun newspaper of that city to Inquire
what a gt .ddie Is. The number of things
which New York people do not know Is
lurtoniehlm:.
Il Is pretty generally understood that
the opposition to she Atlanta depot bill
has all along been a cam of Macon
against Atlanta. But why should the rest
of the state be called upon to lose time
and money through a fight between Ma
con and Atlanta?
By an accident In a Connecticut cart
ridge factory, a gtrl lost two Angers. She
brought suit against the company, alleg
ing that her chances of marriage had
hrer. Impaired to the value of 32,0 H) by the
accident. A Jury concluded that the Im
pairment of her chances was only 11.6U0.
end allowed her that sum.
Five or six days ago It was announced
In the South African dispatches that the
British had got DeWet hemmed lu
on three aides by Mrong lines of their
troops, while on the fourth side there was
an lm{atse.thie river. The supposltkvn was
that the Boer commander would be speed
ily crushed; but after practically a week
there la a strong probabl.lty that DeWee
has again outwitted hla pursuers and la
safely away.
Forty-three years ago George Knight
was convicted at Rockland. Me., of the
murder of hla wife and sentenced to prison
for life. The evidence against him was
wholly circumstantial. He always main
tained hla Innocence. The other day he
died. On hla death bed he was urged to
clear his conscience by confessing. With
hla minutes numbered and his bremh
fleeting he declared. "I never murdered
my wife, never!” They were Ills last
words. Was the tenlble punishment of
a lifetime In prison inflic'.rd upon an In
nocent man?
President Lyman Hull of the Georgia
School of Technology Is reported to have
the New Orleans industrial conven
tion tlte v her day that there wero more
students in Hooker Washington's school
at Tuakeegee than In id: the technl ai
schools for whites In the entire South put
together. That being true, the condition
Is one which not only cabs for but Im
peratively demands the most thoughtful
consideration on the part ot Southern law
makers and others. If our legl.-latots
would give their attention to quewllons
such as this one Is. and quit lighting and
wrangling over petty pal I lies, they would
be of far mop service to thetr country.
At Newcastle, Pa., there Is an asbestos
faoto-y. Adjoining the factory lives Mr.
Perkins, who keeps hens. Perkins's herva
have acquired a taste for asbestos sift
ings. and are often seen foraging on the
wests pile from the factory. Lately,
however, the a rovers have refused to buy
Perkins• hens' eggi*. because house
keepers complain that the shells ere non.
conductors of heat end the yolks won t
cook. Perkins, therefore, proposes to keep
the eggs end sea If he cannot evolve what
may be coiled an asbestos boarding house
•drug chicken, one that can neither be
burned by the cook nor eaten by the
boaxdeva Should he succeed, he ta going
to bar a yacht from the profits of hie
first year's na.es arid take a cruise around
the world.
si Bviuiiw rtm ampK.
One of the strongest points In the
speech which Senator Clay of this state
made against the shi|r-substly hill In the
Senate on Tuesday, was that II provides
big subsidies lur swift m.ul carrying
steamers and fives very .Ittle to the slow
steamers which carry the bulk of tne
freights. If bounties are to be given at ali
to steamahip lines they should, ns stated
by the president of tho Great Northern
Railroad. Mr. James D. Hill, be ba-ed
upon freights, and not upon speed, in Its
title the ship-sub-,dy hill pir’cndt to bo
In the Interesti of the farmers and man
ufacturers. In that it Is proposed to create
a merchant marine that will do the ocean
carrying business of this country. Swift
steamers do very littlo of this business
The most of II Is dune by steamers that
are not noticeable for speed.
There is no doubt that there Is a strong
sentiment among the people tn favor of
having their ocean carrying trade don*
In ships which arc owned by Americans,
and which carry the American ling It
Is not believed, however, that tho ship
subsidy bill would accomplish tnal ob
ject If It should become a law. It would
bring about the building of a few swift
steamers and that Is nil It would do.
The only way that a great American
ocean-going fleet will ever ha created la
by removing the duties from shiptadlding
materials, or by repealing our antiquated
navigation laws. If duties were taken oft
of shipbuilding materials ship builders
would Immediately discover that they
could build stops as cheaply as they can
be built elsewhere In the world. Indeed,
there la good reason for thinking that
they rail build ttoen for less money. It
Is n fact that American locomotives,
bridges, machinery and, In fact* all
things that are matte of Iron or steel are
(heaper In this country than In any oth
er. American locomotives are sold •In
every country la the world and American
bridges are In demand wherever tiler* Is
any civilisation. There Is no nvor* skill
required to build a ship than to build a
locomotive. That being the case, why
should not this rountry build shlpa for
ihe world as well as locomotives and
b> hikes?
The shlp-suh'ddy bill may get through
the Senate, but It ts doubtful If It will
get a majority In the House. The more
tho country thinks about 1t tho more
It Is troubled by a suspicion that It Is a
(.rand scheme to put money In the pock
ets of lho** who are able to make good
profits without any assistance from the
government. It Is certain that no argu
ment has yet been made In behalf of the
bill that Is calculated to convince, tho
people that they ought to bo taxed .*>.-
inti a year for twenty year* to help ahlp
bullders and shin owners.
< tITTON ( Itoft* til Etsl'G (t)Ynr.tlY-
Ml.
The Picayune of New Orleans take* the
position that tho cotton trade would b*
ever so much hotter oft without any
guesses as to the stxo of the cotton crop.
It calls the estimate*, that are made by
both the government and private parties,
glH"*B^**
Hut how would the spinners get along
without any Infoemalwn respecting the
I crop? Tho gueseo# are nothing more
| than tho best Information obtainable as
lo Ihe rise of the crop. If there wore no
attempts mad* lo get thtw Information
spinners would bo In (he dark as to wheth
er the supply of cotton was large or small,
ami hence they would have nothing to
guide them in flxlng the price they would
bo wtiling lo give. Even the cotton plant
er* would not know whether to sell when
the twice Is low or to hold for a better
price.
The talk of doing away with estimates,
or guesses a* the Picayune calls them, Is
all nonsense. It would he difficult to
carry on the cotton budnos* with any de
gree of satisfaction without them. It Is
true that the estimate* ate often con
siderably out of the way. hut they afford
the trade some guide, last year the gov
ernment happened to be cioeo to Ihe truth,
but its estimate* In some of the years
have been wide of h* facts. Last year
Mr. Neill, whose estimates have more
Influence with the trade than those of
any other private Individual, declared
that Ihe crop was not a short one. He
was mistaken, and.he was pretty harshly
criticised. This year he takes a view
opposite from that of the government,
and hold* thal the crop will not be below
9,sft\oon bales nor above f.Tjh.dW bale*.
The government's estimate is 1h.1u0.000
bales. This year Mr. Neill's rotlmnK*
snd the popular estimate are pretty clove
together. Last year the government's
estimate and Ihe popular estimate were
In harmony.
This may be one of the years In which
the government I* wrong. The popular
estimate Is os likely to be correct as the
government'*. It Is certain that there Is
not a general dlspaeltlon to accept the
government's estimate, though owing to
the fact that It whs close to the Irutn
last year, this year's figure* will have
a good dial of Influence on Ihe market.
If Mr. Neill's estimate should prove to
be near the truth this year, his reputa
tion as an estimator of the slxc of the
cotton crop would be re-established. Ills
mistake of last year would be, lo a great
extent, overlooked.
The purpose of those who purchase
Christmas gift* is to give pleasure to
other persons. Hut do not many shoppers
Inflict relatively a greater amount of
pain, upon the shop-girls, than they give
pleasure to thcee who receive the gifts?
The ahopper who I* ns courteous to
wards nnd ns considerate of the person
behind the counter as he or she demand*
that that person towards him
or her. dors much to ease the burden of
holiday work liatt must necessarily rest
on the tired shouldere. An even temper
and a kind manner w il tn aim., t nil
cases b* appreciated and fully requited
by the sules-girl. That the girl* are
human ami have "feelings" should r.ot
he forgotten, even In the event that Ihe
shopper Is fee ing a bit cross. A re
quest rather thou a demand, a smile In
stead of scowl, a (4eavant word In toe
room of an 111-natured remark, will make
the salee-girt’a work lighter and brighter,
snd will conduce to her enjoyment of ths
happy holiday season.
Gov. Stanley of Kansas propose* a law
uisler which the officer* and employes of
all public Instltuilona In that state shall
be subject to civil service rules politi
cal consideration* are to be eliminated
In making appointments, end en"h ap
pointment ts to bo- made upon merit it*
d< monatrated In a competitive examina
tion.
THE MOKNING NEWS: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13, 11)00.
a ruiua Ist of r. *i*v> *■ i o!\.
It requires no prophetic ey* to foreaea
the building of a great ship canal across
th* Central American Isthmus, to con
it tire At.antic mid the Pacific ocean.,
in th* early future. The matter la be
fore the fulled States Congress In such
manner nnd tracked by so great h weight
of public favor, that action looking to
the eardest po-slble construction of the
great work %vUI have to be tike*. Within
a few year*, therefore, great merchant
fl> i is will be circumnavigating the globe
tv|:hout rounding cither Cape Horn or tho
Cap* of Good Hope.
Tne construction of thl* American Isth
mian canal will change some ot the chief
r.'.'an routes of the world, and probably
create new center* of commerce. Some
of those cities which are now of first
Importance will lose In prestige, while
other cltlee vst'.l gain Immensely In wealth,
peipulaflou nnd the other attributes of
municipal greatness. As the discovery
of the route lo India and China by tbs
way of ihe Cape of Good Hope destroyed
the preetlgo of Venice, Genoa ami other
cities of the Adriatic, so may Ihe com
pletion of this canal, and the conaequeut
change of route* to the Far East, simi
larly affect some of the great commercial
cities (if the present.
Onn possibility, even probability, with
which this canal matter Is pregnant Is
thn still further expansion of the Untied
Slates, to th* eoulhward. The country
through which the canal will
iwss Is rich In agricultural prod
ucts and minerals. For half
century tne eye* of adventurous Amer
icana have been cast longingly In th* di
re. tion of It. With the canal as a basis
for American settlers ami developers, it
would not be long before Central Amer
ica, from th* boundaries of the United
States of Colombia to those of the repub
lic of Mexico, would be well populated
with English-speaking Americans. They
would lake with them to tbelr new places
of abode the Ideas of government which
they absorbed In North America, The
next movement would be the annexation
of the Central American slates by th*
l nited Stales, with tho full and fre* con
sent of the majority of th* dominant
element of the population.
There would be more reason for the
annexation of Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
Guatemala ami Honduras by the United
States than there was for the annexation
of the Hawaiian islands, the conquest of
the Philippines and the taking of Porto
Rico. Expansion in thal direction—tlia*.
Is to tho southward on our own conti
nent. and where stales could he even
tually erected—would meet with no utreri
uoua opposition. The United Slates, in
behalf of their commerce, need the coral
and sundry laliroads and telegraphs In
Central America; and they need propl*
ot their own in thu territory to manage
ami protect those public utlllum. It
would be logical, therefore, to have th*
Slurs and Snips afloat over Central
America.
The construction of the proposed grea:
water-way to connect the tw-o oceans will
bring Hlwut many changes tn the trade
of the United States, and also In th*!r
relations with foreign countries. If the
canal Is to be American, the territory
through which it pares* will have to b
American also, sooner or later.
A THIM 111.(ill TUWY,
The small town of Otis, Maine, Is In
trouble—at least Ihe Inhabitant* thereof
are. Th* town la In debt, and Ita clti
xrns are showing no disposition to pry Its
obligation*. The propl© to whom the
debts are duo want their money, and they
are taking step* to get h. The law pro
vides that when there Is no money tn mu
nicipal treasuries to meet obligations the
property of citizens may be taken for that
purpose.
A few days ago an attorney secured
a Jtnjgmont of lt(M against Ihe town of
OKs, and w hen h* undertook lo collect It
he found no money In Its treasury. He
sdxed the oxen of one of the ctliscas and
a number of roww of another and look
them to a near-by town and sold them al
public outcry. The citizens whose oxen
and <Yvw* were taken r.atura.ly feel ag
grieved. Hut worse Is In stare for the
town. Other creditors, finding out how
they can collect what la due them, are
proceeding to seize the property of other
citizens. One of the town's creditors ha*
seized the farm of one of the citizens, amt
haw advertised It for saie. Other citizens
are expecting that their property will be
seized, and consequently they are In a
panicky condition. Of course those whose
property has been taken have their rem
edy. They can sue the town, am!, hav
ing obtained Judgment, can seize property
of other citizens, and thus the thing can
be kept up until sll the property In the
town has been seized and otd.
It would seem to be the wiser plan for
the citizens to get together and assess
themselves for the amount of the town’s
debt* and pay them If they don’t do
that th* chames ar* that, within a short
time, they will have no property. Every
time a suit ht brought there are costs
which or* added to Ihe original debt.
The trouble In which the town of Oil*
finds Itself should be an example to town*
all over the country which are Inclined
to spend more money than their Incomes
warrant. There are towns which are
drawing on the future for ail sorts of Im
provement* and are spending money with
a free hand to pay salaries to henchmen
and heeler* who hove a pull with those
who are in power. And this thing will
continue If those who have something at
stake permit those who have little or
nothing to run tnunl Ipal affairs. There
are very few cities In the country in
which laxe# are not much greater than
they should be, uml lu which (here are
! not many more place holders than there
\ts any ncid for. The tendency ts to In
i creas* expense* all the time—lo buy what
I* not needed tn order to favor someone
: who has a pull with the power* that be.
or to make places for those who have done
1 a little podtlcal work or are In a position
I to control a few votes. In view of the
many ways In which Ihe public money
Is uselessly spent—uselessly as far as ihe
public interests are concerned—lt Is not to
be wondered at that the rate of municipal
taxation ts so high.
A trio of celebrities are to meet In
Florida on or about New Year's day. They
*i Hilly Howleg*. the Indian chief, ex-
Senator Quay, the Republican boss of
i'cnnsylvania. and Joseph Jefferson, actot
and artist Chief How legs is to he th*
host of the occasion, ami the politician
and the actor the guests. A big medicine
dance Is being arranged. Th* function
l will occur near Jeffersonville.
If those women reformers who have
been devoting so much aiteution to the
question of the canteen In the army, and
whether lh President takes wine at din
ner, arc really desirous of accomplish ng
something practical, a reform that Is se
riously needed, let them give thetr at
tention to Ihe movement tn favor of uni
form marriage laws, A constitutional
amendment has been Introduced Into thu
House proposing uniform marring* and
divorce laws throughout the United
Slates. In writing on the subject the
other day Chairman Ray of the Judiciary
Committee said: "Now the law I* In
such shape, growing out of the conflict*
Ing laws of the several states, that a man
may be lawfully married to a dozen differ
ent women residing respectively In a dozen
different states, the marriage to
each woman being recognUe.l as lawful
in the particular state where tho mar.
rug* took placo. but not recognized tn
the other states." This Is a question tn
which the women are particularly Inter
ested: but do they pay any attention to
It? Apparently they prefer to "save" the
soldiers Horn the beer and light wine of
the canteen, and turn them over to the
tender mercies of the deaier* In rotgut,
hraln-kllilng, nerve-paralyzing whisky
which will take ihe place of Ihe canteen.
Bishop Hotter of New York doe* not
beilevo In costly mausoleums. He; hopes
that some day some man with the cour
age of hi* conviction* will “write a book
on the extravagances and grotcsqueries
that are everywhere to bo seen In Amer
ican comet erica. Some men, with no an
cestral associations try lo build them
selves inio tgo history of the future by
building cosily mausoleums, Just as one
who died recently built one at a cost ot
a quarter of a million dollars." Bishop
Hotter had evidently recently taken a
drive through YVoodlawn, where ur* to
be seen not only such muusotcums as he
refers to, but a magnificent marble mor
tuary pile upon which a glove dealer has
actually perpetuated the trade-mark
which he stamped upon his goods!
KIUOkAL
—Peter J. Carolus, Judge of a St. Louis
Police Court, suggests anew way of solv
ing the tramp problem. He suggests that
a.l vagrants tie sent to sotno lonely island
in tho l’adflc, where they would gel
strict military Instruction for aix months,
after which they should tie sent to chase
Agulnaldo In th* Philippine 1 lands.
—ln the new British cabinet the men,
from a physical jaiint of view, aro splen
did spec.mens of the race. Half of them
are over six foot high and only one could
ts> called small. Thu latest recruit, Mr.
Ilanbury, ts tho tallest, but Lord Balfour,
of Uurleigh, is a close second. The pre
mier carries more weight iliau any.
—For more than thirty years Hiram
Baxter has been postmaster at lo> Sums,
Minn., and lias glveu entire satis faction
to the community, although during nearly
ail that time l- lias t*-en blind. When
mall ts distributed into the L-’vJ boxes Mrs.
Laxter calls off the names and her hus
band's wonderful memory can bo depend
ed upon 10 recollect every letter or news,
paper. Baxter also conducts a small store
and au inn.
—After a public career of thirty years
duration tho lato Senator Davis was una
ble to dispel tho nervous apprehension
that took possession of lim when he was
on tho point of making a speech. Other
veterans of nubile life have been stml
latly affected. Joseph Jefferson tells an
interested audience every year that he
inviiilably suffers from stage fright ant
John H. Gough used to say that when
ever ha faced an audience his knees
knocked togeiher.
BRIGHT HITS.
—Helpful Child -Caller: M>! What a
big girl you're getting to be. You'll soon
he able lo help your mother about the
bouse.
Ethel: Oh. I do that already. When
ever she says "Poor goodness' sake, get
out of tny way,” I do It.—Philadelphia
Pres*.
—Mildred: Tho Count proposed to nio
last night.
Mtlllrent: Really? I thought he was
enrol of that habit. Last week he Ml
me he was ablaze wl(h a consuming love
for me and pupa had him put oul with
a household extinguisher Brooklyn Life.
—All Extreme Caae.—lfls Wife: Well,
I never thought BUI Green was fool
enough to get buncoed like that!
Th* Farmer; But shat aln’l the wn*t of
It. He's fool enough to think that may
he Ihe police ’ll gtt his money track—in'
that they'll give It to him If they do.—
Buck
—He Was Badly Overrated.—" That city
man that was visiting me is an over
raled cuss." remarked the farmer.
"How so?"
“Oh. th* papers all said he was a great
hand at watering stoek. but I found he
couldn't work th* pump flvo minutes
without liming his arm."—Chicago Even
ing Host.
Cl HREYT COMMENT.
The Augusta Herald (Dem.), says: “It
Is earneetly hoped that Savannah will be
successful In securing from Congreee an
appropriation aumclcnt to Increase the
depth of the channel frqm twenty.six lo
twenty-eight feet. The array of careful y
compiled statistics" which Mayor Myn
presents constitutes an un rm-wenhle ar
gument In favor of th * work. No Im
provement tn the port of Savannah can
fall to b.- of advantage lo Aug ista n-l to
all the territory lying along -this highway
to the sea. We heirttly approve of Ihe
present effort to deepen the channel, and
trust that It will meet with success."
Th* Chicago Tribune (Rep), says: "If
the subsidy bill passes 'lt will not be.'
said Mr. Hill, 'the first mistake this coun
try has made.' That l true. Congress
passed a salary grab law once, which
-urned out to be an amazing polltl al
mistake. The enactment of a shipping
subsidy law- wouM Is- a political and an
r anomic mistake. It* Is tmposslb e to
think of any legislation the con-equ“nce
of the enactment of which at thl- lime
would be more dlwistrous politically chan
those of the salary g tib law except this
•hipping subsidy measure."
The Louisville Courier Journal (Dem ),
says: "The truth of It Is that the beer
tax Is a very good one. and should not
be reduced at ali. It ought never to hive
be<n le.-s than 22 It la not only a reve
nue tax. hut It I* a luxury lax. and the
greater the revenue derived fiom u■ >
articles the lighter neel be the levies on
neveoiuuie*. Congress had belt*- beware
h-w It pays It* obligations to the brew
ers at the expense of the taxpayers."
Tho Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.).
says: "Much has ben said and written
of the savagery of the Chinese, but when
the German and French officers and sol
di* s despoiled the famou* ob-ervatory at
lVkln, which is mote than two cen.tirtes
o.d. and was t ie pride of the city, th y
wer*. guilty of an act of vandalism whl-h
should close tuetr mouths about heathen
praoUcoa."
He Took the Initiative.
"There Is nothing like taking th* Ini
tiative when one And* one* eelf In lor
trouble.” said a fet drummer who has
had a wide and checkered experience, ac
cording lo tho Sew Orleans Ttmes-Dem
ocrat. "I had the truth of this proposi
tion very forcibly l.luetrated lost week,"
he continued, "while I was making a trip
through Northern Alabama. 1 got off
at a small railroad station and then
found I: necessary to drive ten miles Into
the country to see a storekeeper who
had a big unpaid account with the house.
Trier* was only one iivery statue tn town,
aral everything in It had been rented out
except a dilapidat'd old aurrty and u
gaunt, flea-bitten gray mare. The pro
prietor assured me. however, that 1 could
make the trip all right In the rig, and I
started out. The roads In that part of
Alanuma tun over the steepest hills 1 ever
raw |n my life, and when you start on a
un-mhe Journey you can safely calcu
late upon traveling that -distance hori
zontally and another ten miles up and
down 1 had gone perhaps two miles
when I struck an unusually sharp ascent
and the kray mare balked. 1 gave her
a touch of the whip, she mode a sudden
Jump, and. In less time than It takes to
tell It, the surrey was a wreck. It seem
ed to go to pieces tn a dozen places all
at once. The shafts pulled loose, one of
Ihe axle irees snapped, und repairs were
lofa.ly out of the question. While I
was cussing iny luck und wondering what
I could do farmer came along with a
four-nude team. I made a dicker with
him to carry tne to my destination, simply
tying ihe mare to the fence and leaving
the rarrey where tt stood. I got th*re
all right and came back next day on the
same tann wagon. On Ihe outskirts of
town I inrt a man I knew, who stopped
he team and to!d me I'd better look out
lor war. He said the livery man hod
male nut a hill u* long as my atm and
was all prepared to have me hauled be
fore a country magistrate If 1 refused to
pnv. 1 rapidly framed a plan of action
o l drove straight to the stable. The
tor was rounding in the door.
■Well, sir.’ said I, 'what do you Intend
to do about the way I've been treated?'
'What y' mean?' he asked, taken back.
'I mean,' said 1. 'that I have been put to
u large expense and tny life endangered
all n account of your criminal negligence
In giving mo a Surrey you knew- to be out
of repair.' 'I didn't know anything of
'he kind,' ho Interrupted. ‘Have you ever
read section 1-11-B of the penal code?' I
ask.-d, pityingly. 'No,' he said, looking
startled. '1 thought not,’ said I; 'you'J
better read It and find out what your re
sponsibilities ready ore.' He hcmm<d and
hawed for nwhll". S'pos. we call It off,'
he suggested. 'Call nothing off!' I ex
ciaimed warmly; 'but 1 am open to com
promise If you really want to keep out of
Jail. What is the very best you havo *o
offer?' To make a long *;ory short, he
refunded s.* I had given the farmer for
< arrying me both way* aisl I graciously
forgave him. Since then 1 have learned
that he ha Ia hill of g£f against me In
his IKS kei at the Very time 1 got In ahead
of him with my bluff. Nothing like tak
ing the Initially®, my boy; it will carry
you through in nine ease* out of ten."
Threw Mansfield Out.
Nearly 100 people figured In Richard
Mansfield'* production of "Cyrano de
Bergerac" last season, says the Chicago
News, and In order to prevent any out
sider from getting behind the scenes, he
provided each member of the company
with a ticket not unlike those used by
suburbanite commuters, which served as
a means of admittance to tho rear stage
entrance and a tally for tne salary list.
In order to ace if his orders were strict
ly enforced, Mansfield on* evening pr*-
senb-d hlms'-lf at the floor, but as h* had
no Ikkct, tho inflexible guardian of the
stage not only refused him admittance,
but proceedcs! to use lorce to make him
move on.
When the Joke had gone far enough,
Mans Held wren tod himself free from the
grasp of the huriy guardian and asked.
Impressively: "Do you know who I am?"
No. ('piled the guard, eyeing the
•'Peak, r with distrust, "do you ts-long to
'his show?" ".No," laughed Mansllc.d. as
he sinried to go away; "out the show
belongs to me." The next day the In
corruptible guardian received a raise for
carrying out his orders *o unflinchingly.
Open the Door of Y ear Heart.
From the Boston Transcript.
Open the floor of your heart, my lad,
to tin Hng*l* of love and truth.
When the world Is full of unnumbered
Joys
In the beautiful dawn of youth;
Casting aside ta|| the things that mar.
Saying to wrong, depart.
To th* voters of hop* that are calling you
Open Ihe door of yodr heart.
Open the door of your heart, my lass.
To the things that shall abide,
To the holy thoughts that lilt your aoul
Like th* stars at eventide;
Al; of the fadeless flowers that bloom
In the realms of eong and art
Arff yours if- you'll only g.ve them room.
Open the door of your heart.
Open the door of your heart, my friend.
Heedless of class or creed,
When you hear ihe cry of a brother's
voice.
The sob of a child In need.
To the shining heaven that o'er you bend(
You need no map or chart.
But only th* love the Master gave.
Open the door of your heart.
Moves a. Shirley.
Applause YYus Letting Low.
During the recent campaign Senator
Depew spake In New Y'ork state, raya the
Washington Host. At one of the towns
the enthusiastic Republicans emphasized
each good point of hts |>eech with a blast
from a . mioii. Whenever Depew would
hit the Democrats a good square lick be
iween tho eyew thu cannon would go
The crowd shouted with Joy. and Depew,
Inspired by the fervor of the audience's
enthusiasm, talked and talked. For a mo
ment he happened to pause to get his
breath. Across ihe air from fhe field
where the cannon was stationed came
three words:
"Captain, wftrn Is this old man going
to quit? We've only four cartridge* left."
Mr. Depew took th* him. He dosed his
speech In four minutes.
—— 1 I # I ii
Almost Like Home,
We havo a young San Franciscan In
our midst, and she Is homesick as home
sick can Ik; for that city of uncountable
hills and Innumerable heliotrope hedges,
says a writer in the Washington Poet.
Nothing In Washington pleases her. We
w-nt to the matinee the other day, and
n-. lway of the performance 1 heard from
h r a gtsp of delight She graeped her
rwlit arm with her left hand and rubbed
tne km vigorously for moment or two
Then the hopeless, homesick look settled
on her face again and she s ghed.
"I thought for a moment I was out
home again," she said wistfully.
"What made you think so?" I asked. •
"Oh." said she, "It was only for a
nioer.er.t. It wasn't really true, hut Just
for a minute I was sure I felt a flea."
Ip Boston Way.
"And what." asked Ihe caller In his
triosi Ingratiating tone*.—"what did Santa
Claus put In your stocking, my little
girl?"
For a moment, says Llpplneott’s, she
looked at him through her diminutive
r|i*<lacle*. then. In a voice of mingled
pity atul Indignation, she said: "We no
longer put credence In obsolete tradition
nor was It delicate of you lo mention
that article of feminine apparel." Gath
• ring up her copy of Ibsen, she hutrud y
left ihe room.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Heavy cars, each holding sixty pas
senger*. traveled easily thirty-woven
miles In one hour over lh Albany and
Hudson electric railway, a: the formal
opening recently. The road Is Interesting
li> that It Is th* longest "third rail" road
in Ihe world, nnd, although an experiment,
It aeema to he a perfect success.
—A recent number of ihe Railway Jotw
nal contains a story of a railway ticket
which took a sudden Journey on Us own
account As the northbound <ratn on the
Colorado and Southern Road parsed one
of the stations a passenger In a forward
car raised a window, and in an Instunt
his ticket was blown from his hunds out
of doors. The pasicnger naturally gave
It up for loat, and was very much sur
prised when the baggage master handed
it to him a little while later. It a novae a
that when the ticket flew through the
window a southbound train was passing
The suction of that train, which wa*
moving at a rapid rate, drew tn* ticket
along with It. and as It passed the rear
end of the northbound train It blew Into
the door of th* smoking ear. There It
was found by the baggagrmaster.
—The two-horned white rhino eroe of
Africa Is considered on* of the rarest of
■nlnvils. For years h'-edlvw* sportsmen
s.aughtered the apecles until It w.*
thought to have been exle mluated. Some
time ago six specimens were discovered
In a remoic comer of Mashon.iland, and
a hunting expedition wa* o ga-dzed which
resulted In four much-desired mountings
being secured by mureums. It was again
concluded that the white rhlnoce.oa had
tieen exterminated, but recently MaJ.
Gibbons of tho British ormy ran across
a stray specimen In the Nile region uni
shoe It. Till- Andrew Carnegie succeeded
In buying for iho Carnegie museum cf
Pittsburg, and It Is a mow; desl aide curio,
for besides being exceedingly rare. It Is
■aid to be a fine mount.ng, standing fix
feet high at the shou ders and measuring
13 feet from the Up ot the nose to Ihe
root ot the (all.
—"A good many typical American ho
lmes drift down to Central America, •
says a business man quoted by the New
Orleans Tlmes-Democrat, "and one good
thing about It Is that they never ge\
hack again. The country seems to suit
them up to the hilt. I have been watch
ing the tramp travel for several years,
and It has afforded me considerable
amusement. Some of them scrape up
< no ugh money to pay for a deck (sc-sage,
but meet of them either tow away or
go down as roust-about*. When they
land, they generally drift a little dis
tance Into the Interior, ami that settles
It. In Nicaragua and Costa Hlca espe
cially life Is very easy for an able bodied
man who has an aversion to working and
Is not very particular about hla aurround
tngs All he has to do Is lo marry a
native woman and set lie down In some
little banana or cocoanut grove for the
balance of hts days. To my certain knowl
edge that is exactly what has been done
by a large number of Weary Willies from
tlra United Stales."
—The Queen of Italy has a great fancy
for collecting old boots and shoes of by
gone celebrites, and has some very beau
tiful, as well as very Intereetlng treas
ure*. which are In an admirable shite of
preservation, says Ihe New York Journal.
She has a shoe worn by J an of Arc. tmr
shoe which belonged lo Mary Queen of
Scots, and another which *nca*>-1 the
fool of Marie Antoinette. The Princess
of Walea has a remarkable colleett.in of
hats and bonnets, consisting of all those
she has worn during the thirty odd yea s
she has led Lotukxi fushlon. Each hat
or bonnet, carefully pul awry, hears the
date of th* season of Hs use; and a his
tory of the whims, changes and vagaries
of feminine fashion, which are never au
capricious as tn the mat er of headdress,
might well be written upon this Interest
ing collection. There are a number of
royal photograph collectors, bur il Is lo
he doubted whether there is any one who
has pursued the hobby with nr -h orator u.
Princess Beatrice. She has been art as
siduous collector of photographs ever
since she was a child, and has many
thousands neatly labeled. indexfMl and
packed away. There are about eight hun
dred photographs placed about her va
rious rooms, and the walls of her b u
dolr are simply covered with views and
pnrtrulif. Her sister, Princes* Louise, Is
an adept at sculpture from living models.
—The generating of electricity by means
of wind I*ower Is ryaWving considerable
attention In Germany and In a recent Is
sue of the Elektrote hnlsehe ZeltsrhrK
It Is stated that Gustave Coux. of th>
"Gustave Oouz elektrlcltats gear,!*, h*fi.'
In Hamburg has been experimenting In
thl* direction with promising results. A
wind motor h*s been erected at the Works
of the company In question, which has a
diameter of hi feet and an effective sail
surface of l.flTo square feet. The m.rtqr
works al the rale of about eleven revo
lution* per minute, which ripeed Is regu
lated by the automatic modification of ih<
direction of Ihe sail* to the wind. With
this motor an output of one horse-prwer
to thirty horse power and more may fcs
obtained, ariordtr.g lo the force of the
wind, which power is transmitted to a
thlrly-horse-power shunt-wound. Ironclad
dynamo, designed lo give 13 ampere* ar
ISO volts terminal pressure when running
at 700 revolutions per minute. The cur
rent generated by this machine Is con
ducted to a switchboard end thence to
storage batteries having a capacity of 61,-
(*> watt-hours, or may be delivered lo
electro motors.
-Tho poorer classes of the Chinese eat
etery part of an animal and all kinds of
animal*, writes Frank G. Carpenter In
the Kansas City Journal. In North China
horse meat, mule meat and donkey meat
are everywhere sold. There are butcher
shops in Pekin where you can buy camel
steaks The age of an animal or the
manner of Its death makes no difference
as to th* saie. Such beasts as die of old
age and disease art marketable, und cat
110 taken off with pleuro-pneumonla are
not allowed lo go to waste. Dead dog*
and cals are eaten as well as dta
fowls. I had a gastronomic discussion th.
other night with Dr. iiykes, the head of
the American Bible Society, during w hich
he described a trip he made some years
ago through the Yangsto valley. There
had been great floods and nearly all tlu
food had been swept away. Ho was try
ing to live off the country, ar.d th* only
thing he could get was some poor rice.
He lived upon this for weeks, when his
stomach turned and would stand H no
longer. They were in the neighborhood
of a tttnpSt presided over by Buddhlsi
priest*, who were noted for their love
of good living, and Dr. I lyses decided to
go (here and see If he could not get
something to cat. Said he; "I called at
tho temple and saw a priest whom 1 knew
a- as a gourmand I told him lo get me a
square meal and I would pay the bill, no
matter what the cost. He said, 'All right,
and went away. That night we sal down
to a fine dinner. There wa* a howl ot
licef, white rice and several other thing -
The meat tasted delicious. 1 ate heartily
of It, but wua rather surprised to s<-t
the priest, who wa* with me at the table,
leave It untasted. Thereupon I asked him
why he did so. He replied. 'Oh. I don't
care much for meat, and besides bought
it for you and prefer that you should eat
it all.' The result was that I cleaned the
platter.' As we were about getting up
from tho table I thanked the priest (,>,
the dinner, but twitted him on the fact
that lie, who wa* a devout Buddhlsi, must
have broken the tules of his religion Ik
taking the life of the cow from which
my delicious meat came.' 'Ah,' said he,
•you do not understand. I furnished you
meat, but still I did not aln. Tho animat
from which that meat cam* was not
killed by me nor for you. It was not a
cow at all. It was merely a steak off an
old water buffalo which died down the
road the other day.'" Concluded Dr.
liykes? "I was disgusted. I gagged but
the buffalo was so far down that I could
not get U up."
TRACK MARK
SMILES
OF
■HtL UB
pi Drivas Away Frowns,
811 TRY IT.
Jos. A. Magnus
tCincinnati, o.
I l S!. Of HQPc R'r mo C u R 7
ttUEIU LE
For Ist* of Hop*. Montgomery. Thunder
bolt. Cattle Hark and West End.
Dally except Sundays. Subject to onaaga
without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. Clly for L of H.| Lv. Isle of Hop* '
tfifara fiom Tenth | do am for Bolton
730 urn from Tantn j 600 am for T. n'h
I ii am from Tenth ; 7 uo am for Tenth
9 15 am from Boiton | S 00 am (or Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth |!0 40 am for Tenth
12 04 n'n from Tenth |U 00 am for BoUon
1 15 pm from Bolton ,11 Ij am for T.nth
220 pm from Tenth j 200 pm for Tenth
334 pm from Tenth , 3 to pm for 80l en
t3u pm from Tenth ; 3UO pm for Tenth
530 pm from Tenth j tOO pm for Temh
30 pm from Tenth , 6 00 pm for Tenia
730 pm from Tenth 700 pm for Ton h
430 pm from Tenth <OO pm for Teni i
930 pm from Tenth 9uO pm for Tenth
10 30 pm from Tenth 10 0u pm for Tenth
|U 00 pm for Tenia
MONTGOMERY.
Lv city for Mofry'i Lv. Montgomery
S 30 am from Tenth [7 15 am for Tt nth
2AI pm from Tenth | 1 15 pm tor Tenth
630 pm Iron, Tenth |<do pm for Tenth
CATTLE HARK.
Lv city for Cat.H*rk| Lv. Cnttl# Pzyk ~
6 At am from Bolton > 7 00 am for Bolton
7 Al am from Bolton | * oo ~m for Bolton
1 w pm from Bolton | 1 Jo pro for Bolton
3 M pun liorn Boiton | j oo pm tor Boiton
7 00 pru from Boiton j 7 30 pm for Boiton
t to pm from Bolton j • so pm for Bolton
THUNDERBOLT.
Car leaves Bolion street Junction 1.34
*■ m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11.3UU. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6: a. tn. and
every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, tor Bolton street Junc
tion.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR
This car carries trailer for passenger*
on ail trips atal leaves west side of city
market for ls!e of Hope. Thunderbolt
and all Intermediate points at 9.00 a. m,
1 OO p. m . 6:00 p. m
I.eaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt.
City Market and all Inlermediata poind
at 4 00 a. m . 11:00 a. m . 2:10 p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of city market for
West End 4:00 a. m and every 10 minute*
thereafter during the day until 11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End al 6:30 a m and e'-
ery 10 minutes thereafter during the dey
until 12 oo o'clock midnight
T? M LOFTON Gen M*nar*r
Wills s im iiwtiiii a
Steamship Lines
To Baltimore & Philadelphia
Tickets on Sale to All Points North and
West.
Ftrst-clajd llcketa Include meal* sol
berths Savannah to Baltimore and Phila
delphia. Accommodations and culstnt
unequaled.
The steamships of this company are sp
pointed to sal) from Savannah as follow*
(Central Standard Time):
TO BALTIMORE.
CHATHAM. Cant. James. THURSDAY,
Dec. 13, 11 a. rn
TEXAS. Capt. Eidridge, SATURDAY.
D*.'. IS. 1 P m.
D. II MILLER. Capt. Teter*, TI E.-
DAY. Dec. IS. 3: p. m.
ITASCA, Cap*. Blllupa. THURSDAY,
Dec. 30, 5 p. m.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
BERKSHIRE, Capt. Ryan. MONDAY.
Dec. IT. 3 |>. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt Foster, FRIDAT.
Dec. 21. a p. m.
BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, TUESDAY,
Dec. 25. * p. m.
Ticket Office No. 112 Bull street.
J. J. CAROLAN. Agent.
NEWCOMB COHEN. Trev. Agi
Savannah. Ga.
W. P TURNER. O. P A
A. D. STEBBINB, A. T M.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager
General Offices. Bah (more. Md
Wood Mosaic Co.’s
Parquetry Floors
Have been laid In many of th* com
fortable home# tn New York, Boston end
other cutes. More cleanly and economi-al
than carpet* Plain and fancy floors Itli
and polished complete over old flaors,
making a solid and beautiful Improve
ment.
Having a number of floors to l*y In as
vannah this month we can quote clos*
figure*. Catalogue and estimate* may be
had by addree-lng J M ADAMS.
227 N Charles atreet. Baltimore. Ml
BRHNNAN BROS,
B HOU3SAL*
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc
333 BAY STKLKT. We*.
letspbeaeMA-
ORANGES.
Headquarters (or
FINE FLORIDA ORANOES
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES o. all
kinds.
SEED RTE. SEED OATS.
HAT. ORAIN. FEED. FLOfR.
CHEESE. BEANS. Peas. Rice Straw, etc
W. D. Sinikins &
IK YOU WANT OOOD MATKItl A**
And work. order your llthofrai'*'"' 1
printed stationery and biat'h boon* lr^
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