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4 £bc IHofnina lfcto£ • rnlag .'>• liu.ldiiir ti\ THURSDAY, l>l.< I.MHI II IS, Mail. Regtsleiad at ins P>toffli in H\oinh THt MORXINO NEWI Is |>u 11-had •very day in tlu year, and *r.au to subscribers in tba city, or aeot by riiA.l. at TO cents a month. W t for sis months, and fS.OO for on* year. THb *44)11 M\L MitVS. by mall, six times a weak (without Sunday issue), j three months. 11.40; sis mouths, U.iX). on* year 16.00. THE WEEKLY NF.W K, two taauea a week (Mon ley and Thursday) by mull, one year, t. to Subscriptions payable In advance R*- | rail by money order, check or registered letter. Currency sent by mall at risk of tender. Transient advertisements, other than epecta! column, local or reading notices, amusements and cheap or want column, 14 cent# a line. Fourteen Mnoa ot Aval* typo—equal to ore Inch In depth—ls the standard of measurement. Contract rate* and discounts made knnkn on application at business office. Orders for delivery of tho Mom n Newe to either residence or place of business can be made by mall or by tele phone No 210. Any Irregularity In deltv* cry should be immediately reported letters and leleirrame should be ad dressed "HOHYITG NEWI," He srmth. Ga. EASTF.HT OFFICE. 3 Park Row, New York city, 11. C. Faulkner. Manager OKI 10 IEV ADVLIiTIStMLXTS. Meeting—Zerubbabel I sod ice No. 15. F. A A. M. Special Notices—Ship Notice, Alfred Mcnsell, Master German Steamship I-.iltee, YVe Have the Finest lane of Ho* Paper, etc . Solomons Company. Business Notices'—Old Abe Whiskey; Franklin Cigars, Henry Solomon A Son Hole Agents; ‘‘ideal Bicycles,"' R. V. Connera;; Wine for the Holidays, The fl. W. Branch Company. Grape Nuts—Poslum Cereal Company. Bargains Thursday, Friday and Satur day—At Eckstein A Co.'a. Steamship Schedule—Merchants' and Ilmen' Transportation Company's Steam ships. I-egal Notices— Tamaras Rubenovich Ap plies for Exemption of Personalty, etc. Toy Sewing Machines, etc.—Edward Lovell's Sons. 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 Pills; 8. 8. 8.; Castorla; Parana: Hood's 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^ Morning News, Savannah, Ga.