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The Weather.
The Indication, for Georgia to-dny are
for rain, brisk to high east to .outh winds
on the coast, aiui for Eastern Florida.
r4n except fair weather In extreme
southern portion, .older In northern and
central portions, frueh to brisk southerly
wlr.da, shifting to westerly.
Mr. Hell of Bibb should hove a med.tl
of Mime ort; Atlanta will probably say
leather, and Macon silver.
The Democrats are not calamity howl
era. They look forward to an era of
great prosperity. See, they propose a re
duction of the war taxes tV.i.nw.TOd great
er than that proposed bv the Republi
can*.'
Philadelphia Is going to gwiul *3,* In
triturating the end of the old century
and the beginning of the new That will
give about >4 <to for drink*. cigar*. etc.,
for the official* who run the celebration,
ttid *SW for flteworka and tings.
The rtitu.l.,li>hla Times think* It wouhl
t> a good tdeu to add all of ttie ex-Presl
derrta of tin- Cnlted States to the Senate
u life members. Cleveland nnd llartleon.
It hold*, would add materially to the wis
dom. experience and patriotism of the
upper house.
Air. Andrew Carnegie muat surely have
Intended hla encomiums uptn the •'lmmac
ulate virtue" of 1 'ennaylvgnle politic*. |n
til* speech before th Pennsylvania So
ciety In New Vork. to la’ regarded a*
Irony. If the politico of any slate I*
dirtier than that of Pennsylvania, the fact
has not yet hanmi' known.
The atx -dare' bicycle race In New York
le developing Into a content as brutal a*
about any pnge flghe that w is ever pulled
off In the auditorium where the race it
bong held. Already half a dozen or more
men have been hurt by falls or exnaustid
from over-exertion. It would not be sur
prising If several deaths should occur aa
a reault of the race.
A lot of New York society women have
Just learned that for lent* llm* they have
been buying -weal-shop article.-, manu
factured In Kast Hide tenements, with
Paris labels on them; anil now they are
mig'ity angry about It. and pto|m.-e to boy.
toll the stores that Imposed on them The
storekeepers, by the way. merely took ail
vantsga of the weakness of the American
feminine heart for giants bearing fotilgti
labels. Many an article of poor quality
Is aold at a fancy price by reason of the
Paris label upon It.
The Washington Post report# that when
someone told Senator Hanna some ttnie
ago that Senator Clay had prepared a
speech of l ll7 typewritten pages against
tho shlp-subsaly hill. Senator Hanna
smiled and said: "No one will listen in
him." But Senator Hanna was mistaken.
Practically the entire Senate listened to
the Georgian throughout his speech,
which lasted two hours; and Senator
Hsu.rut was of the numbar. Th probabil
ities axe that Senator Hanna thought
there would be lltUe opposition to the bill;
that the recent Republican victory at the
polls would bs taken as an Indorsement
of fh* admlatwtratlun's policy aa a whole,
subsidy bill and all. Hut su much opposi
tion. from unexpected quarters, has
cropped out the.", tbs Mere I* of the bill
real!#* that they have got the herdart
kind of a tight on their hands. Therefore
ail of the senators were present to hear
the first attack upon the measure In the
Heneie and learn tbs strength of tut up
BWNUau a itrabkkuv.
AUiVi THE OLD USB*.
Th© lotid nil which Mr. lon 04 I>l *k
*i % or\ ii f * iiif other*, who at one time
w<re iromu*it m the council© of the
MttWKritif parly, mailt fur the rtorgarti
xation of the parly immediately after h
recent prerbtentlal ele tion. met with
praetti ally r><* rt e§t.ir>-. Th© petition w.t
tdken by thoee who direr ted the pnrtv r
affair© In the tamjviltfn that t *
(•arty could tint be reorganised by thu-.
who hal taken thentaelvr* out ©l4© of it
The jurtit e of thie wp > H(pr©nt that
the demand (or reonruniaation wae tin*
heixlrd There are, rw> in lan' ion* that tht
ntfftin*: for reota.itia.t ion rur|>on**ii kj
loudly demanded will ever be h id.
Hut will not th*- party be #.s loth to
follow Mr. Bryan ■ it ee* m*d to 1m to
follow Mr Ihi kin'*4> Mr. liryan hap bai l
within th* la.-i few day a, 1t an artii If
which tie attracted • ottaid* rahle atten
tion. that iht parly mutt con
tinue the light along the line* on which
It fought the L t campaign. He la Juet
h* Amoy <onvincel now t/iat the I emo .
racy ttniM nmitinue to for the fr*e
• oinap* of ellver a Uv wa- when fte in
ti matei to the Kan>.<* Ciiy < onvt nhjn
that imie • thTrc were a n* w de'|.irtlion
for Mlver would not a* |t the nomlna
hon for Fresklei-t.
In the )im hi-nuk ratlr National r'onven-
Hon the fjcFE4tc?t Irom all the Mate* b*it
•wo tnMiuctcrl for Mr. Hry n. and
the convention of thoee two Haua
reaoiutlotia compliment.iry to him. It 1*
*i ufe f*r'*dh tlon that foir year-- h nre
there will l*e very few. If any. delegattonr
inelrurte i for him hdie po**le look upon
tha a liver ion a* ret tied, and no
party haa a % .airvee of winning the presi
dency that eijrwb* (or the further agita
tion of If. If It had not been for*Mr Pr -
an Inflating u|ion a declaration for eilver
at K inea*A <’lty th© I>emo*ratic. party
have won In the | v tion. There
are live questions in the I* mo rati, plat
form, but Ihou.'.tiNl who wanted t \te
for 11 Atn were prevented from doing ro
by lt eliver plank
Mr. Dry an may be rigtit In sa>lng that
leaving out of the platform tnc ex
plicit declaration in favor of allver would
not hav© helped the party, beeaue© the re
affirming of the ( hicjgo platform commit
ted tho party to silver, but If the pialform
bad contained u de? la ration tha* the. iwrij
conabiered the silver I ©sue aw ettled. tle
chon* cb are ttiat the. Demo* iatl<* party
would tiave been victorious, rot withstand.
Inr the proaperotiH cotnlitlon of the coun
try and the blxn of the Jit publican cam
paign fund.
A part of the combination which aup
ported Mr. £ryan will cling to him in the
IMWltioi) which h< huft taken, hut it wi.l
not be a <ontrolling part, and If the ma
jortty wentlment in tin: Democratic party
remain© a© it la H prevent, he will not
be a candidate before tho next Demo
cratic National Convention.
TUB tfOYKHIOR'a H %HITIHI7 t\-
GIIBS*.
From rec ent utterance* of Gov. Candler
!i would -see Id© good right hand wither
before he would ut© It to avxlM In any
way the granting of auturtdiea to ship.-,
bul theie ere algna that the National
Marltimu Congress, which la to meet at
Hrunsw h k on January r. In pursuance to
a proclamation which h** Issm**!. will In
dorse the ah!i-vubsld> bill. We io not
mean to say that the Hrurmwbk (’hnm
her of rommerif ha*l in view the indorse,
tmnt of that bill when It naked the (Jov
• nor to call th© Congre#*. but It Is not
iniproPabb th.it the Congr* -s will rvgard
th© bid with a great deal more favor than
tho Oovcrnor does.
In our iis(*ot' he© yesterday It was
Mated that the Chamber of Commerce of
New York had aecepted Hruwwi>ki in
vitation and would vend a <|©legat|on, and
that New Orleans would also bind a del
ii'Htion that would advocate American
shl| for American cargoes. Of court©
American ship© for American cargoes can
advocated without indorsing the h|p
auteddy bill, but It would U* strange it
an effort should nt U mad© to have it
appear tliat u Southern Maiitim© Con grew
favored th© aubtdriy ayafem for building
up our merchant marine.
From present Indications the Brunswick
Congres** will be a vuedera. The announce
mem of It has attracted w deal of
attention. It would be Just like the adl>-
*ldy schemer * o try and capture It.
It i worthy of notice that th© New
York Commercial •>§ that th© Congress
could not do better than to Indorse tli©
©hip-subsidy bill. That paper, however,
decs n't undertake to bay that there will
be an effort mad© to hav© It Indorse the
bill. It la almost certain tlwit there will
In a lively fight over Ihe bill.
IIRIGHT OI TMMIk FOH TIIB MU TH.
Mr. nichard 11 Klmondr. edimr of th©
MaiMifanurera' Reconl In an Interview
in th© Baltimore News, presents a very
pleasing picture of the condition of af
fairs in the Booth. He had Just reiurned
from a trip thiough several of the South
ern states, goink as far B>uth as New
Orleans, when seen by the News* repre
sentative. Among other thing* he pall;
•‘Throughout th© entire Hniiih there Is a
degree of pros(**rlty and of hopefulne**
as lo the future which has net been pern
(h ihe same extent for many years. In
fact, the South Is to-day more uniformly
prosperous, and with a greater abundance
of capli 1 1. than at any time sine© the
war. This Is due In put to the gradual
accumulation of capital of recent vears.
the very groat pro.'i>*rliv of mmufaotur
ing Interest*, the deveiopmei t of mil*
roads and th© Investment of Urge capital
from outside sources; but It Is ©specially
emptrewlsed this year by the enormous
value of the cotton crop.**
There Is a great deal of truth In the
foregoing The South l certainly In a
very satisfactory material condition.
Those of the farmers who r© not out of
debt are fast getting out. AUtut all of
them have money with which to meet
taxes and to provide themselves with the
('omforta and some of th© luxuries of life.
They erw not so careful now-a-davv Mg
they were when cotton nut* n cents a
pound, to nek the pric* of thing* they
want They get what they desire know -
-I v. v
pay for 11.
Yew. 9 and lLcmt cotton make a great
difference in the ivmditlon of affairs in
the South. And the money which the cot
ton M bringing in Is being invested In fac
tories of on© kind and another Let cot
ton remain at pre-ent prices a couple of
yanrs mors, and th© Bouth. with fairly
good crop*, will be the happi* l ** end must
ptuaperuuv eeutkai vt the country*,
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1900.
MtKiM. HMTEA
Both the Governor and Mr. dußtgnon
deny the atory published In Atlanta tlmt
i they hav* entered Into a omhlnatlon to
| ;* f * the gul>cr! .itorial ombition of M"
j i 'lark Howell and Mr Pope Brown ajul
*be re-el** tion of Henator *‘lay to tts
Senate, with the view of Improving their
| ow'n (hariceg for |M>ltti> al advancement.
! i nctr demal might to hr, ami no doubt
will he, g. t * rally a epte I. It fa a long
! elm© before there wII be a v * * y in the
i governorship, or in th© Sna'e from this
| state. No doubt many tilings will hip
i pen to modify the political situation !**•-
fore the time cornea for making a canvass
1 for either of these places.
Tiicr© will be -peculation, of rotirM*.
re jc ttng them all th© tim* No doubt
some on© with more imagination than In*
formation gave out tti© atory which th©
Governor ahd Mr dußignon have so
promptly and vigorously denied. Such
stories make lnterr.-tlng reading fur the
politleians. even though hcy run tain no
truth. A© a matter of fact, there 1© al
wnys a Ut of unreliable polltl* a I gos>ip
fl • *ll tig arouivl Atlanta If there were
le*a the Legislature would be able to get
along fairter with it‘ work It ia for t©
purpose of poli-ioat gua. ip and slit© mak
ing that th#* polltfrlarui Insist upon annual
s©sMotiH of h© Legislature Tha stale
is put to the ex pen* a of many thousand*
of dollar* annually In order that th* poli
te iati may tav th© ©wtl9fact>on of mat
|ng at th stat* capital and going through
th© process of p.nulling out th ofh *-
There 1 on© thing the ©lat*-mak©r
must take Into account, however, and that
Is that South Georgia has b*en content
with occupying a ba* k quit© long
enough. Th© rtceni cemus shows that
South <e<*rgla Is having a greater growth
than any other part of the Mate. That I>©*
lug th© r ise, the Mouth Georgia people
will h.itdly .on>nt tlwit th* North **eor
gia politlcliUis shall continue to have all
of the offices. The successor; of Gov.
Candler and Senator <*Uy should com*
from South Georgia It has been h long
time sine* a gmernor or senator ha
lw*en nre ifknt of a southern touidy. It
would be hut Ju>t therefor*- toaelectßoulli
G***rgl<i men to eu *ed Senator Clay and
Gov. Gandler.
i HOKl.lt %Ml TUB IM OMB TAX.
Tn announcement from London that
Mr Richard rroher ba been ordered by
tn© British In* oma Tax to pay
a tjx of ai an income of • 100,H0 ex*
cite© no sympathy for him in this coun
try. All th© income In* has he gets from
N*w A’or©, but he r not kaiiriiol to tui
his money m thie country. He prefers
to Dp*nd |t in Bogland, or at bast Iht
greater jsirt oi it lie bi* a racing siah.c
there, and, liavii g a hou> t;i**re also, the
Biitwb In ome Tax Aes'sssor decided that
ho had acquired a reMdvm o in tiuit
country and tat til income was fully
a mu* It a a year. It may bo, that
hr will b* ahl© to . bow that ho has no
r< iden t; in Lnglund. anl that h© ought
not to be required to piy nny tax ill tnat
country. Ji i a ?af* k * t**m*nt that f.* -
000 is a larger hum than ho j>a> in taxes
in tills country.
Legally, of course, a man has a right
to spend his money wher* he plea M-s,
hut (hero is rr<‘ogiusel obligation for
him to |tend th© gi* ati part of |: where
h* get© it. All the %vt dtli that Mr. Fro
kcr has h© obtained in New York City.
It la the pretty * general belief tuwt no
mad© |t In politics. If ho has mad© antr
considerable amount in buslnem* the fact
I not known uutakie of his family and
his intimate fro nds.
But Is it not a rcmnkubto condition of
afTMrs that the man wh*> •l©M>lutely rules
tin* greatest Aincrs an city Is taxel in
bhiglaitd on his Income? The HMMusmsnt
of such h tax there Is ha©<-tl on (no I•-
Inf that bis ivsbl*n>* a i.- there. There
lor© a resldcm of England dominates New
York. Tiuit state of iffmra a'ouo ought
to enable the opponent-* of Mr t’mk* r to
ha lilm in the next imink'lpui elec non.
Th.it *“* i.'tion i- rapidly appro© lii.c
K(Torts are being made to harmonise and
consolidate tn© p(N©>itl<m to him. He
may b© sure that in th** ampolgii pre
ceding th© election he will be confronted
with ihe charge that In Is a liwidcut of
laiglamf, and therefore ought not to be
alldw*d h voice in New York's municipal
affairs. A demand in Fngland f*>r taxes
on his income wa? i*<©nothing he was nut
xpectlng.
Kansas has w apiul punishment law
but the extreme penalty cannot h* exe
cuted ©xceja u|on the written er*!cr of
the Governor. No Governor of Kansas
has ever made such an order, hence prac
tically th law has ken a dead letter, u
sentenc© to the gallows amounting to a
sentence to imprisonment for Ilf©, There
oi© now forty murderer- in Kansas jails
under sentence of death, but awaiting (hr
arder of execution from the Governor.
The present chief executive. Mr Stanley,
noticing the bureau m the number of
crimes of violence thinks that possibly
th© virtual annulment of the death pen
alty lias a good deal to do with It. He ha**,
therefore, Instituted an inv* Mt* dlon into
capital punishment and its relations to
mob law in the several stater. He inti
j If his Investigation shows that
the abolition of capital punishment has a
1 tendency to Increase crime and lynch law.
j be will recommend on act enfor tng the
death penalty in Kansas, with n prmLlon
requiring th© sheriffs to carry out the
sentence wphnu* a death warrant ygi©d
.by th© Governor It would he H n ex
j tratnely unpleasant task f*r Gov B<nn|ey
j Xo Have to sign the death warrants of the
! forty murderers who are now In th© jails,
and who were convicted under former ad
ministration©.
Edmond Rostand filled up a whole page
of a Farts newspnper with poeltr gusn
*ver Kruger when that obi cenilernan vls
, ited France the other day; and now not
only Farls. hut the rest of civilisation Is
j laughing over the effusion. Th© poem
abounds In dlmax©*, th© best of which,
j it Is claimed. Jus been rendered literally
j Into English, thus: * No. history has
! nothing In her cycles finer or more tragic
than the spe -tm i© of lhi old man In
eyeglasses with crepe on his hat.'* iCv|.
dently Rostand has not been able to do
as well by Kruger as h© did by Cyrano
and Napoleon. It should not be over
looked. by -the way. that both Cyrano and
Napoleon have b©©n dead a lone time and
with them the imagination of the jM>©t
had unlimited latitude for play, while In
the case of Kitiger It wus a matter of
turning the news of the l©.v Into rhyme,
and aliiging of h person In the flesh who
smokes plug-cut tobacco and dtinka b#er
tiy th gallon. . ,
Iladji llas'in Ghouli Khan Moham©< Ei
V* irla formerly repf*scnte*l the bhah
of I'ersia in Washington. Th© nswcpaiier
l>arngraph©rs and humorist* w*-r© ©tru* k
with his name, and quipa ;nd verges
hi 1 upon it chased each other through
th© f*aters 8o rlotus did tqs fun br
* ome that Hadji Hasran pulled up ©takes
ti.'l went ba k home rath* r than fa ©
ir. lie has now been succeeded by Due
Khan Mofakanmied Dov< U who. in pre
senting his ere*teat Ist* to the President
th* other gay, asked for His Excellency's
"support and protectlor. ” PoeHbljr leiac
Kh.in wish* (hr President to hold the
n*w.-paper paragraphers off him Isaac
Khan. If h© will, make himself eo
).ir w: h (he t>o) that they’ll let him
alone.
Hr. it sc*ms. there sn a far-reaching
diplomat!© i* a son tor Emp*ior William's
• legram of congratuiatinn to Prc.-ident
Kruger in h> ; , after the Jameson raid.
It ©em l the *•( sounding tie
i- ( rf Europe a- to what would he the
attitude towards Germany in the ©\ent
of t -rtain * ontingfncje#, *1 i omnut no
diplomatic in*li*> retlor." said Chwn*-© lor
*1 •\. ’in saying that the reception of that
telegram outside of Germany left no doubt
that in the event of * onflh t with Eng
land in Africa. Germany would have to
rel- solely on her own ©arength." The
Emperor*© diplomacy, therefore, served to
©how him |k©' !*• t\ w nere b- would stand,
and what friends he would not have. In
the event of trou‘ * with England.
There are two queer things in that Nl*
eriuv Information, In the. dispatch©* of
ye terday to the effect that former King
Milan of Herv;a is about to bt-coma en
gaged to Mbs Atget, an American heir*
e>- Th© first is that there < xiU an
American he iress, of whatever name, who
in fool enough to bestow herself and h"T
money upon the moat notorious, dissolute
and disreputable. r' al of ro>al blond In
Christendom, for tha poor return of a
meaningless title, coupled with brutal is
• slat ion.-*. Tho se.ond qticer thing
bow >buM a corropondent know that the
ex-king and lh*- American heiress w.,rt
about to become engagad"?
I*ER!H)A IL.
It i> de, ire'l to be a fact that when
Jo eph < *hatnhcrlain wa made colonial
no. rel ary he did not know where th© its
lonlnl offh * ua*. uKhougb it wa juel o(s
|s-u© L*>w'img ©trr**t, when* he had eo
of ter* at ns a cabinet minister.
—A bust of Bouts© M Alcott. the gift
arvi work tf Frank l>Jwru EJwcll. the
wi 11-know i* aiptot . wa-< unveiled at the
I'niverelty of Kansaa last Saturday. Miss
Alentt. b ! 1* s Indng a writer of popular
tales, was moat active against the Kansas-
Nehraskw bill Mr. Kiwell first studied art
ur-ler Miui Alcott'a sister ©t Concord,
Mass.
A so ;■ !y l ie been organixed in Haiti
morn to erect a memorial of Urn. Philip
It* 1. a Mary land soldier, who won fame
In iii* war of thflf revolution and th** war
<4 IBIJ. Hr wu ©iso United fftatec -cim
tor from Marvbmd from IRK to IM’. ©n*l
w.i*( i member of the House of Represen
tative* in th Fifteenth and (Seventeenth
Congresses.
—Announcement is mad© by Governor
©le<'t Odell of New York that he will d>
continue th** custom Inaugurated by iMr
Hoosevelt of -*'*•.rig reporters twice © iay
In a body. The in* oming executive n,*>s
hi© ihim is no mor© valuable to him tiMtn
is that of th t*|ioners to thni. aisl
theroforo b* will tb*tn at nn> lint* If
po©>lt)|c. Not a f w pollticiana regard
mis move a- .*m what of a reflection on
the strenuous executive.
UK It.H I' 11l lk.
—Fixe*#—Judge—"Now. my hoy. you ♦r©
on your oath. Do you undcrslan*! wb.it
that m his Witness—••Why— ©r— 1 don’t
Jest —er reckon " Judge—“Do you know
what you're exi*©ct*xl lo tell?” Wtn*--
*4 h. >©'. t! lawyer that hired m* . wrote
it all town so tnat 1 could learn it l'>
hear;.**—Philadelphia Preoa.
—Mis. Hocorn—“But, Mhidln , 1 l. n t
s*- why you don't want to marry Bike
Beau blossom. lb's prosperous enough
lie s Just put anew *L* on his hou?>
Matidy— T don't kecr. maw. li** kin put
lih whole .ilphalet on bis heun if la
want© to. but this here library life vu-ter
1.l appeal to me.”—Baltimore Ameri
can.
—A Protest—" The first thing that
stin k me when I arrived in Congr*
said Representative Hunker, "was the
useless exuavagince displayed.” "To
what point do you refer?** "This pr.ic
h*** of eending bouqut ts to Senators uul
RepresetttatKi’s. it ougni to tw sropi** I
Hu© I’ve got to pass up a lot of men ••
.o a florist for ro?>*s and mriiHtloii- or
el-- hung around and kx>k a if nolnxl)
loved nit ’—Washington Star.
I t II HEAT COM MEAT.
Th** New York Commercial (Ind.) say.
"When tho pressure to ©ell w*ol 'fu
tiirea* I** gati in Hie European market©
lift spring the effect was moat speedily
felt in France, it sank and the rf.-wlts
were the irut disastrous. Husincs© was
po hadh and ‘rgatilled tbrrebv throughout
1 1©*'empire ©hat renewed efforts w'ere
made |n th* French House of Deputies
hi July to make dealings in 'tops' Illegal,
but a motfcon to this effect was rejected
by o vote of 32* to This r*swlls the
now almost foigotten but once famous
Ocala demands.' and Ilk© vagaries of
American politic© ten years ago The
Farmers’ Alliance essayed to stop all
rW illngs in ‘futures.* and socn© of the
shrewder sort in tbs bunch actually man
aged to break Into Congress under that
cry Hut Toon* Livingston of CJeoigia Is
about ih© only one of the outfit who now
remains in that body—and he. doubtless,
wouldn’t care particularly to have hts
record pull**! on him. with the ‘Bub*
'Treasury* scheme and ail dragged out to
view In this year 19QU."
The Philadelphia ledger (Ind.) says.
"If C-mgross should provide silver dollars
or for use in th© Philippines tt
should aleo provide for the forfeiture to
tle government of ony tha< may be re
tnrne*l to this country, one-half of the
value of the forfeited coin lo go to the in
former. Then, perhaps, the Philippine
dollars would stay where they belong in
stead of returning like the trade dollar
4o ‘plague the inventor.' **
The Chicago Record (Ind.) says: "The
subsidy bill hint! vary strongly of • de
termination on the part of th# Republican
leaders to abuse tbsir power to the end
of Inaugurating © period of prodigal ex
travagant© and unbridled dehaucher) In
public, funds. It Is tuna for the leaders
of ©he party to stop short In their progress
and consider soberly how the parly will
•tnd before the nation If U thus abuses
the trust which th# people have repo ted
In It.”
The Norfolk (Va.) landmark (Dem)
says; "It turns out that the King of Por
tugal l© Queen Victoria's nephew. t*o.
our readers who have not forgotten their
Latin w H ©e© tin* Great Britain’s pro
tection of the rorttguene in their squab
ble with Holland u a plain ca of Depot
l*j*k M x
Th© ©for? of a 4 ourt H*-nt>.
Among the famous be lutie© at the
courts of the Btuartu wan Mary VUllar©.
Du* h©sa of Richmond ami loennox. ear©
n© A U’a Comixsnlon Htae waa bom
In KCJ. and wae married at urly an
age that her husband, *i> ing within
t w ©ivemonlh. left Iter an H-yearr-oLI
widow. Then she returned to the court
of Charles I. her ©duptive lather, and. a
ladtant child clad in widow's weeds, gre
ater n*> niali sctiaatlon.
One little adventure ©how© her at her
pretti©M. and won for her the nickname
of puttarflv ”
She had climbed into a tree in the
King’s garden to gather some fruit, and
her long Mack drees and veil ©pr> ad
th* in?©lvts over the branches in the man
ner of wings, ©o that the King, at om<
distance, imagined ha now a strange bird
perching in the tree. Mi. Porter, a gal
land young courtier, was in attendance.
Jivl Hit* Majesty. Kt.owing him to bo an
expert vnarksman. ©aid:
"Do you #©c that strange bird up in
that tree I wish >ou would tiro at it *'
Hut th© range was too great, and .Mr.
porter crpt up under the tree. The e
among the branch©* was the Countth-s,
looking k>wn upon him will) th- most In
no am ©ir. and pelting him with fruit
What have you there. Porter?" asked
te. glancing at his (un©© "Why can't
you speak? Are you bewitched?'
**o, madam,” h< reMied. "if you
what brought ine thither, you would own.
• bat I less\♦* reason for being surprts -1!
The King, Spying you in a, tree, took you
for a bird. Bo >ou may guc*s u|**>n whit
cnand I came"
"What." she cried, "to kill me?”
V* madam, to kill you! I promised
to t>ring the King some of your feathers!**
"Hi. ha!’* cried she. laughing. "You
must i*e ** gCMsi a. your word! Iwslll put
myself into © Uug© hamier. and so he
• rrled Into hH apartment.”
Bo the hamper was onv* y*d into tfie
Ktug’s presence and Mr. Porter, accom
panying It. explained tht nobody could
poN-.blv wish to kill it, and t<o ho hi I
taken It alive
Th© King was. ef course, very eager to
see so lovely a creature, and opened the
hamner with his own hand Th**iC
rrtjehed -th© Countess, bubbling over with
merriment.
History does not tell us whether ©he
quoted:
"Isn't this a pretty dish to set before ths
king?'*
But it does declare that th© King w *>
delighted anew with the littlady and
her fantastic humor.
.Vamped on "Jot'' A\ heeler.
it was raining the other day, says th©
Washington correspondence of th© New
York World. An angular woman w ♦
ing a mackintosh, fitting next to Gen.
Joe Wheeler in a stri ct car. ton© to ** t off
at Fourteemh and F turrets. 4Jen. Wheel
er noticed an umbrella leaning again t t ♦-
enr scat.
He grabbed the umbrclLi. ran after the
woman, caught lier at th** door and sail
•‘Pardon me, madam, but you left your
umbrella.”
Th© woman looked puxxicd. but took th©
umbrella. Gen. Wheeler resumed hi* ♦•••!.
Then a woman on the other fid© of him
g.i\© a little ©cream and gold: ‘Why. you
nasty Ilttl© man. you gave that woman
my umbrella." Then she appealed to the
conductor.
Gen. Wheeder upologixcd, but tfie wo
man raid: "Now you Just get right off
tha car and get ft for mv, or I'll notify
*h* police.”
Meekly tho vet* ran of three wars
turn Mail off into the rain and ran after
4 ha woman with tne mackintosh. He
mad© hurried explanation, got the um
brella and rushed hack to th© waiting
ear.
Ah he handed It back to Its owner be
Ni©l. "1 trm*t you will pardon me. mad
am. I assure you it was all a mistake."
The woman glared nt him. "I don't
know about tliat,*t tdi© sniffed. T don’t
believe you arc any bettor than you ought
to be.”
Joke on Tom Iteed.
Two Jolly brokers, having finished their
lay's work, were discussing tho latest
• w.- as they rode homeward on tho "L.”
aya the New’ York correspondence of Ihe
t'hi ago inter Ocean. The car. ss u*atl.
was packed. Ono big man in |*artlcuUr
made his presence fell, bee iuse ho *>• u
j net only his own e* at. but projected
a little over the partition arms designed
ti ©*parate ono passenger fr<in Another.
• I *©•• the i-gar is having a close call.”
one broker remarked, reading the dl
IMtches from Llvadla.
•*H© won’t be mlHMsi,'* re|vh*’*l ih© oth< r.
Its - sing his voice, he gdtltsl: “I lof t i:©
much ot\ Csars, anyway They ar© too
dl* ttftoriai. We had ample experience of
on. and were lucky to retire him to pri
\t* life. ll*- i a very decent fellow
now .'*
Glancing In the direction of the big man.
who was half-hkWen behind his paper, a
reporter detected a broad grin on the
moon fa* eof 11)45 Hon. Thomas B R©•*<*.
former Speaker and Cxar. The brok. r
noticed It. also, and, with a wink at his
©om jail don. arwc and left tho car.
Played x Joke on the Good Mai*.
A good ©tory is tokt on th© Rev. Mr.
Hageuum. ©ays tho Oxfoni (Mich )
Leader. At th© annual meeting of ihe
Congregational Vhureh the quegtlon of
hlilng a prea her tomes up At the last
one. when the question camo up. Hage
man was rather anxious Th© chairman,
Miod okt deacon. roe#-. saying:
All those in favor of retaining El<W
11 inmin for another year—at the same
©alary—will pleaso ri*e ”
Not oie rose, and Hageman felt al*out
a> nv-an as mortal man ooukl feel. But
♦h© chairman rose again, pulling this
question:
Ail ihop* in favor of k*pins tho n-v
Mr ildg-nviD at an Innv** of salary
will r>l-a* ri^."
Evrry on- rm> When tt 4*nnl or the
goo I rliltr tht thny h(* brrn only Joking
atih him. lh* mowl on hi face broke
' line a broa.i grin—• an IcFl*
Ir.ik* away in rparkllng water befor.- the
tienetiretit ray* of a warm *un. Some of
hi* beet frlerxl, liaA planned the acheme
which workert to perfection.
The land of Make Ha-lleae.
From the Boston Globe,
To Ihe gitea of l>wn. how gUrtiy
Would tha grayhea-la all go ba k
And. among tha kttle ohlMren.
For a while forget the rack’
How ihetr purbhnd eyes araulA brighten.
|low (heir heart* with Joy would heave,
Coukl they ono again be dwellers
In tho Ixr.d of Make Believe!
O. what treasure* that a Croeeus
Has envuered can enual tlioso
That before tha gase of childhood,
Ae by magi--, once aror>< "
All are rich tf but they will b-
Alt powees what they percelvrw
To life * larg**w there's no limit
In the La ml of Maka Uekcvc!
What a land tt Is to live In.
Wiiera a palace I* a* - heap
A* a hove*—where the little*
May with giant strides o'erkap
Hlgh-st bights! Tho' bringing knowledge
How the flying year* bereave
Va of all.our tmppy dweiitr.*-
In live Land of Make Beaeve!
Htlli eo curl on- IS tire human.
E'en In child hood—oft h* goes
Far outside Joy's sphere. a--eeplng
O'er Imaginary wow.
For tha one thal'a born a poet.
Tho he knows not why. must grieve
O'er the tear* that fall outside of
Tha bright Land of Make Believe*
—Her Idea—Fgly Husband (snarting)-
“You married me for better or worse,
didn't youT" Wlfs (he*titatuiglyj—**Y.
tmt 1 nn-po.ni 1 would bavo avniii u
, rietjr,' —Lelrult Eras fiat*,
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
§The (jtrakrr Herb
Tonic la not only a
Idood pun tier but a
Hioori Maker for
F’ale. Weak and De
bilitated people who
have not etrrnglh
nor blood. It acts ns
a tonic. It regulate*
digestion, cures lye^
strength and tone to
tha nervous ;\M ni
It 1b a medicine for weak women. It 1* a
purely vegetable medicine and c.n l*
laken by the tnest delicate Kidney Dis
eases. Rheumatism aad ail dlscaeea of Uie
Rlood. Stomach and nerve* soon succumb
to It' Wonderful effect* upon the human
system. Thousand a of propl© In Georgia
recommend It. Prl'*© SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM the mallei via
that Ih© Quak©r Doctor mad© all of hi©
©ondcrful quick cureN with It’* © ft©w
aik! wortuciful iiudK’lii© f" r Nouralgl©,
Tnoth©<*he. Backache, Rh©umatli*n,
Bpraln*. Pain In 13>*ei*. in fact, all pam
can be relieved by It. Pric© 2Ac and Mo.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER BOAT, a
medicatad aoap lw fit© ©kin. *calp add
complexion. Prico 10© a tjk>
QUAKER HEALING SALVE. * vege
table olntmcnl. for the euro of letter, ec
n* ma and eruption* uf the *kln Pric©
10c a box
For **ALF BY Alai* DRPGGISTR.
LTIL of HOPt m mo and ss. r r
at.'ULOt u:
I le oi lt"ie. Montgomery Ttiundar
boti. Cattle J’srk and West Lnd.
I'aliy except Sunday.. Subject lo cuaßgs
without nolle*
ISLK OF HOPL.
I.V City for i cf li Lv I lanf Hopa ~
* 8 .i" from T nth <<• am for Bolton
7M am from Tenth | * ui am for Tenth
S3o am from T.-t!> j 7 oo am for Tenth
9 1 j am from Ito.ron | # on am for Tenth
10 JO mn in m Tenth lo in am for Tenth
1J TO n'n trom Tenth ,U oo am for Holton
1 K> pm from Bolton ,11 3) am for Tenth
r3i pm from Tenth ; iTO pm for Tenth
3J' pm trom Tenth 2*o pm for Holton
4jo pm trom Tenth j 300 pm for Tenth
uoo pm In in Tenth 1 tOO pm for Tenth
6yi pm from Tanth , uo pm for Tenth
pm ’ 7 TO i'm foi Tenth
So pm Irotn Tenth *oo pm for Tenth
SJ) pm I ruin Ti mb it in ptn for Tauth
10 30 pro fiom Tenth ,T 000 pm for Tenth
MON TOO JI FRY
Lv city for Mung ry.j Lv. Montgomary
3u am ir.mi Tenth~fT U am for Tenth
Ji' pm Horn Tenth Ila pm for Tenth
*lO pin from Tenth , 600 pm for Tanth
CA'ITLL PARK.
Lv ctly for Cat. Park, Lv C'ntlla Park
fi i) am from Holton , 7 00 am for Bolton
i JO am rrom Holton ; * 00 an for Holton
I TO pm from Holton | 1 3 pm (or Bolton
l 30 pm from Holton j 3 ou pm for Holton
7 Oo ptn from Holton j 7 30 pm for Bolton
too pm trom Hoi ion S3O pm for Bolton
Til i.'N DK ItBO Uf.
Car leaves Bulron sireet Junction &.30
a 111 and • very thirty minute, thereafter
unui lI.Sop. m
Car leaves Thunderbolt at TO a. tn. and
every thirty minutes thereafter until
12 TO midmglit, for Bolton street Junc
tion.
1 TtKl tfilT and"f ARtTCI. CAR
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trip* nnd leave* west side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all Intermediate points at 9.00 a. m.
1 TO p m . 5 .TO p m
Leave* Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt.
City Maiket and all Intermediate points
at 3,00 a. m . 11:00 a. m., 2:40 p. m.
WEST KND CAR.
Cnr leares west tide of city market for
West Knd 6:00 a. tn and every 40 minute*
thereafter turlnr the day until 11:30 p. m
Leave* West Knd at 3:20 a m. and are*
*ry V> mlmiie* thereafter during the day
until 1* on oVlnek midnight
H M LOFTON On. Manager.
Merclionls l Miners lispofion Cos
Steamship Lines
To Baltimore & Philadelphia
Ticket© on Sale to All Points North and !
Waal.
Flr*t-oln** tl©k©t* include m©©l* and
berth.* Savannah to Baltimore and Phlla- !
delphia. Act ommoila*ions atul cuLina
un#*qual©d
The *teim*hlp© of ihi* cnßipany ar© ap- i
pointed to *aii fri>m Savannah aa follows j
(Central Standard Tlmap
TO BALTIMORE.
TBXAfI. Cept Eldicdge. BATURDAT.
Dec ir,. i p m
I> It MILLKR. ‘apt. rtders. TUES
DAY. De. 1. 3:30 p m.
ITASCA. Car*. Billups, THURSDAY.
Dec. 20, A p. rn
CHATHAM. Capt Easier. SATURDAY.
Dec 22, 3 p m.
TO I’MILADELPItIA.
BKRKBIIIHE. Capt. Ryan, MONDAY.
Dec. 17. 3 p m
ALLEGHANY. Capt. Foster. FRIDAY.
Dec -1. S p. rn.
BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan. TUESDAY,
Dec. £5, S p m.
T.cket OR!' e No 112 Bull atreet
J J. CAROLAN, Agent.
NEWCOMB COHEN. Trar. AgL
Savannah, Ga.
W T TURNER. O. r A
A D BTEBBINB, A. T M
J. C WHITNEY, Traftlc Manager.
General op e* Baltimore, Md®
Wood Mosaic Co?s :
Parquetry Floors
Have been laid In many of 'he com
fortable hones In New York, Boston and
other cities. Alore cleanly and eronoml'-al
than carper. Plain and fancy floor* laid
and polkihed complete over old floora,
making a solid and beautiful Improve
ment
Having a number of floor* to lay In Sa
vannah tht.* month we tag quote .joee
figure*. Catalogue and eeilmate, may be
had by addrr*Mng J M ADAMS,
217 N Charlea etreet Baltimore, Md.
BRRNNAN BROS^
HOLLSALB
Fruit, Produce, Qraio, Etc.
**2&AY STRCBT. weau
letrrbeoegM.
MINGLEDORFF & CO.
MACHINE BLACKSMITHS
AJJII IJOI LEIIMAKERS.
Telephone 4KS,
w !*.<!Un Mrcet, * Havannah. Ua.
OLD NEWSPAPERS. J for It'ccauTst
Buakne** Office Morning Newt,
I.KUAI. NOTICF.e
NOTICE TO DEBTOR# AND CREDIT
ORB.
OEOn<HA. CHATHAM ■ .
Notice la hereby given to all peri. , , (
lng demand* again*! Pauline
of aald county, decoaerd. to preset,, ,
to us. properly m.uie out. with.-
time prewrlbed by law. m ~, *
thetr character nnd emouni. and al;
rona Indebted lo said decexseA , t ’
qulretl to nnke tinmediate paync nt tt "
Savannah, Oct. 2. I*oo. '*•
LEWIS I.EVKoy
r>AVID LKVK ,y
no v
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND . i ,
ITORS. u ‘
GEORGIA. CHATHAM rop NTT
Nolle* Is hereby given to „n '
having demands against Lgwrer .. ,*
Ducn. late of .-aid county, dec, ~ , ‘
present them to me, prupirly nun
wlihln the time pregcrlbed by |* ~ '•
to *how their etiaracter and atneuri,
all pT*oti Indebted to said de ( ‘
required to make Immediate paytn. r„
me M. r. DUNN. M and.
Adminl trr'or
Savannah, Ga . Nov. B, 19TO
NOTICF. TO DEBTORS and V-Rt nt'
TORS
GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTT
Notice I* herrhv given to all per*.., (< '
lug demand* against Ellen Merger i„,
of said county, deceased, to pr. ...
lo me, properly made out, wlihm
time prescribed by law. so ,
thsir character and amount, era , ,
persons mdebee.l to sa'd d'ce,*,,. H . r ._
qulrsd to make Immediate . *
me.
M A O'BYRNR
Admin rtritn
flavannah. Ga.. flet. l. imo
NOTICE TO DITTORfI AND CHy r.
TORS.
GEORGIA. CHATHAM rn: , TT _
Notice I* hereby given lo all per*er e,
lng demands against Patrick c!n i,r*
of said oounly. deceased, to presn> tv*r>
to me. properly mada out, w-i,
time prescribed by law, so an to show
their character and amount and ,
persons Indebted io said deceased a .. r ,
quired to rnak Immediate p>rr ,
rat.
M A. O'BTRN*
Execater.
Savannah. Ga.. Nov 3th. lYm
GEORGIA. CHATHAM cm NT' -
No • i- hereby given that T hat mada
application to Court of Ordinal v f..
ham county for lcavo to el| twine, v.i a
undivided Interest In t!i eou'.hrrn one.
half rxart of kH Number twrnlv . •
O'Neill ward. In the clly of Savant h.
with Improvements thereon, belonging m
estate of Annie and Julia Collin.-, ti. i ni
for th* purpose of providing i (
maintenance for said minor.-, gj )
said order will he granted at the Jeruiry
term. 1101. of aatd court, unless oi.j. ,
are filed thereto.
JOHN. T. COLLINS
Guardian ef Annie and Julia i oh,ns,
minora.
IT'S ICEBTAIHTY
THAT
Smith’s Chill Tonic
A
TRADE MARK.
WILL CURE
Dengue, Typhoid,
intermittent. Malaria.
And All Forms o( Fevers.
ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT ON A
GUARANTEE.
—Manufactured by—
COLUMBIA DRUG CO.,
SAVANNAH. GA.
B R N**t. T. P MIM isn |
Preaideak Vice Prealdeat. I
MrsKT ULtni. Jr Sec y and Tr*aa I
NEAL-11ILLARD CO.
Builders' Material,
Sash, Doors and Blinds, |
Paints, Oils, Varnlsbes,
Class and Brnsbes, !
CHILDERS' HARDWARE, i
Lime, Cement and Piaster,
*u ui WklMkee Otreeie.
UtgJUUH, TOA.
SCUSE YQUISELH
f's* fltff <U for •pnstwrf
tisch*rirw.
rrtUHuas or ul'W* ll "
>t mti -o o •
sn l n t
, #*nt or poisonous
•oli kj i>mrfrtE
or ml to pUfn wrsrrf,
hr •Mprm* r*p*4. W
•1 . or S ImIIIm, h *V
Circular U h
We Save You Money
—ON-
Klm Work*, To>a and doll*; ** <>• and
'Phone *7S.
DONNEI.LT DRLO CO ,
Liberty and Prlrr fire- -
J. D. WEED * CO
UTBUUS, U.
Leather Belting. Steam Packing 4 Bosi
ACMU* tor NEW TORE SUBPt.il
BELTING AND PACWNO COR PAN t.
CITY OF UVAMIAH FOCM.ET UP.
SO CENT* EACB.
FHINTKD IS TWO COLORS.
NICELY BOI'ND IB CLOTH
STAMPED n OOLD • * ,Da
For .l 0 ST 4
THE MOS&IXO NETWfc