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6 THE FULL VALUE OF NUTS. RKM LT* or l\Ql Ift It # ||% TIIK l% PAHTHi:>T or %<•!f < I 1 11 HI . Thr Vnrlrllm Mn*i I oMMaitf *c*m in Thl* < onnlrt-i oni|ioil Inn of the \arlu Kinl*— % e \ut uenflltlr f—The 'll *nn ni l IVnnut nnd It* Mum I *e. From ih* \Y *mnrton f*iar. Fh© forth iiminc >far*hook of tht De parirm-n! .f Ajri tilture. whten i now be ing printed .t the Government Fruiting Office. will main the results of # n.im* b©r of made during (he pant year undpr .•* dir* lion of Mr. A C Trip, tiir ;..r of pi{*pnm , r.lal #Lv.;on*. The >r*U'k will, in part, ..y (hut an by b<* rum**roui nut food# on th© market and the illn< uiiii!oni In papers aihl mauMfinr-i Of *>'?tem* of died In which r.u’fk pi y a prominent pari, there la n quit* sr**n raf in the aubje-i. Th© claim* m.Ule for no me nut food* often **‘crn ixtrSMiiun' And uiireanin* able. Apparently they lurk any b.jit* of eapertmentrtl evidence, nor la It probable tha' the bes*-known phy#lologla would atlvi#© the w noU- 1* iim< of nuta In a diet to the • \ fluxion of more uaua! ,ml generally n epted fooda. The cotnpoaition and food \al*ie of a number of nuta have teen at tidied b> the California and Milne atatdona. ftp© ai atudlea on cheatnuta b iv* al?o l>*n re ported by th>- Pea nay I van sa and Maaaa- huaetta atat ii • The following mate- ■ xr nt# ronorming the k< n**ral chararter otlca of the nut* commonly eaten in this country are < hiefl.' taken from th? ; r*irf of the tudb at the Maine *ia- Hon. The almond 1* * favorite desert nut In thl? country Hv far the larger part of the almond* consumed ia aupp led b> France, I ai> am) Spain California. h**w ever, ho* grown the aitnond *•; • e-#fulU . 1 and the output of tM* 1 rof la annual!** !nrna#ir g Ti e .ilmond ia u**d In con- | fectlonery, cream#. oak- Ac The Brazil nut. hi itf* name Indicate#. | la u tubtlva of Brazil. whence tt la ex- j portal In burg© qua rattle* It baa not been \ ounce*# fully grown In the I‘nlted Slate# It ia ciU* fly impi) aa a doraert nut Th© filberts found In our markka are chiefly varieties and cro*#©# of two j #P*cU- Th© native hazels arc smaller 1 than the European nuts, but have an agreeable flavor. The Albert Is chleflv used as a *l#*ssert nut, but the ground ! nut If sometmus uac-d for confectionery : and In oth©r w'aya. In aom* European countries where It grows abundantly, a ! ©ort <•' br*ad is mad* from the ground nut. The he korv nut. under which general name ar© Included the nuts of several j mx**l©* of native tre s. of whk-h the shairbar (Hlcorla ovata) Is the most Im- j portant. Is one of our bes#-known nuts, j Th** quality of the h ck©ry nut Is exceed- ! Ingly variable both in flavor and In the readiness with which the shell may be j r**mov I. The better varMl** are hlghlv ; esteem**!, and by many aro considered 1 to compar© favo-ably In delicacy of flavor with the English walnut. Large quanti ties of the nuts are eaten, and they are pome# i me* us* ! In making cakes find confect ion ary. There/ is some confusion regarding the namcMif this nut. In some regions of New England It Is known as the walnut, while the nut more generally known in the United State* a* 4h© w*d nut which grows only sparingly In New England. Is the bl > K walnut. The i*can tHlcorla pe<\in) Is alma native of America, but Is less widely distributed than the hiiekorv, to which It ! closely related The flavor cd the f><- an make* tt n deslreable nut. but It lonbtless owes mie h of Its |>|nilar!ty to p* thin shell and the rasa with which the kernel may be removed. It Is largely used as a d*****‘rt nut. Quantities arc •bi used by the eon feet I* avers for mak ing salted pecans, bonbon* of various aorts. etc. Th** English or more properly Persian w .i j nut s IJugans rcfftai has bean aiwvess. f ul> cultivated in several regl ns of the United S*a?rlt Is of A.datlc origin, but owing to lls general excellence It early won Its way to fvopular favor, reaching Endian . about tho mlldl* of the six < entury. It lea favorite <!* ssert nut. and Is also used by confc*tloners lb many wav* What is most generally known as th walnut it tne United States tthe ft tilt of Jngiai. tAfj.k at.il closely allied specie*i It a large nut rich In oil end hue a strongly marked flavor. This nut Is • tmewhat usei by confe* tiotiers The butternut, oil nut or white walnut j (Juglan clberoa) Is .itremeljr oily an-t ' has a tendency to become rancid Th* fresh nu' has an excellent flavor. It Is lev commonly marketed than some Other native ruts. The beet h nut l# the fruit of a forest tree common in live eastern half of the I‘nlted States. The nuts art sweet and of very agreeable flavor. Owing to their small sit** and the consequent difficulty of gathering them only a limited amount reaches 4be market. The pistachio, although a native of Syria, ha* long been cultivated in South ern Europe whence m>*t of the nuts eaten In thle country arc obtained. It has been grown so n limited extent In the United States. The kernel Is greenish In color and hue a mild, pleasant and characteristic flavor, suggestive of nl monds. II Is chiefly used In the manu facture of confectionary. Icc*. etc., being valued for its flavor and the delicate green color which It Imparts. Although th*- coco*nut in a native of the trope s. It has be**n successfully grown In Florida Only th* native nats com monly hnd their way into the market, through the fruit of the green nut Is much relished where It Is available. Eargr quantities of Ihe dried and grated nut are consumed Its u**es for con feet ion ery. cakes, etc., an* numerous and well known In many regions of the West and South west several varieties of pint nuts are eaten. One of the fruits most commonly eaten In the United State** under the name of nut Is the peanut Strictly speaking. Oil* 1„ not a nut. but the fruit of a leguminous plant closely related to 4he pea or bean Probably three-fourth of the peanuta eaten lire roas<c*i Part of the cheaper grade* t*re used by confectioner* for making salted peanut* and various forms of jh* nut candy, etc. A sweet ami pulatuble oil can l**’ made from the peanut It Is pointed ourt by the Maine s*a4lon that from jO to |*r cent, of th*- nuts most commonly eaten (almonds. Brazil niH*. fllbc*t*. hickory nuts, pecan* and walnuts) Is ahell. All these nut* contain little water. Th.* protein I* fairly high tmt fat constitutes the largest part of th** edible por ion The carbohydrates, which (usually occur In large f**o|srtton In Veg*'table foods, are present In only small tmount* Th*- chestnut is an • xcaption containing, as is doe*, nearly k> pt cent f afb^.hydratfThe iwrcentage In roroa* nuts, a *ms and Ittchl nutr Is also fairly high The meat of nuts, excepting those last mentioned, contains nearly flfiy tlim - ns much fat and less than one-fifth a much c.irbo* vdrate* as wheat flour, and has about double the fuel value. A i*>un<i of unshed’.ed nuts will furnish About half as much pro’ein and the same amount of ncrxy as n pound of flour. Owing to their high fuel value and low protein content, ut* would not make a well* balan ed (€>• and when eaten by themselves This tin suitableness for a fool by them selves Is also increased by the potential energy being store*) In the concentrated form of fat. This is no reason, however, why nuts should not All an increasingly large place in dietaries Very few food* supply the needed nutrients in h* prof* r proportion uj form a well-balanced ration Foods rich In fuel conatltutents nee! to be Combined with other foods of relative high protein content The low per '* of oarbotijdiaivs In outs would If you will return this < oupon and three one-f*nt umpa to the ). C. Ayer to,, Mi" , you anil receive in return a copy of the 20th Century Yearbook. This is not in ordtntry tltnintc, hut hindsom: book, copiously illustrated, and sold (or 5 cents on til news-stands. (We simply allow you the two cents you spend in postsge for sending.) Grest men hve written lor the Year-book. In it is summed up the progress of the 19th cen tury. In each important line of work and thought the greatest living specialist has recounted the events and advances of the past century and has prophesied hat wc may expect of the neat. Among the most noted of our contributors are: Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on Agriculture; Senator Chauiuey M. Dcpcw, on Politics; Rusaoli Sage, on finance; Thomas Edison, on Elec tricity; Dr. Madison Peters, on Re ligion; General Merritt, on Land War fare; Admiral Hichbom, on Warfare; •A1 ** Smith, on Snorts, etc. to fl 4 tb*m a* one of the •<’urcea rf f- r and al*et|e md other jH-raor * who And 1; * **iful to vM'.l fool* a-oti taining much starch or sugar. The estnut d.ff**rs m.tcri.4lly from th* six nut* men’toned above as mo** commonly <atrt ! niM if * about th** sume amount of protelr, only one-fourth a.* much fat ard *lx or * ven tim* * much carbohydrate- lnd -*| it* hlg p.arrh ntent explains why chestnut* ar* ko little earen raw l’anuts have a fuel value of only ninety-six calories for each 001 pound of protein, aril hence have a relative ex ***• <’ prof* In This Is m unlik** other vege table fo dr, with the exception of the near relatives of the as peas arid lx an*, that It I* of great Impo.'tan* • In this country nuts will probably never, to any great extent, rep!.* e th* cereal fuodr, ia 1* the race In aom*' sec* t ons of th** Old World Not only would the original cost prevent, but the labor Involve*! in shelling and preparing nut* fer the table would prove a serious ob stacle to their extend'd us*- While nut meats ar** generally * den without any previous preparations they may be u**ed In a \srktf of way* Chop ped nu# m*ats .ir* mu. h relish**! for *in hvlchrs, and nut sal ids ar* not un common. Th< use of nut* in cakes, con fect lor. ery, cream*, etc., has already been alluded to Many attempt* have leen mo V t pr pan* nut ftod* and to extend their use in various ways. Peanut butter, as It is called. Is marketed to u considerable extent. This is wild lo consist of the kernels ground, with or without the ad dition of a small proportion of water. The nuts. p rtl ularly the peanut nnd chestnut, afford Interesting opportuni ties for the housewife skilled In adding to th* hs of “good thing*. ** Attention ha* been railed to th* fact that nuts form a very concentrated food. They should therefore be eaten with more bulky foods, and, except In the case with th** peanut. with those richer In porteln. There are no reliable data regarding the digestibility of nuts. Th** belief Iti their Indlgestlblllty s***m lo be wide spread. nd perhaps has some basis In fact. It Is quite probable that If the nuts were properly prepared and eaten at pro per tim*** mu<*h of thi* prejudice would llsappear. Our present practice of munch ing them at odd hour*, or ss n dessert, when sufficient fora! his been taken to meet the requirement* of she body, over taxes th* digestive onunn and places the nut und< r a reproach that Is. at least in part, undeserved. There I* a. wkl* spread belief that salt n ds in the digestibility of nuts, and ex perience seems to bear out this opinion. THE “llOOl.lfltW' Mr Walter Bnnnt on East Umlon'a Typical loans llonzh*. From the Century. The Wood l- at seventeen; It wants exercise In reality, not pretense. This restlessness Is the cause of the binds organised originally for local fights The hoys of one street unite In a small regiment; they arm themselves with e!ubs small Iron bjrv leather belt* with buckles, knotted handkerchiefs with stones tide up In them, with slings and •vlones. with knives, even with revolvers of the **t‘y’* kind, and they go forth to fight the lad* of another street. It Is a real tight; th* field I* strewn with the wounded; the police have trouble in put ting .1 slop to the combat With broken head*, black eyes sod banlaged arm -, the leader* appear next day before the mag istrate. But the local regiment cannot always be meeting It* enemy 041 the Held of glory; the step, therefore, to hustling the |>eopl* In the *lreec is natural The boy* gather together and hold the street If any one ventures P t*a** through It. they rush upon him, knock him down, and kick him savagely about the head: they rob him is wdl In the autumn of IX9ft an Inoffensive elderly gentleman w? knocked down by Hui-h a gang. robhel. kt k*l about (h* head and t ikon up Insensible. He was earrlcsl home an*l di*-i the next day. These gangs are called "Hooligans. ’’ South 1 Is more frequently favored with their achievements than Ea*t Lon doti. They are difficult to deal w’lth. be cause they meet, fight and disperse with such rapidity tha it I- next t<> Impossible to get hold of them. It 1? a bad fashion of the time, and will proimo’y disappear helire long. Meantime the boys regard the-* holding* of the ttr**t with p l*e; their captain Is n hero, much ;s th.' captain of the eleven at a public school. Sometimes they devise <*tjier modes of achieving greatnr->s A yrar or two ago half n dozen of them thought that It j would he a go 1 thtr.ic If th \ were at tend Epsom races si the Ix*rby day. the great race of the year. One can o t* Epsom by road or rail; -the latter 1? the cheaper and Ihe easier way, but the mn glorious way L to go by rd. a- the swells go. Their method Is to bin* a arrlage and pair. t get a luncheon* hamper from a caterer to drive 1 vn. and to pay for a **anH on th* hill w’deh command? a view of the r:t • The thin;: can be done In *y!e fr about C2B The boys thought to emulate th* swcl’?; they therefore he!pe<l themselves t* a baiter’s horse and light *mrt In the gray of the morning, and drove glorl -usly all the way to the ra e enure Arrived there they *o)d the horse nn 1 art to a Gypsy for (3. and spent the day In watching the rnees. in betting • n the e\ nts. and In feasting When th** glo lous dly was over and their money all gone they found an Out-House near ’he . rnm -n and th* re Jay down to sienf-i* In an Hntr to w?iik horn*- In tie morning Now. the hiker, on lis covsrtng hi* lor**, had gone to th** pdlce; and the polie©. su#l*e* tlng the fru h for the | *l' thirst f *r ep rt was well know t?legr ph*sl to Fspsom The hors* and cart wen* recover*'*!, and In the ml Idle of the night the boy* ware found. Thy -•11 return to town in- the mornkiv. hii * ss they left It wss In th room.* \* hi Is commonly called "Black Maria" that Ihy were taken to the rsdlcs court, and Boat Uit court lo the rrforauitory. < THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 100a AN ISLE OF SKULLS. % PARTI OF P:\ri.nHFH* TO VIMT PI. M K. California lalanct* That %% ere liner IntwiHttcif In a Her Nuw total lteaila • lon •( Spot %\llrl liner *H||rict Fife. From the Chicago Record Han Francmco, C.l , Nov 2i --An expe dition of a* lenttfl'* students hu* been made up n Eos Ar.gebs and Fnsuktui to ex plore thyroughly th** Channel Island* off that part of the coast of Californi known ss Sitr,;i Barbara and San Buenuvetitur.i ounln * during the party Is to be sustained by Stspdford Uni versity largely, and to . lees extent by several denominational colicg's in South ern Cailforni; Anihn’pojbglcfil and ar< hae>k)K'• *1 udent*, who hav* apeta several weeks each on these islands, say they are otic of the very richest field* for work in that department of kncswl • lge on the l*a ifl coast. The Chanrud ksUnds constitute C\tl.fornla*# only archl pe;ago. with th*- j>slb!e exception of th* rocky and acuiity Fsrallone islands. They hav#* been objects of romance, legend*, ctirioalffy and mystery for ji generation or mor* Notw i■ hrtonding nil the bland* an within eight>-two mik- of California’s shore, they are solitary and unfrequented, and years roll by with visits to them of les than flf> people annually. Each isl and has it* own psrti< ular strafige. lin ear. nv traditions of th* tribes of r**d tn**n. ami each has counties* tru es of .im *• up ■ lon by thesis mds and thousarwis of Indians When Juan Rodriguez Cobrillo. •h* l*t*rtugueee 'l’ed 11 ;* th* •'oast of California In l&iT he *tori> 4 *‘l for 1 day cr two at each of the Channel l?i --*nd*. and bis records bear testimony that *n the Isi.in*!* of Sinta Barlaira, C;!.-- llna 4’lem*ne and Rt. Nicholas there were "a vigorous an*l lusty race of na tive*. who thronged the shore* of the lit tle bay.* ird headlands" and x.ix**J tn mute wonder t the white-saibd ship of <he navigators. Today th* Isl.mds siard 1 * they did over SSO ye.ir* ay", but th* natives are only a memory, represented by Immense quantities of stone lmjde. ments. barrels of fine wampum and lit erally cartload* of hurrmii bone*. I’.ixlity Mile* From 4 xtaf. St Nicholas Island He* mile* Imme diately opposite th*- little city of Han Buenaventura (recently called by the more modern and estsy nim*- of Ventura* and Is the most Inter*.sting of all th* channel bland* from many points of view As far back as the memory of any person in RoiHhrm California rum hun dreds of white skeleton* have dotted th* valleys and hillside* rttrang** ut*i rfls of *• r|**ntlne sandstvwi*' and steatite ar* found there amorg the human bones.and the Island and Its erstwhile Inhabitant* have a history ■**> curious that 14 is dif ficult of comprehension. In IX3.'* the Franciscan padre* in the Santa Barbara mt**i*n. learning that there were buts stern of the strange and almost *xtlnct Indian race th n living there, determined to rescue them from the Island. They went over In a sloop anl succeeded, a* they thought, in getting all on board. At the !a*t moment an Indian woman returned for her child and one ot frequent storms of the Channel islands springing up. the sloop was driven awa> without her The tdoop went on the rocks *>f Point Conception one all Were lost Sixteen years later (’apt. Oeorge Nldever and two men went from the coast on a u]oop to hunt otter off Si Nicholas On landing they were, like Crusoe. atonlsh • and to discover human foot-print* In the *.in*l They ssw no one. however, and a storm *ompolled them to put to ***** It was two years thereafter that tlx adven turous captain, revolving lf ‘ mind the l*hr of tlx* footprint** In 4h*- un ann> Island. .let* rmlnel to go and discover and hung over the lonely woman of whom he had vaguely heard Men accompanied him. and at length they saw on the surr hraten shore a woman with long tawny hair, dressed In a queer garb of colored bird skins and * raping with a bon* knit-* 4 he blubber from a SeL They surroundesl *inl ai>i>ro-*’be*l her *‘aithlly. and. although suddenly con fronted. she did not appear in the least afraid, but smiled, and then, falling on ner knees prayed to the sun The wild woman offered no objection when by *igr.- she was made to umletstand that ihe was to go with them in the boat Last f Her Race. They r. H-l Sonl.i It.irb.t* arroiw t > touch ->•! ti- flt thtnc the Indian woman *■* -n l!u hud n,v*l *n nor h.r t of any <>!*- like It. and thought thv man an.l dor*, werr* on,, anil ,h- km-lt on th. . 'ior, sti -1 off,r,<l her .lovonion* to It Ino nft.rwanl Of lt Inhablt-.m of ro-k-rlbtwvl. tmp,"-to,aJ St. NK-hola, .|t,d frim rating fooil to which ,h<- wi ,in i.'.-uxtoniMt. furnl.hwt by her rewcuero. 1 it.l ih, curtain fell on h,r me, forever The woman known :i the 'Tean- Womi. l ,1 Nicholas." ha* been Ih, ,übje.n of ■< cor, of romance* aiwl I" m*. Bt. Nicholas Is tan miiea long and four miles wide tit the widest point It- ;opm;- *aphy shows a nearly level plateau, w in elevation of **> to 1.100 feet. Two. thirds of the surface is covered with drill ,g sand, and the remainder grow# • peel* * of nutritioos gr?e and m<'f* on which a thousand sheep And pasture. Bev rai spring* hove been but •heir water is slightly arackish Of la vests rne Island ie rarely visit Ml. ex.-ept by sheep shearers and shell gatherer, who tn ike annual trip* In ?*‘tiooner?. fisti ng smacks or t*hlnos • Junks. The only safe landing ground nt St Nicholas Is at Coral harbor, a pr*t:> cove formed by two sandstone arm'* thrust ut from the main barrier of (he shore The entrance Is out six or seven yarl* 1 r,ss. and the water within is aa placid * <i lake and sufficiently deep to flou: u vessel of twenty tons burden. On the leak, silvery strip of Iw-ach Immense white pelican# are to be seen at almost my s-1 son of the year, promenading with lately dignity. On the approach of th dingy they spread their heavy pointed tv Inga and vanish over the rok? Far •her up the slope of th* beach there Is a dilapidated shearing shed and a weath • r-worn shanty belonging to Chine?** shell .\itherers Nothing more desolate than :he general ap;**-iranee of the Island a*n .veil be imagine*!. llyMilntlin Is Complete. As far as the eye can trace there are barren level# with Innumerable circular teprtsalon*. showing where primitive iwelllngs once stowl Not a vc?tige re tmui.s of he materials used in the con* 1 rtrurtion of these ranchenns. Hundred* ! of shell mounds nr** scattered about, and A Strong Fortification. Fortify the body against disease 1 by Tutt’s Liver Pills, an abso | lute cure for sick headache, dys j pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred troubles. "The Fly-Wheel of Life” Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills are the fly-wheel of life. 1 shall ever be grateful for the accident that brought them to my notice. 1 feel as if 1 had anew lease of life. 1 J.iairleigh, Platte Cannon, CoL 1 Tutt’s Liver Pills A PMTCT BLOOD PURIHER.,?. 0 ,. re found o consl-* of atonl-hlng r.um tM-rs of moll inks, the hones of every* spe- | b*y of fish found In the channel, skele ton* of seal*, sea elephant.-, whale*, pea orter. th*' M*nd fox and various aquatic ; birds. Without question these animal* were use*! f r food by th* tribe thst one© •hranged th*-***' t*ourclarl*r* Tliere are also nun •rots ran n skeletora*. several of which Indleatd a species of hull terrier. J i lgmg from th*- immense quantities of *te*l land mo!lu*k* everywhere, there . tr hrv- le**n a • m*- when the tslsnd • iipport*- ! 1 luxur'ent vegetation. Of all j this verdure nothing la seen to-day but a | f*-w stiini’d thorn bushes, and now and then a e-.*ctus forlornly r*aching U* gr*>- • esque arms out of the interminable sweeps of sand. An examination of some of the mound* all sorts of curious utensil*— -ton© -ooklng j>o:s. oDns. mortars, pestle*, drills, bone needle*, and fish hooks, shell I • ads. charm fion* * pipe*, cup* and a [ f**w arrowheads, spur poln’a and swords made of l*on* Th** absence of many weap on* proves the peaceful attribute* of the Island**!? Small Imitation of boats and fish nrvcd from cryu*llxed talc and *er i**ntin k also show* a rudimentary knowl edge of the art of sculpture. In many places conical i il*-s of small black pebbles ontrupt* oddly with the white and. In •<!!*• instance th**e babble* are packet in aba lone shells No trace la seen of the "brush pens’* In which a woman for \ * ar* found her only *helter from the cut •liig wind* and -and Nature, ever un mindful of the Individual. long *bve merged the iup4?rhuman effort* of thl* ourageoti* Iff- into the universal fate of *n entire race. Indeed * very foot of thl* “trange Island is eloquent of the extinc tion of almost unheard of people. A trip bng the w*st 'o**t of Bt Nicholas I- land over a vast extent of shell mound* sets one to wondering ! w it was possible for a limbed popululon to cows MIS SUM t' prodigious MRbtn Of mol -11 !. 1 ■hs tofli r i mol 111 sea on Ht Nich-'N* I* said by hloo i A'l*t* not to b' #*xcee*l*‘l liv any other | known religion of equal area The *h ro line I*. of course, saiulwtone. burrow-el by I the pmndlng *urf Into fant **lc alcove*, bridge*, columns and cave- Somellm ** the*e savage cut* form rude effigies hear ! inr a surprising Ukenes* to living creat-, ur*-s. One of the most conspicuous 1* the I exact counterpart of the ne k. breast an 1 lady of a Mr*l with ns alert hooded head. Thl* piece of nature * * ulptming must !> forty feet long, and beheld from a dis tance look* quite as perfect 1* If f.*h lontd b| man. Than !•■ bondfidi of uhotcaraf*he of thl* fr*k of nature sold ul) over California. Going westwar*.! from this gnawed, *urf*la*hr<| wall the ground make* a gentle de*cnt to a wide m- sn. terminat ing In a **eep f•* *rrpment. The atmos phere from thl* elevation 1* so delicately dear that the eye can readily distinguish ’he peaked t ;* of all the channel Islands several of th* rn being forty mile* away. Immediately at our feet there stretches away h dreary desert of stupendous bir retuuH-. A dngubir characteristic of the place were henp* of the bme* of whales, their arrangement and packing *0 *ys temsilcally correct ss to have withstood a centurj * sweep of win!? over thl* ex t*o*e.| point. But one human skeleton has been found here. It- bleached d!*mem her-.l aspect Ir, keeping with the driven desolatenes? of the *twi The me*“ell ** b ast had pH**<l the sand dune* all about, but spread n* kindly drift over thl* "rough sketch f m in.” All around are the cast* of roots of trees In the shift ing sand, ranging all the way in size from coarse nt*cr to several inches in dl , .muter The*** semi-pet fill •* ns ate in ta- t. the wind having swept th*m clean >f the loose earth They yield a metal- II ring when t.|*;*ed with a rook or shell. A M\u more remarkable feature of thl* desert l* a stone fo e*t. the broken eoi mns composed of lnd unite* I sand. be c.i:m:hoi T4i the norm. ’ The Itepuhllcnn Party Fan Afford t* Treat This Section Kindly. From the Detroit (Mich.) News-Tribune In the matter of apportionment the Re publican party of tit* North can afford to l* generous, if the people of the South will also consent to lay aside sectional prejudices It I* argued, and wtth con iderabh show of reason, that with the colored voter eliminated from Southern politic* the raison d’4*4re of the solid South will be destroyed. That being the case. Southern state* will >e free to act In Conyre-* with their Northern neighbor* tw mutual Interest and the gene ral w* I i fare. Instead of opposing, a* ha* been th' ! rule, ail Republican m Nure*. because they were Republican rather than because they were wrong The South l* Tilling up rapidly, and ten ’veais hen every state will be entltb 1 jto Hs present representation or more If j these stale* do not abuse the power they f obtain from unequal representation no >harm can come of letting the matter The Republican party did not suffer no. ticeably from th* onslaught of the solid South In the last election. It* retention of fiower 1* assured so long as Its pollcx 5.11 a-t> the peotib -f 4he North ami , \w*t In th** meantime the South I* ! booming. In lustrles are springing up. set. tiers are mov ng in fr m the North, arvl -#otl(-i which ontrc on** of the great 1 staple- of the w* rid. like cotton, is bound (to .iMtims It- proper rank among the (ether •'tate> It* tolmcco. Iron. lumber. 1 sugnr. fruit, and vegetable bu*lne** * fairly pr.*ieruus, but the chief fnark* I* found in the North oral West Mutual 1 Interest must tn ke the two sections fa.- , friend*. If fol legislation <loe* not undo j :he work of a generation The South gei* no beficlk from the gov. ernment |H-n*'cm fund. It sustained the < hlef burden of the Civil War; It was dls rimlnated against for many years In the dl*tributlcn of government patroraige anl government appropriations Considering these di sad vantage*, the party In jower < an well afford to deal generously with a section which :a* on its bands the most I ( i rfl t xtnir social problem since the time ; of Pharaoh. |* T 1 ! —There i* a quaint little fish which haunts th< weed tracts of the gulf stream t.rul there halide Its neat and lays it> • gis Ilk** a r 9 rather than a fish. Thu a* imal—the antennarlu*—lmitates in color j Hi* mh*l it live# tn amf; like the cboOM- ‘ 1 Itoc, cotisunil) Uan*M) H, color. (UIOM.U DIPLOMATY. Origin of the llepnrlmrnt of Rtate of the I lilted State*. From "A Century of American Dip lomacy," by Rx-Serertar\ J hn W Foster. Originally, the Confederation wou with out executive officers, and all Its busi ness. both foreign and domestic, was conducted through committee*. In 1775 a "Secret Committee on Foreign Corre spondence** was appointed, of which B nJ a min Frankl n and John Ja. were metn herr. and in 1777 it was changed to tli* “OofftmUlee on FAwelgn Affair? Th* persomwl of this committee was frequent ly changed; Thomas Faint a* ted u> Hs secretary for som*- but he w - .i? finally dismissed for misconduct In office. Through these committee* all tne foreign rcla lons of the colonies were conducted up to 1711, when the oommlUeo was abolished, and a "Department of For* gr 'Affairs'* was wtabLshtd By that time a ion* deraldc diplomatic representation had been s* nt to Europe, the treaties of alliance at and of commerce w th France bad liven negotiated, and impotent n ' lailne with other nation? were being established The conduct of these rela tions through a committee had proved most unsat Mr. I-ovell. th only member t that time who seemed to tak- an interest in Its business, wrote In August, ITT**. "There l? really no ouch thing as a Committee on Foreign Af fairs exist.ng—no secretary or clerk for th* r than I |w-r*evcre to b* one and the other The hook* and the i*ii**rs of that extinguished body lie yet on the table of Congwss, or rather are locked up In the H**cretary’s private box ' We earn from a report to Congress In 1753 that the entire force of the depart ment const-ted of th< secretary, at . salary of $1000; two assistant secretaries, t salar.es of sy"<( and s7*** respectively; and of one clerk at ssou; making a total of four officials at a cast of ***• The tit si secretary was Robert R Livingston, n member of the t i*-oraisl Livingston f iml’v of New York which remlered suca Important service to th‘ country during and after the Revolution. He was a m-m --Ixu of the committee which formed the Declarat lon of Indep* i.lence. and w.s later the Minister to Franc*- who nego tiated th* purchase of lxmisiatw. He was succeeded In 17X3 by JOHII Jay. A 4.11 l lo i;l%e. It is often dlfli tilt to decide what to get your friends for holiday gifts. Here is a siigcwtlon: "Good morning Jennie I have brought you a nice present.” said Gertrude, as she handed her friend a neatly wroppel package. The pale, weary looking girl who was slowly recovering f-orn severe Mines* opened the bundle and he'd up ala g* bottle of clear, rich medicine. "Hood’s Sarsaparilla.” she exclaimed "l have been reading about It to-day and wished I had a bottle.” on New Year’s Day Jennie was able to b- out on the street, and to her friend? who remarked how well she was looking she simply said. "Hood's SaraarpariUa.” and every oie of them knew It was thlt great medicine that had given back her health, —ad. Master: Did y.*u give the mure hr brandy this morning. Fat** Fat; Sure Yer Honor. It wa a very cowrld morning, so we tossed for it, and. faith, th* mare los; * —Tli-Blts. A Hlgh-Oruil* lnstl uilon for I.adle# Shorter College. Rome, Ga. Writ# for catalogu#.— and LEGAL lAOTIFER. j STATE OF GKOR HA. C ■ CHATHAM—Cou t ■ f Ordinary —To Or or | gb-ne Mler. Jane Bar-huch, l/on? Rern ! helm and Jac.! II cht and to fill other* | whom it may concern: You are h reby to be and ap ix*ar at the February’ (1 hii term of h* ’oart of Ordinary of Chatham e *unty, (o u held oil the FIRST MONDAY, the *-.imc Iwtng he 4th day of Febiiary, l>)i to show cause. If iny you have, why the will of Ye al*s Hecht p **potiml*d by J Garfunk* I should not be probate’ in solemn form as the las’ will and test 1- men; of said Ye-alas Hecht. Witness my official signature and sod at Savannah. Ga . on this, the 2 th day of November l r O HAMPTON L. FERRILL. Ordinary C. C.. Ga. NOTICE TO POBTORS AND CREDIT ORS GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY. - Notice Is hereby given to all persons hav ing demands against Josiah law \vl (hour, of said county, decease*! to present them to me. pr*>rerly m.ule oir. wrhln the time nre?rrib**d by law so ae t.> show their character and amount, and ail persons IrvW Med to said deceased are required to make Immediate |ymmt to me EMMA ROBERTS WALTHOFR. Administratrix Savannah. CJa.. Nov. 7, 1500. GEORGIA. CHATHAM COCNTY Whereas Eugenia F. Sweeney has applied to Court of Ordinary for letters of ndmin , Ist rut lon on tifl 1 estate uf Michael T. Sweeney, deceased. These ore. therefore, to cite and ad monish all whom It may conern to be am) appear before said court to make oij.*c tion (If any they have) on or before th* first Monday in January, next, otherwise , said letters will be grunted. Witness. 1 h*’ Honorable H • nipt on I, Ferrill, ordinary for Chatham ounty. this the 7th day of December. IPs’ FRANK K KKILItACH. Clerk Ct Ord’y, c Cos. I G B WHATLEY. Petitioner's Attorney Contractors’ and Builders’ and Mill Supplies. 8t! Column* jn.l Channel Boll*. Rcl* \\>l*hln. Tank*. Tower,. *lr. Bt**l VYlr* anti SI tnlla Itoja HuUtlnK Knirlne* and l’imi[w. Jack, Dr. rtek*. <*rah*. t'haln and Hop* lioiitf* c,.,t ovary day. Make qnl k delivery. LOMBARD IRON WORKS AMj bl'J> I MiJT PQJITANY. , AusurU. Om OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR NEW YORK. BOSTON AND THE EAST. t'naurtawwd cabin accommodation. All the comfort, of a modern hoi*]. El. trie liglu, I'nexcallrd table. Ticket, Include meals and bertha aboard ,hip. PASSENGER FARES FROM SAVANNAH. TO NEW YORK—First Cabin. I-' 1 . Bra Cabin Round Trip. s3*.’, Interne..- ote Cab n. sl3 00; Intermediate Cabin. Rout.d Trip $31.00. Strerage. $lO. TO BOSTON—Fir#* Cabin. $22. First Cabin Rmmd Trip. st. Intermediate Cabin sl7.'*; Interme*liatc Cabin. Round Trip. sss.oo. 8 eerage, $11.75. The expres# team#hii* of this line are appointed to sail from Savannah. Cen tral (soth) meruLan time, as follows: SAY*Will TO m:u iork. NACOOCHEE. Cap: Smith. SATURDAY. De 15. 11 :£) a m KANSAS CITY, ’ ’apt Fisher. TUESDAY. Dec. IX. 2:00 p. m T A LI, AIIA SS KE. Capt. Askins. THURS DAY. Dec 20. 3;SO p. m •CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Berg. FRIDAY. Dec. 21. 3:00 |*. m. •NOTlCE—Btc*im,hlp City of Hirtnlnit ham will not carry pars.ngcr. Steamship City of M.n-on. Capt. Savay,, will ply between New York and 80.- ton on the following schedule: .PttVf New York for Boston (from Pier ST., North River, al 12 00 noon I. IJeo. IJ. 22. 2S Thl* company reserve* the rikht lo rhnnKe It* sailing* without notice end without llnblllty or accountability therefor. Sailings New York for Savannah Tuesday*, Thttr*i!ay* and Saturday,, 5 j>. m W. a. BREWER. City Ticket and Pas.enirer Asen!. M 7 Bull street. Savannah. Oa, H O. TREZEYANT. Agent. Savannah, tin. P. E. LEFEVRE. Manager. New Pier J.".. North River. New York LINDSAY & MORGAN Arc Headquarters for Furniture, Carpets, Draperies, Vestibule Lace. Folding Door Portieres Lace Curtains, Silk Lambrequins, China Silks, Inlaid Linoleums. Straw Mattings, Carpet Size Rugs. Window Shades, Table Covers. BRASS BEDS. flnv© Jn( rrvrlvrd omr rlpgani own* %lih rno|ilfi. Worth looking at earn If yoo lt> tint nanl t buy. Mun't rlinrat* you a evixt to look. DINING ROOM FURNITURE. Mr bavr on <!!p!a> (li- Imi aMorfmcail of %il<>iioarl* v ( hiu 4’10%- 4*f, Eitrnalon Tablra nnd t bairn that yon %vlll rarr ha%© the ehanrr t* lank at n#uln. Buck’s Ranges and Stoves. 2o PKII CK.>T. OFF the rrgulnr prices tbl week, hothlug off the quality. Wlint we •fly wr di>—wr DO DO. nn*l we My flint see ell our good* M *°t hoar cht up Lind, bat hnw u*ml kind," nt the Name price and oft* le* than yon get the Inferior grnft** nt other store*. BEWARE OF BAITS. One thing clienp, nn<) nuiki* tt up on the next thing you buy. Wr do not aell good* for mat. (nn’t pay eipcnaei If ne did. %o one elor r# either. kee the point f If you don’t, route and aee ua nnd we will •■* lighten you. NEW STORES, BROUCHTON ST. FRENCH CLARET WINES, and GERMAN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES and FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES. All th(w flrth Wine, and Ijlnoor. ar. Imported by u* Ir. glait, dlreet front the grower. In Eti roi*-. Our St. Jullen Claret Wine from Ev*ro<w. Dupont & Cos. of Bord<-*:i*. franco, I, on* 1 of their .fw.claltiow. and on*- hi extremely low price. 1 h<- Chateaux I-wovllle, on, 0 | their aupertor Claret Wine*, well known all over the Unlte.l State**. We al,o carry tn b**i>.| Claret Wine* from thl* erlcbrnteil flrni In e;t,k. our Rhtn* ami M*t *I *■ Wlr.e* *re Imporlnl (rat: Alartln Dents Crank fort, Germany, are ih*- la-.i that come to the L'nlted S-.aie* RODENIIEIM la very lln*- anl ch*-a;>. NIKRSTKIN I* nlxo Very goo.l RI DEKHEIM \. ry enol . RAVKNTHAI., **dected grap-*. aleg.mt I.IEHKRAI I-NMII. H *|ult* ee.lirai,.* MARCOBRCNNER CABINET, ele.ant nd rare. JOII.VNNIHHI'KOBK |* p,rf. tlon SI’ARKMN't; Ifoi'K SPARKLING MOSEIJ.K SPARKUNG NVS-'A TEI.I.E and PINE FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES S|ierlnl Utah.he.- ate lm|K.rto*l dlre.-t from l-'rante by u* In c.i*e* nit*l c-i*k. f LIRF/W/\IN BROTHERS- McDOXOUGH &• BALLANTYNE, V Iron Founders, Machinists, p _£ 111 m*k ain 1 1 ha. ll.illc rninUrr,, liiniiiifnrliiri-ra iif sum,in ’'"f mill T.i,• l urn 'lllla, *>iiiinr 'till nml Inn. fa a Jiliib. I’ullrj. rlr. JfcS TELEPHONE NO. 123. B 4 — ______ IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL AND WORK ORDER YOUR LITH OGRAPHED AND PRINTED STATIONERY AND BUNK BOOKS FROM THE MORNING NEWS, SAVANNAH. GA. CITY OF AUGUSTA. Cap? Dagger. KATCHDAY. I>ec. 22. f. > p m N.tCOO'IIKD, Capt. Smith, TI'ESDAY. ra*,-. 2S. 7:30 p m. KANSAS CITY. Capt. Flrher, THCRS DAY. De<- 27. P ot> p m. TAhLAHASUUE. Oapt Asklri*. SATt'R DAY. Dec . 11 .-00 p. m Leave Roeton for New Y'ork (fr* m I.*wi,’ Wharf, at 12:00 noon). Dec. IS. 26 K W SMITH. I'fflitr tt g i-Telght Agent. Savann.ih, Chi. WAITER HAWKINS. Oen.ral Agent. Train, Departm-nt 224 W Ray St.. Jackeonvllle. Fia W H. PHEASANTS. (J.neral Freight ar.*l Paaeenger Ag-nt. I New Pier North River, New York