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luti h in ukuiisubis.
Meeting-. South P'J Admtnlatratlor
Club.
Special Notice#— Wa-
I. . Palnti and Houi. Painting. Savan
nah Building Supply Company; VetUacn
at Joyce'*. The Msnonlo Trmp.e Phar
macy; W# Ar* Dvetn* Now. New York
A.eam Dye Works. Sevannali Steam Dyt
Worka; Toe Worka, llardir A Marshall,
height'* Pharmacy Open A.I Nignt.
l< ><n*a Noll c* —Cordial*. Ihe 8 W
Branch Company; (Thrtairaa* Silverware
Hunter A Van iveuren. Jeweler*; We In
vite Critical Examination of Our Stock.
Thru* Bros.; laxwllntt Hkycltn. etc., it
V. Conn*rat. Franklin Cignra.
Sure Gift* of Warmth and Cheer, Gaa
11. a ter*—The Mutual Oa* Eight Com
pany
Cbrlatmaa Attraction*— Adler
He Don’t Care How He W, r ■ Out
Shoes—Byck Bro*.
Auction Sale#— Lota at the Grow In*
Town* of Coffins, Ox, by C. 11. Doreett,
Auotlonewr; Elegant Fprlglvt Plano, by
C. H. Doreett, Auctioneer. Platform
Scales. Music Box. Etc., by C. II Dorwett.
Auctioneer; Plante*, Organ*. Etc., by Sa
vannah Auction and Commla*loo Cos.
Juvenility Ig't loose on Wheel*— At
Bryaon’a.
Holiday Preset!' * At Eckstein'#.
Ona Week Pr c Ically Cover* !he Chrlat
m u Purehoslt : .o*l—ll. H. levy A
Bro
The Chrtslma Store of Savannah— Foye
A Ecketeln'a.
The Best Christinas Present*—At M
Dryfus
BU>re Open Evening* From Now Till
CbflsUDa*—'Gutman*.
Holiday fluggeatione—At Hogan's
Special for the Holiday*—Walsh A
Mi * er.
Holiday Olft-At Weafa.
Railroad*—Sunset Rou e. Brutharn Pe
eiftc Company.
Weather Strip# to Keep Out the Cold—
Edward Eovrll ( Son#
Amuaemauta —The Great It hod* - Royal
Show*. Dec. 17-I*. Hanraaay E* Roy la tn
"Other People* Money*'; Royal Music
Hall.
Enundry—E. A W. Eaundry; Savannah
Sieurn Eaundry.
The Compliment* of the Baoaon—Bs
vannsh Carriage A Wagon Company
Don't Overlook the Fact —Ota* Marks
Calls for Fix l'p* in Bicycle*—Daniel A.
HoMgnd.
For Useful Chrkstmas Gift*—l .so Frank.
Senw.ble Holiday Gifts—At Globe Shoe
•tore
Holiday Good# Very Reasonably Prtced-
At the Bee lllve.
Appropriate Otfta-Th# Metropolitan
Clothing Company.
Ce Judgment tn Purchasing Christmas
l'resant*—Wm. A H. H. Eattlmor*.
We Fit and Guarantee Kid Glove*—J
E. Morrison.
Financial—Jacob Rerry A Cos.. New
York; F. A Roger* A Cos.. New York.
Orange*—A. Ehrlich & Bro.
l ooking Oil—Wesson's Odorless Cooking
Oil.
Reef—Lteblg'a Extract of Beef.
Medical— McElree'a Wine of Cardul;
Hood* Sarsaparilla; R. R. R.: B. B. B ;
lr. Hathaa-ay Company; Cuttcura Rem
edies; *7T" for Cokl*
Cheap Column Advertl#em*nta—Help
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For Sale; Lnai; Pertcmal; Mlacellaneou*.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia to-day are
lor fair and warmer weather, fresh north
easterly winds; and for Eastern Florida,
fair weather, Ugbt to fresh northeasterly
winds.
Rumors are afloat In Eondon and other
European capital* to the effect that no
got toe lon* are afoot to bring about an In
terview between Mr. Kruger and Lord
Salisbury. Should the effort* prove ef
fective, some understanding with respect
to South Afrl.w might be arrived al. with
the result of bringing the hostilities In
that country to an end A meeting be
tween those two aged and weighty states
men would be a subject worthy of he
beat painter'* brush
.-a . ...
Mr. Clark, of Retford county. Tenn**-
*••#. dlcu**ing th* value of % mules before
the farmers' Institute of that state the
other day. .-bowed the protMs of mule
raising In anew light. He said that good,
round mule* were worth 10 to 15 dents per
pound, whereas hogs and caul* would
tiling no more than a third to a half that
f.gure, on the hoof. Four-year-old Ten
b-aaee mules are now selling for shout
(MS each. Till*, of course. Is for high
grade, desirable stock. Why do we not
pay more attention to mules In Georgia"
Can we not raise as good mules lu this
aiait as they own lu Tennesteel
PAMAOC or THE iI.HL H LI.
I HI.EII.
Ti *re appear* to he quite a * rong *egi
n I i 111 Was hit gum In favor of passing
II Hepburn MU, which provide* for
i.i.r the Nkatagua etna., even
- th* 11a)-Paur.. *(•<# u**:y should
uefcated ar.d the Claytun-liulwer
*f> remained in lore* thna.ur CuD
berron of Texas In a speech on Fri Lay.
urged the paasage of tne bill, regardless
of the Hay-l'auncefoie treaty or am
other treaty. It may he that he take*
lh< -ame view of trestle* which la taken
by those public men and i sipapcri sou
urgo th* ratihcaiiun of tlTt Hay-Paul.- ;<•-
fole tieaiy on the g,ound ;htt it wou.4
be an easy mauer to break U. U et eny
time our interests required that It should
be broken
If the cottre* edvtsed by Sknator Cul
berson mould hr adopted it would amount
to ar. announcement that the Ln ted
States do not in end to ;** bound by til*
Claytm.-iiu.wer treaty, wn.cn contain*
an agreement that neither the t'ntt and
hit* -< i..,r Great Britain all. alone un
ui dcr k- to bull or control an lst:.inl*n
tn. if the United H.ais* sh u.d dl*r*e
iui that Pul) other n&tlor.a wi-uid be
ii
i i* no regard lor it* treaty obligati n *,
and mat. therefore, it would be a wa .**
of (;m- to make tr-alles with it T*
1 lilted biuics could not afford to do any
idng that wou.d give them such a repu
taiion ai mat
Too Hep* urn bill will not be pa->e*d by
m,e Senate as |.,n* aa the C.art n-Bu.wer
tieaty. In Its prwrnt aha;*e. re mu na n
-I - ' -I ,a l-,r
thtnking It will not Aid when a modi
fUation of Ural treaty wit] oe scvu.ed, If
ever, no on* can pi oh t with any degree
of certainty The tons ot the EnfUrh
liapefa la that Gr--ai Brlta.n will rot
agree lo any greater modlffcationa oi that }
trial) than are coutalhvd in the llay- |
Pauiwefote treaty, though It I* not Ira- '
proikibl* that they are not well Informed
atut the matter
To whal extent the great railroad In
toreata are responsible for the present
< anal romthlealtons It U Impi-ss h.e o
say The suggestion lia* been thrown out
that their agents have not beer Idle—
that, in fact, tney have aimed lo brli g
about the rundltlon of affairs mat at
prerert! Mocks anal legtalatlon. Th*y
have made a thorough study of the
whole question, and doubtless have seen
phase* of il not apparent to the great ma
jority of the senators until tho coiisl-l r
aiion of the lla>-i'auncefote treat) be
gan. II would not be iturprkhnit If It
should be lal* In the next Congress be
fore the way (or building tn* Nicaragua
canal was completely cleared.
sm
I 111. I.F.nm. % I I RE'S HE* out)
There are some aW* men In the Eegla- !
laiure, and no doubt all of It* member*
are anxious to bo of service to the seat*,
but the record It made In It# first ses
sion I* nos one that Justifies the people j
Iti expectlffg a great deal from It. Be
yond Ih* appropr.atmo bill an-l ihe gen
eral tax bill (here war no legislation of
* general nature of any rom*e<)ucnce. It I
*s true, of course, that the dog -tax law
was repealed. That was one of the very
first bills that was parsed, but will the
state be benefited by Its repeal? It was
nacted by the lust Eeglrlatiire after the
question of Ibe need of such a law had
been agitated for many year*. It
suld that with a strictly enforced law
agw’nxt worthies? dog* the sheep Indus
try would revive. Sufficient lime for it to
revive w.is not permitted. The dog own
ers proved th* ms Ives to be mure Infill. n
tial than Ihe sheep raisers. We are sure
that thoae who are trying lo build up the j
stain by encouraging ihe raising of ah*ep !
and other stock would be glad If llie ad
vocates of the repeal of the dog-tax law
would explain why they think the raising
of dogs Is of more tw-nefli to th# state
than lh<- ra s.ng of sheep.
The E-gslature *1 and not begin rigid. It
did not gel lo work promptly, and d'd not
Immediately show that spirit of earnest
news wb eh Justified Ihe people tn expect
ing great things of It. ln Ihe first days
of the session there were Jimkotlog trip*
here nnd there, and. lut*r on, a filibust
ering minority blocked legislation And
rher# seem* lo bnve been a good deal of
absenteeism. Member* who go home
every few day* are not In a position lo
know much about what I# bsfore the
Eeg stature.
The question of biennial sessions does
rm seem to hsve renewed much. If any,
consideration. And yet the aesston Just
concluded furnishes conclusive evidence
that If there were but one session every
two years, and the session was limited
to forty or fifty days, more legislation of
the kind that is really needed would be
accomplished than there Is at present.
Knowing the lime was limited the mem
bers would begin work promptly and
would prosecute It earnestly from ths
first day of the session until the last. Th#
pisaage at the next session of Hie bien
nial session* bill would be somo compen
-atton for the -eT>o*l of Ihe dog-tax law.
Ft, ItKMOST Alh MINDER MOST CIT
IKH.
Two vaar# ago Congress. act. direct
ed the Commissioner of Eabor to make an
Investigation Into Ihe st’tlstics of Ihe
cities of the United St'sbs havlr.g over
Moon p* pulatlon. A re ent number of the
bulletin of the Department of Eatvrr con
tnlned the retails of this Inquiry. The
Independent of New Yotk. taking the Al
ia of the bulletin as the basis of Its cal
culitlosi!*. complins som*- Interesting
tables and draws some conclusions that
will attract attention and discussion II
lias endeavored to select the five foremost
and the five hlr.dermost elites In the
United S des, of the population named,
with respect lo certain essential particu
lars, namely; I’opuDllon. area, age,
drib rate death r.i'e. liquor buslnea j*er
-cnt igc of arrests for cr'me, assessed
valuation of properly, total lax rale per
capita of real and personal property, total
tax rate per fl.ooo, expenditure per capita
for department of Juatlce and co lecttan.
and exper.dUur* per capita for school*.
Whether Ihe dat-i ef the Bureau of Ea
bor and the conclusion- of Ihe In icpent
ent are exact or not the e Is no means of
knowing Condition* differ In each city
from those In about all of ihe other cities,
hence a h ird-and-fost rule for computing
their relative standing towards each
o'her M out of the question. In one place,
for Instance, a large number of a nests
mly mean an extraordinary mount of
rime, or M may mean exceptional activi
ty nnd vigilance on the pari of the au
ihorttle* to detect crime and apprehend
law-breakers.
But lo summarise briefly the aallent
THE MOKN NO NEWS: SUNDAY DECEMBER 10, IftOO.
feature- of tn# Independent's conclusions,
which w ;.l be found read*'-* New York
Is easily lb* first elty In the United
,H<s - having be *rg t popu ntlon,
tree ■* -i total of a **<-bi property.
1 *l.4* to wnli-i It I* the elder chars
:e ,-d It) Boetcn. however. Is the rich
*,t .it), th* pei rr.st of real and per
- na] prapsf*y in ti.at cfgy iwing ii.mjia.
Jo.let H. . (s me t>ouveet cl y of aoov*
population (Which figu c of fiopuij
• ion ho us good throug o n the tables).
■hr per * a;4ia of res. and pe.e nal prop
*rty being ll(fi > M et p# sons (losslMy
tntagirie that B- rion erands al the head
f he list In rer.a- t lo pu I sch >ols, but
rbet u not true, mat honor goes out
West, to Butte, Moot., where th* *xpen
oliure |*er capita U 15 © Char eel n Is
credited with standing at th# foot of the
< h*s* in Hill matter, the (>*; capita lor
t'-hoois bc.ng U cent*,
dome lim- ago a New York podco tnag
-irate complied a tarde which showed
r.at Norfolk, Vs., was the wickedest
ity In th# oountry. with Bavannali u
..ore second. The figures of th* Bureau
of Eabor make a different shoaving Hi ’
greatest number of arrests per I,<M> ot
i-opuiauun, a-or din* to this aulaorttv
was in B.rmii.goam. .'U. wl h Allan's
next. HI, while in* hast number of ar
rest* was in Eexlngloit, K> Atlanta
stands first In Ihe numotr of licensed
•a<oons lo 1 .*>) of population, *., to.low
I iorely by the four Maiwachuaeici cutes
of Taunion. Brockton, Holyoke ar.d Eynn
Th# total lax rate is the lowest In Wheel
ing. \V Va . the rate being fU*.4O. and
highest In Joliet, 111., where It Is 1$; per
II .(Mr.
In th* matter of vMal statistic*, one
stand* Hi# best chance of getting mar
ried In Mobile, Ala where the isle s
or.* per 1.0(0. and the least chance ;i,
Scranton, Pa., where the rate Is 2.7,
After the wedding If one dtstirea a iaig
family (he residence shoual be taken up
in Fall River. Mas*., where the hirt.i
rate Is 35.7* per l.tMj If on the otne*
hand uie coup.e should not be fond *>f
children they should go to St Josepn
Mo . where the birth rate Is 599 Should
th# union prove happy and Its extension
over a long period be desired. Beattie
would seem from th* statistics to be tn*
place to attract atlsntlon The dea;h
rare there a* 7 U per I.tSX) Hut should
ih* union prove Irksome, with no grounds
for divorce, then Charleston Is the place
rote MHi per l ow. Whether these ron
luslons are of any value Is a question.
Wc .|.i ibt If they are. Ar we -aid
fore, there are so many differing drtall*
•> be taken kuo consideration with re
spec! to the various ctt.ee that It Is lm
■possible to fix a rule that will fit them
ill
kk'llll 11*1 A UHRIkTIANf
Queer stories continually 'come up like
thunder out of China Vroet rhe bay."
One of the latest of Hies* reaches civili
sation by way of Berlin, the German
capfinl. and la to the effect that 'ic Chi
nese Km|>eror, Kwang Hsu. ha* actually
be.-ome a Christian; which account* for
the bitter haired of the le wug.-r Empress
againal him. The Inf--rni t<lon was given
out by Dr Htoeiker, formerly Ger
man court chajikiln, ho *wys ho received
It by letter from tlie Chinese capital The
writer of the leater to l)r. Atoecker Is sup
loe'd to have been Count von Waldersec,
with whom (he preacher Is on terms ot
. lose Intimacy.
What special means of ascertaining the
ini|s*risnt fact of Kwang Hsu's conver
-ion to Christian.ty may be possessed by
' ount von V. i.d. r*e Is not known. Ho
has not I .ecu within gunshot of ths Im
perial h*n<-holct since his arrival In
China. The Lknperor, Dowager Empress
and otn. .al* of the court left I’vkln long
la-fore the armies of the allies arrived
there, and no direct communication has
been b*.|.l with them by the Euroi*ean#
yet. Sllll, It may be. as Improbable as
It seems, that there |* some basts for Ih#
story. It Is known of Kwang Hsu that
he Is a well-lnloi mcd. studious and pro
grossly* young man 111* clash with Hie
Dowager Empress a year or so
which resulted In his "Inviting” her to
accept the reins of government for a
time, came about through Ms desire to
Institute reforms In Ihe government. At
the time It was reported that hi* policy
was lo be more liberal towards foreigners,
and to adopt certain European manners
and custom*, which appeared to him to
he an Improvement upon those of hut
own country. This pro-foreign sentiment
was atrongly objected to by the Dotraget
Empress, who took motters Into her own
hand* and sent the young Emperor tmo
retirement. There were stories chat sho
had poisoned him, or caused him to be
murdered.
No missionaries have ever penetrated
Into the royal palace, but, according to
the Berlin story, their books have rtow
so. Being a scholar. Kwang Hsu got hold
of those hooks and eagerly devoured and
digested their contents. What they tnugia
look a poweiful hold upon him. the re
port says, so that h* finally came to be
lieve In the Christian religion, and do
what he could to favor and advance ih*
teachers of It. Unfortunately. Kko Hi*
most of Chinese uorles. this on* about
the Emperor having become Christian
- must be accepted with reservation*. It Is
not impossible, of course, hut highly lm
piobatde. In all likelihood Kwang Hsu ts
sllll a devout Ccnfuetan, and only favored
Ihe foreigner* beeausa he wa* afraid to
do otherwise.
DIG IIIHTI M'A OVEHE*TIMATED.
It Is almost always Ihe case that hi*
fortune* are overestimated. Tne mother
! ot Admiral Dewey's wife died In Wash
| maloti a <1 uy or two ago, and It w r* im
-1 mediately published that her fortune was
as much a* 110.000.0 W. It I* alated on
1 whal seem a to be good authority that It
; will turn out to he less than U.W0.000.
When Cornelius Vanderbilt died th#
i knowing one# placed hi* fortune at l!2.'v
! oofi.tM). Very fexv thought it possible that
It could be below JIW.OJO.OOO. Senator
Depew. who was Informed about the mat
ter. said that It would not prove to be
more than 170.000.000 when the Inventory
was taken. anJ he wa* right.
I; seems that Mr. Vanderbilt's Income
from hi* great fortune was lees than $2,-
No doubt most piople who hot ti
ered themselves about the matter thought
:hst It could no; be lee# than K. 000.000.
It I* a difficult mailer nowadays, how
ever, to get safe securities which pay
•ver 5‘4 per rent. Mr. Vanderbilt'* did
not yield quite that much. If he paid taxes
on the cash value of his holdings, at Hie
tate which prevail# In New York City,
he had only a fsw hundred thousand
dollar* a year. to snow for all of hla
mtUlotM. 80, Uts very rich are not ao
rich a* th* worst hlnk* they ar- And
they art not *o hap; ) nr woe th* worry
connected with keeping their wealth
so great that they hsve very Uttl* time
K. which to really enjoy life.
Five year* *go Miss E..*aDetb Flagler,
daughter of G#. D W Flagler. -F.lef of
the ordnance department of thr army,
shot and killed a negio boy who was rub
bing and breaking her (ether s poor trees,
tn a euburb of Washington The ourt
Investigated the homicide pronounced It
"Involuntary -n#ns,aughter," era! sen
tenced Mlee Flagler to three hour* im
prisonment In the Jail of the Distn l ot
Columbia She served her sentence brave
ly. and got home In time for luncheon
But the sentence ot the court did rot seem
to sallsiy ih* younx woman st.d she Im
posed upon herse.f sn extra sentence ot
five year* of reelrement from the public,
during which time she should devote her.
self to working for charity The *elf-lm
posed term Is now a.most up. In the
meantime a young phvn.fan, Pr M
Keen, has exer ed himse.f to relieve the
tedium of Mis- Flagler'- |er.ar. * to such
gool effect that she lias consented to re
ward him by becoming ht* wit*. The
wedding l* to o nr -Portly
It may be that the quest oh of *ei slice
stand* In the way of a dup.biaUua of the
fon etui K ng Ktchard 111 in sn All>an>
N Y., household Glouvexter afrwrd-
II bard 111. scrordlrg to trod tor, was
burn wHh a full set ot i.-eth. Tnl* phe
i) gnenon r.ax just t *-cn repeat'd In Ai
i any. In the house of Jam' s < kirk. Tn,
l.tt.e i ne, however, le * girl, winch pre
• iudes th' possibility of any such <reer
as that of the des,deed Ft g t*h k ng
Not withstanding ihe election of Pres
dent McKinley to sue eed hlrueelf. Ih
Filipinos continue figh In* and Gen M*;-
Artburs latest report shows number
American ealdiers killed ar-1 wounded
Il was said during (he campaign that a?
oon as McKinley had heeo re elected th
war ki the Philippine* would come to an
end.
PERSONAE.
“Very Rev Veter J Fraecfaeue, for
several years superior of Holy Cross Col
lege. Catholic University of Americ#
Wsshlrgton hns rece'ved his c tnni s-lon
as procurator ven.-rnl of (he < irder of Hi
Holy Ctoes, with h'-dqtiarter* at Notre
Ilame, lod. Falre-r James Burns, of In*
<1 ara, will succeed him at Holy cross
College.
There Is trouble over the Kraus statue
of Theodore V.irker. Mad# In UNC for tho
of lb 'Stoll, and reJeoe<l because of
the stormy pro'eurs of ParkeFs frt'lids.
It has stud for years In retirement, on I >
to lie accepted at length by Parker * orig
trial church— r he First Vurlsh (F- t ir ,ni
of West Roxhury—which hs* planned i.>
-el It up In front of the n. w church
building The cppcs-iion to the statue !-
on artistic grounds
—The late Plr Arthur Bulllvan left n
estate Of about i.'d.OO'. nearly *ll of wh'ch
snes tool* nep! .w. H Aulllvsb r Sul
livan also left a n'lmler of mementoes
frm Ms silver .iiwl ehtna to personal
friei-i- men ,rd worn- n. *m ng th m b.
Ing Mrs Reach Grant mother of Eoly
Essex; Mr*. R,-raids, Mrs DOyly
no-I Mr-. Crutchlcy, and al-o left a num
ber of hi* original score# to musical In
stMuttons -and friends. Mrs Ronald* ga
ting the score of "The Eo; Chord." He
left his portrait tp Ihe nation
BRIGHT BITS.
—^"Still, a horse show wouldn't have cut
any figure In Adam And Eve * time. '
"Why not?"
"The peon'.- h#d no rlothes to exhibit."
—Chicago Times Herald
—"What kind of music." nskl the lead
er of the ma.Tto:ln orchestra, "do you
think votir wife will want?"
"Well," sold Ihe man who had evll-d.
"It's sewing society of some kind that's
to meet at the house I guess any kind
of ragtlm. music would be appropriate."
—Chicago Tribune.
—"I suppose you expect to com# out o'
this campaign with oolors flying." rgd
the friend.
"Well," answered Senator Bo'gh'.im.
"the only color I hove seen flying In my
virltiHy 10 any great extent was In ih •
nature of whal the populace call the 'Ion:
green.' "—Washington Star.
—"Jane came home to-day crying an 1
said she was sure George no longer love!
her wl h hi* whole heart. An l they've
been married only two months.”
"Jane's a goc Anytiody who look
nt George know# that hi* heart's s i
right It's his liver that's gone tack o*
Jantv''—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
—“Brother." said Florence Dombey
“why are vou so pensive tht mo nl- g"'
"I *m thinking," responded li t'.# P u'
Dombey. gaging dreamily o i urs n t e
boundless ocean, whose waves washed tbe
shores at their feet, "of the far-off time
In the future whey Mr. Itowrll* will b
writing article# about us for the moga
xines and -ivlng how stagy, and unreal
and improbable we are!"—Chicago Tri
bune.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Commenting on the Crumpacker re ap
portionment MU, the Baltimore Sun (Dem >
say*: "In point of fact the whole pier,
la a *,Atonal and partisan attack by the
North upon the South II t* so bald so
unfalt and so absolutely Inconsistent that
Ihe sense of fair play In Ihe North Is
shocks'! bv It. and that sentiment wit,
perhaps dsfrat Mr. Crumpackrr and those
bitter partisans who think with him Ths
Republl -an party seemed Just a* safely In
trenched In power afier the Flfiy-flrst
Congress was e,ected as It I* now It
abused It* opportunities by partisanship
which the country could not tolerate, and
at the next election the party w* driven
from power. If ad the party bills, such
a* the ship subsidy bill and Mr. Crum
laicker's bill, should be enacted by this
Congress. Il may be that the Iron hand
of Justice may repeat th* le -son of 1592."
Th* Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(lml) mw "Embezxlementt are now a
matter of business record !lk fires or
failures. Those for October in th* United
state? acc< r.llng to the record# of the
FldelLy and Casually Company of New
York, aggregated 11,123,19.',. of which lees
than were by officials of federal,
state and municipal governments. Mon
than one-half the total lies to she account
of bank officials and employes."
Th# Phliadslphla Record (Dem.) sav*.
"When Ihe Democrats of Georgia ex
plain that the light vote In that state In
the late presidential election was du# o
'the indifference of colored Vi ters ihe ad
ministration organs refuse It accept th*
plea. But they find tn Indifference on
entirely satisfactory explanation of the
great decline In the number of Republican
voles cast ln New England."
Th* Washington Vosl (Ind ) #ay: "The
true potlcy of the Democratic party Is to
quietly bide its time. Fieseni ta.k of ro
orgajitxaiton Is premature. Events will
show wlisi the issues of the next cam
paign must be and point wiah sufficient
dire.tnes* to the roeo o okoot Iks pari)
•rill ha wlst.y led.'"
l)H'|or on Iroitnlvr
On# A<f chc i'Mer mmb'fi of tho Bhl
mor bnr ae rdi cto tS# Sun of thot
Itjr ■--.a tM# jn cdk't# f l#t# Govern
K> Wii# ## i the oioror
rr - me*) *j*m <4 Mr Waila#;
M *\'.l.j* mi d?f*x.i3 >*4 will of #
VUth)' #ad, ## th# lawyer#
#*y. u <“ h* ++ 4t l Lirge a lawyer
wii! k: #rle n n win th a will.** A
tnfn#|*njr# lai* w. s called to re#tlff
for iho*e co? ur§ the will The dev or
hficifru very reetlei# ur.dor the lengthy
and nhtumvr cron-fiaml ion cf Mr.
Willi#, and finally he peiakintty esclntm*
ed
Oh. Mr W.;U#. K belike the teftmtor
W# iftMW,"
Mr. V> ill k + ir. h# temper and #• and
quietly "Do* i- r. you ;re he Aral pr*on
wl o ha* •v% r 1 timut*d in or of cojrt
tMit the t ‘tn r Why do you
ty he *i* Infar.e**’
I *e ' Th* do tor replied "tho#
-very rrar. l cr i m tnoano on #ome
one iuhject ’*
“l# y ur leifberit# profemronal opm?
on,** \|r W a ll# hen ivw rtot) 1
h#*r* in court ureter * h. that every m#n
• more or ! on eubject?*
' Yee.’* the > o r rallied ‘*l will •*>
ber under oetn ih. t fr m m> reedl k
rvo*\ ■ tnd exp rt-’ e I bed eve <h#t
very men 1# more cr lee# Ineane on w>me
subject ’*
Then Mr Mid tn that fine tone
f **rr,i*m f or which he w.# noted *’Doe.
tor. I ever o cur red to you rh#t you
*r+ liwin on the of Insanity?**
!rrmc.\n**|y the l. 'tor ftr and up and e*.
Oleitned: "hut Mr. Weill*. 1 um not In*
*#ne.”
y.r W ill'e roe and ani l: "Doctor. #c
o' Mr.g your wn sworn theory ycri
mu he tneone rm % *me imbject I pro
r*~ure** you tnaane on the rahjeot of ln
-4ctty.**
Court, jury, and *pe''t# , or* !#u#hed
aloud and n***h r* more wj Mid about
the >eent r belnff naana.
(Irero'k Wit.
The •er rt ux *perj ire !• ro* a mo’ern
f* Mure of a rl*i by jury In the ce*e
• itrilnet Verree—one of the great triads of
an?iqu!*y—ln which Ctcoro appear#J for
*he prone* ir|on and Horten# for the
• iefenae. Cicero made a typical excursion
a. nn* h. opponent, any# the Youth *
‘"ompm on.
Hortenaiua wa# known. In violation of
the law. which required tlie aervVea of
a at R m** to be grtu tou*s to
• avc re e v.*d a# a preaqnt from hla clieoi
4 valuable >mng of the Bphntx. one of
•oe flpol * of the government in Blcil>
While woe exhmining a wV.nea*
Horeneiui* fnnde a •#!!>*.
"You *p** k In r ddles." raid he. "I eon
•'O! urdereUird you."
That l? odd." Cicero rejoined, "for von
hv.- a Hphn x at home to eolvo them "
Cicero'ft repartee* were eM*m without
rgy. When Clodiuii had teen ac
quitted of (he cherx** of h-k rileae by j*i
rora who had b*en t.iibeii io bring in a
favoraiile verdict. Cl ero. who ep|earo*J aa
’l lefn.ier of the re pub I c left the cor
rlpt and he favorer* and support
r* of *h’t vrrdjo* wl h- m n w*. rd to my
ft* them eel v. He overwhelmed C'oduft
r thr Menws to hi* face in ft Fet*ftpe#*ch
Then foil wed a duel of word# in which
Cicero wn# mII ionjc the vi *tor. Clodtui,
.im**ng oilvr li *!n at ion*. *-•!:
"Y"U have h ught a houee.**
"You w*ild thtiik ilia* he *ald," rctort
•*l c erro. "you have bought * jury!"
"They did not irut you on their onth."
#Mfd Ctodiua.
"Ven." #ald Cicero, "tweriv-flve juror>
did true! me Thrly-nne did not tniftt
you f r j hey took care to get their money
b-’forehar.d."
Here tfxpre wn# a buret of npptau*e. and
Clodhi* broke down and remained *'lent.
There U rothlng coldly clsestc in
example* of Cicero'* w*!t. they might have
*me fr-m a latter-day master of thrust
acid i*irrv.
I'nonuli In Care a l*e##linl*f.
Tiie l*c*almlat started out to breakfast
one BuntWiy morr.lng. says the New York
Mall ami Express. This Pcsslmlat I* on*
who think# everybody I# trying to g< t
the belter of h m. and that ho never hae
any luck The tJr*M thing he did was to
find & cer4a; he t'ompiained l>ecause it
wa* a Canadian piece.
Then he *e <i ••cent breakfast and
got a 20-ceni cheA-k lie paid tha 30-cent
bill with hi* Canadian quarter, got #
me kcl lack. and took trie cable % ar for
church. The ni* kl lie hnd received Ir
change was n t exactly mutilated, hut it
wa# rot at all now. It was ho worn and
baitored (hat he had teen Inclined t
grumble He doubted if he could pass It
on th*- oar, but he Md The conductor
it and kxv# him esnt# In rhang' That
luviks the Pessimist's nerve He han.l.d
baek the to (time* The eonduetor felt
In 111* porket egaln for ihe mutllate.i
nickel. Any man sho did not know
.nough to take a gratuitous gift of i
,V - could not b,' dependtd upon to
know whether he had given up a pentv
plugge.! wHh run. a mutilated nickel, or
a F. hill.
The oraluctor, liowever, found the Pe*.
-lml.! was rlsht. He look ihe two dime*
lack, but he cotiM not urvder.t.iral the
lluation. He seemed dazed, nrul did noi
recover hi# usual poise until several
block* had been passed, an.l one man
had ir.ed to lieat him out of a fare, an
tler had threatened ro report him. an
i woman had promised to "see about It'
because she had been carried by her cor
nee.
A till l Med Tape.
The absurdities of offlotallsm hsve per
haps never been better Illustrated, says
the Youth * Companion, than by the In
-‘dent In the career of Eord Bbafiesbnry
which ihe author of "Collections and Rec
>;lectlon” relate#
One winter evening is IWI he was sit
ing in hi* library in Grosvenor Square
when the servant told him the! there wa*
poor man waning to see him. The
mar. wa* shown In and proved to he o
atorer. from Clerkenwell. nd on# of the
imimerable recipient# of the old ear,'#
charily.
H# said: "My lord, you have been very
good to me and I have come to tell you
what I have heard.” It appeared thjl
at the public house which he frequente!
he had overheard some Irishmen of V
-i-cret* character plotting to blow up
Clerkmwail prison He gave Lord
.Shaftesbury the Information to 1m use-1
a* he thought best, but mad# It a coihu-
Hon that his name should not be divulged
If It were, his life would not be worth
an hour's purchase
Eord Shaftesbury pledged himself to se
crecy, ordered at# earrlnge and drone In
stantly to Whitehall The authorities
there refused, on ground* of official pne
t'ce, to entertain the Information without
he name and address of the Informant
These, of course could not be given Tils
earning was rejected ami the Jail wa
blown up.
rhrlelnta* Retie.
Martha Mcfulloch-Wtlllam* In Frank
Eeslte's Monthly
Softly silvern, nnd gol-len clear.
The passing bell# of the passing year,
Ring out! ring out! O rhlm*#!
A knell for Hie rose, and (he summer
dead.
For the lav sh autumn full richly sped.
And tho blossomy April times.
Softly silvern, G Christmas be||#;
Your din some c’amor or falls or swells
in a chorus richly ringing.
Hark' hark! II swells Into upper elr,
To Join tbe stave, so fine, so rare
The earth, the heavens, are singing.
Richly silvern and high and far,
A* the .1 its Irg gloam of a fulling star
Hark (o (he angels crying; *
''l'eace upon earth! Good will >• mant"
And N ll* from tiamlet. plaiß *. 4 gP-o,
In high accord replying.
PREVENTED BY CUT! CURA SOAR
TREATMENT.—CIeanse the scalp and hair with warm shampoos of Ctmcnu'
Soar, rinse with warm water, dry carefully, and apply a light dressing of Ctmcciu.
purest of emollient skin can**, gently rubbed Into tho scalp. Thi* simple, refresh
ing. and inexpensive treatment will clear the scalp and hair of crusts, scales, sad
dandruff, soothe Irritated and itching surface*, stimulate the hair follicles, supply
the root* with energy and nourishment, and mako the hair grow upon a sweet,
wholesome, and healthy scalp, when all else fails.
Htltiea* of w.sneo Is* Cmcvsx So* r siGattvsly for hsxotiryla* tks skis, tor it,
stopping of filling bsir. (or soitealag sod wbiten.eg nd. rough hsoils. In Us form of buns !.r
snnining irrltstlom lor too Iren or otl.usue persplruion. in tne termor esshe* for slc.rst'.s
wsxsnesee*. lor many ssnuivs sU-.ptic purposes. n.l tor *1! the purposes of tbe toilet, bun.
sad sarsery Cr-ricc* bosr eoml- Bes to (>*e rnisr st Osb Pile*, sis., 15 Cost*, the sms
skin sod complexion eoep, end tne *ser toilet sad bsby soap tn the world.
losrusTi sxtskssl sso iststot tks.issst ids mu '". rain n.Ui Cesaassg
et Lm. se. t*or ia >. Cere* - - Ul'iii' ii, o<l < tin . giKitrm (S ) A lisus >•'
edst, ,*lrteel 1-* cars thr w,net se * 'I -u* K.lteunny burner, -old UM seetd Purts*
ns.a ssn lux* Lose . SuU llope.. Jtusiuu nesd l.r ••hue w Due fceso Usinur," he*.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—What promise# to be (he first elec
tricity station In the Congo district I*
soon to be started a' the Roman Oathwllc
Mission of l.u (labours, which is s.rua.ed
on th# river I.ubia. a tributary of the
Kaosas river, which ts Itself a tributary
of the Congo. Bays the Indon Electrical
Engineer The head of the mi-a,on. woo
ha- for several years been tn I.uliie
hourg. ts now proceeding there again,
taking with him a dynamo, turbine.
lam Tc. cables, wire-, etc. He |.ro|i#e
to obtain the neccss.iry power from a
waterfall, the fall being some twenty
eight feet blah. The d> nnmo will light
V,i temp-, and it Is propos- and ( - Install |
too incand. scent lamps eivd thro- are
'amii# The dynamo was manufactured
by a firm tn Charleroi, and the turbine
Is of French construction.
—The "four-dav" liner, says the New
York Tribune, la the term used In sp>c’.{-
tng of tlie prop-, ed new thirty-knot t an -
Atlantic steamship. But It Is not yet a
fact, and there are many Intelligent pc -
son* on the other side of Ihe Atlantic,
a* **ll as on this side, who are not
sanguine that ao great a stride in sp- and
will be male 111 the near future. It h s
been said by many that the orient six
day ships move at the highest speed that
can he profit b y att lined, ln a t ib!e
prepared for the HLrieruttl ■ Amert an It
Is shown that the espen-e pc trip of a
four-day liner would be 77 per cen more
than that of the Deutschland, which la
the largest and fastest ship now ln the
trans-Atlantic steimshlp (ride, and that
her first oost would be nearly dotiVe
that of the Deutschland. In an arti-le
on "Decades of Spec I,” recently puhlDh
ed In the tom-lon Shipping World. It wt#
-hown that In propo t on t- the weijht
moved a 23-knoi boat required 'C per
- ent more power to gain 11 per cent on
the speed of a slower vessel.
—A novelty In mc#enger call-boxes Is
about to be Introduced In New York city.
The new boxes, which will take tlie place
of the familiar m< e*eng. r calls, wltl each
carry a telephone. In d-sign they are
circular, alxnt* eight Inches In diameter,
and carrying on one aide a small lever,
which Is u*ed when It Is desired simply
to call a nies-enger On Ihe other -id.* I
a honk from which hang? a telephone re
elver, the tranmltter being on the fr nt
of the cose. There are no call b ID. and
a* at present arranged, the -listra't mes
ssnger office cannot call up (be house In
which the box la liuxalb-d. To call the
district office the subscriber has only to
■amove the telephone from the ho k when
he can give his message, call the police
or fire deportment, send a boy on ary de
sired errand, or, tn short, hold ary de
-ire-l communlont on with the and strict of
fice. Bo far no arrangement for Inter
connecting subacrlbcra hi* Iven made
hue. of course, ths system may develop
tn (he future It I# to be introduced tn
New York Immediately. There are now
10 b?) call boxes and 85 district offices* In
that city.
—The Shah of Persia, like our early
Quakers, rc.lglouely objects (o taking off
his hat ln a Christian church, says the
Chicago Record On hts way from Bt.
Peter*burg to Paris the Shah stopped at
Cologne, and expressed a wish to ice (he
interior of the famous cathedral. Ill*
Grand Vlater was vnt to the eccle
slaatlcal authorities lo m >k* the needful
arranacmerls for hi* master'* visit, how
ever subHm- his position, should uncover
hi* head whl'e In the eathelral. "In that
caae." said the Grind Vlxer, "mv master
will never come." fiuh-equemly, how ver,
t wa* arranged tha al) ncd.nary vbltora
should be excluded during th* Hhih's
presence, and that he and hi* ten min
isters should be pcrm'tted to Inspect the
Church of the Three Kings of (he Fiat-
Tor such I* the dedication of the cathe
dral—not, Indeed, wl h the r ten hats
but with ten smalt lamb's wool caps up
on their heads It was < a*ulsHcal!y, but
verv cnovenvntly, de ermlned that ih
would be no more irreverent than the
wearing of a berrtta by a prtese or of n
ml'er by the archbishop with n tho sacred
walls.
—On th# cycle track ( the Crystal Pal
ace two mofor cars ran a distance of 1 inn
mile* without a stop. ,ay* the Eondon
Times. The two cars engaged were both
made by the Soclete Decauvtlle of I’arls.
one being of flve-horee-power and tho
other of eight. Rc.lh were driven by pe
trol. with electric Ignition. The drivers
changed from time to iime. the cars be
ing slowed down, though not stopped for
the purpose In the same way the Ku
pile* of oil nnd wsier were replenish -I
Ths only exception lo the non-stop rule
tvs* In the case of the not unlikely con
tingency of the failure of one of the pi u
ma l<- i'res with which the ear* are fit
ted. If that happened, th* vehicle might
b* stopped whl e anew tire ts substitut
ed. but Its engine must continue to work
Indeed srrict’y spo klns. the object „f
the trial Is to show ihai oil mote# rnn now
he msds capable of running without a
stop for such a time a* would drive a
ar 1 .(*.* miles Neither the engines nor
the car# employed were p* tally built
lor the occaaior.. and. therefore, difficul
ties In lubrication mtjr pe-haps arise
which might cosily h guarded againal
In a vehicle rpecially designed for the
purpose. Tne iwo car# trave'wl the lag
er ahoui tw.my-flve mile* an hour anl
the smaller about twenty-two. As t e
track measure# three lap# to the mile,
each car had to complete the ci.- ult jpoo
times. The trial crklol tn s success for i
the five-horsepower car, which com pi."-
ed the 'Uttanca without having ap-pped
once. The time occupied wa# forty-sight
fioura and twenty-four minutes
GIFTSS2
WARMTH
and
CHEER.
oua GAS HEATERS
From $2 Upward.
NO MORE AfX'LM’TA BLE OR ÜBBFBIi
GIFT CAN BE MADE.
The 82 Heater will keep a hath room
• •omfort.ibe ln any sort of weather.
lairger Heaters for larger room?..
Many handsome gifts In our show room,
MUTUAL
GAS LIGHT COMPANY,
7 and 9 Congress street, west.
Our Retiring
From Business
Has caus'd the Savannah peopl* to re
joice. for they realise thla lo t>e ar op
portune time to avail themselves of an
advantage that has never been equaled.
The prices that w# are quoting sesm in
credible. but the goods must go.
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