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4 gT|)t fflnrnun} Krtns. W< raing >r* Rutidisc NiManlfei MONDAY. Dl l KMHI H 17. H**. Rtf}t#r#d at tn# Poiiofflc# u Bavionaii IHi HUHIINU IKYYR li (HIUUh+J vf) day to tht ytf, #**i •rv#J to subscriber* in tht city, or n; by <n*i* • t 79 cent* a month. 14 WO for a.>*th* # ai. ' I* <A) for ore year. TUB HORNINII NKHi by mall* ll liniM a m—k (without Sunday three month*. 11 40. alt months, s£.w. oo* 1 ear % 00. IHft- WKKKLV NEW! two IMU< a week (Monday aid Thursday) by **!•. cr<* yar. $. jO Buuatlpt:om payable In advtSft tnit by money order, check or letter Currency eart by mall at rtk of sender. Transient advertleementa, otner tnan epei ut column, local or reading notlcoe am ream*nta and ch©#p or want column, 10 cents a line Fourteen lino* ot •*'••• typo—equal to one In *h ( ln depth—t the standard of measurement Contract r*t*a aid dl.*iunt* made known on application at buamaea offie Ordexa for delivery of (he Mom nr Newa c either residence or place of huslneas can be made by mall or by teto A nor.* No. 110. Any Irregularity In deliv ery ar.ould be tmme<llately repoitol Letters and telaaramo should be ed dreseed horning NEWI," Bavarnah Ga EilTfigN OFF MB. 23 Park flow. New York city. 11. C. Faulkner, Manager mi 10 UV ADN LRTISEMESTS. Me*: .ng*—?ne Hibernian Society: 8- i v ar.riah Yacht Club. Hpe-m. Norioea— Not 100 to Stockholder* Southeastern Railroad i omiany. Rucjh.l Notice*—K A \V. LftUDdry. 1 rankiln H*-No Tea. Bis uit. Etc—National Hlroult Company. Hu: Sale o l Comfort*. lilinkctts Etc At A Traai In Fruit Cake—The S. W. Brandt Company. Santa Ciaus Want* to Know— Lindsay A Mix.it. Amusement*—Th* !tu k Ptlll Trottlu doirx, at the TYirxler It*.. w.K.nf t'owder—Bearllnt. Sia*rr...lt* Schedu**— Merchant* mvi M.r.ers Tr*neport*tlon Cotntwny for Bal rimnre and Philadelphia. Medical— Ho*'tt.r* Stonvich Bltlws, Aver a Blllr. Dr. Htlhaaty Compuny, CaMoria. Hood a PUia. <>i*ap Column Advertisement#--Help Warned. Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale. Ittat. Personal; Mtamllancou,. The Hratlifr. The indications for Georgia to-day are for fair weather, fresh southerly wind*; and fee Eastern Florida, generally fair weather, freeh northeasterly winds. The rlr-flayt’ bicycle race w hich cam*' to an and In the Mailiioo Hqiare Garden. New York, on Saturday night, left prac tically all of the contextsnta tn a crippled, broken-up aud generally dilapidated condi tion. And that aort of thing la called "sport!" Alexander Stewart, uged U, third cousin of the famous merchant, A. T. Stewart, wraa on Saturday hi a New York court sen tenced to xtalea prlxon for twenty yearx. die had committed an atrocious murder When Im> llrat tuok oft knlckerboe kers It waa to put oil the atrtpea of the felon. The British are pursuing In South Africa the same policy that they pursued In this country during th Revolutionary war burning. pillaging and destroying. It seems that the British mode of warfare hax not been Improved In hw century and more that te elapxed line* the American colonials won their Independence. it was rifewted a day or two ago that Ur. Bryan had leconslderrd hla deter mination not to la a candidate for the Senate from Nebraska, and would accept the office If It were tendered to him. The gentleman himself says, however: "There U not a word of truth tn the story; 1 have other plans.’' tVlwt the other plane were he do lined to discuss This should nettle the senatorahtp rumor, at all ••Tenia Ur*. Washington McLean, who died In tha city of Washington the other day, left an estate valued at approximated)* **,000.- (w. Her three children. John R_ McLean, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, Mrs Ludlow, wife of Oen. William Ludlow, and Mix. Dewey, wife of Admiral Dewey, are to share the ex'ate equally. There win not b any Dewey Arch, iq be sure, hut the hero of Manila Bay will never know want for the luxuries of life. The member from <he Y’ale-Cartboo (Hstrtct of Vancouver in th* new r'anoiHan Btll—it id w.U owe hi* election lo the tesuß ot m pt-ker game. There win three < andldau * for the office. They agreed among thetnaelv,-* to leave the matter to the fortune* of a game o! poker. Each < aodtdate aeiected hla representative In the come, with the understanding that the winner should receive tha unanimous vote of the district. It *u a fa.r and hot cold car, and th* winner, as a matter of fact, received th* solid vote ot the iwtwtMiwn ). A Boston woman's club ha* rai hed the (Onnlueton that poorly fitting shoe* are re- HnwlUt for many of the Ills .offered by children. Th# club, therefore, recommend, that ctilldrei, be provided with ami re quired to wear moccasin* In place of shoe,. Hot why wear even moccasins? Bar* feel. It van be demou*tral*d.arc more healthful than feel covered with Inather. And If It Is deolrml to gel bark toward* first prln < tpte* and perfect health, why not adopt tig leave, and *>-nd th* clothing and fur- Idahtng store, out of -xlalrncw? Among those who welcomed the Duka and Ltucii.il of Manchester in Cincinnati t*w other day wu "Hone®t Aba" Even*. Ike grandfather of the Ducbesa. When old Abe hoard that the Manchester* were tn visit Cincinnati, he concluded that be would drive over from West Liberty *Yid < ungratulate them. He desired to go In stylo, however, and he did He first went to the ganrrai store and t(ought a ra w pair of gailuM*. a uew pair of mitts snd a uloksl'i wont, of tallow to grease hi* boot*. Then harnessing Dobbin and Hal to the green spring wagon, he rolled In two barrel* of Ben Davis apples ax a piv ot to the bridal coupiu, and drove off k-epp/ as a lark. % lit MTIOIt run NMEHIt *#. Toe n (tort* appearing tn the nea.pap. ra that the Cramp Shipbuilding Company and Vldker* Sons * Maxim, an English firm, a ill . , t.*oUd*'c have urved to t ail ittenilor. to a groalng sent men! in Ena* land In favor of Inventing large.)- In American Industrial undertaking* I. t .aid that Fhignah roanulactur.ra are pull ing to admit, that, unleaa condition* lit England undergo a very radical change, It atll be impossible for them to continue to compete with Amen an mat if* turer*. The trade union, are the chief dirt! u.ty ninth they lm\ to contend ,th at tht* tints. The#* union, hive their rule, and regulation*, and they In.iat upon ad hering to them, notwithstanding the f. a that England Is dropping t" h:nd In *rla!n line, of manufacturing They cannot be tita 1* to under.tans! the* It ta for their Interest r <t they -I ail miks certain son ceaalona to their srap.uyr It may oe that the) will have their r\.-a open'd whan they ee* thil there ta little Ht for them to <)o lie,loving, is many of the long,-*4-h-*d ..l of the English pvanufaclurer# do, that magnificent opportunities ate at band fur American manufacturer., they are > on temp,ating making vast Investment# tn AmerP an manufacturing plant*. In other nurds, they propose doing Ju.t a <at the < otlon mill n. n of N. w England ara now doing hi eatabltahing cotton manufactur ing p.ants in the South. They ore getting ready fur the time when they wIU nave practlwHr to ,4oe* their mills in fcng aind, owing to their Inability to compete altii American fas torieg. No doubt they can find ro tnufaciurlng plants for aale. and they v til be abie to buy them If they wl.l |>ay enough for them. It U raid that It la not their in tention to lake charge of the factories they may buy or to .üb.titut# English, for American, workmen. They have too high an opinion of American workmen to wish to g*l till of them. All they pro* pose to do at prevent l. to put money In American indu.trul enterprise*, became they feel certain that Ihe.e enterprise* are going to be immcn.ely valuable. It eeeins that there hi com* foundation for the report that Vickers Son, at Max* tm ar- to be consolidated with the Ctarnpe Shipbuilding Company. Assuming there la, 11 ahowa that there I* a strong belief that the shipyards of thl* country will be very busy lot year# whether the sliip subeily hill lie-dome# a law or not. And why should they not be>" There la plenty of money seeking profitable investment, and It Is a fact that all the material* necea ary for shipbuilding are cheaper In thl. ,-ountry than In any other, Latr mey lie a little higher, but an American work man doe# enough more work than an Eng iteh or Herman workman In the same lima to make up the differe-rc e® In wages. And English capital will t> necking m ve.tms-nl not only In shipyards, but In all other kinds of InduHrtal enterprise.! In (ilia country. f.K Dtl ON 1 tl.tltl %. Prof. G. H. <Jrj.it, of the University of Rome, last summer conducted exten sive experiments tn ihe origin and pre vention of malaria He chose as the site of lit. Work one of the most malart ou, sections of the It:,Hal, |M-nlit,ulu; a place where practically every person suf- ; ferrnt from nt.ilrL. and few persona re tained tnelr normal health during the five "xlcklv" mouth, of th* year. J>r. Giaroi gathered about him a colony uf I'd t>erons whom he protected thorough ly. day and night, from the uttacks ot mosquitoes. Ut this number only live showed symptom, of the fever during the months of the experiments, and these, the doctor says In u lotpcr in th* Inde pendent relating the results of hla work, had carried malarial germ, In their ays tepr over from the previous year. Mean while many persons who lived near his experiment station mid were unprotected front mosquitoes suffered from malarial fever, hardly one of them eecaplag the malady. These results, he think*, should g'v* Weight to hi, claim of having gone a long way toward the solution of the malarial fever proideni. Dr. Grass! assert*, in contradiction of Ihe old theories, thut the malarial germ Is never found free it, the air, or In water, or In the earth; that It exist* only tn th* human blood are) tn the body of the mosquito—a special mosquito, th* An opheles. This venomous Insect la the means by which th* disease la both propagated and distributed. “It had been seen.” says Dr Gram!, "that the parasttea In the- biood of men develop,,! his! reproduce), but tlfere was also noticed the formation of special hodlt* which seemed sterile arul the significance of which was unknown These bodies are now seen to be the male and female of the parasites, which, while they reel In th* human blood do not come In run tart. but when taken Into the stomach I ut ,hc Anopheles unite ataJ give birth to a tiny new body, which settle* Itself upon the lining of the stomach of the mosquito, and there develops, while an enormous quantity of Infinitesimal Ilfs j grows In their bodies, which take the I name of sporotd*. The parasite grow, i so greatly that It is visible under a j Simple lens, and In the end bursts, and i th* Sporoids set free In the body of the j 'n squlto are all gathered In the saliva | glands The mosquito, biting, injects a | little saliva and with It the sporoids, and j so man takes malaria." Warmth 1s necessary to the develop ment of the parasites In the moequ.to The Insect contain* no heal of Its own. hence It Is rival It Is only during th* warm months thtt malaria is contracted In all malarious sections early morning and early evening ar* regarded ns th* most unhealthful time, of day. This, Dr. riraesl says. Is because th* mos quito by preference bite* at 4ho*e times, between the hours of darkness and light, and seldom !n the direct rays of the sup. Upper stories of houses are always found more healthful as sleeping rooms than lower floor*. In malarious section* Th* reason Is that the mosquito seldom flies high; though few house* outside of th* great cities are of too great alti tude for the Insect. Since it Is practically impossible to exu-rmipate the mosquito. Dr. Grass! says tha thing to be done Is to protect ones self against the bite of the Insert By th# use of wire screens over the door*, windows, chimneys and all other openings to hla houses he and hi, lot asristant* were able lo pass the summer In robust health, while whole families living a few yards uway were stricken with 4he fever. Dr. Grassl's 4*opl* area slept It, the opto air a; THE MOKNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1900. night, under a wire netting Whenever they went out into an unprotected place, for a WH.k or to atteial to bualnewa, they coverad their fa.ea ane neck, wtth veils and tiwlr hand, with thick lotion gloves, leaving no skin surface exposed to mos quitoes So long a. one protects him self from the b.tea of the Insecea, Dr. Urassi baileve*. ao long may he bid da rter to malaria, even In the midat of forest, fen or swamp NEFF OCOMI.U SHUT FINK. In )aera gone by ‘ N*w Orleans" xnd "sugar house" molaaees. both frum Lou isiana. were regarded as the finest and purest articles In their luie l> the country. Hut those timet arc gone. In order to Increase their profit* nvtny manufactur ers began to adulterate their product. At the present time many brand* of so- ailed "New Orleans ' molataes are compound* the principal part of which Is glu.oae; and many of them are artificially colors ! by a ptoceaa that I* dangerous to the health If not th life of tha consumer. Home time ago a cltiaen of New Orleans re ceived fiom a grocery store a p!e -e of gingerbread mode with the ao-called "New Orleana" molasses, and became violently 111 after eating It. The glngetbrevd was analysed, and a quantMy of ainc >at found tn It This was derived fr.ni the tnoluaeca having had U*coloring mat ter precipitated by means of a tine pia-.e Immersed In the teflnlng tank. A cru sade against adulterated molasses was started by the health authorities an t sev eral persons were arrested; but It was not possible to -ure convictions. At the present time an agitation agatnat impure and adulterated molasses Is going on tn New Orleans. Tb* eyrup and molasses trade of Lou isiana haa been badly hurt by the putting otil of fraudu.cnl goods under the name of the pure articles and In this Instance, aa in other#, the Innoceut suffer alike with tb® guilty. There are eome pro ducers of the genuine "New Ot leans" and "sugar houac" tn Loutalana still, but such a great quantity of the adulterated stuff haa been and la being shoved on the market tbal none but an expert can dis criminate between the real and the Imi tation In m iking a purchase. Asa con sequence both are declined by persons who know of the practice of adulterating the good*. This should I>e a warning to producers of Georgia cane syrup to keep their pro duction up to Its present high standard. It Is now, beyond question, the purest, most wholesome and beet syrup In the market, not excepting the high-priced maple syrup of New England. And the demand tor the Georgia article is steaJlly growing. Only recently w sample ship ment of It was sent from thhs city to Liverpool, and It h wl hlts the range of possibilities that a Georgia syrup trade.by means of direct shlimtente on cotton at earners, will he built up with Engljnd. The English people are fond of good eat ing. Meanwhile shipments of constantly Incieaslng propoitlons are living made to the North, showing that the syrup Is gain ing In favor. In comieiltlon wuh the maple. If our syrup makers w.ll exercise care In preparing their eyrup. and put only a first-class article on the market, they will reap rich returns. fTllltA ANYHH a FOR t SETTLE MENT. It seems that China I* Willing to agree to pretty nearly *ll of the demands of the Power*. She I* anxious for a settle ment of th® trouble so as to b® relieved of tha presence of the foreign armies. Ahe I* willing to pay an Indemnity ot about ItsO.OQh.OM in sixty years' rime, snd give security for It* payment. h* will erect Mv Pekin a suitable monument to the memory of 'he German minister who was killed by the Boxers, and will send an Imperial prince to Berlin to apologue and express regretw for the murder cf th* minister. h* will consent that for. cign troop, shall hold the line of com munication between Tsku and Pekin, and will punish th* leaders of :h* Boxer move ment. Bhe will also agrro that candi date® from the districts In which Boxer outrage, liavo been committed shall not lie admitted to the examlnailons In Pt-klr, for tlv® years, and that the Twung II Yemen shall be abolished. Tne other de mands to which she will agree are that foreign envoy* shall have access to the . bo no importation of arms Into Ihe prov ince of Chi Lt. and that the land and „* forts between Phan Hal Kwan. TakU and Pektn shall l>e destroyed. No doubt the Power, will Insist upon all of th® demand* Perhaps China is pre pared to agree to some others of ihrm. But by agreeing to all mentioned she practically admits that she is no longer on an equality with flr*t-,ia* powers. By submitting to the demand ttiesT cer tain featurra of her government shall We ahollshed, she acknowledge* that her affairs, lo soni® extent, are dominated by outside authority. No doubt it te galling to her prkle to hive to grant any of the demands of the Powers, hut there are some of them she could grant without losing her stand among th* nations. It seem® to tie the purpose of the Power*, however, to teach her u lesson (he will not soon forget—to so humiliate her people that there will not be another movement soon Ilk# that of the Boxer*. It w, exjiected when the negotiation* wrre begun that they would last for sev eral months, but. judging from the readi ngs with which the Chinese have re ,ponded to the demands of the Powers, there I* some ground for thinking that ah agreement will be rea- ned within a few weeks. Unles# the Chinese are Inca pable of learning, their experince pi th* present trouble will teach them that, hav ing opened their gates to foreigner,, they cannot do Just a* they please within the'r own empire. They are under Interna tional obligations which they must re spect. New Hampshire 1* not by far one of the most populous states in the union, nevertheless It ha* one of th* largest Leg. lalatures. the membership aggregating 325 representative* and senators. The body Is to elect a senator to succeed Chan dler. at It* coming session, and Senator Chandler Is afraid that the railroad, of the stale have "got In their work" upon the members and will defeat him. Notarithstandlng the fact that Joseph tV. Bailey of Texas, the new senator ®f his state. Is antl-truet to Ihe ha. khonc sml never fall* to poke the octopus In He rb* when he has an opportunity. Hie T >■ bgreo Trust has put out a "Joseph W Bailey cigarette," which It la advettiring | i-xtctdlvcly throughout Texas. _ The advocate* had ©••>* aaUUw in th* Houa*. *htn the army Nil | , Vrat l‘#fore that body. It aroma t* Ihoufh Ihe t••(!*>•* t*u*v (Al determined t*> Hi • th* iniM-rii > wh*i they aaiitH, ItnowlrMt full well that lh* - iktv* ate wuun) takr care o( the waciicwi •*• l>. t of me QUt tiori The Military Com- 1 ni.ttre of til* Servutf it iow invea matins the matter, and in t ie hrarlrm* ti* anti- 1 cante< n action of the Houae la reedvin* little •‘Obaldtiatton. Aa a matter of fact, i the <antten i raceivina the tndoraemem not only of him army oflYcera. hut of j IHfUtei aiid chun xntfi of fiiatlnctlo** Archhiahop Irilaral aft*l B'ahop MoOold* r k. who have witlßiucd the operations , of the oanietn in tha W*t, t*>kl tin 8 n* ate. * ofin ttee the other day that they h.l no ht**itathti in r< *>tnnj*-ndin(| the in- Mitution a teen|*ranoe m aeure. elnca , to iimlnate It wrotihl tnrow tins eoMicra ■ nukr tin Influence of the stloom and th viieot of vile liquor. It i* believed that , the mm!tte* will report the bill to the gerKtte with tha anti-canteen aectlon I -trkkea out. The amp suioidy bill advocate* ura i cmlnif fearfui for the tte of their pit measure. The opiotitton to it is a*'- sumii.tf unexpected proportion#; and it l* not made up of JDemocrata alone. The *hi who Tribune, one of the etrong* >*t It* puhtican tapr* of the West. I# uuqual thadiy oproeed to the bill and la doint* w.ial it can agauiat it. The New York I Journal of Commerce, nn able r*-prt j*enta- I rve of live commercial interest*, and.- | nouncea the bill, ftenntor AlllHOti. oin* *f | the most Influential member* of tne Sen ate and chairman of th* Appropilation* Committe*e, i* ugainat the bill. So are .Senators gpooner o* Wkaconsin. M MUian of Michigan, iia.e of Maine, and Nei*on of MirmeaoM. among the RepubUcan*. And then there* are Alien of Nebraska, a.id Pettigrew of South Dakota who have I in a measure promised to talk the bill to death. The ©hip subsidy bill, at all event*, has a hard time ahead of it. Faria, it i* sahl. la experlwcir.g anew reign of terror. The closing of the ex position haa thrown t rousands of iu < *u >ut of work, ui.d many of them ii ive h.- ome hignwa>nven and rohlrer*. The ou - lying district!* have become Infei tei with footradw and hoodlum*, who terrorln* th-* rcsklenia and bo id up anti rob pedestrians t night. In eome sections the street • ere stopped at 4 o'clock In the even ing*. becauao of the number of robber* in tne neighborhood. I'KII M> \|„ —The young King of Italy is aaal to e passionately fond of mualc, and In that | takes after hi* mother. Queen i Margherita. ,\ Belgian prtper that ha I* **the only Prince of the House of davoy who ha ever shown a Downing to ward the musi al art. * At Solferino ho new K n * grandfath*‘r. hearing the can non. remarked; “That la the only music I ever understood.* —Prof. Atlolph Cohn. hea<l of the French Department of Columbia University, ha* been made • Chevalier of the l. *cwn of Honor of France for eminent service-* so French literature. He was deooratrvl a <\>rallvre della Corona and iufla by the late King Humbert In 1R97. He was horn In Paris in IKI, ural after hi* edui-atlon in France h- was nppdnteri tutor at *o l lumhta In IRSL’. In IKM he went (o Har vard a* un aFsintant professor, hut seven j year* later he returned to Coiumb a. —Sir Robert Hurt, the ltipe*'4*ir general of th® Chinese Imp, rial tnaril.mc cus toms, not only create,l anil directed the I custom, service, but also the lighthouse j department, the revenue cruiser service for policing harbors, the Imperial postal system and the customs service In Korea, while he wu, frequently called upon to negotiate foreign trestles. Ills a(urtmri4, in IVkJn were simctou, and hi* hospital ity was generous. A curious feature of his dinner* was the excellent music of hi* own Chinese orchestra trained by a for eign director. BRIGHT HITS. —And He Did.-He: Do you think It Is I proper etiquette for n gcntlmnaii to take a lady's arm? title: No; but he might ask her for— her hand.—i’hlladrlphlj Evening Bulle tin. —Hportxman (to Rmlth. who hasn't brought down a single bird all day): Do you know Lord I’eckli.im? Smith. Oh. dear, yes: I’ve often shot at hi, house. Hportsinaii: Ever hit 117—Fun. —A Failure In Quantity.—"Mx, I hough; you -nine candy down town." •That was kind. Tcinmy; where l It? "Well Ms. I was so long cornin' home un the ear* that It didn’t last till 1 got here. '—lndlauapo is Journal. —Jones: I have found out what my wife Is going to give me for Christmas. It’s a ~ ,il purs,-, set with silver, for carrying In the hand. Winter: But It can never be of any use to you. Jon,-, No; but the hox of cigars will that I have bought for her—Boston Transcript. ftIIHKNT COMMENT. Th* New York Journal of Commerce (Ind t says "Although the tuhsldy hill limits the duration of contracts to twenty years It contemplate* their continuance (or thirty >cars. Paragraph T ol section 1 provides ihat the Secretary shall enter Into vontract* with any ,Itlaen* or Amer ican corporations which shall apply (or subsidies within five years after the hill becomes a law upon their giving bond, that within five years after th® date of th, bond they will cbnsiruct certain whips In the United males, and the word "con tract" Is used all through the act so that the ItatMltty of the United State* cannot be termlnried by repeal." The tia'.tlmore Hun (Deni ) *ays: "The Iniquity of the subsidy Job I* rank. There Is no more reason for giving a subsidy to n man for building or owning ships thin there l, for giving a subsidy to the far mer for owning a farm. If the shipown ers and '.be (mr were ,-om|ietltors for hounty Ihe farmer would be (he more de serving of the two Ships are bu 4 means of transportation. As such they have no more title to free gifts from the treasury than have Ihe railroads." Th# Birmingham Nears (Dem.) says "If the Nicaragua canal Is ever built It will be as a neutral and non-forlfted waterway unless we choose to become !n --volved In a ion* controversy and poesi bly war with England, for the latter gov ernment t, sure to reaiet the action taken by the Senate yesterday and (hus does that action promise another season of delay In the construction of the canal." The Chicago Chronicle (Dent.) say*: "The American Federation of Labor la wise In -opposing the ,-rearion of a cabi net portfolio of labor. There are too many eablnat officers how. It I* probable, more over. that the depart men t of labor. If It were created, would become an engine for the oppression rather than the pro < lection of workingmen,'' , Humor I wder IHOtewMlea. Frank Lincoln, tne cheery Americat humor* who ha* been entertaining lg>n doiiers at the J'a.ace. t*H* a lapital story os the compulsory hospitality ha onco received in one of th* Western a tales, relates lam*lon M. A. P. Arriving on a bitterly old winter day, h* was-met at tne kt.ttkai by a grave, *ong-vWugei 8 otch •lewron. “You'll hae to bide wi* me,'* said the deacon. “Pray, allow rn* to atop ••t the hotel," replied Mr. Uiuoln know• gig by experience tne discomforts of being >n * rtaUuwl." "No! A' the lecturers blds w’ m* You're th** fourth. The bwnifT cam’ doon on tne first %ne for the door sl.**r. Tne second ane dramt—we'll hae mu* drinkln httf! The third ana w* eaen spaaktu* o a stranger, a young .eddy. *a tha car-. Noo you lo'dt n rloht, mrt we re no to take ony rleks. You II bkiw wi’ nw, and 1 can keep un e> on you!" Afier the pwrforman •* at night. Mr Lincoln wa* very ..red and longed for i-t. Hut the deacon's wife n|proach* > *l him, with a chilly smile “Oh. Mr. Un coin. It wa too cold for our Hula Rob bie to go to your entertainment to-nigm. Rut he has been looking forward to the funny man for week*! If I got him out of bed and nald r.rni over the banister*, would you mind going into the halj nod making a few faces!" 8o Bobbie was roused ami !eUI over the banister*. Mr. Lincoln, In the icy cold ball below', made the most horrible face he vxuld. nrsl little Robbie w* borne away l>owJing with fear and horror. There was no iunt of up(>er. but after the deacon> wlf- had re(ire,| the old Bcot said “W ill you hwe a glens o* ckler?” Mr. Lincoln hates cider. There was a long silence. Wili you try o cup o* buttermilk?" Mr. Ltmoin detests buttermilk Another silence Then the deacon tiptoed to the *loor. listened, and shut It softly. “Whisht! Do >ou ever rak* u nip’ * Mr Lincoln grasped him by tha hand the deacon steatbliy unlocks! a cupbo-trd and brought out a flask, giving his gueet a stiff peg. ye; a vary wee drappie in deed compared to Ms own allowance On the following day, when the humor* is; ak! “ttood-bya," the d*w*on presented him. at (he last minute, with a good *l7ed lw>ttle of the secretel whisky. “1 i drink your health at 12 o'clock!" *-.iM Mr Lanroln. Then ha hastily thrust the bo:- tl* into hi* valise and Jumped onto th * train. Exactly at 12 o'clock, to the greu’ ir.terear of u t'ouple of commercial trav elers. Mr. Lincoln opened his valise to gei out tho good old Bcotchm.m'a whisk > Whew! In one second everybody guess*-*! what had hap{>ened. The bottle w.* smashed Into a dozen pieces an<| the con r**nt of the bag were saturated. Mr Lin*o|n was quit# composed "Take M neckUo with me!” he remarked, i drawing one forth that was full of whia | ky. “have a collar—will you try h shoe?" i ind so on. until even the disappointed ! • ommerclal traveler* saw the Jok**! One Touch of Nature. hor those who lioM that tha geuenou* -pirit of the Chrisima* ea.>on exerts a I mellowing Influence ufion c<mim<>itpl4* *• human nature, there is a pathetic in or hi in an *“iHsode whioh occurred In ne of Die . ity police <‘ourta .i day or two ago. *** New York Mat! an*l Express. An officer arraigned a woman whom h** lia*l found lying in the street in- I toxic.* ted. Bhc explained that *h*- l a. I | been overcome while celebrating her birth | day. “Now." sg|i the mazUMra-t©. aft**r j listening to her story, “what age will ' you own up to? It is so seldom now iay* that women will give their right "I have seen Arty-five " “Hummers or winter*?*' broke in the magistrate. "Mostly winier*. sir,’* replied the pris oner. “I lelleve you.** said (he court, “and I'll discharge you." “Thank you." raid the prisoner. “May . very step you take in life be smontf roses." A simple narrative, of course. But docs It not Dint at the pitiful story of ~ dinp iwinted life’ Through this tn.-Lneholy confession there runs a note of the keen est anguish. It suggest* year, of trial and hardship o', vain struggle ngulnst tbe harsh condltio>ss of existence, and Anally of surrender to the force, which make for degradation r.nd sorrow. The on,- ray of softenlnx light that fall, upon the gloo-nv picture conrcs from the kindly action of the presiding magistrate, evidently a sympathetic Jurist largely made up of genuine human nature who. In that on-- word. "Discharged.” dispensed the gentle mercy which Is twice blessed. This case Is doubtless one of miny which ire similarly disposed of during the tidi-lay season It exalts the tendi-r -plrlf of giving and forgiving—the touch of nature which make, us all akin with ihoia* whose years have been "mostly winters." Ilrouuht lo Hrssnn. lie was out walking with n young lady who had a decided antipathy to cigar ettes, say* the Memphis Scimitar, buf not bring aware of her prejudice he lighted one of the little rolls an,l began smoking with great gusto. Inhuilng the fume* deep Into his lungs and then blowing civ.it ring* up at the moon which gaid tran quilly down on his folly. < *rttTided by his presumption, she said with dangerous urlsmity: "Do you know I can read fortune® In cigarette smoke?" "Indeed!" exclaimed the unsuspecting youth: "perhaps you'll condescend to read min*- " "Oh. certainly. If you wish It." Then she gaged up In the air at tie- del icate blue wreaths of smoke. She hesi tated. evidently pox lied about something "I am undecided which of two things Is to befall you." she .-vlmltted. "your fortune Is not so easily read a* I fancied It would be." "What are the two things'" "Why. I can't determine whether you are tnirked otR for lung <ll-ea*e or lun acy." was the answer "Cigarettes have such diverse effects on i>eople o( your i. n- i|M" A moment later the . ieirct,- lay glim mering In the gutter and the fortune tel'er wa listening to her escort', embarrassed apologies. More Careful Now, A local journalist prides himself on his ability as a telegraph operator ’'and fre quently takes his place at 4he Instru ment to receive messages, says the Louis ville Commercial. Several yean, ago. when Pugilist Jim Corbett Issued hi* famous challenge to Fltxshnmon*. offering him’ *23.(100 for a meeting, thl. Journalist was at the tele graph Instrument. "Btuff" was running light that evening, so when th® challenge begun to come In leisurely over the wins the Journalist became impatient and flash ed Imck: "YVakc up and push thut stuff on" lt so happened that he had caught a tartar at the other end. The challenge came on at a br,ak-n*ck pace. The be wildered receiver caught about one word In three and about one letter In the word He diligently banged his typewrites, however, to make a bluff at taking the hot message, but unfortunately when he had tint,hed someone ratight a glimpse of his "copy." and It was all off. The sporting ,-dltor and several of th* rrporter* held consultation later and wroto a challenge for Corbett, Blneethat time the Journalist when pushed for "copy" couches his requests for more speed In very careful terms —He Imparts Information.—Little Ethel: Mamma told Freddy that if he wasn't good Biota Claus wouldn't bring him an)- thing Won t h*7 Utile George; Oh. mamni.i’s Ju-I throwing a scare Into Freddy, and he , so little he don’t know any better. Hein* Claus leaves you things whether good or Dot!—Fuck, ITEM a OF mTRERT. It Is Iwllevad by the engineer* who are repairing the Galveston-Mexico cable, whU h was broken by the Galveston hur ricane. that the storm was accomi.nl©<l by a submarine eruikion. The evidence of thl* eruption la found In tha twisted < >m)!tion of the cable. The sheathing i> found to bava leen reversed ,tnd the* wire* blntling it to tha core turn* J (ho wrong w —There 1* talk of pulling down the old court bouse at Odel, la., and "Uncle” Bil ly Smuh intend* (hat when the tearing down shall begin he will be (here. The cLi rell w*s built In IK* and under Un ci© Billy's dir. * lions a gallon of rye whis ky was sealed up and de|**dtrd In the corner stone. Billy Is determined that t! there I** but on© *!rink left of (he 42->car old r>* he will havs it. —Th. question of employing swallow* instead of pigeons to carry dispatdiea haj. ix en seriously considered In France. The aptitude ol the swallow for th*- work is by many he.d to be even gr* a(er than that of the* pigeon. They fly to a grater hsght and are therefore I©-* exposed to Itenig shot, and they travel filler, mak ing good nearly eighty miles an hotfr. where a pic* on would only u* over fifty. It Is also > .aimed for th* m (hat they ar** more faithful. Intelligent and hava not on long Juurne>tt to stop to feed, as the pigeon ha.-. It is also asserted that the hwa. ow un k more easily and quickly trained. —The Ip Expe*)ltlon Committee, of which *. K. riMlol), ‘2l Pine street. Sew York, is treasurer, will this winter send an . xptsiUlon to cxcavah* an*l explo c* “l'r of th© Chaldees" Abraham's early home, provided sufficient subscriptions ure rwelvnl, Molern method© of excavation, with the us© of wire cables for the re tuoval of the dirt, will be employed and i; is expeceil tiial th© entire temple or the Moon God will soon be laid bar©, the Raltlmoi<• Hun A map of Houlhera R.ihylonta and a .-ollection of the laum and flora will be attempted, and it Is hoped that \aiuable literary treasure* of the time of * the Father of th© Faithful” and earlier will b© discovered. Abraham, tn fad, in the light of data obtained in recent excavations near Babylon, ts al most a moltrn character. His |*eri*)l l h mpar.itlvelv late on*- in the history of the cradle of our civilisation Never theless our knowledge of It Is too scanty anti excavation* at Ur ar© likely to give useful data. —lnstead ot cutting down the locomo tives and throwing the material, on the ,'lap pile, I,x It Is Ihe practice on nearly rvt-i \ railway system In thl, country, the Montreal llera.d. the Canada I'aclfV Is making an experiment, using the en glnes to gcneiale steam for heating pur poses. One was placed In position a few days ago In the addition to Windsor 8U lion, now tu course of coo-truetlon on Os borne street J>|pcs isn from the rtram dome, connect with the ct>tD In the struc ture, and furnish sufficient heat to mak* the pln-e comfortable for the workmen in addition to itotng sway with the sala minders formerly used. The arrangement I? si mi"'-, consisting of a pit about Hire feet deep. Into which track has le*-i kil l The < nglne. from which the drivers hate been removed. Is run In and an chored, ;iflc-r which some of the super flous gearing la -tripped off and the wa ter aid steam ttriachmenl® are made. Th, smokestack is connected with an over head pipe .bout 12# feet In length, w tilch connects with th* air shaft, thus obviat ing the preoence of smoke and jolaonou tra-ts-, so common when salamander* ar used. —"Habit is a great f.ictor In routine life, anti, fier baps. In no other form doe It attack us so vitally as In eating " sal' a former novv-fiq|,-r man, according to the Philadelphia Record. "For flftee years I worked on a morning piper. A year ago I gave up my p-eltlon to go Into a mer -altlle business, and since then, al though I have use,) every effort. 1 have not been able to aecuslom mvxelf to the change in my method of living. It Isn't the I sours so much a, it I, the appetite. When u man get, up at noon for Ilf;o-- year*, and goes to bed anywhere from 2 to g In the morning, one might naturally think tb it lt would he hard for him t < grow accustomed to getting up at 7 and going to bed at 11 or 12. So It is, but you cun get used to that more readily than you can bring your appetite to a realization of Ihe change. My best ma! and the only one I really enjoy, la late at night. This. 1 admit la me-ely habit. I can seldom eat a good brc ikfast un I that mean, a poor lunch, also. At # o'clock, wheu I am supposed to dine, I have little appetite. But when I should think of going lo tied I am navenou ly hungry, rin the olher hand If I can get up In tho mprnlng grid eat a good break fast I'm id right for the rest of the day. Queer. Isn't lt?" —Maxwell's theory of light assumes a slight pressure by the Impact of ettirr wives. In Kepler's time comet*' tails wire supposed to be due to the radlitlon from ihe sun exercising a repulsive force upon the comets. These pleas, says the Baltimore Hun. have been called again into prominence by Herr 8. Arrhenius, who calculates the amount of the pres sure. "In the Immediate neighbortioori ot th® suu," he says, "a body of unit specific gravity and of cubic form, one centimeter on each edge, would lose about one ten-thousandth i„rt of lta weight ow ing to the radiation. If the ijxe of the particle Is dtmlni*he,| the loss becomes - omparallvely greater, since the volume decreases more rapidly than tlie surface uruler *u--h condiiUeis. Thus the weigh: of a cube of O.Wtll centimeter on a ante would be exactly balanced by the repul eion due to radiation, while a partlcb of half that diamrter would he given n velocity of tepuleion such that It would describe a path equal to lh® sun'* dlam eier In one liour." On this Lists a the ory Is bull! that explain, the formation of comet*' lail,. the curvature of which 1, due lo Ihe variation* of the radiation w'th the distance of the component par llrles from Ihe eun. If the pirtlclew arc of molecule' dimension* their repulsion would be of an orib-r which presuppose, a repuialve force from 10 lo tun rimes a, gn-at ax the attractive force of gravity -MaJ. Allham. tiye the London News, give* an Interesting account in the jour nal o( the Royal United Bervlce Institu tion of Ihe pigeons that were used a, messenger, during tho siege of Lady rmlth. Soon afier the arrival of Blr George While In Natal, the Durban Hom ing Society offered the loan of their bird, to the military authorities Two mem bers of tbai society took charge of the feeding and flying of the birds Loft, were prepared In Ladysmith, and twenty, live trained and slxty-nlne untrained birds were sent up-country by train. They ill relurned safely to Durban, and were sent back with thirty-ihrec other par tially trained bird* During the first month of the siege, before signalling ran tnur.lcattonx were established. Ihe pigeons were of great use. Twenly-elghl bird*, carrying fifteen separate messages, were flown, and of these seventeen, carrying eleven message*, achieved safely ihe Jour ney of 120 mile*. Three birds arrived hav ing dropped or pecked off their messages rn route. No exart record of the time •pent In the Journey ms to have been kept, but In one Instance a bird pitched (rom Ladyamlrii at 4t*> a. tn.. reached Durban at 11.30 am. The loss of birds was attributed to three cauaes-bad weather. Imperfect training and birds of prey. The pigeon Is good f or * distance of 300 mile*. Some of the Ladysmith birds hid been raced from Johannesburg to Durban, which are about that distance apart ft speak* well for the self-control of the beleaguered Inhabitant* that even In the "chevrtl" day* „o pigeon waa killed for food, though their number In creased during the siege lo ncury joo. I l U Of Wi M HQ C U R'f •t iiLinu; For Ixle of Hope. ry T r M boll. Cttle I’aik ei.a Wu| t r.i D*U) except HuuUay*. UabHct u, . . without notice. ~ ** ISLE OF HOPE. Lv. City tor 1 of H j Le I.leof h oi . flUm from T.nt.i t> oi um f, |, 730 *m from Tenth jc w ..in iur T. At am from , coin ( 7 w an, ( or ft li min from Ho.eon jKor am lor > , 10 *0 am from TetMli ,1 ui um iur h ‘ 12 00 n'n from Tenth |U u> am for h." 1M pm from Hatton 11 1, am t or ; . 1 X pm from Tenth j 2Ur pm f., 2X pm from Tenth |lto p m for i ‘ 4X pm from Te.itn |lu, pm f or i,, 6X pm from Tenth !oo cm for 1. „ 4X pm from Tenth 400 pm for 7X pm from Tenth 7o>pm !o j,, B XX pm from Tenth lor pm r,. r f, •Xpmtn tn T< nth ropm ; 1* X pm from Tend* lo (to pm f ur n ________ I*l <* I>tn for T. nia MONTOOUEUY. Lv city for Moo* ry.| Lv. Mont.-cu,. ~ • Mam from Tenth | 7 li am for • IX pm from Tenth j I li pm t i Xpm from Tenth 100 pm fu, ta CATTLE FAiCk- Lv city fur Cat.i'atk, Lv Cam, p r , 4 X am from Holioii i 7 oo am for t 5M am from Dolton ,uo am i or ,1 I WI pm from Ho.ton 1 X pin lor i< lM pm tioin Ho.ton ]joupm f,■ [ i X pm from Holton j 7 X pm for u \ . V 0 pm from Holton , l x pm for H THCNDLHbuLT. Car leave* Holton (treat Junction . , a. m. and every thirty mtnuUs t„ . ~ until 1I:Xp. m. Car leave* Thunderbolt nt . , a , , every thirty minute* thereafi,, r , , 12:00 midnight, for Holton e :r,., . tlon. . 1 FREIGHT AND BARCEITcAIt Thi, cur carries trailer for pa*--r.,.., on all trip* and leaves next nil, market for la e of Hope. Thun and all lnfertnediate point, ai uu „ , 10) p. m , r.oo p m Leaves Isle of Hope for City Market and all Intermedia!* p irn, at 6<M a. m . UdiO a m . 2 40 p m WEST END CAK Car leave, west side of city matke' for Weet End :00 a. tn and every 4" m;u , thereafter during the day until 11 y. j- n Leave, W| End at 6.X a, m and * . ery X minute* thereafter during the day unfit o'clock midnight H M. IAJFTON Oen Manager for tha lam 17 yrair* baa i©*r. a trifle ovar 17 0° par y*ar. —gg < mLra<~'T" r "r"'-TsaaMa—— It is THE REST aid :1h ar*e s dent Insurance corporation (or Cooke • * ial Travelers In the world. We bun . membership of over 21,&uu. We n r serve fund of over SI4S,WD N.. •ommtr l traveler can .*ffor*l to In* without * r taction we give him. Write the He© r * r who will cheerfully give all Info m t n 11. D. PIXLEY. EDWARD TREVETT. President. Bis it Tre . WllSSfcSliSllOilfii) Steamship Lines To Baltimore & Philadelphia Tickets on Baie to All Points North aid Wst First-class tickets include meals and tiarth* Havannah to Baltimore and Phil* •ieiphia. Accommodation* and cuisin* uncqaaled The *t amshipo of thl# entnpany r * pointed to sail from Savannah as follows (Central Standard Time); TO NALTINOkR. D H MI Id.EH rapt. I’cirr-. TlT.'- DAY, Dec-. IS. 3:3# p. m. ITAfU'A, fail*. Blllup*. THERSnAY. Dec. . B p. m CHATHAM. C.tpL Easier, SATI'RDAI, Free 22, 6 p m. TEXAH. tiipt. Eldrcdgw, TUESDAT Doc. 7 a. nt. IXI PHILADELPHIA. BERKSHIRE. Cpt. Ryan, MONDAY. Dec. 17. * p. m ALLEGHANY. Capt Foster. FRIDAY, pec. 21. B p. m. RERKSHIRE, CSpt. Ryan, Tt'EfSDAT. Dec. S. 8 p. m. Ticket urtlc® No 112 Bull street. J. J. CAKOLAN. Agent. 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