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STRIKE ON SANTA FE
, t ||-*TIO\ n HIiTHHH THiHMM
H'llX JOIS OrCHATUM.
CHANCES SEEM AGAINST IT.
pOI I.HI> Ilf **WTW *B\ Ot'T
U% I H VII I.IWH.
„.erlnletileil of Oklahoma DU
, ulon aaya Hr In abort Only TANARUS
Vli'ii. while Ihe OpenUn Claim
v|nn> Morr Vrr on Vtrllti—Trala
trr Tnlklnti A*lnl *> m
italhetlr ■Mrlhe—Train, al<t lo He
llunnlna In liood *h|ie.
vv ictilln Knti., Dec. 1< —Opinion* 10,
, . ,| the IlkrUiHiOtl of the Win a Ke
• rainniem aotns out on * eympat hollo
~r l k- ilifTer.
. ,nt Th e of the Oldihoma division,
the rood, ease the talk ! noneenee. and
.1 tare* thal the operator*' strike I* his
tory.
q eratora here are still hopeful. It
i .a“it be said, confident, of winnln* their
- r ke. mid they It tilth at the atatement
,f S pt Tie* that he ha* operators at
,ry station on hi* division save two,
~d rattle off a Hat of more than a doaen
, atlon* where there are no operators,
tin t.ittiK will happen to-morrow, they
t •
Ai Norwich to-day they say that a non
et lon operator showed ttio white feather
„,,l (,'ft town. He was the second non-
I Ml man to leave the key this week th*
, -* vlous one aolninir the strikers volun
arliy. Sup' Tice *a>
So one knows beteer than the traln
rner. that there I* nothin* In the otera
strike —not even the semb.ance of
Justification. 1 am In very close touch
wth the trainmen of the division and the
/•Him that they aro arriausly In sympathy
„,th the O. R. T strikers Is superlatively
abaurd.”
ronttnulna. he aaid:
Two email stations are without opera
tors. but not because wo cannot get men
t.i -u|ily them. Wo havo agents there
• hat arc snfhclent for ail the purpoac* of
the stations. Our trains am coming In
and going out In better shape than be
fore th* strike. In most of our stations
operators, as we havo found out since
t.ie strike began, are more of a
convenience than a necoraWy.
Many of our otd ojterators
ie.i > ts> per cent, of thomt would like 10
, ome hack and a great numlter iiave asko<l
1., .onie back, but it Is out of the ques
tion In rouny places, especially at the
smaller stations, they are securing th*
signatures of patrons of the road to peti
te i * praying for their reinstatement. The
only trouble we are experiencing from
it., strik* now is the clerical time en*’rt
f' .1 in receiving applications for rein
statement."
Yard Master Titomaa Peters of New
epeaJOng to an Associated Press cor
respundent to-night, said
lam member of the Switchmen's and
Ti oilmen's Union. At S o'clock this
morning I received a dispatch from the
salt hmett’a general oftteerw. slating that
they are not Interested In the O. R. TANARUS,
irikc. ami are not considering the ques
. "fa sympathetic strike. At 7 o'clock
lit a similar message from the general
nIK t of th* Trainmen's Union, t like
I • i-hln perwonaily. but I think ha nas
<,, n ,ib,nit . operators out on a llm >
fu-l run never get them hack."
ni.KIXi OVKK TIIR ATfftIKB.
'I i >iinin**it to Inlf
lh* U|M THlur.
Toiwk.i, Kan*, l**<\ 16.—Ri>r**m*iKes
r.f the trainman, conductor*, engineer# an<l
i •tntn h**ifl a conference to-nlpht with
General Manager II l.\ Muilge of the
Hunt© Fe Hallway to attempt to
i < troubled lift ween the railway an.l the
Onler of Hallway Telegrapher*. While
IK) agreement w*A rcaclnal the Hor*i of
M**UttU>n war rm , o irafel by Mr
tihokla conference with Third Vice Pres
ident Ikirr. They wttl. It in Mid. neek thl* j
• (inference at < % hi< ago tomorrow' or
Tuesday.
Ull>a\'<t Atkßtibl) KIItiHT.UiE.
Statement llmli* tlmrit the Order of
t hmi'ii Friend*.
Indiana poll*. Ind . Dec. 16.—W. F. Gib
bon. supreme trugtee of the OrtW of
t'liosm Friend*, sai l to-doy when askdl
about the denial of the shortage In the
• count* of former Supreme. Treasurer
\v niiam It Wll.-on of tlje order, of Now
atk. X. J . made by his daughter, who
i*Hsed her denial on a letter said to
have been written by the Auditing Com
mittee after the books were audited In
-Vigust of this year:
' I do not think a letter was sent to
>lr. Wilson saying his book* were cor
teot. .ven Imd such been the case If
woukt have been of no value a* Mr Wil
son's shoring** was not dlsoovere*! by the
mem bens of the committee, The met no*l
•**d by him in rontaallnff his shortog*-
"ss simple. The hank with which tie
made his deposits did not stamp on the
f*e# of returned drafts the date upon
*hlch they had been paid.
"L*tutor these circumstances It was an
easy matter for Mr Wilson to send along
'Mth his books enough cancelbd drafts to
balance his book*. us the commHte*-
' me.vns of knowing the date on which
these drafts h id been paid. The <M*coVtry
•I the shortage resulted fnei the con
f'ssioti made by Mr. Wilson to Mr. Unn
•is! was kept from the daigbter who
makes this denial."
Woman ( amnilttril Swtclde.
' Inclnnatl. De\ 11-A woman calling
'•**r*Hf Glsdys Bsmond. commit ted sui
cide in a lodging house here to-day. The
sutclda was mosi carefully planned. In a
letter addressed to the coroner, which wa
found In the room, the woman staged that
‘he was an orphan and usually made her
lonte In Chicago. The letter al*> stated
that she had been In poor health ami
whs tired of life.
i hleagn riothler n Hankrupt.
• hit ago. Dec. I&-80I Wolfe, a retail
• lot hie r at 237 Htate stre* t has flbd a
t’Hl:lon In bankruptcy, estimating his Ua
•►iilties at #250.000, with assets of fIftMNX)
Henry L. Wilson, an attorney, has been
ppotnted receiver by_ Federal Jthlge
Uohkaai. There ore over 100 creditors.
The largest creditors ore Chicago. Phlla
•Mphla and New York whoWot>
Kuirtdr in Ml I tv* ft Lee.
Milwaukee. WUk. Dec. 16-Frank D.
Williams, general agent of the Hrreator
Hot tie and Glass Company of at tea tor.
111., committed sulotde to-day by shoot
ing himself. I>esiondem'y is *©M to he
the cause.
Fight Hus Mecn Postponed.
Chicago. Dec. 16.-The tight between
Joe NVakolt and Jew Cboynakt, acheduled
for Dec. 27. has been postponed Indefinite
ly _
Transport l.ognn Affile.
Han Francisco. Dec. W.-The I rancor t
leiaan fMtlled yestcr*Hy afternoon for
i :li via Honolulu, with a large amount
treasure and one hundred recruiU.
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
IlnsrlMill Players I uri.ed |i, m s b>
Maisnatea Issue a Matrsirnl of
What They Will Do.
New dork. Dec. lA—The committee of
the Protective .Asms tut ion of Professional
Baseball Players, composed of Hugh Jen
nings. <\ C. Clrlfnih ami Ctuirke, L. Zim
mer. who presentetl thslr claims to the
National League magnates, during the
week, to-day Issued the following state
ment .
"The refusal of the Nitloipil league
magnates to consider and dIwUM with
us seriatim. our miursts at*
tive# of the i'rotectlvt Association of l’ro
foi<stofiai Baseball Players. and their ui
•*** resolution, which l pro *ably intend
eJ to ©xpr***# in aoi.i- their compl*t ig
noring of Kiild requesia v4©otlvel> with
out any idfquat reason therefor, sei-m
lo require us, h* such r*prea ntatlv©*, to
m*k> the following suit* m#m to ail the
member# of our association .iihl to th**
public:
*l. We *llxll continue to Maud, as w©
have always stood, for the avofcfanc© of
a b#©Uall war If (hat b© posalUc.
W'p recognise and ©hull respect th*
inviolability of all s tual contractual ob-
Itgatlona.
"t No member of our as so elution, who
during the i**t M.inon, p;ayel last |n th**
American League, shall at present sign
a contra**! to plsv th* coming season *n
the National *]*eague. or vice versa.
“4 Pursuant to our by-laws, none of
ih** members of our ussocUtkwi shall sign
a i'untract for the <<*tn,ng s*hi©oii whk*a
uak not been approved by our asiio ta
t.un.
< barb s D Zimmer. Hugh Jennings, C.
t* Griffith, committee "
It 111 l H*i M I I I .141 M SKI KHBL!.
nicyrllsts Itfpotrrlna I'rnni Kff#*t
of Severe Ntrain.
New York. Dec. W —The six-dav blcyc.e
racers were to-day suffering sever* ly from
the effects of the hard riding The ner
vous strain made deep almost an Impos
sibility for some of them last night after
the conclusion of the rare in **omparison
with the six-day race of last year, the
racers of ihe past week came out of th©
trial raxlly.
M*‘¥*arlan<l Is In a much worse condt
lion than the others, owing to his fall
Haturday afternoon, when he severely In
jured his right kne©.
Kikes' manager stair**! that tils man w as
In by far the best condition of th* lot.
and that he had slept well ail night, un
til 11 o’clock this morning, whan ho arose
and partook of a hearty breakfast. He
a-counied for Kikes' good condition by
saying that Kikes ha-1 not been givan
any drugs or stimulants of any kind.
Turvllle anil Aronson, who were l iken
to the hospital on account of Injuries re
lieved. are doing ns well ns could lie ex
pected, and will probably b*- out in a few
-lays.
Ft Ml MISSIONS FOII OITIfKHI.
t. ttl.lnlnr. I.i Hi* Elected —Exainfn
iii, * nrrnltcllc's Harbor.
Tallahassee, I *-,•. lt> - Score, of bond,
of is-wly cl#. ted officer, in he different
counties arc received every - day by the
state treasurer, and he I* ke|>t buay mak
ing a record of tlwm and reporting them
to the controller, who ha. a big joli in
examining them for approval. When ap
proved, the hond* aro returned to tlw
gtate treasurer atsi hy him at once rteitv
cre*l to the Secretary of State, with the
oatli and controller receipt for the com.
mission fee; then the eomrolwlon It* pre
pared tn du* - courae and presented to the
Governor for hit* signature After h* in.
.land by lire Governor, the .nmm ..lon.
•to countersigned ami waled with the
„-rcav *.l of the state, and then record -
ed and sent to the officer.
Capt W V. Judson of the I'ntfed Bta-e*
Army. <* at the capital yesterday. The
Captain hat* been surveying the Carru
t„|;„ harl*or, and will report upon the
atm to Congress In ;lme for action ut
the present session,
tlov, Bloxham hae Issued a proolumt
llon. calling a specltil election in Jackaon
county on Tuesday. Jan. 2*. IM. for v
member of the llouae of RepresetitaUvea.
co fill the vacancy o* - calone*t hy the rcs
l.nation of Hon. J. Waller Kehoe, to ac
.•pt the state attorncyahlp for the First
Jinllct.il Circuit.
Col. G. N Haussy, auditor of the Geor
gia I’tne Railroad, |s here In the interest
of the construction of hla line from itatn
brldg to Tallahassee.
I.olf f tiampionsMp Caate.l,
3:. Ixnii*. Dec. 11.-The Mound City
Go'.f Club of St. lx>uls hi- applied to tn.-
Culted State* Golf Association and trt ■
Royal Ancient Golf Club of Edinburgh
Scotland, for their iwusent to hokl th
Unit open golf champlon.hu> of the world
on It. link* at Glen Echo, Mo., In 19"3
They will offer IIO.OUO in prtxes, of which
goes to the winner.
< haraed With Kellln* Vole*.
Crawfordavllle. Ind., Dev . 11—Warrants
tv ere issued la.t night against forty-three
men. charging them with having Hold their
vote* in the late election. The warrant,
were sworn out by Chairman Rmlamm
and Treaetirer Thompson of (he Demo
cratic County Centra! Committee, who
will claim the reward of SPI> offered for
each case of convl'tlon
Fire at Fall River.
Fall River. Mae*.. Dec. 11.—An early
morning lire here destroyed the Bt. Jnm u
llp tel, the ehoe .tore of Police Commln
etoner Stanton and department .tore of
■jtiltMi. Woodland * Cos., resulting In a
lo.* of partially Insure*!. The
north side of the hotel fell out Into til'
street and completely demolished a Are
truck.
Tallahassee Sen, Totes.
Talllahassee. Fla.. Dec. 11—The Pla
tonic Doblllns Society of the State Sem
inary will hold Its third annual I'lsiU
at the opera House Monday night, he
17. 1900. An Intereetlng programme will
I. preset* ted.
There are more than TO* pensioners on
the Florida roll*, receiving from Hu to
SIOO a year.
Tn Visit Rrsailinlne llock.
From the Mew Orleans Picayune.
Gov. Dongtno of Ml*s!**tppl who has
been deeply Interested In the Hrmdywtne
roek wall. In Claiborne and cVptah coun
ties. that state, and who has sent a spec
imen of the rock to the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington for analysis, ex
p**’ts it an early .lay. with a parly of
friend*, in visit theae wonderful will*
and personally Inspect them. The renor
of the analysis will lie awaited with m i - li
Interest, a* then- 1# wide speeoJatlon
touching the character of the rock con
tained In this unexplained and puxzl nt
wall. Some people thing that there may
have once been a walhd cliy there, and
other* suggest the possibility of the rock
being artificial, having hern mode of re
„,o„t Gov. Ixrurtno headed a list with
$1(0 to make an Investigation f thl* wl.
ami Mr. W. F. Swan of Rlloxl sulM*crl' -
„l like amount. There I* little doubt
th.l all the money nece*enry will he ii'-
■crlhrd for a fuli ani comidete Inveetl
gatlon of this wond.rful formation cf
magn Id cent rock, uniform In alae and
held together by magnificent cement
—The Ruling Passion -First Enthu-los
tf<- Golfer: l say. will you pay another
round with in- on Thursday?
Second Enthusiastic Golfer Wail. I'm
lv*>K* ito le married on ihat day —tout it
can bv postpouedl—lliuvh.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER 17. 10(Kl
WEEK IN CONGRESS
MITTKRg To < OMK HKFOMC Till,
HOIV: AM) dAATK.
CANAL TREATY ON CALENDAR.
AKA ATK AOT UKKIA TO TIKK IP
U I'MOHU ATIOAW.
< linnces trr %uniit the nsir trt
*• the Iriu) Hill I ntll After
li<* Holiday • Aoihltig Importsst
I.nuked fr In tlie #<•••* I nlr
the llh rr nihl llsrlmj ( ommlller
Makes n ltr|>rl—Minor Mntlen fo
< nme I |.
\N ashing ton. Dec. W.— Under the con
current resolution ai ready pa seed tiw'
House will alJourn over tlo holidays on
Friday.
Th** work In the lloum 1 not likely to
b* imfsrtant unless th* river anti iiarlior
nppru|tri.itlon blil should b taken up
\Vedn*.-,ki> or Thursday. There has been
no derision upon this point, however, the
bill not having been yet reported to the
House.
To-morrnw is lndi\klunl sif*en|on day
under the cutes, but only a brief time will
.be occupied with suspension business
Several bills to divide Judicial districts
and th** hinliim Texas claim bill probably
will b* parsed. The remninder of the day.
under an order made yesterday, will he
devoted to the c one kb Tat ion of private
pension bills.
Tuesday lias been -et aside for District
of Columbia bile mess.
Iln >-l*niin*efitr Treaty.
The Senate will devote the greatsr part
of it* time this week to consideration of
the Hay-Faunccfote treaty. If It should
be necessary to do so in order to get
the ratification resolution acted upon. An I
In rase ?here is any surplus time It will
be devoted to the consideratkwi of the
ship subsidy bill.
None of the appropiiatlon bills an he
rejiort*d to the Hensto In time for con
sideration during the wek or until after
the holidays, and the same way h* said
of the army MU Thar** will tie an effort
made to report the army bill during the
week and It may l*e successful, hut It
anno? poidbly lie taken up before tha
B**naie convene* after the holidays.
Senator lyvig,- |m very hopeful of e, fir
ing an agreament to-morrow to vote iiihhi
the treaty before the holiday adjoinn
meng next Friday The present pr ►-
gramme >f the oponents of the treaty is
to have Senator Money sf*e**k to-morrow
and other senators of the opposition In
succeMdon A number of si* eehee have
Iw*ei> promised on the sub-1 iy Mil If op
|or( unity offers.
•bl noun ai'lT itHVt.
'light* Vlonaters of the Deep Fls
eonntered on Vn>,,r*.
l-'roin the New York Mall and Express
lie came ashore much as an> land
lubber might, lie had the latest thing tn
a walking stick dangling from hi* port
flipper and ids newly-pressed trousers
wire reefed at the foot. Ht George Is a
wicked place for even patent leither*
and spar deck yachting cat**; and this
particular craft hung In the wind of un
certainty for an Instant as If to make
signal* of distress. He gave a broadside
of Joy as a round, re l-faced guardian of
the peace hove in sight dead ahead arvv
close aboard The red face Inquired with
the diplomacy of brass hut tons and blue
cloth:
'’Dost yer bearin', male?' 1
"Wall, l don't know which w.iv to go.
If that is what you mean,'.' sai.l he new
arrival "I'm looking for Sailors’ Snug
Harbor. I'm the editor of 'The Battery
Seawall' and have been told I hat some
of the queerest |eople in the world live
In the Harbor. I understand *hai one
can Iwar most won-ierlul tales of ad
venture at the place beside* seeing some
of the strangest old salts that ever trod
a deck seam. Are they truthful there?"
"Hy the great Keebooklbus whale."
• xolaimed the rural bluecoat. "You take
;he w.nd out of my sail* with such a
question."
"It*ally. I meant no offense. 1 was
simply ”
"Bare your gun ports a* much as you
like, young man. but never again rak •
me fnie and aft with hd pitch like that
I'll cu, you adrift If you do It's rank
mutiny every worJ you say The Snug
* famous the amen ms* over for it*
truthful men. Why there are more sailor
men wh- have sllfipcd their mooring* at
lh Snug and taken out clearance i|*ers
for heaven than llterw are shadows at
nightfall."
"And how do I get to this waiting room
of Paradise?"
Intrusted f s t ab.
"Hey. John! This gent la the submarine
editor of the 'Hatter y Seawall.' devot* I
lo the grand open idea of starboarding
th* |*o rt wheel when the main leek gt
twlsted up with the bunt sisbtin* blocks
Ho walks to lay course for the Snug,
l ass hint a line and tak- lorn In tow-
Steer as truthful as you know how in
reeling It off to him. John. He's after
facts"
"He's whs; you would call a black
sheep." remarked the Jehu when the
minion of the law was left well astern
"They say he went to sea onct. Thai I
don’t know for truth. Was at Snug for
a while, though. I'll swear lo that They
oukln't let him cast anchor there any
(longer after they catch*-! h-m lying.
Here * he Snug. Aye. .*ye. air. i'll aland
hy for further orders.”
That I* bow the fresh-water editor
triced tho keelson and r.efed ’ he sprocket
wheel of the cai**tan, and this Is what
he saw and hoard on the banks of th#
oily Kill von Hull.
Thrilling tale of avxordflah.
••You see." auld Old Hawse Pipe, as
he took the bunch of e.gars, "you see.
Mr. Lubber Point, 1 was a young fellow
111 those day*. It was In the Indian
mean that we llrst saw the awordrlsh.
i remember it a or yesterday Hies# my
heart, how time flies. It was my first
command. A fine hatk. sir. atari up to th*
royal*. Walk well, It make# one sad to
th.nk bow old one gels In httlc time
Let me see! Where did I heave to on
that lack? Well, a* I was saying. It was
in the Irish Sea, and a* beautiful ami
warm a day a* ever you saw. I wa*
proud of the vessel, because she was my
first command. Cracking rig steamer foi
those days. 2.5 ton* We were flying
laid I think It waa th. mate who **
the pirates Ural At all eveuta. the rain
came down In tewiful gusta. ami It looked
a* If Old Prob. had gone or. a spree and
left the bung of the water latrrel wide
open. It rained ao faat that tha steward
had to put tarpaulins on the sulphur
matches in the leaky galley.
"It was during the middle watch that
the captain *->tre !<• m* and said some
thing about the cmef mate trimming a
Util*' down hy the head Irani *.>o much
gin. ind asked in* how the cargo got
adrift. I told him that 1 hadn't notice I
It, whereupon he avid that th* brig had
a Hat of forty degree, to starboard, and
that we would have to raatow whan the
•* became calmer. It waa heim about
with us after that so long a* we rematn
,d in the MediUl ru near* Hi*. hut *
cjuM sail like mischief beam end# or
ether wise, ami the fleet that slatted with
*. we soon left hull down aatero. Tho
storm was at it# height whan 4b* mataor
dr< ppe*l into the water not more dun
a fw cable lengths t wither of th*
tidal wave To make matt ays worse, the
••It was like two I.bergs meeting on th
high seas after * undown a- 1 the trum
pet-tv*ned wtnl drove the snow into our
faces like fltniatoncp our lrilg** was
fnnged with the (roaen spray, and the
decks resociib 1.-rt i#* U was a terrible
P’tght to be m. with fifty miles of snak**
around us to leeward, a writhing, coiling
sea serpent of the homed variety No***
aUam. kwallowing a siiaik after <Ue Ist i
ter had kil.*d an aiitg.nor. a gbranil
octopus on viur j rt quarter and the No
l M .t> Heefs ahead. Ik) you w.n<ler the
m\ hair M gray! Mui alive! 1 marvei
that 1 survaed it."
4 rwlee of Ihe striker.
"Give eonielMnly else a chance. Hawse
I ipe." biWiel Ogrrick Bend Heef
Tackle 4eil the gent about the cruise of
the Idolpuln rftrlker. Make a girgjw.i'
there for It T."
"It’s a shot t story." said Reef Tackle
klttefiishl). "We wga aa ling along as
quietly* as yer plente with th wind abaft
of the beam. ant everything drawing and
Lake Ml*higan never look'd finer. 4Jui
Oal ti bj. wbo to le oHling n
the heel of the bowsprit. **aw It first and
the next thing w- ran plumb into It Bhe
•Imply |ailh-d our okl hulk to pi* es. and
while we w. re snuggling m the water
looking for pieces of wreckage from the
|a>or Dol| hiu Striker, we lu*l ampl* time
to see what the nionstar lookd Ilk* l*er
orall> 1 atn sure tliat this s**a serpent
ha! a sad tin. which he shoved up and
down Ilk* a dtaappeurtng target. It had
a head like a monkey, a cat like a e* l
skin like nwulcl soup and a ba- K that
sh*ne like silver. He chewred up the erv!
of the plank that 1 was clinging to Jusi
a a dog wou*d chaw up a bolt* Belay
ing Fin, tlit cabin boy, says that tin* boiy
was bent m* and down In several curve*
about six fee; in depth The head was
cUKealed in th* water, all save an
eye. wlkh fixed it* gu*e on him
Tha serpent wag quietly on the ur
face tunning Itself and Belaying Pin Is
sure that nobody but the seri*ent was
! lying It closed its port optic and slowly
opened it again. Tna It did half a dugeti
times, winking like s good fellow Single
Whip, out skipper, who was also among
the saved, said alien w*- landed that the
animal's head was a* big as a steamer's
funnel, wt?h eye* as large ns w h tubs,
am! It had a aort of inane and scabs.
It opened Its mouth several limes and
permitted the skipper to gaxe at s sev**n
fMhom smile. Timber Hitch, our mate.
, saw that It carried a horn above it* eye.
t I don't know which e>*. There were
1 pe ultar Hn* at the base of the horn am!
thtwe tine were about a* long as a man's
i finger, amt asemed to have tts* power f
motion. Its neck was f**a through. We
were In the water about five hours w-hen
th© monster disappeared. The most of us
I clung to pieces of wreckage tor five days
before w# were picked up You see. tha'
! *e monster had broken us tip Into su h
! •mall hits lhat one man only could trust
himself to each plank. We held on to
ths wreckage with *ne hand and that
we bight not get separated we each
grab!*'! the other fellow's plank ami thus
kep* together. We suffered horribly with
! thirst during those five days, and it was
not until we got up the morning after
lamltng on *h©r© tha 1 we read in the news
ioi<*r that we w**re a pack of
drinking the water that we were swim
ming in for Ho*e ttv. long days. By the
great yardarm burton. It makes me grow l
even now to think of it. I dare say that
several of our mates died believing that
It was aalt water."
The Ipnslt Whip.
“That'* right; gmwl!" rejoined Par
buckle. "Everybody here lias hi* growl
Dd 1 ever tell you about the time we
wfrr chased by a spook ship? Wail, IF*
worth repeat In*, 'specially a* the gent
has never heard It. 1 w* second mate In
the Sheepshank at the time and we were
xdng home to Portland First, of nil
we got stranded on vine seaweeds ond th.
wind failed u*. Home of our men were
h*lf-fn#hten*d to death Iws-aus*- they
had hear! tell of a ves*. I that ran Into
a bed of seaweeds and all hands starved
to death ami were found thero by a
steamer. A slant of wind got o# out of
ibis Serai*-, however, and we went along
smoothly for nineteen dav*. when we
met a whale circus traveling to the
southward ami doing a eerie* of giant
acrobatics as they went along
"\Y* hadn’t gone more than llfteen
knots Iwfor* a school of sharks cam.-
Jtlong and ait; up the taffrall log. and
then we knew for curiam we t*i re to
tiave hard luck. Well, It came at lari.
We wer# soaring In u g lie that *-kis|*-*l
hands under our keel and lifted her Hear
of the mad waters only to send u* down
with hatch combings under. W# struck
something tlm* afternoon and found It
to be miles of pon-.lse*, and we hung
aground on them for several hours or
until the rea got rougher ami started
them oft In leai*-frg fashion. Most of
the port watch waa standing under the
break of the poop that night when we
aaw the tpcs.k ship for the tlrat time
She wa* heading straight for u. I have
ho<n caat *u*av among c.tnnlhal* and In
the Jaw# of a shark almost, but the ap
l*earanr of thl* phantom ship frightened
me more than anything In my experience
Everybody peered Into the darknes* to
•ee the devilish thing come along, ami
everything from foreoouree* to nilxxen
skysall and from Jtbtopaall to stmnkcr
appeared to he full amt drawing Bli*-
rtossed our hawse a* If we were stand
ing still, but came ao close that by run
ning forward wo ixjukl see her decks
There wasn't a soul on them. Tne ttext
day we fell In with a Jolly boat that
was being pulled for dear life. When we
overtook her we aaw that her crew were
■nly ii.*k.-d skeletons. Tliey had hMeoii
grins and Ihelr ey.a were ablaxe with
n horrid fire, not of earth No rr.Utak.
about them being dead meu. with rotten
oars atHI gripped In their bony hand*
We always believed that this phantom
Jolly boat belonged so the spectral ahlp
tlrnt we aaw the night before ''
Met a Veteran.
The marine editor wa* coming along the
gate* to rejoin hi* ha kman, that the
trolley cars had s|Mr**l when he ran
afoul of the oldest shellback of them all
Ho looked a thorough salloeman from
keel to truck. He had a nautical Instru
ment In his hand and hla face was acar
red with storm and age
"When were you shipwrecked?" the
editor asked.
But the veteran manner stared Into
space and mode no reply
“Tell me about the oexofats that came
near ending your day*, and the water
■rout that almost engulfed yxtur craft,"
he begged.
No reply from the stopped figure before
him.
"Surely you have some yarn o tell me
of wind, weather, whales, waterspouts,
whisky, pirates, Inddrn treasures, spook
sl ip* or something, I car* not what, of
th* sea?"
Htlll th# sailor before him did not speak,
and the editor felt a tight grip on his
coat sleeve and a rough voice say;
•t'ome away, quick You are not well."
He turned and found the cabman by
, Id- side, and to him lie aald: "This 1* th#
. nly man who has not spun a yarn fot
r.e. He won't even growl He can't bv
a- teal sailor "
"Heal sailor! 1 guess not That sailor
wa* formerly used as a binnacle on a
ahlp. and later on a* an advertisement
for compass place. He 1* down here
for a few ,lay*. That'* a wooden sailor,
my man. who never growled and twisted
a galley yarn.”
—Statistic* lately Issued show that the
Transvaal war must have drawn pretty
heavtfy on the equine rsource* of Ire
land The number of horses end mule* In
I rets ml tn IW I* given at 110.415, while tn
ISM B had gone down tn so7.til. a decrease
of 12,774. The falling off was altogether
In horses, these being fewer by 15.522
than tn the previous yt-ai. Mule*, on the
other hand, had Increased by it* which
seems an extraordinary thing, aa the de
mand for them for military purpose* waa
aiao very auitvs.
NOT MANY BOER IMMIGRANTS.
t tAM I, HA % IMIKV Airi’ KAM-VtT %
I IHUR MO! K MIC AT.
t" nrrsl l'iiMrH|r V it*iil Mr an ni
the M rlahtsv llle and I ennlllr
\% anted to Vfinrr *>nie nf Them
for t.i mill \\ rote to I onaul
Hay—The Iteply, iiunrvrr, %%aa
Ant I!seunra*ing—l'eagle nf lain
rens tie lit t,l %! llh their Tases.
Dublin, via Dec I*L—lt Is hardly poh
*ble tim, ttrere will l>e any Boer am
4ratu to come to th • *uitr> Horn*
month# ag\> tt was antuun <t in th* |m
|n*is that many Bor* wvuld D'mu* m
Amerlow. In oi l* r. if i*o.-*uU> to Ixutv
s*sne of them along the line of the
Wrtghtsvtlle and Tt i'iilJle Kmlr* *|. 4|et*
•*rnl Hassengi'r Agent 1! K llryan, Jr.
a }<lres*fxl a . otitinwtti ali< n to H <ti Adel*
B lla and 111 a | ! i •
lorii. asking him t*> furnish such infor
mation a* would ltll h in In touch wtth
those directly li terrnlol. Consul Hay re
plli’d utMler date of Nov but tha letter
has Just been received. It requiring forty
day* to cover the ibms s from Fietorla
to iMiblm. The • mul Mites in bis letter
tha' owing to the mte f war which
still prevail it l unTkciy that
i* op’e will emigrate fran thal
country for some tlm© to 'ome and
that when that inns c*nc* many who.
perhaps, would b* glad to leave will not
have the m**Hv to do so "Personally,"
*.iiys the consul "I cl*• not thltik that
! there Is any probability of an emigration
of Boers in serious numlerc to tha I'nliad
I HAatca."
If i • Mk i
a strong effort to * colony of
Boers for lauran .county , but the pro
Jed will now be given up
llehlnd In 1 heir Paxes.,
The people of loiurens county ate badly
behind In the lavnient f their txes
I’p to dale Tax follector Daniel has only
co. acted about K OuO Thmtlme last ' eat
he had • *>!,• ?*d more than Mt*.tW lMt ,
year onl\ three :ax executions were levied
and *dveris* t. but 11vt- 'ear there will
*kubt **>* tw a ia*g* numki lev t’ol
lector Daniel state** that hrr* are about
7.3 W taxpayers in ill# county, nisi tliat not
more Uun have settled, and tlveee
are moatly small tax-pavers lie is at a
hose to know why so few of the |*gl# are
iwytng their tnxev The t*Kk* doe# on
the VH h.
Ouaua bulletins for Georgia have hearn
re*xived here, and the people are m e h
gritlftfsl si the excellent allowing made w
Dublin and ioturen* county In the par
entage of Increase Laurens th# fourth
argest tiv the state, aiut ti> actual im r#ose
the thlr*i. tha county making gain of
12,141. or I |*er cent In late* Ixurnu
whs tin* fifty-first county In population In
th# Mate, now if is the fourteenth. Th#
Increase in Imhiin was 2,123. or s fraction
more than 24. l per cent in ls* Dublin wa
tli# silty-sixth town In the -fate in pofsi.
latlon. Now only twenty-six **lt|es ni
towns in Qaoigta are larger. The a* t>**il
in< rease In Dublin l greater than ttu* to
t*l population of a number of Georgia
towns that in !W> were larger Diaii Dub
lin.
ODDITIIA til' tH H FAIMIR H.
I aeipeeteft I’ratiirea f tlnr Traile
\V itli Other l ands.
From th# Washington Post.
There ts no cAvliised land in the world,
aivl ten havag" ones, w acre evldencea of
American ingenuity .nwl skill do not con
front the traveler on every side. Fp 'll
•the n*>rth of Hwe.l# trains of r*lrd“?r
are drawing American woodcut 11 ng mi
chlucry to points not far distant from the
North Cape. The machinery ha© to le
haub-d hundred* of nnt* over the plains
of snow, hut the Nhtewd Htvcdiah lum!** r
ncn have found that Its us** almost don
id* # their profit ■* Again. Funtas Arenas
In Terra KI Fuego is the most southerly
<'ontineut.il ©[tot on tlic globe. Th© im
l*t>rtant light liouso then* I- cqui|*|M>d with
electric machinery manufactured within
a few hiiiidt**) mile# of New' York city.
Homo of t.ie ach#tn* a devised by the en
tei prising Yankee are so la ring that they
mght have been alrmsd sacrilegious In
a less practical age. A large consign
ment of steel pumps lately snipped
to the East. Tbetr destination was th#
Jordsn. Formerly pUgrim* with an eye
to th# main chance and found It profita
ble to secure < albashes of water from
the sacred river arwj sell their content#
lo churches and convents, to be used ns
holy wnt*r. A wideawake American ©aw
h;* opportunity. He dev*ise| a steam
l ump of convenient six** # number *'
which were *et up at sult ilile |oints along
the bank© of th** Jordan Th# result
Wo© a prof!table business in retailing to
b# churches all over Kumpe
Again, Am#r **an dearies re fltiding
their way lirto the Vatican "self. The
B>>vereigti f*ontiff has recently leen out
customer f*r # flashlight nous rat us
wbkh stands lv his couch, and can be
tgndei at any moment during the night
by pressing a button.
Tradition ba- assigned 1o Bagdad the
honor of produ* Ing the most
of lamp# But n New York house has
superseded Aladdin find his genii. Th*
lamps %re of fanciful t at tern and are <W
orated with devices often more pleasing
to th© eye of the f>ri ntsl than the mor
els of th# ascetic. They are of simi* v *
design, '-pcratlng wltuout ‘a chimney, on
tii# principle of the blast furnace They
are convey©* 1 to a |*o|nt on the Persian
Gulf, from whence they are hauled over
seme mile* of desert on camel * k
They arc then transferred io rjifts an*!
tewed a hum!red miles up the Euphrates
where (hey are again loaded on oamtii,
which convey them to th*lr destination.
miles frrm the river These lamps sr*
quit# the thing In -the Orient. Among th**
residence# tha* they de orate are the prit
©ces of th© kult.in of Morocco, th# fh* nc#
of Hiam and several rajahs In British
India. They are also popular In Jerusa
1* m
In India, too. It look* as though o* n©
distant date the punka writ? !*© a thing of
the pest and the punka waia #e*k*ng a
new Joh A demand for electric fans of
American manufacture has arisen among
the more im-to-dv?# of the native Princes
a lltti© Multan In Borneo In particular
having Ja and in a considerable supply The
torrid climate of India onens up a num
ber of possibilities to the enterprising
trader. A few soda fountain# have re
cently been shipped to Calcutta experi
mentally. and It I* thought a rnnslderobl*
trad© In this typical American article
ms*' ersue. Ice plant*, too. hev© been
shipped to vtrkvs :*arts of the country,
and 1 h#r* Is a cal! for more. Another ar
ticle considered Indispensable in many
rsirts of this country. m*qulto curtain#,
is becom nr popular In the East, and
large c*n*!k’nietil has recant I y been
sh'tq*ed to Byrta.
Nor does the ancient land of Kg yp turn
up Its at our n**w-fangle! contriv
ance# The supply of Images In th# pyra
mids having run rath#r low. owing to the
d#nred*tton* of curio hunters. n Arn©*f
can firm ha* b##n filling up the v*can©t#
with most interesting and anrtqu# appear
ing Util© statues. Asa matter of fact.
TO LIVE WELL
IS TO
EAT WELL.
Your (iroccr Keeps It.
Rico
It is a good soap.
It is kept by all the leading grocers;
Floriii* ffoap Work*,
J.oV.onvUU.
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SANTA CLAUS’ :; i
WANTS TO KNOW
Are You Thinking
and worrying yourself over what
to get for
i mi m?:
for your sister, your cousin, or your aunt, or your broth
er. or your mother, for your hunbanii, or your wife, or
even your sweetheart. Take Santa Claus’ advice and
come right straight to
Lindsay & Morgan’s,
who are headquarters for the nicest and most suitable
| things that you or any one else could sufjtjeut for a
Christmas present. *VVe will take the liberty of giving
you
A Few Suggestions
and we think out of the number of articles mentioned you
will certainly l>e able to please yourself and the person
for whom you are buying it. Our goods are all useful,
and will last a life-time. Remember our motto, "Not
How Cheap. Hut How Good." Our stock con sits partly
of the following, all of which will make a suitable
present:
Sideboard, China Clo*ct, Chiffoniers, Smyrna.
Axmlnster or Hair Hugs. Shaving Stands,
Writing Desks, Dressing Tables, Lace Cur
tains. Portieres. Table Covers, Leather Couch.
Rattan Rocker, Gold Chair, Hook Case, Leather
Chair, Parlor Table. Silk Mantle Drapery, a
handsome Carpet, Brass Hcdstcad, with a Per
fection Mattress-
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY,
Th© regular io-*-* !•• I*##i S£> W# hava
AQv 1 0 Wnnl “ “* for '•* h "' h ~ u ' h,m •*' w *
r\ “Al/ WUUI only Ilia 1,*,,. „„ nny k<<l thln that *f can't
D J Art tell you almtM than all. but want you to
r\Ug tnfiM- and MO for youraolf, and w are
aur you will be pliaawl.
/Si Animfll We have a -ht|n<-nt for f'hrtot- /®\
—/ nmmai m*. ©#■dm up <■> ©# oa< *.
T~). . _ You mini he Mire to eee them Iwi’l for- © ©
*m. INUgS g. 1 mi l* Short a
(#(• • • • •
• <u * ftn>l W’mi'i you? 9 • #
they are manufactured by n new parent
process (torn various condiment- hut
they look so Ilk*- ancient atone that they
would deceive any but an exjiert. Kg> pt
appears to be getting frisky tn Its o'al
age An American merry-go-round of th'-
Coney I-latid type has recently been set
up at Cairo. It Is largely patronlxed by
the Arabs, who cut a tine figure In their
snowy burnoose* bestriding the green and
sold tlgera and elephants It I* dtliep
by Steam, and It* music is the same old
American ragtime Another country' which
has become a euatotner for American
merry-go-rounds Is Spain.
But unquestionably our nssi Important
customers In the East la China. The
greater part of the railroad equipment,
engines, rolling stock, rails all a subject
of the deepest annoyance lo the Boxers,
•■ome from thl* country. And In this con
nection It may he observed that one of
the principal reasons that th# Chinese
show such a violent hatred of rail oad*
Is that they are afraid that the graves,
of their ancestor*, which are scattered
pretiy freely over th# country and no*
confined to graveyard*, may be disturbed
by the fixing of the tie*. An Important
and novel recent shipment to China Is
the machinery for waterworks to he sat
up In the northern part of the empire and
opera ted hy native labor This will he a
remarkable Innovation In a country whose
peopl# have hitherto contented tbern.elves
with wells and not bothered about typhoid
germs.
Malle hurls Is on# of the most fertile
countries In the world Heven crop* of
wheat can be raised In the year at cer
tain parts, yet Hour for the Rgaatan
troops I* Ix-ltig imported. The cause of
thl* Is the complete absence of modern
flour mill*, the Chinese still clinging m
<he old. alow and wasteful proceases
which they employed Wti year* ago How
ever, an up-to-date flour mill has lost
been erected In the Interior, the machin
ery of which 1* American. Other* are to
follow, and there Is'no question but that
at no distant data Manchuria will feed
Its own teeming population and the le
gluo* of 'he Caur which considerable sur
plus for export.
Hut the moat remarkable testimony to
our mar hard cot ability cornea !n th* form
of an acknowledgment that we are su
perior even In matters of washee-waotiee
to those whom we are accuatomed to re
gard aa apoatlea and high priests of the
science. An American firm has shipped
lo Chin* the mariwnsey of a monster
laundry plant on which Chinaman are to
he exclusively employed, where there Is
no hand Httwr, and from which 5.00 U piece*
*,c turned out dally at a coat of 1 cent
a piece, whether it be large or small,
complicated or *mpie. Th* coal of the
machinery la s*>.(
j M*xi lo China in itnpoxlanci m a mar
ket for American good# comes Japan, but
th# clevemea# of the Japan*#* I* an ob
stacle to extended trade. Aa Imitators
they have no >qual. and It I* thalr cus
tom to buy a few American samples and
reproduce them In Urge quantltlan.
In spite of the a hue* that has been
poured forth on our hear and th* uafev
orahia comparison* that hav* basil In
stituted hetweir It and the foreign prod -
is i. th* foreigner* apparently aee some
thing In our method* It i* not a tong
since Mr. Alhtopp. the famous brewer of
Burton-on-Tr*m. England. started a
Utge lager I>eer brewery, in wrhleh Amer
ican method# and American machinery
were exclusively employed, and evsn Ger
many herself, whoa* bear la usually can
stdered without rival, hae recently been
Importing American brewing apperwtui
and adopting the evatem of Mllsraukee.
Germany, thoroughly wide awake as she
la In matters commercial, ha* not boon
tied to the merits of American method*
ind ware*. A great deal of th* carters
which m served at th* tab!**
of our hotels aad private house*,
and fetches a high price. ow
ing to the l-IW that It I* manufae
-111101 abroad, really has Its birth within
the confine* of the I'nlted Htate*. and
having been shipped to Germany, is re
shipped hither under a German label. Oar
many. too. a* well a* Franc* and Italy,
U one of our customer* for cotorsd ala**
which Is manufactured here by a patent
process, and almost equals In twain> of
coloring that which adorns the old ca
thedral* of Europe. Many of the new
European churches are equipped with this
American glaas.
In matter* of the lolM. too. we are In
the front. Even the Muscovite, who. If
we ara to brllave tha picture*, should nat
have much call for shaving appUancaa.
is a good customer of our* for barbers'
chair* and toilet clippers France, too. I*
buying our drcaa shields and our hoot
poitrh. luxuries which she heraelt waa
first to davtae and for which (or many
years ah* held the monopoly. Finally.
Australia, which has long been our cus
tomer for axes to chop Its plentiful tim
ber. has at last turned to America, even
for artlc.e* of wood, and Is buying plen
tifully of our wooden handles for loots,
clothespins and golf club*. And If fur
ther proof of our skill In the tnanufae
ture of articls* of sport ware needed than
the las: article all Europe recognise# that
American clay pigeons have no equal.
—An editor at Boweravilia. Md.. elk
nowledgea that a sad mistake was made
ivhen his paper announced under the obit
uary heading that Hi fllocuin had moved
to I’hMadefphla. but Sikh that his fore
man used to Uv* In that city, ami thinks
that is suf&clmt vacua*.
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