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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. —" •- 11 , i ... ", i . ——a— sssssssssssssssssss sss s^ff 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*. 5