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22 A TEXAS WONDER. Hairs Great IMr#err. tV.# sms., bottle of Hall • Orsst Pli tovsry curt* all kidney and b;a-Jr ***# *- blsa. retrov## gravel. cures and abs:##. #em Inal enua;cna. we~k ar.d lan># be-A* ' •umatiam and ah irn<ulariU of tbs kUtivys and baJd#r to >o.it met ana wo rn#**, reguLie* 6ado#x m cal*- ifsci. it m, bo m b> your aruggist w*.i be sent by cit. on raee.pt of L e*a. botils la two mor.tbs treatment. aaJ w.L furs any c** abo.e m#r*lto*<i Ur. L " Hall. /l loax-ufa tdrer. I* O Bo* Ld fit. Lou.a. Ho. S*-nd for tMiUaeaW* Sc*4 by all druggiaia and Solomons Cos . fe* annah. Ga. N-ad nta. Dohen. Ala July Iff* T>r. E. TC Hall • I-oulf Mo-Dear #hr. We rev# een selling your Texas Wonder, Hav • Gr#at Diftovery, for two years and reoommgvid It to any on# euf* ferir.g with any kidney troub # *a being Ire beet remedy we ever •. 1 Yours truly. J R. TOt'NO IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. btvW a OF TIIR TWO iTATEt TOUI IN PAR tGR tPttt. \\i rkl| W ilt Take \ anas Off—Rranswck*s Board at *] mile’s Rraol nt ton on Vfarttlaie i oiiarrat— Orgaaltallon of Florida West <*•% Mnllwa>-Key West iid Havana Talk Over the Tele llaoite. Two more autsmoUlti have been or d#nd for Thomasv.U#. The*# are owned by John Masury and will nake three of t. eae up to date veniflri in Thocmtsvilie Khisa Sluilenla Home for < lartwima# Mercer University and Wesley Collette at Maooa have cl< B #d tnetr doors and the boys and gir* have gone h me to spt-nd the hoiida\ a wHh their parents Th* *'<- a> uta aid have about tea -lays' vacat on The majority of the Georgia and Flor lia weekly newspapers hav* announce*! that they ar.ll suspend publication Christ mas week In order that editor?, printers and devils m*v all have a holiday This fnrarr quii? a reduction in th* - number of gxcharur*"S to lx> received by the Morn -1.4 News this week. van Josr vcalr Disappearing;. Mr T. Phe.pe, manager of the Til ton Sc Snow fruit farm, near TSfton. In formed the Moultri- Observer that the Sun Jose scat# the disease Which ha* been I .4yirig such favo wrlth the peach tr<-* throughout the state for the past two years 1 disappearing within Itself, an 1 that it la hm belief that when spring come* the dread disease will be thing Cf the past. Will linn! Ilerr on Oesaksw. A party of deer hunt#rs who will leave K .teitboro for Osaahaw Island Christmas morning will conamt of Judge Hrmnneti. 3r Cone, Dr Itog* rs. W H Delaosch. I-awrerv *. AHi - Him llall J *-h /** tte row r. J k Murphy • Dr. M l*-.*n add J (J Blitch He me Deal and a few erher roun ry hunters wrlll go along to kid the deer. Inn UnnMldE f *rp* In llie Field. The Bulloch Herald; Railroad gossip wt* enliven'd yesterday by the arrival In town of another surveying corps. uM to be repietentint Me F T 1-ockhart e fit at-ebons and Register RellT..ad The surveying corps of the Ventral we* In town a! the same time, having beeti en gaged for the past ten day* In running * St tee to Register, and the preaetee of both crow * make* It look like a certainty th.it F'ateahoro <u>l Register are to have a railroad. Itierr*r One to t attoo Kaetoelea. The census figures thow that Polk coun ty ha* the laraest |<er cent, of Increase of any county lu the Beventh dl*trtct. be ing l.t. <"e>lartown hae a population in cluding the la tory districts. of fully i"" Thla very large Increaee I* directly at tribured to the large cn ton and Iron man ufacturing interests. The eaat end of .he county alsu how* the healthy effect of the lo alien of cotton factorlw Book mart's district ten year* ago had a popu lation of t.TVi, and now haa J.l7*. % (.run Ink North Georgia t ill'. The off! lal census return* ehow that Zutlton ha* rained In a greater ratio than • >.> place north of Atlanta. Carterevllle loaf thirly-sl* people, wtdle Dalton gain* j.sgy Odartnwn gain* 11* With a big colon mi! trial latent reasonably aur< 1 and a fine electric light piant It* 1901. Ma;- g (J n will grow a* If by magi' , and will won be giving Rome a haa* Marietta gained I*n The population off Whitfield county 1* aet down at lt.Sfg. Money In Halting t.eornla tty rap. It I* kS thgt there la money in ayrup gttd we have heard of two men. and of court*, thera are many others. who have gotten money out of ayrup this season Jlr B J Pednck. who liven e-t Vtuitman. maile M7O from the sale of gyrup at 35 cent* a gallon from four acre* of land. Mr. Patrick I* another farmer who found raising a umall quan guy of cane profitable. He planted only one aim In cane and worked aid fertil ised R well. From It he made XMk bar rel* of ayrup. He cold all except three barrel* at a clear profit of SM*. The Maritime ('nngrrtt. A special correspondence of the Morn ing Newt The Brunswick. Georgia, Board of Trade passed the resolution or Krhlay. Whereas, Certain person*, either f: an unfriendly motive* or a misconcep tion of the fact*, have undertaken to create the Impression through the pr<>** that the call for the Maritime Congress to assemble at Hrunaaick, On., <M> Jan. •u I*ol. was Instigated by person* Inter ested In certain special lrgdrl.it ion. Therefore, be It Henolved. by the Bruns wick Board of Trade. That wc hereby as sure all person* ooncernel In file impor tant matter of the restoration ami up t.uiMlng of the marl lime Interest* of the United Btate* that free and untram-led discussion of fhe cbjens nf the Maritime congress to assemble at Brunswick. Ga., or, ttie PMh day of January. 11. will be a< orded to each and every delegate, wnotever may be his view* as to how tha d-sired result may be best accomplished; t,at we urge all boards of trade, maritime exchanges, commerotal bodies and those Interested In ahlp-building ami the marl tlrne Interests of the country generally, to send representative* lo the Congress, to the end that It* del literal lon* and ac ti.ais may lie thoroughly Intelligent anil for the highest welfare of the entire country* lie It further ltroDed. Thot the court e of the tires* In giving publicity lo t il* resolution and In isi-ot-mailng gen r .|jy with this board In prome-slng the si <-••• of the Cosigreas wlllgbe greatly FLORIDA. -ptyi cassava factory la now running to It* full capaol'y. grinding oul ten tont per day of compile root and eblpplng ten ton. of starch par week The company wi.l Increase -rhs capacity thla month 100 per cant —Halifax Journal. To l ostrsl Flaeapplo Oatpot. Growers of aheddad plnaapplea or* lo told a meeting In Tampa on Jan. next, •sol Hub an organisation tor controlling the output of all South Florida pineries. Judge M C Rerde.l of Port Tampa. a 04. e of t.e leaders In the movement. May Plant *• Island ( srina Thrra U some talk of planting i-vf sta ple cotton in Lake coun y C'onaalerable of this staple we# grown around Lee*, burg twenty years ago. and proved lo be profitable io nearly if not ail, those n -gwged In lta culture. Giowiaa Chinese \ e*etaklee la Florida. Tile growing of Chinese vegeuvh by a few Putnam oounty farmers appears to he as profitable or more so than the pro duction of the American variety of gar den "seas" Celestial ra bo Age*, turnips, squashes. etc., can be produced to perfec uon and tn unstinted quantities on land that abundant.* abounds in this coun y They are shipped to the Northern mar kets and fetch goci returns —Pa.atka Ad vertiser. Alligator Lake Going Dry. The Hi* lake, or Alhgator lake, ha* oeer. rapidly going dry for tb# past ween and U n- %v dry. with th# exception of u few sink*. It I* thought that the water is running out tnrough Blue tin* The rapid fa...n* of he water wt* first no t* >d Friday. 4rd ry Mot.day trie entir-- lake had about disappeared, leaving 'only a find of gras* and bonnets" uni tn lion# of squirming fish Parties from town went out to the sink and #e< ur*-l huielr* la of ba* spe- Kiel perch an i bream —Lake City itiaen-Reporter. I'lorlda *trlp|M-l <f tier Cattle. A serious condition confronts the cat tle industry of this state. It has rec ently deve.oped 1 sat the remark*bl# d-- mai-d for beef and *la!ry cattle In Cuh has about stripped Florida of her auppi of mow animals esj - 'islly the bei er grtules of them. It seem* that the Island s i-* completely dep|et*-d of •"'Ottle by til? various armies during the long w-or peri od and every range and farm is now *••*- tlr.g ba-~k 1 * stock as fast tt an procure the cattle Many .ire con sum •! as fast as they arrive, white the bett.-r nrM •r.lmi# are pr**-rved for breeding purpose* Fioridn ? ran* nes nav* b*- ti drawn on very heavily to meet this d* mind, atid the result has become very notices be. This Talk %Va Not C Heap. Or.* of the mu- remarkable cases trie I In the Or uit Court at Jacksonville In years was for defamation of character in tthl>'fl n well known lady of that city w * •lefendant. The plaintiff. I*Mward J Mur phy, < hargvl Mrs le>iKra Ja ke.si, tb. Willow of the late Thomas Jackson, wifn referring to him as robbing her. ani he mslderetl |s.fof ne *a-trv to repair th* d-tniages such alleged statement# had in fflcte*! The Jury returned h verdlet for ih# palntlff In the sum of lion. The fud sentence a.b'gM to have been utter# I against the plaintiff Y>nelsted of Just ten word#, and the Jury figured It out at D“ a word. Havana and Key Meat bv Telephon*- lar! Sunday morning rather an hlstorl oal event in electrl<*l progress occurred it the Tel**phone Exchange In this dty.— the demonstration of the fact th.it It Is possible 10 connect exchange* by cable with the kmg-dlatance s\stotn. Opera* w Atkins adjusted the wire and call***! up Havana. For long time there was no sound, except the roar that we sometimes hear at night, re used by the electric light ~urrent. Mr Atkins kept talking, an*! finally came back the words clear and distinct: “I don't understand you." Thl# was enough to demonstrate th# fact that with a proper telephone cable rommunl ration can be had with foreign countries tnd conversatlon carried on over the wires —Key West Inter-Ocean. A\ lat <#•• Railway Company Or gsslierf. Quitmar. Ga . I)*' 22 —The other day at Greenville. Fla . the Southern terminus of the South Georgia B ii.ro.id. there was or ganised ihe West Coast Railway Com sany. This propose*! road will be a con tinuance or the South Georgia and will run from Greenville to Perry and them*** down the coast to Tsmi# developing a heretofore undeveloped country. Ther** were present at the meeting Capt. H G. Turner. Judge J O Morton. V. J. Spain. # Quitman. Judge T J Faulkner ot Perry and E. J. Ha yea of Greenville Mr. J W Ogesby wa elected president. It ( * Mc- Intosh. vice president. ami T. Tlim.in. secretary and treasurer. The r<ad was capitalized at Ktt.<X*>. 10 per of which was paid In at this OsrrtHsg. Th* omoi will built at one# n<! in op**ratlon in a f*-w month*. The work on Ihe Green ville extension of the South Georgia I** progressing rapidly. Gr ultng and treat Mug Inside the corporate limits of Qultnian are a done extensively, this being rendered re< e-..r\ by the nverh* 1 i crosr- Ug of the Savannah. Florida and West ern Ralls for immediate laying have been shipped. Evidences of progress are to be seen on every hand in Quitman. Jwnaasrhek *• Kri With the Mouse. A trifling Incident which occurred in Washington some years ago Illustrates her determination of character and Mme Janau< hek ** minute sense of Justice, *a>- the Btar Hhe was staying at a hotel who*.* management whs noted for !t --*madu*. Bhe chanced to break a wash bowl, and when her bill cam** found that she was charged with in entire toilet set “I only broke wash bowl,** she said to the manager. “But It was a portion of the set," woe the answer Hhe made no protest Present ly the occupants of rooms looking on an' Inner court were startled by a crash. It as* followed by another. The manager rushed to room, from whose windows china ware was being thrown. “What’s alt this about?” he asked. “It Is my toilet set." she answered, s* she poised the last piece on the window all!. “I purchased It; and I am disposing of it according to my own lde.*.“ % Trifle Mimed. As old Deacon Dtngsley was nearing his residence on John R street yesterday for his noontide luncheon, says the Detroit Free Prr**. an automobile rushed past and n- he entered bis from doorway h*- Inquired of his wife “Did you see that auto—ftUtO New Orb ms Just now?** “No.” she repked, laughing hysterically. “1 did not see any autO-New Orleans, but I did see an auttnoblle go by." “Well, now." said he. “I’d dke to know what you’re laughing at I knew them pesky things were named after one of our Southern rttle*. and New Orleans Isn’t such a great distance from Mobile, so 1 wasn’t far out of the way anyhow “ Then they sat down In silence and munched the mlddn> mewl from bean con somme to coffee and confections. —Papt. Jasper Ewing Brady, known a* a writer of short stories am! as the press censor at Tam;*a. Fla . during the ish War. Iu Just been elected lieuten ant colonel of the Twenty-th4rd Regiment. N T. N- G-. of Brooklyn. He la a brother of Hsv C. T. Brady, the Philadelphia au thor and for mar Archdeacon. EAT-WELL CHRISTMAS AND BE HAPPY. THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1000. MANY MILITARY MATTERS. THAT WILL DTfSmsar % URGE Nl MHI.H OF HI.SIII HS. ( nmamlraiiMi From Hawaii and Other Far OR V*lae<-#—Nathan Bnle nnd Hw On* Is I mpared The l anletn Quesfln rn-le*l I | •llshop Ireland's %le**s tn Kegnrd to It—Other *H|erta 1 hat Are tn tk* I'nhlle Hind ftllsc-nssed. I*!ne Chest \ ilia Miaand. FTa.. rw fL —I am constantly reminded r*f the wide • ire.* 1 circuiatlcm of the Morning News and the careful and critical manner in which its oonpwit* are read. I setters come to me not only from Maine to California, but frean th# four quarters of the glode. some asking tor additional informa*ixi on an Cen tn my legters. or as Is fre quently tbs caae. giving me new points Horne of tne Inquirers fall to #n* lose a stamp for rej.ly. or close their letters with “thanking you in advance for any Infor mation furnished. I am.” e?< For exam ple. a lady In a pr lament North Georgia rurally wro*# nv- on monogram paper, etc . asking nformati *n about her gran*i fartier's service In the army, as sh#- wish ed to loin the Daughters of the Kevolu tin No stamp, no thanks for the ten hours‘ research, I was to make of oio war record*. Later on, as another exam pi*, came a letter from a j*>r old sol <?irr In South .-k tat question, T it stamp and thanks wets in closed I am l**d to these reflections by w let ter Just received from the fi.mdwleh Isl and* Keal*-rs of the Morning News wd remember :hat I corre* t**d th* statements ma le on the d?ith of Adjt. Gen John M K* II and Jerry Lynch of Atlanta, that they were the !**• survivor* of the Ai 1 hama ©ffle* r* nnd crew, and e*pr##se| t .*.e opinion that h surviving oftW*er wa Still alive In Halifax N J* The follow ing fet rr sustain* my statement: "In onf* if your very interesting letter* *0 the Morning News, written just after the d*wth of that brave man and honor* We ofb * r for I knew Kell 1 see \ >u refer to ihe ;♦***♦ of the ‘Alabama.’ One man. to my knowl#*lge. of fh.it noi|e rri<-| of true heroe** etill lives, ■■■■ ■■■• a Georgi *n. at No. *7 ■ - 1 street. II * - If.ix. N fi In defending the fair n.un of the 'Alabama' from the falsehood* of an Imposter jo--ir>g through here. I had cause to write Kell, and he refTrc*| me *o —-—. Pardon the liberty I hove t.iken but your letter* so interest me, especially those in regard to tne Houth. I cannot help it In lAAT I thought I woe right nrw I know' I sic" Thl* rom*** to from MaJ Rob ert P Myom. Ist* suntan (’. 8 A . In tho Army of Northern Virginia, and la •latM at Maw* !- In Honolulu. H T.. r>**r. 6. I hav# *ufq>r*‘***<l th* mmo of tha officer referred to by him. a* ho says: "Mr.— haa not authorised m to mention hts namr. ao I wouM prrf*r you not to mention It In print without him “ I am irlr* 1 that Mai. Myers haa so kirvlly confirm***! mv pre vious statement. aa thsa* article* nr* writ ten simply In lh intrri'M of “Hl*torv.“ not the ao-i’alUvl “Truth of Hlatory.** for there la no such thing Nothing la his tory that la not truth. The sufK*rintcn l ent of |nih|ir aehCbOla In Jacksonville write-* a tout “refining hia Interrogative fact*.’’ Now aucii a thing la utterly impoMl!e— a fact la a fact. and anrw>*. imhW any circumatan e h# refute*! Bo hl.torjr •tan.la Immutable and unchangeable Pre tended hlatory may he aet a*l<to by * te •xposur* of tvc* falae character. I try very hard to get at the fad* In all ca*>*s. Imnartlally. ard am alwava 51.i.l to he correct**,l when wrong or Inrlorael when right. • ••••••• T waa gla*t to aee the ad*lr* e of Ae alatant Paymaster C. l*uden Joti**". C 8 N . befiare !l ir;ow f'amp, B*ma of confed erate Veter.ma. In the M.*rnlmr N**w For the iat thirty y**ara I ha\e a*lvo .ated the ga:hertn tip of per-nnal itar* ratlvea from army an<l navy offl.*r an*l auhonllnate*. that future historian** may have ahun lairt ma’erlal to wr-rk on In pre|aring etamlar*! hlatorlee Lieut. J*'na. al*te from hla own naval experience. rnmr from an ilinwtrtoua family of army ari'l navy heroe an*l la wHI-fltte<| to give out much valuable hlatorlcal m.tter, n* t only In r*-garil to the t'lvll War. but of the oli regular army. In which hla hon ored father ao long held an Import ant position pergonal narrative* from reii.ible aourcee are quite a valuable a-* ofllclai records, for I have dlw'overtd. to my sorrow that many generala. In loth armies of the nvll War. hayo left on re -- ord oftlciHl reiwt* ftill of error* ome f them of a most glaring nature on th‘a account the future historian must le gu *l - largely by ter*o?il narrative*, aurh a* Lieut Jones gave, and these lo b*- teat*! bv official records and other narrative* of •ante events . •#•••• Bom. t.ms ago I rcfcrrcl to Nathan llal* of Colonial <*>*. a* appcumhltM ~a r cr the grand t>pc of Bam Mavis, of li,a Confederate cause, than any spy l ancient modern times- The fact that Mr Clyde Fitch ha* made Nathan Hale tile central t.gur* In hi* Revolutionary Play, atsl hat ih* public arc giving the A .-.ifil.il and sympathetic greeting ought. II seems to me. to Inspire i-aii' talented Southern writer lo m.k<- B.lm ■i, .if, the central Hgure In similar |Hay f.-unded ut*m that ><•> hi ro s <hrHHiK career Nathan Hale, even a, Ih.s Mte ,u 4 y 1* Ih* ng honor..! In many ways, and mis' ahow* that my previous article on -The Pl.uus of a Spy" was well gr.wiisi cl A spy. in the proper sense. I* simply an agent of his governmenl or his com mander. aid I* sm.|>*ed to do his bh ,,ltlg Nathan Hale represented Gen Washington, and H .m Mavis retwesented hi* superior Confederate commaiwler. and both met death with a sublime courage. , nm gU.I It h < ,h * t.ttmon> I ,he %\. *1 tvtm Mtlir> A. ...lemy , *• ns fur •- given, susi.ins my . -.1.n u.ut husiuK • tnsiltutkm l. nv,-. humorous thnr. hurtfu ." ulttmuxh It ouxn not to be prnctl One wßtl.es W* ■< was u*-l to ' take .town >m- Me t met- - wits, who came tn with "too high n tuwis *’ Tht* confirms <'on*re*sm.n Ber tr.m nrtc*i'. stntement the beinx t gra.ltinte of the ocnJemyt. that all cw tele rich amt poor, hlxh nisi low. were nrh, tra'rlly t>t*<e.l un.ter the s.n>. rules anl regulation*. Some people scornfully it lutle to 'Vest I’olnt * an nrlsue rstlc itj sttliHton. How nuiny of this ola** ha Orntrsia sent there? Her outlet* hav come from all ciasee* amt conditions an I even the negro cadet. Henry O Flipper of Atlanta, graduated without hiving ant troubles .luring hi* four year*. The re cent death of my good old friend "Toole Billy Forsyth, fhe well known Atlnni t blacksmith, whose blue shirt rolled up to hi* elbows, and grimy face and arm* were a familiar sight on the streets, sent n seat to West Point, who I* now one of rhe Wmdeomest am! most accomplish-1 officer* tn the regular army. ('apt. Will iam W. Forsyth. West Point graduates no aristocrats. c • * • • * * els It Is gratifying to see in the Morning News refutation of aiatements that there h. a feeling of "sectional animos ity" in the work of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Color was given to thla unfounded opinion by' the thoughtless remarks of ITealdent K. O. Weed. In her talk to the Daughters at the Montgomety Ala . convention, when the said "The term national ta obnoxious to lit." I cannot aee why this should be the case, for the organisation haa gone into the Northern and Western states and hns Its chapters there If It Is not national then thla term ehoukt not be applied to any organist.- tton that cover*. In whole or In part, the entire country. Brave Confederate sol diers hate fallen to battle during the past few years under a no tier, a flag, and Oer Joe Wi lier amt Gen Fits are proud to serve under its folds. Th# Daughters of the <'orifederacy is a gram! organisa tion and arrles on a noble work, but It need 1 -t tear that the term “national" wjl. render It hoc. or at * or lta mis •lon o' ...vf and pwirlotlam ary the |e wmtuL • •••••• The hange of the Guards Hattalter, frrwi i’g t tnfar ry to heavy artillery Is a step m the right direction, and one that Char.’ * *n. Mob.j** New Orleans ami oth er citle* might copy after The government should utilise this hattaUon f r the forts ard batteries anmmd lavak ti .h. ar.d thus le?*en the ill? of the regu- Li army artillery branch F'urtnirmurt th? mptnin of the tuttahon should be all wed trill tad praotlea at tfe* forts and >atterie- arvl for every day’s genetic# they *v.uld le b> the war depart ment at Waabingtoik Thus, under the su pervl- f*n of * *x>mpH“hed regular army officer *. a mo*t efficient ami reliable for e could be put In condition to rsfpol at a m*men* s notice lo any emerge my call for defenders of Georgia * nrmet Cities The Guards Ha’tailon has a long and brilliant rc'ord for effective service a* Infantry, ami yet It may win added laurels as artillery. • •#•••#* So much has h*en mM ah<MM ih hru• tality of I'nion mwl oftl <t ** rturtn* :h* Civil \Vr. i|jat tt In r-- frpbio* m<tw.(l to r—'l a rrc-ful trlbote to dm tirt-rnot r, tl V., of Mr. On M-nry I>. CUyton book, ac .’*>llll*ll.l*-1 by a picture of that o®dr. This nol*.<t cavalry romminder ma l a rv*. 1 through ilnyton. Ala., nrar tha -’loi*. the Mr. mi I fhi* l what Mr. Clay ton (>t* of M* very kind m-atmmt of h* r f.imrly and horn*- ’’W- wr* all .i.||rtii"iil l *.xictln .very moment to - .'*. the Pltcmv corn, tn alitht About n.at thr ilKlrram bav.m—ta arr** dl*- n rnrd tn th*. dl c—imr. Wr watchad with f*wr amt !r.-mMtiv until thr whol*- tofn ni.it.d lui-l f* -*•<* th- rood which turnwl t. tvard* our hpnw. ar.d not the f- r - °f mir Yank**, did me ee Th*- reason they nt* by vm explained to me after n rd i’ol Whltr.eM Clark. <ai of out I.rti .1* Who liapp) nr.l to t>e at home, with aevoral ot cr.-. went out aome mile* with a Hi*, of truce to meet lien ti - and informed him of my unprotected sit aatlon saying thnt ka fewred for me. I twlrig the wife of a Confederate general. aom‘ Indignity >n the part of the Inion -oi lier*. Gan Orienson. a true gentle man. as he wa*. immediately order*d guard stationed at en n tx.id leading to our h**me. hereby leaving u* unmolested. My huntnnd always denlred to tluink tni* lg-heart*J general for the great kindnes* shown hi* family in this trying hour, and at one time, on hi* way <0 California, h" stopped over In the town where he under stood <#*•. Grierson lived, to thank him In iwrson, hut tva* dlsappotntad, a* he le.irne*! that the general wan then absent from home I shall always cherish th kliidewf feeling* for Gen Grierson, and pr y that Ood will bless bis family.” • ••••••• Archbishop Ireland's defen# of the army canteen Is a strong point In Its favor. No man 1* a truer American than he. and no m.in is more In earnest In i#favor of good morals, temperance and law an<l order. By Protestant and Cath *'.•' i * ? - long !•* en h>nc.red for hta Americanism and his lofty public spirit Th“ qu*Mlon simply resolves itself Into thl* proposition- Shall turn h* soldlars uutsUle tb#* to I** fleeced b> sutler? or bark**eper> when too drunk to prole**t themselves, or shall they b** al l*wcl to have beer Inside the garrison, under proper restraint, and. also, through th*ir ompony. share in the profit* *f the canteen? Not a single parson, so far a* 1 hav** seen, has prdlfi*d his or her or their demand to have canteens abollsh e*| by suggesting that It be put under bet ter control. Nor have they suggested any more desirable pirn It I* a surprising fact that they simply ask that the sol diers be turned toose at the mercy of th# counties* low groggertes that generally locate near all army posts or camps. N#w. somebody will come back at me an*! s*\ that soldiers should not be al low ed to go to these places Ah’ me; that’s a weak argument Take Atlanta, for examp.o. with all her police force, when tro*u*# w*r* at McPherson Barracks arm*d guards had to be pla-*d on street car** going in that direction to protect P*- ngers from drunken soldiers going fr.im Atlanta saloons out to the barracks. And yet Atlanta minister* pass reso.u tiocis to atolish the canteen, theonly safe remedy for this evil. But a stronger caae is that of famous “Benny Haven’s O . of West point. When he was banished from the ground* of th# academy for sell ing f-ontrunand whisky to cadets, on the sly. did It stop the evil? Not at all; and g< Dial old Benny died at year* of ag*-. honored by hundred? of cAdets In and out of th* academy. Lieu* Farrow dedicgi*-? hi* "W*x Point'* to Benny, and "West Point Tlc-Tac*,” an elegant fiv# dollar b<Hj>k. contains “A Requiem" on Benny llavetl’s O. wide by side with an "In Me tnoriam" of Prof Albert E. Church. Hun dred* of cadets falkd at West Point be (use they were too frequently visitors to Benny'** “blind tiger." No amount of rigid di-'lpline could keep them away from that prohibited, but not prohibition, resort. Sidney Herbert. i nnlil hM%r Ilia (| unrifr. There wan a trifling Are In a Went Bide mreet the other day which canned a good deal of excitement and Incidentally gave a f.*t man a New York Mall and Exprtn. Tha fire ■laricd In the fkartment* where the man and hi* mother lived. The mm ntarted about the time the Are did and got down four flight* of ataira to the street before hi* mother knew what was up. When sin discovered the Are she promptly fainted. Mtanwhile the fat man a?ood on the street yelling "Have my mother! Save my mother!" A messenger boy. who wna passing, stopped, saw the smoke, ran up the stair?, aroused th* woman and brought her out In safety. The neighbor* cheered and the fat man looked uncomfortable 4 H • r • -a quarter for y>*u.“ The boy’s face expressed his disgust. “Aw. save It,” be said, “and buy your self some nerve food.*' The crowd laughed, the fat man blush id and th*- boy went whistling down the street. He didn’t know that he had been a hero, and the fat man felt hlmoelf a coward. The Humor of Mateamen. “What do you think ! saw- when I was t-oming up In the car thi# morning?“ ask ed Senator Wolcott of Benaior Isodge. so>s the New York World’s Washington letter. “I don't kf*w— whatT* Inquired the M'holar from 'Massachusetts, injrlously “Everything 1 .ookud at.’* chuckled Sen ator Wolcott. Senator ix)dgo silently dove into ht* veet ftorket and handed the Colorado man a cigar. “1 had a queer dream last night." Sen ator Pettigrew toid Senator Elkins. “What?*’ naked Elkina. “I thought 1 fell off the top of Hi*' Washington monument ’" “Well, you did. on election day. didn’t you?" a-ked Befmtor Hanna, who strolling by. Candy Esculetts Carts PILES or Money Reluadcd. WHY SUFFER? told under guarantee at toUotrtng stores: Row.inski s. Jonea'. Jdaaonlc Temple. Kntgnt's, W F. Bed's. Marlows Cteve* land's. I'ann-liy's. and W A Plgmart '* Savannah. Ga. Ml I ■ I'M AN BRO*,. savannah On. and W. F. lUUD. Bawnnah. On.. Diotnb-itorw SCIENCE'S GREAT CENTURY. THE FIN O % HUNT %I* PHINCTPIA:* %nr. NOU ALL DimiVEßl*. Aa latewtess Milk the Great Evola lloalat Haeckel-He Believe* That •nme Time Life Ulll Be irtlllcial |> Prad aerd— The %llmen %tle eale W hirh Lira at the Founda tion of Organic Life Has Thu* Fur Balked virnrr-la i hemlatry He l.oak* tor the t.reatest I'rtnire**. Cheat leal science May One imy Find a Slagle Nahataace aa the Baal* of %11 Matter. (An authorised interview by Hay fitan t.ard Baker.) Copyright, lhd by R R Baker Prof Brest Haeckel of the University of Jena. In Germany, is perhar* the m at distinguished living evolutionist. An aa- , so'iate and ©o-worker with I>.rwln. Hux ley and Bpikcsr. he has Uved to sec th* theory of evolution heumt a generally accepted scientific law the world o\er lie ha# don# in Continental Europe. In Building up the gr#a! fabric of concrete proof for Darwin * theory, what Huxley did In England. His published works nw reach the proportions of a small library, his "Natural History of Creation " hav ing been translated into no fewer than twelve language*. In a recent interview with Prof Haeck el at his home In Jena, I questioned him regarding the future devrlopnwfit of the human race, physical an l Intellectual; th* tendeney of the race, whether progressiv or retrogressive; the chief Influence* w rk lng upon modern life, and the probe ln trend of progrwu* in sc lent Hi r-• r'c. The ap|*ended notes of the Interview- ha*** been carefully reviewed and revised by him. and therefore, may stand a* an au thoritative expression of hi view** Fir?-* a to the next stage# in the development of mankind. More Brain. Ferrer Teeth and Toe# for the t'oailng Iln. “It will be mostly mental the evolution of a better and fin* r brain." said I‘rol. Haeckel. “When man's brain iegan to develop rap4!l> there was no further nel lor great changes in his bud% And yet sum? physe al changes are sti.l going on Man w ill pr* M ly lo?* some of Ms t#*-h. there b< ing not the use for th**m that there was, nn l) there ar** signs hut the Iltti# to*s will also die*p|ear, leaving ns* # four-toed animal. But these chime** are of smut! Mgniricance comiiarpd w:ih otir mental development.*’ There are. however, as Prof Haeckel i points out. tremerslous Influences t work j in developing mankind * vast ami fas- 1 j nattng ffe.d of study* Man being a pro duct of natural evolution and development, his institutions muit necessarily be a like product and the application, of the theory to political and social economy, statecraft and education are moet hopeful fl**.*ie of work for future thinkers “Life was never more comp**x thn it k* to-drty,“ sakl Prof. Haeckel, “an I there Is no prophesying th** exact liii*s of future development. Man o pr****-it *-ems to be developing or retrograding in masse*— by nations, and yet under very different Influences. Here in Germane the tendency le ail toward the centralist* Hon of power in the government, the re moval of Individual responsibility nrd the working together of large ma**?-* of m*n as one man. In America the tendency has been different; tnere the Individ m. is de veloped. he has great powers and re sponsibilities—the man Is the unit. Wno shall say bow these great influences will work out?** At another time Prof Hae k 4 spoke of the besutiful and accurate pictures of animals and plant* now obtainable whero thirty years ago there were almost none, a* an Instance of one of the lesser an l >et Important infltiences of m*a|ern life. Pictures convey id*>* swiftly and accu rately. therefore the%* nerve, as anew and powerful faotor m education.scientific (*lucaliot in particular A man rnoy be come comparatively famidar with the an imal forms of fhe world hi a short time, through the perfect pictures now obtain able. whereas a few years ago it would have taken a lifetime Influence of Military and Medical Then there are other Influence* to wbi* h Prof Haeckel I M * often called attention In Europe there is the influence of what he cmlls military Retortion, alt th* voting men eing taken hi a certain og re moves! from r*rvvHi-'|.; C,r * • put through exactly similar training for one or two year* In America th re t* no such Influence How such training or \h k of it will develop the race 1* < qustion to which the future must furnUh <!#* lutlon Haeckel also apeak* of mdi at select km as ou* of the powerful nuxbrn irfluences Me-licsl science h* m*ii groat strides in the past fgw vears. it saves many live* that otherwise would have teen |on. and frequently it keep* people with dangerous disease* alive for years This must not only tend to bre. and m sickly race, but It swell* the population largely, the crowding bringing with It new oi.| difficult prob lems. The earth Is now almost wholly Inhabit ed. there are no longer %ny new p|ac. * for Immigration, and the development ,f virgin land. This mean* the elimination of that potent Influenza, which ha* had so great a share in the progress of the PUZZLED PHYSICIANS. The Most Competent Practitioner is Unable to Cure Chronic Diseases. A great many of my patients have I).'CO treated by some of the moat prominent physician*, mat nti e time- out of ten 1 !iml th.it such cases are misunderstood uml the treatm nt entirely misdirected This |* not strange when It I* remem hvrtsl that chronic dis.wses are often very complicated, and It require* years of , onsißfit study m.d research to acuulre *he knowlclg. necessary to treat them a knoarlodged lo l>e the age of V niand far rhe last in . .ery profession. T and. fl’ ’■‘“l' I ally t* this true of the s. lence of ,1 meiii dne. and so broad I* Its scope that V no one man can master all of Its M l( brancties. The general practitioner find* Dr t ;f/ entire time Is taken up In the i p ' c l '. , tr.-.itm- or of u.mte Diners. *. so ttr.it when rjHb-V k lie l- ‘ailed Up n to treat chrome dl*eae* w~ " know ledge of them I* so limited that of,, ' n l ,u a i Mi as to how to treat M > ■ ! ,^r •Willy In treating di-eases afiK.: , € years of m. V study, during which time I have „ ,■ TV-r s ' '!■ v, ‘ ' ! ny*lf exclurlvely to my special \ yUi •> 1 have treated more cases of chronto W “ J 1 dl*< as.-* than any other physician In the ' x United Btates My wale experience has r>_ TTi♦ 11 n -i i* * H ''" “ Perfect koowlc.igi- of every itr. namawiv. f .. rm „ hrM , P an<t mv cent record of cure* prove* my ahlllty. I i,., w . „mli.*l my spcialty to the treat m< hi of Ud*s OF MANLY VIGOR. STKDTUIu;. VARICOCELE. BMOoD AND HhllN DIdBASES. KIDNEY AND BLADDER COMPLAINTS. FEMALE WEAKNESS, yrr.' . ETC. and anyone afflicted with any of the above is given a cord al invitation to (nvee tlgate my original, successful methods of t . atm. nt Each case I* given mv fu. attention amt close study la made of It* every .letall TrS my specially prepared to meet every require nu m ,a NO CHARGE FOIt <’< i.N’Bl ’LTATION I invite every one to consult me fully for w hich I make no charge Tho— who cannot see me personally should write me a description of thelr caT- .nd“ m r.m myjwaa piste symptom blank*, which axplaUt my perfect >„em of J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M. 0„ • iDr. Hathaway A Os.) OFTICB HOT’IUI: t to 13 Bi , 3 to Al 25 A BRYAN ciTnrt** ....... W. >.... wI-:.! <*irtn* th lax? ?•- hundred yearw Th.- onte>< nuul no rhmn**- inxl.-xd of (Ux ovrniur —ni eetxlln* new rontJneote ai ihrln*: mvi|H d%’Ui**sl m*n mut *>• to • trrrlMe new mru** 1 * eaixtfibetween the older nation*, for InM-iwe. In coot mere* end tr*.le trl!T*, i*t*i. r*.- .f influence and en on; end the ,:n*;<.*t. n>o-t ea.fly xdapteble. moet fe gour-ilul, most favored nation* will win. I-. ... .;.>ke of the lemwrkxbl , f tho Latin n*<e durin* the |M*t f*w deuilt* a rtrtkln* In ner o of thl* n*-w Mruarle— especially the r<’!r.*tr’-.ton of <si|)werfo. Kiwln.* He also rsllnl attention to the sudden life ward prorpt>* of Jaiwn. It Is. ** ever, the struxal l ' be’ween the spetea for ex- Uleti e and Uo sharfs-r the etruaale within certain limit* the greater th* de velopment of the etrr.n*. I a.lt*.l I'mf llaeok' i what In hi* opin ion were Ihr next greet avenue* of devel opment In scientific research. the Ylueteenth t entnry the fields* Ileal' of Science. ' I believe." he east, "that the nine teenth century her been the golden era of vaence -that there will never again he so man\ ‘11? tiverles of i*rofoufid Importance e i? of th** opinion that there are r.o more grwit unlvetwal generaiixation* IO l>e made, like the iaw* of ihe .-txaer va'uxi of ei.ergv. the attract loft of gravi t >ti snd th# theory *f natural ex-olt*- tiot ID thinks ihe work of fuitwe scien tist • w:lt ical largely with the afg>llcallon of ihe great principles snd generailxatloos life liy well known. By Ihia he tloes not mean *h.t* wonderful new' scientific dis. • *ver|es si 1 ridt be mode, but that they will not bnvc th* profound importance of these funri.imen’al law? “I look for th greatest future develop ment iti the ftrieftcc of chemistry.” he -a. i lie spoke of the attempts now be lli-' made to show that the seventy or m *re m> all**! elementary substance# m n reality i.e only the forms of a few m.rc elementary - tbstances. mentioning trio )*i- i.Nation that science would one day fir and that there was really only on# -fii:*-# nt th** has# of all things—oia* •lenient of which the so-called seventy • el* -tv nt ir*- mereiy forms of different u*mb> ituwi of atoms. 1 he *n\*rsatlon a to the outlook In ehemi*tr>' lrifted naturally to that tub )♦•* t which ht so often presented Itself to the Imaginative s.-ienflst, that of th** ih’.ll'y of men to produce a living sub stance by artificial processes, Jn other ' * m make life. Haeckel believes flrml'. that #ome day this wrlll be done ttiat It Is n* at all beyond the rang* of scifrtce strange and Improbable as It may >eem We hai leen sifting sf the oien s 11 lows * f llat ckel's study The profes ? r p- it t and outside to th*> beautiful green ffiitage of the gard> n lan Life Be PriMlnred %rtmHnlly. "It is only what those plants are doing nil the time." he said, “taking s* many j*.irts of 4wrlon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxy g* n and so on and combining them into th** album-nous sub stance which we mil protoplasm, th** living subMance. Bclsftce •an mbln* these elemetrts Just as rw ture does, the proportions being exactly known, but not yet to produce life The albumen molecule 1s very complicated Selene# does not know yet Just how the various atom* of carbon, oxygen and *0 I on. which cum|M*e It are united and all Hllvimen mol*culs ah m*h mat) mahom attempts to solve th** problem of the al bumeti molecule, what It really Is. and i w the elements are Joined with It have !*•. n s* far without avail But I believe firmly that this gt**at question will s-*m*- <1 V tH* solve*! If it Is. then the artificial I of life will be a possibility.” MIKIIVfc ISTKLLIUEftCE. Matters of Interest to Shipping Men Generally. The steamship Chattahoochee. Capt. Lewis, returned to Bavannah yesterday, after a long absence at New York, whers she received new engines and boilera, and Is what seamen would call anew sh<p Bhe left New York Thursday, at 12:40 o clo, k. ar.d arrived In Savannah late yes terday. making the trip down In &t*>ut fifty-two hour*. This test was understood to be thoroughly satisfactory, and prom- Ises for the Chattahoochee a record in qul< k pa*ag*‘* on this run. Bhe will be on th- Loston run after the present voy age to N*w Yrk. Bhe takes a solid car go of .•■* tales of cotton there, leaving to-morrow. An Important new* vessel which will be added to the American merchant marine this vear is the new four masted steel ship Astral, which was lately launched from th Bewail shipyard, Bath. Me., for th*- Standard CHI Company. A duplicate of this vessel Is n*wr on the *to*ks and Tha* Astral will Is* used In the oil-carry ing tra'k- and also for general cargo She will sail wilii oil to the Far Fast, from Philadelphia, and will return with hemp and sugar. The craft is miich the same in six**, design and equipment as the ship Kdward Bewail, constructed ly the 8e wall Itrm. The dimensions of the Astral are as fob lows: Length, ££ feet; team, 45.3; depth. -• feet; gn**s tonnage. 4,2Mb.47. and net tonnage. 3 <■>. The Astral is built to ttar ry l.'*o*n gallons of oil, which is con vejrwd in casea containing ten gallons each. In making this mammoth craft. 325.<W rivets and u>ns of steel have lie, n used. It Is asserted recently that barges were beginning to lose their grasp on the coast wise coal trade and that schooners wo ald again become the important factor *h**y once were In this business. Last week’s figure# show that aa far a# this por , concerned barges are still well u, lead. Thirty-nine of them arrived and thlrtyneven cleared, while tha num ber of schooners to reach port was tin n snd th# number to clear twenty-on< It has been stated wi:h the view *• showing that the schooner* wer# to gain their k>*t laurels In the cc*va M trade that many fore-and-aft craft a )>eing built. Tills statement, however ► lieen offset by the record* showing 1 v nearly all these new schooner* hav# t . u sent on foreign voyage*. Many school long built hue been going to foreign p recently niiff Custom Hons? r show that more enrollments to acho*> era entitling the vessels to go to for. . ports, were Issued during th# past tru - or ao IfeMfl ‘\**r iMfIMM for a BUI at ? rlod.—Philadelphia ledger. V'asaeniers by Steamships. Passengers by uteamshtp Nieoo’S* New York, for Bavannah. Dec. & Black. H fiherwcod. D. Isoenthal. Mi # ('ran*. Mis# M. D. Reed. P. Raver.' 1 and wife. W. J. I/Engl#, Miss I Ilir L Artist. L L. Mach all. Mrs. W. B T Witt. Master H. L Anderson. V. M. \l - ers. Miss L McAnderaon. Miss Ei. \\ . >•- mouth. G. H. Briggs. W. C. <k>okin Masey, Mrs and son, A. K Ui • ton. Jr P D. rttafford. Mr*. B. DeWl. , Miss V. Haillgan. D. C. Allen. H. Pom eroy. J J Waring. .T. W. Do.ir. J p Hamilton. Mis# C. J. Webt, Miss Ro-i --danse. Mia* P Burbank. F. E. fin*!!, ] B Hart. It. V. McCarroll and wife, i Early. 11. 8 Howell. Mlnni# E. P Bur. Mrs. Gonsalas. Mrs M Glenn, Patbl K |#r, W. T fiioatman. V. Topola. W. Gi crlat. J. W. Kalataeh, J. F. Rooney, id. Fisher and wife. A. Castillo, F. Macs©. Passengers by steamship City of Au gusta. for New York, yesterday—9 i Goodwin. J H. Kennedy. Mias Maud Williams. C. D Mixe. T. B. Williams C. Koons. i-w G. Me Knight, E 8 H-- ton. Miss Q A Hill. H. B. Hunter II Lary. dementi Garita, C. K. Bu n ham. passenger* arrived last night from B*i timnre on steamship Texas—P. P. Maha , Mrs Van Taaaell. Pat Murphy, M Hugll. R. 8 Btewrart. F. Hall. Mr V 11 Tassell. J. Burnes. Mr. Bugll. G. L Gain bull. J. 8. Wilson. P. Lynch. A. N. Bu* dla kavwwnah Alwassr. Bun rises at 7.00 a. m and set* at Lo', p m. High water at Tybee pvday si *: a. m and *.4* i>- m. High water at Savan nah one hour later. Phases of the Moon for December. Standard time—fOth ro#r ‘ I). H M. Full moon 6 4 M more. Last quarter il 4 42 eve New moon 21 6 1 ev* First quarter ff 7 Gave Moon perigee. Id and 10th. Moon apo gee, llth. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. Vessels Arrived Yeiterdar. Pterimshfp Nacoochee. Bmlth, New -Ocean Bt**amshl| Company. Steamship Chattahoochee. Uwli, New York—Ocean Rt'aahlp Company. Steamship Florida. Alien. Balltmoro-J. J. Carolan. agent. Ste.imehlp Haf Kyree (Nor), Folsen, Phil id* lphia —W. W. Wilson. Steamship Lynalder (Br), Waring. N#or York-A F Churchill. Brig Admiral Tromp (Dutch). Da Oroot. Black river. Ja.—Master. • Schooner Thomas F. Pollard, Jarman, quarantine—Master. Vessels V 4 ent to Sra^, Steamship City of Augusta. Daggett, New York Steamship Chatham. Faster. BaHlmor Steamship Juno (Non. Hummel!. Bre men, Reval and Stettin. Bark Rr/ma (Ger) I>ree*. Rotterdam liark Kampfjord (Nor) Buetu* Ayres. 8* h*oner C. C. Wehrum. Cavalier. Phila delphia. S**hooner TUanche Hopkins, Harvey, Philadelphia Schooner Montana. Booye. Havana. AhlpplOM Memoranda. Liverpool. !>#*•. 22 —'Arrived, steamer 8t guentln. Savannah. Key West. Fla . Dec. 22—The British steamer Mount Oswald, already report# 1 ashore at Careyafoot Reef, has bilged and will likely he n total wreck. Jacksonville Fla.. Dec. 22.-Arrived. * hr Robert? and Russel (Bn. Russell, Hop** owm. B. W. I <*hr Fannie L Clilld-, Fuller. Bath. M. Cleared, steamer Roanoke. Joy. Philadel phia. Fernandlna. Fla . Dec. 22.-Cleared, aenr Fred A Small. Thompson New York Sallee! f*'hr Julia A Truby. Miller. New Haven. Conn. Charleston. S C.. Dec. 22.—Arrived, steamer Seminole. Bears#. Jackaonvllb and proceeded for Boston arnl New York Baltimore. I>ec. 22 - S.illed. ateamer D. II Miller. Savannah. Manchester. lNc. 21— Sailed, steam r Tresco. Savannah. Pensacola. Fla . Dec. 21—Claarfd. steamship# Ruth (Nor). Hellessen. Gibral tar and Genoa. Aqull (Nor). Andersen Falmouth; tug K*ho, Rowe, with tw * Itargoa for Vera Crux, via Sabine Pass. Kolirp tai ' Mariners. Pilot chart* and all hydrographic Infor mation will !>• furnished masters of ves eels free of charge in Inltc! States hv drographlr ofllce In Custom House Cap tain* are request**! to call at the off! * Report* of wrecks ant! derelicts received for transmission to the Navy Depart ment. Foreign Ksonvtaf Per Norwegian steamship for Bremen 1.4*1 hales cotton. 173.477: 4d# barrel* ro# In. 11.530; I.9fs> sacks cotton seed, U.OOn It boaes oranges. gTSI; for Rcval. s,l*' round bales coton. 1212.7M.7*: for Stettin. 1.500 tons pig iron. 118.000—Cargo, various Cosslnltp Psnorts Per steamship Chatham, for Baltimore —l.hfiO bale* Upland cotton. 7*13 barrals rosin. 190.425 feet lumt>er (120.000 feet for Baltimore, 73,1*1 f.*ei for Philadelphia *. 900 boge* oranges, 25 crates vegetables 17: old ear wheels, w barrels rosin oil, M bat tels tar. I*2 sacks clay. 99 package* mer chandise, 30 packages domcstica and yari I*7 ha!** hides, etc., 1,147 cases canned goods. Steamship City of ■Augusta to New York —719 bales upland cotton. 714 bales sea Id and cotton, 140 barrels ochro, 50 bat ochre, 474 hales domestics, 7on barrels cot ton see.l oil. 59 barrels Iron ore. 190 casks turpentine, 191.4*1 feet pine lumber. 97 bar rels hsh. 162 cases cigars. 5.074 boxes fruit. 5 barrels vegetables. 629 boxes vegetables 25 ions pig Iron. 14 bundle* sponge, ft' casks cotton seed oil. 3.52 barrels cott a seed oil. —Dr. 8. C. Partridge, a mlsatonar-' bishop of the Episcopal Churcb In Japan, preached In All Saints' Cathedral. Mllw.t kee, on Hunday. "Were 1," he said, “to show you an anatomical chart made ti the Chinaman you would scarcely belle they could hove such crude Ideas. Th live regardles of sanitary conditions: - their education there ts nothing but met ory and conceit: their scholars cannot a t a single column of figures, and If you a k them what the stars are they will de clare they are ihe demons of lha air. Tb v worship the beasts of the field, the sects, the trees and their roots, and tb are sunken to th* level of th* thine* ti Idol!** Were they loyal to Confuclui It would be an easy task to lead them lute th# new life, but they tak* hit word* n their llpe and deny him In their sellout-' 1