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6 Sljt fHornino Mr rnlng > w BuildUi( KN*uuah. <i\ nrWAT, nvi:her :.i, inmi. at Uia F*o*lofsie. it t'.nanr.ah I 111. MOMMA*. M H' 1 . t . at try 4ay in the year, and wa) to edhevrlbera In the city, or a-n: by marl, at W cent* a rooiilh. M <<> tor i.i month., and U A tor or a year. lilt; HOKUM. M:w by null, *ix lumas a wreh (arUhOUt Sunday Ujc). (hrae monlaa, II M, us months, S.<o; oo >rm r H uO. I 111. WEEK I.T AKWt tMkniSi week (Monday a* and Thursday) W m ill, one year. I. 00. Suoe.rlptions payable In advance Re nt.t by money order, che. k or re*lst'fa>l letter. €uir<iuy aent by mall st tleh of tender. , Transient adverilremanta, other than ipeMa! column. local or reading nollcea, amusements and rheap or want rolumn, 10 cents a line. Fourteen Itnee ot ail** type-equal to ora In h In depth—t' ’b* iiindir t of meaMirsment. Contract raieo and discount* made known on application at boslne.*# olfua. Orders for delivery e>f the Morn ns News to either resldem e or place of business can be made by mail r by >*•- phone No. :10. Any irregular,ty In deliv ery should he Immediately repo tel letters and telegrams should bs ad dretied "HOHMSO M.V\a. ra ernah Ua. EAftTCRS OFFICE. 3 P.irk R. Nsw York city, 11. C. Fau.knrr, Manager 24 PACES. SdeT iu mw ammuats. Meet! ng#—Post A., Georgia Division. Travelers’ Pro(tiv Amcrm t ion ot Afliric; Myrtle lodge. No. . K. of P. Military Orders— Flrat Battalion Hitvy Artillery, O. t T. Rp*r ial KoMri>f -ChrV'mas Treea. Rob ert Rentier; Bed furnlhirt, Dtvid Aark: Nie* Praaont fo r m Uttl* Girl Cornwell A CMpmon. Huwan flprlr-ars Watr; Ap* litriAtid Printi, Dr. M. b A Son; A Sice Preaeirt for a Gentleman or Lady. A Chlpraau. Discount on < Uk or trio tf'jf>f>.■ After Jan 1. Electric Hup- j ply Gompary, Points mil Houm PalntSif. duvtiUM-i Building Supply Company; Sa vannah Preparatory H tiool, Snip Not tea, W. M. Wilson, Agent, Conuliow 1 , Display of Vegatable*. Jam* * J Joyce; Notlot to In# Pubito an to Hooping Open. I*. P. Mooters. Clark; tho Pisca to Buy Your , I’hrintmas Ooodi Monday, C. A. Dray ton Company. Railroad Schedule—P. T. A I of Ilona Ry. and C. ar>*l 8. Ry. Wa Extend tha Christmas Oree-tlngo— Walsh A M")r. Tho Groat Upon Our Stock—Tbeuo Bros. Business Notice*—Stoat’s Vegetable Btt tani; big Blcyole Presents. Daniel A. Hol land; Franklin Cigars. Boys* and Girl*’ Wheals—T. A Bryson. W# Ruggeet Nrekwcar. Ifotire <*oat*. Rtc.—Th# Metropolitan Clothliif Compmy Oft Prop*rad fi*r the OtirlMmaa Holi days—Byck Bros. Bat - Wall— Christ mas and Be Merry. The Eve of Christmas—B. 11. Levy A lUx) O ii Monday Great Slaughter Rale—Foya A 1> kstelo. Christmaa offering*—-A* Hogan's. Gift*. Sterling Silver—lluntar A Van Kauren. Don't Wart# Time—Thomas West A 06. Christmas Greetings—Gustave Beks tela A Cos. Laundrlre-Ravanr.ah Steam Laundry; >; A W. LaundrjY Turpentin# Farm for Safla Manahlp Ca, Nicholas vide. Miller County. Ooor gl a. Amueem*nt* Royai Musi- Hail; Chrtat s*ae lUu m at Thunderbolt Park. Tomorrow All Juvii. lf Whwl* Musi Oo —Wna 4c H. H Uttimora. The Holiday Gift Store 1* Here—Georg* W Alien A 00. Holiday Gifts With Giving Gas Heater —Mutual Gael Ur t>t Cos. Canv*a Humuif Caste. Hats. Etc., for Ct) r lotroaa—dsM ward Lovell's Hone. The Pierre cushion Frame Chainlet*— R V'. Conner at Around the Big Christmas Tree Gather the Joyous Shopper*— Leopold Adler. For rtta Holiday IVibie and Sideboard— Tfie fl. W. Branch Ca Confetti for Christmas Sport—At the Bee HIT*. A Marry Christmas to All—Gutman's. Dlamondt— Blrrnberg A Cos. The Kvs of Christmas—B. H. L*vjr A Hr*. Cooking OU—Wesson's Odorless Cooking OIL Reaf—Liebig'* Ktirrct of Beef. Madlral-Peruha; R. R. R ; Dr. Hatha way Company: World - * Dlapensary Prep aration*; Hood's Baranparllla; Munyon'a Remedies Cheap Column Advertisement#—Help Wauled: Bmployment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; I-out; Peraoril, Mlecetlancoua. The Weather. The Indications for Georgia to-day ere lor ahowera. with brlk to high easterly wind*; and for Eastern Florida, partly cloudy weather, probably shower"; fresh t ut to south wind* Having at Uurt broken silence. ex-Prcxt. dent Cleveland *een to be making up for lost time. 1 o 4 If the Chinese were Boers, then wouldn't be o much red tape and ttelay at Pekin. A* a matter of fact, there wouldn't. In all likelihood, he any foreign mtniaters and soldier* In the capital. Official returns of the November elec ton are now all In. No difference is shown In the standing of'the electoral college from that announced the morning after tha election, namely, 292 votes for McKinley and 155 for Bryan. The figures of tha popular vote are Interesting. Thcv show that McKinley received a total of 7,217.677 rotes, Bryan 6,L".*53, Woolley (Pro.) 307.36*. Barker (Popi 50.192, Debs Ida Dam.) M. 552. and Malloney <Bo. Dab.) rt , McKinley’*' ptur .Illy ever Bryan Out It I* Interesting to note that the Populist ticket, concerning w hich a eon aideiablc amount of fusa *< made, poll ed the smallest vote of any of the ‘"alao ran*." The only *ta4e In which Ilirknr. ilia Populist candidate showed any strength st all waa Texas, wlier* he gut *,M idea. aEK. i.RK t rßiaiirriot. Evidently Gen Fltxhugh Dee does not •*k the Cuban* are repaid© of self -gov ernment In a spec h at the Mert hams Exchange of Ht. I.oui on I'rkky he pre- Ulcted that the American ric woald on* tin e to S -at over Cuba. In an IfNervleSir with a ri preset.talive of txe PrMs he said he haerd hi* pr* diction on the protnlae of the CnJtrd Htales to give Cuba a stable govemtnesn. Evidently he thinks it will take them a long Lfcno to do It —o long that she Cu latis will lone all 4rMh for indopend erce. Gen, Do knows the CoUn peopls thor oiignly. He U h ;d In high ♦ -teem by the better ela-s rf them It 1- the very * ral understandj.g piat the property own er* and tlie bias men gen**raily pre fer ann# \ tkn to Af*sum lf*g that this 1* tits oi tltere will be no pro'* it frmn ti.em if the Ameri* tn fl*g ehotikl continue to float over the inland iong af'.er a <*uhan government has been irmugtirattd. Hut will the people of this coustry ap prove rf Amerioan or u pat ion the machinery of . < ulan gwernment he* hfn set in n>-> n ’ Already there ha* Neeti -otu>i*israble rritkiatn of the admin, istration for Its tardy action In railing a convention And then* Is much i.tr -t in Cuba, tiK>ugh toat is not > iftfwirent now un It was before ttu meeting of the convent! n If, however, there * hoiR.I he any appar ently imm *) 'wary *l Uy In withdrawing from *• ieland after the Cuban govern m<*nt had been •!, tin re wouUl be an Inquiry Instituted hy I'ongrees as to the of the delay. If this inquiry could h" kept out of politics the r suit might U* In f vor of keeping our flag fly ing over tin* Island until it w*.* certsln that the Cu: in government would I** sta ble, but It would be jmpNMiibls to do that. It would b made a i*arty queatlon. an*! under inch circumstances the decision might t>oc ie t*i 1 upon the nu*rits ot the cpietion at lsue. It la doubtful If it D for one occu pying the f* nit ion that Gen. l<ee drs to predict that our flag will remain In Cuba, Tlss effect is to irritate the Cubax - tue •dement that Is iv control. Alr*swiy tli<*re In a suspicion that It Is not the jnirpo-e <4 this country to abide by its promise t . Cuba etrail have her inde|ioi>U t.‘'W If this suspicion becomes a conviction the -day of Ameri< uns in the inland will be made unpleasant and efforts to h ive .i uvular standing respecting the r. latlons between the United R?ate* and tha CHiban government will bo made tnori difficult. l I.TIHATf. iTITi:f<HD. The movpm#nt that ha* been Inaugu- , hated In the Philippines by leading Fid pinoa nn<l one nr two Amerb'-ina to or cinizu the I*lands Into 4errttorlaa has, It seems, the afiprt\Ml of th Taft commis sion. It would not have the approval of that comm J sal on unless ths President ro zirdal It with favor. It looks very much i If this move ment were Inspired by tlie leaders of the Itepubllcan (arty. They are afraid prob ably that they would have to meet the tes je of Imperialism again If they w*T© t< adhere to their original idea of holding the Islands a* colonies. A constitution ha# been prepared by those who are In the movement. If 1* Utsed on the constitution of the Unltwl Htates. It provides for a aovernor general to be appoint* and by the President and for it ttnate and House of Representatives, Each f the proposed territories Is to have a Legislature, similar to territorial legis latures In this country, and these legisla tures are to elect five delegates to the lower house of the Congress of the United Slates. I'nder this scheme the Filipinos would t*> recognised a# citizens of the Fnlted States at on-'e. end the territories thus organised would, In the course of time, become states. In fact. It Is apparent that euch Is the purpose of the scheme. The question at on *• present* Itself whether the p**ople of the Fnlted Hiates want jthe Filipinos as citizens, assuming that they are not nw citizens. To some extent the tolling masse.** of this country would be brought Into comtcTltlon with the cheap labor of the Philippines. The Philippines will furnish troublesome problems for many years. At no time vir ** the Fnlted St it*** have come Into of them have they been any thing but a source of expense and an noyance. and from present Indications they will continue for many years to be a heavy burden. aid fon the Hosprrtw. The Mayor throws out the Intimation that the recently established hospital will be re cognised In the city budget for the ' coming year. It Is probable that If the whole amount of the appropriation for hospitals I* not Increased there will In’ no general opposition, but the chances are that there will be pronounced opposition If It I proposed to make an appropriation for the new hospital In addition to the appropriations u-ually given to tha other hospital*. , There* i* * steady Increase in tb* coat of fanning the .by government. It la ex peoted there will be an increase In the ore. police and public improvement de partment* as me city grows, but ihe tn rcase la not alw lye In these department* There M constant pressure to Increase ex penses where there Is no good reason for an Increase. The hope has been Indulged In that n* soon a* the house drainage Improvement was completed It would he possible to make u very considerable reduction In the rote of taxation as well as In the assess ment on real ptoi-erly. Both the tax rate and the assessment* are too high. They are *o high that It Is safe to say that there ore people who are Influenced against coming here to reside and from establishing industrial enterprises here There ougld, therefore, to be special ef forts In the direction of aa light a lax burden as i* consistent with good govern mcr.t and a reasonable amount of public Improvements. speaking Of his propose.! newspaper venture to a reporter the other day Mr Bryan said; "1 auppose I shall have to Jv a part of the mechanical work myself l will loin the locttl typographical union and that wilt enable me to do so much of the work as may At my fancy." Visiting delegations to the office of the Base of Ijincoin, therefore, need not he etirprl-ol If they should find him ••rolling -- the forms, or working the lever of the Wash ington hand-press or nuking up t.h* mall *sat on publication days. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 23, HKh). Sor.ltft %OT YET IWMH’KWtO. The outlook for the British In Rou*h Afr. i ts rtf her g<ouinv. The Boers are not yet conquered, Thev are doing hs gcod flgh4g row *' ut any time uv-e the aat began. Tl)e escape of Gen. De- NY v with his entire force of :>0 m* n from th* ♦nclrchr.g British column, pear spring Haua Nek, was . brUllani mili tary h hievement. The British felt cer tain of <apturmg btm. If they had don* m) |t •;* prt. I that bmg step would hat e be* i. : Mi th* illrect in of p^a* Ttie ft eiing in Fldkl • and U tha! there Is yet to h** a gx*d deal of fighting .n Rou h Afi . a. Gen. Hoherte lel not un d*r'frl the *<<iuatlon fully or be would not have returned t* England w a the understanding that the war Wti* pmvtl eally over, td that all thers was left of It were a few guerilla lands The sir that fc now b* h.g *o.*i t‘*k I-- no? m a plan* with guerriM i %\.*rkire. It is of su j importan. e that th< British war office ’* sending large reinforcements to Routn \frl* It i i l *ail that Gen. Kitchener t<- <ll.l*l*l for men. ’ at *V>* rot look of guerrilla** lo contend against. At important feature of the si!nation s the riaiig in <*i*e Colony. This lias 1 Great Britain It will not bs n 1 i** tin tier to ■ .f* l*o k countr. Dutch. Thev te In emirs sympathy with the Boers, and i* Is I . t:e!r power to enable tt *tn *o prolong the war f* • months. Iti the m* intime Mr. Kruger 6 o Idle. It |e true he has .**i urt redel tn getting a r iy government to recognize hi*' government * r to promise to lend him % helping hand, hut B Is notle#*abi* that the sympathy f.r the B*>ers k> ri*vdily In creasing. The re(M>rt* of Britls.x brutali ties that ate being pubUs icd are having the eff t of rcating a feeling hostile to Great liri'aln. Even In England there Is a strong and growing -“nDmcnt against the government. If the Chii.es** quest lo.* ware out of the way there would ho m r-obab.iliy of iiiDrventkm In the Rotifh African war hy one or more of ths Eu ropean Powers. An ye' there are no signs that Great Britain will rn ike any concession* to tha Boers. In fact. It l- difticuit <to see what con. - lor.* she <*ould make that would be a* reptrd. The Boers say It is incie peiwlcrice or ileath wltli th*m Great Britain cannot grant them Indapswdsnca Thar would ba yielding everything. Th • war therefore must go nt until rlie Boers ■re evhaimted. It 1* impossible to say n*w long it will be before they are ex hausted, but when they are tha British will be In a condition to admit that their victory ha- ban dc.irlv bought. It Is probable that If the British could get out of ths war now with honor and credit j tlisy w'ould gl nlly *k so. 4\ IKinCttrAT DREAM. The Rev. M. Rhaldoti, who tiemght that he coukl •k<nnrtirate how Ghrlst orouM run a nawapaper, has re • ently le*T) riving soma attention to the servaivt girl qu* “tion. Home of hi* thought# a A conGuslona utwn the sub ject are rmUxHa) in a paper in a recent 1-o*ll* of the Independent. To Judge from Hint Mr. flhet Vn lias writ fen. he do* * not expect a solution of the problem In lid* vale of tear*. To roach the po s nt at which ho says the problem would dis appear, an*l perfect harmony would reign In all household* mlvtr*s* and maid, the social system of clvillz.atl*>n would have to lo rrmol*lol, and wr should, dwell in h happy combination of Al tru via and Rnnuliso; where the consid er atlon of other*' rights an 1 Mmalbilttlcs were always given first thought and most scrupulous care; where every prospect would he pleasing and not even man W'OUld Ij* vile. ‘•The only true division that con ever l*e made of society/' soya Mr Hhel.lon, "Is a division along the lines of useful ness. ** The posses *ii*n of money or tMe 1; k or money should have nothing what ever to do with social distinction*. ’ There ought 10 be only two 1 .In iety at any lime- the ria.-s of th<*e who am of us.* to the world, and the of those who do nothing for its ivappirtesp, Its com fort or its progress.” The tlrst class uoubt make up the rel aristocracy, or upper l ies. tweed upon merit It would embrace a’l of thoae who contribute to the progre-a of the workl by their labor. •ItlKr with hands or head. It would in clude those who cook the meals, scrub tha floors, make the bed?*. wash the win dows, dust the furniture, amt perform oth* r like services to add to the comfort and hoppfn* es of the family. The other, or lower, clast* would consist of those who. having money, dll not need to work but only paid the Mils. “There can Is* no solution” of a ques tion so great and serious as that of the relation* between mistress and maid, says Mr Sheldon, ’’without an appcil to the religious side of life.” Both !strtv“e* and maids must be brought under tha bc | rign influerwM a of religion before they wiil stand together upon that plane where .ach will plan and strive for the happi ness and pence of mind of the other. lavlsvr ta "divine. -- and until we have made the "service of the hand" as hon orable as any other sort of service, no solution of the problem of domestic help need be exis-rted. Mr. Sheldon write* entertainingly, hut hi* conclusion* ere not practicable. It ts Impossible to eliminate the respect for and love of wealth from the human breast. Mist servant* themaelve* would soon de spise the mlstre-o who me 6 them as espials in all respect*. Human nature would bove to be changed befoie cmidoy ers and employe* cutikl dwell In that happy state of which Mr. Sheldon dreams. Nineteen hundred y irs of evangidlxallan In Ihe grand.-t religion the world lias ever known hae fall- l lo bring about even a i ear approach to the division of the social Ckisee* which Mr. Shehlon sug g< "t*, ond the probabilities are that when aa many centuries more have passe*! It wilt still i>e the possessors of money who will constitute the "upper crust." Mr. Sh. a lon. therefore, ha* failed to offer any solution of the servant glri problem that Is of value to present generations A unique tetumly for hiccoughs was found effective In tlcneva. N. Y., tha oth er day. A man luvd been hiccoughing for three days, and It was believed by Ihe doctor* that hr must die from exhaus tion utiles* he wit* shortly relieved. Any number of remedies had been tried, with out avail. Filially one of the doctor* present presented the man with a cigar He bit off the end of It and uoidbd a match, and from Ui* first puff he never isivwougfied again TYiere - ms to be absolutely no llmi to the gr inds for i**r*<vn claims V MChU i man i- :r'*ng to gr: the Th t*l gttat * to give him a j•t -on lor In juries r* \eJ a- a cot 'equence of the Civil War. lx fore he * m born. His brother. wnty ywr older titan himself was h >-oil ■ :i u A! * lean r* won* After h'< important er g igevnsnt It rep,rf.'.l o*at this lrat er had en kUI *•1 T report afterwards prov I false It served, however, to severely slex k hU mother who #1 rtiv !/*• re*ft*r gave btrt-t to a cuU.I. ti • petitioner, and he was born a • ripple li*’ dauns* that the war ht *J ii> t of the governm- nt in report ing hla brother •)• and .ire responsible lor the ti :!.*• will hive mnV** his life burdensome. Or hnarlly one might sujv (ioe tfut Congr*-*** would t*alk at allow ing f*ensK-ns for fge-nntal Influence*, but it i- Iv •!!'*’ It to foretell whs i Mepubh* m Congress will tlo when it I a ca* of pettelon The word 'pension** i praf. wily an 'open i*ume’ to tn* pirblt treasury. h hwin lb. The win of ne la*e Olny Arnold of Pawtui k'* K I !m q athes E.'S*io Tufts College, and i-m.iUer sums to a Urge num ber of religious and philanthropic institu tion?* -Governor-elect Ya-es of Illinois ha* been so overwhelmed by callers since • le* tha) t- it he hsx been forced to an no** •• Cat h** will recet e visitor* only in the afternoon. Dr Kdiu., of Vienna, the latest An*. la also to youngewt. He ,n on: Si ye tru of age mrt two years *go to**k hi dtgreM In philosophy. ms?h --• rniti and phy**ea at tj* I’niverolty of V f ienn. and worn the Emperor s travel ig fChnktrehlp. 'lt wa** a laippy afternoon in 15Sk‘. Srtvs The King. * when fame found Will i.*ii) Court Gully hard aa work, surrounded by brief*, in the t*if> room of the House of Commons library. Ifs hal never spoken in tfi* House Nobody knew him. Two stories are told of his aele< Gon a# a can didate for the chair Mr. liaboucherc. It is said, tom true* *1 him as n J*ke. Lor! Her* hell, she other stogy riw ■>. sugge-t --ed Mr tlitliy to lx>ri Roe**t>ery wn*-n ev ery other suggestion had failed Either or neither may be true But certain It Is that Mr Gully was unknown to i.tne tenths of the lloue. ‘Gully? Gully?* Mr Balfour is said to have asked, 'is the gentleman a member of this House?* For once, even Mr Palfotir'a Ignorance may he excuse 1. Mr. Gully had t*ecn too busy with hD t*rlef< to care much for the showy side of politics, :■ 1 whlb oiher men had been talking he hid been pursu ing a brilllrtnr l**gal career, cut short bv Mr laebotirhere’a j.ke—or whatever it may have been. As It w*. lnste.id of the woolaack Mr. Gully took the (hair, ir.d tiie House h s forgotten tho unseem ly armngls which took place over hl election.’* nniLiiT niTfl. —A Pbenotnsnal Rueee**.—C!6tiUl: Was tlxe sthrlke * *tirc#*s‘* C.issldy: ft was! Aft her being cat *lx week* we miocsded In glttin* our Job*.— V uok. Mistress faevarelyN; If such a thing occur* again. -Norah, 1 shall have to g-?t another *er\ant. Norah I wish yer would-there's really enough work fer two of us —Tit-Bits. —lt Work* Both Ways.—“ The vulgarity of wealthy people 1* so much more notice able than that of poorer otie.” ”Yes. And it tho same time it‘* so much more endurable.”—-Cleveland Plain Dealer. —A Plea for Mercy —“Ma. I think Mr Perkin* Is getting ready to propose.** "Oh daughter, don't get engaged again no near Christmas. I have all the Christ mas presents to give that f can worry through with now. —lndianapolis Journal. —Sure Sign.—Mamma: You have be come very fond of Mr. Huggard in quite a short time. Daughter: NVhy. mamma, what make* you think that? Mart mi: I overheard y#vu telling him last night that he was “too hateful fer anything Philadelphia Pres*. —Easily Found —"Do you think it Is de fdrahl# tor u man to study the dead lan * ua *-"* * "No, idr,” answered Mr f’umrox. with emphasis. "If queer words are what a young min aspires to. the golf and base ball report* In any good dally newspaper will amply mII hi* wants.*—Washington Riar. Estimating til* Value.—They were look ing at th# n an who was occupying two seat# while woman were forced to stand. **l 9houi ft Judge." said one, *‘that lie would bring about fH.tR.” "<n what do you bare your estimate?” asked the other. “On present irlce of pork and anusoge." —Chicago Evening Pont t'lttltKVr COMMENT. The Indianapolis find ) News (Pem) says: “Congress I* proposing to create one Industry by passing th* ship-subsidy bill and to destroy another om* by passing the oleomargarine bill Why would It not he a good bleu for our statesmen to leave private industries to themselves and devote their attention to legislation that Is clearly for the benefit of all classes? We have In the last five years fought two national campaigns against class feeling and sectionalism, and in both of them the people stood splendidly for Ihe principle of national unity ami solidarity. The R> - publican party ought to have got such an Inspiration from those two struggles as would make it Impossible for It to h mi* the party of a section or a class," The Nashville American (Dem ) *ays; "Th* Democratic party must get out of thl* one-man Idea- The rank and fib must have a chance again, as Sir. Cleve land says. Kvery Democrat In the party must be free lo express hU opinion*, an I mint not be ostracised because he does not accept every plank In hi* party - * plat form. Randall of Pennsylvania wa* an avowed protectionist, but hr continued * Democrat all Ids life. Difference of opin ion on economic subject* should not re sult In banishment from the party. Mr Cleveland's words deserve lo be written In letters of light. - Ulve the rank and file a chance.' " Th# Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: "A resolution In the Cuban Constitution al Convention propose* to Indemnify Ihe American people for their expenditure* In securing tho Independence of Cuba. This Is an evidence of gratitude, at least, on the part of the Cuban patriots; but they may be somewhat pr. mature with thlr resolution. In the estimation of Senator Beveridge of Indiana, and other spokes men of ahe a dmlnlairagkm the t'nlted States could only obtain adequate com pensation by annexing the Island. The Galveston News (Dem.) has this comment; "Mr. Cleveland says the De mocracy should get hack lo Clevehmdism. Mr .1 Sterling Morton say* It should steal all Ihe lb publican policies, while Mr. Hoke Smith wants any obi platform that will prove a winner It b* easy now to understand what Julius Caesar was striking at when he mid 'Ail Uaul lx 01- Vdcd Into three part*.’ ** t wtpty Sleaswrea. *T m afraid. Umpy. well have to pro- 1 test to our m mber of Congress.** said the tramp, a riling to the Cleveland Plain I>ealer. “Wit fer. Weary?** cause this h* re reduction of war tsar* ain't -goln to us a nickel's worth. Are wa gain* to feel any easier tn pocket '( tuit they’v. <le i led to take th- stamp tax off o’ bsi K hocks?’* • NY hat Is s tank che< k. W aryT' "That’s It That's wo: kws of us will !e arkTrf. An’ then there’s the reduced t *x on Ijeer. I that gom* to henetlt the noble irm o' t >mato cun rushers? 1 don’t stunk it Hemind me to write to Ren'tor Man ner to-morrow* moniin*. Umpjr, an* ask him If he ain’t * goin’ to do somethin' for the common people pretty soon.” Mm* Mggti ir.l Of Iriilh. During his (second *u * e-ful campaign on the Republican ticket for Governor of Mi-hlgan the late John J. Il.igt* y s[>k*- ore evening t says Har per's Mar*sine He was a good business man. but a poor publh speaker. At the in ginnlng of his remarks cm this occasion ! h* el uded frankly tv hi* lack ot oratori cal gifts. After he had finished a man j pushed forward, gr ipped his hand warm- | ly and said: "Governor, I have been a lifekmg Dem o*rat but at the coming election I shall vote for you.” "T!ar,k you.” replied tha Governor, much gr.itifl*l ‘Hlay I ak the partic ular reason for your change ' ‘ "Becaus- you are the first *pe*k*r on either side in this campaign that I have h'd tell the truth You sail when you began that you couldn’t make much of a speech, and by Jink* you rsnt!’ Ills t'lnaeneM. There's a good story to; I on s young fellow here iiotM for his * ksene*s. *ny the Isolds villa Times. He went to spend the rugtu with a friend. During the en tire night he setrayed mirh raatlaa*nes*, which kept the host wkle sVk, and An ally the siumborer betrayed signs of vio lent emotion “He's going to have i nightman*.” *eud the fr;end. "but he al ways gTumblsa o when you wake him up that 1 hate to disturb him ’* ll* wait ed a while longer, sitting up in bed stal ing at the miserable sleeper and finally, Iwooming alarmed, he rou.-ed him. He sprang up n b**d, glared wl dly around ami said: “\Vhera am I? I don't see the atorm.'* “Why. Dr in my room, said the heat soothingly; “you remember you stayed all night with me. I beg vour imrdon for waking you up. kut you carried on *o 1 had to.” “Beg my pardon**” gasped the guest. *T •hall never be grab ful enough to you. I dreamed I was out with Miss Bud and a terrible atorm came up. ami my shoes were new. and I wi- Just ordering 'ip* for two when you rou***d me. Old boy. you have waved me n dollar.” And tha ho-t -.>■•* wis a-tually afraid to go to sl*- p ihat night for fear the coupe would n %• Strong l-nonarh. At one of the club? the other day. s.iy The King, two members were arguing about will power. The eoncMfed man. who was In the j habit of boring all present w uti his point- i less tales, sail that his will was stronger | than hi* friend’s. ’’You are wrong there,” said the quiet j man, ”ar*l I will prove It In th4* way You g< ned stand in t • . orner. and I will will you to oom out of It. You will .igair.st tw\ and I Ist \■ i that I will have you from that corner before 1 hav* comntended you a second time.” The smart one took the b* t and put hlm**lf in the comer The quiet man said, in a commanding volte: "Come out of that corner!” Tin* other grinvw*d and sh>k his head The Q M. sat down and looked at him f * clily. Five minutes passe*!, ami ties* the man of will said, with ft sr**r. ’’Hadn’t you better give it up** I don’t fet 1 any Influence at all. ami I can’t stand here all the evening. “There l no hurry.” sail the Q. M “and I have a v. rv comfdrtal le jmt There I* no time-limit, except that yon .ire to come out before I -k you twice, and as I don’t intend to n*k you again until this day week. I think you will feel the Influence before then. The smart one rum* out looking very foolish. The Kaiser** Joke on the Connies*. An exceptionally good story, which has the advantage of bring true. Is now (our correspondent tells us. says the* Ig>n*ion News) circulating In parliamentary quar ters In n*rlin. When the Emperor Wil liam Informed Herr von Rue low at Ham burg that he was now Imperial Chan cl lor. Herr von Ruelow naturally expressed his delight, and perhaps h*- really was delighted. But all at once he seemed to be oonsidering almut something, and the Emperor, perceiving this, said: "Whti 1* the matter now. Ruelow?” The latter an *we red that he had just chanced to think of his wife She had nothing against the Chancellorship, but a great <h*nl against the Chancellor's pal.ue, for. while her present home w a regular little Jewel box. the great cleaning -town in the Chancellor's pataca would not b* i *il before this time twelve months. ’’Clive n\ greetings to the Countess," His Ha - would contribute my part toward the • leaning down.” Herr von Ruelow may perhaps have hoped that the Hmj**ror would see that the |*alace w.w thorough ly renovated. If so. be was mistaken A few days later very bulky pared w left at the Countess von Ruelow'a by the Emperor's orders. It contained a hun dredweight of soap, the promised contri bution toward the great cleaning down. The l.lttle Feller 1 * stockin'. Joe Lincoln. In the Saturday Evening Post. Oh. It's Christman Eve, and moonlight. ■ and the Chrlstma* air Is rhlll. And tho • fro-ty Cnrb'mas holly shines and si>urklc* on the hill. And the Christmas sleigh-bells Jingle, and the Christmas laughter rings. As the last stray shoppers hurry, takln home the Christmas things; And up yonder In the attic there’s a little trundle bed Where there's Christrao* dreams a-d.ancln' througti a sleepy, curly head, Aral l - * "Merry Chrlstm-ts," Mary, once agin fer me ami you. With the little feller's stockin' hangtn' up besble the ff'te. "Tlsn't silk, that little stockin', and It Isn't much fer show. And the .laris are pretty plenty round about the heel and toe. And IIS color's kinder f ided. and it's sorter worn and old. But It icolly Is surprisin' what a lot of love 'twill hold; And Ihe IKHe ham) that bung It by the chlmhly there along lias a grip upon our heartstring* that I* tntghtv lirni and strong; Bo old Hantv don't forgtt It. though It Isn't fine and new. That plain little worsted stockin' bangin' up beside the flue. And the crop# may fall, and leave us with our plans atl gone ter smash. And the mortgage may hang heavy, .u.d the bills use up Ihe cash. But whenever comes the season, Jest *<. long's we've got n dime. Then'll be somethin’ In that stockin’— won’t there. Mary7—every time And If. in amongst our sunshine, there's a shower er two of rain. Why. we'll face 11 bravely smilin', and we'll try not ter complain Lsmg as Christmas coin.-- ami finds us here together, me and you. With the little feller’s gtockifi hangin' up beside (he flutw I ffllH OF UTKIIBfr, —The F.i>wl tnlna, located at Eveleth Minn . haa cleared shipment* of • trlfl m*er 1 $<0.1)1 gnosw tan* of iron ore for the e.ason. This i* the largest shipment *) i-Mnt of tonnage ever made by any mine in th< world, Ding at the rale of about 7 guu tons a day for every shipping day of ths season. —A Bostonian, while exploring the flies of m paper print"*! in his town Just a cm tury *go. came across thl -* rathei startling: ohrertleinent “and. Rogers in form tlndies wno w-ish ti be tirce?- •>*l by him. either *ai assembly or ball ■ lays, to give him not too the previous day loi'll"* who engage to. and tkr.'t dresz, must pay him half price.*' —o>l. George I*. Grors of Kansas City has a atxjon ttint co*t him 119.000. N ears ago :ia was offered tnat sum for his share In a M xlcan mine. Ho rafuiwal and a .lay or two later the property w * by rains. Then *mne a cave-in which ruin**! t i pr*|* rty. <>ut of the ore on the laink Mr. Gross h.el a silver spoon mc l* and that is all h" has to show for j hie tlk.CuO. [ —As the result of an election bet two I black Ictus w I march in the inaugural I parade ,n NY hlngton t>'zt March. NN M Hoev aid William Taggart, of No .a - Ari , made the bet The former won and by tiie terms of the wag-r j Will lead the bears, which were captured *in te Rita mountakn* After th parade they will he given to the NYash ! jngton sookigl al rankni. II 1s believed by many that the dry climate of Rot)th< m Oklahoma and th * Southern dlatrlct of Indian Territory is going to make ail that section the horn** of the finest grades of cotton. During the it developed that thg • <*tton grown in the Choctaw Nation was of • good Tiber, grading a:*ove the a\erge m i In great demand f>r export. A great deal has been shipped to Germany and Eng land. - Tha display ot Leonids till* year Iras been very disappointing, only a few hav ing b*- n s*en. It is pro'wbit* tGat their or.dt has baoomo changed, taking them farther away from ue. A eel star* Profes sor Wendell of Harvard l Diversity, says That unless during the* next 33 years there shall be another change In the orbit nt the meteors, bringing them back neat tha earth, we shall reo no more of the ancient Xovem **r shower ot l.conld* The few which have bean goto this yaar w*ra atra> nc:eors which WHnlere*l out of tiie regular path. The principal • • .-e of the change in the orbit* of the Leonids is that there h.* been some dls turbarx • in s|toc* which ha* brtmght a larp" body n'ar the j ith of th" la*aild* hue exerting an attraction on them and toHir g them t< hang" their orbit. —ln the current numt>er of Meehan's Monthly Mr. Onwerk*rk glv an interest ing sketch of the coffee tree. Kaffr i, In the eouthrrr. part of Abyssinia, 1* given as the native homo of lOfTee. It wa* not until i; had been in use for centuries by the Arabian* th< a plant was carried to Java In !?•* n tree from Java wa sent to Amsterdam, and when It flowered and ripened seed.* a young si-tslling w i* pre sir i ft t Luis XIN From thl* plant *• lltng.s were pent to Martinique, and from those plants, again, seedlings were sent to Jam i a Cayenne and Son Do mingo; while from Am>terdam plant* w< r sent to Runnarn. In fact, it was from the one plant. snt from Java in the begir*- ning of the elght'inth century, bv Gov Gen. Van Hoorn, that everything In the Fret h |Ks* seions urd West Indies sprang. In thl* way how traveled the progeny of the original coffee plant, In trodu* ■ and from Arabia at the end of th* seventeenth century. N .1 not remark*- b < con* ud-•' the writer, that we should o' so much to *o small a beginning? Prof. Norton rey* In Popular Rcience* News, apropre of tiie deadly microbe T.'iero is great danger of the bacteriolog i< and craze in ding It* |evotee* In a quag mire. from which extrl. atlon will be llf fleult if not ini|*>s*;)>le without loss of ?*!• . The earliest Inventigatons, are ;>rone. in their enthusiasm, to take t<>o much for granted (tho wish Iteing father to th" thought), and It will not b# at all to And that many step* will a\* to be retraced; many ingenious and promising theories abandoned. It should in* kirnc in mind that rot to?- *>pi life In the main, beneficent to humanitv. that the varieties n- filed with cftl>.s* ur* comparatively few. bv comparison with th" Others an I that in the . t e the ba terla that have been definitely identified with spes-lrte diseases. || ha - never bean eatD'actorJl>* demons;rated !iat they are the cause, and not tn * iroduet, in i-h cases. Although som* facta are positively known In ba teriol gy. yet the conclusion* drawn from them ire mainly conjectural, and In this, a in other Held*, it is not at All unllke’y that the next generation will see the pres ent trechlncs thrown ott, and a g>ner il recasting of theories. —*‘lt Is the custom.'' said H. A Stan hop#, of <’aie Town. Smith Africa, to w-rtter for the New York Tribune, •each vear to sell the output of the Kimberley fl. kls to the highest bidder. The diamonds are sold at so much a carat, without re ference to the size of the stone*, al thmigh store* below n certain weight ar* not In the agreement. Obviously, the lara r the stone* found the better it i* tor the purchaser, f >r the value of a diamond lie reuses enormously w ith each carat. This l**d to a most extraordinary oi cur r*nce. Pitney Rarrato had Ihe fields one y.*r. but Alfred Belt outbid him -md got them for the year following. The fir**t blast flrd tinder the Belt management dlslodgo! the large*! -If a morel ever found It weighed over nine hundred carats In the rough, and its value is simply incal culable. If Rarnato had tired one m°r*. Mast before his lease was up. the dia mond would hove bee am* his. As It w as. howtvg. |1 bscatno tbs p of \ j % la is now negotiating for Its purchase If he gets It he’ll have to put a mortgage on a good slice of his empire to pity for It. That one diamond was worth fit more than the entire yield from the held* for the previous year.” —.Emperor William, who Is known to he- Lev* tn tali-matis, wears a pair of studs which belonged to ala grandfather, carry ing with him b.e les two snuffboxes, 'hough he does not use them—one for merly the property of Frederick the Great, the oth.r that of Napoleon I. On certain memorable day* be nbls u spur which 1 ''.uric* XII b>*t at the battle of Puitawa and Is quite convinced that these objects bring him luck. King Oscar of Sweden as a I dam ring which tu ver leaves him. It belong-d to his .ancestor, Bernadotu, wlio always wore It and It Is said to im part power to the wearer The King t- afraid to meet funeral processions. I|. Is collector of engravings, painting-, medals and rare hook*. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria keep# an old horse in his st i- I :do that iore Prime Alexander t the attic of Kli volts He I* of the opinion ! that os long as he take* care of thl* horse he will retain hi# power over Bul garia. Ferdinand of Coburg | H o lower Of precious Stones, and his collection cf diamonds, emerald*, rubiea and ;>ea rle '* very valuable The Prince Regent of Bavaria rolled* the Jug. and crockery of Bavarian peasant* of tie- Mb idle Ag. ami mnot be persuaded to hunt on a Fri day. His grandfather, King Ixnits 1. wu i passionate collector of hmtorlral um brellas. —Parisian firemen recently gave a suc ce-sful drill with automobile fire-engine apparatus of an Improved rharaler, all three tyt>es of machine* used having been previously exploded tn the drill at Vln . ennes. The aiqurratus consisted of an electrical hosc-wugon, with a capacity of olx men, life-saving tackle, ladders, and the u*ual hoae-reel. and an alactrlr flr,. putnp of an entirely new type. con*.Mm* of a m* trtlllc tank of I<X> gallon* cap.-* a , mount* ) on an automobile carriage, wttri pump, hose, and noxxie. The apparatus for pumpln the water Is operated by i, *me motor which drives tha englt*#, whi h. on arrival at the fIK. is switched off • the pump, thiui serving a douM* purpose. Tha ho** Is wound on a cylin drical reel, so flx*d that, on arriving *t a lire, tho stream l Immediately availably and the capacity of the tank Is exhausted while the hose from the hose-cart is belrv attached to the water main. The engirx* weighs. In running order, with tta t#w and ji full tank, a trifle over three toe. The apparatus on bo;h engine and hot*, wagon i *•> constructed that part of tha energy generated may he used for the lighting of arc and incandescent lamp* during night lire*. The third vehicle l ar , electrical ladder. This la mounted upon a low truck, upon which tho large ladder used by the department Is hoisted almost horizontally bv moans of an inclined plane, to th*- penpendlcular. the weight of apparatus, Including Its crew*, being ow four tons and a half, or tiie heavier* of all the fir# machinery to which median, and propulsion has be#*n applied. —Among my favorite lnsecta, wr!‘*a Charles B. Rennet In t. Nichols*, ar* th" common social wasp*, especially tho*.* thnt do not make any covering over th*ir nests. One reason is tier*use 1 like to study inae< ?• In their wild state, and h*‘ soilal nre almost thr only active lnse*is that can be kept, and yet rem*la entirely fre* Hy carefully bringing a nest, with all the wa.-ps on it, to a g--*| place for observation, as Just outside of .i window which Is seldom opened, tbs habltt* of th" wasps dn b' easily watched without confining trie*.* insects at ah. And they* we may watch them without any danger of getting stung. The woeps that do not make any covering over their nej*t" are preferable to those that do, be. a use than we can see oo much more of their habit*; then. In fact, all of domeatl habHs can be easily seen, which • it th# •• with most In*e<x* NVa'i-i alio have th* advantage of not being rar% ihut gcner.illy It h* not hard to pr>- - urc a nest of some kind; and if tt ahou'l not happen to be juw* the kind spoken of nere. it will be at! the more interesting f#v different onao to tell about the his tory of the different wasps when it com** io next Autumn. And if any one should fall in love with three bold and truly very Interesting little neighbors of mirz. if may be a satisfaction for htm to know that thee little insect* are our helper\ • ven If they do not like to taste fruits, for every year the different kind* of wa*p§ make deadly war on the troubl*- •cme fHes and on the dextru tive cater piliars, beside* on many other insect* that annoy the farmers, and gardener*, and ua Oil SRMHftTS. CHRISTMAS RACES —AT— THUNDERBOLT DRIVING PARK ti kadiy, nr.a sn. Trotting, racing and Running, fh—RACE HORBEB AT THE PARK--4S The best card of tha year. Hee dully papers for flat of antrlas Horses called at .13) p. m BpwUl fchfduls by oar line. M. A. DOYLE, Manager. ANNUAL BALL Mil Council No. I. order m Fireinea r.r nn* aiiort niu, Tuwtor. 16. UOL Tt.-k-l* C*. AdlMttln, and Included). fTndITTKB: J K Mnmilr#. ch*!rmn: A. J 7Vtv*r*\, rotary; Ow A. Jlrll. Jan. J. (Inim. D. P %Vlkr. A. P McPariund. Jno. P. Puffy, Jim Morndl, Jo, Wlkor. "M F. K!n. R P Wamwr H F. Ruitar MuMo furnlshod by Iloii*ri(<‘J<J’ orrh*.- trn Tickota can ho w-r-urod from th- com rnlttro or at anr of th Fin* (Ration*. FOR CHRISTMAS. CANVAS HUNTIN6 COATS, HATS, VESTS, LECCINS, See. Ml liO Si. 113 Broughton Btfsst. West. TURPENTINE FAP.M FOR SALE. Fine wfll e<| nipped Tnrpenfln* I Nrni nf prlinic •%le, on nrconnt of tlettfli of partnrr*. Thlrly ’T fl P 4h I ilor Mini round limlirr plenty# inn lip Imnslal at a groat barf**"* lililrpai or *llt MANSHIP CO., MchoUtsvtlle. Miller County. G# New Steamboat tor Sale The GIvRTRI'DE DI'DLEY, length * feet, draft 6 feet, Roberts holler, compound engine*, built last spring, large cabin* on lower ami upper deck, well a pointed and fpeedy. Will l>* sold at foot of Mala street. Jacksonville. Fl.. on Monday. Dec. by special muster, for debt. Ju*t the bout for mail ami passenger routm FLORIDA HARDWARE CO- We Save You Money -ON- Fire Works. Toy and dolls; see u* quick. 'Phone 671. DONNELLY DRUG CO.. Liberty and Price street*. Hot Air Furnaces. We make a specialty of repairing Hot Air Furnace*. Your orders will rscalvt prompt attention. K. C. PACETTI A BON. Phon* <KI I*> Whitaker DiKPS vi? Swt Svi£riSS