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i mi: mUIIM M u* 4 *.l
•, r ■ day m tihe year. and eervad to
e.ibscrlbers in tlse city. or sen- b> n.a.l.
, jo cent* a month. MO* for at* month.,
and I*oo lor an* year.
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, weak twtthout Bunday
<n,i. month*, (i j; six moiitha. *L®; l,n '
year t* wO.
IMU WEthLI mm *. IW® laaua* a
week (Monday anal Thursday) by
an* year, I OO
Sotacrlpt iona payable In adtasna# Rr*
mil b* nonry onlar. cheek or registered
latter. Currency *nt by mall at rlah of
aendrr. t
Trsn.lent advertisements, ®h# than
ap*da! .admin. local or reading * tl. aa.
aaieonirai) and cheap or warn* column,
M canto a iln* Fourteen lino* of aaeta
lypa-rqtal to ot.* Inch tn depth—'h
• larslard of ra*a*ur*naant Contract nttaa
arid dt.co.iate made known on application
at butirtra nth *
Orders fur d*llv*ry of tha Moron*
N*o • to altti*r r**td*nca or place of
business can be maJa by mail or by trie
l her * No 110. Any Irregularity h' daily,
err *hould be Immediately repnrtwl
Letter. and telegram* ahouiA be ad
drafted "HOimtO Mar amah.
Ge.
Ktanißt umi'K. I-ark How,
Van Tork city. H C. Faulkner. Uanaftr
l>rtl 10 SE* iDVERHSEMLITS.
hpecial Notice*—Notice. Sehtylules fo
Tv bee: Richardson * Robbins and Gor
don A Dflwerth • riom Pudding, A. M
* C vr Weal: Notice to the 7-tibMe, 1..
p. Masters, Clerk City Mark** Choice
Pressed Turkey*. J G. Nwlson. To House-
Otitiirt and Real Ka'ale Agent*. K F.
Broderick Plumber.
Business Notice*—Franklin Cigar* 1 ,
He-No IV*.
Wines for t’hn.lmat-The ft W
Branch Cx
Htram'htp flche lute—Merchant* 1 and
Miners' Tranepor.atlon Compon;-'* l.ln**
to Raltlmor* and Philadelphia
Auction Rale—Organ, Furniture. Etc.,
by Savannah Auction and Commtaslon
Company.
Like 1900. It Won't I gut Always—T A.
Brymc
The Event of the Pea****— P-mlel Ho
yan.
A Wheel Will Fill Your Boy's Heart
With Joy—Wm A II H. I.aatlmore.
Washing Powder Paarllne.
Medical—Caator la; Hoatettar'a BUten:
Hr Hathaway Cos.; Hood's Pilla.
Cheap Column AdvertlgrmrtHa—Help
Wanted. Employment Wanted; For Kent;
Fer Rale. Iced. Peraooal; Miscellaneua
The %VeMfher.
The indiratiorm fur OeorffiA !<>-<*• y art
fur fair ctktor weather, U*tlt w*A
to itortii wicvl*. aiul fur Kintwn Florida,
tair • • -
portion, #aiith to west wind*
Sold lor* of the flpant*h-.Amerlran war
are not roo|nitil at trttrant by thr ,
Muu, husetts State HoMt#**' Homo A
pries:? of the tat* war spoiled 'here for
irMimaM for consumption. and war re
jected on thr ground that hr ana not a
vrtrr.it! of thr United Slate# army, lit In
non dying In an almshouse
The meenorl-ii fund for the lets Admiral
"Jack" I'htltp. hero of lha TY*a in Ihr
battle of Santiago. now amount* fo up
wwrd# of H7.m it la propowl to cell***
:*.•> ho in-onto of which la to *<> !o
Mr* Philip a* long *br Hvr*. After
her death It la to hr 4. voted to tlto main
nnatH'r of a naval bearu-h of tha* Y. M.
C. A in memory of Admiral PhlU^
9 \
f*pntrc* have brrtt vlanoi for the con
struction of thr pew Capitol of Mleslsslp
id. at a coat of 6*31 (Wi. It I* to boa mag
nlflcrnt structure. Should Ih* 3axpyer*
get their mate house for thr *um nnmod in
Ihr contract a they would le extremely
fortunate. In the caae of nvet treat
public building*, like rapltole, the ulti
mate coat generally amount* to very much
more than flrat estimates.
It I* eatlnaateal by the Boston Globe that
about .t*a*.<t>ai adult male rWlaan* of the
Cnlted fit a tee foiled to vote In the recent
prealdentlal election. The majority of
them were the regular st-ay-at home*
but many of the other* were voter* who
disagreed with the platform* and pro
gram* of both of the great |artle*. There
!K>n-voting voters cloaeiv approximate in
pnmbor the total vole ca*t for each of
the leading candidate*.
David f.vtblu of California I* once more
at the front with hi* propoatlon for the
government to aubstdlxe the farmer*, lie
base* hi* argument on the claim of the
backer* of the *h!|>-*ubldy bill, anti aays
if mere 1* good rea*on for a bounty to
a hip-owner* there la an equally good one
why he large** of the government should
be given to Iho farmer*. Mr. Lubtn thinks
that a bounty to farmer* of ITi.nhiOod a
year would he about th* right thing.
Mr. Cudahy of Omaha was required to
pay pretty ntarly hi* son # weight in gold
to (he hldnapr* of Ihe child. The 625,0(0
of yellow coin which he was required to
give up weighed nearly ninety pound*,
while (he hoy weighed a bit over MO. It
Is a singular circumstance, by the way.
that there 1* no law on the statute books
•f Nebraska apectflcally covering the mat
ter of the abduction of persons for ran
som. It appears that the only charge that
can be biuught against the kidnaper* of
young Cudahy I# that of false Imprison
ment. which I* not a crime, but merely
a misdemeanor, subject to fine and short
Jatl sentence
The odd sight of a man rolling his wife
In a barrel a quarter of a mile to a black
smith shop was witnessed In Hapover.
Fa., a few days ago The woman, who
weighed 30ft pounds, was standing on the
head of ths barrel trimming vines. The
bairel has. caved In, and th# woman
went with t(. Phe filled and fitted the bar
rel #o perfectly that It was Itnposlble
fer her to get out alone, or for her hua
b.md to pull her out He was. therefore,
eempellMi te relt the barrel and the wo
man a quarter of a mile tea blacksmith
shop, where the Iron hoops were cut and
the woman was relieved of her uDcoffi-
wooden overcoat
HKI K.l(\ %Ml IIKtfOIJt %< Y.
Thri> li no mnflon of (iml In th© con
otltut n of i;i** UltiUil Kiat©* Ro far
• i Mtetrmd ho aih©lt or n
infVll *nt*hi h v*- written th*- <l<m um©nt.
Thrr- \*vt b©an n ar y • tt*tut;e fo hav©
<R*l ir tfi. funJnnvoirtl law
of III* Ifitut. but *o far >ach rffori* hav©
nut n**t with *urcf. Not with*tattling
lb Ia ••m.-hlon ? ti#d | 'ii 11 •il HINUi arr filial,
and rifliiijr, a <'hr tot tan nation All r*
iigtori© art fr*- In thl* <Hnfry Kv*ry
man it p*rmUtd to wor*hl| hi* *l*Uy
#c(T(lli)g to the dictate- of hi© min coti
kt knri*. The follower* of Christ no vast
ly preponderate, bowtvrr, that tin* ir*fl a
- His* i*o< hings ©re In w *il in
mil department* of ih\ government; th**r**-
forv wv art* a ('brlMtUn nation
It 1* the oplnluii of thf lt**v. VVaHhlli*-
ton OtbddAfi. however. tht tncrA I* not
in the |f**v**rnrnAnt of thi* <ouni ry rui
much of th* bpirli *f nliKion a.- thcro
dMmkl b© to Injure lis |rmaften<t He
leclAr*i* tha: rc|i|lon i- r.sirpr %ltal to
the of a ikmtcrat y than of n
autocracy Honuthingr Airrmurr than tht
human wilt must hold the atstc tturctht-r.
or It will fall In fragment*. Thor
ai > utrongcr thing ts religion In ♦his
country, howevtr, there or** mn> *!**
<f ai< incr**a*lfig athni'm One of them
Is tto> grwmg lack of respect f o ** lh< ‘
law . and no tviilency could b** more dan
gerous. Not only cM*vn*. but oftlon, ig
nore and viuUtt* the law. Thl* 1* **eei
In lyn htnic*. in gamtdlng whi h Is not
supprt ssed, although known of the au
thorities, and In other fn-mn**r*. The law
derive* He authority from the com-i-nt of
the majority of the governed, but a mi
nority often despises*lt. Would that be
the case. Mr. tiUdV*n asks, if the law
were investor wth sacredn*-**?
The practical th*iam of our polltl s.
he further says I* exhibited In the vio
leuce .iiml recklev>e*s of our |aritaiiiiip
Ther* is iiothing like brotherly lovo aiul
forb* arance gmucig our ioliticlans of o|v
l*ostng parties. I! there were any ***■•
of (hi* present'# of tlod In theso human
affairs, men c#uld not In' auch vlolem
purtlsan*. always l**nt upon putting the
worst i*>s*lble construction upon the ac
tion* of their of|>oiem*, ami often exert
ing themselvea to prevent th© doing of
right for fear the oj*p<*elng jrty will get
the tenef)t of it. Another evidence of the
>a< k of religion In our government ia the
facility, limb-r It. with which the strorrg
may •** the weak, tireat aggrofu
tlon* of wealth are permitted to daapotl
th* i"*ple for their own pndlt ami ag*
grumliienient. Ily corrupt means
norey |ow* r* ar© able to la'rvert the
government and control the law-making
aih) law-<*xe< utlng deportmenta*
These things, saya Mr. (Madden, are
results of our failure to recogtilie l<xl
in our rational life. • Belief In Hod **
the father of all men is belief that
all men are brothers; and th*- attempt of
*om to prosper at the eiprnee of th.-
la a denial of th© fundamental article of
the fhrlstian religion. It was u|on this
txdief tn*it our democnscy was founded
in the beginning, and not upon a th-ory
tnjut a conseru of in<Mvldual wills. And
I do not ix-lUfV* that *ur *l* tts>* racy an
continue to extol unless this great truth
• * - w- 4 .*e**l
of tho brotnernuMu o* # -
lifted up and emphasix*d a the conatruc
ilve Idea of our national life.*'
% TKMPK*T ix A TKIPOT.
The school lard of the city of New
Orlean* ha* eliminated the grammar
grade from the public school* for colored
children In that <Yty. A* one result there ,
I* a hue and cry. on the part of people |
of the North, a lout what they term ">e ,
unwarranted discrimination against the
colored rare. Some of them. Indeed, go
lo the length of charging that this school
change 1* a part of a political plan lo de
prlve the colored race of ttie elective
franchise under the new constitution
which Impose* an educational quaint ra
tion A* In most other Instance* of the
kind, the erltlc* are not well informed
with respect to their subject. If they
what Ihev were talking about their
complaint* would he apt to ceasr.
The fact* are these: New Orlean* I*
spending 0,0 M" year for the education
of rotor--.! children, the enrollment ap
proximating 6.100 Of the at tendance h'
per cent, ha* been In the primary grades,
and 10 per cent. In the grammar grade:
notwithstanding which 33>* per cent, of
the expenditure ha* boon upon the
grammar grade The per centage* of at
tendance and cost being wo out of propor
tion, and taking Into consideration Ihe
further fact that there are thousand* of
colored children who. because of the lack
of fund*, have not been able to attend
ad tool at all. the hoard determined to
abolish the grammar grade and devote
the money thu* saved to extending the
five tvrimary grade*. A* a result there
will be tin additional enrollment of 1.500
children for the new avhool term
As far a* the charge of political manip
ulation la concerned, that I* all Ixwh. The
•tiffrage qUdllflctalton a* *et forth In Ihe
constitution provide* that ih* voter mu*t
be able lo read and write, to write hi*
name, lo tell how old he Is and when and
where he was bom, where h* reside* ami
how long he ha* resided there II going
through llvo (trade* In n first-civs# pri
mary school will not make the person able
to do all of there thing* ca*lly. then
neither grammar school*, nor college* can
do anything for him. and he may be *el
down aa a hopeles* Incompetent, totally
unworthy of is lug permitted to take pari
j In an election.
The (school Ixaird'e action tn abollshlntr
the grammar grade, therefore, eo far from
being an evil. 1* likely to be attended by
good result*. It will lake 1.5*10 additional
young negro children off the streets and
give them the opportunity of securing
ths foundation of a common s hoot edu
cation. With that foundation th*v wilt
b* belter prepared for the responsibilities
of Ufe. and to take up industrial pur
suit a.
Harry Y'ardon. the English, golf play
er (professional), has sailed for home, af
ter an exceptionally successful season It
ts said that he took with him not less
than 110.000 Ho charged 6*50 for each ap
pearance on the link* In exhibition
games and had no difficulty In selling all
of hi* lime at that figure. Golf seems* to
be a fad tlvat Ms devotees are able ami
willing to no- liberally for
Thre* foolish burglars the other night
tried to break Into (he state treasury
of Nebraska for the purpose of looting It.
Had they been smslble men they would
have got thamselves elected to the IsCg
•stature, when they wotfid no doubt hive
found the task comparatively e**y.
THE MOKNINH NEWS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1900.
PNRK r>;i.i%Eio i^Mcr-ieg
POST.
Tie tleneral for an ap
propriation of |i .<•.*> for tha e*tense n
of th* rural free mail deliver} Hl* !*••*
li* v*d • t tn* Jtntvonl sill i * forth- -fil
ing The rurai free delivery ha* *"•*
found |*oi-.;lr wherever It i a* b* *n tr and.
and it l~ the i*ur|e-< .*f t • d'lurtm-ui
to *xle|d It ihrougitout the ruunfi y
sh* r- ver pneslhle.
Should the ff-e* df \e> *|g*roprlation
go Ittrmig ther* © utl - “in* it ©>• * n
demand for t?i- pat.**-)* in 4
word*, that the government carry par *l
- mer- handtse in the rnaila. s well a*
Pit*rs, i.i'W*ia|ier*. magailn*-© nnd not.
bundles *at present End* r th* exist
mg las parcels weighing four pound
.-ach may n© went through t* mail* f"•
pr<*|s>ltton is that th* limit of weight
r-hall le mi-id say to ten, fifteen or
twenty pound* l*ruler our postal trall(r
tr© are at present oblige*! to carry i*• k
ag**w weighing eleven pound* to or from
foreign * am tries, while w are litn
lt*d (< four pound* for our own p*-o
pP It i* com* nded that thl i* an In
just • whl-h ought, to !• remdled.
The op|H)*ltlon to the parcel*
pected fo corns from th* country mer
chant*, (he country newspapers and the
expre** *bmpanles. la h *>f t.ha*e Inier
et* woul<l seriously affected by It
The parcels to*t w*u <1 j*u tural *hot*
fs-r* lu dire* t . omnium aiion with the
gr*'it * lt> *t>r* - n> *i nottilnwl -ost for
trafixportatlon of purchases, it w>)i!l le
prive the country newafmper* of the ad
vertising which they now get from tfw
village and town stores, aril it woii.d cut
the express rtmpnn!ci out of carrying
small pi kag* abov four pour. 1 In
weight-quit** an Imjeirtint coni*lrtion
Jt is easy to wet* how the ini reels port
would ** ate in th* interest of great ag
gregation© of w*lth, against private en
terprise and agalns# individual* atrug
gdng to tnako a living in trade. The
gnnt deiartment -tore* of the ditla*
would fk>*d th© country with their price
h*s- offertng go<R|s at pries* with whi di
j'rruntry merchant© wo*ild find It Impos
sible to ccpifH-te A* a * onscqucnce th*
country inert-haul wuUl have t*i go out
of business, ex<*ept for th© sale of nalh*.
molasses and o few other gross and henvv
articles which could not la transmitted
b> mail He would have lo quit welling
ribbons, dress goods, shoe©, shirts, under
wear and Ilk* articles in whl h be*t prof
its nr* to found Asa consequence h*-
would have to atop advertising In the lo
cal papers, for the reason that he would
have little to advertise except nail* and
mo)a*e* And the express companies
would have to Increase their rates on the
heavier merchandise carried, or reduce
th© pay of their employes, for the r a
son that the mail-, being In compalMlott
with them, would deprive them of a con
siderable part of their revenue.
The pa reel, po,t. meanwhile, would be
a ureal thtnft for the hla elore, of tin
c|tle,. it would enable them to undrrceU
Ihe country merchant In hi, own ferrl
tory. It would jive capital an Immense
mlviintaße over Individual enterprise The
New York of ChlrhßO retail tnerehantti,
buylnc ln v oarload lor, from the faetortee,
could deliver article. In the country six
or eljhl mile, from a country town at
prktea that .wild not be met b> - the mer
chant* of those town* In their own *torrr,
on account of the frelchl* and the ne
cessity of purchasing In amaMer quanti
ties.
The p.arceia (io*t. In short, would put
the government into competition with pri
vate enterprlae as a common ctorrler. at
the same lime afford aKerecated capital
it great advanlaite over Individual* In the
distribution of artlelrw of merchandise.
It Is to he expected that there will be u
lively content over the matter in Congress
before a great while lonizer.
A PI.r.TMOR t Ob’ 111 Kl'.t.
There aeem.-v lately to have la-cti devel
oped between English duke* anti the l’n|-
tHtatr# MlKkUt Ui Mmr mTumy i
iKts
(Mil; Ihut l*. the former opp-r
fixity 1 cateti on. Notwiiht,intlini? lii*
fact that wo imxhmo of the t’niteil i* - *t**.
in kerpinfr with our national rode of polit
ical ethlcu. Affect to tksplw lltkM, >ro
net*, coat-of-arnjH mul other Wwljrnlii
of nobility, mihl glory in the equality of
mMtkliul, wc “dearly love a lord,'* ##p#*
dally an Koidlfh one. u la made evident
by the warmth with wm u wo greet each
titled nlnromi*io| a# he comes over, mul
th# celerity with which our h#lrf#Be#
rouge them#* Ive# In line to he inspected
by the aforeimid tilled nincompoop* with
it view to beat owing their and for
tune* ujon them in mama*-
There are ut present no I#*# than three
KtiglUh duke* in the country, with sev
eral other# hua.ling iU>ui “Jeah oi l#un
non*' and el#e%*hero to rai#e the itumii*
to take their coronal* out of |u*wn In an
tl< Ipattun of an American trip. I a otic
of the#* who has largely attracted tln
most attention 1* the Duke of Manches
ter, w tw> ha* had tbs good fortune to cap
tivate and marry the daughter of an
Ohio ratlroad millionaire. The young wo
man. It seeing. Wti- devoted to dogs
About every picture of h*-r that ha* yet
I found lie way into the publli prints ha-
I dtnwn her In company with, admiring or
i [telling, a <k>s Indeed, a picture of her
| without the ae> omiNtn) Ing .log might on
I band be pronounced spurious. Well, li.
i Duke of Manchester -rented to me.,Mire
I 1 up to this young woman * Ideal notwith
standing hi* dcliie and hi* debaucheries.
I and so they were married They were re
| cently in Cincinnati, wh*re they were
! lionised by the populace white
they munched lien Davis apples,
the wedding present of the grand
| father of the brhle. The next
duke on the list Is he of Yarmouth who
by courtesy. I* said to he an actor tilling
an engagement tn New Y'ork Kxcept
for hi* title he would hardly be permit
ted to carry a spear a* a "aupe" tn n
twrootormlpg company; nevorthelne* It
I* sahl that hi- k> tremendously popular,
anil may shortly marry an hslre*#.
Tit* hit**: addition to the string is Hn
(•race of Newcastle, who has recently
landed He I* much Interested in <dturch
work. It* la n strict ritualist and wtil
) endeavor to advance the cause of the high
I'hitrrh tn this country, tncldentnlly h
will splash nround In the social swim of
Ns* Y'ork. and hunt alligators tn Flor
tda Meanwhile he will Inspect, through
hi* monocle, aueh American girl* as have
millions of dollera and would like to aharr
hi* title. There will, of course, be a
plentr of them on shew.
An officer of one of the largest locomo
tive work* In tha country told the Con
gressional industrial Commission the oth
er day thnt from quarter to a third of
til© company's output was exported. Hale*
In foreign • •unifies are readily made, not*
wllhelamlir g It costs more to deliver a
I*# timotiv* • *iy fur foreign service than (
10* to deliver a similar locomotive in
leis country Export locomotives have t< i
*• ink* i <i-*r md j‘ k<l for shipnu-ns
• '*l medur is h.v* to te sent ©broad
wwh them t* put the m.M hlnrk togfther
Tue offb lai did not think duties on foreign
niotlv* -wre ••• * ry to prevent lm
jk r'ailor, Is Ii not strange that we can
eompet© with th** world In th* matter of
r iilw.iy ♦ngines. and sen*l mechanics
abroad to ***# th**tn up. without govern
ment prof * tfton *r bounty, and at the
irne tirn* ire not able to build ©hips In
competition with Ktirop* without all sorts
of prr4* -f, Mild i iril* > ’
liOve-making rs a -ource of Income h©
teen pra* th e<l Hv a New York man who
I* now wanted by the police for several
years i r . It •** *m* tiuit th** fellow made
spe< l.ilay of wldow. with what degre*
• • ant i t- shown by th*- fad that he i*
• ngnjsed to b* married to not less than
tw*-ntv of them, under almost as many
alms*s. lie would be courting three or
four of them at once, showing fhat he
must have been man of some Intellect
ual (ibtltty to kep his various names
and appointments airtight. It was his
favorite scheme to r* present himself as
retired < apifallst. make ardent love to
the widow, beeotm* engaged to her. write
will In h-r favor, iwd then borrow all
of the money that eh* was wilting to let
him have It is believ*sl that from his
twenty-odd widow* he has r©rllx**d quite
a nea< little sum.
I'tCVt XOX %L.
Senator Hale, who In a general way
has hlh*rfo lw*en lo*k*-d upon a an ex
emphir of what Is proper In male attire,
horrified his colleagues the other after
noon by appearing among them wearing
a high bat and a short coat -a combina
tion supposed to be |M*rmlasiblo only *n
th*- east side of New York.
—At n dinner In Washington the other
evening ex-Preeitlent Harrison gave an
other evidence that he i© not overburden
*-*1 with veneration for th- present fed
eral administration t sn* of the I>emo
rats present said that b© was prepare*!
to supfairt H.innn f*ir the presidency In
ltsd, as by that time the Ohio Senator
would have b 1 eight years' experience
In tue office Mr Harrison laughed hear!
Ily, and evidently enjoyed the palpable
hit.
Queen Wllhelmlna la ©aid to be rapidly
converting her nation to temperance In
the matter of drinking Drink Is o©e of
the course* f Holland, and the Queen's
f.ll her, her ir**d* • rsor on the throne,
was a counted tb* champion royal drunk
ard of Europe The young Queen's most
notabla convert Is her Intended husb.nd.
Henry of MedUenburg-Schwertn. He ha©
lx**n known as on© of th© moot <*onfinn
ed drinker* in the corps of young offi. -r*
Queen Wilhelmina tiever touche* any al
coholic beverage*.
I HUB IIT BITS.
—At the Seaside.—AmbitloUß Mamma
What did you catch thl, morning?
■ a flounder and Mr. B.rsh
fleld—Tit-Bit*.
—'-When I get to Fart*. i>ap, t want to
know Juat how much money I can have
to buy clothe* with. ’
•‘Well, my dear, how would, say, a
thousand do?"
"Now, papa. I know you don't want me
to go about In rates '—Life.
- A Reformer Bat On —The Fair North
enter. I think it's perfectly harbarous
the way people are lynched around here.
Southerner; 1 think so myself, ma'am,
hut after the laal lynebln', when I sug
ip ted that we chip in an' buy an electric
chair, the boy, darn near lynched mu'—
Fuck.
—Otic of the Real Victims.—“ There * no
doubt," said the aubur'>an!ie hvU5--?vc!d -r
"that we have been needititj hutleriitc leg
islation a long lime. It waa only lib
other day mv grocer sold me some old
and rancid country butter for good but
tortnr 1 made bint take It back, too
quick!"—Chicago Tribune.
t I HHt:vr COM MIC NT.
Tho Halt Insure Sun (Detn >, In discussing
the argument of Attorney General Griggs,
ou tho rights of the dltiens of tin- recent
ly a* qulred Island*, ssrys: "Hut ttu* most
Startling a Bin nation of Mr. Griggs was
that t'ongres* hns a right to restrict the
personal rghts of elltxen* In the terrlto
ries Ho affirmed this atnaxlng doctrine
In a single word In responae to a question
bv Justice Harlan The logic of this con
tention l that the people In the terri
tories have no right* which t'ongrea* Is
bound to rewpeet When the ttuprenw
Court r<luctantly (leidared In the Dred
fpsilt decision that, according to the law
a* It then existed In the t’nlted tttate*.
the negro alaves were In that unfortunate
plight, the radical peotde of Ihe North de
nounc'd the Conotttutlon as a league with
hell Now Attorney General Griggs Is an
nouncing that Iks trine with regard to the
mllllona of pi-ople tn Ihe late Spanish Isl
ands and Alaska The Constitution guar
antees to the people of the Untied States
the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus,
but If It ha-s not extend to the colonies
tlHsse people have no such privilege, be
cause It Is not a natural right and can
only I*- acquired by law or constitution
Nor have the*e [setipls the right to trial
by Jury nor to the common law They
hitM no exemption from ex post facto
laws and bill* of attainder In point of
fact they arc under a government of-un
limited and unrestricted power r*i>osed In
the hands of a body not olioseii by them
-elves and not knowing their language or
custom*, but resddlng In tho case of the
I’liUlppioes at Ilu Anilp-lc* ftom them."
The New Y'ork Journal of Commerce
(1n,1,) **>>: "AAterlcaat shipbuilding ma
terial* have tcn going to Belfast and the
Clyde in driblets of Iwoor thre.- thosuanri
(on*, but now a Glasgow dispatch report*
that rt-otch builders have |>!acr*l order*
here for ISO <**i tons of plate* on which
they save 62-VHW This 1* the most se
rious Inclib-nt for Great Britain thut ha*
occurred In lls com|iet!tion lih ths steel
business of the United States It la diffi
cult to see what tln end will be: undoubt
%tly there will Ire a rearrangement and
the British Iron Industry IM proceed on
som I taste. lon there Is likely to be a
heavy loss to caffital amt labor la-fore the
rearrangement Is completed. Glasgow re
iwris acute depression In the steel trade,
ihe stowage of fourteen furnace* at the
end of this year, and talk of Indefinite
closing."
The Hi. txml* Republic (Demi says: "If
the Itanna-iPwyne-Frye-*(aturd-Oil ship
sulek.lv bill 1* passed at the dtetatton of
Mark Hanna and President Me Kiltie) It
will tax the American people 69.X.n a
year for twenty year# for the enrichment
no benefit on the taxpayers. It will proo
abi) !•• pa seed, the President and Mark
Hanna being determined upon the grub
To this complexion has It come at laat tn
this country when an tasue ts raised l/t
--tween the American syndicate* and the
American people."
( ban's Urrat bark.
haii Chung, (he King of Hiliuw gam
bivt *. who hs 1 * made- more than H.UCo.'Xs
running,game* in Ban E'ratuiaca. is a man
of more than ordinary intelligence,
pay* the Chicago Inter-Ocean. He
ha* n code of morals quite different from
thut of Occidental civilisation, and there
for* he doe* not consider that hi* for
tune im© been msd* by •ibhonorabu
means. Since the death of Little Pet*.
the moat notorloua (Tilnaman of hla clas.
the I'aclfix coast. Chan Chung has had
gif-al atweeps in lu reating t> in* *ii *.
although within the lost few months h
has used six fn-tar> gam*w and two lot
teries.
('nan ( hung I© th© ib*sc**n*hrii of a
wtaithy famuy Ills father and grand
father were I'Ugar king* :> t'hinu and
owned thirteen factories When h*’ cam*
to the I nited Htatea Chan brought SSO.*
••• with bun. find mat formed n fiucli u
foi the fortune Hint h© has a Inc© then
■ .mulntei H*- W studying American
•-undltion© and institution? and U l© hi
anibtiiofi (o return to China md eng ag
in secret political work. In talking about
hmi*if b© sabi recently:
"I been here in mis country twenty-six
years I have lots trouble, but 1 gcJ
along I mak|‘ arwl spend lots money. I
spend mayb©| more than million dollan*
finding out your haiku and . ustoms. Find
out all what you do, bow you lo bus lns a*
in *Hirfs how you run your government;
how >oi trade and live; how you ilo In
your home* I have big bo*k that thick
ail atmot Cnltoit States. America 1 am
going back to China eighteen months from
r*/w and ik* book along for *•< r**t us--
• nly ('hinnrnn out of 4Oh.OOO.tJUU very
* r©t Just like secret ©oriety.
Htme-by—l think two year©—we nr*
g -ing to have meeting. Only otu* kh.r
inerting In 4.000 years; that was K.O year*
’ md than whol provtno
©d over in ©nr night, and ini manv, many
*cop|*r kllld. IN liolt- empir* turn over.
"We have very, very secret society
Hard to find man you < an trust. Not om
man. probably, in 100.000 Probably my
head go oft, my money all go—l no car©
I care for my own name. That * the kind
of man 1 am.
"I com© San Francisco and stay on*
we* k Then go San Jose and May four
>*wrs Ho Into dry good© business. I
make plenty money. Send 140.000 I nun© i>
my mother. 1 come to Ran Francisco
br k. M> mother she sent m* S3O.UQO. F*r
long ttm* I imd two sometimes three,
stores 1 have three good store* now
“About fourteen years ago 1 first open
up dub I first go to my people ami i.iy
’What fr you Ik* highbinder* and kth
each other In United State©" What for
you no go work?’ I try to teach them
©otnothlng They say: ‘No can go work;
nobody want us; you start up club and
we gu work f*r you.*
’ All right, I *M*rt dub. I put man in
work f**r nu make him work two hours
a day first week, then four hour* ©acond
week, six hours third we-k Blme-by.
when man been thare about eight weeks
I make him work fourteen hours a day
Then I ©ay to him ‘I have to give work
to aonio other man; you butter go work
on farm.’ He say: AH right; you get me
pfaca.' I writ© (o foiemun of farm and
he give him place--work first t ight hours
day, then, next week, nine, next week
ten, because If man work too hard am)
too lung at firm he quite ami go back to
Is- highbinders and sioolpigcon*. In this
way J make good men.
in IK tie while I have several club©
All imk- lot© of money sometime©; some
time* not make much
“I do not know how much money I
mak*- any one night. My tookkeeper, he
knows that, rkanetime© I no g*j near
gam*-© fr two whole wewks. If I mk*
si.M* riiglH I can’t ©ay. If l Itave big limit
l can’t **\ If game have IIOU.AQU money.
lio.us* is limit for any one play; if SiO.UUU
in money. sl.ud) 1s limit—always at tout
on#-tenth.
"My iercfcntage— what you call 'house
percentage -tw p *•#•* . U K v. ™.t
and all the tie©; for fan-tan It i* 7 !*••
cent and for th© tic©. I lv* over fifty
men work for dh\ 1 no ali*w' any man
amok© opium. If he do 1 dr*- him. 1 no
gaml<le, except play small poker, maybe
ten cent© ante, or shake dice for flftwfi
or twenty-five cents or half a dollar, just
for fun. 1 no amok** opium and 1 no
drink much. 1 ©ay If man go every dv
and put helf dollar in box for awfe-keep-
Ing. he I© big winner by Christmas.
“What I wen* 1* to nik© myself 'been
vun* all ©ame Confucius. In all China in
4.(Cij years only 2P good notnc©. Nam*
never die. Hlchea may go away and body
go away, but name never dlt*.
*T Ilk*- ©♦•© Emperor of China In pow i
and rule whole country. He make goon
law© for all pe**tle. If otlur nations cut
up minx tn n little while they will light
among themselve* and there will be war
all over the world.
**l run KwmhUng business here. *© 1
mak© money o sis-nd for Information,
so I do mv country some god 1 -think
..*i. riant ir. United
and maybe trouble here. I think, in live
years This country l© like ugly woman
who fiowder© her face and looks pleas
ant. Too much sham. What w*- call in
China. Thing hoom hm. or make pretty
face to make believe. Kieh man too much
©•lueexe poor mar* here."
how Will Yoa Smile f
Mr* Kendal ts nothing If not Impulsive
ly genial, and the Imperturbability of cer
tain character* has often a curiously Ir
ritating effect upon her. says tho Phila
delphia Telegraph Phe was shop.ing one
day at certain will-known stores, and
having completed her purclsises. took
leave of the assistant who had served
her with a friendly "Good morning"
There was no reply. In that hunt work
ing -tampers busy career th--rc was no
time, probably, for the minor geutlenease*
of lif-- Say good morning an-l smile'"
ex( lalm-d Mrs Kendal. Impetuously The
girl Stare.) tn mute amagetnent. "Then I
shall remain here until you do," said the
gnat actress, tn the most persuasive but
yet In the firmest tone* This win too
much for the girl. "Good morning." she
said, and burat out laughing. Prom that
hour Mrs. Kendal# appearance at the
stores In question was me signal for an
outburst of geniality.
safe netting.
A Durham farmer was traveling to l/wi
den to consult a lawyer, when the fear
struck hint that he bad left certain im
portant papers behind, say* I/>ndon An
swer*. Hr made a hurried search of hi*
bag *“ .. .
•If t did leave those papers, he re
marked. "I'm a fool "
Tli# #*rch anti a tnotnofu
lat*r h# Mkl;
•T believe It'll turn out I’m a ton,.
Just os he was examining the laet bun
dle of lUpcr*. he exclaimed:
"1 believe It’ll turn out I'm a fool! '
A man on the other side of the rom
partm- nt lowered hi* newspaper for a mo
ment and sal-1, slowly and deliberately
"Oblige me. sir. by laying a Hltlc money
that same way for me."
< hrlstinas stoeklaa*.
A street urchin stood peering Info the
window of a toy shop one evening Just be
fore Christmas watching a prosperous
father buying presents, says the SyracUMc
N.-ws. Digger amt bigger the boy's eye#
grew as the purchasing went on Finally,
when It was all over and the man left
the store, th* tad sidled up to him, and
with great dlffidertcr asked:
"Wui all them fhlng* you bought fer
nne hoy. mister'"
"VY'hy. >a —certainly." said the man pa
tiently a* h* turned away with his bundle.
under hie arms
The street boy # eye* grew tagger yet.
"Gee whig"’ ha whispered ureter his
breath. "Rich men's boys must wear big
stockings!"
—Half th# Work Done—" Are you
through your Christmas ahofSplng. Mr*.
Tibbs*" "Yes. hut l haven't begun chang
ing things yet."—Chicago Record.
ITRSM OF HWiRIAT.
-The pulpy* mas* called l*©we**e which
Ij bft after the sugar can© ha* t>e©fi
crushed and squeezed dry of Its saccha
rin© matter, and formerly was burned
and got rid of as a nuisance. Is now used
for the monufeoturr of paper
The amount of unsold lumb r on the
docks at the head of the lake© (Duluth,
fhiprrtor arvl West Hupcrtor) Dec 1 was
1Ji.972.0kU feet* a. compared with J7.437.di>
f**t in IX9U. on th same (kite, 72.751,(80
feet in 1W .n*l IR,ffir>.ol> feet in IK7.
—Ex-Renator Jam*** W. Bradbury, of
Maine, who. a( !*6. 1© Uc oldest former
United State© Rene tor, ha© never tasted
liquor or tobacco, and is to-day able to
attend u his considerable correspond
ence without tin* aid of an amanuensis.
—No police of!! *©r In Kokomo, Ind., can
ba iirtiu* • J to w.-ar badge No. 3, and It
has been abolished by the hoard. Him c
the organization <f the department nine
>•*• r© ago every No. 8 officer has died
within a year after beginning to wear the
hoodoo badge.
—L T. Davl*. a farmer living near Weal
Union, W. Va„ had his throat cut by a
corn stubble and almost bled to death be
fore assistance reached him. While haul
ing fodder he fell from his wagon, his
throat striking th© sharp-pointed stubble.
A tearing gash was (he result.
—Among curio*lties disclosed by th©
i ensu* is the fact that in forty-eight of
the Jif Kentucky counties no whisky is
sold. Htlll more surprising Is the cir
cumstance that thirty-on** of those coun
lie© ar in th** region where moonshine
liquor I© *iif>p©ed to be the regular fam
ily beverage.
-~Ro far the bed emergency ration i©
oned* vl*< and by American army officer*. It
consist© of one pound of raw lean beef
and one pound of bread, seasoned with
salt and red pepper, eaten dry without
cooking. *>ne pound of the mixture sus
tain© a ©oldier in good condition for twen
ty-four hour*.
Hir Henri Joly, the lieutenant governor
of British Columbia, with the assistance
of th*- Natural History Society of that
Pfovtnce 1© taking -©ps lo import large
quantities of song birds from England and
Eastern Canada. It is believed that they
will t* rapidly accllmut**d and wdll thrive
in British Columbia.
Rhode Island and Connecticut turkey
raisers have concluded th.it their flocks
are coddle©! too much to he healthful and
th*4r plan now 1* to give them a fre©
rang* * Hie bdand In the im*ftdlc of I>on{
island sound u* devoted entirely to the
turkey business. The bird© are f**d. l*ut
left othertels© to car** for themselves.
—A publishing house In Ht. I'aul ha©
leased a club building for Its 450 employ©*
The dues are 1> cents a imkith. entitling
a m* mber t< all the privilege* of the
club Refreshment© are furnished at cost
and stor age for bicycler* I* provided. There
1 a smoking n*m an*) billiard room and
a gymnasium 1* plam<cd for the Uutcment.
While ©marching through the basement
of th- Kenosha I’tmloffice the other morn
ing Postmaster FVantz found ©lx bags of
mail which an* supposed to have lain
there for about a year, an the bag© con
tain many t'hristma* present*. The d**-
IMrtment in Washington ha* bfsti notl
fled and the mail deliver©*! to the various
addresses.
The big tunned on the Great Northern
Railroad, in the state of Washington, 1*
ready for ns© a month earlier than had
been anticipated. Th* "Iwro" 1© 13.221
feet In length, one of th© longest ever
made, and it mas taken throe years to
.%unni~tf it It ha© made two towns. Caa*
cadi* atal Arllngton.**on opfioaiio sides of
the mountain.
—Caroline L Jons*, a servant in the
same rb*h Brooklyn family for over a
Jueen years, died last week, leaving W.V/o,
which ©h* had amujmulatiMl arut made in
©mall ©p-©ulatlon©. Rhe left It all to her
aged • mployer. Capt. William It Hilton
and n*w relative© with whom she never
tould agree are fighting (o obtain po*©e©-
Hion of her Having©.
—According to a Bt. Petersburg cor
respondent an imalid who hen reached
the remarkabl* uge of MU year© is now
lying In the hoxtrttai of Tomsk ll*- still
ietn**nlM>r* Catherine II and talk* of hav
ing buried liix wife lU> years ago and hi*
©on ninety years beck. Ilia record was
murly Approached by u Georgian who
died ix few days ago in Tillls at the age
of 135.
New statistics regarding the greatness
of grcajor New Y'ork have Just been
mad*- public. A student of muntdi-al ma
chinery says it IS coaxing every man. wo
man and child t-'-S- a year to keep things
moving. The police department alone
costs 13.61 per citlacn. while the average
-iebt p-r la-ad Is 673.31. On the other liatsl,
the per capita valuation of every resi
dent is 61,611.97.
—The chief fire engineer of the hew Or
b-ans, lai , department Ist* figured out
that the relative running cost as between
a three-horse hitch engine of the first
class amt all electric purer engine Is 6*l"
a month for the former, and 137 for the
same period for the latter. These figures
show a clear gain of 633 l"'r month, anc
6t-e per anriuni In round figure* for the
electric power engine.
—lt Is a popular impression that Alaska
1* a fruuen zone utal that the soil is bar
ren and worthless. This Is a mistake.
The sun Is hot, ihe snow moistens ond en
riches (lie earth and the soil tn the val
ley* Is fertile an-l productive. YVheat.
corn, oat*. liarley, buckwheat, flaxseed
and a considerable variety of vegetables
and forage plants can lev successfully
grown In many |urt* of the territory.
—The Russian authorities have always
been aware of the usefulness of their
Cossack soldiery In quelling outbreaks
even In Kuropean Russia, says the Paris
Messenger Forty years ago these wild
soldier* of the Dieppe* were sent to quell
the Insurrection In Poland. The horrible
butchery which then ensued In YY'arsaw
and other Polish towns forms one of the
blackest pages In Ihe history of Russia.
Only eighteen months ago the Cossacks
were let lose In Ihe street* of St. Peters
burg to restore order among the disaffect
ed student* of the University. Hiding
straight Into the bands of sttslmts, thr
Cossack* Dished right an-l left with their
long cruel rein*, loaded with lead and Ihe
students were literally driven Into sub
mission.
- The northern third of France and half
of Belgium arc to-day more Teutonic than
Ihe south of Germany,says the London Ex
pr.-a* This should not occasion surprise
When we remember the Incessant down
pour of Teutonic tribes during the whole
historic period. It was a i.aistant pro
ri--don of (loth*—from all points of the
compass— Franks, Burgundians and oth
ers France was entirely overrun by the
Frank*, with the exception of Brittany,
by the middle of the sixth century. Ali
through the Middle Ages this port of
France wa- German In language and cus
tom- .( well. The very name of Ih. coun
try Is Teutonic. It has the same origin a*
Fram-onia In Southern Germany In 131!
the Council of Tour*.away down south or
.kilned (hat every Bishop should preseh
both In (lo- Romance and (he Teutonic lan
guage The Franks preserved their Ger
man speech Wt year* after the conquest.
Charb-m igm . a German Hi* cour
tier* were all Germans. He )| V ed an d
governed from outside the limits of mod
ern France. The Abhe gleye* uMered an
ethnological truism whoo, in the course
of the French Revolution, he cried out
against Ihe Franeh aristocracy "Let us
Fend them back (o their German marshes
whui': woy came!’*
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
§Tb> Quaker H-ra
Tonic la not only ,
I4<ml purltter. but a
fair. Weak and
blll .il.tj wro
’ nur Moot), ll art, a,
tonic. It reguiat-a
• iltsv.tion. cure, <ty..
I>ep,ta and Ind,
Mrciucth and ton. to
tha nervoua ,v,t.<t>.
It la a raartlcln* for cuk woman. II la R
purely veßctable nirdlrlno and
taken by the moat delicate. Kldnry Dt
niM'i, Khcumatlem and all tjiaea.ea ol tho
Blood, fionia It and <>erve aoon ,uccumt>
lo lie wontlerful effwl* uioti the human
.ym.-m. Thouaaod, of people In Gaorgtj
rcrommend It Price |1 00
QUAKER PAIN BAIOI la the madlrma
that tha wuakcr liortor mado all o( hit
wonderful iitfick cure* with, lt’a a aew
and wonderful mllclue for Neuralgia,
Toothache, Backache. Hheumainms
Rpraln,. Pain In Bowel,; In fact, all pa n
can be relieved by It. ITI<W Kc and Soc.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated aoap for the akin, ca!p aitJ
complexion. Prico ltk a cake.
QUAKER HEALING HALVE, ave”.
table ointment, for the cure of letter, .
zema and eruption, of the akin. Pri a
U>c a box
FOB SALE BY Aid. URUGOIPTR
l l S I. Of HOP! M IND (I SI RT
HUkUILk
For Isle of Hope. Mu.>to<n< ry. Thun.lar
boti. Cattle Park and Weal End.
Daily except Sundays. (Subject lo eftaa
ntltkout notice
ISLE OF HOPE.
I.v City for i ot Ii Lv 1 W of' Hope '
*> am from Tenth iOO am for Holton
730 am from Tenth ouo am for Tenth
*A> am from t'eotli 7uu am for Tenth
916 am from Hoitou | uo am for Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth jlO tv am for Tenth
U® n n from Tenth |ll U 0 am for Holton
1 16 pm from Holton 11 JO am for Tenth
2Jo pm from Tenth j 3tW pm for Tenth
33u pm from Tenth jJ lo pm for Holton
130 pm from Tenth | JOO pm for Tenth
5 i’> |*n (r an itoitou |
i> 3u pin t.om Tenth 100 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth , iuo |>m for Tenth
730 pm from Tenth J 7Ou pm for Tomb
I) pm from Tenth tou pm for Tenth
J3o pm from Tenth , 9id pm for Tenth
10 X pm from Tenth |lo (lu pm for Tenth
MONTGOMERY
D city for Mocw'ry l L* Moot,ornery
J 0 am from Tenth | 7 16 urn for Tenth
J 3u pm fium Tenth i 1 L pin for Tenth
*pm from Tenth J ,oo pm fur Tahth
CATTLE I'AKK
Lv city fur Cat.Tark, Lv Cattle Fork ~
S At am frmu Button , 7 00 am tor Boltoh
7 At am ft out Holton j J wu aiu for Bolton
1 hi pm frum Hoi ton j 1 Jo pm for lioliafi
r Jv pm fivna Bo: urn | 3 uu pm for Bolton
i 00 pm from Bolton j 7 3u piu for Botton
uo pm from Bolton | I 30 pm for Button
TIiUNDiUIBoLT.
Car leaves Helton street Junction S 3d
tn. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11 3Up. m.
Car haves Thunderbolt at 6.00 a. tn. and
every thirty mlnut. ■ thereafter until
11:00 midnight, for Holton street Junc
tion.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL - AM
This car carries trailer for t-aasengere
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all Intermediate points at 9 00 a. m ,
I.OU p. rn , 5 'JU t tu
l-#ve* Isle of Hop* for Thunderbolt.
City Market and all Intermediate point*
at 6:00 a. m.. 1100 a. ni . 340 p
WKST KND c ill.
Cnr leave* west side of etiy market for
West Fnd 6:00 a m and every at minute#
thereafter during the day until ll:k> p. m.
Leave* West Knit at t 30 a m. and et
,ery to minutes thereafter during th# day
until tj oo o'clock midnight
H M T/TFTOV a* n Manager.
Merflionts 8 Miners ironsoortotiwi Cos
Steamship Lines
To Baltimore &, Philadelphia
Ticket* on Sale to All Points North and
Wes!
First-class tickets Include meals and
berths Savannah to Halttmor* and Phila
delphia. Accommodation# and culaina
unequaled
The steamship# of this comrany ar# *p
pr.lnted to sail from Savannah a* follow#
(Central Standard Tltm-P
TO HALT! MORE,
TF.XAS. Capt. Eldrudge. TUKSDAY,
Dec. 25. 7 a. m.
D It MILLKH. Capt Peters. THURS
DAY, Dec. 27, at 10:00* m
ITASCA. Capt. Illlltipe. SATURDAY,
Dec 29. 1:31) p. m.
CHATHAM ('apt. Easter, TUICJIDAY,
Jan. 1. 2:30 p. m
TO PHILADELPHIA.
BERKSHIRE, Cnpt. Ryan, TUESDAY,
Dee. 25, 3 p. m.
ALLF/JHANY. Capt Footer. SATUH-
I>AY' Dec. 29. at 10:00 p. m.
lIBRKHHIKH ('apt. Ryan. WICDNEHk
DAY, Jan. 2. 3:30 p rn.
T.cket Office No U 2 Bull street.
3.3. CAROLAN, Agent.
NEWCOMB COHEN, Tray. Agt
Savannah. Ga.
W P TURNER. O P A
A D STEBBINB. A. T If.
3 C WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offlcea. Raltlmore, Md.
TURPENTINE FARM
FOR SALE.
Fine well equipped Tnrpentina
Farm at private ante, n aeeoant of
■tenth of partners. Thirty rraps,
In lMr and runnd timber pleatr<
(an hr linught at a great hariala.
Address nr vlelt
MANSHIP CO.,
Nicholaxvtlle, Milter County. Ga.
Kl.fioo Ir.
/e Awarded at I‘arla
/ Quinn \
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