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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair wenther, but much colder; ■ cold
wave at night; fresh northwesterly winds;
and for Eastern Florida, fair weather,
much colder in northern and central por
tion. probably freezing temperature at
night In extreme northern itortlon. and
heavy frosts In central portion; winds be
coming fresh northerly.
Does it feel more advanced to be a twen
tieth century person than a nineteenth?
Exports of Southern pig Iron for the
year Just past will break the record by
upward of 15,000 tons, and will be 65.000
tons greater than last year.
It seems after all that Editor Harms
worth'e success is largely due lo the In
spiration he has received from his wife.
When a wife determines that her hus
band shall get ahead in the world and
sets herself to the task of helping him
he la pretty certain to succeed, If he has
anything at all in him.
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The Duke und Duchess of Manchester
continue to receive the devoted atten
tions of Cincinnati. They were taken
down to the police court the other day,
where the Duke was requested to give his
expert opinion as to whether or not a
puppy’s tall should lie cut off If the
puppy was designed for a fashionable
life, and the Duchess was presented with
a pistol with whl"h one drunken woman
had murdered another. Cincinnati cer
tainly knows how to entertain!
Mr. Nikola Tesla, the electrical expert,
make* his how to the new century, and
says he will shortly surprise It with an
outline and description of u new selentllle
discovery which will open a vast field. It
touches, he says, on scientific points that
have hitherto been deennd Inaccessible.
Tlie discovery, he further says. Is one of
the most startling and lmporiant tnat has
ever been mude known In connection with
electricity. Mr. Tesla always has some
thing up his sleeve with which to aston
ish the native*, but somehow or other he
CineraUy keeps it thcie.
mot.
We see to-day what few persons living
ever saw before, and few now alive will
see again—the beginning of anew cen
tury. The event Is suggestive of many
serious thoughts. The most wonderful
era of the world's history in material and
educational development Is embraced in
the century which came to an end at
midnight last night. The human race is
now upon a higher plane than was eve
before occupied by It, notwithstanding
che croaklngs of those who lament the
passing of the "good old times," times
indeed when courts were crude and lib
erty was jeopardized by blue laws; when
school houses were few and far between
and superstition often masqueraded as re
ligion; when liooks and newspapers were
scarce and dear, nd only the rich might
enjoy literature; when n day’s Journey
was thirty miles; when the tallow dip
was practically the only means of illu
mination, and men claimed It as a per
sonal privilege to beat their wives. Is
there any sane person who would turn
hack the wheels of time one hundred
years, in older that the "good old days”
might be restored? We do not believe it.
Still, looking back from the twentieth
upon the nineteenth century, there can
be no quarrel with it. There were both
parlous and dull times during the first
half of it. Advancement was slow. Old
customs were deep-rooted, and were to
be thrown off only with difficulty. But
in the first half of the century the foun
dation was laid for the marvelous spurt
of advancement and enlightenment that
characterized the second half. With the
development of the steam engine and Us
c.daptation to transportation ami manu
facturing. the real transformation to
modern life began. It may, indeed, he
claimed that (he steam engine was the
greatest developer of the century. Its
benefactions have been innumerable.
During recent years It has been powerfully
aided by the electric dynamo- and motor;
but it will probably remain for the new
century to bring the new servant of man,
electricity, lo its Highest state of effi
ciency. No more valuable legacy comes
to the new century from the old than ap
plied electricity, with its manifold and
multiplying uses.
It is not within the scope of this article,
of course, to nole specifically the ad
vancement accomplished in arts and
sciences during the past hundred years.
It must suffice to remark upon conditions
as they exist, to characterize the last
fifty years as the (lower of the period, and
leave the reader to go hack In retrospect
over the century for details that may bo
wanted.
From a weak little union of states
along the Atlantic coast, we have now
become one of the greatest and richest
nations of the earth. We are the gran
ary of the world, and are so wealthy that
we have money to lend to Europe. From
a debtor nation we have become a cred
itor, and from an instgnirleant little gov
ernment we have become a World Power,
courted and feared by all of our contem
poraries. And our prestige is growing
every day. We have entered the new
e-ntury with hope, courage and brilliant
prospects.
The two last sentences in the foregoing
paragraph may he applied with equal
force and truthfulness to our beloved
state of Georgia and city of Savannah as
lo the nation. Notwithstanding the vicis
situdes of war, and the horrors of hostile
Invasion, the state and the city find them
selves at the beginning of the new cen
tury in impregnable positions. They have
become populous and prosperous, and
have every reason to look forward to the
new cycle with the utmost confidence.
During the hundred years past Savannah
has risen from a small settlement of a
few thousand people to the position of
leading scajort of the South Atlantic,
and one of the great seaports of the
world. In many articles of commerce
she stands among the very first markets
and |>orts of the United States. While
making splendid progress in trade, ihe
aesthetic side of her nature has not been
neglected. She is a student and patron
of the ants and sciences, and her culture
and beauty are proverbial. She Is a city
to love and be proud of. May she grow
In the graces and In riches steadily dur
ing the next hundred years! It should be
the pleasure of every Savanuulilan to do
whatever Is possible towards the realiza
tion of 'that wish, by giving her good gov
ernment and loyal and unseltish support.
V LONGER PRESIDENTIAL TERM.
A question that will receive considerable
attention at the very beginning of the
iwentieth century is that of making the
presidential term longer. In an article in
the New York World ex-Prestdent Cleve
land points out some of the objections to
the present term, and to the method of
electing the President. The method is
objectionable because it is possible for
the populur will to be defeated—a minor
ity of Ihe voters could elect the President.
It would he extremely difficult for a mi
nority President to exert a good influ
ence upon legislation. It will be recalled
that Mr. Hayes was constantly confront
ed with the charge that he had not been
elected. He received a majority of the
electoral votes, but It was not generally
believed that all of the electors who cast
their votes for him were legally elected.
Pretty much the same feeling would be
shown 10 a minority President as was ex
hibited towards 111. Hayes.
Mr. Cleveland polnits out that two of
(he sessions of Congress during a presi
dential term are so short that there Is
only time to pas* the appropriation hills,
and that of the other two one Is at the
beginning of the presidential term, and
the President Is new to hts position and
is overwhelmed with the importunities of
office-seekers, and therefore has hut lit
tle time to give to the interests of (lie
country. The other Is at a time w hen the
President and his cabinet and Ills party
are greatly disturbed by the approaching
presidential and congressional campaign.
They are afraid lo act boldly, and hi all
cases do what seems best for the country
for fear of Kiting an advantage to the op
position.
Another great objection is that elections
are too frequent. Business and other in
terests are greatly disturbed by them. As
a rule a presidential election year is not
a good business year. Last year was an
exception, and It la said that exceptions
prove the rule.
It has long lieen the contention of some
of our ablest thinkers that a six years'
term without the privilege of a second
term wouid be far better for the country
than the four years’ term. The four
years' term answered very we'J when the
country was small und sparsely populated,
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. JANUARY 1, 11)01.
but now vast Interests are greatly disturb
ed by a presidential election.
A change In the presidential terms can
not be brought about In a day. It will
take years to aeeompllsh It. If It can be
accomplished at all. But whether accom
plished or not. It Is certain to lie one of
the things which will receive a great
amount of attention during the first years
of the new century.
\ TWENTIETH CBNTI'HY PROBLEM.
A problem that confronts this country
at the beginning of the twentieth century
Is how to allay the discontent of the
masses arising from the possession of
enormous fortunes by the few, and how
to compel the rich to bear their just t>or
tlon of the burdens of government. This
dlsrtontent has not become very pro
nounced as yet, but there are increasing
signs of it. The existence of it was the
foundation of much that was said In the
last presidential campaign. A few days
ago ex-Mayor Hewitt, of New York, com
plained that the rich were growing more
selfish as they grew richer, and that they
were not nearly so ready to assist the
poor as had been the rich men of a gen
eration or so ago. As the great fortunes
have become greater the poverty of the
poor of the great cities has la-come more
pronounced. How long will It be before
Ihe discontent of the toilers will reach a
point inhere the ballot will be used in a
war on wealth?
It may be pointed out that In England
the rich have gone on accumulating
wealth for centuries while )>overty has
been acute without provoking any great
antagonism to the rich, but there has
never been in England such rapid accu
mulation of wealth as there has been In
recent years in this country. Science has
unlocked Ihe treasure house of nature
and Ihe number of millionaires has in
creased rapidly. And they are combining
their capital and increasing their millions.
At the same time they are not, as a rule,
using a fair share of their wealth to ben
efit their fellow men. On the Contrary,
(hey refuse to bear their share of Ihe
burdens of government or to use their
wealth to better the condition of those
who are honestly struggling in adversity.
The gap between the great fortunes and
extreme poverty will grow wider unless
something is done to prevent it, and as
It grows wider the sounds of discontent
will become more distinct.
How to make the rich bear the bur
dens of government in proportion to their
wealth and induce them to discharge ob
ligations they owe to society is a problem
that is uwajtlng solution. Its importance
is not being overestimated by those who
are calling attention to it. It is a prob
lem that cannot tie put aside. It will have
to be solved, and with each year of the
new century the necessity for its solu
tion will become more imperative.
LENGTHENING LIFE.
The eminent FrencJ* scientist Metic-hi
koff, in an article in the World, holds out
the hope that by Ihe end of the twen
tieth century science may have made
such progress that the average life of man
will be one hundred years or more—that
at one hundred years of age a man may
be as strong and healthy ns a man of
fifty is now.
He points out that in 1790 the average
age of mail was thirty years. By 1850, owing
to an increase in the knowledge of med
icine and the laws of health the average
had Increased to thirty-two years. In
1885 it had increased to thirty-five years,
and it is now believed to be thirty-seven
In the most favored sections of Europe
and this country.
Thus it will, he s£en that the average
age of man within a century has been
increased seven and a half years. Wh it
is there in the way of still further in
creasing the average? As far as can be
seen there Is absolutely nothing. New
discoveries are being made all the time
which aid physicians in controlling dis
eases. Once, smallpox was such a great
scourge that big cities were decimated
by it. Now it excites very little alarm,
except in communities where there are
not the proper facilities for treating it
and dealing with it. When it makes its
appearance In a city it is handled so
intelligently that it is soon stamped out.
May it not be that the time is not dis
tant when consumption will be dealt with
as effectively? Even now steps are being
taken to prevent Its spread. Consump
tives have not the freedom in many ho
tels and in sleeping cars they once had,
and in most cities spitting on the floors
of street cars is prohibited.
Yellow fever is receiving the closest
attention from the best minds in the med
ical profession. In fact, throughout the
world, there Is an army of investigators
at work seeking the causes of diseases
and remedies for them. Discoveries are
certain. The theory that the mosquito
conveys malaria and the yellow fever germ
may not be true, but If it should pro/e
not to be, the Invtetigatlons into the
causes of malaria und yellow fever will
not cease. Typhoid fever and diphtheria
are now treated so successfully that the
percentage of deaths from them is much
smaller than it was a few years ago
There is reason for thinking that In the
course of tills century the true causes of
most tliseases will be found, and that
there wlil be remedies for them.
And it is certain that nowadays men
and women do not become old us soon as
they did a half century ago. and ihey do
not have the appearance of old age so
early in life. A man who usee the knowl
edge for oaring for himself that is with
in his reach is almost as young looking
at flfty-ltve as men were at thirty-live at
(he beginning of me nineteenth century.
The thought that Menchlkoff throws out
therefore, that by the end of this cen
tury the aVerngc life of man may be one
hundred year*. does not seem to be so
unreasonable.
Acting upon the advice of Mr. Bryan,
the \V. J. Bryan Association of Cleve
land. 0.. has changed Its name to the
Cuyahoga Association of Democratic
Clubs. Writing with respect to clubs
which beir Ids name, Mr. Bryan says: "I
think It is better that they should drop
my name In order that no mistakes that
I may make may embarrass the cause
in which we are all enlisted.” Incident
ally he again remarks (hat "circum
stances will determine who should lead
the next tight."
It is estimated that on Jail. 2 there will
be distributed In all of the financial cen
ters of the country not less than $175,000.-
000 In dividends and Interest. This i<
$10,060,000 above the "fabulous" figures of
the dlstiibutlon of last year, and shows
that (his, the most prosperous country In
the world, was never go prosperous before.
•Samuel McDonald, who killed Auditor
Morris in Washington the other day. and
inflicted upon himself woun.hi which
have since proved fatal, was the brother
of IV. H. McDonald, the opera singer.
When Samuel McDonald lay in the hos
pital hovering between life and death, he
asked that his brother lie sent for. H!s
brother s.-emed the only tie that bound
him to the earth. His sole interest was
in that brother, and it was believed that
If the wounded man could see him lie
would take some interest in life and may
be survive. Urgent telegrams were there
fore sent to the einger, relating the cir
cumstances. He replied that he could
not go to Washington, since two mem
bers of the opera company were sick and
it was necessary for him to remain with
the organization. Upon receiving this in
formation his brother collapsed and died.
Was the singer's first duty to his brother,
or to the organization that pays him a
salary?
In an address at the laying of the Cor
ner stone of the Cornwell Medical College
in New York City last Saturday Gov.
Roosevelt said: “Great fortunes are ac
cumulating because of conditions that ob
tain under our national life. We have
the moral right to demand that great for
tunes shall be used for good.” The col
lege is the gift of Col. Oliver H. Payne.
He seems to be one of the rich men who
is willing to devote a part of his income
to doing good. If a few rich men set the
example of using their wealth for the
benefit of others there may be better quar
ters for the extremely poor in our great
Cities before this century has advanced
very far, and the number of opportunities
of Ihe poor for getting more happiness
out of life may lie greatly increased.
Is the new century to give us the long
sought "elixir of life?" Following the
declaration of the Chicago doctors that
they have discovered that it is salt that
makes the heart beat, there comes the as
sertion by a St. Joseph (Mo.) electrician
that he has succeeded in restoring life to
a cat that had been shocked to death, by
reversing the current, and an interview
with a Paris doctor in which he states
that he has found glyoero-phosphate of
soda to be a most effective stimulant of
the heart. There isn't much reason to
hope for the discovery of (he secret of
perpetual youth, or the philosopher’s
stone, even in this new century, which
is destined to be marked with great
achievements.
Many good resolutions made to-day will
be in the seer and yellow leaf before
either the year or the century have grown
old.
PERSON IL.
—Rudyard Kipling says his second trip
to South Africa is made simply for rest.
"I hope.” be said, "to return with my
wife and two daughters early in May. I
propose traveling extensively in all phases
of the closing scenes of the war. but as
a spectator only. I have no intention of
writing a book on what I see. I am go
ing out simply for a good loafing spell.”
—Congressman Roberts, in connection
with h!s work as a committeeman, re
cently discovered a forgotten room in the
Capitol, back of Statuary Hall. It was
full of old liooks. a*id during the Civil
War was used as a hospital. An old stove
and some cleft wood were found, just as
they were left over Thirty years ago. A
soldier's coat, full of dust and moth-eaten,
hung on the gas jet. The air was stifling
gind the lock on the door had almost rust
ed off.
—The death of the Hon. David Carnegie,
in West Africa, from a wound of a poi
soned arrow, is a distinct loss to science,
says the New York Post. Although only
30 years of age. this young gentleman was
already known as a distinguished explorer.
He conducted explorations into Central
Australia in 1898-9, and expend to be able
to make in the course of me next few
years some valuable discoveries in West
Africa, where he was assistant resident
commissioner.
—One of the many picturesque and in
teresting incidents of the Holy Year was
the recent reception by Leo XIII of Donna
Carolina Taoturelli, an aged lady from
Perugia, who attained her hundred and
first year early in January last. On ac
count of her great age the Pontiff granted
her a private audience. Much to his sur
prise, Donna Carolina reminded him that
they first met In her late husband's house
in 185*1, "fifty years ago,” and, added she,
"We were neither of us very young then.”
The Pope, who is only nine years her ju
nior, was greatly amused.
Cl It It ENT COMMENT.
The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) says: "The
statistics of homicide in the United States
for 1900 are not encouraging. From 1895 to
1899 there was a steady decrease year by
year, the totals falling from 10.500 to 6,225,
but this year the report shows a total of
8.275, an Increase over last year of 2,050.
If next year the figures increase propor
tionately the first year of the new cen
tury will tie as largely marked by crime
ns was 1893. Prom the present outlook the
Indications aie that the record of the com
ing year will be even darker, for human
life was never held cheaper than at the
present time, and hanging and lynching
make little Impression. Rudyard Kipling
was not far out of the way when he said
that murder was the nationu! crime of the
United States. '
The New Orleans Picayune (Dem.), dis
cussing the status of the Democratic
party, says: “Of course, the radical chiefs
will not consent to return to the old party
principles, but they will go off and flock
with the other socialists, whjle those who
have been radical for personal advantage,
but have failed, will quickly return to
the bosom of the party, and. under able
leadeis, It will lie possible, aided by the
►mistakes of the Republicans, lo organize
Democratic victory. There con be no re
organization of the Democratic party, un
less li shall lie effected ill 1901 by the na
tional convention. There Is no power
anywhere that car. anticipate the action
of that convention.”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) rays;
"With rare perspicacity a Chicago grand
Jury has declined to Indict certain derelict
city officials, 1 • whose iktor is laid re
sponsibility for i "wide open town," on
the ground that even should Indicant lit.
be returned no convictions wouid ensue.
Wh'-e officio! law-breaking represents
un (its hacked up by prevailing public sen
timent it must l>e difficult, Indeed, to se
cure honest enforcement of repressive or
dinances, yet" the attempt might wel! be
made 111 Chicago, where original and un
conventional methods ure familiar in lo
cal administration."
The Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
says: "It may be that those good people
are right who contend that the way to
solve the Chinese problem is to Chrl-tlan
izr the Chinese. There would be pocie
fitness 111 ibis, as the pre.-ent Chinese
prob.tro Is due lo partial Christianization
of the Chinese. It wl 1 h remembered
that the way the mail who Jainned Into!
the bramble hash cuied himself was lu ;
Jump back again." 1
Lucky Shot of Hark*! Second.
Now that Mark Twain has come back
to the United Stales to stay, his oil
friends out West are telling come new
stories of his experiences in that coun
try in the '66s. One of (he most amusing
Is an account of Mark's famous duel at
Virginia City, the details of which have
never before been printed, relates (he
Chicago Tribune. Mr. Clements was then
working as a reporter on the Territorial
Enterprise, the leading newspaper of Vir
ginia City.
One duy there came to the town a Miss
Wheeler, a beautiful young woman, with
whom the entire male population of Vir
ginia City promptly proceeded to fall In
love. One of the most prominent men of
the town was Judge Baldwin, a fite-eat
lng Virginian, who was nearly 80 years
old. Mark Twain saw Miss Wheeler, In
bridal attire, walk into the International
Hotel one afternoon with Judge Baldwin,
end jumped 4o the conclusion that she
was going to marry the old man. He said
so in his paper, and comforted the other
nan of Virginia City by saying that tile
"oridegroom already had one foot in the
grave, with the other a close second.”
Judge Baldwin challenged him to a duel.
Pistols were ehoeen as the weapons,
though the Judge was a good shot, and
Mark knew nothing about firearms. On
the appointed morning Mark and his sec
ond, "Steve" Gillis. a dead shot, were
early on the scene. GBlis was trying the
revolver, and finally fired et a robin, fully
59 feet distant. His bullet took the bird'*
head off. and he went forward 'to pick
up the body, after handing the revolver
(o Mark Twain. Just as Gillis picked up
the decapitated bird, Judge Baldwin and
his party came over the top of u little
hill and saw him.. They looked first at
Gillis holding the headless bird and then
at Twain holding the smoking pistol.
"Thai was a good shot,” saitl one ol
Baldwin's seconds.
“Yes," answered Gillis; "I doubt if
there is as good a shot in the country
as Mark.”
Immediately Baldwin’s seconds proposed
a compromise. ,An apology from Judge
Baldwin was promptly accepted.
"Steve,” said Mark Twain, as they
Walked home together, "poor cock robin
was the only one that got hurt in that
duel.”
I Story of Lew Wallace.
Cyrus Townsend Brady relatee n
"American Fights and Fighters" the fol
lowing anecdote of Gen. Lew Wallace:
"While Minister of the United States
to Turkey, Gen. Wallace was seated with
some English friends looking over the
Golden Horn. A llitle boat flying the
English flag crossed their field of vision.
'There,' said his friend, reflectively,
‘is a flag which has never been surren
dered by a general at the head of an
army on a field of battle to a foreign
foe. ’
“ 'You are mistaken.' said Wallace,
quietly, 'I recall two instances.’
" 'What are they?'
"Saratoga and Yorktown!’
'Oh.' said the Englishman, quickly,
you are our people. They do nor count.’
“But they did count, nevertheless, very
highly; for Sir Edward Creasy, the dis
tinguished historian, includes Saratogi.
wilh Marathon, Arbeia Tours Blenheim
Waterloo, and the others, among the fif
teen decisive battles of the world! Fred
erick the Great, trained, experienced sol
dier and statesman that he was, had seen
the importance and value or Ttenton and
Princeton. The most ignorant ancl the
skeptical could read the lesson of Sara
toga. It wrote in large letters the prophe
cy of the ultimate success of the Amer
ican cause, brought about the open alli
ance with France, and paved the way
for Yorktown.”
t ss tisnerslile Argument.
Dr. D. B. Hill, who lived in Springfield,
111., from 1836 to 1843, tells tills character
istic story of Abraham Lincoln, says the
Argonaut, with whom he was personally
acquainted. ''(>qco Lincoln was defending
a man who was accused or cheating an
other man in a business deal. Lincoln was
arguing before the jury that his client had
no intention to defraud when the trans
action occurred; in fact, that he never
thought he was cheating the man.
“Pointing his finger at Judge Logan, his
partner; Lincoln said: 'Any boy you meet
in the street knows how to put on his
clothes. You all know that Judge Logar.
is learned in the law, and nobody would
accuse him of dcing wrong. You will ob
serve he has his shirt on with the wrong
side in front. Now, the Judge never in
tended to do that when lie put his shirt
on. You see, people do wrong without in
tending to do so. If my client has done
anything wrong, he never intended to do*
so any more than Judge Lagon intended
to put on his shirt, with the back side in
f; or.t.’
"Sure enough, Judge Logan had his
shirt on wrong, and the use Lincoln made
of his partner's mistake in dress caused
his client to get off free."
Duvln* Odd Accident.
The late Senator Davis was totally
blind in one eye, says the Washington
Tost. It was a defect which was scarcely
to be detected even at very close range,
and the droop of the eye merely hightened
the Senator's marked resemblance to Gen.
Ben Butler.
The manner in which the s'ght of the
eye was destroyed was so singular that
it is worth telling as a warning to other
enthusiastic iiolitieians. it happened that
during a campaign more than ten years
ago Senator Davis addressed a crowd in
the great ha!l of the Market House, which
was at that time the largest audience
room in St. Paul. Directly in front of the
speaker's stand and only a few feet away
from Mr. Davis’ face hung a large elec
tric light. The Senator was so engrossed
m his argument that lie scarcely noticed
the pain the glare of the light upon his
unprotected eye-balls caused him. and for
nearly three hours lit continued his ad
dress without changing his position.
A day or so l iter sharp pains began ill
me eye. and hi spite of the efforts of
the oculists tlie sight of it was lost and
never regained.
Foreigners Beware.
The case was one of assault, ond the
magistrate, fearing that H might be the
beginning of another outbreak of Hooli
ganism. was inclined to be severe, says
London Answers.
“For the second 'time," he said, address
ing the prisoner, “'yon are charged with
assaulting your neighbor. The evidence
shots- ih.it you deliberately aud without
any apparent cause whatever, struck the
complainant with your clenched list."
"Faith, yer honor.” cried I’at, "if Ol did
he sthruclt tne back agin!"
"Bm he only did so in self-defense." said
the judge.
"An' what about me?" usked Pat.
“All aliout you." answered the judge, "is
that you are found guilty and must
therefore keep the peace toward all Her
Majesty's subjects for twelve months."
“Well, then." roared Pat. as he left the
court, “heaven help the first forriner Ol
meet!'
Ignorance That Pays.
The news gland man is prot-ably the
only dealer who makes it a (ioiiit to know
noihlng aliout his goods, says ihe Now
York Sun. Ask him for any publication
you want and he wlil hand it out if It
la' in his slock. If you ask him If it con
tains a ci i tali! article Iff* is not able or
willing to toll you. One down In Wal.
slieet. who was asked about this, shrug
ged his shoulders and replied:
"1 don't know. You buy ii und find out.
If 1 knew It did not con lain what you
want anil said so I would lose ti sale. And
•si It would lie with anything but ,i news
paper. and I do not lead ihat until even
ing.”
"Is this a cuS'Om In yobr business?"
"It Is with those who undeistund .thfli
business," nut the reply.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—Stored away In the vaults of New
York banks ia $150,000,000, estimated by
bankers as the amount required to meet
disbursements during' January. On the
first day of the business year the actual
paying out of this great mm will com
mence. Bankers have been preparing for
it for some time, and the bulk of the
money will go for the payment of divi
dends and coupons. Temporarily there
will be a stringency in the money mar
ket. The transfer of $150,000,000 is not such
a simple thing even for the big Institu
tions of this great city.
—At a recent meeting of the Lafayette
Memorial Commission in Washington, at
the office of Controller Dawes, it appeared
from the report of the secretary of the
commission mat a considerable surplus
over the amount already expended and
the liabilities to be incurred for final com
pletion of the monument would be helJ
by the commission. The amount of funds
in sight, counting the premium of the un
sold Lafayette dollars, approximates $3,500.
whiclg by a small addition, would enable
the commission to erect in Washington a
replica of the monument in all its de
tails.
—Every one of the bonds of the groat
Carnegie Steei Company—and there are
$100,600,000 worih of them—bears a line
steel engraving of Carnegie. The coupon
clippers of coming generations will have
a manor.- to gaze on his smiling face at
percepuole intervals, and they are rea
sonably sure to call him blessed. The
entire Issue of $160,000,000 is divided into
series, a group of 2.000 of the denomina
tion of $20,000 each for the very rich, an
other group of 4.000 of a denomination of
$10,060 each for those a little less so, B*llll
another group of 8,000 of a demonination
of $.1,000 for those who are moderately
rich, and finally a group of 40.000 of a de
nomination of SI,OOO each for the little
fellows.
A Bayonne (N. J.) dispatch says: Wil
liam A. Eddy, at 5 o’clock to-day, meas
ured by means of his kites the altiiud
of the thousands of wild ducks which
were flying southward along the coast.
The average hight of the flying ducks
w.is found to lie 1,500 feet. They passed
across the cross-wire space of Mr. Ed
dy's kites in about three seconds. This
time was taken repeatedly, and twenty
observations confirmed the speed travel
ed. It was found that the ducks were
traveling very nearly forty-seven and one
half miles an hour. Although the kite**
were up but 500 feet, the ducks appeared
to be atraid of them, and repeatedly great
flocks steered off to one side or the other
as they approached the point where the
kites were. Mr. Eddy had aloft two nine
foot and two seven-foot kites. On Dec.
20 Mr. Eddly, by means of his kites,
found that the -cirrus clouds were travel
ing at the rate of 173 miles an hour, which
is the highest velocity yet recorded here.
—A highly ingenious apparatus for dis
charging an electric line of high pressure
electrostatic discharges, or those due to
lightning, has recently been tested with
satisfactory results on several trolley
lines during thunder and lightning storms,
says Electricity, ft consists simply of a
glass tube about a foot long, filled with
small shot. The shot is treated chemically
before used to give it a light coating of
lead carbonate, which is an indifferent
conductor. The tube Is provided with me
tallic ends and is eer.r- I cted in series with
a spark gap between the line to be pro
tected and the ground. To the rapid oscil
lating current of high pressure induced
0:1 the line by lightning the tube of shot
offers practically no resistance, and ‘.he
discharge goes to earth. To the heavy
trolley current which at once begins to
follow along the path made by the light
ning discharge the resistance of the shot
is enormous, and tlie current is at once
broken. This action is very s'milar to that
of the coherer, or tube of metallic filings,
used in wireless telegraphy.
—A white leghorn rooster escaped from
a wagon in South Water street one af
'ternoon recently, and furnished fun for
crowds of people on Clark street and Dear
born street bridges, says the Chicago
Chronicle. He ran the gauntlet of more
than half a hundred chicken hooks, and
finally triumphantly floated down the
river on a cake of ice, crowing defiance
to his pursuers. The rooster got away
from William Gordon, a teamsler. and
when a chicken gets free in South Waters
street the commission business of Chicago
drops everything and joins in the chase,
lie escaped every snare until forced out
on the Clark street bridge, and then flew
-down to Ihe center pier, and from there
to the ice between the piles. After climb
ing around on the center pier for tn
minutes with a long chicken hook in his
hand, Gordon scared the rooster, and he
flew lo a block of ice that was floating
down (he river. Then suggestions from
the crowd on the bridge ceased. The
white leghorn shook himself and crew
long and lustily, and. as he swept toward
Lockport, the crowd cheered for the only
chicken that has escaped from South Wa
ler street this year.
—Typhoid fever seems to have become
epidemic in the Crimea, for the children
of the Czar’s eldest sister, the Grand
Duchess Xenia, ore now suffering from
it. The young Grand Duchess, who is a
particular favorite of her brother, the
Emperor, is married to that Grand Duke
Alexander, who was in this country a
the time of the Columbian celebration as
lieutenant of one of the Muscovite war
ships taking part in (he celebration. Al
though the Crimea is so beautiful in its
scenery, and is possessed of much the
same climate as he French and Italian
Riviera, yet it has always been unlucky
to the reigning house of Russia. The late
Czar died there. So. too. did Alexander
I. under circumstances still shrouded in
mystery, while the death of Emperor
Nicholas I was undoubtedly due to his
distress and mortification in connection
with the invasion of the Crimea. Peter
the Great met with hts most serious re
verses in the Crimea, and. indeed, in ev
ery reign the Crimea figures In one man
ner or another fatefully to the reigning
house of Russia. Throughout the entire
time of the Czar’s illness his wife, deter
mined to preserve her three little ones
from all danger of ccn agion. separated
herself from them. Their abode was
transferred to an adjoining villa, and ev
ery clay when it did not rain they were
brought under the Czarina's window so
that she might wave a greeting to them
and assure herself with her own eye*
that they were well and happy.
—lt is hurd to tell just where the Christ
mas tree came from; many lands have
claimed it. and not without rebson. al
though it Is now generally granted that
to Germany belongs ib-' honor of its In
vention, says the Chicago Chronicle. An I
old German legend credits St. Winfiid {
with having given the tree Idea to th*' j
world. In the midst of a crowd of con
certs St.' Witifrid hewed a great onk.
which had formerly been the object of
their Druidic worshirt. The legenJ re
lates: "Then the sole wonder In Win
frid's life came to puss. For as the
bright blade circled above his head and
as the chips of wood flow from the deep
ening gash in the body of the tree n
whirlwind passed through the forest, it
gripped Ihe oak from Its Conn lotions.
Backward it fell like u tower, groaning
ns It split asunder In four pieces. But
Just behind It and unharmed by the ruin
stood a younger fir tree pointing a greet)
spire toward the stats. Wlnfrid let the
ax drop and turned to speak to the peo
ple. 'This little tree, a young child of
the forest, snail lie your holy tree to
night. It is the wood of pence, for your
homes are built of the Hr. It Is the sign
of nil endless life, for Its leaves are ever 1
green. See how 11 joints upward to
heaven. Let this be called the tree ot
the Chrlst-chhd; gather about it. not ill
the wlldwood, but In your own home-;
there It will shelter no deeds of blood, i
but ioving gifts and rites of klndncsa.' " I
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
SThe Quaker Herb
Tonic is not only a
blood purifier, but w
Blood Maker for
Pale. Weak and De
bilitated people who
have not (strength
nor blood. It acts as
a tonic, It regulates
digestion, cures dys
pepsia and lends
strength and tone to
the nervous system.
It is a medicine for weak women. It is a
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and all diseases of the
Blood, Stomach and nerves soon succumb
to Its wonderful effects upon the human
system. Thousands of people In Georgia
recommend it. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM Is the medicine
that the Quaker Doctor made all of his
wonderful quick cures with. It’a anew
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia,
Toothache. Backache, Rheumatism,
Sprains. Pain In Bowels; in fact, all pain
can be relieved by 1L Price 25c and 50c.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap 'or the skin, scalp add
complexion. Price 10c a cake.
QUAKER HEALING SALVE, a vege
table ointment, for the cure of tetter, ec
zema and erujitions of the skin. Pricu
10c a box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
IT. 51. OF HOPF K'Y AND C. iS. IT
SCHEULLK
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt, Cattle l ark and West End.
Daily except Sundays. Subject to chans*
without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. City for 1. of IL| Lv! Isle ot Hop*
6 36 am from Tenth f 00 am forßolton
7 30 am from Tenth | 6 CIO am for Tenth
8 30 am from Tenth | 7 00 am for Tenth
9 16 am from Bo.ton | 8 00 am for Tenth
10 30 am from Tenth |lO 00 am for Tenth
12 00 n’n from T< nth |ll 00 am for Bolton
1 15 pm from B. lton ;11 30 am for Tenth
2 30 pm from Tenth j 2 00 pm for Tenth
330 pm from Tenth | 2 40 pm for Bolton
4 30 pm from Tenth | 3 00 pm for Tenth
5 15 pm from Bolton |
630 pm from Tenth | 4 00 pm for Tenth
6 30 pm from Tenth | 6 00 pm for Tenth
730 pin from Tenth | 7 00 pm for Tenth
830 pm from Tenth | 8 00 pm for Tenth
930 pm from Tenth 960 pm for Tenth
10 30 pm from Tenth |lO 00 pm for Tenth
Montgomery!
Lv city for Mongh yj Lv. Montgomery "
* 30 am from Tenth I7 K ant for Tenth
230 pm from Temfi I 1 15 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth | 6 00 pm for Tenth
CATTLE PARK.
Lv city for Cift.Park| Lv. Ca.tie~Park~~
0 30 am from Bolton |*7 00 am forßolton
1 M am from Bolton | 8 u 0 am for Bolton
i 00 pm from Bolton | 1 30 pm for Bolton
;• “ u fi* ll r,u m Bolton j3OO pm for Bollon
. 00 pm from Boiion j 7 30 pm for Bolton
3 00 pm from Bolton j 8 30 pm for Bolton
thunderbolt!
Car leaves BoUon street junction 6:30
a. m. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11 :30d. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt at 6:00 a. m. and
every thirty minutes thereafter until
12:00 midnight, for Bolton street junc
tion.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all intermediate points at 9:00 a. m.
1.00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hop,, for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all Intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m., 11 .-00 a. m , 2:40 p. m.
westYndcak
Car leaves west side of city market for
West End 5:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter during the day until 11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End a 6:20 a. m. and er
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o’clock midnight.
H. M. LOFTON Gen. Manager.
Mercdiis S Miners iionsDoriQiion Go
Steamship Lines
To Baltimore & Philadelphia
Tickets on Sale to All Points North and
W eat.
First-class tickets include meals and
berths Savannah to Baltimore and Phila
delphia. Accommodations and cuisine
unequaled.
The steamships of this company are ap
pointed to sail from Savannah as follows
(Central Standard Time):
TO BALTIMORE.
CHATHAM, Capt. Easter, TUESDAY,
Jan. 1. 2:30 n. m.
TEXAS. Capt. Eldredge, THURSDAY,
Jan. 3, 4:30 p. m.
D. H. MILLER. Capt. Peters, SATUR
DAY', Jan. 5, 6:30 p. m.
ITASCA, Capt. Billups, TUESDAY, Jan.
8. 8:00 p: m.
TO PHILADELPHIA.
BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, WEDNES
DAY', Jan. 2. 3:30 p. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Foster, MONDAY,
Jan. 7, 7:30 p. m.
BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, FRIDAY,
Jan. 11, 10:00 a. m.
Ticket Office No. 112 Bull street.
J. J. CAROLAN. Agent.
NEWCOMB COHEN, Trav. Agt.
Savannah. Ga.
W. P. TURNER, G. F. A
A. D. STEBBINS. A. T. M.
3. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
General Offices. Baltimore, Md.
Sargent’s Gem Food Chopper
Chops jf o o and
both cooked and
Jfeig / uncooked,
Ij/Vu reduces kitchen
drudgery, lessens
household labor.
J/ill 111 r Takes the place
eg!syh\ isj of chopping bowl
im-M I /}/ and knife;" useful
%?!] ' , in preparing all
f kinds if dishes.
\ \ EdwarJ Lovell's Sots
(r-v; \ \ —n. 113 Brmifbton Si.,
Savannah.
MINGLEDOKFI’ & CO.
MACHINE BLACKSMITHS
AND BOILERMAKERS.
Telephone 553,
510 Indian street, Savannah, Ga.
Empty Hogsheads.
SUaupiy Unlaaata Uo,ihOa fo*
C. M. GILBERT & CO.