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14 IN THE CHURCHES UNION THAKKSCmXG SERVICE IV INDEPENDENT CHURCH. REV. ROBB WHITE AT HOME. Wttl CONDUCT THE SERVICES US CHRIST CHURCH TO-DAY. Jfarx. Conaty to Be Coneecrated BUhop of Samoa In Baltimore To day—Methodist Ministers Prepar ing for Conference—Rea’. Dr. John H. Harrison of Macon to Preach at First Baptist Church— Hey. P. H. Duncan of Ludlow, Ky., to Con duct Services In Christian Church. Eminent priests and prelates of the /toman Catholic Church are arriving in Baltimore from all parts of the country to attend the consecration of the Right Rev. Monsignor Conaty as titular Bishop of Samoa, which Is to take place in Baltimore to-day. The event will be accompanied by all the pomp and seremony of the church and will take place in the historic Cathe dral, which has been the scene of so many notable functions in the past. As rector of the Catholic University, Mgr. Conaty has won wide popularity throughout the country and his con secration will be attended by well known laymen from New York, Wash ington, Boston, Cincinnati and other ctties. The clerical visitors will be by far more numerous than at any pre vious ceremony of the kind held In this country, owing to the fact that all of the rrchbisbops, bishops and priests who have been in attendance on the archbishops’ meeting in Washington this week will come to Baltimore In a body. Cardinal Gibbons will be the conse crator. The two assistant bishops will be the Right Rev. Camlllus P. Maes, D. D„ Bishop of Covington, Ky., and Right Rev. Thomas D. Bevan. D. D., of Springfield, Mass. The sermon will be preached by the Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, D. D., professor of ecclesias tical history at the Catholic University. The Methodist minister of Savannah are now busily engaged in preparing the reports of their year’s work. These w-ill be submitted to the annual meet ing of the South Georgia conference, which will be held in Macon. Dec. 4. The changes in the present assign ments of the Savannah ministers have already been noticed in the Morning News. Rev. Robb White, rector of Christ Church, after a long absence from Sa vannah, has returned home and will conduct the services in Christ Church to-day. The new assistant rector of Christ Church, Rev. M. Campbell Stryker of Waycross will begin his duties in Savannah, Dec. 1. The union Thanksgiving: service wiR he held Thursday at 11 o’clock In the Independent Presbyterian Church. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Dr. J. D. Jordan, pastor of the First Bap tist Church. The churches are urged to unite in this service. Methodist. The service* of Grace Methodist Church will be conducted at 11 o’clock a. m. and 8 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. Osgood F. Cook, who will preach both morning and evening. The members of the church are urged to attend as a short church conference will be held after the morning service. The Sun day-school will meet at 4 p. m.; the stewards will meet at the parsonage Monday at 8 p. m.: the Epworth League will meet Tuesday at 8:15 p. m. and the love feast will be held Wednesday at 8 p. m. The last and most Important quarterly conference ill be held at the parsonage Thursday, at 8:15 p. m. There will be preaching at Trinity Methodist Church at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8 p. m. by the pastor, Rev. Bas rom Anthony. Members will be receiv ed in the church at the morning ser vice. At night a song service will pre cede the sermon. The Sunday-school will meet at 4 p. m. Special classes for visitors. The Epworth League will meet Tuesday at 8:30 p. m.; love feast, Thursday at 8 p. m. At Wesley Monumental Church ser vices will be held at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8 p. m. Preaching by the pas tor, Rev. Ed F. Cook. The Sunday school will meet at 4 p. m. The Wo man’s Missionary Society will observe a week of praper, with services at 4 o’clock each afternoon this week. The Epworth League devotional meeting win take place Tuesday at 8:15 p. m.; the prayer meeting, Wednesday, at same hour: the Junior Epworth League, Friday, at 4 p. m., and class meeting, Sunday at 10 a. m. At the Epworth Methodist Church. Rev. J. A. Smith, pastor, a memorial service will be held at 11 o’clock a. m.. in commemoration of five of the mem bers that have died during the year. There will be preaching at 8 p. m. The Sunday-school will meet at 4 o’clock: the Junior League to-morrow afternoon at 4 o’clock, and Senior League Tuesday, at 8 p. m. A special Thanksgiving service w-ill be held Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Episcopal. At Christ Church, Rev. Robb White, rector. Rev. M. Campbell Stryker, as sistant rector, there will be a service and sermon at 11 o'clock a. ro.l even ing service at 5, and Sunday-school at 4 p. m. At Bt. John’s Church, Rev. Charles H. Strong, rector—Rev. D. Watson Winn In charge—services will be held as follows: Holy eomibunion at 8 o’clock a. m.; morning prayer. Litany and sermon at 11 o'clock: Sunday school at 4 p. m.; evening prater and sermon at 8. On Thanksgiving Day services will be held at 11. At St. Paul’s Church. Rev. J. L. Scully, rector, the services will be as follows: Early celebration at 7:80 a. m.; morning prayer at 11; Sunday school, at 4 p. m., and evening prayer at 8. At St. Mlchael'e Chapel, Rev. F. A. Juny, rector, the services will be bel* at 11 o'clock a- m.. and at 818 p. m. The Sunday-school will meet at 4 p. m. The Bible class will be held Thursday at 8:18 p. m • Holy commu nion Is administered the third Sunday of each month at the U o'clock ser v|e*. Via pi let. At the First Baptist Church, Rev, Dr. John 4. Harrison of Ms-oil will preach both morning end evening. Dr. Harrison Is s young and able preacher and bs will be heard by large cotigie gallons At the Duffy Street Rapt let Church. Rev Robert Vst,L> t*, will •JJfMib rnornir e 1,4 evening Hie sub |avd *> U v view* so, .U be ’ ence,” and at 8 p. m. “Mother's Influ ence!” The evening service will be preceded by the usual preparatory prayer meeting, at 7:40 o’clock. The Baptist Young People’s Union devotional meeting will be held at 10 am.; the Junior Union will meet at 3 p. m. and the Bible school at 4 p. ra. The regular mid-week prayer meeting will be held on Wednesday at 8 o’clock p. m.; the teachers’ meeting on Thurs day at the same hour, and the Sacred Literature Class on Friday, also at 8 o'clock. At the Southslde Baptist Church. J Rev. D. S. Edenfleld. pastor, regular ! services will be held to-day at 11 I o’clock a. m. and 8:30 p. m. The Sun- j day-school will meet at 4 o’clock. The ! Baptist Young People’s Union meeting ! and prayer service will be held Wed- i nesday at 8 p. m. A business meeting of the Union League will be held Wed nesday night. Presbyterian. The usual services will be conducted at the Independent Presbyterian Church at 11 and 8 o’clock to-day by the pastor. Rev. J. Y. Fair. On Thursday at 11 o’clock the union Thanksgiving services will be held at this church, and will be conducted by the pastor appointed by the Ministerial Association meantime. At the First Presbyterian Church the services will be conducted by the pas tor, Rev. Dr. W. P. McCorkle, at 11 o’clock a. m., and at 8. The Sunday school will meet at the usual hour. Mrs. Bishop-Searles will sing the offer tory at both services, her selection for the morning being, “God of My Life, ’ (Bradsky), and at night, "O, Had 1 Jubal’s Lyre” (Handel). After the ser mon she will sing “My Redeemer and My Lord,” Buck’s Golden Legend. The services of the Westminster Presbyterian Church will be held at 11 o’clock a. m., and at 8 p. m. in the Law ton Memorial. They will be conducted by Rev. W. A. Nlsbet, pastor. The Sabbath-school will meet at 4 p. m. at the Sunday-school room. At the same place will be held a meeting of the Christian Endeavor to-morrow a.t 8:13 p. m., and the weekly prayer meeting on Wednesday at 8 p. m. Lutheran. At the Lutheran Church of the As cension there will be preaching by Rev. Dr. W. C. Schaeffer at 11 o’clock a. m. and at 8 p. m. At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Rev. M. J. Epting. pastor, there will be a morning service and sermon at 11 o’clock; Sunday-school at 4 p. m., even ing service and sermon at 8 o’clock. Christian. Rev. P. H. Duncan of Ludlow, Ky., will conduct services at the Christian Church at 11 o’clock a. m. and 8:15 p. m. Mr. Duncan comes to Savannah highly recommended as pastor and. Sunday-school worker. He organised the church at Ludlow nine years ago and resigned to go Into new fields of labor. He will remain in Savannah two Sundays the guest of the congre gation of the Christian Church. It Is the desire of the officers of the church that all members be present and they Invite their friends. The Sun day-school will meet at 9:45 a. m. and the Christian Endeavor at 7:15 p. m. Roman Catholic. The services at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist will be as follows: Early mass at 7 o’clock, second mass at 9, at which time also there will be a mass celebrated In the basement of the church and be followed by Sun day-school: high mass and sermon at 10:30 and vespers, sermon and benedic tion at 8 o’clock p. m. During the week masses are celebrat ed In the Cathedra] at 6 o’clock, 7 and 7:30. Confessions are heard each Sat urday from 4:16 p. m. until 9. At St. Patrick’s Church the services will be: First mass at 7 a, m., second mass at 8:30 a. m. and high mass at 10:30 a. m. Vespers and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be given at 8 p. m. At the Sacred Heart Church the ser vices to-day will be: First mass 7 o’clock high mass and sermon at 10 o'clock, evening service, vespers, ser mon and benediction, the choir boys assisting, at 8. The text of the night's sermon will be Matthew, vi:9, “You, however, shall pray In this manner: Our Father, which art in heaven.” Miss Laura Hite of Pittsburg will sing the offertory at both services; in the morning, “Ave Maria” (Cherubini), and at night, “O Salutaris’’ (Verdi). Swedenborginn. Morning services at the Park New Church will be conducted by the pas tor, Rev. Alexander Henry, at 11 o’clock. The Sunday-school will meet at 10 a. m. Christian Science. At the First Church of Christ, Scien tist, the sermon at 11 o'clock will be on “Ancient and Modern Necromancy: or Mesmerism and Hypnotism.” The Sun day-school will meet at noon. The reading room, conducted in connection with the church is open each day from 4 to 6 o'clock p. m. All meetings are held at Metropolitan Hall. Y. M. C. A. The usual service for men will be held at the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon BOYS and GIRLS! This is Yotrr Store, Too. And we are ready for you with the Biggest Lot of the NICEST, NEWEST JUVENILE BICYCLES Ever shown in this city. We have them in 20, 24 and 26-inch frames. And they are so easy to run. so beautifully fin ished and so graceful and strong, that every good boy and girl in this nice old town will want one. Don’t put off. but Just begin now to remind your good parents that Xmas is Coming, And you want a wheel from Bryson’s, and nowhsre else. You know how much care we take with the little folks’ trade: how you all like to come here, because It's <hs Columbia home; and you know where that wheel makes Ita headquarters the emaller-tUed riders will com* in for a big show Tall your parents that bicycle riding means health and happiness, promptness at school hd no tar fares to pay Talk to them real sweet, and beg them to ujiit* here. We’li do th* reel and ra* tinUu your friend for life. T. A. BRYSON, g Ml LL •IMKKY. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 24.190 L Daniel Hogan’s When you ate hunting for something that will furnish you a rare value at a rare price, turn your steps this way. You'l! note the advantages we offer in accommo dation, prompt service and reliability. NOTE THESE PRICES* Extra value in white spreads. One to customer, 50c, 81.00 8119 Good quality Portieres 82.50 6x4 Tapestry Table Cover (special) 98c Bx 4 Extra Value Tapestry Table Cover 82.98 60-lnch Bleached Table Damask... 25c 66-Inch Brown Table Damask, 45c kind, 35c 72-inch All Linen Unbleached Table Damask, 75c kind 49c 72-lnch Bleached All Linen Table Damask, 81.00 kind 73c 72-lnch Bleached All Linen Table Damask, 81.15 kind 79c Colored Wool Eiderdown 22c Excellent yard-wide soft Fnlsh Shirting 5c Best yard-wide Sea Island 6c Large Hemstitched Linen Huck Towel 22c Extra Value Linen Huck Towel.. 10c Good 7c Outing Flannel 6c Waist Flannellet 8 l-3c DANIEL HOGAN, Corner Broughton and Barnard Streets. at 6 o’clock, and will be conducted by Rev. Ed. F. Cook, pastor of Wesley Monumental Church. The singing will be In charge of Mr. Fred Wehe, the former conductor of a choir In Mem phis. Colored. At St. Philip’s A. M. E. Church, there will be preaching at 11 o’clock a. m.. by Rev. C. C. Carglle, pastor. The Sunday-school will meet at 3 p. m. The Christian Endeavor will, meet at 4 p. m. Memorial exercises in honor of the late Dorothy Edwards by the Eastern Star, an auxiliary of the Ma sons, will be held at 8 P. m. An in teresting programme will be present ed. Rev. Dr. Alex. Harris, Rev. Dr. J. W. Carr, Col. Sol. C. Johnson and others will participate In the services. Sidney Woodward, the tenor singer, will be present; he will sing to-mor row night at St. Philip’s Church. Rev. Martin Post, formerly of Chi cago, recently of Atlanta, will supply the pulpit of the First Congregational Church for the next month. A ser vice will be held to-day at 11 o’clock a. m. Rev. Post will conduct also a service Thanksgiving Day. The cornerstone of St. John Baptist Church. Hartridge street, will be laid at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Friends and members of other churches are cordially invited. EARRINGS ARE “IN” AGAIN. Ilence an English Jonrnal Recites Thetr History From the Earliest Times Till Now. From the London Globe. The threatened revival among young girls of the custom of wearing earrings has called forth a diatribe against what is denounced as a senseless and barbaric prac tice. But earrings have never, died out; they are still commonly worn by ladles of the preceding generation; it is only that fashion has decreed what was certain to be temporary abstinence In the case of their daughters. Is it the unnatural though harmless operation of ear-boring involved that has arous ed the ire of the “advanced” opponents of the custom; or can it be the mis fortune of their possessing ugly ears and the dread of not following the fashion? For it is a fact that whereas the appendages enhance the beauty of well-shaped ears they accentuate the defects of badly formed ones. Earrings are just as much relies of barbarism as are rings, necklaces, and braclets; but the feminine nature will have to undergo a very great change before the use of all or any is discarded. Accord ing to a Mohammedan legend, Sarah, being jealous of Hagar. declared she would not rest until her hands had been imbued In her bondmaid’s blood. Then Abraham pierced Hagar's ears quickly, and drew a ring through it, so that Sarah was able to dip her hand in the blood of Hagar without bringing the latter tnto danger. From that time It became s custom among women to wear earrings Curiously enough, the Book of Gene sis enab'es the custom to be traced back to the same people and to the same period. Among the presents w-hlch Abraham’s servant carried with him when he went forth to take a wife unto Isaac, and which he gave to Rebecca at the well, was a "golden earring of half a shekel weight.” The practice of wearing earing* must have been a common one with the Israelites while j wandering through the desert, for the image of the Golden Calf was fashion ed by Aaron out of gold earrings be longing to both sexes. For a very long period earring* were more or less pe | cullar to F.astern nations. At first the Greeks and Romans expressed the j greatest contempt at the men of the Oriental nation* with whom they came Into contact wearing earrings. Eventu ally the Greeks first and then the I Romans adopted the custom. With the former, however, It was the result of i a misunderstanding. The oracle of Apollo having declared that If they wished to have good citi zens they were to put what they held most precious Into the ears of their ‘■hildren, misunderstanding the god’s meaning, they pierced the children's ears and adorned them with gold With the Homans the fashion owed Its origin to feminine vanity: and in t(usurious days of the empire fabu lous prices war* given for these useless irt.vmeuts. so (hat it was said of Ho man ms uors that they often bad whole patrimonies suspendsd IS their •srs One young sristuxat. try pain* Garths, eiote shd pledgad one of hi* Hunker's earrings arm with <b* pro i seeds MMUs/e# ties eapsnsaa of a hour Ladles Eiderdown Dressing Sac ques, the 81.50 kind, for Monday only 81.10 Ladles’ Eiderdown Dressing Sac ques, the 81.25 kind, for Monday, only 98c Ladies’ Eiderdown Dressing Sac ques, the 75c kind, for Monday, only 59c Eiderdown Bath Robes, 83.08 kind. 83.50 Outing Underskirt, deep Flounce.. 36c Outing Uhderskirt, Hemsitched .. 49c Outing Underskirt, Em>. Flounce, in Pink and Blue 73c Knit Underskirts, all colors 49c Fasinators. all styles and colors, 35 to $1.50 Down Pillows, from 50c to $2.00 Ladies’ Outing Wrappers, for Mon day only 75c White Fleece Blankets 69c Full Width Lockwood Sheeting, for Monday, only 20c Ruffled Muslin Curtains 3(4 Yards Long, 81.25 $1.75 $2.25 Good 11x4 White Blankets $1.50 through Europe. Of course, the most costly and celebrated earring on record la that of Cleopatra, which contained a pearl valued at 10,000 sesterces, or nearly £IOO,OOO. This was the gem which she dissolved in vinegar and swallowed at the banquet given to Antony, in order to win the wager that It was possible for a meal to cost such an enormous sum. Both the Greek and Romen men of that period affected ear rings, but with the Romans the prac tice was confined to the nobles. The Danes are generally credited with the introduction of earlngs into this country. On several occasions, when the sinews of war were at low ebb, the Danish women came to the assistance of their men folk by yield ing up these ornaments to the melt ing pot, while King Sweno was ran somed from this source. That the Saxons, who. doubtless, imitated the Danes, were extremely fond of earrings is proved by the fact that a Saxon law expressly enjoined that earrings and necklaces should, at a mother’s death, fall to the lot of the daughter. After the tenth century, however, the fashion seems to have declined through out Europe, and earrings are neither found In graves nor seen in paintings or sculptures. The wearing of them was reintroduced into England in the sixteenth century, and Stubbs, writing in the time of Queen Elizabeth, says: “The women are not ashamed to make holes in their ears, whereat they hang rings and other jewels of gold and pre cious stones.” But what would Stubbs have said if he had lived to see men thus adorning themselves, which be came the vogue shortly afterward For example, in the famous Chandos portrait, Shakesphere is depicted with earrings: while If one closely scruti nizes the pictures of the great nobles of the day. It will be found that many of them are wearing a left earring only, usually a pearl. In the seventeenth century earrings were no longer worn by Englishmen of birth and position, the fashion becoming transferred to sailors, who have retained the use of them, commonly in the form of gold hoops, down to our own time. It has long been a common belief among sea faring men of all nations that the wear ing of earrings strengthens the eye sight, and is a certain cure for sore and bleary eyes. Asa matter of fact, the strengthen ing of the eyesight theory is generally accepted by the educated classes as well, for one hears of ladies who firmly believe that they have benefited accordingly. Let it be said at once, however, that this popular theory has never obtained medical favor. It is, indeed, nothing more than a supersti tion; probably a corruption of that which taught that anything represent ing the solar system would, if worn either on the finger, or on the arm or in the ear, act as a talisman, fn the case of inflammation of the eyes, however, It is just possible that ear piercing might once have been adopted as a modification of the old drastic counter-irritant that took the form of Inserting a seton. From Elizabethan days the use of earrings by women has continued to the present time. The shape of the ornament, however, changes complete ly with the fashions; long heavy pen dants being succeeded by smaller ones, and these by single stones In almost invisible chatons. set close to the lobe of the ear. In the days before the dis covery of anaesthetics, by whose agency the nerves in the lobe of the ear are now numbed preparatory to piercing, the latter operation used to be quite an important event in a young girl’s life. There was the sensa tion of van’ty aroused by the acquire ment of the coveted ornaments, which carried with them the distinction of being considered grown up, mingled with the exaggerated dread of the pain which piercing Involved A coarse but humorous engraving entitled “Ladles Ears Bored Gratis.” and supposed to be dealgned by Rowlandson, was pub lished In 1794. Needless to say, it la a ahaft aimed at the proverbial vanity of the sex. Ear piercing alao formed the subject of a celebrated painting by Sir David Wilkie, R. A. It ia known a* th* "Flrat Earring,” and wa* txecuted for Ih# flrat Duke of Bedford In 1816, the figure* being portraits of members of the Kuesell family. In thia picture the calm and persuasive eye of the mother; the look hovering between vanity and fear of the little girl, when the private operator approaches to fit the vparkllng appendarigea to her rare, together with the rich and natural coloring cannot rwi be forgotten by any spectator. lmperfect . —Autamnbiiist—"May, I siant thia mask changed. It doesn't cover my fain enough. Clerk-—"But it’s tli* regular thing.” “Can't help that 1 find that the people I run </• * •Id *l*l to (songpie* use,Life- A SIGHT IN THE HEAVENS. JUPITER, SATURN AND VENUS IN CONJUNCTION. Three Worlds at a Slagle View In the Southwestern Iky - Ruddy Mars Close by—Jupiter and Sntnrn the Nearest Together November 28th Venus Will Change Its Course Dec. 4th—Satnrn the Faint est of the Group and Venus the Brightest. Observers of the evening skies may have noticed for the last two weeks a beautiful conjunction of three bright stars in the southwest soon after dark, and that the moon on the 15th Inst, took her position among the shining group, thus presenting a celestial spec tacle of rare combination and beauty. The brightest of this splendid group is the planet Venus, the next brightest is Jupiter and the faintest one is the planet Saturn. About fifteen degrees to the west is Mars, whose ruddy light from his great distance struggles through our dense atmosphere in un equal competition with his more fav ored rivals. This near approach of four large planets Is & rare occurrence which this generation will not witness again. On the morning of *the 28th Inst. Jupiter and Saturn will be near est together, being only twenty-seven minutes or less than the diameter of the moon apart. These majestic senti nels of the night will pass each other in silence through the trackless ocean of space not to meet again for many long years. The only popular significance of this beautiful conjunction is the train of contemplative thought awakened by the occurrence itself, and the pleasure to be derived from the study of the Creator’s grandest works. Here we have tn on* view three worlds belonging to our solar system, in many respects the most interesting of all the heavenly bodies. Venus, the brightest of the three stars, is very nearly the size of our earth, but much nearer to the sun than we are. It revolve* around the sun in 225 days, and it prob ably keeps the same side of its body al ways towards the sun. Its dazzling splendor is due to the high reflective power of the dense white clouds with which the planet Is surrounded. The body of the planet itself is so enveloped in clouds that it is doubtful If any por tion of it has ever been seen. A few years ago the writer observed it undet the most favorable circumstances through the Great Lick telescope in California, and It appeared completely shrouded in dense clouds. Venus is now rapidly approaching its Inferior conjunction and its motion is nearly directly towards the earth. On Dec. 4 it will reach Its greatest eastern elongation, and it will then ap pear to move westward again. Its ap pearance in the telescope now is that of a half moon, but soon it will assume the crescent form for this planet undergoes all the phases of the moon—Venus will increase in brilliancy for several weeks yet, and adorn the western sky with its beauty and splen- dor. Jupiter, the second In appatent size. Is really the largest of the group, being thirteen hundred times as large as the ear'h, and being surrounded by five moons. It revolves around the sun in about twelve years, and rotates on '.ts axis In about ten hours. Its equatorial diameter Is 88,200 miles, and its polar diameter Is 83,000. The centrifugal force, due to Its rapid rotation, ac counts for the difference. Viewed through the telescope, Jupiter presents a beautiful appearance. A good field glass will show two or more of its moons, while a glass of moderate power will reveal the belts of cloud-like form encircling the equatorial region of the Xilanet. Jupiter is probably still quite hot and now unfit for any form of an imal or vegetable life, but who can say that it may not in time become the grandest theater of life and living energy in the whole solar system • Saturn, the faintest of the group, is a world more than seven hundred times as large as our own, and surrounded by eight moons and a strange thin ring of matter, which may some day be formed into other moons. This planet requires nearly thirty years to go round the sun, and it Is nearly twice as far from us as Jupiter, being 886,000,000 miles from the sun. It would take a cannon ball over 800 years -to travel this distance, and yet the planet. Uranus is twice this distance, and Neptune more than three times as far away. The sun’s light at Saturn is only 1-900th of that which we receive, but its eight moons and its magnifi cent broad ring, spanning the heavens at all times, in a measure compensate for this disadvantage. In looking at these bright stars it is difficult to realize the real facts con cerning their sizes, distances and mo tions. The planet Venus moves In its orbit twenty-two miles a second, or about seventy-five times as fast as a cannon ball, and just now this motion Is almost directly towards the earth. In contemplating the wonderful cre ation of the countless worlds around us, it is pleasant enough to speculate upon the possibilities of intelligent life upon them and in fancy to people them with superior beings, but although science has revealed much concerning these shining neighbors the question of their habitability is one that lies almost wholly In the domain of speculation. If we except some doubt ful suggestions of Intelligent life upon the planet Mars made from observa tions upon the strange markings of its surface, not the slightest indication either of vegetable or animal life has ever been observed upon any of the heavenly bodies. This does not mean, however, that life may not exist, even In a higher form, upon some of them, for the dis tance is so great that the best tele scopes fall to reveal any objects except these of many miles In extent. Many of the physical conditions of the planets have been quit* well deter, mined, and from the data thus ascer tained, It Is very doubtful if life as we know it, exists in any high form upon any of these three planets now in con junction. But the future Is rich In years and the plans of the Ores tor slowly de velop through the centuries. It is well for us occasionally In our busy lives to turn our eyes and our thoughts to the beauty and sublimity of the stars, for they are indeed “the poetry of heav en," and they serve to elevate, expand and refine the soul with pure and noble thoughts and to teach us to stand with uncovered heads in the presence of that Fewer who guides this Infinite host in concord through all eternity. Otis Ashmore. —Th* Strongest Kind of Test.—“ Are you sure he love* hr?” “Surer Why map alive, he lets her beat him at golf'.”—Judge. C t PUNlfltft ftVt *n|l et wMs<i4 MPPMAI* •wu.i4 < AgetHa. i Mvuones, us j (1, j * Shoes. Mats OjAMufrW'- and Clothing. West, Savannah fa S ZIEGLER BROS/ J FINE SHOES vk For Ladles, Misses and Children, We 3re S ° le Agents for them. We carr y a toll line of them. We dont ask a f° rtune f° r them. WeGUARAMTEE every pair of them. THE NEAREST THING To your heart is your undershirt. The best place to buy It is COLL APS—from 52c per garment to a garment. Every one a genuine bargain. IgJ DO YOU CARE Ifr A at) out saving a few dollars now and IJ * then ? you do buy your c,ot h' 0! J&jm ing from us. It’s all made, cut and fitted i ust wand °f th e proper ~J! quality of material to give the great gSpNjjpr est amount of wear. “Instead of trumpeting about low prices, we’re always sounding the keynote of quality. It’s not what you pay, but what you get for what you pay.” jgg? IF YOU-—w— M \! want a hat, or a necktie, or furnish- A \ *L ings of any kind, you cannot afford to miss seeing our lines. There’s quality there and lots of it, and the lowest prices consistent with good value. * FOR * ♦ # : NEW YORK, BOSTON AND THE EAST. 2 ! Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All the comforts of a modern total. 2 .Electric lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets Include meals and bertha aboard ahip 4 ♦ PASSENGER PARES FROM SAVANNAH. 4 * TO NEW TOKa-t_uu.u, . First Cabin, round trip, (32; Intermediate] .cabin, 313; Intermediate Cabin, round trip, 324; Steerage, 310 < , TO BOSTON—First Cabin. 322; First Cabin, round trip, 336; Intermediate Cab-' • In, 317; Intermediate Cabin, round trip, 328; Steerage, 311.75. ' ♦ The express steamships of this line are appointed to tail from Savannah,' 'Central (90th meridian time) as follows: ] • SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK. 1' 11AJ4M ] ♦ TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins, SUN- KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, SAT-' • DAY, Nov. 24, at 4:00 p. m. URDAY, Nov. 30. at 7;00 p. m. ' * ’CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, , TUESDAY, Nov. 26, at 5; 30 p. m. . CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett. \ , . WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, at 6:00 p.m. < • NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, THURS- ' ' * DAY, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p. m. „ _ ] * •Biea.ibiiip v.uaLianoounee win carry arst cabin passengers only. < . Steamship City of Macon. Capt. Savage, will leave New York for Boston' ♦ at 4 p. m. every Saturday, and leave Boston for New York, at 11 a. m. ‘ • every Wednesday. Sailings New Yor k for Savannah. Tuesdays, Thurs- ] , days, Saturdays, and Friday, Nov. 29, at 5 p.m. . .This company reserves the right to cnange Its sailing* without notice and without, .liability or accountability therefor. , • W. G. BREWER, C. T. &P. A., 107 Bull street.. Savannah. 4 • L. M. ERSKINE. Agent. E. W. SMITH. Soliciting Prt. Agt., Savannah. • WALTER HAWKINS, Gen. Agt Traf. Dept.. 224 W. Bay. Jacksonville, Fla- * * P. E. LeFEVRB, Manager. WH. PLEASANTS, Traf. Mr.gr., N. P. 36. N. R,I .New York. T 4 Recreation of American Presidents. From Leslie’s Weekly. While Mr. Roosevelt Is doubtless the most of an all-round athlete who has ever occupied the President’s chair, he by no means stands alone as a lov er of out-door life. If our first Pres ident, the Immortal Washington, had any “weakness." It was In the direction of fine horse flesh, a propensity com mon, it might be said, among Virginia gentlemen In his day. Asa boy he liked nothing better than the breaking of an unruly colt. It is sala that ho once rode ten different horses into Alexandria in a single week. During his latter years, his stables at Mt. Vernon were the best in the country He visited his horses the first thing upon rising in the morning, and al ways saw that they had thilr break fast before he had his own. He al ways had a fine pack of . ounds, too. and was quite as fond of hunting a hu present successor at me capital. I exes and stags were the ordinary ga>ia in Virginia In tboae days, and in pursuit of these Washington found liia chief recreation. Thomas Jefferson was another true Virginian In reaped to hi* love for fin* horses, of which he owned many. When he was President Ire made a practice j of horseback riding almost every aft- ! ernoou, no matter what the weather I might be, and he kept up hi* custom j until within a few dan's of his death j John Quincy Adams* Puritan ancestry j and training did not prevent him from entertaining a great fondness for hors* recing. snd H t* i4 that be used to walk out tu the Huime.laod race ionise ino miles from Washington, arid bardr , •gain, whenever s gored program!!)* 1 was announced. Franklin Pierce was a good horseman and always welt mounted. Harrison and Tyler were de voted to open-air exercise, and both of them for years almost lived la the saddle. The same might be said, with some modification, of Tyler and Polk. As for John Quincy Adams, his diary shows that he paid great at tention to physical exercise. Much space is occupied with his observa tions on this subject. Entries about his riding horses and the benefits de rived from riding and swimming, *“ sandwiched between entries respecting experiments in gardening and horticul ture in a manner which indicates that he fully realized the benefits and en joyments. as well as the necessity, of out-door exercise. Andrew Jackson was not only one of the best horsemen of his day. but he was an ardent lover of out-door sport*. He wa* a daring rider to hounds, and was equally daring In his wagers on horses In whose speed he had confidence. Of Mr. Roosevelt* three immediate predecessors. Harri son. Cleveland and McKinley. It can not be said that any one of them w“ much given to any out-door recr#*" o'’ 0 '’ except walking and occasional driving and Mr. Cleveland least of all. -Canon Isaac Taylor of York th died the other day, wa* an antiquary, historian and philologist, and the ht of hie book* la a toug one- Mom* ago he became Involvsd in eowirove’' through the courageous defense m Mahometan religion end ••• clsim s*' oa the sympathy of Christians