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4 gilt jßpfning gifetpg, normal News Building, SsTssnsh, Us HtIDAY, DECEMBER , 104. Registered at Postoffice In Savannah. THE MORNING NEWS Is published every day in the year, and served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail; one week, 18 cents; one month, 70 cents; three months, $2.00; six months, $4.00, one year, SB.OO. THE MORNING NEWS by mail, six time a week (without Sunday issue), one month, 50 cents: three months, $1.50; six months, $3.00; one year. $6.00. THE WEEKLY NEWS, two issues a week (Monday and Thursday), by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions payable In advance. Remit by money order, check or reg istered letter. Currency sent by mall at risk of sender. Transient advertisements, other than local or reading notices, amusements and classified column. 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch in depth—is the standard of measurement. Classified column ad vertisements, l cent a word each inser tion. 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Business Notices—For a Christmas Gift, Walter F. Higgins; Go Once, Sommers’ Cafe; Santa Has a Snap, G. W. Thomas. Friday Special Sale—Gustave Eck stein & Cos. Seasonable Helps—McGrath & Rans ford. Christmas Oranges—W. D. Simkins & Cos. Fashion Makes Demands—The Solo mons Cos. Gam-brill's Patapsco Flour—Henry Solomon & Son. You Take No Chances—Pete Dailey. Simply Works Wonders—J. T. Shup trine. Legal Notices—ln the Matter of Mark Apple and Metzger and Brun son, of Chatham, John G. Brown of Bulloch, and A. J. Dixon of Pierce, BankruDts. Manufacturers’ Lace Curtain Sale— Leopold Adler. American Club Ginger Ale—The Ka lola Cos. Lunch Menu To-day—Jerry George. Publications—The Delineator for Jan uary Out To-day. Southern Pacific Greeting—J. F. Van Renssalaer. Genuine Hot Stuff Stoves—Edward Lovell’s Sons. Read the List —Livingston’s Phar macy. Perfumes—Rowlinski, Druggist. For Quality—Knight’s Pharmacy. Take a Look—The Metropolitan. Christmas Goods—At Lattimore’s. Delicious Hams—The Delmonico Cos. Special Daily Sale No. s—B. H. Levy, Bro. & Cos. The Tail End—Connor & Sullivan. The Place to Buy Fresh and Dried Fruits—New York Cash Grocery. Asa Source of Pleasure—Cortez Ci gars. Savannah Theater—Saturday, Mati nee apd Night, “Quincy Adams Saw yer.” Medical—Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. Suggestion to Christmas Buyers— Estate Daniel Hogan. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis cellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia and Eastern Florida for to-day are for fair weather, with light to fresh west winds. And to think that Col. Roosevelt will have to say it all over again next 'March, when he is inaugurated! Considering the recent record of Bt. Louis for graft and bribery, It Is a matter for congratulation that so few cases of crookedness with respect to exposition awurds have cropped out. There are some few cases of the kind, to be sure, and they may be sufficient to create a small scandal. But on the whole the exposition seems to have been well and fairly managed. What a magnificent Junket President Francis of the late St. Louis Expo sition has planned for himself! He is going to tour the world and visit all of the Powers, princes and potentate* that were represented by special com missioners ut the great show. That will put him directly In touch of el bows with King Edward, Emperor Wil liam. Czar Nicholas, King Carlos, Dowager Empress Tsl An, the Ah k<Knd of Swat, the Multan of Hulu, the Mikado and about all of the others of the Illustrious la-raonugea ut the brad Of governinenta. And Mr, Francis will have to cal dinners and make Speeches Innutneial.le. Why didn’t Senator De pew of New York fotesee the posslhil lUm of the presidency of the esposl u'*l' application for the PANAMA CAN Al. OBSTACLES. Agitation has already begun In favor of a sea-level canal at Panama. The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, that recently visit ed Panama, came back pretty well con vinced that there was a difficulty In the way of a lock canal not easy to overcome, and that a sda-level canal was the only kind of a canal that could be built. Senator Kittredge, who ac companied the committee to Panama, entertains the same opinion, and is making headway, so it is said, in the direction of converting the Senate to this view. The difficulty is the lack of a suit able foundation for the projected dam across the Chagres river. The plan tlfat has been adopted calls for a lock canal, the water of the Chagres river to be utilized in operating the locks. But it seems that Mr. Wallace, the chief engineer, hasn't been able yet to find a foundation for the dam. He has bored to the depth of 165 feet on the banks of the river without finding rock, or 'anything resembling it. It is said that it wouldn’t be practicable to go much deeper for a foundation. The statement is made that Mr. Wal lace has a plan for taking dare of the water of the Chagres river In the event a sea-level canal is finally de cided upon. The plan calls for a tun nel through ‘a mountain. Of course the water of the river must be taken care of whether the lock plan or the sea level plan is adopted, but, as stated, In the lock plan a great lake is to be made by the construction of a Jam across the river and the water used in operating the locks. No doubt Mr. Wallace knows what he is talking about when he says the water of the river can be provided for by means of ‘a tunnel, but how long will it take to construct a tunnel, and what will the additional cost of the canal be? Besides the cost of excavat ing a sea-level canal will be very much greater than that of a lock canal. It is probably within the bounds of reason to say that if the plan is chang ed the cost of the canal will be doubled and the time of construction will be in creased at least ten years. And what assurance is there that Mr. Wallace's plan for taking care of the water of the river is practicable? One statement is that the cost of the pro jected tunnel would be $100,000,000. Estimates for grefat public works are nearly always far below the real cost. When we purchased the property of the Panama Canal Company we thought there was nothing in the w*ay of the construction of the canal that couldn’t be overcome. The commission that in vestigated and reported upon the mat ter stated that the engineering diffi culties could be mastered easily. And here, on the very threshold of the great work, we have It stated that there is doubt whether a foundation can be found for the Bohio dam that is to control the floods of the Chagres river and provide water for the locks; that it looks as If the problem of getting rid of the river’s water will have to be solved in some other way and that the canal will have to be a sea-level one. Had the French engineers discovered that a lock canal w’as impractical on account of the Impossibility of getting a foundation for a dam across the Chagres river? And, if so, was our commission that reported in favor of the Panama route in ignorance of the fact? These are questions that will be asked if the subject of changing to a sea-level comes up in Congress, and it looks now as if it will. COTTON MILLS SUFFER. The impression prevails to some ex tent that the slump in the price of cotton from 10% cents to 7% cents hasn’t been followed by a decline in the prices of manufactured goods. It is erroneous. It Is said that the cot ton section of the textile Industry has received a pretty severe blow by the decline In the price of cotton. The cotton mills and the cotton commission houses had based their prices on high priced cotton. Therefore when the swift decline in the price of cotton came their business was practically paralyzed. Cotton goods cannot be sold for the prices at which they were held when cotton was 10 cents. Hence, there has been a cut all along the line. This is a pretty heavy blow to mills which have a large stock of 10 cent cotton on hand, because it Is certain that they will have to sell their product on a basis of 7% cents for the raw material. The millß did not make any money last season when the tendency of the price of cotton was upward, and it looks now as if they weren’t going to make much this season, since they can not sell their products, made of 10- cent cotton, at prices that will yield much, if any. profit. , It would be much better for the cot ton mills if there were no fluctuations In the price of cotton. There would be no speculating in cotton manufac turing industry then, and a legitimate profit would be demanded and re ceived. Doubtless the cotton goods trade will soon adjust Itself to the new condi tions, but what the mills have lost will hardly be regained—certainly nut In the next few months. That there are limitations even to divine healing came out In a Des Moines. la., court the other day, when Mrs. Mary Orr secured a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment. Mrs. Orr testified that she was a divine healer and that her husband was an owner of race horses. Mrs. Orr gave the horses “treatment” to make them win races, but they proved unrespon sive and lost. And when they lost their races, Mr. Orr lost his temper and swore ‘and treated Mrs. Orr cruelly. Three Panama hats, valued at $lO. were stolen from a Columbus, 0., man last winter on a steamer from New Or leans to New York. On the return of the ship to New Orleans a Cuban was •airested on suspicion of having com mitted the theft. Three times the Co lumbus man waa called to New Or leans to leatlfy In the case, necessi tating 7,500 miles of travel at the state’e expense, and finally the court decided that It had no jurisdiction. Our courts Miailmie du queer thing* SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 0. 11HH. THE CHADWICK CASE. The mystery deepens In the Chad wick case, and the curiosity of the public is on tiptoe as to the outcome of it. Mrs. Chadwick was before a United States commissioner yesterday, but nothing new was developed. She is to have a hearing on the 17th of this month. In the meantime she will be permitted to go where she pleases if she gives bond to the amount of $15,000. Just now, however, she is in prison. She confided to the United States marshal who had her in charge that the time would come when she will show she Is an innocent and much abused woman. The inference from what she said was that she thought the public would then be sorry it had not accepted her declaration of inno cence. It may be that she will be able to do what she says she will, but Just at present the public is more concern ed in finding out the facts in her case than it Is in thinking whether or not it will be sorry for her in the event she proves she is guiltless of wrong doing. Additional revelations are look ed for with the keenest relish. It Is agreed that the $1,250,000 of Carnegie notes are forgeries, and there seems to be doubt about the story that there is $5,000,000 in securities belonging to Mrs. Chadwick locked up in a Cleve land bank. If there were such an amount of property belonging to her the wonder is that it isn’t forthcom ing or some evidence of its existence presented. It wouldn’t be surprising if it should turn out that the only evidence of wealth she possesses are the proceeds of the forged notes. Still, the state ment that there is a certificate in ex istence, given by the treasurer of a Cleveland bank, that she has on de posit in his bank $5,000,000 in securi ties needs explanation. The further statement that when the facts are all known, it will appear that a number of prominent men in the East and West will be found to be mixed up with Mrs. Chadwick’s transactions only increase interest in the case. Of course there is but little sym pathy felt for those who lent Mrs. Chadwick money. Greed was at the bottom of the loans they made to her. According to accounts they got from her 10 to 40 per cent. That she agreed to pay such enormous bonuses ought to have aroused their suspicions, but, it seems, it didn’t. They were so glad to think they were getting such big returns on their money that they over looked the fact that the security might not be gilt-edged. It our'-it not to have taken a gread deal of common sense to arrive at the conclusion that the offer to pledge for loans more than $1,000,000 of Andrew Carnegie’s notes was sufficient cause for suspicion and inquiry. Probably there will be no further disclosures to the public un til the case comes up for hearing, or the Ohio grand jury makes a report. If Mrs. Chadwick shows she is an in nocent and much abused woman the public will be greatly surprised. MERELY MISCEGENATION. Considerable attention has been at tracted by the case of the white sol dier, connected with the hospital serv ice at one of New Jersey's posts, who was discharged from the army because of the fact that he had married a ne gro woman. This occurred some days ago. A dispatch was sent out from Washington to the effect that an in vestigation had diclosed the woman to be not of good character, that she had a husband living from whom she had not been divorced at the time of her marriage with the white soldier, and that on these grounds the dis charge of the white man who married her had been ordered. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune has taken the trouble to look Into the case, and finds the reason given by the War Department to be based on a quib bling report from the garrison at which the man was stationed. It is intimated that it would be the hardest thing in the world to prove the woman to have been of bad character. Says the Tribune’s correspondent: “The object of the discharge was to rid the service of a soldier who had married a negro woman, and it was intended to put the discharge on some other ground than that of the alliance with a colored person, the desire being to avoid all reference to the racial fea ture of the case. • * A white soldier who marries a colored woman of course becomes an objectionable per son at any garrison, and the military authorities were justified, say most of the garrison officers, in getting rid of such a man with as little ceremony as possible and as little explanation of the incident.” In short, there was an insuperable objection on the part of the officers and men of the garrison to having anything to do with the white sol dier with the negro wife. But, proba bly for political considerations, an other reason was given for the dis charge of the offender. A London cable says that tn the new British naval orders, to be made pub lic next Monday, there will be 'an order withdrawing all save two of the vessels of the British navy now In American waters. One of the ships to be left will be In the Pacific and the other In the Atlantic, with headquar ters at Canadian ports. It Is also stated that all save two vessels will bo withdrawn from West Indian waters, and that those left will be light cruisers. An officer of the admiralty is thus quoted: "While the relations of the United Bfiates and Great Britain re main as they now are, we do not need any warships over there. It would be a waste of money to keep any there.” And then, again, It Is just possible that Orest Britain rrtiy need about alt the naval force she can mus ter In waters nearer home. The Hus sion papers are demanding that their government make arrangemenla with Turkey for the release of the 'Black Hea fleet, so that It may proceed to the Far East, whether England likes It or not, And should Turkey permit the passage of (he Hubs la ii ships through the Mosphoious, In violation of Irraty agreemvnta. Great Britain would n* yinty apt not to like it. Even bicycle racing is controlled by a trust. It seems. Five teams of the best riders taking part in the Madison Square Garden races believed that they were being treated unfairly in the matter of scoring, and entered a pro test. They were told that they could either go on riding, under the alleged injustice, or get out. They elected to quit. Then they were Informed that the bosses had suspended them, and that they would not be permitted to ride on any track, not only in the United States but In the world, during their term of suspension. No matter what their abilities or their records for fair dealing may be, the bicycle racing trust thus aj-bitrarlly shuts them out from their means of making a living, until such time as the riders are willing to knuckle to the terms of the trust. It seems that there are still some ex ceedingly rich plums in the govern ment's political orchard. Attorney General Moody calls attention to the fact that the United States district attorney for the Southern District of New York received in salary and fees between March 31, 1890, and June 30, 1904, the magnificent sum of $273,000. The salary of the office is $6,000 a year, in addition to which it is stated there are fees that come to it which average about $51,000 a year. Thus this district attorney receives about $7,000 a year more than the salary of the President of the United States. The Attorney General’s suggestion that the district attorneys be given a flat salary and no fees would seem to be eminently sensible. Hello, mamma; Leon and I are mar ried, telephoned a young lady from Millerton, N. Y., to her mother in Winsted, Conn., a day or two ago. The girl and “Leon” had run away the day before. Doubtless as she held the receiver to her ear she expected to re ceive the parental blessing and be in vited to copae home at once and sit down to a sumptuous bridal feast. But nothing of the sort came over the wire. "Well," said “mamma,” “if you are, you’d both better keep away from here; your father has got his gun loaded.” The Illinois State Board of Pharma cy is continuing its investigation of the drugs and drug stores of the state. The other day the board sent out 139 dry prescriptions to be filled at Chi cago drug stores. When the com pounds were received they were ana lyzed by the board’s experts. In twen ty-three of the prescriptions there was no trace of the drugs cailed for; six ty-six of them were 80 per cent, im pure, ten 20 per cent, impure, and only thirty-one were pure. Asa re sult, 100 druggists are to be prosecuted for selling impure drugs. Did the King of Italy mean to make a joke at the expense of J. P. Morgan, whom he has decorated in recognition of the restoration of the Ascoli cope? The decoration that has been con ferred on Mr. Morgan is the Grand Cordon of the Order of Lazarus. Had it been the Grand Cordon of Dives there would have been nothing hu morous about it; but, in the name of humor, Lazarus I The President some months ago gave his department chiefs to understand that brevity in their reports would be appreciated. Bu he does not believe in the rule of brevity for himself, evident ly, Judging from the length of his message. Had the message been half as long, it would have been read by twice as many people. BRIGHT BITS. —Employer—“Where is that bit of paper with the combination of the safe on it? I told you to put it away very carefully, you know, and I can’t open the safe without it/’ New Secretary— "l locked it in the safe, sir.”—Judge. —Friend—“Wfiat! You alive? Why, all your friends had been mourning you as dead.” Gadaboutsky—"Why, that’s peculiar. Whatever got that in to your heads?” “We read in a Lon don dispatch that you had ‘ended your life at the Carlton Hotel. Well that was all right. Don’t you know that the best way of ending your life at any particular hotel is to move to another hostelry?”—Baltimore Ameri can. CURRENT COMMENT. The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: “Although the President avoids all tariff discussion, he does recom mend a lower rate of duties on exports from the Philippines to the United States. It may be possible that herein is contained a hint that he will not be less considerate of the people of the continent than of the people of the islands. His silence is at least sug gestive.” The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) says: “Within the last few years the cotton manufacturing business In the South has made amazing progress, until now the mills in that section take as much cotton as those of the North. The steel industry in the South is growing rapidly, as is also the lumbering in dustry. with its various manufactures. Memphis is now the largest hardwood market in the world. Formerly the South used to buy Its corn of the Western states: now it raises its own. The South is diversifying its indus tries to such an extent that the money which formerly was spent elsewhere will remain in that section. The re sult will be that the South will grow steadily richer, no matter how it be haves politically.” The Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.) says: "We advise our fellow Democrats in the present Congress *nd In the next one to stand by the President in all things in which he stands for the un mistakable purpose of the people and for the honor and interest of the United States. Merely factious or par tisan opposition to him. bv the De mocracy, may vindicate the capability of that party for folly, but the past should suffice for such vindication. The President will encounter, within his own political household, more opposi tion from banded selfishness and from enoyeted Bourbonlsm than he should receive. He should be able to over come that Opposition, not merely by the support of the best slements with in Republicanism, but ateo by tha sympathetic and patriotic assist an ce of the la-st elements within Democracy, If the latter party would •< ape the extinction of federalism when the star of Jefferson shone •< Mu bortson, or the estliwiton of Wblgtsm. whei ty,al party was paralyzed by the unethical touch of slavery and proved fate*- to tin monitions of freedom In (he period of Taylor and of Fillmore,’' < JaiiauAchek* Hoodoo. Mme. Fanny Janauschek, who died last week at Amltyville, L. 1., was an actress whose face was coined in sil ver, like that of Faustina, and its minted beauty brought sorrow to those who made it, just as Faustina’s fea tures on the Roman coin brought dis aster to Sertorius. When Janauschek was a young wom an, says the New York Press, she played ingenues in the theater in Frankfort-on-Main for which Goethe made his dramatic story of Mignon— but long afterward, of course. Frank fort was then a free city and made its own money, which passed current through the country now embraced in the German Empire. Its treasurer was Herr von Grefke, a young man who, in addition to his other duties, was superintendent of the mint. He be came infatuated witfy the young act ress, whether from artistic influences or other is not recorded, but in honor of his sentiment he had struck off an issue of silver coins which bore her features, marked even to a scar on the cheek, which the actress bore to her death. The scandal created by this issue of coins was tremendous and within its limits worked the overthrow of the local government and led to the sui cide of Herr von Grefke. It also led to the passing of the actress to this country, where she always afterward remained. Numismatically the Janau schek thaler, which was issued in lim ited numbers, is worth about $lO, or 10 to 1. Mme. Janauschek possessed a string of them, thirty-five in number, which she wore in “Leah the Forsaken” when she played that strong part, and at no other time. She did this because at the time the coin was struck she was playing a minor character in the same drama. She first came to this country to play in German, and Frederick Pi lot, her manager, who afterwards be came her husband, induced her to at tempt English renditions. She essayed ' the highest effort, and her husband and she knew a long series of disas ter before she established herself as an actress of real power in the English version of “Bleak House,” known as “Chesney Wold,” playing the dual parts of Lady Dedlock and Hortense. In the interval before that success she was forced to pawn her jewels— and among them the row of Janau schek thalers—in Philadelphia. When she redeemed them there were two missing, and she conducted an un successful series of lawsuits for their return. Side LlKhts on History. Commodore Perry had just won the battle of Lake Erie, not far from Cleveland, says the Chicago Journal. “Don’t give up the ship, lads!” ex claimed the heroic sailor, “unless, of course, Mrs. Chadwick should happen to want to borrow it.” With this remark on his lips, he went down below to get a drop of something to wash it off w’ith. Note—lt was Lawrence w r ho made the remark, of course, but Perry would have made it if he had thought about it. ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a crea ture was stirring except Santa Claus. “I hope nobody sees me,” he whis pered to himself, “for I should prob ably be mistaken for Dowie. “I ought to have copyrighted my make-up," added the saint. Perfectly Right. Regular army officers say that volun teers are a trifle deficient In matters of military etiquette, says Collier’s Weekly. As illustrative of their weak ness in this respect, MaJ. Gen. Corbin tells an amusing story of a young lieutenant of militia who accompanied his fellow-volunteers to the war game at Manassas recently. It appears that the young volunteer officer In question was conversing with certain regular army officers near Gen. Corbin's tent, when Gen. Grant and his staff passed. The regular officers arose and saluted, but the volunteer lieutenant sat still. "That was Gen. Grant,” said one of the regulars to the lieutenant. “Why didn’t you salute him?” "Oh,” responded the volunteer, nonchalantly, “I’ve only been here a few days, and we haven’t been in troduced.” In the Political Menagerie. The elephant looked with some cu riosity at the animal on the other side of the partition, says the Chicago Tribune. “What are they trying to do to you, my friend?" asked the elephant. The other animal was a forlorn look ing creature, whose long ears had been folded back and tied down. Its body had been painted white, a yellow mane fastened to its neck, and somebody seemed to be engaged in making a long, flowing addition o its tail. It gave one wild, swift kick with both feet, and somebody went flying out through the rear window, carry ing the sash along. “The blamed fools are trying to re organize me!” brayed the enraged ani mal. Poems By Mntsnliflto, Emperor of Japan. From The Independent. I. My heart's at peace with all, and fair would I Live, as I love. In lifelong amity; And yet the storm clouds lower, the rising wind Stirs up the waves; the elemental strife Rages around. I do not understand Why this should be. 11. ’Tis surely not our fault; We’ve sought to be sincere In deed and word; We have exhausted every me&ns to press A clear and truthful case, but all In vain. Now may the God that sees the heartH of men Approve of what we do! 111. They’re at the front, Our brave young men; and now the middle-aged Are shouldering their arm*; 'and In the fields The old men gather In the abundant rice, •Low stooping o’er the sheaves; all ages vie In cheerful self-devotion to the land Kyoto, Japan, (The above translation of poems by his majesty, the original of which up. peared In The Knkumln Khlrnbun for Nov. 7, I*o4. seem to have been com posed at different periods. No. I. evl dently was written before the war, whsn the Emperor saw himself sur rounded by ominous signs of a corning conflict, No. II datss from the actual commencement of the war, when all peaceable means had been ethausled ami the of war t,*4 ho. come inevitable No. 11l la what we see in Japan to-day. Only this after, noon I passed s gang of women taking 'heir hoobands slid brothers' pistes In the building of a midge Hi, m- jcsty has every rwteaon Ut be proud of tbs laady self Sec fin- tag spoil of in# umu pie ~ Arthur Lloyd ) GULD AND SILVER EMPLOYED FOR Cl RE OF PNECMONIA. From the Parle Edition of the New York Herald. A sensational communication was made to the Academie de Medecine to day by Dr. Albert Robin, who report ed his discovery of the fact that cer tain metals, such as gold and silver, very finely subdivided and employed in infinitesimal doses, exercise a consid erable effect on the vital phenomena. Reduction of the metals to the de sired state is obtained by their electri cal dissolution in water. The metal so treated acquires the property of de veloping a force similar to that of a ferment. This peculiarity of the phe nomenon has led Dr. Robin to use the term “metallic ferments” in reporting his discovery. * His metallic ferments are employed in cases of pneumonia in hypodermic injections of from five to ten cubic cen timeters of solution, containing from nine hundredths to two-tenths of a milligramme of gold, silver, platinum, etc., produced a brusque defervescence of the malady in six cases out of ten before the seventh day. Thirteen cures were obtained in four teen cases thus treated. There is a complete similarity be tween the natural favorable crisis In pneumonia, and that produced by me tallic ferments. Those ferments, there fore, are capable of producing, aiding or hastening this natural favorable crisis. After one or two injections the tem perature falls suddenly, almost al ways in a definite manner. The em ployment of these metallic ferments does not constitute the complete treat ment of pneumonia, for complications and the predominance of certain symp toms necessitate accessory therapeu tics, but great progress would appear to be made by their use in the treat ment of this frequent and serious mal ady. WHEN IS A MAN DRINK? From the Philadelphia Record. Pittsburg, Dec. 6. —Judge Marshall Brown, Assistant District Attorney John S. Robb, Jr., and a jury shied at an interesting question of law and fact in the Criminal Court to-day. It was: At what moment does a man become an intemperate person—just before he takes the drink that makes him woozy, or after he takes it and is woggled? Constable W. H. Johnston was in Samuel McCutcheon’s tavern, at Breck enridge, and saw him serve to a man standing at the bar a drink of whisky. It was admitted on both sides that the man was not drunk at the time; but soon after getting the drink his legs were noticed to become unsteady, and in a short while he was unmistakably and admittedly drunk. “You oughn’t to have given him that last one, Sam,” said Constable John son. “It’s against the law to sell liquor to an intemperate person.” “But he wasn't intemperate, Bill, un til he took that one,” said Tavern keeiler M,cCutcheon. “It might be against the law to sell it to him now; but it wasn’t when he got it.” The upshot was that the constable made an Information against the tav ernkeeper, charging him with selling liquor to an intemperate person. On the statement of facts being sub mitted to Judge Brown and Mr. Robb, both admitted that it was a close ques tion, and neither seemed to be partic ularly anxious to get into the argu ment. Mr. Robb discreetly made a motion for a nolle pros, and Judge Brown granted It. BLONDES AND SANITY. From the Indianapolis Star, A woman who bleaches her hair does so for one sole and single purpose, namely, that of making herself more attractive to the world in general and commonly to one man in particular. Dare any man rise and declare that this is a sign of mental weakness? Is it not urged upon woman as her high est duty and privilege to make herself presentable in the eyes of man? From very infancy is she not taught that she should cultivate good looks? Does she not gather from the newspapers from the time she begins to read them in her early years that the woman who distinguishes herself in any way, whether as a bride, a suicide or the murderer of her grandmother, Is in variably beautiful and that no plain woman need expect to get herself placed under big headlines next to pure reading matter? Then why should any man have the audacity to - ques tion her mental soundness when, In obedience to time-honored masculine dictates, she does her best to make herself pleasing in the masculine sight? It may be said, of course, and truly, that her taste is bad and her method of beautification to be deplored, but this does not prove the point made by her critics, for, Judging by the number of admirers that the most pronounced peroxide lady usually has In her train, she has no monopoly of bad taste and, in fact, proves shrewdness rather than lunacy when she applies the fluid that turns her dark locks to gold. ROOSEVELTS JAB AT KIPLING. From the Philadelphia Record. New York, Dec. 6.—The matter of lynching In America and wife-beating in England came up at a recent lunch eon in Washington when Theodore Roosevelt and Rudyard Kipling were present. Kipling became quite frank In his criticism. Roosevelt attempted to break into the conversation, but the poet kept on. At last the Englishman came to the climax of his criticism. Whatever Americans might have achieved, one thing was reasonably certain—no na tion which habitually tolerated the kill ing of men without trial could claim to be highly civilized. Mr. Roosevelt turned upon him with flashing eyes. “That's right, Mr. Kipling,” he ex claimed. “I agree with you. It Is a national fault, a national shame. Each nation has its fault. You have your fault and we have ours. We kill men—” He hesitated. Mr. Kipling smiled and nodded. ” —And you beat women.” The smile left the Englishman’s face and the subject was dropped. Within the past week one of the clergymen opposed to the present movement In the Protestant Episcopal Church to check divorce has privately expressed his belief that If serious ob stacles are placed In the way of di vorce wife-beating will become as common In the United States as It la In England. Mil. RICHARDSON ’II SELF DENIAL. Front the Syracuse Post-Standard. 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