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6 gfre Jfflpfmnq gfetoj. Morn me Mews HnUdlng, Ssnsiih. Os SUNDAY. DECEMBER IS, 1904. 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, IS 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, 60 cents; three months, $1.60; six months, $3.00; one year. $6.00. THE WEEKLY NEW’S, two Issues a week (Monday and Thursday), by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions pay Able in advance. Remit by money order, check or reg istered letter. Currency sent by mail 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, 1 cent a word each inser tion. Every word and figure counted— No advertisement accepted for less than 15 cents week days, 25 cents Sundays. Contract rates and discounts made known on application at busi ness office. Orders for delivery of the Morning News to either residence or place of business can be made by mail or by telephone No. 210. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately re ported. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed “MORNING NEW’S, ' Savan nah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row. New York City, H. C. Faulkner, Man ager. 34 PACES. MIX 10 ADVERIISEMESIS Meetings—Teutonia Lodge No. 7. K. of P; Gernfan Volunteers. Special Notices—Serve Oysters In all Styles. Veruki's Cafe; Champney’s Is land Property, T. M. Cunningham; Crew Notice, Williamson & Rauers, Agents; Turkeys, L. Putzel; Fancy Florida Oranges, L. Putzel; Diamond Jewelry, Theus & Cos.; Furs, B. Simon; Joyce's Menu; Arriving Daily, E. Meyers & Cos.; Crew Notice, John D. Leitch, Master; Green Grocery Stand For Rent, "Wm. J. Miscally; A Pointer for Christmas, C. Hamp Leo pold; The Dixie Steam Laundry, J. H. Furber. Business Notices —Boys’ and Girls' Wheels, G. W. Thomas; Take Dinner To-day, at Sommers’ Cafe; Don't Be Hung Up, Electric Supply Cos.; Some Day, C. F. Cler; The Most Beautiful Assortment, Theus & Cos.; Now is the Time to Do It, Savannah Steam Dye Works; Plush Robes, Cohen-Kulman Oarriage and Wagon Cos.; Holiday Sug gestions, R. Van Keuren & Cos. For Christmas —T. A. Bryson. Open Evenings This Entire Week— Foye & Eckstein. Just One Week More—Jackson & Gutman. Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases —Chatham Trunk Factory. We Submit for Your Approval—Gus tave Eckstein & Cos. The Great Beautifler —Dr. Charles' Flesh Food. The Holiday Season Is Here—B. H. Levy, Bro. & Cos. A Big Lot of Little Ones—T. O. Bry son. Some Furniture Snaps—Rhodes-Hav erty Furniture Cos. Popular Presents —Livingston’s Phar macy. Buy Your Christmas Goods Here—C. A. Munster. Delicious Candles—Conida's. Pure Wines and Liquors—Henry Sol omon & Son. A Veteran—Le Panto Cigar. Take Us at Our Word—J. & C. N. Thomas. Unexampled Holiday Shopping—Leo pold Adler. Christmas Greeting Walsh & Mever. Have You Decided Yet?—Walker- Mulligan Furniture Cos. An Ideal Xmas Present—Electric Supply Cos. Raving With Delight—The Connor Book Store. We Undersell the Others—Allen Bros. Long List—At Lattimore's. An Unusual Opportunity—Dr. M. Schwab's Son. Stands In Readiness—The Delmonico Company. Rare Offerings for Present Buyers— The Metropolitan. New Subscribers—The Bell Telephone Company. Christmas Suggestions—Byck Bros. Handsome and Appropriate Gifts—J. L. Morrison & Cos. Father John's Flaster— Rowllnskl, Druggist. For the Holiday Shopper—Thos. West & Cos. Suggestions to Buyers of Christmas Gifts-Estate Daniel Hogan. Liquors—A. Ehrlich & Bro. Holiday Goods—At the Bee Hive. Solid Carload of Fast Sellers—Jack sonville Grocery Company. Good Cheer for Christmas—McGrath & Ransford. Superb and Delicious Menu—Jerry George's Restaurant. Holiday Slippers—Globe Shoe Com pany. This Store Will Be Open Every Night •-Falk's, Around the Corner. Special Notice—Savannah Buggy Company. Savannah Theater—Tuesday Night, “The Jewel of Asia;” Thursday Night, “The Office Boy;’’ Friday night, and Saturday Matinee, a Girl From Dix ie." Gas Lamps With Handsome Shades •—Savannah Gas Cos. The Kind You Should Buy—M. S. & D. A. Byek. A Gift for Christmas—Cortex Cigars. Fine Millinery—H. L. MoKlndsey. A Complete Line of Christmas Slip per*—Nichols, the Shoe Man. Christmas Goods—New York Canh Grocery. Good News From the East—R. V. Connsrat. Christmas Presents —Krouskoff Mil linery Cos. Whisky—Lewis' M Rye. Patents—Munn * Cos. Urinary Disease* Promptly Cured— Pr J. Newton Hathaway. Msdlcsl- Warner's Safe Cure; Duf fy'* Purs Malt Whiskey; Peruna; Py ramid Pile Cure; "77” for Grip, (jres ler’s Headache Wafers. The Wsalbrr. The lndl< at lona for Georgia and Kastern Florida for to-day arc for fair weather, with west to northwest winds. INTERSTATE RAII.ROAD RATES. In An interview Wednesday Mr. Mor ton. the Secretary of the Navy, said that the administration considered the question of interstate railroad rates the most important now pending before the American people. The evidence that the President considers It such Is found In his last message to Congress. "When the Interstate Commerce Com mission was created it wals thought it had been given authority to fix a reasonable rate in cases where it found an unreasonable one. The Supreme Court has decided It has no such au thority. The cry from all parts of the country Is that interstate rates are In equitable—that there are discrimina tions which favor the strong shippers and destroy the weak ones—that ruin some communities and build up others. It Is also claimed that there are rates which are too high—rates that are out of proportion to the service rendered. It looks as if something were going to be done by Congress in the near future to remedy this condition of affairs, to insure equal and Just rates. The Interstate Commerce Committees of the House and the Senate have the matter under consideration. They are hearing the complaints of shippers, and it is regarded as certaiu that they will report in favor of legislation that will give the government greater au thority in the matter of rates. For years we have held the opinion that both the railroads and the people would be benefited if the government were given authority to supervise in terstate rates and the railroads were permitted to pool their earnings. That arrangement would insure equitable rates, and would prevent cut-throat competition. The railroads have been trying for years to prevent such com petition, not only because it is ruinous to their revenues, but also because it Is productive of unequal and unstable rates. If there is a thing the shipper dislikes more than discriminating and unfair rates It is unstable rates. Gov ernment supervision with power to fix a maximum rate and pooling would do away with all grounds for complaint. In the course of his Interview Secre tary Morton, who, by the way, has been a Tailroad man pretty nearly all of his life, said: "Without govern ment supervision of rates pooling can never be legalized, but with such su pervision every objection to pooling disappears. Shippers say they don't care how railroads divide up their money so long as they earn it fairly. Legalized pooling would permit the railroads to stop rate wars and disas trous competition. It would secure sta bility of rates, which are as desirable to the shipping public as to the rail roads.” We don't know exactly the reasons the roads have for opposing this plan, If any. Whatever they are, they will ■be made known in the next few months, for it is evident that this ques tion of government supervision of in terstate rates is going to be the lead ing one in Congress before the end of the present session. RAILWAYS FOR THE PHILIPPINES. It looks as if there were an organ ized effort to work up sentiment in favor of lending the Filipinos money or credit with which to build rail roads. The bill which passed the Sen ate on Friday provides that the Phil ippine government may guarantee an income of 4 per cent, on investments in railroads to the extent of $30,000 per mile. No pretense is made that the proposed roads would earn that amount. It is estimated, however, that the roads that would likely be built could earn, under the right kind of management, about 2 per cent. In come net. The insul'ar government, therefore, would have to pay the 2 per cent, on the amount Invested up to $30,000 per mile. It Is proposed to In vest not less than $50,000,000. That would increase the burdens of the peo ple $1,000,000 annually. It is claimed by those who have given the islands a very thorough study that the people find it difficult now to meet the bur den of supporting the inßular govern ment. And they are at.no expense of supporting the military establishment. The United States bear that expense. But the bill that has passed the Sen ate is only a feeler. The real pur pose is to have the United States guar antee bonds for building railroads in the islands. Some of the newspapers are already saying that the United States should lend the Philippines $50,- 000,000, either in credit or cash, for the construction of railroads. The experi ence of our government with the Pa cific roads ought to be sufficient to cause Congress to steer clear of the Philippine railroad programme. It wouldn’t be surprising if there were syndicates of speculators behind this railroad movement. Their concern isn’t for the Philippines. It is to get their hands into the United States treasury. If they can get the money or the bonds for building the railroads it will be a long time 'before the gov ernment will get its money again. There would be another tie binding the Philippines to this country, a tie that It would be hard to break if the time should come when we thought it advis able to let the Filipinos try self-gov ernment. If the American people are wise they will not encourage Congress to throw away their money on railroads in the Philippines. Let the rich syndicates that have lands and timber in the is lands which they want to bring Into touch with markets build their own railroads. The Impeachment of Judge Swayne must be before the full Senate, and It will require u two-thirds vote to convict him. The penalty in the event of conviction, atcordlng to the consti tution, ’’shall not extend further than removal Dom office, and disquali fication to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United Htatea.” It 1* the understand ing, however, that conviction ut the bar of the brume might be fol lowed by prosecution In the criminal court a. Hut the fact that Judge Hwayne bus been impeached does not mean that he hae been convicted. He la to be presumed Innocent until found guilty by a court of competent juris dictionin tine instance, the Menate, SAVAXXAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1004. SANTA CLAPS AND MOTHER GOOSE. It Is really distressing to note w-ith what alarm certain women's glubs— composed mainly, no doubt, of spinsters of uncertain age—are regarding the moral and intellectual deficiencies of Santa Claus and Mother Goose. Why, these dear old people have actually been assailed by resolutions and speeches in as many as a dozen clubs during the past few months. The first has been charged with being a pagan myth, and obtaining presents under false pretenses, and other things like that, while at the door of Mother Goose have been laid the allegations of silliness, stupidity, lack of literary mer it, and so on. For the sake of argument merely, let it be assumed that Santa Claus is a myth of pagan origin; does that les sen his reality and his benefactions in the homes of millions of non-pagans every year? Can any sane person, who is a parent, believe for one instant that the beautiful sentiment that al most casts a halo about the head of Santa Claus is calculated to pervert the mind of any little child? We are strongly of the opinion that the enemies of Santa Claus are to be found almost exclusively among those who have never known the delight of watching the emptying of the stockings on Christmas morning; in whose hearts there is no responsive vibration to the shrill and rippling laughter of delight ed tots in the finding of new wonders as the stockings are Investigated and the packages untied. But it is not to be admitted for one instant that Santa Claus is unreal, actually. He is Just as real as can be. He is a composite saint, made up of the aggregated mass of loving fathers and mothers who have kept their hearts young and tender, and find delight in delighting the im pressionable innocents in their own and other homes. He Is the personi fication of tenderness and charity and sweet affection; of the proverb, “It is more blessed to give than to receive;" of that correct principle that greatest happiness Is to be found In making others happy. And as to Mother Goose: Would any person seriously assert that the charming stories of "Little Boy Blue,” or "Simple Simon,” "Jack and the Beanstalk,” or ‘‘Old Mother Hubbard” are singly or severally responsible for any moral lapse In any child, or that they are dangerous to ehai'acter-build ing? Nine hundred and ninety-nine children out of a thousand, possibly, are possessed of a better sense of pro portion than those adults who are ob jecting to Mother Goose. The child knows that the droll rhymes are merely a play of Imagination; but the wonder ful adventures of the imaginary people of the stories are not the less enter taining for all that. If it were the case that children were born with fully developed minds, then It might be possible to elimi nate Mother Goose and substitute Browning, or Omar Khayyam, or Shakespeare. But, happily, the child comes into the world with a mind suit ed to its body. It delights in quaint imagery and verbal gymnastics. The rhymes of Mother Goo.se serve as a diversion; they do not form habits of thought or modes of action. No child takes "Tom, the Piper’s Son” as a model of deportment, but every child delights to recite how Tom ran, and was caught and beaten when his theft was discovered. Santa Claus, the patron saint of In nocent childhood, and Mother Goose, th* favorite poet of the nursery, may be ever so strongly assailed, but they will not be deposed from the proud positions they occupy. They are too firmly entrenched in the hearts of all save misanthropes to be disturbed by iconoclastic assailants. THE CHADWICK SENSATION. Until the affairs of Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick are discussed in court it Is probable we shall hear very little more about them. Her jailer will not ad mit the newspaper mdn to see her, and she has announced that she will not talk any more until her case is heard, because some of the newspapers have published things she didn’t want made public. There is no occasion for her to talk a great deal more. Pretty much everything is known in respect to her loans. It is true, there is some mys tery about the loan she Is said to have secured from certain Pittsburg, Pa., millionaires. The amount Is reported to be $300,000, The terms on which she secured this money Isn’t public property yet. The men who made the loan are so ashamed at being taken In by a woman so easily that they are trying to keep the matter out of the newspapers. It is stated, however, that the security for the loan is a note for $500,000, having Mr. Carnegie's name attached to It. How Pittsburg millionaires could have been led into accepting such a note is one of the mysteries. All of the prominent men of that city must be acquainted with Mr. Carnegie’s affairs to such an extent as to know that he wouldn’t likely have, notes for $1,000,000 outstanding. He lived in Pittsburg for many years, or at least did business there, and his signature ought to be familiar to about all of the officers of the banks of that city. Just how the money was obtained isn't known, but it Is surmised that the bonus, besides the legal rate of Inter est, which Mrs. Chadwick agreed to pay, was large—that Is, greed was the moving rßuse for lending the money. But, whatever it was. the Pittsburg millionaires are willing to pocket their loss if. by .that means, they can ob tain immunity from publicity. The next chapter of the sensation wilt begin with Mrs. Chadwick's ap pearance In court, but it Is hardly probably that there will be Important developments for several weeks. A degenerate who claims the distinc tion of being "the world's oldest thief" was at rested in Washington the other dsy, He gave his name as George A. Walker, and claimed to he the brother of Dr. Mary Walker, the eccentric woman's rights advocate. Walker said he was 104 years old, and had apent a good portion of his life behind prison bars. The emptiness of the performance of the King of France, who, with 20,000 men, marched up the hill and then marched down again, is hardly to be mentioned in the same breath with the emptiness of the meeting between Mr. Thomas W. Lawson of Boston and Col. Greene, the bad man from some where out West, who was going to eat him alive for his assault on the stock market. Col. Greene utilized a number of half-pages of newspaper space In a denunciation of Mr. Law son, calling him all sorts of hard names and finally winding up by in forming Mr. Lawson that he would call on him personally the next day. Readers of the advertisement had mental visions of pistols, coffee, cof fins, cadavers, hearses, and all that sort of thing. There was no conclu sion to be drawn but that when Law son and Greene came together there would be "something doing” of a very serious nature. But they met, smiled, shook hands cordially, went into an office, and held a conference lasting several hours. Lawson the bear and Greene the bull, spent a most charm ing afternoon together. What they discussed and what arrangements they made with respect to the lambs, may or may not be developed during the next few days. The New York papers of Friday con tained sensational stories—some of them under headlines five inches down the column—detailing how Max Hart, a postal clerk, had found $30,000 worth of bonds of the Douglasville (Ga.) Electric Lighting and Water Company concealed In an old trunk that he had bought for a song. Max must have had dreams of yachts, and automobiles, and trips abroad, and other delightful things. He must have anticipated the pleasures of wealth, and pictured to himself the great things he would do when he clipped his coupons and col lected the interest on his bonds. But how must Max have felt the morning after, when he read in the papers that his bonds were not worth more than the paper they were printed on, be cause they had never been negotiated and were absolutely without value! Several New York brokers are alleged to have "established their value with out question.” but the weight of evi dence seems to be that the prettily printed pieces of paper will be of more service in covering a bare place in the wall than anything else. A young woman, alleging Geo'rgia as her home, Is in trouble in New York. She was arrested on a charge of larceny, the specification being that she had unlawfully appropriated to her own use certain Jewelry of a fridnd. When confronted with the charge the young woman became in dignant. “Why.” she said, “I don’t have to steal. I own a bank at , Ga.” The name of the town she gave does not appear on any map of Geor gia, nor does the postal guide give it, PERSONAL. —Therese Humbert, who Is confined in the prison at Rennes, has developed such a mania for writing abusive, in coherent letters to officials concerning the supposed dissipation of the Craw ford millions that the authorities are considering her transfer to an asylum for the insane. —Rev. Henry Marsh Warren has be gun the holding of religious services in New York hotels every Sunday and is meeting with great success. He uses the dining rooms, which on all such occasions are crowded. Having shown that bis idea is feasible and popular, he Is about to arrange a regular schedule of services among the ho tels. Mr. Warren at one time was pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. BRIGHT niTS. —"Ah. you poor devils of bachelors! Now, when a married man gets a lit tle rent In his clothes—" “He’s got to p’ay it to the landlord! I see!”— New Orleans Times-Democrat. —“The idea of buying one handker chief! Why don’t you get half a dozen while you’re about it?” “It’s too near Christmas. I’m sure to get a couple of dozen then.”—Philadelphia Ledger. —Possible Purchaser—"Wh’at is the title of this painting?" Artist—" That is ’A Ship in a Storm.’ ” Possible Pur chaser—"lt’s wonderfully effective and striking. Would—h’m —would you mind telling me which is the ship and which is the storm?”—Chicago Tribune. CURRENT COMMENT. The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: “The enraged Republican par tisans in and out of Congress are very loud over the necessity of cutting down the representation of the South be cause of the disfranchisement of Illit erate negroes; but they manifest no anxiety to rut down the representation of the trusts in the Senate of the United States.” The Charleston Post (Dem.) says: “Mormonism seems altogether unlove ly from the facts that are known of It, but to some people It is, no doubt, an impressive and controlling religion and while its practice Is within the law of the land It seems that it should be en titled to the same consideration that Is given to other religious organiza tions, unless we are to change the or ganic law and make prescription of the kinds of religion that may he right fully practiced in this land of the free.” The “big stick” policy Is likely soon to get us into serious trouble at San Domingo, thinks the Detroit Free Press (Ind.): “However reluctant this coun try may be to Interfere or Intervene, we must respect our own edict that no other nation will be permitted to do so. We must acknowledge that our oc cupancy of four ports for the purpose of collecting the revenue is an Intru sion from which we cannot withdraw, so that, willing or unwilling, It is more than likely that before long we will find ourselves bound to Intercede for tli** benefits of civilization and good or der." Reverting to the meeting of the Civil Service Reform League In Washington recently, und to the practice of making exceptions to the rules, the Boston Herald llnd Dsm.) observes: "The Idea that better men arc obtained by not adhering strictly to the rule Is somewhat discredited by the circum stance that two of tbe Hires so ap pointed tiy McKinley have been dis charged for dishonesty, and (hat one of Mr. KooeeveU’s men for whom an eg. ■ epGon was made was that Dumont, Itispector of hulls, wlio has been dis missed on wreount of his Incompetaney, or worse fault, dlwioasd by the Inves tigation sr ths Un. Wotum tisgsdy.” Why Col. Billups Subsided. Happening to have a few moments to himself. Col. John Billups of Ari zona, decided to take a street car ride and see the beauties of the capital, says the Washington correspondence of the New York World. He entered a car, took a seat and devoted himself to looking at the places of historical Interest he passed. Coming to an un interesting stretch, he looked around the car and discovered a very beau tiful woman sitting with an ill-favored man. Directly behind the woman Bat another man, looking intently out of the window. Col. Billups was attracted by the beautiful woman, just as any South ern gentleman Is attracted by a great picture or a fine horse. He looked at her In open-mouthed admiration, pay ing the tribute the real Southern gen tleman pays to beautiful woman, wherever found. Suddenly, to the great amazement of Col. Billups, the lady turned and wink ed roguishly at the man behind her. It was a full-sized, enticing wink. The man looked out of the window with out noticing. Col. Billups watched. Three times the lady turned and wink ed at the stolid citizen behind her, and three times the man refused to notice the advance. This was too much for Col. Billups. He moved across to the seat where the clod was sitting. They rode for a square, and the lady turned again and winked. “Sir,” said Col. Billups, to the oaf, “it is a beautiful winter’s day.” "It is,” he replied, still gazing out of the window. "Sir, said Col. Billups, “have you remarked that extremely beautiful lady who sits in the seat directly in front of us?” “She’s good-looking enough,” replied the stolid one, still looking out of the window. “Sir.” said Col. John Billups, “I am a Southern man and an admirer of all that is beautiful in nature. I say to you that that lady is fair game. That man with her is not her husband.” “I know it,” replied the person who was gazing out of the window, ”1 am.” '■ Not a Case For an Understudy. “I’d like to have a day oft next Wednesday, sir,” said young Thomp son to the Senior Partner, says the New York Press. The Senior Partner frowned. He did not approve of holidays. “We don’t like to establish the prece dent of giving time off,” he said. “But I have some important busi ness on hand,” urged young Thomp son, “and ” “And I suppose no one possibly could attend to this 'lmportant business’ but you,” sneered the Senior Partner. “Well, not very well, sir; because, you see——” “Young men are too prone to over rate their own importance,” inturrupt ed the Senior Partner. “It’s a com mon failing among them to consider themselves indispensable, while nine times out of ten they are only block ing the way of better men. Now, in this little business matter of yours no doubt, if necessary, you could depute someone else to attend to it for you— someone just as able and just as will ing as yourself.” "Without doubt, sir,” said young Thompson, “but, as I’m to be married, the lady has conceived the notion that I am indispensable to the ceremony.” Time to Hustle. Gen. Pickens of North Carolina, is the cleverest story teller who ever came to Washington from the Tar Heel state, says an exchange. This is one of his latest: “A hard shell exhorter was holding forth in exalted strains about the time of the attack on Fort Donelson. He declared that the Lord fought on the side of the South, that Jehovah was encamped around about the Confed erate army, and that it was Impossi ble for the invading Yankees to con quer them. "Just at the close of one of these ex travagant statements a man dashed up to the country church and cried out that the Yanks had captured Fort Don elson and were then making their way up the river. "There was consternation among the church members, and the parson said: “Then, my brethren and slstern, save yourselves, for the Lord has got licked.” Chicago Soup Plate'* Accompani ment. Two New Yorkers were lunching to gether at the Bellevue-Stratford, says the Philadelphia Ledger. “One hears strange stories about Chicago,” said the woman in the chin chilla tricorne, "but I never believed half of them until I werjt there a while ago on a visit. Will you believe, my dear, that I went to a dinner where there was a little silver trum pet beside each soup plate?” “What were they for?” inquired the girl with the violets. VI didn’t know at first, but I found out later that they were called ‘soup coolers,' and were used for blowing the soup!” said the traveled one. The Result. It Is Christmas morning in the home of Gittouski Klckkemoft in St. Petersburg, says Judge. From the children arise loud walls of anguish and disappointment. Papaskl rushes to the nursery. “What Is the matter, childreno viteh?” he asks. “We have no presentski,” they wall. “No presentski?” “No. Ivan, to show his patriotism, asked Santaskl Clausoffski to give him a Japanese toy regimentski and Santa ski did, and the Japanese regimentski captured all our other gifts and marched away with them.” The Future Hypnotic Household. From the Chicago Tribune. [Dr. Quackenbos urges the establish ment of an Institute of hypnotism, saying the general practice of the science would be beneficial to all.] Don't snap your fingers near my ma: You’d change her smile into a frown— She has been hypnotized by pa. And thinks she’s got a brand new gown. Don't snap them, either, where pa is, Or else there’ll toe an awful clash— Ma now controls those thoughts of his And makes him give her all the cash. The parlor's dark: pa went In there And hypnotized my sister’s beau Until he said: “Well, I declare. It's getting late and I must go.” My sister—she got angry then; Pa made her anger disappear— He made a pass or two again And now she thinks her beau's still here. Pa’s went around all smiles to-day. Lust night a hill collector earne rs hypnotized him ri*h% away And the eolleetor signed his name And gave pa the receipted bill. You ace. the other man obeyed My pa’a Intense hypnotic will And thought et once the bill was paid. I lead my claes at our school— !*a simply makes a pass or two And then I know each word and rule And all the sums 1 have to do. Don’t snap your fingers If you go Into the kitchen -tneke no fuse. I’e'e hypnotised the cook, and ea ■be U May another week with us. “CATCHING SUCKERS.” From "Catching Suckers,” by Will Payne in the Saturday Evening Post. An innocent farmer boy in Kansas learned from his uncle how to work a simple trick with cards. It looked so much like a sure thing to his friends that by county fair time he had $lB in money and a cultivated appetite for short cuts to success. At the fair the usual fakir put the inevitable brass watch chain and glass-set ring in the cornucopia, along with the time-hon ored prize box containing from 1 cent ,up to S2O. The corner of the S2O bill often stuck right out of the box overlooked by the fatuous fakir. And so presently the farmer boy had six lots of jewelry, worth perhaps 30 cents, and six little pasteboard boxes, each containing 1 cent. He borrowed a quarter to get something to eat and walked sadly home. But the fakir was glad. There had been other bright farmer boys in the crowd and trade had been brisk. That evening he sorted and counted nearly SIOO with a hot and eager heart, for he was only twenty miles from Abi lene, where there was a faro game, and he had worked out an infallible sys tem for beating the tiger. The man who ran this faro game knew perfectly well that there was an infallible system, but it was different from the fakir’s—in fact, he was work ing the system himself. The second day the fakir borrowed a few dollars to lay in a fresh supply of little paste board boxes and brass watch chains and went back to work, pondering the defects in his faro system. The faro man, however, was gay. There had been others besides the fakir at play. His bank roll was swollen until his pockets bulged out. He knew the proprietor of a flourishing bucket shop in Kansas City, and could prove as plain as the nose on your face that it was the chance of a lifetime to make a killing in wheat. He shipped the roll to his friend in Kansas City and saw it no more, for wheat went down in stead of up. He sighed, oiled up the secret spring In his faro box and re turned to his humdrum trade. Now, the simple farmer boy knew perfectly well that his friends were going to lose their money when they bet on his trick. It amused him to see how foolish they were. And the fakir was acutely aware that the sim ple farmer boy was going to get noth ing but pennies; the boy must be a chuckle-head to suppose he was run ning the game to lose money! Next, it was clear to the faro man that the fakir was going to be cleaned out; he had thoughtfully fixed the game to that end. And the bucket shop pro prietor had not the remotest doubt that the faro man’s roll would remain in his possession; certainly he wasn’t running a bucket shop for his health. And so, knowing all about things, being an adept at the game and hav ing the best of Information, he bought Amalgamated Copper at 110 to beat the band. In due time his bucket shop was closed, his horses Were sold, and It dawned upon him that even he, in stead of being the king-pin, was a mere link in the great get-rich-quick chain. HELEN GOULD’S CHARITIES. From Harrier's Bazar. Her law school course illustrates an other trait in her character. She is careful, judicious, 'an excellent busi ness woman, even in the bestowal of her charities. The misdirected fervor of the sentimental giver of gifts is not hers. She is fortunate that it is not. Emotional philanthropy would long ago have made her a bankrupt. She receives about 100 letters a day asking for sums which make a week ly total of about $150,000. She is -asked to buy vessels for old sea captains, to raise mortgages on Western farms, to train the voices of embryo Pattis on the prairies, to educate young men for the ministry, to contribute to ladtes'- aid-society fairs in country villages, to endow all sorts of institutions. Her self a strikingly unextravagant wom an in matters of dress and all personal expenditure, she is asked by prospec tive brides to provide sums ranging as high as $2,000 for their modest trous seaux. Parents write her enthusiastic let ters describing the charms of young Helen Miller Gould Smiths or Joneses, and saying how gratefully a nucleus for these young ladies’ future dowries will ibe received. In one banner week the begging public—lncluding, of course, the respectable beggars for worthy charities as well as the mere preyers on unsophisticated kindness asked for a million and a half dol lars! ARTIFICIAL DIAMONDS. FVom the Chicago Journal. The reward of the inventor who can produce artificial diamonds is so tempt ing that the Moisson experiments with the electric furnace, which were inau gurated some eight or ten years ago, have been continued until the present day. They are now being carried on in the laboratory of the Sorbonne, in Paris. The first diamonds made by the elec tric furnace were of microscopic size and few in number. As the work continued various mod ifications were worked out, as the ex perience of the investigators became greater, until now success seems immi nent. The crystals are positively known to partake of all the charac teristics of the diamond In crystalline structure, hardness and chemical com position. The largest crystal yet obtained Is only one-half a millimetre in length, and while this is only a spark, it In dicates that the process is capable of yielding diamonds of good quality, and that some day in the not distant fu ture the laboratory process of Mother Nature, as exemplified in the Rand, may be duplicated In man's laboratory and In a commercial way. TELEPHONES ON TRAINS. From the Baltimore American. Members of the Merchant* and Man ufacturers’ Association, while recently touring Western Pennsylvania and Ohio in a special train were provided with novel telephone facilities, which may be the forerunner of standard equipment of fast trains. Each Pull man car was provided with a tele phone running to a "central" Installed in one of the smoker's apartments. At each station where the train stopped a temporary telephone connection was made, so that the members of the party could call up any part of the country without stirring from the train. Much preliminary work, of course, had to be done to run wires from the various local exchanges to the railroad station to a point convenient to the train berth, hut on arrival of the train It was only necessary for the porter to run out about twenty-five yards of wire and insert a plug In a socket. The serv ice was much appreciated and well pat ronized . LAWSON PIN MONEY. From the New York American. Boston, Dec. 14. —Thomas W. Lawson lost the combination of the safe In his State street office, and the expert who opened It was so long at It that his employers took him to tusk. "Why, I was busy talking the stuff out," was his replY. Then he explained that the strong boa In the safe In which Mr, Lawson keeps what he mils the pin money for his wife and family is divided into sit compartment. and that these are gen erally kept full. The safe expert eel I mated that there wee |MC,oOu in ths eat*, all in double eagles. Distress After Eating Nausea between meals, belching, Torn iting, flatulence, fits of nervous head ache, pain in the stomach, are all ■ymptoms of dyspepsia, and the longer It is neglected the harder it is to cure it. Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Radically and permanently cure it Strengthen and tone the stomach and other digestive organs for the natural performance of their functions. Accept no substitute for Hood’s. “I had dyspepsia twenty-five years and look different medicines but got no help until I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Hare taken four bottles o' *bis medicine and can now eat almost anything, sleep well, hare no cramps in my stomach, no burning and no distress.” Mas. William G. Barrett, 14 Olney St.. Providence, R. I Hood’s Sarsaparilla promises te cure an-* —>* the promise. r THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE TO CALIFORNIA AND ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS WEST via Union Pacific SHORTEST ROUTE FASTEST TIME SMOOTHEST TRACK Electric Lighted Trains Daily. Inquire at J. F. VAN RENSSELAER, IS Peachtree St., K ATLANTA, GA. J OFFICIAL. liquoiTlicense! City of Savannah, Office Clerk of Council, Dec. 13, 1904. —The follow ing applications to retail liquor dur ing the year 1905 were read at the meeting of Council Dec. 7, 1904, and referred to the Committee of the Whole. J. ROBERT CREAMER, Clerk of Council. Abel, Chas., *. e. cor. Bay and Aber corn sts. Anderson, Jos. N., No. 42 Reynolds st. Badenhoop, J. H., 523 West Broad, cor. Huntingdon st. Christopher, Geo., 510 Berrien st., w. Christopher, Geo., 102 West Broad st. Capatan, G. P„ Bay and Farm sts. Cunningham, Hardy C., F. w. cor. Ber rien and Jefferson sts. Dulohery, C. & Cos., East Broad and Hartridge sts. Friedman, J., 135 Margaret st. Goldberg, Joe, 1821 Ogeechee road. Gerken, H., agt., 715 Wheaton st. Hewett, M. W., Gwinnett and Bur roughs sts. Hodge, L. E„ 565 Oak st. Hermann, Peter, 317 Congress st., w. Hicks, R. M., 21 Congress st., w. Heitmann, J. F„ 634 President st., e. Heltmann, C. H., 25 East Broad st. Helmken, J. H., s. e. cor. Liberty and Whitaker sts. Jenkins, H. W.’, "Marshall House,- 123 Broughton st., e. Kuck, John, 412 Drayton st. Lubs, John F., n. w. cor. Liberty and Habersham sts. Lang, Nicholas, 39 Barnard st. Mosenzza, S. & Cos., Burroughs and Duffy st. lane. Ohslek, Chas., 202 Reynolds st. Peters, N. F., n. e. cor. Park ave. and Burroughs st. Rocker, John & Bra, s. w. eor. Jones and West Broad sts. Stahmer, John, Bryan and Ann sts. Sullivan, John, 15 Congress st., w. Vollers, Wm.. 430 West Broad st. Wellbrock, John F., 524 Jefferson st. Wade, John TANARUS., s. w. cor. Oglethorpe ave. and Houston st. Wilkins, C., West Broad and Gaston sts. INSPECT AND REPAIR TOUR SIDEWALKS. Notice to Owners of Real Estate. In conformity with resolutions adopted by the City Council, on March 11, 1904, notice is hereby given: I. lb owners of abutting realty, their lessees and agents, to keep In re pair the sidewalks along their respec tive frontages, including the small Iron boxes for gas and water connections, wash payments, and the like, which latter have metal covers adapted to the sidewalk level. 11. In case of suits for damages against the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah for injuries to persons or property, sustained by per sons by reason of holes In sidewalks, broken, displaced or loose brick or stones, or of/gas or water boxes, with out covers, or protruding above side walk level, or of other defects or ob structions In and on sidewalks, the owners of abutting realty or other persons whose negligence may have caused such defects and obstructions, will be vouched to defend, and will be held responsible for all damages awarded against the city on account of such injuries to persons and prop erty. 111. Sidewalks throughout the city are being inspected, and notices have been and are being sent to owners of abutting realty, and to whom It may concern, to repair sidewalk defects promptly, or bear the consequences of their neglect of duty. Savannah, Ga., July 1, 1904. GEO. M. GADSDEN, Director of Public Works. NEW BOOKS at Estill’s. 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