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4 gfc jfflgfwittg Monuuc Nrvrs Building, Snnh. Ua ' ' ■- ■■■■ ■' - -—ttY-jt WEDNESDAY, PECEMUKR 28, 1904. Registered at Postofflce In Savannah. THE MORNING NEWS Is published every day In the year, and served to subscribers In the city, or sent by mall, one week, 18 cents; one month, 70 cents; three months, $2.00; six months, $4.00; one year. SB.OO. THE MORNING NEWS by mall, 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, 1 cent a word each inser tion. 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Desbouillons; Private Dining Rooms, Sommers’ Cafe; Second Hand Bicycles, G. W. Thomas; Dayton Bicycles, Walter F. Higgins. Business and Personal Accounts— The Chatham Bank. Let the New Year—Savannah Gas Cos. Frank’s Rheumatism Cure—Living ston's Pharmacy. Gannymede 76 Rye—Henry Solomon & Son. Long's Preserves—C. A. Munster. Red Cross Cbffee—Henry Solomon & Son. What Sam Jones Says—Knight's Pharmacy. Shampoo Luxury—Tetterine Soap. Never Forget Warburines—ltowUn ski, Druggist. Factory Loaded Shells —At Latti more's. If It’s A Live Lobster—George’s Res turant. Favorite Recipes—The Delmonico Cos. Our Inventory—Connor & Sullivan. Annuity Life Insurance—Penniman & Ennen. Eggs—A. Ehrlich & Bro. Savannah Theater—To-day Matinee, “East Lynne,” night. The “Child Steal er." Removes the Cause—Kalola Com pany. Cheap Column Advertisements— Help Wanted, Employment Wanted; For Rent, For Sale, Lost, Personal, Miscellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia and Eastern Florida for to-day are for fair weather and decidedly colder, with brisk northwest winds. It would be interesting to know the Identity ot the unnamed "well known Georgia politician,” who asserts that there was nothing In that political conference of some two years ago, which Mr. Osborne has asked Mr. Morris to tell about, further than a showing of hands between the Steed and Morris factions. If yiat Is all there is in the matter, Mr. Morris will have no difficulty or hesitancy In turn ing the glaring white light of publicity upon it. The Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep.) studying the returns of the recent na tional election, reaches the conclusion that "the race problem is a dead is sue in the South.” Then why does the Inquirer, and it's Morrells and Cnimpackers and 3. Warren Kelfers, try to galvanize it into life by the Introduction of bills to cut down 'the representation of the South In Con gress and the Electoral College? If the thing is dead, why not let it stay dead? A Wesleyan professor, after extend ed experiments, announces that the human engine Is the best ever con structed. A man, he says, develops twice as much energy for the amount of fuel consumed as the beat locomo tive ever constructed, and 50 to 80 per cent, more energy than the most eco nomical types of stationary engines. Incidentally the professor says he has discovered that brain energy does not dspend on the kind or quantity of food consumed by the man. following ths war between China and Japan, China was assessed to pay a heavy Indemnity to the vlcto lions islanders. M Hung Chang ne gotiated a loan of lIOo.MM.oug from Kuaelan capitalist* to China, which was paid aver to Japan as a part of th* indemnity. It waa this money that Japan used to arm herself for 'he grant struggle with Huaala that Is Mm going on it the time the Rue- Rone loeaed the money they prohahlr had little idee that It Would ha used '•** purpose of l><easing iha mil. jHk*' l **•*“• l itself own -ountfy. THE CZ.4H PROMISE* REFORMS. The agitation which has been, and is still, going on in Russia for gov ernmental reforms of various kinds promises to be productive of good re sults. The Czar’s reform edict, issued on Monday night, a synopsis of which was published in our dispatches yes terday, deals with eight subjects, all of which will be referred to commit tees of the council of ministers with instructions to report at an early day. Some of the proposed reforms are far .reaching; and if adopted, will bring about a great improvement in the con dition of the Russian people. It is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty what the reports of the committees will be, but the pre sumption is that in the majority of cases they will be favorable. It is not reasonable to suppose the Czar would raise hopes of reforms if he did not intend to grant them. No doubt some of the ministers will be against the reforms suggested in the edict. It is stated in the dispatches that the reactionaries think too much is premised. The Liberals, however, are disappointed. They think the Czar hasn't gone far enough. The fact that both parties are dissatisfied is a pretty good sign that something will be done in the direction of reform. If only one of the reforms should be adopted and made effective, the one providing that there shall be a full and equitable enforcement of the exist ing laws, the common people would have cause to be thankful. In Russia so many people are im prisoned or sent to Siberia without a full, legal trial that the certainty of such a trial will be a great step for ward. Besides, if greater freedom of the press is accorded, public questions will be discussed, and there will come into existence a public, sentiment which will exert powerful influence with the government in the struggle for addi tional reforms. No doubt the Czar realizes that if the proposed reforms are granted agi tation for others will be at once be gun. He may resist it for a time, but eventually he will have to make other concessions. The people of Russia will not be satisfied until they have a con stitution —until they are allowed a voice in the government. It may be half a century before their demand in that respect is granted, but it will be. In the meantime the people will be prepared for their new responsibility by a system of education. WHY WOT IMPROVE ITf Franklin Square, at the corners of Bryan, St. Julian and Congress streets, is supposed to be one of the delightful little parks of Savannah’s famous sys tem of small breathing-places. But a resident of any other part of the city suddenly dropped down there would not recognize it as such. In all prob ability he would be ashamed to own it as a part of the park system. It is a barren, dirty place, and a disgrace to the city. Some of the streets ad jacent to it are occupied by stores and small industries and others by resi dences. There is a dense population in the neighborhood, and no other park is near at hand. Franklin square should be a recreation place for the children of that section of the city. The people living in the vicinity of it should demand that an appropriation be made to put it in as good condi tion as any of the other squares, and that without delay. If there should develop any trouble in keeping the square in good order a special police man should be detailed to look after it. The present condition of Franklin square is a reproach to the commun ity. THE TALBOT-IRVIWE CASE. The grounds of the new presentment in the Talbot-Irvine case—ithe case which stirred up such a sensation in Central Pennsylvania a couple of years ago—are not public, and will hardly be made miblic before the beginning of the Inquiry. The accused party is the Right Reverend Talbot, Bishop of Cen tral Pennsylvania, and the prosecutor is Rev. Dr. Ingram N. W. Irvine. Episcopalians all over the country are deeply Interested in the case, because it is an unusual one In the church. The case had its beginning in 1899. Dr. Irvine was in charge of St. Paul's Church at Huntingdon, Pa., in Bishop Talbot's diocese. He asked the Bishop for instructions as to the standing in the church of Mrs. Alexander Elliott. She had been twice divorced and had then become the wife of Mr. Elliott, after he had obtained a divorce from his former wife, on the charge that she had deserted him. The advice Dr. Irvine received from the Bishop was that Mrs. Elliott was excommunicated, but it seems he receded from that po sition. Out of this condition of affairs grew a prolonged dispute, in which there was disclosed some sensational fea tures. The Bishop demanded Dr. Irvine's resignation, and, when it was not forthcoming, the doctor was de posed by means of an ecclesiastical trial. Then followed an inquiry into the Bishop's ecclesiastical and personal conduct, which resulted, by a majority of one, In hts favor. Now there is to be another inquiry on anew prosecution of facts. It will be begun at Reading on Jan. 10. The statement Is made that the coming in quiry will be much inure sensational than the first one. A health specialist living In Duluth believes that sleeping out of doors, no mutter what the temperature may be, ia conducive to health, strength and long life. He Is trying It on his baby, aged 18 months. He puts the child on the porch In a basket, if the ther mometer is at sero. Meanwhile he wraps himself up In double blankets, inside the house, and snoozes away. The authorities are considering wheth er or not llgty shall take hold of the matter. It would be poetic juatlce If they ware to make him sleep outside and send the baby to bed like other children, John Mitchell Is at iaat In bad re pute with the union miners. He la ac * u**4 f having smok-d a non-union cigar and eaten a gilt# of non-union mead Mg Will bo 4 eun< bald eg * plaining tg do. HANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY.DECEMBER 28. 1004. THE BRYAN CONFERENCE. Will Mr. Bryan be able to recapture the machinery of the Democratic party from the Eastern Democrats? That is a question that many of the leading Democrats in the East and South are now considering. Mr. Bryan and his Nebraska friends are discreetly silent about the con ference which they held at Lincoln on last Friday night. About the only thing decided upon, as far as known, was to organize throughout the coun try clubs of those who entertain ideas as to what the Democratic party should stand for similar to those to which Mr. Bryan gave expression immediately after the presidential election. It will not be difficult to organize political clubs, provided somebody stands the expense of maintaining them. But it is doubtful if there would be much enthusiasm in them. Mr. Bryan has lost his hold on the great majority of his party. He still has a following in the West, but his friends and admirers in the South and East are few and far between. He may be personally popular in all parts of the country, but his political ideas are not. He still clings to free silver coin age. The East and the South have very little use for a leader who clings to an issue as dead as that of free sil ver. And there is another matter worthy of careful consideration. It is that the South is going to be more in evi dence in the next campaign for Presi dent. If she doesn’t furnish the can didate she will name him. She will not name Mr. Bryan. She may have a great deal of respect for him, but she doesn't put much faith in the political judgement of a man who insists he is right about silver when, as a matter of fact, the whole country thinks he is wrong. A month ago it was thought Mr. Bryan and Mr. Watson would work together, but more recently some things have cropped out which create a doubt as to whether they are in en tire harmony. The fact is probably that neither wants to play second fid dle to the other. That faot may keep them apart. Mr. Bryan's getting into the presi dential field so early would seem to indicate that he expects a long, hard fight to get control of the party ma chinery. Perhaps Mr. Taggart, the chairman of the National Committee, could be induced to step aside and let him have his place. Mr. Taggart doesn't seem to be exactly the man for the position. FEVER IN CL BA. The facts relative to the appearance of yellow fever at Santiago, Cuba, are presented in a letter from that city to the New York Herald under the date of Dec. 17. It seems there were two cases, both of a comparatively mild type. One of the men who was at tacked was an employe of the Span ish-American Mining Company at its smelting works. The works are not in the city. They are in Punta de Sal, opposite the city. The other case was that of a man employed in the mines of the Spanish-American Mining Com pany. The mines are twenty miles away from Santiago. Both men were new arrivals in Cuba. Why these two cases of yellow fe ver should have been the subject of so much newspaper talk and so much official discussion it is difficult to un fterstand. No evidence has been produced that the fever was contract ed in Santiago. Hence there is no good reason for assuming that the appear ance of the fever was due to the bad 'sanitary condition of Santiago, or that the sanitary condition of San tiago is bad. Asa matter of fact it is probable that the real sanitary condi tion of that city is not much better than it was prior to the American oc cupation of Cuba. The streets prob ably are kept a little cleaner, but no body has ever contended that yellow fever is produced by the kind of litter that gives streets an untidy con dition. If filth causes the disease it is the filth that is in the soil and otherwise concealed. It is probably close to the truth to say that there is pretty nearly as much of that kind of filth in Santiago as there was be fore the Americans gave the city a cleaning. We do not undertake to say what tho cause of yellow fever is. but it is a fact that Cuban cities have been practically free from the disease since they were occupied by the American army, but it doesn't follow on that account that there will be no more yellow fever epidemics in the island. The chances are that the fe ver will make its appearance when ever the climatic conditions are fa vorable for it. We doubt if yellow fe ver experts would be greatly surpris ed by the appearance of a good many cases in Havana within the next two or three years. Drainage and cleanliness are the best protection against the fever. While the Cuban cities are made cleaner than they were under Span ish rule, it is a question whether their drainage has been greatly im proved. As to whether the fever has been driven from Cuba, as some of the yellow fever experts claim, the next few years will demonstrate. If the cli matic conditions should be favorable for the development of the fever, the chances are there would be more or less cases of the disease in about all the Cuban cities. . A Brantford. Ont., story says that Mrs. Chadwick appeared there some months ago, entered a barber shop, had her luxuriant hair cut close and de manded of the barber to know where she could buy a false moustache. The supposition 1* she wanted to borrow S2O on a “phoney" watch. This story ought to suggest something to Atlanta, since that town he* not yet been able to get hold of a local end of the Chad wick sensation. Th* tax books of Westchester coun ty, New York, show that the assessed value of pro perl y In the county is $100,000,090, which IS $25,000,000 more than th# total assessment of the state of Nevada, with Its sliver mines. Nev ertheless Nevada has two represents* Uvea In the l’tilled glales Menate and o4*e la lbs House of ItspiessMlgtlvss. Once on a time there was a lazy man who had the Lord's Prayer printed and framed, and he hung it at the head of his bed. Each night as he tumbled in between the sheets, he pointed to the framed invocation and observed, “Lord, thqm’s my senti ments." High official society in Lon don. it seems, has adopted the scheme in a modified form. At the recent city banquet to the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress and the high sheriffs, all of the speeches of the functionaries were printed in the programme, along with portraits of the persons supposed to have delivered them. When it came the turn of Sheriff Ve zey Strong to respond to a toast he said; “My ladies and lords, for my reply, see page 11.” Under this plan long and prosy dinners are avoided and each ambitious speaker gets the benefit of a revised and per sonally corrected copy of his re marks. It is to be hoped the inno vation will not be long in reaching Washington and New York. Senator Depew will not like it, of course, since he is fond of the sound of his own voice. But there are others who ought to be considered. Suppose we were to attempt to fol low all of the directions of the “emi nent authorities,” what would be our end? One set of eminent medical au thorities has decreed that we eat too much and do not drink enough water; and now comes another set with the assertion that the eating it not so much the matter, but we drink too much. The drinking is not of the wine when it is red in the cup, nor of the spirit of the golden grain after dis tillation, but plain water, of the sort we get from the well or the hydrant. “Every drop of water taken into the body means additional work for the heart and the kidneys,” says one doc tor. “If water is taken into the sys tem in such quantities that it cannot be properly handled by the kidneys, it does very great harm,” says another. “The practitioner should be very careful in advising his patient how much water to drink,” says a third. Does it all mean that we shall short ly have to attach water meters to our drinking cups? Gen. Lew Wallace has jumped into the territorial statehood fight with the declaration that New Mexico should demand the preservation of its integ rity by means of its name. He is against the amalgamation of New Mex ico with Arizona under the name of the latter. And, really, since we have a New York and a New Jersey, both names brought over from England, why should we not have a New Mexico? This is the time of year to take good resolutions out of moth-ball stor age and brush them up for use next week. PERSONAL. —J. P. Morgan gives away almost as much money in the course of a year as any of our other great philanthro pists, but does not like to have his char ity known. Ten big charitable insti tutions in New Yorfc were built by him, but none bears his name. His great est charity is keeping young boys off the streets by getting them work. —ln New York recently a reporter made several vain attempts to see J. Pierpont Morgan, both at his office and his residence. Finally his opportunity came. He was interviewing another financier and, incidentally, came into possession of the latter's card. He ,kept it. then, going to Morgan’s resi dence, sent in his own card in com pany with that of the financier. The ruse was successful and he was shown into Morgan’s presence. When the re porter had stated his reason for the call the financier said: “Do you know, young man, that at least ten reporters have tried to see me to-day with ref erence to this question? I have de clined to see all of them.” The re porter smiled and replied: “Yes. sir, I know that, for I was the whole ten.” He got his interview. BRIGHT BITS. —“You say the weather here doesn’t agree with him?” “No; it doesn’t. He's the weather forecaster, and the weather always does the very opposite of what he says it’s going to do.” — Philadelphia Ledger. —“I see that the Igorrotes were the best paying feature of the St. Louis Fair.” “That’s strange. What was there about them that attracted attention?” "Little or nothing.’’—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —“l’ve become convinced of the su periority of woman over man,” said the green goods merchant to the bunco steerer. “For what reason?” “We’ve got to work hard to get a few hundred dollars from a farmer. But a woman can walk into an Ohio bank and get $500,000 on any kind of a piece of pa per.”—Washington Star. CURRENT COMMENT. The New York World (Dem.) says: " ’Tom’ Watson has made the amaz ing discovery that ‘the campaign of 1904 was but a prelude to the cam paign of 1908.' And that of 1908 will be but a prelude to that of 1912, and so on without limit.” The Hartford (Conn.) Times (Dem.) says: “Mr. Roosevelt Is dinning it into the ears of the congressmen that some legislation regarding railroad supervis ion must be accomplished or at least started, this winter, and the result fnay be that a measure will be reported In the house of representatives and passed by that body without much prospect, however, of getting through the Senate. He is said to be willing to accept as a compromise the plan of Secretary Morton, according to which the interstate commerce com mission would fix the rate irv the first Instance subject to review by the spe cial United States court that Mr. Mor ton would create.” The Mobile Register (Dem.) enys: The South is fair enough to concede that the President has his good quali ties; and that be ts honest and pa triotic. He has ability, ton; but Ida Judgment ia at times at fault, and the people suffer by reason of the fault. The trouble arises from the fact that Mr. Roosevelt worships the idol ’Principle,' recognizing only one such, namely, the one before which he hap pen* to prostrate himself. But there are other principles, well deserving of worship, and Mspedleiu y tells u* which ia the one moat deserving. Ho far the President seemingly has failed to understand th* value of the advice that Kspedl*u*y can give. He liu adopted the theory ,f Ja, kauri’s Be stirs you srs right, then go ahead,’’ hut. In our optnioii, has not taken suffl * lent cars ts discover just what Is inssnt by being right.” “Seeing I> Believing.” It is often easy for a man to con vince himself that he believes a cer tain thing but to act on the belief sometimes requires a powerful faith, says the Youth's Companion. That was evidently the quality lacking in a col lege professor who went with Simon Lake into the diving compartment of his submarine boat. The story is re lated in "Submarine Navigation," by Alan Burgoyne. Every one knows that if an uncocrked bottle filled with air is placed in wa ter, mouth down, only as much water will enter it as is required to compress the air in the bottle enough to equal the pressure of the water. If the air pressure could be otherwise increased no water at all would come in. For more than half a century this principle has been made use of in sub marine boats to provide a mode of egress for a diver. In the Lake boat there is an “air chamber” forward in which the air pressure is made a trifle greater than the water pressure out side. When a door in the bottom of the car is opened no water comes in. and those in the boat, reaching down with a short rake, are able to pick up oys ters, sponges of whatever they see on the bottom of the ocean. The professor was a learned man, and he knew all about the theory of the case; but still he had not quite faith enough to trust himself under water in a bottomless boat. Mr. Lake took him into the diving compartment to exhibit it. After closing the air-lock door he noticed beads of perspiration standing on the professor’s forehead. When the compressed air came in with a great noise, the professor grabbed one of the frames and looked longingly at the closed door. “By the way, professor," said Mr. Lake, turning off the air, “are you troubled with heart disease?” “Why, yes,” he said, “my heart is a little affected.” “Well, never mind,” said the inven tor. "This little distance will not dis turb you. If you feel any pain swal low' as if you were drinking water." He turned on the air again, and the professor began to swallow. During the half minute or so following, while the pressure was increasing, he swal lowed enough, the inventor said after ward, to have drowned himself. When the pressure was right, Mr. Lake stooped and began to unscrew the panel in the floor. “What are you doing?” demanded the professor. “I am going to open this door so you can see the bottom.” “No, no,” said the professor, throw ing out his hands, “don’t do that. I would not put you to all 'that trouble for the world.” Just then, however, the door drop ped open. The professor, who had turned deathly pale, started forward! Not a drop of water entered. As he saw the calm surface of it there be neath his feet as unruffled as if it had been the very top of the ocean, instead of almost the bottom, the color came back to his face and he drew a great sigh. “Well," he exclaimed. “Well! Of course I knew it wouldn't come in. I know why it doesn’t come in. But if I had not seen it I should never have believed it!” Some Revised Xninn Jokelets. “Say, old man,” said the first club man, according to the Louisville Cour ier Journal, “those ties you’ve been wearing lately are in excellent taste, and I’d like to get some. Give me the name of your haberdasher, won't you?” “I’ll have to ask my wife for it,” re plied the second clubman, as he rang for a Scotch highball. “She gave me those ties for Christmas. They are rather the real thing, aren’t they?” The parson was a little disappointed. He needed some slippers badly, and according to the funnysmiths he was due to receive forty or fifty pairs for Christmas. But no slippers had been forthcom ing. “Well,” said he cheerfully, “I got over SSOO in money. Guess I can af ford to spend a dollar or so for a pair.” "Henry,” said the wife, “here are some cigars I got you for Christmas.” After the wife had left the room the visiting friend burst into a grand guf faw. "Ho, ho, ho!” he roared. “Wifey selected Christmas cigars, eh? Wow! Wow!” "Yes,” responded the husband, calm ly, "my wife was raised on a tobacco plantation and she’s about the best judge of cigars there is in this town ship.” And he proceeded to light a perfecto beside which the average twenty-flve center is but an El Flor de Skunkweed. Sticklers for Form. Not long since a native in Kaii, Hawaii, cheated a neighbor out of a small sum of money. The community was Indignant, and determined that the guilty party should be punished. The day of the trial came, the testi mony was conclusive, the judge clos ed his charge, reminding the Jury that "it takes nine to convict,” for a three fourths majority was required, instead of a unanimous Jury. It was thought that the twelve might decide in the box, but the Hawaiian likes form, and they gravely withdrew to the Jury room. They were gone an unconscion able time. At length the Judge. Im patient, sent to find out what in the world was the matter, and discovered this predicament: All twelve were for conviction, and no three could be in duced to vote for the defendant. A Chief Justice Who Joked. Lord Erskine. when Chief Justice of England, president once at the Chelmsford Assizes, when a case of breach of promise of marriage was tried before him in which a Miss Tickell was plaintiff. The counsel was a pompous man named Stanton, who opened the case with solemn empha sis thus: ' Tickell, the plaintiff, my lord." Erskine dryly Interrupted him with: “Oh, tickle her yourself. Mr. Stan ton. It would be unbecoming to my position." The Opcntna of Congress. From the Washington Post. The opening of Congress, How much Its import moans. Where’er Its course may steer us Toward every zone it leans. Our granite-founded nation Has reached a giddy hlght, May granite ne’er seem sandstone Through party’s wilful spite. Let pure and noble manhrgtd That swayed Columbia's past. Beneath yon dome emblazon Those truths that time outlast. May bust and picture chiding Mid anger’s ruthless flame. Its ravening extinguish. Enshroud Its pride in shame. In legiHlation’s midnight When doubt brings forth despair, May each behold s morning That proves ”our flag stilt there/* On human shoulders Ib-th The refuge of th* world. Move gently with your brethren Lest thunderbolt* be hurled. And oh. y* men of wisdom On true success you'l! rid* If fcejlng st each ballot Thai (Jod I# on your aid*. Rev f hr. ltd ward O, Flagg. New York city. THE OLDEST ALTAR IN AMERICA. From the Pilgrim. Many Americans with the two his torical dates of 1607 and 1620 firmly fixed in their minds may be surprised to learn that for nearly a century be fore the days of Jamestown and Plymouth Ro<’k, Christian altars had been standing on this side of the great waters. The daring Spaniards followed close after the great discov erer and braved the seas in search of treasure. So it was that the intrepid Cortez marched upon Montezuma’s capital after burning his ships be hind him at Vera Cruz. Here at Tlascala. twenty miles north of Puebla and less than fifty miles east of Mexico City, Cortez found stanch al lies. Their four chiefs he baptized from a huge black lava font. Each of these rulers had a key to the great treasure chest, which can still be seen, an enormous affair having four locks. Here is also shown the banner Cortez carried in his conquest, and afterward presented the Tlasealans for their loy alty. it is about ten feet long and forked at the end; its fine and heavy silk was once a beautiful crimson. The Tlasealans have again and again refused almost fabulous sums offered for it on behalf of Spain. These na tives throughout the country cling with a wonderful tenacity to any such relic for in their eyes it is supremely sacred. At the time of Cortez, Tlas caia was an important city. Charles V of Spain signed the grant of arms to the city, while Phillip II affixed his signature to the city charter at Barcelona, May 10, 1585. The church of San Francisco, the original one built by order of Cortez, is in good preservation, having been well cared for. On the pulpit in the chapel is found this unique inscrip tion, “Aqui tubo principio el Santo Evangelio en este nuevo mundo.” (“Here the Holy Gospel had a begin ning in the New World.”) Like the interior of all Mexican churches, this chapel is highly decorated, being espe cially rich in elaborate statues. Tlascala is the capital of the state of the same name, which happens to he the smallest commonwealth in the Mexican union. The city now num bers barely 4,000 inhabitants, while the greater part of its public build ing show there is no progress and but very litt'ie repair. BED FISH OF DEATH. From the Honolulu Bulletin. A large influx of the alalauwa, the famous red fish about which the Ha waiian superstition has it that their appearance denotes the death of a member of the royal family or some one occupying high place, is now caus ing much speculation among the Ha waiians on the water front. The schools of alalauwa first made their appearance Just a week ago. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday night fairly large schools of these fish ap peared. On Monday night they dune in an amazing large number. On Tues day night there were fewer of them, and since then their number has been gradually diminishing. It is expected that it will cease altogether either to night or to-morrow night. The fish generally appear at about 5 o’clock in the afternoon. The Ha waiians say they cannot tell where they' come from. Schools of them swim up and down the harbor for a little which, and then disappear again. The fish are about three inches long and of a bright red color. The Hawaiians say that the fish appear very seldom, and that their appearance in so great numbers as at present is an infallible sign of impend ing death of someone occupying a high station. As soon as the schools of fish cease to come this death will take place. A few of these fish ap peared just prior to the death of the late Robert Wilcox. With that ex ception, the boat boys say that they have not been seen in the harbor since the death of Queen Kapiolani and Princess Kaiulani. THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY. Paris Letter to London Telegraph. You must suffer to be beautiful, ac cording to a French saying. There seems to be some truth in the state ment, if a lady’s maid is to be be lieved. She has revealed the secrets of her mistress’ boudoir, or, rather, tor ture chamber. The lady herself is now beautiful, but one wonders that she is still alive. For months she lay flat on her back on the floor, motionless, with her arms close to her sides, during several hours every day. This was, it appears, to improve her figure. Dur ing the rest of the day, for the same period of time, she sat on a high stool giving and rocking the upper part of her body backward and forward and from side to side unceasingly. By this process she is satd to have ac quired a statuesque throat and a sylph’s waist. The lady’s nose, hav ing a soaring nature, was corrected and made Grecian by the constant application day and night for months of a spring bandage. One nostril was originally larger than the other, so she work a small sponge in it for a year. Her cheeks have been filled out and rounded by injections of par affin. Her ears for months were com pressed against the sides of her head by springs, while heavy weights were attached to the lobes to produce the required elongated shape, which has been successfully achieved. Having suffered this complicated martyrdom for a year, the lady, as already stated, is now beautiful. SEWING MACHINE FOR ESQUIMAUX. From the Seattle “Post-Intelligencer. A band of eleven Esquimaux from the Aleutian Islands passd through Seattle on their way home from the St. Louts Exposition, attired in the garments of civilization, and two of the squaws are taking back sewing machines, which will be Installed in their Ice huts to supplant the bone needle and gut thread with which they have been wont to sew their gar ments. On the down trip the party could not appreciate a bed and all slept on the floor. Now they take to the beds us naturally as they do to seal oil on their native heath, and, strange as it may seem, none of them is homesick, and all are anxious to return to this country next year. One of the articles that are being taken back by the head man of the party is a stovepipe hat. He saw President Roosevelt wearing a high silk hat at the fair, and when told that it was the President who wore it, he at once commissioned Mr. Bales to go out and buy him one. As be comes th“ dignity of the chieftainship, he will only wear the hat on state Occasions. The four children are also dressed In knickerbockers, shoes and slock ing*, and aro very proud of their American garb. SNOW HEAT. From an Exchange. In the course of an address before the Royal Geographical Society on Ex ploration In the Western Himalayas, Dr. W. H. Workman Said that at or above the altitudes of 20,000 feet It would hardly lie expected that the mountain climber would utter from heat. Asa natter of fact, he did suffer severely. The more snow th*re was and the fresher and whiter it was th* greater the heat. Ry noon, with the new mow and a bright sun, he had found the heat almost Intoler able. and together with the altitude, caused sever* ic ."Im ho and lassitude Regarding mountain sMumss, tig found that s larga proportion of his coolies suffered from it. but nons of tfe# Kura* um In it* f*rty did Easy to Take Easy to Operate Because purely vegetable-yet thor ough, prompt, healthful, satisfactory- Hood's Palis SAVANNAH ELECIRIC CQ. WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE. SUBURBAN LINES. Effective Dec. 6, 1904. ISLE OF HOPE LINE. Between Isle of Hope and 40th Street. Lv. 40th St- _ Lv. Isle of Hope. A ’M. P. M. c A. M. P.M. 630 ..... 6:00 1:00 730 1:30 , 7:00 2:00 830 2:30 8:00 3:00 9:30 9:00 3:30 10:00 4:00 | ; S0 j 5:00 6:f® 6:00 f:3* 9:00 *Vla Montgomery to city. Between Isle of Hope & Thunderbolt. Lv. Isle of Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt A. M. P. M. A. M. P. M. 700 6:00 *7:22 *5:50 *11:00 *9:50 7:38 512-minute wait at Sandfly. ♦Parcel car, passenger trailer. MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE. Between Montgomery and 40th Street Lv. Montgomery. Lv. 40th St. A - M. P. M. A. M. P. M. 51:30 8:30 1:30 *6:50 52:30 10:30 2:30 t(:53 t3:05 , 3 : 30 9:50 t5:50 6:30 •Connects with parcel car for city. tThrough to Thunderbolt 518-minute wait at Sandfly going tg c tty. Between Montgomery~&~ ThundeboTt A. M. P. M~ A M. p7m7 6:o0 3:05 7:22 3:38 7:63 5:50 8:38 6:38 MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE. ~ Leave Whitaker and Bay Streets! A. M. A. M. P. M. P. mT 6:20 10.00 12:40 5:20 6:40 10:40 1:20 6:00 7:00 11:20 2:00 6:40 7-20 12:00 2:40 7:20 8:00 3:20 8:00 8:40 4:00 8:40 9:20 4:40 t 9:20 tlO :00 TSaturday night only. Leave Mill-Haven. A. M. A. M. p. M. P M 6:40 11.00 12:20 5:40 7:00 11:40 1:00 1 6:05 Z 26 I 1:40 '6:40 l : *° n 2:20 7:00 *2O , 3:00 7:40 ®-60 | 3:40 8:20 s&g ::::: . 9 :° ' t9:40 ’ • tlO: 20 til: 00 • • • • • tl2:00 tSaturday night only. Hermitage one-half mile from terminus of Mill-Haven Line. THUNDERBOLT LINE. City Market to Casino and Thunder bolt via Bolton Street Junction Beginning at 5:30 a. m. cars leave City Market for Casino at Thunder bolt every half hour until 11:30 p. m. Cars leave Bolton street junction 1 5 minutes after leaving time at City Market. Beginning at 5:53 a. m. cars leave Live Oak Station for city every half hour until 12 08 midnight. COLLI NS VTLLE LINeT Beginning at ,5:60 a. m. cars leave Waters road and Estill avenue every 30 minutes until 11:50 p. m. Beginning at 6:15 a. m. cars leave City Market for Waters road and Estill avenue every 30 minutes until 12:16 midnight. Through cars are operated between Market and Thunderbolt via Collins ville and Dale avenue as follows- Lv. Market. Lv. Thunderbolt s : ir 7:30 A - M -6:45 P. M. 7;30 P.M. WEST END LINE. Car leaves West side of City Mar ket 6 a. m. and every 40 minutes thereafter until 10:40 p. m. Last car at 11:30. Car leaves Lincoln Park for Mar ket 6:20 a. m. and every 40 minutes thereafter until 11:00 p. m. Last car 12 midnight. _ FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR K „V, e “ves east side of Cltv Market for Thundes boh- Cattle Park. Sandfly. Isle of Hope and aU Intermediate polnts-:lsa. m„ 1:15 pm.. 11l Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly. Cattle Park. Thunderbolt and all intermediate DOtnW-* a. m„ 11:00 a. m„ 3:00 p. m. points—o.J Freight car leaves Montgomery at 50 a to. and 2:35 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with reg ular parcel car foi city. r Parcel car from tho city carries freight to Montgomery on each trip. Regular parcel car carries trailer on each trip for accommodation of passengeia Any further Information regarding passenger and freight schedule can be had by applying to L. R. NASH, Mgr. DR. PERKINS' -American Herbs - Guaranteed to Cure Asthma. Lungs, RhatunaUsiQ. Kidney Disorders, Liver Complaint, Constipation, Sick and Nervous Headaohe. Neuralgia, Dyspepsia, Fever and Ague, Scrofula. Female Complaints, Nervous Affsotiona, Erysipelas, Catarrh, and sit dis eases arising from Impure blood. Mall orders sl.lO. Offlos, No* U Congress street, west. PROF. R. L GENTRY, Savannah. Oa. Seed Oats, Seed Rye, Bee Keepers' and Poultry Supplies. HARDEN & ROURK. Hay, Grain and Feed, IIS Buy Street, West. BOTH PHONE* MS. In the January Uslinsator la Usun a asrtea ut that will occasion wtd* interval, firing th* roman** and orifin of lhr famous hymn* <*f tb world. Th* Aral i<ai>er contains ll.a •lory of ' Jeaua. Lorar of My Aoui," and Is founded on IM |>srsonaJ hast i mun Isa of nutsd abwrdlMMM. Tb fashions at* fnassntsd in il**ir inoa uf-ts-dsts <K v aio|Miisnis and tbs la* MNiwsu Of Mm kM am miuf mk>