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SUNDAY M<WtNTNO.
IN SOCIETY.
A CHRISTMAS EVE.
(.Soliloquy of a boy of seven years.)
" fc p. m.
That new boy io Miss Slater's room,
He says—and 1 believe him—
There isn’t any Santa Claus!
He's ten; you can't deceive him.
He came from Boston, and he says
Such fiction's truly shocking;
t don't quite know what that means,
but " „
ll’il not bang up my stocking!
9 p. m.
Somehow 1 can’t get fast asleep!
I a’posc 'cause I’m excited,
How ia did laugh when 1 came up!
JMn didn't seem delighted,
They're down siairs yot, 1 near mas
t ', • voice.
Ami ma, I bear her locking—
I wonder can they hoar me If
1 go hang up iny stocking.
Ef.'-i 10 p. in.
I wish there was a Santa^.Claus!
1 like the old way better*
1 used io write him what, to bring
■' And pa would take the imrer.
Hark, I hoar sleigh bells. don t I?
And— -
Can that be Santa knocking?
He doesn't, knock, but just mr fun
1 wit) hang ujT my stocking.
—Edward W. Barnard in laislle’s
Weekly.
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y The holiday season will la- ushered
In tills week with the beautiful yule
tide festival. The world is In its gay
est trappings, the shops will be full
of T dday buyers, intent tipou Christ
mgs purchases. The nolly and the
mistletoe will be in evidence every
■BHSprw w nwrii hmb smmm : and give
a festal air to tue everyday world.
Socially, the season will be a bright
ami pleasant one and several small en
tertainment a are already planned. The
. Christmas dance of the Cotillion club
will bo one of the most brilliant ovonis
of the week. '
|C Several dinner parties are also on
the calender and a number of small
enter! ssitmntw.-- wkl probably bo gtvsflj
P mr<k set in nonor M
mine of the coifei*o‘%utlon<s wtio apt
at noum for the holidays.
Amidst the Joy anti brightness of thy
season, there wilt hejkrv many un un
dertone of sadness, remembering the
vacant chair, the voice that Is silent
amid the Christmas greetings, the Ut
ile stocking that will be missed from
its accustomed place beside the ctum
ney. Life is mingled, heartsease ami
rtct always are together. But the
love of which the Christmas Is
the sign and symbol will bring com
fort to the sad hearts and some 01 t.n
spirit ami joy of the season perchance
will reach even these.
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Mrs. Albert Fendlg was slightly' Hi
yesterday,
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Andrews Wrighi lias recovered from
a slight illness.
• • •
The Acacia club will not meet until
after Christmas.
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Miss Groin Brown is (lie guest of
friends in Kastman.
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Mr. ,1. H. Wright returned from
New York Friday.
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Mrs. 11. M. King has returned from
a trip lo Savannah.
• • •
Mrs. 1,. T. McKinnon has returned
from a visit to Savannah.
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Ur. Hugh Uurford spent last night
on Jekyl attending a patient.
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Mr. and Mrs. .lames Dent, of llofwyl,
spent yesterday In the city.
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Miss Alma Wright will entertain
Christ nuts week with a dance.
Mrs. Anson Bail, of ThomnsvilU'. is
Ihe guest of Mrs. W. 11. Berrie.
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Miss ,1 osle Smith has given her pu
pils holiday uni il January second.
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Miss Mad a McDonald is at home
from Frederica for the holidays
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The CotUjUon club w ill give a german
next Friday evening at the Oglethorpe.
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Mrs. Charles Oglesby and children
have returned from visit to Savan
nah,
* • *
Mrs. Hale Ward and daughter. Miss
Sarah will spend the holidays in -a
vatumh.
* * •
Miss Margaret O’Connor has been
ill with fever for a week, but Is recov
ering.
N• • *
Messrs. Dave amd Spencer Atkinson
are borne from college for the liolt
' da vs.
5-v * * •
Tom "Wood has returned from Col
lege Dark to spend the holidays at
home.
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Miss Sims, of Valdosta, has return
ed home from a visit to Mis 1. T.
McKinnon.
ilik * * •
f Miss Irma Baambrlght leaves short
ly for a visit to her brother. Mr. F. B.
' lAumbrlght. in Tampa.
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( Mrs. E. J. Browning has returned
from Savannah and will spend the win
ter with Mrs William Baker.
♦ • ♦
Miss Irma l.ani bright leaves short
week for Elizabeth. N. J.. to resume
sj.er studies as trained auree.
Mrs. M. P, King and Miss Mai King
will return from Savannah immediate
ly after Christmas, to the pleasure of
their friends here.
• •
Miss I .til a Puleston, of Montlcello,
Fla., will be the guest of Miss Alma
Wright during the holidays.
• • •
Miss Lula Colesberry leaves Wed
nesday to spend the holidays with her
sister, Mrs. K. T. Hitch, in Atlanta.
• • •
Miss Willie Barsuloo and Mrs. W. J.
Price will spend the holidays in Savan
nah the guost of Mrs. W. B. Stillwell.
0
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The Zinnia club will reorganize after
ttie holidays and society will be much
enlivened by the delightful entertain
ments of this club.
0 m m
Will Lawton, of Savannah, the popu
lar salesman of the American Tobac
co Company, spent the past week in
the city.
* * *
Miss Vivian Kay returns tonight
from ~otre Dante convent, in Balti
more, to spend the holidays at home.
• mm
Miss Jenorive Gulley, of Brinson,
Ua., fa the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W.
11. Wood.
* * *
Mrs. Prioleau has been quite ill for
a day or two at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Thomas Fuller.
mion iwonlo King ICUVCfi thi- 7T.CTT.
ing for Atlanta and tho many friends
she 'has made during her stay In
Brunswick regret that she will not re
turn after the holidays.
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The Whist four met Thursday even
ing at me home of Mr, Ed. Burdett,
sj|tere they were agreeably entertained
raj the genial host. Those present
i*ft: Messrs. A. C. Bonks, Robert
(Khuyler and H. M. King.
SPjpt. * * •
SPLENDID RECORD Of
MISS TALLULAH FLEMING.
It will gratify her many friends bor
to learn that Miss Tallulah Fleming
who has been attending Converse col
lege. in Spartanburg, has achieved
splendid success in musical work, her
record being one hundred In average
for the month of Deember. While the
record was duo largely to technical
work in both vocal ami instrumental
music those who have heard Miss
i'leiidng k voice have prophesied her
success us a singer.
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MISS WOOD ENTERTAINS
WITH A CARD Pa>. i 1.
Miss Irene Wood enteitalned at
ihtfd- Friday evening ai her home on
Qtoncoater street. Hearts was tho
.game played and first prize, a beau
tiful silver and pearl paper knife, was
won by Miss Kezzle Couoly. Those
present were Miss Rita McKinnon,
Miss Elbe! Conoly, Miss Kezzle Cono
ly. Mr, and Mrs. H. J. Waff. Mr. J.
V Bra in,:. Mr. Roy Fuller, Mr. A. O.
Hanks. Jr.. Mr. J. W. Ware. Deltght
lnl i-ei’i'csiiments were served and the
affair was one of tho most enjoyable
of the season,
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MRS. J. A. MONTGOMERY
GIVES A CARD PAnTY.
Mrs. J. A. Montgomery was the
In ii .-.s at one of the pleasantest, card
parlies ol tlio 'season on Wedtiesduy
all ei noon. Tire home on Halifax
■Square was artistically decorated with
holly, palms and garlands of bamboo
vine, the color scheme being confined
to the i liiislnias red and green. Eu
eiire was played and the prize* were
won as follows: First prize, on a cut,
liy Mrs. G. M. Shivers; the lone Land
prize, by Mrs. Edwin Bvobston; the
consolation, by Mrs. E. F. Coney. Af
ter the games dainty refresiiiiitnl-.s
weio served. Those present were:
Mrs. G. I- Candler, Mrs. J. A. Butts.
Mrs. Frank U. Aiken. Mrs. E. F. Cos
ney Mrs. R. H. Hopkins; Mrs. J. I).
Sparks, Mrs. K. It. Mason, Mrs. A. C.
Batiks. Mrs. 0. M. Shivers, Mrs. Ed
win Rrobston, Mrs. Edward Welch
man of New York; Mrs, i, N. Bishop;
Mrs. N. 11. Ballard. Mrs. BentorJ
Deacon, Mrs. J. W. Tromas, Miss L:
eille ltutts, Miss Ethel Elliott, Miss
Hnsie Laiuar. Miss Annie O'Connor.
(• '1- B.)
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MRS. BUTTS WRITES
•INTERESTING BOOK.
"Mother* of Distinguished Geor
Stans* by Mrs. J. A. Butts, is the
latest addition io southern literature.
This book has jus. been issued and Is
beautifully printed and illustrated,
and altogether a finely gotten up work.
This well written ami eiegant work
will occupy an unique place in south
ern literary annals, and will prove a
very popular book. Numbers of coplov
have leu'll ordered by Georgians all
over the state for holiday season and
the press has spoken of it In terms
of highest praise. The publishers
wrote Mrs. Butts that rapa-ie critics
had commended it very highly amt
Rev. Black, rector of St. Bartholomew
of Brooklyn, wrote her a highly eon
plimentarv letter concerning it. Alto
gether. Mrs. Butts’ literary craft is
launched under very fair auspices, tn
decd. and it is saro to prophecy a
great success for her Doom Ine At
iania Journal of a recent date gives
a half column notice to this „ook and
speaks In )h- highest terms of Mrs
Butts’ originality’ and style, iae re
view is one oi the most comprenen
sive and complimentary uie Georgia
press has ever given Mrs. Butts
friends congratulate ber on her suc
cess, . —i *-
THE SONG OF THE TELEPHONE
GIRL.
(Respectfully Dedicated to the Bruns
wick telephone system.)
“Oh. Central, give me 15, please”
I asked with patient voice,
Then stood and there a spell.
(In fact I had no choice.)
Then rang the bell again—this time
1 fear with frowning brow —
The old familiar sound came,
“I can't—they're busy now."
“Dear Central, give me 60.”
With tearful eyes I cry;
“The doctor 1 must have, or else
l fear that I will die.”
My prayer was heeded not—l stood
With fever-throbbing brow,
And heard again that still small voice
Reply, "They’re busy now.” .
Oh! Central, turn uie-alarm,
My house Is all anre!
'ihe root 1b burning o’er my head —
The flames mount higher ami higher;
My household goods are burning up
My children, too, I vow
In grief, unmistakable 1 heard
Her say: "They’re busy now.”
"Oh! Central ring up the police.
The mischief is to play
A riot now is going on
Right, in broad open day.
We need protection from the mob
There’s no end of a row”—
Bur drawungiy the answer came
“Police, they’re busy now.”
And as it goes—well, none would care
If retribution dire
Should overtake poor “Central” here;
But when she goes up higher
How saw 'twould be if at the gate,
Her'crown upon her brow,
How sad ’twouhl lie if at the gate,
"Begone—we're busy now.”
CHRISTMAS
CANDIES
Tg. The most elaborate va
riety and puaiity that lias ever lieon
displayed in Brunswick, and at very
low prices.
Also a large variety of the finest
fruits, nuts, etc. Get your supply ear
ly and avoid the crowds.
Ask to see our White Jumbo Celery
Notring like )L
LLOYD’S
214 Newcastle at. 'Phone 255-2.
V" . ']!’ •
ROB R“)Y FLOUR IS THE BEST.
Unloons, Cannon Crackers, Fite
Crackers and Cop Walking Canes at
Fleming ft Waff’s.
While in town by all means go to
see the bargains offered ai J. tl. He I
lor & Bro's,
The real place to trade, at J. H.
Heller ft Bro’s.
How to Prepare Emulsion.
Preparation—An i-muislou of either
crude petroleum or kerosene may bo
mad© from the following formula:
Two pounds of potash whale oil
aoap, four gallons of water, eight gal
lona of oil.
Weigh the soap carefully and place
with the water In a vessel over the
fire, using a slight excess of water to
make up for evaporation. Fit a pump
with a short piece of hose, to which
is attached a nozzle for throwing a
straight stream three-sixteenths o
one Quarter of an Inch In. diameter.
Pour the oil into the barrejor tub in
which the pump is set, amlivin-ri the
whale-oil soap Ig- dissolved and the so
lution boglns to boll, add it to the of!
and pump the whole vigorously back
Into itself for a period of at lest ten
minifies. The stream from the noz
zle should he directed straight down
ward into the mixture so as lo stir it
to the very bottom. After a few min
utes the oil and Soap solution will he
seen to combine, forming a thick,
creamy emulsion, which, when |x>r
foctly made, will remain without
change for weeks.
Materials: Pump Required—Either
crude oil or kerosene will give goo,!
results In making emulsion. The soap
should preferably lie some soft whale
oil soap, such as Good's No. 3. If a
hard soap is used the emulsion will he
curdy, and only with difficulty mix
with water. Country lye soup answers
admirably, hut must he us-vl h- some
what larger quantity than called for
In the formula given above.
The ordinary Bordeaux spray pump
answers very well for mixing the emnl
slot*, but almost any pump will do that
can he fitted with the requisite section
of hose and nozzle. A "Bordeaux” or
"Seneca" nozzle gives a very satisfac
tory sized stream for this work, though
rather small.
The water used must he soft, for if
hard, no stable emulsion can he pre
pared. and It sometimes happens that
foreign substances chancing to he pres
ent, will prevent the emulsification, ff
a lot of soap solution and oil, for any
reason, falls to emulsify properly, the
best thing to do is to throw the tholy
away, carefully clean up the pum*.
wash out all the vessels used and be
gin over.
Kainit.
Will rvcvive on© or more cargoes of
Vtrginia-CaroHna Chemical Co’s. Kai
nit at an early date. Orders filed now
will recetvo prompt attention. C. W.
Dstaiaf, AgeaC _
TOE! BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
Champ
Cfark's
Leffer
[Special Washington Letter.)
THERE Is a growing sentiment in
the country in favor of a law
requiring the president of the
Flilted States to stay on the
White House grounds during ids
term of office, and 1t is not an unrea
sonable sentiment. The reasons for
that growing sentiment me not fur to
seek. No matter who the president is,
his death,especially by violence,plunges
the entire people into grief. Little
more than a year ago every man and
woman in America fit to be a citizen
of the republic was mourning for Pres
ident McKinley. A few weeks ago,
when President Roosevelt ran such a
narrow risk of losing ids life, a shud
der ran through the land from sea to
sea. The death of ft president disturbs
business to a very large extent. That
is another reason why he should not
take the chances of getting killed
which the average citizen may feel at
liberty to take. Because of these facts
ami others which might bo stated It
would be well If our presidents reduced
the chances yf dying in office to the
minimum by staying on the White
House grounds.
A Needed Reform.
Amending the constitution of the
United States is a very slow and tedi
ous business—well nlgli an Impossible
It'S* The first eleven amendments
wen* practically part and parcel of the
original constitution. The twelfth was
an absolute necessity. The thirteenth,
fourteenth and fifteenth grew out of
the civil war. Scores have been pro
posed and only fifteen adopted In the
113 years of the Pfu of the govern
ment. Most people, however, are In
favor of a sixteenth amendment In
creasing the presidential term to six
years and rendering the Incumbent for
ever ineligible for another term. Of
course, if that were done, the congres
sional term would be lengthened to
three years, which would also be a
good thing, for a representative does
not much more than get his seat
warmed before some aspiring states
man is hot foot after his place, which
Is a Tat: table performance regarded
from the individual standpoint, but
not good for the public service.
It is really a pity that a congress
cannot be dissolved and anew election
ordered when the administration is de
feated on any administration measure,
ns the British parliament is dissolved,
and anew election ordered when the
administration Is defeated. In that
respect at least the British govern
ment Is more representative tjinn ours.
There never has been lmt one presi
dent who did not nse bis first term ns
a stepping stone to a second, and that
was George Washington, lioyes does
not count, tis tie was never elected tn
the first place, borne presidents have
used tiie patronage of their great of
fice In a inert ruthless manner. Those
who did not secure second terms al
ways deemed themselves badly treat
ed, notably the two Adamses and Mar
tin Van Huron. At least one aspired
to n third term. So, on the whole, the
public good demands one term, and
one term only, and as a compromise
between a four year term and two
terms of four years each one six year
term is about right.
Cum Grano.
Sensible will take Senator
Marcus A Hanna's proclamation of re
tiring from politics with a grain of
salt in fact, with a whole barrel of
the saline article. They will remem
ber that the divine Patti lias made
several farewell tours -yes. several—
and Mark will hav to reaffirm and
swear to Ids declaration that lie has
retired before the sagacious will take
him seriously. I am aware that to
compare Hanna to Patti Is a strange
and outre performance, but the cir
cumstances justify it. Good judges
believe that Senator Hanna lias the
best chance of any living man to se
cure the Republican nomination for
president and so believing they w-111
not grow enthusiastic at the prospect
4>f his quitting the field. It may be
that the redoubtable senator sees the
handwriting .on the wall and has'con
cluded that bis great rfval, Tom John
son. is the coining umn for president
and that he is making a virtue out of
necessity and getting under shelter be
fore the storm breaks.
Enigmatical.
No matter what tlio American people
may finally conclude to do as* to tho
trusts, one man has placed himself
In a position to say. “I told you so!”
That is Senator Jonathan P. Doltlver
of lowa, lie made n speech on that
subject— or. more properly speaking,
he said it was on that subject—which
1 defy any living man to tell heads or
tails of. It may mean one thing or
nothing Here Is a sample extract:
Our people recognize the value of a
large capital for the transaction of a
great business and especially for the com -
merclal conquests upon which we are now
entering But they recognise nlao the
danger of abuses, both in the organization
and management of great Industrial en
terprises. and would have the government
of the United States stand between the
community and the reckless perversion of
the beneficent law of corporate property.
There Is no room in this discussion for
vain exclamations of alarm and despair.
Up to thts time the tariff policy to which
we owe the prosperous conditions which
now surround os has been the ally of In
dependent capital In its grapple with the
Change the Presi
dential Term —The
World Is Money
M&.d Civilization
Travels on Wings
modern trust system. But If the day
should ever come when the productive en
ergies of the American people ere im
potent in the presence of monopoly the
protection which for more than a genera
tion our laws given to nli our iinias
tries alike is not likely to remain to in
trench such a conspiracy of avarice ar.d
greed.
Chained Energy.
One tiling dead sure pop. If “Uncle
Joe” Cannon ever gets to be speaker,
there will be n vast amount of energy
wasted w hile he ts in the chair- - energy
chained tight and fast. “Uncle Joe” 1a
all energy. lie is the most peculiar or li
ter now on earth. He acts as though
he were made entirely cf spiral springs,
swings liis arms like flails, pirouettes
like a ballet dancer and whoops like u
Comanche chief. He is a most ef
fective debater and would tie restive
In the chair. He would always
Wanting to get down oil his high perch
and into the bull pep and take a band
in the fight. By the way, in the early
days speakers of the house, notably
Henry Clay, were in the habit of tak
ing part in debate. Clay was a fre
quent debater while speaker. How that
custom happened to fall into innocuous
desuetude this deponent saith not, be
cause he knoweth not. It was not a
good custom.
Roosevelt and Platt.
Of course everybody that knows
enough to go in out of the rain under
stands full well flint Hon. Thomas ( oi
lier Platt, senior senator from Now York
anil the Easy Boss of the Empire State
Republicans, has no more love for Colo
nel Theodore Roosevelt now Ilian he
had when he thought he was shelving
the aforesaid colonel at the Philadel
phia convention In the summer of 1900
by “elevating” him to the vice presi
dency. Consequently the Hon. Thomas
(.'oilier Platt must be tilled with cha
grin, rage and envy ns he marks how
Roosevelt is growing In favor with the
rank ami file ot' the Republicans. The
Republican bosses laid their heads to
gether when the reciprocity bill was
tip, and undoubtedly agreed to kill
Teddy off as a presidential candidate,
and to supplant him with Senator Mar
cus A. Hanna. That is the true In
wardness of the hanging up of that
bill in the senate. The bosses were
playing politics. Whether they did
themselves any good Is n:i open ques
tion, but that President Roosevelt has
tn one way and another strerefbetted
himself for tho nomination since con
gress adjourned is patent to all who
having eyes see anil having cars hear
what Is happening about them. Piatt's
thoughts would make entertaining read*
illg.
An Important Movement
Hon. Nowland Conkilng, one of Ihe
brightest and most promising young
men In the Missouri legislature, is con
tempi a ting u flunk attack oii one of the
most pestiferous trusts In tho land,
one which levies tribute upon every
wheat grower, every oar grower, every
barley grower, every rye grower and
every flax grower iti the land —the
binder twine trust, Mr. ('tinkling is
Incubating a bill to Introduce Into the
legislature to appropriate $160,000 to
start a twine factory in tlu- Missouri
penitentiary. Air. Crinkling appears to
have studied the subject thoroughly,
and if his figures are correct ids bill
will lie a great boon to the farmers of
Missouri. He claims that it will save
them ?3,000,600 nml that binder twine
can be made in the ")ieu” for T*l cents
per pound, whereas the trust compels
the farmer tojuiy from 12b'. to to cents,
Mr. Cotiklmg borrows Ids idea from
Kansas. The layhawkers have been
manufacturing their own twine for
three or four years, with great advan
tage to themselves. If Brother Conk
ling gets bis bill through and it turns
out to lie all his imagination has paint
ed, Ids will be a name to conjure with
In Missouri.
Money Mad.
Those of us who still believe in the
old plodding methods of achieving a
competence will imlorse this protest
from a farm journal against modern
speculation The editorial here ap
pended is from the Mexico (Mo.) Farm
and Orchard.
The world is money mad. The one idea
: is riches, riches, and the one motto is to
get rich quickly. Therefore speculation
is rife, and there is a fastness of margin
trading and option dealing. In New York
mid Chicago sleeks rise to unprecedent
ed prices: then there is a flurry. Values
waste to nothing, and ruin overwhelms
the many. The "Inn-.tV as Urn novitiate
in stock dealing is called, 1 thoroughly
shorn, and then he Is turned adrift penni
less. friendless and scorned.
Always the lamb. Unfortunately, hu-*
mans haven't animal sense. Singe a rat,
and he becomes a warning to all of his
kind; singe a man. and in ali of his kind
is created a desire to play with tire, if
one smash in values would but serve as a
warning and cause men to cease specula
tion. It would be experience cheaply
bought, but as a warning it is valueless.
Half a dozen ttmes every year is the thing
repeated, and unless hitman nature
changes it win continue as long as time
lasts, and as long as speculation lasts the
man of small capital will be the one first
to suffer.
The testimony of Russell Sage is worth
hearing Recently he planted a Bangor
signal in the speculative pit. advising ev
ery one to beware of options and saying
that it was but a matter of time until the
speculator lost his fortune. And the facts
justify his conclusion. A few years ago
"Old Hutch" cornered the grain market,
but he lost his lost dollar before he was
through with the enterprise and subse
quently became a restaurant keeper in the
market district. Young Joseph Letter
f |W'I a..a—..
pretue bench, as his opinion on the an
constitutionality of the Philippine au
negation ably testifies. He is a Re
publican of the Lincoln type—a type
j by the way, that is rapidly beeomin>
j extinct However, aide justice thongli
! he be. be has evidently not studied tin
intricacies of the festive gasoline car
and the peculiar habits of that chem
leak To those who imagine the aver
age supreme court justice to lie some
thing, far remover! from the stage o!
ordinary men, a something sacred and
apart, the following press dispatch
will prove a revelation:
Justice David J. Brewer of the United
States supr me court was quite badly
burn <1 the far- art hands at
sum ter home at Tho ■-.} u's Point, Lake
Che -tpiain. last ever. Judge Brewer
hss rcr.-.a..: I lot ;: r . the lent than
bay-.: the c;i:er -o fa r.-; and v.'a.i Clear
ing up some brush about his i >ttagc.
I,ir-r’y Halt. He ur-d a small . -o.mt < :
gasoline to make th- brush I.ur: ■V. ■*
in the act of lighting tl’-' pile ■ ■' • • '
avoid--nt -occurred. bo;. w,: e
promptly attended to, anil with good
nursir.,f*he hopes to be out in a few days
without scars.
Tbc m in) of this really regrettabl*
accident to Justice Brewer is—Ever;
man to bis own work.
Applied Republicanism.
Nature endowed the state of Illinois
most bountifully and made her a grea
state. 1 have said in these letters a
good deal about "applied Democracy*”
a fine example of which is found ir
Alison#. There is no finer test of n
state's real progress than can tie found
in tiie i'( cord of her schools. Missouri
is justly proud of her school system
built up and fostered by Democrats
The school attendance is large and con
stautly gaining, and she has the largest
p< r capita cash school fund possessed
by any state in the Union. Texas but
what will probably prove a large;
fund, but it is now in tiie form of un
sold lands.
The Chicago Record-Herald pub
lishes tin interview with Mrs. Florence
Kelley. Mr. William E. Curtis secured
the ini rvi; ~. In it Mrs. Kelley calls
attention to tiie fact that in 18‘JO llli
lusia stood siy.n -".wwij the states as
to tiie percentage of children ot
school age in the schools. The 1900
census showed that Illinois had gone
back to fifteenth place. This is a
frightful increase in tiie percentage
of Illiteracy and cannot help in a few
years but show its illre results in in
creased crime and destitution. Suet
a condition is bound to In-ccd anarchy
and riot, of which Illinois has surely
had too much already. The lawmak
ers of Illinois ure responsible for this
condition because the laws of Illinois
are so ia.x as to permit the employ
ment of child labor, than which noth
tng can be more pernicious. How
different are the laws of "poor old be
nighted Missouri,” where the heaviest
pc mi ties are prescribed for those v, In
employ children where their mental or
physical health is liable to become im
paired in the slightest. Mrs. Kelley
speaks of tiie “shocking tucompetency
and indifference of tiie officials." Poor
old Republican Illinois, “stony hearted
stepmother" (to use the words of Do
Quineey when he apostrophized old
Oxford street!, “thou dr*’.!;* rt the tears
of the children and bearest the cries
of the fatherless!”
Rosewater and the Geese.
Republican “harmony” in Nebraska
properly begins with the letter “h,”
but it should contain but four letters
If it la aimed to correctly describe the
present, condition of the G. O. P. In
that state. Editor Rosewater is at war
wit b the party organization and is
heading a bolting movement t lint
threatens to defeat some Republican
congressmen anil tUu dtutc ticket,
ftoveruor Savage lias hail liltuself In
ter vie m itl. Evidently the tirst Sav
age was lu'ite <1 from a trait of clmrac
ter that luts been handed down to tie
.governor, for hero is what.be said;
tf ftesewater has na mudi brain power
left as (tod glv s to ivi sc. he sorely
r-oJiri s by this time that the people .lo
not rador.-e Ilia methods of conducting
political fights. 1 feel nothing but pity
for.lho t. :<n who Is now placed between
the uevil and the deep sea. For twenty
years he has Waged a relentless warfare
against the fusion candidate for congress.
For several y ’ors Ije and his fiends -not
fro nds. for he has rone—for several years
hy and those who fear hbn have waged
one qf ilic most bitter fights imaginable
•gainst Men r Now, what can he do as
between there candidates?
Free Trader Foss Nominated.
T p in Massachusetts the light in the
Republican party over tariff revision is
waning hot. Kngene N. Foss lias beett
nominate;: r or cotigivss on a platform
that, so far as its tariff plank is con
cerned. reads as if It had been
••Qtiigged" from a Pemocratlc speech
It dc.-i.srcs flatly for tariff revision and
free trade in articles controlled by tin
trusts They want free raw materials
they want free coal and free beef.
A Bad Outlook.
The Washington Post, Independent,
wiih Republican leanings, in summing
p ; r ! ■ . ,i. ■ y •
fSpeyktng as an Impartial Imr sympa
thetic looker on. We arc disposed to say
that the lot of the Republican family at
this time is not a happy one. On (he
contrary, quite the reverse. It •a a to
be literally honeycombed with schisms,
disagreements, even feuds Republicans
are divided among themselves on issues
ithat arc really vital, and they art en
gaged In bitter quarrels' over mere mat
ters of party leadership and discipline
Out In lowa SSpi aher flondcrEtm has just
declined a reiKtmtnntioti because h- -ays
ho Is not In harmony with hie associates
ss regards tariff revision. In New York
the Republican convention has been on
the verge of p ndetnnr.ium Over the nom
ination for heutenant ftrvmor. Two
powerful factions were at.arlfm at each
other, nr.d it is openly declared that the
antagonism to She Moo Included the p-esl
dent tvmsoif. as well as Governor Od II
trt great western states like M r chig-tn
Nctrrska end I'aiifcrnia there are ugl>
contentions over Cuban reciprocity, and
all these conflicts are of a character
which Insures an aftermath of rancor, no
fcsatter which side, may prevail
LOW WILL
ENDFAMINE
Communicates With Coal Car
rying Companies.
SITUATION IN NEW YORK,
Likely Mayor Will Head Movement to
Supply City With Coal—There Will
Be Official Interference If Conditions
Warrant.
No v York, Dec. 20. —Convinced that
se.-.t ..ii!(s rnu.u bo done to end th,
coal famine, Mayor Low has sent let
’ter s to officials of the different coal
carrying roads asking for facts con
cerning the situation. The mayor
refused to enterr into details, but was
hopeful something beneficial to the
public would result from his action.
“1 have written to the railroads in
an' unofficial capacity,” said Mr. tow.
‘•T have been quietly investigating tin
state of affairs for pome time, and 1
thought it advisable to write to eer
tain persons for a few facts. In a
few days I shall know more about
the true '•orrdrtion of the coal supply
in all parts of the city.”
It is likely the mayor will head n
movement to'■tnpply the city with coal
if he finally decides the condition is
serious enough to warrant official in
terference. He_had a conference on
the question with borough president
Cantor, who said that there was a
strong likelihood of action being tak
en in a few days.
YOUTH KILLS HIS FRIEND.
While Hunting Cuerry Garrett Shot
Charley Webster.
Graham. N. C.: Dec. 2f>.—(ftierry
Garrett, the 9-year-old son of Alder
man W. W. Garrett, and Charley Web
ster, S yea.is old, took a flobert rifie
and went, out in the outskirts-of town
“to hunt quail.”
They had only been gone a short
time when the nows reached town that
young Garrett had shot and killed his
friend Webster. It Is claimed, that
the shooting was accidental' Yonl&r
Garrett in considered a wild and reck
less youth and some believe that the
killing of Webster was intentional.
Young Webster was the son of A1
fred Webster, a liveryman,
♦ CLAIMEr SELF-DEFENSE.
Italian Boy Acquitted of Triple Kill
ing on July 4 Last.
Reading, Pa., Dec. Antonio Tad
cai, an Italian Aged 17. who on July
4 last shot John Trayer, Edward Hart
man and Scmuel Bits®!, young men
who had aes-auMed him after having
tried to pick a tight with him while he
was playing a street piano, and all
three of whom subsequently died, was
acquitted hi court here today.
Tadcai claim ;d self defense, and
said that he kilted the three men to
save his or, n We.
EARTHQUAKE AT ANDIJAN.
Dispr.tch Say® that One Thousand
People Were Killed.
I.ouJon, Doc*. 30.- A dispatch from
St. Fcfc-rsburg: says nearly 1.000 per
sons were kll torsi by the earthquake on
Dee. 10 at AavdSian, Russian Central
Asia. The? -were mostly native Tur
comans. .
True Bill Against Lynch.
London, Dec 20.—Tin grand Jury
summoned to "consider the Indictment
jf Oo!onel Arthur l ynch, member ol
parliament for Galway, who was ar
reared June -11. on the",charge of high
tvefisn.n in connection with the part
he took in thp South African war, where
Ke >■.',& alU'cied to have commanded
fhe Irish brigade, returned a true blli
today against - the defendant. laud
Chief Justice ' Baron Alverstone, in
charging (he jury remarked that it
was 2 years since a grand jury had
to -b v 1 with stu-h a charge, which was
the -highest crime known to law.
Colonel I yneh’s trial at the bar !s
expected to begin Jan. 20.
China and J.
| 1 " York. ite. 20. —The Japanese
| government, says a dispatch from To-
I kio to The Times by way of Jxmdon
I has let reduced a bill establishing a
| -ihina and Japan bank for the pur
j I’fii-e of financing Japanese enterprls
I ,*s in China. The capital stock -
| the K'.tk is to be $4,ri50",00(1. TL
I government will furnish $2,078,000 sf
this amount. The charter Is for si*
years. Branches abroad will accept
depos-'d at com pop nd interest and lt
, sue premium-bearing bonds.
r ax Notice
The mayor and council have extend- 1
jod'th-' i me in which to pay city taxes A
| for 1 lib 2to December 27fh. At that J
| time the digest will positively be turn j
;*-,i over to the rlora and executions '
[wiil he issued, have costs by pacing
I now.
UEO. H. SMITH,
City Treasurer,. M
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