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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. • • * 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. • • • Mrs. Albert Fendlg was slightly' Hi yesterday, • • • Andrews Wrighi lias recovered from a slight illness. • • • The Acacia club will not meet until after Christmas. * • • Miss Groin Brown is (lie guest of friends in Kastman. • * • Mr. ,1. H. Wright returned from New York Friday. * * Mrs. 11. M. King has returned from a trip lo Savannah. • • • Mrs. 1,. T. McKinnon has returned from a visit to Savannah. * ♦ * Ur. Hugh Uurford spent last night on Jekyl attending a patient. * • * Mr. and Mrs. .lames Dent, of llofwyl, spent yesterday In the city. •* * „ Miss Alma Wright will entertain Christ nuts week with a dance. Mrs. Anson Bail, of ThomnsvilU'. is Ihe guest of Mrs. W. 11. Berrie. • • Miss ,1 osle Smith has given her pu pils holiday uni il January second. * • Miss Mad a McDonald is at home from Frederica for the holidays * * * The CotUjUon club w ill give a german next Friday evening at the Oglethorpe. • • • 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. • • • 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. • * * ( 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 * * 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. • * • 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. * m • • 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, 0,0 ■ 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.) • • 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 % ' 1 Jjjftjfrbia * W w ejtr* ~n ■■t ■ m vo: : *' Clark file H L-er is beti *-r fitted *.'MPW'v the lie than ever. j -lean and nr> to ASK FOR ROB