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Published by: Tao TRIBUNE PUBLISHING COMPANY 4711 Cures in 3 Days. 50cand $1.00 Bottles. Livingston's Drug Store, Ball and Congress. V) L. XVI. BOERS BEAT BRITONS Gen. Clements' Forces Compelled to "Retire" Precipitately. BIG CASUALITY LIST EXPECTED Scene of Fighting Was Near Pretoria--Londoners Are Wildly Excited Over the News. A London special says: Lord Kitchener reports that after severe fighting at Nooitgedacht, General Clement's forces were compelled to retire by Commandant Delarey, with a force of 2,500 men. Four British officers were killed. The casualities were not reported. Lord Kitchener's official dispatch to the war office is as follows: "PRETORIA, December 13.—Clement's force at Nooitgedacht, on the Magaliesburg, was attacked at dawn today by Delarey, reinforced by Beyer's commando from Warmbath, making a force estimated at 2,500. Though the first attack was repulsed, the Boers managed to get atop of the Magaliesburg, which was held by four companies of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and were thus able to command Clement's camp. He retired on Hekpoort and took up a position on a hill in the center of the valley. "The casualties have not been completely reported, but the fighting was very severe, and I deeply regret that Colonel Legg, of the Twentieth Hussars and Captains McBean, Murdock and Atkins were killed. Reinforcements have left here." Lord Kitchener also reports that the Boers made an attack and were repulsed at Lichtenberg, and that General Letmeer was killed. Attacks upon Bethelhem and Vrede were also repulsed, the Boers losing ten killed and fourteen wounded. Vydyhe was attacked December 11th. Sniping continued when the message was dispatched. The scene of the fight is ominously close to Pretoria. Nootigedacht is only twenty two miles northwest of Pretoria. It is reported that General Knox, co-operating with the British column at Reddersburg, has stopped General Dewet and that a battle is proceeding. The report adds that many of General Dewet's followers have been captured. The scenes at the war office Friday recall those witted in the early stages of the war. A constant stream of excited and anxious people filled the lobbies. The absence of the names of any of the officers of the Northumberland Fusiliers in General Kitchener's dispatch leads to the foreboding that the four companies of the fusiliers mentioned are in the hands of the Boers. The war office officials evidently expect a heavy casualty list, but they are hopeful from the fact that the dispatch does not mention the capture of the Northumberlands, that such a great catastroph has been escaped. Orders were issued at Aldershot, Malta and other military centers to dispatch all available mounted infantry to South Africa. BOTHA ON THE MARCH. General Lewis Botha is reported to be twenty miles from Sanderton with fifteen hundred men and one gun. He has called a meeting of the burghers. BATTLE UNDER WAY. A dispatch from Johannesburg, under date of December 14, 3:25 p. m., says: The battle still continues in the hills a few miles from Krugeradrop. General Clements has asked for reinforcements and mounted men under General French have already gone. There has been many casualties on both sides. It is estimated that the Boers number 2,800. BRITISH EXPECTING ATTACK. Advices from Lonrenzo Marques are to the effect that the British troops at Koonmatipport are standing to arms in the expectancy of an attack by a Boer force of fifteen hundred, which is in that vicinity. It is believed to be the intention of this force to make a dash upon the town. The situation is regarded as serious. A force of 150 infantry, a squadron of cavalry and two guns were dispatched to the frontier Friday. TIME FOR VOTE FIXED. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty Before Congress To Be Disposed of At Once. A Washington special says: Just before adjourning late Monday afternoon the senate gave its consent to the fixing of a definite time to vote upon the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Senators Money and Mason had occupied the time of the executive session in making speeches upon the treaty, and when Mr. Mason, who was the last speaker, concluded, Senator Lodge renewed his request to take a vote next Thursday. No voice was raised in opposition, and the unanimous agreement recorded. WANT PAY FOR WHIPPING. Ten prominent citizens of Hart county Ga., are defendants in a sensational suit for whitecapping which was brought in the federal court at Atlan'a by Benjamin W. Evans and Miss Emma White, in which the latter ask for damages amounting in the aggregate to $100,000. Each of the plaintiffs sues for $50,000. The defendants named in the petition are Agnus L. Alford, Florence M. Carter, John A. Dickerson, Solomon M. Bobo, Samuel W. Peer, E. Berry Benson, J. D. Mathison, Harold M. Griffin, D. A. Perritt, L. E. Meredith and John R. Stevens. Evans charges in his petition that he was called out of his house on the morning of October 22 and set upon by the defendants. He says his clothes were torn off and that he was beaten, choked and struck at with a heavy club, and his collar bone injured. He charges further that the defendants broke open his wine house and destroyed 350 gallons of the beverage, worth $1.25 a gallon. Further, he charges that the defendants broke open his trunk and stole $33.50. He also says they beat his three small children. Emma White, 20 years old, was acting in the capacity of housekeeper for Evans, she says. She charges that the same ones who beat her employer also beat her with buggy whips, and that, too, while in a mortifying position. It is said that a band of men went to Evan's home some time ago and thrashed his two daughters and compelled them to leave the county. It is understood that they are now in Atlanta. The suits are the most sensational that have been filed in the court in some time, and the outcome will be watched with interest by the citizens of the county where the plaintiffs have been living. ENGLAND IS DILATORY. Her Obstinacy a Stumbling Block to Peace in Negotiation in China. Such reports as the state department has had from Mr. Conger up to the present fail to develop a satisfactory reason for the insistence of the British government in amending the Pekin agreement on the one hand and for the hesitation of the foreign ministers to sign the agreement on the other. A close perusal of the British suggestion still fails to show that it is in any sense material. As stated already it appears on its face to be nothing more than the elimination of an explanatory phase, which in no degree affects the action proposed in the section of the agreement to which amendment applies is left to stand by itself without a statement of reason which would not even qualify or limit the taxation, which in this case relates to the punishment of the boxer leaders. Consequently it is believed in Washington that this disagreement will be merely temporary and the most serious consequences that can ensue is an annoying delay at a moment when the worst phase of the negotiation seems to have safely passed. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS UP. We Will Soon Know Whether Uncle Sam Owns New Possessions or Not. Monday the supreme court of the United States began hearing argument with the view of determining whether the Philippines, Porto Rico, Guam and the Island of Jolo are American territory, governed and protected by the constitution. Several cases involving the question of whether the constitution follows the flag are before the court, and the learned judges will soon determine the relations that actually exist between the new possessions and the nation. Attorney General Griggs appears for the government and former Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle for the people of the islands, as represented by the petitioners. Huntsyille In Great Luck. Rowe & Co., of New York, have decided to build a $300,000 cotton mill in Huntsville, Ala. This new industry was secured through the instrumentality of T. W. Pratt, who has secured four cotton mills for Huntsville in the last three years. WANT CHANGE IN CHARTER. Chattanooga Citizens Protest Agalust Giving Away Franchises. A movement is on foot among the leading citizens of the city to get the next legislature to change the charter of the city of Chattanooga so as to make all of the city officers elective by the people at large. They will also ask that the charter be changed so that all franchises of any value must be given only on a direct vote of the people. A committee of the leading citizens have been appointed to arrange a bill that will be presented at the coming session and a strong effort will be made to pass it. ATLANTA TEXTILE EXPOSITION. ing the Year 1902. The city of Atlanta, Ga., the citizens, business houses and railroads entering the city will be asked to contribute $100,000 toward preliminary fund for the purpose of the International Textile exposition. This definite decision was reached at an enthusiastic meeting of the general textile exposition committee and the board of directors of the Interstate Fair Association, held Monday afternoon in the rooms of the Business Men's League. That a big exposition should be held in 1992 was positively, decided, and plans were formulated and set in motion looking to the acquisition of immediate control and ownership of the buildings now at Piedmont park. If accidentally a resolution was adopted, recommending that a fair be held as usual next fall. If the present plans of the exposition committee are carried out an interstate fair is guaranteed every year for the next ten years. A central executive committee was appointed with plenary power to formulate the scope and a detailed plan of organization, and engineering the general movement for a great textile exhibition in 1992. The adoption of the above resolution was the most important and definite step accomplished at the meeting. They were offered by Colonel W. A. Hemphill. DENTIST IS EXONERATED. Was Charged With Trying to Kiss a Young Lady Customer. An Atlanta dispatch says: The proceedings against Dr. John S. Thompson, who was arrested on a charge of Assault on Miss Ida Hollingsworth, were stopped in court, the warrant withdrawn and the dentist exonorated. The story of the arrest together with the charges of improper conduct toward Miss Hollingsworth, who had gone to his office to have some dental work done, caused a sensation owing to the high standing of the dentist. The attorneys on both sides and the parties interested reached a mutual agreement and there will be no further proceedings. PRESIDENT COMING SOUTH. He Will Pass Through This Seetlon On His Way to San Francisco. President McKinley will pass through the south some time next May. The date is not yet fixed, but it will probably be about the middle of the month. He will then be on his way to San Francisco, his route being over the Southern railway, the Atlanta and West Point and the Louisville and Nashville to New Orleans, and from there to San Francisco by the Southern Pacific. The Pacific coast people have for a long time been endeavoring to get the president to go out there and witness the launching of the battleship Ohio at the Union Iron works, and this furnishes a special reason for his visit at that time. DR. BROUGHTON EXPLAINS. His Charges Against Atlanta Policemen Were Misconstrued. Dr. L.G. Broughton appeared before the Atlanta, Ga., police board Monday night for the purpose of explaining his remarks in a recent sermon about the mayor and policemen drinking and gambling at the races. The doctor took the position that he spoke of the mayor and the police conjunctively, and that the word "drinking" referred to the mayor, and the word "gambling" referred to the police. He stated he had proved that the police were betting on horse races, and that that was gambling. The outcome of the meeting was satisfactory to all concerned, and the matter was promptly dropped. RUSSAINS FEEDING CHINESE. Over $700,000 Worth of Rice In Purchasal For Jostitute "Fig-Tails." Advices from Pekiu state that the Russians have purchased $700,000 worth of rice, which is being given to destitute Chinese. General Chaffee, the American, is also, having a large amount of rice issued and the other nations are displaying liberality. M. De Giers, the Russian envoy, says that Russia is making no exception in favor of Christians, because the latter have the least needs. RACE RIOTS IN JAMAICA. Black Soldiers of British West India Regiment Mutiny and Attack Citizens. Terrible race riots have occurred at Kingston, Jamaica, led by several hundred negro soldiers of the British India regiment, supported by natives of their own color. They attacked civilians in the street and maltreated them so badly that many were taken to the various hospitals and placed under treatment. Colonel Allen, who commands the regiment, endeavored to control his men, but was unable to do so. He then, organized the police and swore in citizens as special officers. Board of Inquiry Begins Investigation of Cadet's Death. PARENTS GIVE IN TESTIMONY Unfortunate Boy's Letters Are Presented As Evidence--Board Goes to West Point. A Philadelphia dispatch says: The taking of testimony in the case of Oscar L. Booz, the West Point cadet who died some two weeks ago from injuries which his parents alleged were inflicted at the West Point Military Academy, was begun Monday by the board of inquiry appointed by the secretary of war. Two sessions were held at Bristol, the home of the Booz family, and another in Philadelphia in the late afternoon. The members of the board are Generals Brooke, Clous and Bates, accompanied by Captain Dean, of the Fifth artillery, who acted as recorder. The court sat in the study of the church which adjoins the Booz homestead. The witnesses were William H. Booz, father; Mre. Sarah Booz, mother; Nellie Booz, sister of the young man; Rev. Dr. Alison, Dr. Weaver, a Bristol physician who attended Oscar Booz, and several others. The board left for New York Monday night and from thence to West Point to continue the investigation. Mr. Booz, the father, testified that his son had written home on several occasions that he had been hazed. He entered the academy in June, 1898, and in August he wrote home that he had been in a fight and had received a pair of black eyes and that he had been knocked out by a blow over the heart. Mr. Booz said he went to West Point to see his son and told him he must stand it. Oscar told his father he expected to be hazed, but he did not want to be treated brutally. The father said Oscar did not want his mother to know how he was treated. Mr. Booz then told how Oscar had informed him that tabasco sauce had been forced down his throat. Oscar said the cadets would pull the blankets from him and pour hot wax from a candle on his body. Mr. Booz thought the officers at the academy could stop the brutality, but he would not say they condoned it. He could not understand why they treated his son in such a brutal manner. Oscar spent all of last year at home in an endevor to build up his health. He never would reveal the identity of his persecutors. Mrs. Booz testified that her son had written her that West Point was unfit for a young man who wanted to do right and that parents should not send their sons there. Nellie Booz, a sister of the deceased young man, testified that in a letter received by the family on August 7th Oscar told of the fight he had with another cadet and that he fought until he was winded. The cadets called him a coward and a disgrace to the corps. If he did not go into the fight, he said, the "fellows would make life unbearable for him." He asked his father for permission to resign. Oscar described many little indignities which were practiced on him. If he had not swallowed the tabasco sauce he would have strangled. They were holding him down and he could do nothing else. Dr. J. Solis Cohen, a throat specialist, testified that Oscar had tuberculosis of the larynx and that when he came to Philadelphia for treatment his case was hopeless. He thought if tabasco sauce had been forced down Booz's throat it may have made him more susceptible to tuberculosis. Sigmund S. Albert, a classmate of Oscar Booz, said that Booz was not hazed more than any other cadet. He was one of Booz's tent mates while in camp. He and Booz and other fourth year men, he said, were made to do "ridiculous stunts," such as making the upper classmen's beds and "other unmanly and disgraceful" things. What he meant by the latter, he said, was none of the public's business. One night some fourth year men were forced to open their mouths and shut their eyes, when some one squirted into their mouths, what he believed to be tobacco sauce. APPEAL FOR HELP Made By Storm Victims In Little Town of LaGrange, Tennessee. The people of LaGrange, Tenn., have sent out an appeal for help. They say that all the business portion and nearly all the residence portion of the town are in ruins and many of the inhabitants are left utterly destitute. They ask that contributions be sent to W. F. Hancock, mayor of the town. 2. Safe Crackers at Work. Professional cracksman burglarized the Farmers' bank at Orland, O. T., Wednesday night, and secured more than $5,000. The robbers blew the safe open with nitroglycerine. Subscription: $1.25 Per Annum; 750 for Six Months; 500 for Three Months; Single Copies 60. In Advance. TREATY A STUMBLING. BLOCK Little Prospect of Ship Subsidy or Canal Bill Passing at Present-Session of Congress. A Washington special says: There is little prospect that the Hanna-Payne ship subsidy bill and the Nicaragua canal bill will pass at this session of congress. The amendment of the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty has put a damper on the canal bill so far as the administration is concerned, and it was semi-officially announced Friday that Mr. McKinley will oppose any effort to pass the canal bill until a satisfactory arrangement is made with Great Britain. With the strong opposition of the administration forces in the senate the canal bill will go over despite the entreaties of Senator Morgan. The shipping bill will be talked to death, and strange as it may seem, this will be done by Republican senators. Six or eight senators who bear enmity to Senator Hanna have agreed to fight the shipping bill, and they will talk on it until March 4. Senator Pettigrew is determined to defeat the bill, and if necessary he will adopt the dilatory tactics to delay action when the regular appropriation bills reach the senate. They will fake precedence over the shipping and canal bills, and the latter will be sidetracked indefinitely, being discussed only at intervals. The Republicans who will oppose the shipping bill are the personal friends of former Senator Matt Quay, of Pennsylvania, who has inspired them to kill Hannah's pet measure because the Ohio boss deserted Quay at a critical point in his contest for a senate seat, his vote throwing Quay out. He made many concessions by this GEORGIA TO EXHIBIT. State Will Be Represented Both at Buffalo and Charleston Expositions. Georgia will have an exhibit at the Buffalo and Charleston expositions. The display that was on exhibition at the Cotton States and International exposition in Atlanta in 1893, and which has been on exhibition on the third floor of the capitol since then, will be sent to these two cities. It is proposed under the bill of Senator Howell, which passed the house of representatives Friday morning, that this exhibition be transported and displayed at Buffalo and later at Charleston. As under the constitution no appropriation can be made for this purpose, the state is relieved of all liability in transporting and arranging said exhibit. The exhibit will be in-charge of a commission of three, one to be named by the governor and the commissioner of agriculture and state geologist to constitute the other two. JAMES SWANA'S LIBERALITY Assures Handsone Appropriation For the Georgia Technological School. President Lyman Hall, of the Georgia Technological school, has announced that Mr. James Swann, of New York, formerly of Atlanta, will give the Tech $20,000. This rich gift is made to enable the Tech to get the $16,000 provisional appropriation made by the legislature for a textile equipment and electrical building, which was not to be available until $25,000 was raised by private subscription. This fund has been raised, or, at least promised. Five thousand dollars has been promised from various sources and Mr. Swann's contribution completes the fund. This cinches the appropriation and the Tech gets this year in total, a sum of $81,000 which will be used for the maintenance of the institution and the proposed improvements. BILLS PASSED IN HOUSE. Various Measures Are Acted Upon In Georgia General Assembly. The following bills were passed in the Georgia house of representatives Friday: To amend section 4786 of the civil code; To provide for the registration of voters for the year succeeding that of a general election; To permit the convicts at the state farm at Milledgeville to grade and improve the grounds of the Georgia Normal and Industrial college; To amend section 115 of volume 1 of the code to prevent any one, managers or others, from examining the ballots of primaries after they have been cast; To provide for a state exhibit at the Buffalo and Charles ton expositions; To fix the license for selling whisky in Morgan county at $15,000 per annum; To relieve all Confederate soldiers from the payment of professional tax; To pay the pension of W. P. Fannin to his widow. Company Increases Its Capital. The Obattanooga, Tenn., Light and Power company has applied for an amendment to its charter, increasing the capital stock from $150,000 to $250,000. The additional funds are to be used for improvement of the system. If you are a sufferer from Rheumatism, See Livingston's Ad. On Page 2. NO 11. TRAINING SHIP SINKS More Than a Hundred German Cadets Go Down With Her. CAUGHT IN STORM OFF MALAGA. Unable to Stand Heavy Sesas Vessel Breaks Up and Officers and Students Are Lost. Advices from Madrid, Spain, announce that the German training frigate Gneiseneau has foundered of Malaga, sixty-five miles east-northeast of Gibraltar. According to the naval pocket book, the Gneiseneau, which was built at Dantzio in 1879, was an iron vessel sheathed with wood, and had a displacement of 2,856 tons. She was 242 feet nine inches in length and forty-five feet eleven inches in the beam. Her armament consisted of fourteen 5.9 inch Krupp kreech loaders, two three-quarter inch quick firers, one boat or field gun, and seven torpedo boats. Her complement was 461 and she was used for training boys. The Goisenau foundered at the entrance to the port of Malaga, where she was about to take refuge from the terrible storm prevailing. After the vessel went down only the masts were visible and a large number of cadots could be seen from the shore clinging to the rigging. They were shouting and signalling for help. The captain and many of the cadets were drowned. It is believed that forty who left in one of the ship's boats and have not been seen since are also lost. The total loss is thought to be no less than one hundred. Some reports say 140. Forty of those saved are badly hurt. The training ship had been at Malaga since November 1st practicing with guns of large caliber. She had been previously at Megador, Morocco. KITCHENER REPORTS LOSSES. New British Commander In South Africa Tells Straight Story Of Defeat. A London special says: Lord Kitchener reports that eighteen officers and 555 men are missing from General Clements force. They consist of four companies of the Northumberland fusiliers. Judging from the message these were captured by the Boers. Clements' casualties December 13th amounted to five officers and nine men killed and apparently many wounded. Lord Kitchener's message to the war department is as follows: "PRETORIA, December 14.—Clements brought in his force to Commando Nek unopposed. The casnalties were, I regret to say, heavy—killed five officers and nine of other ranks; missing, eighteen officers and 555 of other ranks. These latter were four companies of the Northumberland fusiliers, who were stuioned on the hill, and some yeomanry and other details sent up to support them. Names and nature of wounds are being telegraphed from Capetown." Under date of December 15th, Lord Kitchener reports to the war-office from Pretoria as follows: "Clements has come to see me. He says the four companies of the Northumberland hills held out on the hill as long as their ammunition lasted. The Boer force attacking the hill was 2,000 strong, while another force of 1,000 attacked Clements' camp. By 6:30 a.m. the hill was carried. Reinforcements of one company of the Yorkshire failed to reach the top. Clements' retirement was carried out with regularity, but as many native drivers bolted a considerable amount of transportation was lost. All their ammunition not taken away was destroyed. He reports that all behaved well." Will Compete With Sugar Trust. It is stated authoritatively, that the formation in Philadelphia of a new independent sugar refining company is contemplated and that among those interested are citizens who have been identified prominently with the sugar making industry. SICK SOLDIERS COMING. More Than a Thousand Will Soon Be Lended at San Francisco. A San Francisco dispatch says: In a few days more than one thousand sick soldiers will be on, their way home from the Philippines. The transports Grant and Sherman are now en route with 650 men, and the Sheridan is scheduled to leave Manila on the 22d with 500 more. This rush will tax the general hospital at the Presido to its utmost capacity. The convalescents will be mustered out as soon as possible after they arrive, and if the 667 available beds at the hospital become overcrowded, a tented saner will be built to accommodate the overflow. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO. 116 W. St. Julian Street. THE people of the state can breathe easier, the legislature has a djourned. THE Bell bill was killed, and Mr. Hardwick- did not have sufficient strength to pull his disfranchising bill through, and the bill calling for a constitutional convention was not considered. The legislature is to be commended for this much at least. The nativity of Christ our Savior will be celebrated on Tuesday next. It has been a day given to frivolity and wantonness. The hope is expressed that the day will be celebrated in a more becoming manner this year. We should endeavor to make everybody around us happy, not only by the remembrance of the season, but by our very words and action. No better way can the day be spent than by doing this. ABOUT four years ago Rev. Dr. Robert Meredith visited our city, and preached a powerful sermon at the First Congregational church. He is pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn, one of the richest churches in the denomination. The doctor gets a salary of $10,000-a year. He has written the officers of the church to reduce his salary to $8,000 per year. There are but few men of the Meredith order. It has been published that the directors of the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope Road, will at the annual meeting take in consideration separate cars on the Thunderbolt line. It is hoped that the directors will not change the present system. Over a year ago an attempt was made to do so and the result was not satisfactory to the road. Several other southern cities have the separate seat system, the result being that the colored patrons fell off over ninety per cent. The colored citizens here are as jealous of their privilege as those elsewhere, and if they cannot secure other than a discriminative privilege, then they will walk. This is the conclusion reached by every one of our leading citizens. ONE of the pleas made by Mr. Bell of the Bell bill fame is that the white people of Georgia give for the higher education of the Negroes $8,000 per year. Mr. Bell is considered too just a man to endeavor to make such a ridiculous statement. This state does not give this amount directly; it comes from the landscape fund. On the other hand the state has locked up in its treasury thousands of dollars belonging to the colored children that it seemingly is too begrudging to give them. Heretofore the state cared naught for the higher education of the Negro youth, in that it failed to establish a higher institution of learning for him, until compelled to do so by the federal authorities. Before making statements Mr. Bell should have himself well informed. Reward for Treachery? EDITOR TRIBUNE: Please allow me space in your column to ask a pertinent question. On the 6th of November last national election took place. In this district the Republicans had a candidate, one that has ever been loyal to party principle. All stalwart Republicans were around the polls endeavoring to give him a big vote, but others claiming to be Republicans, and especially the one we will now allude to, worked in the interest of the Democratic candidate and who was seen peddling Democratic tickets. As a seeming reward for his treachery to the party, we have since seen him employed at the post office. Now, as a true Republican, I would like to find out if this job if only a transient one, was given him for his support of Col. Lester and his treachery to the party? There are a number of good Republicans more deserving and yet overlooked. Mr. Editor, please let us know who is responsible for this appointment. A Loyal Republican. Mr. Jos. F. Doyle is the postmaster and custodian of the building. He employs all the help around the building, and "A Loyal Republican" should therefore ask the question of him.—Ed. Tickets for everybody by the Seaboard Air Line Railway, for the Christmas Holidays, will be good for two weeks if purchase on Dec. 22nd. For College Students they will be good for twenty-five days if purchased on December 15th. THE A. M. E., C. M. E., AND THE M. E. CHURCHES MET. Inspiring Reports, Elevating Addresses, Able Men as Delegates, and the Conferences Show Great Gain. All of the Savannah Divines Returned Except Two. which spared nothing to entertain the delegates in a lavish manner. Bishop W. X. Ninde presided over the deliberations Last week was a red letter one in the annals of the Methodist denominations in this part of the state. The annual session of the Georgia Conference of the A. M. E. Church convened at Valldosta, the Savannah Conference of the C. M. E. Church at Cordele, and the Savannah Conference of the M. E. Church, at Wavnesboro. A. M. E. CONFERENCE. The conference was in session for a week, Bishop H. M. Turner, D. D., L. L. D., presiding. The bishop's address was a very able one. Reva. R. H. Singleton and C. Max Manning, D. D., of Savannah, were the secretaries, and Rev. C. C. Cargile, D. D., Savannah was reporter. The various reports spiritually and financially showed an increase along all lines throughout the conference. Revs. Singleton, Manning, Epton and Mitchell presented good reports. St. Phillips, West Broad and Charles street, under Rev. Cargile presented one of the strongest reports of the conference. About four thousand dollars were raised by this church during the year besides three hundred and sixty-two dollars of Dollar Money and other claims carried in by the pastor. The smaller charges under Revs. Jefferson, Scott, Jenkins and Stephens also madevery creditable reports. The conference Missionary Anniversary was a great occasion. Dr. H. B. Parks of New York delivered a wonderful address on missions. Dr. James M. Henderson, President of Morris Brown College, Atlanta, ably addressed the educational meeting. Rev. P. A. Hubbard, D. D., of Washington, D. C., Financial Secretary of the denomination, delivered a very eloquent address. On the Sabbath many sermons were preached at the A. M. E. church, Revs. R. A. Whitfield, C. L. Bradwell, J. T. Jenifer, P. A. Curry, Jas. M. Henderson, and C. C. Cargile preached able sermons to large audiences. Dr. J. T. Jenifer who is the secretary of the Preachers Aid Association, with headquarters in Baltimore, Md. made an able address On Monday night after appreciative remarks Bishop Turner read out the appointments, among them returning Revs. Singleton and Cargile to their churches respectively. Rev. A. Cooper was sent to St. James, Rev P. A. Curry to Bethel, Rev F. R Sims to Gaines Chapel, Revs. S. C. Powell and W. C. Shelton to Brunswick, Rev I. S. Hamilton, Valdosta. Following are the Presiding Elders: Rev R. M.S. Taylor, Savannah District; Rev W. O. P. Sherman, W Savannah; Rev T. N. M. Smith, Waycross; Rev J. A. Wood, Valdosta; Rev I. C. Gray, Millen; Rev W. A. Pierce, Brunswick; Rev. C. Max Manning, D. D. Hawkinsville; Rev E. B. Brown, Quitman. Rev. J. B. Epton was transferred to the South West Conference and appointed to St. James, Columbus. Rev. A. Cooper who succeeds him is a strong preacher from the South West Conference. Rev. Bryant of the M. E., and Rev. Styles of the Baptist Churches were present and addressed the conference. The conference was handsomely entertained by the people, who were assisted by the white citizens. The next session will be held at Brunswick, Ga. C. M. E. CONFERENCE. The South Georgia Conference, of this church was held at Cordele Ga. commencing on the 11th, and presided over by bishop L. H. Holsey, who is one of the ablest men of the race. About three hundred delegates were present. Some of the leading men of the church were present, and each made able addresses. Savannah was represented by Rev. C. L. Bonner, J. S. Wiggins, W. A. Dinkens and Dr. J. Walter Williams. The sermons by the various ones were grand and thoughtful. The conference year just closed, showed it to be the most prosperous in the annals of the church in every department. Fifteen thousand members were reported, and seven thousand dollars cellected; out of this amount two thousand dollars were of the twentieth century fund. The next conference will be held in Savannah. Rev. Bonner was returned to St Paul, and Rev. Wlgins to Atlanta. He is succeeded by Rev. P. Jefferson. Rev. W. A. Dinkens who has done such great work for this district, was reappointed. M. E. CONFERENCE. The Savannah Conference of the M.E. Church was held at Waynestoro, and it was made a great occasion for that town, the citizens of which spared nothing to entertain the delegates in a lavish manner. Bishop W. X. Ninde presided over the deliberations. Among those from Savannah were Revs. John Croly, and P. H. Travis. The conference began on the 13th. On Thursday the corner-stone to the new building of the Haven Normal Academy was layed by Dr. M. C. B. Mason who made an eloquent address Dr. C. S. Wilkins, of the Baptist State Convention also spoke. At night, our Rev. P. H. Travis, made one of the addresses. Dr. R. E. Jones of the Southwestern Christian Advocate, made an address and also preached on Sunday afternoon. Dr. Spencer, Secretary of Church Extension, preached on Sunday night. Rev. Croly made an address Friday night. All of the ministers made good reports, and the collections for various purposes very large. The next conference will be-held at Culloden, Ga. This church has done much for the race, and has dotted all over the south educational monuments to the cause. University Leads. Atlanta University for the third time sent the Tuskegee Institute foot ball team home defeated after their annual game December 15th, score 17 to 12. Tuskegee had secured good coaching which enabled them to score—a thing they have not been able to do heretorelose, nevertheless it did not save them from defeat. Atlanta may.well be proud of her record this year which has been a clean one of four victories. She beat the young and inexperienced team of the Atlanta Baptist College 35 to 0, and that of Clark University 56 to 0. By far the hardest game of the season was that played against Clallan University, won by a score of 10 to 0. It was in every respect a battle royal and, most of all, a clean and gentlemanly game throughout. The score against Tuskegee does not tell the whole story for the first half ended with the ball in possession of Atlanta on Tuskegee's one-foot line; and the second half similarly ended with the bail on Tuskegee's twenty yard line. About five hundred people witnessed the game College Dots. The College has been fortunate this week. Mr. W. A. Hunton secretary of the Y. M. C. A. addressed the students Sunday night. Rev. George V. Clark, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church of Charleston, preached an eloquent sermon Sunday afternoon. He also gave three eloquent chapel talks. Then a number of Methodist brethren en route from their conferences dropped by to see us among whom were Rev. and Mrs. Makiell, whose son is a student of the College Rev. Travis has returned from his conference. He is beginning to look more like a preacher than a farmer. His friends are uneasy that he may go back to his old pastorate habits. It is indeed hard to teach "old dog new tricks." The term examinations are on and the students are happy (?). The fall term closes the 21st. inst. and the winter term opens the 27th. inst. Many of the students are going home to get their "Santa Claus." Some of the Instructors are going aspeaking, some are going ahunting some are going a c o u t i n g, and some are going to stay home and supervise the nursery. All are looking forward toward a good time especially the courting and the nursing crowd. Some of the students are rejoicing that they cannot get home, because they are on the "hog." They may be able to get as far as Savannah however. One young man is going to Augusta, because he cannot go to Savannah. This is strange. The Vice-President has a new picture on his mantle. Ephraim is still joined to idols Let him alone. More anon Merry Christmas! Special privilege to College Students for Holidays by the Seaboard Air Line Railway. They can buy their tickets at greatly reduced rates from December 15th to December 21 inclusive which will be good until January 8th, inclusive. To the Public. I am now associated as a partner in the Troy Steam Laundry on Herndon (formerly Hall) street No. 527, and I still solicit the good regards and work of my old patrons, and I would be pleased and gratified at the patronage of new friends. We make a specialty of laundrying lace curtains, at a special rate. We also solicit family work as we have a lady department where a lady alone attends to this kind of work. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. To the Worshipful Masters, Wardens and Brethren of Subordinate Lodges: You are fraternally ordered to hold an election for officers according to the ancient custom and usages of the Order. The election must be held at a regular stated meeting on or before the 27th of December, 1900. The names of all Worshipful Masters, their post office address, and all Secretaries and their post office address, must be sent to the Grand Master at Columbus and the Grand Secretary at Savannah. All officers must be installed before the 27th of December. W. E. TERRY, M. W. G. M. SOL. C. JOHNSON, R. W. G. S. The Savannah Lodges will have a joint installation on Thursday night next. In sending in the names of officers for your lodge, please mention the name and number of the lodge. Often the brethren send the names of the officers and do not say what lodge; in such cases we have to look through the records to find the lodge referred to. Following are the officers of Mt. Horeb lodge No 144, McGregor, Ga: R. D. Parker, WM; R. D. Dorsey, S W; J. D. Darden, J W; C. A. Isaiah, Sec'y; Henry Col, Treasw; M. K. Mennedy, S D; D. H. Grant, J D; E. R. Darden, S S; Geo Bryant, J S; P M, A. J. Gould, Chaplain, Sam Redding, Tyler. Landmark lodge No. 64, Dublin, elected the following officers: J. Jenkins, WM; W. W. McGlendon, S W; M. J. Michel, J W; G. W. Smitherman, Treas; -D. C. Allen, Sec'y; Rev. D. W. Williams, Chaplain, J. D. Donison, S D; G. H. Williams, J D; E.-V. Wells, S S; Shepherd Mason, J S; II. B. Brown, Marshal. Seven Star lodge No. 122, Bladen, G., elected the following officers to serve for the ensuing year: P. M., D. P. Pinkney, W M; J. W. Radford, S W; J. D. Rouse, J W; A. J. Greenlee, Treas; Ned Andrews, S D; G. H. Pinkney, J D; J. H. Burnett, Tyler; L. C. Braswell, See'y. We are informed that this lodge is in a prosperous condition financially. Commencing with Thursday Dec. 27th. grand conference of the various grand lodges of the United States, will be held in Jacksonville Fla. The grand masters of all of the grand lodges, also other representatives will be present, and addresses on subjects pertinent to masonic welfare will be made. Georgia will have among its representatives, grand master W. E. Terry, past grand master John II. Dereaux, past grand master Alex Harris, and grand secretary Sol C. Johnson. It will be a representative gathering and much good is expected to result therefrom. Harris Neck. The Friendship Baptist Church at Harris Neck, Ga. McIntosh Co, celebrated its fifth anniversary from Dec 15th to Dec 16th. The extreme inclement weather prevented its beginning on the 14th, and thus the religious discourse set for that date was defeated. On Friday night Dec. 15th came the second feature, the concert. It consisted of some excellent select recitations, dialogues and solos. It might be said that the chief excellency of the concert, was taste in selections, and force and brilliancy in recitations. "Curfew," recited by Miss Hattie Delegall was not far from grand. Miss Nannie M. Thorpe and others, deserve special mention for their splendid effort. The solo "where is my wandering boy tonight," rendered by Miss Nannie M. Thorpe, was an effort, that commends her to rank in the near future, among the queens of song Miss Nancy Denegall gave proof of musical powers of high order. Miss J. O. Baisden, and Miss H. McRay also deserves special mention along this line. On Sunday 16th the pastor, Rev. R. H. Thomas; preached the Annual Sermon. The church was neatly decorated, and held a large number of members and visiting friends. The reverend was at his best. The sermon was carefully prepared, well delivered and received with old time spiritual relish. After the forenoon service, the appetite of those who had come to lend their service were looked after. At night the audience was entertained by Miss Hattie Delegall, Miss Nannie M. Thorpe, Miss Nancy Delegall, Miss Leola Thorpe and Miss J. O. Baisden, who read for their years most excellent papers, and few people could tell which one captured the prize. Miss N. M. Thorpe, and Miss N. Delegall, also sang sweet solos along with other music. Miss Ethel Bissard of Savannah's fame, presided at the organ during the anniversary exercises, and added much to her already splendid reputation. The anniversary in my judgement, was a success, and a star in these people's crown. And Rev. R. H. Thomas, the faithful and hard working leader, deserves not only the hearts of his people, but the co-operation of all lovers of the upbuilding of his race. Reporter. AT THE SUGGESTION of a friend; about three month ago, I bought a bottle of Frank's Rheumatic Cure for $1.50, and after taking a quarter of the bottle I was entirely cured. I was so bad off that I could not work. J. M. CARTER, 510 E. York street. Furniture Emporium. HOLIDAY RATES. Tickets wilt be sold at rate of a fare and third, round trip on Dec 22 23, 24, 25, 30, and 31, 1900; also Jan 1. 1901, final limit returning Jan 4, 1901. In addition to the above tickets will be sold to students of schools and colleges on presentation of certificates signed by superintendent, president, or principal thereof on Dec. 15 to 21 inclusive, final limit returning Jan 8, 1901. Ticket office 107 Bull street and Central passenger station—ad SOUTHERN RAILWAY. SR MOBYHOUND. No. Mkd. No. Daily No. Daily N.A.W. Ex Su. Lv. Jacksonville (P. S.) 90a 740 Savannah (So. By.) 1215a 120a Barnwell 409a 409a Blackville 417p 415a Signald 419p 415a Sally 469p 469a Columbia 609a 609a Lv. Charleston (So. By.) 701a 110a Summerville 414a 110a Branchville 415a 110a Prairieburg 925a 850a Kingville 1015a 850a Ar. Columbia 1100a 552a Lv. Augusta (so. By.) 209a 989p Lv. Graniteville 254a 1010p Lv. Biggeld 819p Davenport 189p Lv. Johnson 60a 110p Ar. Columbia (U. D.) 534a 110p Ar. Columbia, (Bldg. St.) 650p 215a Ar.umboro 761p 215a Chester 761p 215a Book Hill 829p 814a Ar. Charlotte 910p 968a Ar. Danville 1251a 156p Ar. Richmond 850a 629p Ar. Washington 785a 850a Philadelphia (Pa. BRL) 815a 1250a Philadelphia 1138a 1250a New York 209p 613a Lv. Columbia 1140a 755a Spartanburg 310p 755a Asheville 715p 269p Ar. Knoxville 415a 729p Ar. Ocinnati 730p 754a Ar. Louisville 750p 754a SOUTHROUND. No.48 Altd ExSu No.53 Daily No.55 Daily Lv. Louisville 476 a4p 45p Lv. Oclandanat 492 a4p 60p Lv. Knoxville 134 a4p 82a ** Asheville 800 a4p 80p ** Spartanburg 114 a4p 61p Ar. Columbia 820 a4p 96p Lv. New York (Pa.R.H) 830 a4p 121a ** Philadelphia 606 a4p 62a ** Baltimore 627 a4p 62a Lv. Washig'g'n (So.B) 114a a4p 114a Lv. Richmond 1230 a4p 131m Lv. Dearville 484 a4p 54p Lv. Charleston 816 a4p 104p ** Beck Hill 902 a4p 104p ** Chester 955 a4p 112p ** Winsboro 1021 a4p 121a Lv. Columbia, (Bldg.S) 650 a4p 114a Lv. Columbia, (U.D.) 1250 a4p 121a Lv. Johnston 1030 a4p 183 a4p 62a Trenton 1100 a4p 145 a4p 62a Ar. Alken 220 a4p 73a Ar. Edgfield 425 a4p 113a Ar. Graniteville 1200 a4p 1250 a4p 71a Ar. Augusta 1100 a4p 216 a4p 71a Ar. Kingville 433 a4p 252 a4p Orangeburg 433 a4p 252 a4p Branchville 619 a4p 426 a4p Summerville 619 a4p 426 a4p Clarendon 310 a4p 51a Lv. Columbia (So.By.) 1230 a4p 125a Ar. Saly 1242 a4p 254 a4p ** Springfield 1250 a4p 254 a4p ** Blackville 1250 a4p 254 a4p ** Bury, 1250 a4p 254 a4p Savannah 820 a4p 51a Ar. Jacksonville (P.S.) 740 a4p 925a Trains 43 id 44 (mixed except Sunday) arrive and depart from Hamburg. Sleeping Car Service. Excellent daily passenger service between Florida and New York. York and Florida Express. Drawing-room sleeping cars between Anguita and New York. Pulman drawing-room sleeping cars between Nashville, Savannah, Washington and New York. Pulman sleeping cars between Charlotte and Richmond. Dining cars between Charlotte and Saranah. and Seyahann. and Suh-U. S. Fast Mall. Through Pulman drawing room buffet builfing cars between Jacksonville and New York and Pulman sleeping cars between Augusta and Charlotte. Dining cars serve all meals enroute. Pulman sleeping cars between Jacksonville and Columbia, enroute daily between Jacksonville and Augusta. Ashley. FREAKS G. SANDON. LAKE CURT. The Brains of the South Its Public Spirit, Culture And Capital, are earnestly enlisted In Eavor of Polices Which Make For Prosperity. Go to Stall No. 31, City Market. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed. Goods delivered promptly. F. F. JONES & SON. FIRST-CLASS DENTAL WORK At Prices In Beach Of All Consultation and Examination Free. DR. E. D. BULKLEY. Dentist. Tuesday will be merry, merry Christmas. See your nearest Agent for the low rates home on Christmas Holidays via, the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Prof. F. A. Curtwright left last Tuesday for Augusta, after gaining many friends here for himself and school. Take the short line which is the Seaboard Air Line Railway, for Christmas Holidays, and get ahead of Santa Claus. We are pleased to note that Mr. Frank J. Wright is improving very much. He will be able to be out in a few more days. Two of the fingers of Capt. W. J. Pinckney's right hand were crushed painfully during the week. He was laid up several days, but is now able to be out. Miss Ella Cannon of Orange, N J, formerly of Savannah is visiting her brother Mr. Alfred Cannon €12 east Henry street lane. Mrs T. J. Hopkins and her sister Miss A. V. Jones, who has been spending the past several months in the city, left on Thursday night for Columbus to spend the holidays. Mr. John S. Sams had his arm broken at the wrist last week by slipping on a side walk. It was very painful at first but we are glad to note that he is improving. The many friends of Capt. R. W. White regret to learn that he is not improving very much. He is now living with his daughter Mrs. R. A. Hackett at 559 East Taylor street. A steamer is advertised to leave this port for Liberia Africa, on January 30th next. Any person wishing to go will see Mr. D. Lawson 635 Walker street, the only agent in Savannah. Black Patti's Troubadours pleased a large audience at the Theatre on Thursday night. Every part was well acted and the singing superb. With less "coon" songs the show would be among the best. There will be one fare for the round trip for the Christmas Holidays, by the Seaboard Air Line Railway between points in the State of Florida, and one and one-third fare between points in other States. Parties Having real estate* to let should see us. Those wishing to buy a home we can accommodate. We also loan money on improved real estate at reasonable rate of interest. J.E. Fulton & Son, real estate agents. Mr. H. II. Moore is the local agent for the illuminus gold glass name plates for doors, also numbers. These plates are readable in the dark. Persons desiring a name plate or door number can address Mr. Moore at 611 Gwinnett street, West. Our old friend Rev. J. H. Smith was in to see us on his way home from Conference. He was reappointed to his charge much to the delight of his members. He is a power in his section. While here he stopped at the Haven Home to visit his daughter. The Christmas fete and fair by the United Tie of Brotherhood and the Ladies United Tie opened on Monday night with a large crowd, and all during the week the attendance has been good. Those at the head of it deserve commendation for the success attained. Rev. McD. Spencer of Macon was in to see us this week. He is preparing to build a commodious home at Blackshear. The reverend is a hard worker. He has a flourishing Church in Macon and his members are much attached to him that they requested the conference to return him, although he protested. After an absence of several months in the hills of Virginia Mrs. Dr. J. H. Bugg and children arrived home last Sunday. They found the doctor doing guard duty and no one can convince the madam that he is other than a model husband. Mrs. Bugg and the children are in perfect health and enjoyed their summer vacation very much. Mr. Henry B. Wright received a very painful accident on Friday night of last week. While riding in a wagon he was accidently thrown out by a sudden jerk of the horse falling breaking his right leg about the knee. He was taken home where all the attention and medical skill were given him. We are glad to note that he is resting easy, and will be able to be out in a few weeks. We have received a march dedicated to Hon. Thos. E. Miller president of the Colored Normal, Industrial, Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina. The march is composed by Mr. E. F. Mikell of Orangeburg and from those who have heard the march it is pronounced to be of good composition. Copies of this march can be secured by addressing Mr. Mikell at the State College Orangeburg S. C. The price is 25 cents. Save Christmas money by taking advantage of low rates on Seaboard Air Line Railway for the Holidays. Borne Away. Mr. Golphin-Jones, the son of Mrs Jane P. Jones died on Tuesday night last after a long illness. Mr. Jones was one of our Savannah boys but was residing in New York city until two years ago when his health failed, he returned home and has been lingering, but able to be about until four months ago, since which time he has been continually confined to fled. Never was a mother's love more beautifully exemplified than in case of this loving one to her son. For these four months this mother has remained at the bedside, and with the other members of the family has done everything that human means could contribute for the relief of the suffering one, but despite all of this the angel of death came and bore him away where pain nor death can er enter. The funeral occurred from the family residence No. 222 East Waldburg street on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Jones was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal church and Rev R Bright oliciated at the services. Besides his mother, the deceased leaves two brothers, Mr. John Jones who resides in New York, and Mr. M.T. Jones and other relatives, who have the sympathy of their friends in their sad hour of bereavement. Christmas Services. "A Good Time with Santa Claus" is the Christmas cantata to be presented by the First Congregational Sunday School on Wednesday night. The exercises will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. The Christmas Services at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church will be held 7 a.m. Tuesday. A cordial invitation is extended to all. A brief sermon will be preached on the "Willingness of Christ to become man." The Christmas exercises of the Second Baptist Sunday School will take place on Sunday night Dec. 30. The program will be one of the best ever rendered by the school, and those who miss hearing it will surely miss the treat of the season. The Christmas concert of the F A B Sunday school. West Broad and Bolton streets, will occur to-morrow night. The exercises will be good and the public is cordially invited. Concert begins promptly at S o'clock. Mr. J. E. Johnson is superintendent of this school. Made a Good Record. Rev. G. L. Bonner, the popular pastor of St. Paul G. M. E. church, has been re-appointed another year to the great satisfaction of his entire congregation. Rev. Bonner has done great work at St. Paul, having organized and concentrated his forces not only among his members but non members as well, and has succeeded in making a good record and doing much good work and making popular a church hitherto sparely attended. Rev. Bonner is one of Pane Institute's brightest members and as a thinker, orator and scholar he holds his own among his peer. Being a young man on the turning point of thirty, much is expected of him in the name of the cause in which he has enlisted. The congregation has quardruple, an average of $100.00 raised a month. Rev. Bonner was elected one of the delegates to the International Convention which meets in San Francisco, Cal. What came near being a disastrous affair took place at the West Broad street school on Wednesday last, and was only averted by the presence of mind of the teachers. Part of the plastering in the fifth grade B, taught by Mrs Georgia Knox Horton, fell, injuring two pupils and frightened others, some of whom screamed, and that caused a commotion throughout the building. The injuries received by the pupils were not very serious. About twenty years ago there was a similar occurrence at that school The boiler af a barrel factory over the canal at the foot of Margaret street exploded, and many thought that the school building was collapsing, and the children ran wildly out in the streets. Supt. Baker was in the building at the time and sustained a sprained ankle by jumping out of a window. Send in Your Name. Armour Lodge No. 1884, G. U. O. of O. F. is noted for the excellent manner in which it cares for the widows and orphans. Last Christmas every widow and orphan was presented a fine turkey, etc. The members of this lodge are determined to give them another Christmas present. Dr. J. H. Bugg is chairman of the committee having this matter in charge and all the widows and orphans who have not sent him their address should do so at once or else they may be overlooked. Send the address to the doctor at No 527 Jefferson street. The Hercules Social Club will give an entertainment at Oliatham hall on Monday night Jan. 1st, 1900. A good time is promised. Music and choice refreshments on hand. Admission 15 cents. Coming Events in The Social World Parties desiring to read the Ford's Opera House, can apply to N. J. Johnson, No. 513 Harris Street, E. The Young Adelphia Social. Club will give an oyster supper on Monday evening January 14th. 1901 at Duffy street hall. The best of music and refreshments will be on hand. This club is noted for giving its guests a grand time. Admission 35 cents, double 50 cents A military bazaar will be given at Odd-Fellows temple Duffy street beginning Monday Dec 31, continuing ten nights by the Chatham Light Infantry. The boys are arranging to give their friends a solid two weeks of good amusements. Music and refreshments on hand each night. During the bazaar there will be a band concert, prize cake walk prize waltz, etc. Admission 10 cents. We have just issued from our job department a unique set of cards for a grand ball to be given by the Cricket Club at Harris street hall on Monday night Dec. 31st. Elaborate arrangements are being made and those who attend will have a grand time, no doubt. Music by Prof. Middleton's orchestra. The hall will be illuminated with electric lights. Admission 35 cents, double 50 cents. The colored physicians of the city under the chairmanship of Dr. T. James Davis are preparing to give a grand musical and soiree at Ford's Opera House on Monday night Jan. 28th. 1901. There will be recitations choruses, solos, duets. A list of the talent will be given later. This is given for the benefit of the McKane Hospital and it is needless to ask support of the public. The hospital is in the hands of the whole corps of physicians of the city and each is doing his best to make the workings of the institution a success. Oglethorpe Club. Capt. Thomas Golden has again been honored with the presidency of the Oglethorpe Club. He was unanimously elected as his president. His able administration of the affairs of club caused, the members to thus honor him. The Club is composed of a large membership and one of the best features of the club is that all of its members are tax payers and registered voters. No one can join this club unless he is a registered voter and keep himself so. This feature alone is one that every other institution should copy and if it is done the colored citizens would be better off in every respect. The Oglethorpe Club under the lead of Mr. Golden has indorsed the administration of Mayor Mjers and Solicitor-General Osborne. When You Want Any Legal Papers drawn up, such as Mortgages Notes, Bonds, Deed to property or in fact papers of any legal kind; or whenever you need the services of a Notary Public. Call at The Tribune Office. Prompt attention to all business intrusted. Office as well as outside work. Holiday Rates via Southern Railway. Tickets on sale to all points, a fare and a third for a round trip, on Dec. 22-23 24-25-30 and 31st, 1900, also Jan. 1, 1901, limited to Jan. 4, returning. In addition to above, students holding certificates sign by superintendents or principals of schools or colleges will be sold tickets commencing Dec. 15 and limited to Jan. 8. Jas. Freeman, city passenger and ticket agent, 141 Bull street. Phones 850. 240 Barnard St., Savannah Ga. Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and workmanship. Gold crowns and bridge work. White Porcelain Pivot, and Gold Crowns mounted on the natural roots. Gold Fillings. Cement Fillings, and Silver or Amalgam Fillings, from nine to a full set of teeth $7.00 and $8.00. Broken Plates mended and teeth added to old ones for a small cost. All Gold Crowns Guaranteed 23 x 2 K. Gold. Petition for Incorporation. STATE OF GEORGIA CHATHAM COUNTY. To the Superior Court of said County: The petition of S. S. Fields, Henry Strain J. S. Scruggs, K. B. Fields, A. L. Jenkins, J. Houston, G. J. Nelson Ned Jenkins J. F. Strain J. M. Bradley, E. Anderson and Ned Brooks shows: 1st. That they and their associates are about to establish, in said State and County a Chairtable and Social Organization with its principal place of Business in the City of Savannah of said State and County. 2nd. That said organization having no capital stock is not intended for individual pecuniary gain. GREATEST SOUTHERN OUTFITTERS. Bath Robes Smoking Jackets House Coats Silk Suspenders Fine Gloves Fancy Vests Blanket Robes Silk Night Shirts Pajamas Fine Hosiery Fancy Underwear Rich Neckw ar. GREATEST B. H. maintain and abolish branches, or clubs whenever, tin said State. The Supreme Grand Council aforesaid may see fit. 7th. To make binding by-laws, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, and inforce the same. 8th. To sue and be sued. 9th. To have and use a common seal. 10th. To receive donations by gift or will, to purchase, hold and alienate realty and personally not for trade and profit, but for promoting the general design of said organization. 11th. To fix, receive and collect fees and dues, and impose and collect fines, make binding contracts, and disburse moneya and to take and do, whatever else in addition to the powers above enumerated, may be necessary for the accomplishment, of the following objects viz:—The perfecting of the organization in the form and fashion above indicated, also the establishment and maintenance of suitable places for holding the meetings of the order, its councils and clubs so as to be secure from unwarranted intrusion, the enforcement of good order, taking care of the sick, burying the dead, making provisions for the poor and friendless and the cultivation of charity in general and the promotion of the moral and social culture, and the elevation of members of said order. Wherefore your petitioners pray for an order of this Honorable Court granting them a charter for the said term of twenty years under the aforesaid corporate name with all rights and powers above enumerated. And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. Atty for Pettitioners Petition for Incorporation filed in office this 22nd day of November 1900. JAMES K. P. CARR, Clerk S. C. C. G. Ga. You Can Own Your Own Home. These beautiful cottages on Eighth street near East Broad, we are selling on easy terms—small cash payment, and the balance at $10, pre month. We have a number of vacant lots and will build according to your own plans. J. E. Fulton & Son. St Stephen's Episcopal Church. On Hersham street, between Macon and Harris. Services Sunday 11 a.m, and 8:00 p.m. Sunday school 3:30 p.m. Services on Wednesday night at 8:00. Strangers are always welcomed.—Rev. Richard Frigat, Rector. Specialist in the Diseases of Women, Gentio Urinary, Female and Rectal. Office Hours..... 8 to 10 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; 6 to 8:30 p. m. Residence 505 Waldurg St. w., 'Phone 2604. Office 'Phone 215. Savannah, Georgia. A. L. TUCKER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Collections Made, Feeses Looked After. 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Perrin's Fine Kid Gloves Fur Collars Fur Collarettes Fine Umbrellas Handkerchiefs Neckwear Pocketbooks Chatelanes Fancy Ornamented Glove Boxes || Beautiful Belts Fine Hosiery Etc., Etc. PR 8 oS iy ap aie Salas PES ARGS SSE Ae. Sal a en ee ee, Seen PPO eR ee pee ee eae eee 7 a Neue yo at Bhs os eae ES wales FRSA eae Pah a EIR ieee : a Piet x: pe RS ME ne eee See saeco ara i a1 en ne 8) ox RW PRPASE TOWN: «| “PORTRAIT CAMEO CUTTING: =" A Noble Porter, 2 | ued: yg amet gS F a ey ACE eM he Wtoked “Groce oe =e A ‘correspondent writes; “A SS 8 + es ane 2k: * RR at FAS ae aie |e ae | i WeSoked “Croce! sinew | tO ? 3 A git raee* RAM ee tie ‘it Court, Decisi Coled “crocére’ Dyspepila™ and’ | gu ai, belonging f 2 5 : | Peas aa anes sae fas mperien| rt, ion Regard..|_ Ex ig to a Sussex village was en- a ree: MRT cit ibisedtioa “ol-clhe is” °F Status of Assoctated ~ Speedie Henle Are Villa. ZAG Feoonent of tho Ar In The | tering the service of a lady llving at , SINE Pa epee wae! RRsat oa 01 ihe | fits 0 : x) Tuslaredd ot men tn this elty are suf-"| cng ountry, Arundel Arriving At, the allway yes Sage Mays tes ety mee Press of Illinois, | fering from a most. jasidions and Sede the only portralt | station, she engaged an outside por, os 28 se: RR oe ges | 8Tbe: apnea court of Missouri, at ccergy-enpping form Ef indigestiog (Satta ft Ualted State | er to carry ber bor, afd harng pres e Fiair Me. en Se Tétferson city; Tastday handed down pep inal “grocers! dyspepsia." Buy- | but necrivestoes car Iwas far be- | covld Pate a a orca dee: . ae Sera : is or a could y NL eg as ‘OVER UNTIL NEXT MARCH |*2 otto nth caroot ther Pa son for grocery houses and commis- | yond rdlaary cameo euting a8 1s por | pence, Re ee eS uel aa” . gues es : en mace cont he Aare fer from, tu pectltse ailment, shin Hie Batalg beyond Photography. It Thereupon ater the smaueet ot te Have you ever thought'whys, oc . the 2 of nd, se is fall 4 “Tis “question Considered and Jesno in favor of tho Ansociated Pres, | De=ty to by thee neriiable | pro- | ‘he only porzltcaneo cute te A | the oad oud walked of ited hair is falling out?’ Iris, _»Agtedment Is Reached In Ex- | ‘The Star company, ongagod in pub-| fPICes and other tempting forme is | vlc, males af Basen, where ba | “A homelr iosRing meen, wearing. © eaves yon are stares Yee =? 1 Eative Senate Sexiton: |itshiog an erering pewtpeper ia Bt Harelinepimerre pada barra kenny ee metaf, | coat green with age, chanced to over-| hair. If this starvation con- 7 lis paper in calice: is the base art of cathco cut- }take her, In spite of old clothes, be | tinyes, your hair will continue cian a! Gekcead matana’ patiiae tm Lic cack eat a ee 25 7 ‘ Fe ee Se ie uftignds of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty géGapiéd nearly all of the time of the Ssenato in executive cession Tuesday, Senators Fornker and Morgan being the speakers, Previous to the taking up of that treaty tho’ senate, for the purpose of clearing its calendar, disposed of ger- eral other treaties of comparatively Tittle importance. Five conventions in all wero ratified, Among the documents thumdisposed of was an agreement supplementary to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty itself and extending the time within which it may be ratified, Under the torms of the original treaty the time for ratifi cation expired five mouths ago. The agreement farorably passed upon Tuesday extends the timo until the 4th of March, during which the treaty may be completed, ‘Tho other treaties which were rat- iffed were as follows: Extending for one year the time withia which the commercial treaty with Argontine may be ratified. Extending for a year the timo with- in’ which the treaty with Great Britain for reciprocity with Jemaica moy be ratified. ‘Tho now extradition treaties with Bolivar and Ohili, : ‘When the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was taken up attention was given toa resolution offered in open session earl- ier in tho day by Sonator Tillman, calling for the correspondence between this government and the government of Colombis relative to the right of tho United Btates to construct a canal across Colombian territory. The res- olution was agreed to alter it was amended at the instance of Senator Morgan 80 as also to call for all the correspondence with the Panama Caual Company, including all offers on the part of that company and all negotia- tions with it concerning the Panama canal. Senator Foraker's speech from first tolast was a defenso of the Hay- Paunceforte treaty, He praised in high terms the services of Becrelary Hay. Any fair-minded man, be said, mnst recognize that in negotiating the, pending treaty the secretary of state had accepted conditions as he found them, aud that in falling into the policy of neutrality he had only fol- lowed historic precedents, Every ad- ministration since 1850 had given some recognition to the Clayton-Ball- wer treaty, and that document was to be found in the government's latest treaty compilation. Mr. Foraker also contended that there is an implied reservation in the treaty as it came to the senate to pro- tect ‘the caval from enemies. Tho treaty guarantees its neutrality in time of peace, ho said, but we reserve the right to do with it as we see fit in time of war, except that we cannot fortify it, He also contended for the safety of thé canal, even thongh it should not be fortified, for it was ab- surd, be said, to anppose that any en- emy would attempt to sail its ships through a canal 176 miles long owred, controlled and policed by this conitry when actual hostilities were in pro- gress. In this connection he called attention to the fate of the Maino, which was on a peaceful mission and had been anchored ia harbor of the country with which at that time we were at peace. Senator Morgan covered ranch of the ground he had covered in his previous atgament in support of the Hay-Paun- cefote treaty, until he réferred to the proctocols existing botweon Nicaranga and Costa Rica regerding the caval, and said that the ratification of the Haytreaty is a debt wo owe to them. Those countries, if they see At, might rise up and refuse to allow us to do anything; hence, we could not afford to do anything that would offenéihem, For this reasbn he wonld have the neutrality of the canal assured and the mending treate ralthes. ig STENEST MANIFESTED an Bbewioe maritime Conerets—citte = Namtog Delegaten, . Official notifiéation bas been received in Branswick, Ga., of delegates to the notions! maritime congress, having been appointed from- Denver, Now York, Lonisville, New Orleans, Phila- delphia and other places. Interest is growing in the congress, which con- ‘yones January 30th next. ~The Bravswick board of trade hat isened a statement regarding the con- gress, which states that freo and un- trammeled discussion will be accorded toall who-attend, aad the large num- ber of, delegates booked slready indi- cates a big success. esl -STUDENTS CELEBRATE VICTORY. ‘qrouble Ia Alabama Collere Results Ta CO" Besigoation of Commandant West. The sequel to.the recent uprising of the students of 8the University of Als- Spazis,_at ‘Taskafooss, was enected ‘Monday. ~ % During the day it war annonnced viet. Cominandadt Wert bad resigned, Weid:resignation fo Jake effect’ at once. Zhe boys Homodiately. begun a celo- ‘pation ofthe event with easinon crack- jappsand abotebinig. <4 zg "BE SURES CS ACKQIAEE ry Press of Illinois, f ) SThe: supremo court of Missouri, al Jelferson city; Taskday banded dows an opinion in the easoof the Star Pab- Hishing company against Tho Asso ciated Press of Illinois, deciding the case in favor of the Associated Press. ‘The Star company, engaged in pub- lishing an erering pewspaper in Bt Louis known as Tho Btar, brough' suit for a writ of mandamus to compel Tho Aesacited Press to serva it with tho evening news report on the same torms as that which such service was being rendered to The Post-Dispatch, which was a member of The Associated Press, ‘The Star company claimed that it was not able to secure from suy other source a8 eatisfactory nows report as ‘that farnished by the Associated Press, and thet the agreemien$ of the Associa- tod Press with the company publish- ing The Post-Dispatch not to fornish the ‘evening report to any other paper was illegal, and in violation of the anti-trust Jaws of tho state of Illinois and the atate of Missonti, ‘Tho Associated Press answered that while it was in form a corporation, it was essentially « co-operative society, based upon an agreeiuent between its members to gather aud furnieh news to each other; that it was not engaged in news gathering as a commercial eu- terprise, and that it carred on its bu- siness without any effort at profit making. It denied that its so-called ‘exclusive contracts wero in violation of tho laws, cither of the United Btates, the state of Illinois, or the state of Missouri. ‘The opinion sustains the Associated Press at every point TAX CASE GOES UE; Supreme ‘Ceibunat Wil Pass on Legaitty ‘of Georgia Court Decision, Tho deciston of the supreme court of Georgia pronouncing legal a busi- ness tax on street railways, in addi- tion to tho tares already paid by such corporations, will be taken tothe au- prome court of the United States for final settlement, After a hard fight the attorneys for the Savannah, Thun- derbolt and Isle of Hope Reilway Company, on which tho business tax was levied, secared a writ of error to be taken to the court of last resort. The decision to which exception bas been taken is regarded as one of the most important rendered by tho s2- preme court in months, It settles for the time being at least the contention that a business tax of sb mucho mile on the tracks and right of way of a stroet railway company can be lovied in addition fo other taxes paid by street railway companies. One of the grounds on which a writ of error to the supreme court of the United States was asked was that the decision did not bave's general sppli- cation, . STEAMER WRECKED ON REEFS, Allof Her Oficers Were Drowned While ‘Thirty-Fout Seamen Escaped, News of the worst marine disaster of the season in British Colambia wa. ters was brought to Vancouver, B, O., Tuesday by the steamer Czar from Union bey, ‘on the east side of Van- conver island, ‘The famous steamer Alpha, whose unauthorized trip to Cape Nome last May bronght her into trouble with the treasury department, was wrecked on reef near the entranco to Union bay jand not a vestige of the steamer re- mains, . Her managing owner, captain, pur- ser, threo engineers, two able-bodied seamen and a stowaway were drowned, and the balance of the crew 34 were saved by the pluck of an unknown member of the ship's crow, who swam in, a raging sea from the wreck to a lighthonse with a line around bis waist, : COMPTROLLER UENERAL LOSES, Judge Decides That Arbitrators’ Findings Mast Stand, Comptroller General W. A. Wright of Georgia must accept the award of the board of arbitrators and allow the Plant system of railways to pay their taxes according to the sum returned by this board, or about £400,000 less than was the original return of the sailvay officials. "MAYOR WANTED TO QUIT. Atlanta's Chief Executive Sent In Resig- nation to Connell, The resignation of Mayor James G. Woodward, of Atianta, was presented to the city council Monday afternoon atid was laid upon the tablo until Pri- day afternoon at 3 o'clock. ‘This was done after a lengthy dis- cussion by members of council as to the best disposition to make of the resignation, Some members wera in favor of accepting it, others wanted to refuse to accept it, while others favored deferring action until another day. It wan the latter class that'won when the vote was taken, ” MAYOR, LOCKED UP, Police Take Chargeof Atlanta's Tntoxteat- ed Oblof Exceative, Mayor Jamos G, Woodwitt became ‘eq groatly'iatozicated on theatrocts of Atlanta Monday night thathe had to be taken’ in charge by ihe police, ‘A casoares entered against bim on the-police docket and the charge was simply drank.” He was.Jocked. up inrona of the‘det@ntion wards on the ‘second Loor of. the city prison tnd ‘kept there Until. Tuésdey snornicg. - La Greole Vill Restore those Gray Hales | Te a EW a PREASE- “TOWN: 8 Se fe WiColed ™ crocére? Dyspopila”” and » Baysre Who Sample Are Victine. “Trandreds of men in this city are suf- ferlog from a most Jpsidions and energy-sappiog form of indlgestioa known as “grocers! dyspepsta.”, Buy- ers for grocery houses and commis sion merchants are the ones who -eut- fer from this peculiar allment, which {s caused by thelr inevitable pro- Density to taste the crackers, fruits, splees and other tempting forms vf food whieh are displayed by the whcle- salers, “Do you see that tall, lanky, ‘cadaverous fellow over there,” asked a prominent wholesale grocer. “Well, what would you say was ailing him? Dyspepsia?» Well, sir, you have bit the nail on the head. But it isn't any common, ordinary sort of dyspepsia from which he Js suffering. Not a bit of it. It's what we in the trade call ‘grocers’ dyspepsia,’ and it seems to ‘me the name fits the case exactly. Now just watch him. “You see the frst thing he docs 1s to make for that open bag of roasted cof— fee beans. There go some oto his mouth. Now let us see what the clerk Is going to show him, If it ts anything softer than a cocoanut, you can wager he will sample it. - Prunes! “Well, he 1s good for about an elghth of a pound of those.” “Now that fellow—he's a well-known buyer ror one of the largest grocery stores up town, by the way—probably. visits from elgbt to ten wholesale houses in the course of a forenoon. In every one he will taste of something, 8 cracker, a clanamon stick, some dried frult or, worst of all for the state of hig bealth, a handful of cloves. It doesn’t seem much, to be sure, but he gets the habit, and day after day he oes through the same petformance, and then wonders why he {a troubled with Indigestion. ; “I was speaking to a doctor about It only last night. He sald that eating continually, as many of these buyers and commission merchants do, 1s enough to ruln the best digestive ap- Paratus provided by nature, The stomich can't stand the wear and tear of always belng obliged to work. Then, much of the stuff that these men can't teem to resist ts bad enough, even when taken with other food, When taken alone they prove most pernicious In thelr effects. Take wplces, for ex- ample. ‘They continually excite the. secretion of the glands of the diges~ tive organs, and n time succeed in ex- hausting the gastric Julces. ‘Then the glands themselves become abnormally ‘large, with the result that they are unable to perform ‘thelr proper func- | tons, | “The punishment for these tadiscre- tions seems bad enough, doesn't it? Yet I like to think of ft a8 a sort of divine retribution, for there 1s another aide to the story. You can readily realize that the loss to us 1s consider-" able when I tell you that. some fitty | first boss did to mey of these men come in every business day In the year, and that fully three quarters of them fadulge, so to speak. | 1 know no way to cure buyera of the habit except to do with them what my first boss did to me.” “What did he do?” was asked. “Well,” sald the grocer, with a alight chuckle, “when I was « lad, my first position was with a» wholesale grocer. The morning I started In the boss sald to me: ‘You sée a lot of nice things around here—ralsing, trait, crackers, cinnamon, etc—don't you? Now, I wast you to eat all sou feel like eating. Understand?” “Belng 2 most innocent and unsus- pecting youth, I followed bis dtrec~ tions literally. I didn’t do a thing to those raisins, 1 also dipped into tho coffee and sugar, and polished “of about a balf pound of crackers. “The next day I stayed at home with mother. When I appeared again, and was greeted with a knowing wink from the bors I tumbled to bis scheme. It was successful, for I never cared to taste of the daintles I saw around af- ter that.”"—New York Mail and Ex- Bears Mato Daring by Thirat, Centre county fs Iterally overrun with bears. ‘They are more plentifol than they have been in years, and never before have they been known to apanifest their presence so early in the season as this year. This fs account- ed for by the prolonged drouth, which, having practically dried up every mountain stream and spring in these parts, has drive: bruin to seek water. ‘Two days ago a big black bear made its appearance at the Eagle Nest, al- most within sight of the courthouse fn Bellefonte, where, after quenchliig his ‘thirst, It curled up on a rock for a sleep. ‘The animals are especially bother- some in the Crider settlement, in the Alleghanles. They come down from the mountains in groups and raid the farmers’ sheep and pig pens. On one of the mountain branches of the Pennsylvania railroad two beara came out of the woods and stopped on the railroad, taking thelr own time to get out of the way, while the engineer yeas compelled to slow down to keep from ronning over them and risking the wrecking of his train—Philadel- phia Record. “PORTRAIT CAMEO CUTTING: as ee eS Country Chigges.ctaims the only portralt caineolitter in the United States. ‘There“piay be: ottier cameo cutters, But portrait camneo cutting fs as far be yond Ontinary cameo cutting as 1s por- trait painting beyond photography. It is an art In Itself, « ‘The only portralt cameo cutter fs A. Hylen, a native of Sweden, where he Icarned the art of engraving on metal, which fe the basie art of catheo cut- ting. He learned cameo cutting In Vienna. Like other fine arts, cameo cutting requires Infinite patience, be~ sides artistic sense, and It was not uintMl Mr, Hylen had worked for sone~ think Ike 40 years that he considered himeelf a competent portrait cameo ‘cutter, . Cameo cutting Is one of, the oldest fine arts, It probably originated {n India, but was carried thence to Ezypt, where it flourished before the time of | Moses, It was carried from Egypt\to Persia. In those early days it is be~ ‘Ileved that the art of cutting precious stores was a part of the Ilterature of the times, rather than a means of ex- pressing the artist's sense of the beau~ tity, and ft was not untll the art was taken up by the Greeks that It at- tained that perfection which has since distingushed It. With the decline of the Roman emplre It became a lost art, but was revived"in the Renals- sance and became more prominent than ever. @ Up to that time the art had been one of engraving on precious stones, but tle artists ofthe later period not- only discovered that it was possible to put pletures and portraits In sheil, but they carried {t to such perfection that shells aré now universally emplosed for the finest work, ‘The shells used are the large conch shells found In the Bahawa islands. Only one cr two pleces of shell sult- able for cameos can be cut from one couch. ‘The pleces are ground to an oral surface and then are examined for Saws and bad coloring. If the least flaw is discovered or a color which would destroy the value of the cameo, the’ plece fs rejected. If the surface | shows pure white, the cameo cutter rketehes an outline of bis postralt or figure on the surface and then exam- Ines the thickness of the white part, He removes the superfluous parts of the white surface outside of bis out- Une, and then gradually works out bis design, taking care to work uniformly 0 he can compare his figure with the pkotograph from which he works, The ‘work fs s0 trying on the eyes that the mest powerful magnifying glasses mnst be used, and even then the eut- fer can work only ten or fifteen min- utes at a time. After those short in= tervals of application be bas to rest his eyes for an hour before taking up ‘the work again, Considering the slow- ness of the process and the long time required for the artlst to, become com- petent for bis work, it 1s easy to un~ derstand why genuine cameos are ex- pensive. Many fraudulent enmcos are made in Europe and sold In this coun- try ag genuine. Most of them are made of opaque glass, which fs co mented to a background of onyx or other stone. Ivory is sometimes used In the making of spurious cameos, but it soon becomes yellow,—Chlcago Times-Herald, _ = Her Clever Schemere. “Why, how do you"do?’ Charming day; Is it not? How'are all the folks at home?’ The women rattled -this off rapidly, sweetly, and with such warmth that the victim she had se= lected in the crowded street car thought she meant It, He folded his Paper, tipped his hat, rose, off¢red ‘the woman his seat, and began to stam- mer something. eae “Really, I beg your pardon; But. I thought you were’ Mr. Brown, of "Steenth street. Stupid of me, but you do #0 look Ike him.” Then she settled herself in her seat, dnd the man blushed and looked very cheap. He was simply the victim of a bunko game that some of the city school teachers and perhaps other women, now use when they want a seat and find no man In a crowded car reddy to offer them one—New York ‘Times. Our Nation's Weatth. Gold and sliver are poured abundantly lato the lap of tho nation, but our material wealth and strength is rather in iron, the most useful of all metals, just as the wealth of a human being lies in a usefal stomach. If you have overworked yours until 1t 5 dleabled, try Hostetter’s Btomach Bitters, It will relieve the clogged bowels, improvethe appetite and cure constipation, dyspepsia, jousness, liver acd kidzey diseasa, ace amie ‘Hé called her mouth s rosebud then, Sut ab, irmates him wince ‘Tothink ihey're married now, andit's ‘Been blowing ever alace. ? _ ‘The Best Presersption for Chills ana Fover te « bottle of Gnovs's Tasrzvess Con.Torte, Tt te stmply iron and quintae 19 tasteless form, "No cure—no pay. Price 32, Forewarned. ‘sou can't ellere moro then balf you hear.” “Which halfof what you tell moe shall 1 be. ueret brs. 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Papar’* wit t2 adverasers, Sg Qe OI Mr 7S at en ~ A Noble Porter, & “correspondent writes; “A gitt belonging to @ Sussex village’ was en— tering the service of a tady living at Arundel. Arriving At, the rallway station, she engaged an outside por fet to carry her box, afd having gone @ short distance she mentloned’ she could not give im more than three~ pence, as the box was quite small. ‘Thereupon, after the manner of 80 many of his kind, he set it down in the road and walked off. “A homely-looking man, wearing @ coat green with age, chanced to over- take her. In spite of old clothes, he looked very yespectable, she thought, and thinking he might be glad of a few pence, she offered him the job. He picked up tue little box and walk- ed with her, but om reaching the des- tination, he set i down on the door step, and hurried away’ without waiting to be paid, She mentioned the fact to her mistress, and from ber description of the man, the lady's amused suspleions were aroused; but she sald nothing patil a few days later, when the Duke of Norfolk happened to pass the fiouse, . * “That's the man that carried my box,” the girl eald promptly, about to rush out forthwith and pay bim, for the duke was wearing the Identical green garment. Her confusion may De imagined, on hearing that the erstwhile porter was the first peer of Encland"—-M. A. P. - Chiaa's Wanlag Tea Industry. China's tea industry seems to be In a talr way of belng eclipsed by that of India, Between 1859 and 1896 the lat- ter country entered into the tea busi- ess, and at the latter date China sent 100,000,000 pounds of tea to England, ‘agalast Indla's 10,706,000 pounds. Dur- ing the rioxt decade the exportation of teas to England from both countries seemed to keep about am even pace, but when the statistics of 1889 were announced {t was found that China had lost over 00,000,000 pounds, while Tidia bod gained that much and was therefore about 36,000,000 ahead of her rival. Last year Chinese and Indian tea stood relatively in Import Into Great Britain, 17,000,000 pounds, against 134,018,920 pouacs, About the same proportionate Increase 1s noted tn the United States. If China per sists In her attempt at exclusiveness she tay have the privilege of consum- ing all her own tea—St. Louls Star, 10 Cure n Calit In One nr Take Lixanive Drove Qeuuse Tasers. AM rogetstacotunit tho money ilk falle to care :Wrenovw's signature ia oa enc box. 238 ‘The Plot That Failed, . tArabolta doesn't look at all happy.” “Ko; eho mactied a tan younger taan hereelt under tke ‘impression tet be would be more manageable an an older one, Beat Wor the Bewels. 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