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The Savannah Tribune. VOL. XXIII. FRIGHTFUL HORROR Nearly Four Hundred Miners Entombed in Pit. WRECKED BY EXPLOSION Disaster One of the Worst Recorded In Mining History of West Virginia. Many Corpses Are Being Six charred and blackened bodies, lying in the improvised morgue, prepared near the entrance to the mine, five men hovering between life and death from the awful bruises sustained and the deadly gases inhaled in a temporary hospital into which one of the company buildings has been transformed, and 380 men imprisoned by tons of coal, rock and mine debris in the depths of the hills surrounding the mining town of Monongah, West Virginia, with the chances all against a single one of them being alive, was the most accurate summary obtainable Friday night of the result of a mine explosion Friday morning which, in all probability, was attended by greater loss of life than any former disaster in the history of the bituminous coal mining industry of America. The explosion occurred shortly after 10 o'clock, after the full force of five hundred men had gone to work in the two mines affected. These mines are Nos. 6 and 8 of the Consolidation Coal company, located on opposite sides of the West Fork river at Monongah, but merged in their underground workings by a heading and on the surface by a great steel tipple and bridge. The finding of the six corpses and the five living men is the only reward for strenuous and uninterrupted work on the part of the large rescuing force that immediately set to work at every possible point. The five living men are unable to give any detailed report of the disaster or to even explain how they reached the surface. They state that immediately back of them when they began their frantic struggle for liberty there was a large number of men engaged in a similar struggle, while still further back in the workings there was a large number of whom they knew nothing. It is the opinion of the mine officials and others familiar with mining that these eleven men had not penetrated the mine as far as had the majority of the day shift when the explosion occurred. The two mines regularly employ 1,000 men, working in two shifts, five hundred during the day and five hundred during the night, and the best information obtainable at this time is that the entire day force had gone to work Friday morning and that all were caught. Neither entry has been opened to the real workings and the indications are that a majority, if not all, caught in the mine are dead. It is reported that the mine officers have ordered 380 coffins shipped to Monogan soon as possible. Clarence W. Watson of Baltimore, president of the mining company, was at Parkersburg, W. Va., when the explosion occurred, and chartered a special train to take him to the scene. EIGHT STATES INVITED. Call Issued for Big Meeting of Railroad Commissioners. The Alabama railroad commission has called a meeting of the railroad commissioners of the state, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Louisiana, to be held at a time and place to be agreed upon for the discussion of the many questions now arising in state regulation of traffic lines. CATACLYSM OF BURGLARIE6. Tidal Wave Experienced in New York May Spread Over Whole Country. A tidal wave of burglaries and robberies which has swept New York for the last sixty days is destined to spread over the whole country, according to officials of a burglary insurance company, who say that the losses from theft in the city the last two months will amount to more than $3,500,000. They say the losses for 1907 in New York will be $16,000,000, by far the greatest in the history of the city. GOLDFIELD TROUBLE. A situation of the utmost and immediate danger at Goldfield, Nevada, is revealed in the official correspondence between Governor Sparks of that state and the president, just made public. The governor's appeal for troops is construed by the Washington authorities to indicate the imminence of great peril. The governor's appeal to the president, dated at Carson City, Thursday, follows. "At Goldfield, Esmeralda county, state of Nevada, there does now exist domestic violence and unlawful combinations and conspiracies which do now so obstruct and continue to so obstruct and hinder the execution of the laws of the state of Nevada, and now deprives and continue to so deprive the people of the said section of the rights, privileges, immunities and protection named in the constitution of the United States and of the state of Nevada and which are secured by the laws for the protection of such rights, privileges and immunities; and the constituted authorities of the state of Nevads are now and continue to be unable to protect the people in such rights, and the reason of such inability and the particulars thereof are the following, to-wit: Unlawful dynaming of property, commission of felonies, threats against the lives and property of law-abiding citizens, the unlawful possession of arms and ammunition and the confiscation of dynamite with threats of the unlawful use of the same by preconceived action. "Therefore, pursuant to article 4, section 4, of the constitution of the United States, and to section 5297 and 5298 of the revised statute of I, John Sparks, governor hereby respectfully request your, excellency, Theodore Roosevelt, president, to immediately send to Goldfield, Esmerald county, Nevada, two companies—of troops of the army of the United States to suppress unlawful disorder and violence, to protect life and property, to restore peace and to insure protection of law to the people of the state of Nevada." The president's reply, next Friday, was as follows: "To Acting Secretary of War: Referring to the accompanying formal request of Governor Sparks of Nevada for federal troops to restore order at Goldfield, please direct General Funston to send a sufficient number of troops, to be wholly adequate to meet any emergency. It is far better to avoid conflict by sending too many troops than by sending too few to run the risk of inviting bloodshed. "(Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." In his dispatch to the adjutant general of the army, General Funston says, in part: "I have just conferred with a prominent mining operator at Goldfield, now here, a man thoroughly familiar with all conditions there. He states Western Federation of Miners in Goldfield, numbers about 3,200, of whom about 1,000 have rifles and shotguns. Not more than three hundred of these men might be considered dangerous, and doubts if they would resist the regular troops. Their leaders are some of the men who made so much trouble in Idaho and Colorado. Danger is that before troops can arrive they will blow up mines and kill people. Sheriff is a member of the federation and in sympathy with them." FALSE TEETH CAUSE DEATH. Ensley, Ala., Man Swallowed the Whole Plate and Succumbed. W. F. Harris of Ensley, Ala., died Friday night as a result of swallowing his false teeth the night before. He swallowed the whole plate, and all efforts of specialists to remove them proved unavailing. Latest Form of Swindle Uncarthed by Immigration Officials. The sale of tickets of admission to the United States is the latest form of swindle discoveried by the immigration authorities at New York. A man who was a passenger on the Hamburg-American lines' Amerika sold more than forty to steerage passengers on the ship, which arrived Monday, receiving not less than $1-apiece for them. For these tickets the immigrants were told they could enter the country without difficulty. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1907. SHARPENING PROBE Tillman, Clay and Culberson "Laying" for Cortelyou. WILL ATTACK HIS POLICY Senate Committee on Finance to Draft Resolution Inquiring Into Recent Issue of Bonds by the Government. A Washington special says: Senator Aldrich Tuesday informed the senate that the committee on finance would within a very short time bring in a resolution providing for an inquiry into the recent bond issues of the government, and that it would provide for an investigation into all matters contained in resolutions offered by senators concerning the financial stringency and the efforts of the government to relieve the situation. With this assurance, Senators Culberson of Texas and Clay of Georgia agreed to permit their resolutions to go to the committee for its consideration, Senator Tillman allowed his resolutions on the same subject to lie on the table until he secures data he desires to present to the senate. The session of the senate was brief. Mr. Culberson's resolution directs the secretary of the treasury to supply the senate with certain information bearing on the financial situation. Mr. Culberson said if he could be assured that the resolution for an Inquiry would cover the information called for by him he would not satisfied to have that course pursued. Senator Clay's resolution calls for information concerning the deposit of money in national banks. Mr. Clay said that up to the present time $250,000,000 had been deposited by the government in national banks, and most of it had been on deposit during the present year. "I do not believe," he said in the senate Tuesday, "that we can justify the placing of such money in banks and then calling for more money by the issue of bonds. That system should be investigated and condemned." He then agreed to have his resolution go to the committee on finance. Senator Tillman's resolutions were introduced Monday, directing the committee on finance to make investigations concerning the recent bond issues and also relative to clearing house certificates. Mr. Tillman said, that in view of what had been done with other resolutions on the same subject he would not discuss his resolutions at this time, but said he would like to have them ile on the tale until he could secure information he was endeavoring to get. His request was agreed to. When Senator Tillman discusses his resolutions calling for an inquiry by the committee on finance concerning the legality of the issue of clearing house certificates in various cities of the country, he will be prepared to exhibit some of these certificates to the senate. He was engaged in securing certificates in order that he may be enable to give an object lesson to the senate of what he claims has been circulated as money throughout the United States since the present financial stringency set in. "Down in my country," he said, "greenbacks have disappeared. It is all white money down there." The fact that an agreement to refer the Culberson and Clay resolutions to the finance committee and to postpone the consideration of the Tillman resolutions was reached so easily in the senate, was traccable to the brief meeting of the finance committee, which was held just before the beginning of the session of the senate. Senator Culberson has from the first preferred to have the information which his resolution calls for before beginning the financial discussion in the senate, and it is understood that Senator Tillman is desirous of accumulating more material before addressing the senate on the subject. BLUE SUNDAY IN·NEW YORK. Everything Closed Tight and Silence Was Painful. New York, which can usually be depended upon to provide something new and sensational, treated its millions of residents and tens of thousands of week-end visitors to the novelty of a thoroughly blue Sunday, the first in the history of the metropolis. The effect of Sunday closing was everywhere apparent. The hush throughout was painful to ears accustomed to week day noises and Sunday harmonies. ARRAY OF BATTLESHIPS Assembled at Hampton Roads Preparatory for History-Making Cruise to the Pacific. The double-starred flag of blue, emblem of the commander-in-chief of the Pacific-bound battleships, was flung to the breeze from the truck of the battleship Connecticut at Hampton Roads Monday, and Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans formally assumed his position as leader of the greatest naval movement in the history of the American people. It was assembly day for the fleet, which is to set sail December 16 and of the great sixteen great fighting machines ordered to skirt the southernmost end of all America and inaugurate a new naval era in the Pacific ocean, there were but two laggards. These were the 16,000-tonned Minnesota, flagship of Rear Admiral C. M. Thomas, commander of the second squadron of the fleet, and the Kentucky, whose paltry-11,525 tons relegate her to a position at the end of the armored column. Both were delayed for a day. The new Maine, which two short years ago was the flagship of the commander-in-chief, but is now thrown back to eleventh place in the list, came during the day, making fourteen battle-ships at anchor off Old Point Comfort. The ships are disposed in two long lines, forming a crescent, which begins just off Old Point Pier and points toward Norfolk. The Connecticut heads the column nearest the shore. Next to her is her sister ship, the Louisiana, the champion hard-hitting, fast-firing vessel of her class, and then in turn come the Kansas and the Vermont, all registering 16,000 tons and belted with steel that is rated well nigh impregnable. These four vessels compose the first division of the first squadron of the fleet, and are the personal charges of Rear Admiral Evans. The second division in the first squadron is made up of the Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey and Rhode Island. The flag of Rear Admiral William H. Emory, in command of the division, floats from the Georgia's truck. Both absentees from the fleet were in the second squadron column. A vacant berth at the head of the line was left for the Minnesota, which was the last of the big vessels to dock at New York, and was given 48 hours' grace. Awaiting the Minnesota in the second squadron were the Maine, Ohio and the Missouri of the third division of the fleet; and in the fourth division are the Alabama, flagship of Rear Admiral Sperry, the Illinois and the Kearsarge. The Kentucky will complete this division and squadron. Like the Minnesota the Kentucky was repaired at the Norfolk naval yard, but was sent away to be docked and painted below the water line. The two long lines of battleships, flanked on either side by vessels of the auxiliary fleet, present a notable picture and one more impressing naval event to the history of Virginia's far-famed roadstead. TO BAR UNION, MINERS. Supreme Test Will Be Made at Goldfield by Authorities. The mines of Goldfield, Nevada, are to be reopened, and the wage scale is to be reduced, and no members of the Western Federation of Miners will be given employment. Meanwhile men will be brought in to the number of 500 to take the places of the strikers. Such is the decision of the executive committee of the mine owners association. Governor Sparks will be on hand to watch after affairs. The troops will be scattered through the camp and will practically guard the mines. The streets of Goldfield are crowded with men discussing the situation and the air is filled with many wild rumors. The general feeling is that serious trouble is likely to come at any minute. DISFRANCHISE ALL NEGROES Is Purport of Bill to Be Introduced In Congress by Georgians. A Washington dispatch says: Representative Hardwick and Representative Edwards, the new congressman from the first district in Georgia, have joined hands in an effort to repeal the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution. Their bill proposes to disfranchise all the negroes in the United States except those the individual states permit to vote. GUNS AND TORCHES Property of Tobacco Companies Worth Over $200,000 Burned and Other Buildings Badly Riddled by Hall of Load. Five hundred "Night Riders," masked and heavily armed, marched into Hopkinsville, Ky., early Saturday morning and destroyed property valued at over $200,000, while citizens, in terror of their lives, feared even to open their windows. The police, fire department, telephone and telegraph offices and even the railroad station were in possession of a wild mob, shooting right and left, flames from burning buildings meanwhile lighting up the city and the surrounding country until it seemed that the whole town was ablaze. Windows in the front of the business houses and banks on the Main street of the city were shot out, and the entire front of one newspaper which had been especially severe in its condemnation of the raids of the Night Riders, and which was owned by the mayor of the city, was demolished. Only two men were injured, one of them being Lindsay Mitchell, a tobacco buyer, who was severely beaten with switches and clubs, and the other, a brakeman, who was shot in the back while trying to move his train from the path of the flames. The raid of the Night Riders caught the city unawares, as for some time the depredations resulting from the tobacco war had been of a minor nature; and it was generally thought that in the Dark District at least the worst was over. The property destroyed was as follows: W. H. Tandy, independent tobacco warehouse building, owned by J. H. Latham. Tandy & Fairleigh, buyers' warehouse. In addition the entire glass front of the Hopkinsville Kentuckian, Mayor Meacham's paper, was destroyed, while windows in the front of the Commercial Banking and Savings company, the First National, the Planters' Trust company and the Bank of Hopkinsville were punctured with bullet holes. A number of other business houses and residences bear the marks of bullets, and it is considered remarkable that no one was killed. The insurance is believed to be about $50,000. As soon as the Night Riders left town, a posse of about fifteen headed by Major Bassett of the local militia and Deputy Sheriff Cravens, entered buggies and followed the trail. As soon as the posse could get near enough they opened fire on the fleeing mob, and the pursued returned the shots. The members of the posse escaped injury. They were soon outdistanced by the mounted men, and after chasing the marauders several miles the officers returned home. Governor Beckham, at the request of Mayor Meacham and County Judge Breathitt, ordered the local company of Kentucky guards to report to the sheriff for indefinite duty during the Night Riders' trouble, under command of Major E. B. Bassett. The local officials believe that they will be able by an offer of protection to secure witnesses who can positively identify members of the mob. Important clews are said to have been discovered that may lead to the arrest of members of the mob. Unverified reports came Sunday that two men were killed in Trigg county by the citizens who pursued the Night Riders. Treasure, Consisting of Spanish Coins, Taken from Tree Trunk. James Frazer, a truck farmer near West End, four miles below, Mobile, Ala., while splitting trees that he had felled, brought to light an iron pot containing a large number of rare Spanish gold coins. The amount of the find has not been made public. The tree was a very old one, and the pot of gold is supposed to have been buried there over a century ago. Hurling Forty Workmen Into Raging River—Seven Meet Death and Score Are Hurt. Highwater Tuesday night caused the collapse of a new bridge in course of erection over the west branch of the Susqtahanna River at Mifflinville, Pa., and resulted in the death of seven men and the injury of nearly a score of others, two perhaps fatally. Forty men were at work on the traveler on the middle span of the structure when it collapsed. They were all thrown into the swollen river. The accident occurred just at nightfall, when the men were preparing to abandon their work. As a result the work of rescuing those who were thrown into the water and caught in the mass of twisted iron and steel was greatly retarded. The second span of the bridge was being erected and it was this section that fell with the big traveler. The bodies of four of those killed were found floating on the surface of the water entangled in the bent and twisted girders and iron work but the others sank. Many of the men were caught in the rapid water and carried a mile or more down the river before they were rescued. One of the most miraculous escapes was that of William Nesit, who was caught in the iron work and held a prisoner for an hour with his mouth and chin above the water before being rescued. Loss of life and great damage to property is reported from central and eastern points in the state by floods caused by the heavy rains of the last few days. The Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers rose rapidly, and small streams throughout the coal regions overflowed their banks, flooding mines, causing cave-ins, and doing great damage to railroads and other property. Officeholders Must Not Boom Third Term Proposition. After the cabinet session last Tuesday, the letter addressed by President Roosevelt to the members of his cabinet on November 19, instructing them to inform federal officeholders not to participate in a third term movement for President Roosevelt was made public at the white house. It is understood that cabinet officers will at once take action in accordance with the terms of this letter, which was as follows: "I have been informed that certain officeholders in your department are proposing to go to the national convention as delegates in favor of renominating me for the presidency, or are preparing to procure my endorsement for such renomination by state convention. This must not be be I wish you to inform such officers, as you may find it advisable to inform in order to carry out the spirit of this instruction, that such advocacy of my renomination of acceptance of an election as delegate for that purpose will be regarded as a serious violation of official propriety and will be dealt with accordingly. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROSEVELT." OKLAHOMA SENATORS ELECTED. Both Claim Distinctions Out of the Ordinary Run. The Oklahoma legislature Tuesday, in separate sessions, elected as United States senators Robert Latham Owen and Thomas Prior Gore, democrats. Owen was born at Lynchburg, Va., February 2, 1856. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry with a mixture of Cherokee Indian blood. His father, Robert Owen, was a distinguished confederate soldier and later vice president of the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. The senator's mother was a daughter of Chisholm, the last hereditary chief of the Cherokee nation. Senator Gore has the double distinction of being the first blind member of the United States senate and of being the youngest in that body, being only 37 years old. His sight was destroyed in childhood when he was a page in the senate of Mississippi, his native state. He was educated at Cumberland university at Lebanon, Tenn. BOSTON GOES REPUBLICAN In Close and Hard-Fought Municipal Battle of Ballots. In the closest and hardest fought election contest which Boston, Mass., has known for many years the city went republican by about 2,000 votes. Postmaster George A. Hibbard, republican, defeated Mayor John F. 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The last edition (150 pages) is from beginning to end filled with tables, short cuts, and up-to-data methods of calculating, making it the most complete, useful and comprehensive work of the kind ever published. It will make every one independent, sure and self-reliant in all practical calculations connected with farming and other lines of business. It will prevent mistakes, relieve the mind; save time, labor and loss. It is a pocket edition with pocket for papers and a loose silicate slate from which lead pencil marks are easily erased, and is an invaluable assistant for every farmer or business man. 9.25 A. M. 4.20 P. M. 7.45 P. M. 11.54 P. M. 12.16 A. M 1.40 A. M. 3.15 A. M. 4.20 A. M. 5.15 A. M. 9.30 A. M. --- One may easier fall in love with an apple orchard than with anything else nature has given us. The trees grow up with us. The earliest joys of childhood are with Juneatings and Redstreaks. The apple is equally delightful to advancing age. It is associated with our school dinner baskets, our working days, when it wqnd up our lunches, and what more could we give to our boy loves than a red-cheeked, golden-hearted Pearmain? So, so! But was it not an apple that every morning we carried to our teacher, with which to buy a smile and pay for love. Those were golden days when the Sweet Bough covered the sod, and burst open with innate goodness. Why should one not love an orchard? I remember well that by a little turn on the way home from school I could go through the old Kirkland orchard—the first one planted by white men on their westward way from New England across the continent. There I sat in the trees, among the Spitzenburgs dreaming life dreams, and looking into a valley paradise, until the call of the cows warned me to drive them homeward for milking. Yesterday I sat at the foot of some of those same old trees, leaned my head against them, felt their broken arms with sympathy, and when the October sunshine called out the bees and the butterflies, in the midday hours, I kissed the dear old tree that was my boyhood favorite. Why not? It gave me cheerfully, liberally, capfuls, pocketfuls, of delicious apples. · The pickers are at work—home pickers, and they know what they are about. They do not toss, nor do they drop the apples, not even a few inches; but as true apple pickers should do, they lay each one gently into the basket. Rudeness is never more out of place than when picking fruit. Think you what nature has done in packing together these balls of cells, each one delicately fitted to the other, and all enclosed with art finer than that of Apelles—who once deceived the birds. Handle each apple sympathetically, and then do not pour out the basketful into the wagon, but once more lively out the apples like eggs. A basketful of Northern Spyals! What can be more beautiful! Some have burst their sides in the process of growing, and you see the yellow-fleshed cells, full of nectar. The boys lay these aside for their own use—for to be sure nothing can be better to make fine boy flesh and soul—and if placed in a cellar they will not keep. They are like boys and girls that are crowded in school; they die early. The Swaar is a sly apple, for it is of green russet color, and one would not know it to be the very standard of quality; yet if you do but know what to do, you will ask for a barrel of prime Swaars, and store them away to be used next May. The McIntosh and the Walter Pease are brothers of the most famous (Fameuse) family of apples ever created, and when you look at their glory you will hardly like to see them taken from the limbs. A tree full of either sort is so perfect that only the freezing weather just ahead could induce me to despair it. McIntosh is as white inside as it is red outside, and Walter Pease has a fragrance like a bed of illies. And not long ago Mr. Burbank sent us the Winterstein, the very climax of science and art combined. Grimes Golden and Jonathan are not big apples, but they go a long way toward being perfect apples. They should be planted alternately, so that you shall see the gold of one and the perfect crimson of the other side by side. But if I keep on at this rate you will know not only that I am a work-shipper of the apple, but that I shall never get the picking finished. Only I do not like an apple grower who knows nothing about comparative values. He grows Greenings, Ruscets, Spys and a dozen more sorts possibly, but in my orchard of eighty sorts he is lost. He knows no apple history, does not keep pace with progress in the gardener's art, and the new things that burst out of God's will and man's intelligent work—these he cares nothing about, because he does not understand them. He grows his apples without brains, and he picks them without brains, while the grandest harvest on his acres wakens no more enthusiasm than his turnips. His apples are tossed, poured, tumbled; and in the mid-winter he digs them for use, out of a half-rotted bin of rubbish. All right work is poetry and religion; all wrong work is implyment as well as illiteracy. The most learned man I ever knew thought more of apple lore and rose lore than of his Greek hexameters. He said, "In my garden there is a greater poem than the Odyssey. The days write it, and the winds chant it, and as for me, I learn to see it and to hear it." The load is ready for the cellar, only you may be sure that we do not put apples in a house cellar, with vegetables, where greasy odors or the smell of decay can taint them. In such a cellar all sorts of apples will taste alike before January. The life deserves a cellar by itself, clean as a library and sweet as a chamber. There is no abomination in civilization worse than the ordinary cellar—a wicked resort of all sorts of microbes and bacteria. Then all winter you will know one apple from another by the smell over the blin. The aromas will blend in the middle of the cellar. In this apple cellar of yours, which may be under your carriage house, well lighted and well ventilated, you will have bins on the side walls, and a brook running along the middle floor—a clean, fresh, drinkable brook; to keep the fruit from shrivelling. The boys are placing the apples in these bins now. You do not hear the Golden Pippins rattle as they are poured—for indeed they are not poured, but they are lovingly transferred from the basket. About one-fifth of each load is sorted out into boxes, and left outside of the collar to be pressed into cider—every apple that is in the least defective. A true farmer should certainly have his own cider press and grind his own apples. It should be a beautiful process and a clean one. Home-made and strictly honest cider would reform the most infamous drunkard. Every apple must be clean and without decay. It is not any more fitting to drink a rotten apple than to eat it. Al, but you "never tasted cider before?" To be sure, but it may be decent What an appetite! And yet I have sampled nearly every sort in the orchard, and there are over half a hundred—only a few of them however do not this year bear fruit. Yet a good appetite is an honest affair and wholesome, and we are glad to hear the call for supper. Do you know samp? Have you ever tasted it—the real old-fashioned samp? If not, you have so far missed the most perfect food man and nature ever put their heads together rto devise. Take the very finest ears, right from the huskling. You must not wait for a flavor of mold to touch even the cobs. Dry the ears around the stovepipe—then persuade your miller to grind it alone, and to give you the result at once—it must not lie about the mill. Then sift out all the fine meal, and dry the rest on salvers in the kitchen. When thoroughly cured put it on the stove in a kettle about half filled with water. Bring it to a boll. Then set it back to cook more slowly—all day. You will never forget it, if once you have heard samp rolling on a kitchen stove—the bubbles bursting with a pouff, pouff, pouff. Sir it gently, but you must not forget it for a moment. And day long it must be watered and stirred and thought of, and smelled. It must go on at daybreak, and it must gently cook until night. The odor changes about noon. It becomes tempting to take a samp. It grows irresistible about noon. It gets the fragrance, takes possession of the whole house, it becomes a mystery. The little mother has done nothing else for two hours but watch it and smell it. I assure you that a cook without a good nose is not worth having. Now the blue bowls are on the table. A pan of milk with solid cream is in the centre, the samp is yellow as gold, and it will be sitting open with little of heated fragrance. Yeah, ambrosia and your nectars, where compared with samp and milk. The real samp of our mother's day. It is a lost art, and for these forty years I have neither tasted nor smelled genuine samp. Afterward an apple pie! A ple of Spitzenburg apples! Our mothers would not cook any others, and they were right; and to this day there is no other such apple forples. The Astracan makes better jellies, and, for baking, the York Pippin and the Gravenstein are ahead; but not for the creation of that summation of kitchen art—the apple pie. Did you ever see one made? Well, I cannot say how it is done nowadays, only I suppose it is like everything else, by measure and by weight. But then, in my memory days, a woman did not follow any rules at all—that is six spoonfuls of this and two spoonfuls of that. Bless, my soul! Why, just enough, and if you have not the cooking instinct, so that you know what is enough, you will not be a cook by going to a cooking school—not till you die. But the pie? Yes! It was a compound of goodness, but it had unity—and it was full of digestion. In my boyhood the old people scraped apples when eating them raw, to avoid indigestion. For a delicate stomach I could name you half a dozen sorts: the Wismer, the Dellicious, the Stuartes Golden, the McIntosh, the Walter Pease, and the Danchy Sweet. These are creations of a recent day. There are already seven thousand apples catalogued in the United States, and I suppose a great many more varieties remain uncatalogued. What shall the future apple be? Not seedless, for a seedless fruit is at the end of evolution. We want seeds until perfection is reached. Tucked away in those germs are possibilities of improvement. "There!!" says Nature, "take these and try for betterment. These little brown seeds are your pledge of possible progress. When I give you no more seed you are finished, and I shall take no more interest in your affairs." A seedless apple is the end, bah! The coming apple must be also red, not only to please the housewife, but to honor the artistic taste of Nature herself—her struggle for the beautiful. As for size I hardly dare to say, but I think a Northern Spy is just about right. One of these will fill a man's stomach and three will fill a boy's. We must learn when to stop—Outing Magazine. Hunan Billboards. Some of us are made on the order millboards: a flashy front with a vacant lot behind.—Hogwallow Kent- uckian. M. OUR MOST AUTHORITATIVE EXPERT ON PURE FOODS. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley has built up the United States Government's system of food and drug inspection in the face of opposition from powerful vested interests that were accused of profiting enormously by the practice of adulteration. Dr. Wiley is now affirming that the public mind has been misled into the notion that preservatives in canned meat are not necessarily dangerous. He is refuting this idea in a recent book on the food question. STONES UPON WHICH THE CANAANITES SACRIFICED CHILDREN EXCAVATED IN PALESTINE BY THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION EHND. Under the pavement surrounding these standing stones at Gezer were found remains of sacrificed children who had been buried in large jars about 5000 years ago.—Illustrated London News. Glove Sustainer. The prevalence of the short sleeve and long glove fad has made a place for a new arrival among the fal-lails of femininity, and that is a piece of jewelry, which is nothing more or when referring poses Dickson of the co less than a quarter for the glove. In the absence of some such device, as this it is a common thing to see the fair ones in the mode of the moment engaging in a constant struggle to keep their glove tops and sleeves in the same vicinity, but it would not require a very keen observer to note that the two articles seem like anything but harmonious neighbors. The apparatus shown links them together perfectly, and at the same time offers a touch of color to the costume. It may be worn on the outside or inside of the arm. It consists of a pretty buckle, which is secured to the sleeve, and a neat flower-like clamp which clasps the top of the glove. A chain link holds the two parts together.—Washington Star. Twists in Tree Trunks Curious twists are observed in many tree trunks, and the inquiry, just begun in Europe suggests the surprising conclusion that they are produced by the earth's rotation like the twists of storms and the whirls seen in water. Van de Broeck, the Belgian geologist, points out that if conditions of growth were the cause the torsion would follow the sun's apparent path. In at least 990 out of 1000 trees the reverse is true, and it may be that the twist is usually the left in the northern hemisphere and to the right—or with the clock—in the southern hemisphere, like the turn of the cyclonic storms and water vortices. This difference is due to the earth's rotation. Jean Brunhes notes that it was shown some years ago that the winds due to the earth's motion blow steadily at a season when vegetation is active and sensitive, and a slight continuous bending and turning then would be likely to affect the tree permanently.—Bulletin of American Forestry Association. For Driving Screw Eyes For driving Screw Eyes. The amateur carpenter, whether man or woman, has lost no time in realizing the great possibilities of the screw-eye. These things are capable of a great number of uses, and if an assortment of them is kept around the house there is hardly a day when their convenience will not be $b^{practically}$ demonstrated. Feminine fingers are not always hardened enough to drive them home, and, indeed, sometime the sturder digits of the masculine are not sufficiently strong to accomplish this task, so that it is not always possible to drive them into the wall far enough to be substantial. A time and labor-saving device for accomplishing this work without undue severity on the fingers has been recently invented and it is shown in the accompanying cut. It is supplied with a locking jaw which takes hold A of the eye and holds tightly while it is driven into place. 'With the aid of this tool the eye can be driven into the wood up to the very ring, and thus it will hold a considerable weight, which would be impossible under other circumstances.—Washington Star. Hint to Housekeepers. A penny spent on a receipt file will often save pounds in litigation. Judge Emden, in Reynold's Newspaper. For the Children. It is said--that London produces over 200 new designs in "penny toys" every week. CANAANITES SACRIFICED CHILDREN BY THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND. holding these standing stones at Gezer were children who had been buried in large jars and London News. The Farm Cottonseed Meal. How is cottonseed meal used as a fertilizer for lawns? G. B. F., Pittsburgh, Pa. Answer: It is highly nitrogenous and should be used early in the spring in order to give the lawn quick growth and dark green color. It also contains a good per cent. of potash and phosphoric acid. Apply from 150 to 200 pounds per acre just before the grass starts in the spring, and a second application in July, as follows: 150 pounds of cottonseed meal, 100 pounds of muriate of potash, 300 pounds dissolved bone per acre. Mix thoroughly and distribute ovenly. In the fall do not mow the grass too closely, but leave it to get a moderate top to protect the roots during winter.—Country Gentleman. Peanuts For Cows. One of the experts of the Department of Agriculture tells the farmers that peanuts make the finest of all dairy foods. Doubtless nicely baked Graham flour bread, sliced and buttered, would be appreciated by the cows, but there are some things that are worth more, on the market than as dairy feed, and, taking into consideration the cost of producing peanuts and harvesting them, they would make rather expensive dairy feed at present prices. Where land is cheap and well suited to peanuts, it may pay to grow them for hogs to harvest for themselves, but whatever they could do for cattle would hardly pay for the expensive harvesting that peanuts usually demand. —The Country Gentleman. Dishorning. 'Can this be done by chemicals, in the case of very young calves? P. C. Oshkosh, Wis. Shave the hair from the little knob which may be felt under the skin and which, at this time, is not attached to the frontal bone, and washing it with a little soapsuds, being very careful not to wet the portions around the place where the hair has been removed. With a stick of caustic potash moistened at one end, the exposed place, not more than the size of a five-cent piece, may be treated. Do the work thoroughly, taking half a minute or so in the actual application of the caustic, and taking great care that it does not spread over any of the skin, except that immediately above the incipient horn.—Country Gentleman. Handy Barn Device. The illustration shows a Covice for a hay box, which should be in every stable. This box may be made of any dimensions desired and reaches from the loft to just above the manger in the stall below, placing it at a height so that the horse can get at the hay readily. As shown in the cut the box should be wider at the bottom than at the top to prevent the hay from lodging. The open space below should be fitted with two or more light iron bars to prevent the animal from pulling out too much of the hay at a time and wasting it. In the lower part of the drawing is shown the slatted bottom, which is used in this box so that the chaff and dust may sift through. The top of the box, in the loft, should be covered with a heavy slatted arrangement for the purpose of ventilation. It should be made of slats sufficiently heavy to bear the weight of a man if he should step on it accidentally, and be hinged at one end for easy handling. These hay boxes may be made of inch material, and will cost but a trifle, compared with the saving of hay and their convenience. Saving Labor and Food. It is a loss to keep an animal four years if it can be gotten into market when three years old, for the year's time saved means labor and food, as well as interest on capital investment. With the use of such beef-producing breeds as the Shorthorns, Herefords, Angus and Galloways, an average of 2000 pounds per animal has been obtained in four years, while three-year-olds have reached 1800 pounds and two-year-olds 1200 pounds, the daily increase being over two pounds for the yearlings up to two years old, and from one and one-half pounds to one and three-fourths pounds for older animals. The live weights only are given, but animals have dressed sixty-six and one-half per cent. when in prime condition.—The Epitomist. Coaxing Hens to Lay. Not every man can coax his hens into laying forty-cent a dozen eggs during December, yet the right kind of feed will, frequently start the kens to work, and once started to laying now they will likely keep busy during the rest of the winter. The thing to do is to study the habits of the 25% and surround her with the conditions of springtime, which is the most prolific egg-laying season. Notice the hens on the farm during the first warm days of spring. They usually have the run of the yard and field. They gather up all sorts of grazing green stuff and gravel. In fact, it takes them only a few days to stock up on egg material if they are allowed to run where they will. If you want winter eggs give the fowl plenty of fresh air and exercise. Feed grain, grit, meat scraps and green food. Grain does not mean all corn; wheat is much better. Some feed a mixed ration of corn, wheat, barley and bran, with clover or other green stuff. Try for some of the forty-cent eggs.—L. C. Brown, Illinois, in New York Tribune Farmer. smoking Meat. In the home smoking of meat I have learned something by experimenting that is a great saver of work and of much more consequence—keeps the meat in better shape during the smoking process. I used a low smokehouse, and handle the little necessary fire as best I could; it would sometimes heat the meat more than was good for it. I had the fire covered in a little pit in the centre of the smokehouse. Then I tried a pit outside several feet from the building with an underground flue, but all the heat generated in that went into the smokehouse, so it was unsatisfactory. I placed an old heating stone, with the legs taken off, on the ground about eight feet from the side of the ```markdown ``` smokehouse, put an elbow on the stove and ran a pipe in through the side of the smokehouse. Then I started a little fire, in the stove, and as the smoke poured from the funnel it occurred to me to turn the smoke down, so I put on an elbow with mouth pointing down, and as that worked all right I put a length of pipe on that and watched to see what the smoke would do. In a moment it poured from the pipe right down near the ground. The end of the pipe is four or five inches from the ground and nearly on a level with the bottom of the stove. It works finely. The cooled smoke rising from the ground conveys no heat to the meat, though quite a little fire is kept in the stove. The fire needs but little attention, as the stove is kept about closed all the time. It is very satisfactory.—Kansas Farmer. Econorize in Time. We have often urged that it was not economical to use one-horse implements. The Denver Field and Farm prints an estimate of the distance walked in plowing at different widths, and it also shows how much longer it takes to plow short lands than long ones. This is a point that is usually overlooked. If you do not keep or need but one horse as a general rule, it will pay you to get a two horse plow and harness and then hire an extra horse when you have plowing to do. It will be much more economical with one horse tools. The Field and Farm says: When cutting a furrow nine inches wide the plowman walks just about eleven miles while turning over one acre, that is without reckoning the journey from the barn or house to the field and back again. It is one of the advantages of long fields that the time occupied in turning at the ends is so much less than on shorter stretches and smaller fields. In plowing an acre 352 yards long, cutting a nine inch furrow, the man goes twenty-seven' and one-half times around, and turns on the headland fifty-five times. If we allow one minute for turning, the time thus taken up is equal to fifty-five minutes or say an hour's work and about the hardest besides. This would be a field of average length. Now when a field is 179 yards long, the number of turnings is just about doubled, therefore the amount of hand work and the time absorbed is one hour and fifty minutes. In a field 117 yards long, the plowman turns 165 times in order to cut through an acre with a nine-inch furrow and allowing one minute for each turning, two and three-quarter hours of time are occupied in that operation. Further along the line of tedious work varies from one and one-half to two miles an hour. Applying these figures to the eleven miles walked in plowing an acre, at the rate of one and one-half miles an hour, takes seven and one-half hours. With a ten-inch furrow there is one mile less of walking which may be computed as half an hour to three-quarters of an hour, as ending to the estimate of traveling pace. With a ten-inch furrow on light land where the ordinary furrows are 352 yards long from six to seven hours are occupied in plowing an acre at the ordinary pace of two miles an hour. Florida Agricultural. Immediately following the wedding ceremony, a Kansas-bride read all her old love-letters to her, wedding guests. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year. 11 25 Six Month. 12 25 Twelve Months. 50 Remittance must be made by Express out Office Money Order, or Registered Letter advertising Rates given on application. SATURDAY. DEC. 14, 1907. THE National Republican Committee met in Washington, D. C., and issued the call for the National Convention to be held at Chicago, Tuesday, June 16th of next year. NEXT week the tax book will close. Every colored man who has a spark of manhood should see that their poll tax is paid sufficiently to register and vote next year. Our contention is that industrial education is the best for the great mass of our people Those who are able should take the classics. The industrial idea has pervaded our white brethren and they are preparing all over the State to give their children training along - that line. WHISKEY and concealed weapon have been the cause of numerous tragedies in this county. Only cowards carry concealed weapons and any one found guilty of doing so should be made to work on the chaingang instead of being fined. The law is strictly against the carrying of weapons concealed and our young men should learn to obey the law. With the approach of the holiday fears is expressed mainly because the ban-rooms will be closed on the first of the year and many persons will endeavor to drink more than usual, there by getting into or causing trouble. Our people, especially the younger ones, are cautioned to be careful and only celebrate the occasion as it befittingly should be By many it is not known that there are a number of prosperous colored men in this county making good on the farms. A visit to these places is quite inspiring. More of our people should stick to the soil. There is a plenty of land in the county that can be bought or rented reasonably and by studious work our men can live more independently, make more money and become healthier than they now are by crowding in the city. The Christmas season will soon be upon us and those in position to, are arranging to make those who are near them happy. We should also be mindful of the poor ones whose hearts will not be made glad with presents, etc. It would be a grateful act on the part of the churches and other institutions if a fund was collected to at least give these poor, ones a good dinner and make them feel that there is 'good will among men." SOMETIME ago the board of education saw fit to increase the salary of the white teachers This is just and the board is to be commended for so doing. Would it not have been a grateful act and a deserving one too, for the board to have also increased that of the colored teachers? These teachers are deserving of more pay because their work is harder than that of the white teachers, caused by the environments and number of children that they have to contend with. The colored citizens have great faith and confidence in the present board and feel that the right thing will be done by them. In this county we have som four or five efforts to conduct an orphan home, and not one of them is doing the least thing tangible, whereby the philanthropic citizens could help with a knowledge that some good will be the result. These disorganized efforts are no good for us as a whole. We do not doubt the sincerity of some who are in the work, but their efforts will be fraught with failure unless there is more practicability about it. These various persons should come together and form one body with a board of managers composed of citizens of unquestionable integrity. Going be fore the public with such a board would command respect, and a hearty response to the work We cannot afford to support two or more orphan homes, and action should be taken whereby promiscuous begging without results will be a thing of the past. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT in a vigorous way reiterated his statement declining to become a candidate for a third term. His ardent friends will try to induce him to declare otherwise. At any rate his declaration has given hope to the other candidates. COL. JOHN H. DEVEAUX is chairman of the Republican committee for the First District of Georgia. He is doing the sensible thing of arousing his constituency from lethargy of the past. In this way he will hold his own. Col. Deveaux is a Federal office holder but this does not prevent him from working to put new life into the Republican party of Georgia.—Georgia Baptist. WE stated in our last issue that it was reported that at the meeting of the Board of Education on Monday night, Judge Samuel B Adams would be elected its president. This has been done and the members of the board are receiving commendation for so doing. Judge Adams is a noble hearted christian gentleman. He is a loyal citizen and his sense for right and justice is unquestioned. The colored citizens hold him in high esteem and feel that in him they have a true friend along all right lines. THE TRIBUNE together with our people extend him congratulations on his election. College Dots. "We have met the enemy and we are theirs," this is what the College foot ball team said after meeting the Sunday Club team from the city on Thankgiving Day. The score was 5-0 in favor of the Sunday Club team, in charge of Mr. Moses W. Bryan One of our teachers said "Well boys, the greatest defeat is sometimes the grandest victory," but the boys could not see it that way. The forenoon field sports under the direction of Prof. Lemon, were very interesting. 100 yards dash was won by Randolph Abbott; "Cross country run" to Bonaventure and return, was won by R. Butler of first normal class, 26 min.; W. H. Davis of the Freshmen class came second, 28 min. Oscar Daniels and W. B. Hannah also of the first normal class came in third, 31 min. The last present mentioned in the Roston silver wedding was presented by Mr. Roston's brother and sister-in-law who live in Brooklyn, N. Y. The name was omitted inadvertently. So was the present of Prof. and Mrs. Work and mother, a set of salt spoons. The fall term examinations begins next Thursday. Will Celebrate The Emancipation Association met at St. Philip A. M. E church, Tuesday last. A number of representatives were present. The various committees were appointed and the outlook is quite encouraging for a fine celebration. A committee consisting of Mr. G. S. Williams. Dr. J. H. Johnson, Mr. R. Barnes, Drs. Wm Gray, J. A Lindsay, Revs. R. V., Branch, B-Molett, and H. L. Haywood were appointed to confer with the Chatham County Emancipation Association. A committee consisting of Revs. Branch, H L Haywood and B. H. J. Cars well was appointed to arrange carriages for the street parade. It was further decided to ask each lodge taking a part in the parade to donate $2.50 to the occasion, and also decided ask the churches to donate the same as they were assessed last year. The association hopes that the citizens of the county will turn out in full force that day and demonstrate to the public the fact that they are really patriotic and appreciate their freedom. The regular meeting of the Ohtatham County Emancipation Association was held on Friday night last and it was largely attended by representatives of various clubs of the city. Rev. H. L. Haywood and Mr. R. Barnes representing the Emancipation Association were present and addressed the meeting which was enjoyed by all present. Rev. Haywood said that the Emancipation Association was with us whenever we are right and when we are wrong they will help us to get right. We the Ohtatham County Emancipation Association answered by saying, "united we stand, divided we fall." & B Roberts, Pres. J H Davis, Acting Sec. Dedicated to the Memory of Mrs. George B. Hurd, who Departed this life Dec. 11, 1906 She was a tender hearted friend, but now she is no more. For she has joined the blessed throng On Canaan's happy shore. She was beloved by all she knew, But she has gone to rest. We do not murmur nor complain, For God does what's best. She finished out her course on earth And left a good record, Resigned her body to the dust. Her spirit to the Lord. Sleep on my dear beloved friend The time is near at hand. When we shall meet to part no more On Canaan's peaceful land. Her loving friend. ADRA SPENCER. Who departed this life Sept. 24th, 1909. Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call from the field of labor our dear sister, Janie Bradwell. Whereas in her demise Household of Ruth No. 118 G. U. O. of O. F. has lost a beloved gister, a true and devout member, her husband has lost an affectionate wife, her daughter a loving mother. Our loss is Heaven's gain and we bow in humble submission to the will of our Heavenly Father. Therefore be it resolved that we tender our heartfelt sympathy to her husband and relatives, commending them to Him who has promised to ever be with us and never leave us alone. Resolved furthermore that while we deeply deplore the loss of our beloved and departed sister, let us emulate the example of patience and uncomplaining obedience in which she bore her illness, and strive to meet her again on the other shore; for We loved her, yes we loved her, But angles loved her more, And they have sweetly called her To voyager shining shore. Her life was a train, Her life's victory well won, And now comes rest. Resolved furthermore that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved husband, and relatives, be spread upon the minutes of this Household, and printed in THE TRIBUNE and Odd Fellows Journal. Committes: Sister Sylvia Sande.s. Frances Mason. Lephemia Colem Second Baptist Church. Everybody is looking forward towards a great Xmas and good meetings. Sunday was a great day here; pastor May preached at 11 o'clock. Rev. A. A. Banks of Boston, Mass., preached at night. An unusually large crowd attended the communion services at 4 o'clock and pastor May was assisted by Revs. Johnson and Catherine Jane Bostum, R. Maxwell and Hamilton of Sewam. Several deacons of other churches attended. Come again brethren you are always welcome by both preachers and deacons. Every member and friend are requested to attend the early Xmas morning prayer meeting and praise service here Wednesday morning. Dec. 25th, at 5:30 a.m. Prepare also to attend the "watchmeeting" and the first Sunday prayer and fast services. The general health of the members is this week. A church member. Pastor's morning text to-morrow morning; "By the grace of God I am what I am" 11, Cor. 15.10. At night there will be a special sermon to the Married Women's Pleasure Club. Everybody invited. F. A. B. Church. Sunday Rev. A. W. Bryant of Valdosta ta. preached an able sermon at the morning and evening services. Rev. Bryant is one of our accomplished sons having started in the ministry at this church, and we are proud of his success. The Deacons conducted the services during the week creditably. Supt. J. A. Snyder with his efficient corps of teachers are preparing the children of the Sunday School for Christmas exercises. A number of our old members are on the sick list. Deacon Oscar Elmore is imam of healthy Health Sunday every member is asked to give $1,000 more to meet an obligation. Monday will be our last monthly conference for this year, and much business will be transacted. Bethlehem Baptist Church Bethlehem Baptist Church Rev L.L. Baird, the pastor, occupied the church and the congregation to very large congregations. The Sunday school was well attended and had a very interesting session. The attendance and interest seems to increase at every session. Y. M. C. A., had its usual service at 5 o'clock, the audience being very large. Master Eugene Chance presided over the meeting. Our friends and well wishes are cordially invited to be out with us. The New-York Tribune. The newspaper in the home is a necessity. Get one that can be safely read by the entire family. The Tribune is a paper that prints all the news of the world in such a manner as to be readable without offending, the laws of good taste. It is a human paper—one edited by the man and women; and while, at times, it may occasionally make mistakes, its readers believe and trust in it. 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If you are not smaller with It you owe it to yourself and family to at least try a month's subscription to verify the above statement. A dollar bill sent to the Circulation Dept. of the Tribune, New York, will bind the Daily and Sunday Tribune into your family for one month. Or send $® for one year. Are you Fond of Good Reading? Look where you may and you'll not be able to find such a wonderful volume of live news, stories, pictures, editorials comic drawings poetry puzzles, &c, &c, cost considered, as you can get for a few cents if you order from your new dealer a copy of next Sunday's New York World, the biggest and best magazine newspaper published on earth Savannah, Ga., Dec. 4th, 1907 To the Editor of THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING Co., Sir I; the undersigned, beg leave to announce to the public that I have resigned as solicitor from the Chatham Orphan Home. I wish also to give an itemized account of monies and provisions collected from July 12th, 1907. Received from J. Hargrove groceries. 45c Zion Hill Church, 75c New Zion Baptist Church 61c Church of St. James Club, $2.30 Mount Olive Baptist Church of Gordon, Rev. Grant $1.26 Bryan Baptist Prayer House, 90c Mount Zion Baptist Church, Rev. Jackson 40c, Mr. L. E. Williams 50c Paynes Chapel A. M. E. Ellibelle, Ga., Rev. Scott $9.29 Mount Calvary Baptist Association, $1.00 Mr. W. O. Baker, $1.00 cash, 20c. Union Association $10.00. Amount collected $17.65 Disbursement, July 15th, 1907 groceries $2.50 July, 21st, 1907 $2.00 August, 5th, 1907 $1.50 August 17th, 1907 $8.00 August 28, 1907 $5.00 Sept. 1907. Merchandise $2.25 Sept. 20th, 1907 groceries $2.05 Sept. 20th, 1907 $7.55. I wish to thank the public and many friends who have so earnestly and nobly contributed toward the Home, and wishing your continued help in the future in another field which I shall state later. Thanking you in advance for the furtherance of a good cause, and praying God's blessing on you for your kindness, courtesy and observance shown me. Petition for Incorporation State of Georgia, County of Chatham. To the Superior Court of said County; The petition of William D. Kenney Edward M. Green, Paul R. Black, George N. Ferguson, Alfred W. Wright, Chester A. Simpkins, John H. Law, Henry A. Brown, Thomas G. Young, Thomas N. Green, respectfully shows 1st That they desire for themselves, their associates and successors, corporated for a purpose, two years with the privilege of renewal end of such time, under the name and style of the Young Men Mercantile Saving Loan and Investment Company of Savannah mater Entertainers Ald and B. C. of Savannah, Gn 2d That the principle once and place of doing business of said corporation will Savannah, Chatham County, State of Georgia, desire that said corporation shall have the right to do business else wherein the State of Georgia and of the united states when ever agreed by the board of directors advisable the home of the said corporation however- shall always be in the city of Savannah. Georgia. rd. that the object of their association is as follows; to buy sell, lease, rent grant, mortgage, encumber improve and otherwise hold and deal in real and personal property, to lend and borrow money on notes, bills, bonds, pledges, deeds, mortgages, or other obligations, or lines, with or with out real or personal security, to act as agents, administrators and trustee for individuals or for corporations, to obtain or sell real or personal property and repairing of all kinds of houses, and generally to do and perform all acts and things incident and similar to those above enumerated, 4th, the amount of capital stock to be employed by your patitioners is five thousand ($500,000) dollars into five thousand ($500,000) shares of (100) dollar each, of which ten(10) per cent is now actually paid in. 5th petitioners ask the right of increasing the amount of said capital stock at any time by one hundredth of ordinary five ($5,000,000) thousand dollars and to decrease the capital stock at any time to any amount not less than five thousand ($500,000) dollars. 6th no stockholder in said company shall be bound in his Individual capacity for the contracts or debts of the company beyond the amount of his unpaid sub scription to its capital stock. 7th, petitioners pray that they be granted to the proper rules, bylaws, and constitution, and alter the same at pleasure, also that they have the power to elect such directors, officers and agents as they see fit. 8th to have and to use a corporate seal, to sue and be sued. 8th, petitioners pray that this petition may be filed and recorded as by law provided, and when the same has been published as prescribed by statute, that an order may be passed incorporating petitioners under the name and style and for the purposes above specified. And petitioners will ever pray etc H. A. MACHEH, Petitioners Attorney Petition filed in office this 5th day of December, 2007 THE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY READY FOR BUSINESS. 25 Experienced Agents Wanted at Once. The Savannah Mutual and Fire Association of 20 state street, west, of Savannah, Ga., announces its readiness to begin business. The company will write insurance on the homes, household goods, churches, lodges, business houses and other property of our people. This will afford protection which has hitherto been deftened them. Twenty-five or more agents will be put to work at once in various parts of the State, and a thorough canvass made for safe legitimate business. A few persons 25 or more who have had some experience as agents and possess other required qualifications may secure positions with salaries of forty to fifty dollars per month, according to fitness for service. For further particulars address D. C. Suggs, Pres. or L. S. Reed, Sect. D. C. Suggs, Pres, or L. S. Reed, Sect. 20 State street west, Savannah, Ga. Watch this space for my offerings. Bell Phone 3188 Johnson's Undertaking FUNERAL DIRECTOR All Orders promptly attended Embalming and all work of stock of Coffin, Caskets, the city. We also have where we furnish the be Funeral Cars. We also h H. S. Dunbar, who would like H S. DUNBAR Bell Phone 676 Union Saving CAPITAL MAKING Establish MALL DIRECTORS AND EMB omptly attended, Day or Night, and all work of that kind guara Coffin, Caskets and Robes is the We also have a first class Liver, furnish the best Carriages, He s. We also have in our emplo who would like to see his friends MANAGERS; UNBAR - W. R. 76 - 335-333 JEFFERS on Savings & Loan CAPITAL 50,000.00. All Orders promptly attended, Day or Night. Firstclass Embalming and all work of that kind guaranteed Our stock of Coffin, Caskets and Robes is the largest in the city. We also have a first class Livery Stable where we furnish the best Carriages, Hearses and Funeral Cars. We also have in our employment, Mr. H. S. Dunbar, who would like to see his friends at any time. H S. DUNBAR W. R. FIELDS, Bell Phone 676 335-333 JEFFERSON STREET. HIS BANK Full information given at 20 STA THE OLDEST The Royall Un INCORPOR Funeral Directors Only First Class Servi- —Respectful OUR STOCK OF CASK COFFINS, R Bell Phone 887 319 Oglet W. S. ROUNDE Residence 523 Anderson St., H SANTA CLAUS The Santa Claus Exposition will take 31st. He will reach my store on the He will bring articles for father, moth- neyhew, cousin and friends. What a ing articles, watches, rings, cut glass, bution, broche earrings, earweav- sats, pocket knives, magic charms, coo- chains, blouse sets, bracelets, fob chains, cription; beauty pins, emblem for ever cheeks, key chains, magic hair witch, puller and in other words I have gifts watch goes straight to the heart. It is usefulness beyond any other form of watchs is at BROWN'S, 807 West Bro- Xn as gift—a ring in any form, pin or assortments in size and price are at B as to the "acceptable and perfect!" gift 807 West Broad scree and your doubt and see. Give her a locket and see he at BROWN'S, 807 West Broad street. couldn't give anything that would bring constantly referred to. There is a place bed room. See W. H. BROWN, Wa 807 West Broad Street, OLDEST OF THEM Payall Undertaking INCORPORATED Directors and Embl Class Service Rende Respectful Attention. BK OF CASKETS, OFFINS, ROBES, Etc., in 219 Oglethorne Ave. W. S. ROUNDFIELD, Manager. Anderson St., E. Be CLAUS EXPOSIT is Exposition will take place from December in my store on the above date and will re- reserve for father, mother, sister, brother, au- d friends. What will he bring? He will hes, rings, cut glasses, hat pins, studs, stud- rings, ear screws, neck chains, watch ch magic charms, soaf retainers, locketes, e bracelets, fab chaining, queen hail and art emblem for every secret order in exis- tion, magic hair witch, hair cutlers hair wea- words I have gifts teat will please him or to the heart. It is a lasting gift and it u many other form of wearable things. THEWN'S, 807 West Broad street. Would you you any form, pin or what not is the thing and price are at BROWN'S. 807 West Br ble and perfect! gifts, see our beautiful th see and your doubts will be solid gifts like a locket and see her eyes sprinkle, from West Broad street. Wouldn't a clock fill that would bring the donor so often to There is a place for it in the dining. BROWN, Watchmaker and Jew d Street. Only First Class Service Rendered With —Respectful Attention.— OUR STOCK OF CASKETS, COFFINS, ROBES, Etc. is Complete Bell Phone 887 319 Oglethorne Ave., West SANTA CLAUS EXPOSITION. The Santa Claus Exposition will take place from December 18th to the 1st. He will reach my store on the above date and will remain for 12 days. He will bring articles for father, mother, brother, aunt, uncle, niece, nehew, cousin and friends. What will he bring? He will bring the following articles: Watches, rings, cut glasses, hat pins, studs, cuff buttons, collar buttons, broches, ear rings, ear srears, neck chains, watch chains, shirt waist sats, pocket knives, magic charms, soar retainers, lckets, eyeglasses, watch chains, blouse sets, bracelets, fob chains, swashlak and articles of every description; beauty pins, emblem for every secret order in existence; key chain cheeks, key chains, magic hair witch, hair curlers hair wearing machine, hair puller and in other words I have gifts teat will please him or her. A gift of a watch goes straight to the heart. It is a lasting gift and it unites beauty with usefulness beyond any other form of wearable things. The best stock of watches is at BROWN'S, 807 West Broad street. Would you make a supreme Xnas gift—a ring in any form, pin or what not is the thing and the best assortments in size and price are at BROWN'S, 807 West Broad street. If as to the 'acceptable and perfect' gifts, see our beautiful things at BROWN'S 807 West Broad sneeze and your doubts will be solid gifts like jewelry. Come and see. Give her a locket and see her eyes sprinkle, from 75 cents upwards at BROWN'S, 807 West Broad street. Wouldn't a clock fill the bill? You couldn't give anything that would bring the donor so often to mind, as it is constantly referred to. There is a place for it in the dining room, parlor or bed room. See W. H. BROWN, Watchmaker and Jeweler, 807 West Broad Street, Savannah, Ga. Grand New Year Hop At Masonic Temple BY COLONIAL AID AND SOCIAL CLUB, Monday Night, January 6, 1908 Fine music, plenty refreshments. Come, you are invited. ADMISSION - 15 CENTS. Willie Thomas, Gen'l Manager. I. S. Henly, Exofficio. --- Establishment, MORS AND EMBALMERS. Wed, Day or Night. Firstclass of that kind guaranteed Our and Robes is the largest in a first class Livery Stable best Carriages., Hearses and have in our employment. Mr. we to see his friends at any time. MAGERS; - W. R. FIELDS, 335-333 JEFFERSON STREET. Bgs & Loan Co., AL 50,000.00. Stands for Negro Manhood Negro Homes and Negro Business. The Hope, of the Race. STEET STREET, West. OF THEM ALL Undertaking Co., bands and Embalmers. Service Rendered With Attention. SKETS, OBES, Etc, is Complete Methorne Ave., West FIELD, Manager. E. Bell Phone 3572 IS EXPOSITION. Make place from December 18th to the above date and will remain for 12 days. Her, brother, aunt, uncle, niece, will he bring? He will bring the followes, hat pins, studs, cuff buttons, collar, neck chains, watch charms, shirt waist aff retainers, lskets, eyeglasses, watches, swashka and articles of every desy secret order in existence; key chain hair curlers hair weaving machine, hair teat will please him or her. A gift of a lasting gift and it unites beauty with wearable things. The best stock of road street. Would you make a supreme what not is the thing and the best BROWN'S. 807 West Broad street. If inlets, see our beautiful things at BROWN'S will be solid gifts like jewelry. Come eyes spryle from 75 cents upwards. Wouldn't a clock fill the bill? You ing the donor so often to mind, as it is for it in the dining room, parlor or watchmaker and Jeweler, Savannah, Ga. Dr. Isaiah D. Williams APHYSICIAN and SURGEON recent graduate of Meharyar Medical College, has a neatly furnished office with all modern appliances at 5241 West Broad Street, over Metropolitan Bank. For treatment of diseases of WOMEN and CHILDREN and Veneral Diseases a specialty. Office-Hours—8 to 10 a.m., 12 to 2 p.m. 3 to 4 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m. and all night. Bell Phone 2104 Mr. W. H. Moore returned to the city last Sunday after an extensive northern trip. Lawyer Hicks of Jacksonville spent several days in the city during the week on business. The many friends of Miss Mamie I. Durden will be glad to hear that she is out again after being confined to a dark room for sometime, due to an operation upon her eyes. Mr. Isaac Prioleau died suddenly on Saturday night before last and was buried the following Monday. He was a native of Charleston and lived here nearly thirty years. He left several children and a large circle of acquaintances. Attend the services at the First Congregational Church The services are short, the sermons by Rev Cash are along practical lines and well delivered. On Wednesday night last Mr. Wilhe Moses entertained a number of friends at his residence in honor of his 21st birthday. The occasion was enjoyed by all present. Mrs. M. E. Bryant of 713 Duffy, street, has returned home after spending a long while with her sister Mice Susie B. Brown of New Port, R. I. Rov. C. Priester, president of the Chatham Orphanage is appealing to the public for his ophanage. He says that he is in a position to care for a number of orphans and would like for those who are interested to communicate with him at 1124 Hall street, east. Mr. John Matthews, died Wednesday last at his late residence in Louisville. He was an old citizen and for many years a pilot. Mr. Matthews was a member of Asbury M. E. Church from which he was buried on Friday afternoon. He leaves a wife, three daughters, five sons and a host of friends to mourn his death. Rev. T. W. Cobb, of Stockton, was in the city last week and returned home on Monday. He preached at the F. A. B. Church, on Thursday night. It was a fine effort and interested his hearers. Sunday morning he was at Rev. Whitmire Church and in the afternoon he ad ministered communion at Macedonia Church. He also preached a soul stirring sermon at night. Rev. Cobb is an old and experienced minister and well known all over the state and well liked in Savannah. Mr. C. A. Allen formerly of this city, now of Washington, D. C., arrived here on Wednesday of last week where he will remain until January 10th. Mr. Allen is well known in Savannah, having first seen the light of the sun here. He is a business man, conducting a fine laundry in Washington giving work to five ladies and two men. He is stopping with his sister at Thunderbolt. We wish him much success Miss Virginia Jackson, Miss Mary E. Brown and Mrs. G. W. Griffin, wish to return thanks to their friends, white and colored, who donated to them for the dinner for the Chatham Orphanage. The little children were well fed. They also return thanks to the Adelphia Club for the barrel they sent and to Mrs. J. B. Brown of Rincon, Ga., for her kindness and also wish to thank the the trustees for what they did. Among those of the trustee board who donated were the two Mr. Wright and Cato, Young. Mrs. Griffin acted as chairman in serving the dinner. A very delightful banquet was given by Mr. and Mrs. Chambers on Thanksgiving Day, in honor of St. Benedict Choir. Several beautiful pieces of music were rendered after which a delicious supper was served. Rev. Father O'Sullivan responded to the toast "Jim Crow" and in his very eloquent way denounced the action of City Council, thereby compeling our people to stay off rather than to be humilated by riding on the street cars. Among those present were, Father O'Sullivan, Mrs. C. Mills, Mrs. A. Graham, Mrs. M. Cuyler, Mrs. A. Chambers, Mrs. A. Proctor, Misses A. Ward, Jennie Long and Carrie Elliot, Messrs. N. Cuyler, James M-Dowse and Chas. Seigling. Household of Ruth No. 118 G. U. O. of O. F. elected the following officers on Dec. 6th: Miss M. A. Cole, P. M. N. G.; Mrs. Carrie Maxwell, M. N. G.; Mrs. M. Dudley, R. N. G.; Mrs. L. A. Alexander N. G.; Mrs. F. A. Merchison, W. R.; Mrs. R. L. Barnes, W. T.; Mrs. C. A. Bailey, W. P.; Mrs. S. Nixon, W. O.; Mrs. N. Hemby, W. S.; Mrs. V. Davis, W. C.; Mrs. L. Barnwell, W. U.; Sr. Stewards, Mrs. L. DuBignon, Mrs. O. Gilmore. Jr. Stewards, Mrs. B. Reynolds, Mr. W. H. Burgess. Trustees, Mrs. M. Inman, Mrs. S. Sanders, Mrs. M. J. Leon. Supervisors, Mr. W. H. Burgess, Mrs. F. Mason, Mrs. C. A. Bailey. St. Augustine's Episcopal West Broad and Bolton sts, Saxon G. Services: 2nd and 4th sundays 11 m. and 8 p. m. 1st and 4th sundays 8 p. m. sunday nights 8 p. m. Holy Eucharist, sundays 11 a. m. Holy Eucharist Saints and school every sunday. A cordial welcome to all. The Rev. Moran Weston, Vicar, 42 West Bol- street. Mr. Jos. W. White of New York passed through the city last week for Jacksonville, where he will secure a bride. He will return to New York next week. Mrs. A: St. Clementthia di Leo, and her daughter, Miss Estelle Marie, of New York City, are stopping at the residence of their cousin Mr. Joseph King on Dale Ave. Mrs. and Miss di Leo will spend Christ mas in Savannah, after which they will visit friends in several parts of Fla. From the latter place they will depart for San Domingo. After several weeks spent in the south, their return will be made to New York, via. Ocean Steamship line. A few guests were entertained at cards and luncheon, on Wednesday last in honor of these ladies. Several selections were rendered on the piano by Miss di Leo and Miss Dewey, and enjoyed. Dancing was enjoyed until the late afternoon. Among those present were, Mrs. and Miss di Leo, of New York; Miss Marie Tweedy, Mr. Joseph H. Green, Mr. Samuel J. Brown and Mr. Joseph King. The Ladies' Whist Club. In the cosy apartment of Mrs. Wesley Carter, the club was delightfully entertained on Monday after noon. The sitting room was decorated with handsome potted plants. In the center of the table sat a beautiful fern. The score cards were the color of the room, green. Mrs. Small won the first prize, a pretty mustard jar. Mrs. H. L. Scott won the second, a chocolate cup and saucer. Mrs. Hart was awarded the consolation prize, a china plate. Refreshments were served in courses which were delicious. Mr. Carr of Augusta being present was entertained by the club. Those present were, Mrs. H. L. Scotr, Mrs. C. H. Branham, Mrs. Henry Small, Mrs. Willie Roberson, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. W. Carter and Mr. Carr. All members are requested to attend all meetings. The club will be entertained by Mrs. H. L. Scotr, 527 Taylor Street, east, Monday next. Men's Sunday Club. The musical numbers on the programme for last Sunday could not be rendered on account of the piano but will be rendered to morrow, which will be as follows: Instrumental solo, Miss L. Dewey Vocal solo, Miss L. Jordon; Vocal solo, Miss M. Johnson. A committee was appointed on last Sunday to make arrangements for a charitable entertainment and the public is asked to patronize the same when it is given because the proceeds will go to the poor. The club will also have appropriate exercises for Jan. 1st. New Tabernacle Mount Olive Tabernacle, K. and D. of Tabor was set up Dec. 11th. Following are the officers; Daughters, M E. Sherman, H. P.; E. R. Dennis, V. P.; J. C. Woodruff, C. R.; T. A. Stewart, V. R; L. Davies, C. T.; A R. Vardell, C. P.; S. Joiner, L S.; C. Hayward, O. S.; T A. Middleton, C. T.; G. Whitfield, C. T.; F. Merrill, C. T.; Ida Larcha, B. E.; M. C. Lyons, B. E.; M. L. Middleton, B. E; A. Flantroyal, B. V.; N. Million, B. V; E. DeRoach, B. V; The work was done by Mrs. F. D. Armstrong, D. G. M., with forty-five members. Death of Mr. G. H. Ralph. On Friday night of last week, Mr. Geo. H. Ralph died at his late residence Nicoll and Price streets. He was confined at home from Nov. 29, until his death. His funeral took place on Sunday afternoon from St. John Baptist Church, Rev. Wm, Gray, pastor. It was attended by Protection Lodge of Odd-Follows, P. G; M. Council, Household of Ruth, Progressive Lodge, K. of P., and Carpenters Union, all of which he was a member. In these institutions Mr. Ralph was well known and has left his impress upon each one. He was a man of conviction and well did he stick to it. Mrs. Mattie Middlebrooks, of Athens and Mr James Brown, of Augusta, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs Ralph arrived in the city in time to attend the funeral. Mr. Ralph left a wife and little boy, Geo. H. Ralph, Jr. His many acquaintances extend sincere sympathy to the widow. Death of Mr. Hamilton. Mr. Christopher Hamilton died on Thursday of last week at his late residence, Harris Street, west, after an illness of more than six months, but he was only confined to bed a few days before his death. The funeral took place from the home of his father, Mr. Henry Hamilton, West 32nd street, on Friday afternoon. Besides a wife and father, Mr. Hamilton leaves one sister Mrs. Edward Reid of Newark, N. J., and two brothers, William and John S. Hamilton. St. Philip's Dots. Rev. J. A. Lindsay, D. D., preached at 11 a. m. on Sunday and as usual there was a large congregation-out. The officials and members are glad to note the visitors from the various churches in our city, "Awake my soul to sound His praise" was sung by the choir and congregation. The subject was "Christiai growth. Rev. Lindsey pointed out the various interests in man's life and how he want to grow and develop in business and along other lines. just so we must grow in the grace of our Lord. and Saviour Jesus Christ. It can be asked by every person who is fortunate to hear these sermons that they are a source of pleasure to sit and listen to the gospel expounded by this noted divine. Rev. J. A. Lindsey preached again at 8 p. m. to a large and representative congregation. His sermon was interesting throughout. At 3 p. m. our Sunday School had its harvest and conquest exercises preparatory to their Christmas festivities. The programs ar ranged by Prof J. H. Baldwin and his excellent corps of teachers was very good and could not be improved. Miss Viola Jor dan rendered a solo that captivated the audience and shows careful training and study. She has a rich voice, that if cultivated will be second to none in the city Miss Macedonia Martin's select reading was well rendered, proved interesting to the Negro. Mr. David F. Moses read the harvest and conquest address which was timely and pointed and wound up by reading a letter from dear old Santa Claus, which was received with pleasure by the children. The chorus of twelve small girls lead by Miss Annie Davis and Mrs. Maud Wicks was one of the best on the program. It is always a pleasure to hear Miss May Stewart render a solo. The audience had the pleasure to hear her sing on this occasion. The scholar contest for the year was awarded to the lady teachers for bringing in the largest number of new scholars. By agreement the gentlemen teachers will have to content themselves with cheese and crackers at the Christmas festivities while the ladies will have the dainties of the season. After the Sunday School classes finished their report it was found they had raised $10.33 Mrs. J. A. Lindsey leading with $8.42. Class No. 4 is to be congratulated on having such a teacher at its head. We are glad to note that our weekly official board meeting is changed from Monday nights to Thursday nights of each week. Leaders must govern themselves accordingly. The usual services will be held on tomorrow. Knights and Daughters of Tabor. On Thursday evening November 28th, The Temples and Tabernacles went to St. Philip Monumental Church to celebrate Moses Dickson day and to give the thanks to the Almighty Deity for his kind protection. The Daughters under the leadership of Mrs. W.D. Armstrong, D. G., was out in their strength. Chief Menter Sir F. J. Hilton was master of ceremonies and did credit to the occasion. D. G. M., Sir John J. Bollen made some timely remarks. Mr. E. W. Sherman carried the audience on the wings of eloquence when referring to our great founder, Moses Dickson Sir Rutledge gave notice of the conventions that are now in progress. All true hearted men and women are invited to take a part. The Temples and Tabernacles regretted very much that Rev. Branch was out of the city but were given a great surprise in the par son of Rev. Redd who wonderfully fed them with logic and much needed instructions. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor are doing splendid work and the cry is still they come. Church Notice. The Morning Star Baptist Church held its regular services at the Sisters Half, hussel St., at 11 a.m. Rev J. H. Hamilton preached a very instructive sermon which filled the hearts of the congregation with joy. Sunday school was well attended. Our pastor filled as it seemed to us with the Holy Spirit preached a soul stirring sermon on the "Attraction of the Heavenly city" This was a powerful effort and had its effect on the congregation. The services will be conducted by Pastor Haywood Sunday, 11 a.m. At 8:15 p.m. a special sermon will be preached by the pastor. All are 'in vited to these services. AMUSEMENT COLUMN. Coming Events in The Social World. A grand Leap year entertainment will be given at Masonic Temple, by White Rosc Court, No, 75 I. O. O. C. Monday night, January 13th, Tickets 15 cents. A Patriotic entertainment will be given at Harris street Hall under the auspices of the, Chatham County Emancipation Association on, Wednesday night, December 18th, for the purpose of raising means for the Emancipation celebration January 1st. Tickets 15 cents. Eastern Star Lodge No. 138 I. O. of G, 8, and D. of B, will give their late fall entertainment at Harris Street Hall, Monday night, Dec. 16th. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. A New Year breakfast will be given for the benefit of the F. A. B. Church, by the Pew Club in the lecture room of the church, New Year's Morning. Tickets 15 cents. A grand entertainment will be given by Warehouse Club No. 1 at Margaret street Hall, Monday night, December 16, tickets 15 and 25 cents. A grand new year hop will be given by the Colonial Aid and Social Club at Masonic Temple, Monday night January 6th. Tickets 15 cents. The annual Rustic Picnic of Faithful Workers Club of Beth Eden Baptist Church will be given at Masonic Temple December 16th. Tickets 15 cents. A swell dance will be given at Chatham Hall by the Western Aid and Social Club Monday night Dec 23rd. Tickets 15 cents. The Desoto Waiter-s Tuxedo Social Club will give their second annual dance at Harris Street Hall Tuesday night Dec. 17th. Tickets 55 and 50 cents. A grand Patriotic entertainment will be given at St. James A. M. E. Church, conducted by Mrs. S. A. K. Taylor, of Boston Mass., Monday night Dec 16th. Tickets 10 cents. A grand entertainment will be given at Masonic Temple by Household of, Buth No. 438 Tuesday night Dec. 17th. Tickets 25 cents DR. L. S. PARKS, 240 Barnard St., Savannah, Ga. Does all kind of high grade dental work of the best quality and workmanship. Gold crowns and bridge work. Gold 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 tec $7.00 and $3.00. Broken Places mended and teeth added to old ones for a small cost. 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Mrs. Meyers sent urgent demands for Ben's owner, Mrs. Merrill, who finally came from New Hampshire and made a part settlement of $154. Ben is still running up his board bill. Mrs. Meyers testified today that she had made repeated vain attempts to locate Mrs. Merrill.-Boston Dispatch to the New York Herald. ON THE OUTSKIRTS. Traveller: "The 9:15 train is very late again this morning, porter." Ostrich feathers can be taken every ninth month. The plumes are not, as some suppose, pulled, but are cut with a sharp knife. The stumps wither and fall out. BOTH GAINED Man and Wife Fatten on Grape-Nuts. The notion that meat is necessary for real strength and the foundation of solid flesh is now no longer as prevalent as formerly. Excessive meat eaters are usually sluggish a part of the time because they are not able to fully digest their food, and the undigested portion is changed into what is practically a kind of poison that acts upon the blood and nerves, thus-getting all through the system. 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OBJECTIVE POINT OF CRUISE The December day set for the starting of the "Practice Cruise to the Pacific" will doubtless go down in history as one of the red letter days of the American Navy, for the departure of the Atlantic fleet from Hampton Roads on its 13,000-mile journey inaugurates the most momentous undertaking of its kind that the world has ever seen. Perhaps the nearest approach to it was Rojevestensky's ill-starred journey around the Cape of Good Hope, but in strength and numbers his fleet can be compared to the mighty armament which Rear-Admiral Evans' flagship, the Connecticut, is to lead through the winding channels on their way around to the Pacific. of the Magellan Strait. Although the transfer of the fleet from ocean to ocean has been discussed as no movement of a fleet has ever been discussed before, it is probable that few yet realize just all it means. The statement that it is equivalent to the transfer from the Atlantic to the Pacific seaboard of a highly disciplined army of nearly 2,000,000 men may seem extra vagrant, but in a sense, it is less true. In a recent essay read before the Captain Bradley A. Fiske drew an analogy between battle-ships and armies in which the author asserted that a battle-ship is a much more powerful thing than an army of 100,000 men. "On land," this author said, "an army of 100,000 infantry carries 100,000 rifles. If those 100,000 rifles were all fired simultaneously, the combined energy of the bullets at the muzzle would be equal to only seven per cent, more than the energy of two twelve-inch guns in one battle-ship. And if the total energy of those 100,000 men could be concentrated, it would not be more than 25,000 horse-power, about fifty per cent, more than the horse-power of the Malno. The 100,000 men would weigh about 7200 tons, about half the weight of one large battle-ship." But, as Captain Fiske adds, the fire of 100,000 men cannot be concentrated, neither can their energy NAVAL BASE AT MAGDALENA B. nor their weight. So it would seem that the battle-ship is a machine of a higher order, possessing, in her gunfire, a greater amount of concentrable energy, in her engines an energy more than half as great as that of all the men and horses in U. S. Army Transport Service Flag. The section at the left is red, the section at the right blue, and the centre section white, with the letters in red and the insignia in blue. Arkansas Diamond Fields as Little Rock, Ark.-The diamond field discovered in Pike County, this State, is rich, according to the report of Professor Philip Schneider, geologist of the Syracuse (N.-Y.) University, who was employed by the State Department of Agriculture to make an investigation. In his report he says that, while much of the land which he's inspected is worthless, a few acres are rich producers of genuine diamonds, equaling the Kimberley mines. WARSHIPS PLAYING THEIR SEARCH-LIGHTS. for the lauise to go down a letter for the bit from 100-mile stout that perhaps as Rooney but can mighty admiral cut, is channels pacific. that army; possessing also the ability to go farther in any given length of time, and be self-supporting for a greater length of time, and possessing in her armor a protection, may be said to double her offensive strength. The author of this paper does not mean to imply that a battle-ship could do on land what 100,000 infantry could do, but that on its element, the sec., the argument is that battle-ship is more powerful than an army of 100,000 infantry on its element, the land. And that, furthermore, 100,000 men cannot march 240 miles a day, whereas a battle-ship can go 240 miles a day with ease. will年 and alone in its sturkples, cacade quirrels monbe, be, as the wounded, that can mighty admiral cut, is channels pacific. in the their wha [Image of a man in a military uniform, seated in a chair, looking to the right.] REAR-ADMIRAL EVANS, Commanding the Battle-ship Fleet. cent. Not including the six destroyers which are to accompany the fleet, and if they and leased out of count the supply and repair ships, part it of this vast armada, the total battle ship tonnage which is to make the voyage from ocean to ocean is 223- 838 tons. There are about 13,000 would men attached to the fleet and its half auxillaries, and it will require more than 6,000,000 pounds of provisions, to supply their needs throughout the con-energy required for the long voyage. These NA BAY, OBJECTIVE POINT OF CRUISE supplies include 1,200,000 pounds flour, 1,000,000 pounds fresh beef (frozen), 800,000 pounds potatoes, 300,000 pounds smoked ham, 1,000,000 pounds of vegetables, the list including turnips, cabbages, carrots, onions and asparagus, 200,000 pounds tinned corn, 200,000 pounds tinned pease, 150,000 pounds tinned tomatoes, 150,000 pounds salt pork, 110,000 pounds oatmeal, 100,000 pounds each of rice, lard, mutton and corned beef, 500,000' pounds of fruit, including apples, peaches, pears and oats, 100,000 pounds of condensed milk, 100,000 pounds of coffee, 150,000 pounds of ten, 40,000 dozen fresh eggs, 5000 pounds of mustard, 5000 pounds of pepper and 5000 pounds of salt. Nearly everything that a person can think of to eat or drink, except intoxicants, is included in the lists of supplies. In making out the lists the Navy Department officials took into consideration the fact that the ships Prof. Wm. James Finds a "Psychic Marvel" in New Hampshire Boston, Mass.—Professor William James, the Harvard psychologist, has examined the strange case of Mrs. Nellie M. Titus, of Lebanon, N. H., and has discovered in her, he says, a "psychic marvel." He gives three explanations of her power and expresses the opinion that she has a consciousness. Mrs. Titus in a trance located the body of Bertha Huz, of Endfield, who was drowned off Old Shaker Bridge nine years ago. will be at sea on Christmas, New Year's and Washington's birthday, and special dinners for those occasions have already been arranged, as is shown, by the large, number of turkeys, plum puddings, pumpkin ples, nuts, dried fruits and other delicacies named in the lists of foods required. The Navy Department realizes how long and, at times, how monotonous the voyage is going to be, and it was determined that so far as the food was concerned the men would not have any excuse to grumble. The officers of the fleet must lay in their own supply of provisions at their own expense. They may choose what they wish without reference to the provisions which the Bureau of Supply and accounts makes for enlisted men. All of the enlisted will be kept fresh by means of cold storage. Water will be distilled aboard ship. At theports new supplies can be taken aboard, but the orders of the Navy Department are that the ships be provided without reference to any stops they may make The projected cruise has already involved the purchase of nearly a quarter of a million tons of coal, and the charter of a fleet of collers which is numerically greater than the battle-ship-fleet itself. The millions of dollars which the coal and the collers cost can only be approximated, but they are many. The cruise itself bids fair to be one of absorbing interest, not only to this country and to the nations which will follow its movements as it makes its way down the great dip of sea hill which sweeps from the Line to the Horn and up the latitudes to the Dine again, but it promises to be eminently spectacular to all of those whose fortunes will be cast with the Armada. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` THE BATTLE-SHIP MISSOURI "Twould, perhaps, be "worth ten years of peaceful life, one glance at that array," as, under the eyes of the President, it moves out from Hampton Roads—sixteen superb battleships, with their attendant cortege of supply, hospital and repair ships. The stop, the stop, the stop, where the fleet will renew its supply from the fleet of collars which will be awaiting its arrival there. Then it will proceed to Rio, where another supply of coal will be taken on board from another fleet of waiting collars; and then begins the long run to Punta Arenas—one of the most dreary regions in the world, the jumping-off place—sinister as the Pit itself. Coalfire again from collars, the fleet will resume its way, massassee, Massassee, Magellan. It is expected to arrive at Callao, its next stopping place, on February 18, and at Magdalena Bay on April 6. Here it will effect a junction with the vessels of the Pacific fleet. This is expected to comprise the slx new and powerful armored cruisers of the South Dakota class; the Tennessee, and Washington, of a later and even more powerful type; the three protected cruisers, St. Michael, Milwaukee, and Tacoma; the battle-ship Oregon, that famous old dog of Santiago; the battle-ship Wisconsin, which is of the Alabama class, and the new battle- ```markdown ``` THE ARMORED CRUISER TENNESSEE. Wilmington, Del.—Rabbits are ennared by trolley cars in Delaware. The capture of many animals would be easy for the crews of the West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway. The cars are equipped with powerful lights, and when the intense rays appear, at night, rabbits make for the light. As the rays strike them, they perform all sorts of gyrations, and when hit in the eyes are completely hypnotized. THE FIGHTING, STRENGTH OF THE BATTLE-SHIP FLEET. Ships. Guns. Officers and Men Connecticut 24 881 Kansas 24 850 Louisiana 24 881 Vermont 24 881 Virginia 24 812 Georgia 24 812 New Jersey 24 812 Rhode Island 24 812 Alabama 18 713 Illinois 22 690 Kearsage 22 690 Kentucky 22 686 Ohio 20 890 Malne 20 813 Minnesota 24 881 Missouri 20 779 360 12,793 ship Nebraska, but recently commissioned. In addition to these are the four protected cruisers of the Denver class; the cruisers Chicago, Albany and the gunboat Yorktown. КАВАДИНА РАХ Map Showing Magdalena Bay, The Coaling Station Leased by Mexico to the United States. combined fleets will therefore have the following strength: Battle-ships ..... 19 Armored cruisers ..... 8 Protected cruisers ..... 9 Gunboats ..... 1 Destroyers ..... 6 Total ..... 43 This immenso armament, by far the greatest ever assembled by any nation, will be under the command of Rear-Admiral Evans. The incongruity of having so vast a force under the command of an officer with no higher rank than that of Rear-Admiral is recognized most everywhere, except in Congress. The creation of the rank of Vice-Admiral and the bestowing of it upon "Fighting Bob" would, of course, not increase the competence of that distinguished officer; but the rank would be a more fitting one for the commander-in-chief of this mighty fleet. Upon the junction of the fleets in Magdalena Bay, the present program contemplates a series of extenuated maneuvers between combined forces to target practice, including the firing of the guns when the ships are in a rough sea, and record practice when they are in smooth water. The vast armament will be divided into two fleets, and the fleets sub-divided into squadrons and divisions. This story of the projected cruise of the fleet may well leave it in Magdalena Bay, for no prophet may tell where it will go from there. Some official utterances have laid its course north to San Francisco; whereas some others, unofficial, have plotted its track to the Philippines and thence around the world via the Suez Canal and home. Professors Calls Fraternity Chicago. — Charles W. French branded high school fraternity houses as "instruments of the devil" and a "plague spot," and the fraternities as being surrounded by a score or more of degenerating influences. "Who-that has seen the chapter-house open_day, and night, with its tobacco and profanity and too often orgles lasting into the small hours, can fall to see a vicious influence which tends to ruin those who participate," he said. Experiments have recently been made to prove that sugar is valuable ingredient in mortar and cement, having strong blinding qualities. Equal quantities of finely powdered lime of a very common kind were mixed with an equal quantity of good brown sugar, with the addition of water, and the result was a cement of exceptional strength. This has been tried at Peterborough Cathedral, two large pieces of stone of the broken tracery of a window having been joined firmly together by sugared mortar. The severest test is joining glass, which gives no hold to mortar without the use of sand; yet this has been successfully done. The fact appears to be certain that sugar produces an extraordinary effect on lime when the latter has been allowed to fall into a fine powder and has been thoroughly slacked. Particles of unslacked lime would destroy the result, because of their expansion, which would make the mortar lita. The sugar mortar thus made will be found to be as good as Portland cement, and the only question, therefore, is one of cost. It is even probable that Portland cement itself would be made much stronger by the addition of sugar. Treacle might have the same effect—Detroit News Tribune. More Reading Matter. "Martha Smith, the village postmistress, is in a fine humor," conided the rural mail carrier. "Going to get a raise in salary?" asked the city boarder. "Noppe! That wouldn't please her half as much as the new postalkyards." "New postal cards?" "Yea but! Since people are allowed to write on both sides of them Martha has had twice as much to read every mail."—Chicago News THEIR PITEALL. 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At drunken Mr. Mason rubbed the edges of the sunshade with discriminating fingers while his wife listened to the saleswoman's enumeration of its good points. "This is ten dollars, isn't it?" he asked. "Oh, no," replied the saleswoman reproachfully; "it is nine dollars and eighty-nine cents." "She seems to regard the seven cents as particularly inviolate wonder why?" whispered Mr. Mason to his wife. "Not at all," said Mrs. Mason, mild heat; "nothing inviolate it. Only, very naturally, it. The girl not to have you perceive that you were getting a bargain." NO TIME FOR SCRUPLES "I notice that in some of the down east towns they recommend pepper for strawberries to increase their digestibility." "Well, any man who will think about digestibility, where a strawberry deserves to eat, per alone."—Cleveland, Plainfield Sunday* School Teacher Mary Willie Wilson! Fighting team Didn't last Sunday's lesson the that when you are struck on the you ought to turn the roller striker! Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching on the above theme, at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, Hamburg avenue and 'Welrfeld street,' the Rev. Ira.Wemmell Henderson, pastor, took as his text, Luke 24:31:38. "And their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, was not our heart burning within us while He spake to us in the way." He said: If there is any one thing for which I am at all envious it is that I might have had in God's providence, the same opportunity that these men had to talk face to face, with Jesus; to have had an intimate, personal, humanly perceived, knowledge, of His reality in the bodily sense. If there is any particular men of whom I am envious, it is those disciples, who, from time to time, went with Jesus on His ministering tours; who knew Him, as we do not know Him—since He has gone hence; those men who heard His voice, who could look up into His face while He spoke to them, who could hear Him in the accents of their own language, which they were able to understand with the human. And while I am cognizant of the fact that we can get just as close to Jesus, spiritually and personally, as these men ever got in a bodily and material sense, there is to me a peculiar charm wrapped around their lives, owing to the fact that they talked with Him, that they really held conversation with the Lord and could see Him and understand Him and love Him as a man: You know how these two men were walking by the way when Jesus came and spoke to them and interpreted to them the Scriptures. They were unable to see Him, because He was then to be discerned only spiritually. And after a few moments their eyes he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to the other, "Was not our heart burning within us as He spoke to us in the way?" There are a great many Christian people who have never heard Jesus speak to them; who have not the faintest sort of idea of what it means to have communion with our Lord; people who have no spiritual perception; who are but babes spiritually; who have not had their eyes opened to the compulsion of spiritual things; who have realized they should have—that Jesus is continually speaking to them by the way. Their eyes are closed, because they have never gotten spiritual power. It is a peculiar thing about Christianity, that you cannot tell whether the Lord can be spiritually discerned until you get into spiritual relations with the Lord. You cannot tell what was the spirit that thrilled and throbbled through the hearts of these men, until your own heart has been throbbing and thrilling with the heart that you have been talking with the Lord. But as soon as you have had a definite and eventual communion with the Lord, you begin to understand what was the feeling of those men who talked with Christ and, whose hearts burned within them. I am not to define to you this morning what ought to be your spiritual experience. Some of us think that we ought to hear some voice speaking, audibly, to us; that we ought to have some oral communication that will strike upon our ears and convey a definite, distinct impression. But the very moment that you are conscious of committing a wrong act or that you are doing right before God, that very moment He is speaking to you by the way. The very moment that you can these Gospels, writings and explanations and explifications of what Jesus did moment your soul is filled with the dyline glory and illumination, you may be just as sure that He is speaking to you, as that He spoke to those two going to Emmans. I do not think it is necessary for you to have a cold shoulder up and down your backs in order that you may have a real knowledge in the flesh that you have been talking with a Dyline power. I think our Christian life is susceptible to a great deal of sense and much nonsense. I do not think we need any more visions of men than we get in the world around us, than we get in the faith and Jesus Christ. I do not think that you need to be station that the Lord is speaking to you as you go in the way, than you have when you feel that the Scriptures are illuminated to you; when you hear the still, small voice commending you when you do right or admonishing you when you do wrong. I believe that God gave us brains and that He talks to us with our understanding; that God gave us hearts and speaks to us through our emotions. When we are lifted up into transcendental heights—of which it may be difficult to tell our experience God is then speaking to us. There is not one of us, however weak in faith, who as not from time to time been lifted up out of the senses and the sensuous of the eternal. There are times when it has exceeded that we have taken flight from the body, have taken leave of the senses, and are lifted out of ourselves. And while I believe that that is purely emotional, yet it is for you and me just as much of a vision of the Divine reality as we shall ever get this side of Heaven. It is a different thing to know about Christ, than to know Christ, I can refer you to all sorts of books in my library which will attempt to tell you all about Christ. This Bible will tell you all about Christ, but it can never give you an experimental knowledge of Christ; that is something, which no man or book can give or take away. Scriptures may tell you what is the God to you, but that is only to know about Him. It is quite a different thing to be able to say, "I know Him, for I have had a vision of Jesus, revealing and ministering the love of God to me." I may read to you from day- light to dark, about the love of God, about the wondrous sacrifice on Calvary, and all that it means to men; but if you have not the love of God in your own heart; if you do not know that, Calvary is your own knowledge, you do not know anything about it experimentally. All that you know is hearsay. You may go into the realm of other things than spiritual and you another word for much truth, and you are humanly constituted, it is, necessary that we should take a great deal of truth on the testimony of others. I do not pretend to be an expert on electricity or economics. I go to a man who has experimental knowledge, of these things, in whom I can trust, and take his word for it. So it is thorough all the realm of nature. But when you come to spiritual things, the only thing that is of any-use to you is a first hand knowledge. I care not how much you may be able to philosophize. "You may do that, from; the, Scriptures, The heathen can build a system of philosophy on that Book. But it is for more necessary'd have a life that is founded on divine realities." Is care not how much you may know about the Scriptures, about Christ from the testimony of other people, the thing that is important to me is your heart burning, within you as you walk by, the way, while the Lord is speaking to your soul? O, my friends, let us not be deceived: Christ can speak to you today just as powerfully, just as uplittingly and just as burningly, as ever. He spoke to the disciples. Christ can speak to you, in words adapted to your peculiar need; just as much as when He spoke to Moses in the burning bush. He will reveal, Himself to you, just as truly as any patriarch ever got a vision of God. I am weary of the way the church of Christ goes back to the Fathers. May we have the Christian foresight and brains and ability to turn our faces to God and learn from Him. I am a great believer in giving all homage to those who have gone before. The knowledge of to-day is very largely founded on what is left. to us by those who have antedated us—it is the consumption of an ever-increasing progress. But the only way that those who lived before us grew in knowledge was by turning their own faces, give them illumination, knowledge of the truth. And if we have any progress at all in spiritual things we must be willing to have a divine purpose to lead us aright, even as He led the patriarchs. I do not mean to say that we are perfect, that we have no-reason for contrietiveness of heart—but we be littlet ourselves. Some people think that the power of God stopped in the hearts of men, with Jesus and Paul. Some people have more faith in Abraham and Moses than they have in the men of their own day. A man of our day and age who bears upon his face the marks of divinity and of inspiration and of power, a man who is. in all things just as good as Abraham, should receive just as much recognition from his world as Abraham gets. Why on the basis of common knowledge what the wisdom of Abraham compared with the wisdom of to-day; the enlightenment, the spiritual power of the patriarchs compared with what we have with Christ in our hearts? And yet, we are more willing to accept the dieta of Moses or Abraham than of Beecher or Spurgeon. I understand just what Jesus meant when He said, "A prophet is not without honor save in his own country." There He was, a man in His own day and age outranking any man who ever lived, in spiritual things; and yet they said, "Is not this the carpenter's Son from down yonder in Nazareth??" "Why, out of that town no good can come; that man knoweth nothing." We in our day and age hall Jesus Christ and the revelation of God in His truth and the revelation of God in his to-day who are just as much inspired as Abraham was ever inspired, who are just as much filled with the Spirit of God as was Abraham, and more so; men who have a better and wider knowledge of the truth of God; men who live, lives which are nobler. But they are not trusted. Let us have some sort of confidence that God is able to lead us-to-day even as He led our fathers and the patriarchs. You may try; to down that if you will. But, my friends, unless the church of Jesus Christ begins to give men a God who is ruling in the world today a God who is lifting men in the world and a God who is just as powerful in your life and mind; any other man's, you will see that the Presbyterian and the Baptist and the Methodist and the Congregational and all the other churches will be swept out of existence that men may get for themselves in some way, under some other organization, the truth of God. I know there is a good deal of talk, and a good deal of trouble in the hearts of men, in the church to-day, lest various organizations outside of the church should cripple us. But let us read in the movings of the people away from us the signs of the times. Let us read the handwriting in the heavens. Let us see in the workings of God to-day, a God who is just as powerful as He ever was in Palestine. The time is coming when the church of Jesus Christ must get its eyes opened spiritually. Personally, I cannot,believe all the things that I hear. I do not like the philosophy of certain cults; I do not believe their logic is correct in many points; but you will find that there is in the higher, intellectual classes of men today a desire to have a God who is powerful. God is just as powerful in their lives as they are in the lives of the prophets. Let us give to men a God who will speak to them by the way. Let us lead men to a Comforter who will make their hearts burn as they walk through life, a God who is ever present, around about them, and within them. Let us tell men that it is one thing to know about the glory, and the love of God, and another thing to know the beauty and the loveliness of the Father. Let us lead men to comprehend that it is one thing to know that God is your fellow by the way; that He is your fellow by the way; and quite by the different thing to have Him speak to you by the way. appeal to, the Well, Informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accordingly it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elliott of Bean is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally, and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are, known to, and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objectionable substances. 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The resul- the committee on finance to investigate and report to the senate as follows: First—Whether the issue of certificates of indebtedness bearing 3 per cent interest, bids for which were invited by the secretary of the treasury, November 18, 1907., were for the purpose of borrowing money "to meet public expenditures," as provided by section 32 of the act approved June 15, 1895, and if not, whether there is any warrant of law for the issue of said certificates. Second—Whether the issue of the $50,000,000 of bonds of the Panama canal loan, blinds for which were called for by the secretary of the treasury, November 18, 1907, was required to "defray the expenses of said canal, there being at the time when both of these loans were made upwards of $200,000,000 in the treasury for current expenditures." Third—Whether any legislation is necessary to protect the people and business interests of the country from the issue of unlawful money, if clearing house certificates are such as to prevent the illegal increase of the public debt in time of peace. The second series of resolutions directs the finance committee "to investigate and report to the senate as soon as practicable" on the following points: First—Whether clearing house certificates with which the country is now flooded, have been issued under authority of the law, or contrary to the same. Second—Whether the issuing of said certificates by an association of banks, both state and national, and the use of the same as money subjects such certificates or notes to the tax of 10 per cent provided in section 3412, United States revised statutes. Third—Whether it would be permissible under the law, as it is, for an association of banks, warehouses and elevators to issue certificates based on cotton, wheat and tobacco, stored in such warehouses and elevators, and fully insured, to be used as money in marketing said crops in the same way as clearing. house certificates are now used. Scrappy Time Occurred In Cullman Town, Alabama. Cullman county, Alabama, where Germans are almost in majority, was in the throes of a prohibition election Monday. For a while scrappy times were on Monday in Cullman Town, growing out of the refusal of Sheriff Casey to allow the women of the town to put up a tent in the court house yard to serve refreshments. In the excitement a telegram was sent to the governor asking for troops, there being fears that a riot might follow. LMIGRANT6 REACH SAVANNAH. Steamer Eugenia Arrives from Europe With 725 on Board. The steamship Eugenia arrived at Savannah Tuesday afternoon with 725 immigrants, 150 of whom are to be distributed from Savannah. A few will remain in Chatham county. The greatest number, however, will go to Brooks county. The remainder will be equally distributed in Lowndes, Dooley, Decatur, Bulloch, Effingham, Bibb and Muscogee counties. REPORT OF THE GINNERS. Up to December First 8,333,000 Bales Were Turned Out. The crop reporting board of the bureau of census, issued at Washington Monday shows the number of bales of cotton shipped to December 1 is 8,338,000 bales. This compares with 10. TOM DINES WITH TED. Noted Georgian Conferee With President and Says Greenbacks, Will Solve Financial Question. A Washington special says: Hon. Thomas E. Watson was the guest of President Roosevelt Monday at luncheon and discussed financial laws and legislation. He told the president of his conviction that the whole trouble could be settled by an issue of greenbacks, and recalled the fact that civil war acts authorizing greenbacks were still on the statute books. In discussing his views, Mr. Watson said to a number of newspaper men that he was totally at variance with the financial theories of Mr. Bryan. He opposes the whole national bank system and thinks it would be particularly dangerous for the government to undertake to guarantee national bank deposits. He favors the postal savings banks, and believes their adoption would prove of immense benefit to the people everywhere. Following his lunch'on at the white house, Mr. Watson would not divulge what transpired, further than to state the general subjects on which the conversation turned. He said the occasion was in every way most pleasant. In an interview with the correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution after the conference with President Roosevelt, Mr. Watson said, in part: "So far as paper currency is concerned, it is a question of whether the government will use the national credit for the benefit of all the people, or whether six thousand national bankers shall be allowed to use it for their own exclusive profit. "National bank currency is based upon government bonds, and the bonds of course rest upon the power and the wealth of the nation. Whoever buys the bonds becomes a national credit, and when the bondholder is allowed to issue one hundred dollars in notes against every one hundred dollars of the bonds, he is using the nation's credit to support his own notes. The bonds are untaxed and the notes pay no tax, for while the government collects a nominal 1-2 of 1 per cent tax, it is well understood that the proceeds of this tax do not cover the actual expenses of maintaining the currency bureau, safekeeping the bonds, engraving the notes and supervising the operations of the banks. "Consequently the national banker enjoys at the public expense the following advantages: "The one hundred dollars invested in bonds bears him interest, and this interest is paid in advance. Thus he has principal and interest working for him at the same time. Besides, the one hundred dollars issued to him in notes brings him compound interest at the highest legal rate, if no more. Suppose he gets 8 per cent; then he earns $80 on each thousand dollars of the notes which have cost him nothing! When the government anticipates the interest, the national banker has three dollars to put out at compound interest to every dollar actually invested. "When it is remembered that he pays no tax whatever, and that his investment in the bonds is insured by the government against all change, it is easy to realize what avast advantage he enjoys over other citizens. "The bond, of itself, is a good investment, because a capitalist thereby puts accumulation's where they are guaranteed by the government, and where they contribute nothing toward the expenses of town, county, state or nation." UNCLE SAM BUYS SILVER. Takes 400,000 Ounces at Fraction Over 55 Cents Per Ounce. The treasury department at Washington Monday purchased 400,000 ounces of silver at 56.372 cents per fine ounce, 100,000 ounces to be delivered to each of the mints in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Denver and New Orleans. MANY CITIES SEEK HONOR. Warm Contest Over Place for Next Democratic National Convention. According to Washington dispatches, indications point to a lively fight before the democratic national committee by several cities for the honor of entertaining the democratic national convention of 1908. Chicago, Denver, Cleveland and Louisville are after the convention and each will put up an active contest. PORT ARTHUR HERO ON TRIAL. Stoessel and Other Russ Generals Arraigned Before Courtmartial. Generals Stoessel, Fock and Reiss, charged with the joint responsibility of surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese, were placed on trial at St. Petersburg Tuesday. They turned their defense into a furious attack on the war mkilistry. In denying their guilt, the accused say the fortress was so ill-equipped, underprovisioned, poorlyarmed that effective defense was im Some of the lodges have already held election. No delay should be made in forwarding reports to the Grand Master and to the Grand Secretary. The first report of election that we received was from Western Light Lodge at Walthourville. This lodge has failed to comply with orders by not giving the postoffice addresses of the officers. The reports are no good to us if the addresses are not given. Brethren, be careful and do not omit anything. Of all the Grand Lodge officers, not one is more busy than Brother W. C. Thomas, our efficient secretary and treasurer of the relief department. He is now engaged in making out policies for the thousands of Masons in the state who are forwarding their applications through their lodges. Officers of lodges must remember distinctly that this is the month for them to forward the dollar, for each member for a policy in the relief department. Do not delay in this matter; the sooner that the amount is forwarded the more advantage will be given the members Have any of the members thought of the great benefit that a policy in the relief department would be in event of death? At present our maximum amount for benefit is $300. At 25c per month a member would have to live one hundred years before paying back that amount. The average length of life of our membership is twenty years. In that number of years at 25c per month only $60 would have been paid, and at death our beneficiaries will receive $300 or $240 clear on the investment. What thoughtful brother would refuse to sing loudly the praise of this department. In legislating about affairs of the order, especially where it effects another brother, we so often forget the principle of the order. In all of our actions the tenets of the order should be constantly before our eyes. Immediately after The Grand Lodge communication, the lodges responded well to the order, of two dollars for the painting of the home. Nearly 200 lodges have failed to comply with the request. Officers of these lodges should see that the amount is forwarded immediately to the Grand Secretary. Don't forget the duty that each Mason owes to the Home. One part of the assessment is now due. It is only fifty cents a year that each of us has to pay for the support of the widows and orphans, or less than one cent a week. Who is so selfish as to begrudge giving this small pittance for this noble cause? Brethren, always remember that a Mason's charity is extensive. We must not say it alone, but we must put our savings into action. Send us news for this column. Send so that we can receive same on Tuesday morning. Always write plainly on one sheet of the paper and what you have to say make it short. Brother W. S. Brickle of Crispus Attucks Lodge writes us that his lodge is in full accord with the endowment and will make a full showing to Brother Thomas. He gives a glowing account of Brother A. Hill's conversion. Open the lodge promptly at hour set for opening. Keep your halls neat and clean. Have a few Masonic magazines on desk in Tyler's room. Don't let the work drag; keep everything moving. Give the visiting brother a hearty welcome—make him feel that he is among friends and brothers. "Freemasonry should strengthen our faith, intensify our love and teach us to exercise charity in word and deed to all mankind. We should carry out in life what we teach in our lodge rooms, and the day dream of our hearts should be to so fashion our words that wherever we are or whatever we do, may be emblematic of the pillars of truth that support our beloved fraternity." Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 7. The Stringer Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons held its 32nd annual session in this city during the past week, and over a thousand delegates from all parts of the state were present. Rev. E. W. Lampton, D. D., of Greenville, presided. He has held the position of grand master for a number of years, and is also financial secretary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church with headquarters in Washington. D. C. The Grand Lodge is one of the largest, wealthiest and most aggressive organizations in the country. Each session was interesting and good advice was given the members of the craft by Dr. Lampton. His annual address was pronounced a literary gem by those who heard it. He is one of the strongest men in the entire south. The report of-Hon, E. E. Perkins of Edwards showed that over 111,000 were in good standing and the receipts of the Masonic Benefit Association, of which he is treasurer, during the past year had been $166,360.10, and had paid to widows and orphans $117,460.27, leaving a balance of $18,919.93. He also spoke of the 11,000 acres of land-pur chased in the Delta a few years ago, being valued at $40,000. Grand Master Lampton was presented with a gold watch, purchased in London, England, at a cost of $1,000. Hon. John W. Strahran was chairman of the committee which made the purchase, and the presentation speech was made by Hon. L. J. Winston of Greenville. It is an unusual timepiece, as one can tell time in the dark as well as in the light. It strikes the time, hour, then the minutes past the hour. DEPENDS ON HARRIMAN'S LUCK. Ownership of Central of Georgia Rail- way Will Soon Develop. A New York special says: If things fall right for E. H. Harriman in his fight for the control of the Illinois Central with Stuyvesant Fish, December 18, the ownership of the Central of Georgia will be cleared up and actual names made public. It can be stated, however, as a fact that Mr. Harriman already owns, in his own name, or controls $5,000,000 of the stock which was disposed of by the Southern, and which Marsden J. Perry and Oakleigh Thorne secured. A glance at the railroad map of the south will readily show what the acquisition of the Central of Georgia means to the Harriman Interests if that gentleman retains his grip on the Illinois Central. Physical connection at Birmingham giving an outlet to the Atlantic with exceptionally good dock and terminal facilities are assured his great system. If he loses his control of the Illinois Central, the Central of Georgia will not be of much use to him, and it may change hands again. STEGALL WAS ONLY JOKING Judge Jones Exonerates Alabama Solicitor in Alleged Contempt Case. Henry D. Stegall, solicitor of the third Alabama circuit, cited by Judge Thomas G. Jones of the United States court, on charges of contempt, appeared in the office of the judge in Montgomery Monday morning; related the conversation he had with the deputy marshal, and was cleared of any offense toward the tribunal. Mr. Stegall made a statement of just what happened when the deputy accosted him to serve the railroad injunction orders. He said his remarks were jocular and his intentions were in no sense to the discredit of the orders of the court. The showing was so plain that Judge Jones did not hesitate to express his belief in the entire disinclination of Mr. Stegall to "misbehave." The citing of Stegall grew out of the service upon him as solicitor of the orders of the federal court. It was said that Stegall told the deputy marshal that he would have the sheriff arrest him if he tried to serve the papers. TO TEST THIRD TERM IDEA. Clayton of Alabama Asks the House to Go on Record. Representative Henry D. Clayton of Alabama wishes the house to 'go on record as opposed to the Roosevelt third term boom. That was the purpose-of a resolution introduced by him Monday. A similar resolution was passed in the forty-fourth congress in the effort to defeat President Grant's third term aspirations. The measure was presented by Representative Springer of Illinois and passed on December 15, 1875, by a vote of 233 to 18, with 35 members not voting. The house was democratic and Kerr of Indiana was speaker. Many republicans who were unfriendly to Grant and opposed to the third term idea, supported it. Speaker Cannon is said to favor the Clayton resolution, and its author hopes enough republicans will support it to have a record vote, but the speaker, despite his personal preference, may not permit the actual vote to be taken. WORK OF THE BLACK HAND. Dagoes at New Orleans Use Dynamite Against Enemy. An effort was made in New Orleans early Friday to dynamite the grocery store of Charles Graffini, an Italian. The booth struck the sidewalk and exploded without doing further damage than the shattering of windows. Graffini was a member of the Italian vigilance committee which was instrumental in running down, capturing and convicting a number of Italians implicated in the kidnapping and murder of eight-year-old Walter Lamana last June. TROOPS ARRIVE AT GOLDFIELD. Were Well Received by Crowd of Citizens—No Disorder Reported. At 12:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon an engine and six cars of the first section of the train conveying United States troops to the gold camp arrived in Goldfield, Stepping on the platform Colonel Reynolds, who is in command of the soldiers, found that a committee, representing the mine owners' association had been swaiting his arrival. DEADLY HORROR GROWS. Fifty-Three Corpses Taken from the Wrecked Mina Up to Sunday Night. But fifty-three bodies had been recovered from mines Nos. 6 and 8 of the Fairmont Coal company at Mononga, W. Va., when darkness closed over the little town Sunday night. Fifty-six hours had elapsed since the awful explosion and a majority of the bodies brought to the surface were in in a terrible condition, necessitating almost immediate burial. It is now believed that the number of dead will not be over four hundred. A thorough investigation was made by the company Sunday, and it was discovered that many miners believed to have been entombed had escaped because they had not gone to work Friday after Thursday's holiday. Shortly after 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon fire broke out again in mine No. 8, and the rescuers were at once ordered to the surface. Thousands of sightseers from the surrounding towns had gathered about the openings. Through-megaphones the crowds were notified of the fire and the danger of another explosion, but they refused to leave, and it was with great difficulty that the special police assisted by many mines forced these people to seek places of safety. Efforts were then directed toward extinguishing the fire, and it was subdued within a few hours when the work of rescue was again taken up. About 40 per cent of the entombed men are Americans. Nearly 400 coffins reached Monogah Saturday from Pittsburg and West Virginia cities. All saloons in Monongah have been closed since the explosion, and the 6,000 miners employed in other mines in the vichity have suspended work and tendered their assistance to the rescuing parties. There are between 5,000 and 6,000 inhabitants in the mining town of Monongah, and it is doubtful if in this entire population there are a score of persons who have not either a near relative or a close friend numbered among the victims of the disaster. C. W. Watson, president of the Consolidation Coal company, dictated the following statement: "The accident is deperable from any standpoint. It was entirely unexpected. As yet we do not know the exact cause of the explosion. It might have resulted from a blown-out shot igniting a pocket of gas. About 50 per cent of the mine accidents of the country are caused in this manner. It is probable the present one resulted from the same cause. We will conduct a rigid investigation. Investigations, however, will not benefit the dead miners. Their families will be looked after. The company is being extended to all newspaper men in order that the general public may be accurately informed as to the disaster. We have nothing to conceal, and are pleased to give whatever information we can." IMMIGRATION AGREEMENT Reached Between Jap Representatives and Ambassador O'Brien. Advices from Tokio state that there is reason to believe that the entire question of immigration of Japanese to America has been satisfactorily settled, at least for the present, by the series of conferences which have been held between United States Ambassador O'Brien and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hayashi. It is understood that the representative of the Japanese government outlined a plan by which it is agreed to limit emigration to students and commercial men having means of support, and entirely to prevent Japanese laborers from migrating to America. BANKS TO FINANCE COTTON. Texas Crops Shipped to Galveston Will Be Taken Care Of. Arrangements were made in Chicago Saturday to finance the entire cotton crop of Texas at a conference between Galveston banking houses and President J. D. Neill of the Farmers' Union. The farmers by shipping their cotton to Galveston can receive an advance payment in New York exchange. Twenty dollars a bale will be advanced if he wants his cotton held subject to his order. If left to be sold at the discretion of the bankers, he will receive $30 a bale. TO PROSECUTE HOTEL KEEPERS. Sunday Closing Law Will Be Tested in Windy City. Warrants were issued at Chicago on Monday by Munlepal Judge Sadler for the keepers of 29 large hotels in the city, charging them with violation of the Sunday closing laws. The warrants were sworn in by Daniel L. Cruce, an attorney who promised prosecution Concerning mud stains. Mud stains on dark cloths should be allowed to dry before any attempt is made to rub them off. Very often atter drying the mud will come right off with a good brushing and leave little or no mark—New York Journal. In the Bath. In the West Indies the lemon bath is almost a daily luxury. The juice of three or four lemons or limes are sliced into a tub of water, and allowed to stand half an hour or so before using, that the juice of the fruit may have a chance to permeate the entire bath. The deliciousness of such a tubbing must be tried to be appreciated, affording, as it does, a feeling of most invigorating freshness, while the skin becomes delightfully supple and smooth—Washington Star. Hair Wash and Tonic. As a hair wash and tonic it also excels. For the wash cut a large juicy lemon in half. Dip the head in a large bowl of tepid water, while the lemon is rubbed over the scalp and among the roots of the hair. Soak and rub the hair thoroughly, then rinse well in water of the same temperature. Dry at once with vigorous rubbing, and there will be no danger of taking cold. No soap is required. The acid of the lemon removes dust and grease, leaving the hair pliable and glossy.—Washington Star. The first thing to be done for a person suffering from nerve exhaustion is to adopt a dietary and a habit of life that will rebuild the nerve cells. The lost energy must be gently and slowly "coaxed" back—not through medicines, but through proper environment, proper employment and proper food. The dietary should be simple and nutritious, abounding in lettuce, parsley and the fresh green edibles in season. It is unnecessary to say that active stimulants should be entirely eschewed. Pittsburg Dispatch. Test the Heat of an Oven. To judge of the heat of an oven try the oven every ten minutes with a piece of white paper. If too hot the paper will blaze up or blacken; when the paper becomes dark brown—rather darker than ordinary meat pie crust—the oven is fit for small pastry. When light brown—the color of nice pastry—it is ready for tarts. When the paper turns dark yellow you can bake bread, large meat pies or pound cake, while if it is just tinged the oven is fit for sponge cake and for meringues.—Boston Post. Recipes. Lemon Turnovers—Julice of one lemon, one cup sugar, one chopped egg, one rolled cracker, one cup chopped ralsins. Mix together and bake in a rich pie crust. German Fried potatoes—Slice about 6 raw potatoes and 2 small onions, put in a spider with slices of salt peas and a little salt (a small handful) and put a dish over it and let it cook and steam or about half an hour, or till done. Salad Tartare—Parbell the oysters in their own liquor; lift out carefully, lay flat on a plate-and put on the ice thoroughly chilled. Make a cupful of mayonnaise dressing; add to it a quarter of a cupful each of chopped oysters, pickles and capers and a tablespoonful each of chopped onion and parsley. When ready to serve place the oysters on crisp lettuce leaves, with the mayonnaise, tartare heaped on top. Spaghetti - Boll together one and a half pounds of hamburger steak, one can tomatoes, two onions chopped into two large green peppers chopped, pepper and salt to the mixture, and one half hour of spaghetti in separate kettles until tender; drain the spaghetti and put on a large meat platter. Spread the pot of meat andables next, as a layer, and grate cheese on top. Kipling—Mix half a tablespoon each of flour and curry powder, a little cream until smooth. Mix tablespoonful of butter in a large pan; add a tablespoonful of minced onion and a teaspoonful grated apple, and simmer gently a few minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and add the flour and half a pint of cream, and gently fifteen minutes; add a pint drained oysters, and cook just the gills curl. Serve in a border of boiled rice. Cup Plates. "These cup plates assure this 100-year old china service real thing," said an antiquary stopped making cup plates 100 ago. "Cup plates," he went on how table manners change, you know what they were for were to hold your dripping tea—after you had poured it into the saucer to drink, that the cloth should not be "Yes, in the past everybody hot tea from the saucer — King queens, emperors and generals with a gurgling sound, tilted saucer with careful haliers lips. The cup meanwhile, with the cup plate." — Minneapolis The tourist In Madagascar by the flansana, who from two poles six feet a seat and foot rest. : = == = te Ze