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VOL. XXIII. FIVE DIE IN WRECK Fast Passenger Collides With Double-Header Freight. MANY NARROWLY ESCAPE Those Killed Were All Members of the Train Crews—Dense Fog Hid Signal of Wrongly-Turned Switch. Speeding through a dense fog at 10 miles an hour, Grand Trunk passenger train No. 5, which left Port Huron shortly before 7 o'clock Friday night for Detroit, collided head-on with a double-header freight train, half a mile north of Lenox, Mich. Five trainmen met death, four being killed instantly, the fifth dying three hours later. All of the passengers escaped serious injury. The killed were Engineer Bennett of the passenger, Engineer Bohowski of the first freight engine, Fireman Boughner, Fireman Albert McCall, Switchman W. G. Taylor. The passenger locomotive plowed under the engines of the double-hader and the trainmen were buried in the wreckage. Their bodies were terribly mangled and scalded by the escaping steam. Englester Fred Haug and Fireman Washburn of the second freight engine escaped death. Haug was caught in his cab, but was taken out unhurt. Washburn jumped and was only very slightly injured. All the dead trainmen lived in Detroit. The freight train had switched from the main track to a siding to allow the passenger to pass. It is alleged that the switch was not properly closed and on account of the heavy fog which prevailed the passenger could not see that the target was set against them. Denver Girl Defies Parental Opposition and Takes Red Man as Choice. News has been received in Denver, Cal., that Miss Cora Marie Arnold, of that city, was married Monday, December 23, in Santa Fe, N. M., to Albino Chavaria, a full-blooded Indian. The wedding ends a romance which began five years ago during the mountain and plain festival, when a number of Indians were brought to the city. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Rendon, a Presbyterian clergyman, and was witnessed by the sisters of the bride, Misses Lillian and Geneva Arnold of Denver. Chavarria is chief of the Santa Clara Indians, a tribe of the Pueblos in New Mexico. With a large number of his tribesmen he was in camp in the city park in Denver five years ago, when Miss Arnold saw him and immediately formed an attachment for him. After frequent visits to the camp Miss Arnold invited the Indian to call at her home. She lived at the time in a fashionable flat with her sisters and her stepfather "George Wilder." The Indian's first visit to his sweetheart was the cause of a disagreement between her and the remaining members of her family. Objection was made only to the Indian race, his character being above reproach. In April, 1905, Mr. Wilder jumped overboard from a steamer in the Gulf of Mexico and was drowned. He left a will in which he disinherited the present Mrs. Chavarria because of her refusal to give up her present Indian lover. The sisters of Miss Arnold finally consented to the marriage and one month ago they went with hes to New Mexico. Chavarria is full civilized, religious, fairly well-educated and well-to-do. He owns a large farm near Taos, N. M., which he cultivates himself. BOOKKEEPER AN EMBEZZLER. Made Way With $35,000 of Firm's Cash and is Arrested. On complaint of the New Jersey Boller company of Boonton, N. J., Samuel H. Debrell was arrested and placed in Morristown jail charged with the embezzlement of $35,000. Debrell was employed as a bookkeeper by the company and was arrested as a result of an examination of his books Friday at his home in Norfolk, Va. FURNITURE PLANT BURNED. Flames at Shreveport, La., Entail Loss of $125,000. Fire, believed to be of incendiarly, origin, early Friday morning, completely destroyed the plant of the Union City Furniture Manufacturing company Shreveport, La. The loss is placed $125,000, Insurance, $50,000. The Savannah Tribune. BARRETT MISQUOTED, National President of Farmers' Union Brands Alleged Interview a Fake Pure and Simple. National President Charles S. Barrett of the Farmers Union is much incensed at a recent editorial in the Savannah Morning News, based on an alleged interview with him at Greenville, S. C. The interview quoted President Barrett as stating that 8,000,000 bales of cotton are being held off the market by farmers generally, and The News in its editorial drew the conclusion that if such were the case, with the 5,500,000 bales already marketed, there would be at least a crop of 13,500,000 bales, not including the cotton not yet ginned. President Barrett was naturally indignant, both that he should have been quoted without authority and that a false interview should have been used as the basis of editorial conclusions. "Not only did I not say anything of the kind," President Barrett said, "but I gave no interview to any newspaper man in Greenville on any subject. "I was busy in the office of State Secretary-Treasurer B. F. Earle in Greenville when L. A. Watson came to me and said there were a number of newspaper men outside who wanted an interview. I sent word that I was very busy and did not have time to see them, and in addition that I had nothing to say. "That was' my only experience with newspaper men on the occasion of my visit to Greenville, and I felt surprised and outraged when shown by one of my associates an editorial from the Savannah Morning News, quoting me as saying that the farmers generally were holding 8,000,000 bales of cotton off the market. "Not only was the interview' false from beginning to end, but I have never at any time given for publication any expression of my opinion as to the amount of cotton being held or to the extent of the crop. "Why a man would be a fool to make any such statement as that, and I cannot conceive of the writer of the editorial believing that I made any such statement when he commented on it as he did. "Whenever I have anything to say about the cotton crop or any of the affairs of the Farmers' Union I shall make the statement over my signature, as I have consistently done in the past. "The trouble is, there are a lot of newspapers in various parts of the country which are pretending friendship for the Farmers' Union, but which are not letting slip any opportunity to attack us — not even that afforded by the fake interview. "I do not know who is responsible for the interview, but I do know that it is a fake pure and simple, and it ought not to have taken, any great amount of discernment to discover its falsity." BEER POURED INTO GUTTER. Over Two Thousand Barrels Emptied In Oklahoma City. Twenty-three hundred barrels of beer, valued at $17,500, belonging to the new state brewery, was poured into the sewers of Oklahoma City Monday, by United States Internal Revenue Collector Howard. The-brew was completed after Oklahoma became a state. The state authorities would not permit its sale and shipment from the state. PEACE DINNER PULLED OFF. Delegates to Pacificic Conference Dine in Washington. What was termed a "peace" dinner was given in Washington Monday night by the delegates to the recent peace conference of the Central American republics in celebration of the conclusion of an agreement of amity between them. Toasts were drunk to the presidents of the United States, Mexico and the five republics, parties to the pact, and speeches were made expressive of good will and a desire for lasting peace. GUILTY PAIR SKIPS OUT. Parason Cooke and Floretta Whaley Elude Officers in 'Frisco. Linda Sinclair in Prisco. Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, formerly pastor of the fashionable St. Georgia church, at Hempstead, Long Island, and Floretta Whaley, the 17-year-old helix with whom he eloped eight months ago, deserving a wife to whom he had been married for nine years, stole away Monday from the little fatt which they had occupied at 1199 Green street in San Francisco, where they were discovered Sunday, living under the name of Balcom taking with them their baby boy, born two months ago. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. JANUARY 4. 1908. GOV. SPARKS YIELDS Will Call Special Session of Nevada Legislature. TAKES. ADVICE OF TEDDY Governor's Determination Assures the Retaining of United State Troops in Goldfield, Nevada, for Some. President Roosevelt Saturday Indicated by telegram to Governor Sparks of Nevada that the federal troops now at Goldfield will be ordered to remain there for a further period of three weeks provided the governor within five days issues a call for a special session of the state legislature. The telegram of the president was in response to one from the governor in which he sets forth the need of armed intervention and the doubt that to call the legislature would result in the necessary request from that body for federal aid. The letter of Governor Sparks, which was made public at the white house, was in part as follows: "Carson, Nev., Dec. 26—The President, Washington, D. C.; As chief magistrate of the state of Nevada I have been of the opinion for the past year that a condition bordering on domestic violence and insurrection has existed in the Goldfield mining district. "Without considering the merits of any of the controversies it is only necessary to state that the entire district became divided into two hostile camps. One on the one-hand the miners, with their adherents and sympathizers, and on the other mine owners, with their adherents and sympathizers. The union alone claimed a membership of 3,000 and fully one-half of the membership was constantly armed. Arms and ammunition were purchased and kept by the union as a body. "On the other hand, the mine owners had in their employ a large number of watchmen and guards who were constantly armed and on duty; in addition to those opposing forces were an unusually large number of the criminal element attracted to the new and booming mining camp. Under such conditions the civil authorities were probably, powerless. They could attend to the ordinary petty offenders from day to day, but at the first conflict between the real armies of labor and capital would have been swept away. The repeated strikes and continued threats of other strikes excited mine owners more and more. It was clear to me, therefore, that when the last strike was called in the midst of the financial crisis spreading over the country and with a long winter facing the 20,000 people situated upon the desert hundreds of miles from any centers of population, it was time to recognize the actual condition of affairs and to act accordingly. A state of insurrection arises, in my judgment, when armed bodies are in existence with satisfactory power to overcome the civil authorities and continued threats were made of life and property. This condition has existed in the Goldfield mining district the past year and exists there now." A dispatch of Sunday from Reno, Nev., is as follows: A special session of the Nevada legislature will be called by Governor John Sparks. The governor said that he would issue the proclamation and that the date of convening the legislature would probably be January 14th. The call will be made at the request of President Roosevelt. Notification of the decision to assemble the legislature has been transmitted to Washington. County Commissioner Roseenthal of Goldfield, whose resignation has been requested by Governor Sparks, has refused to vacate his office. The announcement that Governor Sparks will call the Nevada legislature together in special session has put an entirely new aspect upon the labor situation at Goldfield. At least a portion of the federal troops, it is thought, will remain in Goldfield for an indemnite period and fear of any serious disturbance, growing out of the dispute has vanished. It is not at all certain, however, that the legislature will act in accordance with the wishes of Governor Sparks, but the calling of the special session will have the effect of keeping federal troops in Goldfield for several weeks and will make the possibility of serious trouble more remote. ALABAMA COUNTIES DRY Fifty Are Now Closed to Sale of Booze and a Year Hence All in the State Will Be in Line. With the shrill shrieks of the hundreds of whistles of industrial Birmingham, announcing the advent of the new year, every saloon in Jefferson county closed its doors sine die. Tuesday night was the time set for prohibition to go into effect in the counties of Alabama in which local option elections have been held during the year. When the result of the election Tuesday in Crenshaw county became known, and it was added to the prohibition ranks, there were exactly fifty counties in the state which closed the doors of the saloons permanently at midnight. This leaves seventeen counties in the state from which liquor can be sold for another year. One year hence the entire state becomes prohibition by statutory act. Of the wet counties for the next year only four are exclusively saloon counties, Mobile, Montgomery, Dallas and Baldwin. There are eleven exclusive dispensary counties, Macon, Winston, Elmore, Bibb, Limestone, Madison, Cleburne, Perry, Barbour, Colbert, Covington and Coffee. Marengo county, has both dispensary and saloons. Jefferson county, in which Birmingham is located, is by far the largest county in the state, and in Birmingham alone 120 saloons went out of business. A remarkable feature of the last day under the liquor regime is the fact that there was less drunkenness noted than for many months. The situation seemed to be accompanied by consent, but the fact remains that the amount of liquor sold on the last day was probably greater than on any previous day in the history of Birmingham. This resulted from the purchasing by householders of various liquors in bulk to fortify them in cases of sickness and emergencies. The greater part of the liquor sold was in bulk. "TWENTY-THREE" FOR PASSES. Free Transportation in State of Georgia Now Cut Off. The general order of the railroad commission of Georgia, cutting off all manner of free transportation, except to employees of the common carriers, is now effective. It will, also, curtail the use of free telephones, for the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company has stated to the railroad commission of Georgia that it considered itself a common carrier, and would observe the order by not allowing any more free phoning in Georgia after the first of January. This general order of the commission withdraws from every one, except those exempted under the national Hepburn law, the right of free transportation. HOARDING DID MISCHIEF. Dun's Annual Review of Trade States Cause of Stringency. The withdrawal of $125,000,000 from a few large trust companies, precipitating a season of hoarding and sending currency to a premium at a time when it was most needed throughout the country, is credited in R. G. Dun & Co's annual review of trade, with having been one of the great factors in turning the year 1907 from its promise of new records in prosperity to a closing period of financial disturbance that caused many plans for future extensions of business to be either abandoned or postponed. PHILADELPHIA MINT OUTPUT. Colns Made the Past Year Amounted to $63,263,104.93. The total output of the United States mint in Philadelphia for the year 1907, according to reports compiled Tuesday, was 183,598,943 coins, representing a value of $63,263,104.93. For the year of 1906 the output was 166,653,233 coins, therefore there is an increase in this year's production over last year of 16,948,710 pieces. WITH CONSENT OF PATIENTS. Medical Students Can Visit Charity Wards of Atlanta Hospital. Medical students from all the colleges of Atlanta will be permitted to visit the charity wards of Grady hospital for bedside teaching, under the provisions of a resolution adopted Tuesday afternoon by the board of trustees' of the hospital, after three hours of debate, at which at times waxed dangerously near the line of acrimony. It is further provided in the resolution adopted that in each case the consent of the patient shall be obtained. SEABOARD TANGLED RECEIVERSHIP IS ASKED Application Made to Judge Pritchard to Place Affairs of Company in the Lawyers representing the Seaboard Air Line railway system and the creditors of the company left Richmond, Va., about 7 o'clock. Wednesday night on a special train for Danville, Va., to meet United States Judge Pritchard and ask that the great railroad system be put into the hards of a receiver. Counsel for the railway company and its creditors applied Wednesday afternoon to United States District Judge Waddell, Richmond, for the appointment of receivers, but subsequently agreed to make application to Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court, and thereby oblate the necessity of securing auxiliary decrees in each of the court districts through which the lines of the company operate. Judge Waddell announced that he would appoint the receivers on certain conditions, but it was thought best to go to a court with larger jurisdiction. The reason given for applying for a receivership for the Seaboard is that the company is unable to pay interest charges now due. In railway and financial circles the situation in which the Seaboard, with its thousands of miles of trackage, finds itself, is attributed to the legislative onslaughts that have been made on railroads and on other corporate interests for the past year in the states through which the Seaboard runs. These legislative onslaughts have reduced the earnings of the system and have made it difficult for it to meet its fixed charges. Worse than all the shaking of confidence by the antrailroad crusades in the states through which the Seaboard runs has made it impossible for the road to secure money to make needed improvements and to keep its equipment in condition to render the service demanded of it. The troubles of the Seaboard will be felt extensively throughout the south, as the system operates in the states of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. In all of these states the Seaboard, in common with other railroads and corporate interests, has been subjected in the last year to much adverse legislation, with the threat from those authority of worse to come. The crusade against the railroads has been particularly severe in Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina. Railway men and conservative financiers say that the misfortunes of the Seaboard are only what might have been expected from the anti-corporation crusade that has been made in certain states of the south. AD SEABOARD The financial affairs of the road reached a crisis because January 1st was the 'date for paying interest on the underlying bonds of the system, and the company was unable to raise the money. The Seaboard Air Line has a total mileage of 2,905 including trackage rights of twenty-three miles. Lt and its connections run through the states of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. the principal cities touched by the system are Washington, Richmond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Raleigh, Wilmington, Hamlet, Camden, S. C., Columbus, S. C., Savannah, Atlanta, Brunswick, Birmingham, Montgomery, River Junction, Fla., Jacksonville, Tampa and Fernandina. The road has steamship connections to Cuba, and from Jacksonville, the Clyde Line to New York. NEW YEAR'S AT WHITE HOUSE, President Receives Callers for Seventh Time as Chief Executive. President Roosevelt received at the white house Wednesday for the seventh time a New Year's throng of well-wishers which was three hours in passing his hand. Mrs. Roosevelt and the members and ladies of the cabinet were his assistants. Though curtailed in number, 5,645, by more than a thousand over the proceeding New Year's day, the reception was resplendent in all the incidents of tradition which have accumulated to its interest for more than a century. Federal Judge Newman Turns Dawn Application of Brevice to Estop Georgia Prohibition Law Judge William T. Newman of the United States court at Atlanta Wes- day afternoon denied the petition the brewsra to prevent the state pro- bition law from being enforced. Fea- turing is the judge's order in full. In the circuit court of the United States, for the northern district of Georgia. The Christian Moorlein Brew- Company, et al., plaintiffs, vs. C. D. Hull, solicitor general of the Atlanta circuit, et al., defendants, in equity. This bill was presented to me, we- tterday afternoon, December 31, 1909, about five o'clock, and application made for a temporary restraining order. This application was denied, whereupon counsel asked for a rule to show cal- c on the defendants why an injunction pendente lite should not issue. After a careful examination of the bill I am thoroughly satisfied that an injunction pendente lile cannot and will not be granted. This being true it is unnecessary to call on the defendants to show cause as requested. WM, T, NEWMAN, U, S. Judge In accordance with Judge Newman's action on the petition it will be several months before any other step can be taken to challenge the prohibition law if induced any other step is to be taken at all. The bill will be filed with the clerk of the United States court and the defendants, that is to say, the solicitors of the county and superior courts, the clerk of these courts and the city recorder will have until the first Monday in February to file the appearance. The defendants will next have until the first Monday in March either to plead answer or demur to the bill. Not until then will the case be fairly under way to a hearing on its merits in the meantime the law stands. The law firm representing the breweries declaimed after having been told of Judge Newman's decision, that the firm would fight the case to the end at least through the circuit court of appeals at New Orleans. This effort to block the state prohibition law in Georgia by means of a federal injunction was made shortly before six o'clock Tuesday afternoon when attorneys for the Christian Moerlin Brewing company of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Chattanooga Brewing company of Chattanooga, Tenn., presented to Judge William Newman a bill alleging the state prohibition law was contrary to the constitution of Georgia and also to the constitution of the United States. A restraining order is asked against the prohibition law on two grounds that allegation that it violates the constitution of the state of Georgia and furthermore, that it violates the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States. This first pla is based on section 3, article 3, paragraph 1, of the constitution of the state of Georgia, which reads: "The poll tax, any educational fund now (except the endowment of and the debt due to University of Georgia) a special tax on shows and exhibitions and on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors which the general assembly is hereby authorized to asses, and the proceeds of any commutation tax for military service, and all taxes that may be assessed on such domestic animals as, from their nature and habits, are destructive to other property, are hereby set apart and devoted for the support of common schools." This section of the state constitution, argue the attorneys, in so far as it provides for the assessment of a special tax on the sale of spirituous and malt liquors is mandatory and imperative and implies an inhibition on the part of the general assembly of Georgia to the exercise of any authority, with respect to that subject, which would frustrate the purpose of that provision. Therefore they continue to reason the prohibition statute, passed by the legislature is contrary to their aforementioned, provision of section 3, article 8, of the constitution of Georgia. FIGHT BEGUN ON PROHIBITION. Prohibition Judge of Culman County, Alabama, issues Saloon Licenses. Declaring the prohibition laws as far as 1908 are concerned, unconstitutional, the probate judge of Culman county, Alabama, has issued nine saloon licenses, and the liquor establishments in the county will be opened. Culman voted on December 8 for prohibition. The saloon men claim that the prohibition law is unconstitutional because it makes exceptions of counties, which voted, on the proposition prior to December 12. The Guaranty Aid and Relief Society SOL. C. JOHNSON, Supt. of Ageno Treasury of State of Georgia The undesigned Treasure of the State of Georgia, hereby acknowledges to have received from the Secretary of Dawson the following described: Dear Regiment and Company of Infantry, Elbertton, Georgia (Company of Infantry No. 14) 17th 10, in connection with the Dawson Company (0000) amends, dated 1925 The undesigned Treaty to have received from the Dear Regina, Ellen, Sir, 17th October, (2000) long as total Ten Thousand of Georgia, by authority assembled, approved 20th 1877. 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General Passenger Agent, Nayannah, Georgia. FLOY'S. SILENCE. Somebody was helping himself from the valuable stock at Vane & Hunt's big dry goods store—and nobody knew who or when or how. The employees had been asked to use extra care and vigilance, and the most light-hearted girl there felt worried and uneasy. Was it a clever shoplifter? Could there be a thief among them? Did the firm suspect any one? Was there perhaps a detective watching them even now? And—did detectives not sometimes make mistakes? Every one was painfully nervous, and impatient to have the mystery cleared up. "And I believe you know something about it, Floy," said Jeanie Burnham, under her breath, to a fellow clerk. "Why, what makes you think that?" Floy asked, startled. "I know it. I know by—by the way you hold your tongue when we are all puzzling about it. Now what is it?" "No," said Flóy Irving, very slowly, as if weighing every word, "no, I do not know any more than the rest of you about this. I don's even know what is missing." "But you have a suspicion. Now own up." "No," even more slowly. "And if I had, it might be doing a great mistake to tell." "Oh, you obstinate little mule! I wish there was an X-ray so we could look through people's heads and find out what they knew." But some one came up just then, and Floy seized the opportunity to slip away, with a deep breath of thankfulness. For she did know something—only, had it anything to do with this case? If she spoke, all in the store—or all but two, perhaps—would say at once, "That solves the riddle." But would it? Or would it only practically convict one who might after all be innocent? Oh, if, there were only some X-ray by which one might look into a soul and see if it were true! There he stood at an opposite counter, quiet and faithful, although he must know that one word from her would concentrate all this dark cloud of suspicion on his head. Yet why should she not say, "I do not know who is the thief now, but I know who was responsible for a similar course of petty losses a few years ago, and not so many miles away. He calls himself Robert Murdock now, but he was sent to the reform school then under the name of Bob Jamleson." Yet was it quite fair to conclude that because Bob Jamleson, ill-fed, ill-clothed and ill-advised by an unscrupulous stepfather, had robbed the employer who provoked the act by refusing to pay -fair wages, therefore Robert Murdock, some years older, wiser, and to all appearance strictly honorable, was equally guilty? He had been in the store some months now, and apparently she alone knew of this old trouble. She hardly knew why she had not told that he was an old schoolmate of her own—partly, perhaps, because so much had been said of a girl's inability to keep a secret, and she resented the idea, but more on account of a kindly reluctance to make trouble for one trying to start anew. No one but himself knew that the had ever met before. Murdock's behavior had been faultless—almost too good to be natural, it seemed to Floy. Still, this might mean only that he was determined to retrieve his good name and bury the old disgrace from sight forever. What injustice, then, practically to convict him of this new theft, without one particle of proof, and make the cloud above him darker than ever! Yet the word once spoken could never be recalled. And there before her eyes every day stood Robert Murdock, waiting the word that should hurl him to destruction—yet neither by word nor look appealing for mercy. She slipped out hurriedly, when the day's work was over, lest Jennies should overtake and ply her with more questions. She did not want to talk—or to think. What was the use of puzzling one's brains over a problem one had not facts to solve? But before she had fairly reached her boarding place she was stopped by one of her comrades in the store, with a piteous appeal: "O Floy Irving, I'm in such a bother! You'll help me out, won't you? There's a darling! My head aches fit to split, and there—was such a crowd at our counter I couldn't begin to keep things straight, and some of the ladies pulled the laces all round and got them into such a tangled I do hellers. one of them was the shoplifter that is making us all so much trouble. I didn't dare take my eyes off her, and I just shoved the whole tangle back in a drawer, out of sight, till I had time to straighten them out. And my head ached so that I forgot, them entirely. O Floy, would you go and put them away for me--like an angel? I don't feel as if I could stand it to go back myself tonight." When did Floy Irving ever refuse to do a favor? The jolly old night-watchman would admit her readily enough, she knew, even if the book-keepers had finished and, gone—and often one or another of the clerks was detained. So in a few moments later she reentered the store by the rear door. How ghostly and empty it looked in the dim light! There was no sign of life.save the watchman's whistle away up in one of the galleries. She hurried toward Annie's counter, and turning a corner, came sharply upon—Robert Murdock! How often she had wished for a chance to question him! Here it was—if she only knew how to use it. "Did I frighten you?" he asked, civilly, for she had given a startled cry. "I merely stepped out to see who was coming in. Mr. Hale asked me to stay and help unpack some new good tonight." Floy briefly explained her own presence in turn. No one at Vane & Hunt's wanted any suspicion attaching to their movements just now. Then—for she dared not let this golden opportunity pass—she added hurriedly. "I want to ask you one question." Involuntarily she caught his arm and turned his face toward the light. "Is Robert Murdeck your 'true name'? "My true name. It was my father's before me. Jamieson was only my stepfather. Is that all?" For she had dropped her hand and turned away with a gesture of hopelessness. "Yes—no! That is, what's the use? I know what you would say—either way! There's no use wasting time." "And you wouldn't believe anything I said—either way! No, it's not much use talking," she said bitterly. "I—I don't understand!" gasped Floy, startled. "You think, 'Once a thief, always a thief.' Well, you won't believe me, I suppose. I don't know why you have kept my secret so long, unless you liked to play with me as a cat does with a mouse. Nevertheless, I will say this—as heaven hears me, I know nothing whatever about the thefts in this store. I am as innocent of them as you are." "I believe you!" Flicy exclaimed, extending her hand eagerly. "And I don't believe that horrible old saying. Don't be angry with me, please. I didn't mean to be hard or cruel. I never thought you cared to have me speak to you. I wasn't playing with you. I kept still because I thought it was right—and now I know it was. You may trust me." He controlled his voice by an effort. "Forgive me, I should not have spoken so. You have a right to choose your acquaintances." "The watchman is coming; I must go at Annie's laces. But I know what to believe now," and she hurried on breathlessly. A moment later she was hastily bringing order out of chaos, even while explaining her return to her friend, the watchman. "She's a careless one!" the old man growled. "I'd let her do her own straightening. 'Tisn't your business." "She was sick, you know," Floy said, excusingly. "I don't mind helping her a little." She glanced unconsciously over where Murdock was now arranging the new goods on the shelves. "If 'twas any of the other girls, now, I'd just wonder if she hadn't an idea that Bob Murdock might offer to see her home," chuckled the watchman. "But I never say you show any weakness in that line." "Oh, you don't see everything!" Floy laughed, although her cheeks flamed. "But I'll be done—and at home long before he can get away." "Oh, if you spoke to him tonight, I'll warrant it was the first time." At which suggestion Floy's nervous fingers only flew the faster. She did not care to talk more with him tonight. Yet she was very glad she had come. Her doubts were setled now. Only she wished she had been a little less cautious and a little kinder—a little more just, perhaps. But at least she was thankful that she had not spoken out her doubts. But when she entered the store the next morning, the air was heavier than ever with doubt and dread. More losses had been discovered. The girls huddled together, exchanging wild guesses in frightened whispers. The firm had not given out any word, but there was unwonted hurrying to and fro, the senior partner had been summoned by telephone, and now was closeted with Mr. Hunt, the junior partner, one of the floor walkers and the head bookkeeper. And with them was, a sharp-eyed little man no one know—a detective, perhaps. Mr. Hale and the watchman had been called before them, as the last persons in the store the preceding night. It seemed that matters were to be thoroughly sifted at last. "They'd better ask who else was here last night," Katie Maguire whispered, venomously. "Mr. Hale wasn't the only one." "You don't mean Mr. Murdock? Why you might as well accuse a parson!" cried two or three at once. "No, I don't mean Mr. Murdock. Somebody else was here after hours, with a mighty poor excuse—somebody that holds herself quite too high and mighty to go with ordinary folks." "Floy Irving? O bosh! She came to oblige Annie. Floy's one of the nicest girls in the store." "Maybe, but if I was Mr. Hunt I'd look into her obligness a little." Of course this was not before Floy's face, but she caught enough side glances and incautious words to make her very uncomfortable. "It's only Katia's spite," she fold herself, but she weet to her work fushed and nervous, not forgetting, however, to give Robert Murdook a nod and a smiling "good morning!" - How gravely he returned it! But of course this suspense was even harder for him than for the other. A little later she saw him entering the private office. A particularly exasperating customer taxed her attention to the utmost for the next quarter of an hour, but her long breath of relief as the woman departed was cut short by the ominous words: "You are wanted in the private office, Miss Irving." "I? What for?" Floy gasped, in clismar. "I do not know. No doubt they will tell you." Was it only her fancy, or was the tone frosty with suspicion? She saw the girls around exchange startled glances, heard Katie's exultant whisper, "You see! Didn't I tell you so?" and Jennie's indignant "Hush! That doesn't mean anything." Of course it did not, Floy told herself. It was only their excitement which gave significance to such a trifle. To be sure, girls were not summoned to the private office often. But why should she be nervous? What if she had seen Robert Murdock entering that private room just a little while ago? The villain in a storybook might make a false accusation to rid himself of a troublesome witness, but in real life—If only her cheeks would not burn so! I was enough to make any one suspect her, and the very thought made them burn hotter. All this fashed through Floy's mind as she walked quickly from her counter to the door of the private office; but if her heart beat so fast that it seemed to choke her, she carried her head bravely. Inside the dreaded portal she passed, outwardly calm, inwardly fighting down a panic. The partners and head bookkeeper were in close consultation. Kindly Mr. Hunt nodded to her, bidding her sit down, but nervous Mr. Vane snapped out shortly: "We hear that you were here after hours last night, Miss Irving. How is that? And how did you get in?" Floy explained briefly why and how she had returned, forcing herself to speak steadily, although all the time something seemed whispering in her ear. "How should they know that unless he has forestalled you by throwing suspicion on you? Why did you let yourself be convinced so easily? Didn't you know that a man who would steal would lie? Why didn't you speak out at first? After he has once accused you, your story will sound like a weak attempt at self-defence. And she could only tell herself, desperately, "I told him he might trust me. I can't break my word unless I am sure." "How long were you here? What did you do? Be exact, now," Mr. Vane demanded, while Mr. Hunt leaned back, watching her with an odd, amused elr that be bewildered and alarmed her, as if he were expecting she did not know what. Certainly not the matter-of-fact answer she gave. "Not over 20 minutes, I think. I strapped to exchange a few words with Mr. Murdock—maybe two minutes. I put the counter and drawers in order as quickly as possible, and went out as I came in. The watchman spoke to me while I was at work, but that did not delay me." "And what were you talking about, if I may ask?" Mr. Vane snapped. Mr. Hunt's eyes twinkled as he waited for her answer. That voice seemed to roar in her ears, "Tell it all! You will never have such a chance again. Can't you see that he has accused you to save himself?" But she said, steadily, "Oh, the watchman teased me about coming back so as to talk with Mr. Murdock. We told each other how we happened to come back to the store, and—" "And what?" Mr. Vane demanded sharply, as she hesitated. "And complained a little about how nervous these mysterious thefts were making us all," she finished, boldly. "What do you think about these thefts, Miss Irving?" Mr. Hunt asked, suddenly, his eyes twinkling more than ever. Once more Flow desperately fought off a great temptation. "I don't know what to think." He chuckled, rubbing his hands together in satisfaction. "You understand stenography and typewriting, I am told?" "Yes, sir!" gasped Floy, staring. She had taken great palms to learn, hoping to find a better position, but so far none had offered. "Well, I am without a private clerk this morning. Sit down there and put these letters into shape, if you please. These to be answered—according to the notes I have scribbed on them. You know the proper form, of course." Floy obeyed, feeling perfectly dazed. The partners went out and were gone some time. She was just finishing the task assigned when Mr. Hunt returned. He looked over the letters, tested her skill in shorthand, then thoroughly confounded her by saying: "How would you like the place of my private clerk and typewriter, Miss Irving? I have been obliged to part with young Greydon. He talked too freely of my business affairs. You don't write quite so fast, but I see you know how to keep a secret to perfection." "? Keep a secret?" Floy gasped. He laughed and patted her shoulder in his fatherly fashion. "Let me put your mind at ease about Bob. Murdock. I know all about that Janiesson affair. The boy told me himself when he first asked for work. His father and I were old friends. I don't think I'll regret giving him a fair chance. And now the mystery of the thefts is solved. It was the janitor of the place next door. He found a board loose in the partition between the collars, and thought he had discovered a bonapza—thought he never would be suspected. But when he tried to dispose of the things he was caught. "Tut, tuf, child, don't cry! You've done splendidly. I expected every day that you would speak out, and have every one thinking Bob was the guilty one. But you didn't, so I think I can trust you to hold your tongue about other matters, too." "But I almost said it 20 times," Floy said, honestly. "Indeed! Why didn't you quite say it?" "Because I was afraid it might be doing injustice—and 'A word once spoken, a coach and six horses can't bring back,' as grandpa used to tell us." "Then if you once make up your mind, after careful consideration, that it is right to tell other people my business secrets, you will do it, will you?" he asked, dryly: "Why—yes—I suppose so," Flay faltered. "But not till then?" "Oh, no!" she said, earnestly. "Well, if you wait till then, I think we won't quarrel. Consider yourself engaged. And you may tell Bob Murdock, if you like, that I have taken you on his recommendation."—Youth's Companion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS American bumble-bees are wanted in the Philippines to $^{\circ}$sting the clover plants into fertility. In the colony of Japanese in New York city there are about one thousand and but thirty women. The new German law prohibits any person under 18 years of age from driving an automobile or motorcycle. Calico printing was a new industry in Japan twelve years ago. Today a single firm has factory buildings covering nearly four acres. The corn cob pipe isn't the only pipe made in Missouri. The pipe factory at Louisiana made and shipped 215,000 hickory pipes last year, and a pipe made from a section of a hickory pole is said to be just as good a pipe as the much-glorified cob pipe. The Gollath beetle is a Samson among insects. It is found in South America. Between the neck and shoulder this curious creature has enormous strength. Anything placed within the aperture is tightly gripped and, if breakable, snaps. A key which was inserted in one as an experiment was bent out of shape. In Hawall even private lands in forest are sometimes administered by the Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry. Some of the leseses of public land within the Koolau Reserve have turned over to the Board for administration both their leased and their private lands, amounting in all to 27,000 acres. $ ^{4} $ David Davis, an old man of Cincinnati, was seated on a twelve-foot wall with a number of companions today, swapping funny stories. The old man laughed so heartily at one of the tales that he lost his balance on the wall and toppled over into the street. Owing to his advanced age the injuries may prove fatal. The fire which destroyed the old British Houses of Parliament broke out on Oct. 16, 1834. The present building, termed the Palace of Westminster, was opened on Nov. 4, 1852. It stands on a bed of concrete twelve feet thick, and covers an area of nine statute acres. It contains 1100 apartments, one hundred staircases, and two miles of corridors and passages. The great Victoria Tower, at the southwest extremity, is 346 feet in height. The origin of eating goose on Michaelmas day dates from the time of Queen Elizabeth. On her way to Tilbury Fort, on Sept. 20, 1589, she dined on roast goose and Bergundy wine. With the last glass she drank "Destruction to the Spanish Armada" As she drained the glass news came of the destruction of the Spanish fleet by a storm. Thereupon she ordered that roast goose should be served for her every year on that day, and the custom soon became general among the people. Thieves Steal a Whole Church Thieves of Chicago and vicinity, notorious for many remarkable deeds, elapsed all previous efforts some time yesterday when they stole bodily the Presbyterian church, seating 200 people, from River Grove, on the Desplains River. The church had no regular pastor, but, itinerant ministers would address the farmers in the edifice occasionally. This morning Z. A. Rosi, a farmer living across the river, missed the church. He rubbed his eyes and called his family. Then they crossed the river to make certain the church was gone. It had been stolen, down to the last splinter, and there is no trace of it, although active search has been kept up all day.—Chicago Inter-Ocean. Which machine of the type invented by Gulloloth was first put to its dread use is not known, but that used for the execution of Marie Antoinette still exists—in Berlin. 100 A GOOD START. Fisherman—"Ah! That's a good beginning, a fr only got to catch a fish now and I shall be all right."—F Police Alarm. No one need now be in fear of thieves and burglars, as a Boston man has devised a contrivance whereby the police can be instantly notified that intruders are in the house HELP POLICE: Wanted at home No Poison and help is wanted at once. This is to be accomplished with the aid of the alarm tag shown in the illustration. The purpose of the device will be apparent at once. The tag, inscribed as shown, is placed where it can be conveniently reached when wanted. The occupant of the house on hearing suspicious noises in the house quietly pitches the missile out of the window. The presumption is that a policeman—or other passerby—will notice the tag, and help will be immediately forthcoming.—Washington Star. A Little Tribute to a Tree Many years ago a tiny cottonwood seed settled itself between the woodwork and the brick wall of the building opposite this office, and as it happened to land in proximity to a leaky spout, it grew and expanded and spread out until it had grown to be quite a brush, writes Bent Murdock. Its roots-crept into the interstices of the brick wall and in the good old summer time its branches, which had grown big and strong, put out the green leaves, under which the birds found shade and rest and peace. But Wednesday afternoon some bold bad men went to repair the cornice of the building, and the cottonwood tree was ruthlessly torn from the wall, thrown to the ground, and assigned to the ditch, where it was afterwards rescued and given a place in this office. It is gnared and crooked, as it had not been given a fair chance to show what it could do, but then. It did the best it could and is entitled to much consideration. Its birth was noticed in these columns, and from year to year it got better attention than was given to more important things, but it is no more in life, and this in memoriam brings a lump into our throat that chokes us. Requiescat in pace, you blessed little cottonwood—Kansas City Journal. F V B LEATHERSTOCKING AND HIS DOG Surmounting the Monument to J Fenimore Cooper at Cooperstown. An effort is being made in England to compel the use on automobiles of automatic speed controllers to prevent a machine from running above a maximum speed on public roads. With the new year comes new inspiration and a desire for improvement. Individually and as a race we must during the year improve ourselves many percent along all rightful lines. Our men in this city alone have spent weekly not less than five thousand dollars for whiskey. They are admonished to leave the blind tigers alone and save this money, or use it in better caring for their family and educating their children. It was commendable that despite the hateful things Judge Norwood has said about us, at the celebration on Emancipation Day, not one word was said about him. This shows our utter contempt for his venom. All just citizens are proud of the expiration of his term on the bench, and if he does not repent of his hatred of race and hardness of heart, when death approaches him he will have an agonizing time. It is far better to pay no attention to the tirade of Judge Norwood against the Negro in his validictory on the bench last Tuesday. Ephraim is joined to hisidol, and it is as hard for the judge to speak a commendable word for us as it is for the leopard to change his spots. All who know the record of Judge Norwood will approve this. The judge's tirade will find lodgement only in the minds of those who think as he does, that the Negro is next to beasts. Those who think otherwise have placed the proper appreciation on what he has said. All students of ethnology can not agree with him in saying that the Negro was never civilized, has added nothing to arts, science or the inventions of the world. Students of ancient history, especially of the races can refute successfully what he said. We can only agree with him when he scored the certain whie men for their criminal actions towards our women. We strongly refute his charge as to the immorality of our women. We would advise Judge Norwood to learn about the homes of our leading citizens, their schools and their places of business. If he knew more about this and did not judge us by the low class of criminals whom he vented his race prejudice upon, probably his heart would be less hardened towards us. Space forbid our saying more. Judge Norwood Tipped His Hat to a Colored Couple. All Savannahius know Judge Norwood's hatred for the Negro and that he holds him as his inferior. An amusing incident occurred the day after his tirade on the race, near the post office. A well known gentleman and a lady were passing the judge; the gentleman said "Good morning Judge," and tipped his hat. The judge who was looking down reading a paper immediately reached up and tipped his hat. Those who witnessed it were amused, especially to note how discomforted the judge was after seeing to whom he ha tipped his hat. F. A. B. Church. F. A. B. Church. The services on last Sunday at the F. A. B. Church, Franklin Square, were well attended. Rev. D. S. Orner preached an able sermon at the 11 o'clock service to the poor saints of the church and a soul stirring one at the evening services, subject "Remove not the landmark sat up by our father." The old mothers of the church were seated in the front pews. The sermon indeed was befitting the occasion and bore a deal of encouragement as well as sympathy for the old mothers. Miss Bertha D. Williams read paper subject, "How we can help the poor at our doora." The paper was indeed a rich production setting forth our duty to the poor and aged, and their power with God and usefulness in old age. A large table filled with delicacies was spread in the basement of the church when the old folks sat and enjoyed themselves immensely. Baskets of groceries and a little fund were given each. Rev. J. W. Johnson of Atlanta and Rev. J. M. Milton assisted during the day's services. Indications from the week's services es- spcially the covenant meeting Thursday evening point to a glorious day to morrow which will be our first communion in 1908 All are invited. Our members are earnestly asked to pay their Rally $2.00 before Jan. 17* order to meet an urgent The clerk of the church p an en- couraging report for at the annual conference Jan. 20th. DAY OF FREEDOM. The Parade was Imposing the Exercises Grand and Inspiration Great. Last Wednesday was observed by us as Emancipation Day. It was a great celebration and it made every patriotic Negro's heart tinge with pride to note it. The several societies gathered at West Broad and Gwinnett streets and took up the line of march as published in our last issue, headed by Chief Marshal R. Barnes, and his assistants. Several bands were in line and enlivened the occasion The societies turned out with full membership and participants looked their best and aided to make the parade very imposing. The entire procession was very orderly and receive the plaudits of those who saw it. The exercises took place at St. John Baptist Church, and in a little while the edifice was crowded. The speakers with the officers of the Emancipation and Chatham County Associations were seated on the rostrum and within the rails. Rev. H. L. Haywood was master of ceremonies. The singing by the congregation was inspiring and the selection by the choir were among the best ever heard. The invocation by Rev. R. V. Branch was in keeping with the occasion and touched all who heard him. Mr. David F Moses' address on "Tilton and the Negro," was delivered in a well poised manner and was well received. The document that all of our people hold so sacred, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, was read in a distinct manner by Mr. John H. Baldwin. In timely words Rev. H. L. Heyward introduced Dr. S. Palmer Lloyd, who delivered the main address. He was received amidst applause and immediately entered into his address. It was noted especially because there was no complaint about the manner in which we are treated by others, but figures were given and fac s shown about the Negro's pro-cess since freedom, and in a telling way the vast audience was told what they must do to make the progress greater by helping each other and sticking to the business concerns of the race. Hearty amens were given. The speaker named a number of business concerns of the city, the amount of business each does and the number of persons employed, and showed that if the members of the race in the city would only spend a few cents with them that they would be able to give employment to many more of our young men and women. It is a pity that thousands more of our people did not hear the address, especially that sturdy class that has the making or unmaking of the race within its grasp. The celebration was among the best that we have had and those who had the arrangements in hand deserve untold commendation for making it so. AT BETH EDEN CHURCH At night at Beth-Eden Church an observance was had under the auspices of the Men's Sunday Club. The program as published in THE TRIBUNE last week was carried out. A large crowd was present and everything was conducted on a high order Pride and patriotism were the order and fully demonstrated by all present. Bethlehem Baptist Church Bethlehem Baptist Church The Christmas exercises were held on Thursday evening of last week. The tree was beautifully decorated with burning candles, etc. Each member of the Sunday School received a gift. The songs and recitations were well rendered. Supt. F. H. Williams received a lovely gift as did the organist, Miss Sarah Cafter. Death of Rev. Perry.3 News reached the city on Wednesday night announcing the death of Rev. B. L. Perry at Bluffton, S. C. He has been ill only a short time. His sons, Messrs. P. Edward and B. L. Perry, along with other members of the family were at his bed side when death came. Rev. Perry was well known in the city and esteemed by all who knew him, especial- ly at Bluffton. The funeral takes place to-morrow at Bluffton. Rev. Wm. Gray has been invited to conduct the services. The bereaved family has the sympathy of all friends. Week of Prayer. The week of prayer will be observed at the First Congregational Church, January 5th to 10th. There will be prayer and praise services, addresses and sermons. Among those who will speak will be Rev. D. W. Cannon, Rev. S. T. Redd, and the Rev. Thomas Elgar, Prison Evangelist, of New York City. These services will begin promptly at 8 p.m. On Sunday at 11 a.m., a New Year's sermon will be preached by the pastor. The celebration of the Lord's supper will be held at 8 p.m. You are cordially invited to attend any or all of these services. Strangers are always welcomed. Second Baptist Church. The closing services of the year were held Sunday with good congregations. Pastor May preached at 11 o'clock. Rev. Brooks of Boston filled the pulpit at night and preached a sermon that was subject to much criticism. A successful watch-meeting was held Tuesday and many expressions of thanks, resolutions etc were made by members and friends. Two couples were united in marriage this week by the pastor Those on the sick list are Sister Florence Gardner, Oglethorpe Avenue east Sister Maxwell, wife of Deacon Maxwell, Charlton street east, Sister Rena Barnard, Nicoll street, Bro. George Carl, Bolton and Atlantic streets Old brother Carter, East Boundary street Sister Larsha, Gwinnett street east, Sister Denegall, Randolph street South of Anderson, Brother Brown, Reynolds street-t, Sister Jenkins, 419 Perry street east, Sister Brown, 1613 Burroughs street, two members at Sandfly station and others. Brother Alexander Melton an old member of the church who is at the National Soldiers Home, was in the city this week and was delighted to meet the pastor. The pastor installed the officers of the Ladies Union last Sunday at 6:30 and was handsomely rewarded. All of the annually elected officers of the church and Sunday school will be formally installed the second Sunday night in this month, at the conclusion of the night services, also license will be presented to Bro. James H. Rogers by the pastor, by the authority of the church. To-morrow will be prayer and fast day, also the roll will be called at 3 o'clock and every member is requested to be present. No services to-morrow night. Every member and friend requested to send their children to Sunday choi the third Sunday to a special meeting preparatory to the 1908 year's work Parents also asked to come. St. Philip's Dots. Our congregation don't seem to let the weather keep them from attending church services. Notwithstanding the inclement weather on Sunday they were out in force at every service. Rev. C. Johnson of Mt. Zion Circuit, West Savannah district, preached at 12 a.m. His discourse was 101 Psalm 12 verse, subject "Song of the believers." Rev. Johnson is a young minister and the way he delivered his subject, shows that he is a speaker of no mean ability. At 8 p.m. Rev. Lindsay preached his last sermon for 1909, which was one of those heartfelt sermons which was animating to the soul. St. Philip is highly honored in this year's emancipation celebration, having on the program four of its members in the person of Prof. J. H. Baldwin who read the emancipation proclamation; Mr. David Moses who deliver an address on "Tilton and the Negro."; Mr J. H. Law, secretary of the Emancipation Association and Mr. R. Barnes chief marshal of the day. Watch meeting services were held on Tuesday night; many persons had to go away, could not get seats. The first quarterly conference of St. Philip will be held on Friday night January 10th. Our monthly love feast was held on last F.iday night. On Thursday day night the 26 ult. the Chris Kringle arrived at St. Philip consigned to the J. H. Baldwin Co. The Cargo was the Christmas goods Santa Claus found that a large number of packages consigned to over 350 people. To overcome the difficulty, Old Santa Claus awarded to Mr. Ragis Middleton the contract to build a ship, a two masted full rigged schooner for a special freight The Chris Kringle is a fine ship and is a credit to the designers and builders and in the history of all Christmas tree festivities nothing of the kind has ever been seen. The ship was manned by a full crew of trained sailors commanded by a Capt Santa Claus. The following was the crew: Masters Howard, Lindsay, Singleton and Baldwin. While the children were waiting the arrival of the Chris Kringle, a literary program was rendered which, was very good. On the arrival of the ship, Capt Santa Claus was given a warm reception after which he wished them a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as they have been so very good during the year he had brought something for them. The program as arranged was carried out to perfection and many a little one's heart was made glad. The old adage, St. Philip's lead and others follow, be wise and send your children to St. Philip Sunday School. The following services will be held on tomorrow (Sunday.) Prayer meeting 5:30 a.m. Preaching and Baptism of adults at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 2 p.m., Communion at 4 p.m., preaching at 8 o'clock. Strangers are cordially invited. The New-York Tribune Almanac. Of course it is possible to worry through life without keeping a Tribune Almanac at your elbow, but it is worth while—does it pay? For 25 cents a year this publication supplies you with a really maryellous amount of information, and the man who has it is an authority in his neighborhood. He doesn't have to be "guessing" or "supposing" aboutlection pluralities, the names of Cabinet Ministers, Senators, Congressmen, Governors, or Judges. He doesn't have to depend upon his memory when anything comes up about, the big events of the preceeding year or in relation to our army or navy sporting records, or in fact, almost anything else of record, worth knowing. If you have never examined The Tribune Almanac just invest a quarter for one, and see how pleased you'll be. The 1908 one will be on sale January 1, and may be had from your news dealer, through your local paper or direct from The Tribune Office, New York. Sayannan, Ga, Dec. 18, 1907 To the Republicans of Chatham County: I want it to be known to my friends and the public in general that I am candidate for chairman of the Republican Party of Chatham County, and respectfully ask your support and influence at the coming election. In Memoriam. In memory of one of the first colored citizens of Savannah. Mr. WILLIAM SHEFTALL, who departed this life December 20th, 1897, ten years ago, age 73. The Lord called him to His arms, but it seems but today. He was a loving husband and a devoted father. We love the well but the Lord loved the best. The light of the home is missed, no more will we hear your darling voice. How we can see you, so fresh, calling Jesus to come. Oh how can we forget the when this day you bade us good thee. We will bear the grief, but never forget thee. Sleep on dear one for soon we too shall join your number, where no farewell tears are shed. His loving wife and daughters, Mrs SARAH SHEFTALL Mrs. MARY CAMPBELL. Mrs. SUSAN CRAWFORD. In memory of our beloved mother, MARIE TURNER. Died Dec. 25, 1906. Our dear mother has left us, Gone to dwell above. But we hope to meet her On that bright and happy shore. How lonely seems the home, And sadly are the hours. Since our dear mother departed From this green earth for a better home We loved her, we loved her, But angels loved her more. And they have sweetly called her To yonder shining shore. Miss GEORGIA ANDERSON My beloved HARMAND HOOKS. He bore his weakness and confinement with fortitude, and retained his faculties to the last moment. He was a loving and affectionate husband, a dutiful son and a kind, and loving brother. He was a love ly christain and it is a comfort to us to know that death had no terror for him, and never again will he be weary or troubled. His circle of friends was large and yet select and knew the sterling integrity of his character, and the keen but liberal sweep of his thought. He has left us but we may yet hone to see him again where sorrow and parting are no more. 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 denied 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 Suggs, Pres, or L. S. Reed, Sect. 20 state street west, Savannah, Ga Colored Congressmen In the United States. Since the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1863, many colored men have held official position. Two were United States Senators and twenty Representatives. A fine engraving of these Congressmen has just been issued giving accurate portraits of each; also the Congress in which they served and the years of service. In the picture the two Senators, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, occupy the center of the group, surrounded by the other twenty Representatives. In the background, the Stars and Stripes in color. This beautiful engraving, with a booklet containing biographies of these eminent men, is sold for one ($100) dollar. This engraving is a graphic political history of the Negro in America. No home, library; office or school room will be complete without it. Send for one to day. P. O. drawer 2318, Washington, D. C. AGENTS WANTBD. N. B. We also have in stock large engravings of Frederick Donglas, Paul Dunbar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Booker T. Washington, W. T. Vernon Register of the Treasury, Phillis Wheatley and "Everything about Colored People" in books, pictures, inventions and souvenirs Dr. Isaiah D. Williams 462 West Bros. SCOTT BROS. 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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. MANAGERS: H S. DUNBAR - W. R. FIELDS, Bell Phone 676. 335-333 JEFFERSON STREET. Union Savings & Loan Co. Full information given at 20 STATE STREET, West. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Excusion tickets will be sold December 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 24th, 25th, 30th, and 31st and January 1st, and will be limited for return until January 6th, 1908. For further information, rates, etc. call on or write your nearest Seaboard Air Line Agent. 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, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin and friends. What will he bring? He will bring the following articles: Watches, rings, cut glasses, hat pins, studs, cuff buttons, collar buttons, brooches, ear rings, ear screws, neck chains, watch charms, shirtwaist sets, pocket knives, magic charms, scarf retainers, lockets, eyeglasses, watch chains, blouse sets, bracelets, fob chains, swastika and articles of every description; beauty pins, emblem for every secret order in existence; key chain checks, key chains, magic hair witch, hair curlers hair waving machine, hair puller and in other words I have gifts that 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 Xmas 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 in doubt as to the "acceptable and perfect" gifts, see our beautiful things at Brown, 807 West Broad St., and your doubts will be solved. Gifts like jewelry come and, see. Give her a locket and see her eyes sparkle, from 75 ceas 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. The Royall Undertaking Co., INCORPORATED. Funeral Directors and Embalmers. Only First Class Service Rendered;With Respectful Attention. THIS BANK Stands for Negro Manhood Negro Homes and Negro Business. The Hope of the Race. To-morrow will be question day at the Men's Sunday Club. Consumption will be the subject. Mrs. Anna Carson Orner has been appointed assistant teacher at Maple street school. The Ministers' Evangelical Union will hold its annual election of officers next Tuesday at 11 o,clock, a.m. Miss Nellie Rutledge left yester day for Brisbane, Ga., after spending the holidays in the city with her aunt, Mrs. S. T Emery. Miss Nettie Bizzard, one of our well known young ladies, leaves today for Seminole, S. O, where she is teaching a flourishing school. The friends of Mrs. H. M. West of 738 Waldburg street, east, will be glad to know that after an illness of about two months, that she is now much improved. Mr. Wm. Dunbar of Myers Mill, S. C. returned home on last Saturday morning after a pleasant week's stay, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robinson. Rev. D S. Orner left last Sunday for Boston, Mass, where he will be for the next four weeks conducting special services at the Twelfth Street Baptist church. From there he will go on his evangelistic tour. Mr. Philip L. Smith has been receiving congratulations of his friends on his thirty-first year as Janitor for the cotton exchange. He has the confidence of each member of the exchange and well liked by them. Miss Claude Rainey of Eastonton, Ga., spent the holidays in the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Crumbly, of 312 Duffy street, east. She returned home this week after a pleasant stay. Misses Carrie and Georgia Dunbar of Myers Mill, S. C., returned home on last Sunday morning after spending the week pleasantly in the city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Roberts. Mr. L. E Williams, accompanied by his little daughters, Ruth, Otis and Lucia spent last Sunday and Monday in Americus, visiting his mother, other relatives and friends. The little ones especially enjoyed the trip. Mr. M. B. Morton of Athens,ears. R T. Schell and R. M. Little of Atlanta, spent a part of Monday in the city and left for their home Tuesday morning. While here Mr. Jos. Days, the well known hackman showed them the sights. Rev. A K. Wood of Helena was in the city last week and came in to see us. The reverend expects to make his charge at Helena a successful one and build it up far better than he did his work at Sylvesten. Mr. John Garey spent the holidays in the city visiting his mother. He is a student at Howard University, Washington, D. C. He looks well and has been royally looked after by his friends. Mr Alexander Melton an old citizen and veteran of the civil war spent the holidays in the city among his friends. He is located at the Old Soldier's Home, Virginia, and returned there on Wednesday night. Mrs. Nellie McWhorter of New York is spending the holidays as the guest of her daughter, Mrs A P. Robinson of this city. She left this week to visit old friends in Macon. While there she will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Creswill. Mr. Lester Green and Miss Geraldine Hubbard were united in holy wedlock on Monday evening, Dec. 23, at the residence of the bride's mother, 512 Gwinnett St., west, Rev. Gillard, officiating. The bride was handsomely gowned in white net princess, over taffeta silk. She carried a bouquet of bridal roses and ferns. Following the ceremony the couple left for Atlanta, Ga. They received many valuable and costly presents. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Washington White, entertained informally at their residence 518 Jones street, E. Thursday evening of last week. Games of various kinds were indulged in, after which dainty refreshments were served in courses. Among the ladies, and gentleman present were Miss Bessie Johnson of Macon, Ga., Misses Minnie Reynolds, Mary Favors, Minnie Sims, Mrs. Marstella Johnson, Mrs. Ida S White, Messrs. S. B. Smith, Frank Battle, Joe Lane and G. W. White. Is not your subscription pass due? If so do the right thing by sending the amount to the office and do not allow our collector to dun you for it. Past Twenty-five years! Marking a quarter of a century of progress, and celebrating with a 1,000 page edition, the 25th anniversary of The New York World Almanac and Encyclopedia is now ready. This reference, historical guide and storehouse of facts has kept pace with the growth of the nation, and stands to-day the only important book of its kind in America. England has its "Whitaker," Germany its "Almanac de Gotha," France its "Hachette," but none equals in merit The New York World Almanac and Encyclopedia which is recognized in every land the sun shines on as the standard American annual. By Mall, postage paid 35 cents. Local Notes. Attend the service at the First Congregational Church. The services are short, the sermons by Rev Cash are along practical lines and well delivered. Our subscribers should know that as long as they allow the paper to be sent to them, even if the time they subscribed for has past, that they are responsible for the payment. This right is granted by the laws of the country, therefore those of our subscribers who want the paper discontinued had better notify us at once. Enjoyable Smoker. Enjoyable Smoker. Mr. H. W. Mann entertained the Fox Club and a few of his friends at their club room on Price street, last Monday night. Mr. J. W. Habersham acted as toast master. At 9:30 p. m., "My country tis of thoe" was sung by the body, Mr. Chas. H. Heyward delivered the welcome address which was received with much applause. Mr. Alfred C. Edwards spoke on the occasion which was done with great merit to him, and blended with the occasion. Several other good speeches were made in termingled with good music. In behalf of the club Mr. Geo. O. Price presented the president, Mr. H. W. Mann with a handsome dinner set of 100 pieces and a beautiful watch sob emblematic of a K of P. and also a Fox. The occasion was one long to be remembered, and the words of appreciation extended to Mr. Mann were sincere. He has proven worthy of the esteem of his friends. Election of Officers. Chas. Summer Lodge No. 87. K. of P., held its mi-annual election on Thursday night, December 19th, at which the following officers were elected: R. W. Rogers, M. of W; W. H. Dillon, C. C., DeLoach, V C.; H. J. Gordon, M. at E; A. J. Ransier, M of F; Jesse Brinson, P; A H. Crumbly, M. of A; E. T. F. Smalls, K. of R. and S; Dr. P E. Love, M. E; C. W. Alexander, Rep; E. C. Toomer, Orator; Albert Grant, Trustee. 18 months. At a meeting of Hope Lodge No. 1. A O. Knights of Damon, held on Wednesday night, January 1st, the following officers were elected: R. N. Rutledge. W. G. E; I. Harris, H. P.; Thos Conley, S. G. E; W. H. Cooper, J. G.E; E. T. F. Smalls, F. S.; Ed. Williams. R. S.; Isaac Graut, S. B.; J. B. Brown, Treas; Jesse Manigo, I. W.; Frank Brown, O. W. Special Notice Savannah, Ga., December 18, 1907, The Executive Committee of the Republican Poll Tax Club request all Negro registered voters to meet with them at 20 State Street, west, on Monday night January 6th, 1908, at s'clock. Business of vital importance to be considered By order of J. Clayton Williams, Pres. J. T. Burton, sec'y. H. A. Macbeth, Chairman, Ex Com. Republican Poll Tax Club of C. C. Ga. Where The Tribune can be Purchased. THE TRIBUNE is on sale at the following places in the city: R. Barnes', Barber shop 457 West Broad street, S. P. Pope's barber shop, 20 Farm street, Colored Public Library Price street, by Miss Jones, Mattox, Grocery Waters Ave., and Waldburg streets. St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, West Broad and Bolton Sts., Savannah, Ga. 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A grand Leap year entertainment will be given at Masonic Temple, by White Rose Court, No, 72 I. O. O. C. Monday night, January 13th. Tickets 15 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 Catholic Mutual Aid Society of St. Benedict's Church will celebrate its Seventh anniversary with a Festival on Wednesday Jan. 8th, 1908, at Harris St. Hall. The Apollo Orchestra will furnish music for dancing. Choice refreshments will be sold, admission 25 cents. The committee reserves the right to reject the holder of any tickets. The Delmonico Aid and Social Club will give a swell New Year Hop at Harri street hall, Monday night Jan. 6th. Tickets as and 60 cents. The Elks will give a five nights bazar at Harris Street Hall, commencing Monday night January 13th. Tickets 10 and 35 cents. A public installation will be given by Sayannah Division U. O. T. 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They are sucking the financial blood out of our people. MILLER'S RESORT, Waters Road. When on the road, or when you wish to have a fine oyster roast or other freshments, stop at Sam Miller's. Waters Road. Parties of any served on short notice, wherever reasonable. A royal welcome to SAM MILLER, Princess THE FARMER'S HOME AND ACRES Turn Out the Horses. A horseman suggests that during clear weather it is well to turn the work horses out in the barn-lot at nights. Give them some hay and leave them out all night. They like to roll and after sweating and working hard all day they do not enjoy standing in the barn. Pig Rations. The following ration for pligs is commended to make them grow, and yet not, get "potbellied," viz.: Two parts of middlings, two parts cornmeal by weight mixed, according to Professor Henry. For every pound of this mixture feed one or two pounds of skim milk. A little oilmeal may be used, if it can be secured cheap enough, but at present prices this feeding stuff rules too high for any considerable use. Feed the young pligs three times a day and be sure to give them a good run on pasture where they will get exercise and green forage as well, is possible. Care for the Nest. Do you know that you can train a hen to be a poor layer? Do you know that she can and will keep her eggs when ready to lay for a whole day? If this condition is allowed to continue she may and probably will lay fewer and fewer eggs, finally becoming an indifferent layer, hence the necessity of having plenty of clean, comfortable nests. Did you ever notice how shyly the young pullet will go about looking for a secret place where she may stealthily deposit her precious eggs? How very particular she is about it! If there is an insufficient number of nests, or if they are unclean, or too much exposed she is likely, after some delay, to lay the egg on the floor and among the other hens, which may lead to any eating. Comfort is one of the essentials of egg productions, and what is more necessary than handy, clean and comfortable nests? The Care of Collies. Here are a few words on the general care of a collie dog given by a writer in Recreation: writer in recreation. In all favorable weather wash the dog once a month and in summer once each week. Feed him twice daily of cooked food. Do not keep him too fat. Good muscular condition and a smart, alert collie are not the result of too much feed. Once a week give him a teaspoonful of powdered sulphur in a pan with some milk. It keeps his blood in fine condition. Use a medicated animal soap when washing him. Disinfect the kennel with crude carbolic acid once a month. In fall and winter, when washing is out of the question, owing to the unfavorable weather, dust him through all his dense coat with a tobacco dust powder. It is a fine method of keeping his skin clean and insects off after contact with other dogs. Have him clipped in summer, if convenient, and let him go on the vacation with you. He will love the water, and it will be a sin to leave him home. "Once owner of a collie, always an owner," is an old but true saying. No circumstances will prevent the keeping of a collie after they have once won you. We know the truth of this in a dozen instances. They are the pride of every one who possesses them, and will always be first in the heart of a strong man or woman who is fond of the dumb but true. Birds That Eat Scale Insects. All told, 57 species of birds have been found to eat scale insects. It is interesting to note that this number comprises representatives of 12 families, differing widely not only in structure but in habitats. They were distributed as follows: Nine woodpeckers, two jays, three orioles, eight squirrels, one waxwing, six viros, 11 warblers, two wrens, one tree creeper, two nuthatches and eight tits of the tithouse family, one kinglet and one gnatcatcher of the Old World warbler family, and the varied thrush and the bluebird. At first thought it seems strange that the large birds should take the trouble to pick up such small insects as scales. Yet the numerous representation of woodpeckers on the list and the fact that the grosbeaks among the bulker species are most conspicuous scale destroyers prove it unsafe to assume that a direct relation exists between the size of a bird and its insect food. At the other extreme of size among scale eaters are some veritable feathered midgets, as, for example, the ruby-crowned kinglet, the black-tailed gnatcatcher, and the bush-liet, the last of which makes more than one-fifth of its food of scales. Among the majority of these birds, both great and small, there is noticeable one similarity of habit. They are tree frequenters. On their arboreal excursions, they must constantly come across scale insects, and as the latter are no doubt nutritious and are toothsome to the avian taste. If is only natural that birds should feed upon them, a few species, which do not often wait trees, but which are included among the birds, known to eat scales, probably secure them very rarely. Indiana farmer. Notes About Horses. If your horse is out of condition, do you know why? If the feed and care are what they should be, then look at his teeth. See that the grinders come together evenly, and smooth off the sharp points. Half the pleasure of the country life lies in the ownership of a good horse. Every farmer should have a horse that the wife and daughter can ride and drive, as well as the boys. In selecting such a horse, choose one about fifteen hands and one or two inches high, weighing about 950 to 1000 pounds. He should have a good even disposition, and go equally well in harness or under saddle. Of all the tools who drive horses the ones who rush a horse down hill are the worst. It weakens the tendons and nerves, jars the shoulders and springs the knees. As the cool nights come on be careful about putting your horses in the stable when heated from work or driving. Give them a good rubbing all over with a towel or cloth, and put on a light woolen blanket. If the blanket becomes damp, put on a dry one for the night. It is still better to rub the horse until he is dry. It does not take long, and it pays, though few farmers will do it. It takes much patience to teach a horse seven or eight years old to do new kinds of work. But let patience have her perfect work; the horse is not so much to blame after all.—Farm Journal. Long Chicken Runs. The following from the Farm Press contains some very sound advice. I never yet saw a chicken yard-too long, but I have seen a great many that were too small. I never knew chickens to get slick and make trouble when they had plenty of room and plenty of green stuff. It costs something to fence a long run, but it pays. A yard twenty feet wide and two hundred yards long may be plowed and cultivated with horses. If a succession of green stuff is grown, starting in the spring and reseeding at different times during the summer, a yard like this will grow enough to almost feed thirty or forty laying hens. Such things as peas and oats may be planted very early in the spring and by having runs may be closed and different grains and vegetables may be planted in season. A great deal of plicking may be had from corn. They may eat off the young stalks and they may let some of them grow up, but, in any case the chickens get the benefit. Rape is another good crop to grow. It may be planted almost any time between spring and early fall. Radishes, beets, buckwheat, in fact, almost anything that grows on the farm, will come in all right in the chicken yard. You may plant in rows and cultivate occasionally, you may sow broadcast. You may leave the chickens in the yard or turn them out until the stuff gets fairly started, according to circumstances. It makes but little difference how you manage, so long as you fit enough ground and plant enough to keep the poultry busy. I prefer a poultry yard in an orchard, preferably of small fruit trees such as plums, cherries, apricots, prunes and pears. The partial shade from the trees is beneficial to poultry. In this way you don't feel the expense of giving a whole lot of ground to a poultry yard. You can just run wire poultry netting down the rows between the trees and partition off a yard as wide or as narrow as you want it. The width makes but little difference; length is what you want so you can get the horses in to do the work. I have seen little yards that were supposed to be dug over frequently. The digging gets done about once; nobody has time after that for any such backaching job. The only way to have a chicken yard cultivated is to do it by horsepower. You can't work crossways in a narrow lot; you can't have a chicken yard very wide but you can have it the whole length of the orchard and it will pay to do it. Bungalow Houses. The bungalow, the camp, or whatever one's retreat in the wilderness or by the shore is called, is said to be influencing architecturally the building of an, occasional all-the-year-round house in suburban and near-by country places. One big living room running the length and nearly the breadth of the house, with a small kitchen tucked in an out-of-the-way corner, three or four sleeping rooms overhead, and a porch suitably screened to allow outdoor sleeping quarters, make up the ideal residence. —Boston Transcript. Modern Annoyances The following advertisement is published in the Kresklaib, a newspaper published at Hoechst, near Wiesbaden: "Can any one favor me with the hames of the balloonists who, when passing over the village of Bied last Thursday evening, dropt a 'bag of ballast down my chimney and completely ruined a fruit' tart which I was 'cooking' - Julia Schmidt, 14, Britzelgasse, Bied - Literary Digest." HOME IDEAS AND ECONOMIES Stewed Okra. This vegetable does not fill the place it should in our summer menus. It is not only nutritious but very toothsome when properly prepared. Only the young tender pods should be stewed. Wrap them in a cloth or put them into a bag and stew until tender. Then dress with salt, pepper and a few tablespoons of cream. Serve with boiled rice. Fish Balls. Cook together in boiling water one cup salt codfish picked in small pieces and two cups diced potatoes. When the potatoes are quite soft, drain thoroughly and mash. Add one-half tablespoon butter, one egg well beaten, and one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Beat with a fork for two minutes, then add salt. Take up by tablespoonfuls, put in frying basket, and fry in deep fat until well browned, then drain on brown paper. Arrange on hot serving dish and garnish with parsley.—Woman's Home Companion. Creamed Salt Codfish. Pick salt codfish in small pieces; there should be one and one-half cupfuls. Soak in lukewarm water thirty minutes, until soft. Drain thoroughly, and add two cups white sauce seasoned with a little pepper. Add two eggs slightly baten just before sending to the table. Turn into a hot serving dish, and garnish with toast points, parsley and slices of hard-bolled eggs. The nutritive value may be increased by adding one-half grated mild cheese. Allow the cheese to melt in the sauce before adding the eggs. Fot Roast. For a pot roast get a short thick piece of the cross rib of beef and land it with little strips of clear fat pork. Put the pot in which the meat is to be cooked over the fire and when hot lay in the beef and brown, turning from side to side until the whole surface is richly colored. Add a half dozen little onions, two tablespoonfuls of tomato, a little chopped parsley, a bay leaf, half a dozen whole black peppers and three cloves, together with a cup of boiling water or stock. Place the pot where the meat will just simmer and steam for three hours, keeping the pot closely covered. An hour before serving, add three carrots, sliced thin and another cup of stock is needed. When done take up the meat on a hot platter, season the sauce with salt and pepper, arrange the carrot slices about the meat alternating with little rounds of peas, then strain in the sauce over the meat. For a Second Serving—For a second day's serving cut the meat remaining into small portions; put into a deep baking dish, cover with gravy, then make a baking powder crust without shortening, the same as for dumplings, and cover the dish. Steam about three-quarters of an hour, then serve—Washington Star. In the Kitchen. Half a lemon dipped in salt is excellent for cleaning copper articles. Oxalic acid, too, is equally successful both for copper and brass. Vinegar and salt will remove the brown tea stains from china cups. Vinegar will also clean and brighten water bottles that have become dull. Boot or shoe laces will never come undone if slightly waxed. If the tag has come off the lace, slightly wax the end, and it will go through the holes quite easily. Add a little soda to the water in which you are going to wash greasy dishes. This helps to remove the grease, and keeps the dishcloth in good condition. Ink stains can be removed from the hands by rubbing with ripe tomato juice, if applied at once. It is sometimes successful in removing ink stains from white fabrics. To remove bad odors from a room, burn a piece of dried orange peel on a hot shovel or old tin. The odor will disappear, leaving a pleasant one in its place. Burned coffee is also effective. Badly tarnished brass may be cleaned with ease if it is first rubbed with salt and vinegar or oxalic acid. Follow with a good washing of soap and water, then polish with any good cleaning preparation. If you wish to, remove a screw that is difficult to loosen, heat a poker red hot and hold it on the head of the screw for a short time, then, while it it still hot, apply the screw-driver, and it will come out easily. To take 'out iron rust, dip the spot into a strong solution of tartaric acid and expose it to the sun. When it is 'dry, wet the article with warm soapsuds; rub the stain with ripe tomato juice, expose it to the 'sun again, and when the stain is nearly dry wash it in more soapsuds. If you are leaving your house for a few hours, and want the fire to keep in, instead of throwing a lot of coal on, it is much better and safer to put two or three pieces on, and then throw a handful of table salt over them. If this is done, you will find a good fire at the end of four or five hours. Carrots and onions are better for cooking if soaked in cold water for twelve hours, before using, to draw out the strong flavor. Carrots should always be cut in slices instead of cubes, because the darker outside part is richer and better in flavor than the lighter, centre. It served in cubes, some would not get the choicer parts. --- FROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT FROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT Thin Dresses - Made Warm. The adoption this season of the chamois sacque to go under the evening wrap will make it possible to wear tulle, chiffon and organdie dresses in the depth of winter. The loose-fitting leather garment keeps out wind and cold to an amazing extent. - Its weight is not great. Advice to Girls. When a girl talks to a man on the street, and he leans up against a wall while he talks, that is the kind of a man to shake, and shake promptly. If a man hasn't the energy to stand up without a wall to lean against, he hasn't enough energy to make him worthy of any girl's chase.—Atchison Globe. Lace Gloves Queen's Fad. Real lace gloves, which will cost from 50 cents to $1 a pair are necessary to the society woman's wardrobe this season. Queen Alexandra of England is responsible for the fashion. She tired of the trouble in taking off the long kid glove, and disliked to peel it off at the wrist, tucking the hand portion under the upper part of the glove. The lace glove is taken off easily. Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. W. J. Bryan can swim a mite. She is a splendid walker. She rides a bicycle with ease. She can drive mettlesoft horses and bake, cook and sew. She knows how to keep house, and all her home expenses are recorded, so that she knows from day to day and week to week, how matters stand. She is well read, not only in current literature, but in the good things of the past—The Argonaut. Death for a Kiss. The rules and regulations which environ unmarried girls in France are exceptionally strict when compared with those of England or America. On the other hand, compared with the social lows of Spain, I think those of France are favorable to the jeune fille. I have personal knowledge of a case in which a young Spanish girl shot herself because she had been kissed by a young man and because—in consequence of this small indiscretion—her life had been made umbearable by her relatives.—Paris correspondence the Madame. Women and Work. For the year ending June 30, 1905, 301;585 women, nearly one-half of the number of men, came to this country. The great majority of these came here for work. Nineteen out of every one hundred native American women are engaged in gainful occupations, but thirty-two out of every one hundred foreign-born women are so engaged, and the percentage is increasing. In an investigation of several thousand unmarried immigrant women and married immigrant women without children who had arrived within three years, fully 90 percent were found at work or looking for work. Truth About Economy In Dress. There is something anterior to the cutting and making of dresses at home (an accepted, but not always a successful, form of economy); a something anterior to the remodeling of last year's gowns, and to the study of the care of clothing, important though all these may be. It has to do with the practical understanding of economy itself. It is a matter of the head rather than of the hand. In its relation to dress economy isn't skimping on material; it isn't making this or that old thing do; nor is it living in bargain-bought shodds or misfits and made-over things, and so being more or less apologetic for one's appearance and inwardly saddened over it, even while bending in a spirit of resignation under the weight of work which certain economical sewing methods often involve. Economy in dressing, primarily, is prudence. It is alert, prudent buying and careful planning, both of which presuppose an acquaintance with current dress forms and current prices of dress materials. This acquaintance is an essential to economical dressing, whether the economy to be practised is one of calicoes or of silk. It is necessary that the woman who must be economical inform herself as to what is to be had, how it is to be used after she has purchased it, and even how a given garment is to be put on once it becomes hers.—From the Special Fashion Number of Harper's Bazar. The Spinster of Literature. Apropos of "The Neurotic Spinster of Literature," Anne O'Hagan, who has been entertaining the readers of Harper's Bazar recently by some delightfully humorous and remarkably sane talks about spinsters, in the last number of the Bazar vigorously defends her sisters from the imagination of some story writers. She says: "Malda, who has in her own family, constantly ready for the purposes of investigation, a spinster who works some six or eight hours a day at a calling which demands a measure of sanity, a spinster who eats her three meals a day with excellent appetite and frequently supplements them by a fourth, a spinster who (devotiously thankening Heaven for the great gift) rejoices in the crowds on the streets, the trees and the woods of the stretches of the shore, in men and women, in books and weather, in fine- raiment when she can compass it, in bridge and shows and music and friendship, and all the rich, deep, joyous experiences of daily life—my sister Malda, who has such a spinster, I say, under close observation and a score more such under slightly more remote observation, will read these maudlin tales of neurasthenic old maids, and will think that she has discovered the true unexpressed attitude of mind of the whole class. "Victims of thwarted instincts! There are those in all classes; assuredly among unmarried women. But they exist wherever mature women sit down to brood upon the difference between what they yearn for and what the fates have vouchsafed them. What of the thwarted instincts of a childless wife, of a neglected or abandoned wife? Or even of a successfully married woman who happens to have, in addition to her traits as woman, the instinct for artistic creation, for scientific investigation, for business, but who is by circumstances or by some social convention forced to deny these their outlet? If, in real life, we all went about making tragedies of all our thwarted instincts, this world would soon resemble the stage at the close of 'Hamlet.' And if in the casual literature of amusement we are going to celebrate thwarted instincts, in pity's name do not let us make the busy, respectable spinister class bear the whole burden of the exposition! Nearly two thousand years of civilization and convention have really trained her to hear her lot with decorum, and even with forgetfulness of its drawbacks!" The Progress of Woman. "From a strictly economic, non-sentimental standpoint, doing one's own work is the most wasteful possible form—next to having man and woman do it separately." writes Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the Woman's Home Companion. "This sounds like nonsense, no doubt, to the conscientious housekeeper, who knows that she cannot afford a servant, much less an expert. "But instead of looking at the question from a strictly personal standpoint, let her look at it for a moment collectively. Wealth is made by human labor applied to materials. The more expert the labor, the more wealth it produces. The better organized and specialized the labor, the more wealth it produces. Society grows in wealth, ease, leisure, power and intelligence, as it develops from self industry to world industry. Very well. In fifty families we have fifty men and fifty women—a hundred units of wealth-producing labor. Now suppose—just for a contrast—that these fifty women all work at some trade earning a dollar and a half a day—nine dollars a week, and that all the men were only housekeepers to the women—cooking, sweeping, washing, caring for the children, for no wages. The family income would be nine dollars a week—and both parties working all the time. We can see at a glance what a loss of wealth is involved. "Those men, we cry, would earn more than one dollar and fifty cents a day if they were free to specialize, to develop their various talents, to combine, organize, serve one another and their families at the same time. Let the men earn the money and the women do the housework. "So we usually have the reverse of the picture; the men earning from one dollar and fifty cents to four or five dollars or more a day, a much-increased average income, and improved service—the men's service, that is." "Now, these fifty women represent potential wealth as well as the 'men. While each of them works all day in the house for no wages, sharing the income of her husband, is it not possible that she might be working at some special labor she preferred? We continually forget that all women do not like home work nor all kinds of housework equally, and that each family is obliged to put up with inferior service in some particular. "Some women have a special genius for general management; such might manage in the housekeeping business, in this utopian future we are looking at, and be well paid for it. Some like to cook and can cook well. These could learn the beautiful art to its fullest, and cook for appreciative numbers. Some like to clean, and could learn the laundry business—learn it all—and provide for each group of patrons beautiful laundry work of keep the house antiseptically clean. Some have especial talent with bables and children, and could undoubtedly develop that talent, to the probable advantage of our sometimes mishandled infancy. "By such division each woman, specializing, would improve the quality of her labor and add to its market value; she would serve more people, serve them better, and be paid more. "But here we are pulled up short against a blank wall. Habits as old as history are not to be over-ridden in a day. Prejudices far older than history cannot be blown aside like feathers. We object to such a change as this. We do not want it. We sternly disapprove of it. I honestly believe, however, that social progress along this line cannot be permanently stopped. We can hang-back and dig our heels in-illie, a sulky child, but Mother Nature drags us on relentlessly." 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I got so I couldn't use my arms, my eyeslight was impaired and for five months it is hospital I was discharged as incurable, and given only six months to live. My heart was affected, I had amothering spells and sometimes fell unconscious. I got so I couldn't use my arms, my eyesight was impaired and the kidney secretions were badly disordered. I was completely worn out and discouraged when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went right to the cause of the trouble and did their work well. I have been feeling well ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. PROHIBITION. Physician-You must not eat between meals. Boarder—But that is the only chance I get.—New York Sun. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens thegums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle. BAD TASTE. "Does Barker's wife dress appropriately?" "No, indeed. She wears forty horse-power togs in a runabout.—Life. Piles Cured in 0 to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any case of Iching, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. GOOD SIGN. Blobbs—Snobbs has sworn off smoking, I guess. Dobbs—How do you know? Dobbs—how do you Blobbs—I saw him kicking the dog this morning.—Cleveland Leader. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sahitian Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. As to Powers of Vision. The eyesight is possessed by those people whose lands are vast and barren, and where obstacles tending to shorten the sight are few. Eskimos will detect a white fox in the snow at a great distance. The Arabs of the deserts of Africa have such extreme powers of vision that on the vast plains of the desert they will pick out objects invisible to the ordinary eye at ranges of from one to ten miles. Among civilised peoples the Norwegians have the best eyesight. The Pulpit A SERMON BY THE REV HRAW HENDERSON Theme: The Bible. Brooklyn, N. Y.—Preaching at the Irving Square Presbyterian Church, Hamburg avenue and Welfrield street, on the above theme, the Rev. Ira Wemmell Henderson, pastor, took as his text Is.40:8: "The Word of our God shall stand forever." He said: This has been an age of criticism of the Scriptures. There has never been a time in the history of Christianity when the Bible was more searchingly examined and the truthfulness of its facts as presented more questioned than in the days through which we have passed and are passing. The written truth of the dyline revelation has been put to severe tests. Its foundations have been analyzed. Its superstructure has been sounded. Its conclusions have been negatived and its very fabric has seemingly been destroyed. Some of us have feared that its permanence has been threatened, its influence curtailed, its contents in some measure expunged. Criticism has been strenuous in its handling of the Bible. Far more strenuous than some of us have thought advisable. Far more strenuous than many of us have thought justifiable, necessary or wise. Under the combined influence of a new science, a larger view of history, a more comprehensive geography, the tests of the validity and value of the Scriptures have been changed and the content of the Word of God has been differently considered than customarily. It has shocked many a soul, this process. It has brought many a layman and many a minister to the tide of the ocean of doubt and distrust and of spiritual uncertainty. But it has been done. Whether we have liked it or no the light has been turned on. It has incidentally been turned on much that was the foolishness of immature scholarship masquerading under the guise of wisdom. The criticism of the Scriptures has created a widespread distrust of the whole Book of God. It has upset theology. It has removed many of the old foundations for our belief in the inspiration of the Word and of the divinity of Jesus Christ. Sadly in many quarters it has undermined faith. But that has been rather because men have lacked the power to make sense and because they have mistaken facts for human development and interpretation of the same because the Scriptures have been scientifically studied and the light of the spirit honestly and helpfully turned on. Actually there has been little cause for alarm. Because we test the water is no guarantee that it is contaminated. Because we put acid to our silver is no surety that it is only plated. Because we take the invitation of the Almighty and try Him and His Word is no reason why we should fear that either or both are frauds. Because we study the Word carefully invites no presumption that it will not be able fully to meet all our questions and successfully to elucidate all our perplexities and to justify itself. The Bible is not a book for dummies. It is the mechanically preserved Word of a living God who through the long ages has spoken to living men and who yet speaks. It is for men of intelligence who are alive. And it invites the inquiry of live and intelligent men. There is and has been no cause for alarm. For theology and religion are not the same thing. A very religious man may have a very atrocious theology. And while it is always best to express our religious knowledge and experiences in the best theological formulae that we may be able to devise, it is always possible, humanity being what it is, that we may not be able to express in words the exact consciousness of our minds and souls. A man's theology will change, if he be a live and intelligent man, with the maturing and magnifying of his religious experiences. And if our theology is effective to relate our spiritual and moral experiences, if our creeds do not correctly reveal our thoughts, there is no reason in the world why we should not do as our fathers before us have done and change our creeds, our formulated theologies. Creeds are necessary as an expression of religious consciousness. It were folly to scoff them. But they should be plastic. They should grow with our growth and expand with our expansion. And so if investigation of the Scripture has reald the ground for our belief in the inspiration of the Word of God we should not be fearful. For it has made the foundation but more intelligible and truthful to the minds of men of to-day. It has not destroyed the fact of inspiration. It has simply changed our major ground of belief therein. The Word is as inspired as it ever was. No theological statement, however, learned or carefully worded, can alter the fact. If the examination of the Scripture has restated the grounds for our belief in the divinity of Christ, it has been simply to intensify our intellectual acceptance of the fact of His divineness. For He who was the fullness of grace and truth depends not on any theological formula for demonstration or justification. For He was divine ere men began to prove Him so. We ought to be thankful that the test has come. For out of the fire has emerged a stronger faith in the inspired.Word of God, a clearer comprehension of the reasons for our faith. And it were worth while to go through fire and through flood to secure that. Gospelism has eliminated many a perplexity. It has clarified much of the obscurity of the scripture records. It has brought the testimony of the four ends of the earth to the substantiation of the accuracy in every essential part of God's most Holy Word. It has given us a larger knowledge. - It has given us a surer knowledge. Except, for those who were nearest to the events that are chronled in Scripture, there has been none more accurately informed, so far as we have light concerning the facts of Scripturethan are we to-day. The more I read of the researches and results achieved by critical students of the Bible and of the lands with which it intimately associates itself the more am I convinced that the investigation is worth whatever it may cost and that it is providential. And I am also convinced that we would do well to go slow about discounting the opinions concerning the Scripture and the facts therein recited that have been held true in days long past. It is a good thing that we should remember that the sum of human wisdom is not resident in us and that our forefathers were not fools. This is an intensely critical and scientific age. It demands proof and evidence that heretofore was not deemed necessary or reverent. But the more we read and hear the more we are led to believe that the fathers, in not so informed and scientific an age, were not so deluded when they accepted on faith that for which we demand proof. For we get the proof when we ask for it, so it would seem, and it is very largely confirmatory of the past. The gates of hell cannot prevail against the Bible. For it is the truthful record of the largest longings, the wickedest sins, the most delightful religious exaltations of individuals and a people. Its human interest is superb. It meets our lives at every point. It has comfort for the sorrowing, peace for the afflicted, inspiration for the heavy-hearted, enthusiasm for the discouraged, admonition for the wicked, salvation for the penitent. The farmer feels its vitality, the shepherd acknowledges its appeal, the rich man learns its lessons, the poor man thanks God for itsocracy. It is the book of the people, for it is redolent with the life of the people. And wherever there is a soul in torment, wherever there is a man who mourns, wherever there is a woman with a broken heart, wherever there is a mind in gloom, or a body that is racked with pain, there will the Bible be and be enjoyed. For it radiates the deeper she speaks to honesty of the deepest things, life it warns us of the congenues of evil and the satisfacions of righteousness. The Bible's as intelligible to youth as to old age. It has a message for all. It can charm a boy with its heroes as a man with its profound philosophy. It can animate a girl as it can inspire and intensify a woman's love for God. And it does these things. And because it does it will never grow stale or profitless or valueless. It will ever stand. "The Word of our God shall stand forever." It is eternal. It is not the creature of time. It is the child of eternity. And it would stand forever if for no other reason than that it unfolds the earthly history of the incarnate God. So long as the Bible speaks of Christ as the one or he is its inspiration. The development Him its mission. And so long as men shall sin and need salvation, so long as souls shall turn to God in Christ for aid, so long will men love the Scripture and magnify its force. Shallow thinkers may enlarge the difficulties that inhere within the Scripture. Bad men may quote it for their evil ends. Foolish men may twist its meanings and assure us of its fallibility. But the Bible will stand. It will stand forever. And when we are gone and the countless generations that shall follow us have come and gone the long way in our steps the Bible will be here. For it is the Word of the Lord. Let us never forget it! And it shall endlessly perdure. A Rise by Self-Sacrifice. Enough has been gaid of the fall by self-ill to show us that man must rise by self-sacrifice. To grow this passion within him were all the sacrifices to which God led him in his weary history. More and more nearly did God reveal Himself unto man, until in the self-sacrifice of Calvary the heart of man was taken and God's self-sacrifice began the life of self-sacrifice in humanity. "The glory of God and of the Lamb is light thereof." Enough has been said of the city—its divine socialism—to show that to reach it each man must begin to live for others, that his whole life must be a life of meekness and burden-bearing. God through the ages revealed Himself as the bearer of man's burdens and by this revelation lifted men slowly to a life of mutual helpfulness, until at last in the sin-bearer He disclosed Himself as the victim of Calvary. The future social organization after that could have no other light but that of the glory of God in the slain Lamb. Enough has been said of holiness in man—of saithood—to show that the city of God will be inhabited—if it is the Holy City—by those who have met with foes and vanquished them, by those who have known the cross before they saw the crown. I look into John's vision and hear the unuttered philosophy of spiritual power, as the redeemed come home. First, the new heavens, then the new earth, Vision, then action. Men like colonists who have now and then graced them a vision of how things ought to be and ideal, in the land of which they are from beyond. By and by they get there the reality comes out of them to meet the reality which ever hath been there. So by His spirit we put into our hearts the idea of the brotherhood of man, under God, in Christ Jesus—Dr. F. A. Gausulaus. "Poor. Yet Making Many Rich." The Church Times gives an interesting little account of a poor girl, blind and deaf, an inmate of a North Devon workhouse, who "lives a life of prayer in her darkness and solitude." To this afflicted one the initiative, of the organization of the Missionary Candidates' Fund of the S. P. G. may be traced. That fund now has reached the sum, of over £3000, subscribed in a comparatively short time, the first item being the three shillings saved by the blind girl. The writer of the notice says: "She was in a little bare ward in the workhouse when I saw her, looking very sad because her Braille copy of the Mission Field had been torn. She asked me to pray for her, and then told us not only to pray for missions, but also for the parish, for Sunday-schools and Bands of Hope, etc.; and one, felt rebuked as one thought of her life of prayer, always thinking of and interceding for others in her darkness and silence." London Christian. Despite the heroic sacrifice of nearly 100 square inches of skin' by Geo. 100 square inches of. skin by Geo. 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The year 7416 of the World (Septuagit) 1908 IS A BISSEXTIL Moon is the Reigning CARDINAL Vernal Equinox, entrance of the Sun in the evening. Summer Solstice, entrance of the Sun in the evening. Autumn Equinox, entrance of the Sun o'clock in the morning. Winter Solstice, entrance of the Sun o'clock in the morning. THE SEA Washington M. D. H. M. December ... 22— 6—36 p. m. W March ... 20— 7—11 p. m. S June ... 21— 3—3 p. m. S September ... 23— 5—42 a. m. A December ... 22— 0—17 a. m. W UNIOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR until July 4th, the 132d year of the independence of America, and corresponding nearly to 16 of the Mohammedan era, beginning Feb. 4th. M. 8017 of the Greek Church, beginning Jan. 14 15 of the Chinese era, beginning Feb. 2. 18-9 of the Jewish era, Sept. 26 or at sunset Sept. 18 of the Japanese era, beginning Feb. 2. A. L. (Masonic). 1 A. U. C. (of Rome). 12 of the World (Usher). 16 of the World (Septuagint). IS A BISSEXTILE OR LEAP "Moon is the Reigning Planet This Year. CARDINAL POINTS. Ex. entrance of the Sun into Arles, March 20th evening. Notice, entrance of the Sun into Cancer, June 21st evening. Julnox, entrance of the Sun Into Libra, September in the morning. Face, entrance of the Sun into Capricorn, December in the morning. THE SEASONS. Washington Mean Time. D. H. M. ...22—6—36 p.m. Winter begins and lasts. ...20—7—11 p.m. Spring begins and lasts. ...21—3—3 p.m. Summer begins and lasts. ...23—5—42 a.m. Autumn begins and lasts. ...22—0—17 a.m. Winter beg. Trop. Year. ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR 1908 Being until July 4th, the 1324 year of the independence of the United States of America, and corresponding nearly to The year 1326 of the Mohammedan era, beginning Feb. 4th. The year A. M. 8017 of the Greek Church, beginning Jan. 14 (O. S.). The year 4605 of the Chinese era, beginning Feb. 2. The year 5668-9 of the Jewish era, Sept. 26 or at sunset Sept. 25. The year 2568 of the Japanese era, beginning Feb. 2. The year 5908 A. L. (Masonic). The year 2661 A. U. C. (of Rome). The year 5912 of the World (Usher). The year 7416 of the World (Septuagint). Winter Solstice, entrance of the Sun into Capricorn, December 22d, at 1 o'clock in the morning. THE SEASONS. Washington Mean Time. D. H. M. December ..... 22—6—36 p.m. Winter begins and lasts..89—0—35 March ..... 20—7—11 p.m. Spring begins and lasts..92—19—52 June ..... 21—3—3 p.m. Summer begins and lasts..93—14—39 September ..... 23—5—42 a.m. Autumn begins and lasts..89—18—35 December ..... 22—0—17 a.m. Winter beg. Trop. Year..365—5—41 ECLIPSES FOR THE YEAR 1908. There will be three eclipses of the I. The first will be a total eclipse invisible in America, visible on the II. The second will be an annula the 28th of June, visible, in part, in be annular in Tampa, Florida, and on ning will be at 9 o'clock 27 minutes in 41 minutes at noon. (Washington tii III. The third is an eclipse of the ber, invisible in North America, visible eastern part of South America. MORNING AND E MORNING Stars. Venus after July. Mars after August 22. Jupiter until January 29, after August 17. Saturn after February 29, until September 30. Mercury until January 14; February 28 until May 7; July 4 until August 20; October 28 until December 11. PLANETS' GREATE Mercury—February 13, June 7, the Sun and rises in the morning bef vember 13. Jupiter—January 29. Saturn—September 30. MOVABLE FEASTS A will be three eclipses of the Sun this year and one first will be a total eclipse of the Sun on the 3d America, visible on the Pacific Ocean. the second will be an annular or ring eclipse of June, visible, in part, in the United States. The at 9 o'clock 27 minutes in the forenoon; the end at noon. (Washington time.) the third is an eclipse of the Sun on the 22d and 23 in North America, visible on the Atlantic Ocean of South America. MORNING AND EVENING STARS Morning Stars. July. August 22. January 29, after Aug- February 29, until Sep- January 14; February May 7; July 4 until Au- October 28 until Decem- Evening Stars Venus until July 5. Mars until August 22. Jupiter after January gust 17. Saturn until February tember 30. Mercury, January 14. 28; May 7 until Jul- until October 28; a 11. PLANETS' GREATEST BRILLIANCY —February 13, June 7, October 4, sets in the rises in the morning before the Sun; March 27, Jupiter—January 29. Venus—May 29, At September 30. WABLE FEASTS AND CHURCH DAY There will be three eclipses of the Sun this year and one Luna Apulse. I. The first will be a total eclipse of the Sun on the 3d of January, invisible in America, visible on the Pacific Ocean. II. The second will be an annular or ringtone eclipse of the Sun on the 28th of June, visible, in part, in the United States. The eclipse will be annular in Tampa, Florida, and on the Bermuda Islands. The beginning will be at 9 o'clock 27 minutes in the forenoon; the end at 12 o'clock 41 minutes at noon. (Washington time.) III. The third is an eclipse of the Sun on the 22d and 23d of December, invisible in North America, visible on the Atlantic Ocean and in the eastern part of South America. Morning Stars. Venus after July. Mars after August 22. Jupiter until January 29, after August 17. Saturn after February 29, until September 30. Mercury until January 14; February 28 until May 7; July 4 until August 20; October 28 until December 11. Evening Stars. Venus until July 5. Mars until August 22. Jupiter after January 29, until August 17. Saturn until February 29, after September 30. Mercury, January 14 until February 28; May 7 until July 4; August 20 until October 28; after December 11. PLANETS' GREATEST BRILLIANCY. Mercury—February 13, June 7, October 4, sets in the evening after the Sun and rises in the morning before the Sun! March 27, July 25, November 13. Jupiter—January 29. Venus—May 29, August 7. Saturn—September 30. Septuagesima Sunday, February 16. Sexagesima Sunday, February 23. Qulnquagesima Sunday, March 1. Shrove Tuesday, March 3. Ash Wednesday, or first day of Lent March 4. Quadragesima Sunday, March 8. Mid Lent, March 25. Palm Sunday, April 12. Maundy Thursday, April 16. Good Friday, April 17. Easter Sunday, April 19. Low Sunday, April 26. Rogation Sunday, May 21. Ascension Day, May 28. Whit Sunday, June 7. Some of the New Record Automobile record for mile on 4 seconds. Swimming record for 100 yards, Horse running record, one mile Brighton/Beach, 1.50 3-5. Shooting record, by Captain Harri Homing pigeon makes average 600 miles. Thompson's Colts bowling team three games. Ralph Rose, John Flanagan, M Melvin Sheppard all-broke athletic re Fastest time on snow shoes, 47n Longest ski jump, 114 feet. Of the New Records Made During mobile record for mile on circular track, by Walt buling record for 100 yards, by Charles Daniels, 55 running record, one mile and an eighth, by Chan leach, 1.50 3-5. ing record, by Captain Hardy, who broke 13,066 pigeon makes average speed of 1612 yards son's Colts bowling team (five men) rolled a Rose, John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan, George guard all-broke athletic records. time on snow shoes, 47m. 20s. ski jump, 114 feet. Some of the New Records Made During the Year Automobile record for mile on circular track, by Walter Christie, 52 seconds. Swimming record for 100 yards, by Charles Daniels, 55 2-5 seconds. Horse running record, one mile and an eighth, by Charles Edward, at Brighton/Beach, 1.50 3-5. Shooting record, by Captain Hardy, who broke 13,066 flying targets. Homing pigeon makes average speed of 1612 yards per minute for 600 miles. Thompson's Colts bowling team (five men) rolled a 2853 score for three games. Ralph Rose, John Flanagan, Martin Sheridan, George Bonhag and Melvin Sheppard all broke athletic records. 75 Lives Lost in the Alps, and 350 Other Mishaps in 1807. London. Official statistics just isu- sued supply the death rate in 1901 due to misadventure in the Italian, Swiss and Austrian Alps. The num- ber of lives lost was seventy-five, the majority being Swiss and Germans. Next came the British and after them the Italians. There were 350 serious The chief cause of the fatality was foolhardiness, which is becoming more prevalent every year, in attempting ascents without a guide. "Am that fair faith you cherished, precious wise." He met their glances, levelly, aware That each had uttered naught save truth, and yet He felt no smarting of remorse's stings. "Tis thus with those brave souls who, stair by stair, Ascend the years, above all val. regret, To the trumphant heights of better things. CULATIONS FOR 1908 Year of the independence of the United early to a, beginning Feb. 4th. march, beginning Jan. 14 (O. S.). winning Feb. 2. st, 26 or at sunset Sept. 25. beginning Feb. 2. LE OR LEAP YEAR. Planet This Year. POINTS. Into Aries, March 20th, at 7 o'clock into Cancer, June 21st, at 3 o'clock into Libra, September 23d, at 6 into Capricorn, December 22d, at 1 ASONS. Mean Time. D. H. M. Winter begins and lasts..89—0—35 spring begins and lasts..92—19—52 summer begins and lasts..93—14—39 autumn begins and lasts..89—18—35 Winter beg. Trop. Year. 365—5—41 Sun this year and one Luna Apulse. e of the Sun on the 3d of January, Pacific Ocean. ar or ringform eclipse of the Sun on the United States. The eclipse will the Bermuda Islands. The begin- the forenoon; the end at 12 o'clock me.) e Sun on the 22d and 23d of Dece- mon on the Atlantic Ocean and in the EVENING STARS. Evening Stars. Venus until July 5. Mars until August 22. Jupiter after January 29, until Aug- ust 17. Saturn until February 29, after Sep- tenber 30. Mercury, January 14 until February 28; May 7 until July 4; August 20 until October 28; after December 11. EST BRILLIANCY. October 4, sets in the evening after ore the Sun; March 27, July 25, No- Venus—May 29, August 7. END CHURCH DAYS. Trinity Sunday, June 14. Corpus Christi, June 18. Thanksgiving Day, on fourth or last Thursday in November, as President may appoint. First Sunday in Advent, November 29. Sundays after Trinity are 23 this year. Quaternion or Ember Days. 1st. On 11, 13 and 14 of March. 2d. On 10, 12 and 13 of June. 3d. On 16, 18 and 19 of September. 4th. On 16, 18 and 15 of December. Is Made During the Year circular track, by Walter Christie, 52 by Charles Daniels, 55 2-5 seconds. and an eighth, by Charles Edward, at body, who broke 13,066 flying targets. speed of 1612 yards per minute for (five men) rolled a 2853 score for martin Sheridan, George Bonhag and records: n. 20s. Seventy-one Hunters Killed During Season of 1907. Chicago. — Seventy-one persons were killed—most of them by care- lessness—during the hunting season of 1907. This is slightly below the record for 1906. The number of injured in 1907, however, is in excess of that of the season before. eighty-one hunters having been hurt in 1907, compared with only seventy during 1906. In Wisconsin; Michigan and Minnesota fifty persons lost their lives in 1907. AMONG THE MASONS. St. John's Day was generally observed by the brothers throughout the state. Brother George A. Williams at Butler informed us that he and the brethren had a glorious time along with the Grand Master, last week. The brethren of the other lodges envy Brother Williams on account of his honored visitor. Let each brother in the jurisdiction resolve to be more dutiful and loyal to their lodges and the order during the year than ever before. This resolution would be a good one to keep and carry out. We intend making the Masonic Column one of the features of The Tribune, and to do so we request the support of each lodge in the state. You can support-us by getting the members to subscribe, and those who are in arrears for their subscription—they can help us by paying up, and again you can help us by sending in short and pointed articles about the workings of your lodge. The lodges in Savannah held a joint installation on St. John's night. The officers were installed by Past Grand Master J. H. Deveaux, assisted by Grand Secretary Johnson. After the installation several of the brethren spoke encouragingly about the work, and admonished the brethren on to greater efforts. After closing the brethren were invited to the second floor where the committee had prepared light refreshments. The officers of the following lodges were installed: Eureka No. 1—G. L. Binyard, W. M.; James Wilson, S. W.; Robert Neal, J. W.; I. Binyard, Treas.; Sol C. Johnson, Sec.; J. A. Monroe, S. D.; M. Bedgod, J. D.; Simon Roberts, S. D.; D. J. Hamilton, J. S.; G. W. Stewart, Chaplain; William Carson, Marshal; Robert S. Smith, Tyler. Pythagoras No. 11—F. M. Cohen, W. M.; F. B. Pettle, S. W.; D. D. Mills, J. W.; J. H. Hooker, Treas; C. A. McDwell, Sec; L. J. Robinson, S. D; W. T. Winn, J. D; Jesse Randall, S. S.; J. S. Reynolds, J. S.; Rev. L. L. Blair, Chaplain; J. C. Williams, Marshal: J. A. Mills, Tyler. Mt. Morlah No. 15—C. W. Swinton, W. M.; W. H. Burgess, S. W.; Fred Richardson, J. W.; L. M., Mongin, Treas.; Geo. W. Green, Sec.; J. A. Davis, S. D.; J. P. Garnett, J. D.; J. W. Smalls, S. S.; S. G. Goss, J. S.; Rev. P. M. Hunter, Chaplain; J. Ferguson, Marshal; Samuel Cage, Tyler, Sanctorum No. 22—D. Pringle, W. M.; William Boyd, S. W.; John Woods, J. W.; G. L. Bowen, Treas.; William Chlsholm, Sec.; Willis Branch, S. D.; Warren Evans, J. D.; R. Winthrop, S. S.; William Thurman, J. S.; B.-J. Houston, Chaplain; F. Cobb, Marshal; M. Jones, Tyler. Prince Hall No. 28—W. T. Davis, W. M.; Thomas Jones, S. W.; Grant Bacon, J. W.; M. J. Garey, Treas.; B. J. Roberts, Sec.; F. Allen, S. D.; L. Palmer, J. D.; Toney Palmer, S. S.; Abram McQueen, J. S.; Andrew Jackson, Chaplain; D. Lawson, Marshal; R. Ford, Tyler. A number of our brothers have no doubt read of the burning down of several halls belonging to secret societies in southwest Georgia. This is regretted very much. Our Grand Master being always alert as to the best interest of the craft had the following very excellent article published in the Atlanta Constitution: PLEA FOR THE NEGRO MASONS Grand Master Butler Writes of Destruction of Property. In regard to the stories of destruction of Negro lodges in Early county, The Constitution has received the following communication from H. R. Butler, Grand Master for Georgia: Editor Constitution: As Grand Master of the Colored Free and Accepted Masons of the state and jurisdiction of Georgia, I feel it my duty to say a few words to the public at this time relative to that fraternity. I have read in the papers recently of the blowing up of the halls of colored secret societies in this state. I paid little attention to it until today, when I received a very sad communication from a member of our Masonic lodge at Blakely, Ga., stating that their hall at that place had been blown to atoms. What I wish to state to the public is, that every colored Masonic lodge in the state is a monument to honesty, good citizenship and purity in the community in which they exist. The 7,000 members of that fraternity scattered over the entire state are made up of the best men in the state; men who have made themselves a part of the communities in which they live by owning their homes and who live honest and respectable lives in their respective communities. These men have met as Masons, worked as Masons and every man who is a Mason knows what I mean when I say that, to improve themselves and to prepare to care for their widows and orphans. They have deprived themselves and have bought twenty acres of land, at Americus, Ga., on which they have erected an industrial school for the orphans and half orphans of deceased members of the fraternity. In this way they are lending their humble efforts to the state In its endeavor to care for its poor and helpless and at the same time reduce the population of the chain-gangs. I feel sure that those who are responsible for the destruction of the halls and properties of these humble, struggling men are not aware of the great good these colored Masons are doing for their communities and the state. If any one doubts what I am saying let them write any of the leading bankers and business men of Americus, with whom we spend hundreds of dollars every year for the support of our orphans' home and industrial school. In order to improve ourselves in Masonry and raise funds to carry on our work, it is necessary to hold meetings; further, it is necessary to have halls to meet in, hence it is a great mistake and an injustice to destroy the halls. Every white Mason in the state is asked to lend every effort he can in protecting the property of the colored Masons. It is not a political organization, neither is it a labor union. It stands for all that is great, good and noble in humanity. It is a serious mistake to destroy the property of any people. They become dissatisfied and lose confidence in the officers of the law and will move away, leaving the community without labor. dissatisfied people, a people with no confidence in their officers, a hopeless people, are dangerous people. I would urge that as far as possible these people in every community be made satisfied, that the officers and citizens protect their property and hold out to them a helpful and friendly hand. On the 27th of December officers of New Hope Lodge No. 83 were installed by Past Master C. M.-Moore, as follows: J. H. Lane, W. M.; G. E. Street, S. W.; J. P. Pooler, J. E. Street, Treas.; J. W. Mann, Sec.; D. R. Smith, J. D.; A. J. Holmes, S. D.; M. H. Hendley, Chaplain; H. H. Harper, Tyler. Mt. Moriah Chapter No. 37, O. E. S., elected the following officers: Mrs. R. L. Barnes, W. M.; Mrs. Elsie Hill, A. M.; Mrs. Margaret Roberts, W. T.; Mrs. Louisa A. Alexander, Sec.; Mrs. Catherine Davis, Con.; Mrs. Bessie McTyre, Ass. Con.; Mr. W. H. Burgess, W. P.; Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, Ward; Mrs. Henrietta White, Ada; Mrs. Carrie Swinton, Ruth; Mrs. Sarah Martin; Esther; Mrs. Cora Howard; Martha; Mrs. Mamie White, Electa; Mrs. Elizabeth Denslow, Rec. Sec.; Mrs. Ella Pride, Marshal in East; Mrs. Sallie McNiel, Marshal in West. MARCH OF PROHIBITION. Georgia Makes Fifth State Which Totally Bars Booze. The states that are now dry are Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Oklahoma and North Dakota. A year hence Alabama will be dry by state enactment. A large portion of the state, including Jefferson county, in which Birmingham is located, is already dry. Kentucky, with $100,000,000 invested in the manufacture of liquor, has 97 dry counties out of 119. North Carolina has dried 99 per cent of her territory. South Carolina, 17 out of 41 counties dry. Tennessee has but three cities where liquor can be legally sold—Nashville, Chattanooga and Memphis. Fight for prohibition being waged in Mississippi, Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. Massachusetts has 250 dry towns, 100 wet-ones. Sixty-two per cent of the population of New Hampshire lives in dry territory. NIGHT RIDERŒ_o BADLY SCARED. Kentucky Authorities Promise to Make It Hot for Them. A special term of the Christian county, Kentucky, circuit court has been ordered for the purpose of rigidly investigating the recent raid of night riders on Hopkinsville when about $200,000 worth of property was destroyed and the local authorities and state administration have made it plain that neither effort nor cost will be spared to track down and put in the penitentiary every one of the masked riders. The activity of the state and local authorities has caused a panic among the night riders and their friends. AWARDED HEAVY DAMAGES. Judge Wellborn at Los Angeles Allows Salt Company $456,746. Damages to the amount of 456,746 were awarded the New Liverpool Salt company Tuesday by Judge Olin Wellborn, in the United States district court at Los Angeles, against the California Development company, on account of the destruction of property caused by an overflow of the Colorado river, which resulted, it was alleged, from the construction of canal intakes by the development company. Court Renders Important Decision as to Status of Debtors to Defunct Neal Bank at Atlanta. If a person has a deposit of $500 in the defunct Neal bank at Atlanta and in consideration of a loan of an equal or larger amount, has given his note, his deposit can be applied in the payment of his note—provided the same is still in the bank's possession and has not been sold to an innocent party. An order to this effect was issued by Judge Pendleton at Atlanta on application of Attorney General John C. Hart through Candler, Thomson & Hirsch. Judge Pendleton's order makes no distinction between notes held by the bank and notes which have been hypotheticated, but those familiar with the law declare that the order will apply only to notes now actually held by the bank. This matter has been the subject of a great deal of interesting discussion since the state authorities took charge of the bank. Some have held that all obligations would have to be met and that depositors who owe the bank would have to take their chance of getting their money back the same as depositors who are not in debt to the bank, claiming that any set-off would make a preferred creditor of the depositor who happened to owe the bank. Others have held that a bank stands in the same position as any individual or other corporation and where a man is both a debtor to and creditor of the bank there must be a set-off, only the difference to be paid. There seems to be practically no division of opinion as to the fact that where the bank has sold a note the giver must meet it at maturity whether any deposit he may have had in the bank is returned to him or not. The note-having been sold is in the hands of an innocent party, the bank is known only as an indorser, and the man who made it is responsible for its payment, the fact that he is a depositor in the bank having no bearing on the case. All unpaid checks on other banks deposited with the bank to the accounts of depositors will be charged off and returned to the depositors. This applies to similar checks not yet reported and not on the list attached to the petition as an exhibit. In describing the notes in question the petition, stated that there were numerous notes and other evidences of indebtedness signed by customers with deposits on hand at the time a receiver was appointed, some of which have been become due and some are approaching maturity, that depositors had claimed and would claim set-offs, and it was asked that such notes should receive the credit of deposits. As to the checks on other banks, it set out that drawers had ordered payment on them stopped before presentation and that the order was obeyed by the bank. This was before a receiver was named and before the fact of insolvency. The petitioners asked that the amounts of these unpaid checks be charged off the accounts and returned to the depositors. Deputy Sheriff Dan Perkerson took charge of the stock-of dry goods, merchandise, etc., of G. G. Reld at 165-167-169 Peters street to satisfy the chattel mortgage held by the Neal bank and foreclosed by the Central bank and Trust company, receivers. The amount of the indebtedness of G. G. Reld was $10,999.10 plus $307.72, principal and interest of four promissory notes drawn August 20 of this year. The first was for $1,000 due October 15, the second for a like amount due November 1, the third for $3,000 due December 1 and the fourth for $5,990.10 due January 1, 1908. Only the stock and store and store fixtures are involved. Governor Haskell of Oklahoma received most disquieting reports Friday from Henriletta and two companies of national guards were being held in readiness to move to that town at any moment. Armed guards are patrolling Henriletta streets and courtiers and officers are out endeavoring to locate an armed body of negroes who were last reported four miles from the town. Earthquake Tremors Felt in Four Mississippi Towns. Four towns on the Mississippi gulf coast reported slight shocks Friday, believed to have been caused by an earthquake. The disturbance was noted at Pass Christian, Gulfport, Moss Point and Pascagoula. NEEDLES ENDED HER LIFE. Woman Who Swallowed 144 Eighteen Months Ago. Finally Succumbs. Mrs. Mollie Desmond, who attempted to commit suicide eighteen months ago by swallowing a package of 144 needles, died in New York Monday, after physicians had made twenty-five surgical operations, upon her and had removed all but a dozen of the needles. Was Revelation on Opening Druce Grave In London. Sensational Allegations of Druce Witnesses Fall Flat After Ten Years of Legal Fight—American Is Involved in the Case. The body of Thomas Charles Druce, in High Gate, cemetery, London, was exhumed Monday morning, just forty-three years—to a day after its burial. The coffin was found to contain the remains of a human body, thus exploding the romantic tale told by Robert C. Caldwell and others during the recent hearing of the Druce perjury case that it contained a roll of lead. The official statement given out by the home office and others officially present at the exhumation seems effectively to prove that the body buried in 1864 was actually that T. C. Druce. The authorized statement follows: "The coffin opened and found to contain the body of an aged bearded man; the plate on the coffin bore the name of Thomas 'Charles Druce.'" The scene at High Gate cemetery when the vault was opened was remarkable. All the entrances to the cemetery were surrounded by cordons of police. Only those persons who had passes from the home office were admitted to the grounds. George Hollamby Druce, who claims he is the rightful heir to the Portland dukedom and to its vast estate, tried unsuccessfully twice to get into the cemetery. The operation began at daybreak Monday with the removal of the topmost coffins in the vault containing the bodies of a wife and a son of T. C. Druce. It was nearly 11:30 before the coffin was brought ready for opening and inspection. The top was quickly unscrewed and the inner casing of lead cut open. There was no need for the dictum of the eminent, surgeon, Augustus J. Pepper, to assure all present that human remains lay in the coffin. The Druce vault has thus given up its secret after ten years of legal proceedings which have cost a considerable fortune. A large part of this money was obtained from servant girls and other workers who were induced to buy shares in a company formed to prosecute the claims of George Hollamby Druce against the estate of the duke of Portland, which produces an annual income of $750,000. The charge of perjury against Herbert Druce is effectively disposed of, and those persons who have sworn to the placing of lead instead of a human body in the coffin have been discredited. A New York dispatch says: Robert C. Caldwell, whose testimony as a witness in the Druce case led to the reopening of the grave of T. C. Druce, is now at the home of his daughter at New Brighton, Staten Island. He is under $5,000 bond to answer to a charge of perjury, preferred by the British authorities in connection with the story he told in the London court. Caldwell was arrested when he arrived from Europe, December 21. Caldwell's story of the alleged dual personality of the duke of Portland was the real sensation of one of the most remarkable legal cases which has ever engaged the attention of the British courts. The reopening of the Druce grave was undertaken as a final effort of the government to prove that Caldwell's agtestimony was "wilful and corrupt perjury." Caldwell's story was to the effect that the duke of Portland and T. C. Druce, a London storekeeper, were one and the same. He had known the duke of Portland under both names, he said, and at the request of the duke had arranged a pretended death and mock funeral, of Druce, so that his dual personality could be buried. TAFT. BACKS ROOSEVELT. Gives Broad Endorsement of Administration in Banquet Speech. Greeted with cheers as "The Next President of the United States," a topic which he carefully avoided in his own remarks, however, Secretary of War William H. Taft delivered his first public speech since his world circling tour at the annual banquet of the Merchants' Association at Boston, Mass., Monday night. Mr. Taft's speech was in the main a broad defense of President Roosevelt and the administration. Total of 220 Bodies Removed from the Wrrecked Darr Pit. Explorations in the Darr mine of the Pittsburg Coal company at Jacob's Creek were completed Saturday with the exception of the numerous fallen of slate. A total of 220 bodies have been recovered from the main headings and entries. The number of bodies still unrecovered is estimated at forty.