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, 1899-12-07

Three tours of the beautiful island
of Puerto Rico are scheduled to leave
Chicago December 81, January % and
February Is. Special Pullman sleep
ers and dining cars will convey the
party to New York, thence on board
h splendid new steamships Ponce
and San Juan, through and around the
island by rail. automobile. carriage
and boat. Tickets include all ex-
penses everywhere. These select lin
tied parties will be under the special
escort of Mr.. Walter Boyd Townsend.
under the management of The Ameri-
can Tourist Association, Reau Camp
bell. general manager. 1923 Marquette
building. Chicago. Itineraries, maps
and tickets can be had on application
to the agents of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee & St. Paul Ry.
, 1899-12-07

hearty old man, with keen, undimmed
eyes. and a springy step that has been
in the continuous employ Of the com
pany for so years and is still better
than many men half his age.
W. H.. Green Is his name, but every
body on the line calls him Captain
Harry" and he has a record that any
man, in any station in life, would be
more than proud Of.
Captain Green is probably the old
est passenger conductor in the world.
II he is not he has the best record. for
not once has he been suspended from
duty for any cause whatever. And
then, too, he has never been injured.
Green was born on September IL, 1927,
in C~ockeysville, Baltimore county. Nd,
and entered the B. & o. service March
3, 1850, as u freight brakeman. He was
promoted in W years to freight con-
ductor and in 1857 was given a pas
senger train and has served in that
capacity ever since. He is now run
ming through trains between Baltimore
and Cumberland. Md. and Years ten
service stripes on his right arm.
For many years b. & o. train en-
ployes have had an enviable reputa-
ton for politeness to passengers and
attention to duty, and the adoption of
the service stripe system will give the
travelling public an opportunity to rec
ognize long and faithful service.
, 1899-12-07

Early this fall the management Of
the B. & o. R. r. decided that the uni
formed force should be provided with
service stripes, and on the winter uni
forms each man has M or more gold
stripes on his right sleeve IL he has
been in the service for five or more
years. The gold stripe stands for five
years continuous employment by the
company and a glance over the list
develops ar interesting and instructive
condition OF affairs.
The ordinary man, in a peaceful and
~uneventful vocation, is seldom in con-
tinuous service for forty years. yet on
the B. & o. r. r. there is a hale and
, 1899-12-07

The latest invention for saving life Is
n non-sinkable boat. If people would
pay ms much attention to the preserva-
ton Of life in other ways there would
be n Serat Improvement. Hostetter's
Stomach Bltters is a life preserver. 1t
cures dyspepsia, Indigestion and all
forms of stomach trouble. 1t is an ex-
cellent tonic.
, 1899-12-07

The Santa Fe Route will sell tickets to
Phoenix. Arizona. and return on Dec. LIST
and End. with limit of thirty days, at rate
of one fare plus s2.G for round trip. This
gives all a splendid opportunity to visit
the Carnival. which will be held Dec. 4th
to Sth, at a very low rate.
Full particulars and descriptive matter
can be obtained by addressing
j.. Z. HALL,
General Agent. Santa FL Route,
Denver. Colo.
, 1899-12-07

1t is often difficult to select an ar
ticle for a Christmas present that will
be acceptable and inexpensive. The
John M. Smyth Co. have solved the
problem by Offering for sale 5000
guitars at $2.65 each, thus bringing
them within the reach Of everyone.
The firm is thoroughly reliable. See
''ad' In another part OF this paper. Get
their mammoth catalogue.
, 1899-12-07

Colonel Bryan has made more than $50.
600 out of his books. and w. e. Conkey
OF Chicago, has Invested that sum I'm 4
per cent. bonds of the United States
which are registered In Mrs. Bryan's
name. and Will give her n perpetual an
nuitv of S2,eO u year, which she thinks
Is sufficient for her needs.
, 1899-12-07
WANTED,

WANTED either SEX to fold circu-
lars, etc, at home. sl2 weekly sal
airy. Particulars &c. Address, The
Non-Medicine CureC Club, Lock Box 500.
Los Angeles, Cal.
, 1899-12-07
lMDUzGENT
MOTHERS

mistaken kindness permi
about physical health.
Miss CARRIE NJ. LAMB,
Mrs. PINKHAM-A year
irregular menstruation
and leucorrhoea. My
appetite was variable.
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular. and
was subject to pains like
collie during
/ wrote you and began to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. Youcan't
imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general health improved.
Mrs. MAMIE ADKINS,
La Due. Mo-. writes:
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-
I feel it my duty to tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time of menstruation be-
fore taking your medicine ;
but the Compound has
relieved the pain. given
stronger. and has improv,
you for the benefit she
for young girls"
, 1899-12-07

New equipment makes the Union Pacific
the most popular line running both east
and west from l,enver. Nine hours saved
between Denver and San Francisco or the
Pacific northwest, and only one night to
Chicago. st. Paul or st. Louis. Ticket
Office, 9il 18th street.
, 1899-12-07

A calico trust in England has been
capitalized at $4,000. 900. As its par
emit cannot be a protective tariff, Dem
ocrats will claim that this trust is an
orphan.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
, 1899-12-07

Dropsy treated free by DR.. Fl. a. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists Ill the world. Read their adver-
tisenlent in another column of this paper.
, 1899-12-07
Keeps
My Han
Soft

81 have used your Hair
Vigor for five years and am
greatly pleased with it. 1t eer-
tainly restores the original color
to gray hair. 1t keeps my h,a
soft and smooth. 1t quickly
cured me Of some kind Of humor
Of the scalp. My mother used
your Hair Vigor for some
twenty years and liked it very
much Mrs. Helen Kilkenny.
New Portland. Me-. Jan. a. 90.
, 1899-12-07
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO, L..

STATE OF OHIO, CTR OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY, S.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he ia the
senior partner of the firm of F. ]. Cheney & Co.
doing business In the City OF Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will nav
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF CatarIi that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls CataFrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
presence, this 9Th day OF December. A. o. lssd
tSEALl A. W.
Halls Catnrrh Cure Is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surface
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. ]. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, o.
, 1899-12-07

They say Jorkus is very stingy.'
'Stingy? He's so stingy that he moist
ems his postage stamps only at the cor
ners."
, 1899-12-07

Weather Man-'Its going to be aw-
fully foggy tonight. Astronomer
Then III rush out an announcement of
another brilliant meteor shower"
, 1899-12-07

New Bombardo Combination Reversible Parior
Game Board. - games; biggesth hit In years. Agents
wanted. W-D.Caldwel Il Co..l6l superior-st., Chicago.
, 1899-12-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a God-send to me.-Wm. b. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. II, 1895.
, 1899-12-07

'Cousin Arabella has had to give up
playing Wagner altogether" "Why?"
Every time she began, her Angora cal
had a fit"
, 1899-12-07

Living in a fiat isn't so bad" ''why
not? We are, always invited out to
dinner Thanksgiving Day"
, 1899-12-07

The Overland Limited" via Union Pa
citic for California and the Pacific north
west. Quickest time and finest equip
mont. Ticket Office. 94l llth street.
, 1899-12-07

Wiggs-"Henpeck is very fond OF enter
tanning. isn't he?' waggs-'Yes; his
wife is always pleasant when there's COM
pany present"
, 1899-12-07
Used
7wenty Years


We do not know Of any other
hair preparation that has been
used in one family for twenty
years. do you?
But Ayers Hair vigor has
been restoring color to gray hair
for fifty years. and it never
fails to do this work. either.
You can rely upon it for
stopping your hair from falling
out. for keeping your scalp
clean and healthy. and for max
ing the hair grow rich and long.
si.oo q bottle. All druggists.
, 1899-12-07

FITS Cured. iso nts Or nervousness after
first days use of DR.. klipe's Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE s2.OO trial bottle and treatise.
, 1899-12-07

81 suspect that our new bookkeeper is
a retired actor Does he strike theat-
rical ~attitudes?" NO. but he says 'egad'
when he mans gosh
, 1899-12-07
A PLANO

For $3.50, A new organ for $50. What Xmas present
nicer than one of these high-grnde instruments can
you Imaginef only n small payment down. and the
balance may be extended over two or mora years.
THE kNGGHT-CAMPBELL MUSIC CO.,
Denver. Branch Stores: Pueblo. Colorado Springs,
Cripple Creek. Central City, Leadvilie. Trinidad.
, 1899-12-07

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. L. w
Groves signature is on each box 25c.
, 1899-12-07

N HANY a dutiful daughter pays in pain for her mothers
lNE ignorance or perhaps neglect.
The mother suffered and she thinks her daughter
must suffer also. This is true only to a limited extent. No
excessive pain is healthy. Every mother should inform her
, 1899-12-07

sell Tor ner sake and especially
for the sake of her daughter. Write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
for her advice about all matters
concerning the ills of the feminine
organs.
auty is wasted by unnecessary pain at
and many indulgent mothers with
lit their daughters to grow careless
!, Big Beaver. Mich, writes: DEAR
ago I suffered from profrse and
, 1899-12-07

relieved the pain. given her a better color, and she feels
stronger. and has improved every way. lam very grateful to
You for the benefit she has received. 1t is a great medicine
for young girls"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
OCEAN FRntoHrs.

Cotton-Market steady; rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston,per bale. s.. Is; New
York, per bale, SLIGO; Philadelphia per bale.
S1Oo; Baltimore per bale, $780, via New
York-Liverpool, SIC; Bremen, soc; Genoa.
65c; Reval. zoe; Riga, zoe; ST Petersburg,
zoe; Havre, Coo; Hamburg, SIC; Antwerp,
soc; Amsterdam. SIC; Venice, zoe; Trieste,
zoe.
Direct-Genoa, 56e;9 Bremen, SIC; BARGE
Iona, 65c Hsvre, 60c; Liverpool, SIC.
Lumber-By Sail Freights are quiet;
foreign business is duh. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
a $4,000 70, for q fange-including Balti-
more and Portland, Me. Railroad ties,
base A feet. to Baltimore, 131hc; to Phia-
delphia 14l5c; TO New York, 161zc. Timber
rates, 5OcdS1.0O higher than lumber rates.
BY Steam-Lumber-T Baltimore, $500;
Boston, 500; New York, $7.75.
Naval Stores-The market is steady.
medium size vessel Rosn-Cork for
orders, Is Sd for barrels of 80 pounds. and
SIS primage. Spirits, As. Larger vessels
Rosin, Is Sd; spirits, IS 3d. Steam, nc per
100 pounds on rCsin $1.0O on spirits to Bos-
ton and 10c on rosin, and SOC on spirits to
New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03


The mid-holiday session of the various
markets showed little or-no abatement in
the general bullish sentiment which has
lately been growing 50 decided. : The
stock and cotton exchanges were closed
both Monday and saturday; grain markets
were open on Saturday. All will reopen
on Tuesday morning.
Cotton showed a disposition TO recuper-
ate; previous high point was almost reach
ed, but top figures were not sustained. the
final close. on Friday representing a net
gain of COS points; January. 5.51c; March,
5.55c; May. 562c; August 5.7lc. The firm.
er tendency of the market was initiated
against by the dullness incident 10 the
season, and also by the large receipts, the
movement for the week showing a material
increase over last year Up to date, the
amount in sight is 400 $50 bales Inore.'than
last year, and some $50 900 more than in
1884 Evidently il is becoming plain that
if the crop is 10 fan below thai. of last
year. the movement should commence to
show steady falling off pretty soon, In
Texas the supply seems tnexhaustible aud
in some sections the weather is said TO be
"faVoring picking" A week or two Of
question. But other things beside sup
ply settle prices. and it Is by no means a
rule for low prices TO prevail all through
a big crop year. Bullish sentiment Is
spreading, and the world esteems cotton
a cheap investment being below the cost
of production.
Wheat was strong, especially late in the
week; May closed 71%017sc. an advance
of 3 cents. The strength was caused by
reducing stocks and unfavorabe weather
for the winter wheat crop. At the ad-
vance the foreign demand shows signs of
abatement and il would not be surprising
If the market should prove near TOP. for
the turn. around re.
Corn oats and provisions were also
strong, but the strength was most mark
ed early in the week. Later. tho re-
Spouse in sympathy with wheat was
rather tame. They are talking higher
provisions in Chicago but intending in
vcstors had better wait for weak spots 10
buy on May ribs around &c w-oald seem
an advisable purchase.
VIM I. Williams.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
shipping Memoranda.

Jacksonville. Fla. Jan. ARRIVED
steamship Comanche, Pennington, Charles
ton and New York.
Carrabelle, Fla, Jan. 2.-Cleared, bark
Urania (Nor), Shandau Rotterdam.
Key West. Fla, Jan. 2.-Arrived, cruiser
Topeka, Cowles, Havana.
Sailed steamship Supply, Roberts Nor
folk
Jan /. night.-Arrived steamship Whit
ney, Wertsch Port Tampa, and sailed for
Havana.
Pensacola, Fla, Jan. ARRIVED, bark
Concordia (Nor), Salversen, Demerara.
Sailed, steamship Alfred Mcneil Ger,
Gorgensen, Puerto Becarano; bark Iside
QtaD, Schiafiino, Naples; tug f. e. Slmp-
son, Ferguson, towing barge Regulator for
Galveston.
Charleston. s. c., Jan. ARRIVED,
steamships IToquois, Kemble, Jacksonville,
and proceeded to New York; Pawnee, In
gram. Boston, and proceeded back to Bos-
ton; Joseph Oterio Jr. Marullo, Jamaica
Seminole, Bearse, New York; schrs Mary
Lee Patton, Steelman, Baltimore; George
r. Congdon, Bayles New York; Anna l..
Milford. Henderson, Philadelphia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
WTLES OF A BEGGAR MAN.
Apparently Decrepit, He Developed
Great Sprinting Ability.

From the New York Times.
Items of one crutch, a battered tin cup
and a SLOUGH hat of uncertain age are
awaiting a beggar man, who will prob
ably never look for them.
He was a sad looking parsonage. with
legend held by a string about his neck
proclaimug him sick, lame and blind"
He stood at Madison avenue and Fifty
eighth street. few minutes Blue goggles
concealed his eyes, a rough beard covered
his face, his clothes were old. his right leg
was drawn up in a bandage and altogether
he was the picture of misery The tin cup
was tied to a buttonhole of his diapidated
oVercoat.
please help a blind man and poor.
sick man. came at intervals in uncertain
tones, followed by a hacking cough.
A fine looking old gentleman with sym
pathetic eyes dropped quarter into the
battered receptacle.
Thank you-God bless YOU" coughed
the mendicant, as he felt of the coin and
put 1t in his pocket, 1T will do me so
much good
My good man, hope Il viii. came the
benevolent reply.
But just then a rude pitchers boy came
sailing around the corner. He pumped
squarely into the leggar man, who
promptly sought the sidewalk because he
couldn't help II. One crutch flew wide the
goggles came off, the cup broke loose. and.
worst of all. the game ,eg involuntarfly
Strengthened Out. A voley of ribaid Ian
guage came from the sidewalk IN stem
totian tones. and the mendicant, forget
ting his occupa ton, jumped up and forth
with made for the rude butchers boy
why. bless me-" exclaimed the old gen
tleman, as the truth dawned upon him.
'he isn't sick or lame or bland Here. you
inpostor give me back my quarter. Po-
lice"'
I'm nod inn exclaimed the butchers
boy. as he darted forward. yelling "Po-
llcoW But he missed his mark For, VITA
one crutch and hatess. and eXudlng bad
language with every breath, the beggar
man going like an athlete, was wen along
in flight, and soon lost to view. The butch
ers boy was too astonished 10 move
"The villain, exclaimed the old gentle
man to a crowd of people. but no police
man, moment later Hes got my quar-
ter Well. it's gone. but that was the most
ingeuiously made-up lame leg and thu best
simulated consumpuive cough l ever saw
or heard
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
INSTANTANEOUS MARKETS.

The following are the Savannah Boar /
of Trade quotations.:
Bacon-Market is steady. Smoked clear
sides. 6Ikc; dry sailed clear sides, 5$4c;
bellies, 57sc: sugar-eured hams, 91z@1Olac.
Lard-Market firm; pure, in tIerees, sac;
5o-pound tins 6hc, compound, in tierces,
4Ibc; 5O-pound tins, 424c.-
ButteF-Cooking. 17c; gilt edge, zoe; June
2llbc; fancy June. 22lRc; fancy Elgln, DC
Market steady.
Cheese--Market firm; fancy. full-cream
cheese. 10lkc, 20-pound average, HE
Flour-Market steady; patent, SI.35:
straight. A0O. fancy. 1915; family. $3.50
Corn-Market steady; white, job lots,
5Sc; carload lots, sic; mixed corn job lots,
52c; carload lots. SOC.
Oats-Carload lots, 4Oc; job lots. 42c.
Texas rust proof oats, job lots, 47c;
Southern seed rye, $l.lO.
Bran-Job lots 9Oc; carload lots, Soc.
Hay-Market steady; Western, Job lots
nc. carload lots, zoe; Eastern, 721bc, lob
lots: 67lae, carload lots.
Meal-Pearl, per barrel, $40; per sack
81 12ls; city meal per sack. bolted. Soc ;
water ground $l00; pearl grits. per barrel,
81. As; per sack, Sl.l5.
Sugar-Equaity Prices-Savsnnah QUO.
tationsfrRo vdered. 5.50c; standard granu-
lated. 51sc; cubes. 5.30ci confectio1ers A
: Csc: white extra c, 46Sc; extra {, 4.62c /;
golden c. 443c; yellow. 4.36c
Coffee-Dun; Mocha 26cs Java 26i6c
roaberry. 12lkc standard No. /, 10kc; No
, 1ollc: No 3. 1Oc No. 4, 9l1c; No 5, DC:
No 6, Slsc No 7, Sc.
Cabbage--6c per head.
Turnips-sacks. S1.5o
OnIphs2si 10000 barrel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
PAGES 9 TO 10.

around Odessa put in bids. On the day
sex for the letting OF the contract the bids
were opened. They ranged from 80 to 100
kopecks, all except one bid put in by
Moses Ravinszk for So kopecks a timber
or II that is not the correct figure about
one-half of the next lowest bid The
other bidders were Disguised and the gov.
eminent representative was perpIexed He
said to Ravlnszk you are the lowest bid
der and you are entitled to the contract
nut II is nonsense to bid So kopecks You
cannot get the wood and Put it on the
cars FOR any such price"
If ! do not" said Ravinszk, then I
will be the loser. l have deposited nv
money as a guarantee and can give You
good security As ] am the lowest bid
der. have the right 70 the contract"
IT was awarded to him The other hid
ders scoffed at him and told him he was
fool but he made a few patient and depre.
catng gestures and told them that his
business was his own
lie sent his sonAin-iaw up into the tim
Der country, and in the course of few
weeks he notified the railway officials that
the 1870 carloads Of material we're ready
for shipment The government disnatche1
the ten trains of forty-nine cars each. ana
the tmbers were brought 20 Odessa where
me government inspector went to look az
them
tie found some of them short and some
OF them long. None Of them had the stip
u'ated width, and instead of being neatly
trimmed they were practically In tho
rough. The inspector refused to accom-
any of them
IN vain the contractor begged and plead
ed lie said he was a ruined man. II
would bankrupt him TO go and get another
400 carloads.
You have taken the contract. and Won
mus. carry out the terms of the agree
hent was the governments reply.
Then | shall send my son to the timber
country said Ravinszk. "He is a careful
young man and will see to 1t that the tim
oers are OF the right length and the right
width and trimmed neatly"
80 the son went up into the country and
shipped down in good time 400 carloads Of
the scrubbiest logs he could find. an too
short The ten train loads were condemn
Ed lhs'anter by the inspector and dumped
out a Odessa.
Then was the contractor brolSen-haarted
He wanted to be released from the CON
tract He offered to compromise the gov
eminent to keep the money which he had
put up as a forfeit. His appeals were I'M
needed. He must either deliver 400 car
loads of timbers of the kind described IN
the contract or else he and his sureties
would be brought into court
II will lose all my money, but I win do
as | promised" said the Jew. This time
| will go myself and measure every tim
Der The government shall be satisfied
Tie kept his word. Carefully directing all
the work, he had 400 carloads of timber
sawed and trimmed and shipped to odessa.
where the inspector promptly inspectad
the lot. In due time the Jew received the
contract money. but of course IL did not
represent his outlay.
lie lost money on the contract n, A.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-03
WHY CHILDREN sQUINT.
shocks TO Nervous system and Feb
rifle Disorders often the Cause.

Shocks to Nervous system and Feb-
rifle Disorders often the Cause.
From the London Standard.
In learned paper on the subject of
convergent strabismus, by Prof Priestley
Smith, which constituted the last Bow
man lecture of the Ophthalmological So
ciety, 1t is stated that the onset of strab-
ismus is often attributed to a At, a fright
a fail, or other such occurrences. and
sim more often an illness such as whoop-
ing cough or measles. Making allowances
for the frequency of such events among
children, and for certain disregard of time
and sequence in their elders it seems to
me, says Prof Smith, highly probable
that these supposed causes are very Of
ten real causes Some such explanation
of the onset was given with show of rea-
son. in more than two-fifths of my cases,
and the proportion would no doubt have
been higher had not many of the patients
been brought by persons who knew nothing
of their antecedents. In many cases the
history was definite, and not to be upset
by cross-examination. For example,
child who had never been seen to squint
before came from school squirting badly,
having that morning been put into the cor
ner with cloth over her head; another
did the same Immediately after having
his head pushed into a bucket of water
by his brother; another, after sitting In
scalding water; another after being ter
rfded by a monkey. which jumped on to
her shoulder. No less clear in many cases
was the history of onset during measles.
whooping cough, or other constitutional
disorders.
All these are conditions which may
gravely disturb the nervous system.
Shock, anger or apprehension impairs the
control of muscular action they cause the
knees to shake. the voice 10 tremble ard
even the hand of the ophthalmic surgeon
to became unsteady. Febrile disorders
cause delirium. convusions and some
times transient strabismus, and leave the
nervous system exhausted. Is 1t not
highly probable that such disorders oc-
curing in young children may interrupt
the action OF those higher centers whish
control the movement of the eyes and
this not only where control is already
difficult by reason OF amblyopa, or error
of rofraction but even in children whose
visual apparatus is normal foT their lime
Of life bur not yea fully developed? The
old idea that the squirting child needs a
little skillful surgery, and nothing more,
is dying out. Most people know that
glasses are often necessary But that the
child may require teaching, az. some
trouble, to use The squirting eye, Is a new
idea to many. IL is easily grasped. how
ever. and must be grasped IL our efforts
are to be effective. ] have used the word
cducative as a help in that direction OF
course there are parents and there are
children on whom all time and trouble
spent In this way are entirely thrown
away; but on the whole, / have been sur
prised at the care and patience with which
directions have been carried out, even in
homes where one might least expect 1t,