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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN.
Night Before Last and Yesterday
Mornings Record.

The fair weather that had been predict
ed for yesterday did not materalize as the
conditions changed SO after the forecast
was made that instead of fair weather the
opposite was the case and though but 1T
Tie rain fell during the day there was a
heavy mist that was extremely disagree
able and which as night came on deveI,u-
ed irto an almost impenetrabe fog. The
mean temperature was 60 degrees and the
rainfall for the preceding twenty-four
hours. 2i6 Of an inch.
Ram is predicted for to-day with clear.
ing weather toward night Tomorrow
will be fair with northeast winds gradual
ly shifting TO northwest
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
TO IMPROVE FIRE RISKS.
Naval stores and Insurance Men in
Conference.

ance under writer's was held at the Board
of Trade rooms yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of discussing further plans
for improving the fire risk along the
wharves. A special committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Prendergast, Wilson, Cars
well and Huh, submitted its report which
was not made public. 1t was stated after
the meeting that no definite conclusion has
yet been reached as to the best method
of improving the risk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

When you can cure yourself for fifty
cents? All skin diseases, such as letter
salt rheum, rngworm eczema etc, can Re
inc. Any number of testimonials show for
the asking. Nothing else is as COOL Tn
less your druggist has il, send so cents in
stamps to the manufacture j. T. Shup-
trine, Savannah. Ca for a box pos pa d.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
ROYAL ARCANUM'S OFFICERS.
VIII BE Publicly Installed Tonight
by Grand Orator SnGoId.

Pulaski Council. Royal Arcanum will
hold a meeting tonight at the K. of p
Hall al S:15 o'clock. Grand Orator J. II.
Safrold Of Swainsboro will be present, ana
will install the officers for the coming
year. The installation of the officers will
be public, and after the exercises the MEM
bers of the council and the invited guests
will be served with refreshments. Pulas-
XII Council is in very prosperous cOndi-
lion, and the annual meetings are always
largely attended.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
For sa1e-4o II. r. BoiIer.

To make room, we will sell one Of the
boilers now in use IN tne Morning News
building. 1t is a 40 II. T., return tubular
poler and Is in good order. 1t will be de-
I:vered on the sidewalk.
Also for sale. one 20 H. p. American
Ball engine, never used A splendid piece
of machinery.
The attention of parties putting up saw
mills is invited to this outfit. Apply at CT
address the Morning News, Savannah,
Ga.-ad. u.ia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
PUT A BULIEf IN HIS CHEEK.
Charles AIbrighfs Unpleasant EN-
perience with Pistol.

Charles Albright, eolored, accidentally
shot and painfully woanded himself last
night about $50 O'Clock The wound was
made by the bail from an old .32-callbre
pistol that Albright was examining. The
ball struck him in the right cheek. and
ranging upward, lodged under the eye
1t was extracted by DR.. f. Wahl, 10 whose
office the man was assisted. Albright was
then taken home. but will probably be
out in a few days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

Don't croak about bad weather, but pin
your faith to JOhnson's Tonic. There is
no weather too bad for the man who knows
what the Tonic is This is Grip weather
If you feel sick, take a course of John
sons Tonic. If you are well. then keep
well by taking tad 10
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

Nothing else cures like Johnson's Tonic.
Its cures are better cures than anything
else can make. 1t will do in a single day
what quinine cannot do in ten days. II
will cure Grip and eradicate every trace
of the poison from the system. Use it,.
Use not hing elSe.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
INCREASING ITs ICE CAPACITY.
KnIckerbOcker Company Adding 10
Its Plant.

Work has been begun by the Knicker-
booker Ice Company on additions to It's
plant. Among these additions will be a
freezing tank OF thirty tons capacity, a
cold storage room and a new shipping
platform. as well as new Offices The work
will be finished probably within the next
sixty days. and in ample time to meet the
increasing demand for ice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
At THE TEA STORE.

20 Pounds Best GRADUATED Sugar 81.
To introduce our pure dry roast coffees,
we will sell 20 pounds best graduated SUI
gar for 81 to all purchasers of Soc worth
of coffee (any kind this week. The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company,
1906 Broughton street, west Telephone
6l6-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

Which are the source of so much salts
faction, are being sacrificed at our clos
ing out sale. Better examine our stock
before the most choice goods are sold
Savannah Carriage and Wagon Company,
81 West Broad street-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
Holiday Hours at postonicc.

The postoffice viii observe holiday hours
to-day. The money order, registry md
stamp windows will remain open unh %
o'clock. The carriers viii make the US
ual deliveries and collections up to -
O'Clock. The mailing department will b.
open all day and mails win be received
and DISPATCHED as usual
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

How would you like to save from 50. 90
to $500 on one purchase? You can do 1t
by bringing your eye-glass prescriptions
to Llvingstons Pharmacy. / guarantee
them. H. H. Livingston, Bull and Con-
gress -ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
The Attention of Ladies'

Is directed to the special discount of 25
per cent offered by Leopold Adler on
suits capes, Jackets. furs
skirts and waists. This is an unusual op-
portunity to buy stylish, perfect-ftting
at a great savlng.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind collie, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents a bot
tle.-ad. an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
THESPIAN AND SINGER Welded.
Magistrate Made Fred FerriIl and
Belle Bearing Man and Wife.

A record breaking marriage was. per-
formed by Magistrate G. Noble Jones yes
terday afternoon at O'Clock, when, in
less than TWO minutes he united Fred c.
Ferrin and Isabelle bearing. The groom
is a weu-known musician, and was for
merly connected with Gildea's Alhambra.
He is also the author of several songs,
many of which have been sung in Savan-
nah.
The bride is a member of the musical
team of Earl and Henshaw, and has been
playing for some time at the New AL
hamhra
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
Saving ON Mems Clothing.
LannOId Adler

Is sacrificing his stock of this season s
stylish mems and boys clothing by offer
ing an extra discount OF % per cent. on
the former low prices prevailing at that
store.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

If you feel let down mentally and physi-
cally take the only treatment worth while.
Take a course of Johnsons Tonic. 1t gives
an appetite. Assists digestion. Makes
rich red blood and removes ali trace of
malarial poison from the system.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

The World Almanac, Chicago News
Almanac, Hicks Almanac, Ayers Alma
nae, Tribune Almanac Clipper Annual
German calendars, etc., for sale at Es
tilrs News Depot, 40 Bull street, Sa-
vannah, Ga.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

-Pardonable Ignorance.-"Let me See"
said the man az the resk, pausing with his
pen in air, who was the author of Twice
Told Tales? "Chauncey Depew. wasn't
it?' suggested the man at the other desk.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

Full leather top, Babcock buggies $40
cash; former price. $3.50; only few left.
Come quick and take your choice. Savan-
nah Carriage and Wagon Company 81
West Broad street-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

With full leather top. Can't be bought
elsewhere for less than 1925. Come and
see for Yourself Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Company, 81 West Broad street,
adj
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19

whats in nance" Everything, when
you come to medicine. When you get
Hoods sarsaparl.a you get the best
money can buy.--ad.
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If YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your autographed ard
printed stationery and blank books from
Morning News, Savannah. Ga.
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CONTINUED on Seventh Page.l
The Republican., 1900-11-22

the dark. He was allowed to issue
edicts, which were never obeyed. The
famous dowager empress provided him
with European Toys, wife and II con-
cubines; and attended to all affairs
of state herself. When it became evil
dent that the emperor would have no
issue, she assembled the council of
state and had its members select the
oldest son of Prince Tuan as heir pre-
sumptive. Prince Tuan-one of the
most adroit as well as unscrupulous
of Chinese leaders-placed himself at
the head of the Boxer society whose
purpose, the extinction of all foreign
ers and Christian converts, appealed
to the bigotry and jealousy of the man.
darins. The dismal failure of the plans
of the Boxers and the subsequent in
vasion of China by the troops of the
allied powers have placed Prince Tuan's s
head in jeopardy and may lead to a
complete reorganization of Chinese
methods of government.
Inasmuch as but very few are familiar
with China's governmental system as
it has existed for hundreds of years,
an outline of its various branches should
prove of interesct to every student of
history as well as to all observers of
current events.
Under the ancient Chinese consti-
tuition the absolute control of the en-
pire is entrusted, nominaHy at least.
to the emperor, who is the supreme leg
islator of the nation, commander in
chief of the army and navy, chief civil
administrator of the empire, lord chief
justice, owner of all of the land COM
prised within the limits of the coun-
try, archpriest and everything else
worth mentioning. His official title is
"Tien-Si," signifying "Son of Heaven"
Theoretically he rules over the whole
of the earth, and, according to trust
worthy reports, there are millions of
Cinnamon who devoutly believe that
all the nations of the world acknowl-
edge their emperor as chief lord. An
anomaly it seems almost that in spite
of the wide powers possessed by the
"Son of Heaven" he is liable to be re-
moved by popular vote on the appear
ance of any great scourge, such as a
prolonged famine or drought or Sc
we're visitation of the plague.
The "Keung-ki-Chu" is body which
corresponds to the cabinets of west
ern powers. 1t is composed of the
leading statesmen and politicians of
the empire, and its meWDers visit the
imperial palace every morning to con-
FER with the emperor. The cabinet is
controlled by an executive body, the
'Ne-ko," composed of ministers noted
or their sagacity, or wickedness.
Other governmental departments are
he "Tsung-li-yamen," which is the
'hinese foreign office, and the "Li-fan-
fuen," or colonial office, which looks
after the aghts of foreigners dwell
The Republican., 1900-11-22

erned by a mandarin with the title
of ''Swuin-Fa," or viceroy. This Off
cial is a despot in his district, and
possesses the sole right of approach
ing the throne on any matter connect
ed with his province. The life and
death of those under him are in his
hands, and he is commander-in-chief
of the local troops. AS sort of set
off to these immense powers his ten
ure of office is very insecure, and he
is liable to be removed on the most
trivial preteXt, such as the outbreak
of a riot or rebellion in his province.
Suspension. moreover, is usually fol-
lowed by his death at the hands of
the eXecutioner.
Under the mandarins is a horde of
minor officials, such as local superin-
tendents of taxes, provincial judges Of
the criminal court and educational ex-
aminers. Each of the provinces is
split up into several large divisions,
which are in their turn divided and
subdivided almost to infnIty. Each
little department has its little Off
CldIS, anu even lIt SndllSSI aiming
them must pay a tribute to his supe-
rior.
The common people have no rights
whatever. They are permitted to work
so that they can pay taxes. In order
to keep their places the local officials
rob the day laborers and bribe the
district authorities. The district au-
thorities rob the merchants and
bribe the provincial officials. The
latter eXtort money from the land
owners and hand over a part of the
spoils to the mandarins. And that
dignitary EFFORTS contributions from
everybody in sight and sends a fair
percentage to PekinG to propitiate
the imperial authority there.
In many sections of China highway
robbery is countenanced by the au-
thorities. The police are given a tip
not to catch members of certain
gangs of highwaymen. and an officer
who neglects to take such a hint
finds himself without a job. High
waymen not so protected are treated
with incredible cruelty-surely a
pointed lesson that it is unwise to en-
gage in robbery without dividing the
spoils with the so-called guardians Of
the peace"
Nothing but political earthquake
can correct the abuses so family out
lined here; and certainly no one who
has the true interests of the Chinese
at heart would argue against the in
PRODUCTION of reforms. Should the
present occupation of Peking by the
troops of Europe and America lead to
reorganization of affairs in China,
the Boxer massacres, terrible as they
were, would prove a blessing to civ
ilization, not too dearly bought with
the blood of scores of noble men and
women. @. w. WEIPPIERT
The Republican., 1900-11-22
ACTIVITIES OF ROYAL PEOPLE.
Many of the Worlds Rulers Acquire
Useful Arts and Practice
Them.

Nearly all the royal people of Europe
have learned some useful occupation
at which they employ their leisure
time. Queen Victoria knits and EN-
broders, and even Albert Edward,
prince of Wales. once turned out pair
af stockings with some knitting needles
and hank of homespun. The princess
of Wales, when she is not satisfied
with the effect of gown or bonnet,
lierally takes things into her own
hands and sets everything right, says
a London paper
George. duke of York. can splice and
knot against any man in the foc'sle;
the duchess, like Helena before her, is
not above wheeling her own mail cart.
Louise of Argyle has been known to
iron a shirt; the other Louise carves
the family goose. Albany's widow
made Charles Edward his first pair of
sailor trousers, and BeatriX takes
hand at the typewriter sometimes
when it is question of purely private
letters. The same is true of Princess
Alix. The czarina also likes to set her
OWN ldDIe anu ltuu neI ON mousse
flowers, as Victoria of Wales does at
Sandringham. Nicholas has done a
days work in the harvest field in his
time, and has also shown the rural mou-
iiks that the little father can turn
sod with the best of them. Oscar H.
has done a bit of timber cutting in the
wilds of Dalecarlia, and Humbert used
to make shoes.
The queen of the Beigians feeds her
own horses and rather fancies herself
in the role of milkmaid, and it is this
part of the work which she understands
when rusticating with Clementine,
while her daughter spreads the snowy
cloth Wilhelmina is a fairish cook and
the national dishes are tossed up by
her in the solid manner which delights
your true-born Dutchman. Queen
Amelie trims her own hats and En-
press Augusta sews on Wilile's but
tons, besides sometimes baking the
bread he eats. Wilhelm himself blows
his own trumpet, besides host of 9TH
er things.
The Republican., 1900-11-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Bachelor-"Stngle blessedness
is good thing" The Benedict
"Well isn't double blessedness twice
as good ?"-Yoniers Statesman.
"Why don't you go out and hunt for
work like other men?' 81 never was
good sportsman, mum."-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Snasley-"You don't have to be an
artist to draw a check" Yow-"No.
but you have to be a royal academi-
clan to get it cashed. Syracuse
Herald.
Miss Sharpe-"I hear you are going
to be married at last" Miss Snappie
(of Chicago)-"That's my business"
"Indeed? Wholesale or retail ?''-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Tess-"I thought she was going to
marry old Gotrox" Jess-"She was,
but she broke the engagement" Tess
What for?" Jess-''W hen she ac-
cepted him he told her she had put
new life in him." ."-Philadelphia Press.
Might Do There.-"Maude thinks of
applying for position as soprano in
a church choir" "Well, there's
church for the deaf up on Seventh
street. t."-Philadelphia Evening Bull
letin.
This thermometer registers only
~ degrees" remarked Mr.. Snaggs. II
am sure the temperature is higher
than that" eyes, it is" added Mrs.
Snaggs. 81 dropped that thermome-
ter yesterday, and since then 1 think
it is about seven degrees slow
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Blanche-"I wish you'd listen to
this. Laura writes to have me hunt
up literary information for her club
paper on no less than seven topics"
Dorthy-"Dear me! What will you
do?" Blanche-"Oh, l won't find
time to answer the letter until after
she has done needing the informa-
ton. n."-Indanapolis Journal.
The Republican., 1900-11-22
S sEEgsEiaN25lsaGlea s z "
aH'1l42a4z4l\p7zo
ONE HOME.
Whisky Wrecked Its Happiness and
Finally Wrought a Terri
bic Tragedy.

They stood on the steps of the little
cottage framed in the festoons made
by the climbing rose over the veranda.
The woman held the baby girl in her
arms. The man had his lunch box in
one hand and saw and plane in the
other.
Say good-by to papa" said the
young mother. and the child waved her
little hand, one arm around the moth
er's neck, and said: "By, by, papa, by,
by."
The slight morning breeze stirred the
ours about the little white neck. The
man laid down his tools and took his
baby in his strong arms. The child
threw both arms around his neck and
held him tightly clasped. my papa,
my papa" she said.
He kissed her red lips, her cheeks.
her white neck, and silky hair. Then
he unclasped the little arms and gave
her back to her mother.
Papa must go now" he said. Good
by, darling"
you'll remember. dear. won't you, -
said the wife in a low voice.
''Of course, Carrie; don't look so So
Der. I'm all right"
He laughed and kissed his hand to
her as he went down the walk. She
watched his tall, well-built frame till
the shade trees hid him from sight
Night came and she had his supper
ready. He had not come. She went
down the walk and looked up the
The Republican., 1900-11-22
EFFECTS OF ABSINTHE.
What DIR. Legrain, n Noted French
Physician, Says About the
Seductive Drink.

1t is a great folly which induces
man to-day to be Indifferent to the
healthy drinks which nature supplies.
He turns his attention to manufac-
tured alcoholic drinks. He has
thought to find alcohol a source of
joy, a source of vigor. He has only
found in it unhappiness, ruin, de-
creptituGe and illness. 1t is not
enough for man to lose his reason
through alcohol. He wanted still fur
ther to do something to satisfy his
worst instincts. He must have a SOW
ereign liquor that would not only
produce all the above results, but
would also deprive him of his con-
science. So he invented absinthe.
Working people in the great towns,
women of the people, the idle peas
antry, are duped by this dreadful
liquor. They are not aware what a
Satanic poison they are imposing on
their delicate brains. The moment
they create such an appetite is dark
hour.
Who could possibly remember the
acts of barbarism, the acts of fury Gre
ated by the magic green liquor, which
is filling the asylums? See, there, a
man whose body is in a perpetual
trembling condition. He has a good
foot, a good eye, and he is enraged
that he can no longer work. He is a
drinker of absinthe.
See, again, another! Suddenly his
face pales, he is covered with perspira-
tion. he wears a frightened look. He
has had a momentary Inconsistencies
and sudden dizziness. In a moment
he has lost consciousness of his sur
roundings. That man is an absnthe
drinker. See a poor bricklayer lying
on a stretcher. They are taking him
to the hospital, where he quickly will
die. leaving forever his wife and chill
dren. He has fallen from a scaffold-
ing. A sudden unconsciousness caused
him to lose his equilibrium. He is
killed, caused through abs ,nthe drinll.
| ing.
Another instance! The people are
terrified to see an unhappy man beat
ing the earth, victim of a violent at
tack. His tongue is bitten by his
teeth. A bloody foam runs out of his
mouth. His features are all distorted.
1t is an epileptic, and it is the work of
absinthe.
| See below in the court there where
there are number of insensible per-
sons. A man is seized with an indie
scribable despair. One Saturday in
his holiday hour he had drunk fire.
quent little sips of absinthe. On re-
turning to his lodgings he was sud
denly seized with a violent rage. He
! killed his wife and two children with
out having the least consciousness of
what he was doing. He energetically
denies that he did the deed to persons
who know him. He knows nothing
about it. The absinthe drinking made
of this man a dangerous automaton.
See again this woman! She rocks
the child in the cradle. Suddenly she
is seized by the most terrible convul-
sions and i'll treats her child. Ask the
cause of this cruel treatment and we
shall point to the fatal absinthe! 1t
is a murderer. Dante in supposing
the terrors he described did not know
anything more terrible than this
| Banner of Gold.
The Republican., 1900-11-22
LOVEMAKING IN MEXICO.
Young Men and Women Rarely Meet
and Then Only in the Presence
of the Girls Relatives.

Sonora Adelaide Vazquez Schiaffino,
Mexican woman, in a paper in Wom-
ans Home Companion entitled THE
Social Sphere of Mexican Women"
writes as follows of courtship beyond
the Rio Grande:
"a Mexican girl realizes she is a miss
of some Importance when she has at
tracted a would-be cavalier, who has
seen her at mass or during promenade
on the plaza. Without the formality
of an introduction he dispatches letters
glowing with words of admiration and
devotion, and nervously awaits a reply.
In the meantime he visits the locality
of her home. hoping to catch sight of
the object of his admiration at the bal
cony or as she energies from the house
to attend church. He patiently but
persistently promenades backward
and forward in the street. for custom
forbids his entrance to the house, and is
happy if favored with glance from
her lustrous black eyes. No ridicule
is strong enough to dampen his ardor,
and no objections of irate parents sutfi-
ciently powerful to subdue his passion
Mexican lovers rarely meet, for even
if the young man is related to the fam
ily of the young lady, and has been
caller at the home, the mere fact of his
paying attention to her puts severe
restraint on his intercourse with the
family. After time, if things have
progressed favorably. he is admitted
as an accepted, suitor, and is received by
the girl always accompanied by her
mother, who usually does all the con-
yersation. But love finds many forms
of expression, and stolen glances, never
suspected. speak volumes for the low
ers. AS the suit progresses many an
evening passes with the girl at the win
dow or balcony, and her lover in the
street below, wholly oblivious of the
passer-by or his naive or caustic re-
mark. The duration of a courtship de-
pends upon the formaIity employed,
the means at command of the parties,
and their age. Consent of the marriage
is demanded from the parents of the
girl by the suitor's father, who is ac-
companied by priest. that the pledges
may be made the more binding"