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The Watchman and Southron Punished Wednesday and Satur day by Osteen Publishing Company, Suroter, S. C. Terms: per ararara?rn advance. Advertisements: One ftjxrare. first insertion ..$1.00 Eveory subsequent insertior. .50 Contracts for tbree months or Joagsirwill be made at reduced rates. ? Ail communications which sub s?rve privat? . interests will je viiarse? for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of re spect will be charged f?r. The Sumter AVatchman was fuu4?fed in 1353 and the True '?auShS^p; in 13 CO. The Watchman and So?thron now has the com h$%ed circulation and influence of froth of the old papers, and is man }(gs??y the. best advertising medium 1* 3*mter. GBL(X)l) TO THE FARM. One of the great laments in agri culture has been the tendency of the. young to leave the farms and seek the towns. Xow the tide has Isjjpgun to flow the other way, and agriculture in some sections of the United: States is in affair way to get th?; young blood which it needs. . A grange lecturer recently told his hearers that he had noted a marked **back to the soil" move taent. What struck him particular ,ly.Was the high percentage of young people who were taking up and starting to^ develop abandoned farms. This is very likely true in many states, and it is one more proof of *ae sense, intelligence and cour age of the country*s young men and ! women. '' Whe% the war disrupted the lives ; of our yonng Americans, they as- | gained its burdens with a will and j 8.. responsibility beyond their years, j Yhey are adapting themselves to 1 the.necessities of after-war adjust-; inent with the same energy and ef- j agency?. They have seen the w?r- < gjitewn bubble hurst, and have; ottgh to- believe that in the [ vyears the soil will have its i As a result oi^thetr sturdy ! ibi?husiasm both the farms and j ? ? ? f de -young people . are likely to j tafosper. j ? ?? ? JFAXUXG TAXES. Wb&t' the government is up: n^famsf in the matter of shrinking: iscome is' indicated by the first re- ? ?S9f?s fron? this-year's federal tax: collections. In 3ifew York, the greatest tax- ' collecting district, and one which ! ??oa?y^ reflects pretty well the nat- i Steal business conditions, this yeaor's collections of income and ex- ] eesa profits taxes have totaled only! "f*l*,e&6,0Crd\ against $854.000.000 ; J^jSAr a?d $S80,000,000 the year [ &e*ore. Here is a decrease, from *fee taxyear of 1919* of more than Wie-f?urth for 19^0 and more than, one-half for 1922. Wit will be' remembered, too, that i tfetr taxes collected for,any year are j ?ossessed on- the business of the year l^efore, so that the poorest business'! ?yearof this cycle, 1921, remains to! he heard from next year. Tax-1 jpssersj.toov are learning all the ! rime how to avoid paying. Collec lions from these sources are sure i to fall considerably lower. ? Tas treasury department un-1 dp^rbtedlj:. realizes the prospect. It I is Jfeoped that congress doe-., and j wSlMtoit its expenditures accord-! t?*Sy. ? ? ? r- THE HEALTHIEST YEAR. *:\Kei*e ia'good news of the passing j year "Which should counteract in j ?*Vs memories the gloom of! iSSl* industrial and financial! troubles. Figures assembled by 37 ' leading American insurance com ftonies, covering 27,000,000 lives, ; indicate that the present year has j h>en the healthiest in the history ' of Canada and the United States. *-According to the reports of these | companies?which transact about SO.per cent of the hfe insurance business of this country?influenza j has been practically eliminated. Pneumonia shows a sympathetic deeline. Tuberculosis which, ten years ago, caused one death in ev ery^four among policy-holders, this year caused only one in ten. Deaths from automobile accidents, suicides and; homicides have in creased. The percentage of deaths ft?n? the ailments * of advanced years remains high and will con tinue so, say the insurance men, as k>ng aa the pressure and tension of present-day life are maintained' ifhe fact that the cancer death rate haft, risen is attributed to more ac curate diagnosis of the disease ???rer than to actual increase. /? Some interesting health points JJ?ay be gleaned from these statis tics. One of them is that many ofy the diseases formerly allowed re'sweep away large numbers of are now coming under con &ct. They are not only greatly re duced but may finally be put out of ffeab??fe?.' Another ts'that a little I more courage in simplifying life. I both of individual and community. I will result in the lessening of the i diseases of middle and later lire. This year has been the healthiest j so far. If its lessons are rightly ; read and headed, succeeding years t - should be each more healthful than ' the last. Condemned Meat. - The public is invited to stop by j Mr. K. L. Tisdale's show window at Xo. 37 W. Liberty Street and see a specimen of condemned pork ' sold in the city for food. This pork j contains thousands of embryo tape ; worms which ingested as food and ; not thoi*oughly cooked may produce I the mature parasite in the human family. There are several diseases and conditions of food producing I animals which make the animal; : absolutely unfit for food, some of j the conditions of which the owner j migh? be entirely ignorant. It is ? i also possible that some of the con- j ditions which make the meat un- j i attractive to offer for sale as a j I whole carcass could be worked up j : into sausage or other products byj j unserupulus persons, and sold in ' that form. It is certainly time the people of Sumter should know the meat j which goes onto their table has J j been officially inspected and passed j ; as tit for food. A local abattoir i will solve this question, furnishing i the city with a clean any whole 1 some meat supply. Let everyone \ pull for the abattoir, we need it. t x. m ? j Steals Bicycle From Police Head quarters, - . ? Willie Jenkins is being held for j trial in the next term of court for j the larceny of a bicycle which he ! had the gall to steal out of the i guard house. The bicycle was one j i which had been taken up quite a j ; long while back by the police and j j no owner could be found for it. 1 : Chief Barwick had recently noticed I a negro boy hanging around the < guard house Just a little more than \ j was necessary and had told this J boy to stay away.- Then the bicy- j cle was msised from the place ' where it had been kept in the j guard room. Chief Barwick re- j ported the loss of the wheel to a i repair shop in the city handling this brand of bicycles and was re- i warded for his inquiries by tangible information which led to the find- ; ing of theb 'cycle at the home, of | Willie Jenkins near Shot Pouch, j Willie was identified by Chief Bar- j wick as the same boy doing the j excessive loafing around the guard house. He was locked in a cell on j Wednesday and the bicycle recov- j ered and placed Just outside the ; cells. Jenkins can do a lot of j looking at the bicycle but not a j great deal of riding upon it just at j present. j Board of Health Notes. Has the meat on your*table been officialise inspected? Are you sure1 it is of a quality you can safely ! place before your family? While the United States govern- ? ment has one of the finest meat \ inspection services in the world, it , is an absolute fact that there are , still millions of cattte and other j animals slaughtered which may be i diseased or unfit for human con- ! sumption. This will always be a danger as ! long as local farmers can bring j in any kind of cattle and sell them j to local butchers for slaughtering j on their own premises. Such pro- j ducts, not coming uad'r interstate commerce, .are not U. S. govern ment inspected and eome to your j table without this essential protec- j tion. * For this reason, many towns I and cities have found it a great ad vantage to establish municipal ab- j r?**c.rs, where fhe slaughtering, I urcssing, refrigerating and handl ing can all be done under the su- i pervision of your l?eal health au- j thorities. This is a matter of such vital im- | portance that you, as a public spirited citizen, should use your ef fort, every influence, to bring j about this much needed reform, i Marriage License Record. Marriage licenses have be m is sued to the following colored j couples: Willie Newman and Matilda Le- j ran of Sumter. Eugene Plowden and Ethel j Butler of Sumter. Willie Moses, Jr.. and Bessie ! Jones. Sumter. Richard Crosby and Sara Mitch eil. Remini. Cainey Williams and. Maggie Spann, Oswego. Levi Jove of Bishopville and Lottie Smith of Sumter. Jessie McQuilla and Alice Brad ford of Sumter. John Bradley and Roxey Camp bell. Sumter. Paiil Jenkins and Sarah Louise Milier. Camden. Leo Campbell of Sumter and Bertha M. Davis of Columbia, j Mose Washington and Alice ; Washington of Lynchburg. Raymond Consor and Flossie I Felder of Sumter. Jerry Rem bert of Borden and I Martha Kendricks of Rembert. Mattie Johnson nad Mary Wil- j j hams of Mayesville. Serious Situ ation in India Washington, Dec. 24.?Native po- j licemen ar*> reported to l>e desert- j 'ng the British in India and join- j ing the Nationalst movement. . ? ? m Naval Vessels For Sale | Portsmouth, X'. H.. Dee. 24.?The ' sale of twelve naval vessels is an- { nounced here, including the cruiser i Brooklyn, two colliers, destroyers and submarine chasers. First day of 1?22 is Sunday, so we'can get a good start. MAKE A MERRY CHRISTMAS By CHARLES PAGE. World's Champion Santa Clans VERYBODY should have a happy Christmas. You can't make others hap py unless you think right, hut if you think right, you will give all you can?even if it is only the old worn-out doll your little girl had last Christ mas, and which she has laid aside. Or you can divide a piece of bread and butter, if you haven't any)hing else, or give a kind word, with the added thought that someday? maybe next Christmas? things will be different. But the big idea is for ev erybody to be happy on Christmas, and if you can make the other fellow feel that "way, you will-feel that way your self. Christma> TVe>e at Graham School. The Graham school house was the centre of much delight among the boys and girls on Wednesday evening, December 21st. j The three class rooms were thrown into one and beautifully decorated with wreaths of holly, ?mistletoe, and Christmas bells, which added to the beauty of this gala, festive season. The stage was the scene of the "Christmas Fire side" with stockings hung for Santa Claus, and a beautiful Christmas tree gay with tinsel and bright candles. At 7 o'clock the pupils gave the following program: Song?Silent Night. Holy Night? By School. Scripture?Luke 2:8-14 ? By School. Prayer?Rev. J. Sydney Cobb. Recitation ? A Christmas Eve Thought?By Wilbur Davis. Recitation?A Letter to Santa Claus?By Alvin Dingle. Motion Song?Jolly Santa Claus ?By Primary Grades. Recitation?The Bells?By Lil lian James. Recitation?Rocket's Christmas ! ?By Annie Davis. Song?The Heavenly Stranger? j By Sue Davis, Lillian James. Dir.logue?As the Wise Men Saw j It?Jim Davis. Frank Scurry, Sam l Tisdale. William Black well. Playlet?At Christmas Time. Immediately after the program,! the gifts, fruit, and candy were I distributed among the children. I Graham has an enrollment of 76. j then there were children not yet in I school, making in all about DO toj receive gifts. There was a full j audience to share with the boys! and girls, a very merry Christ mar. Christmas Services at Trinity. Notwithstanding the threaten-! ing clouds of a cold December day. ! quite a Crowd gathered at Trinity Sunday school Thursday evening to participate in the exercises of the Beginners' Department, of which | Mrs. J. W. Cox is superintendent, j Each and every one did unusually weil for little tots. The following program was carried out: Prayer?Dr. Daniel. Song?Jolly Old Nick ? Essie j Jones. / \ Recitation?Rosa Wilder and Jo- j sephine Keels. v Merry Xmas?Margery Compton, j Edna Pratt and Joyce Roper. Recitation?Essie Jones. What Can Little Children Bring? | ?Hazel Gainey. A Real Santa Claus?Ethel Den nis. Recitation?William Wactor and Essie Jones. Santa is Coming?Susie Hodge. Then a beautiful scene was ar ranged, representing a manger, to impress on the minds the real J Christmas what was given to the! world. A rough crib of straw was fixed in which lay a little babe. Leaning over in adoration was; Mary (Allino Jones); at her side, stood Joseph (AIva McDonald.) | while, one of the wise men who had followed the star was (Jack Buck). The angels stood on either side i watching over the crib, while a \ group of little children sang sweet Christmas carols. Dr. Daniel gave a very interest- j ing talk on the true meaning of; Christmas day. Just at the close j Santa Claus, the jolly man appear- ! ed and from the beautiful tree gave gifts to all the little boys and girls' of that department. Ltdc-Powell Miss Anna .May Ind.- of Sumter j and Frank Powell of Dallas, Tex., j were married at the Methodist; Parsonage in Columbia on Thurs day evening, December 22. the! ceremony being performed by the | Rev. R. A. Trucsdale. The young j people who motored to Columbia1 were accompanied by the bride's; mother. Mrs. A. .). Lid", her neice, | Miss Alma Lide and friend, T. E. \ Rhame. It was a ring ceremony. . and parsonage was prettily deco rated in holly and mistletoe for the j .?vent. The bride wore a blue trav- i eling suit with brown accessories j and carried white carnations. Miss Lide is a young lady of! great popularity in Sumter and for j a number of years has been asso- ; ciated with Dr. Archie China as j office assistant. Mr. Powell, whose home is in Dallas. Texas, has resid- j ed in Sumter for the past tow years during which time he has made : many friends. A long and happy ; wedded life is wished them by their ' friends. i The census has figured every- : thing except what precentage ofj our parents are men. j -? ? ? The chess player, who made two moves in seven hours, would make a finn plumber. So this is Christmas! Some say "It comes hut once a year?thank God." Others say "It comes once every year?thank Ood." "Some" can't see the pleasure for the expense. "Others" can't see the expense for the pleasure. "Weary Christmas and Nappy New Year," murmur the tired shop-girls. "Bleary Christmas and Snappy New Year," smile favorite bootleg gers. On our homes are presents whose absence we expected. They come from friends we thought close instead of close friends. If they live close enough send them <mo of these messages. "Dear Blank. I mailed your pres ent. It got lost. Merry Christmas. Dear Grace, Ma strained soup in your stockings. Merry Christmas." "Dear Bill, the tie for you got noisy. My family burned it." And some friends have the gift of giving useless gifts. But silk handkerchiefs are fine if you don't catch cold. And net stockings can be hung for* lace curtains. Whle loud ties can furnish dance music. And Christmas cigars are excel lent for killing moths. And can be eaten if cooked like fresh cabbage. Tell Willie what's in sister's doll be/ore he looks. Have you plenty of candy and the doctor'?, phone number handy? : - ' I Then three cheers for Christmas. Only 3G5 more days until Christ- I mas. Merry Christmas. ? Americanizing Coblenzj ????? ! Manv American Civilians j Have Located There i Coblenz. Dec. 1.?Little by little, j Coblenz has been taking on an I American aspect, with a will and a j smile in some respects, but relue- j tantly and with a frown so far as ' most of the German population is i concerned. The recent formalities j of pence apparently did not make | a particle of difference either way. Some of the bitterness the Ger- ? mans showed when the American , army marched into Coblenz De cember S. nearly three years ago, has subsided. Coblenz now is one of the liveliest ! livtle cities of central, western Eu rope. Not for the Americans alone, nor the English, French and Belgians, but for the Germans ' too. and the blinds in the Ger- j man homes, which were drawn in i resentment at the coming of the \ Americans, have all been raised. ! regardless of whether the oceu- i pants like or disapprove of the oc- j cupation forces, and business has j thrived to such an extent that many | a Coblenz merchant has put aside : a snug little fortune, as fortunes ! go in Germany. American civilians have been; pouring into the occupied area for j the past two years and a half, | thousands for sightseeing puri>oses j and others on business missions i which have kept them here. Then; various officers and enlisied men have left the army from time to time to eater business of some ! kind, and gradually the American j colony on the Rhine has grown i until today it is estimated there are | something like 2,0-00 civilians from the Cnited States scattered about | the Coblen:'. area. There are "American stores" all j about town but all of them are not I owned by Americans. American- j made goods are on sale at half the i down-town shops, and "English i spoken here" greets shoppers in all the principal streets. At the news stands about town the | American New.,, which is the daily j newspaper of the American Forces j in Germany, is on sale as well as daily newspapers from New York I and Chicago. In the streets, during the shop ping hours, nearly as much Eng- 1 lish as German is heard. An Amer ican feels quite at home in Cob- j lenz half an hour after he arrives. - Priests Sent to Prison Voronezh. Russia. Dec. 24.?Six priests are serving six months at , hard labor charged with defraud- j ing parishioners by claiming that : Old ikons had been renewed by a miracle and possessed special pow er;:. They rented the ikons which j were carried into sick rooms. The gasoline filling stations of i the city will be open from '.) until 12 o'clock on Monday. Tank up luring those iiours or otherwise j you're out of luck. PARAGRAPHS By ROBERT QUTLLEN The Dawes budget is prepared Tor every contingency except Morse. You can't hold a girl's hand when she is driving. For that mat ter, it is equally difficult to hold her back. Corn may serve as a substitute, but there's- no fuel like the old fuel. The present tense of the war spirit is Mars. The past tense is marred. _I_ Eight quarts make a peck, but as a rule one or two drinks will make a Pecksniff. And so China is to operate her own postal system. We didn't know she had any Marines. Some men leave their finger prints with the police, and some j leave them on the books you lend. ; There was <t time when novel, publishers had a cinch, but pub- ? lishing is a risque business now. i -! There is little hope, however. : hat we will get the boys off the )ur%c benches by Christmas. In a small town the banks don't | lave tellers, but the-cashier usually ! ells all he knows. Don't grieve about the wife's j :oil-roughened hands. Buy her a ?an opener that has a padded han- , He. . We must hurry and civilize the' savage peoples before they all die ! )C of the white man's disease. England may bo a monarchy, j luit the king has fallen to so low a state that he can't even start a j fashion. You can't fool all the people all j the time, but you can fool a ma- j joriiy, and that's what makes con- ! jress. j Concerning the arms parley, i 2ope springs eternal in the human j >ress. The most annoying thing about ' he man who assumes a "holier- j han-thou" attitude is the fact that ,ie usually is right. When you urge people hot to trgue with a fool, every married vornan thinks you are giving her a >it of personal advice. If ever we go to war for China, ;ome patriot will make himself im nortal by declaring: "Wing Lung i^u. we are here." An admirer says Bernard Shaw s always wrapped in thought. Well, thoughts like his provide suf ficient warmth without any other .vrap. Personally, we don't think much >f a patriot who cheers the boys* ?oing out to fight and kicks about paying the bill. "One hundred thorn, md idiots in \merica." And any one of them :an give you complete instructions concerning your duty. ?f? When you hear that a man has tilled himself because of business ivorries, you wonder what stock he bought with the company's funds. (Syndicated by Associated Editors). All rights reserved. United States a Neutral Zone Lima, Peru. Dec 24?Peru sug gests that delegates of Chile and Peru meet in the United States and lecide the Tacna-Arica dispute. Wish You Were In 'Frisco? San Francisco. Dec. 24.?The Cal ifornia Christmas pies will contain liquor, each baker being allowed one hundred gallons of brandy t?> pep their pies. STRIKE DISTURBANCE IN KENTUCKY Newport. Ky.. Dec. 24.?Troops! have detrained here to preserve or der among striking steel workers. DEADLY STORM HITS LOUISIANA Monroe, La.. Dec. 2-1?One white woman and six negroes were killed and several persons injured in ;> storm that struck this section to lay. ' 1REATY WITH COLOM BIA REPORTED SIGNED New York. Dec. ?4?It is re ported that the treaty between Colombia and the United states has been signed by the Colombian j Congress. I Exquisite Evening Frock An exquisite frock for evening is this Claire design of silver cloth : and Royal Blue Salome velvet with silver grapes hanging from the ? waistline. The velvet bodice is held by Rhinestone chains which venture ( down the back and hang in looped, glittering lengths. She's Slim, But She Can Sine:! Introducing Marie Jeritza. Until recently she was star of the Vienna Opera. Now all New York is talking about her debut with the Metro politan. She has a soprano voice of surpassing quality, is dramatic and graceful. Unlike most of her contemporaries-this prima donna is slim and beautiful. ?. Khorasan, The Wild East of Persia, j l^m was to play Russia, which - i reached our to their northern bor Washington. Dec. 20.?"It is notiders through Turkestan, against surprising that Khorasan. the wild j Great Britain, whose influence east of Persia, should be affected ? touched fheir eastern boundary by banditry because, remote as it is I through Afghanistan. And even from the western front, the world before 1914 the insidious activities war profoundly disturbed its pe- ! of Germany had to be taken into culipr government and social sys-j account. In addition an eye had tern," says a bulletin from the Nat- ! to be kept on Teheran, tonal Geographic Society concern- "Fora time, but for a time only, ing dispatches telling of the sur-1 during the world war. Amir Shou rehder of Khorasan insurrection- j kat ul Mulk was deposed, and his ists and the death of their outlaw successor rode into Birjand. kiss leader, i ing the Km-an. suspended across '?Khorasan is world famous j the roadway at the gates of the city. ?; connoisseurs of rugs, ear nd silks: beyond that fact to it is but a name. Yet this am on pets , many least known of Persia's five great provinces suffered from the alli ance of Gnat Britain and Russia, it sustained a severe shock win n Russia fell under Soviet sway, ami it experienced some of the most crass forms of German intrigue. Rulers Protean Politicians. 'Through a long distance politi cal lens the statesmanship of the I governors of Kain. Khorasan sub- < province and rug making center, commands high admiration. Their succession was hereditary, but their line held sway neither by right of hjood nor ancient tribal choice. Tin y tailed by force of leadership. First of all they had to please a| populace many of whom were not which that host has lighted in his own me.uh. if a number of guests are present 'he host is likely to in sert one for each guest, applying one }ight to all ami getting all started with one prodigious puff: j Annoying to the other extreme, i however, is the meticulous care of: the servant who always must stop to eli.-:use his hands before answer ing the summons of his employer. : On Main Camel Line. "Birjand lay on the main trade; route of tin- camel and mule borne commerce between Russia ami In dia. Before Russia broke down economically thousands of tons of wool were sent there from Khora san. along with shawls and rugs.! and much of this ultimately reached Marseilles. The animal | transports brought from fndia yarn . ami dyes, raw material for ear pet making; and also coffee, tea and spices. Both tin- disturbances in India and the chaos of Russia have hampered Khorasan. "Tin- name. Khorasan. is apt; meaning 'land of the sirs.' For merly it applied to a largei- region. The province of that name, nearly as largo as California, now clearly delimited, is furrowed by mountain more than a generation or two re moved from nomadism. They had not onl? to be ward politicians bat international diplomats. Their pro'o and thousands of his followers did ; likewise. The occidental observer i might be particularly impressed with the hygiene of that ceremony, : and he usually is distraught when ; he finds that etiquette demands he , accept from a host a cigarette I ridges, the Asiatic end of a system i that binds eastern Europe, physir j cally. to central Asia. The Elburz ! range, which rises in northwestern ! Persia to form the Persian Olym i pus. Mount Demavend, divides the countrv into two climatic zones. since on its northern side is the Caspian basin, below sea level, and on its southern a plateau which averages some 4,000 feet above the sea. Great Salt Desert. "Tin feature Kavir, most noteworthy physical of Khorasan is the Great i saline desert, considered by some to ]>?? the bed of a sea long since dried up. and by others to be due to the saline rivulets trickling into it from the enclosing circlets of mountains. The salt deserts ami the mountains of Khorasan help keep it isolated: tin- ferule valleys produce cotton, cereals, fruits and tobacco. "Birjand. now capital of the sub province of Kain. is one of the chief carpet and rug making centers of all Persia. It has only about 15, nao people, but all about Birjand prop -r art little villages where men till the soii with the aid of oxen anu women weave. The best of the Kain carpets are produced at Darakhsh. about fifty miles north east of Birjand. A woman of this region who cannot weave becomes an economic liability. This condi tion, and the use of opium, are held responsible for tin considerable number of beggar women to !>,> seen at Birjand." --o ? m The most important step some people sake is rhe shimmy ami even then they feel shaky. A win:;, d automobile has been i riven red in France?for pedes trians who try to escape by jump ing and hurdling, we suppose.? Nashville Tennessean. Chile to Have Electric Railroad Electrical Engineers From New York in Charge of Work Santiago, Chile. Nov. 29.?The first important railway elect ririca tion on th<? west const of South America trill be undertaken wirhin rhe next 30 -lays by a New York ? chcem which has just obtained a contract with the Chilean govern ment to electrify 233 track miles of the state lines between Santiago and Valparaiso and Llay Llay and Los Andes. Tlx- contract involves an. expenditure of $6.000,000 and calls for completion of the project j within two years. Electrification of the division, which is the most imporvant*in the stare railway system, will afford a saving of more than 100.000 tons j of coal annually and will permit, it is said, the handling of a greater volume of traffic over the line con ; nee-ting the capital and the coun try's chief port. The project has been pending for more than ten I years but c ongressional appl I was given only last December .1 a law was pass* d providing for g< nc-ral improvements in the rail ; ways including electrification of the first zone and the purchase of new j equipment. \ Electrical energy will l>e supplied I by five substations, between San I tiago and Valparaiso, with a total capacity of .about GO.000 horse ; power, overhead trollies will be used. They will be of the simple eat< nary..type supported on bracket j arms. The 3.9&0-volt direct cur j rent system will be installed for j furnishing power to the Iccomo tives of. which there will be 59, I ranging from 39 to 112 tons each. L. 5. Boggs, of a Xew York firm ! of consulting engineers, for the Xew York. Xew Haven and Hrrt ford and the Pennsylvania railway I systems, and It. L. McLellan and j D. C. Hershberger of the Westing ; house Company, are now in Chile j completing the details after which : actual work on the electrification 1 will be started. ; NEW SILVER DOLLAR ON THE MARKET : _ - j Washington. Dec. 24?The new j silver dollars wUl be In circulation ; oy December 31st live director of I the mint announced today. o ?> ? China's Trade With United States. ; Shanghai. Nov. IS (By Mail)? ! China's exports to the United States ; from Shanghai within the quarter j year that ended September 30 ! reached total of gold $12,709,797 ! and for the first three quarters 01 * the year gold $49.907,782. The fig ; tires are given in a report that has j been issued at the American con j sulate in Shanghai. ' A noteworthy item of the report j shows that in the three months ! period ending in September gold j bars worrh $2.499,374 were sent to America and the value of gold hars exported in the nine months ; period runs to $16.646,039. In ad 1 diiion to the gold shipments gold I coins to the value of $$41,965 were \ exported the first three quarters of , the year. Silk exports lead the list of ordi ; nary commercial shipments as raw i silk to the value of $5,165,678 was j exported in the last quarter of the period and to the value of $17,043. j 70 3 in the nine months period, ?o ? ? ; Mowcow Soviet Will Unload its Theatres. Moscow. Xov. 29.?The Moscow ! Soviet has announced that the Mu i sical Drama Theater, the Lutetia Misch and two other theaters which the loc;;l city government has sup ported will he leased to private i concessionaries and has asked Rus j sian theatrical n?anagers to submit ? proposals for taking over the the aters and operating them as pri ! rate enterprises. j This is in accordance with the I general policy of the Moscow So ! viet 10 follow rhe example of the I central government and unload re ? sponsibi.ities which have been too ; great a tax on its bread supply, fuel i and power of organization. I Counterfeit Postage Stamps in Ar gentina. Buenos Aires. Xov. 8.?A swindle of large proportions has been per . pet rated on the Argentine post j office department by the printing i and sale of false five cent stamps. : The sale of these stamps apparently j has been going on possibly for years ; but it was only recently discovered, i The department has ordered the withdrawal of the issue in question. The posroffice department admit ted that the fraudulent stamps . were practically identical with the authorized ones and that it was not possible to trace the source of the questiona" e supply. Five ceni stamps bearing the portrait of General San Martin no longer are acc epted in payment for postage. The Xew York and Xew Orleans Cotton Exchanges were closed to day and there was no future mar ket quotations. The exchanges will be closed until Tuesday. Prof. Roubaud figures a fly has ? 3.9S5.969,389.755.100 descendants ' in five months. Suppose she cackled every time she laid an egg? The Toledo Blade proposes a Tell the Truth Week. What do they want to do?start another war??Cleveland Plain Dealer. -? m m Isn't it strange what some peo ple put auto licenses on??Atlanta ! ?Journal. There is a house shortage because houses won't make 60 miles an hour. Some movies are more to be pitied than censored.?Burlington News.