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PART TWO.
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD i
Iff PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.
Mr. Brave Durham, one of Greene coun-
I ty’s oldest citizens, died Friday at his
[ home, near Woodville, and was buried Sat
urday afternoon. Mr. Durham, was about
eighty-one years of age. He was a farmer
most of his life, and was a Mason and
Confederate Veteran.
A Macon dispatch says: Judge Speer, of
the United States Court, announces that
he will change his official residence to Sa
vannah or Augusta during the two or
three years in which the alterations of the
public building here will be carried on. It
may be that his location will then be made
purmanent in one of the other of these
cities.
Mr. B. F. Holder, Jr., editor of the For
syth Chronicle, is a candidate for a place
s.' one of the delegates to represent the
Sixth Congressional District at the Dem
ocratic. National Convention, and has re
ceived hearty endorsements from every
I-art of the district. Mr. Holder is one of
the brightest men in the goodly list of
Georgia weekly editors, and would repre
sent the district well.
Waycross Herald: The name of Col. A.
E. Cochran is suggested for Presidential
elector from this district. Col. Cochran is
well known throughout South Georgia, and
his friends will give him a warm support.
The Colonel has campaigned with William
J. Bryan in the days gone by, and it will
no doubt afford him much pleasure to cast
his vote for his old friend for President
now.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch: A few' days ago
several negroes left the section a lew
miles above Dublin on a raft for Darien.
After being gone a few days, two of them
returned and reported that one of their
number. Frank Bailey, had been
drowned near Silver Bluff, but were un
able to find the body. On Welnesday last
the steamer City of Dublin made its usual
trip to Silver Bluff and found the body
tied to a tree at the landing. The body
was badly decomposed and it was with
considerable trouble taht it was got
from the wat€*r. ‘Seeing that the V>ody
would have to be buried at once, the boat
crew dug a grave near the landing and
buried the body. Just who tied the body
at the landing no one seems io know.
Some advance the theory that Bailey did
not drown, but was murdered.
Albany Herald: The Democratic Execu
tive Committee of Worth county met on
Saturday to hear the motion of Dr.
Thrasher, one of the candidates for the
legislature, to have the votes of one of the
precincts in the primary election on the
15th of May recounted. Some irregularity
In the tally sheets for the precinct in ques
tion were pointed out. The tally sheets
were not.lt appeared, all alike, there being
a difference of two votes between one of
them and the other two. The committee
declined by a majority vote to open the
ballot box nnd recount the vote, however,
nrd this action confirmed the nomination
ot Dr. W. L*. Sikes over Dr. Thrasher by
the narrow majority of one vote. Dr.
Thrasher was not satisfied with the action
of the committee, but he announced that
he was in the Democratic party to stay
and would abide by the committee’s decis
ion.
Among the patents issued.-this week at
Washington is one on a collar button, is
sued to Mr. L. H. Brooks, of McDonough,
Ga. Mr. Brooks has been at work on this
button for some time, and has perfected
one of the best things of the kind ever put
upon the market. It consists of a head por
tion formed of a pair of oppositely-dis
posed spiral webs connected across the top
of the head by a flat entering projection,
so constructed that with a slight pressure
it will pass through the button hole with
the utmost ease, injury by cutting or dis
torting the stiffly starched edges being en
tirely avoided, and at the same time clasp
ing neckties or bows in such a manner
that they are prevented from riding the
collar. The worry and trouble arising from
fastening buttons In stiff collars, cuffs,
etc., has long been conceded by those who
wear them to be among the greatest
known, and Mr. Brooks certainly deserves
the gratitude of a suffering public in over
coming it.
Observation of the eclipse In Marietta was
interrupted Monday morning by h? sen
sational suicide of one of the city's most
prominent merchants and c’tlzen*. Mr.
O M. Crosby, one of the lead n? drug
looked at the eclipse two hour- ard
then blew' out his brains. A bullet from
Ms pistol crashed through his head almost
s.multaneously with the passing of the
moon’s shadow from the face of the sun.
His wife and children were still wot h
ing ihe heavenly event when th*y were
ptarlted by the report of the | let 1. Mr.
<’rosby had been suffering for sev?r 1
y-ars from asthma a. and const mp in \v lie
his health has good, he has always
appeared in good spirits nnd bore his afflic
tion with unusual courage. He came to
bf'tta from Toledo, 0., ten years ao, for
his health. He purchased the drug s ore
of Northcutt & Dobbs- and has conducted
•i successful business. He wa? fifty years
01 -'go. He leaves a wife and a rule
daughter. His home is one of the loveliest
in Marietta. The bullet which erded his
life passed entirely through his head, en
tering the right temple and coming out at
aimost an opposite point.
FLORIDA.
Six carloads of entt’e arrived at Miami
Sunday morning from Fort Pierce, on
r *ute to Cuba. The cattle were shipped
hy Morgan & Riderman, and this is ihe
hfs* installment of 5.000 head which thev
W, U ship to Cuba via Miami. Sc-on after
ar i al they were leaded on the steamship,
w h Copt. John McKay in command, and
Failed for their destination.
irly every saloon in Tampo was raid-
Sunday by the police. This Is the first
B'in ay raid thar has be n made in months,
the fact that they once
urred with monthly regularity. The
P-J- ' s pulled Sunday were required to give
® M i>ond, which was duly forfeited Mon
," a v rr fc>rnin.g I nnd they went on doing bus
llc * Ss Just as if nothing had happened.
Miami Tropical Sun: The Jennings men
fi the convention have the satisfaction of
knowing that they had a positive smngih
twenty-six out of the .fifty-eight dele-
Jr.'?*. evon they wore defeated by a
alitioo of the Myers and Beggs forces.
riJ ' • their indefcndent voting strength
~ i seventeen, by re.iion of unit rule
instructed delegation?; lad the fact
'mains that they only lacked Ihreo of
‘ ,vin S ;, 8 many as Ihe Myers ard Beggs
l, m.gth combined.
1 he largest shipment of pineapples ever
jn Mr. from Miami In one day was made
“ st n. Walker shipped cno
fpjje J®otfmug
The Quakers Are
Honest People.
§The Quaker Herb
Tonic Is not only a
blood purifier, but a
Blood maker for
Pale, Weak and De
bilitated people who
. have not strength
i nor blood It acts as
a tonic. It regulates
t digestion, cures dys
pepsia and lends
strength and tone to
the nervous system.
It Is a medicine for weak women. It la a
purely vegetable medicine and can be
taken by the most delicate. Kidney Dis
eases, Rheumatism and all diseases of the
Blood, Stomach ar.d nerves soon succumb
to Its wonderful effects upon the human
system. Thousands of people In Georgia
recommend It. Price SI.OO.
QUAKER PAIN BALM Is the medicine
that the Quaker Doctor made all of his
wonderful quick cures with. It’s anew
and wonderful medicine for Neuralgia,
Toothache. Backache. Rheumatism,
Sprains, Pain In Bowels; in fact, all pain
can be relieved by it. Price 25c and 50c.
QUAKER WHITE WONDER SOAP, a
medicated soap for the skin, scalp and
complexion. Price 10c a rake.
QUAKER HEADING SALVE, a vege
table ointment for the cure of tetter, ec
zema and eruption* of the skin. Price
10c a box.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
car to Boston, Mr. Norris two cars to Chi
cago, J. P. Moyer two cars to Philadel
phia, Weygant & Son one car to New
York, Copt. Lowe one car to Cincinnati,
G. L. Mays one to Chicago, and one cor
scattering consignments. On Friday night
PI. N. Walker shipped two cars to Boston,
and G. L. Mays one car to Chicago. In
case the weather clears up, the key pines
will be nearly all shipp and wiihin the next
ten days or two weeks.
Exports from Pensacola to foreign ports
last week were valued at $120,161, and
were distributed as follows: Genoa, ?37.-
871; Liverpool, $26,271: Zaandam, $:0.853;
Kiel, $13,5C0; Belfast, $9,609; Marseilles. $6,-
SOO; Oran, $4,277; Kingston, $930. The Perns
of export were 6,758, 447 superficial feet of
timber and lumber, 48,000 oak staves, 15,091
shingles, 277 bales of cotton, 350 tons of p'g
iron, 2,500 tons of phosphate rock and 516
sacks of hoops. During the week nine
steanyships of an aggregate tonnage of IS,-
433 arrived from foreign p rts and three
steam and six sailing vesse’s of on
aggregate tonnage of 10,751 cleared for for
eign ports.
Since Mr. Flagler h3S bedome a citizen
of the state of Florida he has given some
attention to plans/or a pleasant wintir
Home at Pal hi Peach. The plans for his
new Palm Beach residence are now be ng
completed, and to use the words of Mr.
MacDonald, who will build tt. “It will
eclipse anything south of Washington."
Shortly after Mr. Flagler’s retu'n from
Havana last winter. Mr. MacDonald fol
lowed the "chief's” footsteps. He did not
go to Cuba to look over a site frr an w
hotel, but to study the construcllon of a
certain Spanish residence that Mr. Flag
ler had seen and admired. As an outcome
Mr. Flagler's new Palm Beach residence
will be purely Spanish, 172 feet front and
150 feet deep, two stories high, with a targe
and picturesque interior court It
will be located on the site known
as Brelsford Point, being cn the
lake front directly to the ileht
on crossing the lake bridge and entering
the Royal Poinciana grounds. It is Mr.
MacDonald’s purpose to spare no trouble
or expense in making of this another mon
ument in architecture and construction to
which he may be able to point with pride.
The distribution of cigars for the past
week was direct from Tampa into thirty
six states, making them thorough, and
covering a wide area of the entire Union.
They were placed at all the leading cen
ters, and they will be again distributed to
the towns and hamlets, hs well as retained
in the dties for the solace and pleasure
of the lovers of good smoking. The general
reports from the factory offices ore to the
effect that business is in a healthy condi
tion, with orders running strong toward
fine goods. These goods go out for a fancy
price, and high wares are paid for making
them, so the benefit ts Tampa’s for the
high grade goods to be in demand. Dur
ing the week which has just closed there
were 428 cases of cigars shipped from
Tampa, against 409 for the corresponding
week last year. This is an Increase of
nineteen cases, which is not many, but at
the same lime keeps up the general record
of each week this year beating a week
last year. This shipment was equal to
190,000 cigars, counting the contents of the
small packages, which are not Included in
the case shipment. The total case ship
ment of cigars for the year is 9 363, which
is compared (o 7,275 for the corresponding
period last year.
TIFTON AND SYLVESTER.
Each Claims to Have Made First
Shipment of Peaches.
Tifton, Ga., May 28.—Editor Morning
News: I notice a special in your popu
lar paper of Sunday from Sylvester con
tradicting the statement that the first
Georgia peaches for 1900 had been slip
ped from Tifton and setting up Sylves
ter's claim for priority, giving May 22
as the dute.
While the citizens of Tifton feel a Just
pride In being the first shippers for 1909,
yet they do not want to be contentious
over the matter. Yet, as It seems to be a
question of fact, perhaps it is as well to
give the facts;
The first peaches of the Georgia crop
for 1900 were shipped from Tifton in the
afternoon of Monday, May 21, and were
consigned to on Atlanta house. They
reached their destination early on the
morning of the 22nd. and returns of $6
per crate were received In Tifton the
same morning, three hours before the
first shipment left Sylvester, consigned
to New York. The Tifton peaches were
noted In the Atlanta evening papers of
the 22nd as the first of the year, and
were several days ahead of the Florida
crop.
Sylvester will make large shipments
this season, and will load a car to-day.
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA, FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth. We use tint-class machinery, can
do work on snort notice and guarantee
eatlufactton
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1000.
Tifton would not detract from her sister’s
laurels, but insists on holding her own.
To use the words of Sci>iey, "There is
honor enough for all.” John 8. Herring,
< Editor Gazette.
A JAPANESE DANCE.
It Is Cnileil the "Cherry Blossom'* by
Foreigners.
The following description of one of the
famous dances of Jaran was written by
a Savannah man residing at Kobe:
Kobe, Japan, May t.—Once a year dur
ing the month of April, Japanese resi
dents and visitois have the opportunity
of witnessing the prettiest cf Japanese
dances, viz., the “Cherry Blossom” dance.
It is so called by foreigners, because tt
Is always given just at the cherry bloss
om season, and also because these flowers
are introduced in one of the dances. The
Japanese name for it, however, is Rliya
koedori or Capital dance, indicating
thereby that they too think It Is the fin
est dance. Unlike other dances, this one
Is held in a theat r and controlled and
managed by p:tests of the temple for the
benefit of the temple. The instructors in
the dance are retired geisha, old women
no longer fit for service, who earn their
living by training children to dance and
sing.
Like In the old English theaters, the
choice seats are in the balcony, for which
the price of admission is 40 sen. W’hilst
down in the pit amongst the masses, it
is only 20 stn. In order to see both, from
near and afar, I tried both places, sitting
on the floor amongst tie Japs in a posi
tion corresponding to our orchestra first
row front. There are no seats on the
main floor, and no space wasted for
steles. Simply one la ge floor inclining
slightly, covered with red blankets
spread thereon. In tee balcony benches
are provided tor foreigners.
On approaching the th aler site one is
reminded of going to a circus on account
of the numerous stands with sweets, etc.,
therein In place of peanuts, the side
shows adjo'ning, and the many colored
lanterns ard torches.
There the s mllarity ceases, for upon
alighting from your rickUha you are
invited to remove your shces and have
th<m checked, same as you would check
your ccat or umbrella at home. This you
must do. unless you can secure a pair of
cloth slippers to tie over your shoes,
and so avoid soiling or scratching the
l> 1 shed floor.
The dancing commences at 6 o'clock,
and takes about forty minutes, being re
peated every hour till midnight. For foot
lights large tallow candles are used,
wh’ch a tnan comes around and trims be
tween each dance.
One thing peculiar about Japane e
dances and theaters is that you are sup
posed to see only the dancers or actors
and are not supposed to see the at
tendants supers or assistants who walk
about on the siege at liberty during th*
performance, shift scenery, trim candles,
etc.
The orchestra, we may call it, consists
of ten Snmtsen and the same number of
Miko (similar to a drum). The Samiseti
gtrls are on one side of the theater on a
raised platform, whilst the Miko girls are
opposite similarly placed.
The dancing girls, thlr'.y-two in num
ber, usually, (hough improperly callel
Geisha, make their entrance from Ihe rear
of (he hall, pass along the platform in
front of the Samieeu players on io ihe
stage.
All movements are in unison, whilst
from beginning to end the faces are devoi l
of expressions.
It is Io the scenery that the attention
of a foreigner is mostly attracted, for in
comparison this Is far ahead of the other
things connected with the theater, and
considering the crude methods employed
it is worthy of the most favorable com
ment.
The opening dance after the entrance Is
given in front of the services, which, ar
ranged in line across the stage, serve as
a drop curtain. The girls then exit to the
side of the stage proper, and not whs re
they made their entrance.
Upon a signal all the screens are drawn
up, disclosing the Interior tea hous“.
with sixteen of the girts Therein. There
come down upon the stave floor by a
pair of stairs and give n dunce that Is
| different from the first, though to our un
: educated eye it is hut. a continuation of it.
| As soon as the Geisha girls come down
! the stairs the attendants, whom, ns I said
before, we are not supposed to fee, cc e
j on nnd slide the flooring and wails o'* h -
: house into fhe wings to prepare f r the
; next scene.
The manipulation of the succevllng
j scenes is very difficult to describe aid yet
; are the prettiest features of the entertain
ment. The best way to describe it s io say
that the scenery at 'he back fals flit
upon the floor and forms the ground
work of a beautiful garden in the midst of
which flowers spring up and lanterns are
! seen brilllant'y Illuminating the scene. The
! back ground shows an old castle. This
j scene Is ended by a curtain being drawn
from the bnse of a statue by means of In
i' visible wires, which shuts off the whole
stage.
This scene symbolizes spring, which is
now followed by summer, represented by
fans which the Geisha twirls with hear
deft fingers whilst dancing.
The dropping of the curtains dle!o3es
an autumn scene, s.vmbo ized hy the red
maple leaves. No stage trees In this, but
the real article. It Is a woodland scene
with mountains In the rear. The moon is
rising In the distance, and during the
dance Is seen slowly gliding upwards in a
most natural manner.
The winter scere follows, represented by
a landscape covered 'with snow, whilst
cedars furnish the' borders and trimmings
of the stage.
It must be remembered that during each
scene the dancing continues, the two sets
Geisha alternating in the performance.
The last and prettiest scene Is the one
from which the name of the dance ts
taken, and It Is truly meritorious .of the
praiße given It.
The scenery rises as If It were hinged
at the top, nnd drawn by cords from the
bottom, forming a celling from which are
suspended' hundreds of burning can
dles arranged so as to give fhe
appearance of a mass of light.
Cherry trees In full bloom are moved In
from the side whilst over the heads of the
Samlseu and Miko girls large houghs of
cherry blossoms are lowered. The dancers
have branches of cherry blossoms in their
hands and also In their hair, whilst the
whole looked like a vision from fairyland.
J. A. Ryttenberg, Kobe. Japan.
CltTrr.
We have a nice line of cider In bottles,
pure and genuine, from the celebrated
establishment of Mott & Cos., of New
fork.
The Russet Cider and the Crab Apple
Cider are very good. Llppman Bros., cor
ner Congress and Barnard street*, Sa
vannah, Ga.—ad.
• 9
THE ORIGINAL
WORCESTERSHIRE /\
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS
Gives a most delicious flavor to
Hot & Cold Meats, Gravies,
Salads, Soups, Game, Fish,
Welsh Rarebits, etc.
THE PRICE-DYER MARRIAGE. j
The Bride Was n Third Cousin of the
Groom.
From Sunday’s New York Sun.
Theodore Ilazeltine Price, senior mem
ber of the firm of Price, McCormick &
Cos., and Miss Harriet Eugenia Dyer,
daughter of the late Gen. Alexander B.
Dyer, U. S. A., were married at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon at the residence of
the brother-in-law and sister of the bride,
Mr. and Mrs. James Doockerman Taylor,
63 East Fifty-second street. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. Theo
dore Sedgwick of Williamstown, Mass.,
formerly an assistant to the Rev. Dr.
William S. Rainsford of St. George’s
Church. The marriage took place in the
drawing room, whore only floral decora
tions were a few vases of roses, and in
the presence of about a dozen witnesses.
Including members Of the families rtf she
bride and bridegroom. The bride was at
tended by her niece. Miss Elizabeth Tay
lor, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Taylor, as maid of honor, while Mr.
Price’s best man was hts brother, Wal
ter W. Price.
There was no music, no reception and
no wedding feast, more than that com
prehended in the breaking of a bottle of
old Madeira, in which ihe health nnd hap
piness of the newly wedded were pledged
after the ceremony was over. The bride
wore the gown and the bridal veil that
she had Intended to wear at the much
larger wedding planned to take place in
the Church of the Epiphany to-morrow
'afternoon. The gown was of white satin,
with a train nnd a guimpe of white tulle,
the skirt being draped with white lace.
Miss Taylor, the maid of honor, wore a
white organdie, with on embroidered
bolero Jacket. Mr. Price wore the conven
tional dress for an afternoon wedding,
black frock coat, white waistcoat and gray
trousers end gloves. His best man came
to the wedding directly from Price. Mc-
Cormick & Co.’s office in a blue terge suit.
The bride was given away by her brother
in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Price left the house
In time to cntch the 4:30 train over the
New Haven Railroad for a short trip Into
New England. Their honeymoon will Inst
just about thirty-six hours, as Mr. Price
has nrranged to be at his office by 10
o’clock to-morrow morning. The bride’s
going-away gown was dark blue serge, the
wnl t being of lighter blue silk, over
which she wore an Eton Jacket to match
the skirt. Her hal was a toque of blue
straw. As the cobple left the house to
enter their carriage they were showered
with rice.
Mrs. Price has n remarkably attractive
face, with gray eyes and brown hair. She
Is. perhaps, six years the Junior of her
husband, who is about 49. Her father was
a ginduato of West Point, class of 1837,
and was chief of ordnance (luting the Civil
War. He died six or eight years aco. The
family came originally from Virginia,
whence came Mr. Price’s mother, who was
n Dwyer, and young Mrs. Price and her
husband are third cousin*. Mr*. Price’s
e’dcr brother Is Capt. Alexnnder B. Dyer
of Battery D, Sixth Artillery, who com
manded his battery In the Philippines and
was recently detailed on special duly at
San Francisco. Her younger brother, who
Is connected with the engineer depart
ment of the California Railroad, arrived
in New York yesterday afternoon Just In
time for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Price
will live at Mr. Price’s residence, 154 West
Fifty-eighth street.
Queen Victoria has ordained that Mr.
Ralph Granville Montague Stuart-Wort.ey.
Mr. Price’s partner, and his brothers and
sisters, as the brothers oral sisters of the
present Earl of Wharncliffe. who succeed
ed his uncle last year, "shall hold and en
joy the same title, place and precedence"
ns if their late father had succeeded to the
title of Earl. This order gives them all
the title "Honorable.”
THE DEPARTMENT'S EYE#.
How the War Officials Keep Track
of the Men In Service.
From the Philadelphia Time*.
A young army officer who bad seen ser
vice on the Arizona plain* and on the
Maine coast, and who is now in Cuba,
telle two stories out of his own experience
to show the accuracy with which th* war
department follows the movements of offi
cers.
"I was with a small scouting party In
Arizona," he says, "and after two weeks
in the desert my squad came to the rail
road near a small station. Within ten
minutes n dispatch from Washington was
brought to me by the. station agent. It
asked If 1 wished to be transferred to ono
of the two new artillery regiments then
forming.
"I answered by telegraph that I should
be glad to enter either of them. Then
wc set off again eertma the dosrrt.
"It was six days later when we again
struck the railroad, this lime eighty
miles from the point at which we hod
previously crossed It. But my reply from i
the department was awnlting me. It had I
been telegraphed to every station within
two hundred miles.
"A more striking Instance of accuracy
occurred after my transfer to the East. I
was traveling home on leave, nnd as the
regulations require, I had notified the de
partment of the day, hour, and probable
route of my Journey. After I bad been
on the train for eight hours, at a small
station the porter entered, with a tele
gram, asking if any one of my name was
present. On opening the dispatch I found
that it was from the adjutant general's
office, ordering me on detached duty.
"Exactness of detail could not be car
ried much farther. The department knew
the whereabouts of on Insignificant second
lieutenant, even when he was traveling
on leave of absence.”
POLYGLOT CANADA.
Many Nationalities Represented hy
tlie Settlers In the Far Northwest.
From the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
In the Canadian Northwest provinces,
from Manitoba to the Pacific coast, are
probably to be found as many colonies of
different nationalities as in any similar
area in the world. Within the last throe
years thousands of settlers have been
! gathered from all quarters of the globe.
\ The Dunkard* do not find their only home
i in North Dakota; they are far more num
] erous, it is stated, on the prairies of Al
berta and Asstnibntne. colonic*
are frpquent In thege two districts, but
preference has been given to Saskatche
wan. a dlftrlct lying farther to the north.
Along the bonku of the river, between
Battlefield and Prince Albert, the most
northerly point in America reached by a
railway line, it Is estimated there are at
least 3,000 Russians, who, It Is said, are
more prosperous than those who have
found homes closer to the main line.
Throughout the district*!, scattered In
, large and small numbers, are colonies of
Greeks, Finlanders, French, Dutch and
| olher nationalities.
The list Would hardly be complete with
out mentioning the only known Hebrew
farming colony in the Now World, which
Is situated close to the foothills of the
Rocky mountains, thirty miles west of
Fort McLoud and near the Utile town of
Plncher creek. A horde of Mormon col
onies ore scattered in all directions nnd
in all districts, the number of which Is
yearly increasing.
Among the vbliors In the city Inst week
was Herman J. Boardman of the Mis
sionary Board at Winnipeg. For the last
ten years Mr. Boardman has traveled In
the Canadian provinces in his work of
insnecllng the missions.
"The Canadian Northwest.” he said, "Is
settling up very rapidly. There is prob
nbly no p9rt of the world where within
the same area so many languages are
spoken. We are establishing missions of
every nationality that locate where we
find no church work going on. and have
now 123 In the districts of Alberta, As
i slnibolne. Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
"I think Alberta may claim the distinc
t'on of having the only Jewish farming
eommunlly In the world. It numbers 400,
nnd Is being recruited every year. Be
sides stock raising, they generally engage
in diversified farming. The colony is or
ganized on the co-operative p'an. and la
, wealthy. The people are peace-loving
\ nnd held In high esteem by their neigh
bors.
"One great question that is going to
confront the Canadian government before
many years is suppression of the Mormon
practices and fnjth. Five year* ago the
Mormon* of Utah began to look for anew
field of operation. The Cansdlan North
west was one of the places selected, snd
the first location was made at what In
now known as the town of Cardston, a
few miles north of the boundary line be
tween Moniana anil Alberta. Since then
every year has witnessed other settle
ment*. until there are upward of twenty
Mormon settlements in the Canadian
Northwest. At first they were welcomed
by Ihe government and aoclety, but their
disposition to exclusiveness soon !ot them
the latter’s good will. In these colonies
the rights of the church are proclaimed,
polygamy 1* practiced, and we are near
ing a time when the same condition as
Utah was in pr*or to the stamping out of
polygamy by Congress will prevail. Thl*
question Is being agitated among Cana
dian citizens, and It I* not at all Improb
able that before long the government
will be jsrevallcd upon to take some ac
tion that will put a stop to the evllH,
"Of the many settlers In our territory
nono Is In destltue circumstances. Borne
?if the colonies are poor, but each Is nvk
ng headway, and with perseverance will
become prosperous citizens in our section
of the world.”
—Good advice to Admiral Dewey: "Don’t
give up the ship.”—Yonkers Statesman.
This signatuie on every bottle—
TRADE BY OLD STANDARDS.
MAINE PEOPLE PREFER THE H R
KENCY* OF THE OLDEN TIMES.
Tliey Reckon Values In Francs or In
Eng;liah Denominations Canadi
ans Do Not Know filial an Ameri
can Dollar Means— Unit Cents Are
Made liy Cutting the Current Coin
in Twain.
From the Boston Globe.
The east and west branches of Penobscot
river unite at 'Medway ond proceed sou'll
to the sea, passing over a number of
dams before reaching tidewater at Bangor,
Me. The logs in all the big drives are
held up at Pea cove, above Oldtown, and
are sorted out to their respective owners,
eiery man getting Ihe timbers which bear
his mnrk.
The tow big railroads In Eastern Maine
branch off at Oldtown, one going east to
Vanceboro ond 81. John and the other
going north and east to Moosehead lake
and Caribou. For the above reason Old
toivn contains n larger transient popula
tion nnd a greater diversity of language
than any other city In Maine. Tn the au
tumn, when (he choppers are going to the
woods, anil again In midsummer, when
the drives come out, the little city Is filled
with a bnbei of tongues that Is not equaled
anywhere In New England except In Fall
River. Mass. These people do not only
talk In strange languages, but they com
pute the prices of Ihe goods they buy in
denominations that ore unfamiliar. A few
evenings ago a French-Canadlan walked
into a crowded grocery store after a
round of salt pork.
"You will please to me .sell twenty
pounds ie Salt pork.” said tie In hi# best
English. *
"Yes," replied the trader. "Anything
else?"
"No. Eel iss pork that ah’m bln want.
How much?"
"Eight rents a pound—sl.6o for the lot.”
"One dollar seekty! Oul, on!— how much
heem be. Ah’m no comprehend' Volla!"
"Eight francs,” replied the grocer.
"Eight francs—oui, vralment! Ah’m pay
heem now," said the Frenchman. He took
a dollar In paper and a 50-eent piece nnd a
10-oent piece In silver from his pocket
book and gave them lo the trader, saying
qp ho wont out:
“Sond heom oop.”
Miillinu* Aro Current.
Later In the evening an old farmer who
was on his way home from Bangor ro Ar
gyle put his head In at the open dro - say
ing:
"Let n have a pound of your 3-shill
ing tea."
"I'm sorry to sey (hat I’m all out of 50-
eent tea,” replied the trader, "hut I can
sell you some that Is a lot better for 62
cents."
"All right,” said the farmer. “Make I'
and nlnepence. I guess I can stand
As the evening grew late and trade fell
off the grocer lighted his pipe and sat
down upon n stool hack of his desk
"It’s queer about them two men.” said
he. "To hear ’em talk you’d think one was
a native Frenchm in and the other was a
blooming Englishman, but ihev ain't.
One was horn up In Quebec and has liv'd
In Oldtown for more than twenty vears.
The other Is of Pljonouth Rock stock nnd
was born In the house where he now lives
more than slxt.v years ago. They are both
citizens and vote at every election. They
are fairly well educated, too. but neither
of them can talk United States when he
comes to counting money. Roth of th m
know all about our currency, wo you nin’t
cheat them for half a cent, hut when they
have to put the name# of vnlue Into won'#
they go away back for more than a cen
tury and talk the lingo of their forefath
ers. I humor their whim* and get a good
part of their trade, because If I talked
shillings and pence to the farmer or francs
and sous to the lumbermen they'd quit me
right away. Both of them seem to think
they hold a monopoly on the outlandish
lingo and reaent any Interference.
"What makes the'business seem strongs
to me Is that Congress fixed upon dol a e
and cents as the standard of value morn
than 100 years ago, and not over 590 new
Frenchmen have come over to Canada
since Quebec was raptured by Wolfe's
troops in 1759. nnd yet both men cling to
their old methods of talk os If It was the
latest thing out. Of course, we expect the
poiple ot Cuba and Porto Rico to hold
on to their old Bpnnlsh way of counting
money for some years to come, but If any
body should say that they’ll name mo'ey
values the way they do now In the year
2000 he’d be called a fool. Still, that’s Just
what a lot of our home people are doing,
and I rather think their children and
grand-children will have the same habit.
PAGES 0 TO 12.
Cooks, Chefs & Housekeep
ers everywhere pronounce it
an indispensable requisite to
the culinary stores.
JOJTX DUXCAX'S SOXS, Agent*, Xew York
What's bred in (he bone la aure (o com®
out in the flesh." j
I’ohimln, Nlillllnus anil Pence. *
"Tin- most troublesome case I ever ha(4
—and I've had lots of them on my hand*
now—was an old fellow named Hall, wh®
died over in Milford more than a yea®
aj;o. He was Yankee born and Yan
kee bred, but he not only talked English!
money, but actually thought English
money, and cast his interest in pound*,
shillings and pence. He win generally}
easy enough to get along with until h®
came to the shillings. Then unless you
explained and specified In every Item ha
went as mad ns a hatter ami refused to
trade with yon until yon told him what
he wanted to know. He was terribly’
down on what he called the ‘York shill
ing.'
"You know when the Blates fixed tha
exchange value of an English shilling
I New York counted eight shillings to a
[dollar, while all of the New England
states made six shillings equal to a dol
! lar. Right away after this the trou
ble began and continued red hot for
many years. All over New- England a
shilling was worth 10% cents, while its
value in New York was only 12% cents,
or a nine-pence In New England money.
Years ago when this old man Hall was
skipper of a lumber schooner he had
taken a cargo to New York and sold It
for so many shillings s, thousand feet,
meaning of course New England shill
ings. Well, when he was paid off they)
gave him York shillings, causing a loss
of 25 per cent, on the cargo, which at®
up the profits and left the Captain badly]
In debt. He never got over It. When
ever anybody said York shilling to hint
he flew In a rage find fatrty frothed a®
the mouth. He had a shock during on®
of these dm and died the next day.
“Until the time of the Civil War," said
the grocer, "more than half of the peo
ple hereabout talked and thought lit
money o* the English denominations. Al
dollar was generally called by its right
name, but 51. 25 was always seven and
six and 11.50 was nine shillings. j
Htlll Reckon the Half Cents. 1
"In many cases, such as three and nine®
pence ami seven and nlnepence, a cent
was spilt. In two, requiring the use of ®
half-cent coin. In order to check the half
cent habit the mint stopped coining half
cents. But this practice went on th®
same as ever; the purchaser paid over th®
money, retaining the helf-cent In every
transaction. For example, IT you owed
me a nlnepence, which was equivalent t®
12% cents, you gave me 12 cents, which
squared the bill, but if you didn't hav®
the exact change and passed me out m
quarter of a dollar I -handed 12 cents bach
to you and kept 13 cents for myself. 11
was always a wise plan for a man to car
ry a lot of small change In his pocket)
when he went out among the men Wh®
talked shillings and pence."
"When are the people going to get avej|
these foreign ways?" ask cl a bystander*
"Never, wholly, I think,” was the de
liberate answer. "It takes longer to erad*
lea to a habit than tt does to acquire It,
The Englisb-speoklng race have talked
In pounds and shillings for more than 500
years.
"Some of us Americans will continue td
talk It until the year 3.0(10 or longer.
More than a quarter of a century ago Con
gress passed an act authorizing the us®
of the metric system of weights and meas
ures In the United States. It stands as m
law to-day. but the people at large knot®
no more about tt than they do of the Chi
nese language. The metric terminology
is used in chemistry, geology and nearly)
all the exact sciences. It Is not only
easy to learn, but very convenient, but tha
people prefer the old way. If a custom
er should come In here now and ask md
for a metric of gingham cloth or a kilo
gram of anything I sold by weight I
should have to say that I had Ju*t sold
out the last of It in order to conceal my
Ignorance. One man can lead a hors®
to water, but a dozen men can’t make hit®
drink.”
American Whiskies.
tdppman Brothers carry In stock th®
most noted brands.
Antediluvian is a celebrated whiskey,
bottled by Osborne of New York, and ars
tale in saying it Is one ot the beat
wntskles In the city.
Tha Peoria ltye Whiskey, bottle In bond
by Clark Bros, of Peoria, 111., Is also ®
fine whiskey.
The Peerless whiskey, bottled In bond sC
Hendersonville, Ky„ being under the su
pervision of ths United States government,
insuring purity and strength.
Llppman Broa. are wholesale druggist
but they Intend to retail these line whis
kies .—ad.
Doable Dally Service to 3lont/goiury)
anil the West,
Via the Plant System: only line running
direct sleepers between Savannah and
Montgomery.—ad.