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Waging War
14. Scrupulously ovoid du«t, dl«- ( A IT*
order, dampness, darkness and bad V
A Trominent
Russian Officers
Pope Pius Is
On Consumption
alr 'VT "?r 1 Consul Killed
15. !{•• hopeful and expect *a cure.
Minister Dead
Are Condemned
Reported Better
Washington, May 21.-Th- govern-
ri.'M v. who hj.iu upon the
The Miles direct that all clerks
pro.He a» much frost) Mr In <h"zooms j „ y T „;.. gIal>h to tbe Herald.
Washington, May 21.—R'V. William
I’i.-r.-oii, one of Washington's prom-;
St r-.-rersbr.ig. May 21.—It is re
ported 4 ) -i* that the militaiy court a;>-
Rom.', Italy, May 21.—Popo Plus X
of 20 juk! 50 years is duo to
consumption, both in the United State*
and Europe, and it Is for the purpose
Of rnerkiiiK its spread among govern-
rnent employees that thousands of
circulars have been issued. These
clrnurs lay down n Hum her of rules
that must he followed hy clerks, one
of them being the use of Individual
glasses. Those suffering from pul
monary troubled are to he separated
from other clerks while they are at
work.
The positive statement is made in
She regulations Issued that consump
tion is curable when Intelligent trat-
went is undertaken early in t.ie dis
ease. It Is admitted that some clim
ates are more favorable to the cure
of the disease than others, hut In no
climate is the disease beyond cure .C I
taken in time. It is declared that
consumption can eventually he stamp
ed out if recognized solitary rules
are followed and everyboly will Join
In the effort to stop the dreaj "White
Plague." Consumptives are appealed
to to ahl by seeing that evory bit of
their sputum is destroyed. The fol
lowing advice Is given to consump
tives who want to got well of the dis
ease::
1. Sleep alone.
2. Use no hangings, upholstero!
furniture or useless floor coverings
in your sleeping room.
3. Whitewashed or palntcj wills are
preferable to those covered with wall
paper.
4. Expose the bed room freely to
the outside air when not occupied,
and sleep with the windows open.
Spend as much time ns posslhli
i A haze on the horizon,
J The infinite, tender sky,
The ripe, rich tint of the cornfields,
And the wild geese sailing high—
! And all over upland and lowland
I The charm of the goldenrod—
Some of us call it Autumn.
And others call It God.
Like tides on a crescent sea beach,
When the moon Is new and thin,
lmo our hearts high yearnings
Come welling and surging In—
Come from the mystic ocean,
Whose rim no foot has trod—
Some of us call it Longing.
And others call it Gol.
A picket frozen on duty—
A mother starved for her brood—..
Socrates drinking the hemlock,
And Jesus on the rood;
And millions, who, humble and name
less,
Some call It Consecreation.
AnJ others call It God.
—William H Carruth.
Forty Acres and a Mule.
W. L. Morning in North American
Review.
The expectation that colore 1 people
are to receive forty acres and a male
from the Government is still enter
tained among some of thenegroes, and
unprincipled men from the North
Washington, May 21.—Stuart was
an Englishman 49 years of age.
Though holding only the rank of Vice-
Consul, lie was head of the American
Consulate at Batouni. Under the
new' Consular hill pissed this year a
regular Consul will he appointed.
Tne State Departmen at 10 o’clock
this morning received a dispatch from
Ambassador Von Myer, at St. Peters
burg, stating that he had been inform
ed by the British Consul at Batoum
that Stuart had been murdered. No
details were given. The State De
partment will not for the present send
a message of inquiry, heiieveing that
Myer will send the details as soon as
possible. Should it develop that tne
Russian government is in any way re
sponsible for the crime, due represen
tation will be made by the State De
partment through Ambassador Von
Myer to the Russian Foreign Office.
no Opposition,
emonstrated tha
Commissioner of
gia, will have
ectlon. This is
Hudson is making
May 21.—John one G f the best commissioner's Geor-
'ole, an engineer, attacked bis wife, y j a ever had. He is thorough pains-
a 1 2*»-year-old daughter with an axe j taking and energetic. The farmers
his morning. The daughter was kill-! 0 f Georgia appreciate his worth and
•i, the wife’s skull fractured and sae j en j or8e big methods. Mr. Hudson'!
annot live. After the attick Cole ideas are progressive, his judgment
hot himself dying almost instantly, j j a g00 j and his expirience as a farm-
*he tragedy happened at Cole's home, • er j a ae rvlng him well in his present
jin Woodcliffe. N\ J. The accused is ! position. Georgians are proud of the
j supposed to have been temporarily reC ord he is making.
passed a good night, and Dr. Lnpponl
allowed the patient to leave his bed
for a few hours this morning. The
Pontiff has been advised not to re-
giving audiences, however, be
fore the end of tire week. Pain has
almost left the Pontiff, except in the
knee and his general condition is im
proved, although • his temperatm^^U
again slightly above normal.
GOVERNOR PARDEE
The attempt of Hoke Smith in
Bryan county on Tuesday of last
week to make a few votes out of the
fact that Mr. Estill had used his in
fluence against granting rates to At
lanta that would bottle up other whole
sale points in the state, fell as flat as
several "other of his fakes. Hoke
might make a few votes in Atlanta
where they say he needs them—by
suoh twisted insinutations, but not in
South Georgia.—Montgomery Monitor.
What Will be The Result of This
Condition?
In a recent isue the New York World
"These other muck-rakers are only
imitations. I’ll show ’em."—T. R.
Thanks Citizens of Waycross For printed an interesting article show-
Donation—Writes Letter to Mayor
A. M. Knight.
Mavor A. M. Knight has received
the following letter from Governor
Pardee of California, whica is self
explanatory:
Hon. A. M Knight.
Mayor.
Waycross, Ga.
Married Saturday Night.
Mr. Walter Holder and Miss Annlce
Veno were married Saturlay night at
8:30, Judge W. A. McDonald perform
ing the ceremony at his home on Al
bany avenue. The bride Is » daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Veno, who re
side on Albany avenue, and Mr. Holder
Is a printer and is employe 1 at the
Journal office.
Princess Ena's Wedding Cake.
Princes Ena’s wedding cake, whica
was made In London, has been com*
have frequently made g.iin out of the j p * ete< * and packed for shipment to
colored people by collecting money 8a y® a London dispatch to the
from them to meet the expenses of an
effort to bring, about its realization.
An eye-witness has described the sale
of stakes that took place in Sumter
County. Alabnmu. The negroes had
a politic^: barbecue At GUnofcville
and a man appeared with a bunJdle
* n I of red and blue stakes. He declared
•the open air, and use the btsl room that he had been to Washington to
only at night. | g et them from the Government, which
5 I>o not he afraid of cold weather has made them for the express pur-
.so long as the body Ih protected, and pose 0 f marking off the "forty acres
«speri illy die careful to keep the feet i 0 f i an ,j/ Tne instructions given by
! the seller were to stick a peg at one
Keep the body warmly clad and 1 corner of the desired lot, and then
«nsr i against sudden changes In the , wa | k a certain distance and stick
\»«-ather. other peg. then turn and at a certain
• Take plenty of nourishment food, distance place another, anj so on. The
Consumption often need more nutrt-> ae || er advised the buyers aot to en-
=nent Than they are inclined to take, j C roach upon one another's lots in
Milk, eggs, and faty foods are especl-l »taklng out the claim, and not to take
*11> valuable when they can be a*»• a whole lot in wood land or In cleared
atmilated % | i and# but to select about half la each.
*. Taere U no known medicine that j The man wltb the aUkea explained
•can cure consumption. Medicines for the nom inal charge he made—
Wic relief of cough and other symp- nb out a dollar a peg—was only for his
toms of the disease should be taken ^ expenses. The pegs wore so! J for less
•only on advice of a physician. j if (be negro had not a dollar. This
* la»ad a temperate life In all pcg-selUng swindle lasted Intermit-
thin ** i tently for about ten years. The same
io. Be scrupulously careful not to community was rarely swindled tw!ce.
ixfiM't the other members’ of your , b ut, g0 oner or later, every aero settle,
family by distributing the germs coa-j mont iU ff or *d. j a Georgia Grant**
lained in your sputum. Refrain from election served to stlmulato the
coughing as far ss possible, but when iVk - ld ieni. and to encourage again the
U is necessary £uru your bead aside bIacka who be u eV ed that Grant sent
auid hold a handkerchief to your
TTUUXth.
11. Use a Jestructlable spit receiver,
•ahk'h can be bought for a few cents;
susc one or more a day and destroy I
•hem by burning.
12. Never swallow the material
■brought up from the lungs; It may
cause Infection of the digestive tract.
13. It ts not best to use handker
chiefs to receive the sputum Japan
ese paper napkins or squares of olJ
linen, to be burnt when soiled, may
fee ated; but fees# arc not as cleanly
lie portable spittoons.
the pegts out for distribution. General
Howard was also credltoj with sim
ilar benevolent a<fions. The pegs
were sometimes called ‘pre-emption Col. John W. Bennett,
rights.' A pretended deel for land, j Hary and Fred Ficken left this morn-
New York Sun. It will be the first
royal weding cake ever seen in Spain.
The English custom was Introduced
bv Kink Alfonso as a compliment to
his bride. The cake is six feet high
and weighs more than three hundred
and forty pounds. It stands upon a
huge sliver salver, on which the wed
ding cake of the bride’s mother was
placed. The cake consists of three
glistening silver white tiers and la
forty-six Inches In diameter at the
base.
The lower tier is divided Into eight
panels, separated by Corinthian col
umna and Is surrounded by CuplJs dis
guised as postmen and messenger. The
spaces between the columns are filled
with panels of sugar work represent
ing Spanish vines. The panels are
restooned with orange blossoms, white
heather myrtle and white roses. The
flowers were chosen by Princess Ena.
There are four panels on the second
tier. In the center of each la a shield,
with the monogram ‘A. V.55 surmount
ed by the Spanish crown.
Medallions, sprays of myrtle and
tiny white roses embellah the third
tier, on top of which is a beautiful
gro'ip of children la wiilte Parian
marble, bearing aloft a vase holding
a bouquet. Four long floral festoons
reach from the top to the bottom tier.
A gold knife, with an Ivory handle
two feet long, accompanies the cake
and will be used to cut It for presen
tation to the guests.
Sir
Your favor of May 4tli is at hand,
and with draft on New York for $283.-
77, which amount is a contribution
Lom the citizens of Waycross to the
fund for the relief of* sufferers from
ire and earthquake in San Francisco
and other towns.
I will place this amount with Hon.
James D. Phelan, the chairamn of the
Finance Qommittee of the General
•elief Committee in San Francisco,
which committee has undertaken to
provide for the needs of the smaller
towns as well as for the metropolis,
Permit me to express my deep ap
preciation of the groat kindnes.
our citizens in coming to ouc as
sistance at the present time.
Very truly Yours,
Geo. C. Pardee,
Governor.
Mrs. Dawls Improving.
By Telegraph to the Herald.
New York. May 21.—Mrs. Jefferson
Davis is reported his morning to be
much improved. She passed a re-
markable good night and Is regaining average lDcrease of from 33 to 60 P er
ing that "the problem of existence
grows more and more serious." Fol
lowing are some extracts from this
article:
"Necessities of life cost more today-
in New York than ever before. With
notional prosperity at Its hlgnest
mark, with riches being amassed on
every hand, with business being
consolidated Into a few vast corpora
tions, and even with universal dein
and for labor, the simple problem of
dally existence—of food, of shelter
and of clothing—Is growing beyond
solution to one-half the people of this
metropolis.
Twenty-five articles of every-day
food for rich and poor alike nave been
selected to show the remirkable rise
In prices within ten years. The
quotations are the wholesale figures,
thus avoiding the various fancy prices
charged by retail dealers according
to their location and class of custom
ers. They represent the basic prices
of commodities. The individual pur
chaser pays considerably more, de
pending whether he lives in Fifth ave
nue or in First avenue.
"The figures show the market price
on April 20th, of the years 1896, 1901
and 1906. They were taken from the
published lists of commercial news
papers of the day. In each case the
same grade and quality of t*ae par-
Itcular article priced was carried
through, so that the comparisons are
Consistency Is not one of the prin
ciple jewels In the White House col
lection.
"Will you walk Into my parlor?.. sadi
the President to the Democratic Sen
ators.
St. Petersburg hears that M. Witte,
is to be made ambassador to Paris. He
will feel at home, If the Paris revo
lutionists keep up their work.
Standard Oil’s exclamation "Never
touched mq!" fa . as convincing as
could be expected in view of the tone
of anguish in which it is uttered.
Mr. Garfield has been exceedingly
busy with a muck rake, but in this
Instance, Its use appears to have been
entirely justifiable.
Would it be a miracle also, If just
a little of the spirit of brotherly lore
and forgiveness of enemies, were to
be placed on exhibition in Zion City. »
If there were an election this yeat^
the Standard Oil company could save
lots of money for the campaign com
mittee surely would send back i
checks.
What the senators fear, it seems, Is
that the rate bill will take from the
courts the powers, which, under the
constitution, It cannot possibly take
fair. The tabulated figures show an j rom them
her strength.
3 '
given wlta one set of stakes, was, In
part, as follows.
"'Know all men by these presents,
that a naught Is a naught, and a figure
Is a figure; all for the white man and
none for the nigger. AnJ whereas
Moses lifted sp the serpent In the
wilderness, so also bars I lifted this
ing for Augusta to attend the Grand
Encampment and Grand Lodge T. O.
O. F. R. H. Walden and J. A. Calle
left for Augusta yesterday morning
and H. A. Harris and Rev. W. R.
Thompson will go tomorrow morning.
Mr. C. A. Fretwell, who ts a member
of an Important committee In the
8—4 old nigger out of tour dollars Grand Lodge, will go to Augusta to-
and.six.hits.. Amen! Belah!’” morrow moraine. - fw
Gets Forty Years.
Bv Telegraph to the Herald.
New York, May 21.—Thomas Met-
elski, known as the "Masonic Bur
glar, wes sentenced ta Brooklyn this
morning to serve forty years in Sing
Sing.
Raynor's Parting Shot at Roosevelt
cent.^ The retail increases may aver
age even more, because small dealers
are compelled to raise their margin of
profit to meet higher rentals and mis
cellaneous expenses.”
The World quotes from one ex
perienced Investigator as follows:
"I have not found any increase In
wages to make up for this increase in
cost of necessities of life. To meet
the burden the men must work all
the time and the children must become
wage-earners younger. And they all
must struggle with less nourishment.”
What Is to be the result of this
condition?" was asked of Dr. Tolman.
To which he replied:
"A senator said the other day: *We
are heading toward a political, social
Washington. May 19 —At 1:50 the
rate bill was completed and the bill
was ready to pass when Mr. Raynor
took the floor. Mr. Raynor sail that
he expected the President would
change his opinion again before the aa<1 000110011(5 revolution.’"
bill was finally enacted, and get back
to the Long amendment. There was
no telling but what in a few days some
new "Chandler of fortune might get
possession of the president ani get
him back to the original terminus
Senuors admit that the/ do not
know themeslve8, what some of the
amendments mean, that they are of
fering to the rate bill. But these
great statesmen point out that it is
the special function of the Supreme
Court to determine what is meant by
anv particular piece of legislation.
"Honestly,” says Senator Tillman
vhen In a particularly merry mood,
"there is nothing that looks so fiice
Jangling at the end of a pitchfork, as
a federal judge.
Secretjry Taft has decidede to go
to the Supreme bench in the autumn,
iIhss It shall appear before that time
that the people are going to be mad
f he doesn't accept the presidency.
John Temple Graves 1s fond of call-
ing a man who Is a sound democrat a j president Roosevelt has a great op-
"Bourbon.” For his part, the ©Jitor I port uni t y to say a few words that
of the LaGrange Graphic acknowledges
that he rather prefers Bourban to
"The president resembled a kaleld- “ Moooshio0 ”
oscope. This was a great era for nat- ■ ■ ■
ural disturbances, and the president
seemed Jealous of the earthquake and
volcanoes.
"He went tearing through space ob
livious of where he came from, anl
with no conception of where he was
going."
"The president," said Mr. Raynor,
may hire united his party In the sen
ate, but has divided the people.”
Editor Dame, of the Clinch County
News is apparently dlsgutsed. He
says:
Hoke Smith’s campaign of slander
is becoming so rotten that you can al
most smell it.
If you have been spending the
winter evenings with her beside her
He claimed the Allison court re- j father's hospitable fireside now takes
view amendment destroyed the bill,: her to the saloon and spend twenty-five
and deplored the president interfer- j cents with her for Ice cream. Turn this country was arrested for holding
shout Is fair play. * up a train. * '
would induce the country to take
notice when he made his official ob
servation on the Garfield Oil report
Doubtless the sugar trust would be
glad to proffer the oil trust vae as
surance of Its sympathy, only R has
a premonition that It is going to need
its sympathy for home consumption.
German cities are passing ordin
ances prohibiting women from al
lowing their trains to drag la the
street Not long ago a woman In