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LIVE BY THEIR WITS
HOIV STRAXDEO AMERICA** MAN
AGE TO GET Al.O\(i IA PARIS.
Several Kind* of Ea*y Grafts—Bnt
the Hem of All I* the
< oiliitr> man A\ Ith Money—Cadging
a* n Kino Art.
Paris Letter in Washington Star.
Americans go broke in Paris. Apart fivm
the usual crop of students, artists and
miscalculating tourists, this spring has
already been so fruitful in that ripened
■blossom of sporting life known frankly as
the “grafter” that the exhibition year is
likely to be notable for its confusion of
the stheep and goats. Heretofore, one
had to be silly sheep indeed not to find
the Paris zephyrs tempered to his shorn
hide. One was an interesting poor scholar
or art student, or a tourist with side
tracked remittances, or a meritorious in
ventor or promoter planting the banner
of American genius in the darkest East,
and the colony and wealthier to irisio
proved indulgent. Now all this happy statr*
of things is changed. The goals and the
colony’s soft-heartedness ore giving the
dead-broke American in Paris a bad name.
It was so much the case that even now,
when the field threatens to be crowded. I
could guarantee to any plausible young
American, os unburdened with scruples as
with cash or credit, a fine trip to Paris
on the sole resources of his nerve end
transport eastward on a cattle ship. No
need to provide in advance for the return
trip. Americans in Paris will do that. It
wili try their patience, and the worthy
deod-broke of the future will pay for it.
'but the pasturage is rich to-day. Indeed,
if one is bound to go broke, there are
reasons- why one should prefer this
bright, money-spending Babylon in all the
glamour of its gala summer.
Some Will Die First.
1 know there ore Americans in Paris
who would dispute the proposition. One
I call to mind,a Johns Hopkins University
man, quiet and cultivated, too learned to
know how to hustle, and too proud to
“cadge.” He had $lO a month as corre
spondent of an American trade paper
Now and then he sold a dilettante letter
to a Sunday paper. His name had . ven
been seen on magazine covers. He had
come abroad as tutor in a wealthy family.
n<) accepted n capricious discharge with
out dreaming to demand his just compen
sation. None of us know much about
him. except that now’ and then he would
express a timid wish for work. He
starved. That is to say, that from nee
min he slid into twhexia or marasmus,
and without protesting, faded out of life.
He could have done the same at home.
Or. take that art student from the
Southern state who avowedly tried to
live on 70 cents a d-ay, rent, clothes, fcod.
tuitfon and materials included. He might
be seen cheapening soup meat with his
good—he art ed butcher, who would pretend
to dicker over the price just to save the
boy’s pride, nnd then manage to throw
in double value. He did his own cooking,
pitch as it was, and develop and the
red-gummed scorbutus from a too-ex ces
sive diet of potatoes. Having not even
a reserve of physique, when his scanty
Income foiled him one month he cam*'
close to starving. He is almost famous
now. but still looks hack with bitterness
<o the time when fellow-students forced
him to 'accept their aid. Such impracti
cal ones pro no fair test of the resources
of thtf'cooriv. It would be better to cite
that ligfit-hearted *pinnisr who kept the
old laVJfes of ttle Arc de Triomphc quartet
guessing for two years before he quitted
Paris by request.
Of \notlier Sort.
This voting American, who had taken
up a foreign name nnd let his hair grow
was the possessor of o sound, if not bril
liant, technique. delicate t*uch and un
usual *FniM td feeling ard discretion. Al
though his tendency was to be soulful
eyed and languishing, the buoyancy of
his animal temj>erament at times betray
ed itself in bobbing in ond out the spark
ling flood of the Parisian abandon, which
worked against him.
A kind-hearted American lent him her
apartment, for example, to economize in
through one summer. She was not pleased
to learn that he was giving chamongne
parties in it. with dance features. When
he rented it for two months to a tourist
family and proceeded to Ostend with the
profits she put her foot down, nnd the
young American, pianist had lost a val
uable patron.
It was so with the proprietor of the
Hotel P. In return for music lessons to
the children there were free l>onrd and
the run of the establishment, sometimes
really valuable in view of the theater in
vitations. shopping commissions and the
perquisites of guiding the tenderfoot
through Farls-by-nlght. fie gave n con
cert (tickets. 51!) in the hotel parlor, and
complained thnt the establishment ne
f.ected to furnish refreshments gratis.
His great fault, however, was making
excuses when asked to “play" at any
and all hours by guests of the hotel.
“It Is the least of things to amuse the
guests!" soid Mme. P. “I refuse to risk
my artvSiic reputation tearing off waltzes
and romances at command." he insisted.
A Idg li tn iii li riiange Artist.
After he hal gone further and done
worse his career in many n chic board
ing hotel of ihe -colony became a light
ning change nightmare. Here to-day and
gone, to-morrow, the talented young pian
ist sometimes had as many os three keys
in pocket. To cite on instance of the
colony’s indulgence, there were two
months when he lived in borrowed shirts!
The proprietor of a tension near the opera
noticed a mysterious rumpling of the beds
in certain unoccupied rooms, one after
the other. Setting a watch, she saw the
musician slipping out 01 5 o’clock one
morning, after lining slipped in unos
tentatiously and late the previous night.
“Now I will give you two weeks’ free
lodging." was her ultimatum, for he
pitied him. It was nil he needed. Re
fore two weeks had passed he had per
suaded two of her best hoarder® to take
an apartment with him "nearer the cen
ter of Paris.” How he gave concerts in
it is to netrav one of the secrets of “musi
cal life" in the colony. They all do it.
The pianist, the linger or violinist goes
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with the admission price. $2 or $4, promi
nent, lit heavy type. The scheme Is then
to send them broadcast to the weoithy
colonists, with the significant word ‘'com
plimentary" written across their face.
"Confound him!" exclaims the wealthy
colonist. “I cannot accept his 'compli
mentary. "—for fear of giving color to a
social obligation. To throw the tickets
back In the struggling ar'lst's face would
be cruel. So it ends with th* moiling of
n postal order for the marked price of
two tickets and o success for the strug
gling artist. He manages (o have the
Paris papers call it "an artistic success."
Should the wealthy member of the col
ony accept the "complimentary” inste.d
of paying, a social obligation is incurred.
He must have the artist to dinner. Well,
as he is there he may as w-ei! be made to
work, and so It comes about there is a
soiree musloale. small mid select, to fol
low the dinner, the colony acknowledges
anew patron of music, and the last state
of the man is worse than the first, for
he is now the acknowledged Maoaenas
of the struggling artist, with the obliga
tion to help him out of financial scrapes,
and, in particular, to buy him steamer
tickets home. It is always tickets,
never ticket. Our young friend the pianist
made use of the device so often that a
committee of ladles at lasi formed a syn
dicate against him. So much was given
him to go to There, when he
was readv to embark for New York his
ticket would be given—to the purser! He
begged pitifully to be allowed to buy the
ticket himself, "on a freight or rattle
boat, and save the difference,” hut the
syndicate was obdurate. At last when, as
V clincher, they threw In S3O "pocket
money”—"to play poker on the boat," as
one cynical grande dame put it—he suc
cumbed, and Paris breathed freer for a
year thereafter.
Ills Nerve NVorU.
It Is pretended that the Americans who
wakes up dead broke In Paris may hope to
have roast quails drop into his mouth for
the mere opening of it. The quails are
here and roasted, but they must be taken
possession of. I know no better example
than that of the young American who, by
Impudently pushing, built up. in a year,
an international law practice. He went
to Paris, on a week's notice, to live on
his brother, who. as chance would have
it. was Just giving up Parisian life (o re
turn to honest work at home. The two
crossed each other on the. high seas, and
the tenderfoot was ignorant that the
other, doing the best for him possible, had
arranged for a friend to meet him at the
wharf. When the friend Introduced him
self he was turned down ns a continental
bunco steerer, and the young American
landed friendless In Paris. With two dol
lars in his pocket he took a room at the
Grand Hotel. Then, after a wash-up and
hearty breakfast, he went to the consuls
office The consul being out, he sent the
office bov to buy him cigarettes, hung up
his hat, back in an easy chair, with
his feet on a table, and began to make a
study of Oallgnanl's Messenger.
"Como in." he cried, cheerily, in answer
to a knock. The visitor was a smart
looking New Yorker.
••Is this the consul's office?'
"It Is."
"I have a rather delicate muter of In
ternational law," began the other, "and
would like to get some information."
"That is what 1 nm here for," replied
the lenderfoo*. prompty. He had studied
law ai home, and in five minutes hold the
threads of the New Yorkers difficulty.
Without knowing the first thing of inter
national procedure or the French code, he
gave the Inquirer an Imaginative off
hand "opinion.” '"But I would prefer to
write li out for you." he added, with an
air of practlral good sense. "We might
take lunch together.”
The New Yorker was delighted to find
a legal opinion that agreed perfectly with
his own. "Here is my card,” lie said
"And I am staying nt the Hotel Ibis
tol," It was the card of an Amerl an
millionaire, whose name was a h usehold
word. In high spirits the nervy vo ith
hastened to the office of a real int rn
otional lawyer, whose address he I'ehei
out of the Rotlln. "I acknowledge the
thing is too big for me," he explen and
"and propose that we go halves." It was
a big thing, and the olher saw It Instant
ly. Having (o do with delicate revoca
tion* over customs duties nt a crl leal
period, they lived on the case two mtt'tlis,
and so weil pleased the rich New Yorker
that crumbs fell to them from Ms table
for years after. Ii was. moreover, the be
ginning of a meterolc career for tie Im
promptu International lawyer, w, os ■
strong point, opart from his nerve, wn<
to conceal miraculously frcm his client
and from colleagues his complete and
perfect ignornnee of International law.
The tale would lose Instrue.tlveness tvph
lout Its ending. I'nforttmately for rim
our young friend had a slight yellow
streak. Parisian gay life and a tend n y
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY", JUNE 14, 1900.
to over-reach himself proved his undoing
After live years he left town, owing $20,-
000, with the international hue nnd cry
at his heels. His last "raising of ihe
wind" was characteristic. One Saturday
afternoon, after banking hours, he tele
phoned to it large lnporiing house to esk
if they could "spare the consul 5,000 f.anc*
till Monday morning." He was ip; . hfe
consul, hut he got the 5,000 francs. Like
the American who starved in Purls, lie
might have done something of the same
kind at home.
l ive Sure Grafts.
In general the resources of the dead
broke Americans in Paris are fivefold or
fix, if the consul and ambas.ador b
counted, as they ought not to he, beciuse
they are so null and void. The e tire (1)
the American churches, (2) the American
bars, t it) the address book of the colony In
all its uses, (4) the guide-interpreter net
in all its phases, and (j) the American
pensions and boarding houses. I t tnpose
ly omt ! ail swindling cf confiding por
French families, Paris tradesmen nnd
your concierge as being unsportsmanlike.
Fnlike the Kngllsh, the American reputa
tion is still good in Paris, ai:d to do oy-
Ihlng to spoil it is .what is worse than a
crime. The dead-broke Americtn wll
always do best to stick to his own people
as the most remunerative und the safest
course. It is not nice to be c xpelle 1 sum
marily as "having no visible means of
support" on the complaint of an outraged
native.
As for the representatives of the Uni ed
States, the goverenment leaves then a
wile discretion in giving alms—out of
their pockets. Not one cent does tie
country provide for "repatriation.” The
subjects and citizens of every other gov
ernment may count conlident'y on th |r
consuls in the last hesort. Their fun s
for the purpose of regathering them i to
the home fold. Alone ihe great republ e
of the west lias confidence on ug'i in the
initiative of her sons to leave tin m to
iheir own devices in a foreign land. sick,
starving, wounded—it is all the same to
Uncle Sam. It becomes amurlrg whet
the French government, standing arro
gantly alone in ils trealy-stipulale 1 rig it
to expel foreigners without cause stated,
seeks to deal with undesirable Americans!
To our honor there arc few p ec dents;
Indeed, I am not sure that there Is ot e
brought to its inevitable conclusion, which
would have to be the towing cf the vic
tim on I beyond the three-mile limit int >
the Atlantic, straddling an ir.expen-i e
log. with his face pointing to the Jersey
coast.
Working the Tens.
In ihis connection we would recommend
"teas" (by "we” meaning honest members
of the colony who are elmort templed to
quit working and live as the lotu -eater.-).
The colony being held together by tiem
"tens." they form a precious mea is f
making new acquaintances, everybody
giving leas, even the men; end a* th y
ore comfortable stations on the road tr
dinners, suppers, theater paries the
dead-broke American Is careful to take in
as many as the week permits. It is not,
as at home, hard to break into—l will u t
say "society," but nt least the companion
ship of the well-to-do; in Paris eve y
American is supposedly an idlpr whh a
little money, so that he is passed along
from tea to tea without much scrutiny.
At teas one meets ilde. middle-aged ladle ,
willing lo pay even more than their twn
way sightseeing. A t. as one me ts g r>l
naturod old cadgers, tlragged there by
their wives or daughters, who turn orp
to he goM mines to borrowers. Inexpen
sive, gonlnl teas—why, sometimes at
them there are nutritious sandwiches nnd
cups of strengthened chocolate to be had
for the taking!
"t tills Ing"
There is another 5 o'clock tea function
that comes off daily in the "bars '—Am r
icans—always Americans, although tae e
is not one American bartender In the erpi
tal. The floating tourist population floats
Into them as so many harbors of rep -e
and safety. Why should tot the grnlril
tourist pay trx lo the bro iler In n
eign land? The borrower lurks in tie
bars.• There are some fellow-c.lrizens In
Paris vvito sniff at any loan under a $lO
bill. Their tale of woe, told with .a inn ly
frankness, sounds true—lndeel, it is true
They need money. Perhaps they have
been reckless, even dissipated. Si are v e
dissipated, too, and reck less. He e, lake
$5! It Is the great act of "cadging,” and
the tourist victim learns how tr.u h l( eats
into his resources only when he rn.tk s
I tip his monthly occottnt.
The guide-interpreter tic; has close rela
tions with the American btrs. Four litre-
In live the whooping Amerl an, with
every disposition to paint Paris tel.
speaks not a word of French. Nor'ceti
he know his way about. Is h<- not I ekv
to fall on a good fellow In thfs bar or >h I
who spottks the language at.d Is able lo
smooth away difficulties?
CANNON TO AVERT HAIL
CUSTOM OF BO.MIIAniHVG STORM
CLOUDS REVIVED.
Modification* in Ordnance—Albert
Stiger** “Vortfi Rings** Seem to
Protect Stjrlnn District From
l)n mage.
Frcm the National Geographic Magazine.
The following js an abstract from an ar
ticle in the Wiener Abendposi by Dr. J.
M. Porn ter:
In 1896 the Hon. Albert Stiger, Mayor of
Wlndlsch Feistritz, in Styria, revived the
old custom of the preceding century, usu
ally termed “weather firing.” Formerly
the firing was from ordinary mortars, but
Mr. Stiger Introduced several modiflJa
tions. He found that by the use of a fun
nel attached to the mortar the efficiency
of the shot could be greatly increased.
His machine was constructed on the fol
lowing lines: A heavy block of oak or
tough wood was hollowed out so that it
could be fastened securely to its mortar
by iron clamps, and an iron funnel was
then screwed to the block of wood. The
funnel is made of sheet iron two millime
ters thick and lias a diameter of the up
per opening of seventy millimeters, while
at the lower opening its width is only
twenty millimeters. In 1897 as many as
thirty-six of these firing stations were es
tablished.
At first Mr. Stiver’s experiment were
sneered at and made the sport of both the
scientists and the unscientific. But never
theless, the severity of the hail, which
every year since the seventies had wrought
great damage in Styria, ceased in Win
dis h Feistritz, while in the neighboring
districts it became even more destructive.
Gradually ihe belief in the efficacy of
“weather shooting” as a protection from
hail spread to the' wine-growing districts
in the vicinity of Styria. Here also the
experimenis proved a success, and were
then taken up by Lombardy, Piedmont,
and the other provinces to the south. Then
the Italian deputy, Dr. E. Ouaviri, visited
Wlndlsch Feistritz and became also a dm
vert to Stiger’s system of weather shoot
ing. He reiurned to Italy, and under his
leadership similar apparatus, called Stiger
cannon, were rapidly manufactured and
sc *t up, especially- in Tuscany.and Emilia;
also the astonishing number of shooting
associations sprang up each with its in
dividual station. In ihe summer of 1899.
the first in which the cannon was used in
Itai.v, no less than 2,000 stations were
equipped on the Stiger patiern, and all
wt re very active during the season. The
Italians, in fact, became so enthusiastic
thui a congress was summoned and met
Nov. 6-8, 1899, in Casale Mouiercito.
Italian.** Adopt the Idea.
At this congress the Minister of Agri
culture was represented by the Und r
Secretary of State, and the Minisrtre* of
\\ ar and the Interior also sent delegate
Five hundred participants in the eengre s
appeared, some of them ihe most distin
guished scientists of Italy. Mr. Stiger was
elected honorary president, and a commit
ice of four eminent professors, tvpre.-eni*
ing Styria, Piedmont and Veni e, were
appointed to report on the results of ihe
Stiger method for preventing dam ge from
hail The committee unanimously ag e and
that “if the shooting was commenced in
time ihe damage from the hail was aiw \y
averted.” A number of instanc s we e
cited showing that in the. towns where
there was no shooting ihe destructive vfo
lence of the hail continued unabaud.
whereas in the districts where the shooting
was done no hail occurred.
Mr. Stiger. the inventor, however, p r
ticularly warns the public against teirg
oversanguine, as he asserts- that, in site
of the many successful results obt .inert
by his process, there is not yet ihe <•< r
tainty if its effectiveness.
Every one is naturally asking 'he ques
tion: How can the T nmti n <f had le
influenced by "weather tiring?” I c*.nf>ss
that I am not able to answer, but T tuns,
assert that because w*-* cannot comprehend
the process we have not the r phi to deny
its existence. In explaining the action of
the cannon, two points are to be < o siJ
ered—the effect of the explosion and he
force of the vortex ring that rises f om
the gun barrel. In the sultry, di& re s ng
calm that precedes violent storms it is al
most a natural necessity to mike a noise,
and as loud a noise as possible. Oife feels
thai from the sultry calm before the stem
misfortune is to come, and that by dis
turbing the stillness the misfortune is
turned away. Mr. Stiger states that he wa*
guided by this thought when he b*gan
his experiments in 1886. “The olxs rva
tion,” lie says, “that every hailstorm is
preceded by an absolute stillness of he
air. accompanied by heavy oppre sion.
suggested to me the idea of disturbing this
calm which seemed essential to the for
mation of hail, and therefore I tried
‘weather shooting.' which has been known
for centuries.”
That vibrations can destroy the forma
tion of hail has no foundation in payees.
As far,as our knowledge r aches—for *\e
do not yet understand the ball-forming
process—the explosion could not affect
process, either through changes in h>
clouds, or by the premature freezirg of
droplets through concussion, or through
a considerable concussion.
Inventor** II > pothe*l*.
We must therefore turn to the Second
hypothesis, that the effect of the vortex
ring from the cannon prevents the forma
tion of hail, tones. Mr. Stiger has from
the beginning ascribed the successful re
sults from his machine to the effects ot the
vortex rings. In an official report of an
expert from the Imperial Institute, who
was sent to investigate the exepriments
made by Mr. Stiger in 1897, the following
statement is made: "It was shown that
by the discharge of a shot a vortex ring
similar to the c mmon smoke ring is pro
duced, and can be seen in reflected sun
light. The ring rises rapidly with a dis
tinct whistling, which is audible at a great
distance. Observations showed that this
whistling could be heard for thirteen sec
onds, and in calms for more than twenty
seconds."
A swallow which was once struck by
one of these vortex rings fell dead, such
was the tremendous force. Mr. Stiger esti
mates the effectiveness of the shots and
the shooting apparatus from the duration
of the whist ing of he vortex rings. Siep
by step the size of the mortar, the depth
and breadth of the bore, the form and
bight of the b rrel, the weight of the
powder, have been carefully determined
by experiment, until a most effective com
bination has been attained. In some ex
periments. at which 1 was present. 1 saw
the vortex ting shoot upward against the
clouds like a shot from a gun barrel, and
distinctly heard the whistling for twenty
to twenty-eight seconds. The astounding
force of the vortex tings was best demon-
A "CHANGE" BREAKFAST
Getting Heart > for Wnrin Wcntlier.
A complete change in breakfast would,
at this time of the year, improve the health
of anyone.
Meat, |>otatoes and coffee become tire
some. The system calls for a change, but
what to? Hot anil half cooked pastry and
starchy cereals are unattractive.
Vegetables taste good, but furnish too
little nourishment to sustain one uniil
the next meal, particular if brain work
is required.
A most appetizing, convenient nn<l
healthful breakfast can be made on
Grape-Nuts, (a ready-cooked food), a little
cream or milk, some fruit and perhaps two
Soft eggs.
(Pint tin cup of sharply boiling water,
put in two eggs, not one. nor three, cover
and set off stove, serve in just nine mm
uii'H. Whites will l>e like cream and half
digested.) The Grape-Nut* food is concen
trated and but three‘or four teaspoon.!
should be used at one meal, that amount
furnishes full strength and nourishment
up to the next.
A change from the old breakfast to one
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system in a surprising manner.
Good food In prof>er variety and n con
tented mind, solves lb* u-*ou health
oiobicm.
r JIT A DDK* OF
VrllrlKif.ll. oohsuisption.
Few realize what a deep-aeated, obstinate disease Catarrh is, regarding it as a simple inflammation of
f tl,e no#e t k*' oat ' I‘ttle or no attention is given it. But, however insignificant it may seem at first it
L BBf is serious and far-reaching in its results.
P > VSF The foul secretions entering the circulation poison the entire system. The stomach, kidneys— in
for' // fact all the organa feel the effect of this catarrhal poison, and when the lungs are reached its oregress
Jsg <■—. is rapid and destructive, and finally ends in consumption.
i&SSiSlattdgisgSl It frequently happens that the senses of hearing and smell are in part or entirely lost, the soft bones of
the nose eaten into and destroyed, causing intense suffering and greatly disfiguring the face. While suravs
{T washes and salves may give temporary relief, no permanent benefit can be expected from such treatment!
CATARRH IS A CONSTITUTIONAL OR BL§@D DISEASE,
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even years have aign of the disease."
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slrated by the horizontal whot. A series
of peculiar targets were placed at dis
tances of 40, 60, 80 and 100 meters. When
the vortex ring struck the target it threw
down poles which were brace*! with heavy
linen cloth, burst through paper target* in
which the paper had a resistence of twelve
kilograms, tore loose clamps, and broke
one clamp which was three centimeters
long and one and one-fifth centimeters
broad. A large bulldog which wap in the
way of the vortex ring was tumbled over
twice and lost all desire for further obser
vation. ‘
In thD mechanical power of the vortex
ring we have found the force which may
possibly influence the process of hail for
mation. Unfortunately, as I have said be
fore*. we know too little of the process of
hail formation to be able to explain more
clearly the action of the vortex ring, which
certainly exerts a considerable force to a
hight of from 1,500 to 2,000 meters.
SOME REMARKABLE FUNERALS.
Strung;** I'rooeswl on* That Hare
Been I'lnnneil ly Crank*.
From Answers.
A pathetic incident was witnessed in the
neighborhood of King’s Cross a week or
two ago. The funeral of a cabman named
Albert Henshaw, who was well known by
the majority of the cabmen of Izoodon.
took place from the residence in Wicklow
street, King’s Cross Road.
A band with banners preceded the
hearse, and following were upwards of
200 cabs, ihe drivers of which had tied
bunches of to their whips. One son
could not attend his father's funeral. He
had left “for the front.” And another son
is “ordered out."
Another quaint funeral was that of a
well-known inhabitant of Walworth—Mrs.
Collins, a wardrobe dealer. The hearse
was drawn by no less than eight black
horses, two of which w’ere driven by oddly
attired postilions, while in front marched
several more carrying long plumes. Fol
lowing the hearse was a procession almost
a mile in length, made up of every kind
of vehicle—wagonetttes, tradesman's carts
and coster donkey-barrows—the occupants
of which were dressed in various forms
of clothing from the “Sunday best,” with
bright ties or neckerchiefs, to the cordu
roy of the Covent Garden porter.
Even ihis strange turnout was surpass
ed in fantastic effect by the funeral of n
popular Sun newscort driver named Smith,
which took place about eighteen months
ago. The coffin was carried by the fel
low-workers of the dead man, and was
followed by a motley collection of vehicles
fresh from the delivery of evening news
papers. Every publication of afternoon
literature—the News.. Star, Westminster
Gazette, and. of course, the Sun—was rep
resented, with the posters of the most
sensational events of the day in their
usual prominent positions at the aides of
each cart.
Some months ago a well-known “gen
tleman farmer” of Herts died, leaving in
his will strict injunctions regarding the
disposal of his body and the general con
duct of those who would snow a last token
of their esteem by following his earthly
remains to the local churchyard. No
hearse or horses were to be employed. The
Coffin—which he had had made some year*
before his death—was to be drawn by his
laborers to the grave on a plain form bor
row’, and the mourners were to he all clad
in straw hats and old-fashioned white
smocks of rustic life. His instructions
were carried out to the letter, and the
spectacle afforded was both quaint and
fantastic in the extreme.
Not many years ago o German circus
proprietor named near Burges.
Before his final exit from the ring of life
he desired that every member of hi* com
pany, in professional attire. Including
beasts and birds, should be present at
his funeral. And so it was that Herr
Lampe’s burial obsequies formed, perhaps,
the most fantastic funeral on rtvbrd in
civilized countries. The lying-in-state
look place in the big tent, where the In
habitants of the town came to pay their
respects. The body of the dead man was
conveyed to the grave on the back of
the largest elephant in the circus menag
erie. The band followed, playing Ihe mel
odies mosi loved by the deceased, and in
cluding some of the lightest and most
frivolous of French and German music.
Behind came the company and nil the
paraphernalia of circus life, Just as though
the event was one of the usual advertis
ing parades.
Irish “berrin’s”—as funerals are called
ii> country parts of the Green Isle—are of
ten grotesque. The writer was present
at the burial of a very popular Couniy
Dublin farmer. The procession was nearly
two miles long and was composed of every
kind of vehicle used in Ireland. Hay carts
and other vehicles of the most common
farmyard use were requisii ioned; milk
carts from dairy farms, donkey carts, even
the local mail van. mingled wMth “out
side” and “inside” carts; and even
broughams and hired wagonettes,
and charabancs helped to carry nearly a
thousand men, women and children to see
the last of Mr. Doherty.
SERVANT FAMINE EXPLAINED.
Domestic* Are So Hard to Obtain
Because They Are Educated.
From the London Mail.
There have hern many famines, but
never such a famine of maidservants as
at present.
“What is the cause?” That is the ques
tion which tens of thou-ands of distressed
ma'rons are asking. It is the question a
Dally Mail representative put yesterday
to th-* head of one of the best-known West
End registry offices.
"The reason,” was the reply, “is that
the I oird schools are educating pe'pp
out of their stations. Fifteen years ago
I fo;etrld that this would he the ease
For instance, take my office alone. I hav>
ncar'y ninety women c e.rks, and nesrlv
every cne of them had a beard school ed
ucatlon. Most of them come cf the class
who Would make g)rd maids, but. of
' ourre with the educa lon th-y posses<
th y d> not care to uo out to service.
Then, again, theie are now m\ny occu
pations open to women in factories and
shops, and girls naturally prfer employ
mrnt which censes at a fixed hour, leav
ing them free for the evening,
’ For tho*e reasons It becomes harder
every day t • get girls from the country;
they prefer to g) to business in the town
t ear their h me. though, as a matter of
foot, they are rot half so oomfortsble or
so wf|l ( fr as if they went Into some gen
tlemans family.
' How great is the lack of maids my
books will show,” continued the proprie
tor. “In January I had the nam s of 7.00>
mistresses and only 4,000 servants, mal?
and female. Even footmen are very hard
to get just now, so many have gone to
th*' war?
‘The greatest of the difficulties lies in
obtaining kitchen ar.d scull ry maids, it
is sis© very difficult to induce young wo
mpn to go Into families where there are
not more than one or two servants.
‘What is to be done! Well. I hardlv
know. So far as I can see, people will
have to raise their maids' wag. sand em
rlcy them in sets, each working so many
hours and no more. Some euch arrange
ment might induce young women to be
come maidservants instead of going into
business. At the present rate there will
soon be no maidservants.”
REGULATION OF HOUSE DRAINAGE.
Oily of Savannah,
Office Clerk of Council. May 30, 1900.
The following ordinance is hereby pub
lished for information;
By Alderman Thomas—
An ordinance for the regulation of
house drainage and the house drainage
system.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah,
in Council assembled, That as the house
drainage system of the city of Savannah
now being constructed is completed for
various portion* of the city, the Commit
tee on Streets and Lanes shall cause
maps thereof to be prepared and kept in
the office of the director of public works
and of the plumbing inspector, and no
tice thereof to be published to the citi
zens of the city of Savannah in the offi
cial gazette for information. After the
publication of such notice it shall be un
lawful to lay any sewers, to connect with
storm water sew’ers, or to construct privy
vaults, or dry wells, within said com
pleted portions or districts of the city.
The said Committee on Streets and
Lanes shall through the director of pub
lic works issue all permits for connec
tion to the house drainage system.
Sec. 2. Be It further ordained, That con
nections of primary drains with the house
drainage system of Savannah shall be
made only under the supervision of in
spectors to be designated by the Mayor
and after all plumbing connected there
with shall have been found by theVlumh
ing inspector to fully comply with the re
quirements of this and exher ordinances.
A complete record shail be kept in the
office of the director of public works
showing their location, date and under
whose supervision made.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. That the
following regulations are hereby adopted
in connection with the new house drain
age system of Savannah now being con
structed. namely:
1. No fresh air inlet or trap or any
manner of obstruction to the free pass
age of air shall be placed in the course
of the main drain or of the soil pipe. The
waste from each fixture shall be properly
trapped, as is specified elsew’here.
2. The soil pipe shall be extended full
size above the roof of the main house,
and the opening must be at least
feet above the roof or feet from any
window or door of the building or ad
joining building. No main soil pipe shall
be less than inches in diameter.
3. No gas house liquor or other waste
having naphtha shall he connected with
the house drainage system.
4. The Street and Lane Committee of
Council shall have the power to stop and
prevent from discharging Into the house
drainage system any private drain
through w’hich substances are discharged
which arc liable to injure the .drains or
obstruct the flow of the sewage.
5. No person shall place or deposit in
any water closet waste, soil or vent pipe
any garbage, ashes, cinders, rags or other
refuse materials ’liable to clog the pipe.
6. All connections to house drainage
sew’ers shall be made of a one-eighth
four-inch bend at the Y and four-inch
pipe shall extend from this bend to in
side the property line. All reducers and
increasers, if used, must be made inside
the property line.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That
any person violating this ordinance or
any provision thereof shall, on convic
tion before the Police Court of the city
of Savannah, be subject to a fine not to
exceed one hundred (100) dollars and* to
Imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30)
days, either or both in the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained. That all
ordinances and part?* of ordinances in
conflict with this ordinance are hereby re
pealed. WILLIAM P. BAILEY.
Clerk of Council.
MCMILLAN BROS.,
—Manufacturer* of—
Seamless Turpentine
Stills and Fixtures.
PATCHING COPPER AND RIVET*.
■BUST AND BOLT COPPER.
Miyall klf Hut ugh the country a spariav
•AVAiniAM. QA MOBILE, ai.a.
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BRENNAN BROS.,
WHOLESALE
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc.
** BAY STREET, Wirt.
Telephone SSU
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION.
| STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF
CHATHAM.—To the Superior Court of
Said County: The petition of T. M. Cun
ningham. F. S. Lathrop, Jonas Mendel,
Herman Myers. Alex. Fawcett, John H.
Young. I. Silverberg and Meritt W. Dix
on. und their associates, ail of said statu
or.d county, respectfully show\s:
| First. That they have associated them
' selves together for the purpose of forming
a corijoration to be composed of your pe
titioners, and such other persons as they
may associate with them. The object
of their association and the business they
propose to carry on is the milling, stor
ing and buying and selling of and ad
vancing upon rice, and all products of
the same.
| Second. That the corporate name bv
which petitioners desire to be known. Is
‘‘THE SAVANNAH RICE MILL COM
! PANY.”
Third. The amount of capital to be em
ployed by them actually paid* in will bs
; the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, said
capital stock to be divided into shares of
one hundred dollars each.
Fourth. The place of business of sold
; corporation will be the county of Chat
ham and state of Georgia.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that
they and ther associates and successors
may he incorporated for the term of twen
ty years, with the privilege of renewal, at
the end of th t time, under the ru-.me and
style of ‘ THE SAVANNAH RICE MILL
COMPANY.” and that the said corpora
tion may be empowered to increase its
capital stock, whenever It may see fit,
to any sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars: to sue and he sued; to
have and use o common seal; to contract
find ’>( contracted with; to make by-laws
binding on its members, not inconsistent
with the laws of this state and of the
United States; to hold, buy and sell all
property, real end personal, as may be
necessary in legitimately carrying into
effect the purposes of irs organization,
ar.d for securing debts due to the com
pany; to administer on estates of parties
indebted to it; arid generally to do all
• c uch things ns ore necessary to the legit
imate exercise of its purpose, and to ex
ercise nil rights an._l privileges incident and
belonging tn n corporation under the laws
of thi< state.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
LAWTON & CUNNINGHAM,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
Filed in office. Mav 23. 19<V).
J. K. P. CARR, Clerk S. C., C. C.
PETITION FOR INCORPORATION
SAVANNAH DOCK FERRY CO.
Notice is hereby given by the petitioners
nam*d below of their intention to apply
to the Secretary cf State for a charter
for a navigation company named as above,
by publication of iheir petition in terms
of the law’, said petition being to-wi :
Georgia. Chatham County, City of
Savannah—To th*' Secretary of State,
Atlanta, Qa.: The petition of tlv*
undersigned shows that they desire to- be
incorporated as a navigation company n
accordance with the statutes ii surh
ca>. *- made ar.d provided, aid petitioners
state: First. That the names and resi
dences of each of the prisons* desiring *o
form said corporation are to-wii: Will'am
W. Mnckall. Savannah, Gn.; R. G. Er
win, eh y of New York. N. Y.; John Skel
ton Williams. Richmond. Va.; Jacob Piul
sen, Savannah, Ga.; J. F. Minis,, Savan
nah, Ga.; Henry C. Cunningham, Savar
>nah, Ga.; J. A. G. Careen. Savannah,
Ga.: Beirne Gordon, Savannah, Ga.; W.
A. Bisbee, Savannah, Ga.
Stwond, That the name cf ihe navi
gation conyony thjy desire to have in
corporated is “SAVANNAH DOCK
FERRY COM PA NY.”
Third. That the amount of the proposed
capital sto< k of said company is twenty
five thousand dollars ($25,000).
Fourth. That, said corporation is to
continue and be in orporated for the
period of fifty (53) years.
Fifth': That (he place where its prin
cipal office is to be located is Savannah,
Ga.
Fixth. That pe itioners have given four
weeks’ noli 'o of their intention to apply
for sail charter by publication of this
petition in the Morning News, published
in Savannah, Ga., one of the newspapers
in which the sheriff's advertisements are
published for said county of Chatham,
on t a week for four weeks before the
filing of this petit! -n.
Whajrefore petitioners request that they
m'ay be incoroo.at ,and ur.d r the laws of
this state.
June 7. A. IX. 1900.
WILLIAM W. MACK ALL,
R. G. ERWIN.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS,
JACOB PAULSEN,
J. F. MINIS.
HENRY C. CUNNINGHAM,
J A G. CARSON.
BEIRNE GORDON,
W. A. BIS BEE.
STATE OF GEORGIA. CHATHAM
County—To the Superior Court of Said
County: The petition of Joe Bennett,
Harry Jackson. Champ Wilson and Jack
Butler respectfully shows that they and
various others have entered into an asso
ciation under the name of the Seven
Brothers’ Fishermen's Club. That the ob
ject of said association is mutual aid and
assistance, ard social intercourse. That
they desire to be incorporated as above
named, with powers to purchase, hold an<)
dispose of property, real and personal, to
sue and be sued, and to exercise all pow
ers usually conferred on corporations of
similar character as may he consistent
with the laws of th* state of Georgia.
They further show’that they do not de
ti. e the powe sof purchase and sale to the
purpose of profit, but only so far ns may
be necessary for the object of said incor
poration, and that they have no capital
stock, and desire none.
Wherefore, they pray an order Incorpo
rating them and such others us may now
or hereafter be associated with them for
a term of twenty years, with the privilege
of renewal at the expiration of said time,
for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
And your pelt will ever pray.
BECKETT & BECKETT.
Attorneys for Petitioners.
Original filed in office this 23d day of
May, 1900. JAMES L. MURPHY.
Deputy Clerk S. C. C. C. Ga.
j. and. weed * co
SAVANNAH, GA.
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose.
Agents for NEW YORK RUBBER
BELTING AND BACKING COMPANY.