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6 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. 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Bar-Ben is sold by all druggists in Savannah and vicinity, 50 cents a box; 6 boxes (a guaranteed cure). $2.50. Retail trade supplied by Lippman Bros., who especially recommend this good remedy. * to the unique expense of printing tickets, 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 like this will refresh and Invigorate tile 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, and far beyond the reach of mere local remedies. Those who rely upon them for a cure lose valuable time, meet wirth disarv poi ntment and allow the disease to take firmer hold. Only a real blood remedy can reach this troublesome and dangerous disease S. S. S cures Catarrh because it first cleanses and builds up the blood, purifies it, makes it rich and healthy, stimulates and puts new life into the sluggish worn-out organs, and thus relieves the system of all poisonous accumulations. Mrs Josephine Polhill. of Due West. ft. C., writes . I had Catarrh, which became so deep seated that I was entirely deaf in one ear. and all inside of my nose, including part of the bone, jf.: When the disease had gone this far the physician gave me op as incurable I HmMIH determined to try S. S. S. as a last resort, and began to improve at once. It seemed to get at the fcilC fcWgF "*^o seat of the disease, and after u few weeks' treatment I was entirely cured, and for more than even years have aign of the disease." S. s. S. is made of roots, herbs and barks of wonderful tonical and purifying la. "y&Si properties. It is the only vegetable blood purifier known, and a certain and safe IgW. rfe* 1 ". -jfj eure for all blood troubles. Send for our book on Blood and Skin Diseases, and at 'he same time write our physicians about your case. They will cheerfully give you an ,-information or advice wanted. We make no charge for this. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. ATLANTA GA 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. ___ FATWTTEA XL*, l. C. 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.