The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, June 24, 1900, Page 15, Image 15

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ALL SOUTH AFRICA IS RELIC MAD. Singular Boer Proclamation Calling on Transvaalers to Preserve Mementoes. It Uakti Strangle Rfailin* In the Light of Recent Events—The British Have Detn finite ns Frantic Seekers aa the Boers for Bollcta and Other Things From the Bnttlelields—Odd Story of a Soldier Who Foiled to Preserve the Hit of Lend That Wound ed Him—Curious Explanation of CroDje's Capture. (Copyright 11*00, By Allen Sangree.) (CopytUht, 19W. by Allen Sangre ■.) Delagoa Bay. May 2.—South Africa is re'io mad. Never was there such an epi demic. Dying addicts forget the Queen, the enemy .their wounds and their future •xlstcn e, but hey ding to bartered bul ] t with the tenacity of desp ir. Bodies are lifted, while yet warm, for a cigar ette box or a ova lett r. A home-made Transvaal bandolier selU in Cape Town tor S2O and every English merchant south <f the Zambe.i is thr.ving in the curio trade. One would th nk th? war had been a g gantio struggle for souven rs in •tead of a world tragedy. Zeal Is equally intense with Bri lsh and Boers, with comb nods anl non-com tatants, and mementoes gain value in th ir gtuosomenrss. The Boers were the first to go at the business in a systematic war, as the fellow translat on of a stale document, Issued at Pretoria, will show: A iMrange I'rocliiiUHtiuEi, "Ffclkrw Burghers: Our country Is at pres ent plunged in Ihe bloodiest war which fcouth Africa has ever see n. Many brave burghers have already shed their blood In, this terrible struggle in order to re gain for us all complete independence and complete freedom. "This war will become—if God so wills it— the war of libra lion for all South Af rica, and we hope soon to be ab e to p;o --claim: 'The republic began th® victory.’ “©yen this bloody war, however, will •©on belong to the past, will only live in memory of future generations, and his tory alone will give us the accounts of tne courage and dttai minUion of former ratio* . "The burghers of South Africa have of fer* given thei • bool and offered their Uvea In struggles against savages and op- P-estO f; tut there ar , alas! too few iarg bl souvenirs ii exigence of th - laudable deeds in battle of tie voortrecic kors who for u have purified the land of KLvages and treacherous rulers. "Our sta e mijht have l een in pos of thousands of relics in which we might have gloried, and which we might have pljced before the eyes of our youCh in orier t> snow them the difficult and apparently insurmountable cbst&cDa wbch o-r p ople have sou:- mounted in becoming u pec-p'.e, and l uce gained such strength that they dared to and clare war against the mighty empire of England, whose beast b is that the •un never sers thereon. Recause of the innocence of our f-relatheis however, no thought was given to the value of such souvenirs. "Let this not be the case in t is war. L-t us collect relics for our succes.-ois, which, in later years, will give ft clear Idea of the extent and the terrors of the struggle which the Africanders bad t> carry on to be free and in a poi ion to develop as a free people, rot in Oder t> boast of their own prowess, but in praise and thanks 10 Him on Whom our people trusted in the d>y of rouble, and al o to create and encourage In our youth that love of country which binds togeth er and makes a great nation. Let each one con r.bute hD IK tie toward that ob ject. Many articles are tsken from the arch-enemy on the battlefield—lances, rifles guns, clothing, standard*, papers, which have no inuinsic value, but whi h, when preserved and exhibited in a nation al museum, \vtll assist to keep In remem brance the Ilon-htarted courage of our forefathers, to strong hen th- national spirit, and to cause our people t> give ever renewed thanks to Him in Whom we truatfd. "With that object the management of our national rmiseum appeal® to faith ful burgrhera in the field, asking- hem to contribute O the forming- 6' a worthy collection of objects and souvenirs per taining to this war of liberation. Ti • management of the Ftate museum, we 1 knowing- what priceless vahe there is for our peop’e in such n co2l?ct'o\ -will give to it n place of honor in the new bul'i’-’gr. which wi 1 b s finish© 1 at an •trly date. "Let no ore consider any object too (rifling to send to Pie or a. At the front a’l command nts w 11, without doubt, be very w lllng to rxeive such objects and rend thrm to Pretoria to the state mu aeutn. Your obedient servant®. “Dr. J. W. B. Gunning-, “Director of the State Museum. ••Dr. N. Mansvelt, "Chairman of <he Curatorium.” The Struggle for ( urlon. Frantic enthusiasm for stamp collect ing on the f.rt of philalateists may bo easily understo and, but to see nations en gaged tn a mad scramble for curious strikes an American as humorous. Boih Boers and Rngbsh, however, take me matter ferl us'y, ar.d the s ruggle for mementoes has teen going on at a moat furious pace ever since the first sh3t3 were fired. Professional dealers who have hoped to make a for cun? in the trade here com* plan bitterly, however. To get) a relic, they say, one must be right in the con fl!o , and, if possible, have a bullet bur fid in his anattmy. Even then success does rot always crown one’s efforts, as in stanced by a harrowing tale narrated to the writer by a member of the Natal Im ps' ial Light Horse. This young man. like many another, had an ambition to be wounded. At Splcn Kop his ambition was ea isfled. A Mauser bullet struck him in <he thigh, and ho hd a very ba 1 time of it. In •pbe of great join he refused to take chloroform when operated upon because be feared some on> woul I appropr ate the bullet after it hud been extracted. Per weeks he clui g to ibe bit of lead, trust ing not even the Red Cross nurs , who hoveied about him .rather constantly, and a'must affectionately. Wh n he awoke one day after the affects of n powerful cp ate he found that his sus picions hod been coirpct. Both nurse and bullet were gone, and he has seen neither aince. Now th s ro dier can show only a mark the seize of a pinhead a an evi dence of hi bravery, and he is very sad. As eugieot'd in the Po r document qroted, no object connected with the aci ual fighting i consilered too trifling, and consequently tie body of every dead •‘irch-eremY" found has been thoroughly aearch-d Someiimes even the clothes have been takttl for relics. This was shown grue omely by a photograph of Spion Kop af er the lamous tight on that t*,l'. Dead lodies lay everywhere, ihe clo hes of many had ben rill and. ard the gsrmentM turned inside out. Several bos h°d been r moved. R>bbe*y of loots, indeed, has been most common: boo’s are a commodity which the Boors lack, pnil English bno‘s have b.xn much In <v dence on Boer feet of late. Watch s. rings and pocketbooks of English mike have also been popular among the Trans va!erw. Th * n o t tamely objects have been con sidered worthy f p*enervation br the r*lo tovfrs. In Pietermaritzburg. for ex amp e. one may fe i th shop window? decorated with hogs of gravel taken from th* famorp dm t.vrr IGip river bulky ard watrr-loggcd s hey a r e. All havo now been removed and nothing rumaltin rf this example of B *r engineering but the pho ogr, pus which w re taken of it. When the Iloerw llegnn to Lone. It was by building 'h s dam. the Kng lish declare, -tint the B crj hoped <o drown ou* Ladysmith. Thp charge I? as ridiculous as many another made ag tinst the canny Transvaalers Its loal object was to enable the Boer arm# to escape readily when the English should ap proa h, and offer the relief of Ladysmith, ihe upturned fresh earth and' the picks and shovels dropped on the moment show ed clearly how suddenly the fight had token place. This Portuguese town of Delagoa Bay has been the center of a maelstrom of .‘■mpieicns, nd secret service men in al sorts of disguises have invested the s reets frem the beginning. Sympathy hero has been pretty -well divided, wav ering from time to lime according to the varying news. Soon afar Cronje’s cap ture there was much discouragement in the Boers Aurics and detectives were called in to arrest many deserters. The clergy had difficulty in accounting for the ap parent withdrawal of divine help. One min s er in Pretoria i* said <o have put forth this novel exp a nation: “Th Boer people have displeased God," he said, “and G.d had gone out to lunch that day. But He is sfill on our side; we have Him fist; He It tied up, uni we will not let Him go; we will never let H m forsake us again." Allen Sangree. A PROGRESSIVE MUSICALS#. Tli© Idcn Originated With a Clever Girl, Who Had Tried and Tired of All the Old Ways of Entertaining. The unique quality of this musicale af fair appeared first of all in the invita t'ons. For the little note sheets, upon which these were written, showed, In place of a monogram, a bar of music cleverly sketched with pen and ink. It required very little musical ability to dis cover that each bar was the same; that the notes were taken from a well known song, and s;ruck upon the piano, said: “Won’t ycu come and play with me’ There were six tables of a s'.za to scat four persons, and these were arranged exactly as f r euchre, hearts, cr any game placed progressively. At the iirst table the players wore con fronted with a set of delightfully ingen ious cards, each giving the name cf s.me well known musical composition, arrang ed in chaiade. That is, p.oture* had been cut from books, newspapers and maga zine sand rasted upon the cards in such a way as io suggest the name of a song or instrumental piece known to every © v. e. For example, an advertisement of a special i rand of honey pasted upon a slip, bearing also a head of lovely Marie An toinette, stood for the cnce popular song, of “Sweet Marie.” “Daisy Bell’’ was suggested by a sketch of field daisies and a picture of the Lib erty bell. A likeness of the father of his country and ano her of a United States mail box gave “The Washing ten Pest.” A little map of Kentucky and a famous loaf cut from a well knowrn bread adver tisement told that ‘ She Was in Old Kentucky.” The sketch of a raccoon copied from a magazine article hinted at “An Alabama Coen’’ to any quick witied contestant. There were twenty-five of these cards, all p anned upon the same principle and all enjoyable, po'hing being offered that was too difficult Lr the average thinking Tablets and pap rs were found awaiting the i>ia>ets, and the two young people who, in fifteen minutes, divined correctly the largest number of names, progressed to the next table. Here another form of contest, also, of course, musical, had been prepared. Twenty-five pictures and photographs rep resenting well-known ringers in opera roles lay waiting to be classified. The name of the actor or actress and that of the character enacted were required to constitute a perfect guess. Cleverer still, if possible, was the con tent at the fourth table. Here the guests found a basket tilled with slips of paper. l r pon each slip was written a bar or two of some popular composition. Every girl and man, whether or not a practical per former, “picked out” bits of popular or classic music on piano, banjo or violin, so that no one among the number found iM- feature beyond their abilities. The fifth table tested all wits by cards, on whicn the names of celebrated compos, er* were at ranged in anagram or pi. That is, the letters of each name were so jum b'.ed as to require a deal of agility in straightening them out. Thus Mozart be came Ratomz. Schubert appeared as Terhbusc. Wagner masquerades as Ne graw, ond Chopin ns Inpoch. The excitement of untangling these bad snarls kept the fun in swim until the bell rang—a signal for progression to the sixth nnd last table. At .the sixth table it was the physiog nomies of the great composers, which put divination powers to the test. Often as one sees the likenesses of the masters, and well up one may be, it requires full meas ures of wfileawakeness to be able to dis tinguish among a number of faces thrown indiscriminately together. The pictures were numbered to facilitate the arranging of names guessed. All prizes awarded were chosen appro priate to the musical motif of the party. Copies of the favorite songs of the day or of classic pieces, autobiographies of fa mous musician® or singers and photo graphs of the master® in music were given. Little bonbonnlers taking the shape of musical instruments—violin*. banjoes, harps and even miniature pianos, were ofi fered as consolation prizes to those who failed. —Belgium has hd a strange experience; many districts have been visited by huge swarms of large-winged insects, variously described as dragon flies, locusts and “demoiselles.” In Brussels boys collected in crowds and carried on a regular battue with switches. 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I science knows LiebiG I COMPANY’S EXTRACT of Beef I Signed iB b,ue I Sevenoaks Snooks. He Came to Grief Through Forget ting to Be Honest, BY CHARLES DATTELL LOOMIS. I'd hat© to say that Sevenoaks Snooks of Upham was a downright wicked boy. I don’t suppose that he thought he was wicked—many of us are wicked without realizing it, but he was old enough and shrewd enough to have known that the things that he did in the matter of Alon zo Freeland’s liorse were not the things that a really good boy would do. It all came about through the power of turning things to stone that he pos sessed, like many fairies of the present day and many witches of the past. We’ve all heard of' Pygmalion, who turned a statuo into a living being, but so far as I know no Yankee boy but Sevenoaks ever possessed th© opposite gift, and in a place like New England, where there is stone enough in all conscience such a gift w r as distinctly out of place. When Sevenoaks discovered that he had this power he said nothing about it to any one, but after that every now and then farmers in ihe vicinity found petri fied frogs and toads and snakes when they were plowing, and although the lo cal wise men accounted for them very satisfactorily as remains of the stone age, no one ever happened to hit upon the real reason for their petrification. It Is a wonder that he never used his power on people. If he did, one of the won ders oC* the world might have been a farming community done in stone, with perhaps a score of sleeping beauties among them—for Yankee maids are very pretty. But it was only when he de sired to that he could transform objects, and then they did not remain stone for a very long time. That 18 why sundry stone toads that were presented <o the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Museum of Art in Boston have dis peared. They turned to flesh and hopped away. Just nfter Sevenoaks discovered his power a Mr. Edward Everett Jones of Boston bought u hundred acres of land in Upham and put up a veritable palace on It, with stables and lawns and gardens and ponds and shrubs and trees and sum mer houses until you couldn’t count them without getting a headache. This Mr. Jones was fond of encouraging young men. and he also employed all the people in the neighborhood to work for him so that his money would do good to those who lived near him. One day Sevenoaks w f ae* helping his fnther. who was setting out some trees in front of Mr. Jones’ house. Mr. Jones came out and said: “Good morning. These are fine, healthv looking trees. I think that when this place is finished I ought to be proud of it, don’t you?’’ “Yets, sir.” said Mr. Snooks, “but it’a a pity you couldn't get some of those iron statues to put up. They're very pretty when they are whitewashed. Makes ’em look like marble.” “I dare say.” said Mr. Jones, smiling as if there was a joke somewhere in sight, “but I think that paint is better than whitewash, and, really, when you come down to it, marble 4s better than iron.’’ “Yes, but marble’s expensive 'round here since the quarries were worked out.” “And sculptors are scarce, too,” said Mr. Jones, laughing, and then he went info the house. But this conversation had put a mis chievous idea Into Sevenoaks’ head. That afternoon he found Mr. Jones feeding his goldfish -in the artificial pond, and he said to him: “Mr. Jones, I'm pretty handy with my chisel, and here’s a frog that I carved out of a chunk of marble.” And as he spoke he handed a white mar ble frog to Mr. Jones. It was as beauti ful as such a hideous thing could be, and Mr. Jones, thinking of the workmanship, was lost in admiration. "My boy. where did you study? Dear, deer. I wish my friend MacMonnies could see that.” “Oh, that Isn’t anything,” said Seven oaks. “I could show you a marble cat that was much harder to do.” “Bring it to me and I’ll pay you a good price for it. w Now', of course, iSevenoaks was telling lies, but as yet he had no wish to make money fraudulently, so he said: “I don’t want to sell it, but I’ll be glad to give it to you. You’ve given us work, and we have no use for marble cats, for they can’t catch rats " “Not even marble ones, T suppose.” said Mr. Jones, laughing. "Well, I’ll be glad to look at the cat.” the frog for a paper weight, sir," said Sevenoaks, and ran off home to get the cat.. The cat was still alive. She belonged to no one in particular, but lived a roving life, dining for the most part on birds and field mice. Sevenoaks found her chjrled up asleep under a maple tree. He stroked her fur gently and thought of her as a marble cat, and in a moment she was a marble cat. But such a piece of marble as no sculptor, from Thorwaldsen down, ever thought of carving. Every hair was ns fine as it had been in life; her whiskers stood out straight and the small hairs In her ears were all there, but in marble. Mr. Jones could not say enough about it. “My boy. you are without doubt the leading sculptor in the world.” For a moment Sevenoaks wished t u at he vns. He had a love for the beautiful, and he wished that he could have curved this c?t with mallet and chisel instead of doing It by mysterious power. "Boy, I’ll give you a hundred dollaia for this,” said Mr, Jones. This was a temptation, and Sevenoaks fell, luecau.se ono hundred dollars *o h m was as much as ten thousand would he io you, my son, ard ns the cat had been a vagabond, he handed her over to Mr. Jones, who gave him in return a cr so hundred dollar bill. "Thanks, awfully, sir. Would ynu like to see a horse that I’m at work at?” "I would, indeed. I mean to follow you up.” "I hope not too quickly," said SVven onks to himself, “or I won’t havo time to change it.” But, out loud, he said: "Como to mv shop this afternoon, if you will, sir, end I’ll be glad to ahow it to you.” Sevenoaks ran off home, and Mr. Jones carried his marble cat into the house, put it down on his center table aiul sut and admired it for two hours. As for Sevenoaks he scampered off home and hastily gut some pieces of mtrble out of an abandoned quarry that lay back f his father’s house. These Ik* scatt red around hi® father's workshop. .Mr. Snodc* had been a stonecutter when the quarry was In operation. The boy had merely meant to have a little fun with Mr. Jones, and until the latter had paid him the money he had not expected to carry the joke very fa*. Bar now, in addition to lying, f r w. Ich is was sorry, he had added the ra h< r e'lras offense of getting money under false p e tenses, and for this he was not eo.ry at all. About supper time ho saw Mr. Jones coming In his road wagon to see the piece of sculpture, and there was no hor-e to show' him. The boy was puzzled for a moment, but he happened to see Neighbor Freeland's white horse Dandy in {he or chard, whither he had strayed after the rich grass that grew there. He hastily grabbed some lumps of sugar from the kitchen pantry, and with it he enticed th© horse into the workshop, an dwhile the an imal’s face Atill retained the eager look that comes to them when they smell su gar, he stroked him into white marble. This done, he put on his father’s work apron, and when Mr. Jones drove inlo the barn yard ho was just putting the finish ing touches to the horse's hock with th© chisel. If Mr. Jones had admired the cat he was at ar loss for words to express his wonder at the horse. “Why, boy," said lie. “there’s nothing like it in the world. 1 know all the great sculptors and there’s not one who wouldn’t give his boots to be able to do that horse. Could you do a Washington and set him astride of it?” For an Instant Sevenoaks was tempted to ask Mr. Jones to get up and be turned into marbl© but as a marble man would not be able to pay for n marble horse he decided not to attempt it. It would take too long to tell you how Sevenoaks (which name, by the way, ia pronounced as if it were spelled -n-o --o-k-s.) kept Mr. Freeland from missing his horse, or how, with help from Mr. Jones' workmen, he dragged the statue on a stone boat up to the rich man's place. He reached there that evening without accident and without either his father or Mr. Freeland having the slightest suspi cion of what he was up to. That night Mr. Jones telegraphed to nil the prominent sculptors in New York, Philadelphia and Boston to come to th© unveiling of the greatest statue in the world, which event wns to take place next day. All night long his workmen busied themselves in placing the heavy piece of marble on a ten-foot pedestal that had been intended for another statue. In the morning an American flag was thrown over horse and pedestal, and Mr. Jones was ready for his visitors. He had,' of course, invited Sevenoaks to be present, and when the sculptors came he introduced the boy to each on© in turn and showed them the marble frog, in order to whet their appetites for th© greater things 10 follow. The frog mode quite a sensation, and Mr. Jones led them into the houes to look at the cat. It was gone. It had come to life a few minutes before, and at that moment was in an elm trying to induce a robin to furnish a light breakfast for one. Mr. Jones was much distressed at the theft of his marble oat, but he concealed his feelings admirably, and invited all the guests to witness the unveiling. Af ter that was over he intended to find out who had the cat. Sevenoaks, at a word from Mr. Jones, disappeared beneath the flag. Then he clambered to the back of the hors ft and loosed the string that held the flag In place. Above him waved the branches of the elm In which the marble cat, mar ble no longer, was prowling. The banner fluttered to the ground, and the group of artists clasped their hands and opened their mouths in token that they were looking at the most perfect piece of curving that had ever been done jince the lays of Grecian pre-eminence. “Isn’t the boy a wonder?’’ said Mr. Jones, proudly, and Sevenoaks on his lofty perch smiled a beaming smile. “flow much do you think I ought t© pay Mm for this piece of work?” aelced Mr. Jones. The scu knew that th ir host was rit h and they knew what a price the s atue would fetch in ten years, so The greatest cf them, whose name escapes me, raid “SIOO,OOO is not too much to pay for “ “9o I think,” said Mr. Jones, and he put his hand info his pocket to draw out the money. Most of the artists thought it was very had taste In him to pay the boy 1n public, but Sevenoaks was glad to g.-t SIOO,OOO at any time. He had never had s> mu h morey in his life, hecau-e he was cue of ten brothers ard ssters. and his father and and net believe in unlimited po:ket money. But it was not destined that he should receive the ill-gotten gains. Just as he nut cut his hand to take the money Miss Pussy sprang for the robin, and missing her hold, dropped, c awing and mlewing upon the horse’s flank, and the touch < f her t air ns roused him to life Ho laid back his cars, arched his neck, opened his jaws, aid with a wld whinnv he sprang from the pedestal with the boy on his back and thundered ever the law’n and down the and out of sight. S v • noaks who was used to riding horse back. dug his knees into the horse’s sides and clutched his mane, and the artists burst out laughing, supposing that the whole affair was a huge Jcke. But it was no joke to Sev< noaks. M*>be, he was not hurt; maybe he is yet riding and enjoying the ride, for Dandy was an exc llent saddle horse, but of that I can tell you nothing, for from the time that he d'sappearpd beyond th© rustic bridge that creases the pond of the goldfish, no one that/ I ever heard of saw the b:>y again. COOKING V 1 :GETABLES. The Way to Make Them Tender, Green and Savory. It Is very much easier to cook vegetables right than wrong—the trouble is, most cooks ignore the fine points of the process. One is never to cook a wilted thing, if it is In any manner possible to revive it. Whether things come from the home gar den or the market, they are the better for standing in fresh cold water until they ate crisply plump. Wilted tissues al ways cook tough and stringy, to say noth ing of lacking one-half the proper fla vor. Another thing worth knowing is the dif ference it makes to havo the water boil ing briskly when the green stuff goes into it. Still another 1* the importance of skimming. No matter how carefully things have been prepared, in boiling they will throw off waste and effete particles, which rise as froth, and unless removed In time either cake upon the edges of the stew pan or encrust what is cooking within it. The skimming needs to be done within the first ten minutes after putting things over the fire. Do not put on lids unless there is extreme need of haste. The ap plies even to Irish pot a toe*, which are, however, very much better steamed than boiled. Cauliflower Three Ways—Trim carefully and soak at least an hour. Take out of the cold water, plunge up ard down in scalding water, then drop into br.skly boiling water, and keep it boiling b ird for twenty minutes. Take out the cauliflower cut the heads into quarters or eighths, ar range the piece® neatly In a very hoi deep dish, then pour over them a cup of rich melted butter, made thus: Work a scant spoonful of sifted flour into a heap ing spoonful of the best butter, add a dust of cayenne, a goed sprinkle of black pep per, and half a cup of the water the caul iflower was tailed in. Stir smooth an<l dip by spoonfuls over the cauliflower, pop the dish Into a hot oven for about two minutes then takeout, sprinkle thickly with grated cheese, and serve at once. Those who like toast with almost everything can vary thl* by putting a lining of toast in the dish. In thn{ case it is tatter to add the cheese before setting in the oven, and to leave the vegetable® there until the cheese browna slightly. Second Way—Boll for twenty-five min utes. then cut up. and lay closely tn a very deep covered dish, made very h<t. Dot the cauliflower thickly with butte\ into which you have worked the Juice rf a lemon, and black and rel |>epper. Cov r at once, let stand in a warm flare two minutes-, then serve in Individual plat ers, passing with it grated cho#* and tcast ed brown bread. Third Way—lioil u large head twenty seven minutes., take out, have whole, i t cool, then not on Ice. Make a French dressing, using lemon Juice instead of vinegar, and flavoring it liberally with cayenne. your head of cauliflower, • tom downward. In a bowl, sco..p d©rp hit from the middle of It. and pour the dressing in the hole. Let stand for fin minute® before serving. To mk® it CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON I Contagious Blood Poison is the most degrading and destructive of all diseases, as it vitiates and corrupts the entire system tlhe first sore or ulcer is followed by little red pimples on the body, mouth and throat become sore, tk glands enlarge and inflame, copper colored splotches appear, and hair and eyebrows fall out. These ar som~ of the milder symptoms ; they increase in severity, finally attacking the vital organs ; the body i tortured with rheumatic pains and covered with offensive eating sores. It is a peculiar poison, and so highly contagious that an innocent person handling the same article' used by one infected with this loathsome disease, may be inoculated with the virus. It can be transmitted from parent to child, appearing as the same disease or in a modified form like Eczema or Scrofula. Many art old sore or stubborn skin trouble appearing in middle life, is due and traceable to blood poison contracted in early life. You may have taken potash and mercury faithfully for two or three year and thought you were cured, but you were not, for these poisonous minerals never cure this disease ; the drive it from the outside, but it is doing its work on the inside, and will show up again sooner or later gom?r^ A AI^ e writ?sl X°“ nl ? y not reco S°. ize AS l . he sani * old taint, but it is. S. S. S. has cured thousands of cases o * several years ago i Contagious Blood Poison, and it will cure you. It is the only purely vegetable blood purifier known was inoculate© with and the only antidote for this poison. S. S. S. cleanses the blood thoroughly of every particle of th. poison by a diseased poison there is never any return of the disease, nurse, who infected * lon £ b vcrs’'iuffcrrd fS iffctf' F AT Sencl for our Home Treatment book untold misery. My vUifftiL BvL ik E. 1 / 1 Kil'lsfivS J a which gives a history of the disease iu a! body was covered with * stages, and is the result of many years o era!physlcia'us treated closr stud - v of hlood P°ison and actual experience in treat- me, but all ,o no puring >• Yon can cure yoarself perfectly and permanently lE&SHk pose. The mercury aud at home, and your secret is vour own Should you need ■ j A seemed Vo'adSVue ”o a “y information or medical advice at any time, write to n(k L, 9liL T tlie awful flame which our physicians. They have made a life study of blood Nfc&N- 4 .. * ‘>/?%. was devouring me. diseases, and will give your letter prompt and careful . s n s S s ad lbeva“ ak° atten '- ion - Consult them as often as you please ;we make Kc ing it and improved no charge whatever for this service. All correspondence is ■jy N*' 1 f *4l!'fjli from the atart, and a conducted in the strictest confidence. complete and perfect *' *- -m cure was the reault." Address. SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA. GA highly ornamental, use a clear glasu bowl lined with lettuce, and lay aiound the white hoad small bright red tomatoes, on© for each person, scalded and peeled, but not sliced. Beans Two Ways.—Wash the b-ans in two waters, then soak before stringing. Break them in inch lengths, and boil un til tender in well salted water. Drain very dry, then put them back in the ©tew pan with a light seasoning of red and black pepper,and . tablespoonful of the best s 1- ad oil to every quart of beans uncook el. feet them over slow the for five minute, stirring most of the time. Turn out Int > n hot dish upon very crisp toast, and serve with either quartered lemon • r pep per vinegar. Instead of the o 1 fat la con may be used. Try half a dozen slices crisp without burning them, then put the drained beans in the bacon gravy, and stir well over the until it is ab sorbed. Serve on a hot dish with ihe ba con laid on top. along with hot corn bread and sliced cucumbers in vinegar. Second Way—Boil the bean© nfter stringing until tender, drain and put in> a deep dish with alternate layers of sliced onion and very thin bacon. Bake until the. onion Is well done. Serve hot with corn bread and strong pepper sauce. Beets—Wring off toj>s and tap-root in stead of cutting, so the beets will not bleed 4.00 much In cooking. Boil until very tender, and be sure the water is not too salt, drop In cold water, peel and set on Ice until wanted. They may be served half a dozen ways, ©Heed with vinegar, as a salad, or mode very hot ami dressed with melted butter and lemon jirice. Do not mistake melted butter for drawn but ter. Anything with flour in it spoils a beet. Melt the butter with a very little hot water, say a teaspoonful to the tablespoonful of butter. Beat in th© lem on Juice thoroughly, adding u dash of white nnd cayenne pepper, also a littl* sugar, un leas the beets are very swe*t. By choosing red and yellow beets of equal size and shape, slicing them in half lengthwise, and arranging them to alter nate around the dish, you may make it very decorative. Another way is to make a rich meat gravy by slewing half a pound of round steak to rags in a pint of water, taking out the meat, then thicken ing the liquor with a tablespoon ful each of butter and cream, and pour It over th© sliced beets, after which they must l>e baked for ten minutes in a very hot oven. Dust wflth white pepper just as they go to table, and either serve with, quartered lemon or squeeze a lemon over th© dish. SCIENTIFIC CORSET MAKING. It Guarantees to Turn Ont nn t p-to- Date Fashion Venus. New York. June 22.—‘How to put a wo man weighing 185 pounds into a gown that looks as if it were meant lor one weigh ing fifty pound® less is no problem at all to the diessmaker who knows her busi ness. She gives Mrs. FalsUff a critical but not unho|>eful survey, bids her bear up under her pink and white burden, hands her the address or a corset maker around the cor ner and goe on cutting out the pi ©posed frock on a scale of measures that Mrs. Falstaff in all her years of fat matronhood never dared, even dreamed about. But the corset maker knows her business, 100, and she is the person by one pull of the silk stay lacers transforms a perfectly grotesque 'figure into a thing of beauty with long, lovely lines, rounding hips, a softly curving, well proportioned bust and a straight, graceful back. If ahe i a fairy godmother for the fat woman her gifts are no less generous to the thin ones, and she has accom plished it all by the simple secret of get ting the right lines and taking a grip in the right place. A long waist, very fiat hii>, a narrow, bock and lowest bust is the figure of the up-to-date fashion Venus, and to accomplish these proportions for every woman rome marvelous engines of beauty have had.to be built, dea island cotton, coutille, satin coutille, silk sail cloth, hand-woven linen, satin brocaded silk, a little, very highly tempered steel and the best Greenland whalebone put to gether wit h lots of true genius is the receipt for the new corsets that turn Mrs. Fulmar? or any other of her sex into Queen Titania. The stout woman is not allowed, by tho scientific corset maker, to wear satin nnd brocade. Jt is too bungling, the thinnest, toughest coutille woven is necessary, and the front of the stay is cut with the straight busk. Though cut so low at the bust the stout woman’* corset Is very long be'ow the waist. Her hi|u are put under a tremendous pressure by mean® of linen flap® that lace In front over the abdomen or by the unusually long bell-shap© cou tille skirt* that are laced up in the rear separately from the upper half of the stay. No pressure at all Is put on the abdo men, or the stomach or the ribs, but the waist is made to look smaller because It is lengthened. The line of the whole btdy is ro artfully changed that it en t roly deceive* the eye, and after s'.ou h nr Ilka u tet'ilng hen. the fat woman sudd* rly finds ail her flesh supported and If body smartly brought up Into the p>- sition of a West Point cado on pernio 1 here la no brace to lazy shoulder blades like this new corset, and the ob ject of the lonffc closely revved down hip casinr is to do away with a growth of flfe'h ttare, for the modern fashion commandment rays "thou shalt have no hlrs.” After wearing these lengthy, cruel Poking but ia r al ty gloriously comror;- allo stays for a while the biggest cushions a’ound the waist begin to yl* Id *o the I rcssurs. But it is not only the menu* m nts of fb*-h who go to these corset makers for reduction The crooked back ed and short walsted and the woman who has not much more figure in the dr *- maker* eyes than h s hoo! hoy. send up daily offerings of high price* at the smart corsetieie’s shrine. She is go and to them ail and she w 11 locate a w detline, If you pleas*, two inch** farther d’Wn than you e er h and It I efo e; she make* a s ectal < orset for wearing with tailor dre-ses nnd a charm ng pompadour stay for the *.ebiitar t' wth a bro m-fetlck figure. The pompadour put* on hips by means of ait *chtd side flop", has a front e aefiy like the corsets Louis XV’s favorite wore ard is altrgether one of the m st <; 1 ate ronf*etloiH to • th* toilet that sartpria! ivt has yrt | roduc and Ac ord ng to new <•' def r figure making none of ihe?*e e <n for The thd ixs' w-men, is ever pad* dd. Arty iddln? dune must go In the towr, but on the stay never, for it Is the faith of the modern corsetlere that whftt a woman’s body Is held upon cor rrc: 1 nes she Is bound to grac< ful, what her fat or thin, and the dres mak<r must put in th® rounding proportion*. •Vanny Ender*. i spas loi ia 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga., April 26th, 1903 Columbia Drug Company, Savannah, Ga.: Gentlemen—lt gives me pleasure to heartily recommend “Infant-Friend Powder," and to ‘Tlve to you a singu lar little coincidence connected with lit. During the Cotton States and Inter national Exposition 1 was presented with a little box of this powder, and was ®o pleased with it that I was ex ceedingly anxious to get more, but on looking at the box I found nothing but Savannah, Go., no other address. I have often wished I knew where fo get It. Thitf morning’s mail brought your circular with enclosed sample. I immediately referred to ray box, and found it wo© the “Infant-Friend Pow der.” It Is without doubt th© best pov.der I have ever used. Respectfully, MRS. Win. KING. For sale by nil Druggists. Manufactured by COLUMBIA DRUG COMPANY, Savannah, Ga. CUBAN WATER | MONKEYS, j Ell LOVELL’S SONS, 1 113 BROUGHTON STREET, WEST. & R Neal, r. P. Millahd, President Vice President Hknuy 13LU!f, Jr Sec y and Tree*. NEAL-11IIIARD CO. Builders’ Material, Sash, Doors and Blinds, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Ciass and Brushes, GUILDERS' HARDWARE. Lime, Cement anlPlaster, •h? •> WkltakCT llrnu. KATAJIXAIB, •*. COMFORT For your stock The fly season I* now on us and the time to use Tough on Flies, a lotion when applied will prevent your horses ond cattle from being pestered. Try It ond be convinced. HAY. GRAIN, BRAN. COW FEEDi CHICKEN FEED. etc. T. J. DAVIS, Phone 223. P* Bay street, west. BRENNAN BROS., WHOLESALB Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc. 122 BAY STRUCT. Wot. Telephone ASS. a I W?.z YOURSEIFI I t'* TAs G for uuuaturei | diNrhArß'**, in Mari'miitioQ*, I IrntatioiiM or ulcoration* of in ik v oit uicmbrnuo*. Fainicea, uml not aatriu* Jd fp-nt or polio non*. ■r Wold toy I>ruirirlta v I - or iwnt in plain wrapper. Dr expnwi. eiapaM. tot y r * bottle*, i*.7ft. * Circular ant ou roouoffc ~OPIUWI Morphine and Cocaine habits cured pain lessly In 10 to 20 days. The only guaran teed painless cure. No cure no pay. Address. DK. J. H. HEFLIN. Locust Grove. Ga! j. and. weecmTco gAtANXAU. (aA. Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose. Agents for NEW YORK RUBBER BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY. LEOPOLD ADLER. C. B. ELL.IL President. V!ee President. W. b\ M’CATTLET. Cashier. THEGMTHfIMBfINK SAVANNAH. Will be pleased to receive the accour cf Merchants, Firms. Individuals, Ban:. . and Corooiatlons. Idbetal favors extended. Unsurpassed collection facilities, Uxr:- lne prompt returns. Sep'rate Savins D'rartraenl ISTICItIiST UIUI'IItAUKU „UA: thru os riKPoaiTa. Bafety Deposit Boxea and Vaulta f en-r /-/."..osnondence solicited. The Citizens Ban OF ©At AANAti. , ru . CAPITAL, 5500,000. kl irtti, ..4UkJ j Uuelnesi. Solicit* Account* of Indtvldnr Merchant*, Uanki uul other Corj . ration*. Collection* handled with afe;t economy and dlapntch. lutcrcMt compounded quarter'* allowed on depoiiit* In oar Savin * Department. Safety Deyoalt Iloxc* and Storai Yau It*. BR ANTLEY A. DEN MARK, Preafldex U MILLS B. LANE, Vice Preeideaf. GEORGE C. PIIREMAN, Cahlcr. GORDON L. GROOVER, A mmt. CAshtr SOUTHERN lANi of lb, Stale of Georg,*. Surplus and undivided proflta— ...—1338 Üb.ruHiJ.Utir üb' TUB dTAXRI t., GEORGIA. Superior facilities lor transacting a General iianklrig ctualner* collections incite on at, points accessible through bangs end banker, ettumu., u ..ain.s ( . ,a,.ko.s. Merchant and others solicited, bafo Deposit lioxt lor rent. Department of Savings, Interest payabi quarterly. Bells Btearllng Exchange on London c •nd upwards. JOHN FLANNERT. President. HORACE A. CRANE. Vloe President JAMES SUET.IVAN. Cshler. DIRECTOR3: JNO. FHANNEUf. WM W. GORDON. E. A. WEIL. W. W. GORDON. Jr H A. CRANE. JOHN M. EGAN. LEE ROY MYERS. JOSEPH FERST. II P. BMART. CHARLES F.LLIR EDWARD KELLY. JOHN J. KIRBY. SrsihKßtt CAPITAL 9330,000. • Account* of bank*, merchant*, eorporr.- tlona and Individual* collolted. Savings Department. interest f aid auarterljr. Safety Doxes and Storay* Vaults fat rent. Collections made on all point, at rea sonable rates. Drafts sold on all th# chief cities *f the world. Correspondence Invited. JOSEPH D. WEED. President. JOHN C. It OWL AND. Vice President. — ' —a. No. lUO, Chartered, m* THE HIS ill it OF SAVANNAH. CAPITAL, LXJO.OOU. SUKPLUB, *lOO,OO. I'Mu.b aTATES DLPOSITOKX. J. A. O. CAKSON, PreLdent. HLJU.NE UOXtDON, Vice President. W. M. DAVANT, Cashier. Accounts of banks and bankers, mer chants and corporations received upoe the most favorable terms coneistent will •of.-- and constrvattve banking. THE GERMANIA BANK JAY A.Y *N Ari, Vi A. Capital xmooe Undivided profits oO.OOt Tins tank un..rs .ts evrvi-es to curporn* tuns, merchants and Individuals. lias authority to act as executor, aA* mtnlstrator, cuardlan, etc. Isnee draft# on the pi In.'pal cities ts Great Britain and Ireland and oo tha Continent. Interest paid or compounded quarterly on depodt. in the Having Lt partro.eaL oafety Poxes for rent. HENRY BETTN. President. GEO. W. TIEDEMAN. Vice Presides!. JOHN M. HOGAN Cashier. WALTER F HOGAN. Ass t Cashier. LEMON ST” Clack Eye. Pljreon and Coer Pea. Potatoes, Onions. Peanuts, and alt frulto and vegetables In season. Hsy. Grain. Flour. Feed. Rice Straw. Mairlo Poultry and Stool! Food. Our Own Cow Fnnd. efe. 113 and IIS BAY. WEST. W. D. SIMKINS & CO. Pennyroyal pills $ -A11.., U rt*** T ■'* W ! wr CHItfHKSTKfFS KNGLIsS hi ltk'.l) and (dolt) t**** 'SEItiS rj ,u ribbon. tSak# m> ntbr. kAie T*l •‘L. Sf9d(c*riia nnd Imltn. I / uT y° ttr arucfttu. or aMkilfet, In £as? 1 - Mention thU pntm Madison Matin’*. PMuXh *l4 fcjUl. iituw.l* k Oq., W fail, Sir VcltftAK 15