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YOUNG MEN APPROVE IT.
THEY THINK THE SHIRT SLEEVES
BRIGADE A GOOD THING.
Many of Tlioae to W hom the Subject
lias Bern BrMchrd Hare Said
They AVIII Fall la—The Heat of
the Day Gore Added latereut to the
Dieeuiiiioii of the Project—lt Wna
Talked of Everywhere—Member,
ah!p Lists Are Heine Clrealated.
One of the Facta That Dleoara*ea
Applications for Membership.
The idea of the "Shirt Sleeve* Brigade,”
mentioned in the Morning News yester
day. excited much comment. Many young
men of Savannah are unable to see why
they should not be permitted to wear
shirts, without coats, as well as their sts
ters should wear Shirt waists.
The scheme was the talk in all the clubs.
The thermometer rose sulßtHently high to
make it interesting for ail those who were
enthusiastic beforehand on the subject of
shirts without coats, and the day detract
ed nothing from their determination. Short
of actually appearing without coats the
enthusiasm that the members of the
"Shirt Sleeves Brigade" had manifested
suffered no diminution.
From every knot of young men who dis
cussed the question there came offers to
join the brigade. The day was Just hot
enough to fire their enthusiasm and to
make them eager to become members. The
habit of the young women of the century
in wearing shirtwaists and the prohibition
that custom has placed upon men wearing
some similar garment formed the usual
subject of complaint.
There is no doubt about the fact that the
organization will have members a plenty
If the lists are circulated with sufficient
enthusiasm. There are enough young men
in the city who are anxious to Join the
organization to make it "large and influ
ential.” and whose habit of appearing on
the street without their coats will serve
to destroy the uneasiness that some of
the more timid would otherwise feel.
These young men have professed their
willingness to Join the brigade and say
that they will do so when the invitation is
presented.
The prospective members of the brigade
are rebelling already against the discom
fort of the hot coats that they are forced
to wear, and are looking forward to tho
comfort that will be theirs when they
are in a position to shed their coats and
appear in the streets in their shirt
sleeves. “It seems to me that tf I can get
a shirt and a pair of trousers that fit me
and a belt that will serve the same good
purpose, that this is all that the feminine
portion of the community can legitimate
ly require.
There is one discomforting circum
stance connected with the decision of the
young men Latterly one of the circuit
courts of Virginia has decided that a
railway company has the right to eject
from a first-class coach or passenger
•teamer one who "for any reason” the
company deems objectionable. The court
has decided ihat a man who appears in
the saloon of a passenger steamer with
out a coat comes within the rule and
forced him out upon the deck.
The passenger thus dealt with brought
suit against the company for damages, but
failed to recover. The decision of the
court was based on the somewhat peculiar
consideration Indicated above, that the
company had a right to exclude a person
for “any reason." If this be a proper and
correct construction of the law the Savan
nah seekers after comfort are In a rather
strained position. Fortunately they do
not believe that they can be hampered
legally by any such restrictions.
The organizers of the society reported
last night that they have received a num
ber of applications for memoerwhlp since
they first afforded the general public an
opportunity to Join. They contend that
their organization will include a very
large number of members within the next
few days and that after the time deter
mined upon as the day of inauguration
the spectacle of a man without a coat will
be so familiar as to excite no comment.
VOODUOIKM AMONG NEGHOES.
Colored Physician’s Plan for Its
Banishment by Every Known
Means.
Editor Morning New*: Having held the
office of city physician for nearly fp
years my practice was largely confined t>
the poorer and lesa intelligent class of col
ored people. During my term of office 1
endeavored to make the most of my time
end opportunity and to glean such facts
as would be of service In ameliorating In
some respects the present condition of my
race. In writing this I am deeply moved
by a spirit to reform and build up a bet
ter sentiment among them, in order that
in the future they will not go on groping
In utter darkness.
The peculiar form of superstition which
stands par excellence among tha colored
people is voodooism or witchcraft. It Is
quietly but effectively sapping the moral,
physical and financial life of a largo ma
jorty of the negro population. It came to
my notice dally when city physician—that
persons languish on their beds of sickness
day after day, even weeks after weeks,
and never see a regular pliyetclan till the
moribund state Is reached. I have quite
often asked the question, who has been
the attending phyalciao? Why Dr. Blank
Challenge Sale!
The sale’on shoes begun last week was unprecedented.
Those who have seen the cut prices are advertisers for my
store. "
All shoes marked in plain figures, and there is a saving of 50
per cent, by finding a selection.
See the great slaughter this week in Misses' and Children’s
Shoes. Tans and blacks. High class shoes, all.
Sale Begins Again To=morrow Early.
A. S. NICHOLS,
8 BROUGHTON. WEST.
or Pa Jones, as the case may be. an ig
norant person who is only known by the
credulous devotees among whom he plies
his illegitimate trade relentlessly and un
molested, and whose only knowledge of
therapeutics is a few nails, earth worms,
gun powder, pieces of hair, etc.
Such a condition of affairs must inevi
tably lower the moral tone of our race,
benumb their sense of right and wrong,
and finally reduce us to the lowest stage
of degrada tlon. This superstition has the
tendency to make them utterly disregard
all known rules of care for the sick. It
came to my own personal no
tice during the recent experience with
smallpox, ibat three persons who were
frequent visitors to a house where they
had gone to see a so-called voodooed
woman, were taken from that locality
with well-developed cases of smallpox.
What is true of smallpox is also true of
other contagious diseases. How can this
state of affairs be most effectually reme
died? I have three suggestions to offer:
First, law, secondly, the pulpit; thirdly,
education. Such laws ought to be enacted,
if not already extant, as will deter these
voodoo vampires from plying their
lucrative and debasing trade. 1 say lucra
tive for in many Instances these charle
tans command and receive better remun
eration for their services than regular
physicians. I respectfully call the atten
tion of the authorities to this deplorable
condition, and earnestly ask their co-op
eration. When these root doctors, as they
•re familiarly termed, know that they are
amenable to the law, and will be ha’J
accountable for such a travesty upon an
honorable profession, they will finally
cease to prey upon the ignorant and illit
erate ones.
Secondly, the ministers can wield an
inestimable influence upon their congre
gations. It should be enjoined upon our
people not how to die—for die they will—
but how to live, for as the fife has been,
so the death. Let them know that they
Imvs immortal soul?, a soul capable of
the highest spiritual development, but if
dwarfed by superstition and false ideas, it
wHI wither and perish. The teachers,
under whose tutorship the young ones of
our race are placed, should guard Jealous
ly their early training. Compassed about,
as they are, by such foolish notions and
ideas, they will finally drift into the old
self same channel, only to find that it
leads also to ruin and perdition. Each
teacher should inculcate into their inno
cent minds the danger and foiiy of su"h
superstitious whims. Remember too. that
Ignorance and superstition which are ou
growtha of darkness, ore the foremost
guards in subjugation.
I earnestly hope and trust that the most
intelligent ones among us will work in
cessantly for a better condition of affairs,
and although at first our task is a difficult
one, some day in the near future, the light
will dawn upon us and we shall have the
assurance that our energies and our ef
forts were well apent, and well directed.
Simeon P. Lloyd, M. D.
Y. M. C. A. BOYS WON 8 TO 4.
Defeated the High School Team at
Bolton Street Pork.
The T. M. C. A. and the High School
teams played a game of baseball yesterday
afternoon that resulted In a victory for the
Y. M. C. A., by a score of 6 to 4.
The game was very well attended, and
the fans, as usual, were very much in evi
dence. The sympathizers of the teams
wore colors, blue and white for the High
School, and blue and orange, for the Y.
M. C. A.
The game started out with what looked
as though it might be a frost for the Y.
M. C. A.’s, as Elton was very wild, and
with the somewhat nagged support that
he received, three runs were scored be
fore the third man was put out. When
the Y. M. C. A.’a came to the bat, how
ever, they went the other side two better
in the matter of runs, making five as their
share for the inning. After this both
sides settled down, and though there were
several bad plays at times during cue
game, there were some really excellent
ones, also, which were more than an off
set.
After the first inning John. Elton’s work
In the box was really the feature of the
game. He struck out 19 men against
Kehoe’s 9. The excellent batting of
George Elton and the fielding of Sholar
and Harmon were also noticeable fea
ture#. The line-up of the teams was as
follows:
Y. M. C. A. High School.
Elton, G first base Carellas
Lanier catch Riley
Leopold right field Burnette
flton, W short stop Houlihan
'oty, W. T second base Sholar
lehtffl left field Mouro
lunt center field Sullivan..
third base Harmon
Slton, J pitch Kehoe
Umpire—Mr. James Mclntyre.
WILL BE BURIED BY PYTHIANS.
Funeral of H. Rnyhonrn of Charles
ton.
Mr. R. Raybourn, a truck farmer on
the Waters road, died at the Savannah
Hospital yesterday morning from pneu
monia, after an illness of four weeks.
Mr. Raybourn had no relatives here. He
will be burled this afternoon at 4 o’clock
in the Knights of Pythias lot in Laurel
Grove Cemetery by Savannah Lodge No.
52. Mr. Raybourn had a brother at Mc-
Clelianville, S. C. He was a member
of Carolina Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pyth
ias of Charleston, at whose request the
Savannah lodge took charge of his fun
eral.
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Sunday and Monday:
Georgia—Fair Sunday end Monday;
warmer in northern portion Monday; va
riable winds.
Eastern Florida —Fair Sunday and Mon
day; variable winds.
Western Florida—Fair Sunday and Mon
day; freeh southerly winds.
South Carolina—Showers Sunday; fair
Monday; variable winds, shifting to south
erly Monday.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah.
Maximum temperature 5:40
p. 94 degrees
Minimum temperature 6:00
a. 75 degrees
Mean temperature 84 degrees
Normal temjeralure 81 degrees
Excess of temperature 3 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
June 1 27 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 186 degrees
Rainfall trace
Normal 21 inch
Deficiency since June 1 30 inch
Excess since Jan. 1 .48 inch
River Report.—'The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m.. (75ih me
ridian time), yesterday, was 14.3 feet, a
fall of 2.7 feet during the preceding twen
ty-four hours.
Cm ton region bulletin, Savannah. Ga.,
for the tw-nty-four hours ending at 8 a.
m., 75th meridian time, June 30, 1900.
Scations of |Mnx.
Savannah district. |Tem.|Tem.; fall.
Alapaha, Ga.. cloudy ....{ 92 | 75 j .01
Albany, clear | 05 j 75 | .00
Americus, clear j 93 ; 70 j .00
Balnbrldge, clear j 93 [ 70 | .00
Eastman, clear j 95 | 74 ! .00
Fort Gaines, clear | 93 j 74 \ .00
Gainesville, Fla., clear ..j 94 j 71 j .63
Millen, Ga., pt .cloudy ...| 95 j 72 j .00
Quitman, clear j 97 j 72 I .00
Savannah, clear ! 93 I 75 ? .00
Thomasville. clear | 93 i 74 j .00
Way cross, clear j 95 [ 74 j .00
Special Texas Rainfall Reports.—Galves
ton. .(2; Palestine. .14; Beaumont, 1.E0;
Brenham. .10; Columbia and Houston, TANARUS;
Corsicana, .14; Cuero, .02; Heame, .00;
Huntsville. .22; Kerrville, .06.
Heavy Rains—Beaumont, Tex., 1.60.
Corrected Data—Wajcross, Ga., June
29.-97 maximum temperature; 73 minimum
temperatures and .00 inches.
\ ;IXst. Averages.
| No . | 1 1
I 3t-!Max.lMin.|Rai
Central Stations. |tlons|Tem.|Tera.l fall.
Atlanta f | 70 f.is~
Augusta | 11 ( 92 | 70 | .48
Chariest on | 5 j 91 j 74 | .04
GalVeston | 28 | 94 j 72 j .14
Little Rock | 12 | 92 | 72 | .12
Memphis | 18 j 90 | 74 | T
Mobile | 6 | 90 | 70 | .02
Montgomery | 8 | 92 j 70 j .06
New Orleans | 14 j 90 j 70 | .04
Savannah | 12 | 94 | 73 j .05
Vicksburg | 11 j 88 j 70 j .01
Wilmington j 9 | 92 j 72 | .04
Remarks—Warmer over the New Orleans
and Montgomery districts; no marked
changes elsewhere, except higher night
temperatures over the Atlanta district.
Scattered showers.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations, June 30, 1900, 8
p. m., 75th meridian time;
Names of Stations. | T | *V |Raln.
Norfolk, ptly cldy | 72 | 8 | .00
Hatteras, cloudy | 76 j 10 | .76
YVilmington, cloudy j 78 j 6 j .58
Charlotte, cloudy | 74 | L |1.44
Raleigh, cloudy | 74 j L | .26
Charleston, ptly cldy....| 82 j 10 | .00
Atlanta, cloudy | 78 | 6 j .00
Augusta, ptly cldy | 90 | L j .00
Savannah, clear | 84 | 10 | .00
Jacksonville, clear | 84 | 12 | .00
Jupiter, clear | 82 j 10 | .00
Key West, ptly cldy j 82 | 6 j .00
Tampa, ptly cldy j 82 | L j .00
Mobile, cloudy | 84 i 6 | .00
Montgomery, clear j 88 | 10 | .00
New Orleans, ptly cldy.J 84 j 8 j T
Galveston, clear ] 84 [ 6 j .00
Corpus Christ!, ptly cldy| 84 j 20 j .00
Palestine, ptly cldy | 86 | L | .00
T. for temperature; V. for velocity.
H. B. Boyer, Weather Bureau.
ODD PLACES IN WASHINGTON.
UNCLE SAM’S BIG COLLECTION OF
AUTOGRAPHS.
Tlie Curious and Priceless Papers to
Be Found in the Departments.
Letters From Martha Washington,
John (Jnlney Adams, Aaron Burr,
Alexander Hamilton and Other
Notables of a By-Gone Century.
Bushels of Bibles and Confederate
Rrcords l.ineoln's I.ond-Claim
- nod Other Claims—Tons of Docu
ments Worth Tlieir Weight in
Gold—Other Matters of Interest.
Washington. June 29.—A great many of
Uncle Samuel’s most interesting posses
sions are never seen or heard of by the
thousands of strangers who annually vis
it his capital—nor indeed are they known
anything about by the average resident
of the District of Columbia. For example:
in the line of curious documents alone,
and old autograph papers describing the
inside history of every important evrnt
that has occurred during the last hun
dred years—some of them priceless and all
growing more and more valuable as time
goes on—there are enough filed away in
the various departments of our govern
ment to carpet any state in the Union, or
to stretch aeross-couivtry in a straight
line from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The
war department has every telegram sent
cut frpm the White House during the
Mexican, the civil and the Spanish wars.
Looking over a great book of these the
other day, I found some very interesting
reading including characteristic messages
from Abrahanv Lincoln, ‘in several of
which he mentions his son "Tad.” Gath
ered together In one room is the monu
ment of a dead nation, or rather the
mournful picture of a colossal failure—
the "Lost Cause" for which some true pa
triots squandered their hearts blood—in
all the papers of the Confederate govern
ment, as they wire captured at Rich
mond. There are several of George Wash
ington's diaries—to think that the Fa
ther of his country was addicted to such
school-girl foolishness!—all written in an
extremely neat and careful hand, with
somewhat stilted phraseology, according
to the fashion of the time, but not always
grammatical, nor even correctly sp lied!
There are Thomas Jefferson’s almanacs,
too, dozens of them, all crowded with
quaintly worded marginal notes, written
by himself if even the sin of covetous
ness is excusable, it is tight here, for ones
fingers fairly itch to appropriate one of
those almanacs or diaries. There are let
ters, pot a few, which ough; to be con
signed to the mer y of eternal oblivion,
for. if publ shed they would indelibly
smirch the characters of some of our
popular heroes of long ago. and drag
them down from the high pedestals they
occupy in the hearts of their country
men.
* * * • •
Tire archives of the pension office are
particularly rich in curious mementoes.
There are claims for government land,
s gned by A. Lincoln, Jefferson Davis.
Ulysses S. Gram and John A. Logan, all
for services in the Mexican war; together
with hosts Of others, pertaining to dates
ranging all the way from Revolutionary
days to ’6l-’Go. You will find among the
unique collection a paper showing that
James G. Blaine’s greai-granrlmother got
a pension for the service of her husband
in 1812: and if of patriotic ancestry, you
may come across forgotten data concern
ing your own forbears. There are bush
els upon bushels of soldiers diaries, from
the revolution down, sent by their des
cendants to prove the validity of pension
claims; and as many family Bibles, which
have served the same purpose. ,
In the earlier records of the Supreme
Court you find the frequent signatures of
Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton. Henry
Clay, Daniel Webster, Calhoun, Marshai,
Taney, Chase, and other great lawyers
of the past. Then there is the little book
In which ail of them signed their name*
when they were first admitted to practice
in the Supreme Court of the United
States. Get the clerk to show it to you—
he will 'do so readily enough; and if you
feel no yearning of the soul to break the
command, “thou shait net steal,” there
is too little human nature left In you for
this world—you belong to the better one
without delay! It is an ordinary-looking
blank book, about a foot and a half long
by six inches wide; its covers rusty with
years and its parchment-bound covers
eaten through by "the insidious tooth of
time.” The paper Inside is rough and
unruled, of poorer quality than that now
used by corner grocers to wrap soap and
cod fish In; its Ink has faded and pink
blotters between the leaves have discol
ored it in many places. But who would
not rather own it to-day than the new
est and finest gilt-edged triumph of iha
modern bookmakers art? The Supreme
Court record is exactly one hundred and
ten years old; and besides the priceless
autographs, it Shows the rise and progress
of one of the greatest institutions in our
country. You note that in the first twen
ty years of the Supreme Court’s existence
it had little work to do. During the first
year, not a single admission to Us bar
was recorded, and ihe next year only
two. Alexander Hamilton, one of the most
noted lawyers of his time, did not think
enough of the Supreme Court to apply
for entrance to it, till It had existed thir
ty-one yeans. Allen G. Thurman's name
is read among the few comparatively early
ones, on the thirty-fifth page; and after
that admissions begin to multiply amaz
ingly, and soon fill volumes instead oT
pages. Thus the Supreme Court work
sprung from absolutely nothing, into the
busiest and best-paying practice in the
country—such lawyers as ex-Presideni
Harrison, and many others equally wen
known, often receiving single fees that
run into tens, even hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
• •*•••
Most interesting of all, so far as orig
inal papers are concerned are the file
rooms of Congress. The House of Rep
resentatives preserves the original docn-*
mentis of all the papers connected with
its history from the very first—lncluding
every bill that has ever been introduced,
every petition Ihat has been presented,
every message that any Prsldent has sent
and the autograph report or the cabinet
ministers, away back to the days when
Washington waa President and Alexander
Hamilton managed tile treasury! Imagine
what an exhauStless mine of history and
wealth is here. These countless papers,
each fully “worth its weight in gold," fill
thousands of bound manuscript volumes.
The only man In the United States who
has any adequate idea of what is in them,
is the file clerk of the House. He has had
charge of them for many years, and lias
brought them out of chaos into something
like order; but one human life is not long
enough to become familiar with all these
millions of documents. They are now
classified as completely as can be, room
after room being walled with them. You
may climb story after story of narrow
iron stairs surrounded by the dead bones
of uast administrations, end finally, away
up under the dome of the great Capitol
building, where the light comes in only
through a glass-covered hole tn the roof;
and still the dry bones follow
you. Packed closely. on every
side, are ledger-like volumes, contain
ing the messages of earlier Presidents to
earlier Congresses—all the persona con
cerned In them long since gone to glory
together, strange, isn't iff—how the works
of men’s brains, the paltry Ink and paper
with which they bet forth their thoughts—
will endure for centuries after the hands
that wrote them have turned todust! Take
any one of these books at random from its
dusty niche and you are sure to find some
thing well worth an antiquarian’a- re
search. In half an hour, gleaning hap
hazard, here and there, I found historical
data enough to furnish writing materia]
for a year.
• ••••••
In the early days, not nearly so much
ceremony has observed in the writing of
state papers as now. Parchment was not
used, and the rough, brown, unruled pa
per, of all shapes ahd sizes, resembled
such as the parcels of to-day are wrapped
in. If you ask for it, the file clerk will
know Just where among these old state
papers to put his hand on an autograph
letter which Martha Washington wrote to
Adams, shortly after her husband's death,
and which Adams submitted to Congress.
It relates to the proposed removal of
Washington's remains from Mount Ver
non to the National Capital; and as you
read the trembling lines you can almost
see the, lonely widow of our first Presi
dent, sitting In her little attic room, from
whose one window she could overlook her
husband’s grave, with only her faithful
cat for company. You know she retired
to this room after her husband’s death
and kept it until she died, through sum
mer’s heat and winter's bold, because its
window was the only one in the house
from which she could see Che beloved
tomb. In this room she wrote the letter
which Is dated Dec. 31^1799—the same year
in which Washington “went up higher.”
The paper Is nearly square, originally yel
low, but faded after more than a century,
and slightly torn at the top. As every
body knows, the worthy widow Custis,
whom Gen. Washington married, was no
speller and her peculiar grammar was
never learned from any book; but this let
ter is so well spelled and put together
that it is probable Tohitrs Lear, Washing
ton’s private secretary, had a hand in it—
that he corrected Martha’s first draft and
she copied it afterwards. Here is a verba
lion copy of the letter whic'h the file clerk
kindly permitted me to make for readers
of the Savannah News:
"Mt. Vernon, Dec. 31, 1799,-Slr: While
I feel with keenest anguish the'late dis
pensation of divine Providence. I cannot
he insensible to the mournful tributes of
respect and veneration which are paid to
the memory of my dear deceased husband
—and as his best services and most anx
ious wishes were always devoted to the
welfare and happiness of his country—to
know that they were fully appreciated
and grutofully remembered, affords no In
considerable consolation. Taught by the
great example which I have long had be
fore me, never to oppose ray private wish
es to the public will, I must consent to
the request made by Congress, which you
have had the goodness to transmit to me;
and in doing this, I need not, I cannot,
say what a sacrifice of individual feeling.
I make to a sense of public duty. With
grateful acknowledgment and unfeigned
thanks for the personal respect and evi
dence of condolence expressed by Congress
and yourself, I remain, very respectfully,
sir, your mos<t obedient and humble sar
vant, Martha Washington ”
* •••■*■*
How like a hand stretched out of the
past Is this, laying bare a human heart
tided with human love and sorrow. Rever
ently we fold the fading paper, feeling
for the first time that Martha Washing
ton was not a myth, like the superlative
ly good characters in the Sunday School
books, but a real, living, loving, proba
bly faulty woman, like her sisters of to
day.
One whole room of the great capital
building Is devoted to testimony taken be
fore the Copferea.siotia! Committee on the
cmduct of the Civil War; and another
contains tiles of thousands of claims
glowing out or the same fraternal strife.
One class of these war claims alone
brought In upward* of 22.000 elalmanta,
Involving more than 363,000,000; therefore
the testimony is important. Many or ihe<e
documents arc confidential, and there la
u ihiid room, smaller than the other two
—so small and securely locked that It
locks Ike a prison cell—ln which this pri
vate correspondence Is kept. It Is chock
full of "unwritten history.” so to speak,
of which an expose even at this late day)
wou'd startle the country and maybe
bring on another un-civtl war. No use to
try to get In here, for neither wiles nor
hr.bes cun accomplish It. These papers
are as carefully watched and guarded as
die surp us of tba treasury, and tn all
the y ars not one has b,>rn lest.
Take my advice, on your next‘visit to
Washington and devote a day to prowl
ing around, .mouse-wise, among the mus
ty annals of ling ago.
SOMA
In epi€ song and
story the Soma of
Antiquity was lau
ded and glorified
as a
“Draught of
Immortality!”
“Beverage of
Continuous Youth.”
“Substance That
Sembats Death.”
m
Soma In the Vedlc hymn* of antiquity
who represents the Giant Soma plant (the
moon plant, or Ascleplus Acida), and one
of the greatest and most popular deities
of the Vedic religion. The reason for this
popularity must be sought for in the Im
portant part which the 9oma plant play
ed in the great Vedic sacrifices and also
to the extraordinary. Invigorating proper
ties of Soma, a beverage composed of the
juices of the Soma plant. The properties
are constantly described or alluded to in
the hymns addressed to Soma. Thus In
the hymns Soma Is said to exhilarate even
such mighty gods as Veshnu Varuna, Mi
tre. Indra and others, who partake of Its
juices. And In another the worshipers ex
claim, “We have drunk the Soma; we
have become immortal.” In other pas
sages the juice of the Soma plant is said
toe ”a draught of Immortality;” a bev
erage of endless youth," “a substance that
combats death.” For hundreds of years
the rediscovery of this plant of antiquity
has been eagerly sought by scientists, in
the belief that with its disappearance was
lost the only substance by which it could
be ever possible to create a veritable elixir
of youth. When, therefore, a little over
a year ago an accidental discovery reveal
ed the fact that the Identical properties
attributed to the juices of the Giant Soma
plant of India (hitherto believed to have
become extinct), could be reproduced
from the distillation of a newly found
plant which still exists in perfect growth
Inr a remote eection of the Vindhya moun
tains district of Northern India, a genu
ine sensation was created In the scientific
and medical world.
The results of the experimental tests
that were at once made as to tho fabulous
Invigorating qualities alleged to exist In
the juices of this plant, were of the most
startling character and distinguished Its
discovery as the most Important event
that had occurred since the epic period
when the praises of Soros of antiquity
were the theme of song and tradition.
Thors Is nothing that can be compared
with the importance of this discovery In
its bearing upon tho physical welfare of
the human race. And while Soma, as now
distilled, may not Justify tha miraculous
properties that were attributed to It in
tha epic period of India’s history, yet It
certainly gives to mankind a means of
prolonging the pleasures, freshness and
vitality at youth, and of maintaining the
mental brightness and physical strength
of perfect man and womanhood to a de
gree that Is little short of the miraculous.
■During the short time tha benefit* of ttfls
discovery have been placed at the disposal
of the public through a very aomplete
business system adopted by tfae syndicate
having Ms control It la aufe to say that It
has enjoyed the largest patronage that
was over before extended to any other
medical preparation. Sonia Is sold am)
controlled by the Abbo Institute, * Liber,
ty street, west.
Ocean SteamsniD 60.
-FOR-
New York,Boston
—AND—
THE EAST.
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations, ait
tha comforts of a modern hotel. EUsotrte
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
meals and berths aboard ship.
Passenger Pares irom SavannalL
TO NEW YORK—FIRST CABIN, uo-
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP, **J; gj|!
TEKMEDIATE CABIN, *ls; INTERME
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP, m,
STEERAGE, *lO.
TO BOSTON - FIRST CABIN. SM.
FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP, *M. is'.
TERM EDI ATE CABIN, *l7; INTERMB
DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP, *2* as
STEERAGE. *11.75.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to soil from Bavannah, Central
(90th) merldisn Mm- a- follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW 1 OiUL
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, MON
DAY, July 2, at 8 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
i TUESDAY, July 3, at 9 p.m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, FRIDAY
July 6, at 11:30 a. m. *
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, SATUR
DAY, July 7, at 12:30 p. m.
CITY' OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burr
MONDAY, July 9, at 2 p .m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins, TUES.
DAY, July 10, at 3 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett
FRIDAY, July 13. at 5 a. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, SATURDAY
July 14, at 6 p. m. ’
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher, MONDAY
July 16, at 8 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg
TUESDAY, July 17, at 8 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, FRIDAY
July 20, at 11:30 a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. DaggeK
SATURDAY, July 21, at 12 noon, *
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, MONDAY
July 23. ai 2:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY
July 24, at 3 p. m. *
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Bur*
FRIDAY, July 27 .at 5 a. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUR
DAY, July 28. at 6 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Dasgett
MONDAY, July 30, at 7 p. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, TUESDAY
July 31. at 8 p. m. *
NEW YORK TO BOSTON,
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Lewis, MON
DAY'. July 2, 12:00 noon:
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Lewis, FRI
DAY', July 5. 12:00 noon.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage.
WEDNESDAY. July 11, 12:00 noon
I CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage
MONDAY, July 16. 12:00 noon
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage
FRIDAY. July 20. 12:00 noon.
I CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage
WEDNESDAY. July 25. 12:00 noon
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savara.
MONDAY. July 30. 12:00 noon. '
This company reserves ihe right to
change lls sailings without notice and
without liability or accountability there
for.
Sailings New York for Savannah dally
except Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays
5:00 p. m.
W. G. BREWER. City Ticket end Pare
eager Agent, 107 Bull street. Savannah.
Ga.
E. W. SMITH. Contracting FrelgM
Agent. Savannah. Ga.
R. G. TREZEVANT, Agent, Savannah,
WALTER HAWKINS. General Agent
Traffic Dep’t, 224 W. Bay street, Jack
sonville, Fla.
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager, B*-
vennsh. On
V. E I.E FFVRE. Rnoerintendent NaW
Pier 35. North River. New York. N. T.
FRENCH LINE.
COMMIE GENERfILE TRUNMIim
DIRECT LIME TO HAVRE—PARIS (France)
Sailing every Thursday at 10 a. m.
From Pier No. 42, North River, foot Morton ■
I-a Touratne —July 5 La Champagne July 26
La (taicoirne July 12 L*Aquitaine. Aug. 2
I>a Hretagne.. .July ly La Tourame. Aug. 9
Paris hotel accommodations reserved for
company's passengers upon application.
General Agency, 32 Broadway, New York.
Messrs. VV llder A Cos.
S., T. I L OF R. RT UNO C. 8 S. ITT.
SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
For Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt, Montgere
ery, Cattle Park and West End.
Subject to change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE AND TENTH STREET.
Lv city for I. of 11. ; LvTiefe of Rope.
945 am from Tenth j 915 am for Tenth
10 15 am from Ten<h |lO jr, am for Tenth
11 DO am from Tenth jll 00 am for Tenth
100 prn from Tenth ; 100 pm for Tenth
200 pm from Tenth | 2CO pm for Tenth
2M pm from Tenth | 230 pm for Tenth
300 pm lrom Tenth | 300 pm for Tenth
380 pm from Tenth | 330 pm for Tenth
4no pm from Tenth | 400 pm for Tenth
430 pm from Tenth J 430 pm for Tenth
S(W (im from Teifl h | 500 pm for Tenth
530 pm from Tenth | 530 pm for Tenth
600 pm from Tenth | 600 pra for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth Igt 30 pm for Tenth
7 00pm from Tenth j 700 pm for Tenth
7 3<J pm from Tenth j 800 pm for Tenth
830 pm from Tenth | 9 (10 pm for Tenth
930 pm from Tenth |lO 00 pm for Tenth
10 30 pm from Tenth |HCOpm for Tenth
OF HOPE AND BOLTON BT.,
Lv city for I. of H !Lv. I. of HTfor B. it
via Thun & C. Park!via Thun & C. Park
800 am from Dolton ; 8 oo)Tm for Bolton*
230 pm from Bolton | 330 pm for Bolton
330 pm from Bolton 430 pm for Bolton
430 pm from BoKon | 539 pm for Bolton
530 pm from Bolton | 630 pm for Bolton
630 pm from Bolton | 730 pm for Bolton
180 pm from Bolton | 830 pm for Bolton
MONTGOMERY.
Lv city for Montg'ry| Lv. Montgomery.
10 15 am from Tenth ’! 935 am for Tenth”
100 pm from Tenth |l2 15 pm for Tenth
300 pm from Tenth | 230 pm for Tenth
630 pm from Tenth | 545 pm for Tenth
THUNDERBOLT AND MLB OF HOPE.
Commencing ut 3:00 p. m. car leaves
Thunderbolt every hour for Isle of Hope
until 8:00 p. m.
Commencing at 3:30 m. car leaves
Isle of Hope every hour for Thunder
bolt until 8:30 p. m.
THUNDERBOLT SCHEDULE.
Commencing at 7:00 a. m. car leaves
Bolton street Junction every 30 minutes
until 2:00 p. m., after which tlma car
leaves every 10 minutes.
Commencing at 7:30 a. m. car leaves
Thunderbolt for Bolton street Junction
every SO minutes until 2:25 p. m.. after
which time car leaves every 10 minutes.
The 10-mlnute schedule Ip maintained a*
long as travel warrants it.
WEST END.
The first car leaves for West End a*
7:20 a. m. and every 40 minutes thereafter
until I*oo a. m.. after which a car runs
In each direction every 20 minutes until
midnight.
H. M. LOFTON. Gen. Mgr.
CITY OF SAVANNAH POCKET MAP.
30 CKXTS EACH.
PRINTED IN TWO COLORS.
NICELY ROUND IN CLOTH AND
■TAMPED IN GOLD ON SIDE.
For Sale by
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