Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

18 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. THE MOKNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 1, J9OO. SISTER: READ MY FREE OFFER #Wlse Worth to Sufferers , From a Woman of Notre Dame, Inc?. I will mail, free of any charge, this Home Treat ment with full iuntnictioQs and the history of my © *l case to any lady suffering’ from female trouble. Yoc can mro yourself at home without the aid of any physician. It will cost you nothing to gir* the treatment a trial, and if you decide to continue it will only coat you about twelve cents a week. It wUI net interfere with your work or occupation. I have nothin l : tc sell. Tell other &aflcrrs of it— that Is all I ask. It cures ail, young or old. If you feel a tearing-down sensation, senje ci impending evil, pain la the back or bowels, creeping leafing ap the spiae, a desire to cry frequently, hot flaughwa, weariness, frequent desire to urinate* or if you haveLewrorrhea Whites), Displacement or Falling of the Womb, IVafuso, Scanty or Painful Periods, Tumors or Growths, address MRS. M. SUMMERS, NOTRE DAME, IND-, U. S. A., for the Frrb Treatment and Full Information. Thousands hesldas ra>lf hare cored thsmsejvoa with it. I send it in plain wrappers. TO r<OTPn&3 OP DAUGHTERS I erlJi explain a simple Home Treatment which speedily and effectually cures Green Sieknrn and Painful or 1% regular Menstruation in young ladies. It wiil urve you mrjnrty and ntgrnoe and tare your daughter the humiliation of explaining hr( troubles to others. Plumpness ajuri health always result from its use. Wherever yea (No I can refer roe to weK-lrsown ladies of yoer own state or county who know and will gladly till any a offerer that tnis Borne Treatment really cures all diseased conditions of cur doibato ter'a’sQCirauiem. thoroughly strengthens relaxed muscles n1 ligaments which cause dia> rtaownent. nnd Htjm*- - ns this oflfer will not be made again. Address fIRS.M.SUMMERS,Box 438, Notre Dame,lnck,U.S.A. 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 THE MORNING NKWt