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CHILDREN OF THE RED CROSS. M • IHO*n TH *T KHi: MVKD Klum I’Hi: UAI.VBSTO* FLOOD. scenes and Incidents Connected Gnlscstnn Orphnn isylnm*. |lu>* Some of Ihr Untiles i;>in|iril ~i r wind anil llir Waves Thr D iunrr In Which They Arr kon |i liib I nred lor-llllor> of Some a i 1 him—Ollier Mutters of More Ikau I'aaaluii Interest. Oalieaion. Tex.. Nov. Unthinking entertain ilia Idea that after an> a .amity m which a huge numbe, f uvea were lust, many orulmna mini -ft without homes. A moment * reflee lion alii lOi.viuc# you that this cannot bu —for w u 1 not the smallest and weakest natura.ly he first to go? When wild bll iowf front five to twenty-five feel h.gh. euu I over ml* Island, two p.ng father* and mother* to ti.ulr death, nhut chanca had the -h.ldren? A few did escape, al nvs miraculously, while one or holt theti parent* were lost, and all of these * * * it.* well cared lor by dim lted Cross 1 lr * new department, not provided foi i . tile treaty of Geneva, and In this In t'.ar, e Is not Intended to be permanent— nly i HI suitable homes can be provided •or i •> children, or Galveston'* wrecked ,rpl. i *■* retailed. Ore inure lluof of the big. beautiful won tone building which the city de vote.. i h>d Ciocs uses, was imm dtatcly given up to the children, and in It evory ttofti ...ilf was C/difurtably housed. Hi i Hu >1 1. Galveston * various asylums were full; and of these, all the child •c s.,vxl were Immediately conveyed to t>- „ i tv largest orphanage was St M*r\ -I' .ill, down on ihe beach, a wile no tr.m town, of It* ninety-two chlh.r, ,s.ly thru- u aped. of the i,ean tiful ... !•• -s Vim h had sheltered g n rrafi i utile on .-, nothing re-malneu after that awful night of Sept 8. but on smpt) n e of wit sand, vv.tli here and their ip, of blaek role sand blue werk tng-wi ilutiviing from the trees. Btg'v ly-iw . .i. 11 I. a hies wile found s i-iei.d al-aig b o.h, and flue llvhg U.jj were | f •<! In a Get. the weakest hav ing hrnn lied to a branch by his compan ions 1 < the ten good sisters and several ssrvsi.'r, seven were found, scattered miles atari, and buried Wh, re they lay. tins Water had nine of the baby orphans -.led to her body with her el net ure. and others had one or two clasped lri then arms. Bister Kiixabcth was at market when the sti.nu b> gan. nd might easily have saved herself; but she Insisted on returning to her |ir*i>t of duty—ami. as It ptovid, to her death. The water was then rising so ri idly t..at she hud i go h,m on liorse-b.r k. and fur tno last mile or more the horse was forced to rwtoe bercssin Usftiayed by these pious woman Ia flr simple of hundreds of shall ir isrr The fi.ends of Rt Mary's hiwl c-,n --: Motion In the foot that the <lay of the t orn, w.ts the feast of our Lady s Na tivity. and nil the Rls.ers bad ibat morn l-ig r> elve-1 I ly communion The I'rsu- Une cottv.iit fared ..Itno-l * badly. Two und'isl and twtniy-si* bodes have since been .lb ,v,rd In is grounds, and doubt b s* iheie an many mote In the debris piled arounJ It—in sum- places higher Ilia:, the seen .i- tory windows Weeks nf'er the catastrophe the corpses of two well dpeseel Imtles witc drawn fr<m the con vent ctsP rn. and w ere burned, being de ant used I . > onj re ugnllion. Veil able st rtn-orpliina have been few ;.. r reasons above m nti ned; an 1 most of them had ore parent left—usually the fa ll,, r. ihe sirci t- t member of Ihe* family A i cume to us frightened and shy oe wribl lirl. ous 1.1 from the n s -.hungry. dirty • • n generally .Mlord.ki - .1 c, ndlttonmnd p l good to see how wonderfully they - ove utuitT love and care. Soon as ar i ..|, the liret thing administered Is u, • H .are mt .ili" then a w irm bath, and •' erward a suit of clothes. Happily the > 'lows of children are easily assuaged, . when s, lf-respeet is restored, eon ll d ree an 1 good manners are of rapid r wth. lO'iend upon It. th, re Is no ml ary work In the world quite so eti- C.ml as a full stomach and clean clothes. Ttls odd < rpbanag, —of course under VI • I In r t ■ -n‘s control—wos llrs* odmlnts eiiun, form rly suis r.ntendeni of chari ty. in the District of Columbia, who Ir a. of the most distinguished workers In le .me In the country. Heds and furnl tar. were loaned by the wrecked l'toteai tri Orphan Asylum of Galveston. Gen i iriy provided teams and workmen for e- i-mwlng and in a day's time the great pn,,my rooms of Hie o.d ltank building lie fin to take or. all air of Home, Hweet H* iiv . As the family increased. Miss I,' olln of Kansas was put In charge as Hu- ~ii. This younir woman is the agent *! ti e ladles of Topeka, who sent her sr, with h considerable sum of money s: I instructions to fall It.to line In any >.rk Miss Itarton might direct. At the ter ming of the Spanish war she was n Red Cross nurse In India, and left that bid to help our boys In Che Philippines, •r. came home with l'unrton to assist *1 establishing a refuge for sailors and addi-rs at Manila, to be- called the Clara Rerun liomo. taler the force was Joined by Mr. Rob t 1- Nell of the Children's Aid Society k New York, his mission being to seek •it orphan children and provide them • ut. suitable homes. Hl* greatest irou h- i in llnding orphans enough to fill tt" hundreds of homes that are offered— • ntfleent on the generosity •I th- Am* rlcan people. Indeed, so great a i. numlier of letters asking for chll . to adopt that Mr. Nell has been com ► Ibd to get oul a printed circular ex klining the scarcity of orphans. Miss Rsrn n also receives a great many letters Km -mostly of Ihe impractl f*‘ s- rt. ib tuanding children of unexcep l:,,! digree, whose parents are tioth and ev. n specifying th* color of b • I hair required, as If orphans were • vi.i.i mred to order. 1 ■■ first child to ,vome under Red Cross It’S* non in Galveston was bails Tan • h. a sturdy little man about -lj years , 4,1 on Hutching the Duu h In appear-i *' 1 it Jabbering queer mixture of l< illan, German and Kngllsh. He *• fought to the orphanage by an Italt.i wito i* known along Ihe wharf Uigga Muslachls;" the rhlld’s d"a<l •< m \va a Frenchman, and hi* Oer *'■ mother lie* In the hospital awaiting ••'a operation. Having been left to *> Us own training so far In life, lavuls 1 •' first like a wild young animal, "at7'iiy, hi* ai once took to Mr. Lewis, . -I e itb i, '*it,-1 HUS# of tlOt "' I mere, ; hut to thi- <lay the Mills I *lll have nothing to do with women, euiK their smallest attentions with ' 1 " pt>wer of lungs and fist*. All day e trots about after Mr. Iwls call , '“ m "l apa" In four languages, strlv , *ll hfs might to help In • work his benefactor I* engagisl In 2® V’Mrdl g him with looks of love and ’ autlful to behold. Prom no. “ •!• w.ii he accept the smallest ser "'*l If ur.other undertakes to feed or ( im I ■ led. he makes Home howl to , ' limit of a powerful set of vocal o ,‘ ' In two day* he became the bully * orphanage, easily able to take cafe or I" ooy squabble with hla el- N,.a ufter several weeks of gra<l illxlng. he It considerably Improv 'be ha its of human beings; but ritual side of him Is yet untouched i t "‘ j "‘a' will be the longest road to Hut Mr Lewis said fiiat the I for ..ul. affectionate child has in b, tinning* of u great man, If he 1 1 ncr framing from one who umser . *••#••• _ ~ , •mallest child rejoleaa under • Ue ’ which, up to dats, l eonslderwhly longer than herself—no less than Mabel, Maud. Fla In.- SpadUn-Ciura- Barton, gueen of tha Orphanage She was born late lasi June, of unwodded par ents about whom the least said the bet ter, oiul was brought to us by a "bahy famur." who lived near the outskirts of Galveston, until the flood washed her loir away. The puny, pitiful-looking lu ll* creature, half nourished and never cared for, was one mas* of distressing sores, from the crown of Its head to Itn soles of It* skeleton feel—a dreadful ex ample of the g.-rlptural warning concern ing the tint of the parents. She had lit erally been through the fiood. floss,ng ,n the Gulf and rescued as by a miracle— let us hoi>e for some good purpose in heaven's plan. Never was seen more rapid Improvement than Gils unproem-.ng Infant has made Now the sons ore •'early healed and th- liny skeleton begins to take on flesh. From It* ciiun white ot a pair of beautiful biuo eyes, set in n wlxxrm-d face lli.i! might be - oi l. look out contentedly upon the world that hitherto used It so hardly. Then there Is little Mabel M irtln. whose lot In life was almost as discouraging. Born a few months after her father's d,ah. at Ih* home of her grandparent* on Bernardino I’ralrie, somewhere up tn this Itlg state of Texas—her mother came to Galveston, sf.oii as able. In search of work, bringing the baby along und leav ing It by dav in the care of an old wo man The storm came; the mother per ished In trying to get to her child, and her poor body may yet bo rottlnq under some of these henis* ef wi< kag Tt faithful old woman saved the baby, though In water up to the shoulders, protecting th* little face hy hiding tt under her chin, and at last carrying the child on her head The marvel is that li did not die of coal and exposure, for he w .man had not a dry rag, nor anything lo feed It, and nowhere t<>go but iht o|ien camp on the beech. There the Red Cross peo ple found it iwo day* later, still wet and almost 4**'* from cold ami hunger. Time will not permit me to tell you of the twenty-seven other cases equally Interest- Ing. but we must not quite omit Tomm;' Cobb, the oldest boy In the orphanage. Il |s nearing his fifteenth birthday—a handsome lad. with brlgbi brown eyes that exactly match his curling hair A f. iv short weeks ago. he was an Import mi factor In u happy home, near tile western end of the city, where hi* father owned a dairy and small truck farm Be ing inielllg-ne ond well-to-do. the family, including Tommy's two sisters, were at least mtdwuy on the social ladder In the tn.dsl of Ihe storm they were all Cllngli g io a door-jamb, and when tne house fell the women were probably pin ned under It and ewept Into the Gulf— tlielr bodies having never been found Tommy and his father swam out alone, and a( once became separated In the general confusion. The (ramie father searched the place lhat a few minutes before hail been home—but all were gon< Drifting wah the current, he Anally caught hold of a floating onk tree—and there was Tommy, scared half to de.,l by a huge moccasin snake ihnt had pre imptol the other end of Ihe log The snake was equally scared and easily dis patched; and *.> Tommy came to us until hf- father can get straightened out and go into business again. Smoking of snakes—one of the horrors of the norm was the number* of them that were swept Into the water, along with human being*, nil lighting for their live*. There were many moccasins and rattier* in unoccupied porta of this Island, and especially on the main land. Among a hundred gruesome stories told of encoun ters with them In the flood, I have space to repent hut one. which 1 know to he true. In Hitchcock, fifteen mtir* from Galveston, a wealthy old lady from the North wa* stopping at she hotel, await ing her son’s rgturn from some busines.-i trip During the flood ehe manag’d lo climb n tree; bill hardly had she reached a place of safety before a rattlesnake. which had climbed before her. atm ked her. In frrnxy she soiled the reptile Ju*t below Its head and crushed Ms life out. When rescued, hour* later, they thought she was rraxy when hahl'nh of the snake—until they found Its bmp body dangling from a lower branch and examined It* mangled neck and her blood- 1 rained hand. Pniheilc scene* are continually occur ring In our Orphanage, when parents, knowing lhat ll Is a temporary home for waif* of Ihe flood, come searching for therr loot children. Though assured before hand that we know something of the an tecedent* of every one of these, nnd that their* cannot pos-lhly he among them, "Hope springs eternal In the human breast" nnd they lnsat on making a per sonal examination. One of the most pit iful thing* on earth Is to see a bereaved mother anxiously r aiming the Utile faces In the children's playroom or kindergar ten#—and then Icing led sobhling away by som ekind woman who wears the Red Cross button on her breast. • •• * * s * * But there are bright spot*, too—as. for example. In anticipation of the approach ing holiday season, which will be mode happy for these little one*, nnd for other unfortunates nil over the land, by lhat beautiful charity, ihe 'New Y'ork I'xam incr Christmas Tree." The plan of Ihe league, originated hy that department of the KxamlncT known a# "For All the Family"—to supply poor children, who would olherwlsc he without cheer on the Christ-child's day, with gift* suited to their ye.tr* nnd condition—is everywhere meeting with generous response. Judging from the unbounded delight caused hy n small tiox of damaged toy*, which some kind soul contributed to our Orphanage ■ while #o—Ithe Joy of the Red Cross hoy* and girls will be pl nil telling when the Exam nor Chrlstma* tree gel* around this way! There will be whip* and toy* and tools for the boys, woolly nnd eotton eats for th* babies, and doll* for Ihe minia ture llllle mothers; nnd many a ehlld whose Start In Ilf* has been so sad will go lo happy dreams with the precious gifts of unknown friends clasped to hie bosom. The s*m good charty Is equally needed in many f tmlll-'s of pouthern Texas who lost .al! hut Ilf* In the flood. This i* espe. dally true of a score of mainland village* and farming communities, where condi tions Would he absolutely hopelctw were it not fer Red Croea aid We are going to give them teams, Implements, seed* and plants, nnd something lo live on until Ihe next crop* can grow. This Is the great etr iwberry-T , fO<l ur ' n * section of the United States, you know, or t*,** before •he flood Miss Barton ha* deeded to put ll,<n Into strawberry Plants nlone; and If all goes reasonably well, by next April the strawberry growers will be on their feet again. Another Hoad to Savannah. From the News nnd Courier There Is talk now of building an nlr line railroad from Augusta lo Savannah, which would give the latter city clos' connection with tho Gouixvllie anil Nash ville system, and contribute greatly o the trade nnd commerce of our aster port “Savannah." say* the Morning New*. ha.- lei I u pra*-tlej| lliuetratloti of what anew railroad can do for a city In the results which have followed Ihe butldlng . f the South Bound Railroad from this city to Columbia This railroad was built almost entirely by Savannah capital and Savannah men. • • • With a short line road to Augusta. It Is reasonable lo con clude that the Goulsvll e and Nashville x* stun would aval* Itself of the ad) mil age of this port. * * * A million of del ,ar* could be ralatd easily In the two , me* by a construction company lo build it It Is about tho on y road needed io fully satisfy th* railroad needs of Savannah and Augusta." That Is Important. If true ,;iid we aro prepared to believe that It Is true tn* Savannah peotde havo a way Of helping themselves, and In this way they have been able to Induce other* to help them. _ In eases of catarrh Hoot)* Sarsaparilla heal* th. ttaoue*. builds up the systn espeis Impurities from tb blood and cur*s.—*d- THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 190 Q, To Savannah's Big Carnival, divided the honors with homefoiks last week in thronging the BIG STORE, and judging from the many expressions of pleased surprise, our friends from the Country re alized that they were in Savannah's biggest and most satisfying show place. They discovered in stantly that immensity and perfection existed here as thev never expected to find them in Savannah-=that they had found THE REAL FINE CLOTHING CENTER. This Week’s “Crush” Maker. Our opportunity and ability to close out a noted manufacturer of HIGH-GRADE .TAILOR-MADE LADIES' SUTTS, enables us to extinguish com • f, peting possibilities, and we share OUR RARE GOOD FORTUNE ~ with >' ou - Only About 200 Suits-So “Sharp’s” the Word. t— ■ - -i $16.50, SIB.OO and $20.00 Suits. Two or three of a style, in BROWN, TAN, A P" BLUE. GRAY and BLACK CHEVIOTS, VE- V s 1 U g | NETIANS and LADIES’ CLOTH, all sizes, in- I. 1 H H eluding 42 $12.50, $13.50 and $15.00 Suits, same variety of fin SIO.OO Suits, relatively as good bargains as ft above, and all lines this season’s newest goods and "111 > styles, and impossible bargains elsewhere t|rWIW KABO Corsets are the only Cor sets in the world WITHOUT Brass Eyelets. Insuring undergarments against RUST, S I AINS or corrosion, and thins the lacing so it will not show’ through the gown. Styles ranging in price from SI.OO to $3.00. All Modeis and Fabrics. Underwear. Superlative in all BiiST sorts. Stuttgartcr Pore Wool Sanitary, Combination Suits and Sin gle, for Ladies, Misses, Girls and Children. Knit and Woven and The ELK BRAND Home-made Muslin Underwear. Corset Covers. Bust Perfectors. o. M. LEVY & BRO. SHIRT Imperialism centers around the noted MANHATTAN, Dress. Regular, White and Fancy. Other good ones, too. Bet ter Shirts for less than elsewhere. NECKWEAR. The newest evidences of Swell innovators. Superb Underwear. Silk, Stuttgarter Sanitary Pure Wool Best Cotton Garments. The New Harderford Duplex Underwear. The Peyser Collar. 15C. Equal to any 25C- Dunlap, Young, Miller and Imperial FINE HATS Opera Hats. Silk Hats. tBOYS Still have the run of the greatest and best stock In the South. Suits, Overcoats, Reefers, Shirts, Shirt Waists, Stockings, Socks, Hats, Caps and Neckwear. Come in and see how quickly you will realize that Savannah holds One Only Boys’ and Children's Perfect Outfittery. WAISTS. - -W— --~-ai.il;,.. Lt.'l km.... .o—. Are one of our Glacier like competition crushers. You don’t see WAISTS like ours anywhere else. You don’t find 0”% els where the effucU of our Stylish Modes I? and fabrics Flannels and Silks. You see here the work of the people who cater to the highest tastes and require ments. Quality, Not Money, and not unreasonable money, rather Something for jour Money. o Kd.es- NECKWEAR Deserves Special Notice. Hosiery Excellence. Fine Wraps. x Plain and Fur Trimmed Jackets, Capes, Cloaks, Collarettes* Etc. HOUSE ROBES. Eiderdown Jackets and Gowns. Skirt Values. lT A ' Stetson T/l Hats TV \fi Hav ' : " Quality \ ji If and Style l peculiarly their own The plant rtf the John B. Stetson Company is the largest and most complete factor)’ in the world for the making of fine hats. Kim hai.i: nut inr B. H. LEVY & BRO. DRESS. For MEN. young, old, and men of all SIZES, means a good deal more than . , , r± PRICE. You can go to /jj' Na back street ua't r r \ and buy a l / second-Hand r suit for two or TUll > three dollars — % i\ ) w that may be M | “necessity” but 1 j it is not Value. You don't do much letter when you buy Price in the shape of a New suit, from the people who are selling •‘Prices.” Slein’Bloch Cos., Hamburger Bros.. Hart, Shafncr & Marks, Hornthal, Benjamin & Reim, and other Real Clothing makers, do not place their product on the counters of people who Thegoodshave 3 Va US, aud that Value requires a just compen- [ssssss We Handle fjf goods, and you Mm i Prica and Value both. Trouser Wearers find all demands answered in our splendid PARAGON and DUTCHESS Trousers. OVERCOAT WEATHER Glares at you now. ihei are Here —all styles, all fabrics. If you p-y ’ slight our : flo immense stock you /TsStTO will reap ' / 7 I \ sorrow. W F i \ QUALITY l ri/ AGAIN. [ *Y We sell Ins! fol 1 Ovarcoats for about what j l j others p]jf ’ for their ) ' alleged Jfcj ]\ a best. ~ WINDOW (iUll)t'A’* RBEMIU. Foes lo lie Htrku.rd W ith la K**^. In, Moose ri.nl. The arch enemy of the window carden I* the insert pest. They spoil a plant'* food look*, and lower Its vitality until It either dlee outright, or ceases to bloom or make actlee xrowth. Probably not ana •voroan In twenty takes her plants through * winter without having them attacked sooner or latsr hy insects. Omo on tha spot, and unmolested, they Incroae* Ilka tiie hordes of Gxypt, eating the leave* and sucking the sap until they quit# ruin the llltle garden The reason Insert* are worse on ho us* (dam* than In the garden I* because th* tirst are grown under highly artlflctal con dition. Mving rooms are unhealthfully hot. the potted plants ars cramped la root, and subje. t to water gorge or thlrgl starvation if the watering pot I* tn carw le.e hand. Moreover th, sinw>epl>er* l* surcharged with dust and coal smoko. And as Insects alw*># attack first weak ar dirty folugc. there Is a special attr**- Hun to them in every struggling housa plain. The common house insect are aphis or green |dant louse, ihe scale, and the rad spider. The ephl* Is the most comma*. The usual recommend and krrosene .mill son will kill them readily enough, but th* trouble I* the! at Ihe first sprinkle thev drop oft and tall to the earth Here they hide, ready as soon as the flurry Is over, 10 cllmh up lire sterns and go -ricking th* (dant’s Juiees again To avoid this, lift ths plant from the shelf with greol car*, so ns not to Jar or dislodge them V\ rap w cloth around the lop of the pot, and ok>o* to the plant 0 stems, so the earth In tha not can neither tumble out or the Insect* lumble tn Then quh kly Invert the plant's mp Into a pan of water and If the wotgr Is quite warm, so much the belter Gift Ihe plant out. and shake vlgcrouely. HM Ugsln In the watT. then again shake, and o continue until every Hny louse ha* I .sen dislodged Hinge the top w.ll In clean water and return to the w .ndowr. If a thorough joh has been done, ther* wIU be no more trouble, hut the plant should be examined again In a couple Ot day*, and If need be. the treatment re- Hialu m.ccta stb k to the hark or leave* as though they were glued there Dla tudge them with * wooden toolhptctG keeping * close look out for them, and tlid.h by washing ihe (dam well m soapr wa i sr This must b* repeated every few ,Isy. until no mote scale can be found. They are not over common, but a pecu liarly stubborn post Bed spider la altnoet as common *• aphis. Ink •* tiny that few know tha* (his Is what la the mailer with their plants When without any apparent rea son. leaves turn a sickly color, or ahow llllle yellow specke all over litem, or ba gln to curl at the edges, we may suapact little Mr Red Spider, no bigger than a grain of red pepper, arwl ramping with hi. wife and bahlao. hla parenla, grand parents, aunts, uncles and cousins on ihx under-aide of the plant's leave* Too hot and too dusty air la th* cause of th* cod spider. There kt one sure and sitnpla remedy for him and his I Is water Hav* 11 warm and plenty of It. and see that the undersides of the leave* gel a* much welting a# the upper, and this foe la soon vanquish**! 'A plant can he dipped In water as hot as th* hand can be born* 111. and M will not hurt It In th* least I* not keep longer at a time beneath th# water than iwo or three seconds That degree Of heat kills the red spider qulekly. Dip half a doasn times In the hot water pi quirk atiecesalon. and the work Is dedt*. Wash all plant leave* often. A clean plant la not Inviting to Insects Kill th# flrst fo# that make* hi* apt>*wrwnc*. ami vou have solved tho secret of keeping house plant* free from Insert pest*, of all klDda I ora 0 lot Mane*. A Hlrd.-nr.t lasateraa. Many tropica! bird* aro known to display a decorative tendency Most uf them bulk! nests on the ground and place around them hits of ton*, bright colored shell* and (dees of glass; Ih# wing* of butter flies and so forth, bul the Haya bird of doulheastem Asia, which builds its neat ML v mji /. v A Bayo Bird at Art*. •’ *| In a tr*. ha# a mnhol v#rjr dllTersnt, and a* ti*a uilful a* It Is unlqu* The n*t r*. •ombl#* a long a-’k much rnlarged In tha mitt-1!* ami ror tains thr*r room#. Wh# romplstafl th* roal# btrfl ro*s off at eve*. Ing arwl **t a lump of moist clay, whlnh h# attach#* to th* Inner wall of th* n#*. Then h* rapture* several flrefllea and •*- - ure* them to th# el#y. This he repeat# until he has made several of the*, maset lamp* > of which are placed on the outside of the neet. where they I*-ltd forth their *tn}bg* phosphorescent glow throughout Ihe night. —Reformed Presbyterian#, who are alsa known as Covenanters, will not vote at the coming election, giving as thglr rea son the feci that the constitution does nog recognise God. There are ttrout 10,000 of them tn th# country. Interesting Items. * —————— New goods arriv ing daily. New line Haviland & Co.’s goods. Line of Cameo Work, Cut Glass, Sterling Silver. Puritan Oil Heaters. Hot Stuff Wood Heaters. ,*y /, //// k. > 1 Ml tM 7