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CHICAGO’S WILD STORY
Of HO White Men and \>grofß flam
ed ta Death in a Turpentine
Camp on Mobile Bh>.
Chicago, March 15—A special to the
Chronicle from Mobile, Ala., spys:
A crowd of citizens of this place is
sea refci ng Baldwin county in an effort to
find three negroes, who. in a spirit of re
venge. are said to have burned a turpen
tine camp across the bSy this morning,
causing the death of sixty white men and
negroes.
Frank C. Prissier rowed to Mobile this
evening, attired only in -bis underwear,
and suffering intensely from burns. He
was the only person who escaped from
tlie burning camp. He said:
"1 was asleep this morning when a
choking sensation and intense heat
aroused me. The log shack in which
the sixty negroes slept was on fire, as was
a shed near by filled with 200 barrels qt
raw turpentine. The trees surrounding
were also burning. I yelled to the men
as 1 ran but none answered, and I am
sure all perished. I made my way, bare
foot. over live coals, to <the swamp where
I found a boat. In this I rowed to the
city. The camp was doubtless fired* by
three negroes w'ho were discharged yes
terday. They threatened to obtain re
venge.”
THE CENSUSOf GERMANY.
lift Population Now 50.OOI>.ftlM>, *
Growth of :t5 Per Cent.
Since IK7I.
Washington, March 16.—The census
office has received through the state de
partment. a consular report on the popu
lation of the German Empire, and its
changeis during the past century. That
population is now about 66,000,000—larger.
than that of any country in Europe, ex
cept Russia, which has in Europe alone
over 106.000,000 subjects.
Since 1871, when the modern German
Empire was organized the population of |
Germany has increased about 36
per cent., a growth extremely
rapid for an old country, and for one
sending out large and steady streams of
emigrants. The Germans feel a natural
pride in the rapid growth of their popu
lations, says the report, compared with
that of their rival across the Rhine. In
1845 Pranee had about 36.000,000 Inhabi
tants and Germany 34,000,000. Now
France has about 38.000.000, or only two
thirds the number of Germany.
The census of Vienna, taken Dee. 31,
1900, shows a population of 1,635,647, or
nearly' 63,000 less than Chicago.
KING EDWARD EXPLAINS.
r
Message Thanking Kansas legisla
ture for Its “I<oyalty'" an Over,
sight. Says Mr. Choate,
Topeka. Kan.. March 15.—A letter was
received here to-day from Joseph H.
Choate. United States ambassador to
England, in which the regrets of King
Edward are expressed for the unfortu
nate wording of his mesasge to the Kan
sas Legislature's message of condolence
after the death of Queen Victoria. In
his letter of acknowledgment, the King
expressed thanks for the "loyalty” of
the Kansans. One of the legislators ob
jected to the word "loyalty" and his nto- j
lion to have the letetr stricken from the
record prevailed.
Mr. Choate explains that a common
wording was used In all letters for the
British dominions, and by an oversight
the wording was not changed In this
case.
Mr. Choate says:
T have learned that the King was
much pained when he learned of this
blunder."
DANFORTH HI HIED.
StronK' Rnrlnl at Spa of nrinimlok
Suicide.
Brunswick. Ga.. March 15.-Mr. J. R. TANARUS?.
Danforth was hurled In the sea this morn
ing. and no less than a hundred friends
went to see the ceremony. The steamer
Emmeline left at 9:30 o'clock, and long
before that hour large crowds had gath
ered on the dock. The corpse was car
ried to the boat before being sewed in
the canvass shroud. The body was plac
ed In the cabin aud friends of the de
ceased allowed to view’ the same. After
till had looked on the face of the dead
man two sailors placer! the body in the
lialf-esew’ shroud ami then closed It, sew
ing the same securely and placing a 100-
pound weight at the feet.
Flowers of the daintiest variety were
placed on the canvas cover and the
steamer then started for sea. The run
was made on good time, and when about
twenty miles out. there was no land In
sight ami the engines stopper!, the body l
was carried to a forward rati, and. hs per
the dead man's request, marked chapters
were read from Spencer's Education by
Col. T>. W Ktauss. After thiß ceremony
word was given to let go, and the body
shot downward, disappearing within a
few minutes. By this time the wind was
blowing a gale and many on board were
awfully seasick. A sister of the deceased
stood calmly by and directed the funeral.
Miss Danforth said that her brother’s
wish should be regarded, and It was she
who persisted In having the sea burial.
CHECK FORCiBR ARRESTED.
Said to Have Operated in a Number
of Cities.
Boston. March 15.—When Louis V. R.
Adams was arrested at a prominent ho
tel to-day, the police announced their be
lief that they had caught one of the most
adroit check forgers and swindlers in the
country.
The police say that he has operated In
Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., Fort
Wayne, Ind., Cincinnati, Ruffalo, Toledo,
New York City, Worcester and Cam
bridge. He is said to have secured
amounts ranging from $5O, to (1,000 and is
said to have secured $l,OOO each from
Marshall Field and S. B. French of Chi
cago. He Is said to have raised $3OO in
boston. The police explain that his plan
was to get a small check, and instead of
talcing It he would write another for a
thousand or more. He would place 't
on deposit at some batik, and by the
aid of accomplices, get the worthless
checks cashed. Adams Is well connected
In New York. He is 00 year* old, and
is said to live at Montclair, N. J.
Frnrldn Home Mission*.
Jacksonville. Fla,, March 15.—The ninth
annual convention of the Woman's Home
Missionary Society of Florida will be hold
in this city, beginning to-morrow even
irg with an invocation service at the Mc-
Tyelre Church. These services will Is
conducted by Mrs. 1. K Ferry. Thu or
ganization is a flourishing one all over
Florida, a there are local missions in the
principal towns in the state. These mis
sion* will Homj delegates to the conven
tion and the session promise* to he in
tensely Interesting.
tterman Crltleiaui of Hr. Hulfour.
Berlin, March 15. The laikal Ailzelgei
fake- issue with th* intliua I lon of Mr.
iialloue in the Hriil* t House of I'nnimnne
that I a, gland must increase her army lie.
iiiise Of her treats obligations wtileh com
>er to ilii so.
i lees bints have any meaning Hlui
t, th boiun ,\iiz> igu, “lhc>
muist mean Ttaly or Portugal. Certainly
frermany is not tbe ally referred to.”
I><l ( natellane FurnlMlt the Dacota.
Paris. Much 16.— The Sieele this morn
ing recalls that M. L>eroule<ie. wh.en ar
rest f*t. hal in his possession 50.000 francs,
which, lie said had been advanced by a
deputy? and, the paper asks:
“Is it not plain from -this declaration
nnd the exchange of letters between him
and the deput> that the person in ques
tion is Count Boni de Castellane?”
/m b Tinker \\ 111*<1 r* %% *.
St. Ixnils, March 15. -Zach W. Tinker,
who several weeks ago was defeated in
the city Democratic convention by Rolla
Weiis for the World’s Fair mayoralty
nomination, nnd who later announced
himself as an independent candidate, has
withdrawn from the race.
90>£ Cl ItIOIS COXTKST*.
KientPi \rrnK**d by Sportsmen With
1.1% e 1 y Imnitlniitlon*.
From Cassell’s Magazine.
At the beginning of last year an ac
count was published in one of the sport
ing papers of ’a foot hall match on bicy
cles which took place near Wolverhamp
ton. The attemiH to revolutionize our
great winter game completely failed,
owing to its many inherent impossibil
ities, but it was interesting as showing
a. tendency of certain orders of mind.
There has always been a large number
of so-called sportsmen who are nevfr
<-©ntent with recogniz<>d forms of sport
They are perpetually on the lookout for
some bizarre contest. Asa general rule
the more ridiculous the. conditions under
which such contests take place the better
they are pleased. Any one who cares to
take the trouble to look through the
file§ of "Bell's Life” can find ample evi
dence of this for himself.
“Old Q"—the famous Duke of Queens -
berry—had an extraordinary fertile imag
ination for weird and novel contests.
Passing a wheelwright’s shop one day,
he noticed one of the workmen trundling
a big wheel into t.he yard. The man was
running at a good pace, and it immedi
ately ocoured io "Old Q" that here was
an opportunity for, in the words of the
tnodern j>enny weekly, an absolutely
r.cvel competition. After some conver
sat ion with the wheelwright he learned
that a man could probably run faster
with a wheel than without one. the wheel
no doubt acting as a sort of pacemaker.
Having obtained this valuable piece of
information, the duke promptly arranged
r match between the wheelwright and j
a certain fleet-footed barber of Oxford j
street, and offered a very substantial
prize to the winner. The conditions
were that the wheelwright should trun
dle one of the back wheels of the duke’s
carriage, while the barber, of course,
should rim unincumbered. Just before
the match came off the duke made the
unpleasant discovery that his nominee
could only show his best turn of sj>eed
with a wheel a foot higher than that of
tho duke’s carriage. But "Old Q” wasn’t
to be baffled by an obstacle of this kind.
He had a sort of platform or dais a
foot high erected along the course where
the race was to be run. By trundling
the carriage wheel along the top of this
dais while he himself ran on the ground
beside It, the wheelwright was no longer
handicapped, and won the race easily, j
The winner, by the way, must have been
something of an acrobat as well as a
sprinter .to have balanced the wheel on
a narrow platform while traveling at full j
speed.
All true golfers must have read with
pain an account of the dastardly attempt
which was made two years ago to tam
l>er with the sacred gam#*, in a most
ieprthetislble spirit of levity two golfers.
In July, TRW, arranged a match of which
ihe conditions were that one of them
should go a round the links with the or
dinary 111 and clubs, while the other
should go round with a bow and arrow.
The superior driving powers of the bow
and arrow won the day. Asa putter
the how proved a contemptibly ineffect
ive implement, but it amply compensated
for <his Inferiority by the certainty with
which it sent tne arrow soaring over
the bunkers.
As lawn tennis players are not nearly
such a serious-minded race as golfers, it
is only to be expected that lawn tennis
should suffer where even golf cannot
escape. The writer remembers seeing
some ten years ago a weinl contest be
tween a most distinguished Irish lawn
tennis player and an opponent to whom
under ordinary circumstances he could
give enormous odd*. On this occasion,
in lieu of the usual odds, he undertook
to play him with a soda water bottle
instead of a racket. The match proved
infinitely more exciting to look at than
it appears on |>aper. The accuracy of
the wlelder of the soda water bottle was
something extraordinary, and In the end
be won fairly easily. The experiment
was also interesting as showing the Im
possibility of handicapping a player of
the highest class and a fifth-rate per
former. But though this match had
something to recommend it, the same
cannot be salu of a ridiculous contest
which took place in the early days of
lawn tennis at Brighton. In this match
one of the players rode a pony which
was shod with leather shoes for the oc
casion, and is said to have appeared to
fake a personal Interest in the affair,
while his opponent, a life guardsman,
was arrayed in the full panoply of the
uniform of that corps in heavy marching
order. They played the best of five sets,
and the mounted player won by three
sets to two, his opponent at the end be
ing absolutely exhausted.
A match which excited a considerable
amount of interest at the time was played
forty years ago between John Roberts,
father of the present billiard champion,
and an amateur who was a very fair
player. Roberts played with an old um
brella instead of a cue, his opponent be
ing equipped in the normal fashion. To
appreciate fully the difficulty of Roberts'
task let any one try the experiment for
himself He will be lucky if he can make
the hall travel even approximately in
tlie direction which he Intends. Old
Roberts, who, by the'way, lost the um
brella against cue match, bad a great
fancy for similar experiments. It Is on
record that when he met a very Inferior
pldver he would abjure the cue alto
g :her and play i(b itis nose.
As an inventor of absurd contests, Hie
late Sir John Astley was almost as dis
til guished as the Duke of Quecnsberry.-
His great forte was arranging races be
tween animals which nature had appar
ently made almost unsuitable for the
purpose. When quartered at Windsor
lie Instituted the only race that ever
took place between chickens. This pecu
liar contest came about In the following
way: While on a visit to a friend near
Windsor who kept n hen run, Sir John
noticed how rapidly Hie chickens used to
I scurry to their tnothtr when food was
thrown to her. Here was the germ of an
idea for *i good sporting match, and at
mess a few nights afterward Hir John
Astley expounded to Ids brother officers
his plans lor the great chicken race. He
had bought from a farmer a hen and a
brood of chickens. Kucli officer was to
choose a chicken and mark It with a
ribbon so that hr could easily recognise
it Tile chickens were to l>e placed about
| Ilf tv yards away from their mother and
whichever of tlum reached her (list In
answer to tier cackle when food was
thrown to her was to lie adjudge the
winner Each officer paid a sovereign for
the privilege of entering a chicken for
this extraordinary race, and the whole
of the enframe money was to go to the
! offii i r who*e colors the winning chicken
1 carried. The Hdi Derby" came off in
the barrack* at Windsor, and was wit
nessed by marly tin whole brigade of
guards, wtio iiavkdci! down specialty
, from lsindon The'race was suet) a suc
cess ttiat it was arranged to repeat It In
( 'yi following week, it might postdbly
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1901.
A CRY FOR HELP.
Result of a Prompt Reply. Two
Letters from Mrs. Watson, Pub
lished by Special Permission.—
For Women’s Eyes Only.
March 15, 1899*
To MRS. PINKHAM, Lynn, Mass. :
“Dear Madam: I am suffering from inflammation of th*
ovaries and womb, and have been for eighteen months. I have a
continual pain and soreness in my back and side. lam only free
from pain when lying down, or sitting in an easy chair. When
I stand I suffer with severe pain in my side and back. I be
lieve my troubles were caused by over work and lifting coma years
ago.
“ Life is a drag to me, and I sometimes feel like giving np ever
being a well woman; have become careless and unconcerned about
everything. lam in bed now. I have had several doctors, but they
did me but little good.
“ Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been recommended
to me by a friend, and I have made up my mind to give it a
fair trial.
“ 1 write this letter with the hope of hearing from you in regard
to my case.” Mrs. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va.
November 27, 1899.
“Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I feel it my duty to acknowledge to
you the benefit that your advice and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound have done for me. ,
“ I had been suffering with female troubles for some time, could
walk but a short distance, had terrible bearing down pains in lower
part of my bowels, backache, and pain in ovary. I used your medicine
for four months and was so much better that I could walk three times
the distance that I could before.
“ J am to-day in better health than I have been for more than
two years, and I know it is all due to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.
“ I recommend your advice and medicine to all women who suffer. 1 *
Mrs. S. J. Watson, Hampton, Va.
This is positive proof that Mrs. Pinkham is more competent to
advise sick women than any other person. Write her. It costs you
nothing.
MREWARD.-We bare deposited with the National City Bank of Lynn, SSOOO,
which will be paid to any person who can find that the above testimonial letter*
are not genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer’s special per
mission. LYDIA *. PINKHAM MEDICINE CO.
have become a regular fixture, and a rac
ing stable of chickens been added to the
attractions at Windsor, if Sir John Ast
ley's chicken bad not won on each occa
sion with such consummate ease as to
create a suspicion among the other com
lietitors. It was then found that in botli
races Sir John had selected a sturdy
young cock, who was much too speedy
for his sisters. No competition can con
tinue to exist when victory is always a
certainty for the same competitor, and
thus it was Sir John Astley’s great
chicken race came to an end.
Flavor.
From the Popular Science Monthly.
Chemists tell us that cheese is • one of
the most nutritious and, at the same
time, one of the cheapest of foods. Its
nutritive value Is greater than meat,
while its cost is much less. But this
chemical aspect of the matter does not
express the real value of the cheese ns
o food. Cheese Is eaten, not because of
its nutritive value as expresesd, by the
amount of proteids, fats and carbo-hy
drates that it contains, but always be
cause of its flavor. Now. physiologists
do nqj find that flavor has any food
value. They teach over and over again
that our foot stuffs are proteids, fats and
carbo-hydrates, and that as food flavor
plays absolutely no part. But, at the same
time, they tell us that the body would be
unable to live upon these foodstuffs were
it not for the flavors. If one were com
pelled to eat pure food without flavors,
like the pure white of an egg, It is doubt
ful whether one could, for a week at a
time, consume a sufficiency of food to
supply his bodily needs. Flavor is as nec
essary as nutriment. It gives a xest to
the food, and tliua enables us to consume
it properly, and. secondly, it stimulates
tile glands to secrete, so that the foods
may be satisfactorily digested and assim
ilated. The whole art of cooking, the
great development of flavoring products,
the high price* paid for special foods like
lobsters and oysters—these and numerous
other factors connected with food supply
and production are based solely upon this
demand for flavor. Flavor is a necessi
ty, but it i* not particularly Important
what the flavor may be. This is shown
by the fact that different peoples have
such different tastes in this respect. The
garlic of the Italian and the red pepper
of the Mexican serve the same purpose
as the vanilla which we put in our Ice
creath; and all play the part of giving a
relish to ttie food and stimulating the
digestive organs to proper activity.
Remarkable Pat Hands.
From the Baltimore Sun.
inner club circles have been regaled with
a story of a recent sitting t drawer po
ker, In which five well-known clubmen
took part.
it was at the home of on* of the mem
ber*. Two new packs of cards were
brought out. the seal of on*- was cut and
tlie i aril* shuffled. From tht* pack card*
were dealt around to select tlie dealer
for the opening hand. This done, the sec
cud pack of cards was opened and shuf
fl'd by one of the party, who handed It
to tlie dealer, who also shuffled The pack
was thill tendered for the usual cut.
which was done A round of Jackpot* hid
Ijrcn agreed upon
The player who laid llrsl *a> was an
U,sin ale e man, ami it* promiHiy opened
Next was a grain merchant, who laiscd’
tin- opener. A monitor of the HlO' W
■ hung*, vanic ntkl and lit saw lb* lulav
and went the limit bettor. A merchant
well known for his aggressive spirit sat
next in line and he quietly met all that
had been bet and raised It the limit. It
was now around to a railroad man, who
was the dealer. There was a pause, and
each player Inspected his cards with a
self-satisfied air. The railroad man broke
the silence by meeting all'bets and rais
ing them the limit. Everybody stayed in
the game. The dealer askeil how many
cards w’ere wanted and each player in
turn said none. The dealer took none. He
tr.atje a nominal bet and the call was
passed all around.
At the show-down the hand in each case
was a full house and, beginning with the
first to the left of the dealer, as follows:
Sevens and deuces, eights and treys,
l ines and fours, tens and fives, aces and
fives. The railroad man was the winner.
He has had the cards as held by each
player framed and each player has a
photograph of them as a souvenir of phe
nomenal sequence in a game of poker.
f!V A COI \TRY POSTOFFICE.
Special Methods of Payment—Not a
Lucrative Employment.
From the Indianapolis News.
Few people know just exactly where a
fourth-class postmaster gets his pay. His
patrons, more often than not, know the
least about the matter, and not many
others know that, bumble ns the fourth
class office is, it serves the greatest num
ber of people in the United States. There
! are over 70,0u0 of these offices, while there
are just 4.500 of the third, second and
I first-class, or salaried offices. The lowest
; salary paid these is SI,OOO and the highest
salary is SB,OOO a year. The fourth-class
officers must rustle for their own pay.
! Sometimes that is as low as $1 a month,
and sometime* as high as $o a month;
; that is, some offices send out Just that
amount of canceled letters each month,
i but the fourth-class postmaster is not al
lowed to keep the $0 a month; not a all.
He keeps Just sl6> s dollars as his own
clear cash, and every dollar over that
he divides up with Uncle Sam, giving him
40 out of every 100 cents until his office
gets to the importance of cancelling over
$33 a month, then he must hand over 60
cents out of the dollar, instead of 40. Out
of what is left, he pays his office rent,
his light and fuel bills and his clerk hire
when sick, or absent. The department fur
nishes nothing; not even the box, except
what stamps, postal cards and other
stamped paper he needs.
It Is said that free rurol delivery is to
take the place of the fourth-class post
office. Some people believe that rural de
livery Is something new, but It is not.
As long ago as the days when Job said,
"My days flee faster than tlie post.” ru
raT postal delivery was known, gome of
our oldest residents remember when we
had something like rural delivery In this
country. The stage coach drawn by six
horse* runic *lahlng up to ths towns
along the famous national road, leaving
I the matt for village* far acrosa the coun
try. To the** towns came the mall car
rier In a buekboard. or, more often, horse
back. willi the mail sack slung across tlie
horse In Hits sack was deposited the
mall for not only person* living along or
near hi* route,’ but for two or more
small villas*'*, or a pump or broom shop
on some • ■oindry crossroads, where the
people came to get their insll One old
lady *#> she bailed a eery small wooden
box on In-r gate post, and it was more
in mu laigv enough to hold liar own an*)
aeveral of her neighbors’ mail. living in
the woods and clearings back of her.
One newspaper and a letter, now and
then, was the bulk of their mail.
In those days tbe carrier looked as
kance at newspapers. They were bulky
and he did not like to carry them. But
If the carrier did not want to be bother
ed with them, the people treasured them
when they did come, passing them around
until they were worn out. For a long
time, the postal department carried news
papers free. Then It charged a cent apiece
for carrying a hundred miles, and since
that time it has changed Its postage rates
on papers several times.
The oldest pnper In our country, and
one yet very much alive, was taken
around by a man hired by the editor to
carry it. The papers destined for ou
neighborhood were brought out 13 miles
to a blacksmith-shop, and here the sub
scribers came to get their papers. The
blacksmith would let any person not a
subscriber read the papers when they
came, but he was very particular to not
let them get out of the shop until every
subscriber had his paper, black and mus
sy as it generally was, when he got It.
Very few fourth-class offices cancel
stamps to either the great or small amount
X have named. The majority of them
range from $8 to *2O a month. When an
office averages about $lO a month, then
It becomes a money-order office, and
while its revenues toward the postmas
ter? pay Is not perceptibly increased
by tills addition, his bond and responsi
bility is. Some yeats ago a fourth-class
postmaster was allowed a percentage on
ill stamps he sold above the cancelation,
but it was found that he hustled around
and offered inducements and a share of
the proceeds to those who would buy
many stamps from him. and the depart
ment shut down on this. Now, if he
sells $3 worth of stamps a day, but
only cancels on letters 10 cents worth,
10 cents is ail he gets for that day’s
work, the remainder of the $2 at the
end of the quarter, goes to the depart
ment. ? ,
The fourt-class postmaster 1? brought in ,
closer relationship with his patrons than
the postmaster of a salaried office, and
trials and tribulations are about the ex
tent of his pay for this. He is expected
to be ready for a social chat with them;
to answer ail questions; to write many
letters for those who cannot write or have
left their spectacles at home; to advise
them as to the best papers and magazines
for W'hlch to subscribe, and so on, and so
on. Besides this, he is to blame for all
the mall lost or delayed; there is always
one or more women who accuse him of
opening their letters; there is the pompous
citizen, who is very certain that he is
careless with his particular mall, and the
old fellow whose family take just one pa
per, and that a monthly, but every day
the ok! fellow would ask if "that dod-rot
ted book of his’n had come yet,” and
though it never missed showing up at the
appointed time, and he took home every
copy of it, he would declare that it was
the beatenest thing to miss he ever seen,
and he’d be blamed if he’d ever take it
again.
In the majority of these offices,, strict
ness is the rule. The fourth-class post
master is called to task for neglect of
the slightest duty, the same a* though
the government was paying him a good
salary for his work. But in the very
small offices, I have heard of postmasters
who have it all their own way. The office
Is too small for anew postmaster to be
easily found if the old one is turned out.
the patrons will not allow- it to be dis
continued, and so the postal authorities
turn away nonplussed, and leave him to
his own devices. I heard of one post
master of this kind who shut up his O'S
hee to attend anything he felt was worth
while attending. He would go off a dozer,
miles to a show, a prize-fight or the coun
ty fair, and sometimes stay two or three
days, and there was no getting in his
office eitheT to get your mail or deposit
letters until he came back. Another post
master of this kind, having just loaned
a friend all the postal funds, amounting
to some two or three dollars, an hour af
ter saw a postoffice inspector making his
way leisurely toward the office. Knowing
from past experience that the inspector
would make just as big a kick about that
three dollars as he would about a thou
sand being out of pocket in the office,
the postmaster did some quick thinking.
In a Jiffy he had barred the door and
run a red bandanna handkerchief out of
a side window. When the Inspector
haughtily demanded that the door be
opened, the postmaster asked him If he
didn't know what a red flag meant, and
if he didn't want lo know, he’d better
not stop too long to investibate. By this
time the little burgh was in a panic
over this hint of smallpox, and, without
waiting to add anything to the panic, the
inspector immediately made himself
scarce in that region.
Another case was whore, time and
again, the department had been made
aware of gross irregularities In the man
agement of one office away in the wilds
somewhere. At last an inspector was or
dered out to look up the matter.
At the wayside station nearest this post
office the inspector learned that it was
kept by an old mountaineer by the name
of Saunders, who owned everything in
sight around it, and on this account could
1 old the office against all applicants. The
inspector was forced to wend his way
afoot to the place. Its general wildness
caused a slight feeling of apprehension
In hi* mind, and he approached It with
some stealth, taking an inventory of it
from behind a tree. The office was a rough
pine structure, in front of which sat a
man as rough looking as the shanty, tilt
ed back in a splint-bottomed chair, pla
cidly smoking a pipe. Presently he laid
ills pipe down, and, pushing his hat back
from his eyes, peered over in some bush
es beyond the office, calling out as he
peered, ‘‘l see you, Jim Larkin; you
needn’t come sneakin' aroun' here. I’ve
tole an' tole you thet you ca-n't hev no mail
AFTER EFFECT OF GRIP
Is Often More Serious Than the
Grip Itself.
Physicians and grip sufferers alike are
agreed that the after effects of the dis
ease are more to be feared than the acute
attack; you can never be sure that the
disease has left the system completely.
LaOrlppe naturally attacks the weak
est organ and leave* it still weaker.
Not only pneumonia, consumption, bron
chitis and throat trouble follow the grip,
but kidney, liver and stomach are troubles
Just as liable to result, provided any of
these organ* should happen to be in a
weak condition at the time of attack.
To get rid of the grip germ, to get it
entirely out of the. system and blood, few
remedies ore so good and none safer than
Stuart’s Catarrh Tablet*; they are not *i
compound of powerful and dangerous
drugs, but a pleasant, palatable, conve
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the wholesome antiseptic principles of
Eucalyptus lark, blood root and similar
germicide remedies which are perfectly
wholesome and harmless to the system,
but death to the germs of grip, catarrh!
consumption Hnd diseases of the throut
and air passages.
Mrs. Charles Gormley of Memphis says;
Last winter an attack of the grip left
me with weak liaek. a persistent cough
and loss of flesh and appetite and after
using various remedies for several
months with little or no Improvement I
finally bought a Co-rent package of
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets at my drug
store and as they were pleasant and con
venient to take I used them at all time*
of day or night and 1 was astonished to
aeeure such fine results from so pleas
ant Slid convenient a medicine. In two
week* my cough disappeared, my appe
tite ratuiied. I Improved In fli-sii
color and no one would now think that
I had ever had such a tiling a* the grip
My druggist tub! ms ha sold more of
ffiuart'a t'aiarrh Tablets, for th.- cur*
of grip, cold* no •atarii, than any other
similar mwiicineh
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For St. Patrick’s Day,
as long as you owe me for them taters
you bought las’ fall. Now git.”
From behind the bushes a shaggy head
now popped up, and a voice said, plead
ingly:
"Saunders, I’ve heern there’s now two
letters here for me; thet one thet come
three months ago, an’ one thet come the
tot her day. I’d like to hev ’em; I'm feer
ed some of my folks is sick or they
wouldn’t be a writin’ so often."
“Nary a letter do you git till them
taters Is settled fur.” The postmaster's
voice was decisive.
"I’ve got part of the money to pay you,
an’ Mary said fur me to not dar come
home without them letters ef I had to
wallup you to get ’em." And now Larkin
advanced, holding out some silver, and
disclosing himself as something akin In
build and age to Saunders. The. post
master took the money, and going into the
house came out with one letter.
"There’s half yer mail, Larkin," he
said: “now, ef you want the tother half
you’ll hev to do what Mary said fer you
to do. Come on."
The next moment, without any prelim
inary skirmishing, at one another they
went. In less than two minutes Larkin
was completely knocked out.
“There!” said the postmaster, brushing
the dust from off his check shirt and
overalls; "I need jis a lettle sich exerdse
ev’ry day to keep me in gcod health. Tell
Mary I feel so good over wallupin' you
thet ef she comes over herself, she kin
hev thet letter, an' I’ll scratch the rest
of thet tater money off’n the book."
The inspector, feeling that in this case
discretion was the better part of valor,
turned tracks for home without Interview
ing Saunders, and reported him at Wash
ington as: Running his office on strict
business principles.
The Edward* of England.
From the Ledger Monthly.
Edward VII. comes to the throne at the
age of fifty-nine. His predecessor of the
name,' the boy king of 1547, was only
i nine years old when he became king,
and his reign is an unimportant inter
val between the reigns of Henry VIII.
and Bloody Queen Mary.
The fifth Edward was also a child,
and one of piteous memory, since his
name is irretrievably linked with that
ol Richard 111. The reign lasted only
from the Sth of April to the 25th of June,
and was disturbed in its earlier days by
party intrigues to gain possession of the
little king, and later by the barefaced
scheming of Richard 111. to secure the
throne. And in the end the child, un
able to protect himself and with no
friends powerful enough to defend him,
met an obscure death in the Tower with
his little brother Clarence.
Still further back came Edward IV.
and Warwick the King Maker, whoso
power made Edward's lot uncertain and
even availed to restore to the throne,
for a time, the banished Henry VI.
And so the romantic story goes back,
tale by tale and century by century. In
1327 came the soldierly Edward 111., al
ways to be remembered as the father of
one of the most romantic figures in
j England's history, Edward the Black
Prince. And with him and his brilliant
son we con over the names of Crecy and
Polctiers, Sluys and Calais—names that
to this day make part of the glory of
England.
Edward's father was a weakling and
a trifler between a warlike sire and
a warlike son. It was he who lost Ban
nockburn, and all his father’s oonauests
In Scotland; and It was he who had as
hi* friend and comrade the perfumed and
curled Piers Gaveston, whom he kept
near him until another Warwick, called
by the favorite in his merry wit, the
Black Dog of Arden, ended his useless
life In that terrible dungeon by the Avon.
This King Edward was the first Prince
of Wales.
The first Edward has been thus far
the most illustrious of the name. He was
a strong man. an able general, a power
ful king. It was he who made the first
material encroachments upon the terri
tory of Wales, and it was he who har
ra*sed Scotland so fearfully and almost
reduced that hardy nation to subjection.
He was an inveterate castle builder, and
the most splendid fortress in the king
dom, Carnarvon and Conway in Wales,
stand unruined after 600 years, lasting
monuments to the mighty will of the
master that built them. It Is pleasant
lo connect this stern and rugged soul
| with a little that Is gentle and human.
which we may easily do if we credit the
J stories of his love for Eleanor, his Queen,
and of their happy life at beautiful Car
narvon Castle.
Last and earliest of all is the Confessor,
Edward, the old Danish devotee, to whom
iwe owe the continuance of u church
which Is now the most glorious in Eng
land—the church to which every English
foot turns sooner or later In pride and
reverence—Westminster Abbey.
Conqueror, warrior and defrauded child
uml little,prococlou* King—lt Is a strange,
pathetic ami fascinating line— these men
of the name which England's present
King is to carry on. His assumption of
It bring* them from the shadows where
they have kept so long lo he thought of
and pitied and wondered at u iff tie longer
by the hurrying people of the world.
The Artistic Tousle—“ Oh. May! how
•11*1 *a*i get your hair arrange.] beau
tifully?"
■*l dkl k up carefully, and then played
,tno game* of basketball."—Puck.
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