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Moraine News Building Savannah, Oa.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1901.
Registered at the Post office Id Savannah.
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EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row.
New York City, H. C. Faulkner. Manage* 1 .
26 PACES.
Sex to Sw adtektisemeuts.
Meeting—Landrum Lodge No. 48, P.
& A. M.
Special Notices—Shafer’s Home-Made
Mince Meat Pies; Notice, Mrs. Max
Wolff, President; Ship Notices, J. F.
Minis & Cos.. Consignees; Andrew
Hanley Company; Savannah Building
Supply Company; Notice, E. F. & R.
B. Lovell; Savannah Steam Dye
Works; J. & C. N. Thomas, Jewelers;
AH Kinds of Bicycles and Sundries, G.
W. Thomas: Fancy Boxes at Oonida's;
Grand Oyster Roast at Wilmington
Island Thanksgiving; Masonic Temple
Pharmacy; Christmas Gifts, A. L. Des
bonillons; To the Public, Hackmen's
t'nlon; Sweet Bread To-morrow, Jas.
J. Joyce.
Business Notices—Electric Supply
Company: Theus Bros; Just Before
Thanksgiving. Cohen-Kulman, Car
riage and Wagon Company; An At
tractive Assortment of Groceries, Tra
pani & Branan; Umbrellas, Koch &
Sylvan.
Amusements —W. H. Harris World
Famous Nickel Plate Show. Nov. 27-
28; “Little Miss Military," at Theater,
To-morrow Night; "A Runaway
Girl,” at Theater, Tuesday Night; Roy
al Music Hall.
Steamship Schedule—Ocean Steam
ship Company.
Thanksgiving—Leopold Adler.
Exceptional Values In Seasonable
Goods—At the Bee Hive.
Boys’ Clothing—The Metropolitan
Clothing Company.
Ziegler Bros.’ Fine Shoes—lsidore
O'oiiat.
Waking Up—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Special Announcement—Eckstein's.
Note These Prices—Daniel Hogan.
More About Our Evening Goods—
Walsh & Meyer.
The Difference in Clothing—Leopold
Adler.
Learn a Lesson—M. Dryfus.
Our Grand Thanksgiving Offerings—
Foye & Eckstein.
Six More Days—Seaboard Oil Ca.'s
Stock. _
The Rush—At Lattimore's.
Cigars—Cortez Cigars.
The $1.50 Gas Heater—Mutual Gas
Light Cos.
Railways—The Up-to-Date Plant
System.
Boys and Girls. This Is Your Store,
Too.—T. A. Bryson, Columbia Agent.
The Requisites—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Columbia Wheels—T. A. Bryson, Co
lumbia Agent.
Postum Cereal Coffee—Postum Cereal
Cos.
Beef —Liebig's Extract of Beef.
Paste—Steam’s Electric Paste.
That Freplace Furniture—Thos. West
& Cos.
Truthful Little Talks—Globe Shoe
Company.
Oil Heaters—Edward Lovell’s Sons.
Pianos and Organs—McArthur Sons
& Cos.
Laundries—E. & W. Laundry; Red
Cross Laundry; Savannah Steam
Laundry.
Our Handsome Line of Fine Coach
and Light Driving Harness—Leo
Frank.
Auction Sale—Monday's Auction Sale
by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Coal and Wood—Domestic Coal and
Wood Company.
To-morrow the Very, Very Last Day
—R. Van Keuren & Cos.
Medical—Lydia Plnkham’s Vegetable
Pills; S. 9. S.; Stuart's Gin and Buchu;
B. B. B.; R. R. R.; Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets; Pyramid Pile Cure; Stuart's
Catarrh Tablets; Wine of Cardul; R.
R. R.; British Medical Institute; Get It
at Rowlinski’s; Munyon's Remedies;
Mother's Friend; Abbey's Effervescent
Salt; Cascarets; Peruna; Dr. Hatha
way Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis
cellaneous.
Th* 4V eat tier.
The Indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather, ■ older In northern
portion, fresh west to north winds, and
for Eastern Florida fstr was (her,
fresh west to south winds
There is a striking parallel between
Ring Alexander s treatne-nt of Queen
fnags and li.il Kike* treatment of
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THE MONROE DOCTRINE RESPON
SIBLE.
The Monroe doctrine is responsible
for the sentiment that we must have
a stronger navy. We have no reason
to fear that any European Power will
attack us. We occupy an isolated po
sition, and outside of matters pertain
ing to the Monroe doctrine, no ques
tions of a character calculated to in
volve us in serious trouble with other
countries are likely to arise.
The Monroe doctrine then is proving
to be rather expensive for us, and it
is not bringing us any substantial re
sults. By far the greater part of the
trade of the South American states
goes to Europe. Indeed, the percen
tage of It which we get is very small.
Notwithstanding the fact that we un
dertake to protect these South Ameri
can states from European aggression
they have no love for us. On the con
trary, they are envious of our great
ness and prosperity, and, probably,
would view our ruin without feelings
of regret.
And yet it is on their account mainly
that our statesmen are all the time
urging the Importance of a greater
navy. Only recently, before the Mid
dlesex Club of Boston, Senator Lodge
made an earnest plea for a great navy,
and the Secretary of the Navy, in his
annual report, recommends the build
ing of forty new ships calling for an
outlay of $40,000,000.
We have no Intention of interfering
in the affairs of any one of the South
American republics. In his speech at
the New York Chamber of Commerce
banquet the other night, Secretary of
State Hay said: “We no more want
their territory than we covet the moun
tains of the moon.” But while we
don’t want their territory we have Is-
cued -a notice- , that no other nation -
shall have any of it. That notice Is
not liked by the nations of Europe, and
one or more of them may undertake
to see, some of these days, to what
extent we will stand by it.
European emigrants are settling in
Brazil and Argentina by the thous
ands every year, and it may not be
very long before a question may arise
which will offer Germany or some
other one of the European Powers an
excuse for getting u foothold in one
of them. Europe is land hungry. It
would like to parcel out South Amer
ica just as it has parceled out Africa,
and it doesn’t feel kindly towards the
United States because they have set
up the Monroe doctrine as a barrier to
any such proceeding.
It is, of course, a source of gratifica
tion to us that we are able to protect
the weak republics to the south of us,
although we get no reward and no
thanks for doing so, but we are hav
ing to pay for this exhibition of our
power. The cost of our navy is In
creasing every year, and we shall have
to continue building battleships and
cruisers as long as nations of Europe
do so. There Is no doubt that it is
our purpose to stand by the Monroe
doctrine and that means a steady in
crease in our navy.
PRESIDENT EGAN AND THE FAIR.
We agree with President Egan that
the State Fair could have been made
more attractive than it was by includ
ing a greater varitey of exhibits,
though it is admitted that it was the
best State Fair ever held in Georgia.
We see now that the scope of it could
have been broadened so as to include
the products of Georgia factories and
mines, as well as farms. Electric pow
er could have been obtained easily,
and at a small cost for exhibiting in
operation the various kinds of manu
facturing machinery in the state. There
was quite a display of minerals, but
Georgia coal and marble were absent.
An exhibition of the processes of
making turpentine and also of syrup
would also have been interesting. Of
course the live stock feature of the
Fair was not equal to that which is
seen in similar fairs in Northern and
Western states, for the reason no doubt
that Georgia, although having some
fine stock, is not a cattle-producing
state, but we do not agree with Presi
dent Egan that there could have been
an improvement in the poultry exhibit.
If all other departments had been up to
the standard of that exhibit the grounds
would not have been large enough.
And then enough was not made of the
Woman's building. Savannah alone
could have furnished articles enough
to make that building somewhat more
attractive than it was.
Of course, it can be seen now wherein
the Fair could have been made greater
than it was, but the fact should not
be overlooked that this was the first
attempt in many years in this city, and
some things, very naturally, were over
looked. If the Fair is held in this city
next year we have no doubt that it
will be a great improvement over that
of this year.
In order to secure a large attend
ance, however, the question of railroad
rates will be the Important one, be
cause of the fact that Savannah is
situated far away from the center oi
the state. A good many miles have
to be traveled to reach large towns,
or even a thickly-settled farming sec
tion. Even a very low railroad rate,
therefore, makes a pretty big item in
the Cost of visiting the Fair for most
of the visitors.
A LOXG FADtItED EVIL.
Is the time at hand when a deter
mined effort will be made to drain the
wet lands of the Musgrove watershed?
There appears to be some reason for
thinking it is. It is stated that the
Board of County Commissioners, as at
present constituted, will give its im
mediate attention to the work of drain
ing the wet lands in the vicinity of
the city.
For twenty-five years the people of
this city have been asking that the
wet lands of the Musgrove watershed
be drained. They are fully awake to
the danger with which the city is
I threatened from that source. Time and
time again reports have been pub
lished showing the Musgrove malarial
| section wga the cause nf a very con
-1 stdergble Uv lease In tile ■ lly * death
rate It was admitted alter the i pi*
detnl< of !*?#. that much of I,# inallg
titty ot the fever t that eptdeinh was
due to t tie unaaiiiloi) condiUoti of that
t ssvUvti. sod if was !* ■ id* u lireti that
THE MOIiNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1901.
i steps should be taken at once to drain
it.
But it has never been drained. It Is In
almost as bad a condition now as it
was when the decision was first ar
rived at to improve it. Thousands and
tens of thousands of dollars have been
spent to drain other, and distant, parts
of the county, but comparatively lit
tle has been done to drain these wet
lands which are situated close to the
city’s limits, and which the reports of
the health officer show are the cause
of much sickness and many deaths.
There is no occasion now to undertake
to place the responsibility for this con
dition of affairs. The thing to do is
to begin the work that has already
been delayed too long.
There is no reason for giving facts
and figures to prove the necessity for
doing this work. They have been pub
lished often—so often that the public
is familiar with them. Besides, a sum
mary of the arguments w'hlch w r e have
often published were contained in the
presentments of the grand jury, a
synopsis of which appeared in our col
umns yesterday.
The grand jury, before making its
report, thoroughly investigated the
drainage work of the county. The con
clusion at which it arrived was that in
some important localities there had
been great neglect of the drainage ca
nals, and that there was necessity
for repairing them without delay. It
laid great stress, however, upon the
importance of giving immediate atten
tion to the w r ork of draining the Mus
grove watershed. It gave some start
ling facts relative to the health con
ditions of the part of the city border
ing on that watershed—facts that
ought to cause the County Commis
sioners to enter upon the w T ork of
draining that part of the county at
ov_-e.
With that watershed drained, and
the new house drainage system in
operation, Savannah will be in a posi
tion to take her place among the
healthiest cities in the country. All
it will be necessary to do then, from
the health point of view, is to keep
the drains in good condition and to go
steadily forward with the general
drainage work for the improvement of
the county.
The city is now spreading out in all
directions. Its growth should be en
couraged in every possible way. Its
health record Is now an excellent one,
but It can be still further improved
by the drainage of the wet lands to
which we have called attention. Let
this work be undertaken at once and
pushed vigorously to completion.
THEY COULDN’T SPELL.
One hundred students at the North
western University, Chicago, have been
turned back to the spelling school.
"The head of the English department,”
says the Chicago Tribune, “has a
wholesome belief in the value of cor
rect spelling. He will not let any stud
ent enter hts classes so Jong as his
knowledge of orthography Is incom
plete.” If other professors in institu
tions of higher education were to take
a stand similar to that of the Chicago
professor, the effect would no doubt
be beneficial. Asa matter of fact,
we are a nation of poor spellers, and
many of the “educated” men and wo
men are the worst offenders against
orthography. There is no place where
this is made so apparent as in the
newspaper office. Leading men and
women—politicians, office holders, re
formers, lawyers, doctors, preachers,
merchants, etc., often send letters and
articles to the newspapers which, if
they were printed as written, would
cause the writers to lose much of the
esteem in which they are held; for
there is no questioning the fact that
if one spells badly those who know
better will thereafter look upon him
as more or less of an ignoramus, how
ever bright he may be In other re
spects. It may not be that the ability
to spell correctly Is the mark of a
finished education, but it is one of the
marks, and one of the most impor
tant. What educated girl, herself a
correct speller, could give her highest
admiration to a man who concluded
his billet doux, "Yours devoatedly,” aft
er calling her "shugar" In the missive?
It is true that learning to spell cor
rectly a large number of English words
is an enormous undertaking. English
is probably the most unscientific lan
guage spoken by a highly civilized peo
ple. It is a succession of rigid rules,
to each of which there are many
exceptions. Its vocabulary is a con
glomerate of fill the written languages
except those of the Far’ East, like the
Chinese, in which there is a separate
character for each word; and the Eng
lish would annex a lot of the Chinese
if it possibly could. And when a for
eign word is taken into the English, it
retains the peculiarities of spelling and
pronunciation of the language from
which it was derived. Asa conse
quence, learning to spell is simply a
gigantic task of memorizing, not a few
rules, such as govern the Spanish lan
guage. but practically the whole dic
tionary. The succession of such words
as “dough,” “plough,” “enough,”
"through,” “trough,” haa sent many an
educated foreigner to bed with a head
ache. Yet custom has set its seal of
sanction upon these and similar idio
syncrasies and made them the correct
thing. They must, therefore, be accept
ed and mastered. It is a herculean
task, but one must perform it before
the education is complete.
Do "our primary schools put enough
stress upon the importance of correct
spelling? It may be doubted that the
schools that were attended by those
Northwestern University students who
have been reduced did any such thing.
A student competent to enter a uni
versity ought to be able to spell any
but the most exceptional and infre.
quently used words in the language.
There has been some talk respecting
the possible withdrawal of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works from Philadelphia,
because of the fact that the plant has
outgrown its present location Slid there
Is not land available upon which It
may ex|>aid. It la hardly likely, how
ever, that the withdrawal will be con
summated . dome way will lie found
tu keep he work* where they are
Philadelphia Is * yiest city, ton not
giro' enough to to** ImChhjO pooals
lion, ttg- number *o|pvii*<i by the
Laid win works,
The Bonine murder trial in Wash
ington bids fair to become one of the
most blood-reeking and shocking ever
held in this country. Already there is
the drip of gore all through the pro
ceedings, and the prosecution seems
determined to throw in all of the
nerve-racking features that it possibly
can. The slain man’s bloody shirt has
been flaunted in the face of the woman
charged with having shot him. But
that is not the worst that is In store
for her. It is said an effigy of the dead
man has been prepared, as nearly a
copy of his personality as It was pos
sible to make it. This mannikin is to
be perforated with bullet holes, smear
ed with red paint and otherwise made
to look like the body did when it was
found. It will'be laid on a stretcher
and brought into the court room cov
ered with a sheet. It is proposed to use
it to demonstrate to the jury how the
shooting took place. Will not such a
spectacle be enough to unseat the rea
son of the frail woman at the bar?
Guilty or innocent, the woman is still
a human being, and it is unspeakably
inhuman to inflict upon her the torture
of the bloody mannikin, as is alleged
to be the purpose of the prosecution.
There is likely to arise a lively
church war in connection with the cor
onation of King Edward. The Ritual
ists propose that the religious cere
monials shall be very elaborate, in
cluding the burning of incense and the
swinging of censers. To this the Non
conformists object most strenuously.
Already protests against ritualism are
being adopted by the Presbyterian
churches in England and Scotland and
other denominations without the Es
tablished Church. Nevertheless it is
predicted that the oeremonies at West
minster Abbey will be as rituali&Ue sa
lt is possiole to make them. The King
is fond of ceremony, and wishes his
coronation to be made impressive.
President Roosevelt’s message, it is
said, will approximate 30,000 words in
length. That would fill a pretty good
sized book. As an exchange says, it
will be one-third longer-than the Gos
pel according to St. Matthew and three
times as long ait St. Paul’s Epistle to
the Romans. It was the general ex
pectation that President Roosevelt
would send in one of the shortest mes
sages on record. Instead it will be one
of the longest. This, however, Is mere
ly another illustration of the fact that
there is no predicting with accuracy
what Roosevelt will do.
PERSONAL.
—“Carmen Sylva,” Elizabeth, Queen
of Roumania, Is said to be a. great
worker. She rises at 5 o’clock and
works at her desk until breakfast, af
ter which time she devotes herself to
her duties as consort of a King. Eliza
beth’s fairy stories are very popular in
her own country, and one day in each
month is devoted to reading the
Queen's books in the public schools of
Roumania.
—The most Interesting member of
the Danish court is the Princess Wal
demar. She' is an artist, her special
line being scenes from animal life,
and judges declare that if she had
been stimulated by necessity she
might have rivaled Rosa Bonheur. She
is to be found, brush in hand and clad
in a long painter’s blouse, at 7 o’clock
in the morning, absorbed in her favor
ite occupation.
—Lord Roberts, according to the
Genealogical Magazine, had to pay
about $3,230 for his earldom—a charge
which reminds one of Bismarck’s anger
at being requested to furnish 8,000
francs for the insignia of the Order
of the Golden Fleece. The Chancellor
angrily informed the Spanish ambassa
dor that had he known the cost he
would never have accepted the honor
and, indeed, the bill was never settled.
BRIGHT BITS,
—Kate —“Martha declares that the
men are all alike.” Edith —"Then you
can’t blame her if she takes the first
one that comes along. You may de
pend upon it, that’s just w’hat she will
do.” —Boston Transcript.
—No Change Desired. —The Mother
—“My daughter has been used to the
tenderest care, to the utmost sympa
thy, and to unflagging guardianship.
I trust this will be continued.” The
Suitor—“l hope so, I’m sure.”—Detroit
Free Press.
—Appropriate.—Cassidy—“Oi want a
wreath av flowers, an’ put on it 'He
Rest in Pieces.' “Florist—“ Don't you
mean: 'He Rests in Peace?’” Cassi
dy—"Oi mane phwat Oi sed. 'Tis fur
Casey, thot was blowed up in the quar
ry.”—Philadelphia Press.
—His Explanation.—“l am afraid,”
said a certain small boy’s mother,
“that you are overeating. Aren’t you
a little apprehensive?” “No,” was the
answer, after due deliberation. "I’m
not afraid. You know, ladies are
naturally timid.”—Washington Star.
CIRRENT COMMENT.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) says; “Charles Francis Adams
scarcely intended that his recent ad
dress on Gen. Lee’s surrender should
be used by the British imperialists as
a tract against the Boers. But that
is the use the London Times and the
•imperial South African Association’
are making of it. They argue that
because Lee surrendered. Botha, De
Wet and Delarey should surrender;
even more, that the Boers are guilty
of gross immorality In continuing to
fight England. Asa matter of fact,
there Is no analogy between the case
of the Southern Confederates and that
of the Boers. A close parallel, how
ever, could be shown to exist between
the case of the Boers and that of the
Mexicans who resisted the attempt by
Napoleon 111 to conquer Mexico."
The Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch (Rep.)
says: ‘'The announcement that the
new governmental telephone system In
England will charge the same rates as
the opposing private companies has
caused much disappointment, but will
afford an interesting and Instructive
test of the merits of public and private
ownership and operation. Since the
rates will be the same the sole test
will be In the manner of service.
Whichever system furnishes the bet
ter service will get the business. The
result should be a conclusive demon
stration of the truth or falsity of the
theory that private interests can man
age utilities better ttISH the govern
ment."
The si fyouia Post-Dispatch (Dent.)
mays "Kenator Morgan is about right
when he says there never was and
never will la a lust tariff law' Even
If tl,. . onsumer did not suffer through
tariff fseaiton there would a-M he m
iciest* moli favored Utah ottoeu,**
A True Story.
He faced the beautiful creature as
she stood before him, says the Denver
Times. She stood before him, as she
had heard that was the proper thing,
and Lewseal Oleomargarine O’Flin fig
ured on doing the proper thing always
and forever.
“Has it come to this?” he hissed.
“Yes,” she replied, shrugging her
beautiful shoulders.
“Woman, would you drive me In
sane?” he cried once again, not forget
ting to hiss.
With a cruel, cold smile she murmur
ed: “You wouldn’t have to be driven
far."
This blow staggered him and for a
moment he stood as one In a trance,
but presently a fiendish smile chased
itself into the region of his ears.
“I suppose you think I have no rea
son to talk thusly?” he queried, raising
his eyes with an effort.
“None whatever,” she replied haugh
tily.
At this the husband, for such he was,
gave a fiendish cry, and, bending to
ward her, asked hissingly:
“You ask for money, woman! What
did you do with that 50-cent piece I
gave you last month?”
“I spent it for groceries,” she admit
ted, and then fell on her knees and be
came a woman, instead of a statue cold
and impassive.
Dear, patient reader, their honey
moon had been placed on the shelf
some time and she had merely asked
her generous and noble mate for mon
ey to buy some actual necessities, with
the above result. After which the man
went downtown and blowed in $lO on a
sap-headed galoot of a cheap politician
■who banded him a bouquet, saying,
“You are the party’s logical candi
date.” Dear, kind reader, is not this a
true story?
New Form of Hazing.
The old West Pointer said to the lady
who sat beside him at the recent foot
ball game between Pririceton and the
soldiers. “You will observe how strong
are the habits Inculcated by a military
training-”—:
The game was just about to begin,
says New York Times. A silence fell
as the referee raised his hand and
shouted:
“Are you ready, Princeton?”
“Yep.”
“Are you ready. West Point?”
“We are ready, sir,” returned the
West Point captain, politely.
“I told you so,” said the old West
Pointer, smiling grimly. “The training
of which this little incident is but a
faint index begins in the days of the
much-pittied plebe. The system has
been elaborated since my day. Last
summer I went up to Peekskill camp
and was w'andering through a company
street when an upper classman stuck
his head out of a tent and inquired in
a stentorian voice:
“ ‘Who is the woodenest plebe in this
company?’ The next moment every
plebe In the street struck his head out
and responded, gravely:
“ 'I am, sir.’
“They don’t dare to order the plebes
to black their boots any more since
the congressional investigation, but
they accomplish the result as effectual
ly. The upper classmen will deposit a
pair of soiled boots in front of a plebe,
look him over with a fierce glance and
inquire:
“ ‘Do you see those boots, sir?’ and
the plebe will answer:
“ ‘Yes, sir.’
“ ‘Very well, sir,’ says the upper
classman with great stress, and, with
another threatening glare, he departs.
The boots are always cleaned.”
In Defence of the Shark.
In a story in Frank LeslieSt Popular
Monthly, the hero, one Santos, a diver,
makes a vigorous defence of the
shark.
“If de sharks dey don’t were here de
tropics woqld be one big grave. De
pes’lance ’n death would kill every
body. De great God he know dat ’n
he put de little crab on de bottom of
de sea to eat de little dead stuff ’n de
big shark on de top of de sea to eat de
big dead stuff, ’n he made de white
shark ’n de blus shark for de dead ani
mals, ’n de baskin’ shark for de dead
dead veg’tables ’n all to keep de ocean
’n de air pure, same as buzzards on de
shore do. 'n de law protects de buz
zards on de shore do, is fair to de
shark, ’n dese men tink dey Jtnow more
den de great God ’n want to kill ’em
all. but dey don’t can.
“I tell dat bug hunter. Mr. A., he
don’t stop to tink dat here its hot ’n
tings have go to go quick ’n God puts
big hungry sharks here dat am always
hungry so dey can eat all day great
big jumps: ’n a big whale who weigh
eighty tons would make big trouble
here if he don’t was eat up quick'n
two days, while up Norf it’s cool, 'n
tings go slow ’n God he puts little
dog-fish up dere 'n never a shark till
man sends scow's of veg’tables out in
ocean ’n den He sends de baskin’ shark
to work for hees boss—man—'n man
hollers ‘man-eater’ ’n kills de veg’-
table shark for makin’ Atlantic City
'n other beaches healthy for dere chil
dren, instead of smell bad.”
Substitute for Handshaking.
Since the shooting of Mr. McKinley,
says the New York Times, the ques
tion of abolishing the practice o f pro
miscuous handshaking by the Presi
dent, as tending to detract from the
dignity of the office, as well as offering
the element of danger, has been agi
tated In pulpit and newspaper, but
there are many persons who object
to this mode of greeting, even in the
form of one of the courtesies of ordi
nary life. This objection has become
especially marked on the continent of
Europe, where the alarming warnings
of scientists that handshaking—and,
incidentally, kissing—is the means of
disseminating pernicious microbes of
the rate of 1,000,000 a shake—or a kiss
have not been without effect —at least
as far as the grasping of hands is con
cerned.
The members of a certain club in
Ostend who voted general handshaking
a nuisance have conceived a novel way
out of it without, in their opinion, in
fringing the rules of common polite
ness.
Just within the entrance of the club
house a wooden hand, attached to a
silken rope, which in turn is attached
to a bell, has been suspended. Asa
member enters he grasps the hand and
pulls it. and the tlntinabulation of the
bell which is audible in every room of
the house is accepted as the equiva
lent to a hearty handshake by all of his
fellow-members.
A Kindreil Honl.
They had Just been Introduced, and.
as she looked Into his thoughtful blue
eyes, the young girl felt that she had
at last met a man of high Ideals, Rays
the Salt Lake Herald.
"Are you Interested In the elevation
of the musses, Mr. McHmudge?" she
asked, after she had worked up to the
subject by easy conversational ntagt-s.
"Intensely, Miss Ouahlngton," he an
swered. "1 hav* dedicated my life to
this great work. I am Just now in
teresting myself in circulating a pum
phl*t on the subject, which 1 shall be
pleased to send you."
"How lovely," she murmured. Bh#
knew that she iutd at last found a
kindred soul.
Hut this world Is full of bi'ter dis
appointments. and It wus a ha,4
to Ethel < iU'hmgfoii s tie r ■ i u-dibit Jen
M * II ‘H I * fi£t'|’
elevator* lot wfetch in sih *g> at, (
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The woman as porter and guard
already is known on French railways,
but now a German railroad has opened
a larger field to women and Is em
ploying them as booking clerks, tele
graph operators and in other posts.
—The busiest collecting station in
Scotland is that at Eglinton street, in
Glasgow, on the Caledonian Railway.
At this depot 600 trains are dealt with
daily. The average number of tickets
collected each day Is 15,000 and 20,000
on Saturdays.
—The smallest exhibit at the Buffalo
Exposition is the fig wasp from Cali
fornia. It can be seen only with a
microscope. The insect is an Impor
tant aid in producing the fruit, and
the United States government spent
$16,000 in establishing it in the Pacific
fig region.
—An immense potato crop has been
raised this season by irrigation in the
Yakima Indian reservation in the state
of Washington. The quantity for ex
port is 2,000 carloads, and one farmer
will clear SIO,OOO. It is estimated that
the crop will be 40,000 tons, worth sl,-
000,000.
—South Australian apples are now
sold In the Vienna market at from 5
cents to 10 cents each; choice ones
even higher. The apples are packed
and shipped in small, long boxes con
taining 100 each. Each apple is wrap
ped in tissue paper, and they are pack
ed in wood wool (excelsior) and the
leaves of corn husks.
—Mayor Morris of Ottawa, Canada,
proposes to get even with the local coal
dealers who have made a combination
on the price of coal and shoved the
price up a dollar higher than it can be
obtained in neighboring cities, by es
tablishing a municipal coal yard. He
maintains that he can purchase coal
cheaper than the dealers and that he
can sell it at a lower price than they,
and he expects to protect the poor fam
ilies of the city in this way.
• -Charitable and religious organiza
tions, mainly those supported by the
Roman Catholic Church, will be bene
fited to the extent of $150,000 by the will
of Mary Corrigan, which was filed in
the Chicago Circuit Court the other
day. The largest single bequest was
that of $15,000 to the House of the
Good Shepherd. The Little Sisters of
the Poor are to receive $12,000, and to
a number of churches and other socie
ties are given sums ranging from SI,OOO
to SIO,OOO.
—For striking coins and medals and
stamping and shaping articles of jew
elry It is very important that the me
tal used shall flow well. This is some
thing that the average reader knows
nothing about, perhaps. The flow takes
place when the metal is subjected to
rolling, stamping or hammering, and
the particles of the metal are thus car
ried into all the sunken parts of the
die without the least fracture. It Is
thus that a perfect impression is made.
Standard silver Is remarkable for this
property.
—Why do they persist in calling
Roosevelt “our young President?” asks
the Boston Globe. People seem to for
get that a man is not old these days,
till he gets in the neighborhood of four
score. Roosevelt is a year older than
the Emperor of Germany, twelve years
older than the Czar of Russia, ten
years older than the King of Italy,
twenty-two years older than the Queen
of the Netherlands and twenty-eight
years older than the King of Spain.
If one cares to make Mr. Roosevelt
young by comparison, let him compare
him with the Pope, the Emperor of
Austria or some of the old men whose
deaths are daily mentioned in the pa
pers as having gone to the windward
of a century. Things have changed
since they used to speak of a man at
60 as being “an old man.”
—After laughing at the French peo
ple for their frog-eating proclivity the
United States is doing very well in that
line, for the Food Commission esti
mates that we catch in this country
about 2,000,000 frogs, that we may use
their toothsome hind legs for the grat
ification of our appetites. These frogs,
which have been hopping for years
more and more into gastronomic favor,
are sought for in all parts of the coun
try, furnishing a paying industry, not
only for the hunters of them in their
natural haunts, but for scores of per
sons who have frog farms and raise
them as they might raise chickens. To
these persons the frogs mean an an
nual Investment of SIOO,OOO, according
to the report of the commission, and
that means $150,000 to the consumers.
—Horse chestnuts contain about 27
per cent, of albumen, this remarkable
proportion being greater than is found
in any cultivated plants, but their bit
ter taste, due to the presence of about
10 per cent, of bitter rosin, has con
demned them as unfit for food. By
extracting the bitter principle. Flugge
of Hanover, claims to have made use
ful another waste material. After
partial roasting to loosen the shells,
the kernels are removed and pulver
ized, and the powder is placed In a
tight percolator, with alcohol, for
about a week. To extract the bitter
completely it may be necessary to re
place the fluid with fresh solvent. The
alcohol dissolves out the rosin, leav
ing a pleasant and nutritious meal,
which contains all the albumen and
starch of the chestnuts, and is a val
uable food.
—A technical Journal, Le Diamant,
published in Paris,, has the following
notes on rubies, which have lately come
into greater fashion than heretofore
and have in consequence advanced very
materially in price. There are three va
rieties, Oriental. Siamese and the
spinel. The first is the most beautiful
of all colored gems. They are becoming
more and more rare and weight for
weight are valued 10 to 20-fold the
price of diamonds. The best come from
Ceylon, India and China. The Siamese
rubies are very dark red, the spinel is
less richly colored. The largest ruby
known is one of the crown jewels of
Russia. The Shah of Persia has a ruby
of 175 carats; Gustavus Adolphus of
Sweden had one of the size of a small
egg and of perfect water, which was
pr_esented_to the Czarina of Russia In
ICu. In 1791 France had in its crown
Jewels 81 Oriental rubies.
—Roses were apparently a favorite
article of food In the time of our great
grandmothers. says Leslie's Weekly,
for we also find a recipe for making
a "conserve of roses boiled." and in
this. too. great stress is laid upon re
moving all the white; in the directions
for pudding-making, also, rosewater is
a frequent flavoring. Next to roses the
most popular flower seems to have
been the cowslip. Here Is a description
of "cpwslip pudding," intended pri
marily for a fast dinner, but Included
among "a number of good dishes,
which you may make use of for &
table n( any other time." "Having got
tlie flowers of a peek of cowslips, cut
them small and pound them smaller,
with half pound of Naples biscuits
grated, and three pints of cream. Holl
ihem a little, then take them off the
fire, and beat up sixteen eggs with a
little cream ands little rosewater,
bweeten to your palate (this is a fine
variation of tin modern 'sweeten to
Jol t last > MU* It well together but
ter the dieb and pour it in. Hake it,
and when it t done tin tea fine sugar
vivi sistl Sell* It u*, '
Something to Appreciate
I* the ork of the British Doctors at
13 York Street, West, Henderson
Building—These Eminent Gentle
men are Giving Their Serives En.
tirely Free to all Invalids Who
toll L'pon Them Before Nov. 30.
A stall of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
of a large number of patients under
their care in this country, established
a permanent branch of the Institute in
this city at No. 13 York street, west, in
the Henderson building, Rooms 1,2, 3,
4, Opposite Post Uffice.
These eminent gentlemen have de
cided to give their services entirely
free for three months (medicines ex
cepted) to all invalids who call upon
them for treatment between now and
Nov. 30. These services consist not
only of consultation, examination, and
advice, but also of all minor surgical
operations.
The object In pursuing this course is
to become rapidly and personally ac
quainted with the sick and afflicted,
and under no conditions will any
charge whatever be made for any ser
vices rendered for three months, to all
all who call before Nov. 30.
The doctors treat all forms of dis
ease and deformities and guarantee a
cure in every case they undertake. At
the first interview a thorough exami
nation is made, and. if incurable, you
are frankly and kindly told so, also ad
vised against spending your money for
useless treatment.
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness, also rupture,
goitre, cancer, all skid" diseases and all
diseases of the rectum, are positively
cured by their new treatment.
The chief associate surgeon of the
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Office hours from 9 a. m. till 8 p. m.
No Sunday hours.
Special Notice.—lf you cannot call,
send stamp for question blank fof
home treatment.
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