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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia for to
day are for fair weather, with fresh
southwest to south winds. Eastern
Florida partly cloudy, with light va
riable winds.
'An election is to be held in Chifcago
next Monday. As the date falls on
the first day of Pentecost, it is esti
mated that not less than 10,000 Jew
ish voters will fail to go to the polls.
So anxious are the Pennsylvania
daily newspapers to see Senator Quay
out of politics that they jump at every
rumor of his retirement as containing
a possible germ of truth. There is
‘again a retirement story abroad, and
the Philadelphia papers are printing
it in black type. Meanwhile Boss
Quay is probably laughing in his
sleeve.
Remote as is the possibility of Mr.
Cleveland’s candidacy, it brings a ray
of hope to James Clawson of Neoga,
111. Mr. Clawson is an original Cleve
land 'man, including in his devotion
even a fourth candidacy and a third
term. During Mr. Cleveland's second
candidacy Mr. Clawson made a cam
paign bet, under the terms of which
he was not to cut his hair or beard
until Cleveland was inaugurated. Mr.
Cleveland lost, of course, and Claw
son's hair had four years to run. By
that time he had become so fond of It
as a mark of constancy to his favorite
that he resolved to keep it as a me
mento. He is now 73 years old and is
said to have the finest head of silver
silk hair in the West, and he is proud
of it. Still he is prouder of Cleveland,
and says if the Princeton man should
be once more elected President, he
would celebrate the occasion by a
haircut and shave.
An "Important If true" story comes
from Boston. We may say at the be
ginning that we have a divided opinion
with respect to it; first, that it is not
true, and second, that it is foolish if
true. The story is that plans have
been completed by a secret organiza
tion with headquarters in Boston for
a great negro exodus from the South.
‘‘The plan,” says the New York Trib
une’s dispatch, "is to depopulate the
entire South and Southwest of negroes,
who will be brought North to Boston
and thence distributed throughout the
West In agricultural and mining com
munities. The first great body of emi
grants, 5,000, will land in Boston about
July 1.” Until we learn how the Bos
tonese are going to get their money
back out of the scheme, with 200 to 500
per cent, profit, we shall not believe
there is any such scheme afoot. The
Tribune's information continues: “The
Southern headquarters of the society
are in Georgia, but the precise location
is kept secret in fear of mob violence
or Interference from the whites."
Again we must express disbelief. No
such big emigration scheme could |K*s
slbly establish headquarters In Geor
gia or any other state without the fact
booming speedily known. That there
Is fear of mob vtolgnc#" la ait poppy-
SEABOARD AIR LINE SHOPS
The machine shops of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, located at Ports
mouth, were burned the other day. The
road must, of course, have shops at
once and the officials are doubtless at
the moment considering where they
will place them. It seems unlikely that
they will be re-established at Ports
mouth, for the reason that the system
has grown away from the location.
When the shops were established there
the Seaboard was a small corporation,
as compared with what It is to-day.
Now it is one of the giants of the
American railroad situation. Then
Portsmouth was probably more con
veniently situated on tidewater than
any other town touched by the road;
now it is away off to the northward
of the system's central point, hundreds
of miles removed from the greater por
tion of the trackage. That being true,
manifestly it must cost more to have
the system’s repairs made at Ports
mouth, because of the time consumed
in reaching the shops from the va
rious divisions of the system.
Where, then, should the shops be lo-
cated? Take one of the Seaboard's
maps and study it for a moment and
the question will be answered—at Sa
vannah. This city is located almost
centrally between Norfolk and Tampa.
The Seaboard mileage that may be
called tributary to Savannah is great
er than to any other point. There is
about as much trackage south and
west of this city as there is north of
It. The absorption of the Florida Cen
tral and Peninsular and the Savan
nah, Amerieus and Montgomery makes
Savannah the focal point of the sys
tem in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and
South Carolina, with four times as
many miles or road south of Hamlet
pointing to Savannah as are pointing
to any other city. Both Wilmington
and Atlanta are off to one side, Jack
sonville is too far south and Charleston
is not directly on the system. That
would seem to point directly, as it
does logically, to Savannah as the
place for the shops.
There are many advantages that
would accrue to the Seaboard by rea
son of locating its shops here. One ex
cellent reason is that it already owns
all of the land necessary for the plant,
on Hutchinson’s Island. It would not
have to ask any concessions from any
body or any municipality. Another city
might offer a site free, but when it had
given the site it would say to the
road, “Now, see what we have given
you; and in return we demand certain
favors." On Hutchinson’s Islapd the
road would be independent of such de
mands. Again, the island is outside the
city’s corporate limits, therefore there
would be no city taxes to pay—and
that is a consideration worthy of care
ful thought. At this point there is an
abundance of labor, the climate is
equable, and there is a plenty of pure,
fresh water. Another point is this, that
the Seaboard's principal growth and
development henceforth must he in this
section. The territory to the north
ward is already covered; and with fu
ture growth, Savannah will be even
more of a central point than it is now.
The bringing of the Seaboard’s shops
to Savannah would add a number of
desirable persons to the city’s popula
tion-wage earners and good citizens
who would be not only a help but a
credit to the city. It is to be hoped
that the commercial bodies of the city
will look into the matter and see what
can be done towards persuading the
Seaboard to erect its new shops here.
AN BA SI I. V MADE FOIITINB.
According to the story that Is being
told in cotton circles In New York
the fortune which Daniel J. Sully made
In cotton this spring was easily and
qnickly made. The amount Me made
was not nearly as large as it was
reported to be. Mr. Sully and two
friends were in the deal together. Mr.
Sully had convinced them that there
was a famine in cotton. He had stud
ied the situation and knew it thor
oughly.
Neither of the three had a very great
deal of money. They agreed to stand
losses to the amount of $250,000. They
must have had that amount there
fore where they could place their
hands on it. At no time did they
have to put up a dolier. They made
their fortunes without the investment
of any money whatever. In all they
bought 200,000 bales at an average cost
of 9.02 cents a pound and sold it at
an average of 11.05 cents. The amount
they cleared above all expenses was
$2,030,000 or about $667,000 apiece. The
biggest part of their deal began In
March and ended in May. At no time
were they called on for margins, the
steady rise in the price of cotton be
ing sufficient to cover them. Mr. Sully
made side deals during the time
which were sufficient * to pay
brokerage expenses and interest charges
so that the money made on the deal
was clear of all incumbrances.
A large number of cotton speculators
followed Mr. Sully’s lead, and it is
estimated that they made about $lO,-
000,000. The stories that Mr. Sully
was backed by a very rich man and
that he was acting for a syndicate
were without foundation.
The three successful operators had
a supper at the Waldorf-Astoria a few
nights ago, and afterwards one of them
told the facts of the deal. It is evi
dent that it was Sully's nerve. In
formation and brains that won the
money that made a fortune for each
of the three. He is now out of cotton
and will sail for Europe on June 3
to be gone for a year.
If the late A. T. Stewart could come
back to New York, he would wonder at
the things John Wanamaker is doing.
Mr. Stewart thought he had topped the
world when he built the great depart
ment store on Broadway between Ninth
and Tenth streets; and Indeed he had
done so. at that period. Hut Wann
inaker has not only filled that store,
and added to It, but he Is now prepar
ing to build on the block below the old
store, between Eighth and Ninth
streets, a fourteen-tory palace of mer
chandise that is to cost $3,100,000. When
this structure has been completed Mr.
W ana maker will occupy two whole
blocks on what is now called lower
Broadway with what will be, without
doubt, the greatest shopping establish
limit tn the world-
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1903.
A BLACK EYE FOR THE IOWA
IDEA.
Pennsylvania Republicans, in their
state convention on Wednesday, de
clared against any reduction in the
present tariff schedules. Docs this mean
that the Republican leaders have
agreed that there shall be no declara
tion in the next national platform of
their party in favor of a reduction of
the tariff? It may mean that or it
may mean that Pennsylvania Republi
cans will oppose a declaration of that
kind.
It is well understood, of course, that
Western Republicans, particularly
those of lowa, are insisting upon a re
duction of those tariff schedules which
afford a shelter for trusts. The Pres
ident, since he has been in the West,
has found a strong tariff reduction
sentiment, and it is said that he has
been trying to show his supporters
there that it would not be advisable
to open up the tariff question during
the presidential contest. How well he
has succeeded is not yet apparent, but
as soon as the Republican state con
ventions of the Western states begin
to meet it will become evident whether
or not his efforts have been success
ful.
As Senator Quay, who’ is one of the
President's closest friends and advis
ers, dominates the Republican party
of Pennsylvania, it would not be sur
prising if the Republican convention
of that state took its stand against a
reduction of any of the tariff sched
ules with the understanding that an
effort should be made to have the Re
publican conventions of other states
take a like stand. The Republicans
are by no means united in support of
the present tariff schedules, and if a
plank should be put in their national
platform next year in favor of reduc
ing some of the tariff schedules there
would be trouble at once in the Re
publican party.
The protection element is much
stronger than the tariff reduction ele
ment, but the latter is ag
gressive. It may turn out therefore thkt
the tariff question will be a source of
a great deal of trouble to the Republi
cans in the presidential campaign. In
view of the fact that they are divided
on that question it would be interest
ing to know if the course taken by
the Pennsylvania convention is intend
ed to indicate to Republicans of other
states what the desire of the President
and the other Republican leaders is in
regard to the position the party shall
take in dealing with the tariff in the
national platform next year.
A TIIOROIGH OVERHAULING NEED
ED.
The latest development In the post
office scandal is a pretty strong argu
ment that there la need for a change
in the political complexion of the ad
ministration. The Republicans have
been in power so long that they feel
they own the government, and can do
about as they please. This view of tile
matter will be brought home to the
people in the presidential contest next
year, and it is not at' all improbable
that they will come to the conclusion
that It is about time to turn the gov
ernment over to the Democrats.
Besides the arrest of Supt. Machen
of the free delivery system, our dis
patches yesterday contained an account
of the wrong-doing of two postmasters
in the Philippines. It looks therefore
as if much rottenness would be dis
closed if the investigation should be
thorough. The Postmaster General,
when the charges were first presented,
was of the opinion that they did not
amount to anything. It transpires that
he was mistaken. There is a very fair
prospect of enough being discovered to
satisfy the public that there should be
a pretty thorough overhauling of the
departments, and that this work should
be intrusted to the Democratic party.
It can hardly be otherwise than that
the frauds that were committed in Cu
ba, in the Philippines and those that
are being discovered in the Postoffice
Department will play an important part
In the presidential campaign. They
will be used to convince the people that
their interests require that they should
make a change in the government—
that they should turn the Republicans
out.
Fortune hunting noblemen have be
come so yommon in the United States,
and their hard bargains with the fam
ilies of the girls they capture are so
disgusting to Americans, that it is a
real pleasure to read of a nobleman
one worthy of his title—who has
quietly courted and married for love
an obscure but charming and beauti
ful American girl. Baron de Fooke of
Vienna, Austria, Is the exception de
serving the honorable mention. The
Baron is young, educated, handsome
and rich. Several months ago he
came to this country to study Ameri
can commercial methods, in the In
terest of the banking house of his
family in Vienna. He prosecuted his
investigations quietly, lived quietly,
avoided "society,” and attended
church on Sundays. One Sunday in
St. Patrick's Cathedral. New York, he
caught sight of a beautiful face in the
choir; and the owner of the face had
a charming voice. Several Sundays
he watched the face and became a
worshipper of It from afar. Then he
remembered a letter from his father
to one of the priests connected with
the cathedral. He sought the priest,
submitted his credentials and asked
for an introduction to the girl in the
choir. It was arranged. She proved
to be Miss Adelaide Cox. daughter of
a dressmaker. She had an education
and a plenty of brains, though no dow
ery. The Baron didn't care anything
about a dowery; he loved the girl, she
reciprocated the affection, and so they
have been married and are now on
their way to the ancestral halls in
Austria. There can be no objection to
international marriages like that.
The thirty-seventh annual session of
the (>eorgta Educational Association
will be held at Cumberland island on
June 23-26, Inclusive. An elaborate,
entertaining and Instructive pro
gramme has been arranged, with pa
pers and addresses by leading educa
tors. orators and other workers in the
field of education. Reduced rates have
been secured (rom the railroads aud
the hotel oa ttw island
The strike situation is becoming crit
ical at Lowell. Our dispatches of yes
terday said the United Textile Work
ers of America were giving all of their
attention to the Lowell strikers and
paying little to those in other sections.
The reason is that the 15,000 Lowell
strikers are becoming restive. They
have not been receiving their strike
pay of $5 per week, which was prom
ised them when they went out, and
hunger is beginning to pinch them.
The wives and children are becoming
clamorous for an improvement in the
situation. Both sides, the employers
as well as the employes, are becom
ing tired, though, with the prevailing
high prices of cotton, the employers
are not as anxious for a resumption
of work as the employes. There seems
to be some prospect—and it is to be
hoped that it will prove well founded
—that the end of the trouble will be
reached in the next few days.
Ensign Hussner of the German
navy, who some weeks ago killed with
his sword a friend and fellow-towns
man of the name of Hartmann, of the
artillery, for not saluting him correct
ly, has been court-martialed and sen
tenced to imprisonment for four years
and one week and to degradation.
Hussner claimed that he was acting
within the regulations when he killed
Hartmann, but the court ignored his
plea. A few more sentences like this
will put a stop to the overbearing atti
tude of German officers to those who
chance to be below them in rank.
School Superintendent Rupp of Al
lentown, Fa., says that in his county
young men can earn $45 to SSO a month
working in the mines, while they are
paid only $35 to S4O for teaching school.
And yet it is often hard to get lab
orers, while the applicants for teach
ers’ places are always numerous. The
superintendent admits, however, that
the applicants for teachers’ places are
not always competent.
PERSONAL.
—A current entertainer of note in
London is Miss Olive Christian Mal
very, who was born in Lahore, knows
three oriental languages and has a
beautifully cultivated singing voice.
She sings and recites, appearing in her
picturesque Indian dress.
—They tell this story of the time
when Lord Randolph Churchill was
tory leader In the Commons. A number
of members of his party were displeas
ed with Lord “Randy’s" way of doing
things, so they deputed one of the lot
to call on his lordship and diplomat
ically state their views. Lord Randolph
listened until his visitor had conclud
ed and then said: “Let me ask you,
sir, are you leader of the conservative
party or am I?” The grumbler had no
reply handy to such an unexpected
query and his lordship, after waiting
for a few moments, rose to his full
hight and shouted: “Go to , sir.”
The startled tory hurried away.
—At La Plata, Mo., the other day
Cole Younger did something original,
especially for a showman and an ex
bandit. A patron of his wild west show
told Younger that he had been short
changed out of $5 by an employe of
the show. He pointed out the man and
Younger went to the employe and
said: “Give this man his money back.”
“What money?” asked the man, feign
ing surprise. “Did you hear me?” re
turned Cole. “Give this man his mon
ey.” The employe commenced to ex
plain. “I don’t want any explanations,”
said his employer, “pass that money
over and pass it over quick.” The
money was handed over and the dis
honest employe discharged then and
there. Frank James, who stood by, ap
proved the action of his partner.
IJHIGHT BITS.
—"My wife is a famous cook," Mullins
announced proudly. “So?” responded
Barlow, indifferently. "Yes, sir. She
concocts sauces that make even health
foods palatable.”—Life.
Elsie—" Miss Timmins told me to-day
in the geography lesson that Stone
henge was over two thousand years
old.” Jack—“ What nonsense! Why, it’s
only 1903 now!”—.Punch,
—Barnes—"lt says here that Mars has
a day forty-one minutes longer than
our own." Howes —-"Well, I suppose
that’s because the labor unions haven’t
got fully established on that planet.”—■
Boston Transcript.
—He—"What did you accept their in
vitation for? You know they don’t want
us. They asked us only out of polite
ness.” She—“ How ridiculous you are!
Of course I don't mean to go. I ac
cepted out of politeness.”—Brooklyn
Life.
—The Pastor—" Surely you do not
rmhn .to say, Mrs. Highmore, that the
bad people in the community outnum
ber the good people in the ratio of two
to one?” Parishioner—" Certainly, doc
tor. Aren't on’es next door neighbors
on both sides of one always objection
able?"—Chicago Tribune.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The New York World (Dem.) says:
“When the New York city government
was founded 250 years ago there was
no United Kingdom, no German Em
pire, no Kingdom of Prussia, no Aus
trian Empire, no Kingdom of Italy, no
French Republic and no Russian cap
ital at St. Petersburg. Yet they call
this anew country!”
The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.),
a warm admirer of Mr. Cleveland,
says: “People who are continually
wondering why Mr. Cleveland does not
express himself on the! subject of his
candidacy seem to forget that he is an
expert fisherman and is not going to
be disturbed by a nibble. When the
question of his nomination reaches the
condition of a real hard bite he’ll Jerk
and land it if he wishes.”
The New Orleans Item (Dem.) says:
“In the midst of the postal department
scandal there comes a story of rumored
irregularities in the state militia or
ganizations. It is charged that govern
ment supplies have been used for pri
vate- purposes. A thorough investiga
tion will he made. Tennessee, with
Georgia, Missouri. Kentucky, South
Carolina and several other Southern
and Western States, Is put down as be
ing involved in the scandal."
The Wilmington (N. C ) Messenger
(Dem.) says: "Men go into the cotton
milling business for the money there is
in It—not for fun or as charitable Insti
tutions to supply wages for the opera
tive*. They cannot be expected to
run their mlllH when they see nothing
but loss in so doing, and they are not
going to do so The factory in Bnuth
Carolina cannot be blamed for selling
Its raw cotton Instead of running its
machinery at a loss This Is a t air Il
lustration of the Injury to the ftouth
caused by the advance in the price of
cotton brought on st this time of the
year by sfMKulatuM aud market manip
ulators."
Auto of Roses.
The druggist smiles at the chauffeur
who enters, says Judge. Without a
word he goes to his perfume case,
takes from it a small phial of extract,
receives a dollar from the automobilist
and bows him politely out.
“I’m selling lots of that odor,” he
says.
“What is it?” asks the man leaning
against the cigar case.
“Auto of roses."
“Auto? You mean attar.”
"No; I mean auto. It is essence of
roses, with a dash of gasoline. It is
manufactured especially for motor
ists."
Got the Recipe.
“I may as well confess It,” remarked
the man in the mackintosh, according
to the Chicago Tribune. “I’m the big
gest fool in the United States.”
“What new light have you had on
it?’’ asked the man who had his feet
on the table.
“I saw an advertisement the other
day to this effect: 'Send $1 and learn
how to achieve world wide fame.’
“Well, I sent the dollar, and this is
the reply I received:
“'There are two ways:
“T. Refuse to make up a room for
Booker Washington.
“ '2. Announce through the papers
that you would consider yourself hon
ored by being permitted to make up a
room for Booker Washington.
“ 'There isn’t much to choose between
these two methods, but you are entitled
to your choice.’ ”
When Johnny Popped.
When Johnny Burnes, the grocer’s
boy, made up his mind to get married
he had been courting the same girl for
three years, says the Chicago Tribune.
He was a big boy of 30, but had never
risen above the honest labor of deliv
ering eatables at people’s back doors.
Susan Allen lived at home ana helped
her mother with the work. There was
no nonsense about her. Johnny deliv
ered groceries there. The family ap
proved of him. but thought he was too
slow. His most ardent advances took
the shape of candy. ’ Something to bite
on,” he said. When he concluded to
pop ho wore his Sunday best and tipped
his chair back on its hind legs. Susan
sat near him munching candy.
“been out to-day,” he hazarded after
a long silence.
“You bet. I went over to see Mamie
Wilson.”
“What’s she doin’?”
“Say, Johnny, she’s got a feller.”
“Sho.”
“Fact.”
There was a long silence. The clock
on table ticked desperately.
“I s’pose Mamie thinks you’ve got a
feller?”
"Well, haven’t I?”
"Say, Sue, wouldn’t it be a joke if we
got married?”
“I dunno. Folks say getting married
isn't any joke.”
"Say, Sue. Would you want a swell,
bang-up weddin’ if we got married?”
“You bet. I want a regular blow out.”
“Your father will foot the bills, won’t
he?"
“Yep.”
“Then it’s a go.”
Feat of a Pointer.
"It was down in Texas several years
ago that I came across the greatest
dog I ever saw or heard of,” said a
cavalry officer, according to the Wash
ington Star, “The animal belonged to
a friend of mine and was the greatest
quail dog you ever saw. We have taken
that dog out day after day and he
would never go wrong, and would point
quail in the most unlooked for places.
One day as we were walking into town
from the army post where I was sta
tioned, a well dressed stranger passed
us. Immediately the dog stuck his tall
in the air and assumed the attitude
recognized as ‘pointing.’
"It was some time before we were
able to determine what he was point
ing, but finally we decided that it was
the stranger, which proved to be cor
rect. We called to the man and aske.f
him if he had eaten any quail, ex
plaining why we asked. He said he
had nothing of the kind and did not
remember having eaten any for some
months. Turning to my friend I said:
“ ‘Your old flog has gone wrong.’
“ ‘Not a bit of it,’ he replied. ‘That
dog is right and I’ll bet you $lO he is.’
“I did not see then how the bet was
going to be settled, but took it up,
anyway, and we continued on to town.
We went to the biggest hotel in the
place to get some refreshments, and
there saw the stranger we had met on
the road. My friend asked the clerk
who the stranger was, and the clerk
pointed to the register. As soon as
my friend saw the name he gave a
yell and called me to come over there.
“ 'Give me your money, my boy,’ he
exclaimed. "That dog knew what he
was doing when he pointed that man.’
“To satisfy myself I glanced at the
register and saw the stranger's name.
It was ‘Robert F. Partridge!’ ’’
Tender Foot Wait Game.
"When I first stuck the Snake river
country,” said the old ranchman to a
Chicago Tribune man, “I was as green
a tenderfoot as ever left the states.
And the boys used to lay it all over
me in them days in a way that was
riling.
"One cold winter day, I remember,
me and Dave Orcutt and Hank Timms
was riding our ponies over to the
Slawson ranch. I had only been in the
country two weeks and this was my
first trip out to Slawson’s.
“There was a sharp wind blowing
straight out of the north. We hump
ed along pretty lively till suddenly the
boys pulls up sharp at the edge of a
wide crick.
“ ‘Great buffaloes," says Hank
Timms, ‘but the Little Cimaroon is on
a tear. I wouldn't try to ride across
her for a thousand.’
“ We'll have to ride around to Har
per’s Ford,’ says Dave Orcutt.
“‘How far is that?’ I asks.
“ ’Thirty-six miles and a blamed
poor road all the way,’ says Dave.
“ ’How deep’s the water?’ I asks.
“ ‘Too dang deep for comfort,” says
Hank. ‘Your clothes ’d freeze to your
back in two minutes if you got ’em
soaked."
“Well, it appeared to me that here
was my chance to show that I was
dead game, even if I was a tenderfoot.
“ ‘l’m going to ride cross right here,’
I says.
“ 'Don’t you do it,’ pleads Hank.
‘You’re new to the country yet, you
know, and me and Dave has to look
after you. You'll be foolish if you try
It. Do you want your clothes froze to
you?’
" Til take my clothes off.* I says,
‘and stand up on my saddle.’
” 'But the people over to the ranch’ll
see you if you strip that way,’ says
Dave.
” ‘l'll fix It so they won’t, I says, and
with that I strips to the skin in the
cold wind and puts on a long linen
ulster that I had in my gunny sack
Then I ties up my clothes and hitches
them around my neck, cllmps up on
top of the saddle and starts down the
bank.
"Say. hu* the wind did whistle
around my bare legs! Anil standin' up
In the saddle like I was It had a mighty
good show at me. That linen (luster
wasn’t much protection, either
’’’Go ahead if you must,’ mnyn Dave
solemnly "We boys'll wait here ori
the hank till you get across. An’ re
member that we warned you that you
were foolish to try It that way’
”1 starts my horse into the crick As
carefully as I can I steer# him across
and they ain't a blame spot In that
whole Birmunt where the water la aax
Inches deep."
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The Londoner will be greatly an
noyed by Innovations when the Amer
ican electrical cars are rurining in the
Metropolitan underground and "tu
penny tube” railways. The fare will
be 5 cents for any distance; there will
be no first, second or third class; the
high speed will be over sixty miles an
hour, and the twenty-second limit to
stops will give him a New York educa
tion in movement.
—A historical paper in Lord Mon
tagu’s collection in London tells of a
strange tragedy “done in Holborn. a
little before Christmas” several centu
ries ago, says the Chicago News. “A
boy of 7 years old came up into a gen
tleman’s chamber and prattled to him
and drew his sword and flourished with
it. The gentleman, being in bed, won
dered to see the boy toss his blade so
and said: ‘So, good boy, thou hast done
well; put in the sword.’ The boy per
sisting, the gentleman rose and held
him the scabbard and the rude-handed
lad, thinking to sheath the sword, lus
tily chopt it into his belly. Company
were called. One offered to strike the
child. ‘Let him alone,” quoth the gen
tleman; ‘God is just; this boy's father
did I kill five years since and none
knew; now be hath revenged it.’ And
the gentleman died the second dress
ing.’ ’
—Two French officers, Capt. Truffert
and Naval Ensign L’Haurd, have com
pleted an exhaustive exploration of
Lake Chad, in Africa, and its numer
ous islands, hitherto very imperfectly
known. According to these two explor
ers the lake is 185 miles in length by
eighty-nine miles in width, says the
Chicago News. Curiously enough, it is,
on the whole, extremely shallow’, the'
deepest part being the western side,
where the water is twenty-five feet in
depth, while on the eastern shores it
is only five feet in depth. The lake is
interspersed with eighty islands divid
ed into three groups—the first void of
vegetation; the second, covered only
with grass and herbs, but used by the
natives for pasturing cattle, and the
third, inhabited islands, which are
thickly and well forested and contain
extensive millet plantations. Altogeth
er 50,000 people dwell on these Islands.
One of the most notable achievements
of this expedition was the discovery
of a hitherto unknown tree, the wood
of which is lighter than cork.
—A recent census bulletin says the
amount of power employed in manu
facturing establishments in the United
States in the year 1900 was 11,300,000
horsepower. The increase from the
census of 1890 was 90 per cent. This is
only the power used in manufacturing.
If we take the number of locomotives
in the United States as 38,000 and the
average horsepower as I\ooo, we get an
aggregate of 38,000,000 horsepower. Re
turning to the power used in manufac
turing, it is found that of the total
8,742,000 horsepower is from steam en
gines, or 77.4 per cent, of ail the power.
Gas engines furnish 143,850 horsepower,
or 1.3 per cent., and electric motors
furnish 311,016 horsepower, or 2.7 per
cent. The horsepower of gas engines
increased in the decade by over 1,500
per cent., from 9,000 to 144,000 horse
power. The horsepower of electric mo
tors increased nearly 1,800 per cent.,
from 15,600 to 311,000. In the use of
water pow’er the increase was 37.6 per
cent., and the aggregate w r as 1,727,000
horsepou’er, as compared with 11,742,000
from steam engines.
—The sculpture representing Kansas
in a group at the St. Louis Exposition
is a half nude woman with one arm
thrown over the neck of a bull. “The
woman,” comments that high art critic,
the Atchison Globe, “has no clothes on
except a drapery across her knees and
a handkerchief wound around her fore
head. The former might be a bath
robe, but the latter looks as though
she had just finished dusting and sat
down to rest. But she has a sickle in
one hand, and Kansas women don’t use
them to dust with. And there is the
bull. A bull doesn’t belong to a parlor
scene. We never yet sa w a half naked
woman sitting w’ith one arm over a
bull crouched beside her, and we have
lived in the state twenty-five years.
Bulls are not that tame. If it had
been a cow, on her feet, with a milking
bucket under her, it would have been
more like. The woman's feet are bare,
except for a pair of sandals. Our
women don’t hang around fierce bulls
in such attire, but, on the contrary,
run from them. If the artist insists
upon a bull, then he should have a
full dressed woman holding up her
skirts and running for dear life for a
fence. W’e don’t understand Art; we
are glad, when we see what is to repre
sent ‘Kansas,’ that we don’t.”
—The total number of Jews in the
world is estimated by the American
Jewish year book at about 10,000,000,
of whom more than one-half are in
Russia. Of the remainder about two
thirds are in the United States and
Austria-Hungary. In all Germany, in
spite of its anti-Semitic agitation, there
are not so many Jews as there are in
the city of New York alone. In the
whole British Empire there are not
one-half as many. In the period since
1882 the Jewish population of the Unit
ed States, and of New York more par
ticularly, says the New York Sun, has
been more than doubled by immigra
tion, chiefly from Russia, because of
the policy of proscription against the
Jews then introduced in that coun
try. Another very great source of this
immigration has been Austria-Hun
gary, and from both it is now coming
in larger volume than ever. Undoubt
edly, too, the Kichinev outrages will
tend to increase this flood both from
Russia and from Eastern Europe gen
erally, so that the United States, al
ready second only to that empire in
the number of its Jewish population,
promises rapidly to attain to the first
place. Already the greatest Jewish
community in the world, the greatest
ever gathered together since the dis
persion, is now in New York—more
than 600,000.
—“The frog’g skin is so important as
a breathing- apparatus that the'crea
ture would die at once of suffocation if
the pores were closed by a coat of
sticky varnish, by dust, or in any oth
er way,” Says Ernest Harold Baynes in
the May Woman’s Home Companion.
"While we are speaking of his breath
ing you will notice that his sides do not
heave as ours do at each breath we
take. A frog has no ribs and cannot
inhale and exhale as we do, but is
obliged to swallow his air in gulps, and
if you will watch this little fellow’s
throat you will see it continually mov
ing in and out as one gulp follows an
other. In order to swallow, his mouth
must be closed; just try to swallow
with your mouth wide spcn. and you
will see what I mean. A frog, then,
always breathes through his nose, and
if you held his mouth open he would
suffocate as surely as though you gave
his skin a coat of varnish. Mr. Frog
has an enormous mouth for his size
and if we were to put a fln<w?r Inside it
we would find that he has a row of
teeth in the upper Jaw and that his
soft white tongue, unlike our own, Is
attached in front and is free behind
When he wishes to catch any insect he
throws out the free end of the tongue,
then draws It In so rapidly that It is
difUeult to see whether he has been
successful or not. As the tongue is
costed with a gummy fluid, the insect
sticks to it and is carried back Into the
nmuih, which closes upon It like the
door of a tomb. Frogs, however, are not
limited to one mode of feeding, they
often leap open-mouthed upon larger
prey, which in-dude*, besides Insects
sms It fish, ml**, small ducklings, pol
iiwbgs and up/ frogs."
Hood's Pills
Do not gripe nor irritate the aliurn
tary canal. They act gently yet
promptly, cleanse effectually and
Give Comfort
Sold by all druggists. 25 cents.
Daniel Hogan's
General price-cutting throughout the
store. Some of the rarest values are
here for this week’s showing. For ev
ery bargain in this ad. we are showing
ten in the store. The goods, too, are
not “Has Beens,” Old or Shelf Worn,
but are the most, wanted of this sea
son's things.
COMMENCEMENT DRESSES
AND THEIR ACCESSORIES.
46-inch Wash Chiffon 35e. 45c and
and 55c.
72-inch White Organdies 30c, 50c and
75 cents.
33-ineh Persian Mulls 20c, 25c and 35 Q
Dotted Swisses 12y 2 c, 15c, 25c, 25a
and 50c.
46-inch French Nainsook 25e, 35c,
50c, 60c and 75c.
White Silk Fans 50c to $2.50.
White Gloves, kid and silk, $1 to $2.50,
lace Handkerchiefs 25c to $3.00.
Shirt Waist Sets 65c to 9Sc.
LADIES’ UNDERMUSLINS.
Such an array of these beautiful,
clean and cool garments. We handle
nothing bu the best of these goods.
Gowns 50c to $4.00. 1 .
Skirts 50c to $3.50.
Chimese, new lot, 40c to $2.50.
New line Corset Covers,latest French
models, perfect fitting, very dainty
25c to $3.50.
HERE ARB ARTICLES THAT WILL
INTEREST ALL HOUSEKEEPERS.
Full size Hemmed Sheets, 60c value,
49 cents.
Hemmed Pillow Cases, 12%c value,
10 cents.
White Crochet Spread, $1 value, 75c,
60-Inch Pure Linen Damask, 69c
value, 75c.
72-lnch Pure Linen Damask, SI.OO
alue, 75c.
Large Huck Towels, 20c value, 15c.
Six Turkish Wash Cloths for 25c.
$6.00 Marseilles Spreads for $4.00.
35e large Turkish Towels, white, for
25 cents.
1 dozen excellent White Turkish
Towels for $1.50.
MATTING BARGAIN
OPPORTUNITIES.
Our stock of Mattings has never
been more complete, and the prices are
lower than the lowest. If you wish to
save money on your floor covering,
consult us.
READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT.
Great bargains in this department
this week.
DANIEL HOGAN,
Cor. Broughton and Barnard Sts.
SOUTHERN
FLAVORING
EXTRACT
COMPANY'S
SUPERB
ESSENCES
Are on sale at the following stores
in this city:
M. B. Ehrilcher, West Broad and
Liberty.
J. D. Seim, Jones and Purse.
Peter Handrenos, West Broad, be
tween Charlton and Jones.
W. H. Eskedor, Wayne and West
Broad.
A. P. Kennedy, 627 Sims Street.
"Why don’t you take the advice ot
one who KNOWS and have your eyes
properly fitted before they are ruined?
There is nothing in which delay is so
dangerous as in eye strain. Sight is
priceless. Eye strain results in eye
trouble. Relieve the strain and the
eyes or head won’t pain. We make use
of the most elaborate outfit known to
science to test eyes for defective' vis
ion. Nothing like it in Savannah. Ex
amination free.
HINES OPTICAL CO.
DR. LEWIS A. HINES, Refractlonlst,
148 Whitaker st.. near Oglethorpe ave.
POLISHED PLATE GLASS.
We are the Southern distributing
agents of the Penn-American Plate
Glass C 6. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest stock in the
South.
WINDOW GLASS, lots of it, all
sires, single and double, at our ware
houses both in Savannah and in At
lanta. Dowell Pins, Blind Staples,
Glaziers Diamonds, Putty and Points.
Mall orders promptly shipped.
F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO-,
SAVANNAH. ATLANTA.
Commencing Saturday, May 2
and continuing through the summer
months, our place of business will be
closed each Saturday at 2 o'clock,
P ra.
C. M. GILBERT Sc CO
IMPORTERS.
JOHN C. BUTLER*
Sash, Blinds. Doors,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Lime, Cements, Plaster,
20 Congress Street, West.
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