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NEW YORK TOPICS
MICH INTEREST DISPLAYED IN MR.
ROOSEVELT’S VACATION AT
OYSTER BAY.
The Present Chief Executive the
Only One Who linn Ever Spent
Ilia Summer Rent Time So Near to
Near York—Roosevelt and the
Newspaper Men—Relation* of Hi*
Predeoeanor* and the Correspond
euta—Hnrriaon nnd Cleveland
Were Roth “Difficult'* to All Jour
naiiata Eirept Their Particular
Erienda—MeK inley nnd the Vaca
tion ‘Time Photoarapjier—Cleve
ltvnri’a Day* at Buzxard’s Bay—Ar
thur'* Timidity—How He Klaaed a
Carreapondent'a Child—llayea* Un
expected Kiudnen* to a C'orre
apondent in an Emeraeney.
New York. July 4 —On this the 127th
anniversary of the nation's birth Theo
dore Roosevelt haa been at Oyster Bay
for just seven days, and all the week
the papers here have given much at
tention daily to the current doings at
the summer capital.
Mr. Roosevelt is the only President
who has ever summered so close to
the metropolis, and consequently the
only President whose vacation doings
have received the publicity that is de
voted to his. Cleveland used to pass
him midsummer period of relaxation at
ttray Gables on the shore of Buz
sard’s Bay; McKinley generally se
cluded himself in the mountains; Har
rison’s rests wore also usually enjoyed
far from the big town. All three were
much averse to letting the public
know about the way they recuperated,
and reporters were generally kept at
a distance. None of the three, nor
any of their predecessors, for the mat
ter of that, ever maintained a full
fledged executive office throughout the
vacation time as Roosevelt does, or
kept so close in touch with affairs in
the hot season as he.
But while Mr. Roosevelt may be
seen both by newspaper men and
practically any one who has good
reason for seeing him. now, as when
at Washington, he doesn't like to be
intruded upon any more than his pre
decessors. Thus, while it is not dif
ficult to gain access to his democratic
little Oyster Bay office, the corre
spondent or politician who should
make his way uninvited to the Roose
velt residence would get a very cold
reception. In fact, he would find it
hard to do so, because of the guards.
Asa class the newspaper men like
Roosevelt. Like most of those who
have gone before him, for many years
he will not submit to an interview, to
be reported, as such. But he does not
exclude reporters from his presence,
as some of the others have striven to,
and, as a rule, he does not show much
partiality In his dealings with them.
This is, perhaps, because he had a
good many intimate friends among
the reporters before he was President,
especially when he was police com
missioner of New York. It was then
that 'he formed a friendship with
Jacob Rlis, the "How the Other Half
Lives” man, so intimate that they still
address each other as "Jake" and
“Teddy."
Perhaps Presidents Harrison and
Cleveland were the most difficult of
latter day Presidents for the corre
spondents to get along with. It will
be remembered that Harrison was
counted unduly cold by every one who
knew him, though in reality he was a
man of warmth and sympathy. His
supposed aversion to correspondents
was not. in fact, in excess of his gen
eral standoffishness to nearly every
boy, and there were a few corre
spondents with whom he was on
terms of the greatest intimacy. There
was one in particular, who. in Harri
son’s day, represented a number of
newspapers, and is now' holding an
official position of great trust, with
whom the President advised as con
fidentially as with any member of his
cabinet.
Cleveland, too, bad several exceed
ingly close friends among the news
paper correspondents, and they were
always loyal to him. It was
at the special request of Mr. Cleve
land that a well-known Washington
correspondent for a Chicago news
paper was accorded a famous inter
view with the wife of William C.
Whitney when the latter was Secre
tary of the Navy, and the representa
tives at the Capital 6f the Baltimore
Sun and the Philadelphia Public Led
ger were always sure of the inside
track with regard to White
news.
Chester Allan Arthur was probably
the most timid of all the Presidents in
the presence of newspaper men, yet
he had a few special journalistic
friends before whom he used to talk
with great freedom.
To one newspaper man Mr. Arthur
C. H. DORSETT,
Real Estate Dealer,
Congress, West,
Offers for sale the following improved real estate; the list
of vacant lots and country property will appear later:
11,260 —Lot on Anderson street, be
tween Bull and Drayton, with
oottage in the rear.
11,500—Seven-room house on Jones, be
tween Prlee and East Broad.
$1,500 —Neat, well arranged cottage on
corner West Brood and Forty
second streets.
$1,600 —No. 206 Anderson, east; rents $l7
per month.
$2,000 —Comfortable two-story resi
dence, 518 Duffy, west.
$2,006 —Seven-room house. No. 604 Thlr
ty-alnth. west, lot 30x117.
$2,000 —Two-story brick house with very
large yard, 610 Tattnall street.
$2,100 —Two-story residence, south front.
No. 214 Anderson, east.
$2,100 —Six-room house, No. 210 Ander
son, east.
s2,2so—Southern front on Thirty-ninth,
near Barnard, well worth $2,500.
s2,soo—New residence on Thirty-eighth,
near Habersham.
$2,650—N0. 2212 Barnard, near Thirty
eighth, large yard and conven
iently arranged residence, only
$250 cash required. .
$2,656—Tw0 brick houses, two story and
two wooden one-story, renting
for $2B per month.
SS,IOO—No. 2814 Barnard, roomy house,
well arranged and large yard.
$3,206 —Park avenue, near Drayton,
large house and splendid loca
tion.
s3,2oo—Seven-room house, on Henry,
between Drayton and Abercorn,
choice location, and very cheap
piece of property.
$3,506 No. 543 Broughton, east, a three
story residence, with large out
building. Absolutely “dirt
cheap” at this price.
once made a most particular exhibi
tion of what the Journalist was always
puzzled to define, saying that it may
have been personal vanity and it may
have been real kind heartedness. The
correspondent was walking up Penn
sylvania avenue with his son, a little
shaver not more than 5 or 6 years
old. Catching the child under the
arms tljf dignified Chief Magistrate
swung him to his shoulder and held
him there for a moment. Before re
leasing him the President kissed the
child on the cheek. As he swung him
down to the pavement Mr. Arthur
said:
"When you are an old man you can
say that the President of the United
States gave you a ride on his shoulder
and kissed you before he set you
down!"
President Hayes was generally
counted as a cold man by the corre
spondents, but there is one dignified
writer of "brevier matter” who. when
a Washington correspondent, had
need to find a vulnerable joint in the
President’s armor and succeded com
pletely.
Then, as now, great pains were
taken to prevent premature publication
of the President's message. At the
same time it was the custom, which it
is not now, for certain newspapers to
print a forecast of the message a few
days in advance. One year the corre
spondent of W. F. Storey's Chicago
Times learned, late on a Saturday
night, that the Chicago Tribune man
had sent an abstract of the message
by mall for publication on the fol
lowing Monday morning. As he
knew that to be beaten on so impor
tant a matter meant discharge by the
irascible Storey, he put in all of the
following Sunday trying to secure an
abstract for himself. At about noon
he got so close to a printed copy that
be began to hllve hopes, but they were
dashed to the ground when the cus
todian thereof refused an offer of
$l,OOO for the document.
Fin'ally at about 3 o’clock the cor
respondent met a Senator, a great
friend of the President's, to whom be
poured out the complete story of his
troubles. The Senator didn’t believe
he could be of service, but finally con
sented to take the correspondent with
him to call upon the chief executive.
At first the President was adamant,
though he would not deny that the
Chicago Tribune’s man had stolen a
march on his rival. At last, being
convinced that failure meant the close
of his caller’s Journalistic career, Mr.
Hayes said:
"I can’t send you to anyone for a
copy of the message as you suggest;
you can’t be helped by any one but
me and I am crowded for time. But,
under the circumstances, I will outline
the message briefly, on condition that
you keep the source of your informa
tion a secret. You must not take notes,
but write wholly from memory. I may
repeat the exact phraseology of the
message In part-and that wouldn’t do
in your dispatch.”
Then for the space of *wenty min
utes the President talked steadily, the
correspondent listening meanwhile as
if his life depended upon good hearing
and good memory. The result was a
column and three-quarters in the Chi
cago Tribune the next morning and
promotion Instead of discharge for the
newspaper man.
No President was ever so keenly
sought by newspaper men as was
Grover Cleveland just prior to his
marriage with Prances Folsom.
There were rumors a-plenty of the
impending union, but no definite in
formation, and every correspondent
was urged by his managing editor to
do his best to get the first positive
news. Late one afternoon it became
known generally that the President
and a party, mostly cabinet members
and their wives, was coming to New
York from Washington on a special
train. There was a rumor that Mr.
Cleveland was to meet Miss Folsom
here. One well-known corres,jy>ndent
chanced to be In Newark, New Jer
sey, and to him were wired instruc
tions to board the President’s special
when it passed Newark, at all haz
ards.
Being acquainted about the station
he managed to get himself smuggled
through the locked gates when the
train came in. When the train pulled
out he was a passenger, but sorely puz
zled to know how to act next. Good
luck came to his rescue again, how
ever, for he found in the party a lady
who knew him and presented him to
the President a® a most enthusiastic
young Jersey Democrat.
Mr. Cleveland was surprised at see
ing any stranger on the train, but took
the intrusion in, good part, perforce,
saying as he greeted his new acquaint
ance:
"You ought to be a reporter, judg
ing by the way you secure passage on
a private train.”
This emboldened the corerspondent
to congratulate the chief magistrate on
his coming marriage, and Mr. Cleve
land’s reception of the congratulation
made the union a certainty. Havtng
gained that much, the reporter got
gracefully out of the presence, and
then wa* informed with considerable
detail th'at Mr. Cleveland really was
to meet Miss Folsom that evening. At
Jersey City other correspondents
were waiting impatiently for the train,
but the President eluded all save the
Newark man. He trailed the Presl
dentlal carriage so,,closely through the
s3,soo—Six-room, besides servants,
brick residence on Bolton, near
Jefferson.
$3,500 —No. 409 Oordon, east, separate
house, large yard, with stable.
Avery desirable residence for
person who cannot live in south
ern section.
s3,Boo—Ns. 114 Taylor, west, between
Barnard and Whitaker, two
story brick on basement, most
conveniently situated for busi
ness down town or at railroads.
s4,ooo—Store and machinery, No. 21
York, west, facing Postofflce.
This is marvelously cheap and
Is a splendid chance for a good
investment, or for a business.
s4,ooo—Large piece of vaoant ground,
northwest corner Harris and
Jefferson. The size, shape and
location of this is a desirable
piece to improve.
$4,200 —No. 116 Taylor, west, near Barn
ard, one of the most complete
houses In the city and in abso
lutely good condition.
$4,500 —Large brick residence, three
story on basement, on Barnard
near Hall, a very roomy house
and for a very small price.
$5,000 —Down town residence, two
story on basement. No. 106 Har
ris, west, near Whitaker.
$6,060 —A splendidly located residence
In the southern section, house
In “apple pie order.” with large
ground#, a most desirable home.
$8,500 —Two-story brick residence, with
a grand lot seventy feet front
and 120 feet deep. Open on all
sides, streets on three sides and
lane in rear
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. .ILLY 5. 1903.
The “Queen of Sea Route*” olTera
The “Finest Coastwise Trip* In all the World.”
ACCOUNT ANNUAL SESSION
B. P. O. ELKS.
(Best People on Earth.) ” , ' r ' r,?* r
Excursions
—to —
Baltimore
017 nfl Round trip.
11 ■U U Dl " c * s “ lln
'w ■ * ar Steamships leaving Savannah
July 16th and 18th.
017 Oft ROUND TRIP.
a\ If nil Going via Philadelphia,
til I I I UU Returning direct.
Steamships leaving Savannah
July 16th and 18th.
Tickets include first-clajM accommodations, and meals and state
room berth.
Tour railroad a|Dt wiltb* plraaad to quote rates and furnish
through tjrkft* at correspondingly low rates via Savannah
and Merchants and Miners Transportation Company's steam
ship lines.
M. & M. T. CO.
Ticket Office, Savannah, 112 Bull Street,
J. W. SMITH, Agent.
The Water Way! The Better Way!!
streets of the metropolis as actually
to be present at the hotel where Miss
Folsom, with her mother, was wait
ing to meet Mr. Clevefand In time to
witness the meeting.
Just as the correspondent was hur
rying away with all the news he want
ed a hotel attache spotted him and
made an outcry:
"Here’s a reporter!” the attache ex
claimed. "Shall I call for the police?”
This attracted Mr. Cleveland's at
tention at once.
"So you're a newspaper man. after
all?” cried the President. Then to the
attache. "Don’t interfere with him,
my man; he’s only doing his duty.”
Next morning, though all the papers
had hints of the news, the one served
by the Newark journalist had the full
est and best account and wVls the only
one to give any details of the trip from
Washington on the special, or of the
meeting of the President and his
sweetheart.
McKinley’s relations with the news
paper correspondents were almost al
ways cordial, and he never seemed
half so anxious to keep them ’aloof as
his attendants were.
One of his last vacations as Presi
dent was taken in the Adirondack*.
Thither went a newspaper photogra
pher on the speculation that he might
possibly get some snapshots of the
Chief Executive in his hours of ease.
For two or three days the enterpris
ing camera man had hard luck, for
the caretaker of the place kept him
out of photographic distance from
the President. Then by good luck
he met McKinley face to face and told
him what he wanted.
“Is It of great consequence to you
A LITTLE COLONY
OF FAMOUS TREES
Cedars of Lebanon Grown at the Arnold Arboretum from Seed
Obtained in Asia Minor—A Difficult Undertahing Success
fully Begun in the Light of Years of Interesting Experi
mentation.
Boston, Mass., July 4.—A thousand
little cedars of Lebanon growing up
from seed brought from Asia Minor
is one of the interesting sights just
now in one corner of the frames of
the Arnold Arboretum at Jamaica
Plain. Not that they appear at pres
ent much like their historic prede
cessors. In fact to the uninitiated all
cedars look alike during their first
year. Some of them are in little boxes,
so that they can be put out into the
sunshine or kept in the sheltering con
servatories as may seem best, while
others stand rank by rank in the open
air bed. But what makes them par
ticularly fascinating is their literary
interest and the fact that they seem
to be in a fair way to grow and flour
ish. Just now, in spite of the inclem
ency of this spring weather, they are
flourishing like the traditional green
bay tree and if they continue to do
so, the Arboretum will have intro
duced into out northern latitudes for
the first time one of the most striking
and decorative landscape trees that
grows.
Will the Arnold Arboretum succeed
in growing these Lebanon trees? It
is not the first attempt that has been
made in this climate, but it is the
first*to give any sign of being success
full. Previous atempts have failed be
cause in the tropical summers and
arctic winters of the North Atlantic
states the ordinary vegetation of the
Orient survives but a year or two at
the best. But the Arboretum hopes to
acclimate a hardy growth in accord
ance with the precepts of modem ar
boriculture which have been developed
during years of curious experimenta
tion at this museum and hot house
laboratory belonging to Harvard Uni
versity and performing work of world
wide reputation.
To understand what hopes the Ar
boretum people have of successfully
propagating this difficult species yom
need only remember what has been
done In the way of extending the range
of some of the Wertern soft wood trees.
For instance, when a Scotchman named
Douglas discovered the splendid firs
on our Pacific coast that have been
given his name he took the seed back
home with him and cultivated it there.
In that equablb climate it did well but
the first Douglas firs planted in the
Eastern United States were from seed
that came from England and these—
curiously enough—would not grow more
than a few years, standing to be
killed by the first severe winter that
came along. Much the same experi
ence the silver fir of California and
the Engleman spruce from the forests
of Oregon suffered when transplanted;
the climate of Old England was so
much more even than that of New Eng
land that while they would grow abroad
they died here. But presently some
body brought to the Arboretum seeds
of the firs and spruces from tfie moun
tains of Colorado. The trees there
were to all appearances exactly like
those on the shores of the Pacific, but
apparently they had been acclimated,
as it were, by centuries of exposure in
high altitudes. At any rate, brought
East and exposed to the rlgars of our
to get these pictures?” queried Mc-
Kinley. Being assured that it was, he
invited the photographer to come
along and bring his camera at once.
Then both Mr. McKinley and his wife
posed as many times as the photogra
pher asked them to, greatly to the
latter’s delight and profit as a matter
of course.
Once in the interim between his
two terms as President, while Mr.
Cleveland was rusticating at Gray
Gables, a trim and jaunty fisherman
(of the clubman variety) saw him do
some very skillful angling from a boat
on the waters of Buzzard's Bay.
Mr. Cleveland always wears old
clothes when he goes fishing and
never looks as if he had ever been
more than a fisherman. On this occa
sion his attire was particularly unpre
tentious and the trim clubman would
have paid no attention to him had it
not been for the big pile of fish in the
Cleveland boat. This was very allur
ing, however, and the clubman struck
up a conversation, presently making
a proposal to hire the “boatman” for
a week.
“I never take any engagements for
less than a season and I want the
same wages this season as I got last."
"How much was that?" queried the
clubman, all ready to close the bar
gain.
“About a thousand dollars a week,"
replied the other with an inscrutable
smile ae he slowly rowed his boat
away to the consternation of the club
fisherman, then realized who
the ‘ boatman” probably was.
Duane.
climate they throve and grew to full
stature, developing into some of the
best of our landscape trees.
The experience gained with these
Western firs prompted a similar ex
periment with the cedars of Lebanon.
Since the trees had again and again
proved themselves not hardy enough
for New England’s climate—and that
means for practically all the country
north of the latitude of Central New
Jersey—the Arboretum sought out some
specimens that had already been
through the process of acclimatization,
finally securing a number of cones from
mountains about Smyrna, the coldest
region in which the tree is found and
one with weather almost as variable
as that of our Atlantic coast. These
seeds from Asia Minor were planted
in January, 1902, and came up in due
course. To-day, when they are a year
and a half old, the little sprigs stand
two of three inches high, and in a box
hardly a foot square there are 72 of
them—enough to cover the Mount of
Olives, probably; perhaps as many as
were used in building the great court
of the Temple of Solomon with its
mighty pillars. They are small, but
already they have a most interesting
personality, an amusing air of self-im
portance, as it were, and one can easily
imagine their undeveloped grandeur.
For since the days of Solomon the
cedars of Lebanon have been the type
of majesty and beauty. In maturity
they grow to 60 feet in hight, with flat,
wide-spreading branches set symmet
rically about a sturdy trunk. The
long life of their fine-fibred wood and
the strong balsam of their seed gave
them wonderful properties in the minds
of the ancients, among whom the ce
dar was the most valued of trees.
When Solomon built his temple and
his place he bought from Hiram, King
of Tyre, the great cedars of Lebanon
to make pillars and beams and walls,
and from him hired bis workmen, tdt>.
"And Solomon had three score and ten
thousand that bare burdens, and four
score thousand hewers in the moun
tains beside the chief of Solomon’s of
ficers which were over the work, three
thousand and three hundred, which
ruled over the people that wrought in
the work." The temple was seven
years in building, "And Solomon gave
Hiram twenty thousand measures of
wheat for food to his household, and
twenty measures of pure oil; thus
gave Solomon to Hiram year by year."
The cones of the cedar of Lebanon
are close-knit and hard. Inside, the
little pitchy seeds, packed closely to
gether in a solid core, have wonderful
flimy wings to carry them far and wide
and drop them so that their sharp
points shall strike into the earth and
give them permanent lodgment. After
they have grown to full size on the
tree the cones are three or four years
in ripening before they burst and scat
ter their seeds, and at the Arboretum
they had to be drilled and set in hot
water to force them open. They were
as full of fragrant balsam, however, as
if they had been plucked but yester
day, and as full of vigorous life.
Of course this work of raising little
Cgdars Is still experimental, and the
seedlings are nurtured as carefully as
if they were so many children. At first
they were all kept in the greenhouses,
in their boxes; then, when they had
passed their first birthday, and the
warmth of spring began to stir In
them, a few at a time were set out-of
doors. The change of habitation seem
ed beneficial, but the Arboretum Is
not "risking all its eggs In one basket,’’
and until the youngsters in the open
air give unmistakable evidence ot
flourishing permanently those under
glass will not be exposed.
There are. in the Far East, cedars
of Lebanon which are thought to have
been standing when Solomon's temple
was in its glory, 3,000 years ago—some
even older; and perhaps the seed now
being so carefully nurtured In the Ar
boretum fell from the wide-spreading
branches of some giant that raised its
head when St. John sent his message
to the church in Smyrna less than a
century after the Christian era began.
A RIVER GRAVEYARD.
Many Boats Lost In the Miaaonrt.
In the Heyday of the Bnatneaa.
From the Evansville (Ind.) Courier.
The biggest marine graveyard in the
United States is that part of the Mis
souri river between St. Joseph and St.
Louis. In the tortuous stretches be
tween these two cities the wrecks of
more than 200 steamboats lie buried
In the bends. This was the testimony
of Capt. Phil Chappell of Kansas City,
one of the veterans of the river, at
a reunion of the old Missouri river
steamboatmen at Lincoln, Neb. Chap
pell, who spent more than thirty yearf
on the river, is now a bank president.
“There is not now a single steam
boat on the whole stretch of river that
even plays at navigating it. Its evo
lution. has been complete,” he says.
"The Indian with his canoe, the
French voyageur with his pirogue, the
American fur trader with his keel
boat, the magnificent passenger steam
er —each in turn has gone up and
down, but to-day, on what was once
the commercial highway of the West,
there now remains only the original
navigator—the little blue-winged teal.
“And yet there is much of history
still clinging to the old river. Fifty
years ago fully sixty boats were regu
larly employed In carrying the trade
between St. Louis and St. Joseph, and
fully as many more made Irregular
trips to Omaha and Sioux City and to
Fort Benton, the head of navigation.
At that time no railroad had been
built west of the Mississippi, and the
entire commerce of the Rocky moun
tain region was transported over the
Missouri. In 1819 the problem of nav
igation of the river had been solved
by St. Louis men. Col. Rector and
others, and thereafter the way was
open.
“The first boat to ascend the river
was a government steamer, the West
ern Engineer, which was built express
ly to terrorize the Indians. She was a
sternwheeler, 75 fet long, with a 13-
foot beam and drew 19 inches of water.
On her bow was the escape pipe, made
in imitation of a huge serpent with its
mouth open and tongue painted red.
The steam escaped through the mouth
at intervals, making a noise like the
dying groans of a great sea monster.
The noise could be heard for miles,
and the Indians who ventured to the
river bank to gaze upon it fled in ter
ror, convinced that the Manitou had
shown himself in anew and fearful
form.
"Twelve years later improvements
made in the boats enabled them to
navigate the upper water. Pierre
Chouteau, the head of the American
fur trade company, was the first man
to navigate beyond the lowa frontier.
In 1831 he built the Yellowstone, and
in May of that year passed the mouth
of the Niobrara, in Nortehrn Nebraska,
and finally landed at the mouth of
Milk river in South Dakota. In the
following year other boats were
launched by this company. One each
year was sent to the headwaters, and
iife on board was decidedly strenuous.
Indian loitered in the river banks to
take a shot at the boat, and each night
it had to be achored in midstream to
avoid surprises. Fuel was scarce, and
while half the crew went into the
woods to cut timber the remainder
stood guard with muskets.
"The next era of the river was Its
golden one. With the establishment
of military posts in the Northwest the
tide of emigration set in. The year
1847 saw the emj of the fur trade on
the Upper Missouri. The fur-carrying
boats were replaced by stern-wheelers
with a single engine, which carried all
supplies from civilization. By 1860 the
advance in building the boats had been
such that they became veritable pal
aces. State rooms, cabin rooms and
dining saloons were introduced. Travel
by boat became one of the luxuries
and pleasures of life. The Missouri
river boats were not a whit behind
those on the Mississippi, and much
the same scenes were witnessed on
them. In the place of the rich plan
tation owner ready for the fleecing the
gamblers that infested the boats had
as their prey the fur trader and the
freighter of the plains, men who made
their thousands a month. Poker was
the only game played, and many big
games were pulled off. There were
tragedies, too, dark and bloody deeds.
Those were days when to call a man
a liar meant a fight with guns, and to
intimate that he was a cheat invited
immediate assassination. Many of these
boats cost from $50,000 to $70,000,
princely sums for the time.
"The pilot was In those days the au
tocrat of the river—the big man on
every boat. He received large wages,
sometimes as much as SI,OOO or $1,500 a
month, and he spent it like a thorough
bred. The first labor union organized
west of the Mississippi was that of the
pilots of this river, and as no man
could learn the river without long and
careful tutelage, the pilots were well
able to dictate their own wages. Pilot
ing in the Missouri was a science, and
the skilful man was one of wonderful
memory of localities. He had to know
the river thoroughly. He had to know
it by night as well as by day. Snags,
bars, rocks and sunken wrecks were
a continued menace, but despite all of
his precaution he would lose a boat. Be
tween 1810 and 1880 over 300 boats were
sunk.
■‘Steamboating on the Missouri was in
its heyday between 1850 and 1860.
Splendid boats of beautiful construc
tion carried hundreds of passengers and
thousands of tons of freight. But the
whistle of the first locomotive as it re
sounded through the Blacksnake hills,
near St. Joseph, in 1859, sounded the
death knell of this industry. It soon
became evident that river transporta
tion was a poor rival, and the war
soon ended it. Dozens of boats were
lost in £he troublous times of the early
60's. Guerrillas in the lower reach made
navigation almost impossible. A few
boats went higher to escape the ravages
of war. and between Sioux City and
Fort Benton found a thriving trade.
The discovery of gold in Montana in
1862 caused a big rush that partially
revived the industry, but when the
Northern Pacific pushed its rails into
the northwest it forever settled it.”
RAT STORY FROM MANILA.
How the Transport Sherman Was
Clenred of a Great Swarm of the
Rodents.
From the New York Times.
When the United States military
transport Sherman arrived a. Manila
recently she was, as is the case of
most other ships that arrive from or
touch at Hong Kong on the way to
Manila, detained for inspection to see
if she had any rats on board. When
the big transport dropped anchor in
Manila Bay therefore, the official rat
Inspector went on board to see what
was doing in the way of rodent*. If
the Manila American is to be believed.
HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS
CROCKETT SPRINGS & BATHS
Opened June 1. Elevation 2,000 feet. Ar
senic, bromide and lithia waters. Cures
Nervous Prostration, Rheumatism,Skin
Eruption, Dyspepsia, Kidney and Blad
der Disorders and Female Troubles.
Clears and beautifies the complexion.
For pamphlet address
M. C. THOMAS, Manager.
Crockett Springs, Va.
Where It’s Always Cool,
JARRETT SPRINCS HOTEL,
DILLS BOKO, N, C.
Fifty miles west of Asheville. An
ideal retreat hotel newly remodelled.
Table the very best. Mineral springs.
Plenty of Amusements. Moderate rates.
Just the Resort to restore health and
entertain the visitor. Write for book
let.
Greenbrier While Sulphur Springs.
WEST VIRGINIA.
(The "OLD WHITE” Sulphur), Now Open
Famous (or its sulphur baths Modern im
provements, with private baths. Orchestra ot
15 pieces Terms, $l5 to $25 week. $5O to $9O per
month Write for illustrated booklet. Address
Geo. A. Mills. Jr., Mgr., Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs. W, Va
HOTEL CHAMBERLIN,
OLD POINT COMFORT. VIRGINIA.
Most magnificently situated and comfortably
furnished hotel on Atlantic coast.
Summer Rates, June to Oct., $3 per day up
Special weekly rates. Orchestra, boating, bath
ing. sailing, fishing, tennis, golf. Largest mili
tary post in the country. Rendezvous of North
Atlantic Squadron. New management, 1903.
Book ets can be had at office Southern R'y,
S. A. L. and A. C. L. GEO. F. ADAMS. Mgr
Special Kates for June and July at the
HOTEL ISLESWORTH.
Direetly on the beach at Virginia Avenue, At
lantic City. N. J. Capacity .>OO. Hot and cold
sea water In ba'hs. Cafe and Grill room. Or
ohestra. American and European plans. Pri
vate artesian wells. Automobile meets all
trains, Write for booklet.
OSBORNE & PAINTER.
The Aethelwald, Brevard, N.C,
In the beautiful “Sapphire Country.”
New building, new furnishings, electric
lights, water, baths, delightfully lo
cated, good management, first-class
cuisine. First season; altitude 2,230
feet. Opens July 15. Particulars, ad
dress Manager.
JEFFERSON PARK HOTEL,
near University Virginia, delightful
rooms, cool, shady lawn, fine table
mineral waters; moderate rates. Elec
trlc cars to hotel.
SALUDA, PACE HOUSE; WELL
known house; large lawns; orchard;
near depot; new management; $6 week;
$2O month. Pace House, Saluda, N. C.
(North Carolina.)
PRIVATE BOARD; A CHARMING
summer home; fine location; modern
conveniences; good table; for terms
apply Mrs. Dr. Huntington, 2?f Hay
wood street. Asheville, N. C.
BOARD IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
North Carolina; fine mountain scenery;
pure air and water; shade trees; cro
quet ground; lawn swing; several
acres in pine grove; $lO per month for
children under 10 years old; $l5 per
month. Mrs. A. Tenney, Calhoun, N.
C.
MOUNTAIN RESORT. A REJ
flned family can take a few boarders
for the summer. Reasonable. Ad
dress Box 101, Tryon, N. C.
BLUE RIDGE SPRINGS,
VIRGINIA.
Address
PHIL. F. BROWN, Prop.
BOARD, SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.
C., front beach. Large cool rooms, elec
tric lights. Reasonable rates. Apply
Miss Bridges, Station No. 22.
PRIVATE BOARD. ’ 158 CHESTNUT
street, Ashe- ille, N. C. A pleasant
home. Terms reasonable. Near car line.
No invalids. Mrs. A. P. Laßarbe.
BLUE RIDGE INN,
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
Accommodates iso guests. New and modern. Best table and
service. Private bath suites. For rates address
MRS. P. H. LOVE.
THE MANOR, ALBEMARLE PARK,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
An exclusive inn. Enlarged and improved for the summer season. Ashe*
ville’s new water supply from the slopes of Mount Mitchell, the highest point
east of the Rockies, will be completed in July, and will furnish the purest
water that could be wished. Club house in the park; bowling, billiards, pool,
tennis, etc. Golf Club within 500 yards. The Manor affords everything neces
sary to the comfort of its patrons. Address
ALBEMARLE PARK COMPANY, Asheville, N. C.
WHITE STONE LITHIA HOTEL
Is the largest brick hotel In the Carolinas or Geftrgia with all modem Im*
provements. If you will come to White Stone Llthia Springs and do not ad
mit that we have the prettiest and best arranged resort hotel that you
have ever seen we will pay your railroad fare to any other resort within two
hundred miles. As to the water it cannot be excelled for liver and kid
ney trouble or any other disease of the body. The grounds are well shaded,
which makes it cool and pleasant. We have electric car line from White
Stone on the Southern Railroad to the sprtngs. Our ball room is on the
fourth floor which is 44 by 120 feet and has 38 large windows and 285 four
candle-power electric lights. Have fine orchestra of five pieces which fur
nishes delightful music morning, afternoon and evening, and all othag
amusements found at first-class resorts.
WHITE STONE LITHIA WATER CO..
White Stone, S. C.
SCHOOLS AN D COLLEGES.
ri I7ADCTU PHI I CPC In a dellgtltful Climate, with physl-
LLIfcHDL ITI UULLLUC cal comforts and educational advan
mMQPDVATnDv ta * es as favorable as those in the bcßt
f MTTCT Northern and Eastern colleges.
Ol MUoIL Catalogue sent on application.
FOR WOMEN. v--..„
CHARLOTTE, IN, C, CHAS. B. KING, Pf?S.
College — BRENAU —Conservatory
GAINESVILLE. QA.
Two separate institutions under one management. Tbe College furnishes btgh\ courses
in language, literature, science and kindred subjects: faculty of 23; well equipped labor
stories. 'J he Conservatory offers best advantages in music, elocution, art; special course
and training classes for MUSIC; TEACHERS; 35 pianos; pipe organ; most beautiful concert
hall in the South. Brenau had 175 boarders last year, representing 12 states. Beautiful
buildings, ideal location. Altitude 1,500 feet. For handsome catalogue, address A. W. Van
Hoose or H. J. Pearce. Asst. Presidents. Gainesville, Ga.
in less than fifteen minutes he hur
riedly left the ship, and, going ashore,
reported that there was on board the
Sherman, according to the patent rat
enumerator in use at Manila, no few
er than 950,000 rats.
The Sherman was immediately or
dered to the quarantine station at
Mariveles, as no ship on which the
disease-carrying rodents are found is
allowed to dock at Manila until they
are exterminated. Accordingly the
Sherman steamed back to Mariveles.
When she arrived there her hatches
had been opened up and enough sul
phur carried below to kill millions of
rats. As soon as the anchor was
dropped the sulphur fires were started
in the hold, and in a few minutes the
work of the fums became apparent.
Out of the hatches there poured such
a stream of rat* a* was never before
HOTEL WELLINGTON
7th Ave., bet. sSth and s#th Sts., New York.
Three blocks from Central Park. Most dc
sirable location in the city. Broadway cars
pass the door. Modern fire-proof hotel with
suites of 1. 2or 3 rooms, with bam. Rooms
with bath $3.50 per day. Long distance tele
phone in each suite. Restaurant ala carte.
Music. A. W. EAGER, Proprietor
Write for booklet.
Stockton Hotel, Cape May, X. j.
Facing directly on the ocean. Largest and
most spacious on the coast, $20,000 has been
expended in improvements this year. Cafe
and Palm Garden with full orchestra till mid
night. Dancing in ballroom every evening
Bowling alleys, billiards, pool, and ping poo*
connected with the hotel. Rates from $2.505
$5.00 per day. Special rates by the week. R*.
duced rates in July. For Information and
booklet address IL_M. CAKE.
GRAND ATLANTIC HOTEL,
'. iu Ia Av.aue and 1 B—.b,
The Pulaski House.
CHAS. F. GRAHAM, Propr.
Service unsurpassed.
Table a specialty.
Rates $2.50 and up.
MELROSE, NEW YORK CITY
78 Madison Avenue, Cor. 28th Street.
Rooms with Board. $8 per week. $1.50 per
day and upwards. During summer rooms,
with or without board, at reduced rates. Send
for circular.
HOTEL MONTREAT, NEAR ASHE
ville, N. C.; right in the mountains;
modern; two miles from depot. For
booklet and rates address W. D. Pax
ton, Montreat. N. C.
ROCKY BOTTOM HOTEL OPENS
June 1; for terms address W. G.
Davidson, Turnerville, Ga.
“wanted, boarders" HOTEL
Charles, Saluda, N. C.; house and fur
niture new; good board and attention.
W. D. Connor, Proprietor.
MRS. W. H. GILBERT HAS RE
opened her summer home in Saluda,
N. C., and is prepared to entertain
guests.
SUMMER BOARDING, SALUDA,
N. C. Delightful situation. Reasonable
rates. Address Mrs. M. C. Tobin.
DALTON, GEORGIA.
Popular summer resort. More people from
Florida and South Georgia spend the summers
in Dalton than any place In North Georgia
Climate delightful, scenery superb, beautiful
drives, reasonable rates. HOTEL DALTON
is equipped with electric bells, elevator, local
and distance telephones, hot and cold baths on
each floor Mineral Springs, tine medicinal
virfes, near town, owned by hotel. Special
rates to families Address D. L. Dettor. Prop.
MOUNTAIN TOP
An Historic Virginia Resort on the Bean
tlfnl Blue Ridge Mountains, overlooking
Piedmont and Shenandoah Valleys.
Elevation 2,000 feet. Cool breezes. Fino
water. No mosquitoes. Reasonable
rates. Convenient to railroads. Address
MASSIE & CO., Afton. Va.
Rockbridge Alum Springs, Va.
Celebrated for WONDERFUL cures of
Dyspepsia, Stomach Troubles, Hemor
rhoids of Kidney, Scrofula, Eczema and
Consumption. High altitude (2,000 feet)
free from fogs. Beautiful drives and
walks. Magnificent GOLF LINKS.
Tennis Courts. Splendid table. Ca
pacity 800. Open June Ist. $20,000 in
new Improvements. Write JAMES A.
FRAZIER for illustrated booklet.
Saratoga Springs.
The Grand Union
For rates and particulars address
WOOLLEY ft GERRANS, Proprietors.
Saratoga Springs. N. Y.
seen in the Orient. First by the hun
dreds, and then by the thousands, they
appeared at the hatches, and then
leaped into the water. Every one
tried to swim ashore, but the distance
was far too great for any rat to swim,
and soon the great black line of pad
dling rodents began to thin out. Some
of them reached a point about 300
yards off the ship, but none got any
further. After the fumes had been
working for about an hour the rat*
stopped appearing. An inspection of
the ship was made and not a rat dis
covered. The Sherman then re-entered
Manila and discharged her cargo.
To Fernanfllna and Return Sunday*.
Only 11.10, via Seaboard Air Line Rail
way. Train leave* Union Depot, 1:10
a. m.—a*