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Morning News Mutldlng, Savannah. Ga
SI'KDAV, JULY 5, 100.1.
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U 55 lu MV ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Knights of Columbus; Sa
vannah Council No. 1, Order American
Firemen.
Special Notices—Acme Realty Com
pany, Savannah, Ga.; Fishing Tackle,
Corn well & Chlpman; Country Produce,
M. 8, Gardner; A Ticket Free, James
J. Joyce; Tickets for Picnic; German
Friendly Society; Notice of Closing of
Public Road, W. F. Chaplin, Superin-
Business Notices—Wouldn’t It Jar
You. Electric Supply Company; Sec
ond-hand Bicycles. G. W. Thomas;
We Are Laying. Theus A Cos.; Take a
Little Half Hour. The Ray Company;
The Best Coffee. At Munster's; For
Summer Health, Knight's Pharmacy.
Just One Block Beyond—T. A. Bry
son.
Excursions —Around the Horn,
Steamer Two States
Amusements —The Tide To-day, Hotel
Tybee; At the Casino, Sunday After
noon and Evening; At Tybee To-day,
Superb Bathing; To-day South JSiid
Offers Lots of Good Things.
'Tie Too Hot—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Spring and Summer Goods—Leopold
Adler.
All Summer Goods Must Go—Jackson
& Gutman.
These Are Happy Days for Thrifty
Buyers—AX Foye & Eckstein's.
Let Me Manage Your Estate —G. A.
Mercer, Jr.
The Weekly Marconigram—Monroe &
Monroe.
Our Midsummer Stock Taking Sale—
J. L. Morrison & Cos.
Midsummer Bargains—Walsh &
Meyer.
Many Special Inducements —Daniel
Hogan.
Hand Mad* in Savannah—M. Wilen
sky.
Such Heaters—The Mutual Gas
Eight Cos.
Are You Adrift Without a Purpose—
Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Cos.
We Will Pay Spot Cash—Greensboro,
N. C.
With Heat Coming Down and Up—
Thos. West & Cos.
If We Could Talk to You—Savannah
Investment Cos.
Greatest Embroidery Sale—Gustave
Eckstein & Cos.
Our Reputation Doesn’t Come by
Chance —E. & W. Laundry.
Here Are Some Interesting Ijjoe
Items—The Bee Hive.
Excursion to Baltimore —Merchants
and Miners Transportation Cos.
Annual Inventory Sale—(McArthur &
Sons Cos.
Auction Sales—The Germany Home,
by I. D. Laßoohe, Auctioneer; Valua
ble Suburban Lands, by I. D. La Roche,
Auctioneer; Refrigerators and Furni
ture, by C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Scarecrows—The Metropolitan Cos.
Our Principle—The Globe Shoe Cos.
Creole Linen Suits—Falks, Around
the Corner.
Men, Here’s Your Clothing Chance—
B. H. Levy & Bro.
Saddlery-~Leo Frank.
Cigars—'Humboldt Cigars.
Soaps—The S. W. Branch Cos.
For Sale—C. H. Dorsett, Real Es
tate Dealer.
Real Estate and Collecting Agents—
Rivers & Glbbes.
Twentieth Century Ice Cream
Freezer—Allen Bros.
Hotels and Summer Resorts—Harris
Lithia Springs Hotel; The Grand
Union, Saratoga Springs.
Enter Ye Cadillac—R. V. Conncrat.
Schools and Colleges—Alabama Poly
technic Institute, Auburn, Ala.; Day
and Night Sessions, Ryan’s Business
College.
Foods —Postum Food Coffee.
Medical —Duffy's Pure Malt Whis
key; Cascarets; Peruna; Dr. Hath
away.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis
cellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia for to
day are for showers, with light vari
able winds. Eastern Florida, show
ers, with light variable winds.
The Fourth is over, but the casualty
reports will be two or three days com
ing in.
Of It RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA.
The Washington and St. Petersburg
dispatches indicate very clearly that
our relations with Russia are slightly
str;Uned and that there is danger that
they will be ruptured. Among the re
ports there is one that the Russian am
bassador. Count Cassini, who has al
j ready left Washington on his way to
! St. Petersburg, will not return to that
city In an official capacity, and that
our ambassador to Russia, Mr. McCor
mick, will not return to his post of
duty until the differences between the
I uvo government are adjusted. It Is
j impossible to say, of course, how much
| truth there is In these rumors, but is
j Is probable that there is ample founda
tion for them.
It is asserted that some of the Pres
ident's friends think he made a blun
der by permitting the statement to go
out from the State Department that
the government of the United States
would pay no attention to the news
paper statements that the Russian
government would not receive the pe
tition of the Jews relative to the Klsh
' meff affair, and that the good faith of
Russia was doubted in the matter of
the open door policy In Manchuria. De
velopments in the near future will de
termine whether or not he blundered.
It is evidently the intention of the
government of Russia to refuse to re
ceive the petition of the Jews In the
Kishlneff matter. It has been plainly
stated in semi-official newspapers of
St. Petersburg that the Russian gov
ernment would not permit Interference
in her Internal affairs by the Uqltel
States or any other nation. From
statements given out by the State De
partment it seems that the hope is
entertained that the matter will be so
managed that the Russian government
will have no cause to be offended. It
will be asked if It will receive the pe
tition, and if it will not the incident
will end. At least that is the under
standing now. As the petition will
not be presented if the Russian gov
ernment objects that government will
have no opportunity to administer a
snub to the United States.
But the fact that the Presi
dent has brought the question of the
open door policy In Manchuria into
the matter and charged Russia with
bad faith in connection with
it may prove to be unfortunate. As
the cotton manufacturers of this coun
try, particularly those of the South,
are greatly interested in the Manchu
ria trade, it may become an impor
tant factor in the presidential cam
paign.
It is said that Mr. Hay, Secretary of
State, had reached a point in his ne
gotiations with the Russian govern
ment respecting Manchuria, at which
he felt certain that this country would
secure a share of the Manchurian
trade. It is asserted now by some of
the President's friends, that his blun
der has undone !! that Mr. Hay had
accomplished. This view of the sit
uation may be the correct one, but it
is too soon to say whether it is or not.
There is no doubt that the charge
of bad faith made against the Russian
government will have the effect of
creating 111-feeling in Russia against
the United States, and it may result In
the shutting out of Manchuria all
American trade.
In view of the fact that our govern
ment had received no direct communi
cation from the Russian government
respecting the petition of the Jews,
out State Department could have pur
sued a wiser course if it had maintain
ed silence.
THE JEWISH SABBATH.
Ry some means the Idea seems to
have gone abroad that a proposition
to change the Jewish Sabbath from
Saturday to Sunday was considered by
the Central Conference of American
Rabbis at Detroit. No such thing was
done. Dr. Silverman, the presiding of
ficer of the conference, says that bod*
has no authority to legislate out of ex
istence any Jewish custom or observ
ance established by centuries of de
vout practice. The Sabbath question
that was discussed is this: Is the
holding of services on Sunday in Jew
ish temples a schismatic act that would
result in separating the reformed Jews
from their orthodox brethren? The
commission which had the matter un
der consideration, by order of the con
ference of last year, reported that his
torically it could not find any argu
ment to declare the holding of services
on Sunday to be schismatic. It was
explained that the proposed Sunday
services were to be merely supple
mentary to those of the Jewish Sab
bath, and were not to take the place
of the regular services. Saturday con
gregations in the synagogues are com
posed largely of women and children,
owing to the fact that men cannot get
away from their business. It is for the
benefit of these that the supplementary
services are proposed to be held.
There was some strenuous debating
of the question of Sunday services in
the conference, several of the delegates
opposing the innovation eloquently.
The majority, however, took the
broader view that it was a good thing
to hold supplementary services at a
time when they could be most largely
attended; that whatever would tend
to bring the men out and keep them
in closer touch with the congregations
deserved to be encouraged. The sug
gestion that the Sunday supplementary
services would prove an entering wedge
to the overthrow of the Jewish Sab
bath was urged, but the Jewish people
are so deeply attached to their holy
day that such a thing is hardly to be
feared.
OOLLEGES WANT ROCKEFELLER'S
MONEY.
, There has been much discussion In
the newspapers and magazines recent
ly of the question as to whether edu
cational institutions and hospitals
should accept gifts of money that is
known to be the product of monopoly.
This is a very interesting dis
cussion, but nobody expects any
thing practical to come of it. It is
doubtful if those who take the position
that such money ought to be refused,
believe there is a probability of its be
ing refused. All of the institutions of
the character mentioned have so many
wants that are unsatisfied, and their
managers see so many ways In which
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 5. 1903.
money could be spent to advantage
that they are not likely to be diligent
in Inquiring as to the methods by
which money offered them is accumu
lated.
Not long ago the Rush Medical Col
lege of Chicago became associated
with the University of Chicago. On
that occasion Mr. John D. Rockefeller
said to the trustees of the college that
if they succeeded in raising $1,000,000
for the college he would donate to it
$6,000,000. The trustees have noti
fied him, or are preparing to
do so, that they have their part of the
money and that they want his. Of
course It will be forthcoming. The
trustees of the Rush Medical College
are not likely to reject the Rockefeller
gift because of the general opinion that
it is the product of a monopoly.
Mr. Rockefeller is liberal with his
money where Northern charitable in
stitutions are concerned. It would seem
as if he and other wealthy men who
make a part of their millions in the
South would remember Southern insti
tutions once In awhile. All of the edu
cational institutions of the South are
poor. There isn’t one of them that
isn’t in need of additional departments
and accommodations. The rich, how
ever, seem to favor giving to institu
tions which are rich.
FICTION IN FI BI.IC LIBRARIES.
It is the experience of librarians of
public libraries that the majority of
books called for are those of fiction;
light literature, as it is popularly called.
In some instances the percentage of
such books taken out amounts to as
much as 75 per cent., leaving the re
maining percentage to be divided be
tween the more serious books, on such
subjects as religion, sociology, philos
ophy, the arts, etc. This heavy de
mand for fiction, at the expense of
solid reading matter, has caused much
criticism of the free libraries; and
among recent critics none, probably,
h*as been more caustic than Mr. Chur
ton Collins, who has contributed a pa
per on the free libraries of Great Brit
ain to the Nineteenth Century. Mr.
Collins is a lecturer of note on litera
ture and a worker for university ex
tension, and the point of his argument
is that libraries ought to be in touch
with the universities, and the universi
ties in touch with the libraries. There
can be no objection to that proposi
tion, where conditions will permit of
its consummation.
A debatable suggestion, however, is
this, bearing on the character of the
literature circulated by the free libra
ries: “More than two-thirds of the
money expended on free libraries is ex
pended in catering to the taste of those
loungers whose reading is entirely con
fined to light novels, magazines and
ana.” Again he says that a large pro
portion of readers "have exchanged the
sensational novel or racy skit in the
free library for the tankard or quar
tern at the public house bar.” The
view is too pessimistic to fit America,
whether or not it fits Great Britain.
While it is true th*at novels and :t)ag
azlnes constitute the bulk of the read
ing of the free library masses, it is
to be borne in mind that all novels
and light literature are not “trash.”
Many furnish amusement only, but a
great many more convey valuable in
formation. The high class historical
novel, for instance, carries with it the
atmosphere of the period in which Us
scenes are laid. Winston Churchill is
said to have spent two years prepar
ing himself for the writing of one of
his books. The result was a work that
gave a correct, natural insight into the
life of the times of which he Wrote.
The political novel shows how our af
fairs of state are managed, having a
love story in it to hold the interest of
the average reader. There are scien
tific, religious and sociological novels,
written In a way to be "readable,” end
yet teach or discuss some important,
possibly burning, question. Weak and
ephemeral novels ‘are seldom to be
found on the shelves of a well con
ducted public library. The selection of
books is carefully made and those
harmful are rejected. When, there
fore, the statement is made that two
thirds or three-fourths of the books
taken out of a public library are fic
tion, it should not be supposed that the
books are identical with those to be
found on a bookseller’s tables, where
both whe'at and chaff are kept as a
matter of business. The library’s stock
represents the winnowinga.
OBNTACI.ES IN THE MAY* OF THE
CANAL.
The more the Panama Canal ques
tion is discussed the greater the num
ber of the obstacles in the way of the
United States acquiring control of the
canal property seems to be. In the cur
rent number of the North American
Review there is an article on the sub
ject of the United States acquiring the
canal property written by Senor Perez,
an exiled Colombian.
The article is a long and carefully
considered one, and we propose to call
attention to only two or three of the
points which he makes. Among other
things he says that the territory adja
cent to the carnal cannot be legally
acquired by means of the Hay-Herran
treaty as is proposed. It can only be
acquired by means of a constitutional
convention, called for the purpose of
passing on the question of ceding ter
ritory to the United States. This point
seems to be a good one, though it is
probable that the attorneys of the
United States have given the matter
very careful consideration, and have
advised our government that territory
acquired by means of a treaty is legal.
Another point Senor Perez makes is
that the canal will not be of a* much
benefit to Colombia as the Panama
Railroad is, for the reason that the
■hips will simply pass through, stopping
only long enough to get through the
locks of the canal. At present great
cargoes are unloaded on either side of
(he isthmus and are transported across
it. And many travelers stop a day or
two at either end of the Panama Rail
road.
Senor Perez's main point is, however,
that the responsible citizens of Colom
bia want to be partners with the United
States in the ownership of the canal.
The *10,000,000 which the United States
propose to pay for the land ceded and
the privileges will be quickly appro
priated by the dictator and his friends,
and the people will have nothing but
the small amount which the United
States are to pay annually.
It is quite certain that the United
States would not be willing to be a
partner with Colombia in the canal
ownership. It would be a partnership
in which the partners couldn't agree,
and at the same time a partnership
that couldn't very well be dissolved.
The United States will be careful to
keep out of a partnership of that kind.
New York's first woman ambulance
surgeon went on duty one day last
week. One of her first calls was to
attend a push-cart man, who had fall
en and fractured his leg. The woman
surgeon, aged 23, pushed her way
through the crowd that had congregat
ed on the sidewalk about the injured
man, deftly applied the "first aid to the
injured,” helped lift the man into the
ambulance and carried him away to the
hospital. A big policeman watched
her critically. He had seen men sur
geons attend to similar cases. As she
drove away the big policeman smiled
and said, under his breath as if to him
self: "Well, I’ll be durned! She'll do.”
And there is no doubt that she will.
Ambulance work in the streets of a
great city will brjng the young woman
into contact with disagreeable inci
dents, but there Is every reason to be
lieve the ambitious and energetic
young woman under consideration. Dr.
Emily Dunning, will soon be advanced
to more congenial work upon merit.
The selection of Hon. P. W. Meldrim
of this city to be president of the Geor
gia Bar Association is gratifying to his
very large circle of friends and ad
mirers. The position is not one of
emolument, but It Is one of great hon
or. No better selection could have been
made, since it is assured that President
Meldrim will administer his office with
distinguished ability.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. John P. Thompson, the Aus
tralian geographer, who has visited
all the leading countries of the world,
making personal researches, has just
left New York for England and Scot
land, where he will read papers before
the geographical societies and the Co
lonial Institute.
—Prime Minister Seddon of New Ze’a
land announces that the government
proposes to buy meat in the colony
and ship it direct to the United King
dom, where depots for its sale at cost
will be established in the big manu
facturing centers. The purpose is to
drive out competitors.
—Whatever the intentions of John W.
Gates as to the stock market, there is
no doubt that his latest European trip
has whetted his speculative appetite.
The first man he saw whom he knew
as he left the gangplank of the steamer
in New York was the last he had part
ed with when he sailed away. ‘'Hello,”
cried the vigorously looking, red-cheefc
ed operator, "how is everything run
ning in town?'’ “Well, John, "Ptifice
Commissioner Greene has the ''tender
loin” pretty well closed up, but Wall
street is wide open, all right.”
—Quoting sculpture by the chapter,
singing psalm% and exhorting his pa
trons to walk the straight and nar
row path from early morning till late
at night keeps Pfißfrles Booth, a saloon
keeper of Atlanta, Ind., and his bar
tenders busy. Booth, who is a wealth?’
man and a lergf holder in the tin plate
mill, has turned .to religion as a resifli:
of the determined fight of the temper
ance element to drive out all saloons
in the town. He stands behind his own
bar and quotes some verse 1n the Bible
upplicali'e to every patron who enters
his i ince.
bright bits.
“Ohipps seems to be a good loser.”’’
“Well, he ought to be. He’s had plenty
of experience.’’—Brooklyn Life.
—College Idiot (indefinitely)—lt cer
tainly does bote one tp death. Kind
Friend—What doesf? vCojlege Idiot-
Why, the garrote.-lediuAbula Jester.
—She—“Do you know that lady In the
far corner?” He—"ln a way; I have a
listening acquaintance with her. “I
don't believe I understand you.” "She
is my wife.”—The Smart Set.
—He—“Did you bear of. the accident
your husband met with at *he railroad
station this morning?’’ She—No; I
did not.” “Well, he ran for the train—
and caught it.” —Yonkers Statesman.
—She—“The stratn on the soldier In
modern warfare must be very great.”
He—“lt is. Sometimes the photogra
pher isn't ready, and ydiu have to wait
hours, n.nd then the pictures may prove
failures.”—Judge.
—Phyllis—“Yes, he was paying at
tentions to her quite a long time.”
Blanche —"Perhaps he hadn't the cour
age to propose." Phyllis—‘Oh, I don’t
know. Perhaps he had the courage not
to propose.”—Town and Country.
—"What does that red yarn around
your right wrist signify?” said Trivvet
to Dicer. "That sjto remind me to take
loftee home this evening.” “And what
does the yarn around your left wrist
mean?” “That's to remind me that
there i3 yarn on my right wrist.”—
Judge.
CI'BHEXT COMMENT.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) says: "Charle3 M, Schwab, now
shouldered out of the control of the
billion-dollar steel trust, has had a
lively run for the strenuous life. The
throne of an industrial potentate is no
longer his, but thoi broken man has
his millions. Good health and sound
nerves would be worth all of them.”
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: "English Catholics did not seek
to get their protest against the at
titude of the government to
ward the Catholio congregations in
France transmitted through the Brit
ish government. They desired to pre
sent their petition through a delega
tion of their own which should call
upon President Loub*t, but he declined
to receive the delegates. The case is
entirely analagous to that of the peti
tion of the American Jews to the Czar,
exoqpt that they asked the United
States government 40 transmit the pe
tition."
The Baltimore Herald (Ind.) says:
"Four congressmen have figured in
government contract scandals in the
past two weeks. One is under indict
ment. The evidence against the oth
ers is documentary. More may fol
low. In such matters the law is plain
and strict. A representative in Con
gress has no right to profit from a
government contract. If he does he
is subject to heavy penalties and to
rer.aval. Unfortunately in recent years
we have come upon an era of easy
oaths and loose observance. Congress
men have misused their office and
their opportunities Now a few are
being caught. The severe punishment
of these wrongdoers would have a very
salutary effect In Washington.”
A Tale From Japan.
There is a charming little tale from
the Japanese seas which is entitled to
some respect for the distance it has
traveled:
"A Corean vessel, commanded by a
German, ran down the Hayami Maru,
a Japanese passenger steamer, in the
Inland sea a few days ago. The Hay
ami Maru had no boats, and, seeing
this, five Japanese bluejackets, who
happened to be among the passengers,
clambered on board the Corean steam
er, forced their way through the Chi
nese sailors, who were calmly smok
ing their pipes, lowered two boats and
saved the lives of forty-three persons
left struggling In the water through
the sinking of the Hayami Maru.”
It is to be presumed that the Corean
vesesl hove to for their convenience in
this exploit. The account continues:
“Among the rescued persons was the
captain of the lost steamer, who po
litely asked the German captain to put
into the nearest port in order that he
mjght give information of what hap
pened. The German refused, where
upon the little Japanese produced a
lethal weapon and said. ‘ln that case
I must kill myself, and it is my melan
choly duty to inform you that you
must die with me.’ The German cap
tain instantaneously changed his
mind, and did as requested.”
It is to be hoped that a “lethal weap
on” is unknown to the piracy laws.
How She Got nn'umbrclla.
Miss Mamie Gilroy, who has scored
so pronounced a success at the Crys
tal Gardens, New York, is the possessor
of an umbrella which the rightful
owner can have by proving property.
One afternoon this week Miss Gil
roy was walking along Broadway when
suddenly i*ain began to fail. There
was no cab in sight, and Miss Gil
roy was in a quandary. Suddenly she
saw a young woman hastily leave the
ladies’ entrance of the Marlborough
Hotel.
“Why, there’s Helen Lord,’ she ex
claimed to herself. "I’ll get her to
walk with me to my hotel!” So, ad
vancing rapidly, she touched her sup
posed friend on the arm and exclaim
ed, in mock anger.
“Here! What are you doing with
that umbrella?"
The young woman turned. It was
not Miss Lord, but a badly frightened
stranger. Without a w'ord she handed
the umbrella to Miss Gilroy, and dart
ed across Broadway toward Sixth
avenue, leaving Miss Gilroy standing
amazed in the rain, with a very hand
some gold and ivory umbrella in her
hand.
The question agitating Miss Gilroy
Is: "Where did the young woman get
the umbrella?”
Barnnin'a White Elephant.
James A. Bailey, the circus magnate,
is not renowned as a story teller. But
he has told them, and this one was the
bright part of a conversation in the
lobby of the Garden Just before the red
wagons started on their way fox the
first stand out of New York, says the
New York Times.
“I remember when we brought the
white elephant to this country,” said
Mr. Bailey, "that we invited represen
tatives from every paper in the city to
view the curiosity before the ship
lyaided. They were brought down on a
tug, taken on board, and then George
Starr, who was in charge of this latest
discovery, took the party below decks
to see this new white elephant. A din
ner in the cabin followed, at which
there were numerous speeches. Mr.
Barnuni pneskjed. In the midst of the
speechmaking ac young man arose and
said: \
" ‘Mr. Barnum. I don't think that
elephant is very white.’
“Mr. Barnum'looked at him a ’mo
ment and said: ;
” ‘My boy, when I was a very young
man I was fond of going to sociables
and parties. On one occasion I was
sitting near the door when my atten
tion was called to a very pretty young
woman who had Just entered. Some
one remarked that she had an extra
ordinary complexion arod I unwisely
said I did not think it was real. She
overheard the remark and as she pass
ed me said:
" 'God made those cheeks!’
“ ‘And now, gentlemen, God made
that white elephant, but I assure you
had he been made by Mr. Bailey and
-myself he would be as white as the
driven snow.’
V "The whiteness of the elephant was
rg) longer questioned.”
The Seven Ages of Woman.
1 first the maiden.
Skipping the rope and nursing dolls
Or climbing trees and sitting strad
die
On top of fences. Sticking out her
tongue
And making ugly faces at the boys
Who stop to tease her. Then the grad
uate.
Arrayed in fiufTy and looking sweet
And Innocent despite the big lone
words
She thinks show* forth her knowledge.
* Next the bridesmaid,
With fknvers in her hand, and full of
hope,
As with the handsome usher proudly
she
Moves down the aisle behind the one
who leans
With clinging confidence upon the
groom.
Fourth stage—herself a bride. With
eyes downcast.
She leans upon her sturdy father’s
arm
And wonders why he isn't slim and
tall
Like John. She sees her mother
drenched in tears.
And cries a little bit herself, mayhap*
But proudly notes that all the town
is there
And knows the presents will be beau
tiful—
So, radiant, she passes from the scene.
Then the young mother, leaning dow*ri
To count each several eyelash resting
on
The tiny cheek: her heart so full
Of love and joy that all the happy
day
She babbles incoherently, and dreams
At night of troops of angels and can
hear
The whirring of their wings around
her bed.
Next, the mother-in-law, weeping co
piously,
While John, so slim and knightly once,
grown stout
And awkward, trudges down the
lengthy aisle,
Grlm-visaged. with their daughter.
There she sits
And, with a sinking heart, gives ud
her child;
Knows that the man can’t be half good
enough
To merit the sweet treasure he re
ceives,
And blusters so she cannot hear the
word3
That once, as falling on her willing
ears.
Were so delirious. Last scene of all—
The grandma, fondly dandling up and
down
The crowing little one. Half daft
with joy,
Stewing the catnip tefe. and giving
forth
A thousand lessons from her own ex
perience;
Jealous of every touch and each ca
ress
That careless, bold intruders would
bestow,
Talks baby talk and thinks it under
stands;
In second childishness she coos and
croons.
Sans common sense, sans everything
but love.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—A dispatch from New Brunswick,
N. J., states that a trolley car was
held up near Bound Brook by a swarm
of mosquitoes. The motorman was at
tacked on all sides and was compelled
to stop the car, which was delayed for
ty minutes. It is thought that this
trouble will be prevented in the future
if the motormen wear bird cages on
their heads.
—August Bebel is the man of the
hour In Germany. He is the leader of
the Social Democrats, who have just
cast a vote of 3,006,000, or one-third of
the entire vote of the empire. He Was
born in Cologne In 1840, the son of a
sergeant in an infantry regiment. He
was apprenticed to a turner, and when
his trade was learned he tramped
through Germany, getting work wher
ever he could.
—The expression ‘‘baker’s dozen,”
which is in point of fact thirteen, has
a history. For a baker in the olden
times to give short weight in bread
exposed him to considerable penalties,
and thus the custom arose of adding an
extra loaf to the dozen as compensa
tion for any possible deficiencies fti the
rest of the batch. The extra article
was originally a safeguard to avert the
chance of a heavy fine.
—One of the largest families in St.
Louis, Mo., that of Arthur W. Becker,
is Joyously celebrating the birth Of a
baby girl. This is the first time In 140
years that a girl has been born In the
family. The grandfather, J. Becker,
had five boys, and his father, Jacob
Becker, had four male heirs. The fa
ther of Jacob Becker had no sisters
and no daughters, and none of his sons
had any daughters.
—Lyddite, freed from all technical
description, is merely a form of picric
acid melted down and allowed to so
lidify. It was discovered in 1771, and
for a century and a quarter served a
peaceful but very useful purpose as a
dye for silk and woolen materials with
out Its explosive powers being dreamt
of. A few years ago a warehouse fire
occurred in Manchester, England, and
the flames spread to a shed in which
picric acid was stored. There was a
terrible explosion and an investigation
took place, with the result that lyddite
was born.
—State Treasurer Franklin O.
Briggs of New Jersey has a document
which is believed to be the original
of an act of Congress passed on July
5, 1790, while Congress w*as in session
in New* York city. The document pro
vides for the buying of West Point
as a military station and school, and
was given to Mr. Briggs by Park
Commissioner C. L. Traver, who bought
it a number of years ago in an old
Philadelphia book store. The paper
bears the signature of Thomas Jeffer
son, Secretary of State. F. A. -Mehlen
berg, Speaker of the House, and Vice
President John Adams.
—The Christian name of Peter has
never been fashionable among mon
archs. England, for example, has never
had a monarch 'baptized as Peter, and
in other countries the Peters have been
unlucky. Peter, or Pedro, I, Emperor
of Brazil, abdicated after an uneasy
reign, and his son, Pedro 11, was
to Europe by a revolution and died in
Paris in 1891. Pedro the Cruel of Cas
tile anu Leon was slain by his brother
m single combat. Peter the Great of
Russia was guilty of frightful ex
cesses; his grandson, Peter 11. reigned
only three years and died of smallpox
at the age of 15. Peter 111 was de
throned and strangled by conspirators.
Peter I of Servia has already a brutal
massacre behind him.
—For preserving the peace in a part
ly civilized country a railw*ay, accord
ing to a famous statesman, is worth
more than an army corps. Although
the railways which are building from
Haifa to Damascus, in Palestine, and
from Damascus southward tow*ard
Mecca, are primarily for military pur
poses, they will open up a country
which was prosperous and fertile 2 000
years ago but has since become one
of the waste places of the earth. They
are already using American harvesting
When ° n the Plain JezreeL
When the proposed railways are finish
-d there will be a demand for the ac
eompanying modern agricultural ma
vnnT; , GaliI * e and ‘h* conn Try £
laße. J ° rdan w,n a aln blossom as the
It will perhaps surprise some per
sons to learn that electric railways
carry eight times as many passengers
electric" 1 ‘n ilWayS oarry * Ther e are 987
057 Wa corn P a ies. against 2.-
ni ®* eam railway companies. The
electric roads have 128,648 miles of line,
agiunst 19i,237 miles of steam line. The
f rmer have 67,199 cars, against 1,550,-
cars on ateam railways. The total
, of electr,c roads is $2 -
145,606,645, against $11,688,147,091 for the
roada ’ Tbe earnings are *241.-
584 697, against *1,588,526,037, and the
net tacome *30,956 233, against *241,!
0i1,318. The electric roads are ahead
?h!°ir 1 m t a e nu, ? ber kl >led and injured s
the killed numbering 1,216 and the in ’
82 re kinld 428 ' T inst a ™“" d -tat
282 killed and 4,988 injured on the
steam roads. The latter have over ten
buT^e 0 TANARUS"! a P of the electric roads
but the electric roads run
through the crowded streets of cities
—A drunken man stopped a business
man on the street this morning and
wanted to talk, says the Atchison
. The drunker > man had hold of
enf.m n "f 6SS man 3 * oat collar, and he
could not escape. “My time is worth
money.” said the business man; "this
conversation will cost you 25 cents
minute. In tw*o more minutes you will
a dollar.” The drunken man
paid th .J 10 l ! Ur ’ and * whea *ime was
up he said he guessed he had enough.
The experiment w*as such a success
that the Sober Man’s anti-conversa
tion union, will be organized at once
and a scale of prices fixed. The eharee
win hi"® occ “P ied by a plain drunk
will be a cent a minute; fancy drunk
with free lunch breath, double price-'
extra fancy drunk, with breath smoth
ered in onions, three prices, and mon
ey in advance; where drunken rnan
holds sober man by the coat or con
tinues to shake hands through coriver
sation, double price; %U Jokes at which
a sober man must laugh are extra
charges being gauged by age and
toughness of Joke. ”
A search for lost treasure hi Lake
Huron has been organized. Moreover,
a wrecking company, well informed
as to the vessels that have fcone down
in the last fifty years, Is preparing
for a systematic search after the lost
cargoes in the great lakes. In the
last twenty years- 1,089 vessels have
been wrecked or. the great lakes, with
cargoes valued at over JT.OOO 000 A
good part of this was perishable mer
chandise, but many of the cargoes
were of a kind not to be injured by
" ater. In 1902 just 106 vessels were
damaged in storms on the lakes.
Twelve of these vessels were a total
loss, and the cargoes of most of
those that went down are as valuable
to-day as when the vessels were
wrecked In 1900, 31 carried Iron ore,
22 grain, 30 gold, 28 lumber, 4 stone
and brick, and 1 copper ore. Of the
wrecked vessels, 76 went down in
Lake Huron, 60 In Lake Michigan, and
3;i in Lake Superior. In other years
there were more cargoes of copper
lost and not so many cargoes of iron
ore. In other years also there was
a greater proportion of vessels lost
In Lake Huron.
Salt Rheum
You may call It eczema, tetter or milk
crust.
But no matter what you call it, this skin
disease which comes in patches that burn
itch, discharge a watery matter, dry and
scale, owes its existence to the presence of
humors in the 3yetem.
It will continue to exist, annoy, and per
haps agonize, as long as these humors
remain.
It Is always radically and permanently
cured by
Hood's Sarsaparilla
which expels all humors, and is positively
mequalled for all cutaneous eruptions.
How Is Your Synovial Fluid f
A curious and interesting fact con
nected with the study of Human Anat.
omy in that between every muscli of
the body there is a lubricating oil
called Synovial fluid, which enables the
muscles to move with ease. This fluid
is frequently attacked by the dread
enemy of mankind uric acid and the
first intimation that something i s
wrong in that particular part of the
body is telegraphed to the bratn
through the nerves announcing the
fact by steady, severe and unbearable
pain. The party so suffering has a
well developed ease of what is known
as Muscular Rheumatism. It is also
a well-known fact established by chem
ical science that it takes an Alkali to
neutralize an acid. Now the next
problem to solve by the sufferer after
these facts are firmly established, is to
obtain an Alkali that will neutralize
this uric acid and harmonize perfect
ly with the human system. His friends
at once call his attention to the fact
that K&lola (Crystallized Mineral
Water) is a most perfectly harmless
Alkali, being a product of nature. Aft
er taking two or three doses the pain
commences to disappear and the next
day the sufferer is entirely relieved.
Hundreds have been cured by this
simple method. It will also cure you.
Interviews solicited and samples
mailed free to any address. “Take
Kalola six days and eat anything you
want.”
Kalola Company, Savannah, Ga.
20th ’
Century
Ice Cream
Freezers.
2 Quart size £1.09
3 Quart size $1.39
4 Quart size $1.69
6 Quart size $2.00
Fruit Jars.
Pint size Mason’s Jars 5c Each
Quart size Mason’s Jars... 6c Each
2 Quart size Mason’s Jars. 8c Each
Jelly Glasses.
Tin Top, first quality 19c do*
Fly Fans.
Keyless Winder $2.19 Each
ALLEN BROS.,
103 Broughton Street, West.
When Traveling to
Spring and Mountain
Resorts of
North and
South Caroflv
See that yagr ticket reads In
connection with
Charleston dnd
Western
Carolina
Railway.
Parlor car service between
Augusta and Spartanburg and
daylight ride through the moun
tains make the trip a delightful
one.
Cheap Summer Excursion and
W r eek End Tickets now on sale.
E. M. NORTH, Sol. Pass. Agent,
ERNEST WILLIAMS, General
Pass. Agent,
811 Broadway, Augusta, Ga.
We Have the Largest Optical
Store in Savannah.
as well as the finest dark room for eye
testing In the South. WE ARE EX
PERTS in our profession. BAD EYES,
the kind that can’t be fitted by others,
are what we are looking for. WEAK
EYES MADE STRONG. Examination
free.
HINES OPTICAL CO.,
Dr. Lewis A. Hines, Refractlonist.
148 Whitaker street, near Oglethorpe.
Brennan & Cos.,
—vaoutuLi-
Fruit, Produce,
Grain, etc.,
m BAT street west.
Telephone HA
POLISHED PLATE GLASS
We are the Southern distributing
agents of the Penn-American Plate
Glass Cos. We carry at our Atlanta
warehouse the largest stock In ths
South.
WINDOW GLASS, lots of It, all
sizes, single and double, at our ware
houses both In Savannah and in At
lanta. Dowell Pins, Blind Staples,
Glaslers Diamonds, Putty and Points.
Mall orders promptly shipped.
F. J. COOLEDGE & BRO.,
SAVANNAIL ATLANTA.