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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. I*o4.
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Night, “Babes In Toyland.”
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cellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia for to
day ore for fair weather, with light
northeast winds. Eastern Florida, fair
weather, except rain In northeast por
tion, with light north to northeast
winds.
A woman politician In New York has
been arrested for violating the elec
tion laws. We had always been un
der th* impression that the Object of
getting women Into politics was to
purify elections. Evidently a cog
has slipped somewhere, down In New
York.
The Harrisburg, Pa., man who ran
away from his own wedding because
of hla bashfulness has returned and
the wedding was quietly solemnized.
It would toe interesting to know just
what treatment the bride subjects him
to, now that she has once securely
got him, for breaking up that first
bridal show.
Cnn It be that the real cause for that
lengthy article of Gov. Wright of the
Philippines, purporting to be 'a reply
to Judge Parker, was the result of a
telegram from Secretary Taft order
ing him to "Fire or surrender his post!"
Such a course would be In admirable
conformity to the former policy of the
present administration.
Dr. N. J. McCormick and other Ken
tucky physicians refused water at a
banquet tendered them in Muncie,
find.), because it had not been boiled.
We suspect that the Kentucky gentle
men would have refused water no mat
ter In what shape It was presented to
them. If they didn’t they would vio
late the traditions of their native state.
Now Its "craw-craw,” a disease that
la supposed to lurk In a kiss. Just
how to treat it has not yet been de
cided. Vaccination has been suggest
ed, but this seems unsatisfactory.
Then another physician comes forward
and advises all to carry a small bottle
of antiseptics about with them with
which to wash the lips before kissing.
A carboilsed kiss, we submit, would
be a decided novelty. Inasmuch, how
ever, as the disease makes Itself most
apparent In desire to steal another
kiss, we would suggest that It be al
lowed to go on unchecked. There are
so few diseases that confer a real bless
ing vu suffering humanity!
BETTING ON THE ELECTION.
. The Republican papers are trying to
j make It appear that there is a great
' deal of betting in New York city on
the result of the presidential election,
and that it is all in favor of Mr. Roose
velt —very such in his favor. Asa
matter of fact, if reputable New York
newspapers are to be believed, ver>'
little money has as yet been wagered.
A day or two ago the Evening Post
j expressed the opinion that the amount
| wouldn't exceed S24.M* and the World
j said It wouldn't go above 825,000.
The truth is the Republicans are not
by any means sure of carrying the
state. They know they will not be
able to elect their state ticket, and
; they don't know to what extent Re-
I publicans who will vote for the Dem
| ocratio nominee for Governor will also
i vote for the Democratic nominee for
President. There is one thing that is
certain, and that is the Democrats are
united, and are making strenuous ef
forts to get out their entire vote. Their
candidate is popular, and that is more
than can be said of the Republican
candidate. Judge Parker, when be
fore the people in an election, has al
ways been successful. When Mr. I
Roosevelt was candidate for Governor |
of New York he didn't poll such a big
vote. His plurality was only about i
17,000.
That New Y’ork is a Democratic
state there is no doubt, and it has, as
a rule, gone Democratic when the
Democratic party has been united. Be
cause of the masterly management of
Judge Parker, it is united now. The
Democratic leaders feel confident that
the New York electors will be for
Judge Parker, and that he will have
the electoral vote* of New Jersey, Con
necticut, Maryland. West Virginia and
Indiana. In the West they have as
surances that the Democrats will
carry Montana and perhaps Nevada
and Colorado. They are as confident
of success apparently as they were the
day Judge Parker was nominated.
It is true the Democrats have to
contend against a vast campaign fund
which the Republicans have collected
from the corporations. It may turn
out, however, that this fund will do
them more harm than good. If the
people get the Idea firmly fixed in their
minds that if the trusts didn't regard
the Republican party as friendly they
wouldn't have contributed so liberally
to Its campaign fund they may come
to the conclusion that if the greed of
the trusts is to be curbed Judge Par
ker is the man they ehould elect.
It is conceded that there is a big
independent vote this year, and no
one is in a position to speak for that j
vote. The Democratic leaders seem
to feel sure of getting the greater part ]
of it. When those who are offering ;
so freely to bet on the result of the
election get a better understanding of
the feeling that prevails among the
Independent voters they may want to
hedge on their bets.
COL. GORDON’S ADDRESS.
Col. G. A. Gordon’s address to the
First Regiment Infantry, G. S. TANARUS.,
which we printed yesterday, is worthy
of most careful reading and thorough
digestion by every citizen-soldier in
the state. It is a clear, forceful and
convincing statement of the enlisted
man's duties to his command and the
state.
Many young men join the militia
without a proper conception of the
duties and responsibilities they are
undertaking. The glamor of natty
uniforms, shining buttons, burnished
swords, glinting rifles, blaring brass
bands, showy parades, and occasion
ally military balls, seems to make
them Insensible of the fact that be
yond and apart Irom the spectacular
side of military life there are often
stern and unpleasant duties which
cannot and will not be phlrked by
those who are real soldiers and not
“tin soldiers.” When a citizen takes
the oath of the militia he sinks his
identity, while serving as a soldier,
and becomes a unit of the establish
ment, subject to the orders of his su
periors and In duty bound to obey
those orders. It is not his privilege
to say that an order Is distasteful and
hence he will not obey It. The highest
quality of a good soldier is prompt
and unquestioning obedience to proper
authority; and the authorities are re
sponsible for the consequences, not the
enlisted men. As Col. Gordon said,
men who are not willing to yield this
prompt and ready obedience to their
superiors in command, have no busi
ness in the service. They had better
not be connected with it.
Col. Gordon's address will have
beneficial effect. It will awaken mi
litiamen to the realities of the situa
tion, pointing out so strongly as It
does that the service Is one for “busi
ness,” and not for social pastime and
play-service. The spirit of it is sol
dierly and sincere, and It is commend
ed to the attention of all whom it may
concern.
A New York woman has Just started
suing her brother-in-law for breach
of promise, claiming that he promised
to marry her while his wife and her
sister was dying. It Is Just a trifle dif
ficult to see whether or not his prom
ise was a compliment to his first wife.
It might be taken to mean that he
thought so much of her that he want
ed to make sure of another member
of the same family, and then It might
be that he was so glad she was going
that he couldn’t <walt to change his
fortunes. In either case the sister to
whom It Is alleged he proposed should
not be complaining. The man who Is
not faithful to his marriage vows
should not be expected to remember
an engagement.
The women of this century are con
stantly stepping over Into the ter
ritory designed exclusively for men.
Just as "Uncle Henry” Davis was con
gratulating himself that he had at
tained fame as the most active octo
generian In existence, Mrs. C. H. Gil
bert, at the age of 83, makes her de
but as a star and Mrs. Louisa A.
Wright at the ripe old age of 80 is
laying claim to being the champion
woman angler of the world. They seem
to have gone, "Uncle Henry” one bet
ter save In popularity with Um vot
•r*
SAVANNAH .MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. 1904.
NEW YORK'S l'B* It.
New York's great subway will be
opened to public traffic to-day. with
fitting ceremonies. It will be a
i great day in the metropolis. For prob
ably more than a quarter of a cen
tury the underground rapid transit
scheme had been under discussion
. among engineers and capitalists. For
more than four years the tunneling
and building has been going on. dur
ing which time what has been de
i scribed as the “greatest hole in the
! ground” in the world has been bur
j rowed under the very feet of hundreds
. of thousands of busy, hurrying New
York people.
The subway is a triumph of engineer
ing skill and decorative art. The total
mileage is about twenty, much of it
through solid rock, and the cost of
construction and equipment is in the
neighborhood of 855,000,000. In the tun
nels there are four tracks, two for lo
cal and two for express traffic. The
stations are decorated with tiles and
placques, the decorative scheme of
each being different from all of the
others, so that each station will have
its individuality. The safety appliances
used are said to be far In advance
of anything heretofore installed. The
block system has been adopted. Should
a motonnan for any cause enter a
block that he has no right to enter,
ha will find his car without power and
the brakes set. An automatic ar
rangement shuts off the electrical cur
rent and throws on the brakes. The
ventilation and lighting of the tunnel
are said to be perfect. The air is as
pure and sweet as on the surface, and
the light is like that of the open day.
One feature of the enterprise that will
be appreciated by New Yorkers is the
fact that the subway is the first big
undertaking ever projected in New
York that was built promptly and put
into operation complete. The big
bridges, for instance, dragged along for
years and were opened in an unfin
ished state. The Williamsburg bridge,
opened nearly a year ago. is still in
complete and may not be finished in
another twelve months. The elevated
road dragged along for years and “just
grew.”
Whether the subway will solve the
transit problem of New York remains
to be seen. Unquestionably It will re
lieve the congestion for some time, but
New.' York grows so fast that almost
by the time one transit scheme is put
into operation it is found necessary to
start another one.
out BISV WATER FRONT.
The most inspiring marine view to
be seen in any Atlantic port, with the
possible exception of New York, is pre
sented by the water front of Savannah.
A veritable forest of masts and fun
nels lines each side of the river, and
the miles of wharves are bustling with
activity, day and night, while puffing
tugs and stately-moving steamship*
pass up and down continuously. And,
saving alone the great ocean grey
hounds that ply the ocean ferry be
tween Europe and New York, the fin
est steamships in the American trade,
or any other trade for that matter, are
to be seen here. Even the trans-At
lantic freighters that come to this port
are of a superior class. The old-time
dirty, rusty, ill-smelling “tramp” has
almost disappeared, so far as this port
Is concerned, and the majority of the
freighters coming here are fine speci
mens of marine architecture, splendid
ly fitted up with all the latest appli
ances and supplied with engines that
give them considerable speed. There
are many of the freighters trading to
Savannah that might well be employed
as passenger ships, with slight In
creases of cabin capacity.
The flag of every maritime nation is
to be seen in this port, flying from the
halyards of some worthy representa
tive of the shipping Interests of Its
country. The American flag, however,
is seen only on the coastwise fleet, the
immense steamships of the New York,
Baltimore, Boston and Philadelphia
lines. The size and capacity of this
coastwise fleet, by the way, may be
conjectured when It is stated that the
ships composing it transport every sea
son more commerce than all of the
other coastwise vessels plying {a all
of the other ports between the capes
of Virginia and the capes of Florida.
To people living In the interior, who
have never seen a steamship big
enough to carry away on one trip all
the cotton raised In an ordinary cot
ton-raising county, a trip to Savan
nah for the purpose of sight-seeing on
the water front, where there are a
dozen such ships and many others be
sides, would well be worth the time
and money It cost.
A Kentuckian stated to a court In
which he was on trial for kissing a
woman against her will that the kiss
brought him a sensation "Like the hot
dew dripping 'neath* the rays of the
morning sun from the rose to the vio
let” and that to his "enravished ears
It brought a music sweeter than that
of the morning stars singing together;
Its breath was sweeter than the rose
scented gardens of Cashmere or the
perfumed bowers of Araby the Blest;
and yet there was about it something
of the feeling that comes when one
hears the inockblrd singing Its heart
break In the cleur moonshine.” We
submit that that Is fine enough to
Induce the lady to withdraw the pros
ecution, had It not been for that last
clause. Someway that gives out the
Impression that the defondant-orator
had been fooling a little too long with
moonshine of a different variety.
Rev. Kssek W. Kenyon of Hlllsvllle,
Mass., Just prays, and horses, cows,
sheep, poultry, and money come to
him, according to the newspuper re
ports. Inasmuch as Rev. Mr. Kenyon
Is conducting a Bible Institute and has
several hundred students attending Its
sessions and paying him board, there
Is some reason to suspect that he
spells pray with an "e.”
It must be very aggravating to Pres
ident Roosevelt to read that letter of
Gen. Miles discussing the Issues of
the campaign 'and be compelled to
know that he can neither answer the
arguments nor censure the writer of
the letter. The times have changed and
Gen. Miles Is beyond the reach ot the
Big Stick.
Perry Heath, the secretary of the
Republican National Committee, has
gone to Egypt for “an Indefinite
time.” Inasmuch as Mr. Heath was
a desirable witness In a prosecution of
the postoffice scandal cases, it begins
to look as though the Republican par
ty, which claims to be the prosecutor
in these cases. Is not doing all it might
to retain witnesses that might tend to
bring success to their side of the case.
And by the way. Mr. Heath's uncle,
Mr. Edwin B. Bacon, has also gone
to Egypt, and Mr. Bacon was another
much needed witness. Inasmuch as it
is next to impossible to suppose that
the party in power did not know of
the intended trip in time to have pre
vented ft, had they so desired, it looks
like this postoffice investigation of
which President Roosevelt boasted was
just another ante-election bluff.
According to the New York Press
a London haberdashery is putting on
the market underclothes and hosiery
made of paper. Can it be possible
that the rush over there is so great
that a man has to read the daily news
while he is robing for the day’s busi
ness! Tom Watson should indorse
the idea. If a man could just get a
Republican paper-sock on one foot and
the report of a socialist meeting on
the other, he might not see his way
clear to do anything but vote the Pop
ulist ticket. Still, they would have
to employ men to keep him from
changing his socks just previous to
voting, for thereby he might see a
copy of a Parker speech and Watson
and Roosevelt both would be lost.
For a politician with an alibi con
science Senator Nathan Bay Scott ot
West Virginia has them all in the
"also ran” class. On he an
nounced that Roosevelt would sweep
the country and that the poor Demo
crats could not even elect a boy
to run the elevator in the Republican
government buildings. And now' he
comes out with the statement that Re
publicans in West Virginia must re
member that he wishes to go back to
Washington and must do their best
to keep a Democrat from stepping
into his shoes. Something seems to
have bursted the bubble of confidence
which Nathan Bay blew from the soft
soap with which he was smearing the
voters of the country.
People of Holden, Mass., were
startled to see smoke arising from a
tomb, and upon investigation discov
ered that a man w f as using the grave
as a dwelling. The sight of that ris
ing column of stnoke was well calcu
lated to give ac idea that a certain
subterranean region had moved near
er the surface and the Holden resi
dents cannot be censured for object
ing to a perpetuation of the phenom
enon.
A New Y'orlc girl has asked for an
injunction to restrain her father from
going to bed In the parlor in which
she is entertaining her young gentle
men friends. She claims that this
chases the callers away and her
chances of matrimony are rapidly di
minishing. Instead of suing for an In
junction she should have prosecuted
the father criminally for interfering
with the drawing up of a coptract.
personal.
A committee has been formed in
England to establish a permanent me
morial to Sir Edwin Arnold. It In
cludes such men as Joseph Chamber
lain, Rudyard Kipling and the Japan
ese minister among its members.
—The late Postmaster General
Payne began lower In the postal serv
ice (an errand boy In the postofflee of
his native town—Shelburne Falls,
Mass.—at $1 per week) than any other
employe known. Ex-Postmaster Gen
eral Thomas L. James of New York
began as a clerk in the Gotham post
office, and his career has been consid
ered phenomenal.
BRIGHT bits.
—Sympathetic Boy (to man far be
hind) —“Buck up, mister. You’ll win
yet.” Disgusted Competitor—'“Go
away! I don't belong to that lot In
front. I'm the first man of another lot
behind.”—Punch.
Mr. Skinflint—“ The paper says
skirts are to be worn longer than
ever." Mrs. Skinflint—“ Well. you
needn’t be figgerin’ on me wearin’
mine any longer. I've worn It five
years this cornin’ fall!”—Harper's
Bazar.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: “Extravagance has been
charged against the administration. It
Is a mistake. The administration is
as thrifty as the trustee who charges
upon his trust the cost of defending
himself against the charge of misman
aging the property committed to him.
The cost of telegraphing Gov. Wright's
campaign dot uineni, amounting, at 52
cents a word, to 8859.04. has been de
frayed out of the Philippine treasury.
Is this the only contribution to the Re
publican cumpalgn fund that the Fili
pinos have been compelled to make?
Only an investigation by a Democratic
administration cun tell.”
The Galveston Daily News (Dem.)
says: "Present-day politics bears
many serious and unsatisfactory
phases, hut there Is none more signifi
cant and more humiliating than the
open ’trading of compliments' (some of
which compliments have cost the peo
ple millions of dollars) to which Pres
ident Roosevelt and his ardent friends
and beneficiaries stand fully and open
ly committed. Along this line parti
sans who, for one consideration and
another, have overlooked and even de
nied the most obvious inconsistencies
and weaknesses of the man In office,
have struck a lower level than any of
their predecessors have ever reached
In this country.”
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
(Ind.) says: "There have been many
discouraging reports from the Philip
pines, but not even Mr. Forman’s ut
terly hopeless account of the American
occupation, lately printed In the Con
temporary Review, 1 more disheart
ening than the long dispatch from the
Civil Governor to the Secretary of War.
Gov. Wright was called upon by his
official superior to contradict the un
favorable statement of conditions in
the Philippines made by Judge Par
ker In a recent speech. He had his
own administration to defend as well
as the general policy which It repre
sents. slid his view of the situation Is
naturally the most favorable that It
Is possible to take. Yet, ns an honest
man, he could not contradict what had
been said without qualification* that
make his contradiction essentially a
confirmation.’*'
Pithing for a License.
A good na cured German located in
a certain Pennsylvania town a tea
years ago, and apparently had no def
inite business, says the New York Trib
une. Every morning regularly he
would go to the creek that ran through
the town and fish for black bass. The
first mess that he caught was given
to the minister of the village church.
Someone. seeing the German on the
bank, said to him: "What are you do
ing?"
"Oh." he remarked, “I'm fishing for
a license.”
The following day six fine trout were
delivered at the home of the school
teacher. The day after that the lead
ing banker received a fine supply of
fish; and so it went for nearly a year.
He caught fish every day, and as reg
ularly turned them over to the lead
ing citizens.
When the spring term of court came
around, he put in an application for a
liquor license. Under the rules of that
court it was necessary for twenty
citizens to sign a protest to kill an
application for a license. The pro
test was taken around; but to the
amazement of the messenger he could
get no signers. The clergyman was
much opposed to the proposed license,
but could not find it in his heart to at
tach his name to the paper. When
the court announced its decision, the
German received a license, and he
blandly remarked:
“I’ve been fishin’ for a license. I
got it.”
Had Been to the Zoo.
He is a smali chap of 3 or 4 years,
whose parents have encouraged his
natural love of animals by frequent
talks on natural history suitable to his
age, animal picture books and fre
quent visits to the Zoo, according to
the Philadelphia Public Ledger. He
was seated on his mother's lap in a
crowded car recently, when an abnor
mally stout woman, who was standing
in front of him and his mother, lost
her balance through a lurch of the car
and sat squarely on the little fellow.
She rose hurriedly, expressed her sor
row for the accident, and said:
"Did you think it was an avalanche
descending upon you?”
“No, ma'am,” the youngster replied;
"I thought it was a hippopotamus.”
The woman blushed crimson and
said:
"Evidently you have been to the
Zoo.”
"Yes,” the child replied, “and I saw
a rhinosceros there, too.”
The fat woman seemed disinclined
to pursue the conversation further, and
got off the car at the next corner.
Imagined It* Youth.
Ex-Senator Davis is not in the least
sensitive about his age, and stands a
lot of chaffing on the subject, says
the New York Times. While at Dem
ocratic headquarters the other day he
transacted about three times the busi
ness of an ordinary man. When he
had nearly finished his tasks a Brook
lyn leader who was watching him staid:
“Senator, were you always a hust
ler?”
“Reckon I was," he replied.
‘"'ell, you'll never rust out.”
“Probably not. I have to keep go
ing. It’s my nature.”
"Mighty good thing,” observed the
Brooklynite. “Makes me think of an
Dlishman’s first introduction to old
.brandy. He had been treated to a
very fine flfty-ydar-old make. After
he drank some he was asked for his
opinion.
‘Be jabbers, it staggers me,’ he
exclaimed. ‘lf it's this foine at fifty
years it must have been more electri
fying than radium when it wuz fresh” ’’
How To Pn* Hatteras.
The late Senator Vest of Missouri
was fond of telling a story regarding
a friend of his who was in terrible
dread of the ordeal involved in pass
ing Cape Hatteras, says the New
Y ork Herald. This man was a con
firmed victim of seasickness, and while
he made many trips on the-ocean, he
always looked with fear to that pe
riod of time when the vessel would be
passing the tumultuous sea in and
around Hatteras. Returning from one
of his trips, he announced with joy a
cure for the dreaded Hatteras period.
“What is it?” asked a friend.
“Why,” was the reply, “when we got
within twenty miles of Hatteras I or
dered up three quart bottles of cham
pagne and sat in ijjy stateroom and
drank them one after another.”
“What was the effect of that?”
asked the friend.
“The effect?” replied the other in
astonishment. “Why, there was no ef
fect. When I came to we had passed
Hatteras.”
Hl* Diplomacy.
“How did you work father so beauti
fully?” he asked according to the New
York Press.
"With diplomacy, my dear, pure dip
lomacy. I told him I wanted to mar
ry one of his daughters. He glared at
me and asked which one of the six.
I said Myrtle."
“You said Myrtle?”
“Uh-huh. All diplomacy, my dear.
He flew into an awful rage and said
I couldn’t have her. He said she was
too good for me. I Insisted. He grew
madder. I still insisted. Then he
roared out:
" ‘You can't have Myrtle, you know
nothing! Grace is plently good enough
for you!’
“And that’s the way I got you, Grace,
dear. Wasn’t It beautiful diplomacy ?”
('onrrnlinK' Hi Nationality.
Henry has recently taken to smok
ing a pipe. The other day his father
overtook him on the street, says the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and was great
ly Incensed to And him puffing away
at a bulldog briar. The parent is an
Irascible., man, and for a block or so
he scolded the son furiously, bellow
ing and gesticulating regardless of the
general attention he was attracting.
"Sir," said he, as a final crushing
argument, “the tobacco pipe was in
vented by a wild Indian, a good-for
nothing savage, sir.”
"I know, father,” said Henry, in a
quiet, sothing way, "but If you will
calm down a little nobody will think
you were the one.”
Tlie Hugo Knew.
Election Commissioner Randolph C.
Fuller of Brooklyn said he had strik
ing proof recently that President
Roosevelt's reputation is International,
says the New York Times. An Ital
ian who had been In the country the
requisite time to admit of his taking
out his first papers was being exam
ined to determine how much he knew
about the institutions of the country.
He answered questions about the
constitution surprisingly well. Final
ly the question was put to him:
"Who succeeds to the presidency If
the President dies during his term of
office?”
"Roosevelt!" was the reply.
Kept His Color.
"On a very hot day recently two
’rullud gemmen' were chatting outside
my window,” said Alexander 8.
Thweatt of the Southern Railway, ac
cording to Jhe Argonaut. “One was a
bright mulatto, the other blacker than
stove polish.
" 'How yo' feel, Abe?’ asked the mu
latto.
" 'Kind o’ wnrm, Jake,’ answered the
darker chap; 'how's yo'se'f?'
" 'Right peart, thank yo’,' said the
mulatto to hi* ebony-hued friend; 'but
say, Abe, yo' shore do hold yo' color
fust rate dts hot weather!’ ’*
BICYCLE GHOST CAPTURED.
From the New York Press.
Fort Dodge, la., Oct. 2L— A white
robed figure of a young girl riding a
bicycle over the pavements in the
northern part of the city, which has
at different times startled pedestrians
half out of their wits, was captured
to-night and proved to be a well
known young society girl of the neigh
borhood who was given to riding ill
her sleep. When captured the giri
awakened and went into a dead faint.
On every occasion when seen the ap
parition has come upon the scene at
a certain corner pedaling wildly and
speeding down the avenue with flying
draperies.
In the course of a few minutes, if
the watchers remained for a second
sight, the figure has come back at the
same breakneck speed and passed from
sight at the same corner where first
she was seen. The apparition has
caused consternation among the resi
dents in the district in which it has
been seen, and for a month it has
been the fashion in that end of town
to retire early.
Two young men decided to make an
investigation and took their wheels and
waited in the avenue for the coming
of the “bicycle ghost.” They did not
have long to wait. All at once there
came a flash of white, a momentary
exposure of white feet on th€ pedals
and it was by them. In an instant
the young men were in full pursuit
and were riding the race of their lives.
The gained and were soon alongside
the white figure. It was not a ghost
at all, but a young girl with whom
both were well acquainted. She sat
with a stony stare watching the street
ahead and did not notice the pursuers.
For a moment the young men hesi
tated, held back by the apparel of the
young girl. But they decided to see
the adventure through to the end,
which came suddenly enough.
When within a block of her home
her wheel struck a stone, and she fell
in a heap. There was a frightened
scream as she went down, and as the
young men picked her up there was
another scream as she fainted. She
was carried to her home, where she
was soon revived. The girl was a
confirmed somnambulist, but instead of
walking in her sleep had taken to rid
ing anew wheel which had been pur
chased for her a few weeks ago. How
she got out of the house with the
wheel and entered again without be
ing seen is still a mystery.
TOBACCO AS A POULTICE.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Last summer, I was taking a spin
one day in a slight ti'ap out in the
country, and, in attempting to pass a
farmer's wagon on a narrow road, my
trap was overturned, and I was thrown
heavily to the ground, sustaining a
badly sprained angle.” Mr. George
Maxwell says. “The farmer came run
ning u)b to assist me, and, when he
found what was the matter, returned
to his wagon and came back with a
few tobacco i leaves under his arm.
If you’ll let me make a poultice out of
these and place it on your ankle it
will be all right in the morning,’ he
said, and, as I was about five miles
from a doctor’s office, with the pain in
my ankle something fierce, I toid him
to go ahead; it couldn’t do me any
harm, I thought, and it might have
a slightly cooling effect, while I was
driving back to town. He dipped the
leaves in the water of a creek near by,
then bound them tightly around my
angle, with the aid of a handkerchief,
and assisted me into my vehicle. When
I reached my rooms I was surprosed
to find that the pain in my ankle was
very much lessened, and decided to
give the poultice a fair trial. In the
morning when I awoke there was ab
solutely no pain in my ankle whatever
and only the slightest suggestion of a
swelling. I was able to don my shoes
without trouble, and that day attend
ed to business ‘as though nothing had
befallen me. Since then one of my
friends suffered a sprain, and con
sented to have a leaf tobacco poul
tice applied, which resulted in his case
just as it had in mine. I have also
tried it in other instances of slight
injury, where there was pain and dan
ger of swelling, and have found that
invariably it relieved the pain within
a remarkably short space of time and
generally prevented any swelling. A
friend of mine claims to have tried it
with good results, for a slight attack
of rheumatism, and I have no doubt
that it actually did what he, claims
for it, but, at any rate, for sprains
or similar injuries I am now a firm
advocate of the simple, homely remedy
to which I was introduced by my ac
cident in the county a few mounths
ago.”
NO WOMEN AT PTXERAL.
From the Baltimore American.
Norristown, Pa., Oct. 20.—There is
not one woman mourning to-day over
the death of Col. James Boyd of this
place. At his funeral yesterday two
policemen were stationed at the door
of his home with explicit instructions
not to permit any woman or girl to
enter, the house. The policemen were
there as a result of a request made by
Col. Boyd when dying, and they obeyed
orders. Not a woman looked on the
face of the dead man, and not & wom
an witnessed hts burial.
Col. Boyd had avoided all woman
kind since his wife died in 1876. His
aversion did not wane when he was on
his death bed, and he requested that
only men be permitted to attend his
funeral. Personal invitations were sent
by the Funeral Committee to about
100 men whom the Colonel included
among his friends.
Nearly, all the recipients of invita
tions attended the services. The Rev.
Harvey S. Fisher and the Rev. Isaac
Gibson of St. John’s Protestant Episco
pal Church read the burial service.
TUTORING BIRDS FOR A GIVING.
From London Tit-Bits.
There are thousands of working men
and other lovers of singing birds who
have only limited time In which to
look after their pets and to the aid of
such as these comes the bird tutor, the
man who day by day superintends the
education of the songsters that are to
trill so delightfully on special occa
sions.
In general, the bird tutor lives with
in easy distance of some great wood
or forest. With a number of cages so
slung about him that he can carry
such a tally of birds as seems incredi
ble to the nonexpert, the tutor pro
ceeds to the chosen ground. Asa rule
he very well knows the likely spots
where certain species are to be found.
He gets one of his small cages and
puts It with its occupant at a spot
where It can listen to the singing of
a bird of its own species and then he
retires and does the same thing with
another of his charges. The bird tu
tor, in fact, goes straight to nature,
for he knows that no creature on
earth can teach a bird to sing so well
as can one of Its own species.
DICKS DEVELOP DRINK.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wheeling. W. Va., Oct. 23.—At Ben
wood, three miles south of this city,
this afternoon two drunken foreigners
dropped a large cask of whisky while
crossing over a half-round tile sewer
near one of the mills. The whisky
lodged In a small pool In the sewer.
Shortly after a flock of thirty-two
domestic ducks belonging to Jacob
Helser came along, and spying the
whisky, which was partly mixed with
water, all of them drank quite a quan
tity of It and shortly there was a
cackling and squawking that nearly
set the town In a panic.
The ducks wandered around and got
In front of the street cars and also In
the stores and different places that
were open, raising a general disturb
ance.
Distress
After Eating
Nmsea between meals, belching, vom
lting, flatulence, fits of nervous head
ache, pain in the stomach, are all
symptoms of dyspepsia, and the longer
it is neglected the harder it is to cure it.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
and Pills
Radically and permanently cure it—
strengthen and tone the stomach and
other digestive organs for the natural
performance of their functions.
Accept no substitute for Hood’s.
“I had dyspepsia twenty-five yean and
took different medicines but got no help
until I began taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Have taken four bottles of this medicine
and can now eat almost anything, sleep
well, have no cramps in my stomach, no
burning and no distress.” Mas. William
G. Babrktt, 14 Olney St.. Providence, R. L
Hood’s Sarsaparilla promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK. DAY SCHEDULE,
Effective Oct. 3, lif 04.
ISLE OF HOPE 1.1 XL "
Between Isle of Hope and 40th Street.
4* V xr 4 ° t I*V. Isle of Hope.
k h PM - A. M. P. M.
SIS ;• ?■# 5:}J
* OV * 9 00
10:30 3:30 10:00 ‘iVoo
Al **° .. .. 11:00 .. .
° * 0 see... 9:00
..... 10:30 ... tfI.SE
* Via Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope~&~Thunderbolt.
Lv. Isle of Hope. Lv. Thunderbolt
A. M. P M a. M. P. M.
***** *3:00 .... *i•
6:00 *7:22 *5:50
fie 0 .-I*” • *:5O 7:38
512-minute wait at Sandfly.
- Parcel car, passenger trailer.
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE.
Between Montgomery and 40th Street
Lv. Montgomery. Lv. 40th St
A. M. P. M. a. M P M
lilt 8:30 130
T?:|* ! t 2 3:0°5 ] 10:30 HI
9:50 ;5:50j hlo
ft®* 7:30
•■Connects with parcel car for city.
to Thunderbolt
ns-mtaute wait at Sandfly going to
Between Montgomery & Thundebolt.
A. M. P. \L a. M P M
6:50 3:05 7:22 3:38
7-53 5:50 8 : 22 6:38
‘ °8 7:33
mill-haven schedule.
Effective July 13. 1903.
a L eave .'Vhitaker and _ Bay streets.
AM. A.M. pm p -vr
T 240 WVI 12:40 S2O
040 10:40 I*2o 6-00
*V°2°o iV n* 200 J:JS
'2O 12.00 2:40 7:20
5. 00 8:20 8:00
■l* iili B .^
. Leave Mill-Haven.
• kin , PM. P.M.
uoo 12:20 5:40
•7-9 ft 11-40 1:00 *6:03
2:12 2:20 7:00
*2O j.oo 7:40
2.22 *4O 8:20
io:2o ::::: g 4 &° 9:00
•Dally except Sunday. * * *
QTTTRDAY evening special. "
Leave Whitaker Leave Mlll
an ?, ay Sta * Haven.
P -M. p.m.
9:20 940
10il0
10:40 11:00
11:20 13:00
THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton street junction
Beginning at 6:30 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino and Thunder
bolt every half hour until 2:00 p. m
after which cars run every 15 minutes
until 11:30 and. m.
Cars leave Bolton street Junction 15
minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 8:83 a. m. ears leave
Live Oak station for city every half
hour until 2:38 p. m„ after which
time cars leave every 15 minutes until
12:08 midnight.
COIJ.fNSVTM.E T.TNF„
Beginning at 6:05 a. m., cart leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
20 minutes until 1:45 p. m„ after
which cars leave every 15 minutes,
commencing at 2:07 p. m., until 12 07
midnight.
Beginning at 6:05 a. m.. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and Es
tll avenue every 20 minutes until 1-45
p. m... after which Thunderbolt cars
leave every 15 minutes, commencing
at 2:00 p. m., connecting with Collins
ville cars at Bolton and Ott streets.
Last car leaves Market at 11:48 p. m.
WEST END LIVE fLlnroln Park.)
Car leaves west side of City Market for Lt*
coin Park 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:45 p. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 6:20a m,
end every 40 minutes thereafter until 12 o'clock
midnight.
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR
Leaves east aide of Citv Market for Thunder.
*>>% Cattle Park. Sandfly. Isle of Hope snd sll
intermediate points—o:ls a. m„ l:l5p. m.,i:lS
LeavesJsle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate oointi ado
a. m., II (Wa. m..3:00p. m. poinvs—o.us
Freight car leaves Montgomeryat 5.50 a- m
end 2:35 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with reg.
nlar parcel car foi city.
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on each
trip for accommodation of passengeia
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ger schedule or freight service can he had hy
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