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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1901.
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iiiDLI lO MW ADVERTISEMENTS
Meetings—Georgia Chapter, No. 3, R.
A. M.
Special Notices—Bids Wanted for
Feed, Fire Department; Crew Notice,
H. Vogemann, Agent; Notice to Parties
Desiring to Retail Liquor; Crew Notice,
F. Paton, Master.
Business Notices—Bicycle Repairing,
G. W. Thomas; Oysters, Sommers'
Cafe.
Black Dress Goods—Leopold Adler.
Rich Jewelry and Silverware—Spauld
ing & Cos.
No Need to Suffer—Savannah Gas Cos.
Tom Moore Cigarros—Henry Solo
mon & Son.
Pure Drugs—Shuptriiie's Drug Stores.
Try Le Panto Cigars—Henry Solo
mon & Son.
Foods—Royal Baking Fowder.
Packages in Perfect Order—E. & W.
Laundry.
Take Warburines—Rowlinskl, Drug
gist.
That Hall Clock—LatUmore’s.
Does Your Truss Fit—Knight’s Phar
macy.
Get the Velvet Hand—Livingston’s
Pharmacy.
Olive Oils—The Delmonico Cos.
Supreme in Their Domain —Cortez
Cigars.
Legal Notices—ln the Matter of R.
E. Hunter of Glynn. Oaunrupt.
The Omo Dress Shield—Leopold Ad
ler.
Auction Sales—Executor's Sale of
Plantation, in Beaufort County.
Savannah Theater—Friday Night,
“Macbeth.”
Medical —Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup;
Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets; Hancock’s
Liquid Sulphur.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis
cellaneous.
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The Weather.
The indications for Georgia for to
day are for fair weather, with light
to fresh south winds. Eastern Florida
partly cloudy weather, with light to
fresh east winds.
Judge Parker doubtless recalls one
of Mark Twain’s famous proverbs. “Be
good, and you will be lonesome.’’
Not less than five candidates have
appeared in Indiana for the seat in the
United States Senate occupied by Sen
ator Charles W. Fairbanks, who was
recently elected Vice President of the
United States. But are not the gen
tlemen a little premature? Senator
Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice President
elect of the United States, has not yet
resigned his Seat In the Senate, and
is entitled to the pay thereof. Just
when Mr. Fairbanks purposes to re
sign is a matter of conjecture. He is
holding on, like grim death, to that
which he has.
Anew disease has been discovered
by the army surgeons. They call
it Phlliplnltls." It is described as a
change that takes place gradually in
the Americans who go to the islands,
and Is alleged to be due In great meas
ure to the climate. The first symptom
is a loss of memory, necessitating the
use of a notebook for even the most
trifling details. Later comes an al
most overwhelming desire to put off
action as far In the future as possi
ble. Snd this culminates in the exces
sive uso of alcohol and tobacco. There
are a good many people who have
never seen the Philippines that ahow
symptoms of the affliction noted.
What to do with Spooner Is a ques
tion that Is bothering the Wisconsin
Republicans. Oov. LnFolletta wants
to get Spooner out of the way and
will doubtless do so If left to his own
devices. But there are many Wis
consin Republicans who think that
Senator Spooner Is such a hlg man
that he ought to remain In public life.
There has been some tslk of his go
ing into the new cabinet as Attorney
General. That would simplify matters
In Wisconsin and glw the LaPollette
faction two senators. sure. But
whether Preeident' Kooeevelt would
like to provide for Senator Spooner
Ist hla social table 1a a matter of
! doubt.
THE RIGHT KIND OF (LI B.
Anew and commendable departure
in club life in Savannah has been
taken by the Savannah Volunteer
Guards. The commodious and conveni
ent club rooms, thrown open the other
night under most favorable auspices,
are to be characterized by the entire
absence of games of chance and
serving of spirituous liquors. There
will be numerous- entertaining features
of club life in the Guards' rooms, but
cards and liquors will npt be among
them. Nor is the club to be a "Sun
day-school.” MaJ. Stephens explained:
"We are simply eliminating that which
every young man who would succeed
needs to have eliminated.” And Judge
Cann added: "You have a place where
manly, honest and upright men can
come together and meet In social
Intercourse without the temptations
usually a part of club life, and where
young men of limited means can make
their home. It is not necessary that
a man, to be manly, should be a
drunkard, gambler or one who will not
pay his debts. I think this is a most
auspicious event, one whose results will
be felt not only by the corps but by
the community.”
Both gentlemen spoke words of wis
dom. As Maj. Stephens said, drink
ing and gambling are the two great
things that every young man who
would succeed needs to have elimin
ated from his habits and associations.
They are twin evils that yearly undo
tens of thousands of promising young
men. Nor are they necessary to the
manliness of a young man. notwith
standing too many young men imagine
that they are. It is far more manly
to shun and resist the temptations to
drink and gamble than to succumb to
them for the empty pleasure of being
known among the “fellows” as a “real,
game sport.”
Throughout the country employers
are inquiring more and more closely
into the personal habits of the young
men they take into their service. Prac
tically all of the big railroad systems
decline to have on their pay rolls men
who are addicted to the use of intoxi
cants. The banks will. not give place
to young men who drink or play
cards or risks money on horse races.
With respect to the other great cor
porations the same story is to be told.
It is the sober, teetotaler, young nvin
who is preferred and who quickest
wins advancement, since the chances
are in favor of his -brain remaining
clear, his nerves steady and his ac
counts straight.
Of the desirability of the club fea
ture of social life for young men, when
the influences are of the right kind,
there can be no question. Man is a
gregarious creature. He likes to meet
and mingle with his kind. But there
Is no good reason why. In the meeting
and mingling, there should be tempta
tions that will lead him away from
the path to success. The Guards’ Club,
according to the assertions of the gen
tlemen who at the opening bade it
godspeed. Is an Institution in which all
of the desirable social features are
presented and from which the tempta
tions have been eliminated. It is, as
Judge Cann said, "a place where man
ly, honest and upright men can come
together and meet in social intercourses
without the temptations usually a part
of club life.” As such, it ought to
have the moral and material support
of the community.
RUSSIA'S DETERMINATION.
According to Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador to this country, it
is the purpose of Russia to continue
the war until she has conquered Ja
pan. In his interview, sent out from
Washington on Monday night, he said:
"I deem it my duty to reiterate what
I have so often said, that Russia will
not suspend in any case her military
operations in the Far East. Russia
will pursue the war to the bitter end—
that is, until she has conquered.” Did
the ambassador make this statement
simply to indicate Russia’s purpose or
to affect injuriously the subscriptions
for Japanese bonds, which are now be
ing offered In this country and Eng
land? The amount of the loan which
Japan is seeking is $60,000,000. The
loan has been underwritten, and sub
scriptions for the bonds were to be
received on Monday.
Of course Japan cannot carry on the
war without money, and she must get
it from the nations that are willing to
lend it to her. If Russia could create
the impression that there was no prob
ability that the war would end until
Russia had conquered there would be
hesitation to subscribe for / Japan's
bonds, even on th% favorable terms on
which they are offered.
There has been an impression that
Russia would be in financial difficul
ties if the war should continue very
long, but Count Cassini says that
such is not the case. According to his
statement Russia is prepared to carry
on the war indefinitely.
There seems to be no doubt, how
ever, that Japan’s bonds will find a
ready market. In London there is the
utmost confidence in Japan's ability
to fight the war to a successful finish.
Thus far she has shown she has no
reason to fear Russia either on land
or sea.
It Isn't Improbnble that If Russia
should gniri one important battle she
would be ready to listen to terms of
peace. She feels she cquldn’t think
of peace under present conditions. To
agree to end the war now would leave
her with such a loss of prestige that
she would find it difficult, if not im
possible, to prevent a revolution at
home. There Is no doubt, therefore,
that she Intends to continue the war.
for a time at least, but it is doubtful
If It is her intention to continue It un
til she conquers Japan, even though it
should take years to do that.
A THANKLESS JOB.
Hon. Eugene K. Ware. Commissioner
of Pensions, has resigned and his res
ignation has been accepted, to Sake
effect, Jnn. 1. next. Mr. Ware Is prob
ably glad enough to get out of the
office, which Is one of the most thank
less Jobs under the government ‘to a
man who honestly endeavors to do his
full duty under the law. Commissioner
Evans tried to enforce th* law us he
found It, and his life was made mis
erable by the pension attorneys and the
Importunate applicants. Mi.* WW<-
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY.NOVEMBER 16. 1904.
tried to run the bureau on the same
high plane and as a consequence has
been made about as miserable as Gen.
Evans w 4 as, with kicks and constant
complaints from party friend and party
foe alike. In all probability there will
not in fifty or a hundred years, if ever,
be a pension commissioner who will
give satisfaction. The very nature of
the position precludes the possibility
of giving satisfaction. Mefanwhile. It
is to be said for Mr. Commissioner
Wa(e that Ihe has discharged his duties
with ability and an eye to the carrying
out of the law. And he has done this
with a grace and good humor, under
provocation, that has been charming
even to his political opponents. In
retiring froijp the office he will carry
with him the good will and best wishes
of friends and political enemies alike,
including the Morning News, which has
on several occasions felt called upon
to shy a brickbat at the bureau —not
the man.
THE ATLANTA FREIGHT RATE
QUESTION.
To-day the committee of seven citi
zens of Atlanta appointed by the Coun
cil of that city as representatives of
her commercial interests will meet the
representatives of the railroads doing
business there for the purpose of ad
justing the freight rate issue which
the Atlanta Freight Bureau has rais
ed.
Will the representatives of the two
interests be able to reach an agree
ment? It jis doubtful.i If vAUanta
doesn't ask anything more than other
cities have with which she competes
for business Aie chances are that the
differences between her and the rail
roads will be settled, but if she asks
more than that, and there is ground
for suspicion that she will, nothing will
come of the conference.
It has been said, we know not with
how much truth, that Atlantia's posi
tion that it. is quite impossible
to grant some of the reductions in
rates which she wants without unset
tling the entire freight schedule. In
fact, that it is impossible to grant
them at all without granting reduc
tions to other cities that would leave
Atlanta in the ifame position relative
ly as that she now occupies. Still, we
do not assert that this Is so. We men
tion it only as one of the reports that
is being circulated in connection with
the freight rate -agitation.
We are sure that other cities of the
state will not object to any reductions
the railrdads grant Atlanta, provided
they are given like reductions. All they
ask is that they shall be dealt with
as liberally as that dlty. They ob
ject, however, to having their advant
ages of position nullified by discrimi
nating rates.
At the beginning of the 'agitation an
effort was made to create the impres
sion that it was in the interest of the
entire state. Nothing of that kind
is heard now. Unless we are entirely
mistaken, Atlanta is looking out for
her own interests only. Other cities
will have to do the same.
No doubt the railroads consented to
the conference prepared to offer some
concessions, but will what they offer
be satisfactory? We don’t think it
will.
A BETTER ERA FOR RUSSIA.
Avery remarkable but a very quiet
revolution is going on in Russia.
Surprising changes in the attitude of
the government towards the people
are taking place, changes which the
great body of the pyopie approve. In
our dispatches yesterday It was stat
ed that the ‘ Emperor Nicholas had
given his consent for the Zemstvos to
meet, the date of their meeting being
fixed for Nov. 19. The reactionists
have been using ail of their influence to
prevent the meeting of this body, be
cause it marks the beginning of anew
era in Russia, an era of far greater
liberty. ,
This will be the first meeting of all
of the Zemstvos at the capitol of the
empire. Questions will be discussed
that will have a far-reaching effect
on the nation's welfare.
The reactionists came into power
during the life of Alexander 111, and
they were in control until the death of
Von Plehve, Minister of the Interior,
by assassination a few months
ago. Von Plehve was suc
ceeded by Prince Sviatopolk-
Mirsky, who is a progressionist. He
at once set about undoing the work
of Von Plehve. A tremendous rebound
in the direction of liberality has taken
place. Finlanders who were exiled have
been given permission to return home,
and Ftnland will have some of her old
time liberty, hundreds of political of
fenders who were sent to Siberia have
been ordered home, the Jews now
know that brighter times await them
and the students who are guilty of de
monstrations against government
policies are now dealt with by persua
sion instead of being made the victims
of Cossack brutality. Even the news
papers are permitted to say pretty
much what they please and, as a con
sequence, they are discussing all sorts
of reforms that are being demanded
by the people. Russians are amazed
at what has taken and is taking place
in the direction of greater liberty. The
policy of repression appears to have
beep abandoned.
It is well known, however, that
Prince Sviatopolk-Mirsky is having a
hard Nettle with the reactionary forces.
It is not certain that he will be vic
torious. At present the Emperor is
standing by him and he Is on top, but
It is predicted that the time Isn’t dis
tant when he will be deposed and the
reactionists will get control again.
For the time being, however, the
people are enjoying the sensation of a
little of the liberty they have been
longing for so long.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr„ in
structing his Bible class in New York
the other day, told the members that
they should not set their hearts on
riches. Money can’t buy a ticket to
heaven, he said to them. Thus, they
having no use for a great deal of
money, young Mr. Rockefeller would
doubtless appreciate It If the members
of the lllble class would rest content
to let the Rockefeller family continue
Its specially of piling up worldy
riches.
Ten days ago the body of a beautiful
young woman was taken from the riv
er at Pittsburg. Pa. Hundreds of per
sons viewed the corpse. Out of the
number there were several who pro
fessed to know who the unfortunate
woman was. There were not less
than seven "positive” identifications,
each supported by two or three people.
Of the seven, of course, only one could
possibly be correct. At length, after
exhaustive research, it was concluded,
on the testimony of her fiancee and
several acquaintances, that the corpse
was that of Miss Fanny Baird. The
number of "positive” identifications of
the corpse as being that of some per
son other than Miss Baird has occa
sioned considerable comment. But,
really, there is nothing very strange
about it. In a general way, all corpses
look alike, and it is the most difficult
matter in the world for an intimate
friend to recognize familiar linea
ments in the features of a dead body.
Indeed, it is not necessary for the
friend to be dead to lose, in a meas
ure his identity when in repose. It is
quite difficult to recognize an intimate
friend if he is reclining in a barber’s
chair with his eyes closed. Let the
doubter try it.
It is announced that the President
will not come South this winter, but
will wait until next spring. He is mak
ing a mistake. The South is never
more delightful than in winter—the
mild, balmy winter peculiar to the sec
tion. It is in winter that the pine
and oak logs blaze cheerily on the open
hearth and give off an aroma that
makes the man into whose nostrils it
enters glad that he is alive. It is in
winter that home-made sausages, hfing
in long links from the rafters, are at
their best, and the souse in the stone
crock is seasoned to a king's taste. It
is then that the persimmon beer, the
walnuts and the sweet potatoes com
bine to delight the palates of all
healthy men. And then there are 'pos
sums, and chestnuts and corn-pone
and frost-nipped collards and “dodg
ers,” all holding out the promise of
cheer and inward delight to him who
knows the unsurpassable pleasures of
the simple and strong life. We feel
almost sure that if the President
could get a whiff of pine knots blaz
ing in the fire-place and “grand-ma”
sausage cooking in the kitchen he
would not wait until spring.
Gen. Sherman M. Bell, characterized
by President Roosevelt as his ideal of
an American soldier, has got tp leave
Cripple Creek, where he recently es
tablished martial law and chased a
number of laboring men out of the
town because they belonged to a un
ion. The election overthrew Bell, and
he is going to Mexico “for his health.”
PERSONAL.
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—The Prince of Annam, Ham N’gl,
formerly Emperor and King of Annam,
who w-as captured by the French six
teen years ago and detained a captive
in Algiers, has fallen in love with a
Fcench girl, Mille. Laloe, daughter of
Judge Laloe of Algiers, whom he met
frequently at dinher at her father’s.
He arrived in Paris some time ago for
permission of the French government,
when consent of the minister was ob
tained. He will become a Frenchman
and give up all his pretensions to the
throne of Annam. He is quite an art
ist and devotes much time to painting.
He has an interesting studio in his
villa.
BRIGHT BITS.
—"l’m getting along much better now
with Miss Roxley.” “You don’t say
so? I was told her father kicked you
out every time you called.’’ “So he
does; but he doesn’t kick me as hard
as he used to.’’—Philadelphia Ledger.
—<Mamma—“l saw you with that
Rowndy boy again. I told you I didn’t
want you to play with him.” Willie—
“ Why, ma; he's a bully feller. When
he goes coasting he lets me have his
sled half the time. He has it going
down hill and I have it going up.”—
Boston Transcript.
—“Have you any 2-cent stamps?”
asked the caller. “Yes,” replied the
druggist, dealing out the required
number. "I sell you these hoping I
may make you a regular customer.”
“Good gracious! You don’t expect me
to come ’way down here when I want
a few stamps, do you?”—Yonkers
Statesman.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
(Dem.) says; “The Democratic party
can never stand for radicalism. What
it wants to secure for the people Is
constitutional government, economical
administration, a fair tariff system
that will not enrich the Few from the
pockets of the Many, and finally the
dissolution of all combinations that op
erate in restraint of trade or in viola
tion of the law. The financial ques
tion was settled 'by Grover Cleveland
and a majority of the people, and It
is no longer an issue. Imperialism is
more or less of a ghost, too. Democ
racy must not become a wild-eyed god
dess, but must be an unfaltering cham
pion of Republican institutions In sun
shine and in storm.”
The Louisville Courier Journal
(Dem.) says; "A Washington dispatch
to the New York Sun says that 'Mr.
Cortelyou would like to be appointed
Secretary of the Treasury, and there
are persons in Washington who be
lieve that he will be the successor of
Leslie M. Shaw in that important
post.’ And why not? Asa financier
‘Mr. -Cortelyou has proved himself an
adept, in his present position, and
when rewards are handed around he
ought to be allowed to name his. It
is true that during the cumpaign It
was allowed to be generally under
stood that he was to be Postmaster
General, but no definite official an
nouncement to that effect, was ever
made, and if the railroads credited the
general understanding that was their
own look-out."
The Charleston Post (Dem.) says:
"Some say that Mr. Roosevelt will
modify his negrophlle policy so as to
reassure the South that he means fair
ly by this section; others insist that
he will not change his attitude upon
this matter at all and the South had
better understand that once for all.
Predictions are quite useless. The
President may d6 the one thing or the
other, and he may do both. We shall
Just have to wait and see and what
ever he does we shall have to bear
with the best j>hltospby we can com
mand. and we should be able to com
mand a very fair fashion of philosophy
as long as we are making such mag
nificent crops as we hßve been the
past few years. ‘Put money in thy
purs#,' Is the best advice to the South
just now. In these days the rich are
all right, especially under Republican
administrations.**
In the Paddle Wheel.
Mr. Stanhope Wall author of “Twen
ty Years at Sea," was not much more
than a boy when he had the follow
ing curious and terrifying adventure,
the recollection of which haunted him
all his life, says an Exchange. The
ship on which he was retaking his first
voyage was loading cotton in Mobile
Bay and the captain had sent him
in a small boat to get some newspap
ers from a big sidewheel steamer which
lay near by.
In trying to bring the boat up to
the steamer, he says, ‘ upset myself
and went down. I could not swim and
I struggled in hopeless terror. When
I came to the surface I found myself
in the brackets of the great wheel;
they were green with river moss and
slippery as ice, but I regain my breath.
As I held on panting from my plunge
k thrill of horror i*an through me. The
wheel had slowly began to revolve.
In agony I shouted, but in that great
wheel box my voice was nothing. Slow
ly the wheel turned, carrying me up
ward. When I reached the top I should
be ground to pieces; or, if by any
chance I escaped that fate. I should
be drowned when I was again drawn
under the wheel into the fearful suc
tion.
Again and again I shouted. Finally
as I was nearing the top, a little trap
door opened and someone looked into
the box. I opened my mouth to call
once more, but my throat was paral
yzed; for a moment I could not utter a
note.
The trap door was just closing, when
with one mighty effort, my voice came
back and I screamed. The man opened
the trap again, saw me, sprang upon
the wheel and snatched me into safety.
I was a heavy weight in his arms as
he carried me to the deck, for I fainted
dead away.
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Its Practical Value.
Representative Hemenway, of lowa,
tells of a notable -lecture delivered in
a .small town of that State by an
eminent geologist from the East, says
an Exchange.
At the conclusion of his address the
lecturer remarked to the audience
that he thanked them for their at
tention. “I have,” said he, “endeavor
ed to render these problems, abstruse
as they may appear, and involving in
their solution the best thought, the
closest analysis and the most profound
investigation of our ablest scientists
for many years—l have, I say, en
deavored to render them comparatively
simpl and easily understood in the
light of modern knowledge. And now,
ladies and gentlemen, before leaving
the platform I shall be glad to answer
any questions that may occur to you
as to points that may appear to need
clearing up, or as to those points that
may have been overlooked."
After a moment's silence a tall, gaunt
man, with an anxious, careworn look,
arose. “I should like to put a question,”
said he.
The lecturer bowed. “I shall be only
too happy to reply to it,” said he.
The tall man cleared his throat, and
then, in a loud voice, said:
“I would take it as a considerable
favor if you would tell me whether
this science has produced any remedy
for warts.”
The Hyperbolical Mosquito.
John E. Redmond, at a reception in
his honor, was asked for his opinion
of a political prophecy that had been
p'rinted in a London newspaper, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr. Redmond read the prophecy.
Then he smiled.
“This,” he said, “is hyperbolical. It
is as hyperbolical as the mosquito story
that a resident of New Jersey told me
the other day.
“This gentleman desired to impress
upon me the great size and ferocity
of the New Jersey mosquitoes. He
said:
“ ‘I had a valuable cow in the spring,
and usually I kept he£ in the stable,
for the mosquitoes were growing in
size and in numbers, and I feared that
they might do her harm.
“ ‘One hot, cloudy, humid day, though,
I permitted the cow to pasture in a
marshy field. She spent the dav in
the field, and toward evening I went
with one of the farm boys to bring her
home to the milking.
“ ‘Alas, her skeleton lay beneath a
tree, and on an adjacent fence sat a
mosquito, picking his teeth with one of
her horns.' ”
Englishman's Wit.
‘The average Englishman is a very
serious proposition,” recently observed
Col. “Dan” Loeb, of Kentucky, ac
cording to the New York Herald. “A
London friend of mine who is in the
government service and is now in Now
York, has some difficulty in becoming
acquainted with the ways bf this
strange country. He told me that he
saw a man knocked doyen by an auto
mobile in Fifth avenue. He helped the
man to his feet, saying: “Oh, did the
motor car hit you?"
The other fellow, thinking he was
guying, ungallantly said: “Oh, chase
yourself around the block!’
“ ‘What a deuced remarkable re
quest,' said the Englishman in telling
the story. ‘And in the second place
how can a fellow- chase himself unless
there are two of him?’”
Strange Tale of Two Fishermen.
Early one morning during the present
week a young man of the name of Si
mon Powelson went out on the Gov
ernment pier to fish, says the Chicago
Tribune.
He had the most expensive outfit
money could buy. Including a pole and
reel that had cost him more than the
average fisherman can make in a
month, and his bait was frogs and
minnows.
Mr. Powelson sat down on the pier
and began to fish.
Near him w-as a roughly dressed man
with a 15-cent pole and an ordinary
line all full of knots, and he was using
worms for bait.
The two men sat there and fished for
three hours.
Neither one got a bite.
Learned Something.
The man with the steamer cap, side
whiskers and check suit stepped out
into the middle of the street to get a
better view of the skyscraper in pro
cess of construction, says the Chicago
Tribune.
At this moment a street car came
around the corner, struck him with
its fender, and rolled him off the track.
He picked himself up, retreated to
the sidewalk,, took a notebook out of
his pocket, and made this entry:
"A singular custom in this country
is that the train cars are provided
with ingenious devices for keeping the
tracks clear of people. It is highly in
convenient for pedestrians, but pre
vents the track from Velng mussed up.”
Chose Seven Years.
While holding u term of the Su
preme Court at Augusta, Judge Wal
ton sentenced a man to seven years
in prison for a grave crime,* says the
Philadelphia Ledger. The prisoner's
counsel asked for a mitigation of the
sentence on tnc ground that the pris
oner's health was very poor.
“Your honor," said he, “I am satis
fied thut my client cannot live out
half that, term, and I beg of you to
change the sentence.”
•'Well, under these circumstances,”
said the Judge. "I will change the
sentence. I will rnnke It for life in
stead of seven years,*
MODEL OF NOAH'S ARK.
From the Baltimore America.
Copenhagen, Nov. 13.—A trial trip
was made yesterday on the Sound of a
model Noah's ark. The vessel, con
structed by the engineer, M. Vogt, as
nearly as possible in accordance with
the description given In the Bible nar
rative, is of 200 tons burthen. The cost
of building has been defrayed by the
Carlberg Naval Fund. After consult
ing a number of distinguished Hebra
ists, M. Vogt followed the outlines of
the most ancient representation known
of the ark. which was given on an
Apamean coin, dating 200 B. C., now
the property of the Stockholm Mu
seum.
He made his model 30 feet in length,
5 feet wide and 3 feet in hlght, the en
tire dimensions averaging about one
tenth the actual size of Noah’s Ark.
Interpreting the Hebrew word “Zo
har” not as light, which is the usual
meaning assigned to it, but as a smoke
escape, the model was further equipped
with a chimney.
The Ark with a number of university
professors, engineers, government of
ficials aod joqrnaliistists on board, as
well as her designer, M. Vogt, behaved
splendidly in the Waters of the Sound,
skimming gracefully over the waves
and veering with the changing winds
with an ease as though worked by a
propeller.
The Ark is declared by marine ex
perts here to be not only the simplest
kind of vessel possible, but also a
masterpiece of shipbuilding, upon
which the latest developments of the
craft could devise no improvement. It
has been decided by the municipality
to invite the King to make a trip on the
new Noah’s Ark.
OLDEST CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
Rrom the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In Patrick Clark of Lucky Hill on
the Southern Railway, betwen Rem
ington and Bealeton, Fauquier county
can boast of probably the oldest Con
federate veteran living to-day. (
Born in Ireland in 1794, he emigrated
to this country when a small lad. with
his parents. At 18 he enlisted in the
American army and served through
the entire War of 1812.
In 1847 he joined the Eighth United
States regulars, sailed from New York
city to Vera Cruz, was placed in Gen.
Worth’s famous division, and took a
very active part in all the fighting
that led up to the capture of the City
of Mexico. At the close of the Mexi
can War he was diajjjarged at the
Jefferson barracks, Missouri.
He served four years in the Confed
erate army, a member of the Sixth
Louisiana Infantry, in Early’s divi
sion, Army of Northern Virginia, and
was a participant in some of the
fiercest engagements of that bloody
period.
His general health is excellent, can
walk around, appears to be very
cheerful, and experiences a great de
light in describing the numerous con
flicts in which he has taken part. He
is entirely blind; is very hard of hear
ing, and is almost entirely dependent
upon a pension of sl2 a month which
he receives from the national govern
ment for his services in the Mexican
War.
SENSITIVE RUSSIA.
From the T.ondbn Chronicle.
The practice of naming horses after
eminent persons is common in England
-and France, but in Russia it is consid
ered disrespectful by some judges of
manners. A Russian sportsman has
christened a promising filly Eleonera
Duse, as a mark of his esteem for the
celebrated actress. He is severely re
buked in the Russian papers. “If
this should be tolerated,” they say,
“we shall be having horses called aft
er Tolstoy and other national worthies..
Nay, Kouropatkin himself will be sad
dled or turned out to grass. The cen
sor ought to stop the abuse of the
names of Christians. Is the holy synod
asleep?” A Russian rrfay call his dog
Caesar or Pompey, for they were pa
gans, and their memory is not revered
by members of the orthodox church.
But suppose some reckless subject of
the Czar should call his dog or his
horse Pobiedonostzeff, what would the
holy synod say then?
DESPOTISM OF CHOIRS IN ENGLAND.
From an Exchange.
In his charge to the clergy of Wor
cester Cathedral recently, the Bishop
of Worcester said the cathedral type
at service for reverence and beauty
was unsurpassed, but he w-as convinc
ed it ought not to be imitated in par
ish churches, where they had fallen
under the despotism of choirs. They
had come to regard monotony on high
tone as the proper method of reciting,
as if there were something sacred
about the note "G.” He urged the
restoration of the wholesome exercise
of the natural-speaking voice. They
should take pains to prevent services
being protracted by elaborate music.
He had been present at many services
when the music outran the capacity
of the sustaining spirit of praise. Peo
ple went to church not to enjoy them
selves, but to learn to worship.
SMOKING FATAL AFTER EIGHTY
YEARS.
From an Exchange.
After smoking for eighty years of her
life. Mrs. Catherine Lemon recently
set fire to her own clothing, and was so
badly burned that she died later In the
day, at Springfield, Pa. Mrs. Lemon
was ninety-five years of age, and it
had been her custom to have a smoke
the first thing on rising. She lit her
pipe as usual, but some spark fell from
the bowl to her clothing, which ignited,
and..before help arrived she was fatally
burned.
CANED FOR HANGING HIMSELF.
From an Exchange.
Chided severely by his mother for ex
cessive drinking, Anthony Povilltis of
Mahanoy (Pa.) looped a rope about
his neck and hanged himself to a door.
Before kicking a supporting box from
under his feet he called good-by to the
family In the next room. As he dangled
in the air ' his mother belabored him
with a cane until he begged for mercy.
He was finally cut down, as docile as
a lamb.
ALCOHOL AND MARKSMANSHIP.
From the London Broad Arrow.
To test the effect of alcohol upon
marksmanship, a whole Swiss battalion
lias been practiced: (1) After total
abstinence, (2) after drinking the pre
vious evening, (3) after drinking the
same day in moderation, and (4) after
a heavy bout of drinking on the day of
practice. The result has been held to
prove stimulants good for short dis
tances and harmful for long ranges.
A WILL IN EIGHTEEN WORDS.
From an Exchange.
The will of John Joseph Hunter, late
of Freedom Township. Adams County,
Pa., which has Just been filed tor pro
bate, is the shortest testament ever
recorded in that county. It follows:
“This is may last will. I leave all my
property to my wife and make her my
executrix.”
PIGEON MOTHKII TO A KITTEN.
From an Exchange.
In a cottage near Uie village of New
cast let on, in Itoxburgshlre, England, a
pigeon has evinced great friendliness
for n kit tan With the consent of the
old cat the bird has been sitting on the
kitten and helping to look after it and
play with It. The three constitute an
Incongtuou* but happy family.
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WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE
Effective Nov. l, 1904.
6:30 P. M.
7on a .‘.J** 6:00 1:00
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...” 9:30 9-00
.. ” 10 , 0 - 10:00
*Via Montgomery to city * 11:45
ggtgggnjgjg of Hope & Thl^Wi^r
*:> KiT' Lv -i h r^
100 6:00 f^ 22 :^°o
M2-mlnute waitat Sandfly° 738
_—Parcel car, passenger trailer
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv Montgomery. Lv.TotYsU
JVl * M. A M P Ttf
! 5:5 ° 51:30 g.fo P i.sfi
• ; 50 52:30 1036 H?
t7:5 3 t3:05 10 ' 3 ° H®
9:50 t5:50 5:5®
•Connects with parcel car for city
tThrough to Thunderbolt. y '
m-ntinut* wait at Sandfly going to
Between~Montgomery &
A AM. p7m:
£; S2 i'2s 7:22 3:38
>.53 5:50 8:22 6:38
—" ZJL® 7:38
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE.
Effective July 1 3 ism.
. Leave Whitaker and Bay streets.
AJSi PM. PM.
6 40 10:40 l ii2o 6-00
V2O Wll 340
*•00 12 00 ! :4 ° 7:29
!.;X 8:20 8:00
I 20 4:00 8:49
9 20 4:40
Leave Mill-Haven.
AM. P.M. P.M.
S4® J}; 9 ® IL 2 ® 640
,2.2! 11:40 1:00 *6:05
•••••; 8:20 7:00
!'.55 , *:00 7:40
10:20 !!!!! 6:00 *'° 9
•Dally except Sunday.
—*4 * tttrday kveni nq special —
Whitaker Leave MllL
an<7 Sta. Haven.
P -M- p.m.
9 :20 9 • 4ft
10:00 10:20
29:49 11:00
- 11:89 11:00
THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton Street Junction
Beginning at 5:30 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Casino at Thunder
bolt every half hour until 11:30 p. m.
Cars leave Bolton street junction
15 minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 5:53 a. m. cars leave
Live Oak Station for city every half
hour until 1.2:08 midnight.
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
Beginning at 6:05 a. m. cars leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
20 minutes until 12:05 midnight.
Beginning at 6:05 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and
Estill avenue every 20 minutes until
12:05 midnight.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
ville and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv. Market. Lv. Thunderbolt.
6:45 A. M. 7:30 A. M.
6:45 P. M. 7:30 P. M.
WEST END LINE (Lincoln Park.) ’
Cip- leaver west side of City Market for Lla
coin Park 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:45 p, m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 6:20 a. m.
and every 40 minutes thereafter until 12o'clock
midnight. _
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR
Leaves east side of Cltv Market for Thunder,
boh, Cattle Park. Sandflv. Isle of Hope and all
Intermediate points—:ls a. m„ 1:15 p. m..r15
p. m.
. Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points—6:oo
a. m., 11:00a m., 3:00 p. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 5.50 a m
and 2:35 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with reg
ular 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 passe agent
Any further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had of
applying to L. R. NASH. Manager.
Selling Ont
At Cost.
Come and see our
marvelous display of
beautiful china, cut
glass, silver, house
furnishings, and all
at your own price.
Allen Bros.
Our $2 and $3 Hats
Equal to others $3 and $5.
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G. W. MERRILL k CO.
HAT MAKERS.
11 CONGRESS STREET. WEST
(We keep our Hats cleaned
free of charge.)
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J. D. WEED & CO.