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Special Notice —General Insurance,
BPV. T. Horpklns.
Business Notices—Boys’ Bicycles, G.
!W. Thomas; Dine alt Sommers’ Cafe.
Push-Button Morris Chair —Lindsay
K Morgan.
Are You Shivering?—Lattimore’s.
Nothing Quite So Good—Rowllnskl,
JOruggist.
Try Tetterine—J. T. Shuptrlne.
Old Fashioned Rye Whiskey—Henry
Bolomon & Son.
Chamois Goods and Chest Protectors
►-Knight's Pharmacy.
Slue Monday—Pete Dailey.
Huyler’s Candles—The Solomons Cos.
New Things dn Jewelry—Dr. M.
Schwab’s Son.
Mocha and Java—The Delmonico Cos.
Savannah Theater—To-night, "The
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cellaneous.
The Weather.
The Indications for Georgia and
Eastern Florida for to-day are for
Calr weather, with light to fresh north
to northeast r^'inds.
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Farm labor Is so scarce In some
parte of Illinois than Judge Kimbrough,
at Paris, the other day adjourned his
court for a week so that the witnesses
and Jurors could assist in the har
vest.
A romantic story says that a Chi
cago doctor who saved an Indian RN-.
Jah’s foot has been Invited to becdfhe
a member of the Rajah’s court on
54-Prll 1, next. If that date had been
left out, the public would have had
much more confidence in the story.
The election commissioners of Jes
samine county, Kentucky, have filed
formal returns showing that Alton B. -
Parker was, on Jtov. 8, "elected Presi
dent of the United States.” Jessamine
bounty gave Parker an old-fashioned
Democratic majority, and hence, in the
(opinion of the commissioners, Parker
was elected, according to the ‘returns,
no matter what the rest of the coun
try may have done.
At a Thanksgiving dinner in London
the other day, Sir Edward Clarke pro
tested against the title "Americans”
being bestowed on the people of the
United States especially. He pointed
but that CanadiarfS, Mexicans, Brasil
ians, etc., were “Americans" equally
with the people of this country. But
will the protest amount to anything?
Our English friends have for years
referred to us as “Americans.” And
we are “Americans.” We are “it” on
this continent. The people of Canada
stnd Mexico will continue to be special
ised, but the cltlsen of the United
Stales is an “American" in the broad
sense of the word.
It is stated that Japan will shortly
adopt the Roimui alphabet, and that,
Instead of employing the peculiar sign
language of the blast, the Japanese
will soon be spelling words just as we
do. What a nation of adapters the
Japanese are, to be sure! They have
copied the army and navy of a West
ern civilisation, and improved on them;
they have welcomed Western religions,
and costumes, and foods, and even
•wear words; and nob they are about
to substitute a Western alphabet for
their own. How Jong will it 'be before
they will discard their language en
tirely, and take up instead either Eng
lish or French?
The Norfolk Landmark comments:
•‘The other day the Savannah Morn
ing News (D*m.) gave thanks that
neither Judge Parker nor Mr. Thomas
E. Watson would start a weekly news
paper. What does our.intelllgent con
tsmporury think of Mr. Watson's an
nouncement that he will begin within
ninety days the pqhUcatJon of a month
ly msgastne In New York?" Why,
this that • monthly publication comes
out only twelve time# a year, whtlw a
weekly cones out fifty-two times. In
ths I'tw of tits monthly one has a
slnusc* to “forget It" before the nest
Issue, where** the weekly doesn’t give
tin*# tut its happiness o! a lapsed
tMMIU
BACK TO LOCAL OPTIOKt
For years prior to the adoption of
the dispensary system. South Carolina
had local option in liquor traffic, un
der the traffic had been driven
out of a great majority of the coun
ties. There were certain of the coun
ties, Horry among them, In which for
fifteen or twenty years it had been
Impossible to purchase a drop of li
quor of any kind whatsoever. But
with the advent of the dispensary,
after the law had been tinkered by a
few legislatures and after the claim
that the dispensary was a temperance
Institution had been dropped and It
was acknowledged that the state was
In the liquor business for the money
there was dn it, Horry, along with
other prohibition counties, was saddled
with dispensary establishments where
any and all grades of liquor could be
procured at bargain prices. So indus
triously did the dispensary agents
work that there are few If any coun
ties In the state to-day in which li
quor is not procurable from state
agencies.
At a recent session of the legislature
a bill, known as the Brice bill, was
introduced and passed, giving coun
ties local option as between prohibi
tion and dispensary. Inasmuch as
*the state constitution recognises the
dispensary system, the bill could not
be made broader, so as to include a
license system. The first election un
der the Brice bill was held at the gen
eral election on Nov. 8. At that time
Cherokee county voted the dispensary
out. In other words, it voted to place
the section on precisely the same pro
hibition basis that it occupied 1 fifteen
or twenty years ago under the local
option plan. That may serve as a
marker to indicate about how
temperance has been retarded in South
Carolina by the dispensary. In future
elections, it is to be expected, other
counties will vote the dispensary out,
thus resuming their places in the pro
hibition column from which they were
forced by the dispensary law.
No better plan for dealing with the
liquor problem than local option has
ever been devised. The value of it is
to be seen In this state, which, with
the exception of hardly more than half
a dozen counties, has been won to
prohibition by a campaign 'of educa
tion, and not forced to it with the po
liceman’s club. Local option gives
each community self-government and
permits it to have such regulations as
the people desire; and on their part
the people respect the laws, generally
speaking. The dispensary law has
never been respected In South Caro
lina. It has been hated in the for
merly "dry” counties because It foist
ed upon them a system they didn’t
want, and hated in-The formerly’ ‘!wet”
counties because it infringed upon
personal and perverted the
police poyvers of the state government.
It is a hopeful sign to note that the
people are turning again to local op
tion, even In a restricted form.
THE GHOSTS OF OJU IDEALS.
According to the New York Tribune,
a hardened criminal, hearing the cheery
crowing of a rooster, broke down and
cried Ilka a child. Then he knelt on
the cold hard floor of his prison cell
and, amidst tha curses and drunken
muttering* of his fellow-prisoners,
prayed over and over, ''Lord, be mer
ciful to me, a fool?” ” Cater he dkll'eA
the jailer to him and, tears filling his
eyes as he spoke, pledged himself to
a better life. The pledge came from
the fulness of his heart and earnest, is
given that in his case criminality is
to ba put aside for moral and civlo
righteousness. * ’ ' *
The reformation was hoi worked out
by the cheery call Of chanticleer. That
played only the part of the power that
opened the grave of the past and al
lowed to stalk forth the ghosts of old
ideals. Perhaps there came to the
man memories of long-gone days spent
on tha farm, days in which sin and
’ crime found no place to play their
parts. With these dream-scenes came
memories of high Ideals of life that
the boy had formed; Ideals that the
man had lost In the bitter struggle for
existence; ideals that he had ,done to
death by constant compromise with
lower things. In the presence of their
ghosts he counted up the cost of los
ing them. He saw where he had err
ed. He recognized where blind folly
had lead him in a mad chase of the
wlll-o-the-wisp of gold. The knowledge
of his fall wrung from him the bitter
cry, "Lord, be merciful to me, a fool.”
There are But few who cannot under
stand. in a degree, the feeling that
surged over the pqor felon in his lone
ly cell. In the midst of the midnight
revel, In the dreamy windings of the
waltz, In the ecstasy of 111-gotten suc
cess or in the rush of the wine-warm
ed blood to the cheeks, how often has
a single bar of a half-forgotten melody,
the sight of a face that dimly resem
bles the outlines of a face known years
before, or the scent of a flower, called
a halt on revelry and sobered the
thoughts. The ghosts of old ideals
coma back to haunt and seek to turn
the straying steps back to the old, old
pa< hs.
Fortunately for the world the ma
jority heed the warnings and the
course of humanity goes steadily up
wards. The hurt that comes when we
recognize our treason to the past and
cry, “Be merciful to me, a fool,” Is
but the agony born of the surgeon's
knife that wounds only to heal. To
these ghosts of old Ideals humanity
owes much. They have been the ele
ments In myriads of Instances that
turned life history from tragedy to
comedy. Hsd It not been for them
too many of us had learned the truth
too late. learned it when all that was
left for us was to throw ourselves,
Lear-Uke, across the corpse of what
might have saved us and vainly cry
In hopeless bitterness "Cordelia! Cor
delia! Stay a little!”
The World's Fair at fit. Louis comes
to an end next Thureday, Jt has been
a great vxpoaMlon, probably the great
est ever attempted. But H Is thought
the oust of producing It will |e far
greater then the reoetpts from It. That,
however, Is nothing uuustflal with great
repositions. We earnest at the invtneni
1 1 avail pits that paid the cost.
SAVANXAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 1904.
COTTON SEED A.\l THE COTTON
YIELD.
We have called attention a num
ber of times to Mr. Bully’s theory that
the average yield per acre of cotton Is
decreasing, because of the steadily in
creasing Inferiority of cotton seed.
Mr. Sully believes cotton farmers sell
their best seed to cotton oil mills and
keep Inferior seed for planting.
We Wave pointed out that the cotton
oil mills say they do not seek to buy
the beet seed and that the farmers say
they do not sell the best seed. They
state that they keep the best seed for
planting.
But, jus a matter of fact, do all of
them know seed which has plenty of
vitality from seed that has very lit
tle? We are led to ask this question
by sffme experiments which have been
made with seed com by the State Agri
cultural College of lowa.
As is well known lowa is the great
com state of the couptry. On some
of the farms os much as sixty to seven
ty bushels per acre are produced. The
average over the whole state, however,
is only thirty-three bushels. It Is evi
dent therefore that the yield on some
lands h’ardly pays the cost of cultiva
tion.
The State Agricultural College made
Investigations of the seed corn and re
cently notified the farmers of the re
sults reached. It seems that of the
seed* examined 18 per cent, was dead
and 19 per cent, was deficient in vi
tality. It is evident therefore that the
farmers of lowa have been planting
seed corn of which 87 per cent, was
practically worthless.
The corn area in that state Is ap
proximately 9,000,000 acres. If the
State Agricultural College Is right, they
are getting only what they could easily
get from 6,000,000 with sound seed.
Of oourse, the eyes of the farmers
were opened, as it were. They will
see to It in future that the seed that
is planted is In every respect as good
as can be obtained.
We call attention to this matter for
the purpose of inquiring whether the
Experiment Station of this state and
the Agricultural branch of the State
University couldn’t do our cotton grow
ers a great service by making a
thorough examination of the" Seed which
the cotton farmers save for planting.
If it should be discovered that a con
siderable proportion of the seed lacks
vitality the cotton growers would seek
advice as to how the good seed could
be distinguished from the bad seed.
Having this Information, they would
plant only seed of the highest vitality.
It may be there is something after
all In Mr. Bully’s theory. The mis
take he made, however, was the state
ment that the cotton farmers sell their
best seed and keep the Inferior for
planting.
What they do, however, if they do
anything that prevents a full crop from
being grown Is this; They plant se
lected seed that is lacking In vitality
not knowing thait it Is lacking. Our
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
stations could teach them how to dis
feover seed that is of ltttl* or no ac
count.
The yield of cotton per acre Is not
what it ought to be. There are thou
sands of acres that now yield only a
bale to three acres, that could easily
be made to yield a bale to the acre.
The Experiment Station and the Ag
ricultural "College should work together
to assist the farmers in this matter.
There is some ground for thinking they
could Impart knowledge that, would
enable the fanners to more than dou
ble the yield of their farms.
YOUNGER MEN IN THE NAVY.
In his annual report Rear Admiral
George A. Converse, chief of the Bu
reau of Navigation, recommends that
the number of lieutenants be fixed at
600, instead of 850, now limited by law,
and that the law relative to lieuten
ant commanders be changed so that
the number shall be 300, instead of 200.
The reason for this recommendation
is that our naval captains are too old
when they get to be commanding offi
cers. They are much older than the
commanders of the navies of foreign
nations. On this point Admiral Con
verse savs:
"The youngest captain in the United
States is 64% years of age, and the
oldest Is 61%, the average being 67%
years. The youngest captain in the
British navy Is 38, and the average is
48. The Japanese captains average 44
years pf age, the German captains 48
and the Russian 50.”
There is no doubt that our admirals
and captains have /he ability, but have
they the physical qualities necessary
to bear the responsibilities that devolve
upon the commanding officer ki these
days of ships that are so complicated
thait it takes a long time to thoroughly
understand them? In actual battle the
brunt of the fighfing must be borne by,
the ships carrying the officers of the
greatest importance. Therefore, thfe
commanders must have physical as
well as mental endurance of the high
est order.
And our fleets ought to be broken up
Into squadrons so that our highest of
ficers could have more experience in
commanding at sea. Experience counts
for much In actual fighting. At pres
ent our commanding officers haven’t
more than one chance of commanding
at sea before they are retired. Evi
dently the recommendations of Ad
miral Converse have much In them
that Is worthy to be commended.
A dispatch from Tarrytown, N. Y.,
where John D. Rockefeller lives, gives
the information' that the Standard Oil
king has been cured of his dyspepsia
and can now eat anything he wgnts.
But It is a matter of doubt if this Is
good news. Ordinarily the country
would be quite willing to rejoice over
the fact that a famous man was able
once more to eat. But In this instance
there Is a lingering suspicion that Mr.
Rockefeller's recuperation may be fol
lowed by an advance in the price of
kerosene. For, of course, If the man
can eat, ha mqgt have something to
satisfy bis appetite, and He has the
power to make the people pay for It.
Unfortunately, President Roosevelt
Idtd net stay lung enough at the Hi.
IsHik Exposition to examine closely In-
Ur the strenuous Ilfs along the Pike,
An amusing controversy is on In
Germany. We have heretofore had
something to say of Hans, the re
markable horse that thinks logically
and has the power of making his
thoughts known to men- Hans be
longs to Herr von Osten, who recently
requested that the animal be given an
audience by the Emperor. It seems
that the Imperial minister of educa
tion objects! to this Idea, on the
ground that it would be undignified
for the Emperor to receive a horse
in audience as an educated pferson.
Upon hearing of this Herr von Osten,
who Is a retired school teacher, re
torted that Hans was much more in
telligent and of higher education than
a number of teachers who were em
ployed In the public sohools. The
trainer of the horse averred his will
ingness to prove Hans, who Is nine
years old, 'to be much more intelligent
and further advanced than the average
public school pupil of the same age.
Scientific men took up the contro
versy on both sides, and now there is
much discussion as to the relative
merits of school teachers, nine-year
old children and this certain nine
year-old horse. The imperial minis
try is said to be divided on the sub
ject, and it is by no means certain
that a cabinet crisis will not be pre
cipitated.
Some of our contemporaries are re
minding Mr. Watson that the recent
election was not all gall and worm
wood for him. since he received one
vote for President in South Carolina.
With that nucleus to build on Mr. Wat-,
son, ot his party, ought to get two
votes in South Carolina in 1908.
PERSONAL.
—Dr. Henry M. MacCracken, chan
cellor of the New York University,
makes the assertion that the medical
schools of that city are on the decline
because wealthy and public-spirited
men have withdrawn the support that
in the past enabled these institutions
to maintain a high standard of In
struction. The reason given by the
chancellor Is that millionaires will not
give any more money unless their
names can be identified with those of
the hospitals. In other words, they
practically insist that the large insti
tutions be renamed—forgetting that the
charters upon which they are based
would be forfeited.
—According to Generso Pavese, said
to be the champion fencer of the world,
President Roosevelt has more . ability
with the foils that many of the for
eign ministers and attaches in Wash
ington who have handled the flexible
steel rods since their youth. Signor
Pavese has been instructing the Presi
dent for the past year' and declares
that he is his aptest pupil. For a
time the lessons have been discontin
ued, he says, but they will be resumed
about the middle of December. "Mr.
Roosevelt,*’ says the fencing master,
“is wonderfully quick and is finely de
veloped physically. His arms are
rounded and sinewy—In fact, he Is a
perfect specimen of manhood.”
—The late John Holllngshead, noted
in London as Journalist, magazine
writer and theatrical manager, es
pecially in the last named capacity,
had notions of his own as to what
constituted attractions for the stage.
For Instance, he bluntly maintained
that the selection of all ladles on the
stage, except for the chorus singers,
where vocal accomplishments were par
amount, should be governed by a de
sire to put pleasing forms and faces
before the public. His view of the
stage was that, however It might be
judged from lofty hlghts. It was not a
platform tor the exhibition of grand
mothers and maiden aunts. If physi
cal beauty could be got with brains
and talent, so muejh the better. The
first choice was physical beauty.
BRIGHT BITS.
—“I hear he is a confirmed bibliop
phile. “How awfull I always fanned
he was a teetotaler.”—Judge,
—Gladys—"l refused Ferdy two weeks
ago and he has been drinking heavily
ever since." Ethel—"lsn’t it about
time he stopped celebrating?”—Puck.
—“People who haven’t autos shouldn’t
run down those who have.” “No, but
It’s still worse for those who’ have
autos to run down those who haven't ’’
—Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
—Mr. Hammerless—“ls the shooting
good around here?” Local
“Too blame good. It's so sartaln that
there haln’t been no call fur a doc
tor fur nigh on three years.”—Chi
cago Dally News.
—"Oh, see here!” cried the good-na
tured man, flrtally. "I’m getting tired
of waiting on you In this way.” "Are
you, dear? Just be patient, then, and
I’ll let you wait on me some other
way,” replied his wife.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
—Aunt Jane—“ Edith, didn’t I see Mr.
Sweetser kissing you in the hall last
night?” Edith—“ Yes, but It was only
In remembrance of former days.” Aunt
Jane—"A sort of souvenir spoon, I sup
pose you mean.”—Boston Transcript.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
“Mr. Roosevelt will be satisfactory to
the Southern people If he does not In
sist on forcing Crums down their
throats.”
The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.)
says; “Now that he has been tri
umphantly Indorsed and has no more
favors to ask, he will follow his own
inclinations, and If they be toward ma
terial revision and reduction In the
Interest of all the people he will exert
himself to bring about such revision
and let the stand-patters go hang. The
picnic will begin when Congress meets.”
The Chicago Tribune (Rep.) says:
"The function of the Republican party
during the next four years will be to
ease the social pressure of radicalism
by letting off steam generally. If the
safety valve 1s held down too tight
seme day a big outburst will blow
Bryan. Watson, Debs, etc., Into office.
The way to avoid this Is to do some
thing about the tariff and to do some
thing about tha trusts.”
The Springfield (Muss.) Republican
(Ind.) says; “Mr. Kelfer of Ohio, who
will enter the next Congress with the
avowed purpose of waging s campaign
for tha reduction of the South's rep
resentation, Is likely to be coolly re
ceived by the administration. ' Mr.
Roosevelt displays so keen a desire to
restore friendly relatione between him
self end the South during his nest
term that no enooursffement from
Crum packer or Kelfer schemes Is likely
to emanate from the White House.
The J*resldent now experts to visit the
Mouth during the oumlng year; what
ever sucoess be might tvnhievt In es
tablishing a cordial ah tent e between
hlmeetf and that section would be In
stantly nullified webs he to give coun
tenance to the programme of applying
the knlfs tp tbs Mouth's strength lit
Congress sbd (he electoral College,”
Effect of the Compromise.
The old men was giving his son some
fatherly advice as to how he should
treat his young wife, to whom he was
recently married, says Town Topics.
"When you have any little differences
of opinion, my son,” he 9aid, “if you
can’t persuade Margaret that you are
right—and you probably can't—you
must compromise. Be firm, but be
considerate and compromise.”
'“Yes, father,” said the son respect
fully.
“I well remember a little experi
ence,” remarked the old man reminis
cently, "on the very threshold of the
married life of your mother and my
self, which was the basis of oil future
disputes. I wanted to spend the sum
mer—our first vacation —In Maine, and
your mother wanted to go to Saratoga
That is thirty years ago. But I well
remember how firm and yet how con
siderate I was and how we compro
mised.” . ,
"How did you settle it, father?”
"Well, we stayed from Friday night
to Monday morning at Bar Hsi*bor and
spent the rest of the summer at the
up-state Spa.”
Conrtesy in Nebraska.
A woman who returned recently
from a visit to one of t'he smaller towns
of Nebraska tells how they operate
the street car system there, says the
Nebraska State Journal. Her host was
escorting her to the depot to take her
departure and as she could not sprint
the two blocks to the car line, she was
obliged to do the next best thing. He
raced to the street on which the street
cars traveled and found the car four
blocks away proceeding on its way to
the depot.
If that car was missed, it was a sure
miss of the train. So he took a hitch
in the vicinity of his belt and made
time toward the retreating vehicle,
catching it before it had proceeded one
block further. The usual procedure
would have been for the car to have
waited until the passenger came up,
but in this town the driver was more
accommodating and he turned his
mules around to the other end and
came back after the belated one. She
made the train, but It was a terrible
strain on the mules.
Vest’s Coffee Recipe.
Champ Clark tells how during one
of the late Senator Vest's campaign
tours in the early '9os it was neces
sary for him to sojourn over night In
the town of (ft. Charles, says the Den
ver Republican. The best hostelry the
place afforded was poor enough, and at
breakfast Vest was especially put out
by the stuff that was placed, before
him as coffee.
After having sampled the beverage
Vest with a frown called for the pro
prietor. When that individual appear
ed the senator asked, with a wave of
his hand toward the offending liquid:
"Sir, what is this stuff?”
"Coffee,” meekly replied the propri
etor.
“Coffee!” repeated Vest in fine scorn.
"My friend, I could insert a coffee bean
in my mouth, dive into the Missouri
river, srwlm to the town of Alton, 111
and I’ll guarantee that one could ball
up better coffee than this over the
entire route!”
Follow Your Leader.
This is the way the Creble ship
chandler told It, according to the New
Orleans Times-Democrat:
“You know I have to my 'ouse some
ship captains. Weil! Wen the Patasa
was in port, I have Capt. de la Brterre
—you know 'im. big, red face, wlskalfs
sticking out; I give 'm a fine dinner.
He know nothing about table man
ner. He watoh me all the time. Wat I
do, he do. Charlie Tourtarelle he sit
next to me. I say to Charlie: ‘Watch!
I mek de la Bnlerre do everything!’
We .- have some shrimp. Afterwards,
we have finger-bowl. Wen my finger
bowl come, I lif it up and drink.
Blerre he have his eye on me. He Ilf
his finger-bowl and drink It. Wen it
go down, he lean over to Tourtarelle
and he say ‘Dame!’ he say, ‘that's
strange, yes, to drink lemonade after
shell fish?’ Gee! I laff!”
Englishman Felt Relieved.
An Instance of the density of the
average Englishman’s sense of humor
Is related by an American who has
just returned from a tour of several
months in the British Isles, says the
Baltimore Sun. The American was
walking along a street in a small Eng
lish town early one morning holding In
hls hand a letter which he desired to
mall.
"Pardon me.” said the American to a
dignified gentleman whom he met, "but
do you know where the postofflce is?”
"Yes,” replied the Englishman, pass
ing by.
The Yankee laughed, and the Eng
lishman, turning, asking apologetically,
"I beg your pardon, but did you Want
to mall your letter?”
“No,” said the American controling
hls dedlre to laugh outright.
The Englishman looked relieved and
bowed a good morning.
Annabel's Feelings.
Mrs. Pottei had married late in life,
and married a rich man, after years
of prudent scrimping and much care,
says the Youth's Companion.
“How does Annabel look?” asked
one of Mrs. Potter’s old neighbors of
another who has been visiting the bride
of a year. "Does she appear satis
fied r
"Oh. yes, she’s satisfied and happy
and all that,” said the old friend, slow
ly, “but you know folks can’t get
wonted to things all of a sudden; and
so there will come times now an’ again
when Annabel looks as If the kettle
was Filin’ over and she was tied hand
and foot bo she couldn't get to the
stove. It's not for me to say how she
feels.”
Defect In HU System.
"You know, I suppose," observed
Gwllllams, according to the Chicago
Tribune, ”what you tied that string
around your finger for?"
“If I didn’t,” retorted Slnnt, -"It
wouldn’t be there. That’s to remind
me of a memorandum In my pocket
book.”
Here he took out hls pocketbook.
"I never leave anything of that kind
to chancs,” he added, "arid I never
trust my memory. I made a memo
randum of the things my wife told
me to bring home this evening,
and "
Here he opened the pocketbook.
“And—and, by George, I left the
memorandum at home!”
Willing Spirit, Wok Flesh.
The little woman placed her hands on
her husband's shoulders and looksd at
him, her soul In her syss, says Judge.
“There Isn't anything you wouldn't
attempt for me, Is there. Henry r* she
asked.
"Nothing." said Henry, hls mouth
shutting resolutely.
"You would even risk death for me,
wouldn’t vouf"
”1 would and gladly,”
‘Then, dear, please go down In the
basement and discharge the ouok.”
Dut Henry's foot paled and hls knees
trembled, for be t moUsed that he hgd
spoksu rashly*
HEARTS THAT COME HIGH.
From the New York World.
Table of Heart Values -
Earl of Yarmouth t heart $ 250,030
Florence Evelyn Nesbit’s
heart 1.987,900
Mrs. Genevieve Chandler
Phipps’ heart 1,000,000
Mrs. Lydia Sutton McKee’s
h<^ rt 800,000
H C*. Bourquln, a mere man’s
heart 2,000
Miss Mary McDmaid's heart. 2u,G00
Miss Agnes Justice of Pedrtck
towa, N. J ..... Non-suited
Miss Frances Pettit’s heart
and 1,236 kiss >3 3 000
"Hearts,” says the ancient philos
opher, "are trumps.”
Very true; but what are heart
trumps worth?
Recent litigati >ns and the settlement
of psycho-amatj.y claims !n and out
of court go to fix the precise value of
a human heart, br >kon or otherwise.
Most conspicuous am >ng the newest
cases is that of Marty Kendall Thaw
of Pittsburg, Pa., and Florence Eve
lyn Nesbit, formerly of Pittsburg, ar
tists’ model, actress and wonderfu
beauty. It was bellovud that these
two were married abroad. Their ac
tions since their return to America
have lelt the question open to doubt.
The latest news Is a mere rumor that
Miss Nesbit, of Mrs. Nesbit-Thaw. Is
willing to retire forever from the
Thaw family in consideration of $250,-
000 to her In hand paid.
The history of Harry Thaw and Miss
Nesbit contains much that throws
light upon the real value of a modern,
up-to-date, true and loving hiarr. It
was Harry Kendall Thaw who made
the match between the Earl oi Yar
mouth and his sister. Miss Alice
Thaw.
The ceremony took place in April,
1903, at Pittsburg. At the last moment
on the wedding morning the" noble
Earl balked. He had previously ac
cepted a settlement of $5,000 a year for
life.
By refusing to proceed Yarmouth
succeeded in having his settlement
raised to SIO,OOO a year. At 4 per cent,
interest this represents an Investment
of $250,000.
Not a bad price for an earl’s heart.
The newspapers declared that Mrs.
Thaw, Harry’s mother, would cut his
income from SBO,OOO to $2,300 a year
unless he left the young woman sup
posed to be his bride.
That is, for the girl’s sake he would
lose $77,500 a year. That income repre
sents $1,937,500 lnvdbted at 4 per Cent.
Almost as costly is the heart of Mis.
Genevieve Chandler Phipps, who re
cently obtained a legal separation from
Lawrence Cowles Ilhipps, the Den
ver and Pittsburg multi-millionaire.
Her husband settled upon her $1,000,-
000, upon the income of which sha is
to live. If she marries again she is
to forfeit $500,000.
Mrs. Lydia Sutton McKee, also of
Pittsburg, got $300,000 for her heart.
She got a divorce a year and a half
ago from A. Hard MoKee, and ne set
tled upon her in lieu of alimony‘s3oo,-
000.
Ruling prices for ordinary, non-mil
lionaire hearts have been established
recently by breach-of-promise litiga
tions. H. C. Bourquin, a business man
of St. Mary's, 0., sued Mrs. Sara B.
Ruhle, in March, 1901, for $2,000 be
cause she broke her promise to marry
him. Miss Mary McDonald, 33 years
old, ,of Fall River, Mass., two years
ago sued Patrick Kleran for $50,000
damages, asserting that he had wast
ed fifteen years of her life with his
broken promises to marry her. The
jury awarded her $20,000.
Miss Anna Burns of Bushwick, L. L,
was much more modest when she sued
Leander Brown of Belmore, L. I„ last
January. She asked only $5,000 for
her broken heart, though she said he
broke his promise to marriage five
times.
Miriam Genevieve Babcock of Scott,
N. Y., sued Dr. Jesse R. Burdick of
Omaha, Neb., for $50,000 for breaoh of
promise In April, 1908. The doctor de
nied the promise.
Miss Agnes Justice of Padrioktown,
N. J., demanded SIO,OOO damages of
Rev. John Davis, pastor of the Baptist
Church, last January, declaring that
the wedding was set four times. He
replied that she was Insanely Jealous
and herself broke the engagement.
The jury non-suited the lady.
Mrs. Emma Armstrong of Chicago
lost no time last January in suing
Otto Weber for $50,000 damages as
soon as she heard of his engagement
to marry another woman. She
swore that he promised to. help her
get a divorce from her husband and
then marry her.
Charlotte Armstrong, pretty, viva
cious and 19 years old, last March
sued John M. Thurston of Utica, N.
Y., 83 years old, for $6,000 for breach
of promise.
Miss Frances Pettit got judgment
for s3*ooo against James P. Ttttemore
of Ballston Spa, In May, 1903, for
breach of promise. She was 35 and he
60. She kept a diary and testified
that he kissed her 1,236 times—s 2.42 a
kiss.
Miss Lesbia M. Bostwlck of 306
West Fifty-sixth street, got judgment
in the Supreme Court for $45.87 in
June, 1889, against Count Malta
Llewen Stierngranat of Sweden. She
sued for $50,000.
Miss Mabel Emma Maguire receiv
ed judgment for SIO,OOO in May, 1902,
from Dr. Jacob M. Davis in the Su
preme Court at Camden, N. J. They
were affianced from childhood, but he
married another girl.
MONEY SPENT FOR THE BIG GAME.
From the Hartford Courant.
There were more than 80,000 people
at the Yale-Harvard football fame.
This means to begin with more than
$60,000 In admission fees. But that Is
only a starter. These were people from
out of town. A few came in on the
trolley and from points so near that
their transportation was inconsider
able. But most of them were from a
distance, and many from far away.
Many, too, came by a special car serv
ice. which costs big money and not a
few were in New Haven for a day or
two. It Is undoubtedly understating,
the case to say.that the 30,000 visitors
averaged an outlay of at ieast $5
apiece. That means $150,000 more,
which added to the cost of tickets
would Imply a total expendttnre of
$210,000 for the great game. They come
high, but children cry for them.
IN JAPANESE STYLE.
From an Exchange.
Advertisements In the following
strain appear every day in Japanese
papers; "I am a very pretty girl. My
hair ia as wavy as a cloud. My com
plexion has the brilliancy and soft
ness of a flower. My expression is as
mobile an the leaf of the weeping wil
low. My brown eyes are like two cres
cents of the moon. I hnve enough
worldly goods to pass happily through
life with tny husband, hand In hand,
gazing at the flowers by day and the
moon by night. If this should meet the
eyo'of a man who Is intelligent, amia
ble, and of good address, I will be his
for life, and repose with him later In
a tomb of red marble."
Gov. Bachelder of New Hampshire
dislikes tramps, though at times he
will hand a quarter to one of tha trav
eling fraternity. Not long ago he
found a husky young hobo lying under
a tree at a lonely place In the ooun
try. The Ooveroor listened to the old
hard luck story and gave the tramp
eotne email change. Then h# eeld.
smouiwglngly; “Down there on the
left, my friend, there Is a farmer who
wants men to help him thresh wheat.”
’Thffeiks#, sir," Shld the trsmp, turning
I*S Non-Irritatin
Cathartic
Easy to take, easy to operate-
Hood’s Pills
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAY SCHEDULE,
Effective_Nov- i, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPELISL
etween Isle of Hope and 40th Street
A. V M ot T> S vr Lv. Isle of Hope.
P ' M - A.M. P.V
730 6:00 1:00
*:*• j:! 111 S;SS
U-30 3 3< * 10:00 4:00
3 VIA* 11:00
•• ::!® i 8:00
;;••• ! . $:oo
*Vla Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Ho D e~&' ThunderboltT
AM lSle i? f *? ope - Lv " Thunderbolt
.. on AM ’ ?’¥•
8-00 6:00 ! 7 *6;50
*n’.S2
xi.uu • . . , *9:50 7.00
J-minute wait at Sandfly.
Parcel car, passenger trailer.
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE!
netween Montgomery and 40th Street,
Lv Montgomery. Lv. louTlt
• S-tTn A. M. p. M.
16-KO 8:30 1:30
t?l68 t3:o°s 10:30
9:50 tV s c° B *
- 7:30
•Connects with parcel car for city
Through to Thunderbolt. y ‘
city B ' minUte Walt at Sandfl y *°ing to
Between Montgomery & Thundebolt
A. M. p. M. a M p\r
;50 3:05 7:22 *3:38
<•53 5:50 8:22 6:38
MILL-HAVEN SCHEDULE.
Effective July 13 1903.
a £l eava . Whitaker and Bay streets.
pm - P-M.
e-in Jo 12:40 5:20
•7 00 ii°-sft 1:20 800
7-20 Ve.ne 2:00 6:40
12:00 3:40 7:30
5.22 *:2° 8:00
!Xl UOO 8;40
- ‘ 0 4:40 ....
. Leave Mill-Haven.
Ve .%• P.M. P.M.
7 : 00 it:?2 12:20 6:40
*7*9o 11:40 1 :0 ° **:os
V-a„ 1:40 6:20
I; 40 *•••• 2:20 7:00
Ho , 8:00 7:40
wo 2:40 8:20
10:20 ::::: £. : O 9:09
•Dally except Sunday.
-1\t |; HT)AY EVENING SPECIAL —
r tnd*^v l K^' ir LeaveMUl-
Sts * Haven.
10 ; 00 l'ilO
104 ° 11:00
THUNDERBOLT LINE.
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton Street Junction.
Be^lnnins 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 eveiw half
hour until 12:08 midnight.
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
Beginning at 6:48 a. m. cars leave
Waters road and Estlll avenue every
30 minutes until 11:48 p. m.
Beginning at 6:15 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and
Estlll avenue every 30 minutes until
12:15 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 )
Car lav<H west side of City Market for Lin.
coin Park 6:00 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 11:45 p, m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market 0:20 a. m
and every 40 minutes thereafter until 12 o’clock
midnight.
FREIGHT AMD FABCYtCAh
Leaves east side of City Market for Thunder
holt Cattle Park. Sandfly. Isle of Hope and all
intermediate polnte—:ls a. m„ 1;15 p. m. 1:15
P> EQ
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfly, Cattle Park.
Thunderbolt and all intermediate points—s-00
a. m., 11:00a. m.,3:00p. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery at 550 s to.
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 o B each
trip for accommodation of passengeia
Any further information regarding passen
ger schedule or freight service can be had by
applying to L. R. NASH. Manager.
Cbe New Chinese 6namtl
For FLOORS. FURNITURE.
BATH ROOMS. ETC.
WALK ON IT. Strike It with •
water on It end satisfy yourself, thai
t*te eo rnlmh mill not crack or tarn *!*••
FOR JJOLK Br
EDWARD T.OVKIX’S SONS,
118 Broughton Street. West.
Seed Oats, Seed Rye,
Bee Keepers* and
Poultry Supplies.
HARDEN&ROURK,
Hay, Grain and Feed,
IIS Bey Street, West.
BOTH PHONICS 3*3.
Imported Molasses.
Ml Puncheons, It hogsheads, I*
barrels, Muscovsdo lfolasscs, re
ceived by bark Lett si a For sale br
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
jMPuitTajta.