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IN SIMPLICITY OF
HERMETHODS
MRS. CHADWICK’S SUCCESS
nAD the pace of a saint and
THE MANNERS OF A MOTHER.
A Mind of Wonderful Astnte
ne* and With a Remarkable In
sight Into Map’* Weakness—She
Gained the Confidence of All Men
nnd Most Women Whom She Chose
to Cultivate From Her Girlhood
Till She Was Able to UnpJ Hard
headed Bunkers.
New York, Dec. 17—It is because of
the very simplicity of her methods
that Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, as she
is known to-day—the Mme. DeVere of
a few years ago, according to the
statement of her sister in San Fran
cisco and others—was able to inflate
a bubble worth millions to her and to
keep it soaring ever higher and higher
until by the disclosure that her strong
box holds only waste paper, it has
burst with a report that has been
heard by her dupes from New England
to the Middle West.
With the face of a saint, the man
ner of the home-staying mother of a
large family and at the same time
with a mind of wonderful astuteness,
and a marvelous insight into man's
weakness, she gained the confidence
of all men and most women whom she
chose to cultivate from the days of
her girlhood on a Canadian farm, till
finally she was able to dupe hard
headed bankers by her free use of the
name of Andrew Carnegie.
Followed Simple l,ines.
And all the time she was following
the simplest lines. She knew that a
single misstep -would ruin her, and
that above everything else it was vital
ly necessary for her to escape arous
ing suspicion in the minds of those
with whom she dealt. She had no
“system” save her apparent ignorance
of the first great principles of finance
as it is conducted to-day. In accom
plishing her great coup by using the
name of Mr. Carnegie she told only
one. story, and that a brief one. It
seemefi to require no investigation. The
men who accented her at her own val
uation never doubted her until it was
too late to retrieve themselves. If any
of them suspected that she was not
all tfiat she professed to be, they as
sumed that somebody other than them
selves had been duped, and that how
ever she had gained her wealth she
actually possessed millions.
Ventured On a Small Scale.
Up to th. time that Mrs. Chad
wick obtained from Iri Reynolds, the
secretary and treasurer of the Wade
Park Bank of Cleveland a receipt for
the mythical $5,000,000 of securities,
her ventures had been on a compar
tively small scale, yet It is evident
that even then she had been able to
obtain at least several hundred thou
sand dollars. With the receipt in her
hands, it was plain sailing for her for
two years, until at last the crash came
that landed her In a prison cell.
It is a usual thing for a client to
leave valuable papers with his attor
ney in sealed packages, and it is an
event of almost dally occurrence for a
lawyer to give a receipt for the pa
pers, taking his client’s word for their
contents. It Is almost equally usual
for a banker or a safe deposit com
pany to issue receipts without Inves
tigation of the contents of sealed pack
ages. There is no evidence that this
is not the explanation of Mr. Rey-
Uncle Mingo on
Mistaken Impressions
By W. T. WILLIAMS.
“Did you ebber git a kin’ o’ feelin’
or idee,” asked the waiter, “dat sump’n
or udder had eider done happen or was
going to happen?”
"Yes, ofn,” said Uncle Mingo, "an’
I notice dat it didn’t happen some
times, an’ sometimes it do. Dere is
werry curious tings occurs dat way;
we sometimes gits strange warnin’. I’ll
tell you a strange ting wot come een
my own spe’unce a wile back.
"I had a ole si’.ber watch wot I prize
werry high, cause it cos’ two dollars
an’ a quarter. Well, one night I wake
up an’ I make sho' I hear a little noise
dere by de winder w'ere de watch
was hangin'. I say to myself I wonder
if some coon or udder ain’t tryin’ to
steal dat watch o’ mine.
“Well, I lie down dozin’ oft, an’ bum
bye I hear de same little noise again.
So I Jump up an’ run to de winder, an’
sho’ ’nough wot you reckon?”
"De watch was gone!” exclaimed the
waiter.
“No,” said Uncle Mingo, "it wasn't
aac’ly gone, but it was goin’, all right. ’
“Humph!” said the waiter.
"Sometimes," said Uncle Mingo, "wen
we git dese compressions ob sump'n
goin’ to happen, we dunno wedder we
got much confidence een de ting or not.
If it do happen, we say dat we knowed
werry well it was goin' to happen. If
it don’t coinc oft, den we say wo know
all de time dere wasn't nothin' een it.
It’s like do story ob de ole 'oman an'
de hill. She hud de utmos' fait’ de
hill was goin’ to be move by her pray
ers; but w’en it didn’t go, it was Jls
as she ’speeded.’ ”
“I reckon," said the waiter, "de
proper grade ob confidence is hard to
git." •
"fiat's wot's de matter,” said Uncle
Mingo. "It’s like de feller an' de doc
tor. De doctor tell de feller dere wasn't
nothin’ to sabe him but to perform slch
an' sich a operation.
“ 'Wy, doctor,’ say de sick man, 'I
understan’s dat operation is wery dan
gersume an’ onsafu, an’ mos’ always
kills a feller.’
"’Dat’s no lie,* say de doctor,' but
I'ie Buttin' to sabe you, ’cause it's
your turn/
“ ’Mow sor say de patient.
" ’lt’s like die/ aay de doctor. ‘Out
oh ebble hundud who is operate on
dst-a-way, de recorde shows dat one
gits ober de operation, an’ ninety-nine
dire. Well, I bae up to de present per
form de operation ninety-nine tlmea,
•n’ de laa one o' d-m died. Now/ be
•ay. 'you kin eee for your self dat
you, bein' de one hundud, is sho to
git <<ber It."'
"Dari you fink." said the welter,
“del if you has e worry strong belief
del a ling Is goin' to iMippcu, It will
come true
Dei i its de ti outlie, ’’ eaid V twie
*•0*0. "£ dUttvuity U tv ball 4M
nolds’ connection with the woman and
that he was entirely free from crim- I
inal Intent when he put In her hands
the power to borrow freely from men
who ordinarily Inspect searchingly the
security for the most insignificant
loan.
Reynolds' High Integrity.
No banker in Cleveland has had a
higher reputation for integrity than
Mr. Reynolds. “He is as honest as
the day,” everybody said. His word
or his signature was accepted as final
and authoritative. When he said
that he held $5,000,000 in securities be
longing to Mrs. Chadwick, nobody
doubted that what he said was abso
lutely true.
Simplicity was the keynote of her
plan. Then began the campaign of
education of small bankers Into
"frenzied finance” ns evolved by her.
She gained her hold over them not so
much by her own strength as through
their weakness. With her marvelous
knowledge of human nature she at
tacked them on their weakest side—
the love of money. To one she would
give bonuses of almost staggering
amounts for the use of somebody
else’s money. To another she would
appeal through his pride in the insti
tution, which he probably had head
ed for a lifetime, by making promises
of deposits which would lift the little
country depository from the ranks of
its fellows to a position equalled only
by the great city banks.
Bunker Beckwith's Admissions.
Beckwith, the simple-minded presi
dent of the unfortunate Oberlin bank,
has admitted that she promised to
make him and his cashier, Spear, trus
tees for life of her great estate at sal
aries of SIO,OOO a year, besides enrich
ing him to the extent of $102,000 —on
paper. Herbert B. Newton, the Brook
line cashier, who tried to regain the
money he advanced to her, was given
$65,000 in bonuses for loans of $125,000,
according to the statements of the
woman’s attorney here. They were all
gambling on a long shot, though they
did not know it, and only now do they
realize that in reality they never start
ed in the race.
A typical adventuress never could
have done what Mrs. Chadwick accom
plished with such marvelous ease. The
manner in which hard-headed men of
affairs fell victims to her wiles is more
nearly comparable to the college boy
trusting in the “baby stare” of a co
quette than to anything else. Even with
the woman’s duplicity established, so
far as it can'be without absolute con
viction in court after a trial, she re
tains this remarkable influence over
all who come in contact with her.
A MILLIONAIRES’TOBOGGAN
SLIDE ON THE HUDSON.
Where the Rockefellers and Goulds
Do Tlietr Tobogganing.
New York. Dec. 24.—Down a glis
tening Icy shute, the Rockefellers, the
Goulds and enthusiastic members of
the Ardsley Club are tobogganing
these days at the rate of one hundred
and ten miles an hour. They have
built a toboggan slide, said to be the
slipperiest and the fastest In the
world, on the golf links a mile from
the Hudson river, and by the rays of
sun or moon or by electric light, they
go whizzing down the half mile of ice
covered runway in seventeen seconds.
The Empire State express, which
passes along the margin of the stream,
may be seen occasionally crawling
along at the rate of a mile a minute.
There are trains which have attained
eighty miles, but these are not in the
same category with the toboggan can
non ball expresses. A German elec
trical railroad built for experimental
purposes,’ with a record of one hundred
and forty miles an hour, is the only
rival of this slide, which runs from
the tail of North Mountain and over
a gully to the orchard hole of the Ards
ley links.
John D. Rockefeller is a subscriber
to the enterprise, but so far, although
he has looked at the swift descent a
few times, he has not essayed it. Percy
Rockefeller, a son of William Rocke
feller, is one of the most earnest vota
ries of the sport. Edwin Gould occa
sionally takes a flyer. In fact, nearly
all society which dwells within a ra
dius of five miles of the chute Is fasci
nated by this Canadian pastime.
feelin’ of confidence onless you knows
de ’currence is done schedule to come
off. It reinin’ me of de case ob a good
ole minister out to Possum Holler.
"Dey was habin’ a awful dry spell,
an’ de congregation git up a reques’
to de preacher to hoi’ a meetin’ an’
pray for rain.
‘Well,’ pay de minister, "I kin
hoi’ de meetin’ all right, but I don't
tink it will be any use onless we wait
ontell de win’ change.’ ”
"Werry remarkable answers to
prayer comes sometimes," remarked
the waiter.
“I knows dat ns well as you,” said
Uncle Mingo. "I wasn’t denyln’ dat, 1
was only tujkln’ but de proper kin'
o fait’.
"But. tnlkln’ ’bout remarkable an
swers to prayer remin’s me of
sumpln’ wot happen out to Possum
Holler a few years ago.
"Cyrus Holong had rent a house an'
a little farm from ole man Hodglns,
an’ had been llbln’ dere wld his faul
tily for many years.
“At las’ one day ole man Hodglns
notify Cyrus he got to clear out,
’eause he want to use de farm his*
self. .
"Cose Cyrus was een a peck o
trouble; he nebber know w’ere to go
nor wot do not. Ho he gone to see de
minister an’ tell him ob de difficulties
he was enn.
•• -My brtidder/ say de minister, 'car
ry your burden# to de Lord, an' raa
tle een prayer befo' de t 1 rone, an'
you wilt fin' a way out ob all your
•filet lona/
"Trim or to' days after de minister
meat Cyrus again, an’ he had a
broad grin on hie fn.
" 'Dot wee eho a apfendld ad wire
you gib me parson,' he sal.
“(tied to hear It. my brudde*/ aay
de mlnleDr. glad In haar It. T <ll mm
all about 11/
"'Well.' aay r*>rua. *f Mar Mitt*
w|U> ago dal wld saw ket|ias 4mm4
laa atfht:'*
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS; SHNDAY. DECEMBER 2.-, Hits.
TAPP’S INQUIRY
OF OSBORNE
— ■ ■■ W
AS TO HIS AFFILIATIONS
WITH CORPORATE INTERESTS AL
LEGED TO DOMINATE THE STATE.
tetter of Dupont Gnerrjr'* Former
Campaign Manager to W. W. <>*-
borne Inquiring His Connection
With Various Corporations anil
Inelilentnlly Mentioning Sonic Is
sues Which lie Says Must He Solv
ed ''To Rid the State of This Cor
porate, Dniuimble and Corrupt
Political Regime.’’
Atlanta, Dec. 24. —Sidney C. Tapp, of
Atlanta, who had charge of Hon. Du
Pont Guerry’s headquarters here dur
ing the race for Governor two years
ago, and who is a well-known lawyer
of this city, has written the following
letter regarding the statement of Hon.
W. W. Osborne, of Savannah, as to the
Influence of corporations in state poli
tics:
Atlanta, Dec. 24. —I have thoughtful
ly read the article by Hon. W. W.
Osborne, of Savannah, that appeared
in the recent press of the st'ate. As
one of those who has contended that
this state was under the domination
of corporate rule and has fought to
free it from the existing conditions, I
am willing to concede every proposi
tion contended for by Mr. Osborne. It
has been stated that Mr. Osborne has
been the attorney for a good many
of these corporations In Chatham coun
ty. The Atlantic Coast Line system,
the Plant System, the Seaboard Air
Line system, the Central of Georgia
Railway, the Southern Railway, the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
the Southern Express Company and
the street car systems of Chatham
county have attorneys and legal repre
sentatives and' political representatives
to care for their interests.
Ml-. Osborne's Corporation Affilia
tions.
I would like to ask Mr. Osborne how
many of these institutions and which
ones of them he now represents. Is he
the legal attorney or the political 'ad
visor for any of them, if so, what ones
and how many? I do not judge him—
I make no allegations as to his con
nections with these corporations. I
simply ask the question for information.
If he is not now the attorney for them,
how many has he represented in the
past, and what ones has he represented,
and when did he represent them? I ask
these questions as a matter of informa
tion. If he has been associated with
these institutions in the past or is now
associated with them, he should cer
tainly be good authority as to then
political conduct, and his allegation
in his article to the press should be
received with a good deal of considera
tion by the people of the state. If
he is not now- associated with these in
stitutions and has no connection with
them in managing their legal and politi
cal affairs, then in that event, he would
become a most valuable factor in serv
ing the people to free the state from
the present corporate domination. But
the people of Georgia would be grati
fied to have him answer these ques
tions and to know his connection with
these institutions before they would
receive him as orthodox in the political
faith that the state should be freed
and liberated from the ring rule and
domination of these institutions.
Say* the People Want to Know.
I for one recognize Mr. Osborne’s
ability and his generalship as a politi
cal leader, and far be it from me to
question his motives or the sincerity
of his political faith, and I only hope
that his affiliations are such that he
can join w-ith those w-ho have been
fighting to free the state from corpo
rate domination, and I have, therefore,
'asked these questions in good faith,
because I believe the people of the
state are entitled to the information.
He says: “I am not over-stating the
present conditions when I say that no
man can run for office without corpo
rate approval.” There are some of us
who have long since learned the truth
of the charges made by Mr. Osborne.
It Is no new Information to us.
We have- long since learned that
Georgia is the worst dominated, cor
poration ridden and political cursed
state south of the Mason and Dixon
line. We have long since learned that
no man In Georgia could hitherto be
elected as chief executive without the
approval of the railroads and their al
lied influences.
Corporate Influence* Dominate.
We have hitherto learned that the
corporate influences has gone into ev
ery highway and every byway, Into
every village, every hamlet, every town
and every city In electing legislators,
judges and other state officials. We
have hitherto learned, through the
damnable and corrupting influences of
free-passism, that any law that these
institutions opposed could not be pass
ed by the Legislature. We have hither
to learned that every young man who
had honorable political ambition dared
not oppose these institutions or they
w-ould strike him down. We have
hitherto learned that this common
wealth is in the political grasp of these
Institutions, and that they have owned
it and -controlled it politically.
Issue* That Mint He .Solved.
There are some Issues that must be
solved to rid the state of this corporate,
damnable and corrupt political regime.
Shall the Southern Railway and other
foreign railroads, operating their prop
erties In this state, receiving the pro
tection of the law and the courts of
this state, be required to put their
charters on file, and become citizens
of this state, so as to become amena
ble to the courts of this state? shall
the Western Union Telegraph Compa
ny, the Postal Telegraph Company and
the Southern Express Company be re
quired to do likewise? Shall the cor
rupting Influences of free passism bo
prohibited to public officials nnd b<-
made a crime in Georgia? Strike this >
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Xmas Gift.
We Can Save You Money on All Your Jewelry Purchases
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 11 O’CLOCK.
A Beautiful U*c of S|MON & SILVER NOVELTIES.
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REMEMBERED —
We are Tailors. Men’s Tailors.
Men’s good Tailors.
And tailoring Is our study, our
profession our pride.
It’s always in our mind during
the day and occasionally after
working hours.
If Mr. Claus undertook to re
w-ard us in proportion to our merit
he'd have to employ a derrick to
lower our shears, and he might be
embarrassed to get a ton shears in
a ten sock.
However, we’re ready for all
comers. Stock complete.
Suits and Overcoats,
Tailored to Taste
$lB to S4O.
iraiiim inc.,
Tailors,
107 BULL ST.,
Savannah, - - Georgia.
corrupting Influence down—put the
seal of the criminal law upon it, and
you strike down the power of the paid
lobbyist of these institutions. Shall
the war on the convict lease system be
continued until the traffic in human
flesh by which a few men accumulate
fortunes at the expense of the state
and in competition with free labor, be
broken up? Shall the war continue on
sweat shops that are robbing the cra
dle and the school houses at the ex
pense of future motherhood and future
fatherhood of the commonwealth?
Imkucn Vital to the People.
These are issues that are vital to the
people of Georgia—they are issues that
some of us have fought and contended
for in the past; and oh, how glad, how
glad we would have been to have had
Mr. Osborne's generalship and leader
ship then, in their behalf. If he is for
them now, those of us who have been
In the minority and struggled in vain,
will take on now hope for their final
triumph. When these issues prevail,
we will strike down corrupt rule and
lobbyism in Georgia.
If Mr. Osborne is for these issues
and is willing to stand for their po
litical triumph in Georgia* those who
have contended for them, gladly wel
come him to the ranks and the battle
of the people; and we are willing to
name candidates from legislators to
the chief executive of the state, who
will stand for these Issues and upon
these principles, and gv> to the people
and fight for their election, and there
by overthrow the present regime and
rehabilitate the state with the princi
ples of true Democracy. What say
you, Mr. Osborne?
Sidney C. Tapp.
TO STARTON THEIR
WINTER CRUISE.
Uncle Sam’s Fleet to Go to the West
Indies This Week.
New York, Dec. 24.—Not until next
week will the large fleet of battleships
and cruisers at the New York Navy
Yard sail for the West Indies for the
winter cruise, and for that reason ev
ery officer, as well as every enlisted
man. Is offering thanks to the author
ity that permitted them to spend to
morrow In port, for while Christmas
is always an enjoyable day on an
American man-of-war, the qfficers and
men prefer to spend the day near a
large city.
It is now the plan to have the larger
number of the vessels, including the
flagship Kearsarge, with Rear Admiral
Barker, to leave the New York sta
tion on Tuesday. The other vessels In
the fleet now at the yard or at Tomp
klnsvllle are the battleships Illinois,
Ketucky. Alabama and Texas, and the
Massachusetts. The cruisers of the
fleet are the Minneapolis, Tacoma and
Chattanooga.
I'nlvereltr’e Winter School.
Athens, Ga„ Dec. 24.—The Winter
School of Agriculture tn the University
of Georgia will open its session on Jan.
2. The outlook for a large attendance
upon this branch of the university is
very flattering, and the authorities of
the university have made preparations
for a better course of study this year
than ever before.
Since the visit of the university trus
tees to the University of Wisconsin
the Intention of the trustees has been
more than ever fixed to make his short
winter course In agriculture one of the
most attractive and most beneficial
parts of the university course of
study.
WHAT “PTOMAINE
POISONING” IS
BUGS THAT MAXE PTOMAINES.
PHEOAI'TION IN THE PREPARATION
OF FOOD PRODUCTS.
The Scientific Explanation of ''Pto
innlne Poiaonlng'Wrhe Cause* <>r
naeterlal Ckingn In Meat, Milk
and Flail—tunned Good* Are Not
So Dangerous a* They Are Gen.
et-ally Supposed to Be.
Boston, Dec. 24.—Just what
ptomaine poisoning” really is puzzles
the average man. For some years tt
has been the fashion to attribute any
sudden and otherwise unexplainable
local epidemic of disease to this dread
cause—a form of bacterial action very
vaguely understood by most of us, and
only beginning to be reduced to exact
scientific knowledge by the accumulat
ing investigations of students of bac
teriology.
For example, it is undoubtedly true
that of all articles of food canned
goods, if properly prepared, are about
the safest from the actions of the
“bugs that make the ptomaines.” Yet
they have long been popularly believed
to be the most dangerous. And the
reason, when one comes to think about
it, is fairly obvious.
The canned goods are generally pre
pared from fresh material, used before
there Is opportunity for decomposition
to reach the danger point, and they
are further freed from danger of bac
terial action by careful sterilization.
And if these safeguards have proved
Inefficient, as in rare Instances they
do, there remains a method by which
the consumer can tell whether or not
the contents of a given can are per
fectly wholesome.
Ilow to Detect tlie “nog*.'*
All that Is necessary Is to Inspect
the can and, If the busy bacteria are
within, you mny be sure that they
will have been at work and that their
labor will have produced gases which
in turn will have affected the shape
of the can. If its ends bulge ever so
slightly, don’t buy It. But if the ends
of the can are concave the contents
are quite ‘‘safe and sane,” to borrow
the slogan of recent campaign orators.
Once the can is opened, however, the
contents are as subject to bacterial
attack as any other food product would
be and must be kept as carefully.
This whole subject Is now much bet
ter understood by experts than former
ly, and the main features of it can eas
ily be made Intelligible to the man In
the street.
Ptomaine* Not Bacteria.
For a long time after the ptomaines,
or poisonous substances, were first dis
covered, It was Imagined tKat they
were themselves a form of bacteria.
But it is now well known that they
are simply poisonous substances, pro
duced by the combined action of hun
dreds of minute organisms—the so
called “putrefying" bacteria—on the
food products eaten by all kinds of
humanity except the veget'arians. The
p|oma.ines are, t heroforo, practically
as many in number as the different
animal food products—but all allko in
their power to make trouble for hu
manity. All are alike, 'also, in that
they Induce evils which are prevent
able. One Important reason, for ex
ample, why pork has attained so un
enviable a reputation for unwholesome
CHRISTMAS ON SANDY ISLAND
Sandy Island comprises In its ex
tent ten to twelve square miles. It
is formed by the Waccamaw river and
its tributaries, and is about twenty
miles from Georgetown, 8. C. The
island has been in possession of the
Laßruce family from colonial times.
Col. Joseph Laßruce was its original
owner, and the property descended
from generations down to the owner.
At the time the writer was a visitor
at the hospitable board of Joshua
Ward Laßruce, this section of the
state was by far the richest in South
Carolina, and estates in England did
not surpass the wealth and luxury
that was enjoyed by Its people.
The lands were rich alluvial rice
lands. The uplands were high hills of
sand with a heavy growth of oaks,
and on one of these hills was the pa
latial residence of Col. Laßruce. To
wards the west, at a distance of near
ly a mile were the houses for the 600
slaves who cultivated the lands. To
the north and east, nestled in a grove
of "scrubby oaks” was the home of
the overseer. This section of the state
was not only rich in land, but rich in
its aristocracy, in the intellectual at
tainments of its owners, In heir
looms, and In the beauty of its wom
en. and the chivalry of Its men. The
Alstons, Wards, Hugers, Mayzcks, Ma
gills, Heriotts, Blaines and La-
Bruces were the owners. But in every
instance, true refinement manifested
Itself In hospitality, and wealth gave
only an opportunity to go good.
The residence of Col. La Bruce was
on a commanding hill. The noble
Waccamaw glinted with its silvery
waters through the fields, and was
plainly visible from the windows and
balconies of the house. The climaJe
of these rice fields was such that it
was only during the winter months
that the homes could be occupied. The
rnlasma during summer was deadly
poison to those not acclimated, and
the planters spent their summers on
the sea shore. The slaves were
watched over with great care; their
owners realizing their worth, and the
responsibility resting upon them as
their guardians.
Chapels were built, where religions
Instruction was imparted, and there
were monthly visits of clergymen.
These chapels were consecrated, end
the Bishop of the diocese came every
year to confirm classes of the slaves
that had Men prepared for confirma
tion The planters were Episcopalians
and their slaves wore confirmed tn that
faith.
Of alt seasons of the year Christmas
was the time for true enjoyment, not
only for the owners and children of
these homes, hut for the slaves ns
well. .The preparations for the Christ
mss festivities wire started early In
December. A visit tn the city must
be made In order to purchase ail that
was neeeaaary Golts of cloth, shoes,
sb*' kings, r.its. ao< ka. buttons, h'siks
and eyee end thread and toys for the
children and special presents for the
old tiultltoei, who were the nurses of
the children. New suits war* giveu
qualities is due not to the personal
hhblts of Mr. Pig, but to the care
less way in which he has been handled
while being transformed Into sausages.
First Found In Corpse*.
The name ptomaine has a rather
startling significance, going back to
the- Greek word -for corpse, the first
ptomaines having been discovered In
dead bodies. The name was suggested
In the early eighties by an Italian scien
tist, some years after the first exact
knowledge had been obtained of what
the substance actually was that for
centuries had been c'auslng such disas
trous results to the human beings who
accidentally came In contact with if.
As long ago as the time of the ancient
Hebrews, the danger of this kind of
poisoning had' been recognized, al
though the cause was neither suspected
nor sought after. One may still rrtul
in Deuteronomy the command: "Ye
shall not eat anything that dieth of
itself; though shalt give to the strang
er that is in thy gates, that he may
eat of It”—which is a direct injunction
to avoid ptoirfatnes although it hard
ly reflects much credit on the hos
pitality of the ancient Hebrews.
Causes of Food I'oiHoulna-
Food poisoning may be caused In
various ways—the most common cases
being those of meat, sausage, fish, milk
and cheese poisoning, through bacterial
action producing ptomaines. These
bacterial changes usually take place
in the flesh before It is cured or cook
ed. During this time the bacteria,
which act by attac king the nitrogenous
portions of the food and breaking it
up into other substances, some of
which are poisonous, complete their
work so thoroughly that even the
heat of an oven or frying pan is in
sufficient to destroy their newly ac
quired poisonous qualities. These
changes take place with great rapidity
and are almost Impossible to detect In
their first stages. Later the decom
position is accompanied by a. charac
teristic taste or odor: but the food
may have 'become dangerous before
these tell-tale evidences are noticeable.
I'oinoaeil Flub.
Fish poisoning Is another way 1n
which the so-called ptomaines have
caused humanity a great deal of un
happiness; though many times this
type of food is w rongly supposed to be
guilty. Certain fish, for example, have
poison glands of their own and are
pnly wholesome when these glands
have been removed, and yet others are
poisonous nt certain seasons owing to
changes that are taking place In them
that give rise to poisonous compounds.
But In many cases the disastrous
effects of eating fish are undoubtedly
to be attributed to the ptomaines pro
duced by bacteria, either after the fish
have been prepared for market or on
account of the accumulation of such
bacteria in infected waters, here,
also, the danger Is fortunately decreas
ing in proportion as greater scientific
knowledge not only safeguards the
fish markets, but attends to the puri
fication of sewage before It Is permit
ted to enter bodies of salt or fresh
water.
I'ersous Most A fleeted.
Some persons, of course, are more
easily affected by ptomaine poisoning
than others, and general good health
Is, therefore, an additional safeguard
against this particular danger. It has
been suggested, Indeed, that most of
our minor Ills could be attributed to
"autointoxication,” or the accidental
poisoning of ourselves with more or
less mildly poisonous substances, a ma
jority of them being ptomaines of one
kind and another. This, however, Is
simply a theory that has been neither
proved nor disproved, and modern sci
ence claims credit only for the discov
ery of the large number whose exist
ence can be proved by the delicate bac
teriological experiments that have led
to so many laws that look at first
glance quite unnecessary, and are nev
ertheless of vital importance In add
ing to the comfort and safety of mod
ern living. And these laws are In
variably approved In practice by all
reputable dealers In food products, for
In the long run pure goods are morn
profitable and more easily handled
than those In which there are elements
of decomposition.
the men, and entire outfits to the
women. According to the number of
their children, clothing for earh fam
ily was given. Special presents of
aprons and bandannas were made to
the women, and wool hats to the men.
Everybody was busy from the mis
tress of the house to the seamstress in
the nursery.
A few days before Christmas a hunt
was always arranged. Col. Da Bruce,
with his "drivers,” took the dogs to
the swamps; wild cattle and hogs must
be killed, and the meat was issued to
the slaves Christmas morning.
The house was beautifully decorated
with evergreen, holly predominating.
At last the longed for day arrived, the
eairly dawn was ushered In with music
in the "quarters," and then came the
procession towards the “big house.”
Andrew lead the van with his fid
dle, York had his tambourine, trying
to beat Its head out, Prince was pick
ing his banjo, and a weird sound was
heard, joined in by the whole proces
sion, ”1 don’t care how you share ’em,
so long you share 'em eben.” This was
repeated over and over again, until at
last the paraders surrounded the house,
and "Merry Christmas, Massa,” “Mer
ry Christmas. Missis," was heard in a
bedlam of confusion. The children and
the grown people, too. were all astir,
and a happier scene never greeted mor
tal vision. After the greetings were
over the negroes returned to their
cabins and were instructed to return
in a short time.
After breakfast was over they re
turned and were given their gifts, new
clothing was given them, now they
were Instructed to go to the barnyard,
where rations of meat, bread and vege
tables were dlstrubuted. Then began
the real fun of the holiday for the
slaves. The piazzas of the house—long
and wide—was for them to dance on.
Andrew tuned his fiddle, York his tam
bourine and "Ding Harry”—so named
from his great hight—had his sticks to
“beat time" with the other instru
ments. They had three days rest from
their labors, and Joy reigned supreme.
"Turn your partners,” "balance to
your corners," "swing your pardners,”
“balance all,” "hands all around," "cut
the pigeon wing.” "fox catch the
goose,” and immediately some swarthy
young fellow was dodging In and out,
chasing some ebony damsel.
A decanter of whisky was kept well
filled on the sideboard in the dining
room, and the writer saw to It that
the musleisns did not suffer from a
dry throat. The entire day was spent
in one continual' round of the dance,
and as night approached old Andrew’s
fiddle had but one string left. His
head, heels. In fact hie whole body,
were tn a state of motion, and the
dancers were overjoyed with delight.
The sun set, snd the procession was
formed, the musicians lesdlng, and
marched to some vacant house that
hod been prepare* for them, to con
tinue the dance through the night. This
continued for three days. No people
were ever ao happy, and I question
the fast "are they happier In their
fr<edom.”
Much was Christmas on Randy l.lei and
The owners -send t suppose nearly the
[ entire generation of the slaves that
I were there- -have passed sway and I
often think of bow limes have changed,
i and I wor><e*r If they have changed
for the best. Antebellum
CRIME COMES
WITH IMMIGRANTS
SAYS FRANK P. SARGENT
THE WORST CRIMINALS OF El’-
ROI’E GET IN THAT WAY.
A Terrible Traffic in Women Im
migrant* ''omlog nt the Kate ot
S.OOO a Da y—833,130 Foreigner*
Come to New York State Alone
l.aat Year, 140.000 to Pennsylvania.
and RN.OOO to Mn*aachn*ett*.
New York, Dec. 24.—Speaking earn
estly and forcefully and in a manner
that Impressed his hearers that his
heart waa in what he w*as saying,
Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner Gen
eral of Immigration, won hearty ap
plause at a lecture before the League
for Political Education, for his ar
raignment of those who ti'affic in flesh
and blood and who are responsible for
bringing the worst class of immi
grants to America. .
"Into this country to-day come some
of the worst criminals of Europe,” ho
asserted, "and I have the evidence of
It in my possession. The time has
come for this country to demand to
know what is the character of the Im
migrants that are being sent here. It
is what the people should demand of
the government in order to protect
this country against criminals.
"There is a terrible traffic in the Im
portation of Immoral women from for
eign binds. We are sending back to
Europe thousands of women, six with
in the last week, who were brortght
over here by scoundrels. We should
require of foreign countries a report
of each individual who comes to this
country- 1 believe that every alien
who steps on a. ship bound for America
should be examined before he sails by
a United States medical examiner.
None should step on a ship but those
who will be permitted to land.
’’Now they are taking them out of
hospitals and alms houses arid send
ing them to Ellis Island. From 8.000
to 10,000 persons are sent hero annually
who have to be returned.
“I want to get these people out where
they can earn something for them
selves. New York is a fine place to
come to if you have money, but not
a good place In which to get a job. I
would like to see a bureau of Infor
mation established by Congress in con
nection with the Bureau of Immigra
tion to show people the advantage of
going South and West. I would like,
as a representative of the United
States government, to get husky girls
Into domestic service where they would
have to pay no commissions and could
trust the agent.
"Immigrants arc coming more rapid
ly than ever,” Mr. Sargent stated.
"There were 10,000 In two days last
week in the port of New York alone.
You charitably disposed persons who
want to relieve the congestion of the
city, try to find some way for the gov
ernment to aid foreigners to get away
from it.
“There is no reason in aliens’ com
ing who will be going home in a short
time. It Is time for America to have
something to say aibout aliens, as she
has aibout peace. If you want to main
tain citizenship you must have the best
people of the world, the Industrious,
conscientious people, who love their
families and churches, and will stand
by the flag of the country that shel
ters them.
Mr. tvurgent said that 263,150 foreign
ers came to New York state alone last
year (about 32 per cent, of the total
number of Immigrants); 140,478 to
Pennsylvania and 58,000 to Massachu
setts, while to Virginia there went only
1,089, and to Florida only 96. Other ag
ricultural states received similarly
small proportions.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
SavannlfipreparatoryScHooi
Barnard St., between Gwinnett and
Hall.
Instructors for 1904.
Ormond B. Strong, A. B„ Cornell.
Mathematics.
Horace Mack, A. 8.. Cornell.
A. M.. Yale.
Drawing, English Grammar and Lit
erature.
Samuel W. Coons, A. 8., Trinity.
History and Geography.
Chas. H. Hayes, A. 8., Prlnoeton.
Latin and Greek.
Eric Berstrom, Ph. D., Harvard,
Physics, Chemistry, German.
Miss Mary Wayne. Vassar,
Reading and Spelling.
The strongest faculty ever secured
by the school.
Fall Session Will Ne.arln Oat. L
MORTON’S
School for Boys,
111 PARK AVENUE, WEST.
Session commences Monday, Oct. S.
Thorough preparation for College.
University or U. 8. Academies. For
catalogues address
J.R. MORTON,M.A.,
Principal.
Oa. Phone 696.
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