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Mormn- News llutldlng. Sarannah. Ga
MONDAY DECEMBER 26, 1901.
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G. Ruckert; Reward for Bicycle.
Business Notices—Yesterday's Feast,
Sommers' Cafe; Bicycle Sundries, G.
M. Thomas.
Open Until 1 p. m.—Thos. West & Cos.
Elegant Line of Pictures—Lindsay &
Morgan.
The Hot Stuff Store —Edward Lov
ell's Sons.
That Skin Trouble—G. T. Shuptrine.
That Bad Taste in Your Mouth —
Rowlinski, Druggist.
Ask for a Drink To-day—Knight's
Pharmacy.
The Great Rush Has Passed—Dr. M.
Schwab's Son.
Ammunition—At Lattimore’s.
Green River Whiskey—Henry Solo
mon & Son.
It Is Not Too Late—Le Panto Cigars.
Boy's and Children's Overcoats—The
Metropolitan.
Open This Morning—The Delmonlco
Cos.
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Savannah Theater—All the Week,
Arnold Stock Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements—Help
Wanted, Employment wanted, For
Rent, For Sale, Lost, Personal, Mis
cellaneous.
The Weather,
The indications fop Georgia for to-day
are for rain, with fresh east winds.
Eastern Florida, fair weather, with
light variable winds.
Admiral Togo has detached a part
of his Port Arthur fleet for the pur
pose of meeting Admiral Rojestvensky
and extending to him the hospitalities
of a waterv grave.
A French physician says that dys
pepsia can be cured by smiling. We
earnestly recommend that confirmed
dyspeptics try it. It will give them a
new sensation, at any rate, whether
it works a cure or not.
A Philadelphia judge has delivered
from the bench the opinion that there
Is only one kind of kissing permissible
under the law; the kind "that occurs
In the parlor when the lights are
turned low.” All other species of kiss
ing he pronounced dangerous and to
be avoided.
During the year now drawing to a
close, forty lowa banks have failed
and eight bank officials have committed
suicide. The annual report of the State
Bank Commission of lowa charges that
the beef trust is largely, if not whol
ly. responsible for these failures ‘and
tragedies.
The President of the University of
Illinois is quoted as saying he fears co
education will drive the young men
away from that Institution. What can
be the matter with the Illinois girls?
Is it possible that old story about
their feet is true, after all?
A dispatch from Augusta, Me., makes
It plain that there has been "glorious”
killing up in that state this year.
The dispatch gives these details of the
slaughter: Deer, 4,z95; moose, 221; bear
45; hunters killed, 15; hunters wounded!
46. During the season 1,200 persons
from out of the state visited Maine
for the purpose of killing something.
Of this number, about 100 were women,
who were Just as eager to kill as the
men. Of this total, not one needed to
kill the animals they were after for
their meat. They were simply out to
kill for ' sport.”
It is to be hoped that the Northern
newspapers will take notice of the
fact that. In the state of Mississippi.
*ev<-ia| white men convicted of “white
tapping.” have been convicted and
sentenced to long terms In prison.
One has been sentenced for life, live
to fifty years, one to twenty-five years
snd seven.l of twenty years In stale's
prison. They were convicted by Ju
ris" of white men, and their offenaea
were against urgioes. And Gov. Var
danian aland* squarely behind the
findings of lhe juries and tbs scat
l*n< as of the couita. He may be hot
ags.net Hoe< * *|i, but he Is equally
hm against while lawlessness uu kit
shale.
TROI HLl'i FOR THB COMMISSION!.
The international commission that is
to fix the responsibity for the outrage
upon British fishing boats in the North
sea by the Russian Baltic ileet is
likely to find its task isn’t an easy one.
It is the duty of the commission to
report upon all circumstances relative
to the North sea incident, "and par
ticularly on the question ’as to where
the responsibility lies and the degree
of blame attaching to the subjects of
the two high contracting parties, or
the subjects of other countries, In the
event of their responsibility being es
tablished in the Inquiry.”
It seems that some of the trawlers
have made affidavit before 'the Russian
consul at Hull that there were Japa
nese torpedo boats among the English
fishing boats, notwithstanding the fact
that immediately after the outrage it
was impossible to find a trawler who
would make a statement of ttfat kind.
On the contrary, all of them denied
they had seen torpedo boats carrying
the Japanese flag. Indeed, it seemed to
be generally agreed that there had
been no torpedo boats of Japan among
the trawlers.
The Russian government offered a re
ward for information as to whether or
not the trawlers had seen Japanese
torpedo boats, and it is hinted that
the result of that advertisement is the
testimony that has been given to the
Russian consul. The charge is made
that the Russians have bribed
English fishermen to give the testi
mony relative to the Japanese torpedo
boats. If that is the case, the fact
will, of course, be brought out before
the commission. One of the fishermen,
It is said, has admitted he made a
false affidavit for the money that was
given him, but that he was drunk
when he did so. It may be that the
others who have made affidavits were
‘also under the influence of liquor. In
that event there is likely ito be some
sensational developments before the
commission.
Admiral Dewey didn't accept a place
on the commission for the reason, it
was said, that he thought there would
be complications that would make the
office of a commissioner an extremely
disagreeable one, and it looks as if he
had forseen the situation correctly.
Russia doesn’t want it to appear, if
she can help it, that the officers of her
ileet made a mistake and fired upon
unarmed English fishing vessels, think
ing they were Japanese torpedo boats.
They would like it to appear that Rus
sian naval officers are not so easily
mistaken. Besides, If the commission
finds against Russia there will be a
pretty heavy bill of damages to pay.
TO DISPEL THE FOGS.
More than the hurricane at sea the
mariner dreads the fog. The tragedies
of the fog are innumerable. On the
banks of Newfoundland year after
year numerous fishing craft are cut
down and their crews sent to watery
graves by heavy steamers suddenly
looming up from the density of the
fog. Horns and whistles and rockets
are unavailing to give timely warning
when the heavy pall of Impenetrable
whiteness hangs over the water. It is
Invariably a case of “Trust to luck,
and God help us,” when the mist set
tles down and vision half a ship’s
length Is impossible. From time Im
memorial those who have gone down
to the sea in ships have prayed and
schemed for a safeguard against the
dangers of the fog. But heretofore all
devices have proved Inadequate and
merely makeshifts, to mitigate and
not remove the danger. And this not
withstanding the foremost scientists
of the maritime nations have given
their best efforts to the solution of the
problem.
Now comes Sir Oliver Lodge, a
British scientist of acknowledge
standing, who says that, while he has
not succeeded in devising a means of
dispelling fogs, he has hit upon a
plan for rendering them less danger
ous through abolishing them within a
limited space. He has designed and
reduced to successful operation an
apparatus that condenses and precipi
tates In the form of rain the suspend
ed moisture within a radius that will
give a ship time in which to stop and
back in the event that a collision or
stranding be found imminent. The
apparatus drives currents of electricity
at a very high voltage through barb
ed wires into the fog-filled atmos
phere. Almost immediately the dis
charge of the current is started, it is
said, the condensation begins and the
suspended moisture begins to fall to
the surface of the ocean In rain drops.
The radius in which this may be ac
complished depends entirely on the
strength of the current employed. On
the ordinary passenger ship the radius
ought to extend for 300 to 400 feet. So
far it has not been possible to precip
itate and thus dispel a whole fog
bank, because the natural forces that
create fog over wide areas are too
great to be overcome by ordinary
mechanical apparatus which, however
energetic locally, are not equal to
changing the atmospheric conditions
through miles and miles of space. But,
If Sir Oliver's conclusions are correctly
based, it would seem that a beginning
has been made that may lead to the
ultimate solution of the problem.
Wireless telegraphy was begun with
the transmission of messages over a
very short distance; now wireless sig
nals are exchanged across oceans. If
Sir Oliver’s apparatus will dispel fogs
within a radius of 300 to 400 feet, an
amplification of his system may even
tually clear the atmosphere for half
a mile or more.
Congressman Morrell of Philadelphia
wants the representation of the South
placed on the basis of votes cast. Sup
pose the South were to come back at
Morrell and his kind and demand that
tile representation of Pennsylvania tie
reduced to the honest voting strength
of the stall. It is an open secret that
Pennsylvania votes dead men, dogs
and chli kens st every eleitlun.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1904.
FOREIGN LABOR IX THE COTTON
MILLS.
The Introduction of foreign Tabor In
to the cotton mills in South Carolina
has begun, and the report is that the
mills are very well satisfied with it.
Germans aryl Poles have thus far been
engaged, but it is said that operatives
of other nationalities will soon be seen
in the mills. This is not ‘a move in
the direction of cheaper labor. It is
an effort to meet a growing want. In
South Carolina, during the past year
or two, there has been a growing scarci
ty of labor, due to two causes, namely,
the increase in the number of mills
and the return of n'atlve operatives to
the farms on account of the high price
of cotton. For the last year or so mill
operatives have been able to do better
raising cotton than in spinning it.
But now that the price of cotton has
fallen below 8 cents a pound, will the
movement of the native operatives
from the cotton mills continue, or will
those who have 'already gone to the
farms return? That is a question that
cannot be answered oft hand. The
chances are that some of those who
have gone back to the farms will re
turn to the mills, but, even If a few
should return, there would still be a
demand for foreign operatives. New
mills are being constructed all the
time and the demand for mill opera
tives is increasing. The foreign opera
tives now in the mills are said to
be well satisfied with their employ
ment and the wages they receive. They
also like the clim'ate of their new loca
tion. That being the case It is prob
able they will Invite others of their
countrymen to join them, and in a very
few years there will be a pretty steady
stream of immigration Into the cotton
states.
These immigrants will not all go to
the mills. If they are thrifty, a per
centage of them will seek the country,
and will endeavor to secure farms.
Thus, the few now in the mills may be
the forerunners of a great immigration
movement into the cotton states.
There is one thing concerning which
great care should be taken at the very
beginning of this movement. It Is that
the mills should seek operatives only
among immigrants of those nationali
ties which furnish people that develop
into good citizens.
LAWSON'S TRUTHFULNESS QUES
TIONED.
Thowas W. Lawson of Boston, who
is stirring up Wall street and Inter
esting the entire country with his ar
ticles on “Frenzied Finance” will have
to tell straighter stories than the one
he told In the January installment of
his revelations if he wants to avoid
contradiction of the statements he
makes. In that number he states
things that reflect upon the integ
rity of the late United States Judge
Wales of Delaware. He creates the
impression that the judge was a party
to a corrupt bargain. He tells of a re
ceivership that was sought, he alleges,
for the purpose of blackmailing a
great corporation with which he him
self was connected, and which was
granted. Mr. Lawson tells how the
case was finally settled by paying the
receiver a large sum, and by paying
all other claims that were made in
the case. The settlement was in
Judge Wales’ court, and, according to
Lawson, two dress suit cases, full of
bank notes, were in the court room for
that purpose.
The impression which Mr. Lawson
creates is that Judge Wales was ac
quainted with the blackmailing
scheme and practically assisted in
carrying It out. Judge Gray of the
United States Circuit Court, In an in
terview, defends the memory of
Judge Wales, and what he says
leaves no doubt that If there was
wrong done in the case in question,
Judge Wales had no part In it. What
he did he was required to do by law.
There Is no man in the country who
is held in higher esteem than Judge
Gray, and what he says the Ameri
can people will believe.
There is of course truth In all that
Mr. Lawson Is writing about the do
ings of Wall street, but he is so en
amored of the dramatic way of put
ting things that It is probable he
thinks a plain statement of the facts
wouldn’t make the impression he de
sires the people to have. In other
words, it looks as if he were sacrific
ing truth to make a sensation.
That he is stirring up Wall street,
and especially certain financiers of
that street, In a way that is profound
ly interesting, there is no doubt. He
has been threatened with pistols and
libel suits, but he announces he will
continue to tell his story without fear
or favor. And there is no doubt that
the great majority of his readers be
lieve what he says. As to the
amount of truth there is in his article
nobody, it Is safe to say, is In a po
sition to know.
Frederick Staples, of Danbury, Conn.,
knows that a rabbit's foot does not al
ways bring good luck. Somebody gave
Staples a rabbit's foot several weeks
ago. and he carried It faithfully, look
ing all the time, for a pot of
gold at the end of a rainbow. Some
days ago the rabbit’s foot dropped out
of his pocket, and his wife stepped on
it accidentally. Not knowing what it
was, she imagined It to be a mouse,
and Jumped and shrieked. And fol
lowing the Jump and shriek, there
came a fall, as a consequence of which
she broke her log. All of which was on
account of the rabbit’s foot.
Private John A. Smith of Ohio is In
tho army hospital at Han Francisco to
he treated for a peculiar disease that
he contracted in the Philippines. He
sleeps eighteen to twenty-four hours
at a time, and then remains awake
only an hour or two, when he dropa
off to sleep again. It is with difficulty
that the nurses can keep him awake
tong enough to take nourishment. Tits
doctors say that “the sleeping sick*
mas” is not un< ommon In the Philip,
pines, but it rarely takes bold on a
white man,
is M, or isn't It, • fith*r odd rir
< un>*tancs that while * upper stocks in
| Wait stress have hern bobiiing up and
down M a irssy im, the prot of sc*
I 1 tusJ copper has tvmslned pietty iy
sl*tiwliM ! I
During the past several weeks cer
tain communities in Vermont have
been enjoying an uncanny thrill, pro
duced by the exhibition "in their
midst” of the "petrified remains of a
prehistoric woman,” that had been
discovered by a farmer near Mont
pelier. The farmer alleged that he had
been digging on his premises for the
purpose of enlarging a spring, when
he came upon the wonderful ''re
mains.” He secured a certificate from
a college professor that the “remains”
were those of a woman who had lived
several thousands years ago, and
started through the state exhibiting
the marvelous thing, at ten cents a
glance. It now transpires that the
’’remains" are made of cement, and
that the whole thing is a gigantic
fake. But, when a man lives on a
rocky New England farm, hasn't he
got to do something to make a liv
ing?
Miss Sarah Jackson, of Indianapolis,
has been a man-hater all of her long
life. Some days ago she made her
will, devising considerable property to
female relatives and friends. Not a
cent did she leave to any man. And
she especially directed that the be
quests should depend on the carrying
out of her desires respecting' her fu
neral. She ordered that her pallbear
ers should be women, that the grave
should be dug by women and that a
woman should drive the hearse.'
In New Jersey a woman has been
Indicted as a common scold, under
an ancient blue law. The law pro
vides that women convicted of this
offense shall be ducked in the water
a certain number of times. There is,
therefore, a slight possibility that this
year of grace, 1904, will see a revival
of the ducking-stool in the enlighten
ed North.
PERSONAL.
—Count Tolstoi has opened book
stores In Moscow and at St. Peters
burg. He Is offering to provide books
to village libraries at cheap prices.
—J. Pierpont Morgan was re-elected
warden of St. George's Church at the
annual meeting of the parish a few
days ago. Mr. Morgan has held the
position for many terms and has been
a member of the church since 1868. He
is in his sixty-eighth year.
—Mrs. C. B. Colby of Portland, Ore.,
was speaking on woman suffrage be
fore a congressional committee in
Washington, her plea being on behalf
of her sex. “It does not require so
very much brains to vote,” she said
in the course of her Remarks. Several
members of the committee smiled at
this statement, but Congressman
Hardwick of Georgia, a Democratic
member, said with great gravity:
"Madam, the recent election clearly
demonstrated that it hardly requires
any.”
—lt Is an almost forgotten fact that
President Roosevelt’s grandfather was
the first man to navigate a steamboat
on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
Capt. Roosevelt was a close personal
friend of Robert Fulton, inventor of
the steam craft. Soon after Fulton's
successful voyage on the Hudson the
captain conceived the idea of launch
ing such a craft on what were then
Western waters. In the spring of 1811
the vessel was launched at Pittsburg
and the President’s grandfather began
his voyage to the Gulf. He entered
the Mississippi during the throes of
the earthquake which devastated so
much of Southeastern Missouri, but
weathered the tumult successfully and
continued his trip to New Orleans.
BRIGHT BITS.
—Ferdy—“What's the best time for
me to propose to Ida?” Algy—“Right
after Christmas; she will be so used
to accepting things she doesn’t want,
she may accept you.”—Judge.
—“And this,” said the foreign visi
tor In the Senate chamber, “Is where
your statesmen assemble?” “Oh! no,”
replied the native, “only the senators
meet here.”—Philadelphia Press.
—Cholly—“D’ye know, Miss Pepper,
I deahly love horses!” Miss Pepper—
“l imagined so when I saw how you
hugged the neck of the one you were
riding yesterday.”—Cleveland Leader.
—The Little Sister—“ What was that
you played then, Effle?” The Larger
One—“ That was a ci'adle song, my pet.”
The Little Sister —"Well, can’t you play
a wagtime cwadle song? That one
almost made me go to sleep.”—Puck.
—Fogged—Cabman (who thinks he
has been passing a line of linkmen)—
“Is this right for Paddington?” Link
man—“Course it Is! First to the right
and straight on. 'Aven’t I told ye that
three time already? Why, you’ve been
drivln’ round this square for the last
’arf hour!"—Punch.
—“I have called, doctor, to settle that
dental bill, but I think it’s a good deal
higher than it ought to be.” “But you
will remember, madam, th’at the tooth
required a good deal of treatment, and
I took the greatest care to make every
operation painless.” “I remember it
didn’t hurt me a particle. That’s why
the bill seems so outrageous.”—Chicago
Tribune.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Wilmington (N. C.) Star says:
"We are sorry for the successful revo
lution In Paraguay. It sneaked into
the limbo of obscurity while Mrs. Chad
wick, Nan Patterson and Tom Lawson
were monopolizing the effulgence of
the lime light.”
The Houston Post (Dem.) says: “If
the Democratic party is impotent, it
is not because of the South, but be
cause materialism and commercialism
have demoralized the Northern section
of the party. The assumption that the
controlling sentiment of the South has
any remote tendency toward the Ideals
and policies of the Republican party
is a tremendous blunder.”
The Washington Post (Ind.) says:
"If, In any legislative body, there are
votes ‘for sale on reasonable terms,'
there will be buyers. Whenever and
wherever legislation can be Influenced
by money, the shekels will be ready.
The demand exists always. The only
way to cure the evil Is to render the
supply Impossible. The fault lies with
the people, and the remedy Is in their
hands.”
The New York Press says: “One of
the witnesses who failed to snawer the
summons of the Hetista Committee In
the Hmnot case begged to be es< used
owing to his feeble health. It tame
out that this invalid la th* father of
fod y-five ehlldieii by hla nine wives,
and the grandfather of 17. One of
the two wives of another prophet In i
i-ply ut tbs question, ’Has your bus.
Uiiif a thud wife*’ says. 'I f**l quit*
ears (Ipt hs hasn't/ ijther Inst*:* as
suggest U( peoplo lM anarch of light
resJlus that thsy ought uot to paaa i
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Studies of the Vernacular.
This, says the Chicago Tribune, Is
the conversation that took place be
tween the girl with the two-story pom
padour and the girl with the aeroplane
hut. on the Wentworth avenue car:
“Seer, Jen!”
“Watcha wanta me?"
“Wanta askeesumpin. Ooze cummin
out choor house t’moranight?"
“A wquitcherfooltn! ”
“Aintafoolln. Oozacummin?”
“Awka moff. Aainnobodycummln.”
“Inobettern that.”
"Betchadollar thatnt.”
"Betchadollar thiz.”
"Awka moff!”
“Seer, Jen! Joomcentellme Imaly
re?”
"Srite. Ooze binastuffin yuh?”
“Noboddizbinstuffinme. Ino wotti
matawkinabout."
“Awka moff! Nothininnlt allsame.”
“Sawl overtown.”
“ Wotsa wlovsrtown ?”
“Bouchooantom Jackson. **
“Oozee?”
“Core shoo don’t know.”
“Core si don’t.”
“Betchadoo.”
“Say! Juno Lilsimmons?”
“Bettidoo. Ullo! Ear sware Iga
toff.”
“Well, g’by!”
“G’by!”
Mose ami Mistah Winter.
Daniel J. Sully, the dethroned cot
ton king, made a trip through the
South last winier, and when he came
back he told a story of an old ne
gro who had been working for a cot
ton planter time out of mind, says the
Philadelphia Post. One morning he
came to his employer and said:
“I'se swine quit, boss.”
“What’s the matter, Mose?”
“Well, sah, yer manager, Mistah
Winter, ain't kicked me In de las’ free
mumfs.”
’T ordered him not to kick you any
more. I don’t want anything like
that around my place. I don’t want
anyone to hurt your feelings, Mose."
“Ef I don’t git any more kicks I’se
goin’ to quit. Ebery time Mistah Win
ter used ter kick and cuff me when
he wuz mad he always git ’shamed
of hissef and gimme a quarter. I’se
done los’ enuff money a’ready wid dis
heah foolishness ’bout hurttn’ ma feel
in’s.”
A Cross Question.
To Frank Hedley, the general man
ager of the New York subway, an In
discreet question was put by a re
porter the other day, says the Salt
Lake Tribune.
Mr. Hedley, however, showed no
anger. On the contrary, he smiled.
“Young man,” he said, “you lack
tact. If your city editor were to send
you out to get a story about some
baby born to distinguished parents I
know perfectly well the first question
that you would put to the baby’s
mother.”
The report frowned. '
“Well,” he said, “what would the
question be?”
“You would look,’ ’said Mr. Hed
ley, "closed and critically at the child,
and then you would say to its proud
and happy mother:
"’lsn’t it just a trifle cross-eyed?’”
The Bill Was Not la the Senate.
One of Senator Frye’s scintillations
as presiding officer, when the Philip
pine bill was near its passage in the
Senate, should not be lost to the world,
says the Washington Post. Such
measures, till perfected, are considered
in Committee of the Whole, not in the
Senate, as the term goes. The distinc
tion is of little popular significance,
but of great parliamentary importance.
Senator Bacon, wishing to make a
certain motion, was informed that the
bill was not in the Senate, but in Com
mittee of the Whole.
“Oh, I thought we were In the Sen
ate,” replied Mr. Bacon.
"We are in the Senate,” Mr. Frye re
sponded, “but the bill is not.”
Oonly a Beginning.
The rich widower was paying assid
uous court to the handsome young
woman lawyer, says the Chicago Trib
une.
“I don’t know, Mr. Welloph,” she de
murred. “There are—there are settle
ments to be considered, you know.”
“If that is all, Miss Maggie,” he said,
“we’ll have no trouble.”
Here he slipped a diamond ring on
her finger.
“How does that strike you?” ha
asked.
“H’m!” she rejoined, holding it up
to the light and inspecting It critically,
“I think It will do quite well—as a re
tainer.”
Man’s Vanity.
Miss Frances Kellar of the Woman’s
Municipal League of New York il
lustrated admirably at a recent din
ner party a point whish she wished
to make, says the Salt Lake Tribune.
“Women,” a man had said, "are
vainer than men.”
“Of course.” Miss Kellar answered.
"I, admit that women are vain and men
are not. There are a thousand proofs
that this is so. Why, the necktie of
the handsomest man in the room is
even now up the back of hts collar."
There were six men present, and
each of them put his hand gently be
hind his neck.
The Knots In the Cnse.
Representative Hay of Virginia tells
of an altercation in a colored club In
Richmond that resulted In nearly all
the members being haled before a po
lice magistrate, says Collier’s Weekly.
“You were present’during this trou
ble?” asked the magistrate of a wit
ness.
“Y’es, yo’ honah.”
"Then tell us, In a few words, just
how the difficulty began.”
“Well, yo’ honah," replied the darky
with much gravity, “I think it was
when the chairman of the Entertain
ment Committee swatted de secretary
ovah de head wlf de lovin’ cup."
The phenomenon of the changes in
the level of the sea is one which is
well shown in the case of the Medit
erranean. M. Ph. Negris, in a recent
brochure presented to the Academy of
Sciences, furnishes us Interesting in
formation on this point, it being ap
parent that the sea has greatly in
creased in depth ns compared to an
cient times. Formerly n bridge 3,000
feet long united Leucade to the conti
nent. To-day it is submerged, but
the foundations of the work were dis
covered eleven feet beneath the sur
face. It may therefore be concluded
that since tho construction of tho
bridge the ecu ha* risen ut this point
over nine feet. At Itea, in the bay
of Amphlssa, there has been observed
a mole that is uiso over nine feet be
neath the surface. At Ithenee there
has been found a completely submerged
dock, evidently of Roman construction,
the depth of the sea above the dork at
places being fully nine feet. From all
of iheae faela one may conclude that
there has taken place an Important In
crease in the depth of the sea aims the
Homan period, the Mediterranean hav
ing risen at lenat nlna feet In about
two i hoar*nd years.
The English patents In the Dunlop-
Wehh pneumatic tire esplred at mid
night on dept. 14, and were solemnly
hUHwd in a silver dish on the stroke
of 18 st a banquet tn the Motel t ',n
leiidon, while gn orchestra played a
wrsii Four bundled iimu attended I
the Ist nquet.
ERROR CAST OFT OF PUPPIES.
From the New York Sun.
When dogs, pneumonia and Christian
Science get mixed up, something Is
likely to happen. When the dogs are
Smithtown, L. 1., dogs, and dogs of
high degree, when the pneumonia Is
Smithtown pneumonia, and when the
Christian Science is of the Augusta
E. Stetson, First Church of Christ,
Scientist, variety, something is sure to
happen.
And here is the story of the sure
thing. It w’as death to the mother,
but the pups were saved. In life the
mother was known to all the country
side of Smithtown as the high bred
Scotch collie, Highland Lassie, belong
ing to Mrs. John Clark, whose family
is only a little less venerable than the
Smithtown Smith family.
Highland Lassie was such a sweet
natured dog that, in the course of time,
she got nearer to the seat of Mrs.
Clark’s affection than anything ani
mate, inanimate or meta-physical, ex
cept Christian Science.
A few weeks ago Highland Lassie
became a mother to the extent of seven
pups. Six of them, being little boy
pups, looked exactly like their mamma,
The other, being a little girl pup, waa
a dead ringer for its aristocratic dad,
a high degree gentleman collie of
Smithtown.
When everybody thought mother and
children were doing well, Lassie fell
111 of pneumonia of that dread Smith
town kind, and the seven pups were
likewise stricken a few days later. All
that the most highly skilled dog doc
tors could do for Lassie and the chil
dren Was of no avail. They grew stead
ily worse. In desperation Mrs. Clark,
who has been a Christian Science stu
dent for several years, bethought her
self of the healing power of science.
Why had she not thought of it be
fore? Why had her mind been so
clouded by error? Immediately she
wrote to her sister, Mrs. Ida N. Case
of 461 East Sixteenth street, Flatbush,
who Is a member of Mrs. Stetson’s
First Church of Christ, Scientist, and
who has wrought some ctires herself,
telling all about the illness of Lassie
and the pups, and begging her to pro
ject her mind down the forty-eight
miles from Flatbush to Smithtown and
give mother and children the absent
treatment.
“As soon as I got that letter,” said
Mrs. Case last evening, “I went to
work, but I soon found th'at error had
got too strong a hold on Lassie, and
she died last Thursday. On that same
afternoon, however, I got a telegram
from my sister, begging me to con
tinue the treatment on the puppies. I
sat up all that night giving the dear
little things my thought, intensified by
prayer, and the very next day I heard
from my sister that the puppies were
better. Now they are practically well.”
“Is not all illness regarded toy Chris
tian Scientists as error?” Mrs. Case
was asked, ‘and to remove the error
must not ithe mind of the afflicted re
spond to the mind of the healer?”
“That is just it,” replied Mrs. Case,
smiling. “For a non-convert you have
a fairly keen appreciation of the Sci
entist’s position.”
"But how. then, in the oase of a
dog, oah there be a response of mind
to mind?”
“Why, don't you see,” was the an
swer, “error is vindication, frightfully
so. For a reason which I prefer not
to discuss, error would have attacked
my sisier, but she was so girt about
with the armor of truth that error was
powerless against her. So it attacked
that which she loved most in all the
world, dear, sweet Lassie.
“My sister tried to combat the error
in Lassie, but her atmosphere was so
contaminated by human sympathy that
her best efforts were checkmated. And
so Lassie passed on. But error was
not satisfied with the life of Lassie.
It 'attacked the dear, innocent puppies.
“Then my sister called on me again
and now I come to the answer to your
question. I worked on the puppies
through my sister’s own mind. I pro
jected my thought, prayerful thought,
from my home here down the long
road through the night to my sister's
mind in Smithtown, and straight
through her mind I attacked the error
in the minds of Lassie's little ones.
“The first treatment lasted all night
and the next day I got the glad news
from my sister that the puppies were
better. There were only five of them
to whom I gave the absent treatment,
you know, because my sister gave two
of the seven to me. They never had
anything the matter with them, except
a little mange, and that I have practi
cally cured.
“The error of pneumonia has passed
from the puppies in Smithtown, but I
am still giving them two treatments a
day for their own mange and they are
getting along finely.
“But this science treatment of ani
mals is not new. We treat horses and
other animals in the same way, work
ing through the minds of those who
love them most. In the same way,
idiots, children and the insane are
treated. I knew of a case where the
error of Insanity was quite removed in
this manner.”
Mrs. Case didn’t know of any Chris
tian Science horse or dog doctors, but
after her successful treatment of Las
sie's crror-rldden pups, there would
seem to be a great field of work for
Science veterinarians.
WOMAN SAVED THE BANK.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
There was a run upon the Willough
by (O.) bank, a branch of the Wade
Park Bank of Cleveland, late in last
week, and the funds were low. Help
was expected from the parent institu
tion, but depositors were clamoring
for their money, and, though the teller
tried to kill time by examining the ac
counts and counting the bills several
times over, the pile of currency in the
cage dwindled to the danger' point.
Those depositors near the head of the
line could see how matters stood, and
while they hoped to reach the win
dow in lime themselves, yet they
could not help feeling sorry for the
anxious men behind them. The teller
went about the work of paying with
ever more deliberation. It would soon
be closing time. Perhaps the money
on the shelf would hold out. Yet the
minutes dragged, and, to avoid a pan
is, he was compelled to rash checks
until it looked as if he would have to
make a confession of “no funds” to
the next comer.
Just then a sharp swish was heard
outside. A horn blew. The odor of
gasoline penetrated the banking room
Following it came the rustling of
skirts. Then a vision in flounces flash
ed oust the line and entered the grat
ed door. The vision was the cashier’s
wife, and she held in her hand a valise
which contained $30,000 In cash It
was her own money, she had order
ed out her automobile. She knew
where she could get the money, she
got It, and drove like a fury to the
rescue, arriving just in time to pre
vent what appeared to be inevitable
disaster. We ar not Informed as yet
a* to what she did after she handed the
$30,000 tit the teller. Rut probably n he
went back tn the directors' room and
had a good cry.
Now, If the rules for the regulation
of automobile* In some eitlea were In
force In Willoughby, It Is more than
probable that she would have been
stopped, she might have been arrested
and the bank would have been wreck
ed. Of course, many other things
might have happened also. The en
gine might have balked, a tire might
have Sim" off, or she might have run
Into a hay wagon or rtver a po||< ■ iuho i
Hut, fortunately, nothing of th e n,,,, '
did happen, and everybody In VV||-
aiughtiy Is grateful that ah* drove ||k>-
g fury, for the .*c demanded, and I
would have juifitU4, a violation of aJi 1
tha urdluatiuag.
Constipation
Headache, biliouaneßs, heartburn, bun.
gestlon, and ali liver ilia are cured by
Hood's Pills
Sold by all druggists. 29 cents.
SAVANNAH ELECTRIC CO.
WINTER WEEK DAX SCHEDULE.
SUBURBAN LINES.
Effective Dec. 6, 1904.
ISLE OF HOPE LINE.
Bgtween Isle of Hope and 40th Street.
a v m ot p M - Lv - Isl ®°*Hop*:
fi-30 P-M - A.M. p.M.
: ;••••> 6:00 1:00
8 30 2-'?n I 2 :0 ° 2:00
S;So ?: 30 . ! i 8 9 : ; ° o ° o 8:0 <>
10:30 3:30 ! 10:00 *4;o*<)
11,30 VIA *< 11:00 .....
•Via Montgomery to city.
Between Isle of Hope & Thunderbolt"
A V -J 3le c? f ,? ope ’ Lv. Thunderbolt
A.M. P M A. M. P.m.
••••• *o.oo ....
LSS 6:00 *7:22 *5:50
*11:00 9 •9:50 7-3 ft
f 12-minute wait at Sandfly.
_ ♦ Parcel car, passenger trailer.
MONTGOMERY SCHEDULE. "
Between Montgomery and 40th Street.
Lv Montgomery. Lv. 40thSL
*5:50 51:30 '
t7:53 ‘tViOS 10:30 fl*®
' SO 6:30
tVOS 7:30
•Connects with parcel car for city
tThrough to Thunderbolt.
dIU-mtaut. wait at Sandfly going to
Between Montgomery & Thundebolt
A: “a a. m. pTmT
6.50 3:05 7:22 3:38
7:53 5:50 8:38 6:38
7:08 7:38
MILL-HAVEN
Leave Wh j taker and Bay Streets!
A. M. A. M. p. M. p ST
6:20 10:00 12:40 6:20
6:40 10:40 1:20 6:00
J:00 .11:20 2:00 6:40
720 12:00 2:40 7:20
3 40 4 : oo 8:40
9:20 4;40
...... t 9:20
••••• ••••• rw.... 110:00
tSaturday night only. ti 1.20
Leave Mill-Haven.
A - J*. A M. P. M. pTm7
6.40 11.00 12:20 5:40
7:00 11:40 1:00 6:05
’A .’-’A .•.... 6:20
I.VL ' 1:40 '6:40
< 3:00 7:40
I 3:40 8:20
10:20 ::::: , j. :25 . 9 ;°°
1 • tlO: 20
tSaturday night only. 2 ' oo
Hermitage one-half mile from
terminus of MMI-Haven Line.
THUNDERBOLT LINE
City Market to Casino and Thunder
bolt via Bolton Street Junction.
Beginning at 6:30 a. m. cars leave
Uty 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 12-08 midnight
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
Beginning at 5:50 a. m. cars leave
Waters road and Estill avenue every
30 minutes until 11:50 p. m.
Beginning at 6:15 a. m. cars leave
City Market for Waters road and
Estill 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 A Market. Lv. Thunderbolt
M’ 7:30 A - M
-6:45 P.M. 7:30 P. M.
WEST END LINE.
Car leaves West side of City Mar
ket 6 a. m. and every 40 minutes
thereafter until 10:40 p. m. Last car
at 11:30.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Mar
ket 6:20 a. m. and every 40 minutes
(hereafter until 11:00 p. m. Last car
12 midnight.
FRKJGH T AND PARCFtTCAR
b(.U , r'f„ ei n City Market for Thunder-
Cat , tle Sandfiv. Isle of Hone and alt
intermed,.,,. polnts~B:l6a. m.. 1:1* pm.. 4: It
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandflv Cattle Park
“ b oo°‘iT *‘ l oAp o £ nediat9 '
•T,* r S i ?6 htcar leaves Montgomery at 5.50 a. w
and 2:35 p. m., connecting at Sandfly with ro t‘
nlar parcel car foi city. T
Parcel car from the city carries freight to
Montgomery on each trip.
Kegular parcel car carrlea trailer on aasb
trip for accommodation of passengeta.
Any further information regarding
passenger and freight schedule can be
had by applying to
L. R. NASH, Mgr.
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In the January Delineator is begun
a aeries of papers that will occasion
wide interest, giving the romance and
otlgln of the fatnoua hymns of th
world. The first paper contains th*
story of "Jssua, Lover of My fioul."
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monies of noted churchmen. The
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