Savannah Tribune

Terrific Tornado Wrecks Town of Snyder, in Oklahoma Territory. While People Were Wrapped in Slumber Death-Dealing Element Swooped Down Upon Them Unaware—All Communication With Outside World is Meager reports reaching Fort Worth, Texas, state that a terrific cyclone struck Snyder, Oklahoma, Wednesday night, wrecking the town and killing five hundred people, and relief is asked for. A message to the train dispatcher sent from Fort Worth asking for information was answered as follows: "We have same report and are sending a relief train on the supposition that it is true. Wires all down." The telegraph operator at Chickasaw, I. T., states that he talked over the telephone with Hobart, Okla., near Snyder, and that all wires in the vicinity of Snyder were down, but relief trains were being sent from several directions to Snyder. Snyder is a town of 1,000 people in Klowa county, Oklahoma, located on the Frisco, 45 miles north of Vernon. Confirmatory Dispatches. Reports reached Oklahoma City from Hobart and Anadarko confirming the news of a tornado at Snyder, but no details were given. Telephone reports received in Guthrie from Hobart, I. T., indicate that the entire town of Snyder was destroyed by a tornado. A train of doctors, nurses and other assistance left Hobart for Snyder. At 11:40 o'clock Wednesday night the dispatcher for the Frisco in Sapulpa, I. T., received a report from Enid, O. T., advising that a tornado had struck Snyder, Oklahoma, wrecking the town and killing 500 people, among whom was the station agent of the Frisco at that town. The request came also for assistance. On the strength of the report the dispatcher ordered a relief train with physicians to be sent from Chickasha, I. T., and Quanah, Texas. The wire between Snyder and Sapulpa went down about 10 p. m. TWO HUNDRED JEWS KILLED. Kishineff Horror Seems to Have Been Repeated in Zehitomir. Very grave reports are current in St. Petersburg as to the extent of the massacre of Jews at Zehitomir, the number of killed or wounded now being placed as high as two hundred, but precise information is lacking. The minister of the interior has called for a detailed report. Dispatches are being held up. Telegraphs sent by the newspapers to Zehitomir remain unanswered. It is asserted that a fortnight before the disorders proclamations were spread calling on the Christians to beat the Jews. When these proclamations were shown to the mayor of Zehitomir, the latter declared them to be stupid and said there was no occasion for alarm. TOBAÇCO KING LAID TO REST. Funeral of Washington Duke, at Durham Was Largely Attended. Fifteen thousand people attended the funeral of Washington Duke, the founder of the Duke branch of the American Tobacco company at Durham, N. C., Wednesday. The banks and schools of the city and many of the manufacturing establishments were closed during the entire day and practically all business of the city was closed during the exercises. DECISION IN FAVOR OF MORRIS. Georgla Supreme Court Settles Cobb County Treasureship Case. The supreme court of Georgia Wednesday morning handed down a decision in the Cobb county treasury ship case, in which the decision of Judge J. H. Lumpkin is affirmed, and Judge J. T. Pendleton of the Fulton superior court, is ordered to have the election superintendents of Cobb county assemble, consolidate the vote for treasurer and declare J. Gid Morris duly elected. The case was brought to the supreme court by J. D. Glover, clerk of the Cobb county superior court, who has acted treasurer. The Savannah Tribute. BLANCHARD AFTER MOB Governor of Louisiana Offers Reward for Members of Mob Who Shot Craighead In Jail Cell. 3 Governor Blanchard of Louisiana has made an offer of rewards ugreg gating $1,500 to secure the arrest and conviction of members of the mob which on April,26 entered the parish jail at Homer, La., and shot to death Dick Craighead, awaiting, a new trial for the murder of Mrs. McKee and child. Fifteen hundred dollars is offered for the identification and conviction of the entire mob, twenty-five in number; $1,000 for the conviction of any five or more, or $500 for the conviction of any one person who was a member of it. The offer of rewards is to remain in effect for a year. The governor issued an address to the people of Claiborne parish, denouncing the assassination of Craighead, in which he said: "This resort to mob law greatly injures the good name of the state and tends greatly to impede her progress. Especially does it work harm to the community in which it took place. Whether Craighead was innocent or guilty of the double murder with which he stood charged has nothing to do with it. In the eyes of the law the parties who mobbed the jail are as much subject to condemnation if Craighead were guilty as they would be if he were innocent. "We must inculcate respect for law and order. We must let it be known that here in Louisiana life and property are protected. We must make the law a terror to those who defy it, and this mob did defy it outrageously. "All good citizens owe it to the state, to the community in which they live, to range themselves on the side of the officers of the law in the effort that will be made to identify and bring to trial those who formed the mob. "I appeal to the good people of the parish to uphold the cause of law and order. The executive department will render every assistance in its power to bring the guilty parties to answer at the bar of justice for their crime." Japanese Army in Manchuria Again Pressing Toward North. According to dispatches from Manchuria, since April 29, the Japanese have been advancing slowly and intermittently, pushing forward their columns successively from right to left under cover of a screen of cavalry and Chinese bandits. The advance has resulted in straightening the alignment, of the opposing armigs, Russian detachments which were far in advance on the flanks being forced to retire. Erdagou, to the eastward, was occupied May 5, but under pressure by the Russians, the Japanese later evacuated the place. On the left the Russian cavalry retired behind the Liao river, It is reported that the Japanese armies in the center have been reinforced. The force at Field Marshal Oyama's disposal according to information recently received is 348 battalions of 390,000 men. FRANCE HAS ANGERED JAPAN. Alleged Breach of Neutrality Engenders Wrath of Dangerous Tension. Special dispatches from Tokio to the London morning newspapers represent that the Japanese feeling is becoming highly inflamed at France's alleged failure to prevent ostentatious disregard for the principles of neutrality by the Russian Pacific squadron. The Tokio Asahi (newspaper) describes the French assurances that they would preserve neutrality as falsehoods, and declares that Japan would be justified in bombarding French territory, and calls on the government to take vigorous action. Among Japanese officials in London it is asserted that France put off Japan by fair promises in order to give Rojestvensky time to effect a junction with Nebogatoff's division, and that the Russians are now given every privilege, provided they keep just outside the three-mile limit. A SURFEIT OF STRAWBERRIES. Roads Unable to, Handle Crop in the North State and Heavy Loss Results. There has never been anything in Mr. Hyde has his interests and his the history of North Carolina that compares with the railroad block at Chadburn. More than $200,000 worth of strawberries have rotted at the depot. The railroad hauled car load after car load of fine but spolled berries to the river and dumped them as so much garbage. The loss to the truck growers of the section will be at least $600,000. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. MAY 13. 1905. DYNAMITE HORROR Express Crashes Into Cars Loaded With Explosives. DEATH HARVEST RESULTS Estimates Place Number of Passengers Killed at Half a Hundred. Wreckage Takes Fire and Adds to Disaster. An express train on the Emmysylvania railroad ran into a freight train in which there were two cars loaded with dynamite at 1:10 o'clock Thursday morning in South Harrisburg, Pa. near the plant of the Paxtang Light, Heat and Power company. Three terrific explosions that broke windows all over the city followed and two trains were completely wrecked and took fire. It was estimated that fifty persons were killed and one hundred infured. When the first explosion occurred bodies were thrown clear out of the berths in the sleeping cars, many landing down on the railroad embankment, and some even having been hurled into the Susquehanna river, which parallels the railroad in, that locality. All the physicians procurable in Harrisburg were summoned to work with the injured. A fire alarm sounded and the firemen arrived, to find themselves practically helpless in the work of rescue. A police patrol wagon was commissioned as an ambulance, and many of the injured as possible were loaded into it on each trip and taken to the Harisburg hospital, the capacity of which soon became taxed because of the large number that were brought in. A special train was made up and transferred injured and dying to the union station. Many of the injured were taken into private houses. Immediately after the wreck, all the passengers who could do so ran from the scenes of horror to safety from the incessant small explosions. The agonizing cries of the unfortunates were heartrending. The office of the Paxtang Light, Heat and Power Company was transformed into a temporary hospital. At an early hour the Harrisburg Traction company ran out a number of cars from its South Harrisburg barns and used them to bring the injured to the hospital. The train was the second section of the No. 19. There were 169 passengers, aboard. RESENTS SLUR ON ARMY. Labor Leaders in Chicago Nettle Roostvelt in Wording of Petition. A strongly worded protest against the sending of federal troops to Chicago was submitted to President Roosevelt while he was in that city Wednesday. The protest is signed by C P. Shea, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Charles Dold, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and by other labor leaders. "Peace," says the protest of the labor leaders, "rests not upon the militia or the army, but upon the patience and long suffering of the tolling scares. Can a few soldiers scare the men who make armies and who compose the flower of American manhood." The committee presenting the protest was received by the president in person at the Auditorium annex. The president told them no demand had been made upon him for use of troops in Chicago. He said that he regretted that the protest spoke of the federal army as it did. The president said: "Of the merits of the case, I am wholly ignorant. I have no knowledge of what the situation is, or of what steps should be taken to end it. I feel however, that in view of one statement, I ought to say this: I regret that you should in the letter have spoken at all of the use of the federal army as you have there spoken. "What I have to say is based purely upon what I regard as the unfortunate phrasing of a letter presented to the president of the United-States." AGED COUPLE MURDERED. Man and Wife Found Dead with Skulls Horribly Crushed. F. M. Holbrook, a highly respected and prosperous citizen of McDuffie county, Georgia, and his wife were murdered in a horrible manner Tuesday night. The aged couple lived alone and it is thought the object of the murder was to rob the store adjoining the residence. Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook had evidently retired and were aroused by some without. Mr. Holbrook had gone to the door and met his death. It is evident that Mrs. Holbrook followed her husband and was also killed. BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT. Teamsters and Employers Claim Upper Hand in Chicago Strike—More Rioting Occurs. Both employers and strikers claimed gains in the teamsters' strike at Chicago Monday. The employers declare that they gained a considerable average in the number of wagons sent out and the amount of business transacted. The strikers' claim is based on the fact that 250 drivers for the various furniture dealers in the city will strike and also 150 paint workers employed by the Heath & Milligan company. The strike of the furniture dealers' drivers was foreshadowed on Saturday, when at a convention of the Furniture Dealers' Association, it was declared that their men must make deliveries irrespective of strike orders. The paint workers of Messrs. Heath & Milligan are the first members of any union not a member of the teamsters' organization to go on strike in support of the teamsters. They have walked out because of the delivery of goods by non-union teamsters. The State street department stores and large dry goods houses sent out nearly their complement of delivery wagons Monday morning and throughout the day transacted business on almost a normal basis. On the wagons of Carson, Plere, Scott & Co., ample preparations were made for possible trouble. All of their wagons were guarded by at least two representatives of the law, either police officers in buggies or deputy sheriffs, the latter being in all cases armed with rifles. The deputies sat in the rear of the wagons held their guns in positions to use at the first sign of disturbance. The big department store of Rothschild & Co. for the first time since the strike loaded their wagons Monday, using policemen and deputy sheriffs for protection. When it was found that they could not be supplied with the necessary number of deputies, numbers of their employees were sworn in by the sheriff. This procedure was adopted by many of the houses, and the sheriff by night had 1,150 deputies at work. No more colored men are being hired, either by the State street stores or by the Employers' Teaming company, and as rapidly as possible those now at work are being supplanted by white men. The rioting Monday was of a sharper character than that of Saturday. Three men were fatally injured and a number badly beaten up. MONEY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. Southern Methodists Appropriated More Than $250,000. The board of missions of the M. E. Church, South, before final adourn- ment at Nashville, made appropriations for foreign mission conferences aggregating $255,368. Among the appropriations for the various home conferences were the following: Alabama, $13,513; Baltimore, $15,823; Florida, $4,950; Louisiana, $11,396; Memphis, $13,60; Mississippi, $10,124; North Carolina, $15,438; North Georgia, $22,709; South Carolina, $19,288; South Georgia, $13, 131; Virginia, $255,248; Western North Carolina, $16,285; West Virginia, $2,200. AGED FARMER SLAYS WIFE. Attempts to Hang Himself, But is Prevented by His Son. Lum Walker, a farmer living near Mansfield, Ga., shot and killed his wife, Mrs. Lula Walker, about four o'clock Monday morning. He then attempted to hang himself, but was cut down by his son. No cause is known for the tragedy. Walker is 54 years old and his wife was in her 50th year. They have six children, three of them married. Massacre of Jews Reported. Sensational rumors were current in St. Petersburg Monday that there has been a three days massacre of Jews at Zhitomlr, capital of the province of Volhynia, in southwestern Russia. CLAIM THAT PEACE IS NEAR. Mayor of Chicago Notifies Governor That State Militia Is Not Needed That State Militia is Not Needed. A Chicago dispatch says: Governor Deneen and Mayor Dupne had a conference over the long distance telephone Saturday and the mayor assured the governor that everything was quiet and there was no need for the militia. The Cook county authorities claim to have the situation well in hand. Sheriff Barrett now has five hundred deputies (all white), who are aiding the two thousand policemen on strike duty, SEEKS SGAPEGOAT Georgia Agricultural Commissioner and Head of Southern Cotton Association Engage in Decidedly Bitter Controversy. "Mr. Jordan is now hunting for a scapegoat, and I do not propose that he shall use me for that purpose." So said Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia, O. B. Stevens, to a representative of the Atlanta Constitution, after reading in an afternoon paper the letter of Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, in which Mr. Jordan charges that "Mr. Stevens is undertaking to apologize for or stand by the fertilizer companies in the reckless waste of tags this season." President Jordan's charge is based on an interview with Commissioner Stevens, which was gathered by a representative of the Constitution in the course of a casual conversation with the commissioner, and in which Colonel Stevens stated that the presence of unused fertilizer tags in cars of guano was doubtless due to carelessness of employees, as the fertilizer companies, even if they desired to create the impression of heavy sales, would hardly scatter the tags in that way, but would rather destroy them or hide them away. President Jordan quotes part of this interview and seriously charges Commissioner Stevens with "undertaking to apologize or stand by the fertilizer companies in the reckless waste of tags this season, and to admit that the same condition of affairs has been going on every year." Continuing, Mr. Jordan declares that instead of co-operating with the farmers and the Southern Cotton Association in trying to expose the fertilizer companies in their wanton waste of tags, he appears from his interview "to have prejudged the case, and rendered his verdict in favor of the fertilizer companies." When shown President Jordan's letter Colonel Stevens, after reading ft. made the following brief but pointed statement: "I have no desire to get into a controversy with Hon. Harvie Jordan. I have, to the best of my ability, supported the Southern Cotton Association movement, and have in every way endeavored to uphold Mr. Jordan's hands, having gone of my own motion to New Orleans to assist him in his election to the presidency. "The trouble with Mr. Jordan is that he is now hunting for a scapegoat, and I do not propose that he shall use me for that purpose. No doubt Mr. Jordan is doing his best to earn his $5,000 salary, but I am under the impression that if he had proceeded along lines somewhat different from those followed by him since the New Orleans convention, we would now be getting much higher prices for our cotton." "Mr. Jordan seems to have been a systematic kicker, and I am simply one of the many on whose unoffending heads he has poured the vial of his wrath. "I am perfectly willing that the farming interests of Georgia should judge between Harvie, Jordan and myself, and as to which of the two has done most in contributing to the development of the agricultural interests of the state." Four Hostile Craft Reported as Sighted off Hokkaloo. A special from Toklo, under date of Saturday, says: Four Russian torpedo boat destroyers were sighted west of Hokkaloo yesterday (Friday). Hokkaloo is the northernmost province of the empire of Japan. Report That Jap Ships Were Sent to Intercept Admiral Nebogotoff. Admiral Rojestvensky, according to a high naval authority at St. Petersburg, has sailed south to meet the division of the Russian second Pacific squadron, commanded by Admiral Nebogotoff. The admiralty has information that a Japanese division of fast cruisers and torpedo boat destroyers was sent south for the purpose, if possible, of cripping or destroying Nebogotoff's ships before they could effect a junction with those of Rojestvensky. Investigation of the Packers. Very general interest has been manifested in the Government investigations now in progress into the mode of conducting business by the large packers located in Chicago and elsewhere. Much has been written upon the alleged illegal and improper modes of business procedure connected with the packing industry; but it seems that so far no definite charge of any kind has been sustained and no proof of illegal or inequitable methods has been disclosed to the public. While a wave of severe criticism of this great industrial interest is now passing over the country it might be well to remember that the packers have had as yet no opportunity to make specific denial, the many indefinite charges of wrong-doing having never been formulated so that a categorical answer could be made. The recent report of Commissioner Garfield, which embodied the results of an official investigation undertaken by the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States, was a vindication of the Western packers, but this result having been unexpected attempts in many quarters to discredit it were made. In view of the situation as it now stands, however, attention may properly be called to a few facts that owing to popular clamor are now being apparently overlooked. Fair treatment in this country has heretofore been accorded to all citizens whose affairs assume prominence in the public eye and some of the facts that bear upon the relation of the packers to the commerce of the country may at this time be briefly alluded to. It would be difficult to estimate the benefits gained by the farmers of the country resulting from the energetic enterprise of the packers, for whatever is of benefit to the farmer is a gain to the entire commerce of the country. And connected with their continuous aggressive work no feature perhaps has been more important than their efforts in seeking outlets all over the world for the surplus products of the farmer. Our total exports of agricultural products have gained but little in the past twenty years, and leaving out corn, the total of all other farm products was far less in 1903 than in 1801. But in packing house products there was considerable gain during this period, because an organized and powerful force has been behind them seeking new and broader markets. Besides the benefits reaped by farmers on account of the enterprise and energy exercised by the packers in attaining commercial results by foreign trade, the great development in the manufacture of packing house by-products has added enormously to the value of all live stock raised in the United States. The waste material of twenty years ago, then an expense to the packer, is now converted into articles of great value and, as an economic fact, this must correspondingly increase the value to the farmer of every head of cattle marketed at the numerous stock yards of the country. Let these facts be remembered while now it is so popular to regard the great packing industry as deserving of condemnation. At least it must be admitted that, so far, there is no adequate reason for the almost unanimous howl that may be heard everywhere in the face of the Garfield report above alluded to which practically exonerates the packers from the obscure and indefinite charges that have been for some time past made the subject of popular comment. A Japanese officer, Lieutenant I. Tutom, has been received into the Jewish congregation at Shanghai. India's cigarette trade has increased 90 per cent in four years. 'A great many people go on suffering from annoying alliments for a long time before they can get their own consent to give up the indulgence from which their trouble arises. 'A gentleman in Brooklyn describes his experience, as follows: "I became satisfied some months ago that I owed the palpitation of the heart, from which I suffered almost daily, to the use of coffee (I had been a coffee drinker for 20 years), but I found it very hard to give up the beverage. "I realized that I must give up the harmful indulgence in coffee, but I felt the necessity for a hot table drink, and as tea is not to my liking, I was at a loss for awhile, what to do. "One day I ran across a very sensible and straightforward presentation of the claims of Postum Food Coffee, and was so impressed thereby that I concluded to give it a trial. My experience with it was unsatisfactory till I learned how it ought to be prepared—by thorough boiling for not less than 15 or 20 minutes. After I learned that lesson there was no trouble. Postum Food Coffee proved to be a most palatable and satisfactory hot beverage, and I have used it ever since. "The effect on my health has been most salutary. It has completely cured the heart palpitation from which I used to suffer so much, particularly after breakfast, and I never have a return of it except when I dine or lunch away from home and am compelled to drink the old kind of coffee because Postum is not served. I find that Postum Food, Coffee cheers and invigorates while it produces no harmful 'stimulation.' Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Ten days' trial proves an eye opener to many. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in every pkg. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO. 116 W. St. Julian Street. Gc. 'Phone 574. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year. $1.25 Six Months. .75 Three Months. .50 Remittance must be made by Express or Post Office Money Order, or Registered Letter Advertising Rates given on application. TRULY, "a little learning is a dangerous thing." THE people of the state have their eyes on that class of colored men who are working so hard to down those in positions of honor. They are acting like the dog and ox. EDITOR FORTUNE of the New York Age is to be congratulated for the excellent appearance of his paper. The Age is easily among the leading journals of the country irrespective of race. BECAUSE a colored business man does not make the same show that a white man does in the same business. is no reason why he should not receive the support of his people. It is understood that a few North Georgia politicians are working the friends of Collector Rucker in favor of a white man in event that the former fails to land. This is another sharp trick of the politicians. We are glad to note that recently several of our young men have procured places of real estate and are planning improvements thereon. Such as this are telling blows for race progress. The example of these young men should be imitated by others. An invitation to the twenty-fourth anniversary exercises of Tuskegee Normal and Indus trial Institute, is acknowledged. It will be held commencing Sunday May 21st to the following Thursday. On this occasion there will be three speakers and Georgia will furnish two of them. THE Georgia boy will succeed wherever he goes. Glowing accounts can be given of many of them who take up abode elsewhere. We may add the phenominal success of Prof. W. R. Carter who went to Topeka, Kansas several years ago and inaugurated a small school Topay it is in a flourishing condition. To its tenth commencement, we here acknowledge an invitation. It commences tomorrow and continues to next Wednesday. College Dots. The College baseball team broke away even with both teams with which they have recently played, South Carolina College and Shaw University. Arrangements are now being made to play a series of games with the Atlanta University. Mr. Seth Low, ex-President of Columbia University and, Ex-Mayor of New York together with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Wood of Savannah, visited the College last week. Mr. Low made an interesting address to the students, in which he urged them to be thoroughly proficient in whatever branch of industry they directed their efforts. President Wright . presented Mrs. Low a hammer made in the industrial department. The visitors expressed themselves as very much pleased with the work done in the various departments. Chancellor Hill visited the College this week and made a very impressive talk to the students. Hurrah for Booker Washington and commencement day, June 7th. The meeting of the alumni association last Wednesday was well attended and profitable. It will meet next Wednesday night at the home of Miss Florence A. Fields of Savannah. Glenwood Dots Last Sunday was regular preaching day at the A. M. E. church. Rev J. R. Thomas, pastor, delivered a soul stirring sermon at 11 a. m. Rev. J. J. Holsey of Ochwalkee, Ga., preached at 8:30 p. m subject, "He that endures to the end." He insisted on the christians to stay in the field till the war is ended. During the day two were added to the christian record. Mr. A. L. Mason made a fly- ing trip to Mt. Vernon, Ga., on Saturday evening last. Miss Alberta P. Mason has been elected representative to the Grand Court, of Calanthe which convenes in Savannah. July 12. Mrs. John Jackson, is on the sick list this week. We trust she will recover in the near future. The farmers are very glad to see this warm weather. Masonic Notes Just one more month and the Grand Lodge will be in session. Every Lodge must be represented in Americus, June 13th, with a complete report. The watchword is improvement along every line for good. All should hope for a harmonious and glorious communication, such as was held last year. The Grand Secretary is anxious to reach every Lodge in the Jurisdiction. Any Lodge that has failed to receive a return blank must write immediatley for one. Let us follow the lead of our able and faithful Grand Master, and do only those things that will redown to the great success of the craft. As Masons we should take no steps backwards, nor allow ourselves to remain passive; there should be a continuous going forward. The ladies of the O. E. S, are greatly interested in the success of Masonry. They should be encouraged by every brother. And inquiries are still coming in about new chapters. Last Monday evening Mt. Moriah Chapter No 37, O. E. S, celebrated its anniversary by a hop, which was largely attended and enjoyed by all. Refreshments were served in abundance The committee worked hard to make the affair a success. The Grand Lecturer was present. On account of the rain at the appointed time the joint session of the two chapters was deferred until Tuesday afternoon, at which time a goodly numbers of the ladies were present to listen to the instructive and interested lecture of the Royal Grand Lecturer, Mrs. Mary L. Walker of Macon. The information that site gave was well received and will cause the chapters to work along line that well prepared. After her lecture words of approval were spoken by several of the members. Mrs. Walker is an excellent lady and has given her position much study. The Grand Chapter made no mistake in her selection. Odd-Fellows Notes. On Sunday all of the Lodges of Odd-Fellows in the city will assemble at the -Harris street hall and march in a body to the F. A. B. church where the Thanksgiving exercises will be held. They will be joined by the Household of Ruth. The gathering is expected to be a large one. Led by the local lodges the all alleged suspension will be fought to the bitter end, even to the highest court of the land if necessary. Those who are connected with the local lodges and others in the state are too well versed in the laws of Odd-Fellowship to allow the order to be brought into disrepute by those whose greed for office and emolument exceed their love of principle. Each Lodge-that is alleged to be suspended must elect a delegate and have him present at Columbus. The "big mogul" who is doing more to disrupt Odd Fellowship in Georgia than any other agency. Ben Davis, has again been indicted for tampering with the Revenue laws. He was indicted in Atlanta last year and in Athens last week. We are not gloating over this news note, but desire to let the brothers of the link know just the kind of man that is running the Lodges. In an institution of the opposite race, such a mnn would have been hurled out of office before the ink was dried on his indictment. Odd-Fellowship discountances wrong doing. Please allow me space in your columns for a few remarks. Sometime since a committee of the several Lodges of this city, published a document prepared by Hon. Jas. Burns, attorney, Biloxi, Miss., showing the illegality of the endowment laws. They also showed the position of the lodges against the present plan that is in force in this state and they have the support of many of the lodges in the jurisdiction. This is a fact that seems not to be recognized by the supporters of the existing endowment laws. They know nothing save that the Savannah lodges consist of stiffnecked, rebellious brethren, just because they do not see fit to support the Executive board in its action. It is said that five of the seven lodges of this city have betrayed the trust and had been doing more to destroy the order than any of the lodges in the state, but they have failed utterly. This statement is false, and only a matter of conjecture; as there have been no steps taken by these lodges that have or would insure a defeat or failure. We are told that every lodge that is behind for any cause will be in the some fix as the Savannah lodges and shall not have a voice in the Grand Lodge. We would advise all the lodges that have not paid or that is behind in the Bureau of Endowment, to make up its annual report, and send same with the annual or per capita tax on time to the D. G. S. Elect your delegate to the district Grand Lodge, and report his name to D. G. S. and when the time for the G. L. session arrives send him to Columbus, Ga., prepared to do business. Let not one of the suspended (?) lodges falter in this matter. It is being published in the Atlanta Independent, that the charters of the lodges in rebellion would be arrested between now and the D. G. L. meeting. in August. It is almost needless for me to tell you not to surrender your charter to any one, but stand firm in the position you have taken, and abide your time when you shall have a hearing. We are convinced more than ever that we are right; but as its saiddy those who are running affairs that we will not be allowed recourse in the Grand Lodge, we have sought advice of counsel in this matter and assure you that legal steps will be taken to preserve the rights of membership and representation in the District Grand Lodge No 18 of Ga., not only for the Savannah Lodges but every Lodge that has been placed on the suspension list for not complying with the Bureau of Endowment Laws. K. of P. Pointers. The entertaining committee wants each Lodge in the State to forward the names of delegates immediately so that homes can be secured for them. This alludes to the Courts as well. It was the concentual of opinion of all who attended the session at Albany that Grand Chancellor Creswill, would not again aspire for re-election. It was stated at that session that all he wanted was vindication. The boys vindicated him. He has had the position five years and that is long enough for one man, especially when there are so many other able men in the state. Georgia is against the Sanitarium tax and needs a strong man in the Supreme Lodge to combat its enforcement. The cause of the enormous prosperity of the Grand Lodge is on account of the double endowment law enacted in Brunswick.several years,ago. Backed up by the able administration of Sir Cohen.. To him more than any one else is the credit to be given for the good condition of the Order in the State. The Meddler in our last issue, has set many to think. He gave facts that stung. The opinion of the Meddler is shared by hundreds of loyal Sir Knights in the state. The local lodges of Knights of Pythias are planning to erect a commodious Castle Hall in the near future; Each lodge has appointed a committee to confer about the same. This committee is requested to meet next Tuesday night at the Wage Earners Bank at 8:30 o'clock. Depaise the bad weather, the Knights of Pythias pionic at Lincoln Park was a grand success and the committee thank their friends for their patronage. Chairman Armstrong requests each member of the committee to meet on Friday night May 19 at 519 West Bolton St., at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is expected. Statesboro Dots. Rev. Kelsey of Meter, Gar preached an able sermon Sunday morning at Rehovah Baptist church, Rev. J. Marti, pastor. Mr. and Mrs. G. Floyd are rejoicing over a bouncing baby'boy. Mr. Z. T. Hodges visited Rehovah's Baptist church Sunday. After the services he was royally entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Donaldson. Little David Donaldson is on the sick list. Miss Mamie L. Whitmire is teaching at Hubert, Ga., the patrons are in love with her. Mr. Andy Parish buried five of his children within two months, he has the sympathy of all in this community. Teacher's Institute meets at Braunen's chapel every third Saturday, was quite a success. Arithmetic taught by Mr. G. G. S. Rhymes, assisted by Mr. H. S. Kemp. Reading taught by Miss F. H. Banks, assisted by Miss M. L. H. Whitmore. Spelling by Mr. Kemp. A few remarks by Hon. J. E. Braunen, O. S. C. Miss Lula Smith is teaching at Register, Ga, she has a large school, and liked by all of her pupils. The farmers are busy chopping grass. Mr. H. S. Kemp viii ed Rehovah's church Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. L. Donalson visited Willow Hill Sabbath School second Sabbath in ult. Mr. and Mrs. S. Hodges are now residing in their new cottage at Blitch, Ga. F. H. B. Unprovoked Assault Several weeks ago it was announced in the morning paper that the Superintendent of the Scavenger department of the city, John J Garity, shot at and struck with a billy, one of the workman of that department, Mr. Sam James. While the shot did not take effect, yet the blow in the head was a painful one and the injured man bled profusely. If he had not sought safety in flight no doubt he would have been a dead man to-day. Notwithstanding this serious affair and the attempt that was made on this man's life, the offender was not arrested and the matter would have been dropped altogether if it was not for the humane feeling and love of law and order of a member of the present grand jury. It was brought to the attention of the grand jury last week and the offender was imm distely indicted for assault and attempt to murder. He is now under bond pending trial according to the indictment. Mr. James called at our office this week and informed us that he has been working in the scavenger department for several years. He was there under the administration of Supts. Magnire and Dresson and has had no trouble until recently. He also said that the cause of the assault upon him was about his failure to pay accrued and exorbitant interest upon money that was borrowed from the superintendent. He further stated that many of the employers borrow from the superintendent and that he was charged fifteen per cent. on the dollar, and that those who borrowed had no trouble in getting along. It is alleged that so exorbitant was the rate of interest and it had accrued to such an amount that at least two men were compelled to forfeit their position. If what Mr. James said is true, it does not reflect favorably on the administration. Men who are in positions of public trust should be above such as is alleged in this case. While the case of assault and attempt to kill will come up before the court, yet the mayor should investigate the other charge and if the superintendent is guilty he should not be allowed to continue in his position. Mr. James is a law abiding citizen, a tax payer and property owner. All who know him speak of him as a hard working honest man. Such citizens should be protected. Loyalty to Alma Mater. The graduates and under graduates of the Atlanta University have succeeded in raising and forwarded to the institution a check for $50.50 Prof. G. A Towns has forwarded letters thanking each for his donation. Church Improvement. The members of Ezra Presbyterian church under the lead of Rev. S. T. Redd, are planning to purchase a lot in a more desirable locality and erect there a commodious church. The plan for the raising of the funds has been approved by the Independent Presbyterian church and Mr. R. M. Butler has consented to act as treasurer of the fund. The citizens will be appealed to to help this worthy institution. Second Baptist Church Services at the Second Baptist church were indeed well attended last Sunday. Rev Smith delivered an interesting discourse at 11 o'clock subject, the "Devil." At 8 o'clock considering the weather the attendance was large and the collections for the day were satisfactory. Rev Smith continues to make new friends and the large attendance is indeed encouraging to the officers. Communion services at 4 o'clock Sunday and all the members are requited to be present. Baptism Sunday morning after 11 o'clock service. Metropolitan Mercantile & Realty Co. An Allotment at above price. When sold-go to ten dollars A live investment that will be wot double its present value in Five Years. $300,000 worth this sold to 2,000 people North and South. Seven per cent guaranteed in stock and banking departments. $50,000 to loan on good suburban and city real estate in this or any other state. Terms the easiest and best. We buil anything buildable. 222 W. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga. Bell Plione 114 F. M. COHEN, Teller J: W. ARMSTRONG, Gen'l Mangu All are cordially invited to attend these services. Revival Meeting. The revival has begun at Mt. Tabor Baptist church, corner east Broad and Henry streets, Rev. N. H. Whitmire, pastor. Union Baptist Church. Union Baptist Church. The services at the Union Baptist church on last Sunday were largely attended although the rain came down in torrents. At 5 a. m. we assembled to thank God for the 52 converted souls he had given us in the past six weeks and at 7:30 we retired to the baptismal waters where 24 put Christ on by baptism. At 7:11 a. m. Luc. M. King preached a soul stirring sermon. At 2:30 Sunday School was led by Superintendent E. Sweangin. At 4 p. m. Communion services began and right hand fellowship was extended to the candidates. At 8:30 the pastor preached from 123 Psalm, subject "Praising Jehovah" The harvest was great and the laborers can now rejoice in the harvest and rest from their labor. Miss Lillie Miller, a consistent member of our church, departed this life on 5th inst., after being confined to bed for three or four months. Rev. Haywood spoke beautifully over the remains. The Men Evangelical Sabbath Union will hold its mass meeting Sunday at 4 p. m. at our church. The public is cordially invited to attend the services. Special Notice. On and after May 10th, stock in the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company will be advanced to $8 per share and no orders will be received for $8 after the 9th. Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co. J. W. ARMSTRONG, Gen. Mgr. Cheap Rates. To Savannah, Ga. Fourth Annual Tournament. Southern Golf Association, May 9—13 1905. One fare plus 23 cts. for the round trip from all points in the Southeast. Tickets on sale May 7, 8 and 9; final limit May 15, 1905. To Kansas City, Mo. Southern Baptist Convention May 10—17, 1905. One fare plus 50 cts. for the round trip from all points in the Southeast; tickets to be sold May 7, to 11th, inclusive; final limit May 23, 1905. To Macon, Ga. Grand Lodge, Knights of Pyfias, May 16—19, 1905. One fare plus 25 cts. for the round trip from all points in Georgia. Tickets to be sold May 7, to 11th, includes schedule for arrive Macon prior to train arriving March 10th. Tickets will also be sold to train arriving Macon from Savannah, at 1:10 p. m. final limit May 21 1905. Central of Georgia Railroad Company Passenger Department. To St. Louis, Mo. National Baptist Anniversary, May 16 to 24 1905. One fare plus 25 cents for the round trip from all points in the South-east. Tickets on sale May 14, 15 and 16; final limit May 27, 1905. To Savannah, Ga. Grand Lodge I. O. O. F., of Georgia, May 23-19, 2005. One fare plus 25 cts for the round trip from all points in Georgia. Tickets on sale May 21, 22 and 23: final limit May 29 1905. To Atlanta, Ga. National Association of Man's acturers, May 16-18, 1905. One fare plus 25 cts for the round trip. From points within 250 miles of Atlanta, tickets will be sold May 15th, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Atlanta before noon May 16th; from points more than 250 miles of Atlanta, tickets on sale May 14th and 15th, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Atlanta before noon May 16th 1905; final limit May 20, 1905, except that extension to June 15th, can be obtained under usual conditions. To Forth Worth, Texas. General Assembly Southern Presbyterian Church, May 16-26, 1905. One fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets on Sale May 15, 16 and 17. Tickets will be limited to leave Fort Worth not later than May 31, 1505. :A. C. L. Rate. Southern Baptist Convention Kansas City, Mo., May 10-17, 1905. The Atlantic Coast Line, shortest and cheapest route, one fare plus fifty cents round trip. Tickets will be sold May 19 to 11 inclusive, return limit May 23rd. Stop over at St. Louis permitted on return trip within final limit by deposit of ticket and the payment of fifty cents. A good opportunity to go West at a small cost. W. J. Craig, General Passenger Agent, Wilmington, N. G. F. C. Boyleston, District Passenger Agent, Jacksonville, Fla. T. C. White, Division Passenger Agent, Tampa, Fla. H. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. W. H. Leahy, Division Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ca. Mrs. W. H. Burgess Cor. Jefferson and Gaston Sts. is conducting a neat Dress Making and Millinery Store. She solicits the patronage of the public. Guaranteeing perfect fit and polite attention. Orders promptly filled. Non-assessable. We price. When sold go to ten dollars it will be wot double its present value 2,000 worth this sold to 2,000 people Seven per cent guaranteed in stock and suburban and city real estate in this or Terms the easiest and best. We buil Savannah, Ga. Bell Phone 1144 J. W. ARMSTRONG, Gen'l Mangr. To the Public. On account of the death of Brother Jas. Day, Brother C. S. Perry of No. 2241, has been elected as Hall Agent for the Duffy Street Hall. His residence is 413 Bolton Street, West. Brother A. J. Nicholson of 1663 has been elected as secretery. Done by order of the Associated Board of Trustees of Duffy Street Hall. 5% In Choosing a Bank in which to deposit savings, SAFETY ought to be the first consideration—and last. A high rate of interest is of no consequence whatever if the principal is endangered. Safety may be judged by the management of the bank. THE WAGE EARNERS LOAN AND INVESTMENT COMPANY is a safe banking institution. It does not engage in any other business and its management has always been along lines of strict conservatism and reasonable progressiveness. It was founded in 1900 and has enjoyed steady continuous growth ever since. 5 Per Cent compounded interest is paid on savings because we can pay it with safety. THE WAGE EARNERS LOAN & INVESMENT Co., "The Pioneer Negro Saving Bank in Georgia." Bell Phone 1198 Ga. Phone 2029 Let us be Your Tailor. ```markdown ``` WE have arranged with The American Woolen Mills Co., of Chicago, to handle their lines of made-to-order SUITS, TROUSERS and MACKINTOSHES. As this is the largest com pany making Clothing to order by measure we are sure that our patrons will be satisfied in the style, fit and durability of their gar- ments. Sults - - $10 to $35 00 Trousers - - $3 00 to $10 00 Order your Spring Suits now. Full line Von Zandt, Jacobs & Co.'s, All Linen Collars, 2 for 25 cents. SCOTT BROS, 462 WEST BROAD STREET. Metropolitan Mutual Benefit Association. A sick and death benefit organization that pays larger benefits than any other and pays them quicker. Has 150,000 members and paid out to its members more than a hundred thousand dollars in the last year. Gives employment to fifteen hundred intelligent men and women as agents, book 'eepers', typewriters, etc. A week heretofore not open to colored women. The mother of this company is the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Co., 150 Nassah street, New York. Southern headquarters, 222 W. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga, J. W. Armstrong, Director General Southern States. G. James. 215 Randolph Street, corner of Jackson street, Green Grocery, Dealer in Beef, Pork, Veal and Poultry; Also carry a fine line of Groceries, Cigars, Tobacco, etc. Prompt attention will be given to all patronage. OHN THOMAS, the sole survivor of General Custer's expedition up Big Horn, which was completely annihilated by the Indians, is a resident of Minneapolis. He is fifty-eight years old and lives at 2501 Aldrich avenue. After reading a dispatch in the Tribune stating that William McKee, of that city, claimed the honor of being the last white survivor of the massacre, Mr. Thomas talked interestingly of the events leading up to the massacre and those which followed. "I know McKee well," said Mr. Thomas. "He was not a member of General Custer's expedition, but was in General Reno's detachment. There was but one person who escaped alive, and that was an Indian by the name of 'Curley', who is now with the Buffalo Bill show. While I was in the expedition under command of General Custer I was not in the massacre. It was only by accident, however, that I was not. When a young man I joined the Indian fighter, under command of General Terry. "My duty was that of a saddler. I cared for all of the harness, saddles, and sometimes made myself hand as a shoemaker. With the other warriors I was supplied with a horse. About a week before the massacre the entire expedition was camped on Tongue River. General Terry decided that the forces were to be divided, and 600 men were placed under command of General Reno. General Gibbs, of Montana, was in command of a much smaller detachment. "I was placed under General Custer, and everything was in readiness for the party to start when General Custer came to me and said: "John, who is using this horse? "I replied that I intended to use the horse, to which he said that he wanted the horse for a Chicago newspaper reporter. I insisted on using the horse, when the General declared that he would consider his men a poor lot if they would not know enough to take care of their own saddles and harness for five or six days. These were the last words he spoke to me. I gave up the horse to the reporter and was sent to the boat under one of the captains of General Gibbs' army of scouts. "The reporter did not return, neither did any of the men under General Custer. All were killed in the massacre, and with the exception of the newspaper man and General Custer the men were all scalped. The Indians had great love for General Custer, and for that reason it is believed that they did not scalp him. As for the reporter, they found the papers on his body, and were civilized enough to know that he was not their enemy, but was a 'courier of news. "The Fall West (the name of the boat) made its way up Big Horn until the water became so shallow that it was unlucky to attempt to go further. The boat was run onto a sand bar, and we camped there for several days. We had nothing to eat but dry bread and meat, and all of the men were growing hungry. Before the captain was up one morning I took down my gun and started out for a hunt. I had just shot three elk when I heard two reports from guns in different directions. I made my way back to the boat, and the men were almost panic-stricken. The news of the massacre had been received from some of General Reno's men. "I would have been in the massacre had it not been for General Custer taking my horse and giving it to the reporter. After the massacre I was under General Gibbs. General Miles was then assigned to succeed General Kerry. While I was out hunting one day I met General Miles en route to Terry's camp; he was lost and I directed him. We afterward became well acquainted. Almost the first words spoken to me by General Miles after we were en route to Terry's camp was to request me to fix his boots. He said, 'My great toe is sticking out of my boots. Can you fix it? Sew it up with any kind of leather; I am not particular.' I fixed the General's boots with red calf leather. "There is one remarkable occurrence which happened that I shall always remember. One of the Indians was shot fifteen times and all of the bullets remained in his body. Five days after the massacre he jumped upon the back of a horse, and with the fifteen bullets in his body rode to his home, a distance of 200 miles."—Mnepaolis Tribune. j CAUGHT IN THE ICE. The fur trader sat on the steamer wharf at Quebec, leaning back on a packing box. For a moment he looked down at the first sheet of ice that had skimmed the broad St. Lawrence, then he said, "That ice there is about as thick as it was the time I got caught on my first trip north into the barrens. "Another fellow by the name of Andrew Damson and myself had been trading with Indians in British Columbia. We broke camp at the end of the season, and started to the nearest settlement, which was ten miles south of us, with a big lake lying between. We found the ice had all gone out, and we couldn't cross on sledges, as we did when we came up. To go round the lake meant a mean journey on account of the marshes. As our provisions were used up and we already sent our pelts out, there didn't seem to be any reason why we shouldn't paddle the six miles across. Our outfit was light and we figured we could reach the other side before dark. "Three or four Indians, who were coming in with skins, saw us as we were setting out, and yelled something to us about the ice. Later on I wished I'd listened to them. "We got along well till about the middle of the afternoon, when the wind whirled around into the north, and it got cold within ten minutes. It began to snow, too, first in little spits and then thicker and thicker, until we couldn't see a canoe's length ahead of us. "There was only one thing to do, and that was to spread out the blankets into a kind of avowing and curl up to sleep and wait for the morning, when we could see our way. "Damson woke me at daylight, and I looked out. The fall of snow had been light. We were about 100 yards from the shore, and I could see that the storm had blown over quickly. But on every side the lake was covered with ice, not thick enough to hold a man and not thin enough for a boat to push through. "Damson," said I, looking sober, "we'd be in a bad way if this ice shouldn't get strong enough to walk on, or else melt enough so we could paddle. There isn't anything left but a half a can of beans, and this canoe is leaking." "The hours went by. We ate nearly all our provisions, and slept over the next night pretty anxious and cold and hungry, and trying to keep out of the water, that was gradually rising in the canoe. The next morning the ice was still too strong to break through, and yet it was too weak to hold us. "Then Andy hit upon a plan. He first tore out two of the braces that ran from side to side of the canoe. "What are you going to do? says I. "I'm going to build 'an ice raft,' says he, and he lashed the braces across the end of the paddles. Then he tore pieces of the birch bark out of the sides of the canoe, fastened them across between the paddles and finally had a patchwork raft nearly six feet long and four feet broad. 'There,' said he, 'that will spread your weight over a bigger area of ice, and you can lie down on it and push with your toes. You go first. It will hold you all right, but it won't hold both of us.' "How shall I send the raft back to you?" said I. "I've already thought of that," said he. "Take this ball of cord we used for tying up the skins. I'll tie this on the raft here. If anything happens to you I may be able to, pull you out, and if you get there all right I can haul the raft back." "Then he pulled the raft back to the canoe, and for a moment I couldn't see what he was doing with the cord. But all of a sudden he stood up and threw something toward me. It fell about half way between us, but glanced and slid along the ice almost to my feet. It was his heavy hunting knife with the cord tied on to it. "Haul away!" said he, when he had spread himself out on the raft. "Easy! easy!" and at last I managed to pull him to shore. I never felt anything better than the solid ground under my feet. If it hadn't been Yor Andy's ingenuity it would have been starvation, drowning or freezing for both of us." FAINTED ON A BAILROAD. Mabel A. Sheets, aged thirteen years, of Moran, Ind, was en-route to school one morning not long ago when her friend, Lizzie Disinger, caught, up to her. As they proceeded on their way Miss Disinger became ill and fainted, but soon afterward resolved. Mabel took her arm and assisted her across a long railroad bridge, and they had just gotten across when Miss Disinger again fainted. She fell directly upon the railroad track and was unable to rise. Mabel knew that the morning passenger train was then due, and that her companion must be gotten off from the tracks at once or she would be run over. Lizzie Disinger is fifteen years old and large of her age, while Mabel is not only two years younger, but is small for her age. She did her best to remove Lizzie from the tracks, but was unable to do so. The depot was thirty rods away, and that was the nearest point from which help could be summoned. Accordingly Mabel ran with all her might until she reached the station and secured help. Returning they rescued Lizzie just in time. It was not long before the fast passenger train came rapidly down upon them. Miss Disinger's fingers were frozen to the first joints, but her life was saved. A PLUCKY BESCUE. Down near the city piers in Cleveland several boys sat fishing some time ago, when suddenly Herman Moskowitz, of the same city, happened by, and, missing his footing, slipped into the water at a point where the depth is nearly twenty feet. Moskowitz struggled in the water and was unable to help himself. Among those who had been fishing was Charlie Fife, the son of Patrolman K. Fife. He was but twelve years old, several years younger than the lad who was struggling in the water and also smaller in size. However, seeing that the Moskowitz boy was likely to drown he plunged into the water without removing any of his clothing, and caught the drowning boy just as he was going down for the third time. Herman Moskowitz held to Charlie, and soon both were under the water. Charlie is a very good swimmer and presently was to be seen bringing Herman safely to shore. When he reached the pier he rested for a moment, but all the time held Herman's head above the water. Finally he succeeded in getting him up on to the pier. The rescued lad was unconscious, but, after he had been patted on the back and rolled over by Charlie, he finally came to. He was assisted to his home, on Erie street, by the young hero. OUR GIRLS AND BOYS JUST SUPPOSE. If all the lads and lasses should remember for a day rise. He did not waddle up to get h meal of whole fish, each usually abou half as long as his whole body; and a To do their etiquas and their tasks as they play, Should hang their hats and jackets up, and put away their toys, Should remember that the garden is the place to make a noise— Why, what a very pleasant world for mothers this would be! How very many happy mother faces we see! For children cannot remember, as everybody knows; But, if the children should—why—just suppose! If all the children's mothers turned forgetful in a day, if instead of taking care of toys, they forgot to bake the cookies, and forgot the tales to tell, Forgot to kiss the aching bumps and make the bruises well— Why, what a very dreary world for children this would be! How very many melancholy little folks would be! For mothers always remember, as everybody knows; But if the mothers shouldn't—why—just suppose! —H. G. Fernald, in Christian Register. THE TWINS' BIRTHDAY PARTY. It was the twins' birthday. They were dressed in pretty, blue frocks, made just alike, and their curls were tied with ribbons to match. The twins looked exactly like each other, except that Mirlam's eyes were brown, and Mirabel's were blue. Mother Marion never forgot which had blue and which had brown eyes, if other people did. They were three years old to-day and were going to have a party. Six little guests had been invited for the afternoon, and at 3 o'clock they arrived with their mothers. The guests brought some pretty presents for the twins. Everything was in couples. There were two red sashes, two pair of bronze boots, two pair of blue silk mittens, two dear little fans and two beautiful crystal bead chains that sparkled like diamonds. But the strangest thing about the party was that the twins and their small guests sat perfectly still in their chairs, while their mothers played games for an hour or two. Not one of the party children fretted or cried during all that time. Not one, in fact, spoke a word. Tea was served in the nursery, and Mirabel sat at one end of the table, and Miriam at the other end, with three guests on each side. The seven mothers waited on them. The table looked very pretty indeed. The birthday cake was a twin loaf, two cakes joined together. One bore the name of Mirabel and the other of Miriam, written with pink ice over white, and there were three tiny pink candles on the top of each. There were dishes of candled cherries and little rolls no bigger than silver quarters, and cocoanut kisses of the size of dimes. Tiny currant-jelly tarts were piled in one pretty plate, while at each end of the table was a pile of popcorn balls. Then there was ice cream, too, pink, chocolate and white, cut into tiny mounds with a thimble. How that feast was enjoyed—what shall you think when I tell you?—by all the mothers, for the twins and their guests did not even get a taste of the good things! What were the twins and their guests?—Adapted from The Sunbeam. THE GREEDY CORMORANT. When I was a keeper in the National Zoological Park in Washington I observed a remarkable example of the well-known greediness of the cormorant. Four little cormorants came to the Zoo, and were placed in a cage in which dogs had once been kept. Outside was a pebble yard in which the dogs had exercised. The cormorants waddled about this yard and seemed to be having a fine time, until one morning I noticed that one of them was sitting on the ground unable to woven in the different neighborhood. The running time of street cars on lines own must not exceed ten miles. Extensive plants forment of the Suez Canal under way. The primary schools of now attended by over 10 both sexes. WHO GAVE HER THE PRESENT? Samuel 12 Gifta much expected are paid, not given, rise. He did not waddle up to get his meal of whole fish, each usually about half as long as his whole body; and as the others came rushing toward me to get their share, I knew that he was ill. I went into the cage and lifted him up. What was my amazement to hear something grating and clinking inside of him! And he seemed surprisingly heavy. I at once called the head keeper, who decided to investigate by means of a surgical operation. He took out two pounds of stones, one of which was four inches long, two and a half inches wide and about half an inch thick! The poor chap seemed to feel relieved. In a few days he became convalescent, ate his food regularly, and seemed to be doing well. Then that hooked bill reached under the feathers and tore out some of the surgeon's stitches, which were undoubtedly irritating, as the wound war beginning to heal. As the result of this interference, the wound opened, and, as the weather was hot, the patient died five days after the operation.—St. Nicholas. TO LIFT AN ANCHOR. An anchor left in the mud all winter is no easy thing to lift. By placing two boats side by side, as shown in the picture, and throwing a pole across both of them, a very great weight may be lifted. The suction of the mud causes most of the trouble, but this arrangement will enable you to lift the anchor with comparative ease. In salt water, where there is a tide, place the boats in position at the beginning of flood tide. Fasten the anchor rope to the pole, pulling it taut to do so. As the tide rises the anchor is bound to come. Don't forget, either, that the whole outfit will float off at high tide unless it is properly secured. ```markdown ``` BAISING THE ANCHOR. In fresh water, where there is no tide, the anchor rope has to be wound in. Throw na, oar across both boats, and on its flat surface bind a stick which may be used to twist the oar around. Wrap the anchor several times about the oar between the boats, and while one person twists the oar, let the other take in the slack on the rope.—New York Evening Mall. FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE FLAG. It is claimed that the first flag raised on a schoolhouse was hoisted in Colerain, Franklin County, Mass., in May, 1812, the Indianapolis News states. Last May the citizens of the town placed a stone slab on the site of the old schoolhouse, and on the Fourth of July it was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. The flag raised in 1812 was made by Mr. and Mrs. Anasa, Shipe, Mrs. Alden Williss and Mrs. Steven Hale, from material spun and woven in the different homes of the neighborhood. The running time of the electric street cars on lines owned by London must not exceed ten miles. Extensive plants for the improvement of the Suez Canal are now well under way. The primary schools of Bangkok are now attended by over 10,000 pupils of both sexes. SAMERI ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. READ DOWN. Effective Jan. 8, 1955 381 *23 455p 105j 555a 540a Lv. Savannah. Ar. 2824 9003 1060a 640p 905p 510p 555a 1105a Ar. Charleston. Lv. 1010c 600a 800a 300p 1145p 140p 140p Ar. Wilmington. 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There's work for the sunshine—the rose from the dead. Must be kissed to the beauty of white and red; The trees, shorn of fruitage—gray spectres of grief— Must feel the sap's thrill in the veins of the leaf. The daisies must, blossom—the lilies must sham. Ogrejives sweet, singing through meadows of green. There's work for the sunshine on hillside and deep. Till in ultimate harvests earth's riches we reap! —Washington Star. A BASKET OF MUSHROOMS By FANNIE WHITE. HERE!" exclaimed George of a sudden as he caught sight of an industrious fig- ure in his mushroom pres- erve, not a hundred yards from his farmyard. He took up an old whipstock that was lying handy, flour- ished it grimly and strode circuitously upon the impudent thief. It was a big field, and George was considering how best to trap his enemy when something brought him to a standstill. Proximity proved the enemy a woman—a young woman—attired after the fashion of town. The irate farmer shifted his pipe and pulled doubtfully at his beard. George was a bachelor and wonderfully shy of women. He was half minded to beat a cautious retreat. "Pooch! a chit of a lass. Now, George," and throwing his weapon aside, he urged himself forward. He climbed the fence and walked briskly up to the trespasser unperceived. "Hello!" The woman raised her head, and, with a startled cry, recoiled. She had a small, pale face, that was powerfully suggestive of angels to rustic George. "I beg—" George hastily recovered the dignity of his position. His heart beat quick, and he felt a bit of an uncoath foot; but surely it was not for him to ask pardon. "You are trespassing, miss," he informed her, brusquely. "Oh!" The woman breathed a sigh of relief, and—sulled. George was feeling bewildered. "You are only the farmer?" thankfully. "Only the farmer," he replied; stupidly. "I thought—I was so frightened," and the woman smiled a winsome apology. "You are so big, and strong!"—she looked him over with sincere, almost childish admiration—at his brown, muscular arms, his mighty chest, and resting her glance at last on his bearded face. "But you have kind eyes," she added. George blushed like any schoolboy. Then all the stories he had ever heard of woman's blandishments burst warningly over him, and he grew half indignant. "The minx!" he muttured, under his breath. And, determined not to be outwitted, he stretched an arm toward the woman's basket, which was full of mushrooms. "I must take charge of this, miss!"—sternly. "No, you wouldn't take them from me?" she pleaded, irresistibly. "I've been hunting them since 6 o'clock. I only reached the treasure house after tramping weary miles. Now I'm lost"—ruefully—and look at my poor feet—wet through." She held her skirts aside. "What a brute I am!" muttered the man. "I will pay you for them!" eagerly. "No, no," he blurted. "It was—it was a bit o' my fun, miss," he said, lamely. "There's plenty for both on us, only"—deliberately. "I don't like poachers, miss, that's it. I don't mind you—you won't hurt, miss; but I'm pretty smart on poachers, as I call 'em." This was a vast piece of oratory for George. "And I have never looked at it in that light!" the woman frankly confessed. "Of course it's stealing! I'm a thief—oh!" and she put down her basket and held forth her slim arms, with the wrists together, in a manner which George could not mistake. He laughed and manacled the pretty thief with his thumb and first finger. "Now, what have you to say for yourself?" judiciously. "Oh, I won't do it again, sir!" Her eyelashes fell reguishly. George discreetly let go and picked up the basket. She was a little witch. "Are you staying in Fensbro' (the village, miss?" "Yes; but I'm lost!" hopelessly. "Your best plan would be to cut through my farmyard." George led the way at a good pace. "How far is it to Fensbro'?" she inquired. "Two miles, miss."s "And what time is it, please?" "Half-past S." "Half-past S!"—surprised. "I may well feel hungry." "You might have a bit of breakfast with me—that is, if you don't mind," dubiously. They stood by the farmhouse door. They stood by the farmhouse door. "You might dry your feet as well." he pursued, slowly, "and then I could put you on the lane myself. Polly's out for the day—that's the worst of it. But come in, miss." And George crossed the threshold. It was quite a charming little adven- furc. to Rose Carol, and, desirous of seeing it through, she followed the big farmer without demur. He drew a snung chair to his hearth, and threw a bashful glance at her feet; then he brought forth a pair of capacious slippers. "You might get four feet into them, at a pinch!" he said, humorously! and plunged into the business of breakfast. With a restrained ripple of girlish laughter, Rose changed her sodden boots and placed them to dry. This done, she sat and watched the man filling the breakfast table. She was quick to guess his single blessedness (7)—Polly must be his servant. It was very amusing to see this big man "doing for himself"—and a guest. But when he started to slice a new loaf of bread she could contain herself no longer. It was awkward, moving in those ridiculous slippers, but she got to the table without mishap. "Allow me to help you," she said, with a smile. He surrendered the knife with alacrity. "I'm no hand at that sort o' thing!" in disgust. George had never felt the want of a wife until that moment, until he saw Rose preside at his table; then his heart was filled with passionate longing. They sat down to breakfast for all the world like man and wife. Suddenly the woman burst-out irrepressibly. George, with a full mouth, looked up guiltily. "It is so exquisitely funny!" laughing tears in her eyes. "What is?" self-consciously. "All of it. Poaching! Capture! Prosecution—almost! Oh, dear! oh, dear! I say, Mr.—look you, I am ignorant even of your name!" "Meadowson—George_Meadowson." "Mr.—" gravely. "George!—everybody calls me George, young and old." "George!—shyly—"do you consider this at all proper—quite the thing, you know—being here, alone? Don't you think I ought to go?" "No." There was something embarrassing in the farmer's decisive negative. Her lashes, drooped, and she fidgeted nervously with her teaspoon. "You might tell me your name, mlsz," said George, after a space, with a boldness that surprised himself. She murmured it very softly. "And Rose was my mother's name!" he cried. There seemed destiny in this romantic meeting. He stood up in a sort of triumph; his heart was drumming, and his blue eyes beamed. "Rose!" he said, impetuously. Then he sat down, looking ridiculous, and lashing his presumptuous heart with scorn. What a mad fool he was! They stood in the lane. Rose put out her hand, and it was buried in a big, warm grasp. "What sort of a bear do you take me for, Miss Carol?" "Well, rather a nice sort of bear!" "Do you know,"—abruptly—"I've come to think, all at once, that I ought to get married!" The imprisoned hand made an effort towards freedom. "You want a woman in the house," Rose granted. "Polly's neither one thing nor the other!" hopelessly. "How old are you?" curiously. "Old enough to be your father, I reckon-thirty." "You're not too old to marry!" provoking. "Nit desperandum! You may get married some day, there's no telling, 'I'm'—carelessly—'six-and-twenty.' "Not much difference," habitatively. "I must go!"—hastily. "But you've not told me how wicked you think me?" "Rose," tenderly. "I'm just thinking you're about wicked enough to make me a good wife!" "Oh!" and the little woman drew close. "You're so big!" she murmured. "But I've kind eyes!" "Let me look," and she held up her sweet, blushing face. No wonder he kissed her. She broke loose, with a sudden cry: "My mushrooms!" The basket which had brought them together had been left behind.—New York News. A Disappointing Ocasion. "How was the lecture?" demanded Mrs. Sawin, with the impatience of one who had been denied a coveted pleasure, as Mr. Sawin stooped to remove his overshoes before entering the sitting room. "My cold's a sight better. I believe I might have gone as well as not." "I guess you did well to remain at home," said her husband, as he seated himself before the stove, "as far forth as the lecture was concerned. The entertainment opened with a selection by the band, then prayer by the Congregational minister, then the band again, then a song by the Methodist minister accompanied by his wife at the cabinet organ, and then the lecture; after that the band once more, and then the benediction by the Episcopal minister." "Well, whatabout the lecture?" asked Mrs. Sawin. "I can hear ministers any day." "The lecture was on Scotland," said Mr. Sawin, slowly. "I never felt much drawn to Scotland, and I guess after to-night I shall give up all thoughts of ever going there. Folks that haven't got any more idea of the English language after all these years need a missionary, but I don't feel any call to be one. And as for their houses, there wasn't one single good two-story frame building in all the stereotypes that man thrown on the sheet. If it hadn't been for the band, I should have felt I'd wasted my fifteen cents' admission."—Youth's Companion. Besides rice, teakwood forms the principal product of Slam. SUPPLEMENT TO SAVANNAH TRIBUNE, SATURDAL, MAY 13, 1905. OF INTEREST TO WOMEN STATELY GOWN FOR DOWAGER. A stately gown for a dowager, showing the vogue for velvet, was built from the most supple of black silk Lyons on robe lines. The petticoat, panelled in the front, was of white mousseline, shirred very closely over silk, with an eight-inch insertion of Irish point inset at the depth of the line, set off with tiny ruchings of fine silk lace. The panel and foot of the velvet robe were outlined with pale blue and white, morning glories in raised embroidery. The plain draped bodice of the velvet was devoid of decoration save where a band of embroidered morning glories finished the short sleeves.—Newark Advertiser. WHITE TAFFETA, SEAM PIPING. The latest idea in fashioning a summer silk dress of hair-lines, fine checks or changeable effect, is to trim it with piping of pure white-taffeta. No matter what are the blended tints of your silk, no matter if it be a solid color fabric, pipings of white, and only of white, seem the proper finish. Of course, white taffeta pipings would not be chosen to pipe the scans of it white waist; that goes without saying. Very smart is the summer silk of black and white or silvery gray made up as a shirt waist suit and pipe with white taffeta. This differentiates it at a glance from any of last spring's output. If piping was then employed, be sure it was black, dark blue, scarlet, brown or green. White-taffeta piping gives the stamp of novelty. SHOES LOWER HEELED. As to general shape, toes are a little more pointed, and, curiously enough, heels are a little lower. In slippers everything is beaded, or trimmed with great rosettes of chiffon or net, with a tiny rhinestone buckle or button in the centre. In strapped slippers a new idea has come out—a slipper which is cut to give a double strap effect, without the trouble of buttoning those little straps. Two eyellets are in the sides of these straps, presumably part of the design, but, too, mighty convenient to slip a bit of ribbon through to draw the straps a little tighter. Bronze slippers are popular, and tan shoes (though they're a far cry from evening slippers) will be strong again in all the soft shades Russia leather takes. But black patent leather is worn more than any other one leather, and white shoes more than any other color, with "slippers to match" for the rest, and the prettiest of all is a French invention—pale blue or pink satin affairs, embroidered and beaded, not only on the vamp, but with a little vine that runs all the way around the slipper. An engraved patent leather slipper is a novelty that is stunning in the quietest of ways. The design is made by cutting part way through the enamel. But slippers! The slipper world seems to have run riot over all shoes, so long as that one most important point is satisfied, that the colors match. And to this end are astonishing things made, violet and green and orange, and all the impossible tints of a very definite rainbow. ABOUT CHILDREN Ten commandments for parents: First-Be gently firm with the baby. Obedience should commence in the cradle. Second-Insist upon obedience in all things and at all times. Third-Instill the necessity of truthfulness as soon as your child learns to talk. Fourth-By example and illustration teach self-control. Fifth-Remember that children have privileges as much so as you-Indeed, more, for they are helpless and entirely under your authority; therefore sacredly respect their opinions and feelings. Sixth-Never be too busy to talk, encourage questions, seek and give confidence. Seventh-Furnish a place for everything, and require everything to be kept in its place. Eighth—Demand cleanliness in person, behavior and clothing—not spasmodically, but from the cradle up. If neglected, see it done. Touch the child's personal and family pride. Put him on honor. Ninth—Never allow your child to "answer back" until he is old enough to reason, then reason intelligently and gently. It is his due. Tenth—If you promise your child punishment be as good as your word. Fall to keep your word once and he will never trust you again. But never punish him in a passion; you disgrace yourself and break his spirit, also injure his body. To whip or otherwise punish him while you are in a passion is brutal and it brutalizes him, too. JAPANESE HAIRDRESSING This is quite a fine art; and there a pretty woman will not grudge a whole day spent in front of her mirror while her attendant applies the pomade so necessary for her elaborate coiffure, in which there must not be a hair out of place. The picturesque curls and fluffiness admired by Western women would not for a moment be tolerated by her, and her abundant tresses cannot be too smooth and too stiff for the elaborate designs into which they are formed. Remarkable Feats of Mathematical Geniuses. --- with figures. He calculates instantly, without the aid of paper and pencil, the answers to problems which would puzzle even a professor of mathematics using the ordinary methods. Young Hunter's parents are well to do, and his remarkable faculty will be developed if possible. It may be that when he reaches manhood's estate he will lose this gift, as has been the case with so many cases on records. On the other hand, he may enjoy a successful career, as has been the case with a few of such prodigies. A writer recalls the career of George Parker Bilder, who was one of the most remarkable mathematical geniuses, and who followed up his precocious youth with a successful manhood. Bidder was born in 1806 at Morton Hampstead, in Devonshire, England, where his father carried on a small business as a stonemason. When only four years old Bidder showed a most extraordinary ability for calculation. His peculiar talents soon attracted general attention, and his father found it more profitable to travel about the country and exhibit his son as the "calculating phenomenon" than by following his humble trade. The boy was taken to London and his 'peculiar talents were investigated by the most learned men of his time, whom he astonished by the rapidity with which he answered the most difficult questions. The following question was solved by him in forty seconds: "Suppose the ball at the top of St. Paul's Cathedral to be six feet in diameter, what did the gilding cost at 3½d per square inch?" The answer, £237 10s 1d, was given before the examiner had time to put the figures of the example on paper. The following question was answered in sixty seconds: Suppose a city to be illuminated with 9099 lamps, each lamp to consume one pint of oil every four hours in succession, how many gallons would they consume in forty years?" The answer contains nine figures—109,480,050 gallons. Another curious question was: "Suppose the earth to consist of 071,000,000 inhabitants, and suppose they die in thirty years four months, how many have returned to dust since the time of Adam, computing it to be 2850 years?" This problem offered no difficulties to the lad, who nonchalantly rattled the answer in less than thirty seconds. Fortunately for the boy, he attracted the attention of some eminent scholars, who had him educated at Camberwell, and afterward at Edinburgh, where he carried off all the prizes for the study of higher mathematics. After his graduation from college he pursued the profession of engineer and became associated with Robert Stephenson, and assisted in constructing the Birmingham Railway. Later in life he entered Parliament, and many stories are told of Bidder's wonderful skill in detecting a flaw in some set of elaborate calculations. He died at Dartmouth in 1878. Another extraordinary child was Zerah Colburn, who was born at Cabot, Vt., in 1804. His remarkable genius for abstruse mathematical problems was displayed at an early age, and when he was eight years old he solved the most difficult problems by the mere operation of his mind. Asked by an eminent mathematician to give the square of 999,999, he replied almost instantly, giving the figures, 999,999,000,001, without any hesitation. He observed that he produced the result by multiplying the square of 37,037 by the square of 27. He was then asked to multiply answer twice by 49, and once by 25, a task which he accomplished in less than two minutes, although the answer consisted of seventeen figures. In five seconds he gave the cube root of 413,933,348,677, and to all questions of similar nature he succeeded in giving the correct answers. Professors and scientific men endeavored to obtain a knowledge of Colburn's methods, but the boy declared he was unable to explain how the answers came into his mind. He was ignorant of the commonest rules of arithmetic, and could not even solve a problem on paper, not even a simple feat in multiplication or division. Colburn's faculty of computation left him when he reached mahood, and he died at the early age of thirty-six. A singular instance of this curious development of the calculating faculty and differing in several respects from Bladder and Colburn, is the case of Jebediah Buxton, who, though he cannot be called an infant prodigy, is one of the most remarkable of the mental calculators when names are a part of the history of the curious. Buxton was born in 1407. in Elmerton, in Derbyshire, where his father was schoolmaster. Notwithstanding his father's profession, Jebediah's education was neglected. He was not even taught to write. It was not until he had arrived at manhood's estate that he showed any aptitude for mental arithmetic. Once interested in the subject, however, his mind developed with amazing rapidity. He had a remarkable memory, and while in the midst of a problem he could desist and resume the operation again where he had left off, even if it were a year after. A remarkable thing about the man was that he would allow two persons to propose different problems at the same time, and he would answer each without the least confusion. He could also falk It is only while they are young that Japanese women have a wealth of hair much of it disappears when they are about thirty, and as old age trees on their attire becomes severely simple. There is no pretense about being younger than they are—that is an idea which would strike them as decidedly foolish—and so little do they mind the world knowing their ages, that the arrangement of hair shows the different stages they have reached in life's journey. Fot small occasions, ornaments of various kinds are worn in the hairplins of ivory, tortoise shell and gold, and some of them bright red and some moulded like flowers. This elaborate hairdressing is not the waste of time that one might imagine, for it is allowed to remain undisturbed for several days and keeps quite neat, for the wooden block which is used instead of a pillow at night in no way interferes with it. When at last the hair must be rearranged, it is carefully washed before the pomade is renewed, for great care is taken by the dainty little Japs in matters of personal cleanliness—Chicago News. Govdoir CHAT When the women see the heroine in the hero's arms on the stage; when they read in the last chapter of a book that the hero and heroine are embracing, how they applaud! But when they see the man next door kiss his wife good-by before starting for work, how they laugh and wonder "how long it will last!"—Atchison Globe. George Tolliver has sued Maud Tolliver for a divorce, alleging that she refused to cook his meals. He says that he has been compelled to get his own breakfast, and by reason of this and other indignities he wants a decree of separation.—Kansas City Journal. Some day a great reformer, in whose aspirations sense is duly blended with enthusiasm, will make and win a great fight for adequate pockets in women's street clothes. Why woman does not have more and better pockets in her clothes is one of the mysteries of civilization.—Harper's Weekly. You sometimes see a woman whose old age is as exquisite as the perfect bloom of her youth. You wonder how it is her life has been a long and happy one. Here are some of the reasons She knew how to forget disagreeable things. She kept her nerves well in hand and inflicted them on no one. She mastered the art of saying pleasant things. She did not expect too much from her friends. She made whatever work came to her congenial. A theory has recently been advanced that every woman should have a black dress in her wardrobe to put on when she is tired or discouraged, and that the wearing of color at such a time not only adds to the general depression, but accentutes the tired lines that have crept into the face. A hint to umbrella buyers. Trade papers say that ivory has become so scarce that manufacturers are exerting their ingenuity to find substitutes for it. Few umbrella handles can be ivory, and the usual substitute is walrus teeth or celluloid. The walrus teeth may be detected by a streak of yellow which invariably runs through them, and it is usually noticeable in an umbrella handle. FADS FANCIES The very fine sprig, spray or garland hand embroideries appear to have the preference in the earliest French models, but there are, too, some of the bold, raised embroideries on sheer stuffs, and these heavy embroideries appear again upon the linen blouses. Certain exquisite little French blouses in finest batiste or lawn are very simply made, with tiny hand tucks as the only trimming save for lace edging at throat and wrists and, embroidered just in the middle front of the bust line, a bunch of fine flowers and foliage. Surplice front lines have invaded the realm of blouses as well as the other provinces of fashion, and as they are universally becoming and easily fitted and made, their popularity is assured. Little details such as the arrangement of a cravat or girdle will often give distinction and originality to an otherwise unimportant blouse. Many charming waistals are shown by importers, suitable for theatres or restaurant dinners. These are usually white, and with few exceptions are distressing elaborate. A combination of white louisiane and thin white lace makes a lovely wrist. There are certain little details of mourning garb which should not be overlooked. The dress linings should be of rustless silk. When dead black is so unbecoming as to render one ugly before one's family, have all the gowns made with gulpe effects or surplices to be filled in-with white crepe de chine or white muslin. Besides the linen starched collar there are innumerable stocks and band to choose from. A favorite model is the waved band of heavy linen cob. covered with padded embroidery NDIANAPOLIS has a mathematical gentus in the person of George Hunter, a boy only eight years old, and who accomplishes the most astonishing feats I freely while working out his problems. Buxton died in 1772. Many other examples of these "freaks of nature" are known, and among them may be mentioned a negro of Maryland, who, with no education whatever, possessed a wonderful gift for solving difficult mathematical problems. With the exception of Blidder, few of these geniuses have amounted to anything, and as time went on they either lost their marvelous power or died before they could make it serve some useful purpose. Young Hunter, of Indianapolis, may be an exception, but the chances are that in ten or fifteen years his mysterious gift will leave him - World's Events. WISE WORDS. In our inner life there is a universe.—Goethe. A veneer of religiosity has none of the virtues of religion. It take less than two half truths to make a full sized lie. Men are not drawn to the church by using the creed as a club. It's a poor bargain that lets the prayer meeting hide the poor. If we live in the Spirit we shall be led by Him every day and every moment—Andrew Murray. He who is true to-the best he knows to-day will know a better best tomorrow—Charles Gordon Ames. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing—James 1:4. Joy does not happen. It is the inevitable result, of certain lines followed, and laws obeyed, and so a matter of character—Maltible D. Babcock. There is no happiness in having and getting; but only in giving; half the world is on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness.—Henry Drummond. Suffering becomes beautiful when any one bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility, but through greatness of mind.—Aristotle. No man ever lost anything in this world by attending properly to the next. Indeed, it is only by that means that we can understand or use this world aright.—James Hinton. One person I have to make good; myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more clearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy—if I may.—Robert Louis Stevenson. Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindnesses and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort. Ireland's Great Orator. To read Mr. Healy's speech of the same day is to get but the ghost of a notion of Mr. Healy's really wonderful gifts of oratory. He is to-day the most brilliant speaker in the House of Commons. He has not Mr. Redmond's grace and polish; he has nothing, indeed, in the nature of either. But his attack is cruelly effective; he never spares either his nominal opponents, opposite or his real ones sitting ground him. He is the only sardonic speaker in the House. There is a grimness, a constant ring of challenge that is repellent or attractive as you are the object of his uncharitable attention or merely the delighted detached observer. -London Saturday Review. A Teacher For Fifty Years John M. Roys, of Clayton, bears the proud distinction of being the oldest teacher both in point of years and service of any man in Western Massachusetts or Connecticut. Mr. Roys is now acting as tutor in the family of Mr. and Mrs. William Canfield, just over the line in Canaan Valley, Conn. Mr. Roys was born March 4, 1834, and began teaching at the age of twenty-two, and with the exception of two years it has been his life's work. He has tutored in many of the prominent families in the vicinity of his home and two generations of the Canfield family owe their education to him. Great Barrington Correspondence, Springfield Union. Hotels For Children. Paris has its infants' club, where the babe about town may spend an idle afternoon; but London comes a good second with a hotel for children. This hotel is known as the Norland Nurseries. Here, in suites of two rooms, the children of the well-to-do may find a town address while parents are traveling or enduring unannable climates. The guests range from atoms of a month or so to veterans of eight or nine, and each three have a day and night nursery to themselves. There are six of these suites, providing accommodations for some eighteen children, and the cost varies according to the age of the children—Chicago News. Women Suffragists of South Africa. Natal women who are members of the local branch of the Women's Suffrage League have circulated a petition which they propose to present to the Natal Parliament. The fair petitioners claim that on the grounds of justice equity and expediency the parliamentary franchise should be extended to them, and they contend that as women own property, pay taxes, directly and indirectly, and are subject to all the laws, it is unjust that they should have no voice in the making of the laws. South Africa. Mr. J. A. Grant of Darien was in the city last week. Mr. William H. Moore left on Wednesday last for New York, on the Kansas City. Mr. Thomas I. Logan of Jacksonville, Fla., is in the city spending the week with friends. After spending four months very pleasantly with her friends, Miss Sarah Baker sailed on Wednesday last on Kansas city for New York. For rent a flat of three large and well aired rooms with bath. Apply 516 East Park Avenue. Mrs. Amelia Cochran is in Hot Springs, Va., where she will spend the summer. Mrs. M. L. Walker of Macon spent several days in the city this week. She returned home yesterday morning. While here Mrs. Walker was well cared for by friends. Last Monday a large excursion came from Jacksonville. It was the first of the season. Many of the excursionists went as far as Charleston. Mrs. C. H. Jones, accompanied by her niece, little Willie Belle Mitchell left on Tuesday last for Key West, Fla., to spend about a month with her brother, Mr. S. H. Harrison. Mr. Albert Maynor was among the passengers on the Kansas City which sailed on Wednesday last for New York. Miss Jessie Mae Webster, who has been teaching at Milledgeville, Ga., the past school term is in the city much to the delight of her many friends. The E. K. Love Benevolent Association will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a private banquet at Masonic Temple Tuesday night, May 23rd. Mrs. Addie McNichols spent last Sunday very pleasantly in Brunswick, the guess of Mrs. Harry Tattnall. She speaks highly of the manner in which friends entertained her. The Union Sons and Daughters of the Gospel Travelers, will be prayed for at the Bethleham Baptist church, R-v. L. L. Blair pastor, on Sunday at 8 o'clock. The Normal Class exercises at the Beach last week were up to the standard. A large number of friends were present and the students acquitted themselves commendably. The commencement exercise will be held on May 26. Mr. W. J. Bryan of Clinton Iowa, is in the city with the view of establishing a confectionary and bakery. We are glad to welcome him in our midst and wish 'him much success. Mr. W. M Bristow, who was injured while working at the DeSoto, Wednesday of last week, is improving and his friends hope for his early recovery. He is at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mallisa Simkins, 240 Randolph street. Mrs Susan Melvin of 508 Charles street, sailed on Monday of last week on Steamer City of Atlanta for New York where she will spend the summer with her daughter, Miss M. E. Bowen. She was accompanied by her daughter Miss Frances Smith. Miss Hattie Williams of Hawkinsville, G.A., is here on a visit with relatives. Miss Williams is one of Spellman Seminary trained nurses and will leave in a month's time for New Hampshire. We wish her much success in her work and a pleasant trip. Mrs. Effie A. Brooks, nee Johnson, will return to the city from Thomasville on Sunday. Mrs. Brooks will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson while in the city. She will leave for New York shortly accompanied by Mrs. A. L Johnson and her niece, Marion S Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo S. Johnson of New York. Mrs. R. L. Barnes is on her visiting tour. She left last week. She is the Worthy Grand Counsellor of the Courts of Calanthe and Grand Most Worthy Governess of the Household of Ruth, not only of this state, but of the United States. Mrs. Barnes is an indefatigable worker and is received with open arms wherever she goes. Mrs. Betsy Elmore who departed this life on Wednesday of last week was the loving wife of Dea. Oscar Elmore. She was born in Richmond, Va., August 16, 1851. She was converted and baptized the last Sunday in May 1868 by Rev Tolbert of Thankful Baptist church, Augusta, Ga. After leaving that city to make Savannah her home she attached herself to the First A. B. church, Franklin Square, and was a good and faithful Christian for thirty seven years. Her funeral was largely attended on Friday. The church of whch she toiled so hard in life was well crowded to pay their list tribute of respect. "I Thank The Lord." cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock Ark., "for the relief I got from Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It cured my fearful running sores, which I had suffered for 5 years." It is a marvelous healer for cuts, burns and wounds. Guaranteed at all drug stores 256. On Wednesday evening last, Mr. James H. Andrews and Miss Sarah Belle Brown were married by Rev. S. H. Smith at the parsonage in the presence of a few relatives. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. Kate Brown and is a young lady of fine qualities. The groom is well known and liked. He is a competent carpenter and a worthy young man. Much success in life is wished for the happy couple. The Alumni Association of the State College met last Tuesday night and the meeting was well attended After adjournment of business, Prof. L. B. Thompson, President of the Association invited the members to a very delightful spread in the dining hall of, the boys dormitory. There will be another meeting on next Wednesday night at the residence of Miss Florence A. Fields 546 Nicoll street. All members are urged to be present. A social was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Scriven, 514 34th St., W., in honor of their brother, Mr. R. B. Scriven on Friday night of last week. He was a trumpeter of Troop L., Tenth Cavelry, Ft. Robertson, Neb. It was largely attended by his young friends. The amusements were varied and enjoyable. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Tnomas Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. John Scriven, Mesdames J. L. Lomax, S. J. Baker, W. S. Smith, M. C. Maxwell, Robert Mason, Mollie Brown, Anna M Gregory, Misses Mary Lee, M. Brown, Lucile Wylly, R. Woodson, Mabel Roberts, Lula Cambell, Hattie Duncan, Ida Thorpe, Measrs Arthour Baker, B. F. Roberts C. Small, John L. Nicks, Howard McKinny, Robert Scriven. Last Sunday morning at the First Congregational church, infants were baptized and in the evening, was the reception of a member and the administering of communion. The Rev. Mr. Redd preached at both service. The usual service will be held to-morrow. The committee of the church is now in communication with a supply and it is exthat he will take charge about the first of the month. In the meantime the usual services will be held. Dr. J. W. Jameson, the dentist with Dr. E. D. Bulkley, has just returned from Atlanta, where he took the State Dental Examination and passed with credit and has brought his license with him. The doctor, a graduate of Meharry Dental College and of Biddle University, and a man of much experience and makes friends readily. Dr. Bulkley and Dr. James deserve the patronage of our people. Dr Bulkley passed the Georgia Examination some years ago and in January passed the most rigid state board in the U. S. that is the N Y. State Board and got a license from that state. A very pleasant and sociable time was had at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J H. Stephens, 618 Duffy St. west, on Wednesday afternoon, in honor of Miss Mamie Jefferson of Jacksonville, Fla. who is in the city visiting her friends. Those present were Misses Virginia Boxx, Mary Maxwell, and Maggie Wayde, and Messers A. J. Williams, A. M. Davis, and Wm. D. Kennedy. Miss Jefferson will leave for home tomorrow. Entered into life eternal, Sunday May-7th 1005, Mrs. Harriet H. Porter, formerly of Savannah and for the last eight years' of Tallahassee, Fla. She leaves a devoted daughter, Mrs. Frances R. Keyser, two sons, Messrs. Joseph and George Porter, three grand daughters, Mrs. O. F. Jones; Misses Lillian and Harriet Reynolds, and one grandson, Joseph Porter, Jr. She was buried from St. Philip's Episcopal church, Tallahassee, Fla., on Monday-last. Mrs. Mary Williams of Jacksonville, sister of Mrs. M. Hall, spent a few days very pleasantly in the city, the guest of her sister. Mr. Harry, W. Lark is critically ill at his home on Mercer street. Mrs. Lark has the sympathy of friends in her anxious hours. Beth-Eden Baptist Church Sunday is grand rally day at Beth Eden Baptist church. Rev. J. M Jones will preach at 11 o'clock services. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon talks will be given by pastors of different churches. Good music by the choir. The public is cordially invited to come and help us. A refreshing time is assured. Services at 8:30 p. m. To All B. Y. P. U. It is requested by President W. M. Wright that every local union in this connection will please remember that the Joint Session will be held at Bethlehem Baptist Church on the 14th inst. at 5 o'clock p. m. All are requested to be present The public is cordially invited to come out. Man's Unreasonableness. is often as great as woman's. But Thos. S. Austin, Mgr., of the, "Republican," of Leavenworth, Ind., was not unreasonable, when he refused to allow the doctors to operate on his wife, for female trouble, "instead," he says, "we concluded to try Electric Bitters. My wife was then so sick, she could hardly leave her bed, and five (5) physicians had failed to relieved her. After taking Electric Bitters, she was perfectly cured, and tan now perform all her household duties." [Guaranteed by all drugstress; price 50c. Annual Military Parade. ANNUAL MILITARY PARADE. Next Friday afternoon the three companies at headquarters of the First Battalion will observe the annual parade of the Battalion. Ever since its organization this parade was had each year. The captains of the three companies will have out full ranks. The following orders have been issued by Col. Deveaux: HEADQUARTERS 1ST BATT. INF. G. S T. COL'D. SAVANNAH, GA., May 8. 1905. The companies of the Battalion at headquarters are ordered to apear at the rendezvous, south side Liberty street, right resting on East Broad, Friday afternoon May 19th 1905, at 5:30 o'clock, fully uniformed, armed and equipped, to participate in the annual parade of the Battalion. Field and staff will appear dismounted. Co. D, the color company, will report at headquarters at 5:20 for the colors. By order Lt. Col. DEVEAUX Sunday was Communion day. Rev. Sims preached at 11 a.m. His discourse was in keeping with the day. There were several persons confirmed and given the right hand of fellowship at 11 a.m. At 3 p. m. the Holy Sacrament was administered Our love feast meeting on Friday night of last week, was one of the best that we have had in a long while. Rev. Sims left this week. for Atlanta and St. Louis to attend to business connected with our church. The public is invited to attend all of the services on Sunday. AMUSEMENT COLUMN. R. G. Shaw Post No. 9, G. A. R., will run their usual excursion to Beaufort for Decoration Day, leaving on Steamer Clifton Monday night, May 29th at 10:30 o'clock. Fare 75 cents. The Twilight Reapers will give their first Picnic of the season at Lincoln Park Monday May 29th. Tickets 15 cents. The F. A. B. Church Franklin Square will give their first excursion of the season to Beaufort, Monday, May 15. Fare 50c. and 35 cents. The May outing of the Adelphia Club will take place at Lincoln Park Monday, May 22nd. Admission. The Letter Carriers, Branch 578, N. A. L. C. will give their annual outing at Lincoln Park, Tuesday, May 30th. Tickets 25 cents, children, 10 cents. A grand Old Folks Concert will be given at the Masonic Temple by the Building Relief Club of Beth Eden Baptist Church, Monday night, May 15th. Tickets 15 cents. Pythagoras Lodge No. 11, A. F. and A. M. will celebrate its 30th anniversary at Masonic Temple, Wednesday night, May 24th. Choice viands will be served and good music will be rendered. Tickets 35c single, 50c double. All the Courts of Calanthe, will give a grand Calanthe Picnic at Lincoln Park, Thursday May 18th. Tickets 15 cents. A grand dance will be given at Our Hall, by the Southern Freeman Association. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. The Savannah Benevolent Society will give their Second Annual Picnic at Lincoln Park, Tuesday, May 16th. Tickets 15 cents. A grand outing will be given by the F. A. B. Church Club No. 1, at Lincoln Park, Monday May 15th for the benefit of the Church.' Tickets 15 cents. A grand wagon picnic will be given by the First Congregational Sunday School at Cattle Park, Saturday June 3. Wagons leave Bolton and East Broad streets, at 9:30 o'clock a.m. Tickets 20 cents. The Eastern Star Lodge, No. 138, I. O. of G. S. and D. of S., will give a grand entertainment at Our Hall, Monday night, May 22nd. Tickets 15 and 25 cents. A grand entertainment will be given at Masonic Temple, by B. K. Bruce Lodge No. 108. Monday night, June 5th. Tickets 15 cents. The Maple Street school will entertain the parents and friends at the Masonic Temple May 31st, by a grand Spring Social. Tickets 10 cents. The M. M. S. C. invites their many friends to attend their first picnic at Lincoln Park, Thursday June 1st. Tickets 15 cents. The Old Reliable Mutual Club will give an excursion to Beaufort Monday night, May 29. Tickets 50 and 25 cents. In Loving Memory. In loving memory of Miss ADLINE MIDDLETON, Who departed this life May 13th 1900. We know that thou hast left us, Forever gone to stay But your loving words we forget them not, As before you passed away. We know that thou has gone to join, The eternal heavenly host. Although we need thee here helow, But Jesus needs thee most. Though countless drops of tears we shed Through sorrow and through pains. But in the realm of joy beyond We hope to meet again. Sacred to your loving memory, These few, faint words of love, Will be sun-shine in our home until We meet in heaven above. H. MIDDLETON and CHILDREN. Son Lost Mother. "Consumption runs in our family, and through it I lost my Mother," writes E. B. Reid, of Harmony, Me. "For the past five years, however, on the slightest sign of Cough or Cold, I have taken Dr. Kling's New Discovery for Consumption, which has saved me from serious lung trouble." 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Dr. Carr having just returned from his old home Indianapolis, Ind, where he spent two weeks taking a much needed rest, a large audience greeted him at 11 a. m. He preached what was said to be a powerful sermon, which was highly instructive and enjoyable, after which 34 converts were baptized. The inclementy of the weather prevented a general attendance at the Communion at 3 p. m. and yet a great many were present. Rev. P. M. Hunter preached at 8 p. m. Tomorrow the pastor will preach at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. He will preach the Odd Fellows Thanksgiving sermon at 3 p. m. Our first excursion will go to Beaufort next Monday. Come early to get on the boat, a large crowd will go as usual. All are invited. A Disastrous Calamity. It is a disastrous calamity, when you lose your health, because indigestion and constipation have sapped it away. Prompt relief can be had in Dr. King's New Life Pills. 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Though my wife never called on me for more than one bushel of corn, that pig by December turned the scales at 300 pounds.—Reformed Husband." Love and Rattlesnakes Chona had smiled! A real unile, of white teeth and personal eyes, and not the mere facial effervescence with which one may favor the purchaser of ones wares. And there's such a difference! One often jumps at the rasp of a horn locust or the scurry of a lizard among dry leaves, and wonders if—if it was—? But when Old-Man-With-a-Rattle moveth aright that bony miracle of his tall, and the dry skirr goes forth that is as magical in its effect on every living creature as in the mechanics of its utterance—why, then no one ever wonders. You know it means you. And if the more dangerous seepent that doth bite us all has as many false alarms, he is as unmistakable when we come full upon him.—Charles F. Lummis in the Atlantic. N. O. Nelson, a wealthy citizen of St. Louis, says: "Getting rich is merely a habit, a bad habit." By way of reassuring those who do not wish to contract bad habits, it may be said that this is about the most difficult of all bad habits to acquire, comments the New York Tribune. HAPPY WOMEN Mrs. Pare, wife of G. B. Pare, a prominent, resident of Glasgow, Ky., says: "I was suffering from a complication of kidney troubles. Besides a bad back, I had a great deal of trouble with the secretions, A which were exceedingly variable, sometimes excessive and at other times scanty. The color was high, and passages were accompanied with a scalding sensation. Donn's Kidney Pills soon regulated the kidney secretions, making their color normal and banished the inflammation which caused the scalding sensation. I can rest well, my back is strong and sound and I feel much better in every way." For sale by all dealers, price 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Frog farming has assumed large proportions in Canada. Use Longman & Martinez Paint. Don't pay $1.50 a gallon for lined oil, which you do in ready-for-use paint. Buy oil fresh from the barrel at 60 cents per gallon, and mix it with Longman & Martinez L. & M. Paint. It makes paint cost about $1.20 per gallon. Oscar S. Barron, President Manchester Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C., writes: "In 1883 I painted my residence with L. & M. It looks better than a great many houses painted three years ago." Sold everywhere and by Longman & Martinez, New York. Paint Makers for Fifty Years. Twelve million hats are made annually in the United Kingdom. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to Curech International. Catarrh holds a status of national disease, requires a constitutional treatment, Hall's Catarrh Curels taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving patient strength by building up the central nervous system. The proprietors have so much faith in itsursive powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Bend for list of testmonials. Address F. J. CHENRY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugsigns, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation It costs only three francs to cremate a human being in France. ECZEMA FOR TWO YEARS Little Girl's Awful Suffering With T terrible Skin Humor—Sleepless Nights For Mother—Speedy Cure by Gucura. "My little girl had been suffering for two years from eczema, and during that time I could not get a night's sleep, as her aliment was very severe. I had tried so many remedies, deriving no benefit, I had given up all hope. But as a last resort I was permaided to try Cuticura, and one box of the Ointment, and two bottles of the Resolvent, together with 'the Soap, effected a permanent cure. Mrs. I. B. Jones, Addington, Ind. T." Private Car Lines. The railroads seem very willing to have the private car lines brought under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A railroad President is authority for the statement that lines are paid mileage, without discrimination, and the question of excessive charges is a matter for the shipper to settle with the car lines, so long as there is no law to govern their rates. Car mileage paying has been decided to be as legal as the payment of rental for property. The Secret of Good Coffee Even the best housekeepers cannot make a good cup of coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and queenly blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their counters.won't do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COFFEE, the leader of all package coffees—the coffee that for over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes—and you will make a drink fit for a king in this way: Give your LION CUPPED rathineer to each cup, and one water cup. Take the tallest bowl and add white or an egg (if it is egg to be used as a settler), then follow one of the following rules: 1st. WITH BOGILING WATER. Add boiling water, and let it boil for 10 minutes. Cold water and ice inside three times. SMITH PRESS. 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Add your cold water to the paste and bring it to a boil. Then set aside, add a little cold water, and in five minutes it ready to serve. 3. Don't boil twice long. Don't stand more than ten minutes before serving. DON'T use water that has been boiled before. TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE. 1st. With Eggs. Use part of the whites of an egg, mixing it with the ground LION COFFEE before boiling. 2nd. With Coffee. In a coffee machine instead of eggs. After boiling add a dash of cold water, and set aside for eight or ten minutes, then serve through a strainer. Insist on getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE. prepare it according to this recipe and you will only use LION COFFEE in future. (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed package.) (Lionhead on every package.) 1865 MRS. MINNIE McALLISTER Mrs. Carrie King, Darlington, Mo., writes: "I have suffered for years with biliouness, and kidney and liver trouble. "If I caught a little cold, the paints were increased and backache and here the wore of frequent occurrence. "However, Peruna cured me—twelve bottles made me a healthy woman." FITS permanently cured. Norfolk or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Klino's Great Nerval Restorer, $2 trialbottle and treatisfree Dr. R. H. KLINZ, Ltd., S31 Arch St., Phila., Pz. Compulsory cleanliness prevails in the schools of Copenhagen. To better advertise the South's Leading Business College, four scholarships are offered young persons of this county at less than cost. WRITE TODAY. GA-ALA. BUSINESS COLLEGE, Macon, Ga. THE GRAND PRIZE TOWER'S FISH BRAND THE GRAND PRIZE WATERPROOF OILED CLOTHING RECEIVED- THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE AWARD AT THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S PAIR. 'Send us the names of dealers in your town who do not sell our goods, and we will send you a collection of pictures, in colors, of famous towers of the world.' A. J. TOWER CO. ESTABLISHED 1836. BOSTON. NEW YORK. CHICAGO. TOWER CANADIAN CO., LINcoln, TORONTO CAN. Potash as Necessary as Rain The quality and quantity of the crops depend on a sufficiency of in the soil. Fertilizers which are low in Potash will never produce satisfactory results. Every area should be familiar with the proper proportions of ingredients that go to make the best fertilizers for every kind of crop, and the most efficient books containing the latest researches on this all-important subject, which we will send free if you ask. Write now while you think of it to the GERMAN KALI WORKS New York—38 Nassau Street, or Atlanta, Ga.—25% South Broad Street. The Secret of Even the best housekeeper coffee without good material blended coffee such as unscrew counters, won't do. Buttake the LION COFFEE, the k Quickly Cured by a Short Course of Pe-ru-na. MRS. MINNIE E. McALFESTER, from 1217 West 23rd Street, Minneapolis, wife of Judge McALFISTER, writes Minn. as follows: "I affixed for years with a pain in the small of my back and right side. It interfed often with my domestic and social duties, and I never supplanted that I would be because, as that doctor's medicine did not seem to help me any. "Fortunately a member of our Order advised me to try certain gave in such high praise. I am added to try it. Although better in a week that I felt encouraged. "I look it faithfully for every weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured. "Words fail to express my gratitude. Perfect health once more the best I can imagine to accomplish and to thank you. Enjoy that you." Pain in the back, or on the right side. How often a physician hears this complaint! Over and over we hear women say: "I have a pain in the small of my back. I have a pain in my right side, just below the ribs. My symptoms indicate pelvic, or abdominal catarrh. They indicate that the bowels are not acting properly--that the liver is out of order--that the pelvic organs are concoated. Pelvic catarrh—that is the name for it. Peruna curepsis catarrh, when all of these symptoms disappear. The catarrh may be all in, the abdominal organs, when it would be properly called, abdominal catarrh. 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