Savannah Tribune

VOL. XX. AFTER LEAK GANG President Orders Probe Run Deep Into Cotton Scandal. CALLED BIG SCOUNDRELS Wrong Designated as Far Greater Than Outright Stealing—Attorney General Moody Receives Emphatic Instructions. President Roosevelt has determined that the scandal growing out of the cotton report leaks in the department of agriculture shall be probed to the bottom. He holds that the man or men responsible for the leaks are even in a greater degree culpable than they would have been had they stolen money outright from the government. He proposes that Assistant Statistician Holmes, against whom serious allegations are made, shall be punished if it shall be found possible to secure his arrest and conviction under present laws. The president has followed the work of the investigation conducted by Secretary Wilson with keen interest. The general results have been presented to him, together with such recommendations as Secretary Wilson had to make. The president took prompt and decisive action. He referred the matter to the department of Justice, with instructions that it should be given immediate and careful attention. In accordance with that order, Solicitor General Holt is making a thorough inquiry into the case. To reinforce his formal order, President Rosevelt wrote the following pointed letter to Attorney General Moody: "My Dear Mr. Moody: I most earnestly hope every effort will be made to bring Holmes to justice in connection with the cotton report scandal. Please go over the papers yourself. The man is, in my judgment, a far greater scoundrel than if he had stolen money from the government, as he used the government to deceive outsiders and to make money for himself and for others. Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." In response to the president's letter, Attorney General Moody replied: ter, Attorney General Moody replied: "Boston, Mass., July 14, 1905.—Dear Mr. President: I have received your letter July 12, and note with care the anxiety you express that Holmes, the offending official in the cot'on case, be brought to justice, if possible. I have kept, through correspondence with the solicitor general, in close touch with this investigation. It shall receive my most earnest personal attention. I will not now express an opinion, as I think it better to await the result of some investigations now in progress in the department of justice. At the first seasonable moment, I will communicate to you the progress we have made and the prospect of indictments. Very respectfully, WILLIAM H. MOODY." Cotton Men in Conference. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association arrived in Washington Saturday, and immediately went into conference with Richard Cheatham, secretary of the same association, and Henry G. Hester, secretary of the New Orleans cotton exchange, who are at the capital in connection with the probing The cotton men met at the rooms of Colonel Hester, at the Ebbitt House. None of them would state the character of the business under consideration beyond saying that the officials of the two organizations in every way possible will assist the investigation of the charges which are being conducted by the department of justice. New Average Report Ordered Secretary Wilson was in lengthy conference Saturday night with Messrs. Jordan and Hester, as a result of which it has been decided to issue a new cotton acreage report to take the place of the report issued in June, provided there are sufficient funds available to do the work. AFTER MERIDIAN CRIMINALS. Circuit Court Adjourns After Having Disposed of 218 Indictments. Circuit court adjourned at Meridian, Miss., Friday after one of the most sensational sessions in the history of the county. The term began June 24 with a vehement charge by Judge Cockran to the grand jury urging that body to do its duty in breaking up vice and crime in the city in the response there has been 218 indictments and seventy sentences imposed ranging from fines of $25 to life terms in the penitentiary. The Savannah Tribune. SIX NECKS ARE SAVED. Military Forestalls a Lynching in Alabama—Half a Dozen Negroes Held for Murdering Woman. At 10 o'clock Sunday night Governor Jelks at Montgomery received the following telegram from Gadsden, Ala.: "My jail and prisoners confined therein threatened by mob. Prisoners in jail charged with rape and murder of white woman. Need military assistance. Answer." The governor immediately wired Captain L. B. Raney, commanding the Gadsden company of the state troops, to place his company at the disposal of the sheriff, and to keep the executive office advised of further developments. The negroes in the Gadsden jail are: Vance Gardner, Will Johnson, Ed Johnson, Bunk Richardson, Jell Alford and Fannie Mayo. The victim of the criminal assault and murder, which they are alleged to have committed, was Mrs. S. J. Smith, white, a widow. The feed was committed Saturday night, but was not discovered until an early hour Sunday morning, when one of the negroes now under arrest, Vance Gardner, reported that he had found the dead body of Mrs. Smith. Chief of Police White and several officers went at once to the scene, and discovered the nude body of the woman, lying, partially concealed, in some bushes by the roadside, about three quarters of a mile from Gadsden. The evidence obtainable shows that Mrs. Smith was attacked on the upper side of the road, and after having been repeatedly assaulted, was dragged by her hair down an embankment, over rocks and stumps into a clump of bushes, where she was left, after efforts had been made to conceal her body. Her shoes and stockings were found nearby, having been torn from her, and her false teeth were found in the road. The woman's neck was broken. The ground at the scene of the crime showed that the woman had put up a desperate struggle for life and honor and a pair of scissors and a caseknife were close to her body, weapons which she had evidently used against her assaults. Mrs. Smith was last seen on Saturday night, when she and her two sons attended a show in Gadsden. These boys were said to have been drinking, and she became separated from them. After making inquiries as to their whereabouts without avail, she started home and took a path which was nearer than the usual route, and as she was emerging from the path into the road she was attacked by te men. Vance Gardner, who claims to have under arrest, and who claims to have discovered the woman's body, says that about midnight Saturday he was passing and was aroused by cries of "Help" and "Murder." Going to the scene he found Mrs. Smith prostrate on the ground, with a negro standing over her and endeavoring to stuff a towel into her mouth. He says that he called to the men to stop, but was told to leave immediately. A mob of 300 people gathered on Broad street in Gadsden at dark and late Sunday night marched on the jail, demanding that the doors be opened. Sheriff Chandler and Judge J. H. Disque were prepared for them. Company C, with First Lieutenant Brindley in charge, was called out and had pickets out immediately. Congressman Burnett and Judge Disque made talks and the mob dispersed, there being less than 100 men present. The mob lacked a leader, which undoubtedly prevented bloodshed. EARTHQUAKE RATTLES MAINE. Several Seismic Shocks Felt Over a Large Portion of the State. An earthquake shock, affecting a large portion of Malne, occurred at 5:10 a. m., Saturday, and was noticeable for about ten seconds. The trembling awoke many people from sound sleep. It was reported from Bangor to Kittery, and from above Farmington to the coast at Rockland. HEAD OF G. A. R. DEAD. General Blackmar Succumbs to Intestinal Nephritis at Boise, Idaho. final Nephritis at Boise, Idaho. General W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, died Sunday at Boise, Idaho, of intestinal nephritis. The body will be taken to the home of the family at Boston. The general arrived in Boise on July 10 on a tour, during which he intended to visit Grand Army posts throughout the northwest. He was ill when he arrived and gradually failed. The seriousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. JULY 22 1905 SIX MEN ON TRIAL Alleged Slayers of Carter Children Arraigned. CASES CALLED IN COURT J. G. Rawlings, His Three Sons and Two Negroes Are the Prisoners Before Bar—Widespread Interest in Proceedings. One of the most sensational trials ever held in the southern section of Georgia came up at a special term of the superior court at Valdosta on Monday, Judge Mitchell of Thomasville presiding. The case is that against Milton, Jesse and Leonard Rawlings, as alleged principals; Alf Moore, colored, as an alleged accessory, and J. G. Rawlings, the father of the boys, and Frank Turner, a negro preacher, as alleged instigators of the crime. Above all these, however, stands J. G. Rawlings, who is charged with being the arch instigator in the murder of Willie, and Carrie Carter, 15 and 13-year-old children of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Carter of the Hahira district. In charging the grand jury Judge Mitchell called attention to the fact that it was the first special term of court ever held in the district. He also spoke in commendation of the law-abiding spirit of the section of the state. The story of the killing and the facts surrounding it almost stagger human belief. There were many circumstances in the case, it is claimed, that pointed to the Rawlings as the instigators of the crime, even before the statement of the Carters or the confession of Alf Moore had been made. There had been a feud existing between Rawlings and Carter for a number of years. The bitterness had been inherited by Rawlings' children, and it is charged they did what they could on every occasion to make it unpleasant for the children of Carter. Both men had been ministers of the gospel, and Carter had been a member of the Methodist conference. Both had very good farms, and Rawlings was considerably above the average farmer in h's property holdings. A brief summary of the tragedy is as follows: On the night of the 13th of June last, just three days after J. G. Rawlings was put under a peace bond, of $1,200, on a warrant sworn out by Carter, the dog in Carter's yard began to bark, and his three oldest children, a boy and two girls, started into the yard to look after a slick calf, which they thought was being molested. The father called them back, and the eldest girl returned to the house. Willie and Carrie ran through the garden gate and around the smokehouse, back toward a crack in the fence, where they expected to go through. As they approached the crack the assassin, standing in the shade of a peach tree, fired upon the boy and then upon the girl. The girl dropped dead, while the boy, after seeing that she was dead, crawled to the house and reported what had happened. The assassins then remained about the house all night long until nearly day, trying to burn the place and thus destroy the evidences of their crime. Carter, however, had a small rifle and a gun, on the inside of the house, and by constantly firing the rifle through the cracks on different sides of the house, kept them from carrying out their purpose. About day his oldest daughter informed neighbors of what had happened and the news of the tragedy spread like wildfire. The disclosures since then have been startling in the extreme. A dozen people were found, it is claimed, who could testify that Rawlings had tried to employ them to set fire to Carter's house and then kill the family as each member tried to escape. WITTE PREPARING FOR MISSION. Russian Peace Envoy[Has Many Calls to Make Before Departure. A St. Petersburg 'dispatch says: M. Witte spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador, at the Kleinmichel palace discussing the forthcoming peace conference. Before leaving for Paris M. Witte will have still another audience with the emperor. In the meantime he must pay a round of official visits to all the imperial ministers. M. Witte is expected to be the beserer of a personal message from the emperor to President Roosevelt. CANDLER SHEDS LIGHT. Ex-Genator Delieve Passage of Esch Towneend Bill by Congress Would Kill "Jim Crow" Car Laws. A Washington dispatch says: In a recent interview former Senator Chandler of New Hampshire brought forward a question that was generally discussed when the Esch-Townsend bill was under consideration during the last session of congress, but which is sure to come up if a similar measure is brought forward next winter. Mr. Chandler favored the Esch-Townsend bill and one of his reasons for doing so was that "if national control of railroads is allowed, all discriminations between whites and blacks in the enjoyment of railroad facilities will be abolished; in other words there will be no jim crow cars, and the white man, and the negro will have to sit, side by side in the same cars all over the south. This utterance by Mr. Chandler has already given rise to considerable discussion and some of the friends of the Each-Townsend bill have endeavored to explain that it would have no such effect, as he believes, and that it would not be construed as nullifying the laws that have been passed in southern states requiring the railroads to afford separate accommodations for whites and blacks. It is certain that it would not affect these laws so far as they apply to transportation wholly within the bounds of a single state. It is not so clear that it would not be within the power of the interstate commerce commission and of the courts to compel the roads to grant equal accommodations to whites and blacks travelling across state lines. The language of the bill which Mr. Chandler believes would place negroes on an equality with white men and women in southern railway transit is found in section 1. This section provides: "That whenever, upon complaint duly made, under section 13 of the act to regulate commerce, the interstate commerce commission shall, after full hearing, make any finding or ruling declaring any existing rate for the transportation of persons or property, or any regulation or practice whatsoever affecting the transportation of persons or property to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, the commission shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to declare and order what shall be a just and reasonable rate, practice or regulation to be charged, imposed or followed in the future in place of that found to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and the order of the commission shall, of its own force, take effect and become operative thirty days after notice thereof has been given to the person or persons affected thereby." While the chief purpose had in view by the framers of the Esch-Townsend bill was to give the interstate commerce commission increased authority over freight rates, they did not stop there. The bill proposed to confer upon the commission power to change any "regulation or practice whatsoever affecting the transportation of persons or property" that might be found to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory. This is very broad language. Some of the opponents of the bill have gone so far as to contend that it would give the commission practically absolute power over the management of all of the railroads in the United States, even enabling them to prescribe the schedules on which trains should move and the stations at which they should stop and to fix the wages of employees. A much less extreme construction would seem to make it cover a "regulation or practice" that might be alleged to be "unjustly discriminatory" as between a white man and a black man. Many Bables Dying in Cleveland. Within nine days eighty-two infants under one year of age have died in Cleveland, Ohio, and the city health authorities are making a close investigation into sanitary conditions and the milk supply; FREE PASS BILL OPPOSED. Dilatory Tactics Against Measure in Georgia House of Representatives. The warmest fight of the session is on in the Georgia, house of representatives. The Hall anti-free pass bill is the measure over which the wrangle has begun, and the members are lined up in strong array on either side of the proposition. The opposition to the bill at once developed a decided inclination to filibustering, and it succeeded, at least, in preventing the measure from coming to a vote. HYDE FORCED OUT CONTINUALLY HOUNDED Wrote Letter of Resignation to Secretary Wilson and the Same Was Promptly Accepted—Couldn't Stand the Pressure. A Washington special says: The Southern Cotton Association has scored again in the fight against the bureau of statistics, department of agriculture. John Hyde, the head of the bureau and the department's chief of statistics, resigned Tuesday, and his resignation was promptly accepted by Secretary Wilson. Mr. Hyde's letter to the secretary and the latter's reply were made public Tuesday afternoon. Like Secretary Wilson, Mr. Hyde relied too implicitly on the integrity of associates and subordinates. Even his best friends, however, admit that his period of usefulness is at an end, if, as has been officially asserted, the disgraced Holmes was able to manipulate the bureau's estimates and reports while Mr. Hyde was in Washington and in charge of the office. Aside from the resignation of the statistician the most interesting development of the day was the talk regarding a complete re-arrangement of the method of handling crop reports on cotton. No official information regarding either of these matters is forthcoming at the department, but it is known that a plan for a complete reorganization of the bureau work was exhaustively discussed. Its principal difference from the method now in use is the entire absence of secrecy. All reports coming to the bureau are to be placed at the disposal of the public if the new scheme is adopted, and they will be announced from day to day, instead of being held and made the basis of the statistician's periodical statements. This plan, it is believed by many interested, will serve the same purpose as the present one, and at the same time preclude the possibility of any crookedness. The names of two or three persons have been mentioned in connection with the place made vacant by Mr. Hyde's resignation. The selection of anybody now connected with the bureau of statistics is believed to be wholly improbable. Willett N. Hayes, the assistant secretary of the department of agriculture, has been placed in charge of the bureau temporarily, and will continue to act penning the investigation of the cotton scandal until a competent statistician is found. Mr. Hyde's withdrawal from the department created wide interest. Secretary Wilson and other officials of the department have stated that Mr. Hyde has not been implicated in any manner in the irregularities that resulted in the dismissal of Edwin S. Holmes, the associate statistician. In his letter to the secretary, Mr. Hyde takes notice of the fact that he will be criticised for resigning under fire and in defense says there has never been a time when he was not under fire. He then declares that an organization, meaning the Cotton Growers, is bent upon getting him out of the government service, and that his health will not permit him to continue so unequal a struggle. There is considerable speculation as to the probable successor of Mr. Hyde. One name that has been suggested is B. W. Snow of Chicago, statistician, for well known farm journals and once an assistant statistician under J. S. Dodge, who was chief of the bureau about twelve years ago. Mr. Dodge was in charge at the time the present system of gathering crop statistics was devised. Colonel Henry Hester, secretary of the New Orleans exchange, in a conversation with Secretary Wilson, contended that the salary paid by the government is inadequate to get the right kind of man for the place. RYAN TO RESELL STOCK. Agrees to Turn Holdings in to Equitable Society at $Purchase Price. From a director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, it was learned Monday that Thomas F. Ryan, who recently urchased the stock holdings of James H. Hyde, has made an agreement to sell the stock he purchased to the Equitable Society. Mr. Ryan has agreed to turn it into the society, thus thoroughly mutualizing it, for the same sum he paid for it, $2,500,000, plus 4 per cent interest, between the dates of his purchase and the sale. NO.42. HEAT'S FRIGHTFUL HARVEST. Deaths and Prostrations, on the increase in Crowded Cities. According to the weather bureau at Washington, the highest temperatures continued Tuesday in eastern Pennsylvania, eastern New York and New Jersey,where maximum readjings of 96 to 98 degrees were recorded. There were six local prostrations from the heat, but none of the cases proved fatal. The official thermometer recorded 95 degrees, two degrees higher than Monday, and marked the warmest day of the year in the national capital. An area of oppressive heat that brings to mind with unpleasant vividness the record-breaking summer of 1901, has settled down over the eastern and New England states, already numbering hundreds among its victims and causing indescribable suffering to thousands in New York and other cities. From all points, came the story of the hottest day of the summer, attended with frequent protrations and not a few deaths. Philadelphia reported a maximum temperature of 98.3, the highest figure officially noted. In New York city the weather bureau's high mark was 96, whiche in Boston a temperature of 94 was recorded. Following are the maximum temperatures officially recorded in the larger cities, with the known cases of prostrations and deaths: New York —187 prostrations and 25 deaths; Philadelphia—90 prostrations and five deaths; Boston — four prostrations and one death; Pittsburg—26 prostrations and 13 deaths. The above figures by no means represent the sum of human suffering, as an endless number of victims who collapsed at home, in the office or workshop and were privately attended. In New York the suffering was intense, especially in the crowded tenement districts, where scarcely a breath of air relieved the stifling atmosphere. Thousands who could afford the holiday flocked to the beaches, but even in the consequent crowds women and children fainted and men were overcome, making the trip from home a doubtful experiment, so far as securing any comfort was concernel. At 8 o'clock Tuesday morning the mercury stood at 80 and rose until the maximum of 96 was reached at 4 o'clock. The humidity was 72 at 8 o'clock, but lessened steadily until but 35 was registered when the temperature was highest. It was a busy day for the hospitals, and the ambulances were continuously on the streets. Graham and Glover Go Through Deadly Whirlpools in Safety. C. D. Graham of Niagara Falls and William J. Glover, Jr., of Baltimore, Md., successfully swam the lower rapids of the Niagara river from the American side of the whirlpool to Lewiston Monday afternoon. The distance of four miles was covered in 26 minutes by Glover. RYAN TRANSFERS HYDE STOCK. Control of Equitable Society Now Vested in Three Trustees. The majority stock carrying the controlling interest in the Equitable Life Assurance society, which was acquired by Thomas Ryan from Hyde has been formally transferred to the board of trustees, headed by former President Grover Cleveland. This announcement was made Tuesday by George F. Parker, secretary of the Equitable trustees. "Of late years coffee has disagreed with me," writes a matron from Rome, N. X., "it's lightest punishment was to make me 'logy' and dizzy, and it seemed to thicken up my blood. "The heaviest was when it upset my stomach completely, destroying my appetite and making me nervous and friltable, and sent me to my bed. After one of these attacks, in which I nearly lost my life, I concluded to quit and try Postum Food Coffee. "It went right to the spot! I found it not only a most palatable and refreshing beverage, but a food as well. "All my ailments, the 'loginess' and dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition of my blood, my nervousness and irritability disappeared in short order and my sorely afflicted stomach began quickly to recover. I began to rebuilt and have steadily continued until now. Have a good appetite and am rejoicing in sound health, which I owe to the use of Postum Food Coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," found in each pkg. The Savannah Tribune: PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, BY THE THIBUNE PUBLISHING CO 116 W. St. Julian Street. THE lynching fever has again broken out. AND the "Negro is always in it," especially whenever it comes to military exploits. The following from the Macon News speaks for itself: "The expected riot call of twenty taps on the fire headquarter bell was turned in last night at 6:30 o'clock and after a wait of 14 minutes Col. Huguenin concluded the alarm had not been heard and he ordered a second attempt to be made. "This call was sounded at 6:44 o'clock and in six minutes the first company to report, the Lincoln Guards, reached the scene of redevotes at Second and Cherry streets. "It was with difficulty that the call bell was heard even in the center of the city. Another trial will be made in the near future, but the court house will be used." The Lincoln Guards is one of the most efficient companies in Col. Deveaux's battalion, and Capt. Lockhart ranks among the best officers that has ever been in the service. He and his men deserve commendation for their efficiency. Can the legislature afford to do ought against such a class of citizens? Wedding at Brunswick On Wednesday night of this week the home of Mrs. Nancy White was decorated for the marriage of her niece Miss Annie T Heyward to Mr. P. J. Cossey of Hawkinsville, Ga. Promptly at the appointed hour the groom marched, unattended, into the room, and took his place by the officiating clergyman, Rev. John Williams. He was followed by Miss Bertha Williams, of Savannah, Ga., the bridesmaid, and Mr. A. J. Shootes, the best man; then came the bride in her maiden blushes, beautifully gowned and leaning on the arm of her cousin, Mr. Edward Cooper. A large number of beautiful presents were received, including a costly cake from Savannah. The couple left Thursday morning for Savannah, thence to Hawkinsville, which will be their future home.—Brunawick "II-rald. Lanier DotS. Mrs. Eula Thomas, of Macon, Ga., accompanied by her friend Mrs. Mamie Seabrooks are visiting her sister, Mrs. Bessie Jackson, at Lanier this week. They will take a trip to Savannah before returning to Macon The Woman's Mission society gave a banquet on Saturday last At Mill Creek Baptist church. They donated $15 00 to the completion of the church. Miss Donie Comie, who is teaching at Morrison, Ga., attended the banquet at Mill Creek on Saturday last. Mr C. H. Stewart. assistant Superintendent of the Mill Creek Sunday School was elected as a delegate to the S. S. convention, which will convene at Liberty City, Ga., on Thursday before the first Sunday in August. There has been much rain in this section for the past two weeks. Glenwood Dots. The memorial of Mr. Zach Jackson, who lived 104 years, was largely attended at Starlight Baptist church Sunday last. Mr. T. Waters and Rev. Wm. Wright, of Wrightsville, Ga., were in town this week on special business. They are expecting to be loyal citizens of this county in the near future. Mrs. J. S. Tanner is on the sick list yet. We regret it very much and pray for her an early recovery. Miss Alberta P. Mason who attended the Grand Court in Savannah went from there Dublin, Tennille and Sandersville, visiting relatives and friends has returned home after a very delightful trip. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Tucker, their son and daughter attended the Odd Fellows celebration Sunday at Erick Ga. The Sunday School Convention on the Hawkinsville District will convene at Abbeville next Thursday. We are assured that the majority of the farmers are quarreling about the rain but they just as well stop it, that's God's business. Statesboro Items. Miss Mary A. Hodges is still in bed sick of the typhoid fever but hope she will soon recover. Mr. Andrew J. McLean is suffering with the same fever, but we hope he will recover also. Many relatives and friends sympathize with Rev. and Mrs. Hodges since their daughter has been sick, and hope for her a speedy recovery. Mrs. Amelia Hall of Anito is in very bad health, she is suffering of consumption and is little afraid she will not recover but hopes so. The Quarterly meeting was held at Brown's Chapel M. E Church on last Sunday and a large crowd was present, and W. H. Brown, the presiding elder, certainly preached a fine sermon. Everyone heard him liked him. Rev. W. Hodges filled his appointment at Bethel on Sunday last and reports a good meeting and a good communion. Rev. J. W. Hall of Portal preached at Bethel A. M. E church on last Sunday and had a large crowd and preached a good sermon. Miss Florence H. Banks of Savannah has closed her school in this county on the 6th and certainly had a fine exercise. Misses Roxie and Fannie Hodges of Blitch spoke interesting pieces. After the exercise Rev. J. M. Martin and Prof. Kemp spoke on some interesting points for the benefit of our race. Miss Banks is liked by all who know her. The Sunday School Baptist Convention is going on at Thomas Grove Baptist church and is having good meetings. Essays and interesting addresses were delivered. Rev. L. H. Lawton of Sylvania, filled his appointment at Mt Clito Baptist church at Clito and had a large crowd. Mr. John Seabrook was buried. Mr. and Mrs Ebenezer Lee paid Mr. and Mrs. M. Hodges a short visit after church Sunday. On the 4th, The Clito Nine Bros. ball team crossed bats with New Hope and Register ball team and the score stood 15 to 9 in favor of Clito. There will be another game on the fourth Saturday. Come and see the game. Masonic Notes. While in the city, Grand Master Butler visited Pythagoras Lodge. He was accompanied by Past Grand Senior Warden Clark and the Grand Secretary. His visit was a source of inspiration Bro. Butler is thought of in no other masonic community as much as in Savannah and he will find his administration loyally sustained by every brother here. Past Master T. C. Strickland of Atlanta was a welcomed visitor last week. Bro. Strickland is well-known by all of the brethren who attend the Grand Lodge. We are always glad to greet him. A hearty clasp of the hand and words of cheer from a true heart go a far way toward inspiring a discouraged brother. Let us stick to a principle, whatever you have promised to do, do it at any hazzard. If you have a duty to perform, perform it without flinching. To do less than this proves your unworthiness to be a Mason. No brother can be a true mason unless he carries out the principle of the order and to do that he must make it a matter of study. The Grand Chapter, O. E. S. will meet in Americus, Aug. 29. Spoiled Her Beauty. Harriet Howard of New York, at one time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: "I had Salt Rheum or Eczema for years, but nothing would cure it, until I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve." A quick and sure healer for cuts burns, and sores. 25c at any drugstore. St. Philias Dots Our congregation was very much delighted on last Sunday morning on hearing Rev. S. H. Smith of the Second Baptist Church. Hymn 140. "Come Sinner Come to the gospel feast," was sung by the choir and congregation. The subject of Rev. Smith's discourse was "Self Respect and Race Pride". This sermon should go down in every heart of every one that heard it. We are only too sorry that our edifice was not packed to the very door for it was one of the most instructive and beneficial sermons to our race that has ever been dellyvered in our city and if our people would follow the advice and instructions given by this divine and especially our young men and women. Our race would demand respect from every other race. At 8:30 Rev. Sims' also preached his sermon was similar to that of Rev Smith's who preached at 11 a.m. The congregation congratulated Rev. Sims on what he had said along certain lines Superintendent J. H. Baldwin of our Sunday School invites our friends to go with them on our outing to Bluffton, S. O. on next Monday July 24. Come and go you will enjoy yourselves. Tickets 50 cents, children under 12 years of age 25 cents Large children 50 cents. On last Tuesday evening our congregation elected the following ladies to lead which is to come off in the near future. Mrs. A. B. G. Carr leader of division No 1 and Mrs. Hattie J. Stanford leader of division No 2. We hope our friends will remember these ladies and assist them for it is a worthy cause. Rev. Sims' text at 11 a.m. will be Romans 10, 14-12, Our Allen League Christian Endeavor will have an excellent programme for to morrow, Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. Come out and take a part. Strangers are cordially invited. Our Sunday School had its balloon ascension at the ladies exchange on last Wednesday night and refreshments served after the ascension. It was quite a success. The following service will be held on Sunday: Prayer meeting at 5:30. Preaching at 1 a.m. Sunday School at 3 p.m. Allen's League at 6 p.m. Preaching at 8:30. Church Anniversary. A grand celebration was held at the South Valley Baptist church at Pooler, Ga., last Sunday. The occasion was the celebration of their 16th Anniversary. The program rendered was as follows: Morning session. A grand exercise was rendered by the Sunday School; a prayer-meeting led by Dea. B. C. Middleton of the First Bryan Baptist church; Opening Hymn, Amazing Sight the Saviour Stands, worded by Rev. C. Priester; Reading of the Scriptures from 6th chapter of Luke by Rev. H. Maxwell; Prayer by Rev. C. Priester; Hymn, Just as I am without one plea, worded by Lic. John E. Robinson. The pastor in very appropriate language introduced the preacher of the Anniversary sermon, Rev. H. Maxwell who spoke from the 16th chapter of Deut. 17 verse. Every man shall give as he is able. The sermon was a credit to Rev. Maxwell and was joyfully received by the congregation; remarks by the pastor; Hymn, Lord 1 would come to Thee a sinner all defiled, worded by the pastor Rev. G. W. Griffin, D. D. An invitation was extended to sinners and quite a number came up for prayer. At this juncture quite a liberal collection was lifted after which, Bless be the tie that binds, was sung; Benediction by Rev. H. Maxwell. At this juncture a recess of one hour was taken during which time a lovely table of delicacies was prepared for the ministers and all present. After which we went back into the services. Afternoon Program: Memorial services of Bro. A Ford; Hymn; And let this feeble body hail, wounded by the pastor; Reading of Scriptures from 2 Cor. 5, 1-5, by the pastor. Prayer by Lc. John E. Robinson; Hymn; Servant of God, well done, wounded by pastor; Funeral sermon, For we know that if our earthly tabernacle were dissolved etc., was the base of the pastor's remarks which were very touching and encouraging and was highly enjoyed; Hymn, Come let us join our friends above, wounded by the pastor. Prayer by Dea Jas. Hooker of the First African Baptist Church, West Broad and Bolton streets: Collection, after which we went into Communion services which were very edifying to the congregation at large. Those who went out from the city in vehicles to this meeting enjoyed themselves as they never have in years, they received such a hearty welcome that they will all go again. The pastor cordially invites his friends, well wishers and all that desire to spend a pleasant one day's outing to come and go with him and the members of the First Bryan Baptist Church on the third Sunday in August. A nice barbecue will be prepared for the visitors. Yours for the cause of Christ. Rev. G. 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ISS DARLEY'S pulses beat quicker for the savage wildness of the scene she stood regarding—the red lights of the furnace fires streaming out into the black night, the workman casting grotesque shadows as they stooped at their tasks, the glowing lakes and streams of white-hot metal in the process of "tapping off," and the square face and heavy brows of one man whom Paul Rublq touched upon the shoulder. · "March, let your helper relieve you. Ladies, this is the best workman in the whole range of mills. He had some idea of lifting himself above this sphere at one time, but there's a sort of magnetism about the business, it would seem, that drew him back again. Tell them how it is, March." "There's more heart in the iron than there is in some men," said March, "and that is the whole story, except that I grew up in the mills and don't find myself at home in the world outside of them." Something thrilled Madeline Darley was he spoke, an unmistakable memory of that firm, rather moody face under circumstances very different from his present surroundings. She was climbing the mountain-side in short skirts and stout boots next day, when she dropped her stick and a bunch of maiden-hair ferries she had dug up, and found herself blushing under the eyes of Royal March. He had a specimen of ore in his hands, and had evidently been prospecting by authority, for he gave her the impatient glance one bestows upon an intruder, then lifted his hat in gentlemanly recognition and stood aside to let her pass. But Miss Darley put out both hands, with a mischievous laugh at his bewilderment. "Mr. March, I have a notion to leave you completely puzzled, though I knew you after my first glance last night. Suppose I say thank you for an old service, and—if I any—sorry your invention did not succeed. I remember I was sure that it would." With her words the light of memory broke slowly over him, presenting a night scene in a railway carriage, with himself, a glim young fellow, saving a still younger girl from the operations of a showily-dressed woman, who had thrown a chloroformed handkerchief over the sleeping girl's face, and was relieving her of her jewelry when detected in the act. With consciousness restored, the girl overflowed with gratitude, and the two young people grew confidential during the remainder of that night journey, and parted with the feeling of regret which is natural to the circumstances, never expecting to meet again. But with seven years between that time and this they were face to face. "Let me trust your venture was a more successful one," said March, answering her allusion to that time and warning, as what man would not, under her gracious smile. "You were going to win the favor of a relation who was to make you her heirs, if I remember rightly. Miss Darley's countenance fell. "But I failed, too," she answered, frankly. "And I find it hard to forgive myself, because a mean and hypocritical person gained by treachery what I ought to have had by right." What a chord of sympathy should stir in March's breast, he best knew, in each other awoke and intensified, and it was due to Madeline's imperious demand that Mr. March was invited to make his appearance in that upper stratum of society which found itself at Mr. Ruble's table, at the next dinner party given by the latter. "I want to see how he looks in a drawing room," said she; and he looked very well, as Paul Ruble himself was forced to acknowledge, with no pleasant thoughts. Two weeks more, and Madeline Darley awoke to a sense of the danger into which she had drifted, and the waking came in the shape of the following letter: "My Dear Maddy--If you are doing no better at getting into Mr. Rubie's good graces than you managed with Aunt Murilda--though I must say I think she was most shabby, after raising our expectations by paying your schooling, which I never did believe in them boarding schools where silly chilis get such proud notions in their heads as sets 'em high and mighty above their own kith and kin, as I have told you is ungrateful and what I never expected to see from my own child and more than all poor Darley's daughter, though if it had been one of Smith's it wouldn't have surprised me for the man is more contrary every day of his life. Which brings me back to say that the girl has gone away after his last tantrum, and if you don't going to get married rich, after all, you'd better come home and take up some of the work, for with the six children and three boarders I can't get along. Your affectionate mother. THE MISSIVE DROpped into Miss Darley's lap. The vision of home it conjured gave her a repulsive chill—home in a city tenement with her violent-tempered step-father presiding, her mother with whinever good looks and good traits she might once have possessed long since worn out, leaving only a spared, shrewlish woman; the children, so many young imps of mischief without any of the loveliness of childhood about them—what wonder M that Madeline shuddered at that prospect and turned eagerly to any other that offered a release? Royal March's strong face might haunt her secret thoughts, her conscience might upbraid her for some of those bright mornings upon the mountain when their paths had crossed not wholly by accident, but within three days she was Paul Ruble's promised wife. Mr. Ruble was coming out of his library with a queer, twisted key on his finger, when Miss Darley's face, looking at him over the shoulder of a marble Venus, caused him to start and drop it. "Is it the key of Bluebeard's chamber, that you are so particular?" she asked, coming forth. "Or, has it the property of vanishing through the floor in a mysterious way?" "It has vanished, I think," said Mr. Ruble, nervously. "Never mind. What were you thinking of as you stood there rivaling Venus in her charms?" "I was wondering how I would feel if I were mistress here by my own right instead of your favor," she answered, coally. "I have a fancy I ought to have been." His fancee's abruptness must have grated upon Mr. Ruble's ceeves. He changed color, bit his lip, and walked away. Miss Darley stooped when he had disappeared and picked up the key, which had been snugly reposing beneath the sale of her slipper, and though a housemaid came and searched diligently for the missing instrument, her inclinations did not prompt her to give up her discovery. There was a memory connected with that curious bit of twisted metal which Madeline Darley pondered over for the hundredth time, perhaps, that day. Old Aunt Miralda—dead and gone now, so peace to her ashes—had held it in her hand when she broke out in that denunciation of Paul Buble, who had gained such an influence over her in her declining age that the poor lady had become little better than the creature of his will. "He is an evil man, Madeline, a hypocrite and a traitor. You were right in disliking him, and I have been a blind old fool. But we will have justice done now. The will goes into the fire, for one thing, my dear, and we make another one putting you in the place where he never would have been but for his base and most unwarranted pretensions—never, believe me!" But after all Aunt Murilla had died and Paul Ruble came into possession of the controlling interest she had held in mills and mines, and Madeline hung the distorted key upon her watchchain as she thought, with a sigh, of how differently her life might have turned had her relative's intention only been carried out. Whatever impulse made her take possession of the key, she had no thought of using it to discover her intended husband's secrets. Her opinion of the man was so far from flattering that the less of these which came to her knowledge the better, she thought. Meanwhile Mr. Ruble was not a little netted at its loss. He rode away in the afternoon to one of the coal mines from which mutterings of discontent had been making themselves heard. A knot of miners were gathered on the hillside, awaiting his approach. "What now, you rayscaits?" he asked, nigrity. "Why are you not at your work?" A decent-looking man took off his hat as he made answer for the party. "We was a comin' to tell you, sir, as how we'd put in our last strokes. Tain't noways safe in that mine with the roof all sagging, and the pillars cut out till there's no more'n a few inches of crumblin' slate 'twixt man's been crushed to a jelly, and we've got our five of life strong as other men. We'll go to work elsewhegs if it's your pleasure, sir, but not in the old mine, where it's tempting Providence every minute we stay." "You're a pack of contrary idiots and I'll have no more to do with you," was Mr. Inble's gracious response as he pursued his way. If the fates had combined to aggran- ate him, they could have taken no surer means than by sending Royal March to confront him near the mouth of the mine. "The men were quite justified in leav- ing," said the latter. "I will be the judge as to that," re- torted Ruble. "As for you, sirrah, con- fine yourself to your own place after this, or I will send you adrift as surely as I do those insubordinate hounds." The blue pallor of quiverling wrath was in Ruble's face as he saw the other's brows knit and darken. "What do I mean? I mean that your intolerable presumption, and your chance meetings with Miss, Darley are botl at an end. The lady has given her future into my keeping, and if her own pride doesn't check her associations, my will shall. I'm kindly enough disposed toward you, my man, in your own sphere, but it will be well for you to bear in mind that I am master." He scarcely looked it for all his bullying assertion. His hand shook as he got out his pocket lantern, and he kept a furtive watch upon his companion, more than half expecting some savage uprising of a spirit he had reason to dread. The brawny hand of the workman clenched until the muscles stood out in great cords on its back, and he turned away as if fearing to trust himself to any reply. But as he reached the descent he faced around. SUPPLEMENT OF SAVANNAH TRIBUNE, JULY 28, 1905 "I wonder that Heaven doesn't send in that tottering roof on your head," he muttered, as if invoking such an end. A moment more and a dull rumble shook the earth. The sound like fallen thunder died away, and the sun shone down, the wind whispered lightly amid the leaves, but Royal March shivered in the summery, warmth and turned pale under the tah of the furnace fires. What struggle possessed him for a moment, what better impulse was trampled out as he sprang down the pathway, he best knew. Pluck Adventure A SCARE IN THE A storm came up with the evening. Such thunder, such lightning, such down-pouring torrents, were unknown even in that region of storms, but while the tempest raged, the furnaces threw their steady glow athwart the wild, wet darkness, and the night force were thrilled by one of those horrible accidents which occur, now and then, in their mildst. The pincers in one man's hands missed a red-hot bar, as it came from the rolls, and the ductile metal had coiled around him, searing the strong limbs that in a moment had lost their strength and active usefulness forever—and this man was Royal March. A message to Miss Darley brought her to his bedside by midnight. "No, I am not dying," as he met the stricken fear in her face. "But even men who are doomed to live sometime have confessions to make. Has. Mr Ruble come home?" He had not. "Send searchers to the old mine. It caved in on him this afternoon. Let them make haste, for this storm is likely to flood the mine, and drown any living thing there like a rat. I knew it and left him, Miss Darley, but it wasn't entirely because of you," answering a question he read in her face. "I may have been so mad—I was—and that added to an old wrong put murder in my heart. Do you remember the invention with which I hoped to make my fortune, years ago? He stole, just as I was sure of success after the long time I spent in perfecting it, and he has risen since, while I have been pushed down until he made a virtue of giving me work, and claimed gratitude\ for the manger wages paid back by the hands that robbed me. I don't expect you to forgive me for telling you the truth about him. I might hope for your ply if I had not such a black sin to lay bare, but as it is—" "As it is, I am so far from good myself that I am grateful to you for setting me an example in forsaking the wrong and turning to the right." The old mine had caved in upon Mr. Ruble, but a lodgment of some of the supporting timbers had saved him from being crushed to death; and in quarters so narrow that he could not stand upright, he had ample leisure during the long night to reflect upon his sins, and fright enough to resolve upon atonement when the waters gathered about him and rose gradually to his chin; but these varied sensations fell away from him when his release was effected in the breaking light. Miss Darley stood in the doorway when he arrived, a pitiful figure, at his own house. She was a little worn with her sleepless night, more than a little changed in an indescribable haughty way which repelled him, yet Mr. Ruble forced himself to do something in the sentimental line. "Oh my, Madeline, I thought I would never see you again!" "Your Madeline never will be seen, sir," she replied. "I am free to confess that what you had, and not what you were, attracted me, but the charm is broken since I know how much came to you through the meanst of thefts." Her fingers were twisted in her chain, and as Mr. Ruble's abashed eyes fell they rested upon the key which was suspended there. His lips twitched and turned ghastly, and next moment he fell forward writhing in a fit. Two or three facts were not long in connecting themselves in Miss Darley's mind, and if she changed her intention about using that key, the result certainly justified her. It unlocked a cumbersome secretary where Aunt Murilla had kept her private papers, and brought to light a codell to that will of which the old woman had repented, which document in her upright handwriting declared: "Whereas, I have just learned that my kinsman, Paul Ruble, has been guilty of fraud and deception in imposing on me certain improvements now used in the machinery of the mills as his own invention; and whereas, being impressed by what I considered his practical genius I have heretofore named him as the heir to my estates, this coeliit is to revoke his disposition of my properties to the aforesaid Paul Ruble; and, furthermore: I, Murilda Ruble Darley, being sound in mind, but feeble in body, do hereby devise and bequeath all the estates and personal properties of which I may die possessed to my beloved grandniece, Madeline Darley, on condition that she shall make such restitution as justice demands to the actual inventor of said improvements of which he was wickedly defrauded—said inventor. I have reason to believe, being a young man named Royal March." That, and more, in Aunt Murilla's hand, and a rather awkward imitation of a lawyer's phraseology left her last wishes unmistakably clear, and the choice between Paul Ruble and poverty was lifted away from Madeline, and Mr. Ruble himself recovered to slink out of her knowledge, and, without a doubt, to curse the weakness which left that document undestroyed. Did she fulfill the condition imposed upon her? There is a crippled jointowner with her of those mills and mining interests who evidently thinks so, into whose eyes she looks as she says: "You are the only lord and master I could ever acknowledge, Royal, my dear."-Good Literature. N the month of June a few years ago I spent a few days with my friend M., at his home in Boston. M. lives out in the highlands, in a very pretty frame cottage, painted white, with green shutters, according to the prevailing fashion in New England. Around the house are about two acres of ground, which, being something of a florist, horticulturist and other similar ists, he has planted and cultivated in a very pretty manner. He has an especial penchant for trees—particularly fruit trees—and his house is entirely surrounded by a grove of pear, apple, peach and cherry trees. The first night of my visit I was assigned to a very pretty furnished bedchamber in a wing of the house separated by a hall of perhaps twenty feet in length from the other sleeping apartments. There were two windows in the room, and, as it was a very warm June evening they were both open. The boughs of a large pearl tree brushed against the sides of one, and from the other one might easily have leaped into the branches of a fine cherry tree, index with the most delicious fruit. However, as the hour was somewhat late, and I had just arrived from quite a long journey, I concluded to postpone the jumping until the morning, and so specially tumbled into bed, not however, before placing a small revolver under my pillow—a precaution which I always take when sleeping in strange places. The bed was an old-fashioned, high-posted one, which I had some difficulty in climbing into, so high was it from the floor. Directly opposite to it was the only door in the room, which opened out into the afore-mentioned hall. Fatigue soon closed my eyes in slumber, and for a considerable time I slept soundly, but awakened suddenly, with a start, and a peculiar feeling of uneasiness. I opened my eyes, but the room was so dark that I could see nothing; whatever starlight there might have been was effectually concealed by the foliage of the trees. But if I could not see in the darkness I could at least hear, and I did distinctly hear soft footsteps moving about the room, from one part to the other, now approaching the bed and then stealthily moving away. If any of my readers have ever been in a similar position they can, perhaps, fancy my feelings. From being half asleep I became thoroughly aroused. I lay, bathed in a cold perspiration, intently listening; still, the footsteps were audible. I delated in my mind what to do. I was lying with my head on the extreme front edge of the bed; my pistol was under a pillow on the other side, just beyond arm's length. I lay for some time wondering what action to take. Still the footsteps sounded at intervals. I could hear my clothes being moved, the rattle of the keys, knife, etc. in my pocket, and then a stealthy creep to another part of the room. I could endure it no longer. Turning as though in my sleep I rolled across the bed, fung out my arm and grasped my beloved pistol. Oh, what a thrill of satisfaction ran through my veins as my grasp tightened about the hilt. What an invaluable traveling companion a revolver seemed to bel. And get the feeling of safety and satisfaction proved only of momentary duration, and vanished entirely when the question what to do next presented itself. As mentioned before the bed was a considerable height from the floor, and therefore I did not care to risk jumping down into unknown dangers. And still, ever and anon sounded those footsteps. I did not fancy shooting in the direction of the noise—that was too uncertain. So I resolved to lie perfectly quiet, unless I should be personally molested, until either the intruder departed or day broke. $\textcircled{4}$ The night seemed of interminable length. The minutes were hours, the hours of months' duration. Now all would be as silent as the tomb, and then those exasperating footsteps would be heard again, accompanied by light breathing, seemingly suppressed. I grew desperate and was meditating all sorts of daring feats, when I fell into a troubled sleep. I dreamed that the most terrible demon, with flaming eyes, had arisen from the foot of the bed and was approaching me. He came nearer and nearer. I felt his hot breath on my cheek. I struggled, screamed—and awoke. The fresh morning sunbeams were dancing on the wall, the cool morning breeze fanned my cheek, and beside me, on the bed, stood a large, gray Maltest cat, a pet of my friend's—the intruder who had caused me so much alarm during the night—New York Weekly. THEY DISCOVERED A LOOPHOLE. Not far below Augusta, Ga., the Savannah River is crossed by an antiquated flatboat, hanging by a cable from a post far up stream, and impelled from bank to bank by the action of the current. This is the "Sand-bar Ferry," and from time immemorial until the abolition of dueling the banks of the river on both sides were bloody fields of so-called honor "Gentlemen of South Carolina, having quarreled, crossed in the rickety fatboat with their seconds and fought their battles on Georgia soil, and Georgians went over to the Palmetto State for their shooting or sword-play. Thither, one day, went a solemn procession of principals, seconds and witnesses, most of them representatives of the Georgia bar. They were more solemn than usual, for the fight they were to witness was to wipe out the most terrible of insults. Two well-known lawyers of Rome, who had been lifelong friends, had fallen out, and one of them, in the height of a dispute, had reviled the other with all the terrible words he could lay tongue to. There had been a score of men present to hear and to prevent an immediate shooting, and now the two devoted friends, turned enemies, rode with their party toward the fatal ground where they were to make target practice on each other. Each of them was downcast and gloomy, for at heart they were devoted. But the insult was deadly, and there seemed no escape with honor from the encounter. When they arrived at the ferry, however, the floatboard was on the other side. A second picked up the horn from the post and blew it lustily. And over he sounded it, until from a distant field the aged ferryman came sauntering leisurely down to his craft. The two lawyers sat side by side on their horses and watched his slow progress. The strutl grew momentarily heavier and the men gloomier. At last one of them—the insulted one—could stand it no longer. "Jim," he said. Impulsively, "befo' we go out of Geo'gia I want you to answer me one question. How did you ever come to apply all those epithets to me? "Charley," said Jim, solemnly, "I did it in my professional capacity." The fate of the man who had been insulted lighted up with a smile of great relief, and he held out his hand. "I knew ift I knew it!" he cried. "Shake on it!" Who ever heard of holding a lawyer responsible for what he said in his professional capacity? It would be madness, suh, madness! They shook hands fervently and the duel was declared off. IN THE JUNGLE. An Englishwoman traveling wk after husband in India passed an entire night in the top of a tall tree, waiting for her husband to get a shot at a panther. She describes the experience in the Pall Mall Gazette: "Toward 1 o'clock we were certainly getting drowsy, when we were both startled out of our sleep by heating the most fearful snarls and yells coming from just below our tree. My husband was peering out in an instant, but only just in time to see two large animals, fighting hard, disappear, into the shadows of the trees. In the difficult light of the moon we had not time to see for certain what animals they were, but it looked and sounded like a panther driving off a pig. "Whether what I had seen was the panther or not I do not know, but a dark shadow passed beneath us, and there, right opposite us on the bank, with his white chest gleaming in the moonlight, sat a large panther. "My husband got his rife into, position and fired, and the panther rolled over with a growl. In a minute, with another low growl, he rolled over again into a clump of tall grasses just at the bottom of the bank, and remained quite still. He was complained hidden from us, and we could only watch the place and wait. Hardly had we got settled when a crackling came on the dry leaves under the tree, and a hyena appeared. He stopped a few yards from the clump of grass in which the panther lay, and began baying. If it was intended as a challenge it had the desired result, for in a minute we heard a savage growl come from the long grass, and quicker than my eye could follow in the, uncertain light the panther had sprung up upon the hyrnn. "And now how can I describe that awful tussle? Snarls, howls and fierce growls all horribly mixed as those two fearful animals fought. The panther, we could see, was severely wounded; in fact, one shoulder appeared quite useless, and soon it seemed probable that the hyena would get the best of it, when suddenly the two animals parted a few yards, and lay gasping and panting on the ground. "My husband availed himself of this chance of a shot, and with the report that rang out like a cannon the hyena bolted and the panther rolled over on his side. Being now certain that he would never move again, my husband called to me to come down, but this was no very easy matter, as somehow my knees felt most curiously feeble. I did manage, however, to reach the ground quite safely, and was hurried back to camp just as dawn was breaking." FOOTLESS MAN SAVES WOMAN. Although he has no feet Chris Kautz, gate tender at the Market street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Westchester, Pa., saved a woman's life. He lost both feet in a railroad accident some years ago and uses false ones. Mrs. Ellen King, an aged resident of this place, wandered upon the tracks recently, just as a train rushed beneath a bridge, half a block distant. Kautz rushed to her and pulled her from the track, but she ran back. He followed her and threw her out of danger, just as the train rushed by, narrowly escaping death himself. SMALL GIRL TIGER HUNTER The Kumarah Rajah of Venkatagirl writes to us that one of his cousins, a daughter of the Rajah of Jatrole, in the Nizam's dominions, "began her hunting career while she was very young. She bagged a tiger in her eighth year and completed her hunting career laterly, having bagged in all thirty-six games without a single miss, including a tiger, five cheetahs and other games. She is now in her twelfth year,"—Madras (Indin) Mail. The immense field of crystalized salt at Salton, Cal., is 264 feet below sea level, and more than 1000 acres in extent Tomfoolery YOUR FATE. If you must marry money, choose an heiress who's meek AMBITIOUS. Dolly-"Is he very ambitious?" Daisy-"Well, he wants me."-Judge. EVENED UP. "S strange; one-half the world doesn't know how the other half lives." "Well, neither does the other half." -Philadelphia Ledger. TOO EARLY. "Do you think you are going to like your new neighbors?" "I don't know; they haven't hung out their washing yet."-Milwaukee sentinel. NONE MISSING. "Do you think that mosquitoes carry malaria?" "I dunno," answered Farrer Corntossel. "They never took any away "om here."—Washington Star. HIS CONCLUSION. Knicker—"So your wife went to the country to study 'nature's book?" Bocker—"Yes, and from the size of her hotel bill it must be among the best six sellers."—New York Sun. WOULDN'T KNOW 17 Barber—"Razor all right, sir?" Patient—"I wouldn't know I was being shaved." Barber—"Thank you, sir." Patient—"It's more like being flaye you know."—Cleveland Leader. HOW IT HAPPENED. Meekerton-"Enpeck has just been made independent for life." Mrs. Meekerton — "Indeed! Some lucky speculation, I suppose?" Meekerton — "No; he sued for a divorce and got it"—Chicago News. SLOW FELLOW. "So the engagement is broken off: "Yes. It seems she told him one evening that she wasn't beautiful enough to be his wife, and he didn't deny her statement quick enough to suit her."-Philadelphia Ledger. A TANTALIZING SITUATION. No wonder those enormous ruffs went out of fashion—London Tailer. ANOTHER ONE. "Do you know what you are trying to say," quiered the editor, as he glanced "over the copy," "when you speak of a man going to his long rest at the untimely age of eighty?" "Sure," answered the new reporter. "He ought to have been chloroformed twenty years ago."—Columbus Dispatch. ENCOURAGEMENT. "But," complained the young man, "if you don't care for me, why have you been encouraging me all this time?" "Encouraging you?" she answered: "why, I haven't been doing that. Of course, I have let you Lold my hands some, but, gracious, if you call that encouragement, you ought to see me when I'm with Jack."—Chicago Record-Herald. À GENTLE REBUKE. Papa Bass—"Now, my son, be sure to keep out of danger and always look before you bite." Little Finney Bass—"But, papa, there's no danger just now. Isn't this the close season for our family?" Papa Bass (sarcistically)—"Why, so it is! And if a fisherman is fined for having you in his possession, you get half the fine to heal your wounded feelings"—Brooklyn Life. A. MANUFACTURER "And so you live up there in the mountains all winter?" asked the man who met his guide of last summer in New York the other day. "Yes, the whole year round," replied the woodsman. "But you can't fish up there now?" "Oh, no." "What in the world do you do?" "Oh, I spend my time thinking up fish stories to tell you fellows in the summer." - Yonkers Statesman. GF INTEREST TO WOMEN . BEAUTY AND TEMPER. The greatest enemy to beauty is temper. The woman with a bad temper is by no means the worst woman in the world. She often has a very kind heart and a very strict conscience. Her temper itself sometimes lets so many of her evil thoughts out through her tongue that, her nature is, after all, quite sweet and kind. But nevertheless the fever of temper that burns within her does its work on her constitution. It shows itself, too, in the deep wrinkles just above her nose, the long lines at the side of her mouth and in the drooping mouth itself, with its spiteful expression. The woman who is always nursing her wrongs, wrongs herself more than anybody else could have wronged her. The evil, bitter thoughts within her shut out the bright ones that might come, and make her bad company. But worse still, they have a direct physical effect upon her system. Nothing can so ruin one's digestion as flying into a tantrum at the dinner table. The food taken in will not assimilate, and the appetite is lost. The heart is affected and the circulation is retarded. The nerves are so wrought up by a constant series of tantrums that the woman with a temper is invariably a thin, anaemic little thing, who jumps at the drop of a pin. After the woman with a temper has wrecked her own beauty and ruined her digestion she proceeds to ruin the lives of all around her by a constant nagging that drives her husband to the club and her children to the street. Her neighbors fear and hate her, and even the family cat runs when he sees her coming. The best way to cure bad temper is first to convince yourself that you are not really being wronged. Once you have gotten in tune with the world and feel quite certain that the universe is better ordered than you could order it, you will cease expecting to reform the rest of your fellow men and thus be saved lots of disappointment. Try to believe in those about you and see all the good you can in them. Do not forever fancy they are trying to slight you. This is such a foolish mistake to make. Have too much confidence in yourself to imagine anybody could slight or neglect you. Do not care too much what other people say and do. Go your own way and rejoice. No man, or woman either, is worth cultivating wrinkles and wearing out your digestion for. Don't worry when things go wrong in the household arrangements or at a club meeting. Think how much worse it would be if you should have wrinkles about your nose in addition to your other troubles. Never be envious. Why do you care whether or not your neighbor dresses better than you? If you are quite satisfied with yourself, you will envy nobody. Envy is a form of confessed weakness, a lack of self-respect. Besides, it is the meanest feeling you could possibly have. Lastly, if you can cure your temper in no other way, simply run and glance in the looking-glass while you are in the midst of it. That should cure you. SEPARATE WAISTS. A white separate waist is necessary to the trouseau. If this waist is white it can be worn with any skirt and will look fresh and pretty as long as it is kept clean and whole. Here is a white silk waist, trimmed with heavy lace embroidery. The yoke is of plain silk worked with eyelets. The collar is made of the lace, while the yoke is outlined with the same. The sleeves are out of the ordinary in that a strip of Valenciennes lace insertion begins just in front of the top of the shoulder and extends down the front of the sleeves to the deep cuff. The waist is suitable for matinees or any occasion which requires something a little better than the shirt waist. The hat worn with this waist is of shape, with a high band, ornamented white, Napoleon straw, mushroom with tiny pink rosebuds. The top of the hat is trimmed simply with a broad bow of white taffeta ribbon. Such a hat will answer for church. The bride who finds dead white unbecoming to her will be wise to choose her wedding finery in a cream white. Her brides and hat trimmings may be found to match. If the girl who wears the separate white bodice is inclined to be short-waisted, let her always wear with her bodice a white belt; never a girdle matching the color of the skirt. MATCHING FAD. The matching fail has been extended to gloves. The latest glove is lined at the top with colored kid, in all shades. This gaudetlet is supposed to be turned back over the wrist. Veils match, as a matter of course. It takes a very pretty woman to look well under a mauve or a green gauze, but vells must match hats. A few white lace veils are seen, and many lace-edged net and gauze veils. About the only part of the costume that does not have to match is the shoes. Colored kid is not yet fashionable, although the colored spat is an old story. The new models in shoes are rather odd, and women with extra high insteps will find some difficulty in being suited. The vamps of the new shoes seem to be extraordinarily long. Extension soles are seen on many --- culinar quests; but one of particular note to those interested in natural history or in unusual pursuits for women is now helpta planned here. In the tropics is a wonderful great white bird, nearly six feet tall, and with plumage which glistens with the marvelous sheen of satin. This bird is rare; so rare that even natural historians confess that but little is known of it. Its scientific name (and naming it is about as far as the scientists have got) is Mycteria Americana, but it is commonly called the jabiru, which title is hard to take seriously, as it sounds almost like a joke on the bird or part of a nonsense rime. So far as is known, not one of the species is to be found in any museum in the world, and it is principally to gain specimens of the snowy bird that Mrs. E. L. Kerr is forming the expedition which will go to Central America and the United States of Colombia. Mrs. Kerr has lived in the tropics for nearly twenty years and has devoted most of her time to the study and collection of birds and animals found there, being a naturalist of no small knowledge and a woman of remarkable courage and endurance. Her husband is a mining engineer, his work leading him far from the pathus of civilization, and on all of his travels he has been accompanied by Mrs. Kerr, who has thus had unequaled opportunities for exploring territory little known to naturalists. The jabriu is by no means a barnyard fowl even there, Mrs. Kerr having seen in all the time she was traveling not more than a dozen of them, and in out-of-the-way places always. She is an expert shot and has killed five or six of these treasures of the air, but has never been able to preserve the skins, as she had not the necessary materials with her. The first she ever saw was while she was hunting egrets in Guatemala. She and her husband were camped on an island in a large delta formed by the union of two rivers and she went out alone with her gun. As she was standing by a little pool she was startled by the appearance overhead of a huge white bird, which she saw at once was something new and strange to her. The wings of the jabriu have an unusual stretch, the end feathers alone being at least twenty-four inches long, and it fits with remarkable swiftness. As it came near, Mrs. Kerr shot it and it fell with a mighty flapping and splashing in the shallow water beside her. Upon inspection Mrs. Kerr saw that it was a jabriu, but of a variety unknown to her. The best known are the Australian species, but these American birds, which are found from Mexico south to Patagonia, are more imposing and beautiful, being at least a third larger and of gayer plumage. The Australian jabiru is white, but with a bare black head, the neck and legs, the lower half of the wings and tail being a dingy black also. The one to be searched for by this expedition has the bare head and neck, but the feathers are all white and of a peculiarly shining, shimmering appearance, while the lower, third of the neck is covered with coral-bued wattles, giving a touch of brilliant color to the huge bird. The massive beak, nearly a foot long and slightly upturned, is black and polished like ebony. The jabiru is exceedingly shy and difficult of approach, frequenting only remote, swampy districts and building its nest always in the tops of the tallest trees. It belongs to the wading birds, being a member of the crane family, and lives entirely on fish. In eight months spent in Guatemala Mrs. Kerr saw but one other jabiru besides that one she shot, but in the swamps on the shores of the Gulf of Nicoya, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, she found at one time and another nearly a dozen and killed several. When Mrs. Kerr's expedition goes to the tropics her knowledge as to the exact locality where the birds may be found will be of calculable value. She hopes to secure and mount fine specimens for several museums. It is not alone for the jabiru that the expedition is being arranged. Mrs. Kerr says that Central America is an unexplored treasure land for naturalists, being the meeting place for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and having much of the animal and vegetable life of both. It is comparatively little known, too, except on the beaten paths, and there are many wonders that are yet to be exploited. Members of the strange family of tapirs are there, and Mrs. Kerr has seen and killed them. In Costa Rica at one time Mrs. Kerr lived some distance from any town, her husband, being superintendent of a mine, and it was there that she succeeded in killing a large t妒r, or danta, as they are called by the natives. Mrs. Kerr said: "My passion is hunting, and as I led a somewhat isolated life there I was always looking out for some adventure of that kind. The native boys knew of this, too, and one day came to me in great excitement with a tale of the track of a very large danta which they had discovered on the mountain. I went out alone, as I always do. Two people make too much noise, and I never allowed any of the boys to go walking shoes, and the swing solt which came in a year ago, is on hand again, very much exaggerated. Some of the shoes make one look actually pigeontoed. Pumps in patent leather and Russian calf will be much worn. WHITE GLOVES PROVINCIAL. The short white glove is doomed, if one believes the verdict of those who live in Paris. Last season the fashionable New Yorkers began to drop the glaze white kid glove and take up suede ones in gray and black. Unless they wore a light gown they seemed to prefer soft black gloves stitched with white to all-white ones. Now fashionable Europe, led by Paris, has entirely discarded the two-buttoned white kid glove and has gone back to an early love, which is the mousquetaire tan suede, stitched in white or black. Already some of the fashionable women here have taken up the style: We are not wearing elbow sleeves in the afternoon and evenings for lunch-cess, card parties, driving and all social occasions as much as they are abroad, but the fashion is gaining popularity every day. With it, of course, comes the long, wrinkled glove. The fashionable length is just half way to elbow, and is adjusted to harmonize with the length of the sleeve. When a close cuff is worn, headed by deep ruffles just below the elbow, the suede glove is pulled up to the ruffle over the cuff. It is probable that few will regret the passing of the short white glove.-Indianapolis News. GOSSIP. It's terribly tantalizing the way a girl holds her lips in a kissing position when a lot of people are in the room. One of the mysteries of life is how a woman could bail a six-foot man and then go upstairs and faint because she thinks there is a mouse in the closet. One cannot help feeling that a woman should never be in the fashion over anything but her clothes, but our manners and morals are as subject to the passing laws of fashion as are our wardrobes. It is undoubtedly the fashion at the present time to be rich, or, if not, to appear so, declares Madame. Marriage no longer being the aim of every girl's existence, she can be far more safely trusted, asserts the London World, to make friends with the other sex, and form her own opinions on love, than her predecessors, who saw possible husbands in all the men they met. If you see a quarrel coming and you know you can't avoid it, don't try to slide out, but face it boldly and without tears, and you'll cut straight through it and leave the man feeling like a wave that has been chopped through the middle. Mrs. Charles M.-Henrotin, before the Chicago Women's Club recently declared women's organizations are "creating a bar rather than a bond between men and women." She explained that men have no time to devote to the subjects which the women are discussing, and that this fact is causing the men to think one way and the women another. The uncle architect is bound about by conventionality, says the Lady's Pictorial. He is nothing if not conservative; so it is that we may go through every house in London and scarcely find one which answers to the ideal home of woman. Men never seem to understand stairs, and apparently they never will learn the value of cupboards to the opposite sex. There are those who think nowadays, says the Lady's Pictorial, that women can get in anywhere and rule wheresoever they like; but there is more supervision, than fact in this. So far as painting is concerned, woman has had the heel of man planted firmly on her neck. Of late years she has done splendid work, and done ft, moreover, with no hope of recognition from the Royal Academy. Pretty Things to Wear Lighter patterns in silk braid are the vogue. Novelties in both color and design prevail. Horizontal tucks for the bottom of skirts are all very large. The keynote of good style in embroidered trimmings is the brodette anglaise. The long, graceful lines of a sun pleated gown are always to be desired. Velvet bands and bows will give just the right touch to the costume of fancy silk. Fluted and ruffled braids are very much favored among fashionable garments. Transverse tucks make a very effective trimming for tulle, Brussels net or chiffon. A three-inch Hercules braid, embroidered in silk in Persian colors, is a recent idea in dress garments. No matter what style of skirt is fashionable at the moment, accordion pleating is always in vogue. A very smart trimming; for silk or fine cloth is a combination of Venise lace and brodette anglaise. SHE'S A GREAT HUNTER. Mrs. Kerr's Latest Expedition is in Quest of a Rare Bird. AN FRANCISCO has been the starting point for many strange expeditions, and exploring parties bound for various, parts of the globe on all manner of pe- S with me on that account. On a high mountain about three miles from the house I came on the trail which they had described to me and found that it was indeed a fine specimen of the animal, judging by the size of the tracks. After following the trail for about two hours, over mountains and through swamps and thickets, I came on the danta, lying down on a slight elevation near a swamp, which was evidently its abiding place. With it was a young one, which probably made the animal doubly fierce. "The danta will, if frightened, run, but if brought to bay will fight to a fhish, trampling its victim to death with its knees after knocking him down with a rush. As soon as this one saw me it came for me, making a noise like a herd of horses, but uttering no sound. I had a shotgun loaded with ball. I waited until the danta was within thirty feet of me and then I fired. It was only necessary to shoot once, as they are easy to kill if the shot goes into the soft part of the neck behind the ear. The danta fell dead a few feet from me and the little one ran away and made its escape in the woods before I could get it. I never attempted to do anything with so large an animal, but went home and sent the native boys to get it. They are very fond of the flesh, which is coarse and black, something like bear meat when fresh, and all the natives at the mine had a great feast that night." Of the appearance and habits of the animal Mrs. Kerr says: "These dantas, which are about the size of a two-year-old cow, or four and a half feet high, are not brown, like the smaller varieties, but black, with a skin like a pig and sparsely covered with hairs. The body resembles that of a hippopotamus and the head is somewhat like that of an elephant, having an abbreviated trunk. It delights in swampy places, but does not sleep there, choosing always a dry spot near by. It lives on succulent herbage and fruits, such as amate, a wild fig, and the wild plantain." If these two valuable additions to the world of natural science can be secured in Central America, Mrs. Kerr will not feel that her trip has been in vain, but she is also desirous of taking the members of her party, among whom will be an expert taxidermist, to South America, where she will show them wonders in the United States of Colombia. Far up into the Santa Marta Mountains will Mrs. Kerr lead her little band, and there, on the Lado del Coche, or Lake of Pigs, is to be captured the huirl, a fierce species of the condor, as large as an American vulture and about the same color. They are strangely equipped with spurs on their wings, at the shoulders and the first joints, and when wounded will fight ferociously. When the size of the birds is considered and the fact that these spurs are about four inches long and extremely sharp it may be readily realized that they are a somewhat formidable foe. From here Mrs. Kerr's expedition will go by steamship to some point on the western coast of Central America; there they will get horses and burros, procure Indian guides familiar with the wilds' of the interior and disappear from the haunts of civilization. San Francisco, Chronicle. It Gave Her Strength. One of those accidents on the elevated railway that fortunately happen very seldom had taken place. The train had run off the track, and one of the cars had been overturned and laid on its side. It was fairly well filled with passengers. Many of them were bruised, but none was seriously hurt, and willing hands soon assisted them in clambering out of the wreck. One of the passengers was a young married woman who had taken a seat next to a window. This is the story of her escape, as she told it afterward to intimate friends; "When the car went over I fell against the window and broke it out. I looked down through the opening, and there, a few inches below me, was the deadly third rail. Two other women had fallen on top of me, and were screaming with all their might. I knew what would happen to me if I touched that rail, and I held myself up from it." "But how could you do it," her friends asked her, "with the weight of two other persons pressing you down?" "Well, I'll tell you," she said. "I happened to remember that I had left on my desk at a home a recipe I had copied from some paper for the cure of corns. Do you think I was going to let anybody find that lying there? Not for worlds! The mere thought of it gave me all the strength I needed. Now don't you tell anybody about this, or I'll never speak to you again." But it leaked out, somehow.—Youth's Companion. A Jerome Jeu d'Esprit. Mr. Jerome was seated in his office, looking over the papers in some pool room cases. "These gamblers will beat us yet," one of his assistants ventured to suggest. "Well, I'll just bet you ten to one that they won't," Mr. Jerome responded promptly. Rejoicing in his chief's confidence in a good cause the assistant commended the same, but respectfully and firmly declined to take the short end of the bet, wholly, on moral grounds. -New York Press. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. NORTH WEST AND SOUTH WEST *57 Vla Jesup *58 6 45p Lv. Sawannah. Ar 9 45a ... 3 15s 6 45p Lv. Sawan 8 80p Lv. Jesup. Lv 2 15a ... Ar 7 05a " Macon. " 2 15a ... Ar 3 35a " Atlanta. " 11 60p ... Mtge 8 33a " Chat nooga. 6 50p ... (L. J. 8 15p Louisville. 6 5a ... Nash 8 15p Chinahawai. 6 20a ... Lovl 7 32a St. Louis. 10 01p ... Clinc 7 10a Chicago. 9 00q ... St. I 6 10a Lv. Atlanta. Ar 10 15p ... (M. J. 8 25p Lv. Memphis. Lv 8 15a ... 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No. 21, leaving Savannah 2:45 p. m., connects at Jacksonville, with Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars for Tampa. Education of Not the Cause of M Divorces, but the O By Laura Drake Gill, Dean Education of Woman at the Cause of More Frequent voces, but the Occasion a Drake Gill, Dean of Barnard BYOND dispute, a crisis in family life exist education of women is said to be its cause rather call it the occasion? The cause is the unending struggle between authority The present situation seems to be more transition; it corresponds to the stage of government must too often pass from abs- democracy—or to the agnosticism by which the chains of an artificial authority before Education of Women Not the Cause of More Frequent Divorces, but the Occasion By Laura Drake Gill, Dean of Barnard College. EYOND dispute, a crisis in family life exists, and the greater education of women is said to be its cause. Shall we not rather call it the occasion? The cause is still deeper. It is the unending struggle between authority and autonomy. The present situation seems to be merely the chaos of transition; it corresponds to the stage of anarchy by which government must too often pass from absolute monarchy to democracy—or to the agnosticism by which religion breaks the chains of an artificial authority before it acknowledges the true authority of virtue and communion. The present family crisis is undoubtedly occasioned by the greater education had consequent economic independence of women in general; it is, however, manifested through individual women who share the economic freedom, but lack the discipline of education. Frequent divorce is the result of education of women as refracted through the medium of uneducated women. They grasp the freedom of escape from an unwise marriage, yet lack the training to make a wise marriage. The present family crisis is undoubtedly a consequence economic independence however, manifested through individual womdom, but lack the discipline of education, education of women as refracted through the They grasp the freedom of escape from an training to make a wise marriage. In a wide acquaintance with college women one case of divorce. This was carried the fence to public morals. Among high school students indicate a small percentage of divorce. It is whom little effort is demanded. The girls of support them in ease, but fall to educate the boring classes, with limited training and hear women in whose lives the restless spirit of They have not been trained to look upon man self-support. They have the courage and desire and fair play from men, yet they often fall to We need, then, not less chance of escape a truer conception of family dignity; not less en, but more sense of its responsibility; no more education for all women. The economic function of women is in mother spend four-fifths of the average man their time atlessly about shops would take penditure of money they would save time must be taught that the expenditure of man must make it a science—not a manla. Evolution of wise expenditure and of wise home. More true education for the mass of wocation in efficiency, education in loyalty to produce a healthy, intelligent, devoted race responsibility for the use of our individual marriage laws or the individual husbands who autonomy based upon the inward authority of MAKING RACE MORE BEAUTIFUL. and rem family crisis is undoubtedly occasioned by frequent economic independence of women and through individual women who share a discipline of education. Frequent divorce often as refracted through the medium of unwise marriage of escape from an unwise marriage of unwise marriage with college women I have experience. This was carried through without a reprisal. Among high school graduates a limited percentage of divorce. It is the girls of the high class, but fail to educate them for service; with limited training and heavy burdens—the lives the restless spirit of the times may be trained to look upon marriage as an opportunity have the courage and decency to demand women, yet they often fail to realize their own, not less chance of escape from intolerance of family dignity; not less economic independence of its responsibility; not less education for all women. A function of women is in the home, where fifths of the average man's earnings. If likely about shops would take that time to buy they would save time, money and that the expenditure of money is their privilege—not a manla. Every woman ought to and of wise homekeeping. Education for the mass of women is the need, education in loyalty to the state, education, intelligent, devoted race; but, above all, the use of our individual lives. The arbor the individual husbands will then become upon the inward authority of conscience and In a wide acquaintance with college women I have personally known only one case of divorce. This was carried through without scandal or any offence to public morals. Among high school graduates a limited inquiry would indicate a small percentage of divorce. It is the girls of luxurious homes of whom little effort is demanded. The girls of the middle class, whose fathers support them in ease, but fail to educate them for service; the girls of the laboring classes, with limited training and heavy burdens—these girls make the women in whose lives the restless spirit of the times may work sad havoc. They have not been trained to look upon marriage as an opportunity to escape self-support. They have the courage and decency to demand ordinary loyalty and fair play from men, yet they often fail to realize their own obligations. We need, then, not less chance of escape from intolerable conditions, but a truer conception of family dignity; not less economic independence for women, but more sense of its responsibility; not less education for women, but more education for all women. The economic function of women is in the home, where the wife and mother spend four-fifths of the average man's earnings. If women who spend their time aimlessly about shops would take that time to think about the expenditure of money they would save time, money and happiness. Women must be taught that the expenditure of money is their profession and they must make it a science—not a mania. Every woman ought to have a profession of wise expenditure and of wise homekeeping. More true education for the mass of women is the need of the hour; education in efficiency, education in loyalty to the state, education in the way to produce a healthy, intelligent, devoted race; but, above all, education in the responsibility for the use of our individual lives. The arbitrary authority of marriage laws or the individual husbands will then become obsolete before an autonomy based upon the inward authority of conscience and reason. Wealthy Russian Is Inducing Hard-Some Men and Pretty Women to Marry. A. Ogerodnikoff, a wealthy Russian dealer in furs, who has stores in Vladivostock and Moscow, arrived here recently on a visit. He tells an interesting story of experiments made by his cousin, Rachatnikoff, a rich landowner near Moscow, who has been devoting himself for years to the propagation of a beautiful race of people. "Years ago," he said, "Rachatnikoff attracted to his estate especially handsome men and girls of more than usual beauty by offering free land to 40 or 50 men, carefully picked from among a large number of applicants and selecting for them as wives fine looking young women from different parts of Russia. This selected colony has flourished beyond all expectation and over a hundred children have been raised from these unions. "These children are so pretty as to make the Rachatnikoff estate famous. It was the marriage of two of these children that I attended about a year B *37 *37 Via Montgomery. 8 15s 6 45p Lv. Savannah. Ar 6 15p 8 05a "Mtgomery, 6 15p 8 05a "Mtgomery, (L. & N.) 3 17a 7 15p "Nashville." 3 20p 2 20p "Louisville." 12 01n 7 20p "Checinnat." 1 85p 7 20p "St. Louis." 1 85p 7 20p "St. Louis." (M. & O.) .. 7 56a "St. Louis." 4 10p "... Chicago." 2 55a 8 15p Ar. Mobile. Lv. 7 15a 8 15p "New Orleans." Connections made at Port Tampa with U. S. moll steamships of the Peninsular and Occidental Steamship sailing Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11.40 p.m. Tickets offices, Desoto Hotel, Phone 713 Union Station, Bell phone 285, Georgia 911 H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager, Wim- ington, N. C. of Women of More Frequent the Occasion Man of Barnard College. It is in family life exists, and the greater said to be its cause. Shall we not question? The cause is still deeper. It is between authority and autonomy. Action seems to be merely the chaos of bonds to the stage of anarchy by which to pass from absolute monarchy to aagnosticism by which religion breaks official authority before it acknowledges union. Notably occasioned by the greater edu- dence of women in general; it is, women who share the economic free- on. Frequent divorce is the result of the medium of uneducated women. from an unwise marriage, yet lack the women I have personally known only through without scandal or any of school graduates a limited inquiry would. It is the girls of luxurious homes of it is the middle class, whose fathers them for service; the girls of the la- heavy burdens—the girls make the hit of the times may work sad havoc. in marriage as an opportunity to escape and decency to demand ordinary loyalty fall to realize their own obligations. escape from intolerable conditions, but not less economic independence for wom- y; not less education for women, but is in the home, where the wife and man's earnings. If women who spend take that time to think about the ex- time, money and happiness. Women of money is their profession and they Every woman ought to have a profes- somekeeping. of women is the need of the hour; edu- city to the state, education in the way to race; but, above all, education in the dual lives. The arbitrary authority of women will then become obsolete before an arity of conscience and reason. and a half ago. The bride ws 18, and remarkable for her beauty, while the bridegroom was about 24 and was a fit mate for the village queen. At the conclusion of the ceremony the happy couple was conducted by M. Rachatnikloff to a pretty little cottage, surrounded by a small, well stocked farm, which was his wedding present to them. Similar wedding presents will be given to others of these children when they get married—San Francisco Correspondent of the New York Sun. American Wing Aids Chinese Wing. One more Chinaman, charged with being unlawfully within this country, was arrested yesterday. He was Hom Wing, who was found working in a laundry on Cedar avenue. Wing de- clares that he was born in San Fran- cisco, but was taken back to China when three years of age, and returned when 18 years of age. If this is true Wing can remain here, but he will have to prove his story. His fight in Cleveland will be headed by Judge Francis J. Wing, who recently resigned from the federal court.—Cleveland land Leader. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1905. Mr. J. R. Thornton was a welcomed visitor last week. Remember the E. A. and S. C. at Lincoln Park Tuesday. St. Philips Sunday School picnic is on Monday. Miss Florence L. Deas of Beaufort, S. C., is spending a few weeks in the city, the guest of Miss Henrietta C. Hamilton. Mrs. Emma R. Dennis has returned to the city after a two weeks pleasant stay with relatives in Columbus, Ga. Misses Addie and Luella Spring are spending a while in Charleston, the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Julia Spring, No. 3 Judith street. We wish for them a pleasant stay. There will be a grand rally union meeting at South Valley Baptist Church, Rev. G. W. Griffin, D. D., Pastor, on Sunday August 20th. Barbecued meets will be provided for the guests. Everybody is invited. There will be a grand missionary mass meeting held under the auspices of the Baptist Ministers Union, at St. Johna Baptist Church, Monday and Tuesday nights next. Every body, regardless of denomination, is cordially invited to attend and take part in these meetings. Monday St. Philips Sunday School goes to Bluffton. We are glad to note that Little Sarah Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. H Baker, and who has been critically ill, is convalescent, but we regret to say that Mrs. Baker is still confined to her room. Miss Hattie Lawrence arrived from New York a few days ago to attend the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Lydia Staples who departed this life July 6th. She was a native of Beaufort, S. O., but has lived in this city for many years. She died at her native home in Beaufort. She leaves a son and a host of relatives and many friends. Mrs. P. Edward Perry and childeen are spending a while at Bluffton. Mrs. Sarah Roundfield and little Lottie are rusticating at Bluffton. Mrs. Lizzie Glenn Milledge is an addition to the Savannah colony at Bluffton. School mates and friends of Miss Ophelia P. Bozeman of Hawkinsville will be glad to know that she is in the city on a visit to Miss Victory, East McDonough street. Unless names are signed to articles, not for publication, but as a matter of good faith, they will find no space in these columns. Next week Co. D, under command Capt. J. H. Bugg, M. D., will go to Augusta. A large number of the men along with their friends will also go. Go to Bluffton Monday with St. Philips Sunday School. Mrs. L. Fant, of 67 Farm street, has been quite ill for the past week but is much better at this writing. Mrs. S. Anderson, in company with her brother left on Monday for Brooklyn, N. Y. where they will spend the remainder of the season. Mr. E. N. Sullivan has been sick for the past several weeks. His many friends are sorry to know of his illness and hope for him an early recovery. Miss Florence H. Banks, who has been teaching a flourishing school at Statesboro returned home on Monday. Miss Banks is well known and thought of by her friends who join in welcoming her home. Among the visitors of last week there was none who is more highly thought of by their friends than was the loyal and big-hearted Mr. J. J. Simmons of Americus. He is doing a lucrative business in that town and numbers his friends by the score. His friends here are sorry that they were unable to show him all or the courtesies that he deserves. Miss Maria E. Coleman and Miss Elizabeth H. Robinson of this city returned to Mont Clair, N. J. on last Sunday after a very pleasant stay in Hartford, Conn. as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Price and daughter. Miss Coleman was the bridesmaid of Miss Julia F. Price, formerly of East Orange, N.J. She is now one of Hartford's most charming and popular young ladies. The marriage took place on June 28th at the First Congregational church of which Miss Price has been a faithful worker both as organist and teacher of the Sunday School. St. Philips Sunday School at Bluffton Monday. is daily enacted, in thousands of homes, as death claims, in each one, another victim of Consumption or Pheumonia. But when Coughs, and Colds are properly treated, the tragedy is averted. F. G. Huntley, of Oaklandon, Ind., writes: "My wife had the consumption, and three doctors gave her up. Finally she took Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, which cured her, and today she is well and strong." It kills the germs of all diseases. One dose relieves. Guaranteed at 50c and $1.00 by any druggist. Trial bottle free. The Men's Sunday Club holds its meetings regularly every week Since Easter Sunday, April 23d, the club has been doing excellent work. The question of "Unreliability of Negro Labor" was further discussed last Sunday by Messrs. I. M. Jackson, Jno. McIntosh and E. W. Houstoun who supplied in Mr. Overstreet's place. The speakers discussed the subject in a general way. Owing to the difficulty in working up specific cases the club could not reach any conclusion. Prof. Thompson of the G. S. I. C. was present and made a few remarks. Mr. Kelson made a plea for a larger attendance. At the evening meeting held at St. Paul Church Dr. Williams spoke on sanitation, emphasizing particularly the use of soap and water and the inability of so many mothers to care for their children. Prof. Work spoke of the Men's Sunday Club. Mrs. Hutchinson spoke of the mothers' Club which was to be organized on Monday afternoon. The club is expecting to have its next meeting at St. Johns Church, Hartridge Street, at which time it is expected to organize the third mothers circle under the auspices of the club. The regular meeting Sunday afternoon will be very interesting. The subject of music will be considered. Profs. McIntosh, McDowell and Robinson are on the program. In addition special music will be rendered. Every meeting is interesting. They do not hold long. An enjoyable afternoon is assured all who attend. Second Baptist Church. "Last Sunday at eleven o'clock the services were conducted by Rev. Sims of the St. Philips A. M. E. church. Rev. Sims is a fine pulpit orator and has won for himself the unstinted praise of the large congregation. After the sermon Rev. Sims said in part, "If I were a Baptist minister Rev. Smith would have to do some good preaching to stay in this pulpit. I have long cherished a desire to meet this people, and preach in the Second church." At 4 o'clock p. m. the Sunday School convened and was well attended by both scholars and visitors. At night the pastor preached a strong sermon to a full house. Local Notes. Mrs. Cora Garey of Bainbridge was well cared for by her friends while here. Mrs. Susie Bryant of Valdosta was among our pleasant visitors last week. The Berean Baptist Association is in session at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Hall, who spent several weeks in New York, returned home last week. Rev. S. Beauford of Waycross has been very sick, but is able to get out again. His friends are gald to know of his recovery. Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Maxwell were in the city a few days ago visiting relatives and friends. What a happy couple. Come again. Miss Lilla Roberts and Miss Belle Harrison after making pleasant visits to McIntosh, Waycross and Thomasville, have returned home. Mrs. G. Debacle of Brunswick, spent last week very pleasantly in the city as the guest of Mrs. Julia Brown, East Anderson street. Our friend Mr. J. E. Zealy of the Naval Station spent several days in the city last week. His friends were glad to see him. Prof. and Mrs. G. R. Hutto were welcomed visitors last week. They are two of Bainbridge's wellthought of citizens. Mr. Lewis Knuckles was host at a three o'clock dinner, Thursday of last week, at the home of Mrs T. O. Cochran, 307 Waldburg lane, in honor of a few of his friends. The dainty dinner was served in courses on a table made beautiful by a profusion of carnations, one of which each guest wore as a souvenir of the occasion. Those present were Mrs. M. Henly, Miss F. Polite, Messrs. A. A. Barnes of Athens, A. T. Pope, A. J. S. Cochran, and Willie Johnson. On rising from the table each guest voted Mr. Knuckles and Mrs. Cochran two royal entertainers. The third quarterly conference of St. James A. M. E. Church, with J. T. Thomas, P. E., presiding. The session opened with singing and prayer. Scripture lesson, Matt 25th. Hymn lined by Rev. J. J. Smith; remarks by the P. E, Rev. R. V. Branch of St. Philips Monumental was introduced to the conference also Rev. J. J. Smith of Turner's Temple and Rev. McMillen of Gaines Chapel. They were invited to seats in bounds. Ushers were elected then disciplinary questions were taken up. Reports from the several boards were then read and adopted. Sunday service was then arranged for. At 11 o'clock preaching by Rev. J. T. Thomas, P. E.; Sunday School at 2 o'clock; at 3 o'clock Rev. Branch preached the memorial sermon of Father Thomas Jackson and other deceased members, and at 4 o'clock memorial services were continued with papers, colos and remarks. It Afternoon Outing. The annual social trip around the harbor of the First Congregational Church will take place next Thursday afternoon. The fast steamer Clifton will leave foot of Whitaker street at 2:30 o'clock. Fare 50 cents. The annual trip of this church is always looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure by the members and friends. This trip is expected to be equally successful. Sickening Shivering Fits of Augue and Malaria, can be relieved and cured with Electric Bitters. This is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit in Malaria, for it exerts a true curative influence on the disease, driving it entirely out of the system. It is much to be preferred to Quinine, having none of this drug's bad after-effects. E. S. Munday, of Henletta, Texas writes: 'My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters which saved his life. At any drug store; price 50c, guaranteed. AMUSEMENT COLUMN. Coming Events in The Social World. The Porters Benevolent Association will give their 22nd annual social trip to Beaufort Sunday July 23rd. Tickets 50 and 25c. The Ladies and Gentlemen Soiree Club will give a grand mid-summer outing at Stiles Park, Monday July 24th, tickets 15c. Take special car at West Broad and Robert streets, 430 p. m. A grand concert will be given at Second Baptist church, for the benefit of Central City College, Monday night July 24th A grand Picnic will be given at Lincoln Park by Sheba Lodge No. 21 I. O. of G. S. and D. of S., Monday July 24th Tickets 15 cents. The Excelsior Aid and Social club will give a picnic at Lincoln Park Tuesday July 25th Tickets 15 cents. The Brotherhood Union will give a grand excursion to Beaufort Tuesday July 25th Tickets 50 and 25c. Don't fail to attend the Bricklayers outing at Lincoln Park Friday July 28, Ticket 15 cents. A Grand Union Meeting will be given at the old Abercorn Baptist church by the L. B. M. A. and the Y. L. L. A. on the 5th Sunday in July. Steamer Swan willmake the trip. Round trip-50c. Bethlehem Baptist Church will give a grand excursion to Beaufort on Monday July 31st, tickets 50 and 35c. The Union Brotherhood Benevolent Association and Ladies Branch will give an excursion to Daufuskie Monday July 31st. Tickets 50 and 25c. Remember the grand outing at Lincoln Park by the F. A. B. Church, West Broad street, Monday July 31st. Tickets 15c. There will be a grand excursion to Beaufort August 1st by Beth-Eden and Mt. Tabor Baptist churches. Tickets 50 and 25c. The annual picnic of the Union Sisters Aid will take place at Lincoln Park, Tuesday Aug. 1st. The public is invited; tickets 15 and 10c. The "Guess Who" Club will give a grand time at Lincoln Park August 3d. Grand picnic at Lincoln park Tuesday Aug. 4th, given by Juvenile Society No. 112, G. U. O. of O. F. You are invited to go to St. Helena Island on an excursion given by St. Marys Lodge No. 1, leaving on Steamer Clayton Sunday night Aug. 6th at 10:30 o'clock, returning Monday evening. Grand barbecue and other amusements on the island. Fare 50c. The Sons of Eastville will give their first annual excursion to Daufuskie Tuesday August 8th. Tickets 50 and 25c. The Broad's Aid and Social Club will celebrate their 24th anniversary by a picnic at Lincoln Park, Tuesday August 8th. Tickets 15c. The second picnic and prize waltz given by the Young G. E. A, and S. Club will take place at Lincoln Park Thursday Aug. 10th, tickets 15c. The Independent Sons and Daughters Branch of Martin Hill Society will give a swell dance at Dittmersville hall, Monday night August 21st, tickets 15 and 25c. The Y. L. and G. S. C. Club will give a grand dance at the B. M. A. Hall, Margaret street, on Monday Sept. 18, tickets 15 and 25c. Greatly in Demand. Nothing is more in demand than a medicine which meets modern requirements for a blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are just what you need to cure stomach and liver troubles. Try them. At any drug store, 25c., guaranteed Keep Up To Date by attending The Golden Leaf Club outing at Lincoln Park on MONDAY JULY 17TH, 1905. We hope to give you an enjoyable time as usual. ADMISSION 15 cents. Old Relics Bought Such as Mahogany Furniture, Old Coins, old Blue China, Confederate bills, Shinplasters and Brasses. Old Guns and Pistols. Call on or address R. B: BROOKS, 441 Whitaker street, corner Gordon lane Savannah Ga: Mrs. W. H. Burgess Cor. 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HOW TO KEEP WELL East West North Double Daily Service to the East. Choice of Two Routes to the West. $28.40 WASHINGTON, D. C $28.40 and RETURN For further information, address Eat the best meats. You can find this by visiting the OLD RELIABLE Stall No. 31; City Market. Beef, Veal and Mutton, And all kinds of game in season. Goods delivered promptly. E. F. JONES & SON. Both 'Phone 689. W. C. McMILLIN, Passenger Agent. 141 BULL ST., SAYANNAH, GA. G. James. 215 Randolph Street, corner of Jackson street, Green Grocery L. S. REED, Pres. JULIAN SMITH, V. Pres. & Treas. ALBERTHA MORDECAI, Fin. Sec'y. HATTIE E. CAMPBELL, Cor. Sec'y. Union Benefit Association. We are pleased to state to the public that THE UNUION BENEFIT ASSOCIATION, having complied with all the laws of the insurance Laws of this State, will protect you in case of sickness, accident or death. It is giving profitable employment 10 more young men and whomen than any other Negro concern in the city. Room for more good agents. For further information apply at 20 STATE STREET, West. GEO. W. JACOBS, Gen'l Mangr. CARE W. W. JACKSON CAPT. W. W. JACKSON. Sufferings Were Protraciel and Secrete —Tried Every Known Remedy Without Relief—Serial Stomach Trouble Cured by Three Bottles of Peruna! Capt. W. W. Jackson, 703 G St., N. W. Washington, D. C., writes: "I am eighty-three years old, a veteran of the Black Hawk, Mexican and the Civil Wars. I am by profession a physician, but abandoned the same. "Some years ago I was sertiously affected with catarrh of the stomach. My sufferings were protracted and severe. I tried every known remedy without obstructing relief. I began the use of your Peruna. I began to realize immediate though gradual improvement. "After the use of three bottles every appearance of my complaint was removed, and I have no hesitation in recommending it as an infallible remedy for that disorder."—W. W. Jackson. Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. 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Local dealers there, it is reported, expect that fully 10,000 will be needed. They are preparing to submit bids, and arrangements are being made to bring in from the plantations as many of the animals as may be needed. A former Assistant Postmaster-General will do the purchasing, and the stimulus of this increased demand is already manifest in Missouri. The demand for American mules for Cuba, for South Africa, for the Philippines, for Manchuria, and more recently for Panama, has added to their value in the domestic market. In 1895, ten years ago, by the Department of Agriculture estimate, the value of the hogs in the United States was $220,000,000 and of mules $110,000,000—twice as much national wealth in hogs as in mules. This year the estimates are: Hogs, $283,000,000; mules, $251,000,000. The American mule has gained recognition slowly. Garlands at county fairs, prizes at agricultural exhibits, and even blue ribbons at live stock shows have not advertised him. Modest merit has won its own way.—New York Sun. WISE WORDS. Divine strength is essential to divine service. None think the great unhappy but the great.—Young. Liborality is quite different from hospitality to lies. Revivals do not come in answer to prayers of rivalry. The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.—Longfellow. Mighty little of the bread of life comes from the crusty man. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.—Smiles. Every one can master a grief but he that hath it.—Shakespeare. Some men would rather argue about dietetics than eat their dinners. The only good thing about post-mortem praise is that no one believes it. The best perfection of a religious man is to do common things in a perfect manner.—Bonaventura. I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me. I will be concerned at my own want of ability.—Confuselus. Obeying the Doctor's Orders. "We get queer orders now and then in the cigar business," said a manufacturer who has a retail store in Broadway. "I have a customer who has been dealing with me for years and who never discovered that smoking ten cigars a day between breakfast and dinner disagreed with him until he was fifty-three years old. For a month I have missed him. Last week he came in again and brought the biggest and blackest cigar made for stock trade. Then he gave me an order for 200 cigars made from his favorite tobacco. But he wanted them five inches long, and one inch in diameter at the centre, close-rolled. "We don't manufacture that size except for trick cigars," I said. "I know what I am about," he replied. "The doctor says I must smoke only one cigar a day, and I mean to obey him. But I want that one cigar to run the limit."—New York Press. Colors Birds Don't Like. Red will annoy a turkey-cook as much as a hull, but a sparrow will not let it disturb its mind. But if one shakes a blue rag in front of a caged sparrow's eyes he will go frantic with disgust. Sparrows and linnets, too, will refuse food offered them on a piece of blue paper, and dislike the appearance of any one wearing a blue dress. Medium light blue affects them most, but blue serge they scarcely mind at all. Thrushes and blackbirds object to yellow, but will use red or blue dried grass left about their haunts to build the outer layers of their nests. Yellow grasses they will not use. — Chicago Journal. Why Washington Was First. The class in history was discussing the cruel conduct of King George and the consequent revolution among the colonists in America. The teacher had just ended a very interesting discourse and then asked who was the first President. "George Washington," said the whole class at once. "Why was he chosen?" Why was he chosen? "Because Roosevelt wasn't born then," said a little five-year-old—Albany Journal. In "Light Distress." An old lady and her two daughters went into a millinery store, says the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer. The young women wore mourning hats. (The elder woman said to the clerk: "I want a mourning hat, for I am in mourning. But my darter here" pointing to one of her companions, "is a wilder of two years' standing, and she is in light distress. Give her a hat, with blue feathers on it" e Plantation Chill Cure is Guaranteed Health Fully Restored and the Joy of Life Regained When a cheerful, brave, light-hearted woman is suddenly plunged into that perfection of misery, the BLUES, it is a sad picture. It is usually this way: She has been feeling "out of sorts" Mrs. Rosa Adams for some time; head has ached and back also; has slept poorly, been tilted nervous, and nearly fainted once on twice; head dizzy, and heart-beats very fast; then that bearing-down feeling, and during her menstrual period she is exceedingly despondent. Nothing pleases her. 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