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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-12-26

In the third movement the lady
should hold her hands close to her
sides, with the thumbs still for
ward. Bring the arms up from
the sides, thumbs still forward;
then return them to their first po-
sition. The arms must not be bent
at the elbows. Ifpersisted in, this
movement will straighten out stoop-
ing shoulders. Are these dlrec-
tions perfectly plainP
Perfectly So
Amy lady who will vigorously
practice these movements twice
a day for fifteen minutes will
presently have a full chest,
straight shoulders and sound
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
prrscaal.

MONEY TO LOAN.-A pace EFero -
VI can OBTAIN loan on personal prope5 Va
and those wishing to buy such articles sS SeiI{
call on me. Cash paid for old Gold Sii, e--ouq
mutilated coin. Office private: bnsins,Se1i and
Whitaker street. "'oAef, y
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
Protection in Europe.

The fact that pork raised in America is
just as wholesome for the people of Ger
many and France as it is for those of
England, Holland, Spain and other
countries. where it is imported and eaten
freely without harmful results, can not be
denied. 1t has been more than suspected
that the political idea of protection to
producers rather than that Of sanitary
protection to consumers was at the bot
tom of the edicts prohibiting the impOrta-
ton of American pork into Germany and
France.
In support of this charge the fact has
been brought to mind that in 1881 a cele-
brated German political economist, DIR.
Max Sering, of the University of Bonn,
visited different portions of the United
States under commission from the Ger
man Government ''tO inquire into the con-
diti0n of agriculture in America, the pro-
duction of meats and breadstuffs, with
reference to the influence of American
production on the agricultural interests
of Germany
His report has never been published by
his government, or at least it has not been
reproduced in America, but from the date
of his return began the fight on the part
Of the German Government over the al
legged EMBELLISHMENTS of American
pork.
While in America Professor Sering was
interviewed as to the result of his inves-
LEGATIONS, and, although he expressed
himself cautiously, sufficient may be gath
cred from what he said to cOrroborate to
some extent the opinion that to the Obser-
vatiOns made by him is due the present
attitude of Germany toward American
pork. He gave it as his opinion that the
low cost of production of meats and bread
stuffs in America, and the low rates of
freight on the same, would soon make the
production of these articles Improbable
in all the countries of Europe. He cited
an instance wherein a contract had been
made Tor the transportation of 400, 600 tons
of grain from st. Paul. in Minnesota, to
Liverpool, for 81 so per ton. He said that
the wheat, meat and breadstufls consumed
by each adult or soldier was about three
pounds per day; or about 1000 pounds, or
One-half ton per annum; and that there
fore a full years supply of meat and
breadstutfs for each adult could be had
from America at freight charge of little
less than 81 per annum.
The German, as we'll as the French
Governments, are directed by men OF in
telligence, and they certainly know that
American pork is just as wholesome as
that raised in their own territories. As
Stunning that the prescription Of Ameri-
can products is dictated by political rea-
son, the question arises, what means of
retaliation or diplomacy can be adopted
that will be effective in breaking down
this great barrier to American trade?
Mere retaliatOry measures, which can
accomplish no good result, will only make
the matter worse, and further unnecessary
" complicate the relations of the countries
involved.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
A VERY Old WOMAN.
Mrs. Banta's Long Life, in Which She
Never Visited Theatre.

Mrs. Banta's Long Life, in Which She
Never Visited Theatre.
Mrs. Sarah Wilkes Banta, who was
born in New York city on March II, 1883,
says the New York Herald, entered on
the 18th upon her 1921 year. She lives at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Shute,
No, 1908 Greene avenue, Brooklyn.
Mrs, Banta is in almost full possession
of her mental faculties, She attended
church in October last, but it was not
considered advisable to allow her to do so
during this winter. This she considered
a great deprivation and an unnecessary
precaution on the part of her children tn
save her health. Her Tooth birthday, two
years ago, was celebrated in an apprO-
pirate manner, cards being sent out to all
her relatives and number of friends. At
the reunion five generations were repre-
scented,
Mrs. Banta has had nine children, three
only Of whom are alive, her youngest
child but one having been buried only two
weeks ago, aged 81.
From the leaves of Mrs, Banta's family
Bible, which was published i'll TAI, and
which, by the way, was her mothers be-
fore her, the following particulars con-
corning her children were obtained! Her
first child, Mrs. Eliza Coles, was born
June 3, 1903, and died August IS, 1861.
Her second child, Mrs. Mary Ann Coles,
was born about two years after the first,
and died in 1851. The next child was
John Suffer Banta, who was born April
Is, 1907, and died May u, 1885. Mrs,
Catherine Barr Brady was born in 1909,
William Banta III 1911, James Wilkes
Banta in 1914, Sarah Ann Banta in 1917,
Jacob Banta in 1919 and Mrs. Henrietta
II. Shute, her last child, on August Ia,
1921. The two latter reside in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Banta's husband died in 1924.
She has living twenty-fOur grandchil-
dren, twenty-five great grandchildren and
four great great grandchildren. Her de-
scendants are scattered over various
parts of the country. She comes Of a long
lived family. A sister, who attained the
age of ninety-siX years, died few years
ago; brother is still living at the age Of
ninety-nine in Michigan, and another
brother, who went to Canada and was at
one time a member of the Provincial Par
lament, reached the age of ninety=twO,
She is the youngest but one of SIX BROTH
eTs and sisters.
The family was Of genuine Dutch de-
scent. Mrs. Banta's parents died when
she was six years old. She was married
in April, 1901, at the age of nineteen.
Until within the last year or two, when
her memory became somewhat impaired,
she would entertain friends by the hour
with "reminiscences of the ''gOOd old
times" as she was pleased to term them,
when lots on Broadway could he pur-
chased for 65, and on the Rowery for 43.
She never was in theatre in her life.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
PERSONAL.

SENATOR CAMDEN, of West Virginia. has
railway interests in his State. He is endeavOr
ing to unite them with route to Philadel-
pima.
WALT WHITMAN has purchased a dwelling
house on Mickle street. above Third. in Cam
den. y. j., where he says he intends passing
the remainder of his life.
EX-SENATOR SIMON CAMERON passed
through Washington bound for Harrisburg
He says his health is excellent. He paid the
President and Gen. Grant visit Friday.
MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE has been confined
to her house. in Boston, for two weeks past
from the effects of an accident, but is now re-
covering, and expects soon to be able TO go
out.
LORD MANDEyILLE SAT- beside one Of the
Justices of New York Police Court for three
hours on Thursday, in order to satisfy his Gu
riOslty in regard to the criminals of great
city.
MRS. JOHN JACOB AsToR and Miss Carhe-
rlne Wolfe, OF New ork, are members OF a
Boston International Educational Association
which is now engaged in founding a female
college in Florence. Italy, where women
from this country can pursue any branch OF
art.
GEN. GRAHAM, whose recent victories In
the SOudan have made him famous, was a
resident IN Montreal about eighteen years ago,
and was then District Commanding Engineer
under Gen. Forde, r. Z. The General at
that time Gas one Of the youngest Lleuten-
ant-COlOnels IN the service.
THE wife of President Gonzales, Of Mexico,
and mother of ten children, is now living OBJ
scurely in Houston, Texas. She left her hus-
band a year ago, alleging neglect and Ill
treatment, and tried for a while to get her
living by keeping millinery shop in the City
of Mexico. But she failed and is now living
on what little means are left her.
DR.. J. E. RENNER left indianapolis in the
summer of 1878 and rolled up his sleeves in
the cause of humanity at Memphis His work
during the epidemic was heroic, and he fell
in the cause, dying of yellow fever in the
latter part of September that year. Now his
grave is an unmarked spot of desOlatiOn, and
near him lie thirty-two other volunteer
physicians and forty-twO nurses, none honOred
in marble, though all gave their lives for the
public good
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
bright BITS.

A LAD who started for Texas to become a
COW boy, returned in TIN ee weeks a perfect
cOwed bOy.-Phita. Chronicle.
A BARBER about to be hanged said ''Neeks!''
and then the trap-d door fell. Those present
considered it a good 1ddelphia
cal.
YES" said young lady who had been
humping ON the piano for two hours, ''that
baby in the next house fairly sets me wild
with its noise, '-Chicdgo Sun.
YES" said Mrs. Veragoode, ''during Lent
l only go TO French opera BOUTS. IL is such a
satisfaction to feel that you are listening to
something immoral, without being aware of
it.'-EscbdRge.
THE human is supposed to be far more in
tellIgent than the brute creation, and yet or
dinarily the street car horse answers the bell
much quicker than the servant girl Will.-Cdr
DriuerS' Chronicle.
MRS. MARY L. BoOTH. editor of HdrDer's
BasdGr, deplOres the deficiency women suffer
in being deprived of pockets. She does not
consider that they have the plethOric pockets
OF their fathers, husbands, brothers and
cousins to draw from.
AT the annual dinner of Sorosis in New
York, on Monday Mrs. CrOly, the President,
IN Offering the toast "The Women Martyrs"
said that 1.-THE martyrdom of woman was an
unspoken agony" Anything ''unspeakable"
must be great agony to woman, that's a
fact.-NOPrist0acR Herald.
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEAGHER-"M nat has our
lesson to-day taught us?n Little boy-"That
we must shun evil Teacher-''But we are
told that money Is the root of all evil. Now
what further does the lesson teachg' Little
Bov-'sThat we must shnn the evil and grab
the root. "-Pitts5UFg Chronicle Telegraph.
THE SHERIFF will be here tomorrow, and
everything we have will be swept away" and
he bowed his head in his hands and groaned
aloud. The patient little wife went softly to
a bureau drawer and, taking therelrom $50,
600 which she had saved from her household
expenses. placed the package quietly at his
feet. Half an hour later the mortgage was
paid or and the old man was around the cor
ner playing seven up for the beer.-PAiJG-
deLphid call.
WHEN the enterprlsing plumber isn't plumb
ing, isn't plumbing,
And his rosin isn't heating on the Goals,
He loves to hear the chilly blizzard coming,
blizzard coming,
From the frigid home of Eskimo and Poles,
When the kitchen boiler isn't frozen tightly,
And the water pipes are bursting not in
glee,
He shines his diamond buttons up so brightly,
And passes for an American marquis.
- Washington Hdtchet,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24


''We are runnin' away wild de kentry,"
said the solemn voice of WaydOwn Beebe,
as his name was called. eve am libin'
too fast. Twenty years ago L was salts
fed with a twO-rOOmed cabin an a dollar
a day. Now | has to have a twO-stOry
house an u shillrn's a day. Wives who
used to 90 bar'fut six days a week to save
DER shoes for the seventh now wear IS
butes to mop in. De poison who earns
$40 per week mus lib jist as good as de
one who Arms $40. Twenty Vars ago de
woman wild a diamond ring could
boss a hull naybOrhOOd. Now, when
she tries to chen boss de sarvant
gal de gal packs up her peck of dia-
mOnds an quits de job widout waitin' to
collect any leetle matter like $40 back
salary. When | was a boy de man who
bought can of oysters was supposed to
have bin left a of legacy f'teen millyun dol
lars. Nowadays de poo mans back
yard am kivered wild de empty cans.
kin see sign arter sign dat dis generashun
am speedln' along without thought or car
of whar it will bring up. Men who am
hOein' taters to-day am nabObs to-morrer
Men who used to believe in saVin' up fur
a rainy day now scatter DER cash arOun
as if de sunshine mus allus last. Whar |
used to be satisfied wild bean soup | now
want oX-tail, am dats what ails de hull
kentry; we has got to slow up an simmer
down or de top rail am gwine to give way
an give us all a drap.D
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
The GREAT SENSATIONS
AT OUR STORE!

such bargains
weren seen
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL Abuses.

There is a slow but steady growth OF
abuses in Congress of one kind and an
other. 1t has not been many years since
it became the practice to give the family
of a Congressman who dies during his
term Of office the balance Of the salary he
would have earned if he had lived until
the end of his term. At first only the
funeral expenses were paid, and these
were confined to a very reasonable
amount. These expenses have in
creased, however, until they amount
to thousands of dollars. Now, if
a Congressman dies before he has
served a single day, provided his death
occurs after his term begins, his family
gets his entire two years salary. On last
Tuesday the Committee on ApprOpria-
tions reported a bill making an approDria-
ton to pay to the legal representatives of
Representatives HerndOn, Haskell and
Cults. the balances of sala-
ries that would have been due
them if they had lived out their terms.
No appropriation was made for the bene-
Il OF the families of Representatives Her
ron and Updegraf, who died before the
4th of March following their election.
According to the present practice, if a
Representative dies before the 4th of
March, the date Of the beginning of his
term, his family get nothing, but
if he dies any time after that
date they get all that would have
been due him had he lived. An appeal is
10 be made in behalf Of the families of
Mcssrs. Heron and UpdegraG, and it is
not improbable that it will be successful.
If it is the scope of the practice will be
still further enlarged, and the family of
Congressman who dies before his term
has begun will be on an equal footing with
the family OF one who dies after having
served a part of his term.
The action of the Senate in voting pri-
vate secretaries to Senators who are not
Chairmcn Of committees, is still the Occa-
sion of comment. Nobody doubts that the
members of the House will soon follow
this precedent established by the Sem
ate. 1t Is interesting to notice
how this private secretaryship
abuse came about. The dominant
party. of course. has the Chairmanships
of the committees. In the beginning the
committees appointed clerks VIXEN they
were needed. Gradually the practice be-
came established Of allowing the Chair
man to choose the clerk. In most Of the
committees there isn't work enough
to keep clerk employed
an hour week. The clerks,
therefore, were appointed with the
understanding that they should write let
tiers and mail documents for the Chair
men who gave them their places. To give
as many of the majority party as possible
the benefit Of clerk the number of com
mittees was increased. When about all
the majority were supplied with clerks
the minority became dissatisfied, and de-
manded private secretaries and they got
them. The growth of many other abuses
in Congress might be traced, but these are
sufficient to show there is a constantly
increasing extravaganza on the part of
Congress in the use of the peoples money.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
Urn GOODS.

disappointment these goods at the prices
boug p
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
BLONDEs vs.. BRUNETTEs.
The Latter style the Most POpular-Fig
ures Cleaned from Many Sources.
Phizade1D1ia Record.


''The brunetteS are up in the scale of
fashion and the blondes are down, that's
certain. Figures won't lie, you know,
and here are the figures" said a Well
known physician yesterday afternoon, as
he opened his desk and pulled out a little
roll of paper closely covered with writing.
'sNOw," he continued, with laugh, per
haps it's not a matter of any consequence
whether blondes or brunettes are the style,
but Just to settle the question | took the
trouble to 90 into the subject from sta
tistical point of view.
I'm the first place, l peeped into over
300 novels and stories, all written within
two years. You shall have the exact fig
ures: Three hundred and seventeen stO-
ries; examined as to herOInes being light
or dark; result, $50 brunettes, % blondes;
of 1872 poems selected out of papers and
magazines published since January, 1882,
% Of the heroines were dark and 80 golden
haired.
''ThOugh there was no doubt now left in
my mind as to which style was the most
popular, l took the trouble to make per-
SOnal count at the Academy of Music as
the people danced about at the Charity
Ball, and found that a great many more
brunettes than blondes had partners, and
personal observation disclosed the fact
that the same was the case at both the
COCuUdIb anu lllC 9lttI AOuiS Sc lcCluIGS.
and on Chestnut street after the matinees
were out"
But" said listener, ''it the proper
ton of dark-haired women is greater than
that of light-haired, it follows, of course,
that they should figure more prominently
in the statistics"
"Ah, yes, if that were so; but it is not,
and statistics show that there are Just
about as many blondes as brunettes. No,
there is no doubt about it; the brunettes
have the call at present, and have had it
for some time"
swell, Doctor, may l use your figures
for an articleT
Eyes; but for goodness sake don't say l
told you, as the song goes. L don't care
to have any controversy on the subject,
and, as l am bachelor, | wouldn't like
to bring down the wrath of my golden
haired friends upon my devoted head.
How about the masculine side Of the ques-
ton? Oh, l didn't look into that; it was
bother enough getting the other figures"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
A Fact AboutJudab P ReDiamin

l heard TACT or two about Judah i.
BeDjamin's early life the other day, says
a Washington correspondent, which were
new to me. His father was a small, dark
skinned Spanish Jew, who kept little
fruit shop on Market street, Charleston,
;. G. Benjamin's early life was spent in
that shop. He was educated by the He
brew Orphan Society of Charleston. gradu-
ating under their care at Charleston Col
lege. He was grass orphan by that
time. His mother, disagreeing with his
father, had left her home and gone to Beau
fort, where she opened a general country
store. Forty years ago she was conducting
it successfully. Both Mr.. and Mrs. BenIa-
min were devoted adherents to the grand
old religion of their fathers, and Judah z.
Benjamin was educated in it. He has al
ways retained his respect for his race, al
though he married a Gentle, and has
never been identified with the Jewish
Church. \ GU remember his fine reply in
the Senate, when he was tainted in hot
debate with being Jew. ''The Senator"
he said, rising gracefully and speaking in
his usual silvery way, twill please re-
member that when his halfciYiized an
cestOrs were hunting the wild boar in the
forests of Silesia mine were the princes
of the earth.'' The Senate was electri-
fled, and the carping Senator was ST.
fenced.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
THE VACANT BKIGADIERsHIP.
Speculation In Army Circles as to Who
will Get the Appointment.

WILL UeI the appointment.
Who will be the new Brigadier General
is a question that military men here as
well as the entire army are becoming
deeply interested in, says Washington
special of the 18th inst. to the Detroit
Free Press, Officers stationed at distant
posts are writing to their friends about
it and probably there is no influential man
in Washington who has not been asked to
favor the claims of more than one appli-
cant. Many letters are being received In
behalf of Gen. Orlando b. Wilcox.
These come chiefly from Michigan people.
Wilcox seems to have the solid backing
of his own State. The entire Michigan
delegation cordially support him.
Gen. SlOcum was asked in reference to
the various candidates and the prospects
of each. He was willing enough to give
the names of those who had been put for
ward for the Brigadiership hut by no
means willing to give his judgment as to
whose chances were best for the appoints
ment. Being a matter that rested en-
tirely with the President, and probably
not yet considered by him, it was not rea-
sOnaDle to suppose that any information
in advance of the appointment could be
obtained, if indeed any one of the numer-
GUS candidates had yet been selec ted for
the vacancy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
He Wasn't So Deaf.


Mr.. Roach is not always so deaf as peo.
pie take him to be. Mr.. Roach was coming
down in an elevated car in New York the
other day when young man, who spends
his daytime in clerking it for a broker and
the rest of his hours in being a dude,
undertook to be fresh at the big ship.
builders expense. Talking in a low tone
for the benefit of surrounding people, and
counting on the old gentleman's infrmity
to cover his tracks, he said: ''This old
party on my right is John Roach, who is
building the new government cruisers.
He has bled the Treasury out of more
money than any other man." "And he's
got it yet" said Mr.. Roach, looking
calmly up and then resuming his paper,
The young man coughed, changed color
and alighted at the next station.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
rhe Rirer and Harbor Bin.

The outlook that the full amount neeoed
for carving on the work of improving the
channel of the Savannah river below this
citv is not very encouraging. Itseems
that the Committee on Rivers and Har-
bors propose to pursue a sort of cheese
pairing policy in framing the river and
harbor bill. Their idea is that it is far
more important that the House should
make a reputation for economy than that
important public work should be carried
forward with all reasonable dispatch.
The engineers estimates call for about
$4,000, 900, but Mr.. Willis, the Chairman
of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.
says that it is the purpose OF the
committee to report Dill APP
prOpriating only about SlO'OOO,OVo.
In that case the Savannah river improve
ment will yet only about One-fourth oil
the amount which the engineer IN charge
thinks is needed. 1t is not certain that 1t
will ret that much. because Mr.. Willis
says that for the Mississippi river ana Ior
He'll Gate, New York harbor, 1t VIII be
necessary to appropriate pretty close up
to the estimates. 1t would not be sur
prising if He'll Gate and the Mississippi
river got half of the entire amount
provided by the bill. The sum of
5,OOO,O 600 for all other public works
wouldn't give very much for improve
ments in this section. The truth
is the Mississippi river ought to be dealt
with in a separate bill. 1t absorbs too
much of the river and harbOr bill. Con-
| gressmen interested in Otherpublic works,
in order to do justice to their own sec
tiOns, will soon oppose giving the MissIs-
! sippi river so much, and that improve
ment Will be retarded for want of suffi-
cient means to carry it forward. The
He'll Gate improvement ought to be shown
no favOrs. The New York press is almost
unit in opposition to liberal river and
harbor appropriations. 1t wants big
appropriation for its own harbor, but not
for any other harbor. Its dOg-in-the-man-
ger policy ought not to have any weight
with the committee.