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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
GROWN UPS"
LoIn With the Children.

1.-THE doctor said to my husband: You
must stop both coffee and tea, as your
nerves and kidneys are III a very bad
state. You can use Postum Food Coffee,
for there Is nothing healthier as a drink.
II bought a package OF Postum, made
ii according to directions. and il was
splendid. Husband quickly got well and
cannot say enough in praise Of Postum.
We have used neither tea nor coffee since.
One day a short time ago a friend took
dinner with me and asked for a second
cup Of that delicious coffee She was sur
prised TO hear II was Postum, as she had
tried Postum before and 1t was weak and
Ga steless, but wien she found out that Il
must be boiled quite a long time In order
to bring out the food value and the taste,
she adopted 1t and is now using IL entire
~. Her children. as well as the grown
ups are delighted with It,
II was formerly troubled with kidney
complaint myself but that has all disap-
peared since 1 have been using Postum
and quit coffee. Please do not make my
name public" -, Plttsburg, Pa.
The name OF this lady con be given by
the Postum Cereal Co.-Ltd.s Battle Creek,
Mich
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
Ancient SUN DiaIs.

z. Walker Maunder, in Knowledge.
1t is probable that the earliest sun dial
was simply the spear of some nomad
chief stuck upright in the ground before
his tent. Among those desert wanderers,
keen TO observe their surroundings, II
would not be a difficut thing to notice
that the shadow shortened as the sun
rose higher in the sky and that the short
ened shadow always pointed IN the same
direction-north. The recognition would
have followed very soon that this noon
day shadow changed in It's length from
day to day. A six-foot spear would give
a shadow at monday in latitude 40 de-
grees of twelve feet at one time Of the
year, of less than two feet at another
This instrument. so simple. so easily car
ried. as easily set up, may well have be-
gun the scientific study of astronomy, for
ii lent itself to measurement, and science
is measurement; and probably we see II
expressed in permanent form in the obe-
lisks Of Egyptian solar temples, though
these no doubt were retained merely as
solar emblems ages after their use as
actual instruments of observation had
ceased. An upright stick. carefully
plumbed standing on some level surface,
may, therefore, well make the first ad-
vance upon the natural horizon. A knob
al the top of the stick Will be found to
render the shadow more easily observed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27

sentient being; and on the announcement
of Chenery's marriage, Kinglake remark
ed Heavens! that brings the Times in
relation with humanity" Chenery was
not so closely in touch with the world
as Delane, who possessed the news-get-
ting instinct and never lost an oppor-
tunity. For instance, while out dining
one night the latter entered into CONVEX
sation with Sir William Gull. by the
way" said the eminent physician.
"Northhrook has been asking me If /
thought the climate of India would suit
him."
At the time Lord Mayo had been as
sassinated MIR. Gladstone was premier,
and speculation was rife as to Lord
Mayo's successor. Sir William Cults
chance observation impressed Delane. He
turned it over in his mind till its sig
niicance flashed upon him The next
days Issue of the Times contained the
authoritative statement that Lord North
brook had been appointed Viceroy of In
dia, and no doubt Mr.. Gladstone himself
wondered how the leading journal had dis
covered his secret. Delane had a shrewd
idea of the qualities required in an edi-
tor, He was Of sound judgment; neither
fussy nor tantalizing. He could adopt
a sensible policy, and knew how TO deal
with his contributors. He lived in 30
ciety, was aware of many a move in d.
plomacy, politics and social life, and OBJ
tanned for his paper much exclusive In
telligence that increased its influence.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27

ThomaSwille Ca. June 25-Lately we
read Communication in the News giving
a definition of the word cracker" We
are pleased TO add another given us by a
South Carolina gentleman years ago-"be-
fore the war;"
Charleston was then, as she is to-day,
the center of trafic for South Carolina and
parts of Georgia. The wagons poured into
her streets from all outlying settlements
In the backwoods. and nearer. The team
sters for these numerous wagons were
generally equipped with a stout whip
made of thongs of raw hide plated into
round lash. The roads were boggy Dnd
rough and the streets had no pavements,
so the delinquent horses. mules and oxen
had an incessant cracking in their ears to
'perten 'em up" and the backwcodsman
was dubbed Cracker" ever afterward.
s.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
RESPONSIBILITY STILL OPEN.
GERMANY UNWILLING TO SADDLE
TT UPON CHINA.

Sees NO Cause to Impute Bad Faith
10 the Chinese Government-Gcr-
many Wishes TO Act in Harmony
with All the Powers Berlin
Papers Regard the Situation as
Grave.
Berlin, June 26.-It is evident that Ger
many has been interchanging opinions
with Russia and other Powers during the
last twenty-four hours, and that the for
eign offices have been receiving new in
structions from Count Won Buelow, Min
lister OF Foreign Affairs. who is still hav-
ing hourly conferences with Emperor
William at Kiel. AS a result Germany
takes the position outlined this evening
by high official OF the foreign office as
follows:
The government does not yet see any
cause to impute baG faith to the Chinese
government and to saddle the responsible
ity upon Pekin for the participation of
Chinese troops in the Boxer excuses. AT
least all reliable news received here thus
far leaves the question OF responsibility
still open. This view is shared by other
Powers. For the same reason the ques-
ton of dethroning the Empress has not
yet been discussed between the Powers
The correspondent of the Associated
Press asked the official whether, in case
the completely of the Chinese government
will be proved and Russia should still
persist in maintaining that as a state
of war did not exist and that the EN-
press should be retained, Germany would
continue to side with Russia.
Germany" the official replied, wishes
to act in harmony with all the Powers
rather than to forward the individual
aims of any one"
The official added that no policy has
yet been agreed upon by the Powers as
to what course to pursue should 1t be
found that the ministers at Pekin had
been murdered and when the correspond
of the Chinese ministers al European cap
itals were Of doubtful veracity, he re-
piled:
Germany has no means of determining
the truth or falsity of such assurances"
The Berlin papers take a dispassionate
view OF the situation, but they agree re-
gardng its gravity.
The semi-official Neueste Nachrichten
insists that provision be made for large
trans-marne troops in the future. To
This the Freissinn,ge Zeitung replies:
1.-The question whether the Kaiser can
order any troops forming part of the reg
ular army to go beyond the seas involves
a modification OF the constitution of the
empire
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
SHARKEY MET DEFEAT.
Continued from First Page.

IL with him and Tom made him wabble
! with right on the jaw. Gus then swung
a right 10 the body that could be heard
Throughout the building, but the sailor
was good yet and was rushing again when
the bell rang
Round Eleven-Tom rushed and swung
his left TO the neck. Both steadied them
selves and Gus jabbed his left twice 10 the
race. Tom responded with a right on the
Jaw and Gus broke ground. Tom follow
ed and jabbed his left to the face and
upper cut his right to the chin. Both
were so tired they were hardly able TO
stand, for the aggressive sailor rushed
only to take a right swing on the jaw
that staggered him. Tom swung for the
body, but fell short and hit Gus on the
thigh before the close.
Round Twelve-Again Tom rushed and
landed on the body. Gus jabbed his left
to the face and sent Toms head back.
Tom was bleeding badly from the eye
and nose. Tom rushed to a clinch and
pulled Gus across the ring. They broke
and Tom sent hard right to Ruhlins
body. Rubin shifted about the ring but
met Sharkeys rushes with left to the
body. Neither mans blows were carry
ing much force.
Round Thirteen-Tom rushed but Gus
danced about and Tom grinned. Gus
Sharkey to his own corner drove both
hands to the head. Tom forced his way
out and bore Gus across the ring and
swung hard right to the head. Gus was
the cooler and fought cautiously. He
jabbed Tom hard on the face and hooked
his right to the head, at the same time
blocking Toms swings. Both were rest
ing at the bell
Round Fourteen-Tom rushed and fell
81 nrf I'll y .s-~l,s
tabbed his left to the face and almost
took Tom off his feet Rubin now ssem-
ed stronger and three times jolted his
right for the head. Tom was bad ana
Gus banged him about with both hands
playing heavily on the head. 1t looked
as If he would surely go, but by hanging
ON he managed 10 stay the round.
The Jig Was Up.
Round F1fteen-Tom was first up. He
closed, but Gus sent him away with shQE
left and right jolts on the head. I'm
looked tired, and Gus followed him and
jabbed his head back and crossed his
right to the jaw. Tom staggered and
Rubin stepped in and banged him with
both hands until the sailor staggered II
the floor. He was up at the count, but
unable to make defense and
again he went to the carpet from
Ruhlin's blows. With bulldog sameness
he staggered again to his feet Gus by
this time was hardly able to use his
hands. When Tom again regained his feet
hH staggered to the game sailor and sent
short lafts and rights to the head, that
looked as though they would not hurt
child, but Tom was so badly done for
that he again went down under them
Again he rose blindly to his feet and Gus
walked to him. Tom tried to clinch, but
Gusrstepped back and with a left to the
face and right hand upper-cut to The
jaw, Tom toppled forward, all out, and
Referee Johnny White waved Rubin to
his corner, while the sailor pugilists Sec
onds carried him TO his corner, where he
gradually revived and was soon able to
leave the ring.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
------s-e--s--
BUREAUS CROP SUMMARY.
Wet Weather and Drought Have
Caused Damage.


Washington, June 26.-The weather bu-
r aus weekly summary of crop condi-
lions says:
1.-The South Atlantic and the Central
and Eastern portions of the Gulf States
including portions of the Central Mis-
sissippi and Lower Ohio valleys have
suffered much from heavy rains while
he severe drought over the northern por-
tion of the spring wheat region continues
unbroken, only light showers having fall
len over limited areas.
Corn has made favorable progress in
the great corn states of the central val
leys and is in a good state of cultivation,
except in portions of the Central Mis-
issippi and Ohio valleys, where many
fields are weedy In the Southern States
east of the Mississippi river corn has suf-
fered seriously from excessive rains and
is badly in need OF cultivation.
Except in Texas and Oklahoma. cotton
has experienced very unfavorable weather
conditions and the crop is generally very
grassy, rust and lice being extensively
reported throughout the central and east
ern portions of the cotton belt. Too rapid
growth is reported from the central por-
lions of the belt, while growth has been
checked by low temperatures in North
Carolina. Some fields in bottom lands in
Mississippi and Tennessee have been
abandoned. In Texas the bulk OF the crop
is now clean and general improvement
is reported, except in some portions Of
the eastern and central portions of the
state. where fields have been abandoned
on account of grass Boil weevil is caus-
ing damage in Southern Texas In the
upland lands of Tennessee and portions
of Eastern South Carolina cotton is gem
orally in good condition.
THE week has been very favorable
to tobacco, except over portions of West
ern Kentucky and Tennessee, where 1t
has suffered from heavy rains
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
ADDRESS OF BoER ENJOYS.
SATISFIED THEY HAVE SYMPATHY
OF AMERICANS.

They Charge Great Britain with
Violating Her Pledges to the Two
Republics-E6orts of South Afri-
can League Were Directed to
Their Observation-Disclosures May De
Forced to Surrender but They win
Never Be Conquered.
New York, June 26-The Boer ENJOYS
who have been in this country for the
past two months, to-day issued an ad-
dress to the people of the United States
After expressing regret at their inabil-
ity to accept many of the invitations ex-
tended to them they expressed their
thanks to the American public for the
deep sympathy they have shown for the
cause of the struggling republics"
The address says:
I'VE now feel convinced that the boast
full allegation of the colonial secretary
and other British statesmen that the citi-
zens of this great country sympathized
with the British empire in its attempt to
crush the liberty and independence of our
two small states is absolutely devoid of
truth
The address then goes at great length
into the history of the relations between
Great Britain and the Beers, which it
characterizes as lone of violated faith
and broken pledges cloaked under the dis
play of magnanimous and irreproachable
principles
The address declares that the capitalists
control the press of South africa and that
the editors of these subsidized journals
were appointed special correspondents of
the principal London dailies. The broad
charge is made that Mr.. Chamberlain's re-
vivai of the suzerainty claim in 1897, his
pubid utterances, Sir Alfred Miners
speeches and infiammatory dispatches and
the efforts of the South African League
under the presidency of Cecil Rhodes, were
all directed toward the ultimate destruc-
ton of the two Dutch republics.
Taking up the campaign to date the ad-
dress says:
1.-THE Beers may be in the end defeated
by overwhelming numbers and may ulu-
mately be forced TO surrender, owing to
difficulty of securing ammunition and pro-
visions, but the conduct of the present
war. as well as the history of the past 100
years justifies us in saying that they will
never be conquered"
The address concludes by saying that
the ENJOYS do not ask the direct or forc!-
BILE intervention of the United States, but
a continuance of public sympathy and
support.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
GIVING THE BRITISH TROUBLE.
Beers IN SMALL PARTIES HARAss-
ING THE SCOUTS.

De Wet Is the Genius of All These
Guerilla Oberts' COL
umns Are Steadily Contracting the
Circle of Their Advance-Boers
SILL Say They Are Ready to Hold
Out to the Last.
London, June q. $40 a. m.-The Boer
commands in the eastern part of the
Orange River Colony appear TO have been
broken up by their leaders for the time
into small parties that harass large col
urnns of the British, necessarily cutting
or scouts, sniping piekets, making
show of force here and there. and oewild-
ering the slow moving bodies
Commandant Christian DeWet, Gen
Steyn's principal commander, is the ge-
MUS Of these guerilla operations. He is
the hero on the Boer side in these last
days of hostilities.
Lord Roberts columns are steadily con-
tracing the circle of their advance.
Transvaal officials who were interview
I'd yesterday at Machadodorp by cor
respondent of the Daily Express asserted
IN intention to hold out TO the last. Pres
ident Kruger will probably retire to
Watervalonder or Nelspruit. His physi-
clan thinks his condition of health will
not allow him to go to the high veldt.
The British prisoners at Nooit Gedacht
are now more comfortable. Large guam
titles of food and blankets have been
forwarded to them. and their enclosure
is lighted by electricity.
Pretoria kilograms say that supplies of
warm clothing are reaching Lord Rob-
erts' infantry, who had been ragged and
had suffered from the cold
Commandment Gen. Botha is uncommonly
active east of Pretoria.
The Canadians are doing splendid out
post work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27

A BISHOPS JOKE BOOK.
WnIsham How's Ecclesiastical "JOe
Miller" Published PosthumOusIy.
From the London News.

From the London News.
Bishop Wslsham How's son has pre-
scented the public with a singular, but
by no means unwelcome. memorial Of his
pious father. The Bishop was not only
a good and a learned man; he was happy
one, and, says his son. "he never could
help seeing the funny side of things" He
thought the funny things worth noting
down. He called them Ecclesiastical
Jottings." He had them handsomely
bound in red leather one day, and made
his son a present of them, with a hint
that they might in due time make a book.
So book they have become, a sort Of
Episcopal Joe Miller or as 1t would
have better pleased the collector to have
them called. a second Dean Ramsay. For
our part, we hope they may play the
proper part of good sores and elicit Others
ia call them Some of our clerical corre-
spondents have been engaged in very seri-
Gus controversies lately. Can they re-
lax a little now and allow themselves an
interval of play? Can they tell as good
stories as Bishop Walshnm How. or bet
ter ones than he has told? They might
say II they have anything to equal this
suggestive description by a parishioner
of a hymn of praise:
tine Old man and me never go to bed,
sir, without singing the evening hymn.
Not that I've got any voice left for /
haven't; and as for him, he's like a bee
in a bottle; and then he don't humor
the tune, for he don't rightly know one
tune from another, and he can't remem-
Der the words, neither; so when he leaves
out a word / puts II In, and when can't
sing, / dances, and so we gets through 1t
somehow"
The following will be hard to beat for
audacious humor at the expense Of the
Church:
High, Low, Broad.
CDR. b. OF Oswestry has three horses
which ne has named High Church, Low
Church, and Broad Church. The reason
he gives Is that the first Is always on his
knees, the second never, and as for the
third you never know what he will do
next"
There have been many arguments for
and against the reading of sermons. When
an argument by anecdote ega.nst the
practice should next be wanted, how
about the following as a dreadful warn
ing.
Cost of a borrowed Sermon.
"A shy. nervous clergyman near Brad
ford was about 10 help friend by read
ing the prayers, when a message came TO
say that a neighboring incumbent was
taken IN and 10 ask for help The rector
could not 60, so the friend had to be sent
but, having no sermon with him. ne bor-
rowed one from the rector. who wrote a
clear, good hand. He selected one well
u-lue Of Time. and meant 20 read Is over
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
An Army's Baggage.



There is no greater contrast furnished
than that of our army service wagons as
they are now employed taking stores to
the front with u colonial OK wagon. They
both break down sometimes or get rutted.
and i'm that case the heavier wheels OF
the Dutch wagons have the advantage.
We have gained a great deal by the use
of traction engines, which have proved
themselves of great value, though az one
time they were strongly opposed by the
military authorities. Mention should be
made of the excellent use to which our
field bakeries have been put. They are
erected with great care, and provide
constant supply Of good bread. Now, a
man on the march will not do badly II
he gets even passabie bread. 1t was all
that NAPOLEON dreamed of furnishing for
his men. and they had TO forage further
for themselves. Troops nowadays are fed
and looked after in way which would
surprise the Little Corporal. In India
elephants are mainly relied upon for
transport their intelligence making them
OF the utmost value. especially as they
can carry heavy loads (seven to nine HUN
dredweight), march at a regular pace over
almost any country, doing an average OF
eight hours a day, and requiring little
rest. The only difficulty is that, like Eng
lishmen, they require the right food, and
that regularly; and, as may be Imagined,
their commissariat is considerable.
wheaton cakes, rice and green food are
their sustenance, and 1t naturally varies
according 10 size--a 12-foot tusker need
ing daily about five and one-half hum
dredweight, of which only two stone is
rice. A friend of the writer said he al
ways appreciated the "hathl," or ele-
phant. after his first day on parade with
a heavy battery in India A friend told
him If he heard an elephant trumpet 20
20 on without waiting 20 know why; and
the advice proved good, for gun ele-
nhant got loose, and the first he knew
of il was hearing It trumpet behind him.
He went. with the tusker after him
neither was seen on parade that day; and
although he fortunately escaped, II was a
Nsry good warning to him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
WHERE AcRoBATs LEARN TRICKS.
Many of Them Became Proficient in
Sawmi1Is of the Northwest.

From the New York Herald.
Where do all the acrobats and tumblers
come from? Where do they learn their
trade? There is no school, as such, for
the training of men who imperil their
lives for living An old acrobat solved
these questions when he told where he
had learned to leap and turn springs in
the air and fall on the back of his neck
without injuring himself. Most of the cir
Gus acrobats and not few of the rough
and tumble comedians of the stage, who
have graduated from the ring, were rear
ed and learned the rudiments of their
business in the lumber towns of the North
west. In the business these are known
as 'sawdust towns" on account of the
sawmills which are their chief industry
There are many of these in Wisconsin
and Michigan and several in Iowa that
have turned out the bulk of the acrobats
and tumblers in the business.
In the "sawdust towns the small boys
have exceptional facilities for learning TO
turn somersaults and handsprings in the
great beds of sawdust that surround the
mills Soon they begin to try the more
difcult feats they see done in the shows
that visit the towns. After school hours
they tumble until it is time TO go home
and do the Chores" From out of them
all there generally rise TWO or three boys
who get the knack of the acrobatic feats,
and these work in constant rivalry, each
trying to excel the other.
One day along comes circus and the
best boy tumbler applies for job and
shows what he can do. Perhaps he is Civ
en- a chance as a top mounter," or the
top man in a pyramid act, because he is
light and active. When he gets older,
heavier and stronger he may become an
"understander" or one of the men who
help to hold mountain of men on their
shoulders. And thus he gets into the show
business. If he works hard and studies,
he may become good acrobat in time
But he got his start on a sawdust pile.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27

Prof. Francis Walker, at present head
of the department of political and social
science In the University of Colorado Is
to become head of the same department In
Western Reserve University in Septem-
her DIR. Walker is the grandson OF Anna a
Walker and the son of Francis A. Walker,
who was for years the president OF the
Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology
From that institution he received his first
degree. He then took graduate course
at Columbia. where he received the doc
tors degree In 1895. He has served as
member Of the Massachusetts, Board to
Investigate the Condition of the unem-
oloyed,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
PRESENTED SCALE OF WAGES.
Coal Operators Say No Advance viii
BE Allowed

Birmingham, Ala, June 26-The coal
miners of Alabama to-ray presented their
scale of wages to the operators.
The new scale demands an increase of
10 cents per ton for all coal mined and a
corresponding increase in pay of day men,
Other demands of the miners are a two
weeks pay day, pay in lawful currency of
the United States, abolition of contract
labor, the employment of only union labor
and the weighing of coal before it is dump
ed.
The operators say no advance will be
granted. The present contract expires
June 30.
The miners and operators meet to-mor-
row to discuss the proposed contract.