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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

she regular tramps cali Gay Cats" They
claim that they are over 100000 strong
and socialistic agitators sometimes urge
that there are more than a million of
them, but they probably do not really
number over 100000
Not much is known about them by the
general public. except that they are con-
tinually shifting from place to place, par
ticularly during the warm months. In
the winter they are known to seek shell
ter in the large cities, where they swell
the ranks of the disconnected and COM
planning, and accept benefits from chart
table societies. They certainly are not
tramps in the hobo's sense of the word.
HIS reason for derisively calling them
gay cats" is that they work when they
have to and tramp only when the weather
is fine.
Many of them really prefer working to
begging, but they are without employ
ment during several months in the year,
and are constantly grumbling about their
lot in the world They think that they
are the representative unemployed men
of the country, and are gradually devel-
oping class feeling among themselves.
They always speak of their kind as "the
poor" and of the people who employ them
as 1.-The rich" and they believe that their
number is continually increasing.
Studying the Gay Cats"
For the past year it has been one of
my duties to keep we'll in touch with this
class. AT the request of railroad official,
who has been considering an innovation
in railroading, / have made some special
investigations regarding all who trespass
on the steel thoroughfares.
The attitude of the company toward
this class of trespassers," he said in talk
ing to me about the matter, must nee
essarily be the same as toward the tramps
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

was forced TO expel the air from my lungs.
Then began to smother. and realized
mat my only hope lay in a violent effort,
and ut once.
l made the effort; 1 struggled with des-
peration employing all the strength
could command The pressure upon my
head became intense and IT seemed to be
splitting into a thousand pieces with
loud cracking noise which developed
into a horrible din. Horrible shooting
pains darted through my head. and my
throat felt as il in the clutch of some
hendish stranger.
The future or the past did not trouble
me but ala think OF my mother.
The pains increased and a black film
seemed to spread over my sight and I
became unconscious.
When / recovered / was lying on the
Whart with several companions working
over me. / had been but thret, feet be-
low the surface during my trying expe-
rience and they had rescued me
But there are many peculiar supersti-
lions ana fancies concerning the recovery
OF the bodies of persons who have met
dedth by drowning which are entertained
globe.
The enlightened people Of the United
states have great faith In odd numbers
ana II is generally accepted theory that
the body of drowned person will rise to
the surface upon the expiration of nine
Gays unless 1t be held fast beneath the
water by weight or other means. They
belleVe this Just as firmly as they do that
a person win sink three times when
drowning before life becomes extinct,
which Is perfectly absurd idea
But while they have faith in these abb
surd fancies they usually resort TO prac-
teal methods In recovering bodies such
as the submarine diver, the graphing
hooks. ig
cannons. are fired over the water where
the body went down In order to cause il
10 rise 10 the surface, but the results
nave warranted this course. Whether IL
Is the report or the vibration that has It's
effect upon the body of the drowned. I
am not prepared to state, but Il Is true
that this method seldom falls to bring a
BODY TO the surface If in the near vicinity
OF the gun or cannon discharged
The Mandan Indians use two different
articles for this purpose, buffalo "chips''
or some article of clothing belonging to
the deceased The hasf-civilized tribe OF
the southwest nearly all use little neIcher-
work baskets called meet pans" and they
believe that they will not become suffl-
GENTLY water soaked to sink until they
arrive at the spot exactly over the body
of the drowned.
In all European countries, and even In
some parts Of the United States the fav-
orite tallsman appears to be a loaf OF
bread. In England the loaf is weighted
with quick silver, and In France 1t Is
started on Its journey in quest OF the dead
with lighted taper affixed In the top
crust.
Objects used for this purpose differ wide
ly In the different countries or even in
widely separated communities In japan
they use "A bundle Of straw; In Java a
live sheep; In South Africa the dried tail
OF a bullock, and In Australia a snake
SKIN. Peter S. McNally.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
DEATH by DROWNING.
A FaIIacious Idea That II Is "A Pleas
ant Passing Away.

It Is a generally accepted idea that
death by drowning is easy; that very little
suffering accompanies death by submer-
sion in the water.
While this may be true In some in
stances, hold that drowning is by no
means easy, and that the Sweet music
ringing in the ears" which Is said to be
experienced by persons who meet death in
this manner, is pure fabrication. have
talked with hundreds of persons who have
been rescued from drowning, who have
been at the very portals of death, and I
never found one who had heard Sweet
music" ringing in his or her ears, or had
enjoyed enhancing visions" while drown
ing.
/ cannot understand where such absurd
ideas originated from, or how thoughtful
persons can accept them. To drown means
to suffocate, and surely death by suffoca-
ton cannot reasonably be regarded as
easy.
have had several drowning experiences
and have been, so to speak. on the brink
OF eternity, and have learned that death
by drowning is painfully horrible. once
| was In the water so long that 1t required
over an hour OF hard work to revive me,
and my stay under water was not made
cheerful by band concert or panoramic
exhibition of selected views.
My toughest experience was at Hltten-
gers wharf, Charlestown. Mass. some years
ago. While diving i got caught between
two spiles which were joined together like
an inverted v, and was wedged In, back
upward, and firmly held by the strong cur
rent of the Charles struggled hard to
free myself, but my efforts seemed futile.
! held my breath as long as possible. and
tried In every way to extricate myself
from my trying position.
tried to swim downwards, upwards
and STRAIGHTFORWARD, but my position re-
manned unchanged.
The pressure upon my head and chest
grew painfully heavy; the shadows I'M
der the wharf deepened and the terrible
thought that / was about to die came
upon ME. The pressure increased and /
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
IRRIGATION IN SIBERIA.
The Winter Snow Is Used ms Needed
TO Water the Land.


If the winters are long in Siberia and
very cold, on the other hand the sum-
mers are extremely warm and dry. The
small streams of water dry up during
this season. and agriculture suffers much
from this state of things.
To remedy the evil, the following is
what the inhabitants OF certain districts
do During the winter they collect the
snow which. as is we'll known, falls In
abundance in these regions. and accum-
ulate It at the bottom of some narrow
valley. They press it and make It COM
pact so that it will be more resistant to
thawing. At the end of the winter they
cover the enormous piles which they
have thus formed with branches, straw,
manure or earth in order to protect the
snow against the rays of the sun and
the exterior heat.
Then, when after long days without
rain the temperature is much elevated
and the water Of the streams begins to
dry up the snow, in spite of its covering
commences to melt, and by means Of a
ditch made for this purpose, the water
which runs down supplies the river until
the return of winter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

as long as they both use the same meth
DDS of travel, but / have often wondered
whether there are enough of those who
claim to be merely unemployed men to
Justify railroad companies in experiment.
ing with a cheap train a day, somewhat
similar in makeup 10 the fourth class
in Germany and Russia, for their patron
age, At present the trouble is that we
can't tell whether they would support such
train, and personally am not convinc-
ed that all of them are as honest out-of-
works as they say they are, when ar
rested for stealing rides. If you can gath
er any data concerning them which Will
throw light on this matter, l should be
glad to have it,"
All told have met on the railroad, dur
ing the past year, about LOCO men and
boys who claimed to be out-of-works and
not professional vagabonds or tramps. In
saying that / have met them | mean that
have talked with them and learned
good deal about their history, present
conditions and plans and hopes for the
future. They talked with me as freely as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

The injured mans life was short, how
ever for stray bullet hit him, causing
almost instantaneous death. While bend
Ing over the dying man, Ponsonby was
himself shot In the arm; fortunately the
left one, since, before he could go further,
Boer. perceiving his plight, advanced
10 within about eighty yards, and. delib-
erstely taking aim, was about to fire.
Popsonby was too quick for the Boer,
though. and, drawing his revolver, killed
his adversary at the first shot.
Mr.. Grants sketch showing the removal
OF the wounded from the train In transit
for the Orange river camp hospital was
made just after the battle OF Belmont. The
sketch showing a batch of prisoners just
as they were brought Ia was made at Mod
der river, and In IT,, as well as in the
sketch of prisoner heads and half lengths.
be has succeeded admirably I'm differcntiat-
ing the various Boer types he has encoun-
teted. .s.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

The nationality of the gay cats is main
" American A large number have par
ents who were born in Europe, but they
themselves were born i'm this country, and
there are thousands whose families have
been settled here for several generations.
7 bring this out because ii is popular,
hit mistaken, notion that the native
Americans contribute very few recruits to
the "army of unemployed" and the tramp
class. and that 1t is the foreigners who
cause most OF our labor disturbances ana
All our poor houses and Jails.
What / have said in regard to the un-
enuloyed young men applies also In
measure TO the old men; the latter are
in many cases as much the victims OF
wander-Iust as are their youthful COM
panions: but there are certain special
facts which go to explain their vagabond-
age. The older men are more frequently
confirmed drunkards than are the young
err men. Occasionally during the past year
/ have met an aged out-of-work who was
moi addicted to drink and who was PEN
niless and ION the road from other
causes. but nine-tenths of all the mature
men were by their own confession hard
drinkers Whether their loose habits are
also auswerable for their love OF carping
and crlticising and their notion that they
alone know how the world should be run,
Il is impossible for me TO say; Dut GER
tain It is that their continual grumbltng
and scolding against. those who have been
more perseveripg than they is another or
the causes which have brought them 10
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
BY Josiah Flint.

copyright. 1900. by j. f. Willard.)
New York, Feb. 9-Scattered over.
the railroads., sometimes travelling
freight cars, and sometimes
sitting pensively around camp fires work
ing when the mood is on them and loahng
when they have accumulated stake"
always criticising other people but never
themselves, seldom. very happy or I'M
happy, and almost constantly without
homes such as the persevering working
man struggles for and secures. there is
an army of men and boys who, if a CEN
sus of the unemployed were taken, would
have to be included in the class which
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
-Routino.--Col. Bryan hesitated a

-Routine.--CoL Bryan hesitsted a mo-
ment, seemed lost, and laid down his knife
and fork. what Is II. Colonel?" anx-
iously asked his host. ~ remember now"
he said partially recovering himself. "This
is my regular time of day for stating my
position on the expansion question Excuse
me a moment, please" And he went out
to the waiting reporters.-C Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11
EVOLUTION OF THE VAGAB0ND.
~, ,NsITION STAGE OF THE UNEM-
pLONED WHO TEND TO ENTER .
TRAMPDOM.

rru pledged HObOes Call Them
.Gay Cats"-They Work Some
zines, But Only when They
Hnve to, Taking to the
Rond in Fine .Weather-Mnny
NonId Prefer Not to beg Hut Their
HABITS Have Become Unsettled.
Are a Nuisance to the Railroads.
Claim 10 BE Half IA Million strong,
But Probably Number About 1OO,-
nDD
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-11

--Ex-Speaker Reeds law Office In New
York is given a rather warlike tone by AZ
collection of revolutionary muskets and
swords hung upon the wall against the
rich crimson paper.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
New Ru,e by p. O.

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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
Literary Notes.

In McClure's Magazine for Apr3
Robert Barr will have q characte1s
istic story of scientific miscslcul@
tion" that almost put an end to tn
world; and there will be number d
other striking short stories and twp
notable poems
All London went wild with joy
when the news of the relief Of Lady
smith and the following victories fd
the British army was received,
"Cockaigne" describes many of ~
scenes of unconfned joy in his letteF
to the Argonant of March 26, 1909.
and shows that no class was exemrt
from the exhilaration of the hour. !
+ + +
Charles M. Harger, who contributes
Singing The Messiah on the Plain9'
to the April Ladies' Home Journal, ,
editor of the Abilene. Kansas, r.
fiector.r He has written much abovx
the various phases Of Western life
and his articles have been widely read.
They have brought to people of other
sections better and clearer UNDER
standing of Western life than any
thing else that has been written in ,
long time.
+ r r
1t was the wish of the late Mr..
Moody that his biography should 10
written by his son. Mr.. W. R. Moody
who has in his possession all Of his
fathers papers and is preparing ,
very complete life of the great
preacher, has consented to writs
especially for The Saturday Evening
Post series of anscdotal papers On
his fathers life and work, profussly
illustrated with hitherto unpublished
photographs. The first of these pa
pers, entitled Moody as Boy and Bus
mess Man, will appear in the April 2
number of The Saturday Evening
Post.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
Just little better than the "say sO'' is the
edo So of our advertisements
Baby Clothes.

There are all kinds of baby
clothes here. for babies of all
degrees, and all for less than
you can get the materials and
make them for. Short dresses
and long dresses, made of
nainsook; yokes of tucks and
insertions. ruffles of embroid-
cry and lace. o5c aud up TO
"a 60
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29

are - rcpulsive = they are painful
Many people have been cured Of scrof.
ulA In its most malignant fosms by tn
NE Of Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This remedy b renArkabjs
for In power to purify the blood. n
ahsoluteAy eliminates tie corrapting -
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rich II incf0asas ths sactioa ok ~
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
Finishing Braids.

Perhaps you were disapoint-
ed last week in not getting
those little fine finishing braids.
They are all in now. Very
dainty in colors and white;
not expensive either, SIC, I5c
and 2oc per piece.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
Joues-1cDonald Nuptials.

A verv pretty wedding occurred at
7:30 Friday evening. March "a, 1900,
at the home Of brides brother, Mr..
E.T.Jones of South Canon. the parties
directly interested being Miss Maybsl
r. Jones and Mr.. Slaton Mcdonald.
both of Cripple Creek. Rev. Eugene
II. Smith, pastor of the Methodist
church here, performed the ceremony
The bride is an acknowledged
society belle of Cripple Creek,
thorough musician and leader of the
choir in the Baptist church at her
home.
Mr.. Mcdonald is q prosperous and
enterprising business man of the great
camp, being connected with the w.
d. Armstrong Book and Stationery
store at 224 Bennett avenue.
The happy couple departed Mon
day afternoon for their future home,
accompanied by the best wishes of
score Of friends.
Not Guilty.
The program given at the close of
the second term Of school by the
high school was . mock trial. Miss
Gladys Dickinson, with Irvine Stocton
as an accomplice, was accused Of
stealing cat valued at IS, from F.
A. Reynolds. Ed Franck acted Judge.
Clyde Minor appeared fer plain
tiff and Summer Pressey for the de-
= n. :
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
E-rank l.. SnAith-
CHALLIES.

Everybody says those new challies
just received are the prettiest goods
they ever saw. There is nothing
cooler, more serviceable, nor prettier
than a challie dress wrapper or
dressing sack. Now. we know we
can suit you if you wish something
in this line, for we have the best line
ever shown in Canon City. The s5c
goods are beautiful silk striped, and
the daintiest colors. just the thing
for children. Then, those we are
showing for CSC are all WOOL and the
designs are strictly new The S5c
goods have a satin stripe and the
texture is as fine as silk. The foul
ards are going fast at I5c, 4oc. 75c.
$I.oo per yd. Have you ever had a
nice silk foulard? Then you know
there is nothing more satisfactory for
dress-up summer gown.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
New Fixtures.

AcNslly Bros, the meat men, have
been blowing themselves for new
fixtures, and they are nice ones too.
Since McNelly's located at 624 Main
ST., they have been bsilding up nice
trade in the meat line, and. have found
it necessary to add to their equip
ment. They have = neat up to date
shop, carry q irst-class line Of meats
ETC., and treat their customsrs right.
When in need Of meat call at Nc
Nelly's-624 Main st.
Harold Frazier, fell from his wheel
the other day and struck his right
thumb on tin can and cut il badly.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
COPPER ORE PLENTIFUL.
Big Copper Ore Bodies Proving A
Permanent Stay IN FIRE.
mont County.

Much gossip pro and con has been
INDUCED in regarding the copper dis
coveries near Howard in Fremont
county. Your correspondent has
spent more than two years steady
work and investigation of this mining
district, and has probably done as
much to determine its vastness and
productiyenes as any other party that
ever entered the field.
Copper has been known for years
to exist here, but for more than
fourteen years nothing more than
mere hole from ! to 6 feet deep had
ever been dug. Invariably, too, these
holes were established where there
was a small VEN or pocket of copper,
which made its appearance at the
surface aad was easily discernabls.
These surface deposits are very
numerous and rich. carrying from 10
10 10 per cent copper and 3 to 8
dollars gold per ton. They.are. read
lily found close to and on either side
Of a wide ledge made up of porphyry.
granite, cliorite, carrying heavily in
oxide of iron and silicate quartz.
This variety of iron where found in
this ledge carries from 8 to 10 per
cent copper and 2 to 80 dollars gold
per ton. On either side of this ledge
is schist and in this schist is where
these numerous surface ore pockets
exist. Side lining this schist on the
east is granite, extending two miles
in width. On the west Of this chist
is a quartzite about one-half mills
wide, where It side-lines with sedi-
mentary formation.
Recent explorations prove that the
main stay Of this copper belt is cap
ped by these materials carrying oxide
of iron and silicate quartz, and these
ali trend toward and into this por-
prytic ledge that l have just des-
cribed.
Expert opinion generally agreed
upon is that to sink into this ledge
will develop great copper ore
body. This diatrict il daily gaining
favor among men and companies who
are bringing with them the necessary
means TO thoroughly mine this vast
copper ledge or belt. Those who are
not able 70 develop their properties
individually are selling their claims
to men who are able and willing to
do this work and are not holding to
keep capital away. Therefore ! make
mention OF those who at this writing
are working or making preparations
70 do 20. The Coz Investment Com
pany have secured ground nscsssar,
te Ae-e a~xse. niniag haninsaa eea ~
begin have let Q contract for the first
l0O feet and are now at 30 feet, and
copper has been found in this worl
Indicative Of glorious future. A
company organized at Pueblo, will
push work on group secured by c.
Schimmer during the past year.
The Cooper Copper mining company
has just been organized to determine
the extent Of their vast ore body in
their Uncle Billy claim, one Of the
group Of FIVE claims located upon
this porphyitic ledge. The ore body
Of the Uncle Billy lies next to or on
contact between the schist and por-
phyry. We expect to see q great
producer in this mine ere the summer
months go by. Their intention, so
far as learned, is TO ship ore from
this group in the near future in con.
nection with the Uncle Billy. to furn-
ish ore for immediate shipment.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29

Mr.. ]. F. Fuller on Monday sold
% Attorney 8. D. Crump Of Cripple
Crss4, 6ns Of his broom brick cot
tagea on Rudd avenue. About the
first Of July Mr.. Crump win move hi
family 70 Cakon, wkere thsy will
nAls tkeiF hene. naeS6als ASeasl
paae ~ ~,
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
Il'S
worse
For a
woman

To suffer with
skin disease than
It is for a man,
for n smooth skin
and a clear conf
plexion are e.
scntial elements
Of female beauty.
When the taint
of scrofnla is in
the blood it will
be sure to show
itself soon OF
late. Often it,
nianifestations
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-03-29
New Goods.

The LINEN DEPART
MENT has been completely
replenished.
The upholstery corner looks
bright and fresh since the new
Portiers, Couch Covers. Table
! Covers and upholstering ma
eterials arrived.
Chinese and Japanese mat
tings, more carpets. more Art
Squares, more every thing; you
cant keep up with us unless
you come in every day or two.
Something New every day.