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The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24

Il IS graceful thing for Hobson TO
do. 20 comc 10 the defense OF his Old com
mander. Admiral Sampson. Il - not re
called. by che way. that Sampson ever
defended Hobson when be was so sorcly
besct by unkind critics. The subordinate.
therefore. appears more considcratc than
his superior. what the young lieutenant
says about the "unma ichcd'' commander
suffering in silence because OF the lack
Of appreciation on the part OF his coun-
srymcn may be in a measure true. stin
thoec countrymon recall that. In his official
report ~ the battle o. Santiago Admiral
SAMPSON fell far short Of doing run Jus
iicc 20 Admiral Schiey and apparently
wanted Co tnke on o. the credit to him
self. Notwithstanding he was miles away
while the hghting Was going on. Ad-
miral Sampson Is largely responsible Tor
the opinion the people have formed OF
him. Had he been more just and liberal.
they would have regarded him as n hero
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24

According 20 what Cen lee says In re-
spect 90 yellow fever ia Havana this sea-
son yellow fever experts have not yet
eucceeded In solving the yellow fever
problem. These experts" says the Cen
erai know practically nothing about M
yellow fever germ nor where IL comes
from. whether from tho sea. ar or
ground" Il is safe 10 say that they do
not know much n anything more about
the disease than wac known a quarter
Of century ago. IL seems TO be certain
that sanitation has not Deen productive
Of The results that were expected
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24
John G. BUTLER,

DEALER IN
Paints. OILS and Glass. sash. Doors. binls'
and Builders Supplies Plain and Deeoia
tive Wall Paper. Foreign and Dom, ,.i.
Clements. lame. Plaster and Hair o
Aren't for Aboatinc Cold Water PAm ',,.-,
30 Congress street. west. and ID 81. 'u'''''
street. west.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24

A quarterly return Just issued by
Lioyds IN London. shows that az the cnd
Of mo last quarter the United States had
next 20 Great Britain. the largest Ton
mage in shipping under construction. That
being true. wherein Is tue necessity for a
ship subsidy bill
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24
S@! w! ~:
Ocean Steamship Go.
FOR
New York, Boston
AND
THE EAST.

Unsurpassed cabin accommodation. An
The comforts Of a modern hotel. Electra
hghts. IneNcelled table. Tickets Include
meals and berths aboard ship.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-24
CiviIity a. Capital.

BLACK ncckties. II you please"
Drummond. the salesman. started across
the counter az the speaker as u his
thoughts were IN Egypt. says the YOUTHS
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05

One of the Talks with Napoleon
quoted from DR.. O'Meara's diary in the
February Century records Napoleon's
Indignation at being, as he considered
it, spied upon, while living at St Hell
ena. 81 understand" said he, that
an officer is placed here to report about
me, and to see me two or three times
in the twenty-four hours, and that they
were talking of making him go into my
chamber to see me if | did not come
out. Any person." said he then, with
considerable agitation, who endeaVors
to force his way into my apartment
will be a corpse the moment he enters
it. If he ever eats bread or meat ait
erwards l am not Napoleon. This l am
determined on. l know that l VIII De
killed afterward, as what can one 90
against camp? But what Of thatE
have faced death many time. Be
sides. am convinced that the gov
ernor, this chief of jailers, has peen
sent out on purpose to poison me, OF
nut me to death some way or another
or under some pretext, by Lord Castle
REACH. l have SEEN" continued ne
Russians, Prussians, Arabs, Cossacks
Tartars, Spaniards, Persians, Turks
(here he enumerated great many
more), land never in my life before
did l behold so ill-favored and forbid
ding a countenance, or so down an'
horrid a look. He carries crime i'm
printed on his countenance. Oh port
lie crime empreint sur son visage) ii
is a man, to judge from his physiog
nomy, that one would select for tn
committal Of any atrocious crime, an
as such has been selected out by you
ministers, I suppose. on purpose I
make away with me-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
rhe sensatIons Of Battle.

Major Arthur Griffiths, who served
in the Crimean war, contributes an ex-
ceptionally interesting paper to Pear
sons Magazine. describing how it feels
to be under fire. Touching on his own
experience, he writes: I'VE were a set
of silly, reckless youngsters in the Cri-
mea and chafed much at the enforced
inaction that was so often the rule Tor
long hours together in the trenches
before Sebastopol. A favorite game
with the most daredevil amongst US
was to brave the dangers of drawing
down fire simply for a little variety
One method was to show above the
trench by standing on top; another
was to go out into the open in rear,
and the fun was to wait till the place
became too hot to stay in. 1t was not
a game that could be quite commended,
and the players, when caught at 1t
were severely Tebuked by their superb
ors. Demeanor under fire is very much
a question of nerve and temperament,
but it depends also upon ignorance,
and not little, too. upon teaching and
example. 1t is generally understood
that new troops who have not expert
enced the effects of fire, who know It
only theoretically, think far less of it
than the veterans who have borne 1t
on many hard-fought fields. 1t will be
a point of honor with the latter not to
duck their heads when the death deal
ing missiles sweep over them. But
they will not like it. No one does who
has tried it, that may be safely assert
! ed: and the old hand who stands his
ground like a hero will not hesitate
to tell you he was In blue funk all
the time. The tyro, moreover, is oc-
casionally liable to fits of excusable
discomfort when first exposed to the
risk of being shot. BY far the best IL
lustration of this is the historical in
cident in the early career of Colin
Campbell, afterwards the famousField-
Marshal Lord Clyde. He was raw
ensign newly joined, a mere child IN
years, when he first saw fighting al
the Battle of Vimiera in 1903. His cap
tain, an old campaigner, noticed his
unsteadiness, and promptly applied his
own cure This was to take the young
ster by the hand, and lead him out wei
to the front of the regiment now full,
engaged, and walk him slowly up anC
down under the hottest of the fire
Colin Campbell soon gained complet,
confidence, and never suffered from
nervousness again. His later caree
was crowded with fine feats of daring
of bold leadership, and undauntet
pluck. When seriously wounded il
the assault of San Sebastian he woulI
not leave the field. nor when in hospi
tai disabled would he stay there, bu
hobbled to the front to take his plae
in the ranks on hearing that yelling
ton had invaded France"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
The light at the window.
foId FavorIte seriesl

(Old Favorite Series.)
One long. last kiss at the Smelling door,
Ere he sadly passed down the mountain
path.
And she saw her soldier boy no more
Till he marched with his comrades up
the strath.
Their tartan plaids and their plumes grew
But the wall Q, the pibroch echoed
shrill
AS softly breathing a prayer for him,
She turned to her home on the heath
clad hill
She folded his homespun suit Of gray,
And gathered sweet wild thyme to lay
between,
And hung his crook in the old fond way,
she used when her Colin came home at
cen.
When cleaning fell and the wheel was
dumb,
She lit her dim lamp at the window
pane,
Though she knew her laddie ne'er woulo
From herding his sheep on the hills
again.
Long years had sped, but the light
cleaned still
Through the summer starlight and win
ter frost,
Ere Colin climbed up the mist-wreathed
hill,
And her fond arms circIed the boy she
lost.
"oh, welcome. darling. though late, SC
late,
Let me kiss you, sweet! ere my spirit
flies,
To watch at the gate of heaven and wal
Thy feet at the threshold Of Paradise
Virginia Gabriel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
A Source of Coutaglon.

1t has been proven by abundant in
vestigation that one prolific source of
epidemic disease is found in the ina
bility of the germs of such diseases to
lodge in the mouth around the teeth
and gums. A physician examined the
teeth of the children of a certain
school. He found disease germs pres
emit in almost every case. BY careful
watching he discovered that those chill
dren whose teeth were kept cleanest
suffered less from epidemic diseases.
The neglected condition CT the teeth
is. therefore, a common cause of ILL
ness; indeed, If one takes the trouble
to observe with what rapidity the tar
tar and cheesy matter accumulate
around the teeth of people who are
out of health. they will not be long in
making up their minds that thorough
and judicious use OF the tooth brush Is
not very far from a means of gree
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05

was, next TO Waterloo. the .aosr ~sci-
give and important battle Of the cen
fury; It was also one OF the bloodiest.
The Prussians lost in dead. wounded
and missing $50 officers and 1874 men
and the Austrians ,147 officers and 30
pa men. The proportion Of the losses
to the total force engaged IN each
side was-for the Prussians, one TWEEN
ty-third; for the Austrians, one-sev-
enth; for both together, one-eleventh-
At Leipsic the proportion OF the losses
was one-ffth: Borodino, one-third;
Belle Alliance, one-third. There were
heavy losses in the Franco-Prussian
war of 1901. particularly at Recon
vile and Gravelotte, the French loss
in three days being 5000 in killed
alone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
(To be continued.)
WESTERN NOMENCLATURE.
Movement to Change ths Curious,
Quaint Names of Oregon Towns.

Movement to Change the Curious,
Quaint Names OF Oregon Towns.
II is difficult to shake off the names
attached to streams and mountains by
the pioneers OF a new country. With
few exceptions Washington state has
Jared well in nomenclature. In ma
iority OF instances Indian names have
been retained, and usually they are
easy and poetical. But in some cases
the individuality of the first settlers
prompted them to an effort to improve
on the native names of streams and
sections and in some instances they
were not happy in their originality.
The word Hangman has chung to the
little stream which skirts Spokane on
IT'S western border, and repeated spas
modic efforts to center the public mind
on the more melodious name Latah
have failed of their purpose. Now SEN
ator Plummer of this county has intro
duced a bill at Olympia to make this
change. and as no objection can attach
m the measure it will probably pass,
and NAV exert sufficient force to bring
about the desired change. A few
wears ago an esthetic movement swept
through the Oregon legislature, and a
number of pioneer names were turned
down for more polite ones. The good
people of Alkali, in eastern Oregon,
imagined that the name was not one
70 eonjure eastern capital, and dropped
IL for Arlington. A new name was de-
vised for Bully creek, and Yaller Dog
and Bake Oven were tabooed as print
five and unpoetic. Bake Oven has ad-
bered and is still the name of post
office Indeed, much room remains
for Improvement of the nomenclature
~ oregon, which includes in its list
90 nostoffices the towns of Burnt
ranch. Gooseberry. Haystack. Lobster,
Long Tom, Mule, Shake, Shirk, Starve-
ont and Sucker. A few names in Ida
bo could be dropped for the better,
among them Bayhorse, Corral, Gimlet,
Gentle Valley, Sawtooth, and Yellow
Jacket.-Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
nir Crop. In Arid Lands.

Can the arid lands of western Kan
sas, Utah and other states subject to
drought be made to raise crops regu-
larly year after year, and that without
irrigation? H. W. Campbell, farmer,
formerly of Brown county. South Da-
kota, claims that they can. He has
originated a method of cultivation
which, he asserts, never. fails to pro-
duce crops in the sun-baked territory,
no matter how dry the season may be-
His plan is based upon the theory that
droughts are caused not by lack OF
sufficient fall of moisture, but by too
rapid evaporation. He plows the soil
deeply and subpac<s the lower por-
ton, thus forming a shallow water
reservoir under the surface The top
strata of earth is then pulverized as
fine as dust and kept so by frequent
STRINGS, forming a fine dust, which
chokes the pores of the soil, cutting on
evaporation and leaving the moisture
in the earth to be drawn on by the
roots of the growing plants.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
Rather CoId-Blooded.

From How Soldiers Fight" by F.
Norreys Connell: OF the tactics of in
fantry there is no end, but there are
some simple rules for the individual
foot soldier to remember when lost in
the chaos of battle. If you cannot bayo-
net your enemy, shoot him; if he goes
away aim at the base of his spine. But
do not let your attention be distracted
from business by the consideration
that other people are making a mark of
you. 1t is your duty to kill the highest
possible number of those opposed to
you, not to save your own skin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
Old Forts Reoccupied

Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter and
Sullivan's island in Charleston harbor,
which figured so largely in the early
events of the civil war, have been re-
paired, and are now occupied by garri-
sons of regular artillery, in charge OF
large-caliber rapid-fring guns For
many years after the war these vener-
able Notifications were deserted by ev-
erybody except tourists. The govern
ment kept a decrepit sergeant on duty
to prevent relic hunters from tearing
them down and carrying away the
fragments, but since the war with
Spain the old Notifications have been
armed with modern artillery, and nc
one is permitted to enter them except
with an order from the secretary o.
war. The headquarters of the FRS
Artillery are at Sullivan's island. anS
there are garrisons in both Sumter anG
Moultrie.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
Some Bloody Battles.

Three of the greatest battles of the
century in the sense of being the blood
lest were: Leipsic in 1918 100000 men
LOST; Borodino in 1912 Gloss, $4,000,
and Belle Alliance in 1915 Gloss, 61,-
000). In the battle of Waterloo the
loss of the allies is stated in an up-to-
date history of England as 22,976 killed
and wounded. while the French lost
over $4,000, besides many prisoners.
There were many big battles in the
Crimean war-probably quite as big
and bloody as any that have yet oc-
Cured in South Africa, and according
to historical authority already referred
to, the losses of the allies amounted
in all to no less than 100000 men, while
those of the Russians have been placed
as high as 10000. The allied loss al
Alma was 619 killed and 1850 wound
ed the Russian loss was reported to
be about 5000. At the fall of Sebas.
topol $4,000 Russians were killed and
wounded and $4,000 made prisoners
The numbers engaged in the Wilder.
ness (the largest battle in the Ameri.
can civil wary were 141, 900 Federal:
and $4,000 Confederates; each side hat
one-seventh of its strength put hor.
de combat, whereas at Grants battle
at Pittsburgh each lost full fourth
The battle of Koniggratz Cor SadowaI
In the Austro-Prussian war Of 1s6t
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
SUNDAY AND MoNDAYBEooARs
Ian AacIaren Tells why There L. No
Differences Between the Two.

Ian MacIaren Tells Why There L. No
Differences Between the Two
THE pew is a testimony to the fam
lily and ought to be maintained with its
doors removed, and it does not matter
whether a man pay $50 year for his
pew or so cents" writes Ian Maclaren
of 1.-THE Pew and the Man in tt in the
Ladies' Home Journal. THE church
authorities should see that the house
holder has his pew, with room enough
in it for himself, his wife and the chill
dren which God has given them There
is no reason in the world why the rich
man should not pay handsome sum
for his church home. And some of us
have never been able to understand
why an artisan should not give some
thing for his church home also Surely
every man wishes to do what is right
in the direction of his church. Every
self-respecting man likes to pay for his
home whether it be large or small, and
it touches a mans honor to live in
workhouse, where he pays no rent and
/ depends on the public. There Is no
necessity that this home feeling and
this just independence should be de-
MED in the house of God, but 1t rather
seems a good thing that the man who
works and gives to provide house
where he and the children can live to-
gether in comfort and self-respect six
days of the week should do his part to
sustain the house where they worship
God on the seventh day. He is poor
/ CREATURE who will allow a rich man to
pay his rent for him on weekdays, and
/ have never been able to see where
there is any difference between being a
beggar on Sunday and beggar or
Monday"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
Napier at the Battle of meeanee.

When in the fight l held my life as
gone; for as to escaping all idea of
that vanished when l saw the 22d CIV
ing way and was obliged to ride be-
tween the fires of two lines not twenty
yards apart. expected death as much
from our men as from the enemy, and
was twice singed by our fire; my
whiskers twice or thrice so, and my
face peppered by fellows who in their
fear fired high over all the heads but
mine, and nearly scattered my brains.
In agony l rode. holding my reins with
a broken hand Che had sprained it a
few days before), and quite unequal to
a single combat had Beloochee picked
me out, as one was about to do when
Marston slew him.-Letter of Sir
Charles Napier.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
pl.tol saber for cavalry.

Proposals are being entertained by
the French military authorities for a
new weapon, called the pistol saber,
which, if adopted, will be put in use in
several cavalry regiments. This is an
ordinary saber provided with small
firearm lodged in the hilt. On encoun-
tering a resistant surface the blade
recedes and discharges the pistol, a
recoil of about tenth of an inch be-
ing sufficient for the purpose. The shot
will, it has been ascertained, penetrate
steel breastplate. 1t is expected that
the new weapon. which weighs only
one-third more than the ordinary sa-
Der, and which, of course, when the
pistol is not loaded, can be employed
in the usual way, will prove very serv-
iceable, particularly in engagements
between bodies of cavalry.-Paris Cor
respondence.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
CHAPTER XIV.

Not a moment was lost in getting
the longboat over the side, and with
a heavy splash, by which it was nearly
swamped, we got it ahoat.
Ned Carlton and Probart, the car
penter. sprang in to fend off and keep
il from being stove or dashed to pieces
NV the sea against the briggs side.
By the wild, weird glare that rose
IN frightful columns from the main
and fore hatchways we had plenty oil
light as it shone far over the huge
hillows of that dark and tempestuous
sea to which we were about to com,
init our fortunes. and now pale ana
half-dressed figure approached us.
II was Marc Hislop. whom the Ter
rible odor had reused from his perrin
in the cabin, and he now came lot
ward, supporting his feeble steps py
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
LITTLE THINGS
That somstinaes Decide Mans R~ss In
Husiness-


The truth OF the saying that little
things may often times play an i'm
portant part to mems affairs when the
men least expect 1t was illustrated one
day recently. "See that young man
over there" remarked an insurance
friend OF his, pointing. to one of his
clerks working away industricusly at
desk in another room. We'll. he got
his place in my Office through the strik-
ing Of a match, although he doesn't
know it. was standing at the en-
trance of this building about a month
ago, waiting for friend to come down
the elevator, when that young man
approached me with letter of recon-
mendation and an application for en-
ployment. / had made it known few
days before that needed another clerk
and he had heard of it. However, |
had almost made up my mind to take
on a young man who had been to see
me the day before, and was about to
tell the last applicant so, when he pull
ed a match from one of his pockets to
light cigar he had been smoking, but
which had gone out. Sorry, sir he
said, balancing himself on one foot.
while he lifted the other so as TO admit
of his striking the match on the heel
Of his shoe. Sorry, for | would Ike
/ very much to work for you, and think
/ l would have made you good clerk
The Misunderstanding incident made
me think so, too. Right at he young
mans elbow was a great Italian mar
BILE column, upon which were the marks
showing where man matches had been
struck by vandals too utterly indiffer-
ent to the rights Of others to refrain
from indelibly stamping their vandal-
ism upon property to restore which
would have cost hundreds of dollars
1t would have bee. the most natural
thing in the world for many man to
have scratched that match on the mar
BILE column, and the fact that this
young man chose to use the heel OF his
shoe instead showed that he was
thoughtful and conscientious, two very
excellent traits. l was so impressed
that I told him to come and see me
and the result of the visit was his Sc
curing the position And his month
in my Office has shown that l made nc
mistake in sizing him up."-Philadel
phia Inquirer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05

The three chief characteristics of Pc
kin, the Chinese capital, which most
impress the newly arrived visitor airs
dust, stencil and dogs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05

Italy has had 2s4 square miles OF
land added to its territory in the last
70 years by the advance OF the delta
of the Pc into the Adriatic sea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-05
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SOME SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

The Sensations OF BottIe-Major Arthur
Grinsths Describes How 1t Feels to
BE Under Flre-some Bloody Battles
Old Forts Rsoccupied.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-18
POSTMASTER GENERAL
SMITH MAY RETIRE.
Reported That He Is Considering
Immediate Resignation for
Busines Reasons.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Nov. 17.-Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith may retire from
President McKinley's Cabinet before Attor-
ney General Griggs goes out on March 4.
Mr.. Smith had no serious thought OF
leaving the Cabinet until the last few days.
and 1t has been expected that he would re-
main in his present place or some other
Cabinet office during Mr.. Mckinley's Sec
ond term. Some of Mr.. Smiths business
associates have urged him to retire, and 1t
is possible he may do so.
President Mckinley would much regret
the retirement Of Mr.. Smith. who has been
Of great assistance to him I'm many ways.
The Postmaster General has been men,
toned as a possible successor to Mr.. Hay
If the latter should be compelled to retire
from the office Of Secretary Of State on ac-
count of poor health. But 1t Is said that
II Mr.. Smith should conclude to resume the
management of hts newspaper property In
Philadelphia the State portfolio would not
change his determination. even IL offered.
First Assistant Postmaster General w.
NJ. Johnson of New Jersey may be promoted
to the head of the Post Office Department
II MIR. Smith retires. Otherwise he will. it
is said. be transferred to the Office of At
torney General. succeeding Mr.. GriSgs. %no
is soon to leave Washington.