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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-04
WITHOUT RECOURSE TO LAW.
President Egan Believes the Right
of Way Can BE Settled.

President John NJ. Egan OF the Central
Railroad said yesterday that he believed
the trouble reported from Atlanta over
the roads right OF way between that
place ard East Point will be settled with
out recourse 20 law. He had received no
positive information as 10 Just what steps
had been taken, but, in his opinion, the
parties at interest will be able to come to
an agreement
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-04
IN THE COOL MOUNTAINS.

lN Ute OOOL WiOUW HIWSs
Inc Salamanca Hotel, AsneviLe, N c.
Under new management. A high class
family and commercial hotel, with table
OF superior excellence. Casino, music and
dancing. Centrally located good beds:
cool rooms; rates moderate. Write to
BRANCH & YOUNG, Proprietors
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-04
BETHEL MILITARY ACADEMY.

bethel ACADEMY, va. In historic Northern
Virginia. Best references almost anywhere
In the Union. Thrty-third season begins
Sept. 21st. Illustrated catalogue. Col r. A.
Mcintyre, Superintendent
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-04
Edgeworth Boarding & Day school

For Girls. Reopens Sept. q. SSth year.
Mrs H. P. LEF'EBvRE, Principal.
Miss e. d. HUNTLEY, Associate Prin.
12 and 1A w. Franklin St, Baltimore. Md.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-04
PANTOPS ACADEMY
SUMMER RESORTS.

NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE VA.
For boys. Fully equipped Send for catalogue
JOHN r. SAMPSON, A M, Principal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
A Successful stratnsem.

When the electric telegraph was first
introduced into Chile. stratagem was
resorted to iE order to guard the posts
and wires against damage on the part
of the natives and to maintain the con-
pection between the strongholds on the
frontier. There were at the time be-
tween 40 and 80 captive Indians in the
Chilean camp. General Pinto, in com.
mand of the operations, called them to.
gether and, pointing to the telegraph
wires. said:
"Do you see those wires?"
Eyes, general"
81 want you to remember not to &c
near Or touch them, for If you do your
hands will be held, ana yen will be un'
able to get away"
The Indians smiled incredulously
Then the general made them each In
succession take hold of the wire al
both ends of an electric battery in full
operation. after which he exclaimed:
II command you to let go the wire"
81 can't! Ny hands are benumbedv
sried each Indian.
The battery was then stopped. Not
long after the general restored them tc
liberty, giving them strict instructions
to keep the secret. This had the de
sired effect, for. as might be expected
the experience was related In the
strictest confidence to every man in the
tribe, and the telegraph remained un
molested.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
Extreme Anectntion.

A young man whose battered suit
case was red and pink and yellow with
the labels of European hotels boarded
a street car and said to the conductor:
81 90 six blocks. How much?"
"Oh, only a nickelp the conductor
answered. But the young man hand
ed over Is cents, saying, Buy yourself
a glass of beer and cigar on me-"
The conductor gave thanks for the
tip and added, "Just back from Eu-
rope, hey?" And to his Interrogation
the young man nodded assent.
Out on the back platform afterward
the conductor described the episode to
a couple of passengers. "He asked me
what the fare was for six blocks" he
said, "and then he gave me tip. 1t
was q case of fake observation-disclosures
He has just returned from Europe.
where you pay by the distance on the
street cars and where you tip the con-
ductors, and he pretended to forget he
wasn't In Europe still.
"He thought I'd question him about
his strange conduct, and would have,
too, if the trick wasn't an old one to
me. Here and in New York, especially
In New York, you are constantly run
ming up against people who forget and
work European customs on you. They
do it so you'll know they have been
abroad "-Philadelphia Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
A Bold Crime.
The Village Of Blachford Again Ont.
ragged by Bad Blood.
Murray City News. ]


Wednesday evening the village of Blach-
ford was thrown into state of excitement
over the report that William Farms, an ex-
president of the Ohio Miners, and HIS two
)ns had killed Martin Series. As near as
we can get at the truth OF the affair, Series
had n COW which he kept penned over night
at his house. The Farms family claimed the
bell annoyed them, and had Series arrested
and fined for keeping n nuisance. Series
paid the fine without word, and thereafter
placed paper in the bell to keep 1t from ring
Ing. The Farms family d6manded that he
take the bell of altogether. Series declined
to do this on the ground that he let his COW
out during the day and unless she wore a
bell he could not find her.
Wednesday, evening VIM. Farms and his
sons, William nd Adam, called at Series
house and getting bin outside began to
abuse him. Series re-entered the house to
avoid trouble. The Farms went In and
forced him out, and seeing that th0y meant
treachery, Series dealt Adam a blow that
knocked him through the fence and into
the road. Just then VIM. Farms, Sr., Slip
ped up behind him and crushed his skull
with brickbat. Series is dying from the ef-
fects OF his injury. Tho three Farms are In
the Logan jail, being unable TO secure bonds.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
LincoIn,s onhand way.

In 1861, when Mr.. Lincoln was on his
way to Washington to be inaugurated
as president, his train stopped at Roch
ester, Pa. a station on the Pittsburg
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad. Mr.
Lincoln alighted from the car to stretch
bis long limbs by walking on the sta
tion platform. His Identity became
known to thf tawnspeople assembled
there. and a friendly coHvfrsation with
him ensued.
In reply to a reference to the threat
eHing political outlook be said. "Oh. nc
one has been hnrt yet"
Seeing o tall man ip the crowd. Mr.
Lincoln remarked that be and the man
were Of about the same height and pro
posed that they measure. They took of
their hats and stood together. back to
back. while some one placed hand
above their heads and found Mr. Lin
coin to be slightly the taller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
An Old Time English Election.

The only contest which occurred at
Cation within historic memory was
curious enough. Sir Mark Wood, who
had been. one of its members for sever.
al years, had as his colleague in the
parliament of 1912 Sir William Con-
greve, the inventor of the famous "Con-
greve rocket" The latter resigned In
1916, and the baronet wished his own
son to I'LL the vacancy.
There were only three voters in the
constituency, Sir Mark, his son and his
butler, named Jennings, but as the son
was away and the butler had quarreled
with his master an opportunity was af-
forded for a singular revenge. Jen-
nings refused to second Sir Marks
nomination of his son and proposed
himself, and a deadlock was averted
only by Sir Mark coming to terms with
the refractory butler, whose nomina-
tion he seconded in order to induce him
to act as seconder to his son.
Matters being thus put formally In
train, Sir Mark arranged with Jen-
nings that the formers vote should be
alone given, and the final state of the
poll at Cations only known contest
stood thus: Wood Tory), 1; Jennings
Whig), 0.-Westminster Gazette.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
A Supreme Court Je.t.

An eminent lawyer, one Of the most
eminent in the United States, was in
the midst Of an argument in defense Of
the patent rights Of his client to q
pewfangled collar button that was be-
tug unlawfully manufactured by the
people on the other side of the case.
The distinguished COUNSEL was describ-
ing the patent referred to and Its many
advantages when Justice Shiras ipter-
rupted him and In most serious man,
ner observed:
II should like tO ask the learned coun-
sci IL his client manufactures a collar
button that won't roll under the bed"
OF course the court was shocked.
Some young people in the seats re-
served for spectators Uttered, and the
marshal. rapping on his desk with his
gavel, roared, "Silence In this honora-
bio court" The eminent counsel main
tailsd bis gravity, although bis soul
must have been deeply stirred. and had
presence of mipd enough to turn the
incident to his own advantage, saying
with emphasis.
II have the honor to inform the court
that the collar button manufactured by
my client is unique In that as well as
in other respects. but my client would
not be so selfish as to patent SO impor-
tant benefit to mankind" d."--Chicago
Record.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06

Joseph Dalky takes the opportunity
afforded by his will OF insulting his
son-in-law In terms which doubtless
had pungency once. but which are
hardly comprehensive to the modern
reader: 81 give to my daughter. Ann
Spencer, a guinea for ring or any
other bauble she may like better; give
to the lout, her husband. one penny to
buy him lark whistle. and this legacy
| give him as mark of my apprecia-
tion of his prowess and nice honor In
drawing his sword OH me (at my own
table,, naked and unarmed as | was,
and he well fortified with custard."
A grewsome legacy is that of Philip
Thicknesse: 81 leave my right hand, to
be cut off after my death, to my son,
and desire 1t may be sent to him In
hopes that such sight may remind
him of his duty to God after having so
long abandoned the duty he owed to a
father who once affectionately loved
him"
Another father seems apparently to
have begun his will with the determi-
nation of furnishing an unruly son, but,
as the fairy stories say, all ends hap
PLY. We refer to the will Of Richard
Crawshay, the founder of the famous
Welsh ironworks. 1t runs thus: ITO
my only son, who never would follow
my advice and has treated me rudely
in very many instances, instead of
making him my executor and residuary
legatee las till this day he was) give
him 100000" Journal.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06

On one of the most pleasant side
streets of Cleveland live two dogs--a
large, dgnified hound and saucy,
small fox terrier. The two are the
best of friends, and the big dog Is al
ways watching over the little one and
doing his best to keep the pert fellow
out Of fight. But the other day his
watchfulness failed. Another terrier
came and yelled defiance at the
hounds comrade, and when the big
dog arrived upon the scene II was to
behold frantic. tumbling. swapping
heap, of which his favorite was part.
He seemed to consider the state of
things, then gave sigh of patient dig
nifty and began to walk around the
combatants, keeping critical eye on
the struggle and evidently acting the
part of umpire. His favorite was get
ting the worst of It, but he did not in
terfere. Maybe he thought the pun
ishment of defeat was better than any
he could bestow. He watched silently
till all at once his friend gave a yelp
of real pain and trouble. Then sud-
denly the big dog awoke. With u
bound he was beside the other two.
With one tap of his paw he sent the
victor over into the dust, grabbed his
favorite In his mouth as cat grabs
her kitten and made off to his own
back yard.
During the next hour he licked, scold-
ed and fondled the repentant terrier.
And now the two are more devoted
than ever, though the little dog seems
more meek and decidedly more obedl-
ent than Of yore.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
An AM Amendment

Yenrs ago bill entitled IAN act fol
the preservation Of the heath hen ant
ether game" was introduced Into ths
New Work house Of assembly.
The speaker OF the house. who wal
not especially interested In matters Of
this kind. gravely read 1t. IAN act fol
the preservation of the heather and
other game"
He was blissfully unconscious of h.s
blunder unth an honest member from
the northern part OF the state who hat
Suffered from the depredations Of the
frontier Indians rose TO bis feet.
y should like 70 move an amendment
to the blu" he said mildly. by adding
the words, except Indians. Youths
Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
Faithful Dor.

Many hundred years ago there lived
at Athens dog whose faithfulness
has caused him to be mentioned In
history, and in the Grecian city his
story Is often repeated.
The dog guarded one Of the heather
temples at Athens. One night thief
stole into this building and carried off
some of the most valuable treasures.
The dog vainly barked his loudest to
frighten the thief and to rouse the
keepers as the man went Off with the
Jewels. But the faithful dog did not
mean to lose sight of the rascal, and
all through the night he followed him.
BY daybreak the poor animal had be-
come very weary, but still he kept the
robber in sight. The latter tried to
feed him, and as he made friends with
the passersby he took 1t from them in
stead. Whenever the thief stopped to
rest the dog remained near him, and
soon report went through the coun-
try Of the animals strange behavior.
The keepers of the temple, hearing
and they found him still at the heels
Of the thief at town called Cronyon.
The robber was arrested. taken back
to Athens and there punished. The
judges were SO pleased with the dog 3
sagacity and faithfulness that they or
dered him to be fed every day for the
rest Of his life at the public expense.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
THE Account,

n have called" said the reporter. ''te
see II you wish to add anything to our
account OF your wife's reception this
evening. We have most OF the details
and long list OF names. including
those who will assist her in receiving"
NO" replied the business man.
'There's only one account that I'm ex-
pected to take any interest in. and
Mere'H he no one to assist me with
that."-F -FsAchanga
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
wre.tic with This Problem.

Here Is little genealogical problem
which perhaps someOf our readers can
solve. A man writes To tue Liverpool
Post, saying: ~ have. like the rest of
human beings. two parents. They In
turn had each two. These four grand.
parents had each two. and SO on. Now.
II we take on an average four genera.
tions to century 81 generations have
passed away since the time of William
the Conqueror. and by the simple proc
ess of multiplying two by itself 33
times find that ut the date of the Nor
man conquest must have had $3.50
934,582 ancestors of that generation.
But this is eight or nine times the to-
tai population of the globe at the pres:
ent day and must be fully 80 or 40
times the total number Of human be-
ings living in the eleventh century. SO
that there must be fallacy In my cal
cuistion somewhere. Can anybody tell
me-" he asks, ''what the fallacy is?H
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
Moor Warsaip In China,

The fete OF the moon is celebrated In
the eighth month OF the year. and this
lasts six days. Presents are then made
en- which the figure Of the moon is APP
parent. aBd p large pagoda is Illuminat-
az, Firecrackers and music and fam
NY reunions preveil. A midnight BAN
quet on the last night terminates the
fenst. and then tho descent OF the god
dess OF the moon. which we caIl the
man In the moon. il awaited. She is
supposed 10 visit the earth NJ this time
10 grant tue wishes OF MORALS The
moon with the rh'rcse is the pafroncss
OF poetry and auiuaIu Is the poets ia
vorite son.--LesIie's Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
How He Knew II.

We had outspanned the wagons on
the yeljt between Ppieska and Ken.
hard. The donkeys had been driven tQ
the veldt, and we, my friend and my.
self, were talking In the "taaP to 9
Dutcbman named Cert MANS about
the wonders of the universe.
We mentioned that the world was
round. Maans said that be knew 1t.
This answer was unusual for Boer
so we asked him how he knew. He re-
piled:
81 started to ride to Poortje one dark
night through the veldt, and rode
hard all the night, and next morning
found myself At the place started
from, SO know the world is round be-
cause rode round it."--London Stand
ard.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
Congress is in Session.
4 Large Grist OF Work to Grind
Democrats Alert For the Right.

Washington Dec. l, 1900.-Con-
gress is in full blast. The great COM
mittees on Ways and Means, Rivers
snd Harbors, Merchant Marine, Re-
apportionment and Agriculture have
each most important measures on
which they desire action at this
session, and each is now crowding
for consideration for it's bill. And,
the Nicarauguan Canal bill and the
correlated Hay-Pauncefote abomi-
nation, and treaties with Nicaragua
and Costa Rico, will have to be con-
sidered, to say nothing Of fifteen
great appropriation bills, it will be
seen that the session will be busy
one. So busy will it be that reap
portionment and ship subsidy are
both likely to be allowed to go over
to the next session. Certainly, If
the Democrats care to make fight
against them, as they certainly will
Agains the latter and probably will
against the former unless it is drawn
to suit them, their passage can easily
be prevented. The same is true of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, but the
Democrats will be chary of fighting
that, although they will vote against
it, because If they do SO they will
probably be hedd responsible for the
delay in constructing the Niearaug-
uan Canal.
On army legislation, there will
probably be little or no opposition,
unless the Republicans attempt to
force through some measure fasten-
ing standing army on the country.
The Democrats, 1t is understood.
will stand ready to give the Presi.
dent whatever army he wants, If he
will consent to have it go out of ex-
istence when the Philippine situa-
tion will permit. If the Republicans MS
insist on the Root bill, however, d
fight is certain. Secretary Root
has sent letter to the Military
Affairs Committee asking Congress
to authorize u regular army whose
minimum force shall be about $4,000
and whose maximum shall be lit
tie over $4,000. The actual number
at any time between these limits is
to be fixed by the President, who
Will increase 1t or reduce it by en-
listing, or discharging privates. the
regimental formations remaining un-
changed. Five regiments of cavalry
i've of infantry, five of artillery and
two battalions OF engineers are asked
I'm addition to the present standing
army Of $1,000 men, the minimum
force of each being as now provided
BY law. The Secretary says that ex-
Perience with volunteers has shown
that by placing experienced officers
at their head they become remark
ably efficient in very short time,
but that the experiment has been al
most expensive one for the country
compared to what would have been
the ease had the same number of
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
A Minunaarstandina

"Here! Where are you goingT cried
the housekeeper.
"Why, lady" replied Harvard Has
ben, II don't suppose you want me to
get my board here permanent"
None of your impertinence! Before
I gave you your dinner asked you IL
you were ready to go to work at once,
and you said yes"
"My goodness, Did YOU say 'at onceY
understood you to say ONCE
thought you were curious about my
past."--Philadelphia Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
Eyolu,ion Of Vanderbilt.

An old friend who keeps autographs
rs q fad pointed out to me recently the
evolution Of the name of Vanderbilt as
We have 1t ut the present time. Fhe
original was Van der Bill The old
commodore signed II thus: Evan Der
bilt." William H. signed 1t ivan der
bilt." leaving distinct space between
the IN" and the small ID" as his ia
ther did between the N" and the capi-
tai 3D." Most of the present genera
tion make one word Of it.-New York
Press.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
The Land Slide Slid.

The Demmycratic papers they hem, an
haw, an say,
"The reason why we lost 1t is somethin' like
An then they go on explainin, an maxim
some excuse,
Along with "if," an "therefore"-but lawzy
whats the use?
Us Democrats In Bowersville--when we nre
done we're did.
We know that all that happened was the
Republican newspapers is full o. shouts an
song,
They ooz with glee an glory, an head lines
ten feet long,
An tell in big, black letters: "Twas caused
by so an'-so,"
An show by facts an figgers Just how she
had to go,
But, gee-mun-eei In Bowersville the reason
isn't hid
We know that Just what hit us was the
Slide
The country's just Us happy,-she's Just as
good an grand
She'll go on just as peaceful, right Mt the
same old stand.
We got no cause to worry about the reason
why
There aint no use to figger on what has just
whizzed by.
My landi Down here in Bowersville, when
we are done we're did
We know that what upset us was, the
Land
Slide
Slid.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
Largest of Animals.

Mr.. Beddard in his book on whales
reminds readers that although imagi.
nation is apt to picture the giant rep.
tiles Of the jurassic and cretaceous
periods as having exceeded in size all
modern animals yet In fact there is no
evidence that the earth has ever con-
tained either on the land or in the sea
creatures exceeding the whale In bulk.
The mammoth was larger than the eie,
phapt, but the ichthyosaurus could not
match the whale for size, although
with Its terrible jaws It would doubt
less have been the whales master.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06

A GENTLEMAN came in our office
the other day and discontinued his
paper, remarking that the paper
''wss too darned Democratic for
him." We considered this one OF
the highest compliments he could
have paid US, and we will say right
here that il any of our readers don't
want to read democratic literature
they had better stop the paper, for
the editorial policy is eternally
most "darned Democratic"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
The Mutilated B,,, sv,nd1..

The antiquity of a swindle rarely
interferes with its success IL 1t be
ekillfully managed, else one confidence
game that has recently been played
here proftably would never have been
revived. 1t depends on the practice Of
the United States government in re-
deeming any part of torn bill for the
amount Of money 1t represents. The
value of part Of bill is very exactly
determined by means of an apparatus
which measures the fragment Of the
bill with the greatest accuracy. This
mechanism prevents anybody from get
in return for part of torn bill
more than 1t Is really worth.
hat fact is not generally known,
and it is the ignorance Of the public
in the matter that has lately made
possible the success of O well dressed
swindler who has been operating down
town. He has with him parts of $40
bill bearing the bill number. He ex-
plains to walters, barkeepers, cashiers
and similar persons that he is too busy
to go to the subtreasury and redeem
the bill for which he could secure the
full value. He offers for that reason
to dispose of the torn piece for a small
sum and has succeeded in getting from
SIS to 81 for fragments Of bill that
could never be redeemed for more than
half those sums.
The purchasers, Of course, had cona-
depee In the mistaken theory that the
full value OF a bill would be paid at
the treasury for any part Of Il, how-
ever small the section might be. BY
dividing $40 bill into five or six pieces
and selling them on such liberal terms
this form Of swindling may be made
very profitable.-New York Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-12-06
The Oldest chrlstian Hymn.

The OLDEST Christian hymn was CON-
posed not only by a pagan. the Roman
Emperor Adrian. but by prosecutor
of Christians as well. The hymn be-
gins with the line "vital spark Of
heavenly love" and was written be-
tween the years 20 and 1873 A. D., the
dates of the emperor's birth and death.
The hymn was paraphrased by Alex
apder Pope In the early part of the
sighteeptR ceRtRrY.