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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
CASTOR STREET PAVING QUESTION

That is rather curious statement
which the Mayor makes relative to the
ordinance for the paving of CASTOR street.
Our understanding of what he says is
that ten of the Council were pledged to
vote for the ordinance. 1t is presumed
that these ten will vote for the ordinance
again if the Mayor should veto it, thus
passing it over his veto.
But why should ten of the Council
pledge themselves to vote to pave with
vitrifed brick street which the proper
ty owners of the street do not want
paved? Are not property owners to have
a voice in such matter?
The only reasons we have heard adj
vanced for paving the street with brick
are that it will cost the city considerable
money to put the street in repair, and
that a shell pavement is a costly one to
keep in good condition. But the property
owners Of the street are not to blame for
its present condition The city tore
up for the purpose of putting
Town a sewer. 1t is it's duty to
put it in as good condition as it
found it. 1t may be that shell pave
ment is a costly one, but the property
owners are not to blame for the street
being paved with shells. The city is to
blame for that. 1t looks therefore as if
the city were in fault all along the line.
There is question whether property
holders can be made to pay for a brick
pavement after having paid for a she'll
pavement. That question is now pending
in the courts. 1t is probable that it
would not be advisable for the city to
give an opportunity for that question to
be raised in connection with Savannah
pavements.
If there were not other streets in need
of paving, streets which have never been
paved, and which property owners want
paved, it would not be so difficult to I'M
derstand why the Council is so determined
to repave CASTOR street with mate
rial different from that with which it is
now paved.
Let members of Council take a look at
Henry street, west. from Jefferson. They
will find section of street there that
needs paving badly. True, it is the road
W titC SCihStSAy "a iOdu over WHICH many
dead men pass, men who have no votes
but it is much travelled, especially by
mourners, and they should have some
| consideration shown them.
Having paid for one pavement II is a
hardship on CASTOR street property holders
to have to pay for another, at a time when
they are being pretty heavily taxed for
making connections between their resi-
dences and the new drainage system. An
overtaxed and unnecessarily taxed people
are a dissatisfied people. The Mayor
should veto the ordnance and give the ten
councilmen a chance to take a second
thought about the matter
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

John w. Gates. the steel and wire mag
nate, has been refused membership in the
New York Yacht Club. II is gratifying
10 know that there is in New York one
Organization where millions do not mean
everything.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
Reflections of Bachelor.
From the New York Press.

You can't keep down man good.
Every married man could get up
rummage sale out of stuff his wife has
bought ana feel happier afterward.
Give the average woman a new kind OF
perfumery and she Will act like a city cat
the first time II ever smells cetnlp.
A woman who looks prettier in a shirt
waist is about as rare as a man who
looks more intellectual I'm a monocle.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

Even Or. Hills OF Brooklyn may some
times be wrong. He said the other day
that there was no difference between the
newsboys who nip coins in the alleys and
the men who gamble in stocks in Wall
street on margins But. indeed. there is
This difference: the boys have an even
chance.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
THE WINOLA.

This modern hotel is beautifully situa-
ted with full lake view on an eminencs
of ground overlooking the main body of
water $50 feet away. Pine grove of large
trees surrounds hotel. Orchestra will
furnish music at stated intervals during
day and evening. Cuisine first-class;
rates reasonable. Located on the direct
route to the Pan-American Exposition
Illustrated booklet and other information
on application. G. e. FREAR. Prop,
Lake Winola Pa
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

Nobody believes che silly stories that are
abroad. to the effect that Memphis pro-
poses 10 fleece" the veterans who attend
the great reunion. Memphis has raised
four times as much as Nashville and three
times as much as Louisville did to enter
tain the old soldiers. besides which the
Commercial Appeal says every citizen will
spend from $40 to 500 in the entertainment
Of visitors.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day are
for cloudy weather, with occasional show
ers. fresh southwesterly winds; and for
Eastern Florida. generally fair weather,
except showers in extreme northern por-
tion, warmer In northern portion, varia-
BILE winds, mostly light westerly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
The London papers stin contain

The London papers stll contain
good deal of gossip about the death OF
Queen Victoria which they were not al
lowed to print at the time of that event.
The latest Of these is that the Queen or
dered that the wedding ring should not
he removed from the finger after death
and that this wish was respected. She had
not removed the ring from the day Of her
marriage.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

A New York gambler has been sent to
the penitentiary for one year. The Sa-
vannah fraternity must be glad that they
do not live in New York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

This is the season Of the year when
those who are in a position to do so be-
gin TO collect the dough" for a summer
vacation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

Col A. Z. Buck, OF this state. Minister
to Japan, has so far recovered from his
recent Illness that he viii start on his re-
week. This does not look much like the
Minister is to lose his job II he were
slated for retirement. the State Depart
ment would hardly permit him to make
the long and expensive trip.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Louisville Courier journal (Dem)
says: Speaking of recent American pur-
chases of English steamships. the London
Telegraph mournfully observes that
America has superseded our agriculture.
beaten our coal output. left us far behind
i'm the production of iron and steel and
passed us at last in the total volume of
exports, She has only commenced her on
s4aught on our carrying trade. Is the
whole Briaish empire to be bought up by
American mililonaires? Two items in this
account overlooked by the Telegraph are
the number of English noblemen bought
by American girls, and the mortgage
taken on Great Britain by American
money-lenders. We used to hear of Brit
ish gold buying up everything in America.
but now II is American gold that is ac-
tive in England. AS long as we have
gone into the island business we might
as web have the light little with the
rest"
The New Orleans Picayune Dem) says:
1T being admitted that we have no
friends among other nations. 1t behooves
us to make preparations to defend the
Monroe doctrine. AS long as foreign Pow
ers find II unsafe to attack us our con-
tenton with respect to Latin-America will
be respected. but as soon as one of them
believes that we can be attacked with i'm
punity we will have 70 resort to arms.
The arbitration of questions arising I'M
der the Monroe doctrine is entirely out
of the question In the very nature of
things"
The Galveston News (Dem.) says: THE
recent visit of representative Cubans
seems to have opened the eyes OF the dele
gates aud to have had a telling effect
on the people The anexationists are evil
IDENTIFY growing In numbers and influence
This is a logical result Annexation will
prove OF benefit TO both countries; but
that is not all. There is really no other
way out OF It. We have Cuba on our
hands. There is only one thing to do
with IT,"
The Atlantic Journal tDem) says: Mr..
Bryan does not appear TO be able to make
much out Of the recent panic II took
place and was over with between the
Commoner's publication days"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
Mountain Park Hotel.
HOT SPRINGS N c.

The healthiest place in America. Re-
duced rates for summer-July l to Oct. Is.
Mineral baths The medicinal virtues of
its waters are unexcelled. Swimming
pool. riding, golf and tennis For booklets
address JOHN c. RUMBOUGH. Prop.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18

The Atlantic Journal Dem) says: MIR,
Bryan does not appear TO be able to make
much out Of the recent panic. II took
place and was over with between the
Commoner's publication days"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-18
LONG BRANCH.

WEST END HOTEL AND COTTAGES,
Situated on bluff facing ocean.
Cottages open Saturday, June s.
Hotel opens Thursday, June 90
New York office lis Broadway Room 7e).
We. HILDRETH, Mgr.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-13

naughty that
and ruined into your legs
behind
wrathy had discovered alarmed infant with mail
CART packed full Of frightened dolls:
AL 1T didn't hurt wasn't Maide -,
looks had
il both Cumudgeon bnked and tiaed depring Ugh! 49,
about the
kissing Now Geod ready with
hda?" TAI.
had themselves by the
Of
found the hands the madens .
Geof, youthful prodiy
mock from Felix
Mr. Iumudgeon, your? whispered still small voice
the small the 1t tckleo MS ear
writhed like red Indian the stake
A depicted:
A frightened burrowed in Curmudgeon: neck .
I'VE want blood
with
it.: Hit him Joey!'
A of laughter shook the chandelier -, -, ,,,ay
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-13
Be1p Yexr, 1902.

rich in both. Scores of cats fought in his
garden at nights as well, but he did not
know which was Felix's cat. If he had he
would have singled it out for the largest
lump of coal. How was he to know the
Felix's brat?
"Mr. Curmudgeon," she whispered, put
ting her lips to his ear, '<I'se come to
'pologize." e.
20! What for%"
For muddying your uothes. Use 90 sor-
ry. 1t ruined away with me-
'fWhat ruined away with you?" =
II Wil,orforoo1o
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-13
Cur1nudgeon' Christmas

BY ALFRED HURRY

instructions that he out
"Bowed
I Ill
on doorstep"
lad made amstake in he
"Now,i e
hno" through
Curmudgeon Good old Chrtm
HclI up 8
Godr unerry
daylight
he
lnohwou emadeac arty
supper. .,;,h,u "A,a
uarth pesh
by
maid Cmudgeon
be off
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-13


"Isn't it funny?" whispered the still,
small voice, as Geoff worked the slide for
all he was worth, and the sausages flick
cred like cycle spokes.
And, behold, it was funny. Curmudgeon
was petriied to find himself laughing.
What had come to him? Was he little
boy with frill round his neck, and was
the voice in his ears Nesta's, and were
they sitting with papa and mamma at
Sadler's Wells?
No. That was half century ago.. He
had stood at Baby Nesta's grave with her
children. And~he, Curmudgeon, was not
little boy with a rosy face and an appe-
tite for bread and milk any longer, but q
lonely old man whose collars were derided
by an irreverent generation. Amid the
laughter one sigh was breathed.
Another picture. The whisper went
round the room: darby and Joan!" The
two withered faces close together drew
another laugh from the darkened room,
and another sigh from the old man. -
A cheek was pressed against his, as in
the picture, and .Aaidie whispered, with
gurgle at the quaint conceit: ~.~*.zz<:. =
ewes Darby and Joan, Mr.. Turmudg-
con. I love oo-oo pretty man"
Curmudgeon gasped. 1t was long time
since anyone had felt moved to. remark
that they loved him. The dark room
turned to sunny old garden. In the shade
of the trees hung swing, in which two
children nestled, fair-haired little boy
and a baby belle with dark eyes and clus-
tering curls. Curmudgeon knew the little
boy; but the little girl --ah, Winnie. She
came from the garden next door, and they
were sweethearts. Where was Winnie
now? Was she keeping Christmas with
grandchildren climbing on her knee, or
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-12-13


making slides told
81 i
Tn send the boy out to throw
sand overit"
bright hall Tom, the all
did thoroughly
dptere
hll
wished Merry
Of had hailed
and a "gran'papa:" a.z-
1et us be happy"
looked
lin
his and climbed his +
beetles than children But Bhp said the small child With shrek
held his head and kissed him MOSTLY the left after which st1ty she
for whether she laughed like set musical
Maides Curmudgeon
rraine and she captured him by eade
crowded round
her fall, dispersed III
II you'll" she said r
Inded erosied c%udeeon Well don't know i9ow
Of times"
20 indeed" said gn interest il his
children
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
FOR PEACE WITH BOERS.
Sir Edward Clarke Advocates Hon
orable Terms.

Sir Edward Clarke, former British Solici-
tor General, following his speech of Feb
ruary 7 before the Holborn Conservative
Association, has written letter to friend
citing Lord Roberts rejection of the oppor-
tunity to propose peace terms in June,
1900, when General Butler had prepared
the way by conferences With Christian
Botha.
Botha, Sir Edward says, asked what
was offered. Lord Roberts replied Gun
conditional surrender" the privates to be
allowed to go to their farms and no promises
to be made to the commanders or any who
had taken an active part in bringing on the
war.
"This, ~ says Sir Edward, ''put an end
to all negotiations. So the war has gone
on. The losses since have been 124 off
GERS and ,454 men killed in action and
died of wounds; 63 officers and 3, $40 men
died of disease and $50 officers and %, 637
men invalided home. We have since spent
from sixty to seventy millions of pounds
devastating country over which we de-
sire to rule We do not seem day nearer
unconditional surrender than seven
months ago"
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
Works an Elephant on His Farm.

James Cahil, of Roneys Point, is the
only person in West Virginia and probably
in the United States who has in regular
use upon his farm an elephant which is
used for farm work With the swaying
beast hitched up to pillow he can turn more
ground than any of his neighbors with a
team of horses, and when it comes to haul
ing logs the elephant will walk away with
ease with logs which the best teams Of his
neighhors cannot move The elephant eats
little more than horse and does many
times the work of one, is gentle and docile
and little trouble, and Mr.. Cahill is more
than pleased with his experiment. Sew
eral months ago small circus broke up at
Martins Ferry and its property was sold at
auction. Mr.. Cahill, who was at the sale,
bid in few donkeys, the elephant and a
tent, and took them home, expecting to
start small show himself. His father,
Patrick Cahill, frugal Irishman, decided
that a beast of the size of an elephant
could not remain on the farm and be fed
unless it paid for its board with labor, SO
he harnessed it up and the animal worked
nicely. He did so well that they have given
up the idea of starting circus, and will
keep the elephant on the farm.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
True Fit COrsets soc.
The Value of Monotony.

Monotony has its value. Through
monotony all the great of earth have
achieved their work. The world owes
more to monotony than to genius, so-called.
The price of success in any department of
life is persistent effort in one direction
which almost amounts to drudgery. We
sigh for genius subtle, potent but
indefnable something, which to many
minds signifies the ability to achieve great
results with little or no effect. Without
industry genius can accomplish nothing,
while much may be accomplished by those
who, while lacking genius, have enthu
siasm and capacity for labor. Carlyle
wrote thus to one possessed of literary as
pirations "My dear young friend You
must learn the indispensable significance
of hard, stern, long continued labor grudge
not labor; grudge not pain, disappoint-
ment, sorrow, or distress of any kind; all
is for your good, if you can endeavor and
endure. If you cannot, why then all is
hopeless. - True in every word and ap
plicable to all alike. He who would be
saved from failured life must endure
must endure to the end.
Giardina, when asked how long time
it required to master the violin, replied :
"Twelve hours a day for twenty years.
Bulow, the German pianist, remarked :;
eff stop practice one day, | notice it;
if | stop for two days, my friends notice
it; if stop for three days, the public no
tices it. Of the great actor, Edmund
Kean, it was written "He used to NOPE
about for hours, walking miles and miles
alone, with his hands in his pockets, think :
ing intensely on his characters. No one
could get word out of him. He studied
and slaved beyond any actor | ever knew.
When studying Maturin's $ "Bertram' he
shut himself up for two days studying the
one line. "Bertram has kissed the child. "
Out of this monotony, this almost slavery,
came the excellency which enabled him to
SO electrify great audiences, which every
where greeted him.
Look now upon few of the authors
Gibbon wrote the first chapter of his ODE
cline and fall of the Roman Empire three
times before he was satisfied with the per-
formance. Gray took nearly twenty years
to polish up his "Elegy." Sheridan,
when urged by the public to hasten the
manuscript of the 'School for Scandal,
declared that he had been trying for nine
teen years to satisfy himself with the style
of it, but had not yet succeeded. One
short poem was written by Tennyson fifty
times before he was pleased with it.
Dickens, when about to write Christmas
story, would shut himself up and live
hermit life for six weeks. Macauley was
most painstaking writer, spending hours
perfecting sentence; while Addison was
known to stop the press when the "Spec-
tator' had been nearly run off in order to
insert a proposition. More of this might
be written, but this will suffice to disprove
the Thoughts that those whom we applaud
as geniuses accomplish their work with lit
tie or no effort
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
The Tall Building a City in Itself
From Casters Magazine.

from CaSSlerS magazine
From the historical fact that the ground
on which one of Chicagos representative
tall buildings now stands was formerly oc-
cupied by such rattle-trap affairs that ii
was known, the city over, as the Crook
cry, the building was called ''The Rock
cry by the capitalists who secured the
land from the city on a ground rent of
ninety mine years. 1t is building which
will compare very favorably with any in
the United States, although it is one of the
first high Office buildings. 1t is recog-
nized from its location, history and asso-
Citations as probably the most desirable
building in Chicago, and as it can hold only
certain number of people tenants have to
pay probably the highest rent charged by
any of the buildings in the city. There
are 5000 people in the building. Its cost
was about 81, 800, 600, and from its in
ception to the present time it has never
paid its owners less than IL per cent. on
their investment, which makes it rather a
profitable one for them There are ten
passenger elevators, or lifts, and one freight
elevator, and the check which has been
kept upon the number of people riding in
them at different times shows that as many
as 22, 900 and %, 900 per day have been
carried OF course, that number does not
represent different individuals, but the
number of passengers carried. Every one
living above the first story probably takes
four rides day, in addition to which there
are business visits between the offices, and
people coming to see the occupants. "The
Rookery'' is town within itself 1t has
in the basement its own power plant, its
own heating arrangements, its own cleo
trical service. 1t has its own carpenters,
its own painters, its own plumbers and
every mechanic necessary is employed ia
the building permanently They start
from the roof and work down to the
ground as regularly as the years roll on.
By the time they reach the ground itself,
or the basement, the top of the building is
in condition to need their work once
more, and they repeat the process, so that
the building, after its twelve or thirteen
years of life, is practically as good as il
was ON the day it was built.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
l2aac Bat Cotton Sc.

Another thousand pounds of
that excellent pure white, soft
cotton. We had no idea SO much
Bat Cotton could be used in one
season; you would be surprised
to see it go. This Cotton is
full 16 ounce bats, patent rolled
and really the finest and best
quilting cotton ever sold for Sc
pound.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
Overlooked by Enumerators.
Special to the Baltimore American.

1t has been ascertained that very i'm
portant section Of Howard county has been
omitted in the enumeration of the last cen
sus. 1t embraces all the properties lying
east of the old Columbia road between the
Little Patuxent and Middle Rivers and in
Guiding those of ex-County Commissioner
William |. Harding, James L. Snyder,
G. Hammond Carr, i. Sealing, the Magill
estate and number of others. The
omission of the section named will make a
decrease in the Sixth district of about thir-
ty or more voters, most of whom are pros.
porous farmers.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23

: At Wilkesbarre, Pa, last Saturday
uight, in the Glen Lion mine, John Conko
was riding down one of the gangways on
trip of cars and as the cars passed through
door his head was caught in the door
beams. At the same time he wound his
legs around the car brake and they were
caught in the chains. The cars went on
and his head was torn from his body. A
little further down the gangway the sight
of the headless body frightened door boy
into commissions.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
Soc Towels l5c.


They are not all perfect. but
the price is less than half for
these very good and extra large
Huck Towels, 2lx4o inches,
some with red borders, others
all white-the imperfections
are 50 slight they will not effect
the service at all. This thirty
dozen will not last long at the
rice, l5c each.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23
Handkerchiefs.

Probably the best Handker-
chief Bargains we have offered
for year are here today.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23

Experience teaches that we become that
which we make ourselves, and we stamp
our own value upon ourselves, becoming
great or little according to our will
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-02-23

Rev. John Naile, of Trappe, Pa, a
preacher in the Reformed Church, cele-
brated his Tooth birthday last Monday.