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The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

listed from any old place. They get free
transportation on the tops of the stock
trains from as far away as Chicago; and
the Britishers are scratching harder for
them than they are for moles 1t is in
teresting and pathetic to see the animals
shipped, and il is amusing and ludicrous
to see the motley conglomeration of vaga-
bonds. Besides what covers his hide, a
red handkerchief slung over his shoulder
generally contains the entire worldly out
fit of the America British muleteer of to-
day. Each goes with the intention of let
ting the light strike him only at meal
time and lying in the hay under the
shadow of a mule all the rest of the day.
Each thinks he is slick enough to evade
the 'cockney'' boss, and has the idea that
his destination is land of free gold and
diamonds Each meets a sudden and sore
awakening when once aboard ship
The British officers were very much
agitated the other day after one of the
shipments left to see the name Samuel
Pearson" on the list of muleteers 1t
didn't seem possible that it could be their
arch enemy the Boer general. Yet they
were prepared to fear almost anything
from Boer strategy and they were indeed
relieved when the ship arrived at the
other end safe. A hobo had shipped In
alias.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

cninists' and in maintaining an official
staff here.
zen Samuel Pearson of the Boer army
mas been In this country since November
@st working diligently to put an end to
.lis mule supply. The English drove him
nore themselves. They cut off a small
party Of which he was in command from
une rest Of De Vets forces and drove
uem across the Portuguese border, the
"anu scattering and reaching neutral
sIouha by individual flight. The Gen
laI came here 10 conduct a legal cam
plEn against his enemies. His suit in
W. we FEDERAL court at New Orleans to stop
ven shipments, Judge Parlange decided.
wa, was not matter the court could pass
cc,o"' 1t was for the cabinet to decide.
~ PEARSON was unsuccessful in his ef-
.oiIs at Washington. But he is still at
OtN' and is about Ito reopen the case
view orleans on new grounds.
"O months before the hostilities be-
n1u Elsland had officers In Austria Port
Sal, canada and the United States pur-
naslns animals All these stations were
S"eu mat no delay should be suffered.
Ivy. tno cost being from so 10 100 per
M" higher In the other countries and
plahiy much inferior, they were soon
11 90, and entire reliance placed upon
The States"
inc hrst shipment sailed from South
i,oa' uust above New Orleans) Oct. 10,
.r, a month before war was declared.
ran carried out that day gu mules
sT small loid. Subsequent shipments
-" higher, the city OF Manchester,
ro,,. sailed on the 2ist OF the following
.''N"' carrying the largest cargo OF
M mat ever sailed-2.0SO mules and
n.., Mules formed by far the largest
'I5, OK an the shipments.
e,,,s 'Ar cattle ships could not be se-
,ottt ne growing live stock industry
fsr.t el spare one. But the prices Of
o., we're sufficient 10 make the owners
au,,,, number Of cotton carriers then
u.a,,,s ,afgooa Of the aouth's king sta
trsr.,a King port turn them Into equine
air.tst, These ships ere built almost
can 80 70 that when . fire occurs they
n, f.n Tor days before IA becomes mas.
A.. sessie % their steel sides we're
NA ~peFa taa Eafsr una for ssn.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

year it will be Dasse."
II know it," replied the matron; "but
ever since we were married I've begged
john to give me an allowance and he
won't do it, so I'm going to spend just
as much as 1 possibly can get"
Il economical Not If l know myself
said another spendthrift wife, whose
dressmakers' and milliners' bills had near
ly bankrupted her husband. eff should
die, Johns second wife would have every
thing she wanted-you know how foolish
men are over their second wives-and I'm
determined to leave as little as possible
for Number Two"
why does Mrs. Brown sell all of her
children's clothes when they have been
worn only one season." asked one of
her neghbors.
Because that's the only way she can
get a little pocket money to spend as
she pleases," was the terse answer.
When Robert Louis Stevenson was ex-
pecting a visit from the artist, viii II.
Low and his wife. he made an estimate
of the latter's expenses. One item was
ten francs for the spontaneous lapse of
COIN" and this he doubled, because, as
he explained: There are two of you,
each must do his daily leakage, and 1t
must be done out of your travelling fund.
gu will tell me, perhaps, that you carry
e coin yOurSeI. MY uear sir, 90 you
nix you can fool your Maker? Your
has to lose her quota, and by George
will. even if you keep the coin in
belt"
takes man of Stevenson's genius to
iscover that he cannot fool his Maker.
The man of average brains thinks that
ne can fool his Maker and, incidentally,
his wife; and he may live with a woman
fifty years and die al a ripe old age with
out ever discovering that his wife has
been losing her quota daily in spite of the
fact that he carried his money in belt.
Thousands of sermons have been preach
ed against womans extravaganza, thous-
ands of spendthrift wives, but neither
the moralist nor the husband ever dreams
that the fault lies in the man who carries
his money in belt, and that separate
purse for the wife would stimulate her
to economy instead of extravaganza.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
MIR MULES IN BoER WAR.
THAN 100, 900 of THEM, SHIP
PED FROM NEW ORLEANS.

,ortant Is the Mule supply That
n.wet,s Man, Gen. Samuel Pear
IL Now in This Country Striv-
an Have the Animals Declared
.raband of War-How the
-. Are collected, Assorted md
sh,Dved-auaIity OF the Live stock
,,,roving, While That of the
wnIeteers DeteriOates-The Latter
pretty Tough Collection OF
T.amu.. who ship in the Expecta-
-. az Getting a Soft Berth and
Are GrievousIy Undeceived When
they Get Aboard.
>-.u orleans, June 12.-By a stroke of
Ava non declaring live stock contraband
:. eor this country could have added, at
,,oderate estimate, year to the war
l., South Africa. We have mounted and
mounted the British Cavalry, supplied
I'D resuppIied the muscle to move the
ortiuerv. and furnished and refurnished
,bem with pack trains. Texas has been
Trained of mules, and Kansas, Wyoming
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

nd Missouri and the other stock raising
Itates of the West have been so nearly
deplected that the $40 animals of 1893
bring $50 to-day. More than half as
many mules and horses as men have gone
to the English army. One hundred and
one thousand have been shipped from this
country alone. And still a transport a
week with a thousand or more head
leaves New Orleans.
This is by far the largest expectation
Of live stock for military purposes the
world has ever known. 1t has turned not
only the great commercial eye of all ma
tons toward this country, but also at
tracted general diplomatic notice. Along
with the gigantic purchases of hive stock
millions of dollars have been spent in
fodder and lumber, in equipping large
stockyards, hiring an army of laborers,
veterinary surgeons, carpenters and ma
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

three good meals of mule per diem.
The swiftest vessels of the fleet make
the distance to Cape Town in twenty
eight days. By this time many of the
poor creatures, from standing still so
long, with not room to turn around are
too stiff to move and have to be lifted out
of the stalls. They soon recover-those
not too far gone-and when they realize
that they are again on terra f1rma they
jump and buck with joy beyond control.
But il is simply giving them another
taste of life before the slaughter; for
fever, insect and. bullets make short
work of them.
Occasionally storms are encountered
that toss the ships about so that many
of the beasts are MANNED and crippled
beyond recovery or killed outright. The
Corinthia encountered a gale that blew
her upon a reef off Hayti in January, 1900.
After five days work in attempting to
float her she was given up. More than
a thousand mules were taken up on deck,
and after their noses had been pointed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Shamrock far astern. The new yacht ran
ahead showing such conclusive superior
ity that the yachting experts were amaz-
ed.
And this brief trial is an Endorsement
OF the story now In circulation that willy
Sir Thomas Upton has been throwing
sand in the eyes OF his friends on the
other side Of the Atlantic. 1t is asserted
that the skipper OF the Shamrock ii has
been responsible for the failure of his
craft TO defeat the ex-challenger Appar-
emily under orders. he has been eithr
"cramping'' the boat or sailing her long"
in order to avoid disclosing the real speed
of the boat.
1t is learned that Shamrock III has
gone IA knots an hour and Sir Thomas
and Designer Watson are really elated
at the splendid ability of the sew yacht
that is going TO try to "lift' the cup.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Gen. Hardee in the same direction, In
stead OF going to the left.
Brig. Gen Charles King, u. s. ", a
West Pointer and retired captain In
the regular army in an article on West
Point graduates, in the Philadelphia Post.
SAYS: MANY a class head failed to full
fill promise. The army and corps COM
manders to win renown hailed as a rule
from the body of the class. but yet never
from the tall" Now, while Gen. King
Is a good soldier and a famous writer or
army stories. he is not fitted to be a
historian. Halfway statements always
wrong innocent parties. He should nave
stated that not a few graduates with
only a tail holt" had made their heroic
deeds the admiration Of the world. He
might have named Gen. George f. Pick
EFT. G. s. A., the tall Of a class num-
bering fifty-nine that graduated in 1886;
or. Gen. George A. Custer, u. S. ". the
tail OF class OF thirty-four that grad
uated in 1861.
The two Georges-the Blue and the
Gray-brave dashing. true soldiers. how
their names and heroic deeds Will go
sounding down the ages. hundred
graduates who stood at the head OF their
classes would gladly drop to the tar
n they might by 80 doing win equal fame
and honor. And brave old Gen. Harry
Heth, c. s. A.. he. too. had a tail holt
In a class of IS that graduated In 1877.
But ] need not present other examples,
nor need / mention that James II. Wes-
son and Oberlin NJ. Carter. who stood at
the head OF their respective classes. were
destined 10 bring the deepest disgrace TO
the academy and the army that ever fell
upon either. Grant was q In a class OF
49, Sherman was In a class OF AZ and
GA. "a. 81 - A. L. .la
j. r. Johnston 10 In a class OF 46. and
Longgreet was "a I'm a class OF IS. A
cadets graduating record. therefore, Is
not a reliable guide 10 his future career
as IAN ofiicer and a gentleman"
sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
CONVICT IN LUCK.
Given His Freedom 10 Wed Rich
widow.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Lincoln. Neb.. July 9.-By marrying Ma
RE Hlavaty. a widow ten years his senior.
to-day. Benjamin j. Valek, a convict In
the penItentiary, secured his liberty.
Valek year ago was sentenced from
Richardson county 10 the penitentIary for
seven years for perjury. His crime. il
developed. was committed TO shield a
friend and influential neighbors have since
sought to secure a pardon. One OF the
most jealous Of Valeks supporters was
the widow Hlavaty. estimated to be worth
$4,000. Valek was a sutton for her hand
before he committed his crime.
When she appeared before the Governor
to-day he told her to get a marriage
license. Valek was brought from prison
and married.
Never MIND" iaughingly responded
Gov Sayre la answer 10 the protesta-
tions Of thankfulness by the ex-cOnylct.
II an not sure that you are liberated. II
may prove your imprisonment for NE"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

There is no better man In all Georgia
than Conductor James l.. Bell, for more
than forty years connected with the olo
Atlanta and West Point Railroad. Gentle
as a woman, yet brave as lion, is
term that fits this quiet, modest citizen
and heroic and patriotic soldier. He was
a sergeant in Company X of the Seventh
Georgia Regiment, so we'll known to the
Savannah soldiers, of 1861. In last sat
urdav's DULY 81 issue of the Atlanta Jour
nal one FL: p IT," whom | suspect is
nv gallant old friend. Col. Lovick Pierce
Thomas. tells how Sergt Bell, single
handed and alone, captured the colors OF
the Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry, with
MANY of its officers and men. nave
known Bell for a quarter OF a century
mast. but never suspected that he was
ever a soldier much less hero, so mild
hammered and kind-hearted is ne at all
times. And yet, 1t IS just such men as
linn Bell. who are the real heroes after
ali, The application for Sergt. BelFs
Through. after the capture, is said TO be
signed by Gen. c. w. Fields and Gen.
Lanes b. Longstreet. This should De
cen Field and Gen. James Dongstreet.
old .orige" Anderson and Gen. Robert
e. Lee also approved 1t.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

An American army officers serving in
the Philippines writes: II don't know
whether or not I'll ever get away from
this forsaken country. but there is one
satisfaction. we ere doing them good.
and soon there will be no more Of bury
ing people alive and cutting crosses in the
eyelids and rubbing in lime to blind the
moor victims. These things we can stop.
even quicker than the missionaries-in
fact. that is our mission at present"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

the corridors of Time" half a century
hence. And in those far-oH years the
struggling survivors of the grandest
armies the world ever saw will be looked
upon with the same feeling OF gratelul
respect and esteem that has followed the
last veterans of the Revolutionary war 10
their final rest. In little While the last
survivor of the war of 1872 Will be gone'
and not long after will the last Mexican
war veteran remain. Then the Civil war
veterans will stand alone as the special
objects of a Nations gratitude
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

mas surprised to find in magazine
-.,aIa rrofuselv illustrated with pictures
NJ the Polk families, this statement as
A Ideut Gen. Leonidas Polk, Z. >. a.
oHts commission as major genera was
issued to him in June, 1861. just three
wears later he was killed Dy can""ii
baIl while making observations from n
StIi near Marietta, Miss" The important
fact Is not mentioned that In less than
two wears after entering the service
Rishon Polk was made lieutenant gem
eral and given command suited 10 that
high rank. His death occurred on Lost
Mountain, near Marietta, Ca, not Missls-
sippi. as stated. The observations re-
ferred to had been finished and Gen:
Johnston and Lieut.. Gen. Hardee had
started back to where they had left their
horses. but for some reason unknown to
them. Gen. Polk had turned and walked
a few steps in the opposite direction, and
this made him more conspicuous tar
get for the enemy's cannon. and he was
LIlled bv a ball that badly mutilated his
bcdv. Bishop Polk would not enter the
army with a less rank than that OF ma
for general June, 1850 and was killed
June u, 1864. -,
unwisely in demanding high rank be-
fore he would enter the Confederate SER
vice. II Is true that he was a West Point
er. and also a bishop. but lofty patriotism
Is modest In It's demands when ones
country Is in peril and calls upon her sons
10 rally to her defense. Notwithstanding
his military education at West Point
v here he was No. in the class OF B2I.
he never entered the army, but resigned
before his leave Of absence expired.
Therefore. unlike Sherman. Grant. Nc
Clellan, stuart. Jackson, Pendieton ana
others, his FIRST actual experience IN waT
was after he had been made a major gen
eral Gen. Forrest, Gen. Clayton, Gen. Al
pheus Baker and other generals went ~
81 private soldiers, and won their spurs
on many hard fought held' n Gen folk
bad fallen Ia battle a. the head Of BIS
troops. / should not presume 70 criticine
~ enhance into the service. When Gen.
Johnston. his superior Ofncer. turned 70
the light and moved away from impend'
ing peril, Gen. Polk should have followed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Plant system round trip tickets 70 ell
summer resorts are now on sale. For fun
Information address Mr. Ward Clark. city
ticket aEeut. De soto Hotel. or mr.. ~
6. Dlatfner. depot ticket agsnt-a4
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
TRYING no FooL YANKEEsr


from the Vow toTk JouTDaI
fscn6on July Ain q brush over the
sborf course today the Americas Cup
Challenges Gbam1pck ~ bsft tias oid
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

The last Legislature very properly made
a liberal appropriation to enlarge and i'm
prove the barracks and other buildings
of the Florida Military Institute at Bar
tow. Mai. Gen. Evander McIver Law,
the accomplished superintendent, has put
this school upon a substantial basis, as
to scholarship and discipline. and the state
should give him full support. AL
though Brig. Gen. Reese. of the First
Brigade and Brig. Gen. Hull of the Sec
ond Brigade had successors elected at
Fernandina recently Brig. Gen. w. II.
Jewell of the Third Brigade was re-elect>
ed, also Maj. Gen. E. M. Law, as com
mander of the Florida Division, u. c. V.
Gen. Jewell of Orlando is one of the most
popular and efficient officers in the or
ganization and will yet be made division
commander.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Mr.. John w. Grant, of New Haven,
Conn, has written some excellent short
sketches of the Yale College graduates
who were signers of the Declaration of
Independence They were Roger Sherman
of Massachusetts. Phillip Livingstone of
New York; Roger Wolcott of Connecticut
Lewis Morris of New York, and Lyman
Hall of Connecticut, all men more or less
eminent in the councils of the colonies
and the new republic. DR.. Lyman Hall
was one of the most noted of the famous
Sunbury, Ga, colony, from New England
and was a member of the early General
Congress and also Governor of Georgia
His -sake-Capt. Lyman Hall-the
son of DR.. Hall Of Americas, is a grad
unte of West Point Military Academy. and
president of the Georgia School of Tech
nology.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

WOman's Extravaganza.
why on earth did you buy that gown"
asked a young girl of her married sis
ter. THE season is nearly over and next
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE SONG
"HoMEsPUN DRESS" SETTLED.

Miss Carrie Bcll Sinclair, who Re-
sided in Savannah and Augusta,
the Author-The Writers of other
Songs Which Have Retained Their
Hold on the PpubIic-YaIe College
Graduates who Were Signers of
the Declaration of Independence.
Few Remarks ON GEN. Dan
the Grand Army of the Republic.
The Inmates of the Georgia SOL
diers' Home in CIOver-A Good
Word for Railroad Conductor.
An Article on the oOlk Family.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, July
13.-It seems pretty well settled that
Miss Carrie Bell Sinclair, a resident dur
ing the war of Augusta and Savannah,
wrote the famous war song THE Home
spun Dress" Thus is Savannah's name
linked to another long cherished lyric
of war times. Somebody's Darling"
and 1.-THE Man of the Twelfth of May"
as well as Gen Henry Jackson's fine
poem, MY Wife and Child" written at
Camargo Mexico, during the Mexican
war, have never lost their hold upon pub
lie favor. William Jennings
Bryan doesn't like our conquering flag
which he says is "a flag to be feared -
He wants one ito be loved"-to be Hook
ed up to-" I am afraid he does not
look aloft." as he should, to admire
"Old Glory that was never unfurled
except in the cause of Liberty and HUI
man Rights.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

In his address during the u. G. ". re-
union memorial services at Memphis. the
orator of the day. Rev. George Harris,
said OF Miss Winnie Davis: 1.-THE Daugh-
ter of the Confederacy has no successor
The Confederacy itself has no successor"
This gives force to my protest against the
Sons of Veterans being made SUCCESSORS
to the G.. "a. r. or the u. c. v. Neither
organization can have a successor TAX
ing the veterans of the war Of 1872 as an
example, 1t is safe to assert that not more
than "a handful of Union and Confed-
crate veterans will be marching down
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

Gen. Hardee in the same direction. In
stead of going to the left.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

The inmates of the Georgia Soldiers
Home in Atlanta. it seems to me, are
lin clover and that "all over" The
building and grounds are ample for com
fort and pleasure, while the rooms are
handsomely furnished in every respect.
Each sleeping room is furnished at a cost
Of S65, and few hotels offer better quar-
,ers at three dollars a day. With Col.
w. l.. Calhoun as president and Capt.
W. H. C'Tip') Harrison as secretary of
The board of trustees. 1t is safe to state
that no old Confederate will have just
cause to complain. In the matron, who
is Mrs. ]. Pinckney Thomas of Augusta,
the veterans have a most accomplished
lady, and yet a kind-hearted, noble wo-
man. knew her years ago, when gallant
Capt. j. Pnckney Thomas and his charm
ing wife were the center of a group of
admirng friends at many fashionable
summer resorts. She was, / think, a Miss
Clanton. related to the heroic Gen.
James H. Clanton, and all her sympathies
are with the old Confederates.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-14

I intended to say something about Gen.
Dan Slckles. but the Morning News has
already published enough to "show him
up in his true light. l venture to say,
however, that he has drawn more money
from the United States Treasury, and
traded more on his war record since
the surrender. than any other Union
soldier. Selfish, egotistical and pre-
sumptuous, he has kept himself conspic-
uously in view. But one thing is certain,
and / speak with authority he is not
and will not be successful candidate for
any high office in the National Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Republic
Gen. Thomas j. Stewart of Norristown,
Penn, distinguished Grand Army Off
cia1 and a man of sterling character will
be the next ommander-in-chief He
served as adjutant general to the last
four ommanders-in-chief and 1 have
served as special aide to the last seven,
so 1 know of Gen. Sewarts popularity.
The evening times., 1901-11-30
BUT LITTLE Is BELIEVED.
state Department DIscrcdits stories
az 10 Miss stone.

The StaIe Department is gradually
drifting into cynical disregard for all
stories emanating from Turkey and Bull
garia regarding MISS stone and Nine
TslIka. their condition o. life or death
and the treatment said to ~ accorded
them by the brigands- Messrs. Eddy and
Dickinson, who returned from: Sofia TO
Const2ntinoDle. upon their own motion,
are allowed 10 remain there, the depart
ment eonteating itself with renewing its
instructions to employ any means Of res
cue. Officials here believe that with their
limited knowledge of the conditions sur
rounding the ease any specific instrue-
tions would be as likely to be wrong as
right Accordingly, Messrs- Eddy and
Dickiasoa have not been ordered 20 return
to Sofia nor asked TO make Particuiarized
representations 10 either Bulgaria or Tur-
key.
The movement of the training ship
Dixie to Smyrna Is said at both the State
and Navy Departments to be entirely
without Significance No facts have de-
veIoped to warrant any hostile demon
stTation, and training hip is hardly the
type Of vessel to make a demonstration
in those voters anything bat ridiculous.
The evening times., 1901-11-30
NO cRowDINe OF GALLERIES.
Only Limited Nusaber OF AdmIttance
Carts TO House.


There will be- more disappointed people
at the Capitol on Monday when Congress
meets than ever gathered in the big build
ing before. The disappointment viii be
chiefly on the House side Of the Capitol,
and it is safe to. say that for every one
who viii gain a,imittance to the House
galleries at least four will be turned
away. This tine the seating capacity OF
the galleries is known. No longer will
the doorkeeper say: Move UP; there is
plenty of room on the bench.
The time-honored bench has been sup
PLANTED by the folding chairs, and there
is just 755 seats in all. Of this number
72z have been reserved for the members
for the opening day, each member Feceiy-
ing two tickets of adrnittance- The re
naming thirty three seats are embraced
in the Diplomatic and Executive gaiIeri IS.
There will, therefore, be no c-owding of
the galleries on the opening day Of the
session.