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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-24
NIyFRAL LAND QUESTION.
!. u,udsmus So Far and the Situa-
/" lion Is Unchanged.
,trrrp COMES FROM MRS. M'KINLHY
~,..ts III. City ceuncil--unIversity
81. ioa" ', seino inproved--Ls Sale
o County Settling Up.

r.,ss November 2S.--The min
Ausin, .l,rotiou in West Texas and espe-
sri IN n brewster county remains un-
tinp co FAR as the land office Is con
'nlps'1 THE state is dtsposing OF the lanu
ts'neu. coz 10 500 per acre and the man
q W. - compel the land commissioner to
damus -, si per acre, which was talked
ssA lime ago, has not as yet been
"a Rail & Fuller, attorneys OF san An
n'a. w.re reported to be preparing a writ
leo'N somns for one of the quicksilver
q companies OF Brewster county,
N.Y., VI vspted TO buy two or three sec
W. ,or 81 per acre, and also to test the
W. w. :, IN, commissioner In putting up
~ ..,.s on the land when 1t was learned
~. nstents could not be issued when pur-
800 as mineral land II the land had not
Nm properly surveyed and classified. Sew
q, neone are watching the situation with
$50, and should the writ of mandumuS
:. sl.a II will cause more curiosity than
4, noted schendell case, which was dis
pO,sd Of by the supreme court last spring.
Improved Order of Red Men.
Iu,p. Texas, November 23.-Long House
trlt. No. liz of the Improved Order OF
R.J Mem held an interesting meeting last
ssht at their wigwam. This tribe was
crsapzed here during the last session Of
me- legislature, and is composed of men
( som ali over the State. The elective
eAafs OF the tribe were "raised up" a.
Y srsrs. n y simmons senior snnnmOrp.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
WERE ROBBED BY WHITE MEN
OLD LADIES AT BARNETT LOSE
SEVERAL THOUSANDS.


Were Afraid to Invest Their Money
and Kept IL at HOme-Part of
Money Taken Was in Gold which
They Had Kept for Fifty Years.
About $4,000 in Georgia Railroad
and king Factory stock Taken.
The Fourth Attempt Made by the
Robbers Who Are Doubtless Resi-
dents of the NeighborhOod.
Barnett. Ga, Dec. ga most shame
full robbery occurred at this place this
morning, just before daylight.
Two old ladies, maiden sisters, whose
ages will average 70 years. the Misses
Battle, reside in a cottage by them
selves, which they have occupied for
nearly twenty-five years. Between 8
o'clock and day this morning two men,
one white, one colored, forced their
front door open and as the women
got out of their bed. they were COW
cred with a pistol and cursed and
commanded not to speak. one was
pushed on the floor and ordered to
lay there, while the other was given
a severe choking. The robbers then
searched the house carefully and sue
ceeded in finding several thousand dol
lars Four hundred dollars of it was
in $40 gold pieces. which they had re-
ceived nearly fifty years ago. The
robbers carried off about $4,000 worth
of Georgia Railroad stock and John
P. King Factory stock, together with
deeds to land, etc. 1t has been gen.
orally known for many years that
the ladies kept a large sum of money
in their house. and they have been
warned of their danger many times
and did not consider it safe out of
their possession. What investments
they had were inherited. This is the
fourth attempt to secure the money,
but the robbers never succeeded be-
fore in entering their bedrooms. The
first time they secured $40.
One Robber Was Recognized.
Washington. Ga, Dec. 29.-The
Misses Battle, two elderly maiden la
dies living at Barnet Junction of
Washington branch of the Georgia
Railroad, were robbed at an early
hour this morning OF $4,000 in gold. The
robbers entered the house. The wom-
en-, hearing the noise. Investigated,
ligting a lamp, when the robbers
dashed a bucket of cold water on the
one holding the lamp. An alarm was
raised. When help arrived, the rob-
bers had fled, after rifiing a trunk
containing the above named amount.
The women lived alone in the house.
Several previous attempts have been
made to rob them during the last few
Months few weeks ago entrance
was made in the house, trunk car
ried out in the yard. rified, getting no
money. The ladies believe the robbers
We're white men. recognizing one.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
FORGET WHERE THEY LIVE.
Odd Instances of FOrgetfuIness That
Occasionally Come to Notice.

Odd Instances of FOrgetfuIness That
Occasionally Come to Notice.
From the Rochester Express.
1t was diplomat, according to Ri
bot, in his book on Disease of Mem
ory," who, when about ITO make a visit,
could not tell the servant his name.
For heavens sake" he said to
friend who accompanied him, tell the
servant who / am" Worse still was
the case of one of DIR. Abernethy's pa
tients. He knew his friends perfectly,
but could not name them. One day,
when out walking in the street, he met
a friend to whom he was most anxious
to communicate something concerning
another friend. But unfortunately he
could not remember the other friends
name, and at last, frantic with his in
effectual attempts to make his friend
understand who was the person meant,
he seized him by the arm and dragged
him through severafrstreets to the res
idenee of the other and there pointed
to his (the second friend's) name ON the
door.
A complicated instance of mental
eclipse is that of a gen.
tleman living in Edinburgh. He
was once found early in the
morning seeking in vain for his
residence. He appealed to house
maid cleaning a doorstep. "Lassie, can
you tell me which is Johnnie IS
house?" he asked. "Eh, mon," replied
the girl, ''but you're Johnnie - yer
SELF That's not what I want to
know" was the angry retort. 81 want
to know where Johnnie IS house
is?"
That distinguished lawyer, Lord FL
don. was the lord chancellor of England
and had to keep a cumbrous piece of
the national machinery known as "the
great SEAL" His house in Queen Square
caught fire and to save the seal from
robbers he buried it in his garden, but
unfortunately forgot the exact spot.
The story is told in many forms of the
man who went home to dress for a
party. but unhappily wound up his
watch before taking off his clothes.
This set up a sequence of automatic
action which ended in his going to bed
instead of going to his party.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
Peanut Culture and Uses.

The original home OF the peanut
(Arachis hypogea) now grown in North
and South America. Africa, India, and
indeed in all sub-tropical countries and
islands. is probably Brazil, but it long
since became an important article of
food in Eastern countries and was Sc,
abundant in Africa that slavers used It
as a supply for their human cargoes.
says an exchange. In the United
States it is grown from Virginia south
ward, and is a particularly promising
crop on profitable soils in all the
Southern States. AS its climatic and
soil requirements are not unlike that of
sweet potatoes, there Is no reason
why 1t might not be green where that
vegetable is continually cultivated. The
important mineral element required is
lime. A sandy soil we'll supplied with
humus, fertilized lightly with nitro
gen and moderately with the other ele-
ments, VIII produce a satisfactory crop
Although ii Is a legume and hence
able to gain much of Its own nitrogen
it can hardly be classed as a restora-
tive crop since the entire plant root as
well as top is removed.
In Florida the Spanish variety Is
grown, its upright habit renders il
more useful as a forage plant. This
sort produces a nut externally smaller
than the others while the kernel IL
about the same size, and is considered
sweeter to eat and richer in oil 1t is
preferred as a shelled nut by confec-
TONERS. As ii can be planted closer
and is quite productive, 1t is much
grown.
Peanuts, as may be supposed, differ
in characteristics in different lands:
the Argentine nut is long. often four
kernels. the African mostly one kerr
mel, and is called the goober While but
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
A Raw Food Menu.
From the Chicago Journal

FROM the Cnlcago journal.
Chicago has society for men and
women who subsist entirely upon un-
cooked food. They consider cooked
diet extremely injurious to health and
morals and are pledged to discard il
from their tables for all time. Cook
ing, they contend, is a fad which orig
mated somewhere in the early ages OF
man, and since then humanity, mem
tally, morally and physically, has been
steadily on the decline. Fire, they say,
destroys all that is health giving and
life giving in food.
The believers are firm in their con-
viction that all the ailments to which
the human flesh is heir may be traced
to the habit of taking cooked food
into the stomach. Those who are i'll
maintain that the raw foot diet will re-
store them to health; the healthy as
sert that they are proof against dis
ease. Furthermore. they aver that
they enjoy their meals more than 9TH
er people, and that they are able to
live on the very best of the land for
less than 20 cents day.
Occasionally the members of the So
ciety meet at a public dinner. when
they have speechmaking, testimonials
of health. singing and other amuse-
ments. Here is a sample of the raw
food menus:
Little Neck CLAIMS in the Half Shell.
Rockaway oysters.
Celery. Lettuce. Radishes.
Raw Turnips. Raw Carrots.
Raw Scotch Oats and Almonds Mixed.
Raw Eggs.
Raw Shrimps, with Raw Mustard Salad
Melons. Pineappels. Grapes.
Oranges. Bananas. Dried Figs. Nuts.
Compressed Wheat Cakes.
The society has nearly one hundred
members and several times that many
advocates in Chicago alone Its object
is "to save humanity from the disas-
trous effects of taking dead food into
the system"
Not only do these "naturalists" claim
that raw food has unveiled the secret
of longevity and perfect health ana
solved the problem OF economical liv-
ing, but they say II is the greatest
source of beauty to women. The offl-
GERS say that any one who will give
raw food a trial for ninety days will
be convinced that the Bible account
of Methuselah not only is possible, but
probable
Reading Darwin is said TO have given
birth TO the idea OF raw food, and all
the advocates OF the diet are stanch
believers in Darwin's theories.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
EXPOSITION LOOMING UP.
Attendance Increasing and Many
Events Scheduled for January.

Events Scheduled for January.
Charleston, S. c., Dec. 29.-The ex-
hibitors and concessionaries at the
Charleston Exposition have organized
club for the double purpose of for
warding the interests o fthe exposition
and that of the firms which they rep
resent The president of the club is
H. c. Bliss, the vice president Wallace
S. Shaw, and the secretary and treas
urer L. c. Good. The exhibitors have
made splendid progress in the last
week in the installation of their ex-
hibits. The attendance on the exposi-
ton is steadily increasing. The races
are proving to be a splendid attraction;
the buildings and grounds present a
most charming appearance and the
railroads are doing a heavy passenger
business. To- morrow will be Citadel
Academy day at the exposition, and
New Years Day will be celebrated by
the negroes as emancipation day. Ar
rangements are being made for the In
ternational League of Press Clubs and
the Pen and Pencil Club of Philadel-
phia, which will spend two days at the
exposition in January, and an elabor-
ate programme will be made for the re-
ception of the Liberty Bell, which will
arrive here on January 10. The live
stock show will open on January 6,
and will be the largest ever held in
the South
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30

little exact information is at hand. the
American nut is believed by the Mar
seilles manufacturers to be the richest.
1t is quite possible that this is owing
to more skill in growing and market
ing. This superiority can easily be
maintained and even Increased by eco
onomic and scientific culture, and by
the best facilities for transportation
and marketing.
Everyone knows the common every
day and every place use of the peanut,
not all know that its product is be-
coming of great Importance in the
commercial world. Peanut oil is sec
ond only to olive oil in price. Prices
of oil in London in 1899 per ton were:
Olive, 29 pounds; peanut oil, 25 pounds;
linseed meal, II pounds; cotton oil, re-
fined, ID pounds, Is shillings. Peanut
oil has passed successfully through its
trial and competitive stage, and has
its place secure, and as the use Of
vegetable oil increases and the pro-
duction of animal oils lessen relatively
to population, the prospect for great
extension of the industry is extremely
good.
The oil is used as a substitute for
olive oil very largely, also as an adul-
terant for olive oil, which, as it is
more limpid, it improves. 1t has quite
as much the character of a juice as
an oil, which commends itself to a re-
fined taste. For salad. for cooking,
and for the coarser uses, as lighting,
soap, lubricant and for fulling cloth,
IL is superior.
Peanut butter is already a success
full product and is one of the most
healthful and palatable foods, and is
made of the pure nut and the finest
salt, no other substance added. Com
pared with some of the most nutritious
foods, it stands thus: 1t is nearly
three times as nutritious as beef or
rice, nearly twice as rich as peas
dry and as cheese, and ten times as
rich as milk.
Peanut -four is still another prepara-
ton of the nuts, from which a proper
ton of something more than half of
the oil has been removed, leaving the
product richer in protein bodies than
any flour. Its nutritive value is, as to
bacon to s; to beef, nearly to l;
butter, 3 to 2; milk 10 to /; and the
cost as to butter, / to z, nearly; bacon,
/ to 5; beef, / to s.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
Continued from Sixth Page1

son; that is to say, if too much green
stuff is plowed under at once, it causes
a tendency to sourness, whereas the
same amount plowed under in two sea-
sons, the second half after the first
has pretty well advanced toward de-
cay, would be attended with no such
danger.
As has been said in the outset, the
maintenance of fertility is one of the
most important questions that con-
fronts the farmer, and of this ques-
ton the keeping of the soil we'll filled
with humus is a most important part.
The presence of humus in the soil. too.
makes all the difference in the world
IN dry season, such as we have had
during that of 1901, as to whether a
crop shall be produced or not. MANY
Held this season that was we'll sup
Piled with humus produced a good crop
when nearby field without this ad-
vantage, but. with every other condi-
tion as to rainfall, etc, identical.
proved an almost complete failure.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
Small Drinkers.
"HHNVEHs
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
The Frenchmen sips two ounces OF
fine claret with his dinner. and has all
he requires for the occasion. The Amer
lean guzzles a-quart The German sips
a liter of beer from a stone mug in
two hours; an American tosses off a
liter in ten minutes. / am now talking
about persons who patronize respecta-
BILE beer gardens for an evenings en-
tertainment, and have some well-de-
fined notion Of resuming business on
the morrow. or course, there are Ger
mans who go into a drinking bout with
Americans and cause beer 20 disap-
pear by the keg. Take a Brltlsher:
why. even he is moderate. He viii
jubilate an hour and a half over one
small glassful OF y. & S. In the same
period an American In fair health
would drink ten y. a. SIS. II "a hard
60 get away from the proposition that
the average American drinks to get
drunk while the foreigner drinks for
recreation and sociabilitys
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CIT,

We wash your clothes just white like
snow, so fair. We use Octagon soap
and the clothes never fade. We give
you satisfaction and guarantee the best
work.
Shirts Sc. New Shirts 1Oc, Shirt
Waists 15c, Undershirts sc, Drawers
sc, Collars. 11sc, Cuffs &c, Handker-
chiefs 114c, Socks &c, Pants cleaned 25c,
Family clothes, mixed a dozen, soc;
Family, all starch clothes, a dozen
$l.00. Duck Skirts zoe, Linen Suits soc.
Our delivery wagon will call for
linen.
ROBERT e. TONG CO.,
First Glass Chinese Laundry.
Bell Phone 1900. 323 Broughton. east
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.
WE pEFY coMPETITIoN on CANDY.

Because our goods are superior ana
we give full weight. Don't be tricked
into buying candy at a reduced price
for you do not get full weight. Welgn
your candy and be convinced. WeignI
and quality governs the price. These
are our prices for Christmas candies.
For Christmas Trees (speciaD l5c per
pound, pounds for 25c; 5-lb. boxes ~
5-lb. boxes $i.aJ; 5-lb. boxes $500 b-ID'
boxes $3.50
Special prices IN large guam titles. @.
us one trial and you will coz te back 70
us again. BELSINGER q GROss'
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
Mrs. Joseph =. smith of dublin Dead

Dublin, Ga. Dec. 29.-Mrs. Joseph L.
Smith Of this city is dead She was
taken sick Sept. 20, last, with typhoid
fever, and has not since left her bed.
Mr.. Smith was not at home when Mrs.
Smith died, but was called back by a
telegram. 1t has not yet been deter
mined when and where the remains Of
Mrs, Smith viii be inferred. Her body
was embalmed by an undertaken from
Macon.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
NEGRO TRAMP WAS FoILED.

Left Car on Track to BE Spiintercd
by Central Passenger Train.
Talbotton, Ga, Dec. 29.-Friday night
Howard Hood, a negro tramp, broke
the car house open on the Central
road between Howard and Bostick, in
this county and started to put the
lever car on the track. when the ap-
preaching passenger train No. from
Birmingham frightened him away,
leaving the car on the track The en-
gine struck the car, tearing it into
splinters. The negro was captured this
evening near Howard, and has con-
fessed the crime to the section fore
man, who has him in charge.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
CAPT. DAVIS FOR SOLICITOR.
Dublin Man VIII Seek to Succeed
Lewis in OcmuIgee Circuit

Dublin, Ca, Dec. 29.-Capt. w. c.
Davis of this city has been entered
into the race for solicitor general of the
Oemulgee circuit by the Dublin bar,
and VIII apply to Gov. Gambler for ap-
pointment to the office to fill the va
cancy which viii soon occur by the
resignation of of Solicitor General
Lewis, who will enter the race for
judge. Capt. Davs is very popular all
over Georgia, and will go before the
Governor with a handsome endorse
ment
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.


NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that payment
of demurrage and storage bills will be
hereafter .exacted prior to delivery OF
the property upon which such charges
may accrue. Credit on bills of this
character will not be extended to any
one.
F. B. PAPY,
Agent Plant System of Railways.
c. c. MARTIN,
Agent Seaboard Air Line Railway.
B. L. BUGG,
Agent Central of Georgia Railway Co.
B. L. BUGG,
Agent Southern Railway Company.
L. M. ERSKINE,
Agent Ocean Steamship Company.
J. J. CAROLAN,
Agent M. & M. T. Company.
SECOND NEW YEARS MILITARY
BALL AND RECEPTION,
Given by the Daughters of the
COnfederacy
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
CYPRESS SHINGLES.

We offer 100000 Cypress Shingles
Of all the different grades, from $3.50
to $500 per thousand.
Boats can load at our mills.
VALE ROYAL MFG. CO.,
II. P. Smart. President.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
HAVE APART TO DO

In all my work. l have a past be-
cause Of conscientious earnest EFFORT
have a future In the same propor.
tion. l Will give you better results
better designs, better prices. and 4
better stock Of paper hangings 10 Sc.
lect from than you ever find else
where. TAYLOR
lSs-ldo Barnard. X. OF p. Hail.
Phone S77.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
DEAF MUTE KILLED BY TRAIN.
Payne Was on His Way to His Sis.
ter's EunernI

Rome, Ca, Dec. 29.-This afternoon
near the six-mile station, D. S. Payne.
aged 40, father of seven children and
a deaf mute, was killed by a Southern
Railway train, He was on the way to
his sisters funeral, Mrs. Jackson. He
was badly mangled. Payne lived near
Cane Springs.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
TRULY WONDERFUL.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AMERICA, sCOTLAND. GREI


AMERICA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND.
We have the agency of the finest
American Scotch and Irish whiskies.
The purest, most wholesome and most
delightful whisky is the famous old
Golden Wedding whisky" Nothing
better; none so good. Get the genuine,
which has gilt label and marriage
taking, place and our name on the
label.
One bottle, $1.OO; three bottles, $3.50;
twelve bottles, $3.50. express paid
For Scotch whisky, take only Ruth
erford or o. V. H. brands. These are
Scotch whiskies are II years old, i'm
ported direct from Scotland by us. We
carry our immense stock of Scotch and
Irish whiskies in the United States
Custom House, Savannah, Ga, which
is a guarantee of their purity.
One bottle, $1.25; three bottles, $3.50;
twelve bottles, $3.50.
LIPPMAN DRUG COMPANY.
Lippman Block, Savannah, Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
WALL PAPER.

When in want of Wall Paper come
direct to us. This is the place to find
the assortment and the right prices.
We show an immense line and we
can post you as to what is the proper
style.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CO.
Corner Drayton and Congress.
Phone 5l9
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
PORTER NOT ARRESTED.
Presence of Military Restores order
at Crawford.

Columbus, Ca. Dec. 29.-The latest
reports from Crawford, Ala, to which
place troops were ordered last night
to assist in the arrest of Porter
charged with the murder of Fincher
and to protect Porter, says the situa-
tion is unchanged except that the
presence of the military has restored
order. The sheriff has not been able
TO locate Porter.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
AN ATLANTA MANS CRIME.
Charged with Attempted Assault ON
Little stepdnughter

Atlanta, Dec. 29.-J. II. Alexander is
under arrest on a charge of attempting
criminal assault on his 1S-year- old
step-daughter, named Randaie. Alex
aEder is a Decatur street butcher. ami
the charge was preferred against him
by his wife, who is the girls mother
Alexander was held without bail. He
denies the charge.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
The Chnttahoochee Raging.

Columbus. Ca. Dec. 29.-Owing TO
the recent rains the Chattanooga river
al this point is a raging torrent. the
water having risen 10 a point 3s feet
above low water mark. The large
stone dam Of the Columbus Power
Company on North Highlands. broke
IN two places to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
REV. sHAKEsPEARE ARRESTED.
English Religious Exhorter Held
for Lunacy at Atlanta.

Atlanta, Dec. 29.-Rev. S. Shake
sreare, of England. is under arrest at
the police barracks as lunatic. The
Rev. Shakespeare does not set any
store by his name, nor does he claim
descent from the Bard of Avon. He is
a religious exhorter and has been
preaching to crowds here for some
months. Recently he has become so
violent in his exhortations that it was
feared he would DO some one bodily
harm. He viii be tried for lunacy to-
morrow
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
MOURNING BLACKS

Done in one days notice for people
who have to go in mourning. Tailor
made dress or suit done up fine, and t
beats getting them away. At the New
York Dye Works, Whitaker and State
Both phones 9l3.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
10000 FIELD GROWN ROSE PLANTS

IS different varieties from year to
3 years old. The right time to plant is
from November to March. Send for
price list or come out and see for YOUR
self. Visit the nursery on OFT and An
derson streets. Street cars to Fair
grounds will bring you within one
block. JOHN WOT.E
Both phones 634. Florist
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
MEETINGS.
THE CHATHAM BANK.

Savannah, Dec. 27, 1901.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Chatham Bank will be held
at the bank on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1902,
at the hour of II O'Clock noon.
JNO. r, DILLON, Cashier.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-30
sPECIAL NOTICES.
DIVIDEND no. "a.
The Germanla Bank

Savannah Ca, Dec. 49, 1901.
The directors Of tho Germania Bank
have this day declared semi-annual
dividend OF three dollars per share.
on and after Jan. ., 1902
1OHN NJ. HOGAN, Cashier.