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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02
INDtX 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meeting-Savannah Yacht Club.
Special Notices-Notice as to Mortgages
and Bonds Savannah Yacht Club; An
drew Hanly Company; Savannah Build
ing Supply Company; Ship Notice, Pater-
son-Downing Company; Meals, 25c, Joe
Chang; For a Nice Steak, Scott & Davis;
Full Stock Market on Liberty Street
Jas. J. Joyce; What We Have for To-day.
Drayton Grocery Company; Special No
tice, John r. Dillon. Temporary Admin
istrator: John Funk, City Market.
Business Notices-Buchu Gin; Vegeta-
bles Of Fine Quality. A. NJ. c. w.
West: The Chatham Real Estate and I'M
provement Company.
Dunlop's Spring Hats-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
cigars-Geo. W. child's Cigars; Henry
George Cigars,
Suits That Suit-Leopold Adler
Baking Powder-Royal Baking Powder
About Winding Up-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Auction saIe-Administrator's Sale. by
/. D. LaRoehe Auctioneer.
Amusements-Twen y-five-R Round Glove
Contest at Theater, March L.
Legal Notices-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors Estate Michael T. Sweeney De-
ceased.
Mineral Water-Hunyadi Janos.
whisky-Y elbow Label Whiskey.
White Cottolene--N. X. Fairbank co.
Isslical-Lydia Pinkhais Vegetable
Pills: Ponds Extract. Mothers Friendi
smart's Catarrh Tablets; p. p. =.
Cheap Column INSTRUMENTATION
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

Last September an aged millionaire
named Rice. from Texas. died IN New
York. While he was lying dead at home
his legal adviser, lawyer named Pat
rick, tried to cash checks for large
amounts signed with Rice's name. Pat
rick was arrested on a charge OF forgery
Later Rice's valet. Jones. was arrested
upon suspicion that he and Patrick were
IN a conspiracy 10 murder old Rice and
get his money Jones has made "A confess
sion in which 81 IS stated that Patrick
gave Rice poison. 4 chemical analysis
Of The dead millionaire stomach and
kidneys has been made, showing. % H
faid, evidence OF mcrcurai poisoning
Thus New York has at hand another scn-
fauonal pois0nlng mys'ory, for the dc.oo-
talon Of che yellow journal readers ana
ihe prom " ibe eXpcrt Witnesses
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

An instance of that legal courtesy which
is a synonym OF congressional courtesy,
occurred in a Galesburg court room the
other day, SAYS the Philadelphia Item.
Attorney Jim Mckenzie and lawyer
from East Galesburg become involved in
a wordy discussion. in which each ques-
toned the others word. The East Gales
burg legal light maintained his position,
claiming that he could find his authority.
He turned over the pages of the statute
book. when quick as a flash Mac said:
You'll find what you want on page -
section -"
The innocent attorney looked up the ref
erence and found the law governing the
running loose of jackasses.
And the court smiled
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

NJ and Nine. Auguste F. ChamOt. who
were In Pekin during the siege have ar
rived in New York en- route to Paris,
where they go to be decorated by a
grateful republic for their heroic conduct
in the Chinese capital. Among the dar-
ing deeds OF which NJ Chamot Boosted
the other day to reporter was that
he had slapped Minister conger's face.
because the minister had taken a rife
from Madame and given It TO man.
And Madame put in that Mr. Conger is
not a gentleman. and should be at once
recalled. 1t is to be hoped that the al
legged face-slapping will not cause a
breach of relations between France and
the United States
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

II seems that people will never learn to
refrain from hiding money in rag bags.
In Chicago the other day woman tied
up the savings Of her husband and her
self, amounting to $500. in an old cloth
and hid it in a rag bag, without the
knowledge of her husband. Along came
a rag man, and the husband, as might be
expected. sold the bag and its contents
TO him, receiving therefor eleven cents.
The police have made efforts, all fruit
less. TO find the rag man.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

There are evidently many preachers
"out of a job in this country. Thirty
new chaplains are to be appointed under
the new army bin and more than 700
applications for the places have already
been filed There are now thirty-two
chaplains in the army. OF these four are
Catholic, eleven are Methodlsts, six are
Presbyterians. six are Episcopalians, two
are Baptists, and of Congregationalists,
Lutherans and Christians there Is one
each.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

The spirit OF Dennis Kearney IS still
abroad In San Francisco. The coroner
jury investigating the disaster of the
steamship Rio de Janeiro. not content
with charging the captain and pilot OF che
ship with criminal negligence. also CEN
snred the owners OF the vessel Cor en-
nlosin q Chinese crew; ana this nOtwlih-
standing Il does not appear that sho ma
tlonahty Of the crew had anything what
ever 20 do with she wreck ~ the ship or
she consequem lofs Or Me- "rho CHI
ness must so" f. sull "a slogan 10 con-
luFe sin ~ Tho pneine slopa
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02
ENGLAND win have to pay q pretty pen

England will have to pay a pretty pen
ny for her Boer war. Liberal member
OF Parliament asserts that the cost has
already been s650OOOOOO. and that the
country will not be able to get out, when
ell accounts are squared, for less than
s7Oo, 100000 even If tho war were to come
10 an end at once
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

The municipality of Vineland, N. j.,
has a superintendent of public works
who receives the munificent salary of
81 per month. He is a millionaire, 1t
chances, hence is able to get along on his
salary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

Mayor Spriggs of Eureka. Utah. has re-
signed his office to accept the more lu-
cratdye job Of dealing faro at a local
hank There is no law that would have
prevented him from holding both jobs,
but Spriggs concluded the office of
from tho gambling Joint.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

SIMPSONS bad break need not prevent
the navy from having two vice adnirals.
There is a plenty more good material
10 make them out Of Clark, OF the
oregon, for instance, would grace the
nGsiffOu
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

How much water is there in the stock
of the new steel trust? It's capital is to
be 81, 10o.OOo 900. The Philadelphia Time;
points out that the capital of the con-
Germs that are to comprise it aggregates
s457 90, 300 a great part of which is water
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02
The weather.

The Indications for Georgia to-day arc
for fair weather, With light TO fresh WINDS,
generally southwesterly; and for Eastern
Florida, occasional rains, probably, light
TO fresh, west to northwesterly winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Louisville Courier-Journal Dem)
says: Secretary Gage holds that Russia
virtually pays an export bounty on sugar
because the Russian manufacturers are
relieved from paying the internal taxes
on sugar that they export, and because
this relief is ito encourage production
beyond the demands of the home market
and to facilitate expectation" There is
a good deal of plausibility in this reason
ing, but does it not also argue that we
ourselves are guilty of this practice of
granting indirect export bounties? How
many of our manufactures can the pro-
tectionists name on which there is not
tariff rebate when eNported?"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

Prof Charles r. Johnson. who has
been appointed a supreme judge In the
Philippines has onR been connected with
inr University o. Michigan. whore be Isl
secretary ~ me hw department ilo Tor.
merry lived in Ohio. where A. the age Of
~ he Wu- elected 10 fho begiflatlfs bv
tho Republicans in Dcmocraiir district
Prof. Johnson b. president ~ iuc Auchi-
gan State Board ~ Education.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
says; "If yellow fever can be success
pox. as is the officially expressed opinion
of the Pan-American Medical Congress,
and If all of that particular kind of mos
quito which Gen. Leonard Wood and the
Congress believe is alone capable Of car
rying the infection can be extermnated
the scourge ought eventually to be got
well under control. An Italian physician
has already demonstrated to the National
Board of Health Of Mexico that inocula-
ton is efficacious, with sufficient clear
ness to be awarded 10000 prize for an
effective remedy"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

The Cincinnati Enquirer Dem) says:
perhaps it is not worth the pains to adj
wise the Cuban leaders 10 speak I'm mod
Grafton at the present delicate stage OF
transition toward independence. Such talk
as that by the horseback president. Senior
Cisneros. may be just what the govern
ment at Washington wants as O provo
cation 20 gobble the island"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

The Nashville American Demo say..
"if thorc o. au extra session OF Congress
A. viii be- boDatiso Tho presdoHt T. deter
mined that Congress shnil share with linn
the responsibility Of the policy relRttc.
70 cuba"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-02

Just as We Thought! The story that a
private corporation had obtained control
OF the Danish West Ind as was % bluff"
aud Denmark has made this country au.
other Offer did the blum start at Copcn-
hagen or Washington"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
outs to blush the most interesting works

pulS 10 OIuSn the most interesting WOrhS
Of fiction.
Sir John Lubbock, former governor Of
the Bank of England, spent year study
ing the habits of ants, and his book de-
voted to these queer and active little
bodies show them to be possessed Of
wonderful strength, sense and intelli-
gence. They show much method and or
der in their community life.
Charles Darwin wrote a book about
the common angle worms which boys
ordinarily think were merely created for
fish bait, but the great naturalist founo
that this meek and lowly creature plays
an important part in the world. Without
1T England's soil would not have been
productive ana the worlds history might
have been different.
Arabella Buckley's books, 1.-THE Fairy
land Of Science tells strange things in
the world of science, and Through Mag
ic Classes shows the wonders revealed
by the telescope ana microscope in the
greater and lesser worlds.
"Black Beauty" a. story on behalf of
| dumb animals, especially the horse, is one
| of the most delightful books for young
| and old. 1t teaches humanity and kind
ness. 1t was written{by an English lady,
and humane people of other lands and
tongues have so admired it that 1t has
been translated into nearly every Ian
guage of Europe.
A MULTITUDE OF BAD BOOKS.
The list of good books could be indef1-
nitely extended. The book that gives a
child truer understanding Of this mar
Vicious, God-created world, or serves to
inspire lofty ideal for the child nature
to grow to is blessing and source
Of ever increasing good. The multitude
of useful books areI offset by hordes of
cheap, silly and dangerous publications,
attractively displayed on every news
stand in town and city, and which easily
get into the hands of children. These
books, pamphlets and periodicals rangs
from stupidity senseless or indecent love
stories to rowdy and 1awless yarns, made
up of short, sharp, slang dialogues,
songs, mock speeches, etc. Their heroes
are men and boys who live by their wits
Fraud and crime are made attractive.
Drinking is represented as a round OF
pleasure. The fighter is an important
person. and every boy is supposed to
carry revolvers and do unlawful impos-
sible and ridiculous things. The chief i'll
Of Life is the lack of money and the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
GEORGIA WATERMELoNs.
The Supply May Be Limited for Sew
eraI Years

The watermelon and cantaloupe crops
are now sufficiently advanced to make
possible the formation of an intelligent
estimate Of the acreage and possible
yield by the Georgia melon district, OF
which this city is the center and princi-
pal shipping point, says an Albany, Ga,
dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution
There has been a decided reduction in
the watermelon acreage. Those VINO have
the best opportunities for obtaining in
formation on this line are practically
agreed that the area under cultivation
is at least Is per cent less than 1t was
last year, and by some the reduction
is believed to be even more extensive.
The condition of the vines is not fiat
tering, though it is expected that great
improvement will be shown within the
next few weeks. During the first week
of the present month several severe wind
and hail storms visited this section and
the damage to all crops was heavy. Es-
pecially did watermelon and cantaloupe
vines suffer, being at that time in q
tender stage. Replantings on rather an
extensive scale were found necessary,
and whereas the original stands had
been unusually good, they could not, on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

account of various unfavorable condi-
tions, be reproduced. Several parties in
this county have replanted not less than
five times in their cantaloupe fields.
Cantaloupe growers in the territory
Immediately tributary to Albany plant
ed for about 15 TO $50 cars. Their ex-
pectation now is that not more than 20
to S. cars will be shipped, but at prices
now being offered by commission mer-
chants the growers will not do "hall
bad" with the reduced crop. Last sea-
son cantalOupes netted Southwest
Georgia growers something more than
$1,000 per car, and there is every reason
for believing that they will do equally
well this year.
With a reduced acreage in water
melons, prices should be satisfactory.
Growers hereabouts are receiving many
offers from commission merchants for
their crops gathered and loaded on side
tracks in the fields, but most of them
prefer to wait and take their chances IN
the July scramble. The melon vines arc,
as rule, in much more satisfactory con-
dition than those Of the cantaloupe fields.
though all have been backward.
In connection with the reduction of the
acreage in watermelons, it is interesting
to note the causes commonly attributed
as being responsible therefor, Many par
ties who have considered the matter
only casually are disposed to place the
blame at the door of the railway com
panies. AS is well known there has been
loud protest every year on the part OF
UIle melon growers on account OF dlI6SeQ
eXorbitant freight rates on their prod
uct from this section to the Northern,
Eastern and Western markets. No unit
ed effort has been made. however, to
secure concessions from the railroads In
the matter of freight rates. and conse-
quently none have been made.
There seems, however, to be another
reason, and in all probability the right
one. 1t is a well known fact that two
crops Of watermelons cannot be sue
cessfully grown on the same land within
a period variously estimated at from
seven to twenty years. 1t is persistent
ly maintained by growers who claim to
have carried on exclusive experiments on
that line that after a crop of watermel-
ons has once been grown on a plot Of
ground the same crop cannot be raised
there again. 1t has been stated that
after seven years the land may be ro-
tated In melons again, but this is gener
ally denied
The melon industry has been an 1mpor-
tant one in this immediate section of
Georgia for number of years, and now
growers claim that the actual scarcity
OF land has placed limitations on this
crop. Farmers who have engaged in
melon growing have rotated from field
to field until there no longer remain clear
ed plots which can be utilized for the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
UJNEXAMPLED BARGAINS

TINS great sale OF seasonabe merchandise Just the goods that
quantities and conveniently yox gn
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
some to read an Instructive boo,

some to read an instructive book.
Rev ]. G. Wood spent a summer in the
country with his children and wrote a
book about the Brook and It's Banks, -
in which he tells charmingly of the birds,
insects, and fishes, their habits and
strange lives among the leaves, in the
air, in the ground and in the water
Ernest Ingersoll spent a summer in the
country and wrote book called Friends
Worth Knowing" Among these friends
are snails, mice, birds, etc. Snails are
universally distributed over the world.
and in variety exceed 1900 species. Some
forms are SO minute that they would
not hide the letter in this print, while
others make a good mouthful, particular
ly in France and Italy, where they are
cultivated for food and are considered
a del1cacy. Snails are vegetarians and
nave Jaws and tongues of saw-like edge,
the number of points on each running
into the thousands. On the approach of
cold weather the snail throws a film
over the mouth Of its shell, which
tightens like drumhead AS it becomes
colder other films are added on the plan
OF storm windows. Extensive drouth
will cause the snail to close its doors in
the same way to prevent the evaporation
Of its bodily moisture and dry up.
They are possessed of astonishing vital
1ty regaIning activity after having been
frozen in solid blocks of ice, and endur-
ing degree of heat for weeks which
daily crisps vegetation. DR.. Newcomb, of
Cornell university, kept snaiIs glued up
in pill box for seven years, and vet
a trif1e Of moisture resuscftated them
The history of the uses to which snails
have been put in all parts of the world
is very curious. Little attention is given
to them In this country, and when their
| existence is known are usually viewed
with disgust. yet says Mr.. Ingersoll
there is no good reason for this disgust
Snails are of ancient race, vast variety,
graceful shape, dignifed bearing, indus
trial and peaceful habits, and possess edi-
Bile and curative properties" In a most
entertaining manner Mr.. Ingersoll tells
wonderful things about many Of the com
mon forms of life existing all around us.
What worlds Of curious things Ingersoll
Woods Burroughs, Thompson, Wilson,
Thoreau, Audubon, Wallace, Darwin
auckland and scores of other naturalists
eave unfolded. Karr's Tours in Ny Gar
dem takes the young reader out among
| the plants, insects and birds, and ex-
plains their life history In q way which
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

dishonorable ways OF getting it and how
to avoid punishment are among the chief
features. The literary material is either
intensely stupid or spiced to the highest
degree with sensation. The stories are
about Indian warfare, desperate life, pi-
rates, wild sea adventure, bighwaymen,
crimes and horrible accidents, horrors
tortures, snake stories, gamblers prac-
teal jokes, the life Of vagabond children
and the wild behavior of dlssipated boys
in great cities. It is almost entirely in
slang Of the most exaggerated kind and
Of every variety-that Of the sea, Of the
West and South, Of the Bowery; to say
nothing of that of a score of the most
irregular and questionable occupations
ever followed by men. When the stories
even nominally treat of the school, they
say nothing of school life. There is SIM
ply succession Of practical jokes, mis-
chief, outrages, heroic but impossible
fcats, fighting and horrible things, but
nothing about the business Of the school
School life is mere lark. This flash
literature should be avoided as poison.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09
CAMPING OUT I'M MINNESOTA
What Boys During the Summer Vacation

Thoughts shut up want air, and spoil
IKE bales unopened to the air.'-Young
Plans and schemes to vary the routine
OF the school room are in the minds of
good teachers and parents from Septenl-
Der to June during the regular school
year. Vacation brings a break. Outdoor
succeeds indoor work. What can be done
Cor young people during this trying pc
riod? One answer, and a good one, is
10 continue instruction, but let it be out
Of doors.
Minnesota offers greater inducements
fer this purpose than any other state in
the Union. 1t has more water surface,
in lakes and rivers, than any other state
1t has large forests of pine and hard
wood trees. A thousand pretty camping
places in the woods, or by lake or river
side can be reached quickly and easily
from the trains of every railroad running
from the Twin Cities. Nature has been
kind in distributing her gifts over the
ample bosom of our great state.
The summer Of the North Star state is
an ideal season, warm days without Ian
euor and nights cool enough to insure
sleep The air is like wine, invigorating !;
and appetites are whetted to hunger by
exercise on the waters and in the woods
and fields. The rain is limited to occa-
si3nal light showers; fogs and continued
damp spells arc rare. Neither are there
dangerous reptiles nor insects to annoy
shose who seek pleasure, health and rec
Featlon, somewhat after the manner Of
khe aborignes, but with modern and
desirable improvements and giving better
results.
WHAT TO DO.
The idea suggested in this connection
Is outdoor schools in which natural his
tory can be dealt with in a popular way,
besides tie chance of a variety of other
occupations and studies. Boys and girls
as well can be taught to care for their
temporary quarters, to use tools, to maze
p camp fire, pitch a tent, row or handle
n row or sail boat, construct shelters, c:t
wood, prepare fishing tackle, make traps
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

and camp furniture, and engage in va
rious features of woodcraft and outdoor
games and sports, all of which produce
practical thought so helpful in cases of
emergency. Instruction, however, can
be extended beyond mere woodcraft to
very profitable and fascinating lessons in
natural history in all Of its varied branch
es, to which may be added astronomy,
surveying, sketching, photography, tax
idermy and military manual training and
athletics Musical instruments might be
taken along, too, and beginners given
their initial lessons in the woods. away
from sensitive ears.
Do not take fine clothing into the coun-
try. Dress the children in woolens and
stout, well-ftting shoes. Flannel is by
all odds the coolest summer Dress and
is a surer preventive Of colds than any
other kind of material. Be sure and take
chess and checker boards, picture and
instructive books for rainy days and
study hours, and do not forget and keep
on hand for ever present use a large
supply of patience. and good humor.
Cheerfulness is an important aid in MAX
ing life a success. In childhood and youth
the full and easy play of the emotions,
tempered with good humor, is necessary
to health and education. Nature has
spread with bountiful hand a variety
of pleasures for all stages of life and
the outdoor life is where the vigor and
vitality are obtained to round off the
perfect manhood. The object Of all sound
education is to develop the mind in har-
mony with the body. pc @p
A WORLD OF GOOD. BOOKS.
There is no lack of good and instruct
i've books to be had-books as entertaining
and certainly more useful than the trashy
and slangy story books and papers so
abundant on the news STANDS in cities and
towns of the class noted in another par
agraph. The world of good books too,
is a large one and it is quite easy to
go astray in its attractive paths. Take
books with truth as a basis and with right
purpose as principle. Ia Is not weari-