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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

wash themselves and change their
clothes.
Diplomatic Negotiations.
After long diplomatic negotiations
between Italy and Switzerland, work
was at last begun in the autumn of
1898. Before the final permission to
break ground had been received, elab-
crate preparations had heen made for
pushing on the work as fast as DOS
sible. Above all, IL was necessary to
provide sufficient power. On each side
OK the mountain about 1000 horse-pow-
err was available, and this was to be
used primarily to drive the ventilating
apparatus and hydraulic compressors
as wen as workshop tools and dyna-
mos. In the north water power is OBJ
tanned from the river Rhone; in the
south from the Diveria Through huge
humes, over IL meters in diameter.
the water Is led many miles from it's
source to the power house. Great
repair shops were built, in which many
hundred artisans were to be employed.
whose duty 1t was merely to make and
repair the tools and rock drills. That
so huge an undertaking should neces-
state the installation OF many small
plants is easily understood.
If unforeseen hindrances are not en-
countered, the tunnel will be open for
traffic before the contracted time OF
five and half years. II such be the
case, the engineers will receive a
bounty Of 5000 francs for each day be-
tween the actual day Of completion
ana the contracted day; for each day
required in excess of the Contracted
time fine of 5000 francs is imposed.
On the south side the rock up TO the
S,S2Oth kilometer had been found per-
fectly dry, but when the 3.S25th kilo-
meter had been reached, springs Yield
Ing four to five liters of water Ger
second were found. The schist forming
the walls Of the galleries was moist,
without. however, causing any incon-
venience. But when the 3,90Oth kilo-
meter was reached more formidable
springs, yielding as much as 1850 liters
per second, were discovered, the tenn
perature of which, strange to say, va
ried from rs TO 30 degrees C.
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THE SYMPTOM TUNNEL.
An Army of LabOrers Cutting
Through the Alps.
From the sclentlfic AmerIean

From the Scientific American.
The road from Paris to Milan by way
OF the Mont Cents tunnel is 1883 kilo-
meters, and by way Of the st. Gothard
tunnel 1,O6s kilometers in length. To
reduce this distance go kilometers is
the primary purpose of the simplon
tunnel.
The new tunnel through the Simplon
pass, when completed, will undoubtedly
be the most stupendous engineering
feat OF it's kind ever performed-a feat
which many engineers thought II im-
possible to accomplish by reason of the
great depth which was to be attained.
IT Is evident even TO a layman that
Il Is far easier to carry a load up a hill
for distance OF 500 yards than for
1000 yards. II is In this tightening
Of the task TO be performed by the
railroad locomotive which Will be one
Of the ends attained by the new tun-
mel IN comparison with the routes OF
81 GothaTd and Mont Gents. The high.
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Southern Railway TO the north ma
East.

Two through trains daily via the
Southern Railway to Washington, Bal
timore, Philadelphia and New York.
with connections for POINTS beyond.
Leave Savannah 1855 D. M, and 1880
m. Convenient schedules by both
trains to Richmond and Norfolk. Pull
man drnwing-rOom Rleepers and din
ing cars. For information call on or
~'rite 70 y. c. Thomson, G. =. q T. A..
Ia lDun street, pnVAvs Ss0.--ad.
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solid to Brunswicix,


The D. & b. special leaving savan-
nah at 4:So .. m. via seaboard Air Line
Railway. runs solid to Brunswick with
out change, arriving Brunswick at 1890
p. m. Get tickets and full information
at Ticket Office. corner Bull and Bryan
streets.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

Excellent train service via Plant
System between Savannah and Bruins
wick in connection with Southern Rail-
way. Leave Savannah 3:l5 D. m, ar
irving Brunswick 6:1O p. m. Leaves
Brunswick 500 a. m. arriving Savan-
nah 900 a. m. Through coaches with
out change--ad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

british Spies Gain Information of
Submarine Vessels.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Immured in a French prison, with a
ball and chain 10 his Lex an English
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-18
P ".
THE BANK PRESIDENT.

Sprague's dinner party was over,
and among the first to take their
leave, shortly after midnight, were
Dunlap, Sturgis and DR.. Thurston.
The reporter did not often spehd
an evening in worldly dissipation. He
was a nan of action, a hard worker
and an enthusiastic student. Almost
all of the time which was not actually
spent in the pursuit of his profession,
was devoted to study in many widely
different fields of art and science.
For Sturgis' ideal of his profession
was high; he held that almost every
form Of knowledge was essential to
success in his line Of work. 1t was
seldom, therefore, that he allowed
himself to spend a precious evening
in social intercourse, unless as a more
or less direct means to some end. He
had made an exception in favor of
Sprague's dinner, and his meeting
with Dunlap, whom he had not pre-
viously known, had been entirely ac-
cidental.
Dunlap was, however, a mar whom
Sturgis needed to see in the course
of his study of the Knickerbocker
bank mystery, and he had not lost
the opportunity which chance had
placed in his way. After obtaining an
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-18

knees, though free from the seams
which would suggest the effect of press
ing or of a trouser stretcher. Conclu-
sion, the desk is a high one; for the
man stood at his work. Most men who
work standing at high desks are book
keepers of one kind or another. There
fore, as l said before, this mar was
probably a bookkeeper. Now, as to his
salary; l do Tot pretend to know the
exact amount of it, of course. But
when a man, who was evidently not a
dude, has his clothes made to order.
of imported material, and when his
linen, his hat and his shoes are of good
quality, it is fair to infer that the mans
income was comfortable.
81 proceed with the arrangement of
my data:
SECONDLY: the man in the cab died
of a wound caused by a bullet fired at
very close quarters. Indeed, the wear
on must have been held either against
the victims body, or, at any rate, very
near to it; for the coat is badly burned
by the powder"
son these points at least" assented
DR.. Thurston, 81 can agree with you.
The bullet probably penetrated the
upper lobe of the left lung"
YES" added Sturgis, "and it passed
out at the back, far below where it
went in"
"What makes you think it passed
out? The wound in the back may
have been caused by another bullet
fired from the rear"
THAT hypothesis might be tenable
were it not for this"
With these words the reporter pulled
out his watch, opened the case, and
with the blade of a penknife took from
the surface of the crystal a minute OBJ
ject, which he handed to the physician.
Look at it," said he, pushing over
a magnifying glass.
carefully.
"a splinter of bone" he said, at last.
"Yes. | found it on the surface of
the wound in the back. How did it get
there?"
"You are right" admitted the physi-
clan; sit must have come from with
in, Clipped from a rib and carried out
by the bullet which entered from the
'front.'"
81 think there can be no doubt as to
that. Now, the bullet does not seem
to have been DETECTED in its course by
its contact with the rib. for, as far as |
have been able to judge by probing
the two wounds with my pencil, their
direction is the same. This is impor-
tant and brings me to point three,
which is illustrated by these diagrams,
drawn to scale from the measurements
took this afternoon"
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CHAPTER V.
A OF FACTS

When the two men were comfortably
settled in the reporters study, Sturgis
produced pipes, tobacco and writing
materials.
"There, now" said he, as he prepared
to write. 81 begin with what ] shall
call the Cab Mystery. The data in this
case are already plentiful and curious.
l shall read as 1 write, and you can
interrupt for suggestions and criti.
cisms, as the points occur to you. In
the first place, the dead man is about
fifty years old, and was employed in
some commercial house or financial in
stitution, PROBABLY bookkeeper, at a
fairly good salary"
Hold on there, Sturgis," laughed
Thurston. 81 thought you were going
to build up a solid foundation of facts
before you allowed your Imagination
to run riot!"
"Well?" inquired the reporter, in APP
parent surprise.
well. the only fact you have men
toned is the approximate age of the
dead man. The rest is pure assump-
ton. How a you know anything
certain about his occupation and the
amount of his salary?"
"True; I forgot you had not followed
the steps in the process of induction.
Here they are: the dead mans sleeves,
on the under side below the elbow,
were worn shiny. This shows that
his occupation is at a desk of some
kind"
"Or behind a COUNTER" suggested
Thurston quizzically.
mo. Your hypothesis is untenable.
A clerk behind a counter occasionally,
it is true, leans upon his forearms. But
incessant contact with the counter
leaves across the front of his trousers
an unmistakable line of wear, at a
level varying according to the height
of the individual. This line was not
present in the case of the man in the
cab. On the other hand, his waistcoat
is frayed at the level of the fourth but
ton from the top. Therefore 1 main
tain that he was in the habit of work
ing at a desk. Now the trousers, al
though not new, are not baggy at the
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AWAY BEHIND TIME.
Presence of Mind and the Telephone
Got Ahead of the Smart
Man.

sit isn't my fault" declared the
bachelor, relates the Detroit Free
Press. 81 would have been married
long ago if the fates hadn't been
against me. 1 simply gave up when
1 discovered that the race was too
swift for me. There was a time when
all my future was centered in a GER
tain young lady who lived in this
city. But I had a detested rival who
caused me a good deal Of uneasiness.
AT last I resolved to settle the mat
ter; so 1 dressed myself in my best
and made for the girls home. Say,
but | was boiling mad when l met
my rival at the door. Something told
me that he was on the same errand,
and we stood there and glared at each
other till the mother came to the
door and informed US that the young
lady had gone to a ne%ighboring town
to visit an aunt.
las 1 turned away 1 CHANGED to
notice a hack passing. 1 knew that
there was a train leaving for the
town where the girl was in a few
minutes, and it gave me an idea.
Making a dash for the hack, 1 jumped
in and shouted to the driver that l
would give him ten dollars if he
would get me to the station in time
to catch the train. Then I waved my
hand to my rival as long as he was in
sight and chuckled to myself at the
success of my coup.
well, / arrived at the town, found
where my friend was staying and
called without loss of time, as l had
an idea that my rival would be down
on the next train.
"Say, l hope never to get married
if that miserable fellow hadn't called
her up by telephone and settled the
whole thing before l had even caught
my train!"
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GetlLse

The Garden of Gethsemane, which
was so closely interviewer with the clos
ing scenes in the life of Christ, is now
a desolate spot, containing a few old
and shattered olive. trees, the trunks
of which are supported by stones,
though some of the branches are flour.
ishing. 1t is a small square ~inclosure
of about 200 feet, surrounded by a high
wall, a little way out of Jerusalem, be-
low st. Stephens gate, and near the
foot of the Mount of Olives. Biblical
reference to it is made in Matt. 26:3O.
Sc; Mark 14:26-52; Luke 22:39-53. and
John 1s:1-14. The garden is the prop.
erty of the Latin Christians, the Greek
church having fixed upon another 10.
cality as the true site of Gethsemane.
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Homemade violet Powder.

The safest and best violet scented
toilet powder is that made at home.
Crush six parts of ordinary laundry
starch by pounding it fine in a cloth
and sitting it with two parts of pow
dered orris root through a sieve sew
eral degrees finer than a flour sieve.
Perfume the powder by adding a drop
each of oil of cloves and of bergamot
and two drops Of oil of lemon to four
ounces of powder. Sift the powder
repeatedly, in order to mix the per-
fumery through it. This is a very
simple powder, and one that is per-
fectly harmless to the skin of an in
FAINT. 1t should be thoroughly washed
out of the skin when it is renewed.
leaving no excess of powder to clog
up the pores.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-10-18
SUFFERING FROM PARESIS.
Dealer Advised the Oil Man to Con.
suit a Specialist for h
Af1ment.

A former Philadelphia, who has
transferred his interests to New
York, tells a good story 1T his w
expense. He is in the oil business and
makes frequent trips to his native
city.
Il was never accused of being a
paretic but once" he said, recently,
land That was by a man who is in
business up in Kensington. He uses
large quantities of lubricating oil and
for a long time I had been at him to
try u brand. He always protested
that the oil he was using gave him
perfect satisfaction and he didn't feel
justified in making a change. One
day l told him that his oil was all
right; that it was fully as good as
the oil l was selling, except in one
very important particular. I said:
In every barrel of oil / sell I put
some of my brains.' Well, that sort
of caught him and he gave me an or
der. This was followed by others,
and his account grew rapidly.
Recently we noticed a slight de-
feet in our lubricating oil-one of
those things that sometimes happen
in every product, without any tam
gible reason. 1t was then that I re-
ceived a letter from this customer of
mine. . 1t read:
"'My Dear Marshall: I am serious
1y worried about your health. You
once told me hat you put some of
your brains into every barrel of oil
you sold. If this is true and the
quality of oil you have been sending
us recently is a criterion, l should say
that you are suffering from paresis.
/ should advise you to consult a spe-
cialist before it is too late
"Of course, the joke was on me-"
said the Philadelphia, according to
the Philadelphia Record, "and since
then I have cut out the brain simile."
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Eggs with stewed Celery,

Stew two cups of celery, cut into
small pieces; drain and with a cup
of the water in which it vas cooked,
two level tablespoons of butter and
two of flour make a white sauce;
season to taste with salt and pepper;
add the celery and keep hot over boil
ing water, while you poach six or
eight eggs to a film" in water kept
just below the "boil." Add half a
teaspoon of salt and a tablespoon. of
vinegar to the water; spread the
stewed celery on a hot dish; lift out
the eggs carefully; drain and place
on the celery mattress" garnish the
dish with pointed bits of toast and
Observation-Disclosures Star.
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DON'T LET THE SONG GO.

Don't let the song GO out of your life;
Though 1t chance sometimes to flow
In a minor strain, it will blend again
With the major tone, you know.
What though shadows rise to obscure life's
skies,
And hide for a time the sun;
They sooner will lift, and reveal the rift,
If you let the melody run.
Don't let the song go out of your life;
Though your voice may have lost its trill,
Though the tremulous note should die in
the throat,
Let it sing in your spirit still.
There is never a pain that hides not some
gain,
And never a cup of rue
So bitter to sup but what in the cup
Turks a measure of sweetness too.
Don let the song go out of your life;
All! it never would need to go,
If with thought more true and a broader
view,
We looked at this life below.
Oh, why should we moan that life's spring.
time has flown,
Or sigh for the fair summer time?
The autumn hath days filled with paeans
of praise,
And the winter hath bells that chime.
Don't let the song go out of your life;
Let it ring in the soul while here,
And when you go hence, it shall follow
you thence,
And sing on in another sphere.
Then do not despond, and say that the fond,
Sweet songs of your life have flown,
For if ever you knew a song that was true,
Its music is still your own.
-AKate R. Stiles. in Boston Transcript.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
THE STURGIS WAGER
! A DETECTIVE STORY. Z
y BY EDGAR MoRETTE. <
n Copyright, 1899, by Frederick A. Stokes Co. 81
CHAPTER III.-CoNr1NuEp.

81 beg to suggest" remarked Dunlap,
"that the shots heard by the policeman
and his prisoner were not fired from
the inside of the bank"
THAT appears quite likely" admitted
Murdoch; but they must at any rate
have been fired in close proximity to
the bank, since the witnesses agree
that they appeared to come from in
side. In that case, whence were they
fired? By whom? And why? On the
whole, my little puzzle does not seem
to me so i'll chosen. What is your own
opinion, MI. Sturgis?"
II quite agree with you that the
problem is probably not SO simple as it
seemed at first blush to Sprague.
Every well. Then doubtless YOU are
willing to undertake the task of supply
ing whatever data may be required to
complete the chain of evidence against
Quinlan?'
by no MEANS" replied Sturgis, de-
cidedly.
Indeed? All! well, of course, if MI.
Sturgis wishes to withdraw his bet"
L Wv 1lOU NsSl W NlIlluIdW INV HDey w.
said Sturgis; 81 will agree tt solve your
problem within 30 days or to forfeit
my stakes; but l cannot undertake to
prove the truth or falsity of any a
priori theory. l have no personal
knowledge of the matter as yet, and
therefore no theory
Quite So" observed Murdoch, iron
100 III IS lrl f@~,,~44o. n. IL
methods. Of course, it may urn out
that it was the policeman who stole the
satchel from Shorty Duff"
Perhaps" answered Sturgis. imper-
turbably.
Murdoch smiled.
Swell, gentlemen" said he, 81 ac-
cept Mr.. Sturgis' conditions. If you
are willing" he continued, turning to
the reporter, ''our host will hold the
stakes and decide the wager"
Il, for one, agree with Sprague,' said
DR.. Thurston. Il am disappointed in
the problem. l have seen Sturgis un-
ravel some extremely puzzling tangles
in my day; and each cas- would not
be hard to find. Why, no longer ago
than this evening, on our way here,
we stumbled upon a most peculiar case
-eh-oh!-er-please pass the cognac,
Sprague. l wish l had some like it in
my cellar; it is worth it's weight in
gold"
DR.. Thurston had met Sturgis' steady
gaze and had understood that. for some
reason or other, the reporter did not
wish him to relate their adventure OF
the afternoon.
Only one person appeared to notice
the abrupt termination of his story.
This was Murdoch, who had looked up
at the speaker with mild curiosity, and
who had also intercepted the reporters
warning glance at his friend. He OBJ
served DR.. Thurston narrowly for a
full minute, appeared to enjoy his
clumsy effort to cover his retreat, and
then quietly'sipped his coffee.
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HUMOROUS.

"Slobbs seems to get fatter every
day." eyes; if he keeps on he'll be
as big a man physically as he thinks
he is mentally."-Indianapolis News.
The camel can go two weeks with
out taking a drink, but it would make
some men hump themselves to abb
stain for two days.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Doctor-"What you need is a
little change" The Patient-"How'n
I get it," The Doctor-"Perhaps if
you pay your bill o I might give it
to you."-Indianapolis News.
Badness.-'Oh, mamma" cried Tom
my, 'Willie's pulling the pussy's tall"
Hes a very bad boy to do that" said
mamma. eyes, and he's selfish, too;
COS he won't let me pull it at all"
Philadelphia Press.
Higgins-"I hold that there is no
need for any man being idle" Wig
gins-"That's right. All other things
failing, the opportunity for hunting
up the north pole is always open to
him."-Boston Transcript.
"Did you see Mr.. Smifkins this
morning?" asked the bookkeeper.
"No," replied the publisher. "What
did he want?" Gle desired us to adj
vance him Is shillings on his forth
coming work, How to Be a Financial
Success Evening Times.
Friendless Both.-"No," he said, 81
haven't anything for you" "Say, mis-
ter whined the beggar, 81 guess you
don't know how it feels to have no
friends, an" "Don't I, though?
I'm the official Handicapped for the
ladies' golf tournament."-Philadel-
phia Press.
A saucy Query.-Miss Passay-
"When I watched the dear old SOL
diers pass by I thought how splendid
it must have been to have had the
privilege of living right here in the
midst of the exciting times of the
great civil war" Johnnie Fresh
"Then you were abroad during the
war, were you, Miss Passay?"-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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AS he SAID these words, the rer1yter

AS he said these words, the rer1rter
handed to his friend, a sheet of paper
upon which he mad drawn some ce-
ometrical figures.
"The first OF these diagrams shows
the angle which the course of the bull
let made with a horizontal plane; the
second represents the inclination from
right to left. The former of these an
giles is nearly and the latter not far
from forty-fve Degrees The inclina-
ton from right to left shows that the
shot was fired from the right side of
the dead man. Now then, one of two
things: Either it was fired by the man
himself, the weapon being held in his
right hand; II else it was fired by an
assassin who stood close to the VIC
TINS right side. The first of these n.y.
potheses, considered by itself, is adj
missible; but it involves the assump-
ton of an extremely awkward and un-
usual position of the suicides hand
while firing. On the other hand, the
dead man is tall-siX feet one inch
and to fire down, at an angle of sixty
degrees, upon a man of his height, his
assailant would have to be a colossus.
or else to stand upon Il chair or in some
equally elevated position, unless the
victim happened to be seated when the
shot was fired"
Happened to be seated!' exclaimed
Thurston, astounded, why, of
he was seated, since he was in the
cab"
"That brings up point four, which
is not the least puzzling of this in
teresting case" said Sturgis, impress
lively; ''the shooting was not done in
the cab
"Not done in the cab!"
"No; otherwise the bullet would'have
remained in the cushions; and it was
not there"
ct might have fallen out into the
street at the time of the collision" sug-
gested Thurston.
mo; 1 searched every inch of space
in which it might have fallen. If it
had been there l should have found
it, for the spot was brilliantly lighted
by an electric light, as you remem-
ber."
~ Ph.1 SiSioA poIVS1So III CIS "
a few minutes.
s.With all due respect for the accu-
racy of your observations, and for the
rigorous logic of your inductions,
Sturgis," he asserted at last with de-
%cision, 81 am positive hal the nan
died seated, for his limbs stiffened in
that position"
"Yes,"asserted Sturgis, and rorthat
matter, I grant you, that he bceathed
his last in the cab; for in his death
struggles he clutched in his LETT hand
the cushion of the cab window, a piece
of which remained in his dying grasp.
I merely said that he was not shot in
the cab"
"Then how did he get there??" asked
the physician.
"Your question is premature. my
dear fellow" replied Sturgis, smiling;
sit must remain unanswered for the
present. All we have established as
yet is thai he did get there. And that
being the case, he must have been as
sisted; for, wounded as he was, he
could not, l take it, nave climbed into
the cab by himself"
Certainly not" agreed Thurstcn.
ITO Be C%ontinued.l