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coon" SONGS.
Lyrics OF Foremost CoIor.d Literary Ma,

Lyrics OF Foremost Colorsd Litsrsry u..
Of To-day.
Ihere was born in Dayton. O.. in
1872, colored boy, destined before h.
reached 30 years of age to have msds
Ior himself a world wide reputation.
mat boy was Paul Laurence Dunbar
the polished man of letters. the bril-.
hant poet. the fascinating dialect sour
writer and the foremost colored liter.
AIRY man OF the age All In the snsc.
Oh eight short years Mr.. Dunbe-
climbed the ladder OF fame fror, ~.
deepest obscurity to his present heirht
lie was the child of slave parents; NJ
educated in the public schools Of D.v-
ton. receiving as good an educatsoo =.
most boys In his circumstances vouIA
have received. For some montbs ast..
he finished his schooling he WORKED 4.
an elevator boy. But during this psriod
MS literary bent was Ratherin
strength OF purpose, and being ner.
fected. In his hours, more likely min.
utes OF rest. in the elevator he wa
continually scribbling verses On scran.
OF paper. These scraps he gaye To III.
mother with the injunction not "a A..
stroy them. This was the beginning.
his present success every one knovs
and the end-well, there is a brilliant
future before him. II Is in connection
with coon" songs. however, that M
dunbar Is best known. Probably there
Is no more popular writer OF these de.
lightful dialect songs than he. Ger.
tainly. his lyrics have been accorded an
unwonted popularity and great saIee
Uncle Eph's Christmas." which n n
be presented at Boston Music HaIi
this week. contains some of his mo.t
tuneful coon" songs. In fast. ~
libretto Of Uncle Bph's Chrtstma."
was written by Mr.. Dunbar. win
Marion Cook. who has dssistsd M.
Dunbar before by writing the musls
for his songs. is the composer of ~
music In Uncle Eph's Ohristmas."
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A Queer OutGt.

The army transport on the advance
to Pekin was a unique spectacle. Miles
Of coolies. vehicles and animals trailed
behind the troops. Everything on
wheels. from farm wagons to fashion
able traps, was impressed into the
transport service. Every Chinaman,
horse and mule in the path was com
mandeered. The Japanese had cows
bearing packs and the Russians cam
els. Cinnamon pulled carts and stag
gered under heavy loads. Two hun
dred junks and scows hearing muni-
tiOns were towed up the river by
coolies
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A TYPICAL WOMAN.
george Eliot Had tn. Idio.vncra.iss of
Her Sex.

For no judgment of George Eliot can
the vital fact that she was-even in a
degree really TYPICAL woman. She
belonged to the subjective sex, and is
the most objective OF novelists. It Is
the fashion at present to neglect the
distinction Of sex In speaking OF wom-
en-. and pay them the compliment. or
do them the justice. of treating them
severally as individuals, Disseminated
merely as men are Disseminated New
ertheless, until their distinction in GER
tain fields OF activity is as much a mat
ter OF course as that OF men-uptil
thers. are no more 'Women's Build
inss" As worlds fairs, for example, and
the proDASanda in favor OF the sex az
an entity ceases to obscure the indi-
to get itself established II let alone
anything like the eminence OF George
Eliot's powers will be singularized be-
cause Of the possessor's sex II is-as
yst-generally remarkable, worthy OF
remark. that a woman should have
reached such height OF accomplish
meut. But that her accomplishment
should have been in the field OF
thought rather than In that OF feel
ing. and 50 splendldly successful In
this field as almost to have originated
q species In the domain of fiction. Is
specifically the notable phenomenon in
George Eliots case. Why is she so
unlike George Sand and Charlotte
Bronte-ons may exclude Jane Austen.
In thinking Of precedents. as exclusive
ly an artist. Is II because Of her
different and In the main superior
mental quality. and the greater sub
ordination OF feeling to thought In her
original makeup? Probably not
Whatever George Eliot became there
can b. no doubt that Mary Ann Evans
wAs . woman In whom the idiosyncra-
stss q ssx were particularly developed.
A. 10 the existence Of such idiosyncFa-
sies and their native. elemental, and
possibly hsradicable character George
Eliot herself never had any doubts.
TAs di6erehcs between the ssxes Ii
one of tAs phenomena that compose
hsr Material. Her wrifinss are full ol
ma eoosidered as man. and woman ~
woman. Ne has widened the sphere o1
wooon'S interest for ua. hut has not
oheeegod ~ Identity. From George
naloA" ~ ". Q. Brownsll. IN ssrib.
nse's
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The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
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that science has been able to cure In all its
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prietors have much faith in its curative
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Halls Family Pills are the best
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ot-Bolier. Pay ,s...

An artist whose name liz familiar In
this town said several days ago that
he made more out OF his pot -bollcrs
than from his more pretentIous pic
lures. says the New York Sun. In this
case pot-boilcrs means ILLUSTRATING.
"Of course. u lot OF the Illustrating !"
he said. lis high-grade work OF n.
class. and ] am not ashamed to sign
my name to 1t. Like many other ar
lists In my class. however, I make a
good many pictures for Illustrat,ns
which are either published Anonymous.
" or under IN assumed name. I can
not AFFORD to sell my oil painting for
small prices. no matter how much I
may need the money. This would not
~ fair 70 people who have bought ~
D6eturee, ed II would in5urs NJ reoV.
1Ae1sA.s
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lrava,i.n 1,.a rpship Line.


without waiting for the passage OF
the subsidy bill, q syndicate Of New
York capitalists who have large sugar
interests In the Hawaiian islands have
organised 4 new steamship company
and are building a feet Of eleven ves-
sells Of the highest type Of steel con-
struction. They are intended for car
60, but have accommodations for a
few passengers. The corporation is
called the American Hawaiian 6team-
ship Company. and It expects to send
q steamer every two weeks from New
York to Honolulu, making the voyage
In fifty-eiRht days. The capital stock
Of the company Is $2.900O00, all held
by a few men. No shares were offer
ed to the public. The first steamer,
now loading at New York. 10 the Ha-
waiian. which was built at Roach's
yard at Chester, Pennsylvania. 1t Is
435 feet long. fifty-one feet beam, thir.
ty-three feet deep with triple expan-
sion engines of $500 horsepower, a
registered tonnage of 5000 and a ca
paclty of $3.50 tons of freight. The
other steamers, of the same type and
size, called the Californian. the Ameri-
can and the Oregonia. are nearly fin
ished and will be ready to go into CON-
mission within few weeks. These
are to be followed by the Arizonian,
the Alaskan and the Texan, twin
screw steamers, one-thrd larger, with
n carrying capacity of 1900 each and
a speed Of sixteen knots. Contracts
are being prepared for three other
steamers to complete the fleet.
This enterprise has been undertaken
without advertising or demonstration
and few people are aware of Its ex-
istence.
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BRITONS ADMIRE GEN. DE WET.

ing the sinews for both armies In
South Africa. and SO long as the Beers
can secure the necessaries Of war so
cheaply and easily they need have NO
fear that the national treasury must
issue bonds to carry on the struggle.
THE Beers will continue the war by
harassing their enemy continually, for
years II need be. They will make II
necessary 20 keep mighty force in
the country, and sooner or later Eng
land will realize that she cannot AFFORD
to spend $500, ,OOO.000 year. year after
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Wet and his small army canot con-
tend much longer against the vast
forces of Lord Kitchener. De Wet Is
as far superior to Kitchener In mill
tary strategy as Napoleon was to the
most ignorant soldier in his army.
That is broad statement. but De Wet
has proved it several times to the great
modification of the hero Of Omdur-
man.
For three months Kitchener, with
an army Of almost 10000 men. tried to
capture US, and De Wet laughed at his
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All the British newspapers recognise
in General Christian De Wet the revivf-
hcation of the war spirit of the Boer,
and they realize that until he is cap
tured or killed the war is not ended.
One Of the most noted correspond
ents, in telling of his Impressions Of
De Wet, says:
''Is 1t any wonder. therefore, that
this man has come to be recognized as
the greatest guerrilla chief since the
time Of Phil Sheridan"
That's from an English viewpoint
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efforts, and incidentally captured from
him at Rooidal sufficient winter cloth
ing for every burgher in the army.
$500 shells and enough small arms
ammunition to last his forces for three
years. And De Wet did this with less
than 5000 men,
Since June the entire Boer army
has been supported by the British tax
payer. Almost every single rifle in the
Boer army was captured from the
British in battles; every cartridge and
shell used in our fights since June was
taken from the British. Whenever
there is lack of anything in our
camp we sally forth and take it from
the British.
The English taxpayers are furnish
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year. when none of her citizens except
a clique of mining men can expect to
gain anything by the vast expendi-
ture.''
Such is the man who holds the Brit
ish empire in check, the man whose
operations have made it necessary for
the government to order $4,000 more
horses to equip the force employed in
the task of rounding" him up. BY
the power of his military genius he has
made the Boer war recrudescent: he
has brought upon Great Britain a con-
tinuation of struggle that has been
tremendously costly in blood and treas
ure. and he has revived the spirit of
freedom in land that was overrun by
the invader.
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IF you hear that l have
surrendered, deny il, for l
will never surrender"
General Christian De Vet

Here's what one of the Boer leaders,
Commandant ". D. Snyman, says:
When bade goodby to General De
Wet in the Free State he said to me:
X you hear that | have surrendered.
deny IT, will never surrender; | will
Sight a. long as one man stands by
me- President Steyn said to me as
left him near Komatipoort: You may
tell the American friends of our cause
thst - long as l live | shall defend
thst cause. We will continue this fight
until we win
That il the spirit which animates
the entire army. from the youngest boy
In the ranks to the Oldest grandfather
who carries rifle.
Il know that you will say tha. De
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The Earth,a shn,lo,r

The earth has shadow. but few
ever observe II. or. If they do, have no
knowledge of what they are looking at.
Some OF us have seen on beautiful
summer evenings just before sunset n
roseate arc on the horizon opposite the
sun, with a blush gray segment under
1t. This is the shadow of the earth.
The same shadow is always observa-
BILE on the occasion of an eclipse of
the moon.
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Goldi s,oldi Goldi

The latest Ell Dorado is reported to be
on Nome City Beach. Alaska. Thou
sands of people are hastening there. many
or whom return broken in health. OF
what avail Is gold when health is gone?
Guard your health with the best OF all
medicines. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
It will regulate the bowels, stir up the
liver. invigorate the kidneys. and alb
solutely cure Indigestion, constipation,
malaria, chills and fever. It's a good
medicine to keep on hand
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To enjoy good health Il u nscessary
to keep the digestive organs In perfect
condition: Garfield Tea u the most
successful remedy for al forms 81
Indigestion.
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'Liqucr makes men talk, doeon,x ~.
said the citizen. "Yes, ana oomefdmea
It's the means oe shutting the0 -
said the policeman.
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my debts" well. I'm worse OF tksy
that, paid mine. but 1t took every cent
I had" '
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We tell our woes for sympathy
sad mistake. as you will see.
Friends listen briehy-then relate
Their own distresses, twice as great
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Said Aaron to Moses I'D rather have
n rent in my robe than darn. for n rent
might be the result of an accident while
darn IL prcmeditated poverty" This
saying has since been credited to Count
D'Orsay and BIZ, ,Sf4 others.
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Who hath his collar button lost
The chase need ne'er give o'er.
Barefooted. let him close his eyes
And promenade the floor.
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Tam sure Piso's Cure for Coasumpsion savsa
my life three years ago.-Mrs. Tnos. Ronnup
Maple Street. Norwich. N. Y, Feb n. leoa
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lete. ton containing 1900 pounds il
now considered long. especially in the
coal market.
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TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUInrNu TAnLHra An
druggists refund tho money II IL fails 70 oufN
e. w. Groves signature Ia ON the boz. No
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what kind of a man il Doogles %
Hes the kind that will do you a small
favor so he can come around next day
and ask big favor"
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PlTD ssrmaneutlyC Cured. NensS Stepseve~sre.s -.
Arst days Of DR.. kliass 0ss2s Nsrvs ISsSssss
send for FREE o1.OO trial bettls ed trooSiss
DnL r u. KLINE. La. 99l Arch 81. PhlleAslISS III
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II you wish to have beautiful, clear
white clothes. use Russ Bleaching Blue.
the famous bag blue.
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Primisy's California Fruit Gum sose,a,.
the most dslicious qualities e wesS0r
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Tho man who takes things easy. NAV
be either philosopher or = klsptomn.
MAC.
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When the weather Is cold the house
ought to be coaled.
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To Our Readers.

Send $50 to Herbert George. Denver,
Colorado. and get Georges Weekly and
Bryan's Commoner for one year.
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- ,a..,s. Mar. c,.h.

Thoo - M young ladies' IN Mis-
ciU ~ ~ knowing The secret that
naouso ~ Wv1tte1 n The rocks. whish
~ = - haWo lesl0hsrsd. Aave t11a-
81 ~ 0DO ~ nAakAl-0a1unr
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The most striking thing In the labor
situation just now is the great number
of strikes.
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Singularly enough civil war II nj.
ways a very uncivil war.
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rhlsv.. r.h. W.dd,.. p,.....

A large company was asssmtleA n
the house Of Mrs Purcsll In Un,uo
county. South Dakota. where Q va
ding was being solemnissd. The ve6-
ding presents were numerous, q puree
Of e7b In gold being among the NJ
One Of the guests was announcsd to
DO a fancy clog dancs In tho barn ~
everybody nocked thithr. While the
danoe was In progress thieves ran
sacked the house and carried on every
valuable article. Of course inciuIin.
Tie e7B.
Gertrude Atherton's novel. "DsaaEor
Nerth," has bsen incorporated y tAs
o9nAn Tauchniis edition oe uneiish
oooee. II ID said that . vsIl.knoVn
nnelish playwright hes proDeso y ~
= 1sanatlDs ~ tseh.
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Ladies' who take pride in beautiful.
clear white clothes should use Russ
Bleaching Blue. the modern bag blue,
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1t takes reformed tramp long
time to learn 10 eat with Il fork as han
dily as he can drink from Jug.
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Bishop Potter says we chase the do,i..
too hard. Then let the dollar let IN 4
little on its rapid gait.
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II is to soon to begin plying the poor
unfortunates who lived back In the nine
teenth century.
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Tho best is the cheapest. Caster's lpk p ~
best, yet IL costs NO more than the poessUe
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1t is to be hoped that the kidnapping In
dustry will not flourish during the tWsn-
tieth century.
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Many causes induce gray hair but PAsxnae uAss
BALsAN brings back the youthfui color.
HINDKRcoRNs. the best cure for come. looaL
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High Price for mn Old jug.
An old jug fetched S675 at n London
auction. 1t was OF notified brown
stoneware and bore the date 1866
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The tailor-made girl Is all right but
most men prefer the ready maid.
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PUTNAM FADELrss DYns q -
stain the hands or spot The kstGlA
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We pay els . Week
and expenses to men with rigs 70 Introduce eaY
POULTRY COMPOUND. JAvRILb npo. Co.. DsDA b,
PARSONS, KAxsAs
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-11
RAILROAD NEWS THEOLOGY.
"A PLANT That viii Fit Officials and
Men Alike.

The following composition called the
revised version of the Railwayman's Ten
Commandments, has been in circulation
recently among those in whose interest
they were written and who are in a po-
sition to appreciate them:
First. Thou shalt have no other occu-
patton but this. Second. Thou shall
not seek the benefit of any trade-union;
or the likeness of anything which is in
Heaven, or anything that would benefit
thee in the earth beneath, but thou shalt
bow down to thine officials. and serve him
whose position has descended from father
10 son unto the third and fourth gener-
alton, and who shows mercy only to those
that keep these commandments.
Third. Thou shalt take all thy humble
applications in vain for the railway COM
pany only recognizes the unity which you
hate. Fourth. Remember the Sabbath
day to work for nothing. Six days shalt
thou labor for myself, thy wife and fam
fly, but the seventh Is the Sabbath and
belongs to thine employers In it thou
shalt work for them, for in six days thy
directors lay out thy work, but the sew
enth day they go to church, wherefore
thy directors bless the seventh day for
its increased dividends. Fifth: Honor thy
officials, that thy days may be long on
the line, at wages they may be pleased
to give thee Sixth: Thou shalt use all
thy skill. Seventh: Thou shalt commit
three thousand rules to memory.
Eighth: Thou shalt not have regular
times for thy meals. Ninth: Thou shalt
not make any complaint against the con-
ditions, except through they stationmas-
ter and then only for the increase
of his waste-paper basket Tenth. Thou
shalt not covet thy superiors position;
thou shalt not do anything to benefit thy
self, but thou shalt obey thy officials,
be his gardner, his man-servant, his
donkey, or anything short of being his
neighbor.
The commandments are signed by Pres
ident 'Piston-Rod," and contersigned by
Secretary "Telly- Graph"
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wealthiest members of the House of Rep

wealthiest members of the House of Rep
resentatives.
Over on the Senate side there are a
number of millionaires, but not so many as
people generally suppose. Mr. Clark of
Montana is rated at $75,00O0O0; Mr.
Kearns, the new senator from Utah, has
a mine worth $12,OOOOOO. so they say, but
it is a recent acquisition Ten years ago
he was a poor farmer in Nebraska Mr..
Jones of Nevada is also the owner OF
profitable mining properties. Mr.. Elkins
has made a fortune in coal, and Mr.
Scott, his colleague from West Virginia
has been equally successful in oil. Mr.
Lodge of Massachusetts, Mr.. Kean OF
New Jersey and Mr.. Wetmore of Rhode
Island inherited millions. Senator Proc
tor of Vermont is a marble king ard owns
large quarries Mr.. Shoup of Idaho was
one of the early pioneers of that state
and has made a large fortune from
ranches, mines and supply stores which
are said to do more business than any
similar establishments in the West. Mr.
Mcmillan Mr.. Hanna and Mr.. Darew
have been successful in business; Mr.
Hale married a daughter of the late Sen
ator Chandler of Michigan, who was I'M
mensely wealthy, and Mr.. Fairbanks or
Indiana has accumulated handsome for
tune by successful law practice
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-11
THE RED BIRETTA.
Some of the Features of the Coming
installation of Cardinal Marttnell1'

Some of the Features of the Coming
installation of Cardinal Marttnell1'
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Archbishop Ryan has been invited and
has accepted the invitation to preach the
sermon at the forthcoming ceremony or
comforting the scarlet biretta on Cardi-
nal Martinelh, the apostolic delegate 10
the Catholic Church in the United Statesi
The ceremony will be only the second or
third of the kind ever witnessed in this
country. and will be held in the old Ca
thedral of Baltimore. His eminence, Car
dinal Gibbons, primate and highest dignl-
tarv of the church in the United States,
will oficiate at the installation ceremo-
MES.
The hiretta will be brought to this coun-
try from Rome by two officials, one
cleric, the other a layman, specially ap-
pointed for that purpose. 1t is said the
layman selected for this purpose IS
Count Pecci, a nephew of Pope Leo XIII.
The biretta is a small, square cap, worn
also by priests and bishops. A priests
biretta is black, bishops purple, a car
dlnAIS always SCdIlCt anu hohdhy WIN
out a tassel A cardinal also wears I'M
der this q. scarlet zucchetto, or skull cap,
with gold braid and a small tassel inter-
woven with gold.
When an ecclesiastic residing in Rome
is elevated to the Sacred College of Car
dinals he goes to the Vatican Palace, ana
there receives from the Pope himself the
red biretta When the candidate is dis
tant from Rome however, the biretta is
sent to him, and on receiving it he is
bound to make oath that he will WITHIN
a year visit the tombs of the apostles
ST. Peter and st. Paul in Rome.
The biretta is not the famous red hat"
The Latter will not be conferred upon
Cardinal Martinelli until he goes to Rome
where, in a public consistory, at the close
of an imposing ceremonial, the Pope will
place it upon his head.
When attired in his robes as a cardi-
nal Sebastian Cardinal Martinelli will not
appear quite as picturesque perhaps as
Cardinal Gibbons, for instance, or other
members of the Sacred College who are
not members of a religious order. Cardi-
nal Martlnelli is an Augustinian monk,
and was formerly prior general of the
Augustinians-the most ancient of Cath
clio religious orders-throughout the
world. AS in the case of bishops, cardi-
nails who belong to religious orders re-
tain the color of their religious habit. eX-
cept in the zucchetto, biretta, and hat,
Mich are scarlet and of wooden mater
ial. The habit worn by the Augustinians
is black and includes cowl and leather
girdle.
1t is said there is possibility that the
ceremony of installing Cardinal Martin
eli, which was to have occurred early in
Easter week, may be postponed for a
brief period.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-11
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. ]. B. Stamp of Atlanta is at the
Pulaski House.
Mr.. A. Levy, Jr., of Augusta is stopping
at the Screven House.
Mrs e. A. Mel of Washington, d. c.,
is guest of the De Soto.
Mr.. T. z. Deese of Burk, Ga, is regis
tered at the Screven House.
Mr.. Charles c. Brantley of Valdosta is
registered az the Pulaski House.
Mr.. ]. r. Miller of Statesboro registered
at the Pulaski House last night.
Mr.. N. j. Henderson of Davisboro was
az the Pulaski House yesterday.
Mr.. M. E. Dyess of Offerman registered
at the Pulaski House yesterday.
Mr.. Smith d. Pickett of Jacksonville
registered at the De Soto yesterday.
Mr.. Clarence Jeffords of Orangeburg,
D. c. is stopping at the Pulaski House.