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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

There may or may not be coal oil under
the sod Of Alabama. Many persons. how
ever. believe there is, and they are going
10 ascertain whether or not they are
mistaken. Among those who have faith
in Alabama as an oil state is Capt. Lu-
cas-, who struck the first Texas gusher
He has purchased lands In Morgan coun-
~. and is going 10 do some boring there.
Several prospectors are in Washington
county, and many drills have been put
20 work. "a vein OF aSphaitum has been
struck in that county. and experienced
oil men from Pennsylvania arc quoted
as expressing the opinion that oil will be
tapped before a great while. Speaking OF
oil by the way. corps Of engineers and
biologists from the University OF Texas
who have been making an Investigation
Of the sO-called oil pool IN the Gulf OF
Mexico on the coast Immediately south of
beaumont, have declared that the sub
suauce found In tho pool is not oil az all.
but Is nothing moro than the sea ooze
which comes from the decomposition OF
animal matter found in the bottom OF the
Gmf under the pool This oozo when
stirred rises 70 the surface and has the
effect OF quieung Eho waves the same as
OIL The pooi n now west of the Sabine
Jetty. u has moved more than eight
Males within the last few yearA.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
A French Novel.

"A Leave of Absence" by ]. c. Cod
dard, is thus summarized by the Calves
ton News:
Ion-"I adore hertz
Narcisse-'J idolize herr'
Ha, then We are rivalsv'
Yes, but still friendsr'
AYE, friends till death!'
Let us tell her"
They tell her.
She says:
Let us die"
They ignite it,
They inhale it.
They all die
Vive pamour!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
ANOTHER TRUST SUGGESTED.

n seems that the president of one of
the greatest OF the life insurance COM
panies thinks that these companies should
get together in respect to certain matters
in which all of them are interested For
instance, he thinks there should be an
increase in rates in certain regions and
In certain occupations. He bases this
opinion upon the fact that there has been
too great cutting of rates in recent years
Life companies should of course have
wide margins of safety. The number Of
people interested in life insurance is very
large. The competition among the COM
panies is fierce. All of them are doing
their utmost to get business, and II may
be that competition has forced rates low
err than they ought to be. While It is
true that those seeking insurance want
to get 1t as low as possible. they don't
want rates reduced below the safety
point.
The income from securities is not as
great now as 1t was a few years ago. Il
is difficult to get a first -class bond
at par that pays three and a half per
cent. A dozen years ago II was easier to
get first-class bonds that paid Ave per
cent.
The railroads have had to combine. or
at least establish what is called com
munity of interest" TO prevent rate cut
ting. which means financial ruin. They
couldn't stand the competition. And. as
pointed out. life insurance companies are
thinking 1t advisable to get together and
take steps of some kind to protect them
selves against competition. They got
along well enough as long as the field
was not overworked, but now they ind
that TO get business concessions must be
made. and there is no end to the eonces-
slons. No doubt policy holders would see
with satisfaction steps being taken that
would. in a measure. ward on troubles
arising from competition.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

The young man stood before the great
steel magnate. says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. A moment later the latter looked
up.
He stared at the rough clothing, the
muddied shoes and the unkempt hair of
the youth.
"Well?" he said.
The youth retained his presence of
mind. He wanted a job because he need
ed it,
Sir" he said. II have came
He got no further. A smile irradiated
the magnate's face.
That's all right" he said; the job is
yours. was afraid at first that you
might be one of these worthless college
graduates"
And when the youth, the vsledictorian
of his class and the pride of the univer-
sity, again faced his mirror he winked
expressively at his own reflection.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
BRIGHT BITS.

One-Sided.-She: So this is the end of
our engagement?
He: 1t may be for you, but it will take
me a year yet to pay the bills.-Brook-
Ign Life.
Teacher: And why should we endeav-
or to rise by our own efforts?
Johnny wise: Cause there's no tellin'
when the alarm clock will go wrong
San Francisco News Letter.
Amateur Gardener Ito goat-fancying
neighbour: Hi, madam! One of your con-
founded pets has got into my garden, and
is eating my bedding plants!
Neighbor: Good gracious! 1 trust they
are not poisonous Punch.
Not Astonishing.-'It is astonishing
that large fortune should be left to
him by a person who had only seen him
once"
I'm my opinion 1t would have been more
astonishing If 1T had been left to him af-
ter the person had seen him twice. jew
ish Comment
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
CHEAP HOUSES ron EVERYBODY

When Edison and Tesla. and some
others of the scientists that might he
mentioned, give out a promise of what
they purpose doing for science and I'm
manity, they make it good and strong
iaerelore' 1t is not in the least surpris-
ing when Mr. Edison announces that he
will make it within the means of everv-
body to live in a brownstone house. II
Is not to be house with brownstone
front and brick body, like so manv Of
the so-called brownstones that ernbellish
the boulevards but II is to be the sama
material through and through. 1t is true
the nrownstone will be manufactured ar
tcle, and thus an imitation OF the stone
that comes from the quarry. but since.
as Mr. Edison says, 1t will be better and
more lasting than the real thing there
can be no complaint on that score.
MIR. Edison announces that he has dis
covered way by which a Portland ce-
rnent can be produced at no greater
cost than IS per ton. There is where we
get at the concrete kernel of his promise
for with Portland cement ait IS per ton.
everybody can use it. A great quantity
of 1t is now used In preparing the founda-
ttons for bridges, houses etc, where firm
ness and durability are required, but che
present cost of the stun puts II out of
reach for general building purposes. At
the price named by MIR. Edison, however,
1t would be cheaper than pine or
cypress lumber, and might become the
material for the humble cottage of the
poor, as well as the mansion of the rich.
The cement is TO be mixed with three
parts of common, clean sand. or five parts
of broken stone. This combination will
give a concrete so cheap ana durable, Mr..
Edison says, that It will supplant bricks.
stone and pine as building material And,
| instead OF being built" in the ordinary
acceptance of the word. the house will be
poured. A mold will be made, from any
sort of cheap lumber, or maybe from
steel or iron sheets II house of com
mon type is to be constructed. Into this
mold the concrete preparation will be
poured. AS ii hardens the mold will be
removed, and lol there will stand the
beautiful walls OF artificial brownstone.
4 The walls may be constructed one section
at time, so that the mold material can
be used over and over again. a few hun
dred feet sufflcing for the molding OF the
entire house. Should ornamentation be
desired. cut the fancy frills In the wooden
molds ana when the concrete has hard
ened. there will be your gargoyles and
corniees, just IL they had been carved.
When the Wizard OF Menlo Park" has
indeed given us these cheap houses, and
his cheap storage batteries for our auto
mobiles. we may all live like millionaires,
even II we are not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

A day laborer at Hazleton. Pa, read
in a paper a few days ago of the immense
salary paid to President Charles NJ.
sehwao by the United States Steel Cor
poration. The lahorer's pay was s1.O6 per
day. With a pencil he figured out how
long II would take him to earn what Mr..
Schwab' receives per year. and announced
20 some friends that it would require
5ust s.oo2 years, 8 months and hours.
Then he went off and committed sui
eide
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
THE WINOLA.

This modern hotel is beautifully situa'
ted with full lake view on an eminence
of ground overlooking the main body Of
water $50 feet away. Pine grove of large
trees surrounds hotel. Orchestra VIII
furnish music at stated intervals during
day and evening. Cuisine first-class,
rates reasonable. Located on the direct
route to the Pan-American Exposition
Illustrated booklet and other information
on application. c. E. FREAR, Prop
Lake Winola, Pa.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
wAYNEsyILLE. \. G.

Situated in the beautiful mountains Of
North Carolina, on Murphy branch Of
Southern Railway, 2S miles west of Ashe-
Vile, N. c., and about 700 feet higher, one
half mile from Court House at Wynes-
vile, N. c., the highest railroad town east
of the Rocky Mountains. Nearly 5000 feet
above sea. Fine mineral springs, hol end
cold Sulphur Baths The hotel and fur
nishings are new and modern, and in all
Of its appointments first class. The ser
vice and table are unexceptional. Sea-
son opens May 20. For rates, etc, apply
to j. M. COPELIN, Proprietor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

Mentality is now measured by a series
of questions when one applies for a job
and the test is often misleading. A great
biockhead may be able TO answer a list
Of questions satisfactorily. and afterwards
prove to be Of 40 account. This sort Of
thing. however. Is to be done away with
by an invention of Prof. SeaFhore OF
Iowa, whose name. by the way, is sug-
gostive Of salt and seaserpents. The
Professor has perfected an apparatus
with which. he claims. mental capacity
can be measured with mathematical ae-
curacy. He has been testing IL in his
school, and the machine has never failed
10 pick out the brightest and the dullest
pupils. When q has been brought to
commercial" perfection, the Seashore
Mechanical Mind Tester WILL Of course
be- IN the largest demand. Every bank
ana commercial house every railroad o.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

As soon as it is perfectly convenient to
them, the Cramps of Philadelphia are go
ang to start on that cruiser for the Sui
tan of Turkey. A representative OF the
firm said a day or two ago that there
was no time limit TO the contract, and
the construction would proceed at leisure.
The first payment has been made on the
contract-the payment possibly embody-
ing the sum to be turned over to this gov
eminent in settlement of its indemnity
claim.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
VAN DYKE COURT,

WEST END, ATLANTA, GA
Rest Cure and Private Sanitarium' AN
ideal resort for those seeking rest, recre-
alton and restoration to health unaef
medical supervision. Delightful en-
mate, spacious park mineral wafer
trained nurses, scientific therapy' care
full dietary.
REBECCA c. BRANNoN'
Physician in Charge
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

A Philadelphia woman who was an
noyed by the piano clatter in the house
next door to her home has paid $50,
900 for the privilege OF giving her ears
a rest. She bought the house, turned
the pisno-torturing tenants out OF doors.
ana shut the place up; nor will she rent
the house 20 any person who will not
enter into an iron-clad contract 10 keep
pianos and other musical instruments out
OF a.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Charleston Post Oem.) is far from
convinced that Tillman is invulnerable.
1t says: ut has been generally accepted
outside this state and is believed wide
ly in South Carolina that in contest
between Tillman and McLaurin the senior
senator would win an easy victory. With
out passing a final opinion on this ex-
pectation, II is yet instructive to con-
sider as we pointed out the other day.
that since his contest with NJ. C. But
Ter In 1894. Tillman has not campaigned
the state against an opponent, nor has
he been vigorously and directly attacked
II is impossible to give a correct esti-
mate therefore of his personal prowess
I'm hand to hand Tor mouth TO MOUTH
political contest. Moreover, the fact
must not be overlooked that it is now
elevsn years since Tillman made his
first success In South Carolina, which is
a long period OF political supremacy in
this state. Hampton's sway departed
after fourteen years. 1t rs possible that
Tillmsn's time has come
Mr.. John D. Rockefeller has endowed
an Institute for Medical Research"
Commenting on the aft the New York
World says: And in no direction is re-
search more necessary tnan III the as yet
chaotic science OF medicine. The great
est doctors are the franlSest in admit
ting how short a distance away from
downright ignorance and sheer guess
medicine has got. The most of its
knowledge consists In knowledge OF what
is not 50 which doctors used TO think
was so. MIR. Rockefeller deserves a large
entry on the credit side OF the ledger
acOount which the people have with him"
The Florida Times-Union and Citizen
DEM says: The talk in Berlin about
American papers inhaming the public
mind 90 a war with Germany. is all rub
bish. No one in this country IL think
ing about a war with Germany or with
any other Power. There was more or
less feeling AGAINST Germany while I'M
pleasant relations between the American
and German fleets n the Philippines ex-
listed. but that has been 50 nearly for
gotten that 81 rs only remembered as an
unimportant event OF the past"
The Philadciphia Ledger Qnd.) says:
when Bryan halls the President as
Emperor Mckinley he means more than
mere mud-siinging. He means 20 define
the issue % Imperialism. aud pat Il be-
fore the country 10 plain terms. quite
probably, II he has any hand IN the
shaping Of the next Democratic platform.
this viii be one Of its main plankS."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
A Confessed rranah-

After reading the COMPRESSED traoe-
dies" from the London Globe IN RI.
morning News yesterday. a correspond
ent sends this one:
Empty gun:
Only fun
Gun popped:
Fun stopped
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
Mountain Park Hotel,
HOT SPRINGS, Y. Z.

The healthiest place in America. Re-
duced rates for summer-July to oct 10:
Mineral baths. The medicinal virtues :.
its waters are unexcelled. Swimm Iis
pool, riding. golf and tennis. For bookie"
address JOHN c. RUMBOUGH. Prop
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

Thousand Island House, Alexandra
Bay, N. Y, among the far-famed Thous-
and Islands, will open for business on
June %. For booklet and terms please
send two 2-cent stamps to STAPLES &
DEWITT, Alexandria Bay, N. Y
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
Reflections of a bachelor.
From the New York Press,

Train up child In the way II should 60
and n Il Is a girl watch Il.
II Eve had never fallen "a would have
been a terrible joke on all the rest OF us.
Poets are the only people who ever talk
about kissing women's feet, and they get
money for II.
The people who know the least about
this world aren't always the ones who
know the most about the next
You can almost always tell the amount
81 religion a girl has got by the size Of
the clocks on her stockings.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

Three natives of the Philippine Islands
who have been elected to the Spanish
the question of the present condition OF
the Philippines, and will assert that it
is now worse than before the war. Sup
posing the allegation to be true, for the
sake of making the point, what would,
or could Spain do about it? Would she
assemble her armies to rescue the poor
islands from the cruel grasp of the ty-
rant, as we did in the case of Cuba?
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

McLaurin has climbed back into the
boat. T1llman is stin spluttering and
putting overheard. but he has on a life
preserver and will soon be on deck again,
too.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

nee and steamship, every newspaper and
manufacturer. and the United States gov
eminent, will have 10 be provided with
the apparatus. Then when young man
steps up and asks for job. he will not
be asked. What do you know? What
can you do etc. The prospective en-
2loyer will simply seat him in a chair,
clamp the mechanical mind gauge uDon
his head read the figures on the dial. and
put him to work or send him packing out
OF the door. Thus lots of time. annoy
ance and disappointments will be saved.
Meanwhile, we cannot help expressing
sympathy for the small army of civil ser
vice examiners that will find themselves
thrown out of employment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
The weather,

The indications for Georgia to-day are
for fair weather, fresh southerly winds;
and for Eas Florida, fair weather,
Hight TO fresh southerly winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

The Columbia State hkens the sena-
tosial Situation in South Carolina TO tho
case Of the two little boys profossedly
beaiEerent, one Of whom was badly scared
ana the other glad Of 10
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

The present lady msyoress OF London
Is quite young and sirllsh-looklng. with
wealth Of soft fair hair. Her verse is
among the best written By women for the
contemporary English magazines
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

Joseph e. Schwab has been appointed
assistant to President C. NJ. Schwab of
the billion-dollar steel trust, at big sal
airy. The Schwabs are brothers. They were
both working for the Carnegie Company
some years ago. when Charles was elect
ed to the presidency of that corporation.
One of his first acts was to send for Jo-
seph and tell him he would have to get
out, as it might be said in the mills that
the President was favoring his brother
and thus cause dissatisfaction. Joseph
went, but told his brother he might ex-
pect to see him back again. He accept
ed place with a rival concern, and soon
made the competition so unpleasant that
Mr.. Carnegie sent for him and had him
to come, back on his own terms.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05
MELRosE. NEW YORK.

10 MADISON AVENUE, corner 2sth ~
Rooms. with or without Board hoOns
with Board, 81 per week, N.25 per "~'
and awards Send for circular
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

OLD NEWSPAPERS. 900 for Is cents !"
Business once. Morning News
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-05

Pan
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

Eight hundred miles east Of the
coast Of Peru Is a blazing desert where
rain never falls. It's very dryness gives
part Of this great plain immense value,
for the soda deposits OF nitrate Of soda
have never been water-washed and
are OF huge value. Twenty years ago
an Engllshman called Howard Web
ster invested over $4,000 In a great
tract Of this rich mineral land. Then
he settled down near the little town Of
San Mario. IN the mountains where be
and his family live on the fruit he
grows on five acres Of land. Ten dol
lars a week cover their entire expenses.
His property on the coast would fetch
now ten times what he gave for 1t, yet
he neither sells nor works It. 1t Is
whispered that he Is waiting till he
can dispose Of 1t for such sum as will
make each Of his three children a mill
iionaire.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO, =.

FRANK J CHENEY makes oath that heis the
senior partner of the Arm of i. J. CHENEY q
Co., doing business In the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DoLLARsfor
each aud every case of OATARRH that cannot
be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
(--I--l presence, this 9th day Of December,
}sEAL A. d. 1895. A. w. GLEASON,
lOCJ Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY 90 Co., Toledo, ..
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
The New Cnn Derendor.

Now being built, Is confidently expected 70
be- the fastest sailing vessel ever built. It's
construction Il being kept secret, but Il is
whispered that it will easily hold the cup.
America Is rapidly coming to the front. A
good example OF this Is in that famous
household remedy, Hostetter's stomach
Ditters, which has defended health for half
a century past Itholds the record for the
cure Of dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipa-
ton, nervousness, biliousness and Ia grippe.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
His Appearance Against Him.

"Could you do somethin' for a pore
ole saior?" asked the wanderer at the
gate.
"Pore ole sailor2" echoed the lady
at the tub.
"Yes'm, followed the VOTER fer 90
years"
"Well, said the lady at the tub, af-
ter a critical look, "you certainly don't
look as if you'd ever kethed up with
it, ;" and resumed her Delsartean exer-
else of detergence. - indianapolis
Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
EtYmOlogY

81 wonder" said the shoe clerk
boarder, "why they call IL mistletoe2'
''It is so called because the miss'll
toe the mark every time she sees q bit
of it suspended anywhere" said the
Cheerful Idiot.-Indianapolis Press
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

No matter what ais You, headache to
cancer, you will nsver get we'll until your
bowels are put right CAsCAAgTa help
nature, cure you without grippe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost you
Just 10 cents 90 start getting your health
back. OAsCAnRTs Candy Oathartlc, the
genuine, put up IN metal boxes, every tab.
let has O.C.C. stamped on Il. Beware Of
mutations
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
Cures Asthma

Do you know what it is to
have the asthma? Or have
you ever seen one suffer with
it1 The hard struggle for air,
the spasmodic breathing, the
nights spent in the chair, all
tell a story Of terrible suffering.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

He lived on the fat Of the land
A natural thing, TO be sure
When the cirCums tances you understand
He conducted an auu-fat cure.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
The ATesry.Go-Round.

The noises Of the street tits natural, you
SEQ
When other men have business that makes
business for me.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

Bobbs-I liked that champagne at Nobbs'
dinner.
Dobbs-Was Il dry2
BObbs-Not as dry as | WAS.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, 822 Third
Ave, n, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
nIIllIona DC Carter,a Inl


which is sure proof OF It's excellent quality. ls
made chemically accurate. Therefore the best.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

The Best Prescription for Chliis
and Fever is a bottle OF GROVES TAsTBLEss
CHILL Tonic. II 10 simply iron and quiniue IN
q tastoless form. No cure-no pay. Price SOS.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11
ono or Thoso Creduious Chaps.

'what kind Of a man Is John SMITH"
"uh, he's ths kind that thinks ne can hold on
% his umbrella by having hts name engraved
GU the handle"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-01-11

A woman never believes more than
half OF what o man says, but It makes
Il lot OF difference whether It's the lrst
half or the last half.