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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
Get $50 Free.

During the next few days A. s.
Nichols, the shoe man, Broughton
street, west. will give away $50 to pur-
chasers of shoes. This is not in
presents, but hard cash. Call to-mor-
row and see.-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

Purchasers of men, women and chill
; drens shoes, at A. S. Nichols. the
shoe man, will be given free $50 dur
ing the next few days. This viii be
IN gold, greenbacks or silver. Drop In
ana see for yourself tomorrow at s
Broughton street, west-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
Increase in all
departments in
ten years ....s 81, JOB Ga
Wants Tax Payers to KuoU

Wants Tax Payers to Know
II wish our citizens would take these
comparative figures and analyze tnem,"
said Alderman Dixon. 1T is a pity
that our people, as a whole, do not
every year study the financial state
ment more closely and compare it with
those of previous years. They would
be satisfied then that the funds of the
city are being paid out in proper chan
nels and that with the increasing rev.
enues the taxpayers are getting in
creased benefits
Take this comparison of 1900 and
1880, ten years apart. The total shows
increased expenditures in the ten years
OF Sl63,35l.O6. Last year we had the
completion of the house drainage sys-
tenn. which took up S102, 247. AZ. No such
work OF this character was under way
ten years ago. 1t was a necessary
work. Citizens called for it. They
knew the necessity of it to improve
the health of the community. Deduct
this extraordinary expenditure and the
increase is reduced to SCI, 103.64
Let us take two of the largest de-
partments, two that affect every man,
woman and child in Savannah, and
see how they compare with ten years
ago. In 1890 there were 46 men in the
fire department; in 1900 there were So
men. In 1890 there were GA in the no.
two departments, in 1890, cost s12O. =
1883, and in 1900 $173, S37.45. The cost
last year was S53,073.92 more than in
1890. And yet people on the southside
are asking for more police. Shall we
reduce the number under such circum-
stances, with the city's area and pop
ulation steadily growing? protest
would go up at once from the people
at such suggestion. Shall we reduce
the pay of the men, who get $65 a
month? No one who knows the cost
OF living in Savannah and realizes that
these are married men with fami-
lies to support would encourage such
a proposition. Shall we reduce the
f1re department, or shall we cut the
pay of the men therein. They are now
getting $50 and SOS a month 1 don't
believe the people Of Savannah want
such thing done. Neither would they
listen to the white men being sup
planted by cheaper labor, as in
Charleston, even though the city could
save money in that way:
Three Classes of improvements.
Take three classes Of public i'm
provements that everybody interested
in Savannah wants continued and let
US see how they compare with ten
years ago. Here they are side by side:
800. 1901
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
$50 Given Away.

A. S. Nichols, the shoe man,
Broughton street. west will give away
during the next few days $50 to pur-
chasers of shoes. See how you stand
there to-morrow-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
Special Rates to Florida Winter
Resorts via s. A. l., Ry.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
sell daily, until April 80, 1902, special
round trip tickets from Savannah to
All Florida points as per rates
below. Tickets are limited to return
until Nav 81. 1902:
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
Mr.. John Hngel. Merchant Tailor,

Formerly with, and now successor to
G. Fantini, has now located his store
at 40 Bull street, under the Screven
House, with a full line of fall goods.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
silver" for Christmas Presents

A handsome set or single piece of
sterling silver makes a very satisfac-
tory Christmas present. Sternberg's Sc
lections will satisfy you.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

VINO would be glad to receive engage
ment rings as Christmas presents. The
fortunate young E~-tIer,e- ~an .aIa.t
AeNehtaEseaa.y - ab..a.... -.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
Increased expend

lures in 1900 49,. 81. 761 IA
This amount alone wipes out the
increase In the total expenditures Of
the city for 1900 over 1890, after deduct
Ing the house drainage expenditures.
II Is an object lesson in itself TO those
VINO want TO know where the money
goes. They see streets being paved.
they see block after block Of sidewalks
being laid, they see street after street
being opened and obstruction after OBJ
btrucuon being removed, and yet they
seem 70 think that some kind magic
San does this without the citv having
20 pay for e.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

One pound tea, any Kind.
One pound baking powder ........ 45c
One pound Thea Nectar tea ...... Coo
One pound Japo tea .75c
One pound best pepper .............. SOC
One pound best mustard .......... SOC
Two bottles extracts any kind. soc
Two pounds Java favored coffee SOC
Five pounds Porto Rico coffee ...... 81
Two pounds Java and Mocha coffee. zoe
Two pounds Maricaibo coffee ...60c
Five pounds white Rio ............ 81
$1.00 worth of coffee, any kind.
75c worth of tea and coffee.
This is one of the most beautiful
plate sets we have ever given away.
Come early and avoid the rush. The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com
pany, LOG Broughton street, west; tele-
phone 616.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

ON Monday and Tuesday Evenings.
sternberg's will remain open TIL 10
o'clock .. m. 70 Accommodate Christ
mas sh0ppsrs.--Aa
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

Away to All Our Patrons This Week.
Just received 5000 genuine imported
blue blown Lancaster porcelain china
cup, saucer, and plate sets, to be given
away free to all purchasers of
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22
Exchange Your old Gold

For Christmas presents, at Stern
berg's and get full value for it.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

6O . sf'''s - V5o,Vo9 q
Increase in ex-
penditures 1888, 351 0s
Deduct excess
house drainage
expenditures in
1900 e.. .SlO2 PAT ~
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

The suffering amongst the poor, par
ticularly the negroes, is intense. In
knots OF five or six they gather around
fires In their homes. and huddle to-
gether like sheep. FrequSntly a small
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

Nsnsinusd On Ninsttsnth Page.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

Continued ca Ninstssnth Page
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

The men from fire headquarters ex-
tinguished a small blaze at No. IS
West Broad street, north, directly OPP
posite the fire station. The house is
occupied by Norma George. a Syrian,
and a quantity of hot ashes had been
thrown in a barrel of paper and trash.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-22

Take three classes Of public i'm
provements that everybody interested
In Savannah wants continued and LET
us see how they compare with ten
years ago. Here they are side by side:
1900 1000
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
A Plant that Coughs.

The vine Eutada tussiens Is called
the coughing bean. 1t is native of
moist, tropical regions. and there is one
thing which 1t cannot, and moreover
will not, stand, and that is dust. When
the breathing pores of this plant become
choked by dust the gases accumulate
within the leaf for time and are then
forcibly, expelled in an audible par
oxysm Of coughing and sneezing which
makes the leaf tremble violently. At
the same time the whole plant turns
red in the face, SO to speak. through the
sinking in of the green chlorophyll
grains and the appearance of particles
of red coloring matter on the surface.
The eutada is sometimes cultivated as
a house plant. Sweeping the room is
apt to set the plant coughing to the in
tense, ,astonishment of persons who are
not familiar with its peculiarities. The
respiration of plants is carried on
through the leaves. On the underside
of leaves are millions of micro
scopic mouths, each of which is opened
and closed by two movable lips. These
openings are the termination of pass
ages which are filled with water
vapor, air, and other gases. produced
by the chemical changes which accom-
pany growth.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
SLAVERY IN LONDON.
DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF EN-.
GLISH SHOP WORKERS
Infinite Horrors Of the diving In"
System Enforced by Rich Froprie-
tors-Both Men and Women Are Poor.
IL Paid and Heavily Fined.

Thousands of the working girls are
men Of London, with the assistance or
influential members Of Parliament, are
max ing determined effort to alleviate
the deplorable conditions under which
they are now compelled to labor. The
poor shop workers are imposed upon IL
many ways by the rich proprietors OF
some of the metropolis biggest depart
ment houses and the condition of many
is described as little better than sla-
very, from which up to the present
there has been no hope of escaping, as
the majority Of the shop workers have
no other means Of obtaining a liveli-
hood.
One of the systems enforced by some
Of the proprietors is known as the civ
ing-in" system. By this plan the en-
ployes are lodged and fed together at
the employers expense and are under
his Jurisdiction night as we'll as day.
The system has many advantages in
theory, but in practice they are found
to be remarkably few. The grievances
of the shop assistants who have to
"llve in" begin with their sleeping
rooms. OF all the big London shops
there are not more than one or two
where every assistant has bed to him
self or herself. The general rule, is two,
and sometimes three, in one bed and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08

eight or nine in every room. The rooms,
too, are about as bare and unattractive
as it Is possible to make them. Iron
bedsteads constitute the furniture.
There are no chairs, no tables, no cup
boards. Every assistant keeps his
or her clothes in trunk under
the bed, and If inadvertently any
article is left lying out it is usually
confiscated. 1t is against the rules to
have any pictures, photographs or orna-
ments on the walls or any flowers, eth
er in pots or vases. The girls are for
hidden to do any needlework in their
dormitories. Cold water and basins are
supplied by the generous house, but the
clerks have to get their soap and tow
els. If they break any article of furni-
ture or crockery they have it to pay for.
No assistant is allowed to visit any
other assistant in his or her room; none
is allowed to. receive a friend from out
side anywhere in the building. But the
hardest rule of all is that the clerk
cannot choose his bedfellow or. bed
fellows. but is forced to bunk In"
wherever he is put. and if his bedmates
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08

Sunday, and most of the assistants are
glad to live up to 1t, but sometimes,
when the seventh day happens to be
rainy, 1t comes hard.
No marriage is tolerated where ''liv-
ing in" obtains. II the firm gets wind
of an affection between a man and a
girl one of the two is promptly dis
charged. Such houses will not employ
a married man il they know it, but
sometimes they are outwitted by men
who see their better halves only from
Saturday to Monday. 1t is another
hard and fast rule that none of the
male employees in these shops may vote.
The dining-room is usually dark
one in the cellar, not invariably free
from cockroaches, known in England
as black beetles. The meals are served
on long oilcloth-covered tables, bare of
anything beyond the essential imple-
ments Of gastronomic warfare. AS a
rule the food is Indifferent, for the pro-
prietor is constantly dissatisfied with
the chefs efforts in the way of econ
olAlys anu thC piAi Va ldic ever
consists Of more than three staples. The
damp room is lighted with fiaring gas
lights. The stale bread, rancid butter
ine," pallid chicory mixture that mas
querades as Coffee" stewed tea and
tainted meat, and having to bolt it in
fifteen or twenty minutes amid a clat-
ter of dishes. combine to make a ghast-
ly experience.
The clerks go to their meals in "par-
ties" and are as liable as not to be called
back to the shop again before they can
eat two mouthfuls. If a clerk is busy
when his party" is ready to go he has
to wait an hour or more until all the
parties have finished, when there is
special table for stragglers, and if he is
busy when that time comes he has to
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08

go hungry. 1t often happens that a man
or girl has to work on for eight or nine
hours in a busy time without a bite.
The proprietor does not have much
trouble with grumblers, however bad a
table he ''sets." The reason is that he
fines his people two shillings sixpence,
or 62 cents, grumble.
The London shop man draws a salary
of from $3.50 to 1925 a year in addition
to his board and lodging; the shop girl
$50 year less. They have to be well
dressed, and their little income is
drained by all sorts of fines, to say
nothing of the small sums they often
have to spend to exc out their scrimped
meals. OF course there is a fine for
every clerical mistake, and the pro-
prietor encourages those whose bust
ness it is to ferret out such slips by pay
ing them a small sum for every one
they can locate.
Most shops have all their rules and
the fines attached to them printed in a
little book, which they graciously sell
to their employees for sixpence and fine
them sixpence if they lose it. One we'll
known London shop has 1913 rules, an
other 159. There is a fine for being
late, which Increases with every minute
of tardiness; one for taking a knife,
fork or spoon to ones room; a set
amount to be paid for every box of
goods not properly busted; for wearing
a bunch Of flowers over three inches in
diameter; for leaving the counter be-
fore the bell for meals has rung. Then
there are what are called omnibus"
fnes-that is, the heads of departments
have discretion" to exact a fine for
practically any offense. When the clerk
has liquidated all the fines that he in
ours in the hurry of business and has
paid out small sums for the doctor"
the shoe black, the shops system of ac-
cident insurance, and so forth, what he
has left for himself must be no great
sum-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
A Close Shave.

A Sand Hog in red shirt and grimy
trousers sat down by me one afternoon
on heap of boards midway between
the Sand Hogs house and the ''hos-
pital." This pressureworker, whose
knees showed traces of "the bends" >"
evidently had story to tell.
"It was only the other day." he said.
81 seen it, and how the man ever hap
pened to live, dunno. 1t was one O.
these little caissons here we're putting
this big building on. He was one of the
superintendents, a young college feller
that knows his job. Well, he went
down with us. There wuz four in the
gang, and one O. them, Tim-that
Harp yer might see drinkin' coffee
now. They wuz a rock there, and the
foreman told Tim to have a go at it.
He got his pick and swung it for a
good crack. There was a tearin' an a
rippin' an Tim dropped his pick. As
he swung it the young feller had step
ped out, and the pick had ripped off
every button from the blue jumper he
had on, without even scratchin' him" !"
= Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
He Knew.
Record.

One cold, gusty December evening a
man was struggling along against the
wind, his oyercoat buttoned to the
neck. He was rather anxious to know
what time it was, but he was too lazy
to unbutton his coat in order to get at
his watch.
Just then he saw a gentleman in the
distance. When he came up the man
who wanted to know the time raised
his hat politely and inquired: "Sir, do
you know what time 1t Is p
The stranger paused, removed his
right glove, unbuttoned his oyercoat
and finally pulled out his watch, while
the cold wind beat against his unpro-
tected breast. Holding up the watch
so that the light of an adjacent lamp
would shine on it, he scrutinized it for
an instant, and said YES" and then
passed on without another word.-T1t-
Bits.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
San Francisco Market.

neutrality-suspicious., IL @l3c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1O@ lac; VAL
ley, 15@17c; Northern, 90 l0c.
Hops-Crop, 1900, 15@20c.
Butter Fancy creamery 1sc:
do seconds, lie; fancy dairy, 10;
do seconds, 12c per pound.
Eg5s- Store, 22c; fancy ranch,
26c.
Mil stuffs = Middlings, $l7.00 q
20 90; bran, Sl5.0a@ 1000.
Hay-Wheat $a@l31a; wheat and
oat S9.00@I2.50; best barley SO. 80
alfalfa, $7.n0@l0.00 per ton; straw,
35@47 1ac per bale.
Porapoes-Oregon Burbanks, 81;
Salinas l'urbanks, 75c@$l.l5: river
Burhanks, a 65c: sweets. 60@SI.00.
Citrus Fruit-Crauges, Vaiencia,
$2.75@3.25; Mexican lines, $1,000
800; California Lemons 1oc@SI. 90;
do choice $1,75 a 90 per box.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, Sl.50@
2.50 PEI bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates. e@6sc per
nouud
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08

be Of bibulous proclivities and come
home drunk, or happen to have any
disease, why, so much the worse for
him. This unbreakable rule is the same
in the girls department as in the mems
There is sitting-room for the girls and
smoking-room for the men, but they
are both always crowded to suffocation,
and the assistant who would like to
read book or write a letter, has no
chance at all. 1t is one Of the bitterest
cries Of what the victims have dubbed
'The white slavery" that there is NO
such thing as privacy-that one is never
alone. Again, every assistant half sus-
poets every other of being one of the
firms staff Of unknown spies, and they
distrust each other accordingly.
Everybody must be out of the living
rooms by 8 o'clock in the morning and
IN again at II at nightly II on Sun
days. The living rooms are generally
In building In a side street near the
shop, and at the street door there is a
Cerberus who lets I'M the young men
and young women as they arrive, up to
the forbidden hour, when the door is
shut, and If a girl has been delayed in
getting back it's ten to one she will
have to walk the streets all night un-
less she can find friends to "put her
up."
Just fifteen minutes after the closing
hour the gas goes out everywhere, and
anyone who has light later than that
time is discharged. Not even candle
Is allowed. In most houses it Is rule
that all rooms shall be unoccupied on
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
Portland Market.

Wheat-Walla Walla. 56c; Valley
nominal Bluestem, 57iac per bushel.
Flour-Best grades, So. 40; graham,
$2.60.
Oats-Choice white, 45c: choice
gray, 43c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $165O brew
ing, 5000 per ton.
Nillstuffs-Bran, $1,000 ton; mid
dlings, $2l. so; shorts. $3.50; chop,
SIG per ton.
Hay-Timothy, ,$12 II 80; clover, 81
$3.50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 22R @25c;
store, 13c.
Eggs-l4c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 1870;
Young America, l4c; new cheese loo
per pound.
Potatoes-4o@6O per sack; sweets,
$l.6o per 100 pouno.
Eegetables-Beets, 81; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, &c per pound; cab
bage, l34c per pound; parsnips, s5c;
onions, $2.75@30o; carrots, 75c.
Hops-New crop, 12@14c per
pound.
Wool-Valley, 13@14c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1O@l2c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep, wethers
$4.75; ewes, $3.50; dressed mutton.
y q &c per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, S5.25;
light and feeders. $500; dressed,
6@7c per pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4.50@475;
cows, S4.0O@4.50; dressed beef, GO
&c per pound.
Veal-Large, 7@71ac; small. $40
&c per pound.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
"BONA-FIDE AMERICAN"
DR.. William Mason Tells an Anecdote
of the Violinist Remenyi.

DR.. William Mason Tells an Auecdote
OF the Vio1inist Remenyi.
81 have already had something to say
of Eduard Remenyi, the Hungarian
yfolinist who accompanied Brahms to
Weimar in 1858, says writer in the
Century. He was talented man and
was esteemed by Liszt as being, in. his
way, good violinist. He belonged to
the class typified by Ole Bull. but did
not achieve so great reputation. He
remained at Weimar after Brahms left
there, and l became intimately ac-
quainted with him. He was very en-
tertaining and so full of fun that he
would have made a tip-top Irishman.
He was at home in the gypsy music of
his own country and this was the main
characteristics of his playing. He had
also fad for playing Schubert melo-
dies on the violin with the most atten-
uated pianissimo effects and occasion
ally his hearers would listen intently
after the tone had ceased, imagining
that they still heard trace of it.
Not long before leaving Weimar l had
some fun with him by asking If he had
ever heard "any bona-fde American
spoken" He replied that he did not
know there was such a language
WELL said |. listen to this for spec
linen: 'Ching-a-ling a-dardee, Chebung
cum Susan" did not meet him
again until 1878, twenty-four years
after leaving Weimar. was going
upstairs to my studio in the Steinway
Building when some one told me that
Remenyi had arrived and was rehears-
ing for his concert in one of the rooms
above. So. going up, I followed the
sounds of the violin. gave a quick
knock, opened the door and went in.
Remenyi looked at me for moment.
rushed forward and seized my hand,
and as he wrung 1t cried out: Ching
a-ling-a-dardee, Chebung cum Susanv
He had remembered it all those years.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-03-08
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.

Seattle Market.
Onions, new yellow, $3.5O@4.25.
Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 per case.
Potatoes, new. SIS.
Beets, per sack, $l25.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Squash-2c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25@1.5O.
Celery-60c doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
&c per pounds.
Butter-Creamery. 25c; dairy, 15@
18c; ranch, 15c@ 1Sc pound.
Cheese-l4c.
Eggs-Ranch, zoe; Eastern zoe.
Poultry-l3c; dressed. native chick.
ems, lac; turkey, I5c.
Hay-Puget Sound timothy, $500;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$500.
Corn-Whole, sa3.o0; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $24.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
500.
Flour-Patent, per barrel, S3.4O;
blended straights, 1925; California,
1925; buckwheat flour, $500; gra-
ham, per barrel, 1925; whole wheat
-four, 1925; rye -four, $3.S0@4OO.
Millstuffs-Bran, per ton, $500;
shorts, per ton, $1,000.
Feed-Chopped feed, $1,000 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal,
per ton, $500.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef
steers, price SC; cows. 71ac; mutton
ia; pork, Sc; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c.
Hams-Large, 11Ac; small, lr1a;
breakfast bacon, lSAc; dry salt sides,
21hc