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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24
Personal.

Miss Alice Longfellow. the daugh-
ter of the poet, is to have charge of
the reconstruction of the Wadsworth
Longfellow house at Portland, Me-,
which the Maine Historical Society
has purchased for a Longfellow mu-
scum.
President Mckinley was one of the
trustees of the Peabody education
fund, and his death is the third which
has occurred in the board since it's last
meeting. The other two were the Hon.
William Writ Henry of Virginia, who
died on December 5, 1900, and William
M. Evarts of this city, who died on
Feb. 20, 1901.
kathryn lyman, the Irish writer,
is Mrs. Hinkson by marriage. She was
born at Dublin forty years ago. At 25
Miss lyman published her first volume
of verse, having then been writing for
eight years. Since then several vol
umeS of her verse have been printed
as well as some ten novels. D. A
Hinkson is also the author of several
novels of Irish life.
The Buffalo Commercial notes the
fact that all the Presidents of the
United States have come from British
ancestry except two, both of whom
were Dutch. Martin Van Buren, was
the first President of Dutch ancestry,
and Roosevelt is the second. Washing
ton, Adams. Madison, John Quincy
Adams, William Henry Harrison, Ty-
Ter, Taylor, Fillmore. Pierce, Lincoln,
Johnson, Garfield, Cleveland and Ben
Jamin Harrison were of English an
cestry; Jackson. Polk, Buchanan. Ar
thur and Mckinley were Scotch-Irish:
Monroe, Grant and Hayes were Scotch;
Jefferson was Welsh. Tabulated the
record stands: English, IA; Scotch
Irish, 5; Scotch, 8; Dutch, 2; Welsh, 1.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24
A CLOSE CONTEST PROBABLE.

Interest in the international yacht
race for the Americas cup is increas-
ing rapidly, and by Thursday it will
be at fever heat. 1t is said that the
foreign yachtsmen feel certain of car
rying the cup to England with them.
Their confidence. however, does not
show in the betting. which is still 81, 900
on the Columbia to $500 on the Sham
rock
1t is believed by yachtsmen who are
acquainted with both boats that If
the winds are steady during the races
the contest will be an extremely close
one. There is no doubt, of course,
that Shamrock II is a much better
boat than Shamrock 1, but no one can
say how the new challenger is going
to behave in the races, and in the va
rious kinds of winds with which the
contesting yachts are sure to meet.
On the other hand it is known just
what the Columbia can do, and will do,
whatever the character of the winds
or the condition of the sea may be<
She has been tried in all kinds of
and seas that were calm.
In a thirty-mile course the Columbia
proved herself a faster boat by eight
minutes than Shamrock |. Her owners
say that she Is a much better boat now
that she is much better boat now
than she was when she sailed her race
with Shamrock !. But even if she is
cSr- II
is eight minutes faster than Shamrock
1 was. II she is not she stands no
chance of winning the cup.
There Is another thing that is in IA
vor of the Columbia. 1t is
that her captain is much bet
side of the ocean than the captain of
Shamrock II. That is a great adj
vantage-an advantage that will tell
in the races.
1t is mentioned in some of the public
prints that the foreign yachtsmen are
specializing as to what terms the Royal
Ulster Yacht Club would impose on the
New York Yacht Club If the latter
should lose the cup and issue a chal-
lenge to the former club with the hope
of winning 1t back next year
These foreign yachtsmen have very
little to occupy their time while wait
ing for the beginning of the races, and
1t is but natural that they should do a
great deal of talking. AS already stat
ed, however, their confidence is not
sufficient to lead them to bet even on
their boat. This would seem to indi-
cate that. Notwithstanding their talk.
they really believe that the chances
for their boat to win are slightly
against them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24
CONSOLIDATION IN ATLANTA.

In some quarters in Atlanta there
seems to be a feeling that the city has
suffered a great injury by the consol-
idation of the city's street car lines.
Competition. 1t is said, is wanted.
But If the owners of the two street
railroads had not of their own accord
consolidated their properties, how long
would it have been before consolidation
would have been brought about by the
bankruptcy of the weaker road? The
two street railroad systems have been
fighting each other for several years.
Each has been spending money freely.
II the truth were known it would prob
ably appear that each has been spend
ing more money than 1t could afford.
That condition of affairs had to come
to an end sooner or later. 1t could
not have been continued forever.
owners of the properties will say that.
and so the owners of one of the prop
critics decided to sell out to the own
ers of the other. That was the wisest
thing for the weaker party to do. in
all probability, in order to save itself
from very heavy loss.
In these days competition is not al
ways practicable. Indeed, it is very
often impossible. Still. people cry out
for it. They do not stop to think that
they may have to pay more for 1t than
to monopoly and that If the COMPETE
ton should become too fierce the re-
suit would be a monopoly. Monopolies
are bad things in the hands of grasp
ing men, but conditions are as RESPONSE
Bile for them as capital Is. Indeed, II
is as great a problem to find way
to avoid combinations of industries and
transportation lines as to find a rem
edy for trusts. Instead of seeking to
prevent the formation of trusts would
IT not be the wiser plan to seek meth
DDS for controlling them?
There was at one time plenty of COM
petition, but that was when there was
room for it. Each transportation line
had field of its own, and the indus
tries had as much business as they
could do. Hence there was no dispo-
sition to cut rates or prices. But now
there is a constant fight all along the
line In every field of endeavor for bust
ness. Consequently prices are cut I'M
til the weaker concerns go to the wall.
The better way to protect the people
against the oppressive exactions of
monopolies is to regulate their prices
and rates by commissions. just as
traffic rates are regulated nv the rail-
road commission.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

Mr.. Lawson of Boston has changed
tack again. He has now held up his
order to send the Independence to the
melting pot for the purpose of having
cast from her metal number of high
art bas reliefs showing the progress of
the quarrel between himself and the
New York Yacht Club. The disman-
tied yacht is to remain afioat until
called for" Thus the ambitious young
artists and sculptors of Boston see
slipping from their grasp many re-
munerative orders for their services
that they had counted upon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

John Armstrong Chanler, the ex-
husband of Amelie Rives, is giving a
real-life version of the quick or the
dead" 1t is interesting to note, by
the way. the diversity of opinion
among experts respecting his san
ity. Some of the most famous of them
are quite sure that he is, or was. in
sane. and was incurably insane when
he was incarcerated at BloomingdaIe
Others. equally eminent in the profess
sional world, are quite as positive that
he IL perfectly sane and competent to
take charge of his own affairs It Is
sometimes extremely difficult to draw
line between sanity and insanity, and
often the experts make the drawing
AL the harder.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

"Tain't no use" said the man with
the weather. beaten straw hat, accord
ing to the Washington Star, i've ex-
postulated an argued, but l can't
make him change his mind"
HAS one of your farm hands quit
work.
IT'S wuss'n that. Eff twas jes' my
little patch o. ground that's liable to
suffer l wouldn't say so much But
it's my fellow man I'm thinkin' of. Bill
Button says he's goin' to quit tryin'
Bill has been thinkin' up ways to save
the human race from destruction fur
the last ten years. an has come to the
conclusion that the human race is made
up of lot of ongrateful critters that
amt wuth botherin' about. An I'm
blest If 1 know what were goin to
do"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

The notes OF the funeral hymns
have scarcely died away in Washing
ton, and the city is still festooned with
crepe and other emblems of mourning.
Nevertheless the sooner" politicians
are beginning to pour into the city to
interview the new President and inn
perfume him in the matter of federal
patronage. The patronage seekers are
not to be deferred in their scramble
for offices by any such thing as the
mourning of the nation for a dead
chieftain
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

A dispatch from Bangor. Me, says
that the Mormons have been carrying
on vigorous missionary work in that
state. The dispatch further contains
the Illuminating intelligence that
within a few weeks the Mormons have
made thirty converts, "all spinsters
over forty years old, who are we'll
pleased with their prospects of a new
life in Utah" The elders sent into
Maine, 1t is said, were Intelligent and
good-looking young men," This, 1t
seems, is very nearly akin to securing
goods under false pretenses. Those
Maine maidens "over forty are no
doubt going to Utah with the idea that
they will be provided with Intelligent
and good-looking" husbands. like the
eider% But they will find themselves
mistaken. Polygamy is against the
law these days, even in Utah, and
there is not a heavy surplusage of
men in that state.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

Some reformers in Germany are
waging a campaign against profanity.
They distribute cards in public places
inviting the recipient to sign his name
TO the pledge on the card and thus be-
come obligated to refrain from swearing
for a certain length of time. under pen
city of contributing a specified sum to
some charity for each oath uttered
The canvass is said to be meeting with
much success. Swearing is a most un-
called-for and unsatisfactory vice, and
anything that will tend TO check it is
to be commended.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

New York's sensational newspapers
are having a pitched battle among
themselves. The Journal and the Sun
especially are saying hard things
against each other. And a feature of
the controversy is that pretty nearly
every hard thing one says about the
other is true.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

The idea of deporting anarchists to
Guam, or some other island of the sea,
tentatively advanced by this paper
some days ago, seems to have struck
popular chord. A number of our news
paper contemporaries are apparently
of the opinion that no better solution
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

1t has been a long time since there
was such a numerous and interesting
family in the White House as that of
President Roosevelt. The number of
the children will afford Congress this
winter a striking object lesson illus
trating the fact that the old executive
mansion is too small for it's purposes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24
$64.7O
To San Francisco and Re
turn-Going via New Or
leans and SunSet Route.

Through Beaumont, San Antonio, FL
Paso, Los Angles and New Coast
Route. The scenic line of California.
Tickets on sale Sept. 1926, good Nov.
Is returning via Salt Lake City and
Denver. Stop over at and west OF
Beaumont, Tex, and Denver. For all
address J. J. Atkinson, IL
East Bryan street, Savannah, Ga.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24
The weather.

The indications for Georgia to-day
are fair weather, light to fresh easterly
winds; and for Eastern Florida, occa-
sional showers, fresh northeasterly
winds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

There is one good thing about the
Schley court of inquiry; nobody has
to read all of the reported proceedings
unless he wants to.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

William b. Ridgeley OF Illinois, who
has been appointed controller of the
currency to succeed Charles @. Dawes
on oct. /, Is the son-in-law Of Senator
cullom. Mr. Ridgeley is said to have
had the Endorsement OF his father-in-
law as well as that OF Senator Mason.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
Qnd.) says: Senator McLaurins
plans for building up white Republl-
can party in South Carolina have been
disturbed a good deal by the death of
President Mckinley, according to re-
ports from the state, and they are
further complicated by the sudden
death on Wednesday of E. A. Webster,
collector of internal revenues for South
Carolina, and leader of the old-line
Republican party in the state, which
McLaurin seeks to displace This old
line element will now put forward
candidate for the vacant place of it's
own, while the senator will urge, it is
said the appointment of one of his own
set, Democrat who has gone over
with him to the Republican faith Thus
the new administration at the very
outset will be compelled to define it's
attitude toward the McLaurin effort to
push aside the old black Republican
element in the South in favor of a new
commercial white Republicanism."
The Louisville Courier-Journal
CDem.) says: Senator Platt of New
York is reported as expressing his be-
lief that Mr.. Roosevelt will prove him
self to be great President, but who
when on a race course a stranger Of
fered to bet on a certain horse. John
Randolph, who was near, said he would
take the bet, adding as he drew out
his purse, but who will hold the
stakes?' I win promptly answered the
stranger. And who in his strident
voice Randolph asked, win hold
your"
The Chicago Chronicle Dem.) says.
Senator Deboe of Kentucky whose
principal triumph since he has been
i'm the Senate was the removal of a
woman postmaster who had five chill
dren, will now know how it is himself.
With change in administration. he
is entirely left out of Kentucky poll
tics and will have a long spell in pri-
vate life during which he can medl-
tate on the subject Does Teetotal
Meanness in Politics Pay?'"
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says
capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter had better
hurry up and get that pardon. so that
he can hide his money again. The
government is showing a disposition 10
snuggle up to It in its present resting
place."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

The reptile group of British war
vessels seems fated to i'll luck. The
loss of the Cobra the other day recalls
to writer that besides the Cobra,
four Vipers have been wrecked within
a short time. In addition to this there
have been wrecked four Serpents, three
Lizards. two Snakes, two Dragons, one
Adder, one Alligator, one Crocodile,
one Rattlesnake and one Basilisk. This
would seem to be quite enough to
make British sailors. who have the SUI
perstition OF the craft. demur to sail
ing on a ship Of reptile nomenclature.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

Lord Kitchener is still sending re-
grets from South Africa
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

At convention OF choirmasters in
London the other day the theory was
advanced that music would destroy
anarchism. When singing and playing
music became universal. 1t was held.
dark plottings against human life will
be things OF the past,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-24

puri6es and invigo-
rates the old and
makes new, rich blood
til at nourishes the
body and keeps the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-09
Making Fires.

A stove which is kept continually
running wastes very little heat In com.
parison with one which Is kindled dai.
~ or even three times a week. Every
time a fire In the kitchen range is
built over there is an immense loss Of
fuel and the kitchen is heated up far
beyond any requirement Of baking or
boiling. These new fires kindled on
special days during the week give out
more heat than any continuous fire
such as the range gives out when 1t
is kept burning night and day at one
half or one-quarter force. When it Is
wanted at full force for baking the
draughts are all reversed and a little
extra coal is added. Such a fire does
oil the work of q new fire without as
much coal as the new fire needs to
kindle it up. There are many kitchen
ranges to be found in market now
which give out very little heat, less
than kerosene or gasolene stove,
when the hampers are turned off, and
which, when needed, can be speedily
started into full working force. These
ranges are more expensive than ranges
that must be kindled fresh every day.
The secret of running these ranges at
a minimum expenditure of coal and
giving out of heat consists In the prop
er management of draughts. which so
few cooks seem to understand.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-09
WHAT Is LLoYo's7

The Place Where You Can Be Insured
Against Twins.
Most Of the members Of Lleyd's
carry on business as brokers or Under
writer's on their own responsibility.
AS corporation. Lloyd's assumes NJ
financial liability for the failure OF
any Of its members or subscribers.
But it admits to membership only
men of reputation and means. who
must deposit a pecuniary guarantee
In order to become an underwriting
and mountaineering member. an an
nual subscriber. or an associate. An
underwriting member must deposit
with the committee of Lloyd's $4,000
or 10000. on which he receives inter.
est and which may be returned to him
three years after he ceases to be an
underwriting member. He pays an
entrance FEE of $4,000 and an annual
subscription of 20 guineas. An an
nal subscriber pays no entrance fee,
but an annual subscription of seven
guineas; an associate member pays
five guineas.
There were in 1771 only 70 sub
scribers to Lloyd's. There are now
nearly 1000. The subscribers in tho
{ lden time. as now. did not confihe
Themselves to marine insurance. They
were willing to take a risk on almost
anything. There is still preserved at
loyd's a policy on the life of Napr
leon Bonaparte for one month at
premium Of three guineas percen..
Bank dep' sits are insured in LIoyd's;
also race horses. and the lives TT
threatened monarchs. An odd case
was the covering Of a risk on glass
bed packed 20 cases for a GER
tain sultan. Lloyd's insured the
Prince of Wales jubilee stamps, guar
anteeing that the issue would be sue
cessful. The voice of prima donna
has been insured. A tradesman in
London street who has an impression
that a monument may fall on his
shop, has taken out policy at the
nominal premium of two shillings and
six pence percent. Gate money for
cricket and football matches; animals
VI oil OIL 10 1oAOi o dAu SsuOdt OuU-
jects for insurance; policies against
twins Is a favorite form of insurance,
A well-known underwater is said to
be always ready to lay a thousand to
one against twins. Lloyds issues in
surance against burglary. Elephants
are insured regularly. The life OF the
great Jumbo. who came to New York
on Monarch line steamship, was in
sured in Lloyd's for the voyage to
New York. He was not insured when
the life was knocked out of him by d
locomotive on an American railroad
whose tracks he was crossing. A cele-
brated singer recently took out an in
surance in Lloyd's on the life of
Queen Victoria. She paid a big pre-
MUM on account of the age of the
Queen. The reason the singer did
this was not because she cared any
thing more than most folks for the
Queen, but because her contract to
sing would have been abrogated by
the Queens death. which would have
plunged England into mourning and
prevented the singers appearance in
operas. A. Wood. In Ainslee's.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-09
&sNouSEHoL0.
* RECIPES. I

Dressing For Cabbage-Beat togeth-
er the yolks Of two eggs, two teaspoon
fuls of sugar, two teaspoonfuls Of
mustard. one teaspoonful of salt and
one tablespoonful of butter, then add
one teacupful Of vinegar. Let this
mixture come to boil. stirring con.
stantly and when cold pour over the
cabbage.
Chocolate Sponge Cake-Beat tile
whites Of three eggs to a froth, add
two cupfuls of sugar, then the beaten
yolks OF five eggs, one-half cupful Of
cold water, one tablespoonful of salt,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and two cupfuls of -four. Bake In
thin loaves and cut in fancy shapes
when cold. Beat the whites Of two
eggs until stiff. add twelve tablespoon
fuls Of powdered sugar, two squares
of melted chocolate and flavor with
vanilla. Frost each cake separately.
Salmon Steak With Cream Sauce
Boil ten minutes a two-pound steak
with three slices of onion, few sprigs
of parsley, four tablespoonfuls of vine
gar and enough water to cover. Make
a cream sauce of one pint Of milk, two
teaspoonfuls Of -four, same OF butter.
pepper, salt. Cook until creamy. Sur
round the fish with 1t. Garnish with
slices of hard-boiled egg. The flour
and butter are mixed to smooth
paste and then stirred into the boiling
milk until 1t cooks like thick sweet
cream. Send fish to table piping hot.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-09
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
Conceit Is self-deceit.

COncelt is SelI-0ecelC.
True courtesy is of the heart.
Purity is not negative, but positive.
An honor bought dishonesty is a
dishonor.
Don't measure a well until you get
to the bottom.
A brave man hazards life. but not
his conscience.
A thing is not necessarily true be-
cause it Is new.
Readiness in criticism often marks
ignorance of the task.
The greatest towards kick the
dead lion most heartily.
When a man is dead to the sense Of
right he is lost forever.
No toll. no hardship can restrain
ambitious men Injured to pain.
Any coward can fight with the
mighty, but 1t takes a strong man to
side with the weak.
The saving of one convict's soul Is
striking one blow toward the stamp
ing out of hereditary vice.
Somehow the things you want al
ways seem to come to you just as
you've left of wanting them.
A life of patient industry is sure to
be blessed with a competence. if it
is not crowned with an abundant re-
muneration.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-03-09
Surgery In Old Pompeii.

A recent discovery in the excava-
lions going on at Pompeii shows in a
very striking way the ruth of the
old adage that there is nothing new
Under the sun. The find consisted of
a number of surgical instruments.
Among them was a collection for
use in a special branch of surgery,
which, with the exception of fine work
manship and finish. are almost exact
duplicates of those now used by sur
geons.
There is an instrument considered
indispensable today by the eynecolo-
sist, from the invention of which Mar
ion Sims the famous American sur
geon, made a great deal of reputation,
and money some years ago, but this
same speculum was in use in Fompeii
in 79 A. D.
Most of the others. supposed to be
the result of modern knowledge and
ingenuity, were found in this nrst CEN
fury surgeons instrument case, and
II is quite evident that SO far as in
struments are concerned, this branch
CT surgery has made little advance
during the last 1000 years.