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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20
flesh he awoke with pain. Now th,

flesh he awoke with pain. Now the
veteran says:
"I think that haZing, as reported re-
Gently at West Point and several other
places, is brutal Especially the prac-
tice of forcing little man to fight a
big man should be discouraged, al
though it Is not much worse than max
ing freshmen clean tents and black
boots for older men. 1t is evidence
Of mean spirit for upper class men
to compel q new man to accept dis
advantageous attitude or position. /
believe that all forms Of hazing should
be stopped"
Cadet Hobson, brother Of Lieutenant
Hobson. was forced to go through q
repetition Of the sinking of the Merri-
mac. He was ordered to plunge into
bathtub and sink small floating chips.
"Where are your he was asked.
"'This Is Santiago Harbor," he was
expected to answer.
"What are you doing?" he was next
asked.
Sinking the Merrimac," he said. He
was also told to give q "Hobson" to
the trees in camp. he had to go to
each treet, put his arms around It's
trunk and kiss it.
Some of the colleges are as asinine
in their hazing sports and as brutal as
West Point. A freshman sings another
to sleep with lullaby and nursing
bottle. Another has to "scan" the Ia
bel on a beer bottle. Each freshman
IS put on q table and asked:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

ductor. land nothing ls lett 10 cIlance
Or caprice. The cook Is furnished With
mammal giving explicit directions for
the preparation of everything on the
bill Of fare, and he is held strictly ac-
countable for any waste. He is even
told how thick to cut the bread and
how much butter to put on in case he
is making sandwiches. Sometimes
hungry traveller, who naturally wants
Dig portions, thinks the man in the
kitchen is trying to economize on him,
bur he may rest assured he Is getting
exactly what the law allows-no more
and no less.
II remember picture in one Of the
satirical papers a few years ago of a
fat gentleman looking scornfully ut
several small sections of bread and
butter. What do you call those" he
asks. Pullman sandwiches replies the
waiter. HUI grunts the tourist, MT.
Pullman must cut 'em out with con-
ductor's punch" We haven't got 1t
down quite as fine as that, but we
come pretty near it. The kitchens are
stocked at regular intervals and care
full calculation is made Of the exact
number of portions in every article
furnished. At the end Of the run an
inspection is made and the cook must
account for everything. either in sup
plies or meal checks. Under that sys-
tenn petty pilferlng is absolutely i'm
possible The purchasing agents, who
lay in the stock at important
points. from which travel is heavy, are
exceedingly important members Of the
company's staff.
"They can easily render the dining
service over any route profitable. or
the reverse, and something more than
mere experience and intelligence Is re-
! Guired to make a success Of the job.
The men who have done the best at
it seem to be guided by a sort OF In
stinct. but, as Il matter Of fact. they
are continually studying the conditions
of travel They learn what the gen.
eral run of their patrons like at Ger
tain seasons Of the year, and compile
a curious sort Of table Of averages that
they use as a basis in purchasing per-
ishable stock, such as meats, fruits
and fresh vegetables. There is a line
in the Northwest that is known among
the dining-car men as the "beefsteak
route" on account of the extraordin-
ary call for that particular article of
diet, and / know Of another that is
nicknamed the oatmeal express for
similar reasons. The oatmeal express
carries q good many ladies and chill
dren, and the beefsteak route Is ia
yorite highway for drummers, SO,
after all, the explanation is simple
enough An expert stock purchaser
can command good salary, and not
long ago q man who had been station
ed for some years in New York was
offered q very handsome position as
superintendent of the refreshment
service for big railroad In England.
1t has beer tun at loss ever since 1t
was installed, but within sixty days
after he took hold it began to return
profit. At the same time 1t was great
ly improved. Dining cars are n COM
paratively new thing abroad and they
are far behind the American, both in
system and luxury."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
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hazed In field was told to jump into q
canal. He did so and was drowned.
1t is the trouble Of all this fool play,
in college or elsewhere, that 1T invaria-
bly, ends in the killing of an innocent
man, perhaps the sole strength Of his
family, loved by somebody anyway.
Then when the killing is over the cry
goes up under the "code Of honor"
that there is no hazing, that 1t was
only sport and that the sport Of "gen-
tlemen."
1t so happens, though, that the only
true, honorable sport ever legitimately
permitted to any man, can only be
practiced under the glare Of light, be-
fore all men, unmasked and without
recourse to brute force or superiority
of numbers.
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Z, IVY yPSt.ysstst3.SY 3 y .ysstst
: H0W MUCH One FAMILY EATS. :
Four People Consume Fou: Thousand
Pounds of Food in Year.
Observation-Disclosures

Statistics kept by q Chicago man
show that during q year his family,
consisting of himself. his wife and two
daughters, consumed 4047 pounds and
thirty-eight varieties of food. The
family lived under no economical re-
strictions. and their table was supplied
as 1t has been daily for years with
everything desired by any member Of
the family. For this reason the statis-
tics, religlously kept and accurate to
the ounce, have been pronounced high
iy valuable by students Of food statis-
tics and medical men generally, espe-
cially since the tables were kept in q
casual manner, no influence being ex-
erted either to augment or reduce the
amount or variety Of the daily menu
to which the family had been accus-
toned.
The table in gross amounts is as fol.
lows:
Foodstuffs. in pounds. s........... .404T
Eggs. in dozen. ..................1 112
Oranges and lemons, in DOZENS. 81
Milk. quarts. ......... .......... 600
Berries, quarts. ......... ......... 125
Apples, bushels. ....... ......... 9
The table Of amounts consumed per
day indicate that the human system Is
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Photogrnphing by Light of Venus

Photographing objects solely by the
light from the planet Venus has been
successfully accomplished. The ex-
perlments were conducted within the
dome of the Smith Observatory. at
Geneva, N. Y, so that all outside light
was excluded except that which came
from Venus through the open shutter
of the dome. The time was the dark
est hour of the night, after the planet
had risen and before the approach Of
dawn. The plates were remarkably
clear.-Chicago News.
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n.IIIIIcE b uUilr

D.ULucr uvus-
as much an eyesore to her brother as
his house was to Miss Maria.
When the Devlin estate had finally
been divided, Miss Maria moved into q
tiny old house once occupied by her
fathers gardener. 1t was hardly ten
antable, and Miss Maria made few re-
pairs before moving into 1t. 1t stood
directly across the road from her
brothers fine home, and was decided
blemish on the landscape seen from
his spacious front piazza. He had,
through his attorney, made his sister
an offer to buy it at price far more
than It's value, but the offer had baen
so promptly and so decidedly rejected
that it had never been repeated.
1t was thought that Miss Maria al
lowed the old house to remain in a
state Of neglect, and the promises to
be in state Of continual disorder, for
the sole purpose Of adding to her broth
er's annoyance ard modification. She
also added many irritating traits to
her many eccentricities Of character,
and was nearly always spoken of by
the people Of the town as "Queer Miss
Maria"
Her sister-in-law was an extremely
fashionable lady, while Maria went
about in the shabbiest and most anti
Quated of garments. She was far
from being scrupulously tidy. and
seemed to take delight in setting aside
the ordinary conventionalities Of life.
It was known, however, that she was
very good and kind to the poor, while
her brother was by-no means noted
for his generosity toward them.
The Hon. Horace Devlin entertained
lavishly, while his sister never enter
tanned ut all, and did not go into So
citey. 1t was regarded as scandalous
that Miss Maria should have chosen
to spend the afternoon in her front
yard with mans hat on her head and
her skirts pinned up about her waist
on the day Of her brothers. grand lawn
party, when be had carload Of guests
out from the city.
So the breach between the brother
and sister widened until there was no
probability that it would ever be
would ever be brldged over When
they met. they stared Mt each other in
stony silence.
Wenfleld, the town in which the
Devlins lived, was a small manufac-
turing place. Most of It's inhabitants
worked in the mills. Many of them
were thrifty men and women, who
saved as much as they could Of their
earnings, and deposited them in The
one savings bank in Wenneld.
The Hon. Horace Devlin was cash
Ter Of the Wenfeld savings bank, and
never had there zen such wild excite
ment throughout the town rs on the
morning when q placard appeared on
the bank door bearing the two omin
Gus words:
BANK CLOSED.
Men and women left their work md
hurried to the bank with eager and
anxious fnces. Many had in it the snv'
ings Of lifetime, and they stared at
the portentous words with wildly beat
Ing hearts. There was the most out
spoken indignation when the truth be-
came known. The fact was tnat the
Hon. Horace Devlin had brought
shame and disgrace on an Old and hon
ored name, and prlvation and possible
poverty to many homes by becoming
q defaulter.
1t was discovered that he had fol
years been speculating with money be-
longing to the bank, and his defalca
tions were sufficient to embarrass it,
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like this. Another trick Is for him to
walk down Chapel street, New Haven,
with his trousers rolled up to his
knees, and his bare legs Dlackened
with burnt cork. Some are forced to
run around on all fours and bark like
dogs while their captors lead them
with strings. A student named Rustin
was killed at Yale some years ago
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

demanded are paid without demur, and
indeed at times with alacrlty. The
land tax which has to be sent to Pekin
from each province is a fixed sum.
and has not varied for years. 1t Is
easy to see what an opportunity this
system offers for incorrect returns. as
new lands are continually being
',---..-l.t under cultivation.-London
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20
.vulune say a better thing

.vuIunC say q better tnlnS
about her." said Dawson, the lawyer.
From that time forth Miss Maria
had new place in the affections and
respect of the people of Wenfeld.
She was still queer Miss Maria" but
the people knew that her heart was
right.-Youth's Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

and the amusement Of a bully" The
so-called sport is generally excused on
tho ground that "boys will be boys"
1t is hard to defend when 1t Is known
that 1t is practiced without any regard
for mans previous education, his
natural mental or physical sensitive
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

gold hunter merchant packing king Born in Stock
bridge County Cazenova Seminary
Walked California egheen founded his fortune there IN
Located IN
Milwaukee Chicago 1856
packing feeding people
of $4,000 annual
estimated at
S1o0O
Institute monument to his
charity countless but not ndscminate immense
chdren fought IN
January 19o1
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One Thing They Didn't Invent

Miles-"The Chinese claim to have
invented nearly everything"
Giles-"Well, Judging by tle way
they wear their hair, they didn't invent
eoetball." News.
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IInlua Influence.

He hadn't thought he would propose,
but fate is so absurd; her doughnuts
pleased him-Tfacts disclose-and so he
said the word.-Indianapolis Journal
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Of numbers.

Hazing breaks ribs, knocks out teeth,
breaks arms, weakens hearts and does
several other things for what have
been rightly termed the monkeys" of
the upper class" Cadet Smith was
dismissed from West Point for hazing
Ulysses S. Grant, grandson of General
Grant. General Wesley Merritt took
his treatment in his day, and so have
most Of the nrominnnt military and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

ridiculous code of honor which still
protects it's practices.
Rear-Admiral Sampson when at An
napolis and while asleep had straws
laid upon his hands. These were set
afire, and when they burned into bis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

Railways use up over 100000 tons
of steel year, almost half the worlds
product.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20
The table Is rs follows:

The varieties Of cereals used during
the year were large, and some Of tn"
amounts proved surprising, when, as
month aftec month crept by, the
amounts of the totals were observed
Crackers were used largely, much
more so than would be imagined, and
probably to greater extent than is
common to great number Of families.
No account was taken Of salt and
pepper. they not being regarded as
necessary to the value Of statistics.
The flour used during the year would
make & loaf of bread SO large it would
take two men to carry it. \ chicken
22O pounds, the amount OF poultry
used during the year, would be almost
eight feet in height and according to
estimate its cackle could be heard four
times around city block. Closely
pressing the poultry in amount Is the
item of fish. A fish weighing $50
would be almost as large as the fish
that always gets away.
The meat total would supply small
sized butcher shop for considerable
length Of time. and the 600 quarts OF
milk would require jar several times
larger than the ordinary sized milk.
man. A flapJack made Of the twenty
eight pounds of pancake flour would
make a small-sized dancing floor, and
the 1344 eggs, if made into one large
egg to be colored for Easter, would
require -four buckets of anillne dye for
the work.
The 1900 pounds of vegetables would
make a New England boiled dinner
large enough for two full regiments,
the fruits would start fruit stand of
no mean Dimensions. while the nine
pounds Of cheese, IL turned loose,
would exert, it Is estimated, about
forty horse power.-Chicago Times
Herald,
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
: Haziqg at West Puint. : :
Observation-Disclosures

7i44$fsf Sf4Tss44iss Ss; 4
II have only one thing to say" re-
piled General Grant, when once asked
to give his views on hazing at West
Point. "It is the resort Of q coward
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20
SeIf.lmpnrtance.

Self-importance makes q great
man stoop and little man bend over
backward.-New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

Grosvenor square probably contains
more millionaires than any equal area
in London.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

"What Is your name!
"John Brown"
"John Brown, what:"
The freshman gasps. He Is told to
say "sir." Then he answers: John
Brown, sir"
He gets a dozen ridiculous questions
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

capable of asslmilating considerable
amount Of food beyond what it has
been demonstrated Is capable of sup
porting life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-20

Most suicides by drowning occur az
night.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26
Texas Oil Stock.

The Texas Ore and Pipe Line Company
controls $4,000 acres of oil land in the
Beaumont region, selected by experts
quickly after the first discovery. R. H.
Edmonds of the Manufacturers Record.
Baltimore; T. G. Bush. president of the
Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Com
pany, Birmingham, and other Southern
men are at the head of the company. The
company is endeavoring to place its stock
in the hands of the business element en-
tirely in the South and the principal
United States field for the consumption
of the OIL To show its faith in its prop
critics subscribers are guaranteed the pro-
duction of oil within 80 days on the COM
pany's lands or the money will be re-
funded Subscriptions may be placed
with stock in local bank in escrow for
80 days. The company believes it offers
under this guarantee a splendid invest
ment with very wide possibilities. For
information apply to H. c. Middleton,
general agent, Augusta, Ga.-ad
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26
FIRE FIGHTER BURNED.
TenderIOin District Narrowly Es-
capped a Serious COnfIagrntiOn.

TenderIoin District Narrowly Es-
capped a Serious COnnagratiOn.
A fire in house occupied by Irene Hall
on Price street, at an early hour yester-
day morning, caused a lively excitement
in the Tenderloin district, and came very
near ending seriously. The inmates were
hysterical and their screams brought the
occupants of the other houses on the
streets in large numbers.
The Hall woman broke a finger of the
right hand in trying to extinguish abe
flames, and a visitor to the house was
painfully burned on the hands and face,
in trying to go through the same per-
Torrance. Although badly burned the
unknown man extinguished the fire be-
fore the arrival of the apparatus from
the Central Fire Station, on Oglethorpe
avenue. During the excitement the burn
ed stranger secured a cab and went off
TO have his wounds dressed, and his iden-
tity could not be learned
The fire started in the front room on
the second floor and considerable damage
was done to the furniture and fixtures.
A sudden gust of wind blew a lace cur
tain over the lighted gas jet, and the
flimsy material blazed up in a moment.
The fire reached the mosquito nee over
the bed and ignited a second curtain
The occupant of the room lost no time
in getting out, and her screams attracted
the attention of Tenderloin loungers and
patrolmen.
When the room was reached, the bed
was in flames and it looked as If there
was going to be a fire of some conse-
quence. The ceiling had become ignited.
and but for the work of the strange man
the Tenderloin district would have been
the scene of a big fire.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26
THE RETAIL CLERKS OUTING.
Meeting Tonight to Make Final
Preparations for Tomorrow At


The retail clerks annual picnic will be
given tomorrow at Tybee 1t is expected
that this will be one of the most largely
attended picnics to be given during this
season. The clerks will all so and they
have hosts of friends who expect to par
take of their hospitality.
Trains will run on convenient schedule
all day. A member of the Arrangements
Committee will go down with each train.
Bohans pavilion has been engaged and
there will be dancing all day. A special
II o'clock train will be run tomorrow
night to bring the crowds back to town.
The Retail Clerks Protective Associa-
tion numbers about $50 members. A reg
ular meeting will be held tonight and il
IS expected that number of-new mem
bers viii be received. AS rule. all
clerks become applicants for membership
as soon as they find out for what pur-
pose the association Is formed. Ladies are
eligible for membership and great many
belong to g. Benevolence and protection
are the objects of the association. The
last open meeting of the association con-
vinced large number that an organiza-
ton solely for clerks, which promotes So
clhl intercourse, pays SICK ana death ben
Gifts and protects them in many other
ways. Is worthy one. The meeting to-
night will be the last one before the an
nual picnic and II is expected that all
members OF the general committee will be
present 10 perfect final arrangements for
to-morrow's AFFAIR.
Tho officers Of the Retail Clerks Pro-
tective Association are:
Prcsidcnt-B. W. Bond
First Vice Prcsident-H. Dumas
Second Vice Presldent-Miss McLaugh-
In.
Corresponding secretary-s. W. Parneil.
Financial secretary-W. Rollnski.
Treasurer-M W. Hagerty.
Walsh A. Meyer viii close their store
this afternoon a. o'clock on account
of the clerks Dicnio.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26
TWO MURDER CASES ASSIGNED.
VIII he Tried in the Superior Court
To-day.

The murder case of Frank Pitts alias
Frank Jones. the negro who shot and
killed William Newsome, in Frogtown.
some weeks since. will be tried in the
Superior Court to-day. The two men be-
came involved in a drunken row and New
somes death was the result. The case
Of the state against Emma Anderson. who
has been indicted for the murder of a
little negro child she had adopted. has
also been assigned for trial to-day. but
IL the Pitts case is tried it is rather likely
that this second assignment will 20 over.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26
A Ball Train for the Inhabitants of
Tybee.

Beginning June q the Central of Geor-
gia will run a special train on ball nights
Tybee station, or South-end (pavilion) sta
ton, as far as Forst Screven station
following the regular ball train" for Sa-
vannah. The fare on the special train
will be five cents if the tickets are pur-
chased of the company's agent at Tybee.
and ten cents when cash fare is paid to
conductor of the train. The ball train"
bound for Savannah will make no local
stops The island ball train" will not
run on nights when the Savannah ball
train IS annuiled. Passengers will
please provide themselves with small
change for the purpose of buying tickets
or paying fare to the conductor of the
island ball train
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26

The bosses OF the barber shops on
Whitaker, between Bay and State streets.
have determined to close their places OF
business promptly every evening. except
Saturday at o'clock, commencing July
], and continuing until Sept /. IN order to
give their employees little time for pleas
ure these hot days IL Is hoped by all
the BARRIERS that the shops In other parts
Of the city will do likewise. and thus
make Il general
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26

Send for Merchants and Miners Trans
portstion Company's summer tour book,
containing routes and rates to all East
ern summer resorts. Two routes offered
from Savannah. Best way TO reach all
Jersey Coast resorts. mountain resorts,
Baltimore, Philadelphia. Washington, New
York. Boston, Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Meals and stateroom, included on steam
err. j. j. Carolan, agent, 112 Bull street.
Savannah, Ga.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26

The handsomest boat here-very fast
and very fine lines-will be sold low 10
close consignment. Either for cash or on
time. as desired. This splendid 1-soo,
naphtha launch Will be shown with pleas.
ure 10 Intending purchasers. A boy can
uAe inc sngine and steer the boat. gatis.
faction guaranteed. Ldppman me-
Wholesals DrugglstA-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-06-26

Aids her offspring and herself by using
MALT NuTRtNc-the food-drlnk that
doctors recommend. Invali1s and con-
yalescents benefit materially by its tonic
properties. stimulating appetite and d.
gcstior. Prepared only by the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Assn. S. Louis. T.. A.
orders promptly filled BY Henry Koi-
Hhorn. manager Anheuser-Busch brewing
Assn, ~. Louis q. b. A.