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The Red Cloud chief., 1901-06-14
Modern Transportation Devices.

TWO modern transportation devices
have been invented by British engin-
eer, who has constructed trolley auti-
mobile line, similar to that exhibited
at the Paris exposition. at Ederswdlde,
"A small city near the German capital
In this system the automobile receives
it's motive power from an overhead
wlre, by means OF a trolley, which Is
connected with the automobile by a
movable cable. This shows the We
hlcle 10 turn out AT any place on the
road. The line has been fayorably in
spccted by experts, and the system is
expected To meet with general favor
in Germany
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selves out body and spirit in their at
tainment that we lose the power OF en-
Joyment, too tired to care for anything
So the wise woman, though, like the
woman in the Bible, she rises while it
is yet night" she yet makes sure of a
little time every day-pelhaps not
more than a half hour-which is her
very own, and with which stranger or
friend "intermeddleth not"
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Allow Time for Play.

The all work and no play woman
soon becomes scarcely more than a
machine, machine that too often runs
without the wheels being greased-in
a hard, grinding, squeaking way, re-
quirng much more strength and time
than II a little fabrication had been
given in the shape of occasional pleas
antmoments snatehed blythe ways, says
the Jacksonville Times Union. There is
one thing certain; 1t Is better TO try
and be content with little, doing with
out some things that We may have a
great desire for, than to so wear our
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PRESIDENT LAURA %. GILL.
New President OF Earnard IL a Naiiys
of Maine.


The choice of new women colleya
presidents, Miss Wooley. Miss Hazard,
Miss GIL. signifies as much as any
thing that has vet occurred regarding
the future standards for college edu-
cation. notably for women. Here are
three college presidents that are in
tellectually. socially progressively the
equal OF any three men Of their years
who have ever occupied tho chair OF
college president In this country. They
are scholarly and womauly, have high
ideals, and are well balanced have
deep convictions. and yet retall "a
charming personality and wlthal are
skillful administrators Miss Laura
ID. GIL. Barnards new president. Ia
but forty years OF age, a native OF
Maine, a graduate OF Smith, has stud
led at Le!psic. at Geneva. and AT Sor-
bonne. When the recent Spanish
Amer lean war broke out Miss GIL went
to Cuba under the auspices of the Red
Cross Society. and wac sent at once
to the fighting lines. She acted as
nurse and as manager of hospital af-
fairs In Cuba and later at Montauk
Point At the close Of the war she
took charge OF the Cuban orphan asy-
lum under the direction of Gen. Fran
els V. Greene. She taught after grad
uation with Miss Capen In the Burn
ham school at Northampton. and has
always been eminently successful as
student and teacher. er.-Journal OF Edu-
cation,
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Contriysnce for Varying Pitch.

While the structure Of the music OF
stridulating organs of beetles is OK
tremely simple they sometimes pos
sess contriyances for varying the
pitch The general structure OF such
an organ Is a hard surface covered
with situations, over which some other
member OF the body furnished with a
rasping edge or area is rubbed. When
the striated surface Is divided into
parts with finer and coarser markings.
variations of pitch can be produced.
Some a,e weatherwlse. some are 9th,
erWlse.
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Paaaing OF HorHe Hapslpe.

The conversion OF the tramway sys-
tenn of Glasgow from horse haulage to
electric traction is now almost an ac-
complished fact. and soon the horse
cars will be a thing OF the past. The
electric cars, unlike those operated on
this side of the Atlantic. are double
deckers.
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INSANITY FROM COFFEE.
A st. Paul, Man. Woman insane from
Its lss.

A Mrs. lindberg Of ST. Paul. MINI,
was recently adiudged by probate
court to be insane On investigation
she was found at her home in state
OF maniCal excitement so great that
she could only with difficulty he re-
strained from tearing of her clothing
According to her husbands statement
and the facts which were ELECTED by
the investigation il appeared that the
cause OF Mrs. Lindberg's insanity was
the use OF coffee Mrs. Lindberg had
for some years been accustomed to the
free use Of coffee for the relief of
headache. The headaches had greatly
increased In severity. and the amount
of coffee was gradually increased Re
Gently she had been taking thirty or
forty cups Of coffee daily. Tea pro-
duces the same effect as coffee. MI
merous other cases have been reported
in which a complete breaking down
of the nervous system has resulted
tasters and coffee-tasters furnish many
Illustrations Of the deleterious effect
OF these beverages. Mrs. LindberR
was simply coffee drunkard, and was
as much addicted to her beverage as
any topper was ever addicted to liquor
She kept her coffee-pot boiling con
tinually, and devoted her whole atten-
tion to the brewing of her favorite
beverage.
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Clergy man on Jonah.

Rev. Dr.. CASTOR, a Baptist clergy
man o; Santa Rosa, Cal, has invited a
trial for heresy by declaring that .Jo,-
nah died in the whales belly instead
OF icing thrown out upon the shore
and proceeding upon his missionary
expedition as related in the Bible.
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Rock Of Ages, Cleft for Me-,

The great hymns of the world that
have touched the hearts OF many thou
sands have usually been the expression
Of vital individual experience. They
have not been written as mere pieces
Of literary composition: they have
been the crystallizing OF personal sor-
row. personal faith, or personal reali-
tation. They have been the summing up
Of years Of hope and struggle, focused
In an instant OF expression, as the
century plant stores up vitality for
1ecades to be evidenced at last in a
sudden Towering. The circumstances
that inspired some Of our great devo-
.ional hymns must deepen the interest
IN both the song and the singer and
reveal that mighty kinship Of human
souls. that divine sympathy, that con
Iers deathless fame on few simple
verses. biographies living in song
This greatest OF hymns was written
in l775 by Rev. Augustus Toplady, a
very learned English divine. who died
at the early age OF thirty eight. The
hymn has the rare. wondrous spiritual
ecstasy he revealed in his daily life. In
his last illness he said: Il cannot tell
the comforts that feel in my soul;
they are past expression. Ii Will not
be long before God takes me- for no
mortal man can live after the glories
which God has manifested to my soul. "
The marble tablet over his grave says:
He Wrote Rock OF Ages, Cleft for
Me-"
The sweet By and BY
In 1867 this hymn, known as THE
Sweet BY and By" was written at
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Economist Retired for Are.

Professor John Bascom, professor Of
political economy at Williams College,
has been retired for age. He was
graduated from Williams with the
class OF 40. He was president of the
University OF Wisconsin before he
Joined the faculty of Williams in 1881,
and is the author of several religious,
philosophical. and economic works
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A Famons Appla Trea.

The American Cultivator says that
the original greening apple tree is still
standing on the farm of Solomon
browne at Mount Hygeia in North
Foster, r. |. The tree was very old
one when the farm was sold in 1901.
The seller informed the purchaser that
It was a pity the old tree was going to
decay, as It produced the best fruit OF
any tree in the orchard. The pur-
chaser determined to see how long he
could keep 1t alive. and it still sur
wives after almost another century has
been added to its venerable years. But
it shows signs of final decay. and the
parent of all the famous Rhode Island
greetings. which has set its graft on
the orchards of almost all the world
will soon be bu, neighborhood mc,l-
ory. II is doubtful il there Is a more
famous an?le tree to- be found IN all
Pomona's grooves from end to end of
the earth.
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W no was as
s o C | a [ e d
with J. p.
Webster in
arranging a
new collec-
ii on OF
hymns, eb-
s I er W a 5
nervous, SEN
sitive u n d
easily d | s.
coura x e d E.
o n e day,
W hen very
blue. h e
went | n I o
i e 7 nett's
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Fools and sensible men are equally
innocuous. 1t is in the half fools and
half wise that the greater danger lies.
Goethe.
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south. Granite Ouarrie,.

THE granite quarries Of the south
are not only numerous, but are rapidly
coming into competition with the quar-
ries OF northern states" observed T.
n. Binder of Atlanta, at the Riggs In
Washington recently. "A contract for
$1,000 cubic feet Of curbing from Geor-
gia has recently been put down here in
the District Of Columbia several days
In advance Of the stipulated time,
whereas the contracts from the north
ern quarries are very often filled con
siderably after the time limit has ex-
pired. The granite of Georgia now
goes as far north az Philadelphia and
az far west as Chicago. The state con-
tains an incXhaustible supply. Stone
mountain. a short distance out of At
lanta, is seven miles In circumference
aud three miles in diameter. rising =
900 feet high and forming one OF the
geological wonders of the world II Is
without flaw aud without seams OF
any kind
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office, and when asked What's the
matter now?" answered 1T is no
matter 1t will all be right
by and by The idea flashed into
Benefits mind. as he then expressed
1t, was The Sweet BY and By! Why
wouldn't that make a good hymn"
Turning to table he at once wrote
the words: Webster jotted down the
music as II inspired. Half an hour
later two musical friends entered the
room and 1t was sung by the quartet.
Nesr,r, My God, to Thee.
OF the many hymns written by Mrs.
Sarah Flower Adams. tie only one
that has survived Is this hymn, based
on the Bible story of Jacobs vision at
Bethel. the imagery of which narrative
1t follows most faithfully. 1t first ap-
peared in a volume called Hymns and
Anthems" published in 1871. The chief
criticism made against this hymn is
that it does not mention Savior. Rev.
A. T. Russell added a stanza covering
this lack, but the new lines are rarely
used and they never became popular.
Jesus. Lover OF My Soul
One day Charles Wesley was sitting
by an open window, looking over the
beautiful fields, when he saw little
bird pursued by a hawk The poor
thing weak and frightened, in seeking
to escape from its enemy. flew into the
room and found refuge in Wesley S
bosom. AS the poet was then in great
trouble and needed the safety of a ref
uge, the consolation of help from a
higher power than his own, the Incl
dent seemed to him a divine message
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Hold tho Fort, for I Am Coming.

In October. 1864 AllatoOna Pass. a
defle in the Mountains of Georgia was
guarded by General Corse with | 500
men. II was a strong strategic point
and, moreover, a million and half
Of rations were stored there. Fresich,
the southern general. with 5000 men,
attacked the garrison and drove the
defenders into a small fort on the crest
of the hill. The battle was fierce: the
northern soldiers fell In such numbers
that further fighting seemed folly. But
one of COrses officers caught sight of
a white signal flag futtering in the
breeze on the top Of Kenesaw Noun
tain. across the valley. fifteen miles
away. The signal was answered, and
then came the inspiring message from
mountain to mountain: Hold the
fort: | am coming W. T. Sherman"
Cheer after cheer went up, and though
hopelessly reduced in numbers they
did hold the fort for hours until the
advance guard Of Sherman's army
came to their relief. Six years later,
u. y. Bliss, the evangelist. heard the
story in all its vivid detail from a
soldier friend and then wrote the
words and music OF this famous hymn.
From GreenIand's Icy Mountains.
On Whit Sunday, 1919. DR.. Shipley,
an English clergyman. was to preach
missionary sermon. On the day pre-
ceding, Dr.. Shipley requested his SON
in-law, Bishop Reginald Heber, to
write something for them to sing in
the morning" Heber retired from the
table, around which a group of friends
were assembled, and in corner OF the
room wrote this hymn at one sitting.
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The SHxeet By and By

In 1867 this hymn, known as THE
Sweet BY and By" was written at
Elkhorn, Wis, by S. Fillmore Bennett,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20

In view of Peary's successful failure
1t is keeply interesting 10 read what
hansen writes about his chances Of
success two months before he was
heard from. Peary was to employ the
winter, along with the Eskimos, in
making preparations for the expedi-
ton, and the Windward was to take
them on board again pext summer
and carry them farther north. In ac-
cordance with this arrangement the
Wndward started for the place Of
rendezvous last summer, but did not
come back in the autumn, so that
Peary's expedition, like Sverdrup's,
can scarcely be heard OF before Au-
gust or September of this year. What
Peary may have accomplished or may
have a prospect of accomplishing it Is
Of course difficult to forecast. am in.
clined to regard it as a drawback to his
scheme that he is in so great a degree
dependent upon the Eskimos, who I'M
derstand little or nothing of the Oh
jects of such an expedition, and whose
actions are so largely determined by
the mood of the moment. AT the same
time we may be certain that, however
circumstances may shape themselves,
Peary, with his incompatible energy
and his many mental and physical re-
sources, will achieve something Of i'm
portance. -Leslie's Monthly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20

curely fastened in an extended posi-
tion by means of pins running through
eyelets, the pins being secured by
small chains to prevent loss. The ribs
are jointed near the center, the inner
ends being attached to the stick in
the usual manner, while the outer Sec
ton of each rib overlaps past the joint
farenough to allow sliding clip to Sc
cure 1t to the inner section. The clips
are all connected by cords which join
together near the stick and form a
single rope extending down within
reach of the rider, which enables him
to release the ribs and fold the umbre.-
la by pull on the cord, the braces
having been previously lowered on tho
stick to allow the ribs to drop, when
the cover and ribs fold through the
center. With the telescoping handle
and iointed ribs the umbrella can be
folded into small compass and sus-
pended below the bar by looseningthc
clamping band.--St. Louis Giobe-Dem-
ocrat.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20
scULpTOR's ODD EXPERIENCE
ensian Character During n So
jOurn in London.

Proctor, the sculptor, tells Of an
encounter with truly Dickensian
female during a sojourn in London,
says the Chicago Record-Herald. She
was the true MRS. Raddle," of Liant
street; but since Mr.. Proctor was in
the habit of more or less paying his
rent, she was Bob Sawyer's Mrs.
Raddle" in good humor.
Mr.. Proctor is a late sleeper. It
had been his habit to secure the
services of some "trusty" to keep up
a racket in the morning till he was
compelled to get out of bed in order
to secure peace. The sculptor got
himself into chambers" and it fell
to Mrs. Raddle" TO see that he
arose in the morning. She found,
after short experience, that after
she had awakened him, Mr.. Proctor
was in the habit of turning over and
going to sleep again; so she changed
her methods. One morning Proctor
heard her call, in addition to her
usual fusillade upon the door:
'Show a leg, sir, show a leg"
He was compelled to get up and
meet the perelnptory demand. He
planted his foot just without the
door; there was a feminine, staccatc
shrek and hurrying of footstep.
down the hall. The door was closed
and Mr.. Proctor went about his
toilet.
After time this female appeared
at the door with the breakfast serv.
ice She stood with the tray in her
hands and made peculiar squat
courtesy before him, and, dropping
her eyes, remarked, deprecatively:
"Ho! Mr.. Proctor. If honly yer'd
'ad on a, stockin', we knauw!"
This formula never varied while
the sculptor occupied the "Cham'
bers"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20
WHERE COURTSHIp IS GRIM.
Customs of kidnapping and Murder
still Extant in the Cnu-
casus.

The manners and customs of the
people of the Caucasus have not
changed to a great extent since the
country was subdued by Russia. One
of the relics of the good old times to
which the Caucasians especially cling
is the custom of kidnapping the women
whom they desire to make their wives,
Gays the London Mail.
Recently a case of this kind resulted
in tragic end. A prominent inhabi-
tant Of the little Caucasian town Of
Katuhagan, named Ismail Ogli Oki,
tried to kidnap the sister of his best
friends wife while his friend was abb
sent from home. The girl resisted his
attempt to carry her off, aided by her
married sister. The baffied lover drew
his sword and inflicted dangerous
wounds on both the ladies. At this
moment his friend returned, and, en-
ragged at finding what had occurred,
killed Ismail on the spot. Then he cut
off Ismail's head and carried it round
TO show the neighbors wat fearful
revenge he had taken.
In the same district young noble-
man desired to marry thr daughter oil
a neighboring landowner, and invited
the girl with her parents to grand
ball given at his castle. During the
evening he found an opportunity Of
decoying the girl into secluded part
of the house, where sh. was seized
by his men and placed in carriage.
The prince joined her, and, in spite of
The girls ent' eaties, started out to
drive to a place where they could be
married without much delay.
The girls father, on finding that his
host had disappeared with his daugh-
ter, gave chase, and, being on horse
back, overlook the carriage. He shot
the nobleman without ado, and took
his daughter home. The nobleman,
however, had won her heart during
the drive, and the girl was now re-
luciant to marry the man of whom her
father approved, but the stern parent
insisted on thu wedding taking place
at once. The bride appeared in the
church, pale, but cool and collected.
During the ceremony she drew dag
yer and stabbed the bridegroom to
The heart. Afterward she committed
suicide
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20
DEATH RATES OF THE STATES.
Marion, Ia, the Most HealthfuI Town
and North Dakota the Health
lest State.

The most healthful place in the
United States to live in is Marion,
Ia, according to reports received by
the marine hospital service from 1870
cities and towns having a population
of 1000 or more, says the New York
Sun. There may have been more
healthful place than Marion, but if
so, no official returns were received
from it. Marion has population of
ATOP, and there were only six deaths
in 1900, making the death rate the
phenomenally low figure of LAG per
1000. The average death rate in all
the cities and towns was 17.47.
1t appears from the compilation of
the marine hospital service that the
state having the best record for
health last year was North Dakota,
with a death rate of only Cos per
1000 of population. BY far the most
healthful of the very populous states,
however, was Iowa, the death rate
being 11.i7. Ohio, which made re-
ports from towns aggregating a pop
ulation of more than million and a
half, shows a death rate of only 14.S4.
The notable reports of healthful-
ness, however, come from the north
western and far western states. Min
nesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Iowa, Idaho and Montana all have
exceedingly low death rates. On the
other hand, the states which are
widely known as health resorts, such
as Arizona, Colorado and California,
have a comparatively high mortality,
probably because many persons suf-
fering from incurable pulmonary
troubles go there and die. California
last year had an average death rate
of 1893, Colorado, 1929, and Arizona,
1928. The last named had the high
est mortality of any state or terri
tory in the union. New York states
mortality was 1895.
The town in the United States hav-
ing the highest ratio of mortality
last year was Carlyle, Ill. The popu-
lation was 1874 and the number of
deaths 100, making death rate of
1881. The most unheslthful of the
very large cities was Washington,
death rate 2L71. Baltimore's death
rate was 21.O2, Philadelphia's 1888,
Boston's 20.S2 and Chicago's 146s.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20
Social Rank Of Cabinet Omcers.

The social rank of each cabinet off.
Ger is reckoned according to his
standing in the order of succession to
the presidency, which is arranged ac-
cordng to the age Of each executive
department. The state department
having been the first executive branch
of the government created, the secre-
tary of state is the official and social
head of the cabinet and the first of its
members to succeed to the pres
idency, in the event of the death of
both president and vice president. If
the president, vice president and Sec
rotary of state were all to die before
their successors had been appointed
the secretary of the treasury would
become president, because his is the
second oldest of the executive de-
partments. This right to succession
extends in turn to the secretary of
war, attorney general, postmaster
general, secretary of the navy, and
lastly to the secretary of the interior.
This graduation thus indicates the so.
cial rank of each cabinet officer in his
own circle.-Ladies' Home Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-12-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

School Board nspector-"Who is II
MAT sits idly by doing nothing while
everybody else is working?" Bobby
"The teacher."-Glasgow Evening
Times.
DO you guarantee this goods not to
fads?" Absolutely! And if it does
we will sell you new goods to match
the changed color."-Indanapolis
News.
Early Marriages.-Miss Budd-"Do
you approve of early marriages.?
Mrs. Malaprop-"Not too early. l
should say not before high noon
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Going Easy.-"He is dying very
calmly observed the physician, as he
felt the pulse of the sufferer. $50 like
john" softly spoke the prospective
widow. "He always was an easy-going
man."-Baltimor American.
81 know of no rarer delight than to
drink in this mountain air!" exclaimed
the Colorado tourist, ecstatically.
"Yew hain't tasted tn whisky they sell
down tew tn Broken Bow salune par.
entity" replied the stage driver.-Bos-
ton Post.
Buster-"Ha, ha, ha! 1t is the fun
niest thing l ever heard" Wilter-
ala, ha, hal" Buster-"What are you
laughing att" Wilter-"At that fun
ny story. I thought if l laughed, you
know, you wouldn't have to tell it,
Boston Transcript.
A Wise neutrality-suspicious. Ito
his wife, who is rather a wild shoD--
"By Jove! Nelly, you nearly got us
again, that time! If you are not more
careful, I'll go home!" Old Keeper
(sotto voce)-"It's all right, squire.
Her bag is full of nothing but blank
'uns!"-Punch.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-"Have you any
references from ladies' you have
worked for here?" Applicant-"Faith,
Oh hov; from more'n a dozen O. them"
Mrs. Hiram 0ffen-"O! then you have
been in this country some timer" APP
plicant-"Six mont's, ma'am."-Phila.
delphia Press.