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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
IN HONDURAS WOODS.
How Rubber Is Harvested-Bana
and Boiled Monkey Diet.
From the Springfield Union.

From the Springfield Union.
George A. Ellis, Springfield civil
engineer, who has been in Spanish Hon
duras, Central America, since last Sep
TENDER, where he has been surveying
route for a wagon road into the in
terror, has returned to Springfield to
rest and recuperate. Mr.. Ellis was
one of a party of eight who were at
work for the Pan-American Rubber
Company of New York, opening a road
eighty miles long from Brewers lagoon
on the Gulf OF Honduras, where the
company has its headquarters to VAL
encia, a town 125 miles up the Patuca
river. where they have opened rub
Der plantation. The only means of
communication has been by the river,
which has rapids, and before the open
ing of the road not even a mule trail
led back into the country.
Mr. Ellis sailed in a tramp steamer
to Jamaica and across the Caribbean
sea to Brewers lagoon, at the mouth
of the Patuca river, which it took them
eleven days to ascend in canoes, Sleep
ing on the bank at night They had
rubbed sleeping bags, made of canvas
over which the sap of the rubber tree,
mixed with a little sulphur, had been
spread They had natives, who called
themselves Spa.niards, to do the chop
ping and grading. The provisions they
took were exhausted, and at one time
they were living and working on wild
bananas and boiled monkey. Mr.. Ellis
says the monkey meat is dark and
tough
The native Caribs. Mosquitoes. Su-
mus and Payas are indistinguishable
from the negroes, with whom they
have mixed. except that their hair is
long and straight. They live on green
bananas boiled, which, Mr.. Ellis says.
are delicious, and cassava, from which
tapioca is made. together with such
fish and wild game as the country af-
fords. They are required by law to cut
a small plantation. Turkeys and wild
hogs are abundant. Jaguars from four
and one-half to seven feet long, and
tapirs, whose skin is like a baby ele-
plants, according to Mr.. Ellis, are
hunted by the natives. These people
are found scattered over the country
from the coast TO eighty miles inland.
The nearest point to Brewers lagoon.
where white men live, is Truxillo, 125
miles up the coast to the west. All
kinds of snakes, including the boa con-
strictor are plenty. Mr.. Ellis says he
was disappointed with the color of
both the native birds and flowers. The
climate in the interior. he says, is
healthful. but there is malaria on the
coast. He had two slight attacks of
fever while he was there.
The n-American Rubber Company
is cutting out the valuable woods on
it's concession and gathering the wild
rubber. Notches are cut in the trees
Just below the lowest branch and the
sap runs out 1t is milk white, Mr..
Ellis says, and volatile and soon turns
brown. Formerly it was caught in a
pan at the foot of the tree. but now it
is stripped off as 1t runs out in thin
stream II is then wound on itself un-
til the roll weighs one hundred
pounds. In this way it is impossible 10
adulterate it with stones or other for
eign substances.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29

~ endorse Peruna because L have
found by personal experience that IL
is not common patent medicine,
hut scientifically prepared medi-
cine which simply cures catarrh and
cIeUnses the blood of it's Impurities,
keeping the system in a fine healthy
condition.
II consider it as rather a carefully
prepared physicians prescription, and
have never found any which acts as
promptly and permanently as Peruna.
1T deserves the highest praise, and /
know that those who have tried it have
perfect faith in tic. +. JENKINS.
After all the personal experience of
one man is worth more than the theo-
retical guesses of a thousand men. Mr..
jenkins knows what he is talking
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29

station with loudly changing bell The
Postmaster of Achord jumped half out
of his clothes.
Il amt quite gun-shy yet, subj" he
explained. Il doan't like them kyars
an am profoundly glad we doan't have
en- in Achord."
He admitted that he was broke"
and said he was accepting the hospi-
tally of the people at No. 1870 Hudson
street, Hoboken, a lodging house.
Mr.. Van Quaethen emphatically de-
MED he mad encountered a green goods
man or that they had separated him
from his money.
Il knowed them men wuz swindlers
and scoundrels, sub, all the time" he
said, but las summer / ketched two
law breakers in Achord and got a re-
wahd of $40 for em, sub, an / wanted
TO aid the guvment.'
When Capt. Hays attempted to ex-
plain the workings of the green
&C DDS swindlers by taking out a pack
age of bills, Mr.. Van Quaethen shook
his head sadly.
mo, subj" he declared. them green
goods men had real counterfeit money,
suh."
Mr.. Van Quaethen had to be told
that the Jersey police could not ad-
vance money to hunt "green-goods"
men. He went away promising to
send word IL he found them.
III write to Col. Beavers, sub, Chief
of Salaries and Allowances, at Wash
ington, sub, an get all the money
need, suh."
Mr.. Van Quaethen looked like a typi-
cal Georgia cracker wearing his
Sunday clothes. He was apparently
about thirty-five years old, and re-
fused to tell where he had been stop
ping previous to taking up his resi-
dence in Hobolken.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
WATCHING FoR CoNTRABAND.
Treasury Omcers Suspect Shipments
of Arms to Colombia.

of Arms to Colombia.
New York. Aug. ESPECIAL agents
of the United States government are
constantly watching for the shipment
of arms from this port designed to fall
into the hands of the warning factions
in Colombia, and the information con-
corning the shipments of arms and
other war materials from her to Cen
trail American ports is sent to Wash
ington in the form of weekly reports.
AS the law requires that the explo-
sives shall be so marked, the manifests
of outgoing steamers and sailing YES
sells destined to the troubled districts
are closely scrutinized, and the ship
ments specially noted at the customs
house. Arms such as cannon rifles,
bayonets and swords are considered
amply covered in the manifests. it is
said, if simply scheduled as manu-
featured IRON" agricultural impIe-
ments, miscellaneous" and "domes-
tics"
1t is said that a report sent to-day
to one of the bureau chiefs in Wash
ington contained the information that
during the week ending Aug q these
amounts of arms and explosives were
shipped from New York, Mexican, Cen
trail and South American ports: Next
co, Z cases of firearms, IL cases of cart
ridges and 2S,350 pounds of gun
powder; United States of Colombia.
twenty cases of cartridges
and one Briggs Seabury 15-pounder
rapid-fire from Pan-American EXPOSE
ton Qatter weapon not manifested)
Venezuela-Twenty cases of fire
crackers and 429 cases of railroad ma
terial
Santo Domingo-Nine hundred and
twenty-five pounds of gunpowder.
Uruguay-One hundred and sixty
cases of firecrackers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
FLORIDA'S STATE TROOPS.
Change Made in Undress Uniform of
Officers.

Officers.
Tallahassee, Fla, Aug. 2S.-The fol-
lowing general orders, governing Flor
ida State Troops, have been issued by
the Adjutant General:
First. Second Lieutenant George L.
Dancy, Company F, First Regiment In
fantry, is hereby appointed quarter
master and commissary of the First
Battalion, First Regiment Infantry.
An election is authorized to fill the
vacancy accustomed by this appoint
ment.
Second. The resignation of the fol-
lowing named officer has been accept
ed, and he is honorably discharged
from the Florida State Troops Capt
Walter M. Davis, Company d, Second
Regiment Infantry.
An election is authorized to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the acceptance
of the above resignation.
Third. The following changes in the
uniform of the Florida State Troops
is announced The undress uniform
for officers of the Florida State Troops
will hereafter be the same as is pre-
scribed for officers of relative rank in
the United States army, except that
the letters Fla" differentiation of the
word Florida) will be substituted for
the letters ''U. s." in collar device.
By command of the Governor and
Commander-in-Ch
J. Clifford R. Foster,
Adjt. Cen, Maj Gen., F. S. T.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
BOYS FOUND THOUSANDS.
Picked Up Packages of Money i'm
streets of Omaha.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 2S.-Three boys
playing in a lumber yard at Ninth and
Farnam streets to-day, found three
packages of paper money, greenbacks
and national bank notes, thought to
aggregate $4,000 to $4,000,
The boys turned over the packages
to local attorney who was passing.
At the First National Bank he learned
that the Pacific Express Company had
lost in the past six years two such
packages, each containing several
thousand dollars. and having a wrap
per on which was the First National
Banks seal.
About three years ago George Archi-
bald, driver for the Pacific Express
Company, was robbed of a package
containing $1,000. He was tried for
the robbery. but was acquitted. He
recently brought suit for S25. 900 dam
ages for defamation of character, but
lost the case. Six years ago $4,000
package disappeared, but an Of
flee employee, who late committed
suicide, wrote the express company a
letter acknowledging the theft and
telling where the money was hidden
A large amount of it was recovered.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
WAGES TOPMOST POINT.
Farm Laborers Paid Most in the
Year 1866.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The Depart
ment of Agriculture is preparing to is
sue at an early day a bulletin concern
Ing the wages of farm labor in the
United States from 1866 to 1899.
The statement shows that in the
country at large wages per month by
the year or season, both with board
and without board, had their maxi
mum in 1866 and their minimum in
1919. For wages per month without
BOARD, Maryland, Alabama, Mississippi,
louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa and Cali
Iornia had highest wages in 1869, South
carolina and Oregon in 1875, Texas in
l8S2, Virginia in 1888.
IN Florida the rate of 1866 was reach
e s IN 1888 and the elimination was in
1871 The minimum for Alabama. Tex
as and Ohio was in 1894; for South Car
1lha' Georgia. Mississippi, Louisiana.
arkansas, Michigan, Colorado, Ore
soh and California in 1895. Wages per
month, by the year or season. with
BOARD, surpassed those of 1866 in Maine
~, ~ 1890. The elimination in Vermont,
NeW Jersey, Alabama, Arkansas and
georgia was in 1869; South Carolina
a., Tlu oregon in 1875; Louisiana and
-, 1eAas in 1882; North Carolina in 1888;
fiorida in 1890; Iowa in 1898.
wages per day for ordinary farm
idoor' with board, were at a maximum
III south Carolina in 1875 They were
az minimum in Arkansas, Tennessee
,Same in 1880 in 1894; in Alabama,
.1,lSSissippi, Louisiana. Texas, Ken
'urky (same in 1870 in 1896
both without board and with board,
, ~, me country. as a whole the year
ls'S shows higher rates than any pre-
o7uIhg year reported since 1875.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
A THOUSAND OUT AT COLUMBIA.
Mill Operatives Declare General
Strike Against Three Mills.

Columbia, S. c., Aug 2S.-Textile
Union No. 211. at its meeting tonight,
declared a strike against the Olympia,
CRANKY, Richland and Capital City
mills until the authorities rescind their
action forcing operatives to abjure the
union.
The test of the unions strength will
come tomorrow when the mills open
for work. The striking operatives de-
clare that they have no fear of being
idle indefinitely, but will not accept
the positions that have been offered
them until they have made their fight
against the mills. 1t is understood
that the textile union will have the
sympathy of the Federation of Labor
in the strike now on.
Conservative estimates place the
number of strikers at 900 or 1000. 1t
is expected that this number will be
considerably augmented during the
next week.
The mill officials to-day began the
swearing out of warrants to eject the
striking tenants from the dwelling
houses which are owned by the mills.
and leased to the operatives for two
weeks at time.
President Smith Whaley, in card
to the State tomorrow, will deny the
statement attributed to him that 1.-THE
mill men in South Carolina ,have en-
tered into an ironclad agreement not
to employ union labor"
So far the operatives have been quiet
and orderly, and no violence is feared
for the present.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
THE CROPS IN FLORIDA.
Bulletin of Department. shows Them
Below Average.

Bulletin of Department shows Them
Below Average.
Tallahassee, Fla, Aug. 2s.--The next
number of the Florida Monthly Bulle-
tin, issued by the state Agricultural
Department, shows the following re-
lative to the condition and prospective
yield of field crops; also the condition
of live stock. as compared with an
average:
Condition-Upland cotton, IS; sea
island cotton, 81; corn, 80; sugar cane,
80; field peas, 80; rice, 81; velvet beans,
101: sweet potatoes, 3d. peanuts, 80;
cassava, IS; hay, 101; egg plants, 80;
tobacco, So; bannas, 81; pineapples.
liz; guavas, SO; orange trees, 1903;
lemon trees, 104; lime trees, 101; grape
fruit trees, 10; horses and mules, "a.
cattle, 1902; hogs. SO; sheep, 95; to-
bacco, pounds, 1,125, 300; honey, pounds.
235,000; wool, pounds, 343, 700.
Prospective Yield-Upland cotton,
81; sea island cotton, SO; corn, 90; SUI
gar cane, "a; field peas, So; rice, 81;
velvet beans, lis; sweet potatoes, -102:
peanuts, 90; cassava, 107; hay, lis:
egg plants, SO; tobacco, SO; bannas, 1914;
pineapples, 1877; guavas, 1872; orange
trees, los; lemon trees. 104 lime trees.
los; grape fruit trees, Ill.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
ACTS PROMPTLY.

about when he recommends Peruna be-
cause he has tried it. Peruna cures ca
tarrh because it reaches the source of
cdtarrh.
Peruna cleanses the blood Of it's i'm
purities because it regulates those or
gans that make blood.
Peruna keeps the system in a fine,
healthy condition, because it restores
the functions of every organ and brings
vigor to the organic nervous system.
Mr.. Jenkins is right. Peruna is a care
fully prepared prescription prepared by
one of the oldest and best known
physicians in America. This is why It
acts promptly and permanently.
Congressman Ogden's Letter.
Congressman II. w. Ogden of Ben
ton, La, writes:
II cnn conscfentiousIy recommend
your Perunn as a fne tonic and ALI
round good medicine. To those who
arc Ira need of catarrh remedy,
know of nothing better."-H. w.
ogden.
F. w. Radtke, 740 Mintzer street,
Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
II deem 1t my duty to inform you that
] have been troubled with catarrh for
four years and could not work at my
trade. / have tried almost every cure
on the face of the earth. and had doc
tors attend me at their office and in the
hospital. but could not get relief until
tried your wonderful Peruna. ] was
very doubtful whether 1t would help
me, but at a good friends advice I
tried your Peruna, which is a God-send
to all catarrh sufferers. After taking
but four bottles am very much pleas
ed indeed. l can safely say that one
more bottle will be enough. After TAX
ing the second bottle l could go to work
at my trade (sawyer) and the dust has
no effect on my throat now. 1 shall rec
ommend Peruna to everybody who suf-
fers with catarrh. F. w. Radtke.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DIR. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
SHERIFF AFTER DEsPERADoEs.
Negro Falls of "wiId BiII' to BE SUR
rounded.

Charleston, S. c., Aug. 2S.-Sherif
Martin tonight sent a posse of eight
men, all armed with Winchester re-
peating rifles and revolvers, to Red
Top, to arrest two negro desperadoes
who are wanted for murder. One ne
gro, Henry johnson. is the brother and
pal of wild Bill" who was killed by
a posse last week.
The information reached\ here that
the murderers and a number of bad
negroes are congregated in a cabin,
prepared to fight if necessary. Red
Top is the widest section of the low
country, and daring deeds by negroes
have excited the community. The ne
groes seem anxious to avenge the kill
ing of Wild Bill and members of his
gang are still trying to terrorize the
community The sheriff's posse left
the city in wagon at late hour and
has been instructed to surround the
cabin before daylight
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
NOT AF1ER GREEN GOODS.
Why n Georgia Postmaster Went to
New York.


New York.
From the New York World.
After leaving his magnolia scented
home in Achord, Ca, where moss
grows and hooking birds make merry,
Desire Van Quaethen, the village post
master. started on a hunt for green
goods men. Yesterday he turned up
in Hoboken, penniless.
mo, sub, wan goin' to buy green
goods" he explained to Capt. Hays, OF
the Hoboken police. II wanted to
ketch 'em fob the guv'ment, suh.''
His pockets bullying out with green
goods circulars, including a final let
ter of Instructions Mr.. Van Quaethen
began an explanation of his visit.
The letter from the green goods men
instructed him to register at the Aston
House and notify w. A. Gray. of No
12S West street, of his arrival
He got TO town last Tuesday and has
spent the greater part of the time gaz-
ing at the high buildings, lodging cleo.
trio cars and hunting for the swinders.
"A gentleman. sub, tole me the mos
likely place to ketch the green goods
men wuz on a steamer boun' for Eu-
rope, suh," Mr.. Van Quaethen con
tinued.
Just then a trolley car passed the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
CAMERoN,s BRILLIANT SPEECH.
Ex-Governor of Virginia Addressed
the Convention.


Richmond, Va, Aug. 2S.-The Con-
stitutional Convention met as usual at
noon to-day. Chairman R. Walton
Moore presented the report of the leg
islative committee, which was ordered
printed. 1t provides a four-year term
ate, and indicates those who are not
eligible to election.
Delegate Petit of Fluvanna moved
for further consideration of the report
of the Committee on Preamble and
Bill of Rights in committee of the
whole. This was agreed to-. and ex-
Gov. Cameron was recognized. He re-
GREETED that the question of putting
into effect the new constitution should
have arisen at this line. He was in IA
vor of submitting the work to an cleo
torate, but not prepared to say wheth-
er he favored an abridged or the pres
ent electorate.
The convention he believed, was alb
solute and supreme. The plea had been
made that to restrict the suffrage
would initiate against the white peo-
pie of the Southwest valley. The time
had never come, and he believed il new
err would come, when the people of the
state of Virginia would not stand
shoulder to shoulder and go to the res
cue of their brethren. Neither the Nor
folk convention nor any other body of
men in the state had any idea that the
new constitution would be submitted
to a class of people who had never
shown any appreciation of their votes
when they voted even for a county con-
stable.
The speech occupied nearly an hour
and a half, and frequently the applause
of the audience necessitated a stop of
two or three minutes. The consensus
of opinion is that the speech was one
of the ablest yet delivered in the con-
Vention
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
EACH WILL GET A MILLION.
VIII of Empress Frederick Divides
Big Estnfe.

Derlin' Aug. 2S.-The Lokal An
e'sers Hamburg correspondent says
o-day that Dowager Empress Fred
VIII gives to each of her chill
e'em' Including the Emperor, a round
ihanon marks. The estate is larger
,ha ian mad been expected, and shows
49," oi the Dowager Empress enlarged
ana same through skilful management
~. Ieinvesting her income.
thar'. Lageblatt to-day prints an au-
tho TSdtNe denial of the report that
Far,,,o wager Empress was married to
iron Won Seckendorff. grand cham
"g ,rI' of Her Majestys court.
us,,aS S Emperor has ordered-that the
du a. autumn parade Of the Gardes
Norps' sept. 2, be omitted
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
SWINE CAUSE TROUBLE.
Rival BerIshires' Merits Too Much
for Judges.

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 2s.-The swine
show developed an interesting contest
to-day, the two judges in the Berkshire
class being unable to agree, one Of
them supporting the merits of the Van
the other claiming that the Cox hogs
from Ontario were the superior.
A referee was appointed. After an
hours fruitless controversy he resigned.
w. A. Alexander was then selected as
referee He decided in favor of the
Vanderbilt hogs In the six months, one
year and two year old classes. and gave
Cox first in the class for boars under
six months and the four classes for
eoWs,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
EACH DELEGATE WILL SIGN.
Constitution of Alabama to Be At
tested by All.

Montgomery, Ala. Aug. 2S.-The Con-
stitutional Convention resumed to-day
the consideration of the report of the
Committee on Order, Harmony and
Consistency of the Whole
The convention remained in session
only fifteen minutes, as the commit
tees report had not been completed by
the printer.
In the afternoon session the conven-
ton, by close vote, refused to bind
itself to a proposition not to receive
amendments. This probably means
that the convention will be in session
many days. The new instrument is to
be written on parchment by an ex-
pert, after which it will be signed by
each delegate. To set at ease those
delegates who will oppose the ratifica-
ton of the new constitution, the con-
vention to-day adopted a form of at
testation. The signatures will be
merely an attest and not a sign of ap-
prevail.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-29
TO KEEP FOOD CRISP.

A novel way of opening package of
food is shown on the Grape Nuts pack
age, where line indicates that a slit
should be made with a knife, and the
package squeezed, which makes it gap
enough to pour out what is needed Cor
meal, then the package automatically
closes. preserving the contents from
the moisture of the. air.
As rule, Grape-Nuts packages are
not kept on hand very long in any
family, but it is well to know how to
keep the contents of the package in
prime condition. Grape Nuts Food Is
ready cooked very crisp. and can be
served Immediately with a little good
cream or milk. This feature is OF great
advantage TO those who appreciate ease
and convenience in DrepaTips N-~sls-
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