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EVENING SHADE, ARKANSAS

n f4kEEMENTS OF LEASE, ACKNOWLEDGE.
enls, ahdavits to accounts, Dispositions and
81: nnewal Of mortgages taken. Abstracts s'tT NJ
1S'sx FURNISHED. Bills Of sale, bonds for title.
.S oil trust-personalty and realty--deeds,
Xah, husbands, unmarried persons, wiies
l.S warranty, with REIMBURSEMENT of dover
Sr$ coh'rnots, mortgages-real estate, chattI
n31Qledged on reasonable terms.
lcatlons Tor homesteads and pre-emptous
xtIonaI,ons prepared and pLtents procured
|.Sspppca'ions for redemption of lands from
nsiSs Aho petitions to refund taxes erroneously
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

ment of from 65, 900 to 1901 00 the add
ton of the Platt amendment, which
imposed conditions upon Cuba, not
withstanding the previous declaration
that Cuba of a right should be free
and independent; the passage of the
Foraker bill. which imposed temper
airy tariff upon Porto Rican goods, and
led to the decision of the Supreme
Court that Congress may legislate for
the colonies freed from some of the
restraints imposed by the federal con-
stitution. The most striking piece OF
legislation was the Spooner bill, which
committed the government of the Phil
ippines wholly to the Presidents dis
erection, with the exception of salutary
restraints placed upon the granting of
privileges and franchises in the islands.
Reciprocity.
The President had recently become
a supporter of reciprocity, on the
ground that new conditions at home
and abroad demand freer trade rela-
tions, and at Buffalo on the day before
he was shot he made notable adj
dress, which may be summed up IN
the following extract
only a broad and enlightened poll
cy will keep what we have. No other
policy will get more. In these times
of marvellous business energy and gain
we ought to be looking to the future,
strengthening the weak places in our
industrial and commercial systems,
that we may be ready for any storm or
strain.
by sensible trade arrangements
which will not interrupt our home
production. we shall extend the outlets
for our increasing surplus. A system
1t no1 rob n ern n
commodities is manifestly essential
to the continued and healthful growth
of our export trade. We must not
repose in fancied security that we can
forever sell everything and buy little
or nothing. If such a thing were pos
sible it would not be best for us or
for those with whom we deal. We
should take from our customers such
of their products as we can use with
out harm to our industries and labor.
Reciprocity is the natural outgrowth
of our wonderful industrial develop
ment under the domestic policy now
firmly established. What we
produce beyond our domestic
consumption must have vent
abroad. The excess must be re-
lieved through a foreign outlet, and
we should sell everywhere we can and
buy wherever the buying will enlarge
our sales and productions, and thereby
make a greater demand for home
labor. The period of exclusiveness is
past. The expansion of our trade and
commerce is the pressing problem.
Commercial wars are Improbable. A
policy of good will and friendly trade
relations will prevent reprisals. Re-
ciprocity treaties are in harmony with
the spirit of the times: measures Of
retaliation are not.
IF, Derchance, some of our tariffs
are no longer needed for revenue or to
encourage and protect our industries
at home, why should they not be en-
ployed to extend and promote our mar
kets abroad"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
From Ainslee's.

When an ant comes around all the
honey bearing flowers shake their
heads and say, Nothing for you-not
to-day. No, no; go on away. Get out,
now, or I'll set the dog on you" Some
defend their blossoms with regular
chevaux de frise of bristles and stick
ers; some make their stems gummy
and hairy; some, like the snapdragon,
shut up so tight that an ant cannot
get in, and make the flower stalk so
dingle-dangling and so SLIPPERY that the
ant falls off. Some open early and
close tarly. knowing that bees arise
betimes, while ants are notorious slug
a-beds. But that there is a determined
purpose to boycott the ants is evident
from the fact that amphibious plants
when they grow in the water where
emmets cannot get to them omit the
defenses they throw up when they
grow on the land. On the other hand,
some plants, recognizing the fact that
ants are great for destroying worms
and caterpillars, set out a kind of
cheap luncheon for them on the under
side of the leaves. The acacia even
goes so far as to grow hollow thorns
as company houses for the ants, as we'll
as furnishing them sweet syrup. But I
think the smartest trick of all is play-
ed by the melampyrum pratense. It
knew that the soil on an ant hill was
more than usually fertile and we'll stir
red up, so 1t sat with it's head in it's
hands for long time and thought out
this plan of action Ants like honey.
III squeeze out little for them. They
think the world and all of their young
ones. I'll make my seeds look like their
cocoons, and, more than that, I'll make
them smell like their cocoons They'll
carry 'em under ground, and when
spring comes they'll sprout" 1t worked
like a charm, and you will find the
melampyrum pratense growing on ant
hills where no other plant is allowed
1t looks like low-down trick to play.
but where there is so much competi-
ton it doesn't do to be too particular
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

1914, and has ever since been identified
with the interests of that state. Young
Mckinley, who was named after his
father, was educated in the public
schools. and later entered Allegheny
College at Meadville, Pa. Scarcely
was he matriculated when the Civil
War broke out. AS a STRIPPING of 10
he entered as private in the Twenty
third Ohio Regiment commanded by
Col. w. S. RoSecrans. Stanley Mat
thews was the lieutenant colonel and
Rutherford b. Hayes the major. The
regiment was in almost all of the bat
ties in Northern Virginia and Mary
land, serving under Mcclellan at An
tietam and under Sheridan and Crook
in the valley. 1t was one of the great
lighting regiments of the war, and by
merit and bravery Mckinley rose to
the rank of major
After a gallant record, for which he
was commended in the orders, Nc
Kinley was mustered out with his
regiment July e. 1865, after more than
four years continuous service He
then began the study of law, in a pri-
vate office. and with one year at the
Albany Law School, and was admitted
to the bar in 1867. He settled at Can
ton, which has since been his home.
and entered upon the practice of his
profession. Although the county was
Democratic, he was elected one term as
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
A Small Watch.
From Good Words.

The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland
who is credited with possessing the
only crystal watch in existence having
transparent works, made for the most
part of rock crystal, had the works re-
moved from a miniature watch and
placed inside a magnificent diamond
having diameter not exceeding the
depth of four lines of ordinary tyne
Small as this timepiece was, it is sur
passed in diminutiveness by what was
justly described as the Smallest watch
in the world" which was exhibited at
the watch exhibition in Berlin recent
ly. Made of fine gold, this microscopes
watch had the dimensions of a pea
that is TO say, it's diameter of six and
one-half millimeters. which is practi
cally.a quarter of an inch. would equal
in depth three lines of type: 4S0 of these
watches would weigh about one pound
avoirdupois, If there existed any one
possessing a heart sufficiently ada
mant to permit so brutal a weight as
avoirdupos to be applied to so delicate
a mechanism. Made OF gold and val
ued at e400, this dainty watch boasts
a minute hand as long as an ordinary
sized letter ~ and half, an hour
hand less than an IN" and a half In
length and a second hand one-six-
teenth Of an inch long that would de-
mand an incurslon into the nonpareil
font TO supply suitable illustration.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

prosecuting attorney. In 1871 he mar
ried Miss Ida Saxton, a woman of
charm and attractions. who graces
the White House as its mistress. Turn
ing his attention to politics, Mckinley
in 1876 announced his candidacy for
Congress. After a vigorous contest
he secured the Republican nomination
on the first ballot over several competi-
tors He was elected, and thus made
his entrance into national legislative
life. Two years later he was renomi-
mated but the Democrats gerryman-
dered his district, expecting his de-
feat by $500 majority. However Nc
Kinley's popularity was such that he
won by 1900 majority. With his old
district restored he was reelected in
1880 and 1882. In 1884 the Democrats
again changed the lines, and McKin-
ley was placed in a district with a
normal adverse majority of $500, but
he carried it by over 1000. Re-elec-
lions followed in 1886 and 1888.
In 1890. under another Democratic
gerrymander, Mckinley found himself
in a district which the year before had
given a Democratic plurality of $500.
In spite of odds, he accepted a renom-
nation. Opposed to him was ex-
Lieutenant Governor John w. War
wick, one of the most popular men in
the district. Mckinley had become
a national figure, and the fight aroused
national interest. That year the tariff
bill which bore his name had been
enacted into a law, and the contest
in his district was both vigorous and
bitter. Mckinley was beaten, but by
a small plurality.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
A CRUSHING BLOW
PRESIDENTS EXPECTED DEATH
BROUGHT ANGUISH TO WASHING
FROM BUoYANcY TO GLOOM,
SANK THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE NATIONS CAPITAL.

All Day the Bulletin Boards Were
Surrounded by Anxious ChOus-
ands, Waiting in Suppressed Ex-
element for the Announcement OF
the End-Cabinet Officers Were the
Pictures of Distress-Hay win
the President TO the Nations of the
WorId-The Succession of Vice
President Roosevelt.
Washington, Sept. 13.-The news of
the expected death of President Nc
Kinley came as a crushing blow to the
nations capital. Nowhere, perhaps.
had the citizens been so full of conf
dence in the ultimate recovery of
their beloved President, and the buoy
ant bulletins of the past week from the
sick bed had lulled them into a false
sense of security. which made the
shock terrible when the news came that
the Buffalo tragedy would have a IA
tai ending came to them.
All day long the bulletin boards were
surrounded by crowds awaiting in sup
pressed excitement for the latest word
from the Milburn home, and numerous
newspaper extras were eagerly snapped
I'D.
The three cabinet officers in the cap
ital to-day were pictures of distress.
Postmaster General Smith returned to
Buffalo on the 7:15 train tonight.
Secretary Hay divided his time be-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

ocratic candidate, at the November
election by a plurality Of 1903. % 20
At Philadelphia, June 20, 1900, the
Republican National Convention unan-
imously nominated Col. Roosevelt for
the vice presidency. He was reluc-
tant to accept the nomination, but was
induced to do so. Col. Roosevelt made
a memorable campaigning tour of the
country, speaking in cities and towns
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Col Roosevelt has been hard stu
dent ever since he left college, and
numerous interesting volumes have
come from his pen. Among the num-
Der are "The Naval War of 1872"
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" and
two other volumes of a similar char
acter; volumes of biography, having
Thomas H. Benton, Governor Morris
and Oliver Cromwell for their subjects;
a History of the City of New York;
two volumes on political topics and
a four-volume history entitled THE
Winning of the West" his most inn
in the Santiago campaign has also been
detailed in graphic form in THE Rough
Riders" published in 1899.
Vice Presidents of the United States
who have succeeded to the presidency
have been as follows:
John Tyler. succeeded William Henry
Harrison died of bilious pleurisy),
April 4, 1871.
Willard Fillmore. succeeded Zachary
Taylor (died of bilious fever), July 8,
1850.
Andrew Johnson, succeeded Abraham
Lincoln (assassinated), April Is, 1865.
Chester A. Arthur, succeeded James
A. Garfield (assassinated), Sept. 10.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

Mckinley entered upon congressional
life contemporaneously with the in
auguratfon of Mr.. Hayes as President.
and he soon demonstrated his ability
as working member. He was an ar
dent advocate of the doctrine of a pro-
tective tariff, and a disciple of Hamil-
ton and Clay. In 1883 at the National
Republican Convention he had the OBJ
portunity of declaring his faith boldly
as the author of the platform of that
year Harrison and Republican Con-
gress were elected. and then followed
the legislation known as the Mckinley
bill, because IL was prepared by the
Committee of Ways and Means OF
which he was chairman. In 1891 Nc
kinley was unanimously nominated tv
the Republicans for Governor of Ohio.
He was elected over James f. Camp
bell by a plurality of 21,511 votes. In
1893 he was reelected, defeating L. r.
Neal by plurality of go 995 votes.
In his first campaign for the govern
orship. Mckinley spoke in eight-four
OF the lightweight counties of the
state and in 1894 he made 81 speeches
throughout the country, stretching
from Pennsylvania to Kansas and from
Minnesota to louisiana It was an
unparalleled campaign. like the fam
Gus days when Lincoln and Douglas
were on the stump. His administra-
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Fifth Vice President to Succeed to
the Presidency.


Theodore Roosevelt is a member of
an old Dutch family which was found
ed in this country about the middle of
the seventeenth century by Klaas Mar
Jensen Roosevelt.
He was born in New York city Oct.
81, 1858, and was prepared for Harvard
by private tutors. Young Roosevelt
was prominent in Harvard athletics,
and as one of the editors Of
the undergraduate journal-the
Advocate. A year of foreign
travel followed his graduation in 1880,
entered upon a public career.
His first position was that of men,
bership in the lower branch of the New
York Legislature, in which he sat dur
ing the sessions of 1882 and two follow
ing years. The bent of his mind politi-
cally was developed at this early stage
by his introduction of the first civil SER
vice bill in the Legislature, which be-
came a law in 1888.
He was an independent candidate for
Mayor of New York in 1886, with a Re
publican Endorsement, but was not
elected. President Harrison appointed
him a member of the Civil Service Com
mission in May, 1889, and he served as
dent for six years, displaying during
the whole of that period a determined
purpose to enforce the law. In May,
1895, he resigned to become president of
the Board of Police Commissioners of
New York city. in which position he
displayed equal fearlessness.
On the inauguration of President Nc
Kinley, in 1897 Mr.. Roosevelt resigned
from the police board to become assist
ant Secretary of the Navy, in which
position he served until the outbreak
of hostilities with Spain, and to his en-
the readiness of the naval branch of
the service to enter upon that brief and
brilliant career.
When hostilities were threatened,
Mr.. Roosevelt left the Navy Depart
ment to become lieutenant colonel Of
a regiment of Rough Riders, of which
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood was col
onel. A part of this force embarked
for Cuba with the advance guard of
Skaters army. on June 10, 1898. and
took part in all the engagements pre-
ceding the capture of Santiago, includ-
ing especially the battles of Las Quasi
mas and San Juan. On July IL Roose-
veit succeeded Wood as colonel of
the regiment.
In September following Col. Roose-
welt was made the Republican candi-
date for Governor of New York, re-
ceiving more than three-fourths of
the votes of the convention. He de-
feated Augustus Van Wyck, the DEM
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

health and would sincerely welcome a
relief from their offices, but all would
waive their personal desires and con-
tinue until such time as they could
be relieved easily, if indeed they re-
quest relief at all.
Under the presidential succession act
a cabinet officer becoming chief mag
istrate would have to summon Con-
gress in special session, but this re-
quirement does not apply to Vice
President succeeding to the office of
his dead predecessor. and it is believed
no extra session would be called, in
the absence of statutory requirements,
as the. three months intervening until
December can be bridged over without
difficulty, and there is no special &C.
casion for Congress assembling.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14

tween the State Department and his
home, waiting for the end in patient
resignation. prepared for his sorrowful
duty of conveying to the nations of
the world in official form the news of
the demise of the Presirent. AS the
senior member in rank of the cabinet,
upon Mr.. Hays shoulders also will rest
the burden of government of the great
republic in the short but important in
terval that must elapse before the Vice
President, under the terms of the con-
stitution, assumes the cares and re-
sponsibilities of the great presidential
Office
At his home at Woodley, Secretary
Gage this evening awaited the close
of his chiefs life. During the day he
had been at the Treasury Department
and had kept touch with financial at
fairs, in order that the Presidents end
might not cause any commercial dis
turbance that foresight on the part of
his department could avert. Gen. Gill
1espie, acting secretary of war, stuck
at his post in the War Department for
the purpose of issuing such army or
ders as the event he sadly expected
would dictate. He got into commune
cation with Gen. Miles at Seattle. and
the latter notified the department that
he would return Immediately.
No Extra Session Likely.
The fact that the physicians had
given'up all hope caused some discus
sion among the public men in the city
of the probability of an extra session
of Congress and of early changes in
the cabinet, but the consensus of opin-
ion was that no cabinet changes or
important departures in public policy
were at all likely for some time to
come, and that Congress would not be
assembled until its regular session in
December.
All the cabinet, the chief diplomatic
officials and the heads Of important
bureaus, according TO custom, will ten
der their designations to relieve the
President of embarrassment, but IL is
believed Mr. Roosevelt would follow the
precedent set by President Arthur
after Garfield's demise and request
them to continue in ONCE. Some of the
Rfabinet members are not In good
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
ARCTIC GIRLS WEAR FORTUNES.
Greenland Bellies with Furs ThS'
Would Sell for $4,000.

From the Denver Times.
Indian women in Greenland dress
more extensively than the richest "O-
men in New York or Paris.
Frequently the wardrobe of semi.
savage Ingoit girl on the east coas.
consists of furs which would sell any
day on Broadway for 100000 GRUNGE
man, the explorer. tells of one Green
land belle who wore a dress OF sea-
skin, with a hood of that rarest u
furs, the silver fox.
There was an elaborate fringe OF VIZ.
VERNE tails, while the garment We
lined with the fur of young sea otlel.
The average value of the Dress s
worn by Indian women on the Col"N
bia and Frazer rivers is $3.50. -,
Graul saw a Dyak girl with a goIue
corset. 1t consisted of forty SOLID llh7S'
the smallest about the waist, the O. .a-
ers increasing gradually in size oNei
the bust and hips. The corset rep,
sented the value OF the girls doNr,s
and made her the most popular pe''
OF the tribe.
Sadong girls frequently orna e.,
their dresses with thirty-five TO hi''
pounds OF gold and silver.
A feather cloak manufactured py -
indian woman far In the interior a.
Brazil sold recently in London '"'
5000
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
OLDEST MUMMY YET FOUND.
Dates Back Long Before the First of
the Historic PhnraOhs.

From the London Sphere.
Thousands of years ago the remains
of an Egyptian were placed in the
tomb. To-day they are one of the most
valued possessions of the British mu-
scum The grave of this old settler VIZ s
first seen by wandering Arab; he re-
ported his discovery to a British Of
fetal, who Immediately sent couple
of Egyptian soldiers to guard it day
and night until it could be safely re-
moved The body is not a mummy
of the ordinary historic Egyptian pc
Rod, such as that of Rameses H., the
father of the Pharaoh of the Exodus.
1t was never bound UP in linen or
cased in any painted coffin, but was
merely coated with a preparation of
bitumen, the Arab word for which is
mumia-hence our word mummy. To
reach the period when this man hunted
along the banks of the Nile it is neces-
sary to travel backward in time
through the modern period since E'iz-
abeth, through medieval Europe,
through the whole history of Rome and
Greece, past the time of the earliest
mummied king the museum possesses
past even Menes, the earliest king to
which Egyptian records make refer
ence, who, according to Marietta, ruled
about 1904 B.. c. Then we are among
two prehistoric raceS-one the conquer
ors and the other the conquered ont Of
which sprang the Egyptian race of the
earliest dynasties. 1t is with those le-
mote stocks that this man is connected.
Considering the conditions in which
he was found, it is evident that he was
associated with a late period of the
new stone age of Egypt. He was
buried in Enthusiastically neolithic
grave (the graves of this period are
covered with rude slabs of stone),
which has neolithic pots and Clipped
flint weapons and knives found in
other parts of the world The fine, thin
knives were perhaps placed in the grave
as part of a funeral ritual. They
should be compared with the Egyptian
flints in the prehistoric section of the
those found in the grave. There is, of
course, no inscription of any kind on
the pots, knives or grave, all having
been made long before the Invention OF
a written language. 1t is curious to
note that certain ancient Egyptian doc
uments mention traditions of a race
called the Trenhennu, who had dis
tnctly auburn hair. He was buried on
the western shore. In later times every
Egyptian was buried on that side of
the river, and Egyptian models of the
death boats on which the body was fer
ried over the stream may be seen in
the F,PVntian gallery
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.

sketch of His Life and Chief Feat
ures of His Two Administrations.
William Mckinley was born at Niles,
Trumbull county, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1S43.
He is of Scotch-Irish descent, and his
great grandfather William Mckinley,
a native and resident of Pennsylvania,
was an enlisted soldier in the CONT
mental army from 1916 to 177S. The
Mckinley family removed to Ohio in
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-14
WITH HEADS UNCOVERED.
New YOrk's Thousands Silently
Heard the Death News.

New York, Sept. 4.-When the death
of the President was bulletined at the
newspaper Offices in this city several
thousand people were still standing
about waiting for the expected an
nouncement. ~
Instantly silence reigned and without
any Encouragement each nan in the
throng took off his hat and stood Tor
several minutes thus uncovered. Then
when full realization came the croWa
silently dispersed.