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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

regal bearing, and in conjunction with
her peerless voice and art-for Nordi-
ca stands alone in the world to-day as
concert soprano. The season promises
to be long series of brilliant triumphs
and ovations.
In the play of Human Hearts are
many situations to gladden. the specta-
tor, to cause him to laugh, and to bring
to his eyes the tears of sympathetic
pity. This strong and beautiful varied
play will be given at the theater
Christmas matinee and night, and
none who attend will regret the time
thus spent. 1t is play for young and
old, and it affords entertainment for
all classes of people. It's human story
deals with emotion common to all.
There is fun all of the time that the
curtain is up on Foxy CUTLER" the
successful de Koven and Smith comic
opera which is now in its second season
under the direction of Klaw and Err
LANCER. The plot opens with the ar
rival of young sailor, who has been
promised the hand of his sweetheart
if he can scrape up two thousand
pounds. He saves it out of his wages
of three pounds a month"; stage mir
acle which is seldom duplicated IN
modern life. The sailor has the whole
sum in his vest pocket when he meets
a strolling company of actors of whom
one, a Japanese dwarf, is klepto-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

Professor waldemar Schmidt, the
Danish archaeologist. intends to visit
all the great museums OF Europe in
order to collect material for the publ
cation Of a catalogue Of the Egyptian
antiquities contained In them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

Made an approximately Girl
Lord Nabob must have made quite an
impression in this section. didn't her"
Country Girl-"Yes. indeed. We took
him TO a picnic and he sat on pie
New York Weekly,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08
II DAYS OFF
IS CHRISTMAS.
Do You Comprehend,
-.. MIR. Parent?

If you do, then our remarks
are not necessary to prompt
and vigorous action.
You'll come right here and
settle the question.
That lovely child of yours
must have a wheel and must
have one from Bryson's.
It's no use talking, that's set
tied. buying now is the thing
to do. And here is where
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY DECEMBER s. 1907

no other characterization of recent
years has afforded the genuine fun and
interest that has Stuart Robson's i'm
PRESERVATION of BERTHE, the Lamb" The
public has again and again demanded
his return to the character, notwith-
standing the new and clever portrait
ures which MIR. Robson yearly present
ed. Since the first presentation of
The Henrietta" fourteen years ago
Mr.. Robson's name as Savannahians
recall. has been indissolubly linked
with that of. "Bertie, the Lamb" audi
ences have felt that to see him in this
character meant to be made to laugh
heartily, and in a way the role has
become an American classic. Tee
Lord Dundreary' of the elder Sotn-
ern, years ago, the "Bardwel Sloate"
of Florence. the Colonel Mulberry
Sellers" of John T. Raymond and the
rip Van Wrinkle" of Joseph .Teffer-
son are only to be compared with it
in the esteem in which it was held
by theater-goers.
In his revival of "The Henrietta"
Mr.. Robson's aim has been to make It
the most noteworthy presentation tnat
has ever been given of the play in it's
long career. The scenic settings, the
costuming of the ladies and the all
star cast, conduce to make the dra-
ma$AS presentation the most notewoi tn
ever seen in this city. A peculiar ser
timSnt attaches itself to the present
presentation as it is announced that It
is positively the last time that Mr..
Robson will be seen here in the role
of BERTHE, as he has ambitious plans
to appear in new characterizations in
the future.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

One or two smart house waists al
low a pleasing variation Of costume
without great outlay. The one color
house dress being more of a luxury,
the demand for odd waists Is as great
as ever and some OF the shop models
are as charming as cheap.
The one photographed Is very
dainty affair OF white silk. with clus-
ters Of fine tucks between rows Of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

chinchilla hat shows one of the
most elegant effects in the seasons
millinery. A buckram frame is used for
the shape. whose wide brims lifts at
the sides to show an under trimming
in rich green foliage. The flower
edge is of white crush roses mingled
with a delicate lace, soft falls of the
two dropping over the bent brim of
the back.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

News comes to Savannah that The
Bonnie Brier Bush" has stood the quiet
town of Toronto upon edge. Mark
Twain saw performance of it in New
York, during the closing week of it's
run there, and said, as he left the
theater, TT is better than any sermon
I ever heard" Henry Irving laughed,
and cried, and applauded with undig-
nif1ed vigor at a performance of "The
Bonnie Brier Bush in New York, and
afterwards almost took dear old Stod-
dart to his bosom in expressing his de-
light.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

Joseph Jefferson announced in a
speech made after a curtain call at the
National theater, Washington, that
those persons who are saying he in
tended to retire from the stage did not
know what they are talking about. 'I
intend to remain on the stage just as
long as can" said Mr.. Jefferson, land
I shall continue playing Rip Van Win
kle' here and elsewhere during my reg
ular seasons"
Stuart Robson's organization is a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

]. M. Barrie's new play, Quality
Street." and the performance of it by
Maude Adams and her company are
sufficient to fill the Knickerbocker The
alter, and this work will probably run
till the end of Miss Adams engage
ment early in January, when it will
be followed by 1.-THE Toreador,"
musical farce which has had a pros
porous career at the Gaiety Theater,
in London.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

1t might not be too much 20 say that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

There are days when half the the
aters of Paris are thrown open to the
public, free. gratis and for nothing.
At the theaters subventioned by the
government-the Opera, the Theater
Francois. the Opera Comique and the
Odeon--the spectacle gratuit" has
come, in the long course of time, to
be a kind of political obligation. At
the others it has come, by imitation
and through public policy, to be kind
of forced concession to the proletariat,
to show on days of popular rejoicing,
how the management and artists love
the people. The spectacle gratuit,
which is invariably a free matinee,
is thus a peculiar Paris institution.
Perhaps it's most peculiar feature is
that more than half of those who see
the free show from good seats have
to pay for them. 1t is an attractive
sight to observe the riffraff tumbling
into the great monument of the Sec
ond Empires greatest effort, the
Grand Observation-Disclosures of every age,
of both sexes and of all conditions
with their bottles and their bundles
and the smell of cheese and herring,
eager to enjoy for few hours the
splendors and the luxury belonging to
their betters.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-08

Henry K. Hadley, the young Amer
lean composer, will not have cause to
complain that his symphony was neg
lected or failed to be source of prof
it to him. With 1.-THE -Four Seasons"
as he called the work. Mr.. Hadley
won the prize of $1,000 offered, by Ig-
mace Paderewski and later the second
prize of a smaller amount given by
the New England Conservatory Of
Music. These two awards yielded the
composer nearly $1,000.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22

many persons. and know one extern
sive grower who fnds IL profitable in
his large fields. II Is my own exper-
fence that such thinning does not ac-
complish as much as the thinning of
corn. In the latter case each plant II
as thrifty for "A time as It would have
been II standing alone, while In the
case OF the potato "A large number OF
plants coming from the same seed
causes weakness. We want "A hardy
thick sprout from the start, and while
the thinning helps. the remaining
plants never become ms heavy and
strong as they would have been II the
same amount 81 potatoes had never fed
more than two sprouts. More than
this. the thinning disturbs some ~ the
plants that remain, unless the work Is
very carefully done. ] should prefer
10 have the thinning done N there are
many plants from = single small pO-
tatOi but ~ a. much better not 90 have
the extra plants aud this "a secured
by using larger iubers Tor seed. cut
ting a. pieces ~ Two o. three eyes.
Where ground has been hard packed
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22

phoric acid is given to them in fertili-
ger the more they will take up and
show in the analysis of the roots, so
that at least all of that which they
get in the commercial fertilizer is re-
turned by them to the soil as they de-
cay.
Those who have field of light soil
which they intend to seed to wheat,
clover or grass in August can scarce
ly do better than to put on a crop of
turnips early to pillow under before
that time. while those who want to
seed later or early in the spring may
SOW turnips in midsummer. possibly to
cover the ground when the summer
crop is taken off, as their rapid growth
can be made in the time when many
farmers allow their fields to lie fallow
or to grow only weeds.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
THE GEoRGIA GOvERNsHrP.

Columbus Enquirer-Sun Although
more than year must prob
ably elapse before a successor
to Governor Gambler will be nom
mated. there is no room to doubt that
there will be plenty of material from
which to make a selection.
Hon Fleming G.. duBignon, who, for
the past six months or more, has been
regarded as a probable candidate, has
announced that he will not make the
race on account of the condition of
his health. Mr.. duBignon has a strong
following in the state, and his many
friends will regret very much that he
cannot be candidate. With Mr.. du-
Bignon out of the race. 1t looked as If
there might be only two candid ates to
contest for the place, Attorney Cen
eral Terrell and Hon. Pope Brown, but
this outlook did not remain a proba-
bility long. Hardly had the announce
ment become known before Hon. Du-
pont Query of Bibb announced une-
quivocally that he would be a Candi-
date. This announcement was quickly
followed by another from the friends
of Col. ]. H. Estill of Chatham. that
he would very likely permit his name
to go before the nominating convention.
So now 1t seems there is likely to be
four candidates at least. All of these
gentlemen are men of fine ability are
prominent in the politics of the state,
and whether there shall be ad 1itional
entries or not, the contest promises to
be one of the most interesting Georgia
has seen in several years. Mr.. Terrell
is a Meriwether county man, his home
being at GTeenville. He is one of the
foremost lawyers of the state, holding
at present the office of attorney gen.
eral, in which position he has shown
himself most capable and able officer.
Hon. Pope Brown is identified with
the agricultural interests of the state,
being president of the State Agricuitu
raj Society. He is a man of wide infor-
nation and of undoubted ability.
His home is in Pulaski county.
Mr.. Query is a lawyer, of Macon,
being not only one of the most promi-
nent OF the Macon bar, but a leading
lawyer of the state. He announces
openly that he will be a candidate.
Col Estil, of Savannah, is a man
whose ability is unquestioned. He has
for many years owned and published
the Savannah Morning News, one of
the very best and most successful
newspapers in the South.
All of these gentlemen have many
strong and influential friends, and
while as yet only one, Mr.. Guerry, has
announced positively that he will
make the race, it is taken for granted
that all of them will be presented to
the nominating convention.
There may be other candidates before
the convention is held, but there are
already enough to insure very inter-
esting contest.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
INTERNATIONAL COMMENT.
PLENTY OF GOOD MATERIAL.

Atlanta News: This week has made
some notable changes in the political
situation of Georgia. A week ago there
were practically two candidates, At
torney General Terrell and Mr.. J. Pope
Brown, president of the State Agricul-
tural Society. Since then Dupont Guer-
ry. ]. II. Estill, w. G.. Brantley and
Henry G. Turner have been placed in
nomination by their friends. This gives
everything south of Atlanta a candi-
date. So far no one in Northeast
Georgia or Northwest Georgia has been
heard from, but II the present rate of
progress is maintained, no congression-
al district will be without a candidate.
The effect of all this is To confuse the
political situation and make the result
of the election uncertain. But on one
thing the people OF Georgia may felic-
itate themselves: There Is no lack OF
good material out of which to make n
governor. II Is evidence of the absence
OF ring rule when seven men Of large
calibre are I'm the race.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
LUIS RICARDO CONVICTED.

Tampa Tribune: Luis c. Ricardo,
alias Eugene Orvis. palmist, spiritual
istic medium. magnetizer, exorciser
and incantationizer. Prince of the Sew
enth Heaven. Invoker of Mephistophe-
les, Agent of Azoo, Interpreter of the
Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses.
Chief of the Mystic Circle. Diviner of
Buried Treasures, Exponent of the Tin
Trumpet, Sealer of the Chamois-S Skin
Bags, Confdante of Mighty Spirits and
Trustful Carpenters, and All
Around Film Flam Artist. was con-
victed of grand larceny in the crimi-
nal court last night. The jury agreed
upon a verdict in twenty minutes.
Ricardos face turned as pale as death
when the verdict was read. His fingers
twitched nervously, his eyes were
downcast, and he seemed a picture OF
distress: but neither Mephistopheles
nor AGO, nor any of the other great
spirits who had spoken through him TO
the ship carpenters came to his assist
ance. He was deserted by men. angels
and devils and sat silently waiting the
doom of penal servitude. Judge Ora
ham deferred the passing of sentence.
The statute provides a penalty of from
one to ten years in the state peniten-
tiary.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
FLORIDA.

Kissimmee Valley Gazette: A vii
famous and cowardly crime was COM
mitted last week against John Padgett
at his home on the st. Cloud Sugar
Belt. At IL o'clock on Friday night
his neighbor, Mrs. Peterson, awoke
him with a cry of fire. He and his
family rushed out to find the stable
and barn in a blaze. They had no
means to check the flames and the
building and its contents was soon
smoking ruin. While standing watch
ing the fire two shots from gun were
fired at him from a palmetto clump
across the railroad about eighty yards
away, the bullets singing all around
him, but none hitting him. luckily.
His back being turned he saw nothing
and nothing else occurred. He spent
the rest of the night sitting up in the
house with his family Next morning
the tracks of two men and boy or
woman were found at the spot where
the gun was fired leading south across
an old field. For the sake of his family
and to avoid assassination by his hid
den foes. Padgett has moved into Kis-
simmee and rented a house.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS of INTEREST TO HOUSE
WIFE AND AGRICULTURALIsT
Growing CantaIouDes-Grnss anu
Beef In the south by Uncle Ben.
strawberry GrOwing-Acclimnt
of Penches-Flat Furnips as
SOiIing CrOp-Pruning Orange

of Penches-Elat Iurulps aS
sOiIing Crop-Pruning Orange
Trees.
U. NJ. c., Blackshear. Ga: 1t Is
rather late for planting melons, ana
the chances will be altogether against
your making a successful crop plant
ed the last of July.
There is time enough for maturity
but insects and drought are the most
likely causes of failure. We have new
er succeeded in growing a good crop
planted after May.
In Middle Georgia we plant the first
crop about the first of April, between
the LIST and 10th.
AS to variety, there is nothing bet
ter than the Rocky Ford. 1t is small
mostly round like cannon balls, very
productive. 1t is as finely favored as
any. 1t has a good name North and
sells readily.
We have never estimated the yield
of an acre, but it is possible to grow
several thousand first-class melons on
an acre If the soil is fairly good.
In our cultivation we found out many
years ago that it was best to have
wide rows and then have plenty of
vines in the row.
The hill plan is not the best.
Early In the year lay off rows with
a shovel seven or eight feet apart and
put in manure freely in the burrows
and broadcast on each side of the fur
rows to a distance of twelve or eigh-
teen inches.
For melons mixture of stable man.
ure and commercial fertilizer is best.
Any good fertilizer containing the
three elements of fertility, used at the
rate of 1000 pounds per acre, should
one fair land, make good crop of
melons.
Laying off the drills with a garden
pillow we SOW the seed along in the
drill, a seed every two or three inches,
or closer, so as to insure a stand. We
hate to have to replant.
After the seeds are covered, the soil
is we'll rolled so as to form it.
Nothing is done until all danger of
frost is past on until the weeds begin
to threaten At the final laying by
plant is left every fifteen or eighteen
inches in the row.
any hold on the soil, and the crop is
laid by in June and without disturbing
the vines by handling.
The rows had better be ten feet apart
rather than six.
The double-row plan, though, is
very good one. The first two rows only
four or five feet apart, but a distance
of ten feet between the second and
the third row. AS with tomatoes, this
is good plan. 1t insures no treading
on the vines.
After the first year one should raise
his own seed. saving them from the
finest fruit. Then seeds can be used
freely and perfect stand insured.
1t is very unsatisfactory to have to
replant melons, and we rarely ever do.
We aim to get a stand by using
plenty of seed in the first place.
Any good corn or sweet potato land
will make melons. So it is not a thin
sandy soil or a thick clay soil.
Bot the soil must be rich in potash
and phosphoric acid
Rank or unfermented manure must
not be used on melons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
A BATTLE WITH FOOTBALLS.

Unarmed and alone Harry c. Rob-
erts, of the Baptist Publication Society,
of Atlanta, Ga, who is only 5 feet
and 51A inches high. and
weighs 100 pounds, fought three
bold highwaymen who attacked him
for the purpose of robbery, and after
a struggle finally defeated them. Dur
ing the fight one of the footpads cut
at his throat, and the young mans SUI
perior strength was all that saved ms
life He grasped the arm that held
the knife and the blade went no fur
Their than his collar Robert worked
late Friday night, and it was after
midnight, when he left his office for
his home. He said he had a feeling
that he was being followed. Instinct
ively he looked behind, and there In
two feet of him was a negro more than
six feet in hight. with sack which
he was in the act Of throwing over
his Intended victims head. Robert
wheeled and struck the negro with his
fist, and at the same time two other
negroes advanced from under tree.
He then made a bluff at drawing pls-
toll, and the negroes ran away.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
SAVE HAY! SAVE HAY !! SAVE
HAY

South Georgia Home; The Home
would nress upon our farmers the i'm
portance of saving every pound OF nay
possible this fall And by all means TO
be economical in using their gram
crops. News from the west, the great
grain and hay producing section OF the
union, is not merely unfavorable, but
actually distressing. The latest re-
ports from there say that scarcely any
thing will be made. The long drought
and hot winds have parched all man
ner of vegetation. and the people trem-
bic at the desolation. Our farmers
must look out for their supply of hay
and grain this year for next for the
West will not be able to supply It,.
And what an occasion 1t is for saving
some extra for market and realizing
handsome prices for it.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22

by rains after planting this late sea-
son, good. close cultivation Is need'
The potato will not thrive In packe'
soil. For such land deep cultivation'
almost under the row. should be CIV
as soon as possible after all the plAH,o
are up nicely This cuts off some roul
but Il gives loose soil and II after-culIl
walton is shallow the new roots qui
hll the well-looHened soil, and there
a chance for a yield that is not posi-
bic 20 "A soil hard-packed right ai'''
planting
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
THINNING Potntoes.

Those who use small potatoes for
seed usually get more stalks I'm a hill
than they like. and the question occa-
fionally comes. Would Il pay to thin
Thorn outY' This has been tried BIZ
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
A COwARDLY KILLING.

Carrollton Free Press: One night
last week John Wright, an inoffensive
negro. was shot and instantly killed at
the house of Jim Moten. Four men,
Jim Moten, Abe Lipscomb, Wash Glenn
ents and John Wright. were sitting on
the veranda. when, apparently in a
grove between them and town. were
heard a few rapid pistol shots fired.
Later another shot was fired, and John
Wright fell on his hands and crawled
into the room adjacent, eXclaiming:
They have killed me, and for moth
ing" He was shot through the right
breast, and died in about halt an
hour.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22

waycross Herald II South Georgia
does not unite on some man for gov
ernor and that pretty quick q North
oeoffna man VIII b. slerted ne usual
"a b. fhe opinion ~ the Herald mat
under the circumstance VIM, n,
bfantiey ia tbe logical candidate. he
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
CAPT. PURSE Fou GOVERNOR.

The Douglas Breeze: II we are 10
have a South Georgia man for governor
the Breeze takes pleasure in nominat-
ing Capt. Daniel @. Purse, OF Savan-
nah and Douglns. He ~ one Of the
brainiest men In the South. the farmers
friend and the best man In Georgia for
the position.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Atlanta police had baby day
last Friday. three forlorn infants de-
manding their attention. One was
thrown out into the street with its
forsaken mother, one disappeared from
a baby farm and the police were asked
to find it, and one was deserted by its
mother, to hide her shame.