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Evening journal., 1902-08-28
LlttIe Freddy and the SLED

GiAAiC iCdbI aNd tfC OiSb
Every night for nearly a month lit
tie Fred had prayed for a sled. At
length he grew impatient and said:
Mamma, do you s'pose God will
ever give me a sled?"
''Yes. dear" his mother replied. III
you will pray once more / am sure God
will answer YOU"
That afternoon she went down town
and bought a sled, and after Fred had
gone to sleep she put it where he could
see it in the morning when he awoke.
Next morning he astonished the family
by saying
Now. where in the dickens did God
get that sled?'-Little Chronicle.
y & y
a Call on the Sirdar
In the Cairo winter season two calls
We're and are obligatory to every self
respecting tourist; you must leave
cards on Lord Cromer and on the Brit
ish general commanding the army Of
occupation, and write your name in
their books" A third call became
fashionable among lady tourists when
an attractive, eligible bachelor was Sir
dar of the Egyptian Army. A bcld
mother and daughter just arrived fer
reted their way one bright January
morning to the Sirdars villa. They got
inside the garden, and were wonder
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

William Michael Byrne has told us
what he said to Representative Babcock
and Representative Hail. He hasn't
told us, however. what they said TO him.
These one-sided conversations are un-
satisfactory, since they leave too much
to the imagination. Recently Mr.
Byrne visited the President. and came
away giving the impression that Ok
had had a heaFt-to-heart talk abou
Delaware politics. 1t transpired, how
ever, that the subject discusses
was the matter Of the friar'
lands. There is no difficulty in gettin
Byrne to talk. but it is like listenin
to telephone conversation, the ma
at the other end OF the wire is alway
silent
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
A woRD TO MIR. BYRNE

Mr.. William Michael Byrne, a word
with YOU. Now, don't rush on and talk
about some ancient gentleman who has
nothing to do with Delaware politics.
fut listen. You know that L. Heisler
Ball has been nominated by the Regu-
lars. and that There is no power to take
him of the ticket You know that he
has earned it. and that by faithful
service and party custom, TO say moth
ing about pledges made two years ago
he is entitled to fun endorsement
Should you be nominated, which
seems doubtful. you could not come
within many thousand votes OF an cleo
ton, but you could defeat DIR. Ball
What do you propose to do?
You said sometime since that
you believed that DR.. Ball was toe
patriotic to deprive Roosevelt OF a
congressman. Well, hIow patriotic are
your Your loyalty to the Republican
party and to Roosevelt are about TO be
tested; are you willing to be the In
strument in the hands of Addicks tC
deprive Delaware OF her last Republic
can member Of either house? Frankly
Mr.. Byrne, If Addicks must nominate
a man for the purpose of defeating DIR
Ball, and you have descended to th'
grade OF one OF his tools, you are oul
preference for the place. You will
serve To show the hollowness and th'
mockery OF Addicksism. But befor'
you decide finally TO do this, you ha'
better prepare for your obsequles.
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
CommunItY Of Interest,"

OpNliuuHiAl W tHASfCoA
From the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
II does not seem credible that the
steel trust would refuse to sell rails TO
a company which proposes to build a
road that will conflict with railroad in
terests allied with the steel trust That
is, however, the conclusion reached by
the promoters Of the Omaha Northern
Railroad, which is to run from Sioux
CITY to Omaha.
A buyer for the new railro id COM
pany recently wrote to six houses
owned by the steel trust asking for
quotations on rails and expressing the
intention TO pay cash. Five Of the
houses replied that no quotation could
be made until It was known who the
purchaser was and what was his pro-
iect. The sixth house gave a quotation
but withdrew it the next day, stating
&c.,. no quotation could be made until
the real interest behind the road was
| known. Because of the refusal of the
steel trust to sell rails without knowl-
edge OF the significance OF the new pro
iect its promoters say they will bc
compeiled to import rails from Europe
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

The prehistoric man whose skeleton
was found in Kansas had a low sloping
forehead. such as science invariably
associates with scant intellectually.
This is an interesting clue. II suffices
to convince any Kansan that the man
was not born in that immediate vlcin-
ity He was an immigrant from one
OF the adjacent States. If he had been
native-born he would have had the
lofty brow which shows poetic imagi-
nation. oratorical facility, and the
ability TO keep a shrewd eye on the
prospective prices OF corn.-Washing-
ton Star.
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

Christian Endeayor, which he started
twenty-one years ago. And the en-
rollment goes ON. The roll call OF
nations shows that more than a score
OF countries are represented / nthe
10000 branches of the society. Mr..
Clark has been the soul of the society
since the beginning. He is a Canadian
and was born Francis Edward Symmes.
His father dying when he was two
years old and his mother when he was
eisAI, he was adopted by his uncle, the
Rev. E. w. Clark. He is a strikingly
handsome man Of fifty-one, with the
enthusiasm of three steel presidents.
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
10 Niagara Falls and Return SIC

A series Of popular $1,000 excursions
have been arranged over the pictur-
esque Lehigh Valley railroad to Mag
ara Falls and return. during the season.
These excursions will run in connec-
tion with the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road from Wilmington on Saturdays,
August 30. Thursday. September 25
and October 9. Special train of splen-
did day coaches and Pullman parloI
cars will leave Wilmington delaware
avenue) for excursion of August 30
7.42 D. M; for other dates, 1888 a. m
Stopover will be allowed on return
trip at Buffalo. Rochester. Geneva
Burdett, for Watkins Glen. and Maucl
Chunk. For further information. in
uuire of B. & o. ticket agents, or ad
ldress G. G. Noble. Southeastern Pas
lsenger Agent Lehigh VALLEY railroad
lie Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

The Rev. Sam. Small. who has be-
come widely famed as a temperance
orator, collapsed on the stage the other
night and had to be carried on. There
WAS much sympathy expressed, and
the doctors were puzzled The next day
Mr.. small cleared up all doubts by the
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

mated to defeet
Doctor Ball for
Congress? Well,
he is. Mister
Addicks sent
for me the
luther da, and
says he, Isl,
we've got to
eleckt a Dino
crat and a rane-
bow chaser in
order TO have
revenge"
Says /, "Well.
Mister Ad-
dfqlrc I've baan
ust to votin'
for ReDublicans
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
a Man With a Mission

From the New York Press.
Il is not given to all men to inaugu-
rate a successful movement The Rev
Francis Edward Clark is blessed in the
satisfaction of having enrolled nearly
1000. 900 members in the Society Of
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
THE LITERARY WORLD

Wflshire's Magazine fer September is
fully up to the standard held by that
unique publication for the past year.
There are many timely and instructive
as well as interesting articles from men
Of all shades of political belief upon
he great industrial and social questions
Of the hour. notable among which are:
"The True JOY of Life" Two World
Conquerers" and Lady Florence Dix
les Elixir of Youth" by the editor;
"Schopenhauer on Death a criticism,
by Adolph Hepner; Socialism and its
Program" by John S. Pyle, LIB. MD.
professor OF anatomy in the Toledo, o.
medical college; "Our Industrial Po-
sition." by Henry Gannett; America
Undermining Europe" by H. NJ. Hynd
man. the English sOciOlOgist and lect'
lurer: "The White Child-Slave," by
Lucinda B. Chandler. wherein the au
thor condemns child-labor of southern
factories. An intelligent selection o
miscellany, correspondence and poetr,
hll out an exceeding well edited mum
Der of the magazine.
The Engineering Magazine for Sep
ltember treats its leading topic, "Ih
Future of the Naval Engineer" in
manner Of unusual interest by bringin
together two debaters Of the highes
Authority, w. NJ. Mcfarland. until yer
; recently chief assistant to Admir'
Melville. u. S. n. and Charles Nj. JONI
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
81. OLDFIELD IS WORKING HARD FOR
THE NOMINATION or Mr.. BYRNE

Gas Works, Aug. 27, 1902
My Dear Lauray: Did you heer that
Mikel was goin' to be nommy-
Evening journal., 1902-08-28
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

Peter Perren, the Alpine guide who
took up the first party Of tourists to
the summit of the Matterhorn, is still
alive and in active service. He has
made the ascent of the Matterhorn
forty-one times.
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

Johann Most, who has served terms
in the prisons of Austria, Germany
England, and the United States, de-
clares the latter to be the worst in the
world.
Evening journal., 1902-08-28

Dr. Samuel Patterson Stafford, who
has been appointed the Government
physician at the Yakim Indian Agency
in the State OF Washington, is one o.
the best-lnown colored physicians o
St Louis.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06

apparatus is touched So perfect Is
the fastening thus provided that 1t
would virtually be impossible to get
into a bag Of currency packed for ship
ment without cutting the bag. and the
company has suffered practically no
losses from dishonest employees tamper-
ing with the bags containing bank
notes since adopting the new fasten-
| ing, whereas in the old days of sealing
wax fastenings such losses were not
at all uncommon.
Before being put into the bags the
notes are made up into packages. Five
dollar notes are packed in 500. 900 lots.
! Their bulk depends upon whether they
are new or not Twenty thousand dol
| lars i'm "fves," new would make a
/ package several inches thick and a
million dollars In such packages would
make a pile about three feet high, four
! feet long and two and half feet
wide.
shipping the Cash.
The preeauton taken to insure the
| safety of currency shipments are
elaborate In the extreme. The pack
age of notes or silver coin are first
locked or sealed in the regulation bags.
In the shipping office of the express
company. Then the bags are
placed in small safes which
NiVSNH VIII
locks and then hauled on
trucks to the cars where the small
safes are unlocked and their contents
taken from them and placed in the big
car safe IL is as near burglar proof
as human ingenuity can make it, but
no one has yet succeeded in building
a safe that would not yield to dyna-
mite II properly applied. Whoever
snail invent device that shall do
away with express robberles will GER
tainly be sure of fortune
Heavy currency shipments do not
begin. as rule, until some time after
the banks begin to pay out the cash
to the buyers and the farmers. At
first each Of the Western and South
ern sub-treasuries, located at Cincin-
natl, Chicago, st. Louis and New Or
leans, is well supplied from the in
ternal revenue and customs payments
which have been accommodating for some
time. AS long as this supply lasts the
Eastern banker who has to send money
South or West merely has to buy
credit" for the sum required, send
duplicate drafts to Washington and
to his Western correspondent and the
b-treasury nearest the latter will re-
lease in currency the sum named. 1t
is after the supply in the sub-treasur-
les is exhausted that the long distance
shipments between bankers are resort
ed to.
Shipments of new paper currency
from Washington are going on all the
time, the sums to redeem old and
worn ones being considerable. Just
now. also, the banks are taking adj
vantage Of certain provisions of the
law to increase their circulation and
the government has been printing and
sending out new notes in pretty big
patches for some time. Preparations
for the heavy demand for currency in
the regions where the big crops are
raised have been going ON both in the
banks and in Washington since the
latter part of July or the early part
of August. There are practically no
shipments of currency from the East
to the Pacific coast for the movement
of crops, the coast getting its supply
of money for that purpose mostly in
gold which is more popular there than
Fra ncigcO
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06

Manchester, Oct. 5.-Last week was
Disappointing one on the cloth mar
Kel. Negotiations are often fruitless
ana buyers throughout were not dis
posed to anticipate wants The China
demand was small, supplies recently
purchased being apparently sufficient
Tor the present requirements Makers of
Emma standards are fairly engaged Of
iers from India were fairly numerous,
out were mostly impra cticable. Con-
sNmers seemingly anticipate a decline
IN prices, of which there are present no
Signs. Makers have no margin to con-
cede. The miscellaneous, South Ameri-
can and Levant trades were moderate.
Yarns were in steady inquiry although
mere was not the average turn over.
several important lines, however, were
entered
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
womnn WIN a wiz.
From Success for OCTOBER

A few years ago Miss Rosa Weiss
was Door but also ambitious Now
she is an NJ. d. and has a lucrative
practice. She asked her brother to
send her to college He told her that
he could not afford to do that: but,
giving her five cents, jestingly said to
her. Go on that" She saw wonderful
possibilities in that nickel. With 1t
she bought yard Of calico from which
she made sun-bonnet. Selling the
sun-bonnet for % cents, she bought
material for boanets and aprons. In
this way several dollars were realized.
Her brother, pleased with her thrift
ness, gave her some land, which she
planted to sweet potatoes cultivating
1t with the assistance of a small boy
The products of the first year brought
her $40. Later she entered a state edu-
cational institution, where she remain
ed until she graduated with honor.
During the course she received some
assistance from an aid society," all of
which was repaid. Miss Weiss enter
ed the Medical College at Baltimore,
Md. where she paid her tuition by
nursing, and was graduated from there
with honor. She is now a practicing
physician in Meridian, Miss. near her
former home, and her income is good
one.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
BISHOPS JUBILEE.
Louisville Turns Out En- Masse to
Honor Rt. Rev. McCIOskey.

Louisville, KY. Oct 5.-Twentv
thousand persons gathered in the vi
cinity Of the Cathedral of the Assump-
ton in this city this afternoon to Wit
ness a parade in honor of the first
days celebration of the Golden Jubilee
of the Rt. Rev. William McCloskey,
bishop of the diocese of Louisville.
The procession was reviewed by the
aged prelate, who sat in front of the
cathedral, surrounded by the clergy
men of Louisville and number of city
officials.
The jubilee will end Tuesday nig@t
and the principal features for to-mor-
row will be a mass for the children
and the arrival of Catholic dignitaries
from all parts of the country The cere-
monies marking Bishop McCloskey's
fftieth year as priest will take place
Tuesday morning, when the Bishop will
celebrate solemn high pontifical mass
at the Cathedral of the Assumption.
This will be attended by about IS prom
inent clergymen from other cities. and
by GOV. Beckham and other state Off
Gals.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
NEARLY A CGNTENARIAN.
Prominent Atlanta Citizen Dies or
Way to Church.


Way to Church.
Atlanta, Oct. 5.-While on his way to
church this morning, John w. Jordan,
who was probably the oldest citizen of
Atlanta, dropped dead on an Edge
wood avenue street car.
Mr.. Jordan was in his hundredth
year, and would have completed his
century had he lived until Feb. IA
1903. For the past eighty years he has
been consistent member of the Meth
odist Church, and all during that time
he has been regular attendant upon
divine services. This morning his son.
with whom he lives, told him that he
had better not go out Mr. Jordan
went any way, and the people on the
car which he boarded, noticed nothing
peculiar about him. A gentleman in
front of Mr.. Jordan was smoking. and
Mr.. Jordan asked him to move. He
did so, and a few minutes later Mr..
Jordan fell back dead His body will
be carried to Americas for interment
tomorrow morning Mr.. Jordan was
porn IN Oglethorpe county, near Lex
lngton, Feb. ID. 1903
He spent his entire life in Georgia
and for many years past has lived in
Atlanta. He witnessed a great change
in the methods of life of the people
among whom he lived, and saw an adj
vance in science and in the arts that
few men have known. He remembered
distinctly hearing the news of the
battle of Waterloo, and often spoke of
the interest taken in Napoleon when
he was boy. Like all people of such
advanced age, he remembered the in
cidents of his early years best, and
frequently described events that oc-
Cured before the birth of many men
who now consider themselves old men.
For several years past Mr.. Jordan re-
SIDED at the home Of his son, Robert
j. Jordan, prominent lawyer of this
city.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
w. C. T. U.
Organization I'm Session at Thorn
SON Transacting Much Business.

Organization in Session at Thorn
son Transacting Much Business.
Thomson, Ga, Oct. 5.-Friday after
noon an invitation to hold the state
convention at Griffin in 1903, was voted
upon and accepted. Mrs. Sibley read
a paper vigorously combating the the
DRY advanced by Prof. Atwater of
Connecticut, that alcohol was valua-
bic as a means of strengthening the
human system.
A discussion of the topic, What
Shall be the Next Step Toward the
Abolition of the Drink Traffic?" was
had. What the Church Could Do"
was responded to by Rev. Thomas H.
Timmons of Thomson; what the
Press Could Do" by Mrs. r. V. Harde-
man of Macon, and What the Young
Peoples Society Could Do" by Miss
Agnes Watson of Thomson.
Among the resolutions passed was
one that the organization would do it's
utmost to secure the passage of law
which should put a stop to the degra-
dation Of children by enslaving labor in
the mills, and that it would also en-
deaVor to secure compulsory education
laws. Another resolution was that
the organization would use it's utmost
endeavors to secure the passage
through the Legislature of an anti-cig-
arctic law.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
VALDOSTA NOTES.
Young Negro Accidentally Killed by
His Brother.

Valdosta, Ga. Oct. "a young ne
gro named Ike Hudson was accidental
ly killed on Wisenbaker's lane last
night, while his brother was showing
him how new breech-loading shotgun
worked. The brother had been out
hunting with his new gun and when
he returned to the house he was eX-
planning the works of the gun to his
brother. The weapon appears to have
been half-cocked, a fact unknown to
either of the boys. The owner of the
gun threw it across his knee to break
the breech when the weapon dis
charged, sending a load of shot into
the other boys thigh. The shot cut
a blood vessel and the wounded boy
died in about an hour.
News is received here to-day of the
death of MIR. Richard knight, father
of Mr.. l.. A. knight, and probably the
oldest citizen of the county. He died
at his home in Hahira district, after
an illness of about a year. being an
invalid all of that time. He was well
known throughout this section and
was a good citizen. He was about
ninety years of age and had spent the
greater part of his life in Lowndes
county. He was buried this afternoon
at O'Clock at Hodges Cemetery, Elder
T. w. Stallings officiating.
Another old citizen of the county
died last night in the Clyatteville dis
trict, after an illness of several weeks.
Mr.. John Davis, about so years of age,
passed away. He had lived in that
section for many years and was well
known throughout the county. He
leaves 2 wife and a number of rela-
tiVeS tC mourn his death
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
G. A. R. GATHERS.

Ia PREPARATIONS Made for
,x..sk.s Encampment at Washing
ton.
Wellington, Oct. 5.-The thirty
9Th annual encampment of the Grand
~ of the Republic will begin mere
morrow, and with the meeting Of
~ various auxiliary organizations af-
e,ts+ed with the main body will con-
tine until next Saturday Prepara-
.t,,s for the gathering are complete.
- indigent veterans large tents have
-, erected on the White lot, and sew
III doors of the new government
Jrintfng Office have been utilized
Great crowds of visitors are pouring
ir+o the city. Early last night il be-
IN to rain, and this afternoon it
990ured in torrents, later giving away
- slow drizzle. Probably fair wealth.
~ is predicted by the Weather Bureau
Cor tomorrow. The business houses
md private residences along Pennsyl-
,,ania avenue and the other main thor
o,7rhfares of the city have been appro-
nriately decorated for the encampment
season. The display of flags and bunt-
ing is very generous.
Tomorrow there will be an automo-
bile parade, a regatta on the Potomac
river. the dedication of Camp Roose-
Welt on the White lot, at which Secre-
tary of State John Hay will make the
chief address and a grand camp fire
at Convention Hall.
Tuesday the naval parade will occur.
Wednesday will occur the big parade
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday the
meetings of the national encampment
and the various auxiliary bodies and
also reunions and receptions will be
held.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-06
FLORIDA FUNDS.
Statement of Treasurer Whitfield
Showing Balances

Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. 5.-The report
of J. B. Whitfield, state treasurer, filed
with the Governor, shows balances to
the credit of the several state and
educational funds at the close of bust
ness, Sept. 30, 1902, as follows:
General revenue fund, $137, S31 20; one
mill school tax fund, $55, $50 GA; pen
sion tax fund, s96, 6O2 So; State Board
of Health fund, $26, 1888 Al: principal of
state school fund, $64, 422. SIS: state
property fund, $19,O65 college mess hall
fund, 1882 college incidental fund,
$21 49, station Incidental fund, 1924. "A;
state appropriation Agricultural Col
lege fund, $1.S65.16: hire of state con-
victs fund, $65,414 70; Agricultural Col
lege fund, $685. experiment station
fund, 1857 50; White College, Morrill,
fund, $500 IA; Colored College. Morrill,
fund, $l2,74S So; interest of state school
fund, S1S,591. &c. Indian war claim fund.
$679, sos; principal of seminary fund.
$227 40. Total, $1,1S4 412.S6.