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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18

in-chief" was substituted, that being
found to be the proper title to use.
And this was the title generally used
in the Confederate army and in the
Union army, and is now in use in the
United States army. There can be but
one commander in-chief, and he is the
President or the Governor.
Mrs. T. M. Vass, who has been visit
ing Cumberland Island Ga, gives the
Montgomery, Ala, Advertiser a letter
which shows how easily errors are
scattered abroad by people who ought
to know better" On landing, Mrs.
Vass and her companion were met by
Mrs. George Carnegie and Miss Nancy
Carnegie. On the way to ''Dungeenes'
they halted on a hill and Miss Nancy
said: 'Now ladies l want to show you
the historical spot of our island. Here
are the graves of General Harry Lee
and General Nathaniel Greene and
others" Mrs. Vass writes that they
went into IAN old grave lot with stone
wall containing five or six graves.
The largest marked, stone bore the
name of General Harry Lee" I have
a photograph of this marble stone, but
it reads Gen. Henry Lee" and not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18

the Glass of NaughtyTwo at the Local
Business College.
He sat at the Rostrum wearing
Black Broadcloth, betokening Virtue,
and in addition to his ancient Trade
Marks, the While Shirt and the White
Vest, he had White Bow Tie.
AS he sat there in conscious Rectitude,
wondering if the Congressional Investi-
CATION would harm the Beef Trust, 1t
could be seen at a Glance that he
would.
The studious Young Gentlemen who
had been preparing themselves to go
out into the Great World and draw
Car Fare as Book Keepers and Stem
ographers looked up at Honest Heze-
kiah and said, This is where he puts
us next to the Recipe for Getting
There"
At least the Honored Guest arose and
told the Glass that the Young Man
who wishes to succeed must be Up
right, Frugal, Industrious and Patrio-
tic. He considered it the Duty of
every Young Man to accept whatever
Compensation was offered him and be
Content, for as soon as he began to
earn more his Employer would come
around and put it in his Pocket. Above
all, he must love his Country and lei
Integrity be his Watchword and re-
member that a Good Name is better
than Riches even If other People dom
think so. Then he sat down withou
batting an Eye and every member Of
the Glass of 02 knew just how to gC
out and pile up Million.
MORAL: What's more, they be.
lieve it themselves.
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Honorary Nurse wore as a Brooch. I'm
mediately he closed in on it. They had
to choke him to make him let go. In
after Years it was remarked that this
was the only time that he went after
the Coin and failed to bring it home.
The Baby neveS had any Tantrums
at Night because he had overheard
them say that it cost 81 every time Doc
was called in. He would lie quietly in
his Crib for Hours at a time looking
up at the Ceiling and computing Com
pound Interest on the S. Gold Piece
that had been put in the Bank, to be
drawn out when he should be q.
His Parents gave him a Biblical
Name so as to make him a strong
Come-On for Investors who belonged
to the Pious Element Hezekiah Hoop
er is what they christened him. They
wanted a Name that would carry
weight on Letter-Head and reassure
the Soft Mark who was about to sink
his Funds in a Mining Venture with a
Guarantee of As per cent Dividends.
At the age of 4 Hezekiah sat down
and figured that if he devoted his Life
to Physical Toll, he might some day
be the Owner of a siX-room cottage
fully protected by a Mortgage, where
as if he wore White Shirt and kept
busy with the Pencil he might be Rich
enough some day to land in the SEN
ate. So he went out looking for Work
to hand to other People, thus becoming
what the Campaign Orator calls a
Captain of Industry.
If man wanted the Weeds pulled
from his Gardan, then Hez would take
the Job for 25 cents. He would buy
cents worth of Stick Candy and place
it judiciously, so that at Nightfall the
other boys would have Blisters and
the Stomach-Ache, while Hez would
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18

while in command of our army" Sher-
idan was promoted from a lieutenant
general on June l, 1888, to the rank of
full general. This high rank in the
United States army, declined by Lieut..
Gen. Washington, in 1898, was bestowed
by congressional action upon Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan, successfully.
The only lieutenant generals were
Washington, Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan, Schofield, Miles, with Scott as a
brevet lieutenant general. A recent
writer refers to Schof1eld as Com
mander-in-C Chief" which is not COR
rect. Not one of the officers above
named was ever COMMUNICATIVE chief of
the United States army, except Lieut..
Gen. George Washington, in 1898, who
was made lieutenant general and
commander-in-chief of all the armies
raised, or to be raised in the United
States But this act of Congress was
in direct violation of the constitution,
which makes the President the sole
and supreme commanderin chief, and
neither he nor Congress has the au-
thority to confer this title upon any
other person. Virginia made Gen. Lee
COMMUNICATIVE of her forces in
1861, but later on the title of general
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promised to keep them supplied with
r 'ue Overcoats, Beans, Navy Plug and
ard Tack until the whole Works had
been saved. Every time there was a
new Call for Men. he took a fresh
side-hold on the Commissary Depart
ment and began to gouge the Govern
ment in a new Place.
The Heroes who came home full Of
Malaria and Lead were met at the Sta
ton by Hezekiah, who had grown a
Chin Whisker and was sporting u
White Vest. He gave each one a. Card
announcing that all of our country
Brave Defenders who had failed to be
come we'll fixed on $13 per would get
what Money they needed at 2 per cent.
T a Month with Real Estate as Security.
By going through Bankruptcy, side
stepping the Assessor, working the
Farmers for a Railroad Bonus, hand
ling the Funds for UNCONVENTIONAL
Colleges and putting the double Ham,
mer-Lock on the Small Fry who had
Notes falling due, Hezekiah accumula-
ted a Wed that put him into the Mil
l.onaire's Division.
He and other old Gentlemen with
pink Jowls and cold f1shy Eyes would
occasionally meet in some Director s
Room, finished in Mahogany. The
Meeting would be opened with Prayer,
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could do no better by me, nor did 1
expect them to. 1t was on the 9Th day
of July and brea kfast had been ended
about an hour and / was playing in
the garden, when a stranger arrived.
1 heard him talking for a while with
mother, and then / was called in.
found him to be an oldish man, and his
face looked so kind that / liked him at
once. He looked me over as ! stood
in the door and then said:
well, my little man, how do you
do? l have heard of you and have
travelled 500 miles to see you. I was
told that you were the smallest dwarf
in the world, and I see that the news
is true. l am here to see all the fam
lily. Do You think you can find your
father and bring him here for a talk?"
l replied that 1 could, and FASTENED
down to the shore of the sea. where
father was mending a boat. The
stranger had said that his name was
Yeddo, and when l gave it to father
he said:
Japans greatest Snowman He is
second Barnum. / wonder why he
should want to see me?'
: When we reached the house Mr..
Yeddo shook father by the hand and
hoped he was well. and after a little
talk about the weather. he said:
Perhaps you can guess why 1 am
here. l want to arrange with you
about taking little Nigni around the
country on exhibition. He certainly is
the smallest of all dwarfs, and the pub
lie will be glad to pay a good price
to see him. He has been written up
in the press several times, and people
are asking why 1 don't engage him"
What! Exhibit our Nigni around
the country as If he We're some strange
wild beast?' screamed my mother, as
she fell into a chair.
IT am not the sort of man to sell his
children added my father, as a
frown came to his face.
The Snowman did not lose his good
temper. He talked plainly and kindly,
and after about an hour he borught
my parents around to view the thing
in a different light. AS for me, was
delighted with the idea and would
have said "yes" at once, had it rest
ed with me. Mr. Yeddo remained all
day, and by supper time it was settled
that he was to exhibit me. He was to
pay father a large sum of money
more than my parents had ever
thought could be collected together by
one man-and mother was to go along
and take care of me. had not been
going to school, but mother and others
had taught me to read and spell, and
1 could sing fairly we'll and speak a
piece. 1t was decided that when I was
on exhibition / should make recita-
ton, sing a couple of songs and dance
a jig. This / would do twice a day,
and the rest of my time would be TAX
en- up talking with the people II was
also decided that I should be dressed
as a colonel in the army and wear a
real sword, and the name the public
was 10 know me by was Col. Mite. AS
was TO be ready in two weeks. went
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after which they would discuss Ways
and Means of putting the Interstate
Commerce Law to the Bad. squaring
the Legislature without passing over
any of the Stuff themselves and hand
ing the Public the Short End of it.
Having arrived at this Proud Emil
nence, Hezekiah was ripe to spring
some Advice to Young Men. Any pat
riarch who has slipped the Tall
NIitt to the entire Universe and dealt
from both Ends of. the Deck is the
Real Boy when 1t comes TO laying
down Rules of Conduct for the Pale
Youth who wants an IS Job. So
Hezekiah Hooper, the Eminent Finan-
cier who never smoked a Cigar, never
took a Drink and never asked anybody
else to do either, was invited to address
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18

have 20 cents salted away in the Tin
Bank.
When he was still a Young Man he
made the Important Discovery that
the honest Laborer who digs Post
Holes for IL Hours at a Stretch gets
$1.25 in the Currency of the Realm,
while the Brain Worker who leads out
a Spawned Horse and puts in 20 Min
utes at tall Bunko Work can clean up
$14.50 and then sit on the Porch all
Afternoon, reading The Lives of the
Saints"
Also Hezekiah got into the Corral a
Hold-Over whose Eyes refused to work
-as a Duet and whose Figure had all
of the graceful ms and Outs of a
Flag Pole, but she owned half of the
Land in the Township. Hezekiah said
something about the Beauty that fad
eth even as a Flower and then he con-
nected with her Property.
When grim-vsaged War showed its
awful Front. -Hezekiah went down to
the Court House and hollered for the
Union until he was black in the Face.
He showed all the emotional Farm
Hands where to sign their Names and
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In Wayhack Township, along in the
Thirties, there arrived a 12-pounder.
When he was three days old he was
exhibited to Bunch in the Front
Room by an Old Lady who had made
study of Collie. She was a Baby Elk
pert who always broke in to do con-
siderable heavy standing around and
calling off when there was a lift in the
Population.
While little Ipsy-Wipsy was being
inspected, he opened one Eye and
spotted silver Half Dollar that the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18

Harry" and General Natheniel
Greene's grave seems to be invisible
to the naked eye. 1t seems very
strange that the Carnegie family, after
living for years on Cumberland Island,
have not discovered that Gen. Ma
thaniel Greene was never buried
near the grave of Gen. Henry Lee.
Such errors go abroad and become so
fixed in the public mind that it is hard
to correct them. Some years ago Gen.
+. V. Greene sent Mayor Price of Ma
con some books for his free library,
and in replying to Gen. Greene's let
ter he spoke of the ashes of his dis
tinguished ancestor now reposing on
the wave-washed shore of Cumber-
land Island.
1t will interest several families in
Savannah to know that the United
Daughters of the Confederacy of Ala
bama have held their annual meeting
in Demopolis the past week, and their
weekly department in the Montgomery
Advertiser of Aug II contains a very
interesting sketch of that famous old
town. There is an interesting account
of the review of troops there in 1862 by
President Davis, in which Lieut. Gen.
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right at 1t next day to learn my les
sons, and / was so determined to sue
coed that it was only eight days before
l could recite a long poem and sing a
couple of funny songs AS to my dan
cling, that was good enough without
any further lessons. Mother and
were ready when the Snowman came
for us, and in my next 1 will tell you
how l went out into the world.
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NIGNI, THE DWARF.
The Adventures of "A Little Man, as
Written by Himself.

Written by Himself.
NO 4.-ENGAGED TO A SNOWMAN.
I have good cause to remember my
9Th birthday. Early in the morning
my father weighed me and nodded and
smiled and said:
Mother, our Nigni will be a man
some day If he keeps on. I find that
he weighs more than eight pounds. and
his hight must be all of IL inches"
Almost every baby months old is
as tall and heavy as that twice over.
but was a dwarf. you see, and when
/ gained ever so little II pleased my
parents For birthday presents my ia
Their gave me my first pocket knife.
and my mothers gift consisted of a
dumb watch. Being poor people, they
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-18

The Modern Fable of Self-Made Heze-
kiah and His Message of Hope to
This Years Crop of Graduates.
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FABLES
BY GEORGE ABE. N~ st. ~

Copyright, 1902. by Rob bert Howard Russell.
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pu's. seems strange that so distin-
vGio ~ a soldier as Maj. Gen. Gren-
me- ". Dodge, U. S. V. should forget
dan ' I'm. held by Gen. Phil H. Sherj-
addr,.IH Sh ne died. Yet, in a recent
" oi The Potomac. he said, From a
6 @p'ain and quartermaster at Rolla we
Hin lieutenant general, dying
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-21
A Novel Industry.

The Oxford Poultry Association,
whose ranch is located near Lin,
coin, has marketed the past
season no less than 10000 squad
ducks, most of them going to New
York City. They are now getting
600 eggs daily, which are being
placed in their incubators and by
January list they expect to be
marketing the young birds.
They have upward of one, hun
dred incubators which, during the
season, are all in service. Their
immense brooding houses are
steam heated, making it possible
to force the young ducks under all
weather conditions. AS an evil
dence of the extent of labor en-
ployed, $1,000 alone has been paid
in Lincoln, principally for picking
the ducks. Men receive five cents
and woman four cents per duck;
the difference being that the men
kill theirs, while that unpleasant
feature has to be performed for the
women. The Company expect to
market $4,000 the coming season.
Oxford Times.
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PENNINGTON.

George Slicer, who is employed in
Philada., is visiting at home.
Mrs. Lidie Keilholtz aud Miss Alice
Ray visited Miss Josie Hall last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. J. SINNERS were
Baltimore visitors Tuesday and Wednes.
day last.
Miss Emma Kisiner, of Wakefield,
visited Misses Mary and Emma SINNERS
last week.
Mrs. Silas johnson and daughter Kath-
arine, of Media, are visiting at Charles
Johnson's.
VIM. E. Hawke, who is employed in
Wilmington, visited his home here from
Thursday until Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wright, of LON.
bard, visited Mrs. Wrights uncle, Chas.
johnson, on Wednesday.
A new bridge has been built In town on
the Port Deposit road. The work was in
charge of Supervisor S. T. Dennison, and
the mason work was done by Berriker
and Fitzgerald of Calvert.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-21
Found i'm the Woods.

A party Of gunners on Monday
morning found an unknown white
man in the woods near Elkton, who
from his conversation appeared to
be demented. His name, accord
ing to papers found on his person,
is Everett L. Cole, of 20 Clinton
street, Worcester, Mass. The man
is about go years of age and his
dress shows him to be a man of
responsibility. Numerous articles
were found in his pockets, inc!ud-
ing gold watch, bunch of keys,
several letters addressed to persons
in Massachusetts, a check book on
the First National Bank of Worces-
ter and cards bearing the name s'E.
L. Cole, 800 Equitable Building,
Boston, Mass" In response to
dispatch to the chief of police at
Worcester, Mass, States Attorney
w. S. Evans received reply from
the wife of the demented man ask
ing that he be held until relatives
could reach Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-21
County Shoot.

The second annual county shoot
conducted by Messrs. Fl. Linn
Warrington, Henry s. White and
Cecil Kirk, was held on Tuesday at
the grounds of the Rising Sun
Gun Club. The foggy, threatening
weather kept the attendance down
but over thirty shooters were on
hand by afternoon. The new
magautrap worked excellently and
the shoot passed off without any
unpleasantness whatever. An inno-
walton here was the presence of a
group of manufacturers agents
comprising j. NOVEL; Hawkins and
Emory FL. Storr, of Baltimore; Geo.
Tillinghast and Geo. P. Mordecai,
of Philada., and Ansley 81. Fox, of
New York. These gentlemen all
shot for targets only and from the
twenty yard mark. and, between
events, gave some exhibitions of
fancy shooting which were greatly
enjoyed by the large crowd of
Onlookers.
Lester German, of Aberdeen,
was high man for the day. II.
Linn Worthington was second,
Samuel Morrison third, and Emery
I'll. Storr fourth. Fl. d. Jackson,
county champion of Maryland, was
present but did not take part in the
entire program. Harry England,
who won the Cecil county cham
pionship last year, shot among the
highest men in the events in which
he participated.
Event No. II, Cecil County
Championship, was postponed to a
later date. Merchandise Event,
No. 5, was won by Henry S. White;
second, Lester German; third,
Amos Allies; fourth, Samuel Nor
rison; fifth, Harry England; sixth,
David Let's; seventh, III. d. Jack
son; eighth, Clarence Kirk; ninth,
Frank Fosters tenth, Arthur Ar
mour. The following are the scores
of those who shot in the various
events
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-21
Officers Elected.

At the annual meeting of the
Harmony Detective Association, OF
New London, Chester county, OF
Saturday, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, R. A. Grown; secretary,
George W. Missimer; treasurer,
M. j. Wilson; tors-Joseph
W. Wilkinson, John 7. Strickland,
Francis Worth, J. A. Wiley, James
Burke, Ross Brown, Edward W.
Miller, George Pennock, Levi L..
CrOwl.
The Association has a member.
ship of 145, and cash balance in
treasury of 1914.
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Christian Endeavor Union

The annual meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Union of Cecil
County, embracing fourteen So
cieties, was held on Friday evening
last, at Leeds M. P. church. The
meeting was largely attended, a
full quota of delegates being pre-
sent. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President, Rev. r. II. Hoover, of
Perryville; vice-president, James
j. McCauley, of Leeds; recording
secretary, Miss Ada B. Tosh, of
West Nottingham; corresponding
secretary, Miss Helen McOauley, of
Leeds; treasurer, E. D. Carhart, of
Zion; superintendent of Missions,
Miss Susie G. Smith, of Bay View
After the adjournment the
entire audience was served with
luncheon by the New Leeds society.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-21
Advance Club.

The Advance Club met with Miss
Mabel Duyckinck on Wednesday
evening. The literary exercises
were open with a piano and violin
duet by Miss Mabel Duyckinck and
Mr.. A. L. Duyckinck, which was
followed by paper on "Descrip.
tive Writing" by Mrs. w. r. Buff
tington, who gave illustrations of
the different forms. Mr.. T. G.
Wilson read paper on "Highways
and Byways," the topics touched
upon being the coal strike, trusts
and the tariff. Miss l.. Janette
Reynolds took her auditors on a
reading journey-"Cradle of the
Russian Empire" Sentiments from
Wordsworth were given by the en-
tire club in response to roll call,
and the program concluded with a
piano and violin duet.
The next meeting will be with
Miss Laura Balderston on Dec. Bird,
the following being the program
arranged:
Roll call-quotations from Tennyson.
Music
Paper-Teunyson; general characteristics
of his writings,
Miss A. Mabel Reynolds
Reading from "Idills of the
the King" Miss Eleanor Jenness
Music
Paper-Review of current events,
Miss Mary Brumfeld.
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COLORA.

Mrs. Robert Woodrow is spending some
time with relatives in Chester.
Rev. A. S. Mowbray, of Port Deposit
preached and administered the sacrament
last Sunday morning in Mt. Pleasant M
E. church.
VIM. ]. Woodrow, formerly of Colora,
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woodrow.
Mrs. John Hines has returned home
after weeks visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Pierce, Kelton, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Matthews have
returned home after visiting friends in
Philadelphia and other places.
The ladies of Mt. Pleasant M. E. church
held delightful supper at Colora, in
what is known as the old meeting house,
now owned by w. T. Fryer. The supper
was from six to ten and cleared $35.75.
The walters were dressed in white with
white bows in hair, among them being
Miss Eta Smithson, Miss Emma Wood
row, Miss Mary Christie, Miss Grace
Hines, Miss Frances Thayer.