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The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-04
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
Capts. Cooper and WRdIeigh Be-
come Rear AdmiraIs.

Washington. March S.-The Senate
to-day confirmed the following nomin-
nations:
Osmond Stone. Charlottesville, Va.
member of the board of visitors, United
States Naval Observatory.
Postmasters-
Alabama, c. F. Rankin. Brewton.
Navy: Capt. p. Fl. Cooper. rear adj
miral Capt. G. II. Wadleigh, rear adj
mtral
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-04
SULTAN WILL NOT HAVE 1T.

He Repudiates Responsibility and
Denies liability for Miss stones
Capture.
Constantinople, March 3.-The United
has presented a note to the Porte re-
garding the capture of Miss Ellen M.
Stone by brigands, demanding the pun
ishment of the guilty parties.
The Porte, in replying, repudiates re-
sponsibility and denies all liability.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-04

about Twelfth DIS of the crew we e Chi
nese.
The Senate then went into executive
session and adjourned.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-04

Seriously Ill With Pneumonia, but a
Favorable Turn Hoped.
Washington, March 3.-The condition
of Representative o. H. P. Belmont of
New York, who is sick with pneumonia
here, is a trifie better tonight. He is
verv seriously i'll, but one of the doc
tors said tonight that a favorable out
come Of the case was looked for. Mrs.
Belmont, who was at Wilmington. n.
c., arrived at Q o'clock on a special
train and Joined her husband.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-04
win Not Help the Beers.

Count Won Buelow also assured the
Reichstag, in a somewhat lengthy
speech, that there was not the slightest
likelihood or desirability of Germany
taking any steps to interfere in the
course of affairs in South Africa. Such
"a course, he said, was not in accord
with German interests and policy.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-04

liter the rendition of a song. an ad-
-, OF welcome to Prince Henry was
- TO which the Prince responded.
tbl ~ song and poem followed and
III me orchestra struck up the stir
ttHs strains of the Battle Hymn of
~, Republic,"s sung by the
sloers of the Ladies' Choral
Icy The great audience was
,h,sht up to a high pitch cf en-
g,s1s.asin. This was increased an in
e,ant later when, with scarcely an in
i-rt.'a pause. the music swung into
az, Star spangled Banner" In
every man and woman IN the
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25
CARE OF THE REFRIGERATOR.

Nothing is more important in the household than keeping the refrigera- for free from offensive odors, says Mrs Gesine Lemcke. It should stand in a light, airy place and be kept scrupu- lously clean. A good housekeeper will have her refrigerator cleaned at least once a week. This is the best accom- plished in the morning before the ice man comes. The food. ice and shelves shou6 all be taken out the shelves washed with hot water and soap, to which half cupfull aqua ammonia has been added; wipe thoroughly with a cloth, and if- Rssible. rest in the sun to dry. <<z1e ice compartment the walls and bottom of the refrigerator are thoroughly washed. wiped and dried: then a wire rod run down the water pipe and some of the ammonia water poured down into it, and, last, the water pan underneath should be we'll washed and dried. The refriger- ator, if time allows, should be left open for an hour or SO The shelves, ice and food may then be put back. If this is done regularly once week the Refrigerator or ice-box will always De sweet and clean The cellar is gener- ally used more or less ill keeping food. 1t should, therefore. freGuently be in- spected. kept clean and wen aired, and If possible, whitevashed once or twice . year A musty. damp and ill-venti- nted cellar is dangerous to health.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25
TIMELY TOPICS

A. F. Cowles has marked down the prices on all of his trimmed hats. He advises ladies to call on him for their Fourth of July hats.
 The Seeley. & Upham Go has a nice lot for sale at Mill Plain.
 l. Chase has all the new hat shapes and a lot of novelties for trimming and decorative purposes.
 The Benson Furniture Go will fur nish four rooms complete for $150. See those chamber suits marked down to $10.90.
 The Miller Ss Peck Go is selling a good quality figured lawn this week at 5 cents a yard. Reid 6 Hughes are offering some elegant things in jewelry novelties these days. Just what you want for summer wear.
 The Platt Mill Go can give you the See them about it if your stock is not feeling just right.
 The Curran Dry Goods Go will sell Ia lot of sheet music tonight at 10 cents 3 copy.
 Conlon Bros have put on sale for to- might a lot of tailor-made suits at $3.00. The former price was S600 and |S7.00.
 Jones, Morgan & Go have rounded up lot of odd suits and they are placed at the low price of $287.
 Frank F. McEvoy, at 63 East Main street, has everything for a wheel, as well as the best to be had in the line Of good bicycles.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25

nISTRICT OF WATERBURY SS PRO- 4| bate Court, June "A, 1909.
 Estate of Patrick McMahon late of Water bury in said district, deceased
 Upon the application of Thomas F. McMa- hon, 'executor praying that he may be auth orized to sell land belonging to said estate, bounded northerly on J. s. Hayes Walnut street and land formerly of Charles Perkins and westerly OH land or J. s. Hayes and heirs of William Coer, Also apiece of land contai h. Ing 10 acres more or less, situated on the Man han Meadows. so called, bounded northerly on land now or formerly of est of Ansel Faster, easterly on land of New York, New Haven 6 Hartford R. R. Co.,, s0utherly by land deeded by said Patrick McMahon to Thomas k. McMahon and westerly on the Naugatuck river, as per application on file more fully appears It is
 ORDERED that sald application be heard and determined at the Probate Office, in said District the 30th day of June. A. D. 1902. at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and tue time and place of hearing thereon, by publish ing the same one time in some newspaper hay ing a circulation in said district.
 By order of Court,
 James J. CaSSin. Clerk. 5
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25

TANTED-SAvINGS BANK DEPOSIT WV ORS whose rate of interest on thelr saw ings is about to be reduced, to send for book let "A bout Cursclves.' giving our plan that realizes on investments recommended by us, not less than 8 to 12 per cent per annum, It is absolutely safe, with the principal substan- ticaIly guaranteed agalnst loss. Douglas, La cey & Co.,, Hartford, Conn. 6-5-4W
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25
WanE-FOr Sale.1o Rent

IT OST-Pocketboo ok, between Clay and Lib- AI erty streets containinga sum of money. Finder will be rewarded on returning it to Democrat office. It
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25
NOTICE.

There will be an important meeting of the South Brooklyn school district Monday evening, June 30. Election of officers will take place at this meeting.
 Per order COMMITTEE.
 6-25-5
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-25
FOR SALE

My property on Charles street, q block with nine tenements, two stores,
 barn and wagon shed. Easy terms. 94-96-9S Charles street. Inquire at 23 West Porter street 6-25-6
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

The London Engineer says that
blast was fired at Bonaye
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

Statistics prove that nearly two
thirds of the letters carried by the
worlds postal services are written,
sent to and read by English-speaking
people.
With a population of 4,7S0,00O the
Argentine Republic possesses 5,0S1 900
horses. 1t is the only country in the
habitant.
Il haven't had a square meal for q
week. began the dusty pilgrim.
Neither have l." blurted out the we'll
dressed man as he started to slam the
door. What do you expect in house
cleaning time ?"-Philadelphia Record.
The German empress decorates
with a gold cross any servant who
has lived in the same family 40 years,
and the Berlin municipality sets
aside each year z. small sum for dis
trlbution among servants with a
1O-years' record TO their names.
70 secure prompt dispatch of bust
ness the Japanese war office has done
away with the chairs used by the
Junior officials of the accountants
department, as well as those provided
III the waitins-rooms. The result is
said to be most successful
Not until Henry Wits time were
either raSpberries or strawberries or
cherries grown in England, and we DO
not read of ,tuliL. cauISnower anu
III ho5Jo
10th century, cor the carrot before the
18th century.
suggestion made by professor in
the university of Chicago that the stu
dents of the art institute should -ry
their prentice hands on the decora-
ton of the school-rooms of the city
has been taken up and three students
have been chosen to submit designs.
The police force of Montreal will
soon be in a position to conduct o
case iE court provided they study
hard enough. Chief .Legault has
succeeded in having a portion of the
police appropriation set aside for the
purpose of hiring an instructor who
will deliver lectures to the members
0i the force, once a wealz ION both civil
and criminal-law as it concerns their
ydetties
AS AN instance of the Aeisurely man.
ner IN which the military authorities
OF turkey move in time of peace. it is
said that a committee appointed in
lo5o to prepare plans for the con-
struction of Notifications for the de-
tense OF the strategically most i'm
portant points on the Turkish shores
OF the Persian gulf hes just COM
pleted its lahors.
PIng-pong rs being introduced IN
lunchrooms in New York, where pool
and billiard tables are an impos-
slbllity. Luncheon being over by
2:3O, these rooms hitherto have been
earning nothing in the later afternoon.
With ping-poDg, the lunch tables are
together in threes or fours.
the court is laid out, the net spread
and the game thrown open to the
public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

the still is known as soft pitch. and is
used in roofing and paving. Formerly
it was Customary to turn this substance
to hard pitch. which was sent abroad
to be used in the making of COM
pressed fuel; the anthracene oil oh
tanned by this distillation was sent to
England to be used in making alarizin.
But it does not pay to make anthracene
in America now. An American has
patented a method of making an arti-
fetal asphalt from the pitch, and it
seems not improbable that the asphalt
industry will be revolutionized by this
process.
Creosote oil is coaEtar product
which, owing to its extensive use in
creosoting lumber, is coming into
great demand Of the refined prod
ucts, benzine is one of the most COM
mon. The presence of twenty times
as much benzine in the coal gas as
there is in the tar has led to the intro
duction of a process for removing the
benzine from the gas. Toluene used
in making artificial indigo, is also OBJ
tanned by this process. NaphthaTne is
another coal-tar element produced on
a large scale. 1t is used as a substi-
tute for camphor in destroying moths
Another product is crystal carbolic
acid, III phenol, the chief use of which
is in the manufacture of picric and
salicylic acid. Nitrobenzine, nitro
toluene, and other nitro-compounds
from coal tar are used in making
colors and explosives. Rectified
nitrobenzine, known as oil of myrbane,
is used in the manufacture of soaps
and oils. Aniline oil is made in great
quantities abroad, and European com
petition in aniline colors is very keen.
The long list of coaltar products. in
Guiding perfumes, medicaments, anti.
septics, aniIine dyes, etc, is a remark.
able illustration of what can be done
in the utilization of a waste product
F. Francis Hicks in Success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

enough to be unpalatable while being
carried from the kitchen. Give the
cordial or tonic in small thin glass
The Day OF DafodiI.
Daffy-down-dilly has come to town
In yellow petticoat and green gown!
The sunlight which has deserted the
the trays of daffedils which the flower
vendors in Chestnut street offer pass
ers by. These bright and cherry
faced flowers occupy a prominent
place in the florists displays, and for
the home the are one of the most
effectively decorative plants which
come with the spring. Heretofore
the daffcdils sold at the florists have
been of the dollhouse production but
others are coming up from the south
now in generous quantities SO that the
price has been considerably lowered
Mythology relates a pretty tale
about the origin of the daffodil The
name Is a corruption of Dis lily, and
the ancients said that the flower
dropped from Pluto's chariot when he
was carrying coff Proserpine ito the in
fernal regions. Chaucer alludes to
this story and Shakespeare says:
%! Preserpina,
! For the fiowers now that frighted,
thou lettst fall
FI0m Dis wagon: daff8ss1f5
That come before the swallow dares,
and take
The windsor March with Beauty.
The daffodil has been "a favorite
flower in poesy. Herrick wrote of the
Iifaip-a~~ffodiis that
y r. *'* - "nas5te away ~s seanen.
AS yet the early rising ssun
HAS net attained his ssoen.
!HnE
Wehave short time to stay as you.
We have as short spring,
AS quick growth to meet decay,
AS you or anything.
We die,
AS yeair hours 10; and dry
Away
Like TO the summer rain,
Or as the pearls of morning dew,
Neef to ne found again
Wordsworth Daffodils suggests his
lovely Lakeland home and the sister
to whom We @artly owe it's creation
l wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats ga high Ger wales and
hllls
When al at once saw a crowd,
4 host Of golden daffedils,
Beside the lake. beneath the trees,
F1uttering and dancing in the
breeze.
LII Lycidas Milton writes of daffo-
oils that "fill their cups with tears
and Tennyson alludes to March as a
'sTdaring moon of daffodil and crocus."
So that the Philadelphia woman who
delights in these sunny-hued spring
flowers only as the good taste to agree
with the greatest masters of English
verse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

granite quarries, Argyleshire, Scotland,
recently. The mine was driven with
compressed air as the motive power.
into the center of the quarry face for
20 feet, with two arms so feet each,
and a chamber at the end of both the
arms in which was placed 20 900
pounds of gunpowder. nis is the
first mine in any Of the granite quar-
ries which has been driven by rock
drills actuated by compressed air and
the operation was carried through in
the remarkably short time of 10 weeks
from date of starting by Messrs. Muir
dock & Co., Camborne, Cornwall. Pow
der of the highest grade was used and
the blast was SO successful that up
ward of 100000 tons of rock were dis
placed.
Malaria.
Extensive experiments which have
been conducted by the military author
tiles in FOrmosa for the purpose of de-
| terminiug the influence of mosquitoes
in propagating malaria show remark
able results. A battalion of soldiers
completely protected against mosuul-
toes during the malarial season for 1el
days escaped the disease entirely.
whereas an unprotected battalion in
the same place during the same line
Lad 259 cases.
: Velocity of Underground Water.
Engineers are familiar with a chemi-
cal method of determining the rate OF
motion of underground water, in which
F, the time of passage of a charge of com
| mon salt from one test well to another
is determined by chemical analysis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

tnat IT was matter OF surprise :.
many OF his friends that he chose
that communion at the start OF his
career. One of the traditions OF
Herzog hall theological seminary. in
New Brunswick, where he graduate7.
runs like this:
Ialmage was an ungainly youag-
ster, full Or originality as an egg is
OF meat, but he did not commend him
self to the professors of the seminary
as budding clergyman. After he
had preached his first sermon there
good old DR. De Witt, the president,
thought the time had come to have
serious talk with the young man He
took him away where no one else could
listen TO their colloQuy and said
Mr.. Talmage, l never like TO ais
courage anybody, and l rarely say
what l am going to say TO you. You
are Intellectually bright enough. 1
can easily imagine that you might
make a success in almost any field OF
life except in preaching the gospel
But, frankly and in all kindness.
must tell you that / solemnIy think
you have mistaken your calling. &c.
position selling goods behind dry
goods counter or take a clerkship in q
law office, or, if necessary, follow the
pillow, but do not think of becoming
the pastor of a church. You are not
fitted for it at all 1t is a great mis-
take for you to waste your time
'Talmage simply insisted that he
would go on and graduate. He md
And before his pulpit career was end
ed he had preached to hundreds where
the venerable DR.. De Witt had preach
ed to one. But those who tell the
story down in New Brunswick say
that Dr.. De Witt never changed his
mind. He was not in the habit #
changing his mind"
The peculiar rhetorical style OF DR.
Talmage can best be understood from
an example. In one of his sermons
in the famous series devoted to the
gambling bells of New .ork Of which
he had made study, he electrified al
audience one Sunday morning with
this climax of oratory:
when they bet on one number they
call it saddle!
when they bet on two numbers
they call it saddle!
when they bet on three numbers
they call it a horse!
and thousands of young men get
onto that gate and mount that saddle
and ride that horse to daynnahon!"
1t was easy for the old style
ministers to criticize that sort OF
rhetoric in the pulpit but such ex-
pressions stuck in the memory II
listeners they had a decided burr-like
quality and those who heard 1almage
once wanted to hear him again.
Much was written about DR.. Tai
IMAGES trip to the Holy Land and
especially of his satisfied ambition to
follow in the footsteps of his Master
and baptize someone in the river
Jordan. It was asserted that not find
ing a real convert he improvised one,
and some jokers went so far as to de-
clare that the poor Arab who was
| baptized thought he was going to be
drowned by the stalwart long-armec
American divine, and shrieked or
mercy like a good fellow. But the
| opinion Of DR.. Talmages friends was
that this story was manufactured on.
/ of whole cloth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29
USEFUL COAL TAR.

Even more wonderful than the cotton
industry is the utilization of coal tar
Only q short while ago this trouble
some byproduct of gas-making was
considered a nuisance. The efford to
get rid of it has grown into an indus
try which employs more scientific men
in its development than any other. A
description of all the products of coal
tar would be review of the greater
part OF the organic chemistry of to-
day. Coal tar was first distilled in
England eighty years ago, but it was
not until 1856, the date of the discov-
cry of the first aniline colors. that the
industry became an important one.
Now the value of the by-products of
gas-making-tar. Coke and amonia-
greatly exceeds that of the coal burned
in the gas works. The distillation of
the tar gives series of products. each
of which serves as a starting-point for
a long series of valuable articles of
everyday use.
In the United States the tar is
usually distilled into light oil, heavy
oil and pitch. The pitch remaining in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29
WHY DO BIRDS MIGRATE.
Reasons Which Are Said to Go Back
to the Ice Age.

Woman's Home Companion.-Speak~
ing of birds coming back from the
South, let me explain, so far as l can,
where they have been, why they went,
and why they take the trouble to come
all the way back again. Many thou
sands of years ago birds didn't migrate
at all There was no occasion for
them to do SO. All the northern
countries, even Greenland and the
most northern parts of Europe, were
warm the year round, and the birds
and other animals which lived there
found everything they needed close at
hand. Gradually there began period
known as the ''Ice Period" when
large part of the northern countries
became extremely cold, and were
buried under the ice. The birds which
lived in these countries could not
stand the severe change, SO the
sensible ones all went south, and
made the best of it. But they never
quite forgot their northern homes, and
long after, when the great icecap
melted away, and when the northern
countries became warm again, the de-,
scendants of the birds, which were
driven out by the cold, went back to
their own country. There they found
plenty of food so they stayed and made
their nests and laid their eggs. {
But alas! the climate was no longer
as it used to be-mild and warm the
whole year round. 1t was divided into
seasons, and the warm summer was
followed by cold winter. They had
scarcely reared their young before they
found that the air was beginning to
get cold again, so as soon as the little
ones were strong enough to stand the
long journey they all flew away to the
south But they never forgot where
their real homes are. Every spring
there comes over them great longing
to go back and make their nests where
they themselves were born. They can
not resist that longing. No matter
where they may be-down in the Gulf
States, in the West Indian islands, or
perhaps thousands of miles away in
the southern part of South America
back they come by tens of thousands,
and by millions, to their old homes in
the north.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29
Jokes From JUDGE.

Van Bibber-Marriage was he
making of that man.
Van Dyke-He doesn't look as II he
dared to call his soul his own.
Van Bibber-He doesn't; so now the
politicians are mentioning him Tor
the highest offices.
Old lady-Oh, officer, ofhcer! 7 feet
so jimmy!
Officer-Have you vertigo, maams
Old lady-Yes; about a mile.
What cured him of gambling?"
IAN unfortunate speculation in tue
sugar market
Then if he is sugar-cured be ought
to stay cured
Cashier-Ive been dabbline in
stocks. old chap. Could you lend me
$500 to carry me over.
Friend-Five thousand dollars.
Why, you can get to Canada or Cuba
for fifty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29
ANECDOTES OF DR.. TALMAeE.
wouldn't Be Convinced He had Mis-.
taken His CalIinq.

DR.. Talmage's view of ministerial
dignity was always SO divergent from
that of the old line, black-robed
divines of the Reformed Dutch church
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-05-29

enough to be unpalatable while being
carried from the kitchen. Give the
cordial or tonic in small thin glass.
The Day OF Dafodil.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-02
M~cKinIey's Autograph at Auction.

The first autograph of President Nc
KlEley offered at public auction in this
city since his death was sold yesterday
by Bangs g. Co., No. 81 Fifth avenu
1t was simply his name in full, will
lam Mckinley" written cross an orig
ina cabinet photograph of him. New
ertheless, much interest was manifest
ed by autograph collectors ip the dis
position of this item. After spirited
bidding, the autograph was secured by
George d. Smith for 1928. This indi-
Gates that. for the present, at least,
McKinley's autograph commands as
high a price as that of any of the presi-
dents.--New York Sun.