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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20

River pilot when that was the height Of his am
bition
In Hannibal they are carefully preserving the
boyhood home Of the old author. 1t is a two
story frame house on one of the side streets or
the rambling town. 1t puts on no architectural
frils on account Of the distinguished man whose
Childhood was spent under its roof In fact' an
architect had nothing to do with it. The car
penter built il according to rule, with four walls,
q roof and the necessary doors and windows
The birthplace Of Mark Twain is an old farm
house Florida Mo. 1t can boast OF only
one story, and when it became necessary TO Ell
large the house it was done by lacking on d
wing OF lesser height than the original Even
with the wing t3:e house is boxlke affair ana
small boz at that.
There Is 4 wealth Of suggestion IN these
pictures Of the houses of Mark Twain's youth
and the country mansion Of his old age. lie
mas had his ups and downs, many OF both' pu'
he is up in the end and will be comfortable as
every one agrees he deserves to be, for the rest
Of his life. His new house is built on the style
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20
MARK TWAIN'S NEW HOUSE
CONTRAST BETWEEN IT AND HIS EARLY
MISSOURI HOMES.

In a biz stone house. surrounded 10y verandas
and amid beautiful grounds which command
view Of one Of the most charming stretches of
the Hudson River, Samuel l.. Clemens who is
SO much loved in America that no longer is il
uecessa-y 10 say that he is the real and only
Mark Twain, has determined TO settle down at
last Ha purchased for &4700 the country
place near T2rrytoWD built few years ago by
Captain William c. Casey, and viii shortly take
his family there, becoming suburbanite, but
not a corruter-
Out in the little Missouri city OF Hannibal
There is much rejoicing over this evidence of
prosperity which the veteran humorist is able
70 show Hannibal is intensely proud Of Mark
Twain. To the people there he is great
ever lived, for he is their great man.
They sorroWed a few years ago when they
heard that he had lost everything in the failure
OF the publishing firm of Charles /. Webster &
Co. Of which he a member. Hannibal was
not surprised when, at the age of sixty years Mr..
Clemens laid out four years campaign of labor
10 pay OF debts which were not legally upon his
Shoulders. The people out there took it for
granted that he would do something of the
kind and they knew that he would succeed, just
as he had succeeded in becoming a Mississippi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20

opera was like. She had been carefully reared.
and all the world outside her tiny sphere
she looked upon a fairylaud in which every
thing marvellous happened as a matter OF
course, relates Louise Homer in The PhIladcI-
phia Post" 1 was singing the part of the Queen
that night, and after finding safe place in the
wings for her from which TO view the perform
ance, / went with my role Of the evening
Seated on the throne, the King put the crown
my head, and descended to lead the pro-
cession OF lords and ladies in waiting and cour-
tiers up the stairway at the back Of the stage.
Hamlet just coming on for his scene with
Ophelia when heard a sound of hilarity in the
house. Turning to look, / frozen by the
sight. There came my maid at a respectful dis
lance, which made her prominence the greater.
Her eyes were cast down, her hands demurely
folded, like little Quakeress. She fancied the
performance ended and following me home
by the route across the stage
During a certain performance Of Les Hugue
nots," at the moment in which the tenor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20

will greatly increase the size Of the house. In the
ample grounds Of nineteen acres he will create
a fish pond.
Mrs Clemens is said to be greatly Interested
in the purchase and has recently made seVeral
visits to Tarrytown with her husband. The
house is on the highest hill about Tarrytown,
and commands extended view To the north
can be seen the estates of William and JONI l..
Rockefeller. the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. the
Old Dutch Church, the old mfllpond and bridge.
TIaverstraw Bay and the Tarrytown lighthouse.
To the west is Nyack, and the south beau
tiful view of the Palisades is obtained. New
York City car be seen on a clear day. and De-
sides, the country seats of Miss Helen NJ Goulo'
Louis Stern. General Howard Carroll. John II.
Archbold George Legg and others are in prox-
unity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20

should arrive fer the duel scene, he failed to
come. The singers stood in petrified silence;
the orchestra stopped. 1t seemed like five mill
utes though it must have been less, when sud
denly on he rushed, waving his sword and sing
ing with an energy that made the sense of his
first words all the more comical. What" he
sang proudly. Would you doubt my prompt
ness?"
That was too much for the audience. whose
laughter first rppled, then broke in waves. He
tried to go on and we tried to go on but in vain
The scene simply had to stop, and when finally
1t did begin again it was without repetition
of that fatal inquiry, Would you doubt my
promptness7'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20
LIVING UP TO 1T.

From The Chicago Tribune
II suppose" said the facetious traveller, your
stage name is Jehu."
Yes SIR responded the driver of the hack.
checking the horses with suddenness that threw
the traveller forward on his face. And you vii!
find I'm always ready with my lines"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20

of an English cottage, and, it intended
for a bachelor the interior is hardly suited to a
family. Mr.. Clemens is rebuilding the second
story and will make other improvements. which
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20
THE TaRDY TENOR's FITTING CUE.

1t was almost my debut appearance ana III d
performance Of Hamlet, when my little french
-, e,-nreesed a great desire to see what
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20
A LESSON FOR THE CURATE.

From Short Stories.
The Bishop OF London tells a clever anecdote OF
a certain country curate He calling on the
lady Of the village and introduced his newly
married wife "a poor thing, madam, but mine
own" whereupon the lady, looking at the curate
severely, said
Your wife ought to have introduced you as
poorer thing but my owner.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
Easy Money.

w. A. Sponsler, when in the state
legislature, was given to the making
of very elaborate and forid speeches
and one day brought an address to
a close with .'Vox populi vox Del.
says the Philadelphia Times.
I'm bet you don't know the meaning
of what Sponsler just said" said Al
Crawford to Hugh E. Macklin.
Il don't know!" replied Mackin, in
diginantly. "Of course, I know"
You don't know for ten dollars!"
suggested Crawford.
Mackin. still indignant, posted his
part of the wager with another mem
Der of the Legislatures; and Crawford
said tauntingly:
We'll. now. tell us-what do they
mean"
'Vox populi vox DEL" quoted
Mackin. solemnly "as everybody
knows, is French for My God! Why
hast thou forsaken me?'"
Give him the money" said Craw-
ford. "Darned if he doesn't know after
ALL"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
A FEW FACTS WANTED.

1t is worthy of notice that there is
very little sympathy expressed for the
strikers in the anthracite coal section.
Is it not because there are very few
genuine Americans among them? 1t is
said that last week two hundred labor
ers from Europe were not permitted to
land in New York because it accident
ally came out that they were assisted
laborers They We're sent back to Eu-
rope because they had violated the
contract labor law.
The opinion is expressed that If the
Commissioner of immigration were to
make a close search for the facts he
would find that more than half of the
immigrants coming to this country now
are assisted immigrants, and are per-
mitted to land in this country in viola
ton of law. Doubtless many of these
assisted immigrants are under con-
tract to the coal barons The coal
operators know how to get cheap
labor from Europe, at least it is claim
ed they do, and If the truth were known
it would appear probably that they do
get it. Notwithstanding the contract la
Dor law, which prohibits immigrants
from coming to this country under con-
tract.
According to the reports all of the
strikers in the Shenandoah riot on
Wednesday night last who were killed
or wounded were foreigners. Doubt
less three-fifths of the coal strikers
are foreigners. many of them having
been brought to this country under
contract-their passage money having
been paid for them. Under the circum-
stances it is probable the coal barons,
the operators, think they own the min
ers; in fact look upon them as being
in some measure their property. AS
Stunning that such is the case it is not
remarkable that the operators refuse
to arbitrate or to make concessions.
Is it not about time these assisted
importations from Southern Europe
were stopped? There is a law against
them. 1t looks as if the coal barons
were greater than the law
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
SAVING TIME.

recent magazine article devoted
twelve pages to a consideration of
the fascination of fast motion. Time
flies; man is doing his best to keep
up with it. Time is money; man is
doing his best to make the most he
can of it. The desire to economic
time has resulted in giving us many
Of the great inventions that made the
century recently closed the most won
derful in the history of the world. The
invention and evolution of the railway
train sprang from the desire to save
time in transportation. And so of the
trolley car, the bicycle, the automobile
and the express steamer. And the de-
mand is ever for still greater speed
and corresponding saving of time.
The time required to dip a pen into
the ink is an item of Importance,
hence the popularity of the fountain
pen, which does not have to be dipped.
A great many persons who have much
writing by hand to do never dot their
rs or cross their It's, because they re-
gard it as a waste of time. The type
writing machine would never have
made the success it has had it not been
great time saver; and so with the
sewing machine, the telephone, the tel
egraph, the printing press and a great
number of other apparatus and appli-
ances that might be mentioned Speed,
rapidity of action, is the demand on
ure. Even our excursion trains and
trolleys must run at break-neck speed
or there is dissatisfaction. Our desire
is to 'get there" quickly. New York
is spending s35, 900 for an under
ground railway system by means of
which people can be shot from the
Battery to Harlem in a few minutes,
and the Pennsylvania Railroad is 60
ing to tunnel under Manhattan in or
der to save time between Jersey City
and Long Island. Two trains running
between New York and Chicago now
make the distance in twenty hours, a
saving of four hours from the old fast
schedule; and they are heavily patron
lied at increased fares. The people
are willing to pay for the time saved,
since they regard the time as being
more valuable to them than the cash
1t costs.
With our modern time-saving ma
chinery and appliances the man of the
present lives, sees and accomplishes
vastly more than did his grandfather.
Possibly it is because we have saved
so much time in the past fifty or sixty
years that fortunes are greater now
than they were then. Certainly the
economy of time has resulted in i'm
proving the conditions of existence.
1t has lightened labor and facilitated
education. Yet the wheels are not
turning fast enough. More speed is
called for. and inventive genius is
straining it's nerves to respond to the
demand.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
AS she should Have been

local Episcopal congregation takes
great interest in a day nursery for
babies that is run as a part of the or
ganized charity of the church, says the
Philadelphia Times. Mothers going out
to work or having other reasons for en-
trusting children to the care of the
nursery for the day receive a num-
bered brass check corresponding to a
tag hung ON each baby. The nursery.
located in a working-folk neighbor-
mood, is very popular with all classes
and denominations, the charge being
merely nominal. At a recent Wednes-
day-evening service in the church. the
pastor told the congregation that the
day before strange woman had left
her baby, returned in the afternoon.
asked for her child and was refused
because she had lost the check. The
matron in charge would take no
chances, but told the woman to come
around later, when. if there were an
unclaimed baby remaining, she could
have it. The woman called Just at
closing time, and was told the only
baby left was a negro. Here the pas
tor was interrupted with exclamations
OF OH what a shame!" Dread
full Poor woman!" etc, from the
feminine members of his congregation.
Il forgot to explain" he went on, af-
ter moment that the mother. too,
was black"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
Personal.

Probably there is no more chart
table woman in New York than Mrs.
Clara Simon, who recently turned over
the total savings of a lifetime-$30 600
to the Lebanon hospital to save the
irstitution from bankruptcy. For forty
years she has labored in her little shoe
store on the east side and has kept
even her neighbors in ignorance of her
many charitable works.
James w. MCGEE, a farmer living
near Orrick, Mo-, took a chance OIL
potatoes this year and used 200 acres
in raising them. His venture has
proved a great winner. From seven
acres alone he has taken about g.
500 bushels, and he expects to sell
his entire crop at 80 cents a bushel
He estimates his expenses per acre al
$43.39 and his net profits at $12,472.
There is still some talk that Sen
ator Thomas C. Plat may retire at
the close of his present term. 1t is
recalled, in correction with this rumor,
that since Thurlow Weeds day every
leader of the Republican party in
New York state had been a United
States senator-William H. Steward,
Reuben E. Fenton, Roscoe Conkling
anu Thomas COiller PlaIt. 1t Is SAID
that though Senator Plat is certain of
election he would not, even in that
event, serve another full term.
-Ras Makonnen, who went to Eng
land to represent his uncle, Emperor
Menelek of Abyssinia, at King Ed
wards coronation, is tall and very
thin, but dignified in carriage, light
brown in color and has the darkest
and brightest of eyes. He is very re-
hgious, after the Coptic faith, is full
Of courage and his strict morality is
said to astonish his own people a lit
tie. He introduced the fashion of eat
ing with knives and forks in his coun-
try and has adopted other reforms and
usages of polite society. He is said
to have even stronger intellectual in
fiuence over Abyssinia than Emperor
Menelek
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
SUMNER SCHOOL FoR ATHENS.

The Summer School of the South, at
Knoxville, has just closed a profitable
! session of six weeks with an attend
ance of 1000 students from twenty
nine states, the District of Columbia
and Canada. OF the Outside" states,
that is states other than Tennessee,
Georgia was the most largely repre-
scented in the classes at Knoxville. the
number of Georgians in attendance be-
ing 24S. That the session was a highly
successful and gratifying one is not
to be doubted, and it is sincerely to
be hoped the summer school at Knox
vile will long thrive, to benefit and
encourage those who are fortunate
enough to participate in It's exercises.
Meanwhile the very pertinent query
has arisen, Why is it necessary for the
school teachers of Georgia to leave
their own state in such considerable
numbers each summer, to receive in
struction at Knoxville, or elsewhere,
that will the better fit them for their
profession? Why should not Georgia
have her own summer school? Appar-
entity there is no good reason, and a
number of public spirited Georgians
have decided that none exists; there
fore they have started a movement to
hold such a school at Athens next
summer, provided the movement meets
with the encouragement that it de-
serves. And there should be no ques-
ton about this. The training of teach
ers is matter in which the whole
state is vitality interested. The better
the teachers are prepared for their
work, the better will be the results
which they achieve with their pupils.
The summer school, therefore, is in
the nature Of an investment, from
which the children of the state will
pleasure and pride to parents to as
sist their children in every manner
possible in acquiring an education. No
expenditure gives more satisfactory re-
turns than those which have the eff
feet of enlightening and polishing the
minds of the youth of the land.
Athens is well situated for a sum-
mer school. 1t is a charming town,
with fine climate, hospitable people,
good transportation facilities, and
other accessories suiting it for the pur-
pose named. A summer school there,
with the proposed Chautauqua fea-
lures, would no doubt attract several
hundred Georgia teachers. who could
not afford to go SO far away as Knox
vile, besides a number of attendants
from other states. 1t is sincerely
hoped, and believed, that the enter
prize will meet with the encourage
ment which it merits, and which is
necessary to its success.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
index 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Georgia Historical Society.
Special Notices-A Good Time at Ho-
tel Tybee; Dinner Bill of Fare, Union
Station Restaurant.
Another Week of First-Class Vaude-
Ville-At the Casino.
Ice Cream, Sherbets, Etc.-Belsinger
g. Gross.
Laundry-Red Cross Laundry.
Railroad Schedule-Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad.
Shoes-J. K. Orr Co.
Uneeda Biscuit-American Biscuit
Company.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Cigars-American Cigar Company.
Beers-Pabst Beer; A. B. C. Beers.
Force Food-Postum Cereal Com
nany.
Medical-Blood Wine; Wright's In
dian Vegetable Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment rWanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Baltimore Sun Dem.), says:
Many remedies for the trust evil have
been proposed, but few more practical
than that which Mr.. Hewitt suggests.
Publicity, inspection and discussion
are the greatest safeguards which the
public can apply in order to correct
abuses and avoid conflicts and disas-
trous losses If the people have the
exclusive right to- create corporations
they have the right to regulate them
after they are created, and the regu-
lation that Mr.. Hewitt suggests should
be enforced
The Norfolk (Va9, Landmark
(Dem.), says: Zone of the leading
ship-builders in the country, Mr..
Charles H. Cramp. has repeatedly de-
clared that the way to help the ship
building industry in this country is to
take the tariff off steel. We have not
the slightest doubt that he is right
The enactment of a ship-subsidy bill
would be in effect the payment of a
double subsidy to the already-sub-
sidized monopoly which controls the
output and price of steel in the United
States"
The Washington Post Qnd), says:
ignoring the purely personal and at
this time conflicting versions which
the two have given with reference to
such sordid details as to who got the
money and what has become of it. we
venture to suggest that ex-Capt.
Strong, if he has accomplished nothing
else, has at least indicated a means by
which the jeunesse doree may crafty
taste for travel under highly luxu-
rious circumstances, and, after a year
or so of silken ease in many chimes,
resume their 1avocation of loafer with
out any perceptible loss of station or
prestige. In the present instance, for
example, ex-Capt. Strong will return
to New York as greatly respected by
the elite as he was before he left. His
former associates-meaning. of course.
the metropolitan nobillty-will regard
him as a youth of spirit and resource;
those who have not yet scared into his
set will envy his achievements and set
him as a model for their emulation.
The eX-eountess may be put to some
little trouble and expense in recovering
her jewels-it appears they have no
other redeemer-but that need not be
considered In this place. We are dis
cussing only the opportunities for fas-
cinaung young aristocrats. The fate
Of their victims Is unimportant"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
-
BRIGHT BITS.

-Freddie-"What did mamma spank
you for just now?" Reginald
spanked me for nothin' Did you think
| pay her for doing that."-Chicago
Daily News.
What can / do for my little boy"
asked mamma, so that he won't want
to eat between meals?" Have the
meals flicker together replied the
young hopeful-Tit- Bits.
Our leading novelist was run over
by railroad train this morning. He
hopes to get enough out of the road
in damages to enable him to publish
his new book.-Atlanta Constitution.
AT Newport-She-"You must not
kiss me until we are formally en-
gated" He-"Do you mean to saw
that you always insist upon that
ruler" She-"I've always tried to-
Judge.
Wise rethought-"How'd your
melon crop come out?" Made the
railroad rich!" Pretty hard on you.
wasn't it?" NO; 1 took stock in the
road before 1 shipped my melons,
Atlanta Constitution
After the Prize Fights tNre
anything in the paper, dear?" asked
Mrs. Bellefield. yes. love-" replied
Mr.. Bellefield. Scraps of news and
news of scraps. "-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Father Gmpressively)-"S I
should be taken away suddenly. what
would become of you, my boy?" Ir-
reverent Son-"Td stay here. The
question is: What would become of
you? Tit Bits.
-Phenomenon-Popleigh = I'm aw-
fully proud of that boy of mine"
Simpkins-"Unusually intelligent, eh?''
Popleigh-"Yes. He is three years old
and hasn't made a single bright re-
mark."-Chicago Daily News
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-04
A GERM SIGNAL sERvICE.

1t is pretty well agreed among med
ical men that a large percentage OF
cases of disease are caused by the in
halation of germs that float in the air
in dust particles; also that badly kept
and filthy streets are prolific germ
breeders. In New York there is to be
instituted a service for the purpose of
testing the air in various localities
from time to time, with the view of
ascertaining what and how many
germs are afloat and taking whatever
steps may be possible to minimize their
evil effects. Otherwise, it is to be a
sort Of germ signal service, giving
warning to the authorities and others
interested when there is reason to fear
bad results from the presence of evil
germs in more than ordinary numbers
There are said to be countless germs
in the air at all times. All of them,
however, are not pernicious. Probably
the great majority are harmless. But
the harmful ones exist by the millions.
They are propagated in the slime of
the streets, and when the slime be-
comes dry and powdered they float
away in the air, to find Judgment In
the eyes, throat or lungs of man or
beast
The germ signal service will expose
sterilized gelatine plates to the air, at
varying nights. in the city's streets.
The germ-bearing dust will settle upon
the gelatine. Cultures will be made,
and the developed germs will be photo
graphed, under lenses magnifying from
5000 to 1000 diameters. 1t is probable
that pictures of the germs will be used
to illustrate certain lectures on NV
giene and the health value of clean
streets. 1t can very we'll be believed
that stereopticon views of strange
monsters thrown upon a screen. and
backed by the statement that such are
the things that the people draw into
their lungs by the tens of thousands
every day, because the streets are not
clean, would have a tendency to create
demand for greater cleanliness. Chi
cago has a somewhat similar system
for examining the water supply, which
is drawn from the lake, and it has I'M
questionably been attended with good
results. Except for the water germ Sig
nal service in Chicago there would be
much more sickness among those who
do not sterilize the water they drink.
1t may be that the New York dust
germ signal service will similarly vim
dtcate its establishment.