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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

The Adirondack guide who wants to
know how to tell good stories around
the camp fire. as well as how to guide
the greenhorn through the painless
woods, says the New York Times A
grizzled veteran of the forest who had
charge of a mixed party of New York
city men and women last August had
we'll nigh exhausted his store of
strictly true" anecdotes, and one night
was forced to draw upon his magma
ton to supply the constant demand
Il remember WELL" said he, years
ago, when 1 was a young fellow and
before l had learned enough about the
woods to set up as a guide, that / got
lost in the forest. Darkness came on
while I was still trying to rediscover
the trail, and, as the cold was severe,
I decided to camp for the night before
! became exhausted. To my horror I
discovered, upon searching my pockets,
that had not single match left with
which to light a fire. 1t had been rain
ing all day, and the fallen wood was
soaked, so that it was impossible for
me to rub two pieces of dry wood to
gether, as the Indians do, till they take
fire, even If l knew how, which 1
didn't.
FOr the second time l searched all
my pockets, and even carefully ex-
amined the lining of my coat and
waistcoat in the hope that some stray
match might have lodged there; but in
vain. / did find, however, a small sheet
of dry paper. AS l drew it forth felt
that my life was saved! for, though 1
had no match, l had thought of a way
to set fire to the paper
Hastily constructing a pile of the
dryest wood and twigs that I could
find. 1 knelt before it. with the paper
in my hand, carefully screened from
the wind with my body. Selling then
a stout and knotty oak stick, like a
policeman's club, 1 struck myself a
violent blow over the head with it.
Immediately a multitude of bright
sparks danced before my eyes. Instant
ly l passed the paper cautiously back
and forth among the sparks. To my
JOY several settled upon it. I famed
them gently with my breath. The pa
per became ignited. Plunging it among
the tWigs | soon had the joyful salts
faction of seeing the twigs, a tiny
cracking flame kindle there
Il was saved The rest was easy. A
splendid bonfire soon lit up the gloom
of the surrounding forest. AS 1 bound
up long scalp wound on the back of
my aching head / thanked my lucky
stars for the clever expedient which
had occurred to me only in the nick of
time"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

81 had battered myself for a long
time that l would be a cool hand in
the face of danger" said the drummer,
according to the Detroit Free Press,
land when a fire alarm was sounded
in hotel one night L did not find my
self a failure. / turned out of bed
as quietly as you please, got into my
clothes without undue haste, and looked
out into the hall with contempt for the
guests who were falling over each other
and fainting away. My grip was open,
and l waited to replace everything and
lock it, and then l walked out to the
nearest fire escape and dropped my
grip to the ground.
THE fire escape was simply rope
fastened to a hook, and l was four sto-
ries up. The,men shouting and women
screaming, but l pledge you my word
that l wasn't a bit ratified as l loosed
the coil of rope and backed out of the
window.
II was a bit chilly, perhaps, as I
found myself swinging fifty feet from
the ground, but / got down without
further damage than burning and tear
ing the skin off my palms.
IT reached terra firma to feel myself
myself a hero, but the feeling didn't
last over ten minutes. Then the fire.
men got the best of the flames, and
as 1 entered the hotel the night clerk
said:
"Ah! you here? didn't see you
come down
"I got out by the hall window /
replied
You did? Why, man, the fire was
way back over the kitchen. and there
is a stairway within ten feet of that
window! Why didn't you take a whole
week in which TO come down the regu-
lar way?'"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
showed His Authority.

One Of the characters" of Chicago
is Inspector Mox Heidelmier of the po-
lice force, says the New York Times.
"Mox." or the "Burgomaster. as he is
called, is a stocky little Luxemburger,
in charge of the welfare Of the "Nord
Seit," where so many of his fellow
countrymen live.
Not long ago he had occasion TO use
a telephone at a public pay station.
He told central that he wanted the
East Chicago avenue police station,
giving the number. The answer came
back.
Drop I'm a dime. please"
"Vots dot?" said the inspector.
"Put in a ten-cent piece"
Dots yoke. aid id2 l put me no
money In. I'm on de bolice force"
"'rhat makes no difference"
"Oh, don'd Id? Meppe you don't
know who / vas. I'm Inspchdor Mox
Heidelmler. IN show you my stair.
see!" and the indignant Inspector
proudly held up 70 the telephone his
silver star.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

Should Count Tolstoi die under the
ban of the Greek Church, and he is
now under communication, he would
be denied Christian burial" In the
event of such occurrence it is pre-
dicted that there would be danger
Gus uprising of the students. The Gar,
who is supposed to be all-powerful in
his realm, has been trying to have the
ban removed, but the head of the
church refuses to comply with his re-
quest. 1t appears. therefore, that the
Car is not so much of an autocrat as
the Greek Church
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meeting-Solomon's Lodge No. 1, +.
& A. M; Georgia State Board Of EN-
balming.
Special Notices-Ship Notices, Strach-
an G. Co., Consignees; Partnership No
tice. Domestic Coal and Wood Com
pany; Belsinger & Gross; Dissolution,
Mendel e. Folliard; A. S. Nichols; Dis
solution, baltimore & Kent: Notice
Andrew X. Alexander.
Business Notices-Flour, A. NJ. &
c.. W. West; Our Purpose, Trapani g.
Branan; Eyes Examined Free, DR.. NJ.
Schwab & Son.
Laundry-E. & w. Laundry.
Embroidery-Daniel Hogan.
Whiskeys-Murray Hill Club Whis-
key; Old Quaker Rye Whiskey.
Medical-BIood Wine; Pyramid Pile
Cure; TUFTS Pills; DIR. Hathaway Com
pany; Cascarets; Stuart's Catarrh Tab
let's: Peruna.
Cheap Column Advertisements
Help Wanted: Employment Wanted;
For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal;
Miscellaneous.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

The Midland Hotel of Kansas City
never has any difficulty in securing a
cashier, For number OF years it has
had a young woman in the position;
not the same young woman, however,
for no sooner does one get fairly set
tied in the place than some handsome
young fellow comes along and marries
her. The hotel lost its eighteenth
cashier by marriage a few days ago,
and there were fifty applications for
the place as soon as the vacancy was
announced.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.

Mr.. T. L. Stephens, formerly secre-
tary of the Kansas State Temperance
Union, recently concluded an investi-
cation which he undertook for the
purpose of ascertaining just how much
prohibition there is in Kansas under
the general prohibition law. There are
two hundred towns and cities in Kan
sas having sufficient population to be
called important" These two hun
bred municipalities were canvassed. 1t
was found that in twenty-five of them
saloons were openly licensed by the
municipal authorities, notwithstand-
ing the states prohibitory law; there
was no secret about the licensing or
the operations of the saloons. In
twenty three towns saloons were clan
destinely licensed; that is, a show of
enforcing the law was made, but the
traffic went on with the sanction of
the legal authorities. In fifty two
towns there were neither open nor sur
reptitious licenses, but in each town
there were one or more saloons con-
stantly doing business. Arrests were
occasionally made, but the number of
saloons seemed not to be diminished
thereby. In ninety-two towns there
were no saloons, but there was more or
less bookkeeping"
Two months or so ago Mr.. Ewing
Herbert. newspaper man of Topeka,
made the charge that prohibition in
Kansas was a failure and that three
fourths of the towns of the state vir-
tually licensed the sale of liquor. 1t
was for the purpose of refuting this
statement that Mr.. Stephens made his
investigation. What he learned, it APP
pears, was that Mr.. Herbert had some
what overshot his mark in charging
that three out of every four towns in
the state virtually licensed the liquor
traffic, but that in 1872 towns out of
200, liquor was procurable notwith-
standing the prohibition law.
From Mr.. stephens summary. II ap-
pears that local option governs the
matter. Twenty-Five municipalities
openly license saloons. in opposition
" lHt SAdlc law the ma
jority of public opinion in these towns
is in favor of licensed saloons. other
wise the municipal authorities would
never dare to countenance them. In
seventy-five towns the sale of liquor
goes on. either with or without the
connivance of the authorities, but with
little hindrance, for the same reason
that public sentiment is not ready to
accept total prohibition. In ninety
two towns however, there is no sale
of liquor except by "boot-leggers" and
blind tigers. The people of these lat
ter places are against saloons, and the
topers are able to get their liquor only
by secret means. Thus it appears that
the majority of local sentiment really
governs. whatever the laws may be.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

The Ohio Federation of Colored Wo-
mems Clubs has taken upon itself the
task of abolishing rag time" music.
Rag time" is objected to because Of
its tendency to diminish respect" for
the negro race. The federated clubs no
doubt lean to Wagner, Chopin and
Schubert. but they will have consider
able difficulty in abolishing coon
songs" These songs. by the way, are
almost without exception written and
first sung by white people. Many of
them are tuneful ditties, worthy of be-
ing preserved, as both Nordica and
Melba have declared. BY making rag
time" or "coon songs" of them. the
composers compliment the black race
by inferentially attributing to it the
genius of musical production as well
as imitation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

There lives in Elgin, ILL.,. a woman
of much modesty. All that she wants
is $50 acres of land situated in the heart
of the city of Philadelphia, on which
are located, among other buildings. the
old Mint, the Postofice, Independence
Hall and other landmarks. She claims
to be heir to the property through her
descent from Col. Henry Baker of the
Revolutionary army. The woman says
that Col Baker. her grandfather,
leased the property to the government
for ninety-nine years, that the lease
has now expired, and as heir-at-law
she wants her inheritance. She says
she will file a suit for the property
early in January.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
MRS. HORTON
RECEIVERS.
Popular Editor Ladies' Secret
Society Journal to Continue
Her Work.
Voices Sentiments Of Many Others
IN Her Praise of Blood Wine.

Providence, R. I.:-Mrs. A. B. Horton.
Editor of the g Ladies' Secret Society
Journal who has been in ill health for
some time, and obliged to discontinue all
her work on this excellent little paper,
has completely recovered her former health
and will resume her work at once. Mrs.
Horton is one o. the East's brainy writ
ers. Her contributions have won her
many friends and admirers in the liter
airy field, all of whom will be glad to
learn of her recovery. Speaking of her
illness she says: "You know my work
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

There has been established in Chicago
a tabloid restaurant" All food served
is in compressed form. And after one
has swallowed his dinner, compressed
i2to tablets. he can drink a glass Of
water and be a full man. They have
not yet succeeded in COMPRISING water
into tabloid form.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

Judge Dunno of a Chicago court
draws a nice distinction between a
pocket rolf and bank roll" He
had some sporting men up before him.
and the charge was of larceny after
trust. one OF the men referred to the
sum, $3.50, as quite neat little bank
roll" 81 guess you mean pocket
roll,'" said Judge Dunno. "that isn't
any bank ROLL" 1t may be explained
that in gaming the bank roll" is
the vernacular for the sum OF money
that the dealer" or banker" has as
"A fund from which TO draw his stakes
and pay his losses. The Chicago Judge.
apparently, had flrst rate information
respecting some rather heavy games.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

Congressman Eddy of Minnesota ex-
pressed the opinion during the course
of speech in st. Paul the other day
that there were not a dozen men in
Congress who, on a strict salary basis.
could earn the salaries that are paid
them by the government. $4,000 year
each. The New York Worlds Wash
ington correspondent, by way of re-
ply, has compiled a list of about 100
congressman who not only can but do
earn more than $1,000 a year outside
of their congressional salaries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

AS Madame Bernhadrt stands when
dressed for her new reproduction of
Theodore, she is said to represent a
property value of not less than 81 ,0O0
o00-that is, assuming that all of the
diamonds she wears will scratch glass.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02
The Weather.

The indications for Georgia for to-
day are for fair weather; warmer in
southeast portion. For Eastern Florida,
fair weather, with probable showers in
southeast portion.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

A strike among the employees of Sir
Thomas Upton is said to be pending
and likely to occur early in the new
year, and a number of titled society
women are aiding and abetting the
headed by Lady Henry Somerset and
Lady Dixie, object to the wages paid
by Sir Thomas corportion. They say
the wages are too low, and that Sir
Thomas ought to raise them, instead
of spending so much of his money on
costly sports. meaning yacht racing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

The blue ribbon for rapid-fire court
ship belongs to Albert Hanson OF Az
oca, la. He went TO Omaha the other
day determined to get him a WIFE, In
the space OF one afternoon he proposed
20 lfty-siX girls. Some Of them said,
This is so sudden" and asked time
to think Il over. But Albert wouldn't
wait other girls laughed In his face.
while stili others fatty told him mo:
good-day.' The upshot Of Il was that
Albert got fifty-six refusals. and went
back 70 Iowa 10 see Il there WAS not a
girl Ia that state who wanted hus-
band.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

Prof. Bruner, a biologist of note in
Indianapolis, predicts that in centuries
TO come the earth will be peopled with
a race of brainy, four-toed giants,
much greater in stature than the men
of the present day. The new man will
be "a being in whom brain is mas
ter" ruling big body (which has lost
it's floating ribs, its vermiform appen-
dix and its little toes" If Prof. Bruner
could arrange it so that the liver and
the spleen would also be left out of
the internal economy, it would be all
the better for the coming giant-man.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-02

EASTERN OFFICE, 90 Park Row,
New York City. H. C. Faulkner, Man
ager.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
FIRE IN NEW YORK HOTEL
Ugly Blaze for the Firemen to Fight
in Morton House.

NEW YORK. January 2.-The Morton
House and keith's Theater at Union
square and 18th street, were threatened
with destruction by fire early this morning
One hundred frightened patrons of the
hotel were forced by the smoke to make
nasty exit from their rooms and a great
deal OF excitement was caused in the neigh
borhood by the fear that the fire would
spread. Twenty-Five firemen were over
come by smoke, and the fire department
worked three hours before they had the
hames under control. The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000. The fire was discovered
by the night engineer of the Morton House
An alarm was turned in by him without
waiting TO warn the guests of the hotel
VINO, when they were awakened. found he
hallways full of smoke. None of them
waited to dress, but gathering up their
Naluables they hurried to the ground floor
Where they found refuge in the restau-
rant, which was free from smoke. The
hremen tried to fight the flames from The
sidewalk. but Were Obliged to lower ladders
into the cellar and fight the fire from there
The smoke in the cellar was so dense that
many OF the hremen were overcome by it
An ambulance was called from q hospital
ana all the men were resuscitated in a
short time.
1t was three hours before the hotel guests
were able 30 return to their rooms. All
We're badly chilled and many of the wo-
men Were hysterical from fright
1he origin of the fire could not be learned
The hotel and theater are in the same
building. The fire was confined to the
lower part of the hotel. The theater was
not damaged
Evening star., 1902-01-02
SAILS FOR VENEZUELA
STEAMER BAN RICH CARRIES PARTY
OF REvOLUTIONIsTs.
Gen. MatOs and His Assocfates Went
Aboard at Fort de
France.

FORT DE FRANCE, Island of Marti-
nique, January 2, via Haytian cable.-The
steamer Ban Righ, recently renamed the
Libertador, has left this port for the Vene-
zuelan coast. She carries among her pas
sengers Senor Matos, who is now referred
to as General Matos, and several generals
and other important personages of Vene-
zuela who Joined General Matos here.
Among these notabilities are Nicolas Ro-
lando, Domingo Monagas, Penaloza Du-
charne, Eduardo Ortega Cordova, Carlos
-Azugary Egeamier, Tomas Garcia, Mieves
Navarro. ChriStiani Antocles Bartazal An
toine Espinoza and Morendi Sambrano
Rendon Besides the leaders of the expe-
dition the Libertador has on board 300
volunteers and it is understood that she
will embark a number of other volunteers
while on her way to the coast of Nene-
zuela.
The behavior of General MatoS and his
adherents while they were at this port
was most correct. and when they lett mere
they had the sympathy of the whole popu-
lation. General MatoS is we'll known at
FCrt de France, where he has many
friends The local newspapers nave pup'
lished articles expressing hopes for the
prompt success of the expedition and the
downfall of President Castro, whose attl-
tGde the papers add, has earned for him
the enmity of the whole world.
Previous to his departure from Fort de
France General Matos issued manifesto,
calling on all his fellow countrymen to
take up arms.
While the Libertador was at this port
her sides were strengthened by light ar
NOR and her gun positions We're protected
Her armament is of the modern type.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
TO ACQUIRE GOLD FUND.
spain Wakes Certain Import Duties
Payable in That Metal,

With view to reducing the high prem
ium on gold and foreign currencies the
Spanish minister Of finance has brought
forward a measure, which has been sane
TONED by the cortes, and which went into
operation December /, whereby the Gus
toms duty on certain imports into Spain is
to be paid In gold. This information comes
to the State Department in a report from
United States Consul General Lay at Bar
celona. dated December 10. Mr. Lay saws
that one of the causes of the high rate Of
exchange in Spain, apart from the unfa-
vorable financial situation of the country
has undoubtedly been the necessity on the
part of the government, Of periodically OBJ
tanning gold drafts to meet its liabilities in
foreign markets. 1t is claimed for the new
scheme by its supporters, states the con-
sui general, that it will enable the treasury
to obtain gold or foreign drafts from the
merchants. instead of being obliged, as
hitherto, to apply direct to the bankers
who were able to control to a considerable
extent the rate of exchange for their own
interests. Payment in gold, it is stated
will not be required for all customs dues;
only certain articles of commerce having
been selected, which, being imported in
large quantities, are the best suited to meet
the case, the object of the government be-
ing to obtain through the customs as much
gold as is required to cover the foreign
coupon. In the list OF goods on which duty
is to be paid on gold appear coal and coke
petroleum and mineral oils, wheat, cocoa
coffee. tea and spices. For the payment
Of the duties, not only Spanish gold coins
will be accepted. but also the gold coins of
the nations forming the Latin union, notes
Of the Bank of France, bills or checks on
Paris. London, Brussels or Berlin. In order
that the payment of the duties in gold
shall not entail an increase in the tariff, a
scale of rebate has been fixed on gold-paid
duties Should the rate of exchange, how
ever fall below 10 per cent premium no
rebate in the duty will be conceded. The
government will, at the end of each month
in accordance with the official quotations of
the Madrid bourse for checks on Paris dur
Ing that time, fix the mean rate of eX-
change for the ensuing month.
Evening star., 1902-01-02
DIR. ID. k. PEARSONs' BENEFICENCES.
Conditional Offers to Colleges
Money Amounting TO &4OO,OO0.

CHICAGO, January DIR. ID. X Pear
sons, the Chicago philanthropist. has issued
an ultimatum to the colleges which are ex-
pecting to profit by his bounty. There are
eight of these colleges and 100000 of the
doctors money is waiting for them to be
handed over to their endowment funds the
minute they have raised corresponding sums
of money on their own account. Not one
OF them had, however, fulfilled the condi-
tions at the close of last year.
They shall have until January 1, 1903,
to pay their pledges" he announced, "and
ii they are not ready then, they will never
get a cent from me; that's the limit"
By way of making il binding DR.. Pear
sons embodied his resolution in letters
which he wrote to each of the college presi-
dents DR. Pearsons announced further
that it was his purpose not to make any
more conditional gifts to colleges. 1t was
his intention, he said, to give the rest OF
his wealth-probably SI09o.ooO or S4,Uo,0U
outright in the course of the next few
years to the colleges which accomplished
the most with what he has given them in
the past
Every cent / give away after the end OF
this year" he said will go straight to
the institutions l have already helped,
There are thirty of them in all, mostly in
the west and i am going to look them all
over next year and make up my mind. The
colleges that have done well, that have
saved the endowment and used it in the
right way, will get the money"